LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Russ Read The Islamic State shooter responsible for a mass shooting at a Turkish nightclub kept a veritable terrorist treasure trove in his Istanbul apartment, including massive amounts of cash, guns and cell phone SIM cards. Abdulkadir Masharipov, who reportedly used the code name “Abu Muhammad al-Horasani,” was captured in an…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Thomas Phippen A fish and chips franchise in Canada called Moby Dick was blocked from opening one location because the word “Dick” was too offensive for the business council and might devalue the property. Canadian property management company Mengfa International leased retail space near Vancouver Harbor in Vancouver, B.C., just a few miles north of the…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Saagar Enjeti Critics of President-elect Donald Trump appear to have found a new respect for the Central Intelligence Agency, after years of heated criticism. Journalists highlighted the “insanity” of CIA Director John Brennan’s rebuke of Trump’s disparaging accusation of the intelligence agency’s possible role in leaking a salacious dossier…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Saagar Enjeti Fort Lauderdale shooter Esteban Santiago told FBI agents he carried out his Jan. 7 deadly shooting in the name of the Islamic State, CNN reports. Santiago killed five and wounded six in a shooting rampage in the baggage claim area of Fort Lauderdale airport. Santiago reportedly checked…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Amber Randall Organizers for the Deploraball, a Trump inauguration celebration, bragged about the “alpha veterans” guarding their event after protesters claimed they would try to ruin it. Organizers called potential party crashers “foolish” if they tried to break into the ball, reports the Washington Times. “With all the high-testosterone…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Andrew Follett The number of abortions in the U.S. is at a 40-year low, according to a new study published Tuesday by the pro-choice Guttmacher Institute. The report counted 926,200 abortions in 2014, down by 12.5 percent from Guttmacher’s previous survey in 2011, which tallied 1.06 million abortions across the…
Keynote presentations are useful catalysts for progress in nearly every industry, and are often the focal point of an event, conference, or meeting. In other words, they’re crucially important to get right. Effective keynote speakers know that all of their preparation will be for naught if they don’t utilize the right methods and tools to…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Amber Randall Two high-ranking divinity schools asked their professors to use gender neutral pronouns when referring to God. Vanderbilt officials wants professors to use gender neutral pronouns in an effort to “mitigate sexism,” reports Heat Street. It is also important, the school’s catalog said, that they refer to God using…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Richard Pollock Twice as many people watched the NFL playoff games last weekend than tuned in to President Obama’s heavily promoted Jan. 10, 2017, “farewell” address to the nation. By ratings standards, Obama’s speech was a dog. TVbythenumbers.com reported that Sunday’s Dallas Cowboys-Green Bay Packers game attracted 44 million viewers…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Thomas Phippen The Department of State held workshops for agency employees struggling with the emotional stress of the Trump Transition in December, the Washington Free Beacon reports. The workshop, titled, “The Emotional Transition: Managing the Stress of Change,” were advertised in an agency-wide email, and employees were allowed to dedicate work…