“Government teleprompter,” Ryan muttered in disgust about three quarters of the way through his speech at Northwestern University Law School. The teleprompter had briefly failed, and Ryan was forced to look down and read off the printed text. Today is Ryan’s last day in office. The rotund party hack from Kankakee didn’t run for re-election because of a scandal (involving bribes for truckers’ licenses) that is expected to lead to his indictment....
Not true. Rep. Chet Edwards, a Democrat from Texas, has been on Capitol Hill for 11 years. He’s a moderate, respected in both parties, and a member of the powerful Appropriations Committee. His district encompasses Waco and a little town called Crawford. But President Bush’s congressman describes himself as “incredibly frustrated.” “Congress can find $256 million to protect itself, but can’t find one additional dime to protect Americans from the real threat of nuclear terrorism,” Edwards says....
As seen below in Beyond Good and Evil 2’s first in-engine demo, Ancel begins by showing off the actual mother ship seen in the game’s reveal trailer, which is about 400 meters long, with it and ships like it serving as players’ home bases to hold their crew, their own quarters, and even additional space vessels. The Creative Director then has his protagonist of choice – for Ancel, he’s chosen the monkey character from the first trailer – soar around in the skies with a jet pack....
Denali National Park Talkeetna, Alaska Arguably the most beautiful time to visit “The Last Frontier” is fall, as the tundra plants change color and the animals emerge for the last warm days before winter brings mountains of snow and 23 hours of darkness. This is also a great time to meet Denali’s resident sled dogs, aka the canine rangers, before they begin their winter jobs. Lake Louise Banff National Park, Canada...
Several ministers of the Indian governments have raised concerns regarding data security and have written to the PM demanding a ban on the PUBG Mobile alternative. Adding to the drama is Prime Minister Modi’s comment at the Toycathon 2021 that might lead to BGMI ban in India even before the official launch. He said that most online games lack Indian values or concepts. These digital games are often seen promoting violence and add to mental stress....
He also divulged that he had previously worked for the ISRO before taking a break to focus on getting his master’s degree. During this preparation period, he had free time and picked the popular battle royale game PUBG Mobile. Eventually, Ocean started uploading instructional videos on YouTube for others to learn from. Ocean Sharma talks about his early experiences as a caster for PUBG Mobile AND BGMI tournaments Upon being asked if he ever wanted to play the game professionally rather than watch exhilarating clutches from the sidelines, Ocean replied that he had previously competed in the PUBG Mobile India Tour 2019 and shared an interesting anecdote....
AITA Thursday caved in to Bhupathi and Bopanna’s demand of playing together in London following their refusal to partner Leander Paes. “I am excited, we were trying to fight this for past 10 days. It has given us motivation to work hard for next month,” said Bhupathi. “I am relieved and happy that I am playing with Rohan. Someone had to end up being unhappy.” When asked if he would ever play with Paes again, Bhupathi said: “You can never say never but I am getting too old for all this (controversies)....
Bianca Belair on when she found out she’d be in the 2020 women’s Royal Rumble match SmackDown star Bianca Belair was interviewed by Sports Illustrated recently. Belair was asked about her goals for 2021 and she said it would be a special year for her starting with the Royal Rumble: Bianca Belair was a part of the women’s Royal Rumble match earlier this year, coming out second and lasting 34 minutes and getting seven eliminations in the process....
Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., chairman of the committee, said the Trump administration’s “flawed negotiations” with the Taliban will be reviewed, as the U.S. and the Taliban signed a peace agreement in February 2020. He also said lawmakers will investigate what he described as the “Biden administration’s flawed execution of the U.S. withdrawal.” “The Committee will seek a full accounting for these shortcomings as well as assess why the Afghan National Defense and Security Forces collapsed so quickly,” Menendez said in a statement....
The latest cash injection from Bloomberg is $1.5 million to the Florida For All coalition, which will begin door-knocking on Sunday, in partnership with Somos PAC, which also received $1.5 million from Bloomberg to engage Black and Latino voters. In addition to those key constituencies, the efforts seek to reach Haitians and other infrequent voters of color in six counties, including Miami-Dade, Broward, Palm Beach, Orange, Pinellas and Hillsborough County....
