Elon Musk (Reuters / Stephen Lam, 2016) On Thursday, Tesla denied media reports that fired employees who chose to stay home during the coronavirus pandemic, instead of exposing themselves to possible infection at the Elon Musk factory in California. In a blog post today, “The Tesla Team” says it gave …
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David Starkey is abandoned by the publisher and Fitzwilliam College Cambridge for comments of racist slavery
Starkey, who specializes in Tudor period history and has a reputation as a provocateur, faced widespread condemnation for using derogatory language about blacks in an online interview with conservative commentator Darren Grimes. In the interview, which ranged from the Black Lives Matter movement to globalization and if White’s privilege exists, …
Read More »Delino DeShields Jr. tests positive for COVID-19
By Steve Adams The | July 3, 2020 to 10:28 am CDT Indian gardener Delino DeShields Jr. has tested positive for COVID-19, president of baseball operations Chris Antonetti told reporters this morning at the team’s summer camp (Twitter link via Ryan lewis from the Akron Beacon-Journal). DeShields is experiencing some …
Read More »‘The Outpost’ movie review: a war movie remembers the fallen
Director Rod Lurie (1984 West Point class with four years in the military) is expected to push the fluttering aspect of a film about the war in Afghanistan. Even if The outpost honoring the soldiers who fought and died during the bloody Battle of Kamdesh in 2009, opens fire on …
Read More »Evo Online is canceled after allegations of sexual abuse against organizer Joey Cuellar
The online version of the Evolution Championship Series (better known as Evo) was canceled Thursday following allegations of sexual abuse against its organizer and CEO, Joey Cuellar. Evo said in a statement on Twitter that he has relieved Cuellar of his responsibilities and is working to separate him completely from …
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