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The Ultimate List of Mac Menu Bar Apps
Menu bar apps live in the top-right corner of your Mac's screen, and bring some amazing benefits to your desktop. We love that these tiny, smart utilities don't get in our way like the dock apps do. Instead, they sit in a corner and swing into action only when we summon them.
But which are the best Mac menu bar apps out there? That's the question we're here to answer with our curated list. Before we get to it, here are three important points for you to take note of:
- Free apps get priority on our list, but not at the cost of quality or effectiveness.
- All premium apps on the list come with a free trial unless mentioned otherwise. You can even try some of them through the app subscription service Setapp Setapp Offers 65 Premium Mac Apps for One Low Price For $9.99 per month you can get access to around 60 premium Mac apps thanks to Setapp, but is it worth it? Read More . (Look for the Available on Setapp label right below the app name.)
- Technically speaking, a few apps on the list are not menu bar apps, but regular applications that you can limit to the menu bar by hiding their dock icon.
Jump Ahead: Timesavers | Focus | Productivity | System Tools | Others
This tiny utility seems to have been around forever. It's useful for ejecting drives from the menu bar, one at a time or all at once.
Install Clocker to stay up-to-date on time zone information. You can even add notes and create reminders with the app.
Resolutionator ($3)
The makers of the popular window management app Moom have a few other useful apps for you. Resolutionator is one of them. It makes switching screen resolutions effortless. You'll see a list of all your displays with nested menus showing the resolutions available to each of them. Don't forget to try the app before you buy!
QuickRes ($14.99) is another popular app that does something similar. It has some advanced features such as custom profiles and Touch Bar support.
Gestimer ($3.99)
Let's say you need to pick up something on your way to work or call someone before they leave for the airport. With Gestimer, you can create quick reminders for such short-term daily tasks right from the menu bar. Drag and drop the app's menu bar icon onto your Mac's screen to start creating a reminder. Click on the icon to view all your reminders as a list.
XMenu [No Longer Available]
If you rely more on mouse clicks than keyboard shortcuts, you'll appreciate the convenience of an app launcher that lives in the menu bar. XMenu gives you access to all your folders, applications, music, movies, and even text snippets. It's been quite a while since the app saw an update, but it seems to work without a glitch even on High Sierra.
Some of the best Mac apps come pre-installed The Best Default Mac Apps That You Shouldn't Need to Replace Here are some of the best default, pre-installed, native Mac apps worth using. Don't ditch them before you try them! Read More . Grab and Preview fall into that category for sure, but using them in tandem to take, edit, and annotate screenshots How to Take Screenshots on Mac: Tips, Tools, and Tricks to Know Need to take a screenshot on your mac? Here are the best shortcuts, tips, and apps for macOS screenshots. Read More makes for a tedious workflow. Try Monosnap instead. It's an underrated app that I wish I had discovered sooner.
As soon as you take a screenshot with its menu bar options or keyboard shortcuts, Monosnap opens the file right there. It allows you to add text and visual elements, blur sensitive data, and highlight specific sections with minimal effort. Dig into Monosnap's preferences to find more useful features.
Screenie ($9.99)
Screenie makes all your images super easy to access by putting them in the menu bar. From the app's icon you can view detailed information about your images, drag images into various apps, and search through them. Customization is the keyword with this app. Its developers call it "the image manager Apple forgot."
Mia for Gmail
The lightweight and efficient Mia for Gmail puts the contents of your Gmail inbox in the menu bar. You don't have to switch to a desktop client or webmail to read, compose, delete, label, or move emails.
If you would prefer a menu bar app that's a Gmail lookalike, try Made for Gmail or MailTab for Gmail. Do you know of any up-to-date menu bar apps for checking non-Gmail inboxes?
Hocus Focus
Multi-tasking can kill your mental energy 11 Quick Fixes for the Bad Habits That Kill Your Mental Energy There are millions of things that drain your mental energy. You can develop good habits to increase your mental energy reserves. The tips here are a great place to start. Read More . Switch to automated single-tasking with Hocus Focus. You can set the app to hide your inactive windows after a preset time or every time you switch to a different app. Hocus Focus allows you to set custom timers for each open application.
HazeOver ($8.99)
Available on Setapp
If you'd rather have inactive apps fade away into the background instead of disappearing from the screen altogether, try HazeOver. It puts the spotlight on the active app and acts as a dimmer switch for the inactive ones.
Wish you could quit applications after a certain interval instead of hiding them? Quitter can take care of that for you. It's one of those lesser-known apps that work wonders for your productivity 13 Free Mac Productivity Apps You Haven't Heard Of There's a misconception among Mac users that good apps are always paid, but you'll find plenty of excellent free apps if you know where to look. Read More . You can also hide apps with Quitter if you want to.
Focus ($19.99)
Available on Setapp
If you need rescuing from Facebook and co How to Really Block Time-Wasting Websites: 3 Tips That Work Finding yourself unproductive because of distracting sites? Block time-wasting sites with the help of these tips and tools. Read More or distracting desktop applications during your workday, check out Focus. It allows you to block distractions with a single click or a keystroke. While we're on the subject, you might want to consider making a few changes to get a distraction-free computer How to Get a Distraction-Free Computer in 10 Easy Steps Your attention is consumed by distractions. Remove them to increase your focus and productivity. We show you the most common computer-related time suckers and how to disable or block them. Read More .
Use the timer built into Focus to schedule distraction-free sessions. They're perfect for making inroads into your work and digging yourself out of task backlogs 10 Ways To Dig Yourself Out Of Task Backlogs The feeling of drowning in a list of never ending tasks is a fear common to all of us. The cure is available. Here are ten ways to claw your way back. Read More . If you're worried your evil twin will find a way to cheat the system, the app has a couple of tricks to stop her.
Focus comes with a free trial and a 60-day money back guarantee.
Mac has some nice third-party distraction-blocking apps such as SelfControl and Cold Turkey. It's a pity that the menu-bar-based solutions (i.e. competitors to Focus) seem to be in short supply.
Tomato One (aka Pomodoro One)
You don't need a special app to work the Pomodoro way. Any old kitchen timer will do, but a menu bar app makes it easier, and the beautiful Tomato One is one of our top choices The Best Pomodoro Timer Apps to Rocket Your Productivity If you often hit a productivity wall after a few hours of work, a Pomodoro timer could help you keep your focus. This selection of timers has an option for every platform. Read More . It's been a while since its developers updated the app, but it works fine, even in modern macOS versions.
You can trigger a Pomodoro, a short break, or a long break from the app's menu bar icon. If you want to tweak any of these intervals or turn off the Autostart feature, visit the app's settings section via the Show option in the menu.
Be Focused and Be Focused Pro ($4.99)
Available on Setapp
Be Focused combines a super simple to-do list 8 Super Simple To-Do List Tools to Keep You Focused A to-do list is the simplest productivity system. These eight minimalist to-do list tools are for tracking your daily tasks without the fuss. Read More feature with a Pomodoro timer. As with Tomato One, you get daily/weekly maps to chart your progress and the option to customize the time intervals for Pomodoros and breaks.
The app limits you to 10 to-do items. Of course, it's best to stick to a handful of tasks to make your to-do list appear manageable instead of overwhelming. Be Focused adds a widget in the Notification Center and is also available as an iOS app.
Workspaces ($7.99)
Available on Setapp
With Workspaces, you can summon up everything you need to work on a particular project with a snap of your fingers… er… with the click of a button.
The app allows you to bundle the resources linked with a project (files, websites, emails, apps, and so on) into one set. You can see and open the contents of each project or "workspace" from the app's menu bar icon.
Keep a scratch pad ready in your menu bar for typing in ideas, reminders, and other bits and pieces of information. The bare-bones Tyke is perfect for the job.
FiveNotes ($4.99)
If you need basic Markdown support for your scratch pad, go for FiveNotes. It supports headers, bold and italicized text, lists, and quotes. If you have set your Mac to use the dark version of the menu bar from System Preferences > General, the notepad also reflects a dark theme. The app autosaves notes, so that's one less thing to worry about.
As the app's name suggests, you get only five notes, which is not bad for a scratch pad.
Itsycal gives you a no-fuss way to create, view, and delete calendar events. It's unintrusive, keyboard friendly, and open source too! If you want a companion app for your Mac's pre-installed calendar app, Itsycal is ideal. Keep in mind that the macOS Calendar has a useful tricks, too.
Fantastical ($39.99)
Want a powerful calendar app living in your menu bar? Let the much-loved Fantastical convince you it's the right choice — take advantage of its free trial. Our review of Fantastical tells you why it's worth the high price tag.
Taking frequent short breaks Take A Break: 10 Websites To Help You Relax For Two Minutes It's incredibly important to take the time to relax occasionally. It doesn't do anyone any good to constantly be ON, to be working, to be stressed by the rigors of everyday life. In the same... Read More is as important for productivity as beating procrastination. TimeOut is here to remind you of that.
