Month: December 2023

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The Daily Detail - The Daily Detail for 12.18.23

Alabama

  • Several Jewish congregations had emailed bomb threats over the weekend
  • Congressman Palmer weighs in on Joe Biden's impeachment inquiry
  • Palmer's primary challenger, Gerrick Williams, weighs in on Palmer's NDAA vote
  • State lawmaker will offer bill again that curtails power of State Health Officer
  • 2 cases of Chronic Wasting Disease confirmed in Lauderdale county
  • Wreaths Across America held its annual tribute at Alabama National Cemetery

National

  • Chairman of House Ways &Means reveals Hunter Biden's "tax man"
  • WV SoS Mac Warner explains more of his statement on 2020 stolen election
  • FL GOP votes to suspend Chairman Christian Zeigler after rape accusations
  • Aide to Senator fired after homosexual behavior filmed in Senate Judiciary room
  • Confederate "Reconciliation "statue at Arlington National cemetery removed
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Start the Week - AI, states and corporations

Artificial Intelligence will be the focus of this year’s Royal Institution Christmas Lectures by the Oxford Professor of Computer Science, Mike Wooldridge. In his series of lectures (broadcast on BBC Four in late December) he will attempt to disentangle the realities from the myths, but will also demonstrate the huge impact AI is already having in fields ranging from medicine to football to astrophysics, as well as on the creative arts.

The bestselling novelist Naomi Alderman has fun with AI and its tech trillionaire-creators in her latest thriller The Future. While the wealthy corporate heads are effectively decapitated by an end-of-the-world scenario, the story explores whether the technology that could presage the apocalypse can also be used for the good of society.

The Professor of Politics at Cambridge, David Runciman, wants to change the way people think about a future in which artificial intelligence has taken control. In The Handover he looks back to the formation of states and corporations, arguing that these are the precursors to AI: powerful artificial entities that have come to rule our world. While thy have made us richer and safer, he questions what will happen to human existence if these two machines – states and AI – join forces.

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NBN Book of the Day - Michelle R. Scott, “T.O.B.A. Time: Black Vaudeville and the Theater Owners’ Booking Association in Jazz-Age America” (U Illinois Press, 2023)

Black vaudevillians and entertainers joked that T.O.B.A. stood for "tough on black artists." But the Theater Owner's Booking Association (T.O.B.A.) played a foundational role in the African American entertainment industry. T.O.B.A. Time: Black Vaudeville and the Theater Owners’ Booking Association in Jazz-Age America by Michelle R. Scott (University of Illinois Press, 2023) examines this circuit of vaudeville theaters active between 1920 and 1930 which booked blues singers, comedians, dancers, and many other kinds of entertainers into Black-serving theaters throughout the United States. T.O.B.A. launched and nurtured the careers of many Black performers including Cab Calloway, Sammy Davis Jr., Count Basie, Bessie Smith, Ethel Waters, and Hattie McDaniel. Scott traces T.O.B.A.’s antecedents in the first decades of the twentieth century and documents the ten years of its existence. She contextualizes T.O.B.A. within the politics of segregated America, the Black communities served by its theaters, and its effect on the lives and careers of thousands of Black performers.

Kristen M. Turner is a lecturer in the music and honors departments at North Carolina State University. Her research centers on race and class in American popular entertainment at the turn of the twentieth century.

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Everything Everywhere Daily - The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln

On the evening of April 14, 1865, the 16th President of the United States, Abraham Lincoln, was shot while attending a play in Washington DC.

The assassination wasn’t a random act. It had been planned for weeks, multiple people were involved in the conspiracy, and he was ultimately one of the final casualties of the war. 

The weeks after the assassination saw the greatest outpouring of grief the country had ever experienced and a series of unprecedented trials.

Learn more about the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, how it happened, and its aftermath on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.


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The NewsWorthy - Israel’s Deadly Mistake, East Coast Flooding & Costco’s Hottest Item- Monday, December 18, 2023

The news to know for Monday, December 18, 2023!

We're telling you about three hostages in Gaza who were accidentally killed by the Israeli military and growing threats impacting an international trade route.

Also, we're talking about a major storm impacting the east coast of the U.S.

Plus, we now know exactly what was behind the death of former 'Friends' star Matthew Perry; Prince Harry had a victory in court, and a familiar movie dominated the weekend box office.

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Opening Arguments - OA846: Forget Impeaching His Dad, Will Criminal Charges Even Stick Against Hunter Biden?

