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The fate of the world hung in the balance for 13 days. JFK had imposed a blockade on Cuba after surveillance revealed Soviet missile site being built on the communist island in 1962. War was only averted when Moscow turned back its ships, cementing Kennedy's image as a decisive leader who face down the Soviet Union. It had been a grueling experience. As first lady Jackie Kennedy later said: 'It seemed there was no waking or sleeping.' But now only one in four voters believes President Joe Biden has the endurance to do the same and stay up for 48...

Joe Biden sat down with George Stephanopoulos on Friday for an in depth interview following his predictable mental collapse during the first 2024 presidential debate against President Donald Trump. * * * On Saturday, The New York Times reported that a Wisconsin fundraiser for Joe Biden has been cancelled.

In the wake of Old Joe Biden’s disastrous debate with Bad Orange Man, the Biden regime and the establishment media are doing everything they can to present the supposed president as coherent, confident and capable. Unfortunately for Biden’s handlers, however, their sharp and fully in command candidate is refusing to cooperate. Instead, the senescent corruptocrat doggedly continues to give the world fresh indications of his abject inability to perform the duties of the office he holds.

The city of Palm Springs, California, recorded a high temperature of 124 degrees Fahrenheit (51 degrees Celsius) on Friday, breaking the record of 123 degrees, which was last reached in 2021. The high temperatures are the result of a heat wave that has gripped much of the state, away from the coastline. The San Francisco Chronicle reported: Palm Springs broke an all-time daily temperature record Friday when the official weather station at the airport registered a high of 124 degrees. This breaks the previous record of 123 degrees, which was most recently tied in June 2021. The temperature is one...

Fast forward to page 22 for this article with photos https://citylifestyle.com/austin/issues/2021-06 I watched most episodes of Entourage. It was funny and witty. With many walk in cameos of actors young n old. Old ones not seen in years/ Mark Wahlberg was the prime producer. He had an entourage back in the day.

Pray For The Peace of Jerusalem (7/7/24)[Prayer]The Names and Titles of God (“The Savior”) Luke 2:1111 For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord.King James Version________________________God Bless America.ML/LTOS

Gaza Division operations and airstrikes in the first hours of October 7 were based on limited information. The first long moments after the Hamas attack was launched were chaotic. Reports were coming in, with their significance not always clear. When their meaning was understood, it was realized that something horrific had taken place. Communication networks could not keep up with the flow of information, as was the case for soldiers sending these reports. However, the message conveyed at 11:22 A.M. across the Gaza Division network was understood by everyone. "Not a single vehicle can return to Gaza" was the order.

Joe Biden continues to climb the ladder to oblivion. Poll analyst Nate Silver lists the signs that a party is getting rid of a president under the 25th Amendment. He says we’re about halfway up the ladder, which has these at the starting rungs: - Back-channel conversations - Anon leaks to press - Influential non-electeds and donors saying he should resign - Backbench elected officials saying he should resign - Signals from senior party leaders saying he should resign with plausible deniability - Megadonors saying he should resign and withholding funds - Normie senators or representatives saying he should resign...

CHICAGO -- At least 87 people have been shot, 16 fatally, in gun violence across Chicago since Wednesday evening during the extended Fourth of July holiday weekend, police said. The violence includes three mass shootings, one in which two women and an 8-year-old boy were killed and two young boys were left in critical condition after multiple shooters opened fire into a Greater Grand Crossing neighborhood home on the South Side. At least 19 of those shot were in mass shootings in Austin, Greater Grand Crossing and Little Italy. About 12:15 a.m. Friday, police responded to calls of shots fired...

@TiceRichard Reform would have won 94 seats under PR; not 5 We could have stopped Labour’s majority Tory’s foolish obsession with First Past Post is to blame

That George Cukor's 1952 film The Marrying Kind begins in a divorce court should be something of a warning. But it wasn't enough of one for audiences back then who sat down to enjoy Judy Holliday in a comedy playing the lovable ditz she'd perfected in Adam's Rib and Born Yesterday and got something very different. It actually begins at the Domestic Relations Court in Manhattan at Lexington and 22nd (now the administrative building for Baruch College) – a lovely bit of New Deal Art Deco architecture where a woman like Judge Anne B. Carroll (played by silent actress Madge...

