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Vladimir Putin has earned himself a slagging after choosing to wear ear protectors in a weird way. The alleged reason is even more ridiculous than it looks. The deranged Russian president was recently spotted at a Chechen shooting range alongside the head of the Chechen Republic and close military ally Ramzan Kadyrov. While the Chechen warlord wore his ear protectors the regular way, on his head, the Russian despot wore the protective gear with the strap jutting out around his chin.

For more than 100 years, the FBI has been collecting crime data from local police departments across the country through the Uniform Crime Reporting Program, which has been the gold standard of national crime statistics.By 2020, almost every law enforcement agency was included in the FBI’s database. Some agencies reported topline numbers, such as the total number of murders or car thefts, through the Summary Reporting System. Others reported granular incident data with details about each reported crime through the newer National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS). Then it all changed in 2021. In an effort to fully modernize the system,...

For those who do not understand the blind loyalty of people who follow the Climate Change crusade, you must understand that to them it is nothing short of a religious belief. That’s right; Climate Change is a religion whose god is Mother Earth. For leftist politicians, it’s just another means to control the masses, but the religious aspect of Climate Change is ultimately how they are able to convince so many people that it truly does exist and man is responsible for creating it.To really explain what it is I mean, I need to first define the term religion. Then...

CHICAGO, Illinois — The “Uncommitted” movement is staging a sit-in outside the United Center, where the Democratic National Convention is being held, demanding that a Palestinian speaker be added to the schedule. The sit-in is being led by Abbas Alawieh, co-founder of the movement, who is a delegate from Michigan. He and fellow Uncommitted delegates marched out of the stadium on Thursday night and began a protest after the convention featured the parents of an Israeli-American hostage but refused to allow a pro-Palestinian speaker. We are waiting for a phone call from Vice President Harris and the DNC to allow...

Before the Snake River in Jackson Hole had any dam across it, the current ran wide, fast, and turbulent through Jackson Hole. Crossing the Snake, the “accursed mad river,” as the Frenchmen called it, required skill and bravado. At least, that was the case before Bill Menor happened on the scene. Tall, thin Menor spent his early life in Ohio and came to Wyoming in 1892, squatting on the west bank of the Snake River. In 1894 he started construction of a low log house among the cottonwoods along the bank of the river, and he bought a cow or...

WASHINGTON, Aug 21 (Reuters) - Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter, 99, is eagerly awaiting his chance to cast a ballot for Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris this fall even as he approaches his 100th birthday, his grandson said on Wednesday. Carter, a Democrat who served in the White House from between 1977 and early 1981, has been in hospice care for about 18 months and suffered the loss of his wife Rosalynn last year. But he remains "engaged" and wants to see the country move past former Republican President Donald Trump, Jason Carter told MSNBC. "He's super aware," Jason Carter...

A video of Vice President Kamala Harris encouraging Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz before his speech at the Democratic National Convention (DNC) on Wednesday in Chicago, Illinois, is getting blasted online. The clip, which Harris shared on Wednesday, shows her calling Walz and asking him how he is feeling before taking the stage. She then tells the radical leftist that he will be “fantastic” during his speech. “I’m ready; thanks for the opportunity. It’s gonna be electric in there, and the messages this entire week are so great. So, go down there and deliver a freedom speech,” he replies. Harris then...

Friends and colleagues of Mike Lynch have paid tribute to him, with the death of the tech tycoon in a luxury yacht sinking off the coast of Sicily being described as an "irreplaceable loss". The British businessman, 59, was among those killed when the Bayesian yacht foundered in stormy weather early on Monday. The bodies of four others have been recovered, and a sixth person - believed to be Mr Lynch's daughter Hannah, 18, is still missing. Mr Lynch was a prominent figure in the UK tech industry, where his backing of successful companies led to him being dubbed the...

Romanian prosecutors are asking a court in Bucharest to remand in custody the controversial internet influencer Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan as they investigate new and serious allegations, including sex with a minor and trafficking underage persons.The two men appeared in court on Thursday afternoon. The new investigation involves a total of 35 alleged victims, including a woman who was 15 at the time. In a statement, Romania’s agency against organised crime, DIICOT, said six people had been detained in total, both Romanians and foreigners. The Tate brothers have previously been charged with human trafficking - and Andrew Tate...

The Chinese embassy in Ukraine on Thursday again warned its citizens not to travel to Ukraine, citing high safety risks including the threat of air raids. The embassy also urged those in Ukraine to be prepared to take security precautions and evacuate if necessary.

