- Rishi Sunak will call general election for July in surprise move https://www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/may/22/rishi-sunak-will-call-general-election-for-july-in-surprise-move-sources?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other 451 comments europe
- Rishi Sunak will call general election for July in surprise move – sources https://www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/may/22/rishi-sunak-will-call-general-election-for-july-in-surprise-move-sources 113 comments worldnews
- [Madridista Magazine] Barcelona and Sevilla will NOT have to play this weekend. Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid will PLAY despite having players in CONMEBOL games. Real Madrid are upset and surprised,they expected measures at a general level, and not only for the benefit of some clubs in particular. https://twitter.com/RMadridistaReal/status/1435218951219433475 38 comments soccer
- Utah Attorney General’s Office ‘surprised’ police shot at so many people in 2020 https://www.sltrib.com/news/2021/01/10/utah-attorney-generals/ 5 comments nottheonion
- Utah Attorney General’s Office ‘surprised’ police shot at so many people in 2020 https://www.sltrib.com/news/2021/01/10/utah-attorney-generals/ 11 comments politics
- Biden Picks Xavier Becerra to Lead Health and Human Services | The selection of Mr. Becerra, the California attorney general, is a surprise. If confirmed, he will face a daunting challenge in leading the department at a critical moment in the pandemic. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/06/us/politics/xavier-becerra-hhs-health-secretary.html 105 comments politics
- [Miller] Wall was surprised recently to hear general manager Tommy Sheppard say the team is now building around Bradley Beal, but understood the thinking considering Beal has emerged as an All-NBA talent since Wall's absence https://www.reddit.com/r/nba/comments/jwf8da/miller_wall_was_surprised_recently_to_hear/ 177 comments nba
- How William Barr is Weaponizing the Justice Department to Help Trump Win: Former DOJ Officials Spoke About the Attorney General’s Efforts to Undermine Voting and His Potential to Unleash an “October Surprise.” https://theintercept.com/2020/08/29/william-barr-trump-justice-department/ 109 comments politics
- Trump says he is surprised Attorney General Barr not looking at Obama in probe https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-russia-obama-iduskbn22u2v5 11 comments politics
- Elisabeth Murdoch surprise contender to become new British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) Director-General https://inews.co.uk/news/elisabeth-murdoch-surprise-contender-to-become-new-bbc-director-general-1394245 20 comments worldnews
- Elisabeth Murdoch surprise contender to become new BBC Director-General https://inews.co.uk/news/elisabeth-murdoch-surprise-contender-to-become-new-bbc-director-general-1394245 3 comments europe
- Libyan General Haftar Surprises Putin & Erdogan: Rejects Peace Deal | OilPrice.com https://oilprice.com/geopolitics/middle-east/libyan-general-haftar-surprises-putin-erdogan-rejects-peace-deal.html 18 comments geopolitics
- [PFN] Sources close to the situation tell PFN Draft Analyst and Insider @TonyPauline to not be surprised if Ron Rivera tries to steal Marty Hurney away from the Carolina Panthers following the 2020 NFL Draft. Despite reports, Rivera has an affection for the Carolina general manager. https://twitter.com/pfn365/status/1214750926700978176?s=21 47 comments nfl
- Demba Ba on Arsenal response to Özil statement: "Not surprised. @Arsenal just keep distancing themselves from the best in general 👎🏿" https://twitter.com/dembabafoot/status/1206135547498024961 840 comments soccer
- DOJ inspector general says he was "surprised" Durham disputed Russia probe findings https://www.axios.com/doj-inspector-general-durham-statement-russia-investigation-873f1ccb-a343-4c22-b5b2-c95ef0f7a0e2.html 7 comments politics
- In a surprising finding using the standard animal model of Down syndrome, scientists reversed the intellectual deficits, generally thought of as irreversible, with drugs that target the body’s response to cellular stresses, suggesting it may be possible to do the same in humans with Down syndrome. https://www.ucsf.edu/news/2019/11/415946/down-syndrome-mouse-model-scientists-reverse-intellectual-deficits-drugs 599 comments science
- Attorney General Barr and Deputy Attorney General Rosenstein were surprised by Mueller's lack of a determination, said a person familiar with the meeting. https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/mueller-told-barr-rosenstein-3-weeks-ago-he-would-not-n987041 35 comments politics
- Surprise! Attorney General Nominee William Barr Supports Marijuana Prohibition https://finance.yahoo.com/news/surprise-attorney-general-nominee-william-140600133.html 126 comments politics
- New York's 1st female attorney general closes surprise tenure as leading Trump antagonist https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/new-york-s-1st-female-attorney-general-closes-surprise-tenure-n953536 27 comments politics
- Wisconsin Is About to Make a Huge Mistake | The lame duck, heavily gerrymandered Republican Legislature plans to vote on Tuesday to limit the powers of the incoming governor and attorney general, who are — surprise — Democrats. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/03/opinion/wisconsin-legislature-republicans-evers.html 678 comments politics
- Surprise pension bill surfaces and zips through General Assembly despite cries of stunned teachers https://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/politics/2018/03/29/kentucky-house-committee-approves-surprise-pension-reform-bill/470723002/ 13 comments politics
- Hungary: surprise defeat for Viktor Orbán in bellwether byelection - Hungary’s ruling party has suffered a shock defeat in a local byelection, spelling potential challenges ahead for the prime minister, Viktor Orbán, with only weeks to go before a general election. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/feb/26/hungary-surprise-defeat-for-viktor-orban-in-bellwether-by-election 6 comments worldnews
