A joint survey sponsored by Fox News and Russian Newspaper Rossiyskaya Gazeta turned out to be the statistical jackpot of the century.
“We were actually researching the best places to build a new Trump hotel,” said survey lead, Dmitry Novosti. “We were analyzing peoples’ train preferences, because our...
President Trump cut funding for Yellowstone National Park today.
The national park, located in Wyoming, Montana and Idaho, was established by the U.S. Congress in 1872. It was the first national park in the U.S. and is regarded as the first national park in the world.
It is known...
People still fall for his simple tricks?
Uh oh: Perhaps you’ve had this moment. A friend starts posting some Paul Joseph Watson videos. The friend says “Get your heads out of the sand, people. Be rational. Use your brain!”
Paul Joseph Watson uses manipulative and flimsy tactics that reveal the white nationalist prejudices...
In the season finale, 'The Bachelorette' Becca Kufrin chose Garrett Yrigoyen over Blake Horstmann.
It was a heartbreaking decision, but was it because: QAnon?
The Tilted Glass separates the truth from the lies in today’s FACT CHECK.
What is QAnon?
In October 2017, an anonymous person by the name "Q" began...
Trump Hijacks News, Media Fails Us - LeBron James Case Study
The Pattern
We're going to keep it simple. Here’s the pattern.
An embarrassing news story against Trump appears Trump disses the story with a funny-ish Tweet The media writes about Trump’s diss, rather than the news storyThe media knows that...
The Lakota phrase MnĂ wiÄŤhĂłni—water is life—has become the new national anthem.
In a world of plant medicines, where tobacco is revered as sacred, only one medicine sits atop the throne of all: water.
Without water, there is no life. Water is life.
One drop of water holds all the...
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Ivanka Trump has shut down her highly-successful fashion company.
"When we first started this brand, no one could have predicted the success that we would achieve,” said the carefully poised mogul in a prepared statement. “Final metamorphosis is complete.”
Ivanka’s company began with humble roots, making clothing for women in...
Our heart goes out to Jonathan Gold and his family.
The acclaimed food writer died on Saturday after being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer just a few weeks ago.
He weaved a literary and punk rock sensibility into his culinary pen to elevate the art of restaurant criticism. Reading him felt honest, inspiring...
Is there a fire near you?
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According to our database of active fires:
Yes! The fire is 40 feet from you!In fact, it is burning down your home. It is time to start anew. This is a blessing...
Chicago, Illinois
Something broke somewhere. A record player got stuck skipping into the same old groove.
Thirty-year-old contrarian James Smith of German, English and Czech descent—who also mentions that his “great-grandmother was probably full-blooded Cherokee”—found an opportune moment to play devil’s advocate at a party for post-doctoral students.
It was...
They thought they’d never fall. With all their great technologies, the empire thought it would last forever.
Pax Romana. 200 years of peace. A guarantee of law, order, and security within the empire, even as it meant separating from the rest of the world, even as it defended and expanded its...
Wimbledon, Russia
13 days on these 13 acres. It all built to this: The end of the road in Russia.
Croatia is playing in its first World Cup final. The team is called the "Gold Generation,” comprised of mostly veterans. France on the other hand is a young team just...
President Trump announced his selection of a coat hanger to be his second Supreme Court justice Monday night.
From the East Room of the White House, the president said that this “is not about the coat hanger’s political views, but whether it can set aside its views to do its...
Today we talk about the business of noise. Top down noise and bottom up noise.
Trump understands the business of noise. Occupy people with noise, then do as you like on the side.
The press, aka the 4th branch of democracy, is also in the business of noise. You don’t sell ads publishing...
OMG, here comes another one now!
I see you approach with moving eye. I shake your hand with a funny grip. I say hi as I hold my breath in my chest.
I want to get out of this conversation. I make ill-timed jokes. Flight and fight.
I awkwardly search for conversation to ensure no awkward...
July 4th. America, in a galaxy far far away
The United States celebrates its Independence Day today.
The annual tradition, taking place every July 4th, marks the moment where the Unites States banded together to declare itself free from any attachment or responsibility to the rest of Earth.
"Today marks the day...
Pfizer has isolated a new drug that makes people compulsively spend money.
It’s the perfect drug for any business to peddle to their customers. Imagine the possibilities. It has infinitely business potential.
But how to get customers to take the pill?
At first glance compulsively spending money sounds like a terrible...
Facebook deleted Facebook today in a parallel universe.
It was a headline that many people wanted to share on Facebook, but couldn’t, since there was no more Facebook.
“Let’s bring the world closer together,” has been the motto of Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg since its inception. And with its deletion in...
From the diary of Mark Johnson, yoga teacher:
My students love me. In fact, they are my disciples.
I’ve studied 200 hours in a Bali teacher training to learn the ancient lineage of Power Yoga. Yet my poses are timeless.
The people who come to my class look up to...