Новости за 18.12.2017

Well what’s the SHA collective view on the correct choice for Christmas Lunch??

Turkey for me. I like Goose to be fair but Mrs BlueNation doesn’t so out of respect to her we go for Turkey. A crown as well. I’d rather a whole bird as I feel it roasts better but again Mrs BlueNation gets stressed about too much in the oven. So being a gent I give way gracefully.

Have to have sprouts. Chopped up and fried with streaky bacon. Home made stuffing and pigs in blankets of course.

Roast potatoes, leeks and carrots. Читать дальше...

Click here for YouTube Nikki Haley on Why U.S. Vetoed U.N. Bid to Reject Recognition of Jerusalem Explanation of Vote following Veto of a Draft UN Security Council Resolution, Dec. 18, 2017 Thank you, Mr. President. I have been the proud Representative of the United States at the United Nations for nearly a year now. This is the first time I have exercised the American right to veto a resolution in the Security Council. The exercise of the veto is not something the United States does often. We have not done it in more than six years. Читать дальше...

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• An Amtrak Cascades passenger train derailed on its inaugural service through the Point Defiance Bypass near Tacoma, Washington.
• The Bypass is a $181 million project designed to make train travel through the region safer, quicker, and more reliable.

On Monday, Amtrak inaugurated service through the brand new Point Defiance Bypass near Tacoma, Washington. What was to be a joyous morning turned into tragedy as the first Amtrak Cascades train to traverse the route derailed causing several fatalities. Читать дальше...

Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson sat down with USA TODAY's Bryan Alexander and shared his inspiration behind his 'Jumanji' character, 'Dr. Smolder,' and how his own teenage past helped him master the role.

President Donald Trump is great at kicking back Diet Cokes, but not so good at drinking water. 

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The weekend death of CSX CEO Hunter Harrison less than a year after he took the railroad's top job raises questions about the future of his reforms. But CSX officials say the 73-year-old Harrison did enough since taking over in March to change the direction of Jacksonville, Florida-based railroad, and executives he trained will carry out the plan. Harrison previously led turnarounds of Canadian Pacific and Canadian National railroads with a tightly scheduled operating model that he refined throughout his career. Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON – The Food and Drug Administration announced that it plans to take a tougher stance in regulating homeopathic drugs. Although the agency has always been able to regulate homeopathic products, it has rarely done so. However, officials say that will change after receiving hundreds of complaints linked to homeopathic drugs that are unproven and potentially harmful. “Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration proposed a new, risk-based enforcement approach to drug products labeled as homeopathic,” the agency said. Читать дальше...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick on Monday joined Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs and Steph Curry in saying he’d like to buy the Carolina Panthers. Kaepernick took to Twitter on Monday morning, saying “I want in on the ownership group! Let’s make it happen!” I want in on the ownership group! Let’s make it happen! https://t.co/sDR4ciciY8 — Colin Kaepernick (@Kaepernick7) December 18, 2017 The tweet was in reference to Combs and Curry’s claim they’re interested in acquiring the franchise. Читать дальше...

For the second time in two years, Sarah Palin's son Track has been arrested on charges of domestic violence.

For the second time in two years, Sarah Palin's son Track has been arrested on charges of domestic violence.

Gab Marcotti breaks down some of the headline-grabbing rumours swirling as the January transfer window approaches. Juventus general manager Beppe Marotta says his club are just one of many waiting in the wings to sign Emre Can as the Liverpool midfielder's contract moves closer to expiry. Germany international Can is due to be a free agent in the summer and will be free to discuss terms with other clubs in January unless he commits to an extension at Anfield. Juve already made an attempt to sign... Читать дальше...

Via The Long War Journal

• A prominent Chechen commander in Syria, Salahuddin Shishani, has been killed.
• According to the reports, Salahuddin was killed in the northern Hama countryside where fighting between jihadist forces and forces loyal to the Assad regime have occurred in recent days.
• The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights has reported that he was killed by a Russian airstrike.

A prominent Chechen commander in Syria, Salahuddin Shishani, has... Читать дальше...

Following is a transcript of the video. 

No... these aren't storm clouds. They're tiny songbirds known as starlings. Starlings flock together in thousands. Their shifting movements are called "murmurations."

How can they fly so close without bumping into each other? It's a mysterious miracle! The mystery has fascinated scientists in many fields. Biologists, physicists, and engineers have all tried to solve the problem. One theory is that individual birds follow their neighbors' lead. Читать дальше...

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — Charlottesville's police chief, who oversaw the department's widely criticized response to a violent white nationalist rally this summer, abruptly retired Monday. In a brief statement, the city did not give a reason for Chief Al Thomas' departure, which was effective immediately. "Nothing in my career has brought me more pride than serving as the police chief for the city of Charlottesville," Thomas said in the statement. "I will be forever grateful for having had the... Читать дальше...

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• The company that makes the HQ trivia app has been taking meetings with investors, hoping to raise money at a $100 million valuation.
• But some investors are concerned about the startup's management, including one cofounder's behavior at a previous job, which reportedly made them decide not to participate in the funding round.

Intermedia Labs, the maker of the hot trivia app HQ, was seemingly on track to raise money at a $100 million valuation... Читать дальше...

President Trump on Monday said that the planned terror attack in Russia thwarted by a CIA tip could have left thousands of people dead had the US not given its rival the heads up. “I received a call from President Putin of Russia thanking our country for the intelligence that our CIA was able to...

The public isn’t buying the whole middle-class tax cut thing.

Half of Americans think the Republican tax plan will lead to higher taxes for them, not lower, according to a new Monmouth University poll. The survey lands as Republicans barrel toward getting their bill on the president’s desk this week.

The poll, released Monday, found that 50 percent of the public believes the federal taxes they pay will go up under the GOP’s proposal; 25 percent think their taxes will stay the same... Читать дальше...

A rough start to the week gave way to three more wins for the Raptors, and many other happy returns.

The big question ahead of this year’s presidential election in Chile was whether Chileans were actually fed up with their country’s free-market model, or whether they were satisfied with it, but just indifferent to the ideological debate surrounding it. Up until yesterday’s run-off election, there were mixed signals. However, the decisive victory of center-right Sebastián Piñera over socialist Alejandro Guillier could be interpreted as a popular slap on the back of Chile’s successful economic model. Читать дальше...

Burlington's City Council will examine prosecuting people who rack up tickets for public urination while exploring increasing bathroom access

Former 'Today' staffer Addie Collins Zinone tells Megyn Kelly that she made a "massive mistake" when she had a sexual relationship with Matt Lauer.

Business Insider

Business Insider senior political correspondent Josh Barro sits down with Paul Krugman, a Nobel Prize-winning economist and distinguished professor of economics at the City University of New York. Krugman says that, overall, the tax bill won't have a pronounced negative effect on conditions in the US. He thinks that when the economy is near full employment, we should pay down debt and not run up additional obligations, but ultimately doesn't see any sort of crisis resulting from it. Читать дальше...

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• Paul Manafort, the former chairman of President Donald Trump's campaign who is currently under house arrest, asked a federal judge if he could go to the Hamptons for Christmas.
• The judge granted his request.

Paul Manafort, the former chairman of President Donald Trump's campaign who was arrested in October as a part of special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia investigation, asked a judge on Monday to let him go to the Hamptons for Christmas. Читать дальше...