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Rhiannon12866
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October 25, 2019
A Paris zoo unveils a peculiar new organism termed the “blob,” Egypt unearths 20 ancient coffins, and California passes a bill that allows people to eat roadkill.
The Daily Show: Mysterious "Blob" at a Zoo, Ancient Coffins in Egypt & California's Roadkill Law
A Paris zoo unveils a peculiar new organism termed the “blob,” Egypt unearths 20 ancient coffins, and California passes a bill that allows people to eat roadkill.
October 25, 2019
Real Time with Bill Maher guests - Friday, October 25, 2019
Real Time with Bill Maher guests - Friday, October 25, 2019
Real Time with Bill Maher continues its 17th season Friday, October 25 (10:00-11:00 p.m. live ET/tape-delayed PT), with a replay at 11:30 p.m., exclusively on HBO.
CNN anchor Chris Cuomo is the top-of-show interview guest.
Actor Zach Galifianakis is the mid-show interview guest.
The roundtable guests are Rep. Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.), MSNBC host and correspondent Donny Deutsch & podcast host Dan Carlin.
October 24, 2019
"Catch And Kill" author Ronan Farrow saw 60 items, including affairs and cases of sexual misconduct, on the list of scandals the National Enquirer kept on Donald Trump before he became President.
Ronan Farrow: The Free Press Is Alive And Well
"Catch And Kill" author Ronan Farrow believes brave whistleblowers and journalists will ensure that the free press continues to thrive despite the systems of mutual protection that exist to shield wrongdoers in media and politics.
Stephen Colbert: Guest Ronan Farrow
Ronan Farrow Saw A Master List Of "Trump Dirt" At The National Enquirer"Catch And Kill" author Ronan Farrow saw 60 items, including affairs and cases of sexual misconduct, on the list of scandals the National Enquirer kept on Donald Trump before he became President.
Ronan Farrow: The Free Press Is Alive And Well
"Catch And Kill" author Ronan Farrow believes brave whistleblowers and journalists will ensure that the free press continues to thrive despite the systems of mutual protection that exist to shield wrongdoers in media and politics.
October 24, 2019
In a self-congratulatory speech this morning at the White House, the President declared 'permanent' peace in Syria.
Bombshell Testimony Directly Ties Trump To Ukraine Quid Pro Quo
The incredibly damning details revealed during former Ukraine Ambassador Bill Taylor's testimony before Congress are making it harder for the President's defenders who continue to insist he's done nothing wrong.
"You'll Never Have Another President Like Me"
"You'll Never Have Another President Like Me"
The Crazy Train In Impeachment Fantasyland
Here, we choo-choo-choose to believe in the Constitution. Isn't that bananas?
Stephen Colbert - Monologue and Opening - 10/23/19
Trump's Syria Victory Speech Has People Saying 'Wow'In a self-congratulatory speech this morning at the White House, the President declared 'permanent' peace in Syria.
Bombshell Testimony Directly Ties Trump To Ukraine Quid Pro Quo
The incredibly damning details revealed during former Ukraine Ambassador Bill Taylor's testimony before Congress are making it harder for the President's defenders who continue to insist he's done nothing wrong.
"You'll Never Have Another President Like Me"
"You'll Never Have Another President Like Me"
The Crazy Train In Impeachment Fantasyland
Here, we choo-choo-choose to believe in the Constitution. Isn't that bananas?
October 24, 2019
They fan out across the seas like a giant maritime dance, a ballet of tens of thousands of vessels delivering the physical stuff that has become indispensable to our way of life: commodities and cars, white goods and gas and grains, timber and technology.
But shipping – a vast industry that moves trillions of pounds-worth of goods each year – is facing an environmental reckoning. Ships burn the dirtiest oil, known as bunker fuel; a waste product from the refinery process, literally scraping the bottom of the barrel, the crud in crude. It’s so thick that you could walk on it at room temperature.
As a result, shipping is a major polluter – responsible for about 2.5% of global carbon emissions. Not surprisingly, innovators are starting to wonder if there is another way.
“Around 90% of everything we consume [in Britain] spends some time at sea, so we urgently need to make the transportation of goods more sustainable,” says Will Templeman, an environmental scientist-turned-entrepreneur.
Templeman’s eureka moment came during a visit to the supermarket when he was agonising over the food miles in his trolley. He wondered if it would be possible to transport things such as coffee and chocolate with zero emissions. Then he remembered that this was how goods used to travel. By sailing ship.
