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  • Is Greyhound going out of business?

    10/31/2025 2:12:34 PM PDT · by DallasBiff · 14 replies
    Tiny Grab ^ | 5/2/25 | TinyGrab Team
    Is Greyhound Really Going Out of Business? Debunking the Myths and Unveiling the Future The short answer is no, Greyhound is not going out of business. While the iconic bus line has faced significant challenges and undergone major changes in recent years, including an acquisition by FlixMobility, it continues to operate and evolve in the face of a shifting transportation landscape. However, understanding the full picture requires delving into its history, recent developments, and the broader context of the intercity bus travel industry.
  • Distraught migrant wails 'Help me, I have my papers' as she is arrested at Salt Lake City airport

    10/31/2025 12:08:28 PM PDT · by marcusmaximus · 31 replies
    Daily Mail ^ | 10/31/2025 | JOE HUTCHISON
    Distressing footage showed a female migrant scream 'help me, I have my papers' as she was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers at Salt Lake City airport. Marta Brizeyda Renderos Leiva, 39, was dragged away by plainclothes agents at the Utah travel hub on Wednesday. Footage emerged of her arrest, with Leiva seen being grabbed her by the arms as she was placed in cuffs, pulling her up from the floor as she kicked out her legs and stamped her feet. She let out bloodcurdling cries as they did, saying: 'Help me, help me, I have my papers. Help...
  • SNAP Benefits Shutdown: A Good Time to Reassess – 54% of Federal Benefit Recipients Non-Citizens

    10/31/2025 10:16:55 AM PDT · by V_TWIN · 47 replies
    thegatewaypundit.com ^ | Oct. 30, 2025 | Antonio Graceffo
    More than half of all illegal-immigrant households have at least one U.S.-born child through whom they can receive aid. Nearly 2.7 million households have at least one illegal head and one child, and more than 5.3 million U.S.-born children of illegal aliens hold Social Security numbers. The total estimated cost to American taxpayers of providing SNAP benefits to the children of illegal aliens is almost $5.8 billion. According to the Center for Immigration Studies, data from the 2022 Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP) indicates that 54 percent of households headed by immigrants—including naturalized citizens, legal residents, and illegal...
  • Ex-CBS producer alleges ‘race-based layoffs’ after Paramount cuts hits news division

    10/31/2025 9:51:33 AM PDT · by V_TWIN · 16 replies
    nypost.com ^ | Oct. 31, 2025 | Ariel Zilber
    A former CBS News producer accused the network of “race-based layoffs” after corporate parent Paramount Skydance introduced sweeping cuts, claiming in a viral TikTok that every producer laid off from his team was a person of color while white colleagues were reassigned. Trey Sherman, who is black, served as an associate producer for “CBS Evening News+,” a streaming extension of the network’s flagship broadcast that was among the programs shuttered during the layoffs. He also worked for CBS’s Race and Culture Unit, which was dissolved in the same round of cuts that affected about 100 staffers across the division.
  • Ninety-five Theses

    10/31/2025 8:46:01 AM PDT · by DallasBiff · 22 replies
    Britannica ^ | 10/27/25 | Britannica editors
    Ninety-five Theses, a work of 95 one- or two-sentence propositions for debate, written in Latin by Martin Luther and concerned with the question of indulgences. According to tradition, Luther posted the theses on the door of the Schlosskirche (Castle Church) in Wittenberg on October 31, 1517 (see Researcher’s Note). Originally intended to promote academic discussion, Luther’s theses became a manifesto that turned a protest about a German indulgence scandal into the greatest crisis in the history of Western Christianity. Ultimately, Luther and his followers were excommunicated from the Roman Catholic Church. The writing (and supposed posting) of the theses came...
  • Man dies after being stabbed at Anheuser-Busch facility on city’s Northside, JSO says

    10/31/2025 7:33:34 AM PDT · by V_TWIN · 26 replies
    news4jax.com ^ | October 31, 2025 | Erik Avanier, News4JAX reporter Aydian Ahmad, Digital Producer
    JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office said a man died Thursday afternoon after he was stabbed inside the Anheuser-Busch facility. According to police, the incident occurred around 4:45 p.m. on Busch Drive, and when officers arrived at the scene, they found the man with a single stab wound to his chest. After he was taken to the hospital by medical crews with the Jacksonville Fire Rescue Department, he later died at the hospital, JSO said. The investigation into the matter is ongoing, but police said their detectives have learned that the incident appeared to stem from two contractors, a...
  • Glamour names nine trans activists as 'Women of the Year' - including a model who was fired by L'Oreal for calling 'all white people racist'

