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It’s August 25th were I sit and I’m celebrating Linux’s 30th birthday with a good champagne and a delicious cake, so please join me to celebrate 30 freaking awesome years of Linux and many more to come!That’s right, it’s been 30 years since 21-year-old Finnish student Linus Benedict Torvalds made his now-famous announcement on the day of August 25th, 1991, on the comp.os.minix news group, saying that he is working on a free operating system for 386(486) AT clones as a “hobby.”Hello everybody out there using minix –I’m doing a (free) operating system (just a hobby, won’t be big and...

Former President Bill Clinton and ex-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton were spotted sporting long pants — and long faces — while strolling on a Hamptons beach this week. The sullen-seeming couple was covered up as they walked on the sand in sunny Amagansett Tuesday, with Bill wearing a black T-shirt, jeans and a baseball cap and Hillary dressed in baggy blue pants, a long-sleeved top and hat.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—In a stirring address to the nation, Biden sadly announced that we may soon have to invade Afghanistan once again after intelligence reports revealed they may have weapons of mass destruction, which we gave to them last week. "Listen, folks, I know it seems like just last week since we were in Afghanistan," he said, "but it looks like we may have to go back. As it turns out, there are terrorists who now have weapons of mass destruction since we gave them weapons of mass destruction just the other day. Too bad! We have no other choice!" The...

On his way out the door, disgraced former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo issued some pardons and clemencies for prisoners in the state. This is pretty standard for chief executives as one of their final acts in power, whether they’re run out of office by scandal, voters, or term limits. And it’s something that needs to end. Bill Clinton was the first known example of monetizing this effort, collecting a bunch of money to fund his presidential library by selling pardons, most notably to tax cheat and felon on the run Marc Rich. But corruption aside, the idea of lame...

Pray For the Peace of JerusalemPsalm 146 1 Praise the Lord.[a] Praise the Lord, my soul. 2 I will praise the Lord all my life; I will sing praise to my God as long as I live. 3 Do not put your trust in princes, in human beings, who cannot save. 4 When their spirit departs, they return to the ground; on that very day their plans come to nothing. 5 Blessed are those whose help is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the Lord their God. 6 He is the Maker of heaven and earth, the sea,...

The two forces eventually met near the city of Manzikert, just north of Lake Van. Sultan Muhammad bin Dawud sent a delegation to parley with Romanus on "the pretext of peace," though in reality, he was "stalling for time," explained Michael Attaleiates, who was present. This only "roused the emperor to war." Romanus spurned the emissaries, forced them to prostrate themselves before him, and commanded them to tell their sultan that "there will be no treaty ... and no going home except after I have done in the lands of Islam the like of what has been done in the...

A major consequence of the turmoil in Afghanistan today caused by the refusal of President Joe Biden to alter his unilateral timetable to exit Kabul, is that it increased the damage inflicted on allies and friends, and has led the possible demise of the “special relationship” between the UK and the U.S., which projected power and influence in securing a cohesive Western approach in the world. In these circumstances, it is pertinent to ask. “Is the special relationship fact or fiction?” The term was coined by Winston Churchill in his “Iron Curtain” speech at Westminster College, Fulton, Missouri on March...

August 26th , 2021Memorial of St. Teresa of Jesus Jornet Ibars St. Alphonsus church, Baltimore Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green First reading1 Thessalonians 3:7-13 ©Now we can breathe again, as you are still holding firm in the LordBrothers, your faith has been a great comfort to us in the middle of our own troubles and sorrows; now we can breathe again, as you are still holding firm in the Lord. How can we thank God enough for you, for all the joy we feel before our God on your account? We are earnestly praying night and day to be able...

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“I enjoy being in America. It’s fun, you know? Because you had, you have so many things we never had in Russia. Like warning shots.” - Ukrainian comedian Yakov Smirnoff on The Johnny Carson Show, 1988. Comedy is easy. Risking your life over it is hard. If there is anything murderous psychotic fascists will not brook, above all else, it is being ridiculed. No sense of humor whatsoever. Historical precedents abound. In 1940, Adolf Hitler sentenced Charlie Chaplin and the Three Stooges to death in absentia for The Great Dictator and You Nazty Spy, respectively. All four comedians exhibited extraordinary...