A new peer-reviewed study concludes that all cause deaths were higher for those vaccinated with one and two doses compared to the unvaccinated. “Subjects vaccinated with two doses lost 37 percent of life expectancy compared to the unvaccinated population,” Italian researchers found. The booster doses were determined to be ineffective. The study, titled, “A Critical Analysis of All-Cause Deaths during COVID-19 Vaccination in an Italian Province,” was conducted by Marco Alessandria, Giovanni M. Malatesta, Franco Berrino, and Alberto Donzell and published on June 30, 2024. Alessandria etal. analyzed Italian National Healthcare System data on residents or those domiciled in the...

After reportedly telling allies in private that he might drop out, President Joe Biden told his campaign staff on Wednesday: “I’m in this race to the end.” The New York Times stated that the embattled president “told key allies that he knows the coming days are crucial.” The Times reported that according to these allies, Biden “understands that he may not be able to salvage his candidacy if he cannot convince voters that he is up to the job after a disastrous debate performance last week” against former President Donald Trump. Specifically, the allies cited in the Times report said...

Western Pennsylvania is one of the most important political regions in the country for Republicans this election cycle, and the Trump campaign appears to be well aware. Butler County is important to Trump’s chances come November. It has a large, rural population, which is Trump’s base, and it also is home to many suburban women in the areas closer to Pittsburgh that will be crucial in deciding who wins the state — and possibly the presidency. “The stakes could not be higher,” Irwin said. “Butler County checks a lot of the boxes for a Trump rally.”.......“You’ve got steelworkers, you’ve got...

The Talk Shows July 7th, 2024 Guests to be interviewed today on major television talk shows:FACE THE NATION (CBS): Margaret Brennan anchors: Sen. Burnie Sanders (CCCP-Vt.); Sen. Linda Graham (R-S.C.); NATO Secretary-General Jens StoltenbergFOX NEWS SUNDAY (Fox Network): Anchor Shannon Bream: Former Rep. Tim Ryan (D-OH); Presidential historian Allan Lichtman; former Deputy Assistant Attorney General under President Bush Tom Dupree, George Washington University Law professor Jonathan Turley. Panel: Michael Allen, Doug Heye, Julia Manchester and Meghan Hays. MEET THE PRESS (NBC): Hosted by Kristen Welker: Sen. J.D. Vance (R-Ohio); Rep. Adam Schitt (D-Calif.). Panel: Matt Gorman, Mike Memoli, Stephanie Murphy...

As Republicans converge upon Milwaukee, Wisconsin next week to work out their party platform as part of the lead-up to the GOP’s national convention, it’s clear that the big question for delegates will be the issues. In recent days, some party officials have hinted at “paring down” the GOP platform, causing many to wonder which issues will be left on the table.

A recently published book gives the history of leftism in America, identifies the damage it’s done to our institutions, and offers concrete remedial steps. During July, the month we celebrate America’s independence, we must be extra vigilant and victorious against those seeking our dependence. In Winning America’s Second Civil War: Progressivism’s Authoritarian Threat, Where It Came From, and How to Defeat It, research professor Jeffrey E. Paul promotes America’s independence and exposes the left’s long war to make Americans dependent on an elite, socialist autocracy. This exceptionally important book may have escaped many people’s notice. Winning America’s Second Civil War...

Thousands of protestors marched through central Barcelona this evening, waving placards and squirting holidaymakers with water guns in the latest expression of anger at perceived overtourism in Spain. Under the slogan 'Enough! Let's put limits on tourism', some 2,800 people - according to police - marched along a waterfront district of Barcelona to demand a new economic model that would reduce the millions of tourists that visit every year. Protesters carried signs reading 'Barcelona is not for sale,' and, 'Tourists go home,' before some used water guns on tourists eating outdoors at restaurants in popular tourist hotspots. Chants of 'Tourists...

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Pandemonium is going to reign between now and the Democrat convention. We now have a trend on the left: confusion. Leftists have fallen into an abyss. They are in the middle of full-throated chaos. Couldn’t happen to a nicer group. There has been this idea the left never makes mistakes, never falls into the whirlpools of self-destruction. Some on the right had begun to think of leftists as infallible. That’s one reason we are so feckless in countering their nonsense. They make themselves appear smarter and more powerful than they really are. And here they are, caught. Their timing couldn’t...