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ASUS Android Go Phone for $110
ASUS' Android Go phone comes to the US for $110
The first Android Go phone to reach the US, the Alcatel 1X, was frankly lackluster between its not-even-720p screen and mediocre processing power. ASUS, however, is hoping to spice things up by launching the ZenFone Live (L1) in the US as a Best Buy exclusive. The unlocked handset costs slightly more than its rival at $110, but you're getting a lot more for your extra Hamilton. The ZenFone carries an 18:9 ratio, 5.5-inch 1,440 x 720 LCD screen, a speedier Snapdragon 425 processor and a heftier 3,000mAh battery, not to mention dual nano-SIM slots and a place for your microSD cards. This might be an ideal phone if you're a traveler who'd rather not risk their main device on a trip.
Venezuelan Pres. Maduro Claims Drone Assassination Attempt
Interview With Osama Bin Laden's Mother
Tell me about your vacation! 🏖 🏕 ⛺
I'm burnt out. Tired of work. Tired of life. The only thing that keeps me going is that I have 2 separate vacations coming up:
The first is just under 3 weeks away. I'm going to take my new (30 year old) camper van camping at Writing on Stone provincial park. I have over a week off, but I'm only going to be camping for 4 nights. I hope the sand at the beach is good. I've been watching videos on youtube on sandcastle building and I would like to try it out. *Fingers crossed for no campfire bans!!*
The other is mid-september. Most people should be back at work, so it should be quiet. I don't have anything booked yet, but I'm hoping to go to the Jasper, AB area (which is like Banff, but less busy). There are beautiful campgrounds around there that I haven't been to since I was a young kid. We want to go to Miette Hot Springs. I've also been kinda looking into random camping (camping on Crown land for free) and am looking at a place called Preacher's Point.
Tell me about your holiday plans. Anything fun coming up? Anywhere great you visited? Comment below so I can live vicariously through you.
What is QAnon?
What is QAnon? Explaining the bizarre rightwing conspiracy theory
On June 26, 2018, WikiLeaks publicly accused QAnon of "leading anti-establishment Trump voters to embrace regime change and neo-conservatism". QAnon had previously pushed for regime change in Iran. Two days later, the whistleblower organization shared an analysis by Internet Party president Suzie Dawson, claiming that QAnon's posting campaign is an "intelligence agency-backed psyop" aiming to "round up people that are otherwise dangerous to the Deep State (because they are genuinely opposed to it) usurp time & attention, & trick them into serving its aims".
The New Yorker Sees Dead 60 Minutes Sexecposé, Ups the Ante
Les Moonves and CBS Face Allegations of Sexual Misconduct
Six women tell The New Yorker that CBS chief Les Moonves sexually harassed them
Leslie Moonves, current CEO of CBS
You can't kill what has already gone full #MeToo. You can only cauterize the wound with a CEO-sized resignation.
Previously: Law Firm Kills WaPost Exposé of 60 Minutes Producer
Now we need the exposé of the Amazon Post to see why they caved and missed their chance for a big scoop. From The New Yorker's article:
Fager has tried to keep the allegations about the treatment of women at “60 Minutes” from surfacing publicly. According to the Times, in 2015 Fager took over the writing of a book about “60 Minutes” after the original author, Richard Zoglin, began asking people about the subject. In April, as two Washington Post reporters, Irin Carmon and Amy Brittain, were reporting an article about the allegations of harassment at CBS News, including complaints about Fager and Rosen, lawyers retained by Fager threatened to sue the Post, and presented testimonials about Fager’s good character. “There was this ham-handed effort to make women at the show say Jeff was a wonderful person,” one producer said. “It was so obvious we were doing it with a gun to our heads.” Fager’s lawyers also attacked the professionalism of the two reporters. In the end, the paper published a story that included complaints of harassment against Charlie Rose from dozens of women, but not allegations about Fager or Rosen. In a statement, the Post said, “The reporting throughout was vigorous and sustained and fully supported by Post editors. Nothing that met our longstanding standards for publication was left out. Nor did outside pressures, legal or otherwise, determine what was published.” CBS employees told me that they were alarmed by the attempts to kill the reporting. “The hypocrisy of an investigative news program shutting down an investigative print story is incredible,” one told me.
Future of Stargate
Stargate SG-1’s Christopher Judge wants to make a Jaffa spinoff series
There’s been no official momentum on anything Stargate-related since the end of Origins (which has since been compiled into a film-style cut, combining all the webisodes), but it's worth noting Judge is still actively involved with the franchise in an official capacity as host of the Stargate Command streaming service’s Dialing Home interview series. So he’s certainly in proximity to the ears that would need to be bent about a new web project. Judge also wrote several episodes of SG-1 over the years, helping craft the mythology of the Jaffa from behind and in front of the camera. So he certainly has the know-how and skill set.
GateWorld has been a lot more active lately.
Save on car insurance by becoming a female!
I heard a fantastic story on the radio on my way to work today:
Alberta man changes gender on government IDs for cheaper car insurance
I salute you, good sir -- errr.. madam.