(NewsNation) — If you need money from an ATM, and it’s not a machine run by your bank, you’ll be paying more than ever before, according to an annual survey from Bankrate. The national average combined out-of-network ATM fee is now $4.77, up from $4.72 last year. The combined fee is the sum of the charge by an out-of-network bank, $3.19, plus the average charge of $1.58 levied by your own bank for using an out-of-network ATM. “Confine cash withdrawals to in-network ATMs or get cash back when using a debit card,” advises Greg McBride, Bankrate’s chief financial analyst. “See...

Colorado Sen. John Hickenlooper (D) said Wednesday that he will run for reelection just once. “I’m only gonna do two terms,” Hickenlooper told Punchbowl News’ Andrew Desiderio. “I’ve said it first here, two-term limit, oath of conscience.” Hickenlooper, the state’s former governor, gained a seat in the upper chamber by way of winning a key race against former Sen. Cory Gardner (R-Colo.) in 2020. “There should be more people that are involved in local, municipal politics and governing and state politics and governing, who [get] into the Senate so that they bring those experiences with ‘em,” said Hickenlooper, who has...

Newly developed battery-powered electric bandages could help wounds heal more quickly, a new study reports. In animal testing, wounds treated with electric bandages healed 30% faster than wounds treated with conventional bandages, researchers reported Aug. 7 in the journal Science Advances. The bandages could be a game-changer in treating slow-healing wounds caused by diabetes and other chronic illnesses, researchers say. Those sorts of wounds significantly increase a person’s risk of amputation and death. “Our goal here was to develop a far less expensive technology that accelerates healing in patients with chronic wounds,” said researcher Amay Bandodkar, an assistant professor of...

Both of Canada’s major freight railroads have come to a full stop because of a contract dispute with their workers, an impasse that could bring significant economic harm to businesses and consumers in Canada and the U.S. if the trains don’t resume running soon. Canadian National and CPKC railroads both locked out their employees after the deadline of 12:01 a.m. Eastern Thursday passed without new agreements with the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference that represents some 10,000 engineers, conductors and dispatchers. ... All rail traffic in Canada and all shipments crossing the U.S. border have stopped... Billions of dollars of goods...

Signs of bullets and gunshot wounds were found on the bodies of hostages recovered from the Gaza Strip earlier this week, the IDF confirmed on Thursday. Preliminary findings were received from Israel's National Institute of Forensic Medicine, which performed autopsies and examined the bodies of the six hostages, the military stated. According to the IDF report, marks indicating bullets and wounds were found on the bodies of the six hostages. Additionally, four bodies found next to the hostages in the Gaza Strip were assumed to be terrorists, and when examined, no signs of gunshots were observed.

The Jesuits’ flagship publication in the United States offered a lengthy comparison between the Republican and Democrat platforms on immigration, concluding the Democrats’ solution is far superior to the Republicans.’“Overall, the Democratic platform on immigration is far more robust and recognizes many more nuances of the immigration system,” declares J.D. Long García in his August 21 essay for America magazine.“The Democrats have put forward a position on immigration that resonates with much of Catholic social teaching,” the article contends. “The Republicans have not.”

State troopers are set to announce charges against a Long Island mom for allegedly killing her 9-year-old son in a wrong-way crash while under the influence early Thursday. The mother – who has not been named publicly – was allegedly driving the wrong way on the Southern State Parkway at the time of the the four-car pileup near Exit 42 around 2:30 a.m., News12 reported.

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) called on the Democratic National Convention (DNC) to stop the “dehumanization of Palestinians” by refusing to let them speak on stage.

Some people don't like it when I'm activist. But if I was just sitting around and only complaining, how would things like this get completed? Today, a "big fish" has arrived. For many, Patrick Henry is the GOAT. All I can say is please download and please share. This work is free to access, it is open source in the public domain. Patrick Henry; life, correspondence and speeches

The famous fedora worn by Harrison Ford in "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom" was auctioned for $630,000. Photo courtesy of Propstore =================================================================== Aug. 20 (UPI) -- The famous fedora sported by Harrison Ford in 1984's Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom fetched the swashbuckling sum of $630,000 at auction. Memorabilia company Propstore said the heroic hat was among the more than 450 items up for bids in its US Entertainment Memorabilia Live Auction. "This fedora was made specifically for the second installment of the Indiana Jones series and matches film shots, production stills and behind-the-scenes footage of...