Billionaires, Hollywood celebrities, and climate activists share fame, fortune, and a profile they work hard to control. All of which is why so many are calling on a public company not to track their flights and expose their carbon footprints.
AFP reports flight-following websites and Twitter accounts that offer real-time views of air traffic are on the end of regular pushback ranging from complaints to gear seizures by those who would rather their movements are not in the public domain.
"Walt Disney has been cancelled by Walt Disney. Here’s the back story: When Disneyland first opened in 1955, Walt Disney delivered a speech welcoming people to the happiest place on Earth. To all who come to this happy place: Welcome. Disneyland is your land. Here age relives fond memories of the past, and here youth may savor the challenge and promise of the future. Disneyland is dedicated to the ideals, the dreams and the hard facts that have created America with the hope that it will be a source of joy and inspiration to all the world. Thank you. Walt Disney For 67 years that speech was delivered – but not this year..."
"Americans are sharing their plans to vote for Republicans as crowds flock to Mar-a-Lago to demonstrate support for Donald Trump after FBI agents raided his property in Florida."
The latest iteration of the Senate Democrats’ reconciliation bill, known as the “Inflation Reduction Act,” would raise taxes on thousands of small and mid-sized businesses across the country, according to Americans for Tax Reform (ATR).
1842 - The U.S. and Canada signed the Webster-Ashburton Treaty, which solved a border dispute.
1859 - The escalator was patented by Nathan Ames.
1910 - A.J. Fisher received a patent for the electric washing machine.
1936 - Jesse Owens won his fourth gold medal at the Berlin Olympics. He was the first American to win four medals in one Olympics.
1944 - The Forest Service and Wartime Advertising Council created "Smokey the Bear."
1945 - The U.S. dropped an atomic bomb on Nagasaki. The bombing came three days after the bombing of Hiroshima. About 74,000 people were killed. Japan surrendered August 14.
1974 - U.S. President Richard Nixon formally resigned. Gerald R. Ford took his place, and became the 38th president of the U.S.
2001 - U.S. President George W. Bush announced he would support federal funding for limited medical research on embryonic stem cells.
Former President Donald Trump confirmed in a statement on Monday that the FBI raided his residence at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida.
"These are dark times for our Nation, as my beautiful home, Mar-A-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida, is currently under siege, raided, and occupied by a large group of FBI agents," read the statement from the former president.
Elon Musk is countersuing Twitter over his scrubbed $44 billion deal, claiming that the social media company withheld critical information and provided misleading data about the actual size of its user base.
This countersuit, filed in Delaware Chancery Court last week and unsealed August 4, alleges that Twitter's statements in its SEC disclosures "were far from true. Instead, they contain numerous, material misrepresentations or omissions that distort Twitter's value and caused the Musk Parties to agree to acquire the company at an inflated price."
"Michael Yon, esteemed author and combat correspondent, reached out to Jeroen van Maanen, a Dutch dairy farmer and protest leader for 2.5 years, to provide a first-hand account of the Dutch farmer uprising that the mainstream media has not represented very well."
Indictment exposes ties between Moscow, black nationalist groups, and Antifa.
"...Senate Intelligence report awkwardly revealed that the Russian operation had focused most of its attention on black nationalists. The Senate report revealed that "most of the videos" put out by the Russian IRA troll factory on YouTube "pertained to police brutality and the activist efforts of the Black Lives Matter organization" and found that "no single group of Americans was targeted... more than African-Americans" around "race and related issues".
But that was an understatement. The Russians had created their own Black Lives Matter groups, activists and protests..."
"An investigation is underway into a robbery by four masked men who brazenly broke into a Bronx jewelry store last week and made off with an estimated $2 million worth of merchandise, according to the NYPD..."
Citing Household Survey Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Payne noted that full-time jobs dropped by 71,000, while part-time jobs increased by 384,000, and people who held multiple jobs rose by 92,000.
"...According to Smith, preliminary information finds: -$783.5 million in stimulus checks sent to over 500,000 federal prisoners, including the Boston Marathon Bomber – $13 million in stimulus checks sent to deceased individuals -Up to $4.38 billion in stimulus checks sent to illegal immigrants
The payments to illegal aliens and federal prisoners appear to add up to $5.1635 billion..."
AR-15 guns have been placed on site at Madison County, North Carolina, schools as a security precaution.
"We were able to put an AR-15 rifle and safe in all of our schools in the county," Sheriff Buddy Harwood said, according to the Asheville Citizen Times. "We've also got breaching tools to go into those safes. We've got extra magazines with ammo in those safes."