Cardinals – “The Burning Of Cork”

2025 年 10 月 21 日 conflict, culture, history, politics, violence

During the Irish War Of Independence in 1920, IRA fighters ambushed British soldiers in Cork, wounding some of them and killing one. In response, British forces burned and looted hundreds of homes and dozens of businesses, as well as City Hall and Carnegie Library. The soldiers beat and robbed civilians indiscriminately. They threatened off the firefighters who responded. The British government initially denied that the soldiers had anything to do with the blaze, and even after they were proven wrong, none of the soldiers was ever held responsible. Sound familiar? It should. That’s what they do. This particular example is what the new Cardinals song is about.

La administración Trump defiende la selección de Habba para el principal cargo de fiscal federal en Nueva Jersey

2025 年 10 月 20 日 government, judiciary, justice, law, politics

El lunes, el Tribunal de Apelaciones del Tercer Circuito de los Estados Unidos escuchó a ambas partes interrogando a los abogados del Departamento de Justicia (DOJ, por sus siglas en inglés) que defendían el nombramiento de Habba durante más de una hora. La audiencia duró casi 90 minutos, según una fuente.

Duffy responds to video of trucker driving wrong direction on freeway

2025 年 10 月 20 日 driving, politics, technology, transportation

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy raised concern about “foreign truck drivers not being able to understand the rules” in response to a viral video showing a truck going the wrong direction on a freeway. Duffy shared a video on social media platform X over the weekend showing an English-speaking truck driver confronting another trucker going the…