Monthly Archives: January 2017

United States lawstipulates an upside-down flag should only be used to signal distress in instances of extreme danger to life or property. Make of that what you will. Text accompanying the tweet ominously reads, We make the terror. The new season hits the streaming service May 30. Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/house-of-cards-season-inauguration-day-promo_us_58822e18e4b070d8cad1fc91?p81n7du8ylrk65hfr

Thousands took to the streets of Washington DC for peaceful protests, but pockets of violence saw clashes between police and the presidents dissenters More than 200 protesters were arrested on Friday as police used pepper spray and stun grenades to suppress a series of small, violent confrontations before and after Donald Trump was sworn in […]

Fascinating, subtle film on the machinations of Ray Kroc, the man who made a burger stop an empire, sold out its originators and birthed Trump America All this films irony and ambiguity are showcased in the title, though Birth of a Salesman was an alternative that occurred to me. The Founder is an absorbing and […]

Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump promised a new era guided by one principle — “only America first” — moments after being sworn in as the nation’s 45th commander-in-chief. But Friday’s transfer of power from President Barack Obama’s Democratic administration to Trump’s nationalist Republican presidency featured many more symbolic moments from the former and new presidents and […]

Joaqun Guzmn pleaded not guilty at New York court hearing as the alleged drug kingpin faces life in US prison and seizure of $14bn in drug profits extradited from Mexico to stand trial in New York. During a brief hearing at the Brooklyn federal court, Guzmn pleaded not guilty to charges that he lead a […]

Weve been told that the Womens March is pointless, confused, counterproductive. All the more reason to make sure we are seen and heard Women, know your limits. Thou shalt not halt the rhetoric of misogyny legitimised by the rise of Donald Trump by taking to the streets on your silly many cities around the world […]

With the throngs flocking to Washington, D.C. to celebrate and protest the Inauguration of Donald Trump, one thing is certain: there will not be an official federal government count of the number of people in attendance. Faint echoes of the controversy can still be heard any time a group marches on Washington, D.C. and boasts […]

HONOLULU Facebook founderMark Zuckerberg is making a lot of noise on the quiet Hawaiian island of Kauai after word got out that lawsuits he filed last month to secure his beachfront estate could force Hawaii residents to sell their inherited land. To keep his new property private, three of Zuckerbergs Hawaii-based companies filed eight lawsuits, […]

The Long Read: With arrogant disregard for the rules, traders colluded for years to rig Libor, the banks lending rate. But after the crash, the regulators were on their trail At the Tokyo headquarters of the Swiss bank UBS, in the middle of a deserted trading floor, Tom Hayes sat rapt before a bank of […]

Fast food boss Andrew Puzder is the new administrations labor secretary nominee despite his endorsement of adverts that objectify women New research has suggested that female employees at fast food restaurants operated by Andrew Puzder, around 66% of female workers reported sexual harassment at brands owned by CKE restaurants, run by Puzder, compared with the […]