    10/31/2025 7:20:57 AM PDT · by DallasBiff · 20 replies
    Daily Mail (UK) ^ | 10/30/25 | POPPY ATKINSON GIBSON - LIFESTYLE REPORTER and ALANAH KHOSLA, SENIOR LIFESTYLE REPORTER and ALICE WA
    Glamour Magazine has named nine transgender activists as their Women of the Year. The honourees include a mix of relatively unknown models, actors and musicians, with the most famous face being Munroe Bergdorf - a controversial activist who once branded 'all white people racist' and said that the Suffragettes were 'white supremacists'. Last year she was named the first 'UK champion' for UN Women UK and was previously the first ever trans woman to model for L'Oreal.
  • ESPN goes dark on YouTube TV as carriage dispute shuts out more than 10 million subscribers

    10/31/2025 6:51:48 AM PDT · by V_TWIN · 37 replies
    nypost.com ^ | Oct. 31, 2025 | Christian Arnold
    YouTube TV customers watched ESPN go dark Thursday night as talks between the Google-owned platform and sports network broke down, leading the channel — along with other Disney-operated channels — to disappear from the platform. A deal between the two sides could not be reached, and by late Thursday night, the stations, which include ABC, FX, Disney Jr. and National Geographic, along with ESPN channels, went dark for more than 10 million YouTube TV customers, escalating the prolonged back-and-forth between the two sides. At the heart of the issues is pricing, according to Sports Business Journal, with both sides pointing...
  • Ahead of NY elections.. "free stuff" Islamo-Marxist Mamdani: 70% are non-White, 10% are Muslim.

    10/31/2025 6:22:01 AM PDT · by Milagros · 25 replies
    Ahead of NY elections.. 70% are non-White, 10% are Muslim. Some 70% are non-White 57% are Christians some 10% are Muslim (immigrant or children of (Arabs, Pakistanis/Bangla), etc.,
  • Virginia gov hopeful Winsome Earle-Sears’ campaign bus caught on fire days before Election Day

    10/31/2025 6:18:39 AM PDT · by V_TWIN · 17 replies
    nypost.com ^ | Oct. 31, 2025 | Patrick Reilly
    Virginia Lt. Governor Winsome Earle-Sears’ campaign bus burst into flames while the Republican gubernatorial candidate was driving to a campaign event ahead of election day. A photo taken by a passerby on Route 33 Spotswood Trail in Greene County shows the back of the bus — with a blown-up photo of Earle-Sears’ face painted on the side — completely engulfed in flames on the side of the road. One firefighter was injured while responding but was treated at the scene and later released, the agency said.
  • Gayle King spotted leaving her NYC home hours after bombshell report saying she’s exiting ‘CBS Mornings’

    10/31/2025 6:01:18 AM PDT · by V_TWIN · 42 replies
    nypost.com ^ | Oct. 31, 2025 | Emily Crane
    Gayle King was spotted leaving her New York City apartment first thing Friday — just hours after reports emerged she was set to leave “CBS Mornings” after more than a decade. The news anchor donned huge sunglasses as she emerged from her Upper West Side building before sunrise, The Post’s exclusive photos show. The 70-year-old, who could be seen clutching her phone and a brown paper bag, emerged hours before she appeared on the air Friday morning — making no mention of her own news as she opened the show. The sighting came after sources told Variety late Thursday that...
  • Dump Garbage On Bengaluru Streets, Civic Body Will Toss It Back To You

    10/31/2025 3:45:24 AM PDT · by marcusmaximus · 9 replies
    NDTV India ^ | 10/31/2025 | Reethu Rajpurohit
    Bengaluru residents who litter the streets have received a warning. If you throw trash on the street, the Greater Bengaluru Authority (GBA) will toss it back to your house. The GBA's "Garbage Dumping Festival" is turning the tables, quite literally, by dumping garbage right back on the doorstep of people who dirty the city. This initiative delivers a strong lesson in cleanliness. A 'Return Gift' Speaking with NDTV, Bengaluru Solid Waste Management Limited's (BSWML) Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Karigowda said, "We have around 5,000 autos in Bengaluru that go to households for collection of dry and wet waste. Despite this,...
  • Today's Cryptogram

    10/31/2025 1:54:25 AM PDT · by FroggyTheGremlim · 9 replies
    Hiya kids! Hiya, Hiya!Good Morning Crypto-FReepers.I see some of the same old faces out there.But that's OK - I like you anyway.Here's today's quote. I think it's timely.Have fun!!! Ha Ha Ha!I'll be good - I will, (like heck) I will. Ha ha ha. 'MFB MLO JFDLM-MLO JFDLM SW MLO DAVZO'B EORFDLM, VJE MLO CVARSUPB VAO VM MLOFA NRVX; XO MLFJP MLVM CFMLSIM MLO CFRE CFJEB BLSIM, YIM JS, FM FB MLOX-FM FB MLOX. -UROZORVJE USKO Where'd I put my magic twanger? Oh, here it is - - -boinng!Hal's cryptogram helper
  • Senate passes resolution to end Trump’s global tariffs; 4 Republicans side with Dems

