Saudi Trainee Kills 3 in Shooting at Florida Naval Base
The kingdom is on the cusp of selling shares of its oil monopoly, Saudi Aramco, an initial public offering expected to be the worlds largest, and is preparing to assume the presidency of the G20, whose summit it is scheduled to host next year. Early enthusi…
Germany’s Angela Merkel Voices Feeling of ‘Deep Shame’ During Auschwitz Visit
(OSWIECIM, Poland) — German Chancellor Angela Merkel voiced a feeling of “deep shame” during her first-ever visit on Friday to the hallowed grounds of the former Nazi German death camp of Auschwitz-Birkenau, where Adolf Hitler’s regime murdered more than a mi…
bubmagDecember 7, 2019
‘Not Going to Give an Inch’: Yellow Vest ‘Catalyst’ Drives Latest French Anti-Austerity Protests
Protests against proposed pension reforms have built on a year-long movement to defend Frances public sector from cuts, shutting down cities to force French President Emmanuel Macron to think twice about following the American model of privatization. The roa…
bubmagDecember 7, 2019
The internet celebrates Elon Musk’s trial win by calling him ‘pedo guy’
Elon Musk, "pedo guy." While the CEO of Tesla, SpaceX, and the Boring Company has decidedly not been accused of anything that would merit the rather distasteful moniker, Musk did just win a defamation trial about his calling someone else a "pedo guy" on Twit…
bubmagDecember 7, 2019
Elon Musk Wins in Defamation Suit by British Diver
After less than an hour of deliberation, a Los Angeles jury Friday found Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk did not defame a British diver by calling him a pedo guy and sus, or suspicious, in a series of July 2018 tweets. In court on Friday, the lawyer for the…
bubmagDecember 7, 2019
Jury sides with Elon Musk in “pedo guy” defamation case
Enlarge/ Elon Musk leaves a Los Angeles federal court on Tuesday December 3, 2019. 18 with 17 posters participating A Los Angeles federal jury has found Elon Musk not liable for defamation in a lawsuit brought by British caver Vernon Unsworth. Musk dubbed U…
bubmagDecember 7, 2019
Elon Musk found not liable in case brought against him by British diver
After a three-day trial, Elon Musk was found not liable for defamation in a federal court today in Los Angeles, where Musk reportedly owns a cluster of six homes as well as oversees the operations of both SpaceX and Tesla. British diver Vernon Unsworth had b…
bubmagDecember 7, 2019
Jury Rules You Can Call Elon Musk a Pedo Guy
It took a federal jury in Los Angeles less than an hour to throw out a $190 million defamation case against Elon Musk. Calling someone a pedo guy to an audience of millions of Twitter followers isnt an accusation, the jury decided, because words are tricky li…
bubmagDecember 7, 2019
Reducing Air Pollution Saves Lives in Just Weeks, Report Finds
Cleaner air can go a long way in saving lives, according to a new report out Friday. It found that policies and laws aimed at curbing emissions are often linked to reductions in hospitalizations, premature births, and deaths in just a few weeks after their en…
bubmagDecember 7, 2019