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According to radiocarbon dating, when the bigmouth buffalo was born, World War I had not yet broken out in Europe. Scientists just added a large, sucker-mouthed fish to the growing list of centenarian animals that will likely outlive you and me. A new study using bomb radiocarbon dating describes a bigmouth buffalo that lived to a whopping 112 years, crushing the previous known maximum age for the species—26—by more than fourfold. That makes the bigmouth buffalo, which is native to North America and capable of reaching nearly 80 pounds, the oldest age-validated freshwater bony fish—a group that comprises roughly 12,000...

Clauvino da Silva, 42, was serving a decades-long sentence when he was caught trying to break out of jail last Saturday, disguised as his daughter. He was caught wearing an eerie plastic mask, a long black wig and women's clothes, including a bra and returned to prison. A video, released by prison authorities, in which he slowly removes his surreal disguise went viral, shining a light on Brazil's longstanding struggle with its violent, overcrowded prison system, the world's third largest. On Tuesday, however, in a gruesome twist, Rio prison officials said Silva had been found dead in his cell in...

MIDDLETOWN, Conn. (WTNH) – This weekend’s mass shootings were further reminders that gun violence can happen anywhere, anytime. That is why the Connecticut State Police want you to keep 3 words in mind all the time: Run, Hide, Fight. “Run, hide, fight works whether you’re at school, at work, at the grocery store, at a church or at the movies,” said Trooper Christine Jeltema. All of those are places we have seen a mass shooting in recent years. If you hear gunfire like folks did in downtown Dayton, Ohio, do what they did and run. Leave your belongings, and run...

(Bloomberg Opinion) -- Maybe this time will be different. That’s the thought on the minds of many Americans now. Two mass shootings in 24 hours have left at least 31 people murdered and many dozens more wounded. This, just a few days after a shooter at a festival in California killed three and wounded a dozen — with shooting sprees in Brooklyn, Chicago and Mississippi that also left people dead, dozens wounded and communities shaken. President Donald Trump addressed the nation today but failed to mention the two most important words in this debate: background checks. While he said he...

Hillary Clinton and her daughter Chelsea team up to write book on 'Gutsy Women' featuring portraits on over 100 heroines such as scientist Marie Curie, climate activist Greta Thunberg and comedian Ellen DeGeneres Hillary Rodham Clinton and her daughter Chelsea will co-write a book called The Book of Gutsy Women to highlight admirable female figures in history The book will feature portraits of over 100 women such as scientist Marie Curie and comedian Ellen DeGeneres It'll also feature heroines from the Clintons' circle of family and friends The book, published by Simon & Schuster, will be released October 1 'This...

By almost any measure, the drug companies are the most profitable in the world. The “back up the truck” compensation paid to their executives reflect that. They are among the world’s largest advertisers and political donors as well. They hide behind white lab coats. They parade around under the banner of curing diseases for the benefit of all mankind. They conveniently ignore how much of their research is underwritten by Americans through their donations and taxes. They then charge those same Americans multiples more than they charge people in the rest of the industrialized world. Drug companies only pretend to be...

Mika Brzezinski has taken to an ugly new level the liberal media's accusations against President Trump in the wake of the weekend's mass shootings. On today's Morning Joe, Brzezinski actually accused the President of wanting such mass murders to happen: "Isn’t it okay to deduce that at this point this is what he wants? . . . I mean, this is a President who seems to want these things to happen. How else can this be explained?” Get the rest of the story and view the video here.

The Nebraska Republican Party on Monday called for GOP state Sen. John McCollister to re-register as a Democrat after he accused the party of enabling white supremacy in the United States. ... McCollister gained national attention on Sunday after sharing a series of tweets condemning the Republican Party for what he described as its complicity in "obvious racist and immoral activity inside our party." "The Republican Party is enabling white supremacy in our country," McCollister said on Twitter. "As a lifelong Republican, it pains me to say this, but it’s the truth."

Turkey and the US are on a collision course after President Recep Tayyip Erdogan warned he would “eliminate” Washington’s Kurdish allies in Syria “very soon”. Mr Erdogan has been threatening an assault on the Kurdish People’s Protection Unity (YPG) militia for over a year, but it is thought he now plans to make good on the promise... Turkish media outlets have often shown images in recent weeks of military convoys heading for the border area, carrying equipment and fighting units. It also appears to have opened a section of the border wall in the last few days... Kurdish officials warned...

