US think tank: Russian deploying low quality reserves
by BBC Jude Sheerin, Russian operations in Ukraine continue to be largely stalled and plagued by logistical issues, according to an assessment from the US-based Institute for the Study of War. In its daily sum-up of the campaign, the institute noted that Russian forces did not conduct any…
China’s Policy Pivot Has Traders Wondering How Far It Will Go
Bloomberg News December 7, 2021, 3:17 PM GMT+9 As Chinese economic policy makers shift toward easing mode, the question on traders’ minds is how far the government is prepared to go. Financial markets are showing some expectations of further easing after the People’s Bank of China said it…
Don Lemon on Rand Paul with Dr. Fauci
As one of the chief vaccine deniers senator Rand Paul we tried to make Dr Anthony Fauci into his personal punching bag today as they went head to head over the senator’s bogus claims at the national institutes of health somehow played a role in funding research that…
General William McRaven – UT at Austin 2014
Thank you very much. Thank you. Thank you, President Powers, Provost finviz. Dean’s members of the faculty, family and friends and most importantly, the class of 2014. It is. It is indeed an honor for me to be here tonight. It’s been almost 37 years to the day…
Air Force Academy Head Tells Racists ‘Get Out’ in Impassioned Speech
Ladies and gentlemen, you may have heard that some people down in the prep school, wrote some racial slurs on some message boards. If you haven’t heard that I wanted you to hear it from me. If you’re outraged by those words, then you’re in the right place.…
Denzel Washington – Motivational Speech
I found that nothing in life is worthwhile unless you take risks. Nothing. Nelson Mandela said, there is no passion to be found, playing small and settling for a life that’s less than the one you are capable of living. Now, I’m sure in your experiences in school…
SHAKIRA – Education Changes the World
“Good morning Your Highness, excellences, friends, and colleagues. I would like to thank you for the opportunity to be here today. It’s also an honor to join forces with Educated Child, an organization led by a woman who is an amazing role model — a woman who has…
Anne Hathaway Speech – Paid Family Leave
“When I was a very young person, I began my career as an actress. Whenever my mother wasn’t free to drive me into Manhattan for auditions, I would take the train from suburban New Jersey and meet my father — who would have left his desk at the…
Priyanka Chopra – Full Power of Women
Good afternoon, and thank you and, wow. I am so privileged and so honored to be sharing this afternoon with all of you and these incredibly amazing women that are being honored today. I’d like to extend my congratulations to each one of you, Octavia, Michelle, Kelly, Patty,…
Britney Spears – Ooh La La
“Ooh La La” You don’t have to look like a movie star Ooh I think you’re good just the way you are Tell me if you could would you up and run away, with me? You don’t have to roll like a millionaire Baby I would go with…
Shakira – She Wolf
“She Wolf” [Intro] S.O.S, she’s in disguise S.O.S, she’s in disguise There’s a she wolf in disguise Coming out, coming out, coming out[Verse 1] A domesticated girl, that’s all you ask of me Darling, it is no joke, this is lycanthropy The moon’s awake now, with eyes wide…
Alvvays- Dreams Tonite
“Dreams Tonite” Rode here on the bus Now you’re one of us It was magic hour Counting motorbikes on the turnpike One of Eisenhower’s Live your life on a merry-go-round Who starts a fire just to let it go out? If I saw you on the street, would…
Adele – Hello
“Hello” Hello, it’s me I was wondering if after all these years you’d like to meet To go over everything They say that time’s supposed to heal ya But I ain’t done much healing Hello, can you hear me? I’m in California dreaming about who we used to…
New Sources on the Political Spectrum
What news sources are left-leaning, centrist, or right-leaning? There is no completely clear answer to this question because there is no one exact methodology to measure and rate the partisan bias of news sources. Here are a couple of resources that can help: AllSides All Sides is a news…
What to Know About the Summit Between Joe Biden and Moon Jae-in
By Charlie Campbell / Shanghai On Friday, U.S. President Joe Biden and his South Korean counterpart Moon Jae-in meet at the White House as two leaders united by the goal of reining in an autocratic, nuclear-armed, East Asian state. Unfortunately both men have very different approaches when it…