48 people were shot during yesterday’s 15-hour filibuster on gun control
48 people were shot during yesterday’s 15-hour filibuster on gun control
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Comedian Hasan Minhaj Gives Impassioned Speech On Gun Control To Room Full Of Congressmen
Comedian Hasan Minhaj Gives Impassioned Speech On Gun Control To Room Full Of Congressmen At the 2016 Radio and Television Correspondents' Dinner, Hasan kicked off the night with a lot of light political fare, calling Hillary "the broccoli of politics," however as he wound down he had a lot of serious things to say. June 17, 2016 at 07:36PM
48 people were shot during yesterday’s 15-hour filibuster on gun control
48 people were shot during yesterday’s 15-hour filibuster on gun control As politicians recounted stories of gun violence before the Senate, there were 38 shootings that killed 12 people and injured 36 more across America.
Comedian Hasan Minhaj Gives Impassioned Speech On Gun Control To Room Full Of Congressmen
Comedian Hasan Minhaj Gives Impassioned Speech On Gun Control To Room Full Of Congressmen
Article of the day for June 18, 2016
The Article of the day for June 18, 2016 is Chickasaw Turnpike . The Chickasaw Turnpike is a short two-lane toll road in the rural south central region of the U.S. state of Oklahoma. It stretches for 13.3 miles (21.4 km) from north of Sulphur to just south of Ada, running southwest-to-northeast through Murray and Pontotoc counties. The first section opened in 1991. The Oklahoma Turnpike Authority owns, maintains, and collects tolls on most of it; a four-mile (6.4 km) segment was transferred to the Oklahoma Department of Transportation in 2011. Originally it was part of a plan to link Ada to the Interstate system and connect southern and eastern Oklahoma with a longer turnpike. It was proposed at the same time as three other turnpikes, which would become the Kilpatrick Turnpike in Oklahoma City, the Creek Turnpike in Tulsa, and the Cherokee Turnpike in eastern Oklahoma. Rural legislators objected to the Kilpatrick and Creek Turnpikes, and moved to block them unless the Chickas...
mandilion: Word of the day for June 18, 2016
Word of the day is mandilion : A loose outer garment resembling a cassock or coat, often sleeveless, worn by soldiers over armour or by menservants as a type of overcoat. Milan Fashion Week for menswear begins today in 2016.
Picture of the day for June 18, 2016
General view of the salineras (salt evaporation ponds) in Maras, Peru. The salt is obtained in Maras since the Inca Empire times and the site is currently composed of around 3.000 ponds of 5 square metres (54 sq ft) each. As the location is surrounded by salty mountains, subterrean water deposits the salty wather in the ponds and the water evaporates due to the exposure to the sun. After aprox. 1 month the level of salt reaches 10 centimetres (3.9 in) and is removed in sacks..