Support for ending the war in Afghanistan was steady among the U.S. population, but rather than watching a solemn end to a two-decade conflict, viewers were met with harrowing scenes as the Afghan government collapsed overnight and the Taliban strolled peacefully into Kabul, prompting hundreds of panicked Afghans to storm Hamid Karzai International Airport. Televisions, computers and phone screens across the country were inundated with rerunning clips of crowds chasing and clinging to a U....
Given how much progress Fallout 76 has made recently, this news may suggest that the game will only continue to improve from here. Fans who were wondering if it was worth returning to Fallout 76 in 2022 may be inclined to take this announcement as a good sign. RELATED: Fallout 76 Players Host Shakespeare Festival A 2022 roadmap for Fallout 76 was recently released, showing fans what they can expect to see added to the game this year....
Here’s Bethesda’s response to the idea that Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim could potentially be an MMO: This news is certain to set many Elder Scrolls fans’ minds at ease. Fans are almost unanimous in their hope for another single player only Elder Scrolls game, though this seems more due to the fact that the other games in the series are just so good the way they are, rather than thoughts that an MMO would be bad....
While Fallout is inextricably linked with Bethesda these days, it wasn’t actually the studio behind the first entry in the series. Initially developed and published by Interplay Productions, the Fallout games have already been through a few pairs of hands. Bethesda may be the main name associated with it now and look to be the predominant hands on the wheel for Fallout 5’s development, but Obsidian Entertainment’s Fallout: New Vegas proves that outsourcing development under Bethesda’s watchful eye can produce some great results....
Now, with Texas again facing cold winter months and hoping its infrastructure can hold up, O’Rourke has embarked on a 12-day, 2,100 mile ‘Keeping the Lights On’ road trip in his pickup truck that will see him hit 20 Texas cities and towns. With the time and energy O’Rourke is devoting to amplifying the power grid failure that led to hundreds of Texans dying in the winter of 2021, it’s clear the campaign sees it as a winning issue....
O’Rourke, a former congressman who ran unsuccessfully against now-Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) in 2018, raised $2 million within 24 hours of announcing his campaign for governor on Monday, according to his campaign team. The former Representative for Texas’ 16th district is the most prominent Democrat to enter the race so far and if nominated, will most likely face Abbott—who seeks a third term. O’Rourke’s campaign told The Texas Tribune on Wednesday that the fundraising haul was a record “for any Democratic gubernatorial candidate for the first 24 hours,” and the most raised in the “first 24 hours of any campaign in 2021....
So it’s especially galling that Education Secretary Betsy DeVos is seizing this global crisis to accelerate her privatization agenda for public education. Her directives for federal relief funding aren’t just ideological—they abandon our national commitment to provide for communities in dire need, right when they need that support the most. DeVos made her intentions plain last month, when she directed public schools to share with private and religious schools more of the funding available to them through the CARES Act....
Even as working people push for changes that will allow them to simply take care of their families, small government ideologues continually push the old, tired trope that paying working people family-sustaining wages—known as prevailing wages—will harm the economy and squeeze small businesses out of big opportunities. This is simply not true. As a small contractor and an IBEW electrician, we know from experience that paying prevailing wages is a net positive—for contractors, working families, the economy, and local communities....
Waitresses and janitors and security guards were around, of course, but they somehow didn’t get consulted about the president’s new tax bill either. No lobbyist in a nice suit with a Blackberry roamed the corridors, representing their interests. So it wasn’t until after President Bush signed the bill in front of a 98 percent white audience at the White House (if you don’t believe me, look at the wide angle picture of the signing ceremony in The New York Times), that someone read the fine print and found out that working people mostly got the shaft....
JOHN EDWARDS: The North Carolina senator is the favorite only in the minds of the voters; insiders say that he is far from a shoo-in. His best hope is for his supporters, especially fund-raisers, to band together to make it clear to Kerry that there is a price to be paid for not picking him. Advantages: He has proven himself a thoroughbred, virtually gaffe-free candidate who would bring freshness, youth and a skillful advocate’s abilities to his new client, Kerry, and would cross-examine President Bush and Vice President Cheney with a vengeance....
