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FOMO is Real, So Can It Be Overcome?
1 week, 3 days ago

FOMO is Real, So Can It Be Overcome?

The Hindu  

Published : Dec 14, 2024 15:53 IST - 3 MINS READ FOMO has more to do with who you are missing, rather than the experiences you are missing out on. Inside the FOMO study Rivkin’s team performed seven experiments across thousands of participants to understand their responses to potential FOMO situations. “We find that pretty much anyone can get FOMO …

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Antipiracy coalition and Vietnamese police shut down major pirate streaming business
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Antipiracy coalition and Vietnamese police shut down major pirate streaming business

LA Times  

Charles Rivkin, chairman and CEO of the Motion Picture Assn., discusses piracy in the movie industry during his address at CinemaCon 2024 at Caesars Palace in April in Las Vegas. After an eight-year effort, a major pirated movie and TV series streaming operation based in Vietnam has been shut down, according to a global antipiracy group. With hundreds of online …

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40 years after 'Purple Rain,' Prince’s band remembers how the movie came together
4 months, 4 weeks ago

40 years after 'Purple Rain,' Prince’s band remembers how the movie came together

NPR  

40 years after 'Purple Rain,' Prince’s band remembers how the movie came together toggle caption Cinematic/Alamy Wendy Melvoin, guitarist for Prince’s genre-bending band The Revolution, remembers one of their most iconic songs started with an idea — and a challenge — from the boss himself. “Once MTV started playing his videos, I think he just gravitated to something bigger and …

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Why Brett Kavanaugh Shot Down a Fake Case That Would Have Blown Up the Tax Code
6 months ago

Why Brett Kavanaugh Shot Down a Fake Case That Would Have Blown Up the Tax Code

Slate  

On Thursday, the Supreme Court passed up an opportunity to implode the United State tax code on the basis of bogus facts. Grossman and Rivkin therefore claimed that the tax violated the 16th Amendment, which authorized federal “taxes on income, from whatever source derived.” They insisted that the amendment is implicitly limited to “realized” income, meaning money that’s been paid …

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Oops! The Supreme Court Heard Another Case Built on Shameless Lies.
1 year ago

Oops! The Supreme Court Heard Another Case Built on Shameless Lies.

Slate  

This is part of Opening Arguments, Slate’s coverage of the start of the latest Supreme Court term. The Supreme Court heard arguments Tuesday in Moore v. United States, an effort to preemptively kill a future wealth tax before it can even be enacted. Related From Slate The Supreme Court’s Fake Praying Coach Case Just Got Faker That’s a lie. And …

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Justice Alito rejects Senate Democrats' call to step aside from an upcoming Supreme Court case
1 year, 3 months ago

Justice Alito rejects Senate Democrats' call to step aside from an upcoming Supreme Court case

The Independent  

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Justice Alito rejects Senate Democrats’ call to step aside from an upcoming Supreme Court case
1 year, 3 months ago

Justice Alito rejects Senate Democrats’ call to step aside from an upcoming Supreme Court case

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Justice Samuel Alito on Friday rejected demands from Senate Democrats that he step aside from an upcoming Supreme Court case because of his interactions with one of the lawyers, in a fresh demonstration of tensions over ethical issues. Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee have been highly critical of Alito and the rest of the court for failing …

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Alito urged to recuse from case that could preemptively ban federal wealth tax
1 year, 4 months ago

Alito urged to recuse from case that could preemptively ban federal wealth tax

Raw Story  

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito is facing growing calls to recuse himself from a case that could hamstring Congress' ability to enact a federal wealth tax, a policy that progressive lawmakers and economists say is needed to rein in out-of-control inequality. Late last week, Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee sent a letter urging Chief Justice John Roberts to …

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Justice Alito says Congress lacks the power to impose an ethics code on the Supreme Court
1 year, 4 months ago

Justice Alito says Congress lacks the power to impose an ethics code on the Supreme Court

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Justice Samuel Alito says Congress lacks the power to impose a code of ethics on the Supreme Court, making him the first member of the court to take a public stand against proposals in Congress to toughen ethics rules for justices in response to increased scrutiny of their activities beyond the bench. Democrats last week pushed Supreme Court …

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Alito: Congress can't impose ethics code on Supreme Court
1 year, 4 months ago

Alito: Congress can't impose ethics code on Supreme Court

LA Times  

Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. is the only Supreme Court member to publicly address proposals in Congress on ethics rules. Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. says Congress lacks the power to impose a code of ethics on the Supreme Court, making him the first member of the court to take a public stand against proposals in Congress to toughen ethics …

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Theater owners group optimistic about future of moviegoing
1 year, 7 months ago

Theater owners group optimistic about future of moviegoing

Associated Press  

LAS VEGAS — For the movie theater industry, the math behind recovery is simple: More movies in theaters equals more money for theaters and Hollywood. John Fithian, the outgoing CEO of the National Association of Theater Owners, assured exhibitors Tuesday at the CinemaCon trade convention that the industry is “ off to an incredible start in 2023.” In 2022, the …

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Maduro ally Saab was DEA informant before arrest, records show
2 years, 10 months ago

Maduro ally Saab was DEA informant before arrest, records show

Al Jazeera  

Alex Saab, an ally of the Venezuelan president, agreed in 2018 to cooperate with the US drug agency, documents show. Alex Saab, a close ally of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, cooperated with United States authorities for nearly a year starting in 2018 by forfeiting funds and serving as a confidential source, according to a US court filing unsealed on Wednesday. …

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Court filings: Maduro ally met with US prior to arrest
3 years, 1 month ago

Court filings: Maduro ally met with US prior to arrest

Associated Press  

MIAMI — A businessman accused of siphoning off millions in state contracts from Venezuela met secretly with U.S. law enforcement to provide intelligence against Nicolás Maduro’s government prior to being charged in 2019 with money laundering, according to new filings in a related case against a disgraced University of Miami professor. In a request for leniency, Bagley’s attorney argued that …

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Theater owners gathered in Las Vegas amid Hollywood changes. Here’s what we saw
3 years, 3 months ago

Theater owners gathered in Las Vegas amid Hollywood changes. Here’s what we saw

LA Times  

It had been a few years since Sandy and Dave Schoenborn, the owners of the three-screen Lincoln Theatre in Belleville, Ill., trekked to CinemaCon, the annual convention of the movie industry in Las Vegas. “I believe in the theatrical experience, and I don’t understand why we’re talking about throwing it away for 700 different streaming services that there’s no room …

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