Monthly Archives: August 2022

Score an HP laptop, lifetime license to MS Office & skills training all for less than $700

Stack Commerce You might think that you need a lot to be productive, but more often than not, you only really need a functional computer, software that can help you execute your tasks, and well, the right set of skills. Skills can be learned through proper, expert-led (and often affordable) online training, but computer and…

FAA employees in a tiny room in Virginia are in charge of clearing airspace so rockets like Artemis I can launch — see inside

The Artemis I rocket is scheduled to launch on August 29. Taylor Rains/Insider, NASA NASA is on track to launch its highly-anticipated Artemis I rocket for the first time on August 29. The launch requires a chunk of airspace to be closed, meaning airlines and other aircraft will need to be rerouted. The US Federal…

US warships sail through the disputed Taiwan Strait for the first time since controversial Pelosi visit

USS Chancellorsville Wikicommons, US navy The US Navy has confirmed two US missile cruisers passed through the Taiwan Strait on Sunday.  It comes just weeks after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi made her controversial visit to Taiwan. China said it was monitoring US naval movements and was ready to “thwart any provocation.” Two US warships sailed…

The Fed should go on vacation after this year’s rate hikes to avoid the risk of overdoing its tightening efforts, BlackRock says

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell shakes hands with Asgeir Jonsson, governor of the Central Bank of Iceland, at the 2022 Jackson Hole Economic Policy symposium in Wyoming. AP Photo/Amber Baesler The Fed is right to move quickly in raising rates but should pause after this year, BlackRock said Friday.  The Fed risks overdoing its tightening…

How Biden outdid Trump, Obama and George W. Bush in confirming federal judges by this point in office, a feat overshadowed by war and inflation

President Joe Biden nominated Ketanji Brown Jackson to be the first Black woman on the Supreme Court. She was confirmed earlier this year. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Biden has confirmed more federal judges at this point in his tenure than any president since JFK. Biden’s court picks have also been the most racially, ethnically, and gender…

DOJ seeks the longest Capitol riot prison term yet — 17 years for ‘eye-gouging’ ex-NYPD officer who swung a flagpole at police

Thomas Webster argued, unsuccessfully, that he attacked a police officer in self-defense on January 6. FBI The DOJ wants an ex-police officer to serve 210 months in prison for his January 6 role.  That sentence, for Thomas Webster, would be the longest term yet for a Capitol rioter.  Webster’s lawyer argues he was misled by…