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Five Years Ago

This week in 2017, outgoing FCC boss Tom Wheeler had a message for Trump supporters about the benefits of net neutrality, while cable's congressional allies were lining up to urge Ajit Pai to kill the cable box competition plan. Trump was muzzling federal employees and seeking to trademark "Make America Great Again". Virginia was pushing a protectionist law preventing better broadband, garnering opposition from internet companies. Meanwhile, a judge allowed the lawsuit over PACER fees to continue as a class action... Читать дальше...

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Benson Henderson has a lot of respect for what Francis Ngannou has been doing and continues to do.

The work cumbersomely entitled, The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money, now commonly abbreviated as "The General Theory," was published in 1936. It was therefore only ten years old when the author, John Maynard Keynes, died last April.

63% of Americans state that they feel comfortable and safe going back to shopping malls and physical stores after the pandemic years

The average productivity of new wells in the Permian Basin is set to hit a record high in 2022, breaching past 1,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day (boepd) due to a surge in lateral well length, Rystad Energy research indicates. New wells are expected to break the 1,000 boepd threshold in 2022 for the first time on record, rising from the 974 boepd achieved in 2021. Average daily production levels have steadily climbed since 2010, closely aligned with the horizontal well length, which is expected to reach 9,500 feet in 2022. Читать дальше...

Late last week, a Rainier man took home $50,000 in winnings from a Powerball ticket he bought nearly six months ago.

Omicron wave drives surge of workers calling in sick, why the ending of K.C.-Buffalo ought to change NFL's overtime, and a jerk-free guide to snowblowing.

Lyle J. Goldstein

China, Asia

New Chinese nuclear systems are now coming online.  But why?

Here's What to Remember:  Chinese strategists seem to be increasingly practiced (at least in a domestic context) at selling the argument that more and new types of weapons enhance deterrence and thus strategic stability.

When one reads enough Chinese naval literature, diagrams of multi-axial cruise missile saturation attacks against aircraft carrier groups may begin to seem normal. Читать дальше...

Steve Lovell admitted the goals they conceded on Saturday were ridiculous.

The show will feature more than 175 exhibitors specializing in landscaping, decorating, remodeling and building new homes.

As The Batman gets ever closer to release, some of the conversation surrounding Matt Reeves’ upcoming film is what the movie almost ended up being. Namely, that it was originally meant to star and be directed by Ben Affleck, the Dark Knight of the DCEU prior to Robert Pattinson’s casting.

Tampa Bay Bucaneers were eliminated from playoffs by Los Angeles Rams last weekend

NFL legend Tom Brady is set to retire from American football, signalling the end of one of the greatest sporting careers of all-time.

While names like Luna and Oliver rule the charts these days, 1922 looked a little different

The event celebrated 75 years of India’s Independence