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  • Loot: The legacy of British imperialism in India

    09/13/2022 4:24:05 PM PDT · by Jyotishi · 61 replies
    Orange News9 -- orangenews9.com ^ | September 10, 2022 | Bhuvan Lall
    Loot, a despicable word, was evidently among the first few Hindustani expressions to enter the British lexicon. It aptly illustrates the brand of British colonisation like no other word. On a chilly evening in the first week of December in 1862, British Empire’s railway engineer E.B. Harris reached a small riverside market village called Sultanganj on the south bank of Ganges some twenty miles west of Bhagalpur. Here his 4,771 workers were excavating a vast mound of bricks on the hillside to build a railway yard. Harris, recognised among the railway engineers for the construction of the challenging Jamalpur tunnel,...
  • Better Dead than ‘Red’, Flashback — When Bob Cousy Demanded Boston Celtics Trade Him or Fire Auerbach

    08/09/2022 8:13:05 PM PDT · by ProfessorGoldiloxx · 6 replies
    RealityShed ^ | 08/09/2022
    It was 1956 and Bob Cousy had had enough and Red Auerbach, the Head Coach and General Manager of the Boston Celtics, had gotten on his last nerve. Losing in the Semi-Finals or Finals of the NBA’s Eastern Division for 6 straight years also wasn’t sitting well with him and it was time for a change. Cousy arranged a meeting with majority owner Walter A. Brown, and minority owner Lou Pieri was also in attendance, during which Bob demanded to either be traded or for Auerbach to be fired. His demand was rejected and he ended up honoring his contract....
  • Polls Show Katie Britt Has Taken Lead in Alabama U.S. Senate GOP Primary

    05/08/2022 4:21:49 AM PDT · by GonzoII · 45 replies
    Breitbart ^ | 7 May, 2022 | JEFF POOR
    According to two separate surveys conducted in early May, the Alabama U.S. Senate Republican primary has a new leader, former Business Council of Alabama CEO and president Katie Britt. One poll commissioned by the Alabama Forestry PAC and conducted by McLaughlin & Associates, a survey of 500 respondents conducted May 2 through May 5, showed Britt up over Durant and Brooks by double-digits. Another survey obtained by Breitbart News, conducted by the Moore Information Group, a pollster used by Republicans across the country, was conducted May 2 through May 5 and also showed Britt out front but with Durant...
  • ALGOP debate dead for primary election; Durant says ‘maybe’ to runoff debate

    04/29/2022 7:38:19 AM PDT · by RobertoinAL · 22 replies
    Yellowhammer ^ | Dylan Smith
    Mike Durant refuses to debate Mo Brooks and Katy Britt for the US Senate election in Alabama.
  • Sources: Brooklyn Nets to sign Kevin Durant, Kyrie Irving and DeAndre Jordan

    06/30/2019 7:41:09 PM PDT · by SeekAndFind · 22 replies
    ESPN ^ | 06/30/2019 | Adrian Wojnarowski, NBA
    Free-agent All-NBA star Kevin Durant plans to sign a four-year, $164 million contract to play for the Brooklyn Nets, he confirmed Sunday. Durant will join free agents Kyrie Irving and DeAndre Jordan, who also plan to sign with the franchise. Players can officially sign their contracts starting Saturday. Irving will sign for four years and $141 million, league sources said, while Jordan has agreed to a four-year, $40 million deal, Excel Sports agent Jeff Schwartz told ESPN. Veteran guard Garrett Temple has also agreed to a two-year, $10 million deal with Brooklyn, agent Mark Bartelstein told ESPN. The deals mark...
  • Kevin Durant, Kyrie Irving to sign with Brooklyn Nets: reports

    06/30/2019 3:12:08 PM PDT · by C19fan · 19 replies
    Fox News ^ | June 30, 2019 | Samuel Chamberlain
    NBA star Kevin Durant will sign a four-year deal to play for the Brooklyn Nets, multiple outlets reported Sunday, bringing an abrupt end to one of the most hotly anticipated sagas of the league's free agency season. Durant was expected to reveal his decision in an Instagram post on an account for The Boardroom, the superstar's sports business company. However, Fox Sports and other outlets reported that Durant was bound for Brooklyn approximately one hour before the official 6 p.m. ET Sunday start of the NBA's free agency period. ESPN reported that Durant's contract will be worth $164 million. The...
  • Toronto fans blasted for cheering after Kevin Durant’s brutal Game 5 injury

