The June NATO summit in the Hague achieved great success by reaching a consensus among its members to increase the target of national defense spending to 5 percent of GDP. In addition, the cost of military aid to Ukraine is allowed to be included as part of the defense budget. Details of modernization plans were discussed earlier […]
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Kamala Harris is not interested in running for governor of California in 2026, the former vice president announced yesterday. And I’m not surprised at all — in fact, I think the ex veep has her eyes set on a loftier prize: president of the United States. That’s right, I fully expect Harris will make another
Robby Soave predicts: Kamala Harris not running for governor, but will run in 2028! Read More »
TO the sound of the fantastic Bostin Brass Band, Ozzy’s cortege passed slowly along Broad Street in Birmingham. Along with the bursts of applause from the thousands of devoted fans who had lined up to say goodbye, the procession was everything Ozzy would have wanted. 3 Jack, Kelly, Aimee, and Louis Osbourne support Sharon as
Opinions on President Trump’s budget cuts to institutions like the Department of Education, NPR and PBS tend to differ along partisan lines. But the intent behind these actions is clear: to dismantle longstanding ideological bias within publicly funded educational and media institutions. However, if the administration’s objective is genuinely to root out institutional bias, its
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As search and rescue teams in Texas continue to search for those lost in extreme flash floods and communities try to piece together lives, claims quickly spread about what happened and who was to blame. Many on the left blamed the Trump administration’s cuts to the National Weather Service. On the right, keyboard warriors accused cloud seeding technologies of causing the
Amidst terrible tragedy in Texas, debates over misinformation cloud the truth Read More »
In 2019, a gunman shot and killed 12 people in a Virginia Beach municipal building. His semiautomatic weapon was fitted with a silencer, making the gunshots sound, to one survivor, “like a nail gun.” If the shots had been louder — if the people inside had been given even 30 more seconds of warning —
Silence kills: Now is the time to speak up against deadly gun silencers Read More »
Have you seen the Twisted TBug? Twisted, the friendly, Yorkshire-based modifier of classic Land Rover Defenders (and now owner of a marine division as well), has started offering a Volkswagen Beetle Baja Bug restomod too. (If it starts doing Hillman Imps, our respective garages will look even more alike.) Unsurprisingly, the TBug looks somewhat nicer
“This 80bhp Volkswagen Baja Bug is a resto-mod done right” Read More »
So it was interesting to be removed from the role of ADAS victim. A bit like the loved one who gets bullied by their boss but can’t quite see it and muddles through, only when you witness somebody else getting harried by these systems can you appreciate just how overwhelming it is. They go off
Observing ADAS from the passenger seat: how annoying is it, really? Read More »
ZF’s latest range-extender systems, eRE and eRE+, are designed to speed up car makers’ evolution of hybrid and EV technology – and help them mould around increasingly tumultuous market conditions. “It could potentially revitalise the somewhat sluggish electric vehicle market in Europe and the US,” says the company. “Major manufacturers like Hyundai, Ford and Stellantis
Bold new (Amp)era: ZF shaping new generation of range extenders Read More »
The fight to end HIV in our lifetimes just received a game-changing innovation. In June, the FDA approved Yeztugo (lenacapavir), a groundbreaking HIV prevention treatment that requires just two injections per year — and scored 99 percent effectiveness in trials. This monumental scientific breakthrough is poised to transform the lives of people who have
We can't win the fight to end HIV if we cut funding and access to medication Read More »