PISCATAWAY, N.J. — President Barack Obama on Sunday urged college graduates to shun those who want to confront a rapidly linked world by building walls around the United States or by embracing ignorance, as he delivered a sharp and barely concealed critique of Donald Trump... "A wall won't stop that," Obama said, bringing to mind Trump's call for building a border wall between the U.S. and Mexico ... on a path of decline ... ___....
JERUSALEM -- Israeli Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu lashed out at Iran Sunday for staging a Holocaust-themed cartoon contest that mocked the Nazi genocide of six million Jews during the Second World War and said the Islamic Republic was busy planning for another one. Iran has long backed armed groups committed to Israel's destruction and its leaders have called for it to be wiped off the map....
Such beauty as hurts to behold. Ferrari builds three types of cars. sports cars, Grand Touring or "GT" cars, and of course rare and exotic "hypercars," such as the current LaFerrari, which sells for more than a million bucks. Of these three, without question the most important for Ferrari's reputation are the sports cars. The only things more important are Ferrari's Formula One race cars, but they are squarely beasts of the track ... sound ... ....
Police in Colombia say they have seized their largest ever domestic haul of illegal drugs - nearly eight tonnes of cocaine. The drugs had been hidden on a banana plantation near the north-western coastal town of Turbo. PresidentJuan Manuel Santos congratulated officers on Twitter, saying ... ....
Dir/scr. Kôji Fukada. Japan-France. 2016. 118 mins. Japanese director Kôji Fukada may adopt a patient, pensive approach to writing, helming and editing his sixth feature, yet ensures his slow-burning, quietly told thriller commands attention from start to finish ... The thematic astuteness of Fukada’s feature would resound regardless of its high-profile premiere ... a sense not just of confidence, but of compelling humanity ... Sales ... Kôji Fukada ... ....
(Source. MLB - Major League Baseball). • Cast your Esurance All-Star ballot for Abreu, Eaton, Rollins and other #ASGWorthy players. 'You can't win without scoring runs,' Sale said. 'At the end of the day, starting pitching and defense wins games, but you've still got to score some runs. I'm putting my guys in the position I needed 'em, and they came [through].' ... MOMENTS THAT MATTERED ... ' ... Most championships, yada, yada, the list goes on....
(Source. Chicago White Sox). • Cast your Esurance All-Star ballot for Abreu, Eaton, Rollins and other #ASGWorthy players. 'You can't win without scoring runs,' Sale said. 'At the end of the day, starting pitching and defense wins games, but you've still got to score some runs. I'm putting my guys in the position I needed 'em, and they came [through].' ... MOMENTS THAT MATTERED ... ' ... More > ... Most championships, yada, yada, the list goes on ... (noodl....
WASHINGTON, D.C. - “The great Republican crackup has begun,” declares Michael Gerson, columnist and former speechwriter for President George W. Bush. No one, liberal or conservative, has been more relentless, high-minded and intellectually honest than Gerson in combatting Donald Trump and the dark forces of Trumpism. But I have a quibble on this one claim ... A crackup means factional secessions and civil war ... Owls ... Yadayada ... ....
Kiz. OK, I've heard all the gripes. John Elway should have never let Brock Osweiler walk away from the Super Bowl champs. Elway should have taken UCLA linebacker Myles Jack in the NFL draft, instead of trading up in the first round to select Paxton Lynch. Elway is crazy to put any faith in Mark Sanchez, who couldn't play dead in a western. Yada, yada, yada... Renck ... Kiz ... Yates ... ....
MoonAlert. Avoid shopping or important decisions until noon Chicago time. After that the Moon moves from Taurus into Gemini. Aries (March 21-April 19). This is a powerful day. Do note the Moon Alert regarding shopping for anything other than food and gas. Today you see new ways to boost your income plus new uses for your possessions. Tackle spring cleaning projects in garages, lockers and storage areas ...Trust me ... 22) ... 22) ... Yada, yada, yada ... ....
Andre Roberson guards Kawhi Leonard on a drive in Game 1. (Photo by Bryan Terry) I wrote about Andre Roberson for the Friday Oklahoman. How his Game 2 defensive performance against the Spurs’ Kawhi Leonard in San Antonio was a kind of coming-out party. You can read that column here ... But not a lot ... You gotta sacrifice, whether it’s shots, minutes, rebounds, yadayadayada. Just depends on who you’re playing with ... Me and Russell....
(Source. Bakersfield Condors). First off, let me begin by saying that working in minor league sports is not a tremendously secure career path ...It's not easy. In most cases, it's a losing proposition ... That's the only Condors-related piece of this blog ... Anyways, in July, the owner worked out a lease in New Jersey, the team stayed, they opened a new building years later and yadayadayada, @KevinBartl gets to keep his childhood memories. ST....
(Source. NFL - National Football League). With the current wage scale, rookies are the best commodity in the NFL. Sure, the draft is about adding for the future, but it's also about finding that perfect fit to immediately boost an NFL team into the stratosphere ...Yes, coach Gary Kubiak runs a simpler offense that caters to quarterbacks, and the signal-caller will have one of the best defenses in the NFL to lean on, yada, yada, yada....
I wrote about LUNA. The ShadowDust last week on Cliqist, rambling on about how beautiful it looked and how excited I was for the full game, yadayadayada. LanternStudio’s director Beidi Guo caught wind of my article and reached out to me, and together we talked about ways to share more about > ... ....