Bahar nodded to one of his sons, who had been leaning against a cinderblock wall and watching us without saying anything. The lanky young man disappeared for a moment inside the house, and then returned carrying a new-looking semiautomatic rifle, slick with resin and grease. For my notes, I asked for the kid’s name and age. The arms dealer frowned. “I don’t know how old he is,” he said, a little disdainfully....
Here’s a drinking game for the last-minute Christmas holiday parties. Drink every time a Michigan fan says “Harbaugh.” You’ll run out of egg nog in less than an hour. “Harbaugh? Harbaugh! Harbaugh, Harbaugh, Harbaugh …” That’s going to continue until San Francisco’s season ends next Sunday. We’re a long way from Dec. 30. NFL writers will continue to speculate that Harbaugh is leaning toward the NFL. College writers will speculate Harbaugh is coming home....
The crew, most of whom subscribe to the Big Boi school of dress, bust up laughing. Dre knows the drill: “I don’t know what you’re talkin’ about,” he says in a cool Georgia drawl. “You the one still wearin’ the same outfit you did in 1998.” And with that, OutKast’s formal greeting process is done. Despite their differences, or maybe because of them, high-school friends Dre and Big Boi have become hip-hop’s most dynamic duo....
Perhaps that’s because the Volunteers have a chance to break a 15-game losing streak against the rival Crimson Tide. It’s been a decade-and-a-half of frustration for Tennessee since Alabama coach Nick Saban arrived in 2007. The Crimson Tide (6-0) are 7.5-point favorites against the Volunteers (5-0) in Saturday’s matchup at Neyland Stadium (3:30 p.m., CBS), but Tennessee leads the FBS in total offense and has a Heisman Trophy candidate in quarterback Hendon Hooker....
Duchene, who is entering his ninth season with the Avs, first became the subject of trade talks at last year’s trade deadline and they haven’t ceased since. MORE: Matt Duchene reports to Avs camp ‘for my teammates’ The 26-year-old’s 41 points were productive enough to rank second on the Avs scoring, but outside of an injury-riddled year in 2011-12, the point production was a career-low for Duchene. It leaves general manager Joe Sakic conflicted on whether to make a deal now or hold out for a maximum return, a gamble that Duchene’s production will return to old and his presence won’t taint a locker room eager to move forward....
Among those attending the gathering at a private screening room in Los Angeles were Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman star Dean Cain and Nick Searcy, star of TV’s Justified. Some others said they did not want their attendance revealed, fearing it might hurt their careers. The secrecy underlined what right-wingers say is an atmosphere of fear over expressing conservative views in Hollywood. “I don’t believe any voice should be held down in America, as the left is doing,” the film’s director Robert Davi, a veteran tough guy actor, told Newsweek....
Since before it bought Instagram in 2012, Facebook has been embroiled in controversy. But perhaps the most consequential one of all has been its mental health impact on users. According to Instagram’s own researchers, about a third of all teen girls said that when they felt bad about their bodies, Instagram made them feel worse. The researchers shared their findings in March 2020 with top Facebook executives, including CEO Mark Zuckerberg....
The Nerazzurri have reportedly paid close to €20 million for the 22-year-old after allowing forward Gianluca Caprari to move the other way last month as part of the deal. Lukaku trains with Pogba in LA Skriniar is Inter’s first major signing of the transfer window following the earlier arrivals of youngsters Nicolo Zaniolo and Jens Odgaard and goalkeeper Daniele Padelli. The defender made 35 appearances for Samp in 2016-17, becoming the youngest defender to do so in a single Serie A season....
Stephen Constantine, head coach of Indian football team, made it clear that the tournament is being treated as a practice competition before the AFC Asian Cup 2019 campaign. “As always, it is a great pleasure and honour when the Indian national team is playing. We use these games as preparation for the Asian Cup which started as soon as we qualified. Each side in this tournament will give us different problems, which will help in our development process....
On Wednesday, the Pew Research Center released findings from a survey of 13,000 Americans. Less than half the majority of those respondents could correctly answer multiple-choice questions about the number of Jews who were killed and how Adolf Hitler took power in Germany. Only 45 percent of people accurately selected “approximately six million” when asked how many Jews were killed, while 29 percent were unsure. Meanwhile, 12 percent underestimated the death toll by half, and 12 percent overestimated it by double....
They shared their story on Thursday in Reddit’s “Am I The A**hole” forum under the username u/AFTER_THAT_LION_DUDE. Already, the post has received more than 9,500 votes and over 1,600 comments. According to the post, the couple moved into their home several weeks ago. Being that they were new to the area, they decided to use the Halloween weekend as an opportunity to introduce themselves to their neighbors. “We know there aren’t any kids in the neighborhood, and were told to expect no trick-or-treaters,” the Redditor said....
“AITA for leaving my family in ‘squalor’ and going to a ‘resort,’” u/Murky_Ad_193 asked in his post, which amassed more than 11,000 votes since it was published on Wednesday. He said he decided to pay for a vacation that included his immediate family and several in-laws. When things went downhill, u/Murky_Ad_193, who heard nothing but complaints, decided to book a room at a hotel. Difficult Family Members When dealing with difficult family members, a piece published by Psychology Today said it is not worth trying to “fix” them....
The Redditor, posting under BobbyBukarabi, shared the delicate situation to the site’s popular AmITheA**hole forum. They explained their dad cheated on their mother when they were 13, and after getting the other woman pregnant, left to start their new family. Referring to their mother, Bobby wrote: “She [was] obviously heart broken and didn’t know what to do. We had moved to a new state with my father for work so she had no family around....
Redditor u/eee3564523 wrote in his post that he was asked to use the doctor title when speaking with his boyfriend’s father, per his request. However, after u/eee3564523 completed his Ph.D., his boyfriend’s father told him he should not expect him to use the professional title with him. “AITA for insisting to be called doctor by my boyfriend’s father?” was the question posed by the Redditor, whose post amassed more than 7,500 interactions since it was posted on Monday....
The anonymous 28-year-old man gained over 17,000 votes online after posting to the popular Subreddit “Upsetting Family Drama.” Asking the ever-used “am i the a**hole” question, he detailed that his parents disowned him after he came out as gay. “AITA for telling my niece her grandparents are homophobic?” he asked. Although he is no longer in contact with them, he still sees his sister and 10-year-old niece, who are both in contact with his parents too....
“My ex left for someone else when my kids were young [5M and 2M],” the post read. “He paid child support until he was medically released from the military in late 2011. Since then he hasn’t paid a penny.” The post went on to explain that anytime she requested help from her ex he told her that he had no money even though he gets paid $2,000 a month from Veteran’s Affairs and currently has a stable job....
The now-viral footage broke down a spreadsheet and to-do list that she created to help her husband understand the invisible labor that she puts in, outside of her professional work, to maintain their home and raise their children. In the TikTok post, which can be seen here, the woman talks of carrying a “mental load” and claims that her husband wasn’t aware of the additional work that she puts in to maintaining their lives....
To remove all oils and grime, consider using some alcohol-based hand sanitizer after washing with soap and water. If you have especially hairy forearms and/or hands, then gently shave them at least one day before applying any tape so it will adhere to your skin better. Realize that the Kinesio pre-cut wrist kit comes with tape that has a paper backing over the adhesive material, which makes it easier to cut to suit your body proportions....
