Friedrich was the World Cup champion in two-man and four-man this season, plus won the two-man world title last weekend. He’s the first driver to claim all four championships in the same season since Germany’s Andre Lange did it in 2007-08. Friedrich finished four runs in 3 minutes, 21.33 seconds. Latvia’s Oskars Kibermanis — the leader after Friday’s first two runs, before Friedrich overtook him Saturday — was second in 3:21....
Domino’s Pizza’s mobile app was used to send a message about a hostage situation this week, leading police to swarm a house in San Diego. At about midnight on September 10, a Domino’s employee called 911, explaining they had received a message via the chain’s app that someone was being held hostage at a home on 24th and Market Streets in the historic Sherman Heights neighborhood. With guns drawn, police in tactical gear surrounded the house and began searching for the victim, KNSD Channel 7 reports....
LANGMAN: What happened to Argentina? MENEM: The situation in Argentina, starting on Dec. 10, 1999, began to deteriorate due to bad political leadership. That had a direct influence on the [economy and society]. That’s the day Fernando de la Rua was sworn in. What exactly did he do wrong? What he did wrong fundamentally was to increase taxes and cut pensions and [government] salaries, which subtracted profitability from production and took buying power from [consumers]....
On Twitter, Aaron Greenberg, the general manager of Xbox Games Marketing at Microsoft responded to the “wild expectations” being posted about the Xbox Games Showcase event on July 23, 2020. Greenberg told fans that the event has just “one focus” and that is “games,” also saying that there will be “no business, devices or similar news.” As though he hadn’t made his point quite clear, Greenberg added that the event will be a “whole show about [an] hour long focused on games....
Yet like a lot of things in Washington, such impressive numbers fail to tell the whole story. Throwing money at a problem doesn’t automatically mean better results. First, skyrocketing inflation levels not seen in 40 years will mostly render such increases moot. The government simply printing money to fund higher spending is a root cause of inflation to begin with. Second, and what caught my attention as a veteran, is that these VA budget increases are happening as some in Congress push for major changes that would sharply limit the ability of veterans to file disability claims....
Listening to the debate over national missile defense, I wondered what Thomas Schelling would think of it. Schelling is the economist who first seriously applied game theory to politics and international relations, work that should have won him the Nobel Prize (if economists weren’t such snobs about political science). A recent Rand Corporation document describes him as having “established the basic conceptual structure of deterrence theory.” In fact, one could go further....
Most characters are unlocked via experience, but some of the higher leveled characters that can add both relief or challenge to the gameplay adventure requires Spools in order to purchase their character chest. Thankfully, this guide will inform players on the importance of Spools and how to get them to start their Don’t Starve Together adventure. What Are Spools? Spools use some of the items obtained in the Curio Cabinet such as Curio Items, which is exclusive to Don’t Starve Together....
James’ office said in a court filing Monday that it is seeking testimony and documents from the three named in the subpoena “in connection with an investigation into the valuation of properties owned or controlled” by the Trump Organization. News emerged last month that the attorney general was seeking to have Donald Trump testify, but it was not confirmed until Monday that James’ office was also seeking information from his two eldest children in the probe....
Sterling, whose estranged wife floated the idea he could have dementia, played the part of a senile old man who entered into a relationship with a younger woman, one that he alleged ended with him being taken advantage of as his racist remarks were exposed to the world. MORE: Sterling convinced players love him | Sterling said he was baited into remarks Sterling remained in character at the onset, but couldn't contain himself when Cooper asked about Magic Johnson....
Trump has emphasized his Christian faith during his re-election campaign, reaching out to pro-life groups for support. During speeches at campaign events, Trump has said that Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden would ban religion if he were elected. Biden did endorse Northam’s 2017 campaign for governor. On Thursday, Trump connected Biden and Northam during his comments on abortion. “The governor of Virginia said we will execute the baby after the baby’s born,” Trump told Fox News host Sean Hannity....
