2019 – Page 67 – News Views

Trump’s tweets and tariffs causing economic instability

09/03/2019 Ms. G 16

The DOW fell nearly 400 points after Trump threatened China on Twitter. Trump claimed the United States and China have been negotiating a trade deal but both countries appear… MORE

Trump allies aim to raise $2 million to investigate reporters, editors: Axios

09/03/2019 Community 52

President Trump’s political allies are hoping to raise at least $2 million ahead of the 2020 election to investigate members of major media outlets including The New York Times and The Washington Post, according to an Axios report. MORE

A Mississippi wedding venue rejected an interracial couple, citing ‘Christian belief, the owner apologized.

09/03/2019 Community 155

An update to a previous News Views discussion: In a now-viral video shared to social media by Welch over the weekend, a woman identified as the event hall’s owner can be seen telling the 24-year-old, MORE

Trump administration to fast track the death penalty to deter mass murder

09/03/2019 Ms. G 68

An aid to VP Pence confirmed that he and AG Barr talked at great length about the recent incidents of gun violence and how to curtail them. One of the measures the administration plans to MORE

NASA Reveals Spectacular, Terrifying Images and Videos of Hurricane Dorian From Space

09/03/2019 CrazyEyes 38

NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) have released several spectacular and terrifying images of Hurricane Dorian captured from space. In the past few days, the two agencies have been monitoring the hurricane, MORE

Pence defends decision to stay at Trump property in Ireland

09/03/2019 Rachel Kennedy 56

DOONBEG, Ireland (AP) — Vice President Mike Pence’s staff is defending his decision to stay at one of President Donald Trump’s properties while in Ireland amid criticism by Democrats that he’s enriching Trump at taxpayers’ MORE

Armed mob demands a Popeyes’ ‘infamous’ chicken sandwich

09/02/2019 Ms. G 58

In the ongoing quest to get one of Popeye’s famous chicken sandwiches, an armed mob “rushed the door of a Popeyes Chicken restaurant in southeast Houston Monday night demanding chicken sandwiches.” Employees told ABC13 a MORE

Terminator: The Oldening, uh, I mean Dark Fate

09/02/2019 forkless 18

Florida man suggests the Navy drop ice in the ocean

09/02/2019 Ms. G 133

In an interview with Tyler Vasquez of Florida Today, an unidentified man suggested the US Navy drop ice in the warm Atlantic Ocean to prevent Dorian (and, perhaps other hurricanes) from moving so quickly. WFLA: MORE

Lettuce Prey: Harry Potter books removed from Catholic School due to ‘curses and spells’

09/02/2019 Surley 102

In today’s episode of Le††uce Prey, a pastor at St. Edward Catholic School in Nashville Tennessee, a pre-K through 8th grade Catholic school, says students can no longer checkout Harry Potter books from the school’s MORE

Trump’s summer of ‘missed opportunity and self sabotage’

09/02/2019 Ms. G 71

On Sunday, The Washington Post published an article outlining Trump’s disastrous summer, which could ultimately compromise his chances for re-election in 2020. Trump leveled racist attacks against four congresswomen of color dubbed “the Squad.” He MORE

New Jersey Labor Day parade canceled after explosives found along route

09/02/2019 Community 15

The annual Labor Day parade in South Plainfield, New Jersey, was canceled after homemade explosives were found near a wooded area along the parade route, according to authorities. Officials detained a man on Monday morning MORE

China files complaint against US with WTO

09/02/2019 Ms. G 35

On Sunday, new tariffs against China went into effect. The US imposed 15% tariffs on a variety of Chinese goods. In retaliation, China began “imposing new duties on U.S. crude oil, the latest escalation in MORE

Terrance Dicks, Doctor Who writer and script editor, dead at 84

09/02/2019 forkless 7

The former Doctor Who writer and script editor Terrance Dicks has died aged 84. Dicks had a long association with the BBC’s longest-running sci-fi show, writing episodes from the late 1960s until the early 1980s. MORE

Mentally Ill Detainee Ends Life in ICE Custody After Shocking Neglect

09/02/2019 Community 18

Confined to a 13-by-7-foot concrete cell for 23 hours a day, Romero — who had been diagnosed with schizophrenia — spent his final days battling the voices in his head. Nearing the end of his MORE

Labor Day: 125 Years Old, thank a union

09/02/2019 Ms. G 57

Some fun facts about Labor Day, which is a 125 years old today. From the Department of Labor: Labor Day, the first Monday in September, is a creation of the labor movement and is dedicated MORE

Multiple people dead after boat catches fire

09/02/2019 Ms. G 6

Multiple people were dead and dozens were unaccounted for after a diving boat caught fire Monday morning off the coast of Santa Cruz Island, north of Los Angeles, Ventura County Sheriff’s Department officials said. The MORE

Cobra Kai: Season 1 is Now Streaming – Free!

09/02/2019 forkless 3

In news that will overly excite Muethos, the first season of YouTube Original series Cobra Kai is now streaming free until September 11, when Season 2 will take its place, also free for that day MORE

‘We don’t do gay weddings or mixed race because we’re Christian.’

09/02/2019 Ms. G 119

LaKambria Welch decided to go to the event hall her brother and future sister-in-law chose to hold their wedding after she found out an employee of the hall said the couple could not rent it MORE

Mabuhay!

09/02/2019 forkless 32

When I started this blog post this morning I started with the concept of The king is dead, long live the king! with yesterday’s departure of the Disqus channels. Somehow however that didn’t feel right. MORE

New York private beach club attacked with racial and anti-Semitic graffiti

09/01/2019 Ms. G 19

One of New York’s last private beaches, the Silver Gull in Queens, sent out an email to its members alerting them that the club’s playground would be shut down over the weekend, “due to the MORE

Beto O’Rouke drops the ‘F’ bomb on CNN’s State of the Union

09/01/2019 Ms. G 19

Speaking about gun violence and the lack of sensible gun legislation on CNN’s State of the Union, Beto, again, described the situation as, ‘fucked up.’ This occurred after CNN played a clip of his campaign MORE

The Dead Center

09/01/2019 forkless 1

Families of Dylann Roof’s victims can sue the government

09/01/2019 Ms. G 21

The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a lower court’s decision and held that families of the victims who lost their lives when White Supremacist Dylann Roof shot and killed them during Bible study MORE

Seahawks Fleeced Texans in Jadeveon Clowney Trade

09/01/2019 Surley 25

The Seattle Seahawks have traded two players and a 2020 third round draft pick for DE Jadeveon Clowney. One of the players was DE Barkevious Mingo who was not expected to make the Seahawk roster. MORE