Much like Pomodoro apps, TimeOut allows you to configure time intervals for work and play. You can also, say, play a piece of soothing music The Most Relaxing Songs of All Time, According to Science "The Most Relaxing Tune Ever" is actually a thing, and scientists have determined a Top 10 list of relaxing songs. It's about time we revisited some of those more tranquilizing numbers. Read More , open a specific website, or put your Mac to sleep automatically when break time starts.
Pick from TimeOut's repository of user-submitted themes and scripts to program the app to your liking.
With the soothing sound of a Tibetan bowl, Awareness tells you that you have now used your Mac for an hour at a stretch. That has a feel-good effect if you have immersed yourself in your work (or rather ignored Facebook and email) for the past hour. Take a break or continue working — it's up to you. Awareness is only the messenger.
System Tools
iStat Menus ($11.79)
Available on Setapp
Yes, there are cheap (even free) ways to keep tabs on your Mac's vital signs Monitor Your Mac's Vital Signs With These Third Party System Monitors As useful as Apple's Activity Monitor is, there are many more monitoring apps made by third-party developers that can be of use to the discerning Mac user. Read More . But iStat Menus is the app to get if you want a convenient way to know everything there is to know about your Mac's activity.
The app gives you no-detail-left-out reports about the CPU, memory, disks, battery, sensors, and so on. Want weather reports and forecasts? You have them, along with information about internet downtime, high CPU usage, network traffic, and a lot more.
Hazel ($32)
Create rules to automate various tasks on your Mac with Hazel. You can start and stop Hazel, open the app window, and even run individual rules from the menu bar.
macOS does have an in-built app for automation (Automator), but it comes with a slight learning curve. Hazel is easier to adapt to and feels more user friendly.
Battery Health
Battery Health tells you everything you need to know about your MacBook's battery. That includes how long it will last with the current charge, the number of charge cycles it has been through, and the status of its health. The "info" section of the app lists a few tips that show you how you can make your Mac's battery last longer.
If you want a couple more options to consider, check out Battery Monitor and Coconut Battery.
BetterSnapTool ($2.99)
You have quite a few impressive window management Mac apps The 6 Best Mac Window Management Tools Here are the best Mac window managers to help keep your app windows organized for a tidy desktop. Read More to choose from, but BetterSnapTool is one the most feature rich options. Apart from scaling and resizing windows, you can program app-specific snapping sizes and custom snap areas. The app also supports multiple monitors 6 Essential Tools and Tips for Working With Multiple Mac Monitors Do you use dual monitors on your Mac? Make your Mac multiple-monitor setup work better with these top tips and tricks. Read More .
Read our review of BetterSnapTool Take Control of Windows On Your Mac Desktop With BetterSnapTool and Houdini No matter if you have a small 11" MacBook Air or a 27" iMac, you typically are going to wrestle with managing windows on your desktop screen. Even though I use two monitors, I used... Read More , and if you want an alternative to the app, Moom ($10) is a great choice.
If you want a free window management solution and don't mind one that relies only on keyboard shortcuts, you can't go wrong with Spectacle. Its default shortcuts are intuitive, which makes them easy to recall. If you forget any, you can take a quick peek at the shortcut menu hidden behind app's menu bar icon.
Spectacle allows you to scale windows to various preset sizes and move them to various preset locations. You can also move them between displays and scale them by preset amounts. You can set up custom keyboard shortcuts from the app's preferences.
f.lux has long been the most popular app for optimizing your Mac's display to reduce eye strain and improve sleep patterns. Starting with Sierra, macOS has a native feature called Night Shift that does the same job. f.lux is still worth installing though, because it gives you finer control over the color temperature optimization.
If you want to stick with Night Shift, make it a bit more powerful with Shifty. You might also want to check out a few alternatives to Night Shift and f.lux Use a Mac at Night? Night Shift and Other Apps That Can Save Your Eyes Apple just dropped the latest macOS Sierra update with relatively few changes apart from one standout feature: Night Shift. Read More . Keep in mind though that blue-light-filtering apps are neither a cure-all nor an alternative to screen-free time Can F.lux and Night Shift Really Improve Your Sleep Habits? Excessive use of computers, tablets, and smartphones can lead to deteriorated sleep quality -- but do apps like F.lux and Night Shift really counteract those effects? The science is pretty clear on this. Read More .
Dropzone ($10)
Moving data around on your Mac is easy when you use a drag-and-drop solution. It gets a lot easier when you use an advanced app like Dropzone, which allows you to do more than just move files from the menu bar. You can copy files, install applications, launch them, upload files to the cloud, and do a lot more with this much-loved productivity app.
With so many excellent apps to choose from, it's hard not to fill up your Mac's menu bar with them. Resistance seems futile. The best you can do is hide some of the app icons with Vanilla. It's a much-needed improvement over Broomstick, a free app that did something similar, but was far from user friendly.
Clicking on Vanilla's menu bar icon slides all your hidden icons into and out of sight. Vanilla won't work if you have enabled the Automatically hide and show the menu option under System Preferences > General.
Bartender ($15)
If you appreciate the icon-hiding functionality for menu bar apps and are willing to pay for some advanced features, get Bartender. You won't regret it. The app comes with an app search feature and hotkey support among other things.
Vox is a sleek and fast music player that you can hide in the menu bar. Install the Vox extension for media controls if you want to control music with the media buttons on your Mac's keyboard. With this extension, you can also set the app to open when you press the Play/Pause key.
AppLocker Pro (Free, $9.99)
AppLocker allows you to protect specific applications with a password. The free version of the app is toothless: it allows you to lock only one app. Get the Pro version to lock more of them.
A simple way to see real-time information about the weather at different locations. You can get hourly forecasts and weather alerts as well.
Bumpr ($5.99)
This one's handy if you use multiple browsers and email clients on a daily basis. When you click on a website link, Bumpr allows you to pick the browser with which you want to open the link. Likewise, it allows you to pick from different email clients when you click on a mailto: link How to Change the Default Email Program for Mailto: Links If you don't use the default mail client on your computer, you can easily make the mailto: links in your browser open in your regular email program. Here's what you need to know. Read More .
Bitdock displays cryptocurrency prices in USD, EUR, and GBP, and updates every minute. It's not a lightweight app, but it is convenient if you want an easy way to follow the ups and downs of your crypto investments.
Book an Uber from the menu bar. Use the autocomplete recommendations in the app to enter the pickup location and your destination.
Tripmode ($7.99)
Available on Setapp
Tripmode allows you to block unnecessary traffic on your Mac to save data when you're using a mobile hotspot. It's a must-have in every remote worker's survival kit The Remote Worker's MacBook Survival Guide You couldn't imagine doing your job without your Mac, but maybe you're not quite running at maximum efficiency. Read More .
Fluid (Free, $4.99)
Turn any website or web application into a menu bar app with Fluid. It's one of the app's premium features. You don't need to buy a Fluid license to turn websites into real Mac apps (i.e. desktop apps).
A Note About Clipboard Managers
If you have a launcher app such as Alfred, Lacona, or LaunchBar installed, check if it saves clipboard entries. If it doesn't, you might want to install a standalone clipboard manager. We weren't 100 percent satisfied with the menu bar apps in this category, which is why we left them out of the Timesavers section above.
We would recommend getting a full-fledged clipboard manager like Paste ($9.99), which supports text, files, images, and more. If you insist on using a menu-bar-based app, try CloudClip Manager or CopyClip ($7.99). Again, these haven't seen an update for quite a while, so they may not work as expected. Also, they support only text. If only the promising Copia 13 Free Mac Productivity Apps You Haven't Heard Of There's a misconception among Mac users that good apps are always paid, but you'll find plenty of excellent free apps if you know where to look. Read More hadn't gone away…
Our List Ends Here
All these apps might make you too productive, and we can't have that. Counter excess productivity from time to time with a mix of jarring sounds from the web app Annoisli. Think buzzing flies, bawling babies, and honking cars. The sounds will either have you screaming for rescue or turn you forever immune to all kinds of cacophony. Enjoy! It's a pity there's no Mac menu bar app for Annoisli.
If you have discovered some other useful Mac menu bar apps yourself, let us know in the comments!
Related topics: Longform List, Mac Menu Bar, macOS High Sierra.
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Inside Barron Trump's Intrepid Fourth Birthday Party
When he grows up, Barron William Trump "says he will be a businessman and golfer like his daddy" Donald Trump, notes Melania Trump. But based on his recent fourth birthday bash, you'd think he'd be gunning for his pilot's license!
Along with the Donald, Melania — who launches a jewelry line April 30 on QVC — toasted the littlest Trump at Manhattan's Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum this past Friday.
The two-hour affair featured submarine and helicopter tours, chicken nuggets and pizza — all enjoyed by 20 of Barron's new preschool friends.
