1985: Sadness as Andy Stewart announces his ‘irrevocable’ decision to retire There would have been tears before breakfast on this day in 1985 when P&J readers learned of Andy Stewart’s intention to retire. The much-loved entertainer had a home in Banchory, and it was from ... 04/28/2024 - 6:00 pm | View Link
Jake White happy with rampant Bulls’ response to setback The Bulls overpowered the Ospreys to notch up a valuable win as they kept their top-four hopes alive in the URC. They need victories in their final three games, plus a favour from other sides if they ... 04/28/2024 - 5:31 pm | View Link
Fed Pivot? Traders Thwarted Again As Inflation Just Won't Go Away Traders betting on a return to low inflation and low interest rates have repeatedly stumbled as inflation continues to be problem. Read more to see my thoughts. 04/28/2024 - 4:44 am | View Link
The Best 'Shark Tank' Deal that Never Happened: Behind the Brand With Plunge As unexpected as the Shark Tank invitation was, it validated Plunge's marketing and visibility. Each installation extended Plunge's influence far beyond simple product placement, and it highlights how ... 04/27/2024 - 8:24 pm | View Link
Quick Hits: Pat White and Pat McAfee returning to Morgantown, Nicco's spring game, Greene's spring development The West Virginia University football program held its annual Gold-Blue Spring Game Saturday afternoon. Head coach Neal Brown sat with the media following the intersquad scrimmage and gave his ... 04/27/2024 - 2:36 pm | View Link
Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) has raised a whopping $18.3 million dollars this election cycle to help GOP incumbents and candidates — putting him ahead of his leadership opponent Sen. John Thune (R-S. D), Axios reports.
“Robert F. Kennedy Jr. sought to make the case on Sunday that he can do something no third-party or independent candidate has come close to doing in modern U. S. history: win a presidential election. Although polls show him far behind, both major-party campaigns, those of President Biden and former President Donald Trump, view Mr.
“Nearly seven months after the Israel-Hamas war began, the demonstrations convulsing college campuses nationwide are exposing fresh tensions within the Democratic Party over how to balance free speech protections and support for Gazans with concerns that some Jewish Americans are raising about antisemitism,” the New York Times reports.
“From New York and Los Angeles to Atlanta and Austin, a surge in student activism has manifested in protest encampments and other demonstrations, drawing significant police crackdowns and sometimes appearing to attract outside agitators.
“Japan’s ruling party lost a special election Prime Minister Fumio Kishida had described in part as a judgment on himself, months ahead of a party leadership vote,” Bloomberg reports.
“Public anger over a slush fund scandal helped the main opposition candidate Akiko Kamei defeat the Liberal Democratic Party’s Norimasa Nishikori by about 83,000 votes to 58,000 in what had been a party stronghold in Shimane prefecture.”
“Rishi Sunak has spent 18 months as prime minister fending off internal Conservative Party criticism and rumors of plots to oust him. So far it’s come to nothing — though his team is taking nothing for granted this week,” Bloomberg reports.
“His critics on the Tory right have spent months gearing up for Thursday’s local and mayoral elections across England as their final chance to oust Sunak.
Monroe County District Attorney Sandra Doorley refused to pull over for speeding and went home and called the police chief to quash the incident instead. That's a no-no.
Unfortunately for her (or fortunately for the rule of law), the entire incident was recorded on the officer's bodycam and now DA Doorley has to explain why she has such reckless disregard for the law, police officers, and common sense.
And although a Republican now (of course), Doorley has been a Democrat in the past.