Month: January 2023

Company to Package Plastic Waste into a New Generation of Building Materials

In the circular economy, there are words, and there is action. “There’s definitely no shortage of ideas out there … there’s a million of them,” supply chain specialist Chris Collimore says. “But the big gap is commercial sustainability.” Collimore, the country manager of startup saveBOARD, is one of those turning a concept into reality. SaveBOARD’s…


Officials Speak After Van Investigated in Connection With LA Mass Shooting

Officials are expected to hold a briefing on Sunday near the scene where police used armored vehicles to surround a white cargo van that may be connected to a shooting in Monterey Park in which 10 people where killed. Expected Speakers LA Sheriff PIO LA County Board supervisor Janice Hahn …


Thousands Attend Vice President Kamala Harris’s Pro-Abortion Speech in Florida

TALLAHASSEE, Fla.—On the day Americans opposed to abortion are celebrating National Sanctity of Life Sunday in their churches, Vice President Kamala Harris announced the Biden administration’s continued commitment to increased access to abortion. Harris delivered the message to a packed house of 2,000 people after at least 1,000 more were turned away at the door…


Film Review: ‘Plane’: “De Plane, de Plane!’: Not That Kind of Fantasy Island

R | 1h 47m | Action, Thriller | January 13, 2023 “Plane” is a bit of a 1970s’ throwback, partly because when reading the movie’s title, the first thought I had was a memory of Tattoo (Hervé Villechaize from 1977–1984’s “Fantasy Island”) yelling, “De pleyne! De pleyne!” “Plane,” much like 1994’s “Speed,” 2014’s “Non-stop,” and last year’s “Ambulance,”…


Australian Media Watchdog Gains New Powers to Target Media Misinformation

Australia’s media regulator will gain new powers to impose a compulsory code of conduct to target misinformation and disinformation on digital platforms. The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) will be given new information-gathering and record-keeping powers to respond to misinformation and disinformation in a federal effort to create transparency around major digital platforms. The…


Scotiabank to Close Accounts of Diagolon Founder Jeremy MacKenzie, Bans Him From Branches

Jeremy MacKenzie, a Canadian Armed Forces veteran and former infantry soldier with three children, who runs a podcast called “Raging Dissident,” has been banned from his banking institution, Scotiabank, and told by the bank that it no longer wants him as a customer. MacKenzie, who is the founder of Diagolon, said he will consider legal action….


Scotiabank to Close Accounts of Controversial Podcaster, Army Veteran Jeremy MacKenzie, Bans Him From Branches

Jeremy MacKenzie, a Canadian Armed Forces veteran and former infantry soldier with three children, who runs a podcast called “Raging Dissident,” has been banned from his banking institution, Scotiabank, and told by the bank that it no longer wants him as a customer. MacKenzie said he will consider legal action. “I might need to sue…



IRS Says Tax Filing Season Starts Monday: Here’s What to Expect

The official tax-filing season will start Monday, Jan. 23, and the Internal Revenue Service says the amounts might be different than last year. “This filing season is the first to benefit the IRS and our nation’s tax system from multi-year funding in the Inflation Reduction Act,” said acting IRS Commissioner Doug O’Donnell in a recent news…


VIDEO: Mare Who Lost Baby ‘Adopts’ Gypsy Colt Rejected by Mom—Listen to Her Adorable Reaction

What started as a tragic story Down Under ended happily when a dressage-caliber female horse “adopted” a newborn colt abandoned by its own mom. In Victoria, Australia, last November, a gorgeous Dutch warmblood named Jazzabelle (or Jazzy) bore a stillborn calf to Melbourne-based breeder Sarah Brayshaw, who was subsequently crestfallen by the ill-fated birth. Brayshaw…