Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard marked 9/11 by pointing out that Donald Trump paid tribute to the victims of Al-Qaeda even while protecting the terrorist group’s last stronghold in Syria – sparking a range of responses online. In a tweet written on the seventeenth anniversary of the tragic terrorist attacks, Gabbard noted that “while President Trump & […]
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Billie Jean King: Serena Williams' treatment at U.S. Open proves double standard in tennis
Billie Jean King says there's a double standard in tennis when it comes to rules applied to women compared to men. Serena Williams was penalized a game for calling the chair umpire a thief during an extended argument as the U.S. Open women's final. Watch the controversial decision from the chair empire: Williams was given […]
Amex Sending Temporary SPG Luxury Cards With Standard SPG Card Design
Amex Sending Temporary SPG Luxury Cards With Standard Design Advertiser Disclosure The credit card offers that appear on the website are from credit card companies from which ThePointsGuy.com receives compensation. This compensation may impact how and where products appear on this site (including, for example, the order in which they appear). This site does not […]
9 reasons you should buy Tesla’s new Model 3 ‘Performance’ car instead of the standard Model 3 (TSLA)
Tesla Tesla’s Model 3 is an attractive option for anyone considering a new car. It comes in seven beautiful colors, seats up to five people, and, of course, is environmentally friendly and fully electric, with the ability to get up to 310 miles on a single charge. That also means a quieter driving experience, and […]
Be Thankful the U.S.-Market Nissan Kicks Has Standard Stability Control
A reader sent us a link to a Mexican handling test of Nissan’s new, front-drive Kicks crossover, and one glimpse of the vehicle’s “moose test” will have you on your knees, thanking the deity of your choice for electronic safety nannies. We all know that high-riding vehicles suffer from an inherent top-heaviness, born of a […]
Here are all the standard issue weapons given to US Marines
US Marine Corps The US Marine Corps started issuing the Glock 19M pistol to marines, which they call the M007, in May 2017. “The M007 has a smaller frame and is easier to conceal, making it a natural selection to meet the Marine Corps’ conceal carry weapon requirement,” Gunnery Sgt. Brian Nelson said in a […]
GM Scraps a Standard in Sales Reporting
The automaker is abandoning its decades-old practice of reporting monthly sales, saying a 30-day period doesn’t provide an adequate snapshot of the company’s complex business or the broader industry.
4-time Olympic gold medalist Mo Farah says he was ‘racially harassed’ at Munich Airport — but police told us he got upset over a standard passenger security check
Getty Images Britain’s all-time most successful distance runner claims he was racially abused at an airport in Germany. Mo Farah, a four-time Olympic gold medalist, posted a video on Instagram to explain that the incident was “pure harassment.” But Germany’s federal police denies Farah suffered any discrimination — and says it was all down to […]
If we gave everyone a decent standard of living, could we sustain it?
Enlarge (credit: Kevin Gill / Flickr) Could we meet the needs of everyone on the planet without stripping the Earth of all its resources? A paper in this week’s Nature Sustainability says: kind of. It should be possible to meet the basic physical needs of everyone on the planet without using up physical resources too […]
The RetroBeat: Shadow of the Colossus sets a new standard for classic game remakes
Most remakes are unnecessary. As a fan of retro gaming, I believe that you can often the best experience playing the original. And unlike some, I don’t think that aging graphics make a classic less enjoyable. So I was a bit skeptical of Shadow of the Colossus’s recent remake on PlayStation 4. The original on […]