    06/11/2019 9:39:15 AM PDT · by BenLurkin · 32 replies
    Washington Post ^ | 06/11/2019 | Des Bieler
    Durant was injured in the second quarter of Monday’s game, after getting off to a solid start in his first action since May 8, when he first hurt his lower leg during a second-round playoff game against the Houston Rockets. Meanwhile, Raptors fans were sharply criticized online for their initial reaction to his apparent injury. Philadelphia 76ers all-star Joel Embiid, watching from afar, was moved to describe the display as “disgusting” while tweeting: “Why are they cheering for his injury? Come on man.” After the game, which the Warriors managed to win despite the loss of Durant, Golden State Coach...
  • Kevin Durant injury update: Warriors superstar returns, re-injures right leg in Game 5 of NBA Finals

    06/10/2019 7:11:18 PM PDT · by conservative98 · 44 replies
    CBS ^ | 6/10/19 6 mins ago • 1 min read | Jack Maloney & Michael Kaskey-Blomain
    Ahh no, KD went down pic.twitter.com/thJCbDomrI— Dime (@DimeUPROXX) June 11, 2019
  • George Foreman praises Trump, slams Colin Kaepernick and Kevin Durant

    08/22/2017 3:29:32 PM PDT · by DFG · 38 replies
    Fox News ^ | 08/22/2017
    The world's most famous grill maker just grilled two of today's most famous athletes. George Foreman took down Colin Kaepernick and Kevin Durant on a podcast Monday, saying neither the football nor basketball star is patriotic. Foreman, 68, spoke out on the "Offended America" podcast, offering that those who refuse to stand for the national anthem, like Kaepernick, are just looking for attention.
  • NBA MVP Kevin Durant: My Mom Is The Real MVP

    05/07/2014 9:46:03 PM PDT · by ReaganÜberAlles · 18 replies
    A very humble, God fearing Kevin Durant accepts the NBA's Most Valuable Player Award and thanks his mom in the audience. He begins to cry at about the 2:55 mark and recounts how hard she had it raising him and his brother as a single parent at 21 and finally tells her: "You're the real MVP".
  • Michigan residents vote in primary

    08/07/2012 6:00:27 PM PDT · by Clintonfatigued · 11 replies
    Wood TV Channel 8 ^ | August 7, 2012
    Polls opened Tuesday morning across Michigan for the state's primary election, with voters making choices including a Republican to take on Democratic U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow. About 20 percent of Michigan's 7.33 million registered voters are expected to cast ballots. Officials told 24 Hour News 8 they expect 10-15 percent of Kalamazoo voters and 20 percent of Ottawa County voters to vote. Pete Hoekstra of Holland has an advantage in money and name recognition over Clark Durant of Grosse Pointe as they duke it out for the GOP U.S. Senate nomination. The race also includes former Kent County Judge Randy...
  • Tea party focused on coming GOP Senate primaries

    08/06/2012 5:47:02 PM PDT · by Kaslin · 19 replies
    AP via Townhall.com ^ | August 6, 2012
    JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Sarah Palin is mounting an aggressive campaign in Missouri — in television and radio ads, in automated telephone calls, even serving barbecued pork sandwiches at a rural political picnic. She's urging residents to vote for Sarah — Sarah Steelman, one of three Republicans in a prickly U.S. Senate primary. Fresh off a resounding Republican runoff victory by Ted Cruz in Texas, Palin and the tea party movement now are trying to capitalize in primaries this month in Missouri, Wisconsin and Arizona. But they may pose a more difficult test than in Texas, where the charismatic...
  • Clark Durant picks up steam ahead of Michigan GOP Senate primary

    08/06/2012 5:48:53 AM PDT · by cotton1706 · 9 replies
    Human Events ^ | 8/6/12 | John Gizzi
    With little time to go before Michigan’s Republican U.S. Senate primary Tuesday, signs are mounting that Clark Durant — former Reagan administration official and lifelong movement conservative — may overtake the longtime front-runner in the polls, former Rep. Pete Hoekstra. Should Durant win the primary to oppose Democratic Sen. Debbie Stabenow will be “Step Four” in a string of pitched battles in GOP Senate contests won by tea party-backed conservatives against establishment candidates. In Indiana, State Treasurer Richard Mourdock defeated longtime Sen. Dick Lugar for renomination and in Nebraska, State Sen. Deb Fischer emerged atop two better-known officials. Most recently,...
  • Tuesday is Going to be a Big Day With Two Important Primaries

    08/05/2012 9:24:09 AM PDT · by Syncro · 11 replies
    Tea Party Express ^ | 08/05/2012 07:08:01 am | Sal Russo
    Tuesday is going to be a big day with two important primaries . There are two important primaries this coming Tuesday that involve two candidates that the Tea Party Express has endorsed and we are currently campaigning for.  The first is the U.S. Senate race in Missouri with conservative Sarah Steelman that we have been telling you about.  . The second race is just as important and is the Senate race in Michigan were we have endorsed conservative Clark Durant as we believe he is the best candidate to defeat Democrat Debbie Stabenow. . . We are proud to...
  • U S Senate Candidates to Debate (Michigan)

