Stream of Reading (Prepare to be Forwarded) – An Archive of What I'm Reading
Congressional Democrats are calling for the resignation of U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions after news broke that he had failed to mention in his confirmation hearing that he had held discussions with a top official from the Russian government. “Jeff Sessions lied under oath during his confirmation hearing before the Senate.” House Minority Leader Nancy…
Noted white supremacist and current United States Attorney General Jeff Sessions said under oath at his confirmation hearing that he’d had no contact with Russia during Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign. That wasn’t true, according to the Department of Justice. “I did not have communications with the Russians” is the new “I did not have…
Donald Trump has announced he will form a new agency to deal with immigrant crime and pledged to publish a regular list of all crimes committed by non-US citizens. During a landmark speech to Congress markedly softer in tone than his inauguration address, in which he dialled back his trademark brash rhetoric, he revealed that…
Well here we are. The Switch, Nintendo’s latest console, is finally here. The internet is flooded with detailed, measured reviews right now, so rather than publish another one of those, Motherboard decided to give the machine to the least professional member of its team, Editor-in-Chief Derek Mead. What is even more worrisome about this decision is…
Here’s what you have to understand about the sort of people who become anchors, nonpartisan pundits, centrist columnists, and cable news political correspondents: They didn’t sign up to be the resistance. They don’t want Donald Trump to fail. They want him to “pivot” and “act presidential.” Yeah, there are guys (and it is guys, for…
Uber Technologies Inc. Chief Executive Travis Kalanick said he would seek leadership advice after a run of troubling news involving the company, capped Tuesday by an online video of him berating one of the ride-hailing service’s drivers. In a note to employees, Mr. Kalanick vowed to “grow up” and said he was “ashamed” of the…
An 18 year-old driving a stolen Toyota Tacoma running from the police in Webster Parish, Louisiana hit a set of spike strips going 115 mph, subsequently barreled off of the road and into a drainage ditch, launched the truck into the air and landed on a car parked at a restaurant. The terrifying crash was…
Uber CEO Travis Kalanick’s net worth is $6.3 billion, but if you’re a turd, you’re a turd, and all that wonderful cash can’t buy you a better personality. There’s a video to prove it: Bloomberg obtained footage of Kalanick getting into a heated argument with an Uber driver. Uber is having an absolutely miserable year,…
‘We’re in this climate where acts of hate are happening everywhere,’ local rabbi says. Gunshot fired at Adath B’Nai Israel Temple synagogue in Evansville, Indiana. Screen capture, 14News.com A gunshot was fired through the window of an Indiana synagogue in what the FBI are reportedly investigating as a hate crime. >> Get…
If you’re planning to get a Nintendo Switch after it launches tomorrow, here is one thing I would recommend: Do not lick the cartridges. There have been some tweets and discussions on the internet that the cartridges from the Switch have been coated in a substance that makes them taste foul so that children wouldn’t…