A quick online search revealed that a Dutch company was doing exactly that.
The owners of Fairtransport were inspired to revive sail cargo after witnessing at first hand the yellow smog caused by commercial vessels. They restored two ships, a 70-year-old minesweeper renamed the Tres Hombres and a wooden ketch called Nordlys that dates back to 1873.
Much more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/oct/23/sailing-ships-cleaning-up-sea-transport-oceans
Fairtransport ship Tres Hombres, which transports coffee for Shipped by Sail
Winds of change: the sailing ships cleaning up sea transport
Ethically minded entrepreneurs are turning back the clock to sweep the scourge of bunker fuel from the oceansThey fan out across the seas like a giant maritime dance, a ballet of tens of thousands of vessels delivering the physical stuff that has become indispensable to our way of life: commodities and cars, white goods and gas and grains, timber and technology.
But shipping – a vast industry that moves trillions of pounds-worth of goods each year – is facing an environmental reckoning. Ships burn the dirtiest oil, known as bunker fuel; a waste product from the refinery process, literally scraping the bottom of the barrel, the crud in crude. It’s so thick that you could walk on it at room temperature.
As a result, shipping is a major polluter – responsible for about 2.5% of global carbon emissions. Not surprisingly, innovators are starting to wonder if there is another way.
“Around 90% of everything we consume [in Britain] spends some time at sea, so we urgently need to make the transportation of goods more sustainable,” says Will Templeman, an environmental scientist-turned-entrepreneur.
Templeman’s eureka moment came during a visit to the supermarket when he was agonising over the food miles in his trolley. He wondered if it would be possible to transport things such as coffee and chocolate with zero emissions. Then he remembered that this was how goods used to travel. By sailing ship.
A quick online search revealed that a Dutch company was doing exactly that.
The owners of Fairtransport were inspired to revive sail cargo after witnessing at first hand the yellow smog caused by commercial vessels. They restored two ships, a 70-year-old minesweeper renamed the Tres Hombres and a wooden ketch called Nordlys that dates back to 1873.
Much more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/oct/23/sailing-ships-cleaning-up-sea-transport-oceans
Fairtransport ship Tres Hombres, which transports coffee for Shipped by Sail
October 24, 2019
Seth takes a closer look at the president’s political position eroding faster than ever after a shocking testimony from a key witness in the impeachment inquiry.
Seth Meyers - Republicans Storm Impeachment Hearing After Bombshell Testimony: A Closer Look
Seth takes a closer look at the president’s political position eroding faster than ever after a shocking testimony from a key witness in the impeachment inquiry.
October 24, 2019
Seth Meyers - Trump Compares Impeachment Proceedings to a Lynching - Monologue - 10/22/19
October 24, 2019
Seth moderates another high-stakes debate between the 2020 Democratic presidential candidates.
Seth Meyers: Late Night Democratic Presidential Debate Round Four
Seth moderates another high-stakes debate between the 2020 Democratic presidential candidates.
October 24, 2019
CBS News’s Alex Wagner evaluates who “won” the fourth Democratic debate, how the dynamic between the candidates shifted and the future of their campaign trail.
The Daily Show: Alex Wagner - Assessing the Fourth 2020 Democratic Debate
CBS News’s Alex Wagner evaluates who “won” the fourth Democratic debate, how the dynamic between the candidates shifted and the future of their campaign trail.
October 23, 2019
Actor John Lithgow, author of the new book "Dumpty: The Age of Trump in Verse," thinks the President doesn't have the timing or wit to tell a joke.
For those who missed it:
Colbert Gets A Surprise Visit From Rudy Giuliani
Did Rudy Giuliani and his fraud buddies lead the President to impeachment by pushing debunked Ukraine conspiracy theories? Here to tell us is the man himself, Trump's personal attorney Rudy Giuliani (aka friend of the show John Lithgow).
Stephen Colbert - Guest John Lithgow: Trump Has Turned Our Comics Into Geniuses
Actor John Lithgow, author of the new book "Dumpty: The Age of Trump in Verse," thinks the President doesn't have the timing or wit to tell a joke.
For those who missed it:
Colbert Gets A Surprise Visit From Rudy Giuliani
Did Rudy Giuliani and his fraud buddies lead the President to impeachment by pushing debunked Ukraine conspiracy theories? Here to tell us is the man himself, Trump's personal attorney Rudy Giuliani (aka friend of the show John Lithgow).
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