Liz and Andrew react to the $148 million defamation verdict against Rudy Giuliani by pollworkers Shaye Moss and Ruby Freeman before tackling the latest barrage of motions to dismiss filed by Hunter Biden's lawyers in the Delaware gun charge case.

If you need to cut through some right-wing nonsense over the holidays, this is the episode for you!

Notes DOJ Order No. 5730-2023 appointing Weiss https://www.justice.gov/d9/2023-08/order.appointment_of_david_c._weiss_as_special_counsel.pdf

Hunter Biden MTD - diversion agreement https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.ded.82797/gov.uscourts.ded.82797.60.0.pdf

Hunter Biden MTD - Selective and vindictive prosecution https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.ded.82797/gov.uscourts.ded.82797.63.0.pdf

Hunter Biden MTD - constitution https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.ded.82797/gov.uscourts.ded.82797.61.0_1.pdf

Hunter Biden MTD - Exceeded authority https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.ded.82797/gov.uscourts.ded.82797.62.0.pdf

OA793 https://openargs.com/oa793-the-right-wing-freakout-or-why-hunter-biden-rejected-his-plea-deal-feat-mitchell-epner/

Jury Verdict Sheet Giuliani https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.238720/gov.uscourts.dcd.238720.135.0_1.pdf

Jenna Ellis Stipulation to Discipline https://www.coloradosupremecourt.us/PDF/Public/STIPULATION%20TO%20DISCIPLINE%20PURSUANT%20TO%20C.R.C.P.%20242.19.pdf

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Short Wave - Want To Be Greener This Holiday Season? Try Composting!

Does thinking about the trajectory of the climate make you have a panic spiral? If so, we have the perfect podcast for you: The Anti-Dread Climate Podcast from NPR member station KCRW. The whole conceit of the show is to move away from climate anxiety and into incremental ways you can better the planet. Today, Caleigh Wells, one of the hosts of the show, helps Regina do just that by talking through some quick tips for being greener this holiday season and then walking through how to compost year-round.

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The Daily Signal - PA Moms for Liberty Leader Will Sue to Restore Her Good Name After False Harassment Charges

A Pennsylvania Moms for Liberty leader will file defamation lawsuits to restore her good name after she was falsely accused of harassment in what she calls an orchestrated smear campaign.


Nicole Marie Prussman, chairwoman of the Monroe County, Pennsylvania, chapter of the parental rights group, received a citation for harassment in April, after news reports of the charge came out in March.

Although a magistrate court judge initially found Prussman guilty without a proper fair trial, the case was dismissed on appeal when the state ruled that Prussman's accuser failed to corroborate her alleged evidence.


Yet the news outlets that reported the charges against Prussman have not reported her acquittal. Now, the Coalition for Liberty, a nonprofit dedicated to combating cancel culture, will represent her in court as she goes on the offensive. The Coalition for Liberty has not clarified which individuals or entities it plans to sue on Prussman's behalf, but it has vowed to bring litigation against anyone who broke the law in defaming her.


Prussman became the target of "a very organized hit job by a group called Stop Moms for Liberty," Doug Turpin, president and board chair of Coalition for Liberty, told "The Daily Signal Podcast." "They planned this. You can even see online how they were getting their members to plot to file harassment charges against Moms for Liberty all across the country. This was a deliberate attempt to cancel Nicole [Prussman] simply because she was speaking out on behalf of children because of inappropriate and highly sexual content."


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The Best One Yet - BONUS 🎂 “The Food Pod” — Our Best Food stories yet from 2023

A bonus episode featuring 3 of our top pop-biz news stories on the food industry from 2023. Grab a napkin and pull up a chair, let’s jump into the 3 stories spork-first (or is it fpoon?) 🤤…


1) The Grimace Milkshake, from July 5th: How McDonald’s made a drink go viral — The Grimace Shake makes the marketing case for chaos.

2) Goldfish Crackers, from April 24th: How Goldfish became a billion-dollar brand — Because even crackers need a wingman.

3) South Korea’s Gastrodiplomacy, from May 30th: How a country used food to boost trade — South Korea used “Calorie Capitalism”.


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What Next | Daily News and Analysis - Where Do Returned Gifts Go?

“Easy returns” are an essential part of the online shopping experience. But 20-30 percent of online purchases get sent “back,” which is to say, they then enter the labyrinth of third-party return facilities, destined for re-evaluation, restocking—or possibly, the garbage.


Guest: Amanda Mull, staff writer at The Atlantic.


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