McConnell cancels most of Senate's planned four-week August break - Washington Times

McConnell cancels most of Senate's planned four-week August break - Washington Times:

"Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Tuesday announced that he’s cancelling most of the Senate’s planned four-week recess in August, saying lawmakers should plan to stay in town to work on nominations and spending bills.
“Due to the historic obstruction by Senate Democrats of the president’s nominees, and the goal of passing appropriations bills prior to the end of the fiscal year, the August recess has been canceled,” Mr. McConnell said in a statement.
The Kentucky Republican pointed to President Trump’s statement in March that he won’t sign another massive “omnibus” spending bill, after the president had threatened to veto the $1.3 trillion bill that funds the government through September."

Boys can wear skirts to school... but not shorts - Henley Standard

Boys can wear skirts to school... but not shorts - Henley Standard:
Boys can wear skirts to school... but not shorts
TEENAGE boys have been told they can’t wear shorts at school if they’re too hot — but they can put on a skirt.
Chiltern Edge School in Sonning Common says that shorts are not part of its new uniform and that students must stick to the rules, which state that only trousers or skirts can be worn.
But a parent who queried this was told that the uniform policy was “gender neutral” and that if a boy didn’t want to wear trousers in hot weather he could put on a skirt instead.
...Alastair Vince-Porteous, from Caversham, contacted the school to ask whether his 13-year-old son could wear a pair of tailored, grey shorts as he suffers regular nose bleeds which become more frequent when it is hot. 
He said: “I wanted to try to make him a bit cooler and the shorts would help with that but I was told shorts are not part of the uniform.
“I know that in the past boys at other schools have worn skirts so I asked if he would be able to do that if he wanted and they said ‘yes’.
“They mentioned its policy being gender neutral, which is a very modern thing.”...
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History for June 7

History for June 7 - On-This-Day.com:
Paul Gauguin (Eugčne Henri Paul Gauguin) 1848 - Post-Impressionist artist, painter, sculptor, Dean Martin (Dino Paul Crocetti) 1917 - Singer, actor ("The Dean Martin Show", "Rio Bravo", "Young Lions"), Tom Jones 1940 - Singer


Kenneth Osmond 1943 - Actor, Los Angeles police officer, known for his role as Eddie Haskell in the original "Leave It To Beaver" television series, Liam Neeson 1952 - Actor ("Taken" movie series, "Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace"), Prince (Prince Rogers Nelson) 1958 - Musician, actor ("Purple Rain", "Sign 'O' the Times", "Under the Cherry Moon")


1775 - The United Colonies changed their name to the United States.


1776 - Richard Henry Lee of Virginia proposed to the Continental Congress a resolution calling for a Declaration of Independence.


1863 - Mexico City was captured by French troops.


1929 - The sovereign state of Vatican City came into existence as copies of the Lateran Treaty were exchanged in Rome.


1937 - The cover of "LIFE" magazine showed the latest in campus fashions of the times, which included saddle shoes.


1942 - The Battle of Midway ended. The sea and air battle lasted 4 days. Japan lost four carriers, a cruiser, and 292 aircraft, and suffered 2,500 casualties. The U.S. lost the Yorktown, the destroyer USS Hammann, 145 aircraft, and suffered 307 casualties.


1965 - In the U.S., the Gemini 4 mission was completed. The mission featured the first spacewalk by an American.


1981 - Israeli F-16 fighter-bombers destroyed Iraq’s only nuclear reactor.

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Kill the tech bro, save the world: how CEOs became Hollywood's new supervillains | Technology | The Guardian

Kill the tech bro, save the world: how CEOs became Hollywood's new supervillains | Technology | The Guardian:

Hollywood has a history of drawing on collective fears. 

The dawn of the atomic age saw a boom in world-ending disasters, James Bond battled Russians all throughout the cold war, and the post-9/11 era saw a grimly predictable rise in Arab and Muslim bad-guys. 
And so it follows, that in the past few years – as the likes of Mark Zuckerberg, Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos have accrued more power, wealth and influence than most governments – the face of villainy has changed again.

Since the turn of the decade, blockbusters have increasingly cast Silicon Valley’s tech-bros as supervillains. 
And it’s not hard to see why. 
Whether it’s the image of a pallid Zuckerberg hauled up in front of congress for disrupting democracy, or Jeff Bezos tweeting images of himself piloting giant robots, their public image has been less than gleaming.
 The meek have inherited the earth, and now they seem hellbent on destroying it.

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Until recently of course, blockbuster nerds were benevolent figures. 
...How things have changed..."

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CNN Commentator: National Anthem is ‘Problematic’ | The Daily Caller

CNN Commentator: National Anthem is ‘Problematic’ | The Daily Caller
"CNN commentator Angela Rye said Tuesday that she believes the national anthem is “problematic in and of itself.”
Sye tore into Trump during a discussion about the president disinviting the Philadelphia Eagles from their White House victory celebration after only a handful of players committed to attending.

...“We’re now going to end up in a midterm where we’re talking about the national anthem,” she added. 

“The national anthem is problematic in and of itself. 
There is a second verse that Colin Kaepernick brought attention to that has yet to be discussed on broad platforms.”

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DACA fix will spur new wave of illegal immigration: ICE chief - Washington Times

DACA fix will spur new wave of illegal immigration: ICE chief - Washington Times:

"Passing a “clean” Dream Act to legalize illegal immigrant “Dreamers” will spur a new wave of illegal immigration and create a new population that will need an amnesty 10 or 20 years in the future, the government’s chief deportation official said Tuesday.
Tom Homan, who has been acting as the chief at U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement since the beginning of the Trump administration, said even the talk of a renewed immigration debate on Capitol Hill will entice people to make the perilous journey to try to jump the border, saying during his nearly 35 years in immigration enforcement he’s seen it happen “every time you talk about some sort of benefit” such as legal status for illegal immigrants."

Fake researcher fabricated finding that HPV vaccine causes cervical cancer | ScienceNordic

Fake researcher fabricated finding that HPV vaccine causes cervical cancer | ScienceNordic
"A research article alleging that HPV vaccines can cause cancer has now been withdrawn. "Extremely serious," says Karolinska Institutet.
The Karolinska Institutet says they have no knowledge of a person claiming to be a researcher who is affiliated with them. 
Now a study this individual has authored about cervical cancer vaccines has been withdrawn. (Photo: NTB Scanpix)
...His motive seems to be to spread opposition to vaccinations. 
...A month ago, Andersson wrote that the HPV vaccine could be blamed for a recent increase in the number of cases of cervical cancer in parts of Sweden..."
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Medicare Will Be Insolvent In 2026, Sooner Than Expected; Social Security To Follow In 2034 | Zero Hedge

Medicare Will Be Insolvent In 2026, Sooner Than Expected; Social Security To Follow In 2034 | Zero Hedge:
"Medicare's trust fund has just eight more years of solvency until 2026, and Social Security will be exhausted in 2034, according to Thursday projections by the trustees for the government programs. 

While Social Security's expected depletion is unchanged from last year's projection, the date for Medicare's demise was moved up three years. 

Social Security is made up of several funds; the Old-Age and Survivors Insurance (OASI) and Disability Insurance (DI) are combined for the designation OASDI, while Medicare's Hospital Insurance trust fund is designated HI. 

If allowed to expire, beneficiaries would face an immediate reduction of around 20% in benefits.

The costs of Medicare and Social Security will increase substantially as a percentage of GDP through 2035 due to a sharp rise in beneficiaries as baby-boomers retire, and lower birth rates that have persisted since the baby boom resulting in slower growth of the labor force and GDP..."

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