"Barron loves helicopters and airplanes," the model mom explains of the high-flying theme, enhanced by an airplane-shaped chocolate-and-vanilla cake, modeled after Trump's private jet.
"It said 'Barron Trump' on it, just like his daddy's plane," she says. "The children had a blast."
Though this was Barron's first birthday party in New York — the Trumps normally celebrate at their Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach — Melania kept certain elements consistent with parties past.
"Every year Barron has huge balloons with [his age] on them. It's nice to have at least one tradition," she says. "Barron was in a great party mood, and Donald had a great time too."
Sounds a lot less intense than firing celebrities in the boardroom, no?
"Well, I guess it's a little bit more relaxing for my husband, being around 4-year-old kids running everywhere," says Melania. "But even with them, you never know!"
Check out additional photos of Barron's birthday party on Melania's Facebook page.
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I'll take "Deep State" for $500, please Alex ...
Trump accuses New York Times of 'virtual treason' over Russia cyber warfare report
US President Donald Trump on Saturday accused the New York Times of "a virtual act of treason" after it reported the US is stepping up digital incursions into Russia's electric power grid. Current and former government officials have described the classified deployment of American computer code inside Russia's power grid and other targets, the newspaper reported.
The action is intended partly as a warning but also to leave the US poised to conduct cyber-strikes in the event of a major conflict between the US and Russia, the newspaper said.
Trump tweeted that the accusations were "not true", calling the media "corrupt" and repeating accusations that journalists are "the enemy of the people". ...
In its Saturday report, The Times also cited National Security Council officials as saying they had no security concerns about the newspaper's reporting on the digital incursions, perhaps indicating that some of the intrusions were meant to be noticed by the Russians.
The Danger of Leaving a President Out of the Loop
The New York Times has published an anonymously sourced report titled "U.S. Escalates Online Attacks on Russia's Power Grid" about the "placement of potentially crippling malware inside the Russian system at a depth and with an aggressiveness that had never been tried before" which could potentially "plunge Russia into darkness or cripple its military," with one anonymous official reporting that "We are doing things at a scale that we never contemplated a few years ago." Obviously this is yet another serious escalation in the continually mounting series of steps that have been taken into a new cold war between the planet's two nuclear superpowers. Had a report been leaked to Russian media from anonymous Kremlin officials that Moscow was escalating its cyber-aggressions against America's energy grid, this would doubtless be labeled an act of war by the political/media class of the US and its allies with demands for immediate retaliation.
To put this in perspective, The New York Times reported last year that the Pentagon was pushing for the U.S. Nuclear Posture Review to include the strategy of retaliating against serious Russian cyberattacks on American power grids with nuclear weapons.
So that's scary enough. What's even scarier is the information that the Times buried way down in the 21st to 23rd paragraphs of its report:
"Two administration officials said they believed Mr. Trump had not been briefed in any detail about the steps to place 'implants'—software code that can be used for surveillance or attack—inside the Russian grid.
"Pentagon and intelligence officials described broad hesitation to go into detail with Mr. Trump about operations against Russia for concern over his reaction—and the possibility that he might countermand it or discuss it with foreign officials, as he did in 2017 when he mentioned a sensitive operation in Syria to the Russian foreign minister.
"Because the new law defines the actions in cyberspace as akin to traditional military activity on the ground, in the air or at sea, no such briefing would be necessary, they added."
In an article titled "Pentagon Keeps Trump in the Dark About its Cyber Attacks on Russia", Rolling Stone's Peter Wade described this jarring revelation as follows:
"New laws, enacted by Congress last year, allow such 'clandestine military activity' in cyberspace to go ahead without the president's approval. So, in this case, those new laws are protecting American interests… by keeping the sitting president out of the loop. What a (scary) time to be alive."
So Trump is in a bit of a bind now. The escalation has already been put in place, which will likely see an equal response from Moscow if it isn't scaled back. But scaling it back would mean a whole new wave of shrieking alarmism from the political/media class about the conspiracy theory that just won't die no matter how much evidence is mounted against it: that Trump is a controlled puppet of the Kremlin. ...
The U.S. war machine is the most powerful military force in the history of civilization, and the alliance of nations that it upholds is functionally the most powerful empire that the world has ever seen. Because so much power depends on the behavior of this gargantuan war engine, it is seen by those with real power as too important to be left to the will of the electorate, and too important to be left to the will of the elected Commander-in-Chief. This is why Americans are the most propagandized people in the world, this is why Russia hysteria has been blasted into their psyches for three years, and this is why we are all at an ever-increasing risk of dying in a nuclear holocaust.
Joining the chorus: Saudi Arabia, Israel supports US in accusing Iran
Pompous Maximus is feverishly beating the war drums on Sunday teevee:
Pompeo again blames Iran for tanker attacks but insists 'we don't want war'
The United States does not want to go to war with Iran, the US secretary of state, Mike Pompeo, said on Sunday, following an attack on two oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman last week. Pompeo reiterated that the US believes it was "unmistakable" that Iran was responsible for the attacks, in an interview with Fox News Sunday. He stressed a need for diplomacy and said American officials are reaching out to their foreign counterparts. ...
Pompeo said intelligence officials have "lots of data, lots of evidence" tying Iran to alleged attacks on two oil tankers traveling near the Strait of Hormuz, a transit route for Arab oil shipments to Asia. He gave no details.
Pompeo said he did not want to discuss possible next steps the United State might take in response to last week's developments.
Corporate News Pushes Iran War For Trump
Pompeo: US Has Full Range of Options, Including Military Options, on Iran
In an interview with CBS' "Face the Nation," Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said that the US is considering "a full range of options" against Iran. Adding that during briefings to President Trump, "of course" military options were discussed.
"The President will consider everything we need to do to make sure, right?" Pompeo said, adding that Trump has "said very clearly he doesn't want to go to war." Yet all the consideration of war is clearly happening on the US side.
Japan demands more proof from U.S. that Iran attacked tankers
The Japanese government has been requesting the United States for concrete evidence to back its assertion that Iran is to blame for the attacks on two tankers near the Strait of Hormuz on Thursday, government sources said Sunday.
The request came after U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo gave a statement hours after the attacks blaming Iran but without offering proof. The Department of Defense later released a video allegedly showing an Iranian patrol boat removing an unexploded mine attached to the side of the Japanese-operated tanker Kokuka Courageous.
But Japanese government officials remain unconvinced, the sources said. "The U.S. explanation has not helped us go beyond speculation," said one senior government official. ...
Pompeo said in a press conference Thursday that the United States' assessment was based on their "intelligence, the weapons used, the level of expertise needed to execute the operation, recent similar Iranian attacks on shipping, and the fact that no proxy group operating in the area has the resources and proficiency to act with such a high degree of sophistication."
A source close to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said, "These are not definite proof that it's Iran." ... If having expertise sophisticated enough to conduct the attack could be a reason to conclude that the attacker was Iran, "That would apply to the United States and Israel as well," said a source at the Foreign Ministry.
Mohamed Morsi, ousted president of Egypt, dies in court
Egypt's ousted president Mohamed Morsi has collapsed during a court session and died, almost six years after he was forced from power in a bloody coup. Morsi, 67, was attending a session in his trial on espionage charges on Monday when he blacked out and then died, according to state media.
"He asked the judge to speak, and was allowed. After the case was adjourned, he fainted and died. His body was then transferred to the hospital," reported the Egyptian state newspaper Al-Ahram, referring to Morsi's ongoing retrial for allegedly spying for the Palestinian Islamist organisation Hamas.
Morsi became president in 2012, following Egypt's first and only free elections after the dictator Hosni Mubarak was forced from power. He won 51.7% of the vote and his rule marked the peak of power for Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood, which had functioned for decades as an underground political organisation.
But his time in power was cut short a year later as demonstrators once again took to the streets – this time to protest against Morsi's rule. Egypt's military seized power in a coup days later on 3 July 2013, bringing the then defence minister, Abdel-Fatah al-Sisi, to power.
As president, Sisi has overseen an extensive crackdown on the Muslim Brotherhood and anyone suspected of supporting the group, which Egypt now considers a terrorist organisation.
Massive Hong Kong Protests Demand Withdrawal of Extradition Bill, Leader's Resignation
Hong Kong protests: pressure builds on Carrie Lam as public rejects apology
Strikes and further protests were expected in Hong Kong on Monday after protesters rejected an apology from leader Carrie Lam following a march that saw an estimated two million people fill the streets to oppose the controversial extradition bill. After the sweeping protest – possibly the largest in Hong Kong since it was handed back to China from Britain in 1997 – Lam apologised for the way the government had handled the draft law but she stopped short of withdrawing the bill or resigning, two key demands of demonstrators.
Lam has championed the unpopular bill, which would allow citizens to be sent to mainland China for trial, but as the political crisis gripping the city entered its second week, uncertainty was mounting over her political fate. ...
