Jurors ordered conspiracy theorist Alex Jones on Wednesday to pay nearly $1 billion to Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victims’ relatives and an FBI agent, who said he turned their loss and trauma into years of torment by promoting the lie that the rampage was a hoax. The $965 million verdict is the second big…
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The Man Behind Ethereum Is Worried About Crypto’s Future
In a few minutes, electronic music will start pulsing, stuffed animals will be flung through the air, women will emerge spinning Technicolor hula hoops, and a mechanical bull will rev into action, bucking off one delighted rider after another. It’s the closing party of ETHDenver, a weeklong cryptocurrency conference dedicated to the blockchain Ethereum. Lines…

Bring a Trailer sold $829M in cars in 2021, walloping auction houses
A record-breaking $1.9 million Porsche sale isn’t the only big news from Bring a Trailer these days. In 2021 the online car auction site sold $828.7 million worth of cars, a 108% gain over the $398 million it sold in 2020 — and a full quarter-billion dollars ahead of its closest live-auction-house competitor. The news soundly beats the…

Thomas Chatterton Williams on Race, Identity, and “Cancel Culture”
Thomas Chatterton Williams, one of the contributors to the Harper’s letter, discusses what the document aimed to accomplish and whether cancel culture has always existed.Source: Harper’s Magazine On July 7th, Harper’s Magazine published what it called “A Letter on Justice and Open Debate,” which quickly became part of the conversation around the subject of “cancel culture.” The letter, which…

Dire new report forces U.S. and U.K. to change course on coronavirus strategy
A startling new report from Imperial College London warns that 2.2 million Americans and 510,000 Britons could die from coronavirus if extreme action isn’t taken to change the course of the outbreak. Why it matters: The report’s dire warnings prompted a quick course correction from both the American and British governments on their strategies, but its strict recommendations…

Harvey Weinstein’s rape trial continued Wednesday with a slate of witnesses taking the stand
‘Harvey’s penis looks like it has been sewn back on and he has no testicles’, model tells Weinstein rape trial jury, as she claims he masturbated in front of her after actress Claudia Salinas trapped her in a bathroom Harvey Weinstein’s rape trial continued Wednesday with a slate of witnesses taking the stand Model Lauren…

The Grey Report
US EMBASSY ATTACK IN BAGHDAD PRO-IRAN MOB ‘DEATH TO AMERICA’ DIPLOMATS IN SAFE ROOM TRUMP: TEHRAN WILL PAY BUCHANAN: Will War Derail Trump Reelection? Lewandowski Announces He’s NOT Running for Senate… ‘I would have won’… US Army Bans Soldiers From Using TIKTOK… Revelers around world usher in new decade… Drones patrol Times Square… 10 years…

THE GREY REPORT
WARREN PLAYS TO EMPTY HALL PETE DRAWS BIGGEST CROWD BLOOMBERG TO SKIP IA, NH… WSJ: Could be strong nominee… Scaramucci: Trump sees threat… Wealth gives him options rivals don’t enjoy… JUDGE JUDY: He can unite ‘fractured American family’… BIDEN PLAYS IT COOL… INSTAGRAM TO START HIDING LIKES IN USA… Bannon testifies Stone was campaign link…

THE GREY REPORT
7.1 MAG ROCKS CA 125 MILES N OF LA L I V E LATEST PHOTOS, VIDEOS AFTERSHOCK EVERY MINUTERussia readying S-400 missiles for Turkey amid warnings of U.S. sanctions on NATO ally… Will Continue To Develop Venezuelan Armed Forces… COCO GOES LOCO: Fairy Tale Continues at Wimbledon… Malfunctioning sprinkler wreaks havoc… Will Women’s World Cup…

WORLD ELITE MEET IN SWITZERLAND…
Secretive Bilderberg meeting to address Russia, cyber threats and Brexit as 130 of world’s elite including Henry Kissinger, Mark Carney and the Dutch King prepare for Swiss summit More than a hundred dignitaries from 23 countries will attend at Montreux Bankers, Prime Ministers and CEOs will discuss topics under strict secrecy Talking points include Russia, Brexit…