John Oliver has one piece of advice for Republicans who don’t want to be called “weird” by Democrats: “Stop being so fucking weird,” he pleaded on the latest episode of Last Week Tonight. Ahead of the 2024 Democratic National Convention, presidential nominee Kamala Harris and her running mate Tim Walz, who helped pioneer the “these … Read more
Photo: Justin Sullivan / Staff (Getty Images) Hurricane Beryl caused some significant power outages in Houston, and with temperatures in the 90s, it’s a dangerous, miserable situation all around. It’s bad enough that many utility workers came in from out of state to assist with the attempts to restore power across the city. Instead of … Read more
For regular people, fuel economy is one of the most important factors when it comes to deciding what new car to buy, right up there with price, reliability and whether or not Apple CarPlay is available. And it makes sense. If one car gets 20 mpg and the other gets 25 mpg, fueling the latter … Read more
Clarence Thomas, the Supreme Court justice who loves road trips in his RV almost as much as he loves stripping people of their rights, got himself into some hot water recently when the New York Times revealed the money for the RV came from a wealthy friend who later forgave the loan. Thomas reportedly made … Read more
Pennsylvania State Senator Doug Mastriano made headlines recently when he floated legislation that would ban chemtrails, which aren’t real and only exist in the minds of unhinged conspiracy theorists. His bill wasn’t entirely original, though, as it was modeled after a similar bill that recently passed the state… Read more… Read original article here Denial … Read more
A 265-pound wheel fell off a United Airlines Boeing 777 after taking off from San Francisco International Airport on Thursday, smashing through a fence and into several cars in a nearby parking lot. The flight bound for Osaka, Japan diverted to Los Angeles and landed safely instead of taking a 12-hour trip across the Pacific … Read more
Overall, the U.S. auto industry has largely recovered from the supply chain issues that drove the cost of new cars through the roof and brought the price of used cars up along with it. Not all new cars are selling below MSRP now, but enough are that you can generally expect to find a deal … Read more
Screenshot: HBO/YouTube Late last year, Last Week Tonight host John Oliver dedicated more than 30 minutes to Elon Musk, covering everything from Tesla to SpaceX and even his anti-semitism. While it acknowledged that Musk’s companies have been able to do some innovative things, it didn’t exactly paint the man himself in a flattering light because, … Read more
Screenshot: HBO/YouTube Late last year, Last Week Tonight host John Oliver dedicated more than 30 minutes Elon Musk, covering everything from Tesla to SpaceX and even his anti-semitism. While it acknowledged that Musk’s companies have been able to do some innovative things, it didn’t exactly paint the man himself in a flattering light because, well, … Read more
John Oliver has clapped back at Elon Musk after the Tesla CEO criticised the comedian in an X (formerly Twitter) post earlier this month. Musk, who hasn’t quashed his beef with Oliver, accused him of “pandering to wokeness”. Musk wrote: “It is rather tragic to see an otherwise capable comedian like @iamjohnoliver become weak sauce.” … Read more