Took many road trips with my 4 kids. I’d never heard the dead skunk growing up but we all heard it 1st together, immediately loved that ditty as we sang along in the car. So since that song got it's own thread I felt sure both this song and artist deserves a thread as well, we enjoyed most all the Heywood Banks songs. My fav song is: Toast but the kids favorite was: The Cat got Dead

Americans in Afghanistan are being warned to stay away from the Kabul airport due to terror threats tied to the Islamic State. The US Embassy in Kabul sent out an alert early Thursday, Afghanistan time, telling US citizens not to travel to the airport “because of security threats outside the gates. [snip] The State Department security alert also told Americans who where at three specific airport gates to “leave immediately,” without further explanation. [snip] “US citizens who are at the Abbey Gate, East Gate, or North Gate now should leave immediately,” it added.

The top Republicans on the House Intelligence, Armed Services, and Foreign Affairs Committees announced in a letter to President Joe Biden on Wednesday they plan to investigate his withdrawal from Afghanistan, and his administration should preserve all records on the issue. Intelligence Committee Ranking Member Devin Nunes (CA); Armed Services Committee Ranking Member Mike Rogers (AL); and Michael McCaul (TX) sent a letter to Biden on Wednesday that said: The ongoing chaos in Afghanistan profoundly concerns the American people. The horrifying scenes on the ground and the resulting erosion of America’s worldwide geostrategic position raise troubling questions about your administration’s...

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Maryam Monsef, one of the more disappointing of Justin Trudeau’s cabinet appointments — and that’s saying a lot — draped herself in further glory on Wednesday, when, in an appeal to the Taliban for restraint during the ongoing evacuation flights from Kabul, she referred to them as “brothers.”... Well, that oughta take care of that. A statement, in English, from a junior minister in a minority government from a marginally competent (at best) middle-power can’t help but be heard in the corridors of power around the world and especially in Kabul, where the Taliban is now consolidating its rule. Monsef’s...

The U.S. basically gave the Taliban the azimuth for every Afghan who worked with the Americans. They don't need to look. If they don't make it out, they're as good as gone.Biden's refusal to do whatever is necessary to get them out is a death sentence.https://t.co/bgviGSBGMO— Caroline Glick (@CarolineGlick) August 24, 2021

How Old Is Grandfather? Stay with this -- the answer is at the end. It may blow you away. One evening a grandson was talking to his grandfather about current events. The grandson asked his grandfather what he thought about the shootings at schools, the computer age, and just things in general. The Grandfather replied, "Well, let me think a minute, I was born before: ' television ' penicillin ' polio shots ' frozen foods ' Xerox ' contact lenses ' Frisbees and ' the pill There were no: ' credit cards ' laser beams or ' ball-point pens Man...

In Donald Trump’s presidency, the Antifa movement achieved a mythical status, portrayed by the former president and his supporters as terrorists. One Antifa activist’s journey, from college honors student to on-the-ground combatant, offers rare insight into this far-left movement and its motivations. Nicole Armbruster, 37, poised for a run in a park this spring, donned an Ironman hat from her triathlon days, black running shorts and gray Brooks running shoes. She reached over to restrain her dog Azuri, a muscular Catahoula hound with pale eyes, so it wouldn’t chase a squirrel. You wouldn’t know it, but Armbruster, 5'5" and under...

Sir Mark Lyall-Grant, a former national security adviser, said the current situation in Afghanistan is "clearly a defeat", adding: "We haven't left as we would have liked to have done." He said: "We are in the hands of the Americans, they have taken the decisions. "The British government would have been prepared to stay in Afghanistan longer, with the sort of limited commitment that we had made over the last three or four years. "But once the Americans decided that they were going to leave, then obviously all the other NATO forces had to leave. "And I think the manner...

The U.S. Census Bureau will not release one-year estimates for the 2020 American Communities Survey due to high coronavirus-related nonresponse rates leading to skewed data, according to a new report from USAFacts. The decision not to release survey estimates means missing out on crucial data such as health insurance changes, rent increases and eviction moratoriums' effectiveness are harder to pinpoint. The ACS is a focused questionnaire provided to a sample of 3 million people that covers everything from housing situation to work hours to type of transportation and more. The annual survey provides data used by local, state and federal...