Heavy rain creates havoc in Singapore Heavy rain prompted flood warnings for large parts of Singapore on the morning of Saurday, and caused delays at Changi Airport and at the LIV Golf tournament on Sentosa. 05/3/2024 - 8:46 pm | View Link
Golf roundup: Alex girls win in Sartell; Two Minnewaska girls tie for first in Glenwood The Alexandria golf team edged out Brainerd for a win in Sartell, while Minnewaska's Annika DeBoer and Ava Kollman tied for first at the Minnewaska Invitational in Glenwood ... 05/3/2024 - 4:35 pm | View Link
Area Boys Golf: White wins again, Pettit aces 2nd hole Jaeger Pettit paced the third-place Wadena-Deer Creek Wolverines with a seventh-place 89. The WDC senior aced the 130-yard second hole of the Preserve. Teammate Bradley Moats tied for 10th with a 94. 05/2/2024 - 3:28 pm | View Link
Area Girls Golf: Birkeland ties for 1st, Patriots 3rd Pequot Lakes’ Genevieve Birkeland posted four birdies en route to her 3-over 75 to tie with three other girls for medalist honors in the Minnewaska Invite at Minnewaska Golf Club. Birkeland was ... 05/2/2024 - 1:00 pm | View Link
Enid regional rained out; area trio qualifies for 2A state golf Mother Nature spoiled Enid’s plans for being well-prepared for Wednesday’s Class 6A Regional boys golf tournament at Ponca City Country Club. 05/1/2024 - 8:59 pm | View Link
A long, long time ago in a galaxy far, far away Rudy Giuliani was not only respected, but revered as "America's Mayor." The hero of 9/11 (which he'd tell you every other sentence). He never deserved any of it, of course.
He was always a nasty piece of work, a philanderer, racist and, frankly, an asshole who couldn't get along with anyone.
Progressive policy experts took aim at corporate greed and profiteering during a Thursday U. S. Senate hearing on "shrinkflation," the process of reducing the size or quantity of a product while selling it at the same price.
At the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
hearing—entitled "Higher Prices: How Shrinkflation and Technology Can Impact Consumers' Finances"—Chair Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) began by acknowledging that "prices today are far too high, and families are having a harder time finding a fair price, seeing more of their paycheck vanish into thin air."
"All of this is happening while corporate profits hit record highs," the senator continued.
MSNBC's Katy Tur and Axios' Jim VandeHei managed to have a very long conversation about the effects of right wing propaganda without ever mentioning the words right wing propaganda. I guess I should quit being astounded by stuff like this, but it continues to amaze me how people in our corporate news media dance around naming just who exactly is responsible for turning most Republicans' brains into mush.
Here's the transcript of the beginning of their exchange from her show this Thursday, and notice the words that aren't used here.
Donald Trump's TIME interview will shock you. It is a long piece, but every American needs to read it. This country must wake up and realize what we face in the 2024 election: it's all hands on deck. TIME reporter Eric Cortellessa explains:read more
Public Notice: Trump isn't even trying to hide it.
Press Watch: An interview with a newsroom leader who speaks the truth about Donald Trump.
Reading the Pictures: The feast of the arms industry (video).
Governing: A lethal shift in America's gun violence crisis.
Hackwackers: Rounding up the insanity.
Greater Good: Three reasons you need anger.
This installment by Batocchio.
I know you'll find this hard to believe, but Donald Trump isn't really a stable genius. What's that, you say? OK, you didn't say that. I did. Captain Capslock took to Truth Social while on break during the hush money/election interference trial to dramatically feign victimization again. But while throwing his pity party, the twice-impeached, four-times indicted former President, who left office in disgrace, accidentally admitted that the Stormy Daniel's $130,000 payoff would have mattered if it came out before the election.
"THIS ISN'T A TRIAL, IT'S A POLITICAL CAMPAIGN, A WITCH HUNT, JUST LIKE THE HIGHLY CONFLICTED AND BIASED JUDGE, JUAN MERCHAN, WANTED IT TO BE, "the former President wrote.