Author: James Martin
Do you really make yourselves believe you are governed by a democracy? If that were the case, as we have been made to believe over the years, why is that candidates – both democrats and republicans – spend billions of dollars to win elections? You know, it’s interesting how we think we are better than others, when that is not the truth. Three books to read if you love politics: 12 Hour Work Days-Helicopter Parents-Serving One Purpose and Abandoning the Other, Why It Is Easy To Control People When They Are Afraid – Trump’s Motivation of Power and His Admiration…
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported an unemployment rate of 9.2 percent in June 2011. That number remains frustratingly consistent each month as millions of Americans struggle to find work. It’s clear that many of the jobs lost over the last several decades, and during the Great Recession of 2008, are extinct. It’s said that the definition of insanity is repeatedly doing the same thing, yet hoping for different results. Government stimulus packages and extended unemployment benefits are Band-aids for what, William Holstein, author of the new book, “The Next American Economy-A Blueprint for a Real Recovery,” identifies as…
Mildred Dresselhaus’ life was one in defiance of odds. Growing up poor in the Bronx — and even more to her detriment, growing up a woman in the 1940s — Dresselhaus’ traditional career options were paltry. Instead, she rose to become one of the world’s preeminent experts in carbon science as well as the first female Institute Professor at MIT, where she spent 57 years of her career. She collaborated with physics luminaries like Enrico Fermi and laid the essential groundwork for future Nobel Prize winning research, directed the Office of Science at the U.S. Department of Energy and was…
Microsoft’s Xbox Cloud Gaming service recently added , allowing you to play the game on Xbox One, phones, tablets and web browsers via the cloud. But unlike the PC version of the title, you can’t use a keyboard and mouse to control your plane. However, that’s about to change, according to Flight Simulator head Jorg Neumann. In a developer Q&A spotted by , Neumann said Microsoft is working on adding platform-level support for the feature, suggesting most games on Xbox Cloud Gaming could eventually include the input method. “So the platform team is working on this. I know I can’t…
Heart-wrenching photographs continue to show families being ripped apart and the brutal emotional toll of the Kremlin’s invasion of Ukraine as official estimates predict the number of refugees fleeing the war-torn country could hit 1.5million by this weekend. In one image, a clearly emotional father Aleksander, 41 presses his hands up against the window as he waves his five-year-old daughter, Anna off as she leaves on an evacuation train from Kyiv. Further west, mothers were pictured braving the freezing cold and cradling their young children their arms as thousands of refugees packed onto transport bound for Poland in Lviv. Refugees,…
(CNN) — From professional sports to Hollywood to food and beverage, a wide range of industries have announced boycotts, bans and other forms of retaliation against Russia in response to its violent invasion of Ukraine. Now, the travel sector is starting to take action, too.Cruise lines, including prominent brands like Carnival, tour operators and various industry organizations have announced plans to cancel upcoming tours in Russia and also restrict participation of Russian entities in their business dealings. These developments come on the heels of continued upheaval in air travel, as the European Union, Canada and Moscow all issued reciprocal airspace…
Amid the ongoing conflict in Ukraine, PayPal has temporarily stopped offering its services in Russia, according to . In a spotted by , Ukraine’s Vice Prime Minister Mykhailo Fedorov shared a letter from PayPal CEO Dan Schulman confirming the move. “Under the current circumstances, we are suspending PayPal services in Russia,” Schulman states in the letter. “PayPal supports the Ukrainian people and stands with the international community in condemning Russia’s violent military aggression in Ukraine.” A spokesperson for PayPal told Reuters the company would continue to allow withdrawals “for a period of time, ensuring that account balances are dispersed in…
Hundreds of Ukrainians, Russians and Brits gathered in London’s Trafalgar Square on Saturday to protest against Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine in a rousing show of solidarity. A huge banner was unfurled in front of the National Gallery which warned Britain: ‘When the last Ukrainian soldier falls, Putin will come for you ladies and gents.’Another banner which had the appearance of being soaked in blood simply read ‘Stop Putin’, while others held signs comparing the warring president to Adolf Hitler and branding him a ‘monster’. Before a series of speeches, the Ukrainian national anthem sang out, which was carried by the crowds…
(CNN) — A JetBlue pilot was “removed from his duties” at Buffalo Niagara International Airport on Wednesday morning after he was found to have a blood alcohol level “twice the legal limit,” according to a press release from the airport and a statement from JetBlue.James Clifton, 52, was passing through security when a TSA agent “noticed he may have been impaired,” states the press release. Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority Police responded and the pilot was given a Breathalyzer test. After he registered a blood alcohol level of .17, Clifton was taken into custody and released to JetBlue security, the airport…
(CNN) — Fila is putting the leisure in athleisure with the news that the company will be opening a branded hotel in Shanghai in 2024.The athletic wear company founded in Italy is partnering with Hyatt on the lifestyle hotel concept, which will be called Fila House.”Not only will the hotel be a unique expression of Fila’s history, culture, products and fashion trends, we believe that the young-at-heart JdV by Hyatt brand experience will be a fitting reflection of Fila’s spirit of vitality,” Brian Yiu, CEO of Fila in China, said in a press release.Hyatt’s JdV brand stands for “joie de…