Analysis: Obama the Avenger and His Vendetta Against Trump and the GOP
The First Family is exacting revenge on the candidate who led the Birther movement and the party that tormented them for the past eight years.
– Chemi Shalev – Haaretz
Barack Obama is fired up and ready to go. He flies around from political rally to donors’ events, stirring crowds, encouraging Democrats and enthusing voters with the intense rhetoric of a Baptist preacher. He pushes his audiences not only to vote but to take others with them, not only to support Hillary Clinton but to achieve victory for Democrats all down the line. And that’s before we even mention his wife, the breakout mega-superstar of the election season who will hold her first joint appearance with Clinton in North Carolina on Thursday.
There’s never been a presidential family that has committed itself so totally and unequivocally in favour of their party’s presidential contender and, in Donald Trump’s case, against the rival party’s candidate. Continue reading →
Questions on how to combat trafficking of children from Guyana to the United States, were posed to newly appointed Guyana Consul General to New York, Barbara Atherly, who held the consulate’s first town hall meeting on Friday, Oct. 21, at the Shri Lakshmi Narayan Mandir on Liberty Avenue, in Richmond Hill, Queens.
In spite of the cold temperatures and persistent rainfall, Richmond Hill, Queens, lit up on Oct. 22, with dazzling lights to celebrate Diwali, the Festival of Lights on the Hindu calendar.
Photo: FBI director James Comey testifies during a House judiciary committee hearing in March. Photograph: Drew Angerer/Getty Images
Spencer Ackerman in New York – @attackerman – Sunday 30 October 2016 05.10 GMT
The political pressure on FBI director James Comey intensified on Saturday night as four powerful Democratic senators demanded immediate answers about the bureau’s announcement it is examining new material as part of its investigation about Hillary Clinton’s email server. Continue reading →
The Lie We Live (2015) is a short film written & created by myself, Spencer Cathcart, which I originally published in January 2015. It received over 22 million views, however was taken down due to a ridiculous copyright complaint for a couple very short bits of footage I used I had to reupload it (it was fair use but YouTube still removed it). I also licensed new music to avoid any issues in the future.
Demerara Waves – By Abigail Semple – October 27, 2016 Comments
Cuban women at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport with a large quantity of items they purchased in Georgetown.
The steady flow of nearly 1,000 Cubans coming to Guyana every week to shop mainly clothing is being widely hailed as good for this South American country’s economy at a time when there is much talk about sluggishness and over-reliance on gold to prop up revenues.
While cambio (foreign exchange) dealers experience mixed fortunes as far as how much United States dollars the Cubans change, one of them says the Spanish-speakers are helping to keep many businesses in Guyana afloat.
Some estimates are that they will account for almost GYD$400 million annually in the purchase of goods alone. Continue reading →
During a press event at Universal Studios in L.A., Elon Musk announces that Tesla will build and sell its own line of solar panels with integrated batteries. Coupled with the also unveiled PowerWall 2, it will allow residential homeowners to replace their entire roof with solar panels, making it much simpler for homes to be entirely powered by solar power.
