When the polls painted a different picture there was no problem, but now that stats indicate Hillary Clinton holds a double-digit lead in the presidential race the Republican candidate is, unfortunately, singing a different tune. Therefore we hereby endorse @HillaryClinton.
In the spirit of clarity and transparency, allow me to add that I am not a registered Democrat and I once worked for a Republican president.
Why has the media been allowed to blur news with entertainment content, thereby doing the public a huge disservice? Journalism must be all NEWS, no VIEWS.
Better keep up with DON; Dose of News categories includes 12 clearly defined topics to keep our readers informed with the most up to date free digital content available in one single site.
Please do not buy into those spewing hate or fear. Humans are taught to hate and fear appears when there is an absence of knowledge. Remember that time heals all wounds and history has proven that wisdom allows us freedom from threats.
CPJ chairman says Trump is threat to press freedom https://cpj.org/x/6a16
via @pressfreedom
Trump’s D.C. Hotel Shows As Poll Sink, So Does His Brand http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2016/10/trumps-d-c-hotel-shows-as-… … via @intelligencer
Powerful remnants of a typhoon are beginning to strike the Pacific Northwest, bringing strong winds and heavy rainfall.
The series of unseasonably strong storms will continue to impact the Pacific Northwest and Northern California this weekend through Tuesday, October 18.
http://www.noaa.gov/news/powerful-storms-bring-high-wind-heavy-rain-to-…
Google announces a new feature that tags and helps "fact checking in large news stories."
Tagged articles will show up in the new story box on news.google.com, as well as in the Google News and Weather app for iOS and Android in the USA and the United Kingdom.
There's a two-pronged approach to detecting fact checking. First Google looks for actual markup in the site's source code. Then Google looks for pages "that follow the commonly accepted criteria for fact checks." You can learn more about the process here.
All politicians harbor a desire to get around the so-called media filter and deliver the news directly to the people. But what would such unfiltered news look like? What happens when they make inappropriate comments that solicit negative responses?
The accusations continue and some members of the public say they have not heard a true explanation or a believable response.
Simply calling experienced journalists for long-established news organizations "corporate lobbyists" is not a response to serious allegations.
Global Troubadour Robert Zimmerman, known as Bob Dylan has been pushing the boundaries of multiple genres and finally won the 2016 Nobel Prize in Literature.
The 75-year-old-self proclaimed song and dance man, author and musician was honored by the Swedish Academy for “having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition.”
"Once upon a time you dressed so fine
Threw the bums a dime in your prime, didn't you?
People call to say 'beware doll, you're bound to fall'
You thought they were all kidding you
You used to laugh about
There were a few notable surprises in these announcements this year. Alfred Bernhard Nobel was born on 21 October 1833 – and died 10 December 1896. He was a Swedish chemist, engineer, inventor, businessman, and philanthropist.
Nobel was best nown for inventing dynamite, Nobel also owned Bofors, which he had redirected from its previous role as primarily an iron and steel producer to a major manufacturer of cannon and other armaments. Nobel held 355 different patents, dynamite being the most famous.
Election Day is days away. It’s time to make sure you’ve checked off all the things you need to vote that day. Deadlines are fast approaching and some states will open early voting in September. Waiting or ignoring deadlines could put your vote in jeopardy.
Review USAGov’s list of things to do before you vote to make sure you know all you need to know before election day.
In Ancient Rome, one of the main festival dates took place on October 12, Augustalia.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augustalia
Also known as Winterfylleth because during the full moon winter was supposed to begin.
This is also Dia de la Raza Argentina in Chile, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Honduras, Mexico, Uruguay, and Venezuela. Spanish speaking country generally sees it as a National holiday. Dia De La Raza celebrates the heritage, colonization, and cultural diversity of Latin America and brings into it all the ethnic and cultural influences making it distinctive.