On Monday morning, several hundred protesters refused police requests to clear the streets. A policewoman using a loudspeaker asked them to cooperate as officers lined up several rows deep and faced them. A woman in black speaking for the protesters responded with her own microphone, saying they were not blocking anyone from getting to work and would leave only after Lam came to hear them out.
The demonstration on Sunday came after Lam indefinitely delayed the bill on Saturday in a dramatic climbdown. Protest organisers demanded the bill's full withdrawal and showed their anger at the way police handled a demonstration on Wednesday, when more than 70 people were injured by rubber bullets and tear gas.
Glenn Greenwald Explains the Political Earthquake in Brazil Caused by Our Ongoing Exposés
Analysis Shows Top 1% Gained $21 Trillion in Wealth Since 1989 While Bottom Half Lost $900 Billion
Adding to the mountain of statistical evidence showing the severity of U.S. inequality, an analysis published Friday found that the top one percent of Americans gained $21 trillion in wealth since 1989 while the bottom 50 percent lost $900 billion.
Matt Bruenig, founder of the left-wing think tank People's Policy Project, broke down the Federal Reserve's newly released "Distributive Financial Accounts" data series and found that, overall, "the top one percent owns nearly $30 trillion of assets while the bottom half owns less than nothing, meaning they have more debts than they have assets."
The growth of wealth inequality over the past 30 years, Bruenig found, is "eye-popping."
"Between 1989 and 2018, the top one percent increased its total net worth by $21 trillion," Bruenig wrote. "The bottom 50 percent actually saw its net worth decrease by $900 billion over the same period."
Enormous crisis: We have the worst inequality in this country since the 1920s. Three wealthiest people in America have as much wealth as the bottom 50%. That's 3 people have as much wealth as 160 million people. https://t.co/cVho21Gpln
— Rep. Pramila Jayapal (@RepJayapal) June 14, 2019
Bosses pocket Trump tax windfall as workers see job promises vanish
AT&T's CEO, Randall Stephenson, promised in November 2017 to invest $1bn in capital expenditure and create 7,000 new jobs at the company if Trump's hugely controversial tax cut bill passed. Many opponents had slammed the cuts as a corporate giveaway that benefited the super-rich. But big firms lobbied for it, saying – as AT&T did – that it would fund job-creating expansions.
The bill was voted into law in December 2017, reducing the corporate tax rate from 35% to 21%. AT&T's benefit was a tax windfall of $21 bn and an additional estimated $3bn annually. But instead of creating jobs and increasing investment into the company, AT&T has eliminated 23,328 jobs since the tax cut bill was passed, according to a recent report by the Communications Workers of America. The CWA also said AT&T reduced their capital investments by $1.4bn. ...
In November 2018, GM announced it would cease operations at five plants in Michigan, Ohio, Maryland and Ontario, Canada, resulting in the loss of more than 14,000 jobs in those communities. As GM is closing plants, the company has spent $10bn since 2015 on stock buybacks, and made a net profit of over $8bn despite paying no federal taxes in 2018. GM reported a tax windfall of $157m in the first three months of 2018 due to the Trump tax cut. ...
Wells Fargo, the fourth largest bank in the US by assets, tied a minimum wage increase of $15 an hour to the Trump tax cuts and pledged increased investments in workers. The company is estimated to save $3.7bn annually due to the Trump tax cut. The bank's 2018 tax savings were 47 times more than the costs of its minimum wage increases. Rather than invest in its workforce, Wells Fargo bought back 350m shares in early 2018, worth about $22.6bn, increased CEO salary by 36%, and announced plans in September 2018 to eliminate at least 26,000 jobs in the US over the next three years as many of those positions are being sent overseas.
In Court, Facebook Blames Users for Destroying Their Own Right to Privacy
In April 2018, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg sat before members of both houses of Congress and told them his company respected the privacy of the roughly two billion people who use it. ... A year later, Zuckerberg claimed in interviews and essays to have discovered the religion of personal privacy and vowed to rebuild the company in its image. But only months after Zuckerberg first outlined his "privacy-focused vision for social networking" in a 3,000-word post on the social network he founded, his lawyers were explaining to a California judge that privacy on Facebook is nonexistent.
The courtroom debate, first reported by Law360, took place as Facebook tried to scuttle litigation from users upset that their personal data was shared without their knowledge with the consultancy Cambridge Analytica and later with advisers to Donald Trump's campaign. The full transcript of the proceedings — which has been quoted from only briefly — reveal one of the most stunning examples of corporate doublespeak certainly in Facebook's history.
Representing Facebook before U.S. District Judge Vince Chhabria was Orin Snyder of Gibson Dunn & Crutcher, who claimed that the plaintiffs' charges of privacy invasion were invalid because Facebook users have no expectation of privacy on Facebook. The simple act of using Facebook, Snyder claimed, negated any user's expectation of privacy:
There is no privacy interest, because by sharing with a hundred friends on a social media platform, which is an affirmative social act to publish, to disclose, to share ostensibly private information with a hundred people, you have just, under centuries of common law, under the judgment of Congress, under the SCA, negated any reasonable expectation of privacy.
An outside party can't violate what you yourself destroyed, Snyder seemed to suggest. Snyder was emphatic in his description of Facebook as a sort of privacy anti-matter, going so far as to claim that "the social act of broadcasting your private information to 100 people negates, as a matter of law, any reasonable expectation of privacy." You'd be hard-pressed to come up with a more elegant, concise description of Facebook than "the social act of broadcasting your private information" to people. So not only is it Facebook's legal position that you're not entitled to any expectation of privacy, but it's your fault that the expectation went poof the moment you started using the site (or at least once you connected with 100 Facebook "friends").
Trump Says Former White House Counsel Don McGahn Lied to Mueller Under Oath
In an interview with ABC, President Donald Trump accused former White House counsel Don McGahn of lying under oath when he told Robert Mueller that the president directed him to fire the special counsel. "The story on that very simply, No. 1, I was never going to fire Mueller," Trump told ABC's George Stephanopoulos in an interview recorded Tuesday and released Friday morning. "I never suggested firing Mueller."
When it was pointed out that McGahn had given testimony to the contrary, Trump said: "I don't care what [McGahn] said, it doesn't matter." Trump claims his former counsel "may have been confused" when he told Mueller that the president directed him multiple times to instruct acting Attorney General Rod Rosenstein to fire Mueller.
EXCLUSIVE: Pres. Trump tells @GStephanopoulos he never suggested firing special counsel Robert Mueller—and what ex-White House counsel Don McGahn told Mueller "doesn't matter." https://t.co/KcBTRmDQHH pic.twitter.com/wG3z1TqJIw
— ABC News (@ABC) June 14, 2019
Israeli court convicts Sara Netanyahu for misusing state funds
Sara Netanyahu, the wife of Israel's prime minister, has been convicted of illegally misusing thousands of pounds of public funds on lavish meals.
A Jerusalem court on Sunday accepted a plea bargain in which Netanyahu agreed to admit to a lesser charge than the original fraud accusations. She will pay about $15,000 (£12,000) in fines and reimbursements to the state.
The sentencing ended one of the long-running cases against the family. However, Benjamin Netanyahu still faces the prospect of three corruption indictments later this year that may end his decade as leader and even result in a prison sentence. He denies all charges.
Italy's Far-Right Interior Minister Wants to Send a Boat Full of Migrants Back to a War Zone
The fates of 53 desperate migrants rescued while crossing the Mediterranean hung in the balance Friday, after Italy's far-right interior minister, Matteo Salvini, vowed their ship would not be allowed to dock in his country's ports — and should be sent back to a literal war zone instead.
The group of migrants — which includes nine women and four minors — were rescued by the Sea-Watch 3, a ship operated by a German humanitarian NGO, from a rubber dinghy in distress about 47 miles (76 km) off the Libyan coast Wednesday.
Salvini, an anti-immigration hardliner who says his country's ports are closed to rescue boats, is insisting the ship disembark the migrants in the closest major port of Tripoli, Libya — currently the scene of fierce militia fighting and an unfolding humanitarian crisis. But Sea-Watch is refusing to comply, saying such a move would breach international laws stating that rescued people should be taken to a safe port.
Survivors of Japanese Internment Are Horrified Trump Is Using a Former Facility to Detain Migrant Kids
Satsuki Ina knows what U.S. government detention is like. In fact, that's where she was born, as part of the forced internment of Japanese-Americans during World War II. Now, she's a psychotherapist who's studied the effects of detention on migrant kids. "I know what's happening to these children will have a lasting impact on their mental health. Indefinite detention is a form of torture," said Ina, who grew up in the Tule Lake Segregation Center, a maximum security internment camp in Newell city, California. She's one of more than 100,000 Japanese-Americans the U.S. detained.
When the Trump administration announced its plan this week to turn a former WWII internment camp in Oklahoma into an emergency shelter for migrant children, many Japanese-Americans worried history was repeating itself. They'd heard about the effects indefinite detention can have on people, especially children — and some, like Ina, lived it. ... "It's exactly the same rhetoric — 'They're a threat to national security' — without any evidence," Ina said. "We want to remind America that this horrible thing that took place during World War II is being repeated."
