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Donald Trump’s inauguration as the 45th president of the United States was an appropriately staid and stately affair. The inauguration party in virtual world Second Life was much more colorful. The biggest inauguration party in Second Life took place in the London City sim, oddly enough, where avatars of all sizes and shapes from around…
Punching Nazis is something of a time honored tradition in the United States. So is making memes. It seems natural then that the Internet wouldn’t waste any time in making a video of white supremacist and neo-Nazi Richard Spencer getting punched in the face go viral. While the United States was late getting into WWII,…
Richard B. Spencer, a far-right activist, in Whitefish, Mont., in June. Credit Tim Goessman for The New York Times Is it O.K. to punch a Nazi? That is not a brainteaser or a hypothetical question posed by a magazine on Twitter. It is an actual question bouncing around the internet after an attack on a…
This is “Just a Reminder,” a feature that reminds people about the past. In this week’s Line it is Drawn, the topic was to “have Luke Cage replace a character on a famous comic book cover”. Artist Gene Guilmette drew a suggestion by a reader to have Luke Cage in place of Captain America on…
More than half a million people turned out for the march at the nation’s capital. Photo: Mario Tama/Getty Images The Women’s March in Washington D.C. was absolutely breathtaking, a thing that few that were in attendance will forget. The signs were out en masse, the outfits were beautiful, the pink hats oozed solidarity, the chants…
President Donald Trump walks to his swearing-in ceremony on the West Front of the U.S. Capitol on January 20 in Washington, DC. | Getty Trump blocks Federal Housing Administration plan to cut mortgage fees if this is a ‘universal’ story then the story-tag will be ‘story’ By Lorraine Woellert 01/20/17 01:29 PM EST Updated 01/20/17…
.entry-header Washington, D.C. — After being sworn into office today, the administration of President Donald Trump moved to raise Federal Housing Administration, or FHA, premiums for new homebuyers by 25 basis points. This action, which reverses an Obama administration move to lower premiums by 25 basis points, will cost a new homebuyer an additional $500 on their…
Hide CM floating unit In two days, Donald Trump will be inaugurated as President. The day after that, hundreds of thousands of women plan to meet at the Capitol and demonstrate against a new regime that has already, during its transition to power, shown itself to be plutocratic and friendly to various forms of discrimination….
President Donald Trump boasted his inauguration would have an “unbelievable, perhaps record-setting turnout.” But aerial shots of the National Mall from President Barack Obama’s 2009 inauguration and today show that isn’t likely. Here’s an image taken at about 11:30 AM ET in 2009: 1.8 million people were thought to have attended President Barack Obama’s historic…
Nobody on the roads Nobody on the streets Can feel it in the air Summer’s out of reach Empty lake Empty streets The sun goes down alone I’m driving by your house Though I know you’re not home core-decorated Where Is Everyone?.