    07/30/2012 2:17:05 PM PDT · by garyb · 7 replies
    WKAR-TV East Lansing ^ | 07-26-2012 | Jeanie Croope
    U.S. Senate Candidates to Debate on 'Off the Record' By JEANIE CROOPE The three Republican candidates running for Michigan’s U.S. Senate seat have agreed to do their one and only televised debate at WKAR-TV on Thursday, August 2, at 2 p.m. Pete Hoekstra, Clark Durant and Randall Hekman have agreed to a single moderator, no-rules format in a program to be anchored by senior capitol correspondent Tim Skubick. This special election-year edition of “Off the Record” will be broadcast by Michigan public television stations across the state as part of the “Off the Record” series. The 2 p.m. taping will...
  • GOP Senate candidate in Michigan raises $750K in six weeks

    10/05/2011 8:21:11 PM PDT · by Darren McCarty · 15 replies
    The Hill ^ | 10-4-2011 | Cameron Joseph
    Republican Clark Durant has raised a hefty $750,000 in the six weeks since he entered the Senate race in Michigan, his campaign announced Tuesday. "I am truly humbled and encouraged by the outpouring of support," Durant said in a statement. "There is momentum building to shake up Washington. Our supporters are sending a strong message that they want the American way, not the Washington way." Durant is running in a primary against former Rep. Pete Hoekstra (R-Mich.), who is considered the favorite to take on Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.). Because of his experience raising money for the Cornerstone Schools, Christian...
  • There’s No Place Like Rome (Part Two)

    05/28/2011 7:13:51 PM PDT · by AustralianConservative · 7 replies
    Weekend Libertarian ^ | May 29, 2011 | B.P. Terpstra
    Many factors led to ancient Rome’s fall, say politically-correct experts. True. At the same time, there were many reasons to explain her rise too. Also forgotten: some stand out more than others. Thus, to ignore history’s greatest forces is to ignore her most important lessons. Standing on the work of the late historian Will Durant, Rabbi Daniel Lapin turns to big-picture ethics. “Excessive regulation, excessive government size and intrusion, and excessive and abusive taxation policies were only the tip of the iceberg. The essential causes of Rome’s decline lay in her people, her morals, her bureaucratic despotism, her stifling taxes,...
  • Peter Durant (R) wins in 6th District by 56 votes (Massachusetts - GOP pickup)

    05/10/2011 8:20:04 PM PDT · by LdSentinal · 20 replies
    Republican Peter J. Durant won the 6th Worcester District seat in today's special election for state representative, beating incumbent Geraldo Alicea, D-Charlton, by 56 votes, 3,325 to 3,269. The two men have been sparring at the ballot box and in the courtroom since November when the razor thin election results put Mr. Durant ahead by two votes, and a Superior Court judge later ruled the election was a tie and ordered a new election. After the court ordered the new election, Peter J. Boria, a Charlton selectman, and Robert J. Cirba, of Spencer, a Spencer-East Brookfield school committee member, declared...
  • The Moslem Conquest (of India)

    02/14/2004 6:33:32 PM PST · by ml/nj · 83 replies · 8,838+ views
    Our Oriental Heritage | 1936 | Will Durant
    The Mohammedan Conquest of India is probably the bloodiest story in history. It is a discouraging tale, for its evident moral is that civilization is a precarious thing, whose delicate complex of order and liberty, culture and peace may at any time be overthrown by barbarians invading from without or multiplying within. The Hindus ... had failed to organize their forces for the protection of their frontiers and their capitals, their wealth and their freedom, from the hordes of Scythians, Huns, Afghans, and Turks hovering about India's boundaries and waiting for national weakness to let them in. For four hundred...
  • Oklahoma slots lure Texans, and hold 'em [Texas]

    06/25/2006 1:12:42 PM PDT · by Dubya · 12 replies · 2,252+ views
    Houston Chronicle ^ | June 25, 2006 | THOMAS KOROSEC
    DURANT, OKLA. - Alan Reese took about an hour to drive from his home in Dallas' northern suburbs to the blackjack tables of the new Choctaw Casino and Resort here, 10 miles north of the Red River. "It's not even two counties away, straight up (U.S.) Highway 75," said Reese, 58, who also has visited the nearby Winstar Casino, run by the Chickasaw Nation, just past the state line on Interstate 35. "Makes you wonder how long Texas will take to see what's going on up here." ADVERTISEMENT North Texans such as Reese are fueling a gambling boom in southern...