Fort Sill, an Army base in Lawton City, Oklahoma, held approximately 700 Japanese-Americans during WWII. Detainees slept in four-person tents and were under constant surveillance by armed guards. During the war, the base was one of more than 70 sites across the country where Japanese-Americans were detained. Fort Sill was also used as a prison for the Apache leader Geronimo in 1894. More than 300 other Apaches, including women and children, were also held there. ...
"What I see repeated over and over again is the government's use of euphemisms and falsehoods," said Tom Ikeda, the founder and executive director of Denshō, an organization that collects testimonies from internment camp survivors. His parents and grandparents were also interned during WWII. "The official name for the concentration camps that held Japanese-Americans during World War II was 'war relocation centers,'" Ikeda said. "When we hear the government today sugarcoat what they're doing, it's a pattern that we've seen throughout the history of this country." ...
But the completion of Trump's plan wouldn't be the first time migrant children have been detained at the former Japanese internment camp. The Obama administration turned three military bases, including Fort Sill, into emergency shelters for child migrants in 2014.
2020 Democrats Hate the Hyde Amendment. But They Vote for It Anyway.
The top contenders for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination have made reversing a measure that blocks federal funding for abortion a top priority on the campaign trail. But Democrats back in Washington apparently haven't gotten the message. Despite the outcry, the Democrat-controlled House is set to pass a package of federal spending bills next week that still includes the rule, called the Hyde Amendment. The fight just isn't a risk Democrats want to take, especially not when a potential government shutdown is on the line.
"Let me be clear on the Hyde Amendment: I would repeal it tomorrow," Massachusetts Rep. Katherine Clark, the Democratic caucus vice chair, said in a press conference Tuesday, according to BuzzFeed News. But right now, she went on, "We felt that the Hyde Amendment was going to become a focal point that could collapse everything in the [spending] bill."
The Hyde Amendment is not a permanent law but rather a rider on annual budgeting bills that must be regularly renewed. Named after former Illinois Republican Rep. Henry Hyde, it was first passed in 1976 and currently bans federal money from Medicaid and other government health insurance programs from being used for abortions, except in the cases of rape or incest, or if a pregnancy threatens a mother's life.
Earlier this week, Reps. Pramila Jayapal of Washington, Barbara Lee of California, and Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts introduced a provision to remove Hyde from the funding package. But on Tuesday night, the House Rules Committee ruled it was "out of order," keeping it from even going to the floor for a vote.
FOX News Poll: Bernie Sanders Would Beat Trump By 9 Points
A nationwide Fox News poll released Sunday shows President Donald Trump trailing Senator Bernie Sanders, 49 percent to 40 percent among all registered voters nationwide.
The Fox poll also showed Biden leading Trump by 49 percent to 39 percent. Also beating Trump in the poll were Senators Elizabeth Warren (43%-41%) and Kamala Harris (42%-41%), and Mayor Pete Buttigieg (41%-40%) of South Bend, Indiana.
Also, support for impeachment is up five points among Democrats since June 2018 (69 percent vs. 74 percent now) and up 15 among independents (25 percent to 40 percent today). About 9 in 10 Republicans have consistently opposed impeachment.
The Fox poll was conducted June 9-12, 2019 under the joint direction of Beacon Research (D) and Shaw & Company (R), this Fox News Poll includes interviews with 1,001 randomly chosen registered voters nationwide who spoke with live interviewers on both landlines and cellphones. The poll has a margin of sampling error of plus or minus three percentage points for all registered voters.
Namibia forced by drought to auction 1,000 wild animals
Drought-hit Namibia has authorised the sale of at least 1,000 wild animals – including elephants and giraffes – to limit loss of life and generate US$1.1 million for conservation, the authorities confirmed Saturday.
"Given that this year is a drought year, the [environment] ministry would like to sell various type of game species from various protected areas to protect grazing and at the same time to also generate much needed funding for parks and wildlife management," the environment ministry spokesman Romeo Muyunda said.
The authorities declared a national disaster last month, and the meteorological services in the southern African nation estimate that some parts of the country faced the deadliest drought in as many as 90 years.
"The grazing condition in most of our parks is extremely poor and if we do not reduce the number of animals, this will lead to loss of an animals due to starvation," Muyunda said. ...
Namibia's cabinet announced this week that the government would sell about 1,000 wild animals. They include 600 disease-free buffalos, 150 springbok, 65 oryx, 60 giraffes, 35 eland, 28 elephants, 20 impala and 16 kudus – all from national parks.
Global heating to inflict more droughts on Africa as well as floods
Global heating could bring many more bouts of severe drought as well as increased flooding to Africa than previously forecast, scientists have warned.
New research says the continent will experience many extreme outbreaks of intense rainfall over the next 80 years. These could trigger devastating floods, storms and disruption of farming. In addition, these events are likely to be interspersed with more crippling droughts during the growing season and these could also damage crop and food production.
"Essentially we have found that both ends of Africa's weather extremes will get more severe," said Elizabeth Kendon of the Met Office's Hadley Centre in Exeter. "The wet extreme will get worse, but also the appearance of dry spells during the growing season will also get more severe." ...
The new meteorology study – carried out by scientists at the Met Office in collaboration with researchers at the Institute of Climate and Atmospheric Science at Leeds University – reports on the likely impact on Africa of these temperature rises and indicates that western and central areas will suffer the worst impacts of weather disruptions. Many countries in these regions – including Niger, Nigeria and the Democratic Republic of Congo – are expected to experience substantial growth in population over that time and will be particularly vulnerable to severe floods.
At the other end of the precipitation spectrum, the study revealed there would be an increase in occasions when severe drought would occur for up to 10 days in the midst of the most critical part of a region's growing season. The result could cause severe disruption to crop production.
US agency runs out of burial space after spike in gray whale deaths
The carcasses of so many gray whales have washed up this year on the US west coast that authorities have run out of places to put them, and has asked landowners for help to bury them. ...
On the US west coast, about 70 whales have been found dead this year in California, Oregon, Washington and Alaska, the most since 2000. About five were found on British Columbia beaches. It is a fraction of the total number because most sink or wash up in remote areas and are not recorded. NOAA Fisheries late last month declared the die-off an "unusual mortality event", and provided additional resources to respond to the deaths.
Betsy Carlson at the Port Townsend Marine Science Center said: "With the unusual mortality event of these gray whales, we know more whales will be coming in, or there is a high likelihood that more whales will die within Puget Sound and out on the coast."
Officials say the gray whale population remains strong, at about 27,000.
France to declare natural disaster after storms rip through crops
France will declare a state of natural disaster after rain and hail storms lashed a swathe of the south-east on Saturday, devastating crops. The flash storms, which brought hailstones as big as pingpong balls to some areas, killed two people in France and Switzerland, and injured at least 10 others.
The worst-hit area, the Auvergne-Rhône-Alps region, is at the heart of France's food production and known as the "orchard of France". Didier Guillaume, the agriculture minister, said the government would organise a "general mobilisation" and introduce emergency measures to deal with what he described as a catastrophe for farmers.
Also of Interest
Here are some articles of interest, some which defied fair-use abstraction.
John Pilger: The Global War on Assange, Journalism & Dissent
Intelligence Experts Question Iran Video: 'U.S. Track Record on Ginning up Evidence for War is Not Good'
As US-Iran tensions increase, Tulsi Gabbard calls her 2020 candidacy a 'threat to the foreign policy lies sold to the American people'
Mexico Made Refugee Concessions Months Before Trump Tariff Threats, DHS Documents Say
Flint, Michigan Has Been Betrayed — A Lot. Residents Say It's Happening Again.
A Little Night Music
Chubby Checker - The Class
Chubby Checker - The Shimmy
Chubby Checker - The Fly
Chubby Checker w/Dee Dee Sharp - Slow Twistin'
Chubby Checker - Toot
Chubby Checker - Do the Freddie
Chubby Checker - You Just Don't Know (What You Do To Me)
Chubby Checker - Limbo Rock
Chubby Checker - Twist It Up
Keith Richards Chubby Checker Jerry Lee Lewis - Twist
Chubby Checker - Stoned In The Bathroom
I wished to be young again and have a professor like this one
He explained in very clear ways a lot in one hour and fifty minutes. Kudos. I listen to it now for the third time, because there is a lot in it. At least for me it was an excellent and fun lecture. Richard Wolff had still experienced his own grandparents who lived through wwI, Weimar Republic, Great Depression in Germany near Tries. I liked how clear he made the distinctive time frames Marx lived in it, who died somewhere around the 1880ies and what Marxism was for Marx in those times vs. what later on people made of Marxism to mean.
I guess for most this is too long, but it is good.
