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6+ min ago (80+ words) Helen, Help Me!E-mail your questions about dining, eating, and anything food-related, and Helen may respond in a future newsletter. Tatiana Schlossberg, the daughter of Caroline Kennedy, had just given birth when she was diagnosed with a rare form of leukemia. A holiday gift guide: presents to thank your host. The real housewives of Moscow. What did men do to deserve this? The Prime Minister who tried to have a life outside the office. The pain of perfectionism....

10+ min ago (1464+ words) Netanyahu rules out resigning in exchange for pardon Netanyahu held 'secret meeting' with Blair over post-war Gaza Bangladesh begins exhuming mass grave from 2024 uprising The structural ignorance behind declaring Islam 'a death cult' By contrast, the conference represented the opposite axis of contemporary power: a platform aligned with state-security narratives, geopolitical propaganda, and a worldview that pathologises the very populations Rage Against the Machine defended. The statement drew approving nods'it didn't require evidence despite being historically unfounded. Such a sentence does not stand alone; it condenses a worldview built since the Second World War through war, repression, and the recasting of Islam as a civilisational threat. The appropriation of the progressive band's name for a conference preaching opposing politics is revealing. The architecture that made the remark palatable, is composed of an antagonistic political, ideological, military, and institutional structure concealed…...

11+ min ago (417+ words) Republicans are about to run face first into a "brick wall" after a "strategic misstep" is leaving them in a no-win scenario as they take on former prosecutor Jack Smith.The GOP has targeted Smith for his work in prosecuting Donald Trump in multiple cases, including a federal case over purported attempts to undermine the results of the 2020 election. Recently, Republicans subpoenaed Smith, but asked for the testimony to be private, which is a big mistake, according to Skye L. Perryman, a prominent lawyer and the President and CEO of Democracy Forward, a non-partisan, national legal organization.After the host noted that the move by Republicans will "give Jack Smith the opportunity to relitigate the claims against Donald Trump about the mishandling of classified information and his attempts to overturn the 2020 election," Perryman urged people to ask, "What are they hiding?...

12+ min ago (277+ words) Zootopia 2" passes $700 million worldwide while Wicked: For Good" sinks 73% in its third weekend Universal/Blumhouse-Atomic Monster's Five Nights at Freddy's 2" has set a new record for the best opening ever on post-Thanksgiving weekend with a $63 million launch. While not as high as the Blumhouse record $80 million opening that the first Five Nights" earned in October 2023, it does slip above the $60 million opening weekend of last December's video game adaptation, Sonic the Hedgehog 3." Given its status as a PG-13 horror film rather than a PG family film, FNAF2" won't pass the $236 million domestic run of Sonic 3," but it is a testament to how Five Nights" has grown a devoted fanbase since the game series began in 2014 that is willing to turn out in droves for at least one weekend, turning these films into a Gen Z-driven franchise akin to Demon Slayer." Reception…...

13+ min ago (289+ words) Airlines love to wrap themselves in slogans like "Smash the patriarchy" and "Future is female," but behind the glossy posters and hashtags lies something far more practical " and far less ideological. Corporate feminism often isn't about equality at all; it's about PR, perception management, and profit optimization. When companies boast about "female empowerment," the question isn't "What are they saying?"It's "What are they hiding?"Because in the aviation world, even empowerment can be measured in kilograms and fuel burn. Brands love slogans because slogans are cheaper than structural change.Empowerment becomes a marketing category, not a moral commitment. From lighter seats to optimized baggage allowance, every kilo matters in aviation.But when cost-cutting is wrapped in feminist hashtags, it stops looking like strategy and starts looking like spin. Corporations borrow feminist language the way they borrow fonts " because it…...

15+ min ago (923+ words) Background: Trinity Poague reacts after she's found guilty of murdering her boyfriend's toddler son in Georgia. Inset: The victim, Romeo "J.D." Angeles (GoFundMe). A Georgia beauty queen is headed to prison for at least three decades if not the rest of her life for beating her boyfriend's toddler son to death in her dorm room while he went to pick up a pizza. The jury found 20-year-old Trinity Poague guilty of felony murder and aggravated battery in the death of 18-month-old Romeo "J.D." Angeles on the campus of Georgia Southwestern State University, where she was a student. She was acquitted of malice murder. A judge then sentenced her to life in prison with the possibility of parole after 30 years. Poague was an 18-year-old freshman at the school and in a relationship with J.D.'s father, Julian Williams. Prosecutors said Poague "resented" the boy…...

18+ min ago (648+ words) Ben & Jerry's ice cream shop, Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025, in Cambridge, MassCharles Krupa/AP Ben & Jerry's boss thinks the company's founders and board members ought to hand over pass the company to the next generation, amid a long-simmering fight for control of the ice cream brand. Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield are both in their seventies and have grown increasingly upset with their brand's parent company, Unilever, claiming that executives there have repeatedly tried to stifle the brand's activism. The frustration culminated in Greenfield deciding to quit Unilever in protest in September." "Standing up for the values of justice, equity, and our shared humanity has never been more important. And'Ben & Jerry's has been silenced, sidelined for fear of upsetting those in power." And it has been fired up again: Peter ter Kulve, chief executive of Unilever's ice-cream offshoot Magnum Ice Cream Company,…...

21+ min ago (397+ words) At least six people also injured in explosion at a central avenue in Coahuayana. At least three people have been killed and six injured in a car explosion outside a police station in Mexico's western state of Michoacan, according to local and federal security officials. The blast on Saturday took place at a central avenue in Coahuayana, the attorney general's office said in a statement. "The driver died at the scene, while two other people died in the regional hospital, and six others were injured," it added. The two victims who died in the hospital were community police officers, said Hector Zepeda, commander of the Coahuayana community police. He said the remains of some of the victims were found scattered in the area of the explosion, which also damaged nearby buildings. Images circulating online showed a completely burned-out vehicle. The…...

26+ min ago (415+ words) Netanyahu rules out resigning in exchange for pardon Netanyahu held 'secret meeting' with Blair over post-war Gaza Bangladesh begins exhuming mass grave from 2024 uprising Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has ruled out retiring from politics in exchange for a pardon from his corruption case, defying demands from Israeli opposition figures. Netanyahu last week submitted an official pardon request to the Israeli president, triggering protests and outcry among his political rivals. Opposition leader Yair Lapid joined other political leaders demanding Netanyahu publicly admit guilt and retire from politics in exchange for clemency. On Sunday, the prime minister was asked whether he would be prepared to retire during a press conference with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz in Jerusalem, to which he replied "no". Netanyahu " Israel's longest-serving prime minister - is fighting three separate cases of corruption on charges of bribery, fraud and breach…...

36+ min ago (811+ words) ICE Pepper Sprays Newest Congresswoman from Arizona Adelita Grijalva, an Arizona congressperson, said she was "sprayed in the face" during a protest against a federal immigration raid at a Mexican restaurant in Tucson on Friday. Posted by Corky at 10:30 AM | 18 COMMENTS | permalink | Comment on This Entry | ICE attacks & pepper sprays Rep. Adelita Grijalva[image or embed] more on the story #1 | Posted by Corky at 2025-12-05 09:37 PM | Reply Trump's masked thugs have made it clear: If you run into the Brownshirts and you "look" Hispanic (whatever that means) or "speak" Spanish, like hundreds of millions of people throughout the Americas do daily, well, Brett Kavanaugh says that might be "inconvenient." But only if you get caught on the receiving end of good, old-fashioned, rampant, raging Yanqui racialism. #2 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2025-12-06 05:24 AM | Reply Pure, unadulterated nasty white supremacist racism over the untermenschen Latinos…...