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COVID-19 Class Action: Student Wants Refund, Feels Cheated by ‘Zoom Yale’

Yale University unfairly enriched itself by failing to issue a partial refund to students who ended the spring semester with online classes due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Student Jonathan Michel feels cheated because he paid for the full Yale experience, which he didn’t get.

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Take Off: Jetson Law Allows Flying Cars to Use New Hampshire Roads

New Hampshire just passed the so-called Jetson Law to allow flying cars to use public roads to get to air strips for take off. Customers already place orders for several science fantasy models — the Terrafugia Transition, Samson Switchblade and PAL-V. But is the flying car a rotten idea that will never take off?

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Put on the Suit: Casual Culture Blamed for Men’s Clothiers Bankruptcy Wave

Men’s Wearhouse, Jos. A. Bank and Brooks Brothers, join a growing wave of major retailers — specifically men’s clothiers — falling into bankruptcies, not from the COVID-19 pandemic, but due to the casual culture that’s swept American business.

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Helo Bound for Mission to Mars: NASA to Hover, Hunt Water, Pick Up Rocks, Make Oxygen (Find Life?)

A helo hovers above the surface of the red planet. The pilot sits at his desk back on Earth as his helicopter’s high-res camera sends back images of Martian craters, mountains and plains. It’s not a sci-fi movie, it’s the NASA mission that launched last week, and will land the Perseverance Rover on Mars in February 2021.

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How to Be an Internet Pundit: Video Word-Slinger’s 7 Tips to Rocket You to the Top

First, write a click-bait headline! No, wait…Bill Whittle has been an internet video pundit for more than a decade, makes his living at it, and pays a small staff as well. Do you have what it takes to be like Bill? If this video word-slinger’s 7 tips to rocket you to the top don’t utterly transform your life, our lawyers say that Bill cannot be held personally responsible.

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I Carry, So Back Off: Threatening $12/Hour Clerks Who Try to Enforce COVID-19 Mask Laws

If you think that mask laws are ridiculous, useless, or just another way for elite politicians to control you, should you take that out on a $12/hour clerk just doing her job when she asks you to put on your mask? What do you think of an unmasked customer who says, “I carry, so back off”?

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Shut It Off: WNBA Star Brittney Griner Wants National Anthem Silenced at Games

WNBA star Brittney Griner, of the Phoenix Mercury, says she’ll stay in the locker room before each game until the National Anthem is over, or until the team stops playing entirely. It’s a form of protest against police brutality and racial injustice. Why is The Star Spangled Banner so important before sporting events? Why not shut it off?

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Sexist Voters: Does Biden Lead Trump Because He’s 1) a Man, 2) Not Hillary, or 3) Both?

Joe Biden leads Donald Trump in major polls and may ride his low-key campaign to the White House , because he has an advantage Hillary Clinton lacked — he’s a man…and he’s not Hillary Clinton. That’s what Peter Beinart says in The New York Times. Are voters just a bunch of woman-haters?

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Wargaming China? As Tensions Rise, Will USA Stand to Challenge the Dragon

As the United States and China trade consulate shutdowns, the Chinese flex their muscles in the South China Sea and Hong Kong, the trade war heats up, and Apple starts making iPhones in India, is the USA ready to really challenge the dragon diplomatically, economically and militarily?

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Biden’s $2 Trillion Plan to Generate 100% of Electricity from Pure Green Unicorn Tinkle

Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden unleashes his $2 trillion plan to generate 100% of U.S. electricity from clean renewable energy sources by 2035. Given the Left’s aversion to clean nuclear energy, Bill Whittle suggests Biden’s plan involves a moon-shot plan to harvest massive quantities of pure, green unicorn tinkle.

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Minneapolis Cops Flee the Force, Crime Surges as George Floyd Protest/Riots Roll On

As Minneapolis politicians call for a top to bottom makeover of the Minneapolis police force, cops flee the force in record numbers, many claiming symptoms of PTSD. Even The New York Times acknowledges that crime surges in the wake of George Floyd’s death and the dearth of active law enforcement.

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Back Trump or Shut Up: House Republicans Slap Down Contrary Congresswoman Cheney

At a recent House Republican caucus meeting, G.O.P. Members attacked Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) for criticizing President Trump, according to Politico.com. One Member allegedly told the
Congresswoman that if she has differences with Donald Trump she should keep them to herself. Is that what we want from our elected officials?

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Pelosi Collusion Crisis: Russia Rejects NASA Artemis Moon Mission, May Team with China

If Russia teams with China for a joint moon mission, after rejecting the NASA Artemis program will Nancy Pelosi push more money for the USA effort to avoid another Russia-collusion crisis? With Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos and Richard Branson, among others, throttling up private space exploration, does it even matter what these governments do? Bill Whittle, creator of Apollo 11: What We Saw, analyzes the opportunities.

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F.U.D.: News Barrage of Fear, Uncertainty, Doubt About Trump Reelection

With the latest news barrage of fear, uncertainty and doubt (F.U.D.) about Trump reelection prospects, Bill Whittle analyzes whether the media stumble down the same path that led to Hillary Clinton’s defeat in 2016, or if there’ some merit in the critique that, at least, he’s losing control of the narrative.

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Positive Outcomes of COVID-19, Riots, and Biden: The Best Is Yet to Come [Pt. 2]

[Part 2] Bill Whittle analyzes the positive outcomes of COVID-19, riots inspired by George Floyd’s death, and the dynamic Joe Biden campaign to eject Donald Trump from the White House. There’s more good here than meets the eye.