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Trashing Rambo = trashing Trump

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Rambo: Last blood is getting trashed by critics. Reviewers say Rambo may have run its course, criticizing the latest movie for controversial political themes. As a matter of fact, Sylvester Stallone - lead actor, writer and producer of Last Blood - is blamed for painting Mexico in a bad light. Hence, for supporting President Trump. Absurd as this may seem, that's how mainstream media journalists work. Obsessed with Trump, they are more than willing to trash not only him, but every single human being who dare to not hate Trump. Here are some excerpts. The Guardian : "Stallone storms Mexico in a laughable Trumpian fantasy. This massively enlarged prostate of a film can only make you wince with its badly acted geronto-ultraviolence, its Trumpian fantasies of Mexican rapists and hilariously insecure US border". IGN : "The filmmakers have made Mexico seem like an infinite wasteland of crime and death, and most of the Latin characters on screen are ...

Pamela Anderson: "I stand by Julian Assange"

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Actress and pro-WikiLeaks activist Pamela Anderson clashed with the hosts of “The View” when she defended Julian Assange. Anderson had just finished defending him when host Meghan McCain commented: “Assange is a cyberterrorist”. Assange was arrested earlier in 2019 amid criticism surrounding his organization’s role in leaking sensitive documents from the United States. The Australian has received sympathy from people like Anderson, but also faced intense scrutiny from prominent figures like McCain’s now-deceased father, Arizona Sen. John McCain. “I think that people like Edward Snowden, Chelsea Manning are heroes — and Julian Assange is a publisher,” Anderson replied, referring to two high-profile leakers during the Obama administration. “Putin also thinks that,” Meghan McCain shot back , referring to Russian President Vladimir Putin. Assange managed to upset both sides of the aisle as he leaked sensitive intelligence documents as well as emails from high-ranking Democrats dur...

Luxury demand is booming in France

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Luxury demand is booming in France and Louis Vuitton is selling more products than ever before, so much that it  plans to add roughly 1,500 manufacturing jobs in France over the next three years, ramping up production to feed surging demand from China and other emerging economies. While the luxury label has opened factories in Italy, Spain and the US, Chief Executive Michael Burke said it’s committed to keeping the majority of its supply chain in France. “If we let the craftsmanship leave, even to places as close as Italy , I think it’s inevitable that the minds, the creativity in the sector will follow,” Burke said as the company inaugurated its 16th factory in France at a site near the city of Angers. The luxury industry has been a rare bright spot for French employment as the economy remains mired in doldrums. Chinese consumers fuelled a 20 percent increase in sales of fashion and leather goods last quarter for Louis Vuitton parent LVMH, and Burke said demand...

Lasers vs facial recognition

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Since early June, an estimated 1 million people have taken to the streets of Hong Kong to protest a bill that would allow extraditions to China. To avoid identification, many of the Hong Kong protesters cover their faces. But according to a new Washington Post story, some have also been shining high-powered lasers directly at surveillance cameras — a high-tech protest strategy intended to confuse facial recognition systems. Hong Kong protestors are on another level. Here they’re using lasers to avoid facial recognition cameras. A cyber war against Chinese artificial intelligence. Mainland Takeover The use of these lasers gives photos of the protests a surreal, science-fiction vibe — but what’s happening in Hong Kong right now is a chilling reality that could have a longterm impact. While the bill at the center of the protests is currently on hold, if it passed in the future, it would give Hong Kong the ability to transfer suspected criminals to any jurisdiction, regardless of wh...

Giant asteroid set to sail past Earth next week

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A giant asteroid larger than the Empire State Building is set to sail safely past Earth next week , according to NASA's Center for Near-Earth Object Studies (CNEOS). Known as 2006 QQ23, the enormous space rock measures up to 1,870 feet in diameter—comfortably greater than the height of the famous New York landmark (1,454 feet). The asteroid—which was first spotted in 2006—will make its closest approach to Earth on August 10 at 3:23 a.m. EDT. It will come within 0.049 astronomical units (4.6 million miles) of our planet traveling at speeds of around 10,400 mph. The space rock is classified as a Near-Earth Object (NEO)—a term referring to any asteroid or comet whose orbit takes it within 121 million miles of our sun, and within around 30 million miles of Earth. The CNEOS computes the orbits of known NEOs to determine whether any have a chance of striking the Earth at some point in the future. Those which are predicted to have a minimum approach distance of less than 0.05 astron...