On Sunday, CNN’s Ana Cabrera took President Donald Trump to task for his alternative-fact ridden tweet on border policy. Earlier today, Trump tweeted out this: “The Democrats policy of Child Seperation on the Border during the Obama Administration was far worse than the way we handle it now. Remember the 2014 picture of children in cages – the Obama years. However, if you don’t separate, FAR more people will come. Smugglers use the kids!” Yet, as Cabrera noted, Trump’s tweet does not exactly stand up to the facts. “First of all president’s claims that the current separation policy is better than that of the Bush and Obama administrations are simply not true,” she began. She then continued on: “The Department of Homeland Security has never provided any proof when asked about smugglers using children to cross the border despite the president repeatedly making this claim. What we do have is about 2,000 children who have been … [Read more...] about CNN’s Ana Cabrera Fact Checks Trump’s Border Policy Tweet: ‘Simply Not True’
Michigan Wolverines’ pursuit of 11 a chance for Tarik Black to shine
Angelique S. Chengelis The Detroit News Published 5:52 PM EST Dec 16, 2018 The big-picture approach for Michigan this bowl postseason is to reach 11 wins. That has been the team’s motto and goal since losing its regular-season finale against Ohio State. Michigan (10-2, 8-1 Big Ten) will face Florida in the Peach Bowl on Dec. 29 in Atlanta, and the Wolverines will try to snap a two-game bowl losing streak. Junior defensive end Rashan Gary already has announced he will not only skip his final season of eligibility to pursue the NFL Draft, but he also will not play in the bowl game. It is possible there will be others who will not play. Fifth-year defensive end Chase Winovich and quarterback Shea Patterson, who is still weighing his options regarding next season, have said they will definitely play in the bowl. They remain focused on the goal at hand, reaching 11 wins. “Hungry for another win,” Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh, finishing his fourth season with the … [Read more...] about Michigan Wolverines’ pursuit of 11 a chance for Tarik Black to shine
Calls growing to shut down part of downtown Colorado Springs coal-fied power plant next year
Martin Drake Power Plant's days appear to be coming to an end, and probably sooner rather than later.The second of three units at the coal-fired power plant whose stacks dominate the skyline of the developing southern end of downtown Colorado Springs should be shut down by the end of 2019, according to the municipal Utilities Board Chairman Tom Strand.Other board members agree, although Colorado Springs Utilities' new CEO Aram Benyamin said the end of next year might be too ambitious. He would, however, like to shutter Unit 6 as early as possible. The remaining Unit 7 could be shut down as early as 2024, he said.Strand's hopes for closing Unit 6 were echoed by Richard Skorman and Jill Gaebler, who also serve on the Utilities Board."The sooner we take it offline, the better," Skorman said. Drake is scheduled to be closed no later than 2035, but solar power and battery storage coming into Utilities' portfolio will very likely expedite that substantially, Benyamin said.Pressure to … [Read more...] about Calls growing to shut down part of downtown Colorado Springs coal-fied power plant next year
Original ‘Superman’ Director Planned To Introduce Brainiac To Films
Superman: The Movie director, Richard Donner, stated that he and writer Tom Mankiewicz had originally planned to introduce Brainiac to the film series. In the interview, Donner talked about his work on the Superman films, their legacy and what he would have done with them if he had remained on the franchise. Interestingly enough, Donner’s original plan was to allow uncredited screenwriter Tom Mankiewicz to direct a prospective third film that would have focused on the iconic villain: Well, Brainiac. There was a little bit of Brainiac that was going to be in it, but no. Tom and I had some really great thoughts. Because he was also a good director. And what we were going to do was, we would write the next one [II] and I would direct that, and we’d do the third one and Tom would direct that. And so on, for as long as it lasted. But the producers [Alexander and Ilya Salkind] didn’t see our relationship to the films as we did, so I was not brought back. … [Read more...] about Original ‘Superman’ Director Planned To Introduce Brainiac To Films
The Flash Season 5B Will Reveal The Truth About Nora Via Flashbacks
x The Flash‘s 100th episode ended on a whopper of a surprise. In the commemorative outing’s final scene, Nora West-Allen was seen to take a trip back to the future to converse with Reverse-Flash, locked up in a derelict Iron Heights, who she seems to be working with. Barry Allen’s daughter rubbing shoulders with his mortal enemy? What the frack is going on here? Well, it seems we’ll find out when The Flash returns for the second half of its fifth season. Speaking to TV Line, showrunner Todd Helbing revealed that we can expect a “flash-forward flashback episode” – I guess that’s what you call it when flashbacks take place in the future – that’ll explore “how all that came to be, which will be a lot of fun.” “You’ll slowly start to get the pieces of info that you need, but there will probably be one episode where we explain how that all happened to get her to come back [in time].” The … [Read more...] about The Flash Season 5B Will Reveal The Truth About Nora Via Flashbacks