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Ultimately what separates the anti-imperialist left from mainstream liberal “humanitarians” is whether you’re in it for humanity or for yourself. Reading by Tim Foley: Ultimately what separates the anti-imperialist left from mainstream liberal “humanitarians” is whether you’re in it for humanity or for yourself. For the liberal, wanting peace and justice is more of an abstraction than a desire to fight the concrete power structures responsible for the lack of peace and justice in our world. If you’re a liberal you oppose the idea of children being killed and starved in the abstract, because thinking of yourself as a moral…
Google’s “AI Overview” search results are producing tens of millions of inaccurate answers each hour, according to new research that raises concerns about the reliability of AI-powered information retrieval. The New York Times reports that a recent analysis conducted by AI startup Oumi has revealed significant accuracy issues with Google’s AI Overviews feature, which appears at the top of search results. The study examined a total of 8,652 search results generated by Google’s Gemini AI models and found error rates that translate to hundreds of thousands of mistakes per minute when applied to Google’s massive search volume. Oumi tested 4,326 search results from…
A pastor in Birmingham, England, has been charged in the drowning of a man during a home baptism in a children’s pool. Forty-eight-year-old Cheryl Bartley is facing one count of gross negligence manslaughter in the case involving 61-year-old Robert Smith, who died on October 8, 2023, the Associated Press (AP) reported Wednesday. “The Life Changing Ministries ceremony was being held in a kiddie pool and livestreamed on Facebook,” the outlet said, and the New York Post reported the stream cut out as Smith was being baptized. The outlet noted the man had Parkinson’s disease, which is a movement disorder that affects…
The government of Ecuador announced Thursday that it is raising tariffs on Colombian imports from 50 to 100 percent come May 1, marking the latest escalation in the ongoing trade dispute between the two neighboring nations. Over the past months, the administrations of Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa and far-left Colombian President Gustavo Petro have found themselves embroiled in a trade and diplomatic impasse after Noboa imposed a series of tariffs on Colombia, citing a lack of cooperation from the Colombian government in the fight against drug trafficking and illegal mining and a bilateral trade deficit against Ecuador. On Thursday, the Ecuadorian…
More than a dozen House Republicans have now thrown their support behind Rep. Maria Salazar’s (R-FL) “Dignity Act,” which would give amnesty to most of the nation’s 11 to 22 million illegal aliens while expanding legal immigration levels by funneling more foreign workers into American jobs. Salazar first introduced the amnesty scheme in 2022, amidst the largest wave of illegal immigration to the United States in recorded history under President Joe Biden. The bill, at first glance, would offer amnesty to the roughly 10.5 million illegal aliens who lived in the United States prior to 2021, so long as they…
President Donald Trump gave his blessing Friday afternoon for a party-line package focused narrowly on immigration enforcement — in a boost to Senate GOP leaders amid the Department of Homeland Security funding stalemate. Trump’s comments came after he met Friday with Senate Budget Chair Lindsey Graham of South Carolina and Senate Majority Whip John Barrasso of Wyoming. The two lawmakers went to the White House to pitch Senate GOP leadership’s plan to restrict the party’s filibuster-skirting effort to only funding for Immigration and Customs Enforcement and parts of Customs and Border Protection. “Reconciliation is ON TRACK, and we are moving…
The bloc is facing an energy crisis due to the Strait of Hormuz disruption, with soaring diesel prices triggering protests The EU is sliding into a fuel crisis driven by a global supply shock caused by the US-Israeli attack on Iran. It has already triggered protests, early signs of shortages, and warnings of the wider economic impact.This has resulted from the disruption of the Strait of Hormuz, a critical route for global energy shipments. Oil prices surged above $120 per barrel during the escalation, and while crude fell below the $100 mark after a two-week US-Iran ceasefire was announced on…
The US president reportedly did not know about the first lady’s plan to speak about the convicted sex offender US First Lady Melania Trump has made a surprise public statement about Jeffrey Epstein, denying that she had any meaningful relationship with the late financier and convicted sex offender, and insisting that he did not introduce her to Donald Trump.In remarks released by the White House on April 9, Melania said she had “never been friends with Epstein,” described her contact with his associate, Ghislaine Maxwell, as nothing more than “casual correspondence,” and urged Congress to hold public hearings centered on…
April 10 (UPI) — The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) apologized Friday, weeks after a Tourette syndrome activist had an outburst that included racial slurs at this year’s BAFTA Film Awards. Following a review, the academy said it “identified a number of structural weaknesses” in its planning, escalation procedures and crisis coordination arrangements, but did “not find evidence of malicious intent” on the part of the event’s organizers. John Davidson, an executive producer on I Swear, a film based on his life with Tourette’s, involuntarily shouted a racial slur as Michael B. Jordan and Delroy Lindo presented…
President Donald Trump’s youngest son Barron Trump is preparing to join the energy drink market with SOLLOS Yerba Mate Inc. Barron is among five directors of the start-up that is preparing to launch in May, the New York Post reported Friday. Two of those directors are his friends from high school. “Trump is a director of the company, incorporated in Florida last December according to state corporation filings. It’s also registered in the business-friendly state of Delaware,” the outlet said, noting Rodolfo Castello, Valentino Gomez, Stephen Hall, and Spencer Bernstein are also directors of the company. According to the Mayo Clinic,…