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On this date in 1748, three instigators of a riot hanged in an Amsterdam public square, while worse fates befell those who came to see it. It was only a few days earlier that the Pachtersoproer (English Wikipedia entry | Dutch) had torn apart the homes of nineteen tax collectors and magnates in the capital. These violent protests against inequitable taxation and oligarchical power had actually begun in Friesland and Groningen, the northernmost provinces of the Low Countries, before spreading to Amsterdam. Marretje Arents (English Wikipedia entry | Dutch), a fishmonger supporting four children while her husband was abroad as...

Welcome to the fix. CNN was proud to announce that this was the first debate to ever take place BEFORE each candidate was actually nominated by their respective parties. The reason for this was to set the stage for Democrats to move to replace Biden with Hillary. CNN moderators did an amazing job of being unbiased. This debate revealed that Biden struggled to speak often, and his closing argument was really pathetic. My sources have been spot on. This debate was done EARLY to allow for this to take place to replace Biden. Some think the Democrats should go young....

Artistic reconstruction of two species of trilobite an instant before burial in a flow of volcanic ash 510 million years ago. Image credit: © Prof. A. El Albani, Univ. Poitiers =================================================================== Trilobites that date back 508 million years have been found preserved in volcanic matter, revealing never-before-seen details in 3D form. Their fossilization was so rapid that tiny shells have been preserved in situ, and soft tissues including mouthparts and internal organs can still be seen. The trilobites were entombed in pyroclastic flow, which is the hot, dense material that comes hurtling out of volcanoes sometimes reaching speeds as high...

The debate last night was an American tragedy. While everyone is focused on President Biden's performance, I cannot dismiss the underlying question: What is wrong with the Democrat party? The inner circle knows just how bad things with Biden are, other world leaders witnessed it a few weeks ago in France. And most conservative voters knew it 4 years ago. Republicans have always marveled at the lock-step of the democrat machine. Every member toeing the line and their ability to keep members within the coalition. Right now as we see the abuse of an elderly and feeble old man democrat...

Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., urged panicked Democrats to "chill the f--k out" about President Biden’s widely panned debate performance because he is living proof "a rough debate" doesn’t disqualify a political candidate. Fetterman suffered a stroke in May 2022, causing clear auditory processing issues that impacted his speaking abilities in the months leading up to Election Day that November. Despite a jarring debate performance that left many Americans questioning his fitness for office, Fetterman still defeated Republican and former daytime TV host Mehmet Oz in the Pennsylvania Senate race. Fetterman believes Biden can overcome similar criticism after the president’s performance...

All Americans ages 6 months and older should receive one of the new Covid-19 vaccines when they become available this fall, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Thursday. The recommendation comes as the nation faces a summer wave of Covid, with the number of infections rising in at least 39 states and territories. Most Americans have acquired immunity against the coronavirus from repeat infections or vaccine doses, or both. The vaccines now offer an incremental boost, remaining effective for only a few months as immunity wanes and the virus continues to evolve. Still, across every age group,...

Me: Scan today's news websites and headlines about the debates last night. Use 25 sources, with a mix of liberal, mainstream and conservative outlets. Give me odds that Biden will be replaced, and with whom (along with their odds of being the nominee in percentage form).ChatGPT: Based on the latest news and analysis from various sources, including Politico, Yahoo News, Newsweek, and The Hill, here's a detailed summary and analysis regarding the possibility of President Biden being replaced as the Democratic candidate for the 2024 election: Odds of Biden Being ReplacedGiven the significant concerns about Biden's age, health, and recent...

MSNBC host Joe Scarborough said Friday on “Morning Joe” that former President Donald Trump will win in November unless there is a “change” following President Joe Biden’s debate performance. Scarborough said, “Well. I think I should start by saying, without any apologies, that I love Joe Biden and Jill. And I will gladly debate anybody any time, any place, anywhere over the issue of whether Joe Biden has been the most effective president in passing bipartisan legislation and expanding NATO and responding to the rising threat coming from China by flexing America’s strength, around China by having the strongest economy...

[H/T HoneysuckleTN]ransomnote: At the link there's a search field above the transcript for those wishing to locate specific portions of the text.Jake Tapper (00:32):We are live from Georgia, a key battleground state in the race for the White House. In just moments, the current US president will debate the former US president as their party’s presumptive nominees, a first in American history. We want to welcome our viewers in the United States and around the world to our studios in Atlanta. This is the CNN Presidential Debate.Dana Bush (00:57):This debate is being produced by CNN and is coming to you...

