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17 hours ago
Current Event jackthetripperBioware tried to revive Knights of the Old Republic ‘multiple times’
Ever since the most recent Star Wars game cancellation at EA, there has been a ton of discussion surrounding the publisher and its use of the license. Over the weekend, an older story began doing the rounds again, reminding the world that at one point, Bioware was working on a Knights of the Old Republic reboot.
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10 days ago
Current Event jackthetripper
2019 is the year the streaming wars get real
For cord cutters and streaming lovers, 2019 will mean two things: A raft of new streaming services will hit the scene, and users will see major changes to viewing libraries. Two major new streaming services will launch this year from Disney (DIS) and WarnerMedia, the parent company of CNN. That means more movies, TV shows and originals, but also greater stratification.
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3 weeks ago
Current Event jackthetripper
Could Expanding Employee Ownership Be the Next Big Economic Policy?
TWO LIKELY DEMOCRATIC presidential contenders in 2020 have made quiet strides in recent years to bring into vogue a little-known policy that could reduce economic inequality — one that harnesses current law to expand workers’ ability to become owners in their place of employment. Sens. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., have worked to advance legislation on employee stock ownership plans, or ESOPs, which are retirement vehicles that allow a business owner to sell their co...
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1 month ago
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The Guy Who Owns ‘Avengers: Endgame’ URL Is Holding It For Ransom to Score Premiere Tickets
Anyone hoping to find out more about “Avengers: Endgame” following the official trailer debut by going to www.AvengersEndgame.com got a frustrating and hilarious surprise: The URL automatically reroutes to 20th Century Fox’s “Deadpool” movie page, which is currently promoting the PG-13 rated “Once Upon a Deadpool.” While it’s a trick Wade Wilson/Deadpool would pull himself, The Wrap confirms the URL owner is actually @AGuyInChair (real name is staying anonymous for now).
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1 month ago
Current Event jackthetripper
Nasa spacecraft gets up close with asteroid on collision course with Earth
NASA’s spacecraft OSIRIS-REx has finally reached the asteroid 101955 Bennu – which may be on collision course with the Earth – after travelling for just over two years since its launch in September 2016. This mission, which will bring grains back for us to study on Earth, is latest to return asteroid samples to Earth after the Japanese Space Agency’s missions Hayabusa 1 and 2 and StarDust. The data will help unveil more about the origins of the solar system and how to protect the Earth f...
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1 month ago
Current Event jackthetripper
Trump on climate change: ‘People like myself, we have very high levels of intelligence but we’re not necessarily such believers.’
President Trump on Tuesday dismissed a landmark report compiled by 13 federal agencies detailing how damage from global warming is intensifying throughout the country, saying he is not among the “believers” who see climate change as a pressing problem. The comments were the president’s most extensive yet on why he disagrees with his own government’s analysis, which found that climate change poses a severe threat to the health of Americans, as well as to the country’s infrastructure, ec...
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2 months ago
Current Event jackthetripper
The fires in California highlight — and worsen — the state’s income divide
Miley Cyrus lost her home in southern California’s Woolsey Fire, one of three major fires currently tearing through the state. Gerard Butler photographed himself standing in the wreckage of his Malibu home, which he said was only partially destroyed. Villa de la Vina, the Spanish-style home best known for being the set of The Bachelor and The Bachelorette, was damaged by the blaze. The ranch that was recently used as the set of Westworld burned to the ground. Kim Kardashian and Kanye West repo...
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2 months ago
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How Aladdin's story was forged in Aleppo and Versailles
A new translation of the tale of magical opulence coincides with fresh evidence that its first teller was a Syrian dazzled by the court of Louis XIV
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2 months ago
Analysis jackthetripper
10 States Now Get At Least 20 Percent of Their Electricity from Solar and Wind
True story.
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2 months ago
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Death Metal Grandma
Death Metal Grandma follows the story of 96 year old Holocaust survivor, former WW2 spy and famous songwriter Inge Ginsberg as she decides to pursue a new career: Death Metal.
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3 months ago
Current Event jackthetripper
A Japanese Company Claims It Will Utilize SpaceX Rockets to Land on the Moon
A Japanese space agency, iSpace, announced on Wednesday 26th September that it will launch a lunar lander and rover to the moon in 2020 and 2021. The uncrewed iSpace spacecraft will go to space on board a SpaceX Faclon 9 Rocket, the organization said. On the off chance that it all g oes well, in 2020, the company will endevour to orbit the moon with one of its landers. In 2021, it will attempt to securely place a lander on the lunar surface and send lunar rovers to investigate further
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4 months ago
Current Event jackthetripper
UN says coca cultivation hit new high in Colombia last year
Colombia’s acreage of coca, the raw material for cocaine, expanded 17 percent to hit a new record last year, the United Nations said on Wednesday, as the government mulls whether to restart aerial fumigation with the herbicide glyphosate. The total area of the Andean nation under coca cultivation increased to 171,000 hectares (422,550 acres) by the end of 2017, according to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, due to increased productivity and growers eager to expand in the hope of ge...
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4 months ago
Comment jackthetripper
A nap always helps. Just don't think more sad things when trying to fall alseep.
Posted in: What do you do when you feel sad?
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4 months ago
Current Event jackthetripper
What Really Happened to Apple's AirPower (Exclusive Details)
For those who eagerly watched the 2017 iPhone X release event last September 12, there is somewhat of an elephant in the room that Apple has so far refused to address: the AirPower wireless charging mat that it unveiled at the event with a promise of a 2018 release date.
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4 months ago
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None of this really matters does it. The party of "family values" will still unanimously vote to confirm him.