Now I am so tired that I just read your headlines of the EB collections of articles and tell myself, later, later ... I'll read it ... it feels as if I know the content already just by reading the titles. See, that happens, if folks just don't want to learn more and get into denial... /ducking and joking.
Have a good evening and thanks for the educational value your excerpts contain.
"Trauma is not what happens to you.
Trauma is what happens inside you,
as a result of what happens to you."
— Dr. Gabor Maté
Richard Wolff is wonderful.
Thank you, mimi, for this piece. I will try to listen real soon.
Good evening Joe
so it seems that "interesting times" has morphed
into "scariest times", indeed.
yep, consequences matter.
"Awesome! I always wondered what it was like to live during the times of the Civil War, Spanish Flu, Great Depression, Civil Rights Movement, Watergate, & the Dust Bowl. Not all at once mind you, but ya know, 'beggars/choosers" and all."
Hy Joe and bluzers
Happen to be in this evening. Haven't thought about Chubby in years....thanks for the feature. Hope you and yours are doing well Joe!
The system seems to continue to unravel. Guess the theme is to hang on to the nearest thread. Too bad journalist are now criminals!
https://therealnews.com/stories/john-pilger-extradition-process-a-very-l... (video or text)
Britain's Home Secretary signed off on the U.S. request to extradite Julian Assange, and now UK courts will decide his fate. But if the process until now is any indication, he will not receive a fair hearing, says journalist and filmmaker John Pilger.
More from Chris Hedges who discusses the US extradition request for Julian Assange with WikiLeaks editor in chief, Kristinn Hrafnsson.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLGEfcwQHiY (27 min)
What a world...what a world...
At least the obvious set up in Brazil has been revealed for the joke it has been. Do you think Lula will be released? Sure would be nice to see him freed. That story played against the Olympics blew my mind...the silence of the global community in the light of obvious corruption spoke volumes to me.
Well all the best. Have a great week everyone!
"Until justice rolls down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream."
Hola, Joe & Gang! Hey, thanks for the Chubby
Checker--been a long time since I've heard his name. But, those were the good ol' days. (Actually, he was a little before my time--more my older Brother's era; but, since I listened to his music while I was in grammar school, always liked Chubby as an artist.)
No real 'news' this evening. Still diligently working on getting Mr M ready to put in for retirement. (I'm the grunt, gathering info and paperwork of all kinds.) Going to be a bigger endeavor than I imagined. I had so many years in the Federal Bureaucracy (except for also managing to be vested in an University pension system, by putting in 6 years) filing for my retirement was somewhat less work. IOW, most of my retirement records/paperwork were quite centralized.
Hey, little early to give an update, but, still checking out a couple of SA countries. Luv everything about Uruguay, but, one thing! (Which I'll go into when I've got more time to be specific.)
I must say--from what I'm learning, it would be more wise to retire there while still in one's early 60's. At least, that's my impression at this time. Again, not ruling anything out. That place sounds like paradise, in many, many ways.
Got to contact the Embassy, and verify some of what I'm finding. Luckily, my phone carrier will give me unlimited landline and mobile calling time (to Uruguay) for just ten more bucks per month. (Waiting 'till it's time for monthly renewal, to sign up. So, it'll be about two weeks, or so, before I call them.) Good news! An old University friend from Puebla, Mexico, lived there for several years, doing research. Just found that out fairly recently. Of course, it's been a while; so, some of his info/impressions are a bit dated.
Hey, hope you're enjoying decent weather in your neck-of-the-woods. Was great here--rather cool--until a couple days ago. Seeing high 80's, now. Also, rain coming in.
Thanks for the 'News and Blues.' Lately, I've been too distracted to follow politics real, real closely. So, EB allows me to keep abreast of things, without a lot of work (on my part!).
Everyone have a good evening. And stay cool.
"Dogs have given us their absolute all. We are the center of their universe. We are the focus of their love and faith and trust. They serve us in return for scraps. It is without a doubt the best deal man has ever made. "
~~Roger Caras
Everyone thinks they have the best dog, and none of them are wrong.
great tunes JS!
Chubby Checker was great. That 'Stoned in the Bathroom' was radical, hadn't heard it in years... thanks! Great tune. Pretty wild for Chubby.
I know... let's poke the bear some more since it isn't responding the way we want yet...
Did corporate news ever smell a war it didn't like?
Glad to see so many countries doubting the U.S. claims. Especially Japan, but it seems much of the EU as well. Amazing the U.S. "intelligence" (I use the term loosely) did not learn what school children did: you can only cry wolf so many times before they don't believe you.
Greenwald really stuck his neck out, hope it doesn't get chopped off.
Fbook: What I think of Zuck starts with an F and rhymes with it.
Namibia: I always wanted some Springbok (what a jumper!) and a few Oryx.
I think if we found 70 Gray Whales washed up onshore, many times that likely perished.
We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.
Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.
both - Albert Einstein
Hola Joe. Sitting savoring the delicious feel of the phrase
"virtual treason." Absolutely love it.
Virtual Treason against the United States, shall consist only in levying Virtual War against them, or in adhering to their Virtual Enemies, giving them Virtual Aid and Comfort. No Person shall be convicted of Virtual Treason unless on the Virtual Testimony of two Virtual Witnesses to the same overt Virtual Act, or on Virtual Confession in open Court. The Congress shall have Power to declare the Punishment of Virtual Treason, but no Attainder of Virtual Treason shall work Corruption of Blood, or Forfeiture except during the Virtual Life of the Person attainted.
That, in its essence, is fascism--ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power. -- Franklin D. Roosevelt --
Will Boeing skate after killing over 300 people?
Probably This article describes how the people in charge of making the plane fly didn't do a very good job at making sure that it could.
Pompeo is doing his best to prove that Iran was guilty of putting the mines on the ships. Here's some photos that prove it.
Any questions? Uh yeah I have a few..
Umm where is the mine? And are we just supposed to take his word for what those markings mean? And I guess we're supposed to believe that a magnetic mine would know that the Iranians didn't want to sink the ships so they attached themselves above the waterline?
"It is remarkable that a sitting president would express less than complete confidence in the American democracy's electoral process."
Hillary: "I'd be president today if Comey, Bernie, Bros and Putin hadn't stolen it from me."


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True story:
Back in 2004 I was preparing to go to the Summer Olympics in Greece as a reporter for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. In preparation for what was potentially a hostile, dangerous, terroristy, post-9/11 environment, all Knight-Ridder newspaper chain employees headed overseas were required to undergo special security training. CPR. Dressing a wound. Minimizing the effects of a bomb blast. Dangling participles. The works.
At our summit in Washington, D.C. we were integrated into groups with reporters from all over the country, including the Philadelphia Inquirer.
During one session we paired up with a partner. The exercise trained us what to do if we happened upon a fallen colleague who was face down and not breathing. First, of course, roll them over onto their back.
But as I'm trying to turn the supposedly comatose Stephen A. Smith I sorta hit a speed bump. As in, something's in the way, preventing me from getting him onto his back. I push, Push, PUSH, but can get him no farther than his side.
Flabbergasted, Stephen A. "awakens" from the almost dead to give me/us an assist by removing the impediment.
"I know da problem," he says, producing from his back pocket and then shaking in a condescending way a double-stuffed wallet that would make George Costanza wince. "Ouwwull dis money."
I know, right?
It was a rough week for the sports media last week. We lost Harry Kalas and Merle Harmon and, in a way, John Madden. The release of Stephen A. and his fake 'hood brand of "baskit-bouwwull" from ESPN tilted the scales a tad more toward watchable sensibility.
But still, there are personalities - and I'm sure you can think of others - I would be happy never hearing from again ...
10. Richie Whitt - Time Warner Cable/Texas Brahmas: If you've heard him call a Brahmas hockey game, you've probably heard him refer to the puck as the ball.
9. Ric Renner - Fox Sports Net Southwest Anchor: Don't even have to To be fair, I won't even mention his hair.
8. Chris Berman - ESPN/Everything: He could ... go ... all ... the ... kill me now.
7. Bill Walton - ESPN/NBA: Sorry Robert Wilonsky, he's the original "terrrrrrr-rrrrrrrriiiii-ble."
6. Kenny Albert - Fox/NFL: He talks, I hear The Penguin.
5. Bryant/Greg Gumbel - HBOCBS/Snoozeville: How can two guys make sports so damn boring? Were
there their parents an egg carton and packing styrofoam?
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4. Rachel Nichols - ESPN/Reporter: "Tony Romo told me, quote, 'I'm going to try hard.' (Insert smug smile). Back to you."
3. Shannon Sharpe - CBS/NFL: Seriously, is that English he's
speaking attempting?
