Eric Zuesse (blogs at https://theduran.com/author/eric-zuesse/) As has been documented by such authorities on U.S. military spending as Winslow T. Wheeler, Robert Higgs, and others, America spends each year around $1.5 trillion for its military but hides at least around $800 billion of it (so as for the U.S. not to be publicly recognized as spending […]
Penn State wrestling head coach Cael Sanderson has built a dynasty and made
The small brick plaza in front of the Pella, Iowa, public library was teeming with people. A gray-haired woman in a T-shirt stood stoically beside a large banner bearing a Bible quote with chapter and verse notation. There were a handful of other signs in the crowd. I can’t quote any of them because I kept my head down as I entered the plaza. Inside the library, there were event posters with my face on them. I didn’t know if I’d be recognized in the crowd — or clocked as transgender. It occurred...
Nittany Lions junior hints he might line up at multiple positions in the fall
All Elite Wrestling returns to pay-per-view tonight (Sun., Apr. 21, 2024) with their new Dynasty event. The show comes our way from the Chaifetz Arena in St. Louis at 8 pm ET. A Zero Hour pre-show will stream live and free starting at 6:30 pm ET on All Elite’s YouTube channel, Bleacher Report, and right here at Cageside Seats. The main card can be purchased on Bleacher Report, Triller TV, and other streaming outlets as well as on traditional PPV. The Young Bucks are scheduled to face FTR tonight...
The following piece by Harold Meyerson appeared in The American Prospect. For left-of-center policy wonks, this is shaping up as a banner week. Here in Washington, the journal Democracy is holding a “Middle-Out Economics” conference, featuring a host of progressive economists, Biden administration appointees, union think-tankers, and political consultants who grapple with the conundrum of how to… Source
For many around the world, retirement can be a mixed bag. Australian retirees rate their retirement happiness at 70 out of 100, according to a survey of 1,000 Australians over 60 in February by the independent researcher YouGov and investment management company Challenger Limited. Money was ranked behind good physical health as the key to […]
Three years ago, on a tough day out with my kids, I barricaded myself in a toilet and wrote to Bluey’s creator with an idea. Now, it has become a reality. I couldn’t be more weirded outFor most people, the latest episode of Bluey – entitled Surprise – came as exactly that. Deliberately unannounced, it dropped like a Beyoncé album, ambushing viewers who were still coming to terms with the recent gut-wrenching, 28-minute masterpiece The Sign.However, I have spent the past three years waiting for...
Congratulations are in order for a member of Bluey‘s extended family, as revealed in the Australian cartoon’s latest special “The Sign,” now streaming on Disney+. While the focus of the 28-minute episode is evenly divided between Rad/Frisky’s wedding and the Heelers’ potential move to a new city, there’s one blink-and-you-missed-it moment that has fans of […]
More than a week after activists chanted "Death to America" and "Death to Israel" at a high-profile rally in Michigan, Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer condemned the rhetoric. "This hateful rhetoric is unacceptable, and does not represent Michigan or Dearborn," Whitmer’s office told Fox News Digital on Sunday. "The Dearborn community is full of hardworking, proud Americans. Our state is diverse and we are proud of it." A Whitmer spokesperson said the statement had previously been "prepared and...
Weinstein found guilty in 2020 of raping and assaulting two women, and is serving 23 years at a prison in upstate New York
By: Micaela Burrow, Daily Caller News Foundation Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the U.S. was not involved in Israel’s offensive strikes on Iran early Friday. The U.S. told foreign ministers at a Group of Seven (G7) meeting Friday that Washington had received “last minute” information about drone action against Iran, Italian Foreign Minister Antonio