Trump spent Thursday golfing after travelling to Florida for the holidays, shortly after threatening to tank the much-delayed bipartisan COVID-19 relief deal passed through Congress on Monday. Following months of negotiations, lawmakers compromised on a deal worth $900 billion that included $600 stimulus checks—but the president surprised both Republicans and Democrats when he suddenly demanded the bill be amended to include $2,000 stimulus checks in a video posted on Tuesday....
The details involving the Trump Tower Triplex were unveiled by James during an update on the investigation into claims the Trump Organization fraudulently valued multiple assets to achieve economic benefits such as bigger bank loans. In a statement, James gave an example of how Trump allegedly valued his triplex apartment at $327 million in 2015 and 2016 financial statements, based on claims it was 30,000 square feet in size....
Taylor Budowich, Trump’s director of communications, on Monday posted to Twitter an email apparently from a top DOJ national security official saying that the passports had been seized by “filter agents” and would be returned. The tweet, which targeted CBS News reporting, followed a series of contentious exchanges over the FBI’s search of Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort home in Florida. Budowich’s tweet was in response to CBS News’ Norah O’Donnell tweeting that a DOJ official told the news outlet that “the FBI is NOT in possession of former President Trump’s passports....
According to some QAnon adherents, Trump is engaged in a secret war against members of the Deep State which is comprised of Democrats, business people and individuals in the entertainment industry that are involved in a worldwide child trafficking ring. No evidence has been uncovered to prove the veracity of the QAnon theories. At Wednesday’s rally, Trump said that he had been trying to get rid of people who were aligned against him, a process Trump has called “draining the swamp....
His days in the White House are numbered in the wake of his defeat to Joe Biden, but Trump has continued to spread misinformation about the election on Twitter, leading to speculation he could be swiftly banned from the platform after he leaves office. Now it seems at least some of his 88 million-plus Twitter followers may have had enough, with his follower count having dropped for four consecutive days....
The piece of more than 3,300 words pulled no punches in criticizing Trump’s response to the coronavirus pandemic, his refusal to accept an election defeat, and for good measure, it took swipes at other presidential actions this year. Headlined in German “Der Verlierer des Jahres” the article published online on Thursday describes how Trump’s refusal to accept President-elect Joe Biden’s victory is “not surprising,” because, as Roland Nelles and Ralf Neukirch write: “nothing is normal under Trump....
In typically boisterous fashion, the former president said he will be making an announcement on Thursday, December 15, without giving any further hints as to what it could be. In a post on Truth Social, he declared in a video: “AMERICA NEEDS A SUPERHERO!” while sharing footage in which he makes the same remark as he builds up the announcement. The clip ends with a mock-up image of Trump pulling open his shirt and jacket to display a red costume and a “T” logo underneath, similar to Superman’s famous pose, while standing in front of Trump Tower with lasers shooting out of his eyes....
Trump tweeted a query about whether Goodell would allow players to kneel before the national anthem this season after years of league resistance and public pressure by Trump to keep players standing. Goodell posted a video Friday evening saying the league now admits “we were wrong for not listening to NFL players earlier and encourage all to speak out and peacefully protest.” The NFL has been under scrutiny for how it has handled player protests since 2016, when Colin Kaepernick first took a knee during the anthem to protest police brutality and racial inequality....
Between January 7—when the president’s account was locked indefinitely by the social network—and January 13, Trump’s page amassed 142,170 new likes according to daily statistics compiled by the U.S. analytics company Social Blade. At the time of writing on Thursday, the president’s Facebook page had attracted an additional 6,363 likes, bringing the combined total to 148,533. The last post on Trump’s page is dated January 6, the day that a mob of his supporters stormed into the U....
This situation comes only a couple of months after Big E’s rather anticlimactic loss of the WWE Title to Brock Lesnar at January’s Day 1 PPV and being surreptitiously shunted off to SmackDown with nary a word about any sort of rematch for the championship. The injury to his neck, while requiring no surgery, means at least a few months of recovery and him missing out on WrestleMania 38. This also leaves Kofi Kingston, Big E’s partner and New Day stablemate, on his own as New Day’s third member, 2021 “King of the Ring” winner Xavier Woods, is also out nursing a calf injury he suffered at the end of last year....