2. Tony Siragusa - Fox/NFL: Voice of Generation Idiocracy.
1. Dick Vitale - ESPN/College Basketball: Expired style. Zero substance.


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text: Step-by-step: swishing A swishing (or clothes-swapping) party is a fun way for your supporters to freshen up their wardrobes while raising money for your cause. Choose a date and time for your event, and book the venue. Agree the rules of the swish and decide how and where tickets will be sold. Get these printed - tickets should include the date, time, address, contact details, the rules of the swish and clothing drop-off cut-off times. Start spreading the word - put up posters and use local events listings. Promote your event on swishingparties.com. Create a floor plan of your venue. Beg, borrow or hire an appropriate number of hanging rails (and hangers). Work out where you can create a changing area, and source some full length mirrors. Consider how to separate different clothing sizes on your rails. You can buy rail dividers and hanger size cubes on eBay, and sell them again when you're done! If an item is sized S/M/L, try to get an approximate UK size from the guest. Collect carrier bags for people to use to take away their items. Finalise what refreshments will be provided and who will be in charge of this on the day. Any supply of alcohol (even if offered free with the ticket price) will require a TEN. Submit your application to your local council at least ten working days before your event. Set up a pre-event clothing drop-off if possible - ask people to leave their name and email address with their items, in order to collect their vouchers or points card on the night. On the night, lay out the rails, tables, clothing items and refreshments. Allow half an hour at the start for guests to arrive and hand over remaining clothes. Allow 15 minutes for people to browse the rails and see what items they might like to swap - no items can be taken during this time. Then, explain the rules again before declaring the swish open. Guests swish and try on items, placing unwanted items back on the rails. Any leftover clothing items can be donated to a local charity or stored for your next textile recycling collection. Be sure to thank all your supporters and let them know how much the event raised! Swishing event tips and advice Swish rules: The simplest swish is conducted on a 'one for one' basis. A voucher is issued to each guest with their number of items written on it, to be checked off at the end of the event. A more complex system is to grade the items by type or price, eg, 'standard' = high street/less than £40 (one point), and 'premium' = designer/more than £40 (three points). Condition: All items should be freshly laundered, ironed, and in good repair. Ask people to bring them on hangers. Shoes and accessories should be brought in boxes, if possible. Raising money: Charge a 'per person' admission fee. Invite third party stallholders to attend (eg, beauty products, clothing or accessory retailers, craft workshops), and charge them a fixed fee of between £10-£25. Hold an auction or raffle. Sell refreshments. Licensing: You don't need a licence to run a swishing event, but if you're selling alcohol you will need a TEN (England and Wales). Complete a risk assessment. Venue space: You will need a pre/post-event milling-around area, plus a dedicated space for the swish. Have a changing area with mirrors, and additional space for people to sit and chat. Have a separate coat rail/cloakroom to stop coats getting mixed up with the swaps! Swishing event success story: Hannah Cruickshank, event organiser, Inverurie West Parish Church's Junior Church, Aberdeen told us: 'We organised a swap party to fundraise for Leukemia and Lymphoma Research UK and it proved to be a great success. People brought unwanted items and swapped them for other pre-loved things. Make sure you specify the quality needed. A limit was made of five items per person and people were only allowed to take home the number of items they brought with them, using tokens to monitor this. We charged £5 entry and £2 for refreshments. No licences were needed, and the event was held in our church hall so we had no room-hire costs either. We raised £516 - not bad for a two-hour event!' Download a PDF of this step-by-step guide to running a swishing event The above is intended as guidance only. We recommend that you contact the relevant organisations with specific reference to insurance, legal, health and safety and child protection requirements. Community Inspired Ltd cannot be held responsible for any decisions or actions taken by an organisation, based on the guidance provided. Share this page


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- 03.11 2016
at 21:30
(concert - nu soul, afro punk)
Doors 21:00
Show 21:30
Entry 10 euro (reservations with the form below)
With a delightfully unique and empowering sound that Spin recently described as "multi-genre-hyphenate instrumental textures beneath Billie Holiday-esque croons" and inspired DIY to declare, "Once Xenia Rubinos begins to sing, nothing else matters," the talented Xenia Rubinos uses her soulful voice to traverse an array of genres from R&B to Hip-Hop to jazz and beyond, all of delivered with a New York punk-funk abandon.
The album finds Rubinos assisted by longtime drummer Marco Buccelli, who produced the album, and Jeremy Loucas as engineer. The three worked an average of 16-17 hours a day for five months to complete the record which is named after "a giant black scraggly cat" that surprised Rubinos one cold night in Brooklyn.
Facebook Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/309294452751590/


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Wednesday, November 20, 2013 8:00-11:00 pm ET
20 November 2013: Tonight will be a very important episode of The Hagmann & Hagmann Report as we welcome Steve Quayle, Michael Erevna, and "V," The Guerrilla Economist for a round table discussion as they expose their findings on the international banking system's criminal enterprise. We already know that the U.S. dollar is targeted for destruction, but how are events going to unfold?
Regardless of where you live or where do your banking, you are about to be financially raped in a very systematic and methodical manner. It goes far beyond the erosion of your financial wealth that is already taking place by the debasement of our currency. It is much deeper, as the central banks are involved in the collection of your personal identifying information on a global level (in the U.S., under the color of the authority of the PATRIOT Act) and the theft of such information to subjugate you to their control.
The powerhouse of knowledge brought by our guests tonight will leave you more informed and educated on the evil machinations we are about to see unfold - events that will usher in the global economic system planned and plotted so long ago.
Steve Quayle: Steve is an internationally renowned author, researcher, talk show host and regular guest on such radio programs as The Hagmann & Hagmann Report, Coast to Coast AM, and countless other syndicated stations across the world. Always in high demand, Mr. Quayle has been light years ahead of other researchers about a variety of topics, including the construction of a one world system of government that includes the economic political and religious structure that is being implemented before our eyes. Mr. Quayle has predicted with accuracy well over a decade ago, based on his own extensive research and analysis of events, what is taking place today. He is the founder and operator of his website SteveQuayle.com.
Michael Erevna: Mr. Erevna is the founder and editor of RevelationNow.net and has worked for 20 years as a software engineer for the central banks as well as some of the largest defense contractors in the world. He is truly an insider's insider, with knoweldge of the mechanics of the methods the central banks are employing to steal your identity and wealth.
"V," The Guerrilla Economist™: Using the pen-name "v" and the moniker of "The Guerrilla Economist, "V" has worked as a top analyst and commercial banker for one of Great Britain's largest financial institutions. He predicted the first shots of our currency war, and the only source who predicted the current state of suppression of precious metals, calling exactly what the price would be contrary to every other voice in the world today. He is a contributor to Steve Quayle's alerts and is the operator of a subscription based website RogueMoney.net.
To listen live to tonight's broadcast, click the link below:
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Anyone who is annoyed at the stupid password obsolescence, join me in making two passwords and just swapping them every time this website demands you to change your password!
It works! It saves you time and effort!
This mechanism worked as a quick fix after the break-in, but now it is just a hack that doesn't even help much with security.


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A recent development has sprung from the news that Cauliflower is now the least well educated of the vegetable family.
Concerns have grown for the educational attainment levels of vegetables, as recent records have shown that a single vegetable did not achieve a single qualification from the educational system in this year's bumper crop of school qualifications.
Dr Heinz Variety (a local authority) said: 'Vegetables, such as Cauliflower, and Brocolli spend so much time in school these days. I personally think that it is appalling and a sign of our society that we can give children a good start in life, but the future of our vegetables goes to the dogs in this way'.


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Hello all… I haven't been feeling my best lately at all. I've found out that I have a double infection in my ears….yes…you read right. Double. Though the good news is I'm getting rest and am gradually getting better bit by bit.
Above is a little digital drawing I did for a "Shape of the week" Challenge. I entitle this "Queen Cobra". To do the challenge itself, I took the shape given (on the right) and used it as a basis for an image. You must use the shape as a base and must not exceed it's outline.
A huge thanks to +Stephanie Mackay on Google+ for inviting me to try this. 😛
I haven't had the strength at all to finish my "Golden Underground" piece yet, but I can assure you this will be done in due course.
That's all for now and I hope to be well enough to finish my work soon. Thank you all and have a wonderful week ahead. Bye for now.


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E-Books in the Academic Environment: An Update: UfT Chemistry Librarians 2008 (2008-06-03)As Canadian universities spend an increasing amount of budget for purchasing/leasing e-books from content providers librarians we need to understand issues related to findability and accessibility of e-books. They also ...
E-books in the Sciences: Gauging Faculty and Graduate Students Needs: SLA 2009 Paper (2009-06-15)Canadian Universities are diverting an increasing amount of their budget to acquire e-books. E-books in pure and applied sciences are available from different content providers and publishers. The academic community at ...
E-Books in the Sciences: If We Buy It Will They Use It? (Issues in Science & Technology Librarianship, ACRL, Science and Technology Section, 2009-12)York University, Toronto, Canada has been acquiring e-books from different publishers and content providers. We conducted an online e-book survey in Fall 2008 to gather responses from science graduate students and faculty ...
