Taught by Heather Davis, "Queer Ecologies" is a four-credit course offered by the school's Culture and Media department for students who wish to "disrupt prevailing heterosexist discursive and institutional articulations of sexuality and nature."
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Taught by Heather Davis, "Queer Ecologies" is a four-credit course offered by the school's Culture and Media department for students who wish to "disrupt prevailing heterosexist discursive and institutional articulations of sexuality and nature."
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Kaitlan Collins, White House correspondent for CNN
Kaitlan Collins, White House correspondent for CNN
Or as The New York Times put it:
"The White House barred a CNN journalist from attending a public appearance by President Trump in the Rose Garden on Wednesday, an apparent act of retaliation that drew immediate rebuke from news organizations and signaled the latest escalation of Mr. Trump's hostilities toward the news media."But once again, that's not the full story (and just for the record, a lie of omission is still a lie).
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Trump-Putin summit in Helsinki, 16 Jul. 2018
Trump-Putin summit in Helsinki, 16 Jul. 2018
Russophobia in space
Russophobia went where no Russophobia has gone before this week. At an aerospace conference, moderator Todd Harrison pulled a question from the twilight zone and asked NASA's Jim Bridenstine "Are the Russians refusing to launch African American astronauts?"
Bridenstine said he's "never heard of that," and then former NASA Administrator, Charles Bolden, who happens to be an African-American himself called it "absurd". Harrison himself will remain earthbound for the foreseeable future because Russia definitely doesn't send idiots to space.
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The former archbishop of Washington DC faces a litany of allegations, sparked after he was accused of sexually abusing an altar boy in 1971. The American Catholic Church said last month that, after an independent forensic investigation, it found the allegation was credible. The cardinal, who retired a decade ago, said he had "absolutely no recollection," of this.
A second victim has since come forward to say that he suffered serial abuse by McCarrick, starting when he was 11. A number of men have also come forward to say that, when they were studying to become priests, McCarrick forced them to have sex with him at a New Jersey beach house.
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James Gunn
James Gunn
On July 20, Disney fired outspoken liberal writer/director James Gunn from the film Guardians of the Galaxy 3 for a series of tweets he had written from 2008 to 2011 which the company deemed "offensive".
The tweets in question, which were Gunn's attempts at humor, were jokes about rape and pedophilia that were dug up by right-wing firebrand Mike Cernovich looking to bring the arch-liberal Gunn down a peg. Cernovich and his merry band of right-wing tricksters couldn't have imagined in their wildest dreams that due to their twitter/media campaign against Gunn, the man who wrote and directed the first two highly successful Guardians of the Galaxy franchise films, he would end up being kicked to the curb by Disney.
Comment: The argument over the limits of free speech rages on. It does seem hypocritical that liberals are defending Gunn's right to say truly appalling thing, while celebrating the fall of conservatives like Amy Powell who made a comment well within the context of a production meeting.
Joe Rogan comments:
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Donald Trump Jr. and Robert Mueller
Donald Trump Jr. and Robert Mueller
The photo, published by Politico on Friday, shows Mueller and Trump Jr. at Gate 35X of the Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA). The special prosecutor is seated on the left of the photo, reading a newspaper. Behind him, to the right, the president's son is talking on his cell phone.
Comment: #Resistance-types will try to make hay out of any coincidence.
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US Air Force RQ-4 Global Hawk aircrafts at an Air Force Base in the Arabian Gulf
US Air Force RQ-4 Global Hawk aircrafts at an Air Force Base in the Arabian Gulf
Just 23 percent of the respondents of a HuffPost/YouGov survey, published on Friday, approved the idea of the US going to war with Iran. The number of opponents, on the other hand, is more than doubled - 53 percent do not support such a scenario, including 37 percent of "strongly opposed" respondents. The remaining quarter of the surveyed was undecided. Most of the more hawkish respondents were found to be Trump's campaign supporters.
Despite the fact that most Americans agree with Trump that Iran is no friend to the US, they are not supportive of his hawkish approach to their countries' relations, according to the survey. Some 43 percent were found in opposition to the US leader's handling of issues related to Iran, while 36 present supported him. Moreover, more than a third think Trump's actions only worsen the already strained situation.
Comment: Despite his bluster, Trump is likely only using his 'art of the deal' tactics to start the negotiating process; the real threats to Iran are being orchestrated elsewhere:
- 'Bomb Iran' madness has its grip on Washington
- US and its vassal states Israel and Saudi Arabia are plotting war with Iran and Hezbollah
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Jeff Bezos, founder and chief executive officer of Amazon
Jeff Bezos, founder and chief executive officer of Amazon
WALMART
US retailer Walmart, with revenue of $486 billion in 2017, out-earned the sixth-largest economy in the euro zone - Belgium (with GDP of $468 billion). If it were a country, Walmart would be ranked 24th in the world by GDP.
VOLKSWAGEN
Revenues of German automaker Volkswagen are greater than Chile's GDP. The company, which has been hit by the 'Dieselgate' scandal, earned $276 billion last year. Chile's GDP in 2016 was $250 billion, and it is considered by many to be the most stable nation in South America, ahead of other nations such as Argentina, Brazil, and Colombia. Volkswagen would be number 43 in the world if its revenue represented its GDP.
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Supporters of Rafael Correa outside the Ecuadorian embassy in London
Supporters of Rafael Correa outside the Ecuadorian embassy in London
Correa's remarks came amid speculation that his successor, Lenin Moreno, may soon kick Assange out, probably to be arrested by British authorities. According to Assange himself, this would lead to the unsealing of a secret US indictment against him and his extradition to America.
Moreno this week said that, sooner or later, the whistleblower will have to leave the diplomatic mission. However, Ecuador wants to make sure that nothing "poses danger" to the whistleblower's life, the president stressed.
You can be sure that he [Moreno] is a hypocrite. He already has an agreement with the US about what will happen to Assange. And now he's just trying to sweeten the pill by saying he's going to have a dialogue" about conditions of the transfer, Correa told RT Spanish. "I'm afraid ... that Assange's days in our embassy are numbered."
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Four of the six women told New Yorker's Ronan Farrow that Moonves had tried to forcibly touch or kiss them, while the other two alleged victims revealed that the 68-year-old media executive, who played a significant part in the ongoing "Me Too" anti-harassment movement, attempted to physically intimidate them or threatened their careers.
One of the women, actress Ileana Douglas, who won an Emmy for Six Feet Under, described how Moonves tried to grab her and "violently kiss" her during a business meeting in 1997. "I couldn't get him off me... the physicality of it was horrendous," she said. "What it feels like to have someone hold you down - you can't breathe, you can't move."
Comment: Considering an accusation is as good as a conviction in the #MeToo age, we can expect Moonves will be thrown out on his butt without so much as a peripheral investigation. It's a rather effective way to take down one's enemies - judge jury and executioner all for the low low price of a tweet.
See also:
- #MeToo for women only? Feminists group under fire for defending FEMALE professor accused of sexual harassment
- US makes list of top 10 most dangerous countries for women mostly due to #MeToo movement
- When #MeToo goes too far: Film crews for Netflix not allowed to look at anyone for longer than 5 seconds
- Juanita Broaddrick on Bill Clinton and why there is a #MeToo Movement - and why it cut her out
- Morgan Freeman gets his #MeToo moment, but some see Russian shadow
- The war on men in the #MeToo era
Comment: Trump is not the only leader to suffer from the American press corps lack of manners.