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Jeff Bezos Phallic Rocket Ride Lasts Mere Minutes in Space

Amazon and Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos has landed safely after leaving Earth for just over 10 minutes aboard the New Shepard rocket. The total elapsed time from launch to touchdown was less than 11 minutes, meaning the trip for Bezos, his brother, and two other passengers spent mere minutes at the edge of space.

(INSET: Blue Origin rocket) Amazon Founder and CEO Jeff Bezos addresses the audience durin

Pinkerton: What the Tech Tycoon Space Race Means for the Rest of Us

The future of space exploration will likely be some sort of public-private partnership. If space-bound billionaires are willing to do their part for the nation and if American political leaders have the vision to see space travel as a 1492-like opportunity, then this could be the beginning of a new epoch of American Greatness. 

Photo by: Dennis Van Tine/STAR MAX/IPx 2021 7/11/21 Richard Branson takes flight today wit

Pop Star Pitbull Calls on Jeff Bezos to Provide Aid to Cuban People: ‘Wake Up Because This Is About Freedom and Human Rights’

Cuban-American rap mega star Pitbull is calling on wealthy American business leaders, particularly Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos, to provide aid to the Cuban people, thousands of whom have taken to the streets of the island nation in recent days to protest the lack of basic human necessities and to call for the end of six decades of Communist rule.

US rapper Pitbull performs in concert at the H-E-B Center on February 23, 2020 in Cedar Pa

Amazon Wants to Monitor Your Sleep Using Radar

Tech giant Amazon has been granted permission by the FCC to make a device that can monitor people’s sleep using radar. Government documents say that Amazon “plans to use the radar’s capability of capturing motion in a three-dimensional space to enable contactless sleep tracing functionalities.”

WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 09: Jeff Bezos, owner of Blue Origin, introduces a new lunar landing

Bokhari: Globalist Elites Celebrate Victory over the Masses at Sun Valley

Are the attendees of the billionaire summer camp really “people of the same trade?” Maybe not, but they all come from the same class — the elites of what is becoming known as the Globalist American Empire. These are the people who, no matter the crisis, always manage to come out on top. After the financial crisis, they benefited.

Michael Bloomberg at Sun Valley

Tech and Media Moguls Arrive at Sun Valley for ‘Billionaire Summer Camp’

An elite annual invite-only conference in Sun Valley, Idaho, organized by the investment bank Allen & Company is taking place this week, with the guest list including billionaires and powerbrokers from the Big Tech Masters of the Universe and the media such as Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg, Disney CEO Bob Iger, CNN host Anderson Cooper, Patriots Owner Robert Kraft, and possibly Amazon founder Jeff Bezos. The estimated wealth of attendees tops $588 billion this year.

SUN VALLEY, IDAHO - JULY 05: Private Jets park alongside grazing cows at Friedman Memorial

World’s Richest Man Jeff Bezos Steps Down as Amazon CEO

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has officially stepped down from his role as CEO of the e-commerce giant, being replaced by the company’s former web services CEO Andy Jassy. Bezos will continue with the company in the role of Executive Chair. The leadership handover is occurring just weeks before Bezos will fly into space with his brother. 

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos during the JFK Space Summit at the John F. Kennedy Presidential

FAA Clears Virgin Galactic for Commercial Spaceflight

The FAA has given Virgin Galactic approval to begin transporting commercial passengers to suborbital space aboard its VSS spaceplane. The company promises stunning views of Earth and several minutes of weightlessness during a two-hour trip.

Virgin Galactic spaceplane

Report: Amazon Drivers Speak Out Against Working Conditions

A number of Amazon delivery drivers recently spoke to CNBC about the realities of working for the e-commerce giant. Drivers running stop signs and buckling their seatbelts behind them are just two common tricks used to keep up with Jeff Bezos’ merciless efficiency algorithm.

Amazon delivery driver

MacKenzie Scott Gives Away Another $2.7 Billion of Jeff Bezos’ Money

MacKenzie Scott, the ex-wife of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, has reportedly given away another $2.7 billion of the fortune she gained in divorce to 286 nonprofit organizations bringing her total donations so far to $8 billion. Scott wrote of the massive donation: “People struggling against inequities deserve center stage in stories about change they are creating.”

Jeff Bezos and ex-wife MacKenzie Scott

Amazon Introduces Consumer Surveillance Technology to Full-Size Grocery Stores

Amazon’s “Just Walk Out” technology, which eliminated cashiers in its Amazon Go convenience stores, has now been integrated into a full-size 25,000 square foot Amazon Fresh grocery store for the first time. The system uses camera surveillance, pressure-sensitive shelves, and biometric data to charge customers for items they put in their carts.

Jeff Bezos arrive at the Vanity Fair Oscar Party on Sunday, March 4, 2018, in Beverly Hill

Big Media and Big Tech Barons to Gather in Sun Valley

The heads of Big Media, Big Tech, and Big Entertainment companies will gather in Sun Valley, Idaho, next month for Allen & Co.’s annual media conference, an event that is beginning to rival the annual World Economic Forum in Davos in its sheer concentration of wealth and power.

Former Ambassador to the U.N. Nikki Haley speaks at the 2019 American Israel Public Affair