    10/30/2025 6:43:33 PM PDT · by RandFan · 42 replies
    The Hill ^ | 10/30/25 1:17 PM ET | by Alexander Bolton
    Four Republican senators voted with Democrats on Thursday to approve a bipartisan resolution to repeal President Trump’s global tariffs, including steeper rates on long-time allies such as the European Union, Japan and South Korea. Sen. Rand Paul (Ky.), the GOP sponsor of the resolution, and Sens. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), Susan Collins (R-Maine) and Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) voted for it. The same proposal failed in the Senate in late April on a 50-49 vote after Vice President Vance cast the tiebreaking vote to defeat it. Critically, McConnell and Democratic Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (R.I.), who voted Thursday for the resolution, missed the...
  • Pigskin Pickem Thread, Week 9

    10/30/2025 3:47:06 PM PDT · by Impy · 15 replies
    10-30-2025
    Fool's Ball, Week Nine Your home for all things Fool's Ball! In Memoriam Danny Lee (BENDER2)
  • One Hour Podcast with Rep. Thomas Massie

    10/30/2025 1:34:01 PM PDT · by RandFan · 46 replies
    X ^ | Oct 30 | Matt Kibbe
    @freethepeople One of the main reasons why the government remains shut down — and why Speaker Johnson (R-La.) is preventing the House of Representatives from convening — is that Massie has the votes to release the Epstein files.
  • Utah man drops 1,917-pound pumpkin onto his Geo Metro

    10/30/2025 1:21:30 PM PDT · by DallasBiff · 52 replies
    UPI ^ | 10/30/25 | Ben Hooper
    Oct. 30 (UPI) -- A Utah man said a final farewell to the Geo Metro he drove for 35 years by dropping a 1,917-pound pumpkin on it from a height of nearly 14 stories. Millville resident Alan Gebert said his 1991 Geo Metro finally stopped running this year, so he decided to send the vehicle off in style by destroying it with a giant pumpkin.
  • ‘I couldn’t do anything’: Deported illegal Indian migrants share shattered dreams and humiliation in US

    10/30/2025 12:21:46 PM PDT · by marcusmaximus · 46 replies
    Financial Express India ^ | 10/30/2025 | FE News Desk
    Under President Donald Trump’s renewed crackdown on illegal immigration, thousands of illegal migrants are facing deportation from the United States. Among them are dozens of Indian men who had risked everything, including their money, safety, and dreams, to reach what they believed was the land of opportunity. -snip- Harjinder Singh, a farmer, had spent 3.5 million rupees to go to the US four years ago. Once there, he worked as a cook, determined to support his children back home. “My hopes have been dashed, it is a pity that I could not do anything,” said Singh to BBC, adding he...
  • If Jesus Was a Jew, Why Are We Catholic?

    10/30/2025 10:11:18 AM PDT · by DallasBiff · 113 replies
    Catholic.com ^ | none given | Catholic.com
    The term Jew is used in at least two senses in Scripture: to refer to those who are ethnically Jews and to those who are religiously Jews. Jesus was a Jew in both senses. In fact, he completed the Jewish religion by serving as the Messiah (Christ) whom the prophets had long foretold. The completed form of the Jewish religion is known as Christianity, and its adherents are Christians or “followers of the Christ.” Unfortunately, many people who were ethnically Jewish did not recognize Jesus’ role as Messiah and so did not accept Christianity, the completed form of Judaism. Instead,...
  • UNF professor fired for in-class comments relating to Charlie Kirk, university alleges shooting threat

    10/30/2025 9:29:56 AM PDT · by V_TWIN · 14 replies
    unfspinnaker.com ^ | Oct 29, 2025 | Madelyn Schneider
    A University of North Florida professor was fired Tuesday for comments he made in class relating to the assassination of right-wing influencer Charlie Kirk in September. The professor, Jacob McElroy, was a visiting instructor in the UNF English department. McElroy’s termination letter from the provost alleges that he threatened to “f___’n shoot everyone” in his freshman English class and claims that McElroy made several other serious threats. However, McElroy and at least two student witnesses say this was all a big misunderstanding. In the notice to McElroy on Sept. 18, Patterson wrote, “This action is being taken because of a...