The “seeker-friendly,” or “seeker-sensitive,” movement currently taking a host of evangelical churches by storm is an approach to evangelizing through application of the latest marketing techniques. Typically, it begins with a survey of the lost (referred to by a leading church in this trend as the “unchurched,” or “unchurched Harry and Mary”). This survey questions the unchurched about the things their nearby place of worship might offer that would motivate them to attend. Results of the questionnaire indicate areas of potential changes in the church’s operations and services that would be effective in order to attract the unchurched, keep them...

Super Happy Fun America has had their PayPal account permanently limited, meaning they can no longer use PayPal services, can no longer take donations, and can no longer open or use any new PayPal accounts. Essentially, they’re being deplatformed to the point where they can’t even maintain financial stability. The news comes courtesy of a post over on the Super Happy Fun America website where they shared the e-mail from PayPal who stated that their accounts are no longer viable for use. The e-mail was posted in full, which you can read below. If you’re unable to read the message,...

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Shortly after President Trump's remarks to the nation Monday morning about back-to-back mass shootings over the weekend, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham announced a bipartisan agreement to federally fund local "Red Flag" laws. “I appreciate President Trump’s strong statement rejecting hate and white supremacist ideology, urging us all to reject a culture of violence, as well as a call to action on multiple fronts," Graham released in a statement. “I have reached an agreement with Senator Blumenthal to create a federal grant program to assist and encourage states to adopt ‘Red Flag’ Protection Order laws to timely intervene in...

"Another dime a dozen Ohio grind dude who caped progressive politics while treating women like sh*t." The man who killed nine and injured 27 in a mass shooting in Dayton, Ohio, was the lead singer of a "pornogrind" metal band, a genre defined by its explicit subject matter and themes of gore and violence, specifically sexual violence and necrophilia, BuzzFeed News has learned. The gunman, identified as 24-year-old Connor Betts, was a member of Menstrual Munchies, a three-person band that performed regularly in the Midwest death metal scene, recently appearing as one of the bands at the Summer Massacre 2...

Angry subscribers forced The New York Times to tweak today's top headline because it was apparently too kind to President Trump. The initial headline read, "Trump Urges Unity vs. Racism" and went into detail about the president's response to the mass shootings in El Paso, Texas and Dayton, Ohio. Upon seeing it, some readers said, how dare they.

If President Trump is a racist, then so am I. As a matter of fact, if President Trump is racist, a new paradigm for the definition and recognition of racism must be created. The truth is that President Trump is not racist. The truths he doesn’t hesitate to speak are not dog whistles to bigots and racist rednecks as neo-Leninist Democrats try to convince people. The truth by definition cannot be racist; and only the most evil, dishonest and reprobate assemblage of accusers would claim otherwise. Specific to my point: Evil, dishonest and reprobate is exactly what the Democratic Party...

In the wake of the El Paso and Dayton mass shootings, far-left Rep. Rashida Tlaib spewed out at least three times on Twitter her loathing for the power of prayer from those who expressed shock and sadness at the events and said they were praying. Look at how repugnant this is:   251 mass shootings in the United States in 216 days. Prayers aren't cutting it Senator. We need you to serve the people, not gun lobbyists. https://t.co/C8ejp9yofL — Rashida Tlaib (@RashidaTlaib) August 4, 2019   She also retweeted this:   The House passed two gun safety bills months...

Pray For the Peace of Jerusalem (Old Testament) 2 Kings 12 Joash Repairs the Temple 12 [a]In the seventh year of Jehu, Joash[b] became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem forty years. His mother’s name was Zibiah; she was from Beersheba. 2 Joash did what was right in the eyes of the Lord all the years Jehoiada the priest instructed him. 3 The high places, however, were not removed; the people continued to offer sacrifices and burn incense there. 4 Joash said to the priests, “Collect all the money that is brought as sacred offerings to the temple of the Lord—the money collected...

What a kook. Beto O’Rourke started laughing today when asked about the horrific mass shooting in his hometown of El Paso. It was the seventh deadliest shooting in US history.

Fifty-two billion people—almost half of the cumulative human population—are thought to have perished at the hands of a creature no bigger than a fingernail: the mosquito. In his new book The Mosquito: A Human History of Our Deadliest Predator, historian Timothy Winegard exposes this insect as not merely an itchy pest, but a force of nature that has dictated the outcome of significant events throughout human history. From ancient Athens to World War II, Winegard highlights key moments when mosquito-borne diseases caused militaries to crumble, great leaders to fall ill, and populations to be left vulnerable to invasion. In addition...