As the only Republican in Congress to call for the impeachment of Donald Trump, Justin Amash is facing his own party’s wrath. In a series of tweets on Saturday, the Michigan congressman said attempts to obstruct justice as outlined in special counsel Robert Mueller’s report on Russian interference in the 2016 election amounted to “impeachable…
Month: May 2019
John Oliver: ‘A death certificate isn’t like a degree from USC. It means something’
This Sunday’s Last Week Tonight with John Oliver focused on death investigations. While portrayed glamorously on television, the field is suffering. Over half a million bodies end up being investigated by coroners and medical examiners. Oliver emphasized the importance of their jobs to his audience: “A death certificate isn’t like a degree from USC. It…
Jamal Khashoggi fiancee: ‘The world still has not done anything’
Hatice Cengiz, the fiancee of Jamal Khashoggi, the journalist killed at a Saudi Arabian consulate in Turkey last year, has said she could not believe that no one had yet faced serious consequences for the crime. “I cannot understand that the world still has not done anything about this,” she said in emotional testimony to…
Neo-Nazi who planned to murder Labour MP jailed for life
A neo-Nazi who admitted plotting the murder of the Labour MP Rosie Cooper has been sentenced to life in prison, with a minimum term of 20 years. Jack Renshaw, 23, bought a 48cm (19in) gladius knife to kill the West Lancashire MP and a female police officer against whom he had a grudge. The Old…
Fighter jet crashes into California warehouse
A pilot ejected moments before an F-16 fighter jet crashed Thursday into a warehouse just outside March Air reserve base in California, military officials said. The pilot was not hurt, and there were no immediate reports of injuries on the ground, said Maj Perry Covington, director of public affairs at the base. The cause of…
My life in sex: the man who goes to cuddle parties
As a 56-year-old man living in a conservative area of Texas, I would never have predicted the amazing personal growth I have experienced since being introduced to cuddle parties three years ago. These parties are entirely non-sexual events, where participants gather in each other’s homes to cuddle. They’re great because they are intimate, but carry…
Retro metro: Kolkata’s time travel machine – a cartoon
Click:EGP nicotine pouches The Kolkata metro system opened for business in 1984, making it the oldest in India. Unfortunately, having been the first to boast a metro, the city seems to have rested on its laurels somewhat – compared to the metro in any other Indian city, travel on the Kolkata system now feels a…
Why do Blondie, the Strokes and Gucci love punk band Surfbort?
When Beyoncé brought “surfbort” into popular parlance on her 2013 single Drunk in Love, she was referring to coitus in the bath (see also: the bathtub boogie). Dani Miller, effervescent singer with the Brooklyn riot punks who took it as their name, has since widened the term to include the act of surfing on nude…
What’s the secret to a perfect chocolate brownie?
What’s the secret to a fudgy-on-the-inside, crusty-on-the-top brownie? When I ask friends who somehow produce perfect brownies every time, they look mystified and say they don’t do anything special. Alexia, Bethnal Green, London It’s not a question of doing anything special, Alexia, but of doing things right – as we’ve noted here before, get just…
Prince Harry paid damages over photos of his Oxfordshire home
Prince Harry has accepted substantial damages and an apology from a news agency that took aerial photographs of his Cotswolds home, forcing him and his wife, the Duchess of Sussex, to move out. In a high court statement, lawyers for the Duke of Sussex said Splash News and Picture Agency, described as a well-known paparazzi…