International corporations that want to intimidate countries have access
to a private legal system designed just for them. And to unlock its
power, sometimes all it takes is a threat.
The Senate on Wednesday impeached Dilma Rousseff, Brazil’s first female
president, and removed her from office for the rest of her term, the
capstone of a power struggle that has consumed the nation for months and
toppled one of the hemisphere’s most powerful political parties.
Perhaps the white text are a series of episode titles? And if the
"adventure continues" in the Fall of 1984, then does this mean we'll be
returning to Hawkins? Will?
Did you know the average Big Bank customer spends $194 a year in ATM
fees? Aspiration reimburses ATM fees worldwide and lets you earn up to
100x more interest than typical checking accounts. You can even set your
own account fee (even if it's zero) and they donate 10% of all revenue
to charity. Yep, that’s a bank we’d want to do business with.
Donald Trump is traveling to Mexico Wednesday to meet with the country's
president just hours before he is set to deliver a speech focused on
immigration policy.
The mustache seems like such an integral part of Tobias' character, but
our favorite blow hard was nearly facial-hair-less when a producer
started imposing some arbitrary "rules of comedy" on Cross.
Does your cake-cutting procedure guarantee that no one will leave the
party feeling that they got a lesser piece than anyone else? And have
you taken steps to ensure that each cake-eater is deriving equal joy
from his or her allocated slice?
“I’m not an alcoholic and I’m not a drug addict and I don’t have mental
issues,”LePage said. “What I have is a backbone, and I want to move
Maine forward.”
Brooks explains that he is still in shock, sad that he can't just pick
up the phone and give his good friend a call. He then recounts their
long friendship and the special moments they shared over the years.
PepsiCo is introducing a version of Gatorade that's certified organic by
the US Department of Agriculture, testing whether a product created in a
lab with artificial flavors and colors can adapt to America's growing
natural-food movement.
Hey audiophiles, this one’s for you. A-Audio’s Legacy headphones are
built with 40mm drivers, anti-vibration aluminum and even let you switch
between passive audio, bass enhancing and noise cancellation modes.
After a tremor and some earthquakes, authorities are saying that one of
the country's biggest volcanoes, called Katla, located in southern
Iceland, could also be close to erupting.
From deciphering the secret language of construction workers' spray
paint markings on the pavement, to uncovering the meaning of various
manhole covers that lead into the tangle of communication systems
underground, much of this infrastructure is hidden in plain sight.
If the health-conscious creator of granola were alive today, it’s
unlikely he would recognize the modern incarnation of his creation.
Despite its reputation as a breakfast health food, granola has become
nothing less than a sweet dessert.
There's no telling how many guns we have in America — and when one gets
used in a crime, no way for the cops to connect it to its owner. The
only place the police can turn for help is a Kafkaesque agency in West
Virginia, where, thanks to the gun lobby, computers are illegal and
detective work is absurdly antiquated.
Finland is about to launch an experiment in which a randomly selected
group of 2,000–3,000 citizens already on unemployment benefits will
begin to receive a monthly basic income of 560 euros (approx. $600).
Trevor Paglen is an artist and experimental geographer who travels to
secret military bases and far-flung locales to showcase the modern mass
surveillance state.
After a decade in power, Turkey’s ruler presides over a new form of
democracy that the west neither likes nor understands: an authoritarian
regime that exalts the will of the majority.
The way to play was to pause the tape and use the cards that appear on
screen as your cards, all while listening to the sultry sounds of
someone shuffling a deck of 52. Apparently this strange '90s relic was
for someone who had a VCR and a TV, but not a deck of cards, because
that's pretty much all it is.
After decades as an amateur player eager for a big break, the veggie
burger has made its ascent, becoming a destination dish and hashtag
darling as never before.
When one Romanian doctor became "father" to 16 HIV-positive orphans in
1999, many thought there was no hope for them – or for the thousands of
other children infected. What followed was something of a miracle.
A woman had never completed the first stage of the "American Ninja
Warrior" national finals. Enter stuntwoman Jessie Graff, who not only
completed the course, but absolutely crushed it.