No Mo Cuomo?
Images
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo's political career appears in tatters following serious allegations of assorted wrongdoing.
Symphony Mambo Mix
Images
He was a German composer-pianist who was notable at work for a long list of masterpiece compositions. Ludwig van Beethoven was the eldest surviving child of Johann and Maria Magdalena van Beethoven. The family was Flemish in origin and can be traced back to Malines. It was his grandfather who had first settled in Bonn when he became a singer in the choir of the archbishop-elector of Cologne; he eventually rose to symphonic
The New American Dream
Images
For the first time in a long while everyone who lives under #USA Democracy may soon begin to enjoy a new post-COVID balanced life.
THE BIG F WORD
Images
A Parliamentary procedure where the debate over a proposed bill is extended, allowing one or more members to delay or entirely prevent a vote on the legislation.
The big F stands for filibuster, which is a political procedure where one or more members of Congress debate over a proposal to delay or entirely prevent a decision being made on a bill.
It is sometimes referred to as Talking a bill to death or talking out a bill and is characterized as a form of obstruction in a legislature or other decision-making body.
The American Rescue Plan
Images
Joe Biden promised results for all Americans during his first 100 days is office. POTUS can now say mission accomplished on day 50.
The Democrats alone have passed one of the most significant American economic packages in the history of the USA.
Coastal Flooding Exposure
Images
An alarming global analysis of subsidence, relative sea-level change, and coastal flood exposure report has been released.
Climate-induced sea-level rise and vertical land movements, including natural and human-induced subsidence in sedimentary coastal lowlands, combine to change relative sea levels around the world’s coasts. Although this affects local rates of sea-level rise, assessments of the coastal impacts of subsidence are lacking on a global scale.
RIP Roger Mudd
Images
Roger Harrison Mudd, who was an American broadcast journalist, news anchorman, and TV Network correspondent for
@CBSNews @NBCNews and PBS #NewsHour. Most recently he was the primary anchor for #TheHistoryChannel.
Not Giving Up My OBE
Images
Brits and Americans are divided by attitudes toward the House of Windsor. Why are there different reactions to Harry and Meghan Markle’s Oprah interview? What is the attraction to learn about The Royals who're among the most dysfunctional families on earth?
#ChooseToChallenge
Images
Happy International Women’s Day. Every day we say they are essential and we support women in our homes, workplaces, and society.
Please, allow me to introduce my grand-baby, Olivia who our family calls LIV and I am GB, that's short for Grandpa Bob. She surely does like to challenge her mother Sabrina.
International Women's Day is a global celebration of the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of women. The day also marks a call to action for accelerating women's equality.
Blind Justice?
Images
On May 25, less than a year ago, 46-year-old George Floyd was stopped by police after a local Minneapolis shop employee claimed he had tried to pass a counterfeit $20 bill. The Minnesota athlete had been a talented young American football player but drifted into a life of petty crime and addiction to painkillers.