- Newly Obtained Emails Show The Top General's Surprise At Trump's Transgender Military Ban https://www.buzzfeed.com/dominicholden/joint-chiefs-transgender?utm_term=.kc9w6jerz#.djp1q0boj 3 comments politics
- Newly Obtained Emails Show The Top General's Surprise At Trump's Transgender Military Ban https://www.buzzfeed.com/dominicholden/joint-chiefs-transgender 4 comments politics
- The head of a new Pakistani Islamist party that lionizes the killer of a provincial governor said it would take its rallying cry of “death to blasphemers” to next year’s general election, after its surprisingly strong showing in a recent vote. http://in.reuters.com/article/pakistan-politics-islamists/inspired-by-blasphemy-killer-new-pakistani-party-eyes-2018-vote-idinkcn1bv29j 6 comments worldnews
- TWENTY-FOUR bills introduced in surprise, second special session of day at NC General assembly including one that limits the appointment rights of new incoming governor http://www.newsobserver.com/news/politics-government/state-politics/article120832758.html 9 comments politics
- If you are curious as to why the inspector general of the State Department during Mrs. Clinton’s years as secretary did not discover all of Mrs. Clinton’s lawbreaking while she was doing it, the answer will alarm but probably not surprise you. http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/jun/1/andrew-napolitano-hillary-on-the-ropes-over-email-/?page=all 9 comments politics
- Marlins anoint GM Dan Jennings as new manager - "In a bizarre hiring that followed a surprising firing, the Miami Marlins are scheduled to introduce Dan Jennings, their current general manager, to be their new manager, a high-ranking Marlins official confirmed to USA TODAY Sports." [News] http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/2015/05/18/dan-jennings-miami-marlins-manager/27520219/ 16 comments baseball
- Found in Spain: traces of Hannibal's troops - 2,200-yr-old moat discovered filled with objects giving evidence of the presence of troops of the Carthaginian general Hannibal. Huge dimensions of trench a surprise. http://www.thelocal.es/20150128/evidence-of-hannibals-troops-found-in-catalonia 3 comments history
- Hackers have breached top secret MoD systems, cyber-security chief admits Major General Jonathan Shaw says 'it was a surprise to people quite how vulnerable we are' http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2012/may/03/hackers-breached-secret-mod-systems 4 comments technology
- X-Post from /TrueReddit: "Learning too late the perils of gas leases: Land owners surprised to learn what their drilling contracts really mean. [NY Times]" Do people not generally go to a lawyer when presented with a legal document? If not, why the hell not? http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/02/us/drilling-down-fighting-over-oil-and-gas-well-leases.html?_r=2&hp 11 comments law
- These days, software engineers’ overlords generally don’t tolerate true, secret Easter eggs. The bosses argue that such surprises are untested, may be incompatible with the software company’s public image, and amount to “poach me!” ads for rival companies’ headhunters. http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=pogue-use-it-better-secret-easter-egggs 21 comments programming
- Michelle Bachmann's anti-vaccine statements cross the political pseudoscience divide: "What Bachmann is peddling is pure pseudoscience...I shouldn't be in the least bit surprised, given how gullible she is when it comes to science in general and how much she allows ideology to trump science" http://scienceblogs.com/insolence/2011/09/michelle_bachmanns_anti-vaccine_statement.php 18 comments politics
- Autism diagnoses take South Korea by surprise -- Some families are in denial after U.S. and Korean researchers discover in a Seoul suburb the highest rate of autism ever measured in a general population. http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-korea-autism-20110608,0,6926317,full.story 70 comments worldnews
- Norwegian doctoral candidate on israeli soldiers and their attitudes towards peace, palestinians and the conflict in general. Surprising findings. http://translate.google.com/translate?js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=utf-8&layout=2&eotf=1&sl=no&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dagbladet.no%2F2010%2F12%2F29%2Fkultur%2Fdebatt%2Fkronikk%2Fmidtosten%2F14879117%2F 11 comments worldnews
- "You may be surprised to learn this, but the laws forbidding trading on insider information -- the ones Congress passed to keep the rest of us on the straight and narrow -- generally do not apply to Congress itself." http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2010/05/18/highway-robbery-on-capitol-hill.aspx?source=ihpsitth0000001 8 comments economy
- Try Again McCain. One general expressed surprise his name was even on the list, since he says he had never agreed to sign the letter, and at least three officers listed as signatories are dead. http://thinkprogress.org/2010/03/04/su-letter-dadt/ 5 comments politics
- Ted Olson, the man who was W's Solicitor General who surprised everyone saying he would fight Prop 8, is the lawyer arguing in front of SCOTUS on behalf of the corporations, arguing a corporation should be labeled as an individual and be allowed unlimited campaign contributions. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/10/us/politics/10scotus.html 5 comments politics
- Attorney General Says American People Would Be Surprised By Depth Of Terror Threat On US Soil http://abcnews.go.com/print?id=8202511 4 comments politics
- In an outrageous but not surprising decision, the Republican-dominated US Supreme Court has ruled that people illegally and unconstitutionally rounded up and held prisoner for months without charges after the 9/11 attacks cannot sue former Attorney General John Ashcroft & Robert Mueller. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090518/ap_on_go_su_co/us_scotus_detainee_lawsuit;_ylt=aunl2mjo3tx5enxek3s4gkss0nue;_ylu=x3odmtjzn3jonjjtbgfzc2v0a2fwlziwmdkwnte4l3vzx3njb3r1c19kzxrhaw5lzv9syxdzdwl0bgnwb3mdmwrwb3mdmteec2vja3lux3rvcf9zdg9yeqrzbgsdy291cnrzzw5kc2 5 comments politics