The corruption of the law in the Manhattan case against President Donald J. Trump should shock every American, and the devil is in the details of the law, the prosecution, the judge, the jury, and the conviction. There were two financial accounts referred to in the prosecution. The first is a revocable trust fund for Donald J. Trump which was created just after he became president, and the second is the personal account of Donald J. Trump. The indictment indicates that Trump received invoices from Michael Cohen where each invoice was then added to the general accounting ledger with a...

Donald Trump lied about the economy on his watch, about veterans care, about crime and even about the violent participants in his Jan. 6, 2021, coup attempt ― and was able to go largely unchallenged by President Joe Biden, who managed a weak and unfocused performance from the start. As he did during his four years in office, Trump claimed that he created “the best economy in history.” In fact, the economy during his administration was essentially the same as that of his predecessor, Barack Obama, and actually created fewer new jobs in his first three years than Obama’s did...

The veteran performer appeared in countless TV shows and movies during his career Bill Cobbs, the prolific and versatile actor known for performances in films such as The Brother From Another Planet, Night at the Museum, and The Bodyguard, has died. He was 90. A member of Cobbs’ family confirmed his death on Facebook, saying the actor died “peacefully” at his home in California on Tuesday, June 25. “A beloved partner, big brother, uncle, surrogate parent, godfather and friend, Bill recently and happily celebrated his 90th birthday surrounded by cherished loved ones,” the statement read. “As a family we are...

What really went on during debate prep...

Thursday night's election debate between Joe Biden and Donald Trump sparked "panic" within the Democratic Party according to CNN chief national correspondent John King, after the 81-year-old president repeatedly appeared to lose his train of thought, triggering widespread mockery on social media.

A pair of brazen bandits stormed a crowded Brooklyn restaurant and robbed three diners at gunpoint while the horrified dinner crowd looked on, according to cops and a report. The duo rushed into Williamsburg Chinese hotspot Birds of a Feather with a gun and demanded a $200 Seiko watch and phones from three patrons around 9:35 p.m. in plain view of other customers, police said. The robbers then fled westbound on a moped on Grand Street with the bounty, according to the NYPD. Police said investigators later tracked and recovered three iPhones to an address on North 11th Street

Members of President Joe Biden’s Cabinet should consider invoking the 25th Amendment to remove the president, two sitting U.S. senators suggested. They said Biden’s performance in the first presidential debate against former President Donald Trump raised questions about his ability to perform his office. “We’ve definitely entered 25th Amendment territory,” Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, wrote on X. ... Members of President Joe Biden’s Cabinet should consider invoking the 25th Amendment to remove the president, two sitting U.S. senators suggested. They said Biden’s performance in the first presidential debate against former President Donald Trump raised questions about his ability to perform...

Joy Behar stunned the audience of “The View” by casually stating she would be interested in pursuing a same-sex relationship in the future. The television talk show host made it clear that she hadn’t pursued a lesbian encounter yet, but at this stage of her life, she seems to be keeping her options quite open. The discussion unfolded on Thursday’s episode of “The View,” when Behar was put on the spot by Sandra Bernhard and Judy Gold. Both Berhnard and Gold are openly part of the LGBTQ+ community and they wasted no time asking her if she has ever “gotten...

In their quest for a more totalitarian society, would the Democrats and RINO Republicans go this far to preserve the illusion of a leader?

It sounded like Joe Biden’s funeral on CNN last night. Immediately after the debate, I expected CNN’s panel of Democratic handmaidens to begin their usual contortions on how Biden is fit and spry. Instead, there seemed to be unanimous agreement: this is not the Joe Biden we know and love, not a man fit to take on Donald Trump and the rising specter of fascism, and there’s only one question that remains. In the words of their spiritual forebear, Vladimir Lenin: What Is To Be Done? It now seems likely that Biden is toast. We saw elite opinion shift and...

Judge Aileen Cannon on Thursday granted Trump’s request for a hearing on whether Jack Smith’s prosecutors improperly breached Trump’s attorney-client privilege. Jack Smith used a DC grand jury – and a radical Marxist Obama-appointed DC judge (Beryl Howell) in the classified docs case before quietly roving down to Florida to file the charges. Judge Beryl Howell ruled against Trump at every turn! In fact, Judge Howell previously ordered Trump’s lawyer Evan Corcoran to testify before a grand jury in special counsel Jack Smith’s investigation into classified documents stored at Mar-a-Lago. Judge Howell flipped Trump’s own lawyer Eric Corcoran into a...