E-books in the Sciences: SLA 2009 Presentation (2009-06-15)The results of the e-book survey are summarized below. Details of the results are in the presentation. 1. High level of interest in e-books amongst graduate students: - Graduate students have used some form of e-book ...
E-learning in higher education: designing for diversiity "This research was conducted to compare methods of e-learning accessibility evaluation that may be applied in a higher education context. Results of ""objective"" accessibility evaluation of e-learning technologies using ...
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Early 21st century Jazz composition In this thesis the author distills a sub-genre of 21st century Jazz music through a collection of five compositions. The author's compositions are based upon relevant techniques and materials found in Pop, Rock, and Jazz ...
Early but no long-term benefit of regional compared with general anesthesia for ambulatory hand surgery. (Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins, 2004-08)Background: The purpose of this study was to determine whether either regional anesthesia (RA) or general anesthesia (GA) provided the best analgesia with the fewest adverse effects up to 2 weeks after ambulatory hand ...
Early in the morning (New York : Henmar Press : Sole selling agents, C. F. Peters, [1961], ©1961., [1961], ©1)
Early in the morning (New York : Remick, 1916., 1916)
Early in the morning blues. (New York : Irving Berlin Inc., 1922., 1922)
Early literacy begins with ... whom? An exploration of mothering work as a component in students' educational success "Much research has examined the benefits of family literacy programs, but only few have taken up the embedded gendered and class dynamics found in many early literacy frameworks such as storytime programs. The purpose of ...
Early Modern Speculative Anthropology (2015-01-26)I argue seventeenth century social and political theory, while having the explicit goal of justifying new social, political, and economic arrangements, depended upon and demanded a division of the world into the distinct ...
Early myopathy in Duchenne muscular dystrophy is associated with elevated mitochondrial H2O2 emission during impaired oxidative phosphorylation (Wiley, 2019-04-02)Background Muscle wasting and weakness in Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) causes severe locomotor limitations and early death due in part to respiratory muscle failure. Given that current clinical practice focuses on ...
"Early Warning and Response: Why the International Community Failed to Prevent the Genocide" (Wiley-Blackwell, 1996)The enormity of the genocide in Rwanda demands that it be subjected to searching enquiry and that members of the international community, collectively and individually, examine their own roles in the event. This paper draws ...
"Early Warning and 'Ethnic' Conflict Management: Rwanda and Kosovo" (York University, Centre for Refugee Studies, 1999)The author examines the way in which past conflicts shape the responses to current crises. In examining the facts of the Rwandan case compared with what is known of the Kosovo crisis, he identifies a number of similarities ...
East and Southeast Asian Men and Bathhouses in Toronto (2013)HIV prevention needs to reflect the diverse experiences of gay men at bathhouses, especially those from ethno-racial groups.
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Join the National Hot Rod Association and the Seattle Mariners for NHRA Night on August 2 at Safeco Field to help raise funds for Baseball Beyond Borders.
Baseball Beyond Borders (BBB) and Pacific Raceways established a partnership to increase access and opportunity to youth and families in sports. BBB's sports-based community development organization uses sports as a vehicle to advance life and academic outcomes for youth and families in urban communities. The goal of the partnership is to expose youth and families to baseball and racing through exploration of their potential. The National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) and Antron Brown, 3-time Top Fuel Champion in the MATCO Tools Toyota Nationals, are joining forces with BBB and Pacific Raceways to engage community and increase opportunity for youth at the upcoming NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series Event, The NHRA Northwest Nationals at Pacific Raceways, August 3-5, 2018.
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The Challenge: to increase my trading bank by 5% per month.
The story so far...
Starting bank: €1,000 (beginning of May 2010)
Target for end August: €1,215.51
Today's opening bank: €1,408.93
Today's closing bank: €1,412.66
Today's profit: €3.73
Today's turnover: €15,709.38
Feel a little deflated after only making a profit of €3.73 for this evening's trading as I was around forty quid ahead until the last race. In fact, I had a green book for that race of about a fiver too but then a horse was withdrawn and all bets suspended. The market reformed and I thought it would be a good idea to get in early ahead of the queue and take some positions. Bad idea!
I took some positions on both back and lay sides but all of a sudden, whoosh - the price came down really quickly and took quite a bit of my money with it. I had to get out for a loss of nearly 38 quid. While I'm disappointed to lose money so late in the day, I've learned another lesson - don't go near a market that is just re-forming.
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• CHART-topping soul sensation Estelle has followed up the Kanye West, Will.i.am collaboration American Boy with a new single No Substitute Love.
The single is taken from her debut album Shine, which includes work with Swizz Beats, Will.i.am, Cee Lo, Kanye West and John Legend.
• Legendary indie experimentalists Primal Scream are back with a new sound and a new album, Beautiful Future, featuring work with Lovefoxxx, Josh Homme and Linda Thompson.
You can hear their new sound from July 14 when new single, Can't Go Back Out, hits the shelves.
• Dreamy singer songwriter James Blunt is again tugging on the heart strings with a new single I Really Want You.
The track is taken from his album All The Lost Souls, and will be among tracks played on tour around the UK this October.
• Fresh from a top three finish in Hell's Kitchen, Paul Young is again set to bother the charts with a 25th anniversary edition of his number one album No Parlez.
The popstar's classic album features tracks such as Wherever I Lay My Hat, Iron Out The Rough Spots and Love Will Tear Us Apart.
• The folk and pop fusion of Sidewinder is set to hit the shops in the form of single Shooting Stars.
The song about a rescue dog is taken from Shooting Stars' forthcoming eponymous debut album.
• Chester-born reggae sensation Ava Leigh is releasing a new single Mad About The Boy this month.
The hotly-tipped single, described as "bottled Summer", is taken from her as-yet untitled debut album, expected later this year.
• Hook-laden rockers Cute Is What We Aim For have released a new single, Practice Makes Perfect, and a new album, Rotation.
The new output is the follow-up to 2006's critically-acclaimed The Same Old Blood Rush With A New Touch.
• Four-piece avant-pop band Pope Joan are releasing their debut album, Hot Water, Lines And Rickety Machines later this year.
The debut LP from the Brighton-based band mixes angular rock in the vein if The Futureheads with unashamedly poppy sensibilities.
• Stepping out of the shadows of support slots with the likes of Sam Sparro, The Cribs and One Nigt Only, four-piece Sukie are set for the big time with their new single Pink-A-Pade.
The track, already in shops, is a Kinks-esque stomper of a track.
• If all of this is music to your ears, log on to Isaac Ashe's Sound Advice for more from the pop world.
Best seller Estelle
• CHART-topping soul sensation Estelle has followed up the Kanye West, Will.i.am collaboration American Boy with a new single No Substitute Love.


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Steven Cherny is a partner in Quinn Emanuel's Boston and New York offices. He was previously a partner at Kirkland and Ellis and at Latham and Watkins, where he was the Global Chair of the firm's IP Group. His practice focuses on patent litigation before the Federal Courts and the United States International Trade Commission.
Steve has been lead counsel in numerous high profile patent cases spanning technologies including medical devices, pharmaceuticals, telecommunications, electronics, financial and business methods and consumer products. He has been twice named Litigator of the Week by The American Lawyer. Chambers described him as "brilliant" and a "very effective patent lawyer," who draws praise for his "photographic memory of case law" and being "very good in front of juries and very good with judges." IAM listed Steve as a "world leading patent professional" stating "Steve Cherny is one of the most intellectual people doing this kind of work – a top guy. Because he is so smart, he's great in a bench trial, but he's also brilliant in front of a jury."
Steve has won some of the most important patent cases of the last decade, and holds the record for the largest recovery ever in a patent case – more than $2 billion.


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Pre-Fall 2018Carven
Serge Ruffieux didn't need to spell out the Arte Povera aspect of the Carven Pre-Fall collection. The sturdy tailored coat with exposed threads vaguely referencing Joseph Beuys; hand-stitched X's marking various spots on knits; skirts bordered in assorted ribbons; pattern mixing and various tactile surfaces—all these details resulted in clothes that felt directly made, so that the outcome proved a thoughtful, well-executed take on homespun.
With his third undertaking at Carven, Ruffieux's repertoire is emerging. Unlike creative directors at other houses who must inevitably contend with archives, this alum of Dior and Sonia Rykiel has considerable freedom to define an identity without the pressure of historical comparison; few among us could paint a clear picture of Carven circa 1950. As it happens, between the globally inspired flourishes embedded in the footwear and the deconstructed, whimsically reassembled outerwear, reducing his direction to a few buzzwords isn't so easy either. Even Ruffieux seems to grasp for an exact articulation. But the coexistence of folkloric, quasi–outsider art motifs populating a print and a delicate graphic dévoré velvet make for a lively randomness that jibes with Madame Carven's interest in travel and textiles. Meanwhile, ample jeans in a Japanese cotton-wool that reveal a ticker tape logo on their upturned cuffs are every bit a product of the present.