December 2019

New Monty Python Video Shows Just How Ahead Of The Times They Were

A newly released version of a song from Monty Python and its accompanying video show how the group wasn’t just ahead its time in comedy.  It was also ahead of the curve with worry.  The Terry Jones track, “I’m So Worried” ― now retitled “I’m (Still) So Worried” ― is about fears, some of which have only

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Spacewalking astronauts adding new pumps to cosmic detector

Spacewalking astronauts have ventured out to install new pumps to a cosmic ray detector outside the International Space Station By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer December 2, 2019, 11:47 AM 1 min read Spacewalking astronauts have ventured out to install new pumps on a cosmic ray detector outside the International Space Station. Monday’s spacewalk is

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Saudi Arabia Embraces Western Sports to Rehabilitate Global Image

Big money soon flowed. In July, Saudi Arabia’s General Sports Authority announced a $650 million investment to develop local athletes and teams and to attract international events. Speaking at an investment conference in Riyadh in October, Prince Abdul Aziz bin Turki Al-Faisal, the chairman of the General Sports Authority, explained how making Saudi Arabia a

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Amazon pulls Auschwitz-themed Christmas ornaments

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Auschwitz was the largest of the Nazi concentration camps Amazon has withdrawn a range of “Christmas ornaments” displaying images of a former concentration camp that sellers had posted on its website. The move followed a tweet from Poland’s Auschwitz Memorial calling on the retailer to remove the “disturbing and

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