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  • An American researcher drowns after a Viking replica ship sinks off Norway's coast

    08/31/2024 8:26:46 AM PDT · by BenLurkin · 45 replies
    PBS ^ | August 30, 2024 | Rachel Treisman
    A historic journey ended in tragedy this week when a Viking replica ship capsized off the coast of Norway, killing an American archaeologist who was part of its international crew. The six-person team had been piloting the open wooden ship, named Naddodd, on a roughly 1,000-mile trip from the Faroe Islands to Trondheim, Norway. "This expedition, honoring the Viking navigator Naddodd, aims to preserve Viking culture and navigational skills for future generations," Sail2North expeditions, which organized the voyage, said in an Instagram post in May. The team — made up of four Swiss, one Faroese and one American — departed...
  • Donald Trump accuses Kamala Harris of telling shocking lie...as questions grow over VP's claim about her down-to-earth past

    08/31/2024 8:21:13 AM PDT · by thegagline · 88 replies
    Daily Mail ^ | 08/31/2024 | Mitchell Goodbar
    Donald Trump accused Kamala Harris of lying about working at McDonald's - a claim that has sparked endless speculation. *** 'She also said, "I worked at McDonald's.'' Turned out she didn't work at McDonalds," the former president mentioned to the audience. 'Did anyone see that?' he continued. 'After an exhaustive study that took about 20 minutes, they found out she never worked there. In April, Harris appeared on The Drew Barrymore Show, where she was asked if she worked at the fast food restaurant. 'I did. Yes, I did work at McDonald's,' the vice president said. 'When I was at...
  • DHS shuts down surveillance blimp program at border.

    08/31/2024 8:20:22 AM PDT · by NonValueAdded · 18 replies
    News nation ^ | 8/31/2024 | Ali Bradley
    (NewsNation) — The Department of Homeland Security is shutting down a program that used surveillance blimps at the border amid objections from lawmakers and border agents. The agency announced it was decreasing the number of blimps from 12 to four last year and promised the program would be a thing of the past by the end of fiscal year 2023. Nearly a year later, the tactical Aerostat surveillance program is finally shutting down as funding has dried up. More than two dozen people are out of a job thanks to the program’s end, according to DHS sources. The program used...
  • Bud Light boycott still hammers local distributors 1 year later: 'Very upsetting'

    08/31/2024 8:17:48 AM PDT · by DallasBiff · 54 replies
    ABC ^ | 6/14/24 | Max Zahn
    When conservative activists set aflame boxes of Bud Light and urged a boycott in response to an endorsement from a trans influencer last spring, they sent sales of the beer plummeting in a rare success in the long history of consumer movements. Even more improbably, the backlash continues to hammer Bud Light and strain independent local wholesalers more than a year later, according to third-party sales data shared with ABC News as well as interviews with six Anheuser-Busch wholesalers. Most of the wholesalers, small- and medium-sized businesses that draw a significant portion of their revenue from Bud Light, said they...
  • Woohoo! And now less than $439 to reach 55% in our FReepathon. Let's get 'er done.

    08/31/2024 8:00:16 AM PDT · by Jim Robinson · 3 replies
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  • Livin’ the Blues in Heels’ America.

    08/31/2024 7:59:36 AM PDT · by hardspunned · 3 replies
    YouTube ^ | 11/24/71 | Ray Davies
    I'm too terrified to walk out of my own front door, They're demonstrating outside I think they're gonna start the third world war, I've been to my local head shrinker, To help classify my disease, He said it's one of the cases of acute schizophrenia he sees. Well the milkman's a spy, and the grocer keeps on following me, And the woman next door's an undercover for the K.G.B., And the man from the Social Security Keeps on invading my privacy, Oh there ain't no cure for acute schizophrenia disease. I've got acute schizophrenia paranoia too, Schizophrenia, schizophrenia, I've got...
  • Harris Dominates New Round of Polls, Beating Or Tying Trump In Every Major Swing State

    08/31/2024 7:52:16 AM PDT · by RandFan · 95 replies
    mediaite ^ | Aug 31 | Isaac Schorr
    A new round of polls from Morning Consult and Bloomberg News suggests that Vice President and Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris is beating or tied with former President Donald Trump in every major swing state. According to the survey of 4,962 registered voters conducted between August 23 and 27, Harris leads by 2 points in Georgia and North Carolina, 3 points in Michigan, 4 points in Nevada and Pennsylvania, a whopping 8 points in Wisconsin, and tied with Trump in Arizona.
  • Warren Buffett turns 94 today. His secret to longevity? Coca-Cola, candy, and a life of joy

    08/31/2024 7:24:10 AM PDT · by aquila48 · 46 replies
    Fortune ^ | Mahnoor Khan
    Warren Buffett, the seventh richest person on the planet, turns 94 years old today. Hailed as one of the most successful investors of all time, Buffett made his first stock purchase at just 11 years old in Omaha, Nebraska, and now boasts a net worth of over $148 billion, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. Buffett's acclaim is well-deserved as the chair of Berkshire Hathaway, which just two days ago became the first non-tech U.S. company to join the $1 trillion club. One might expect that someone leading such a massive conglomerate since 1970 would adhere to a healthy diet...
  • Kamala Harris Taunts Trump In Early Morning Jab Over Hot Mics At Debate: ‘Surrendering To His Advisers’

    08/31/2024 7:21:57 AM PDT · by MinorityRepublican · 63 replies
    Mediaite ^ | August 31, 2024 | Tommy Christopher
    Vice President Kamala Harris taunted former President Donald Trump in an early morning jab over his campaign’s demand for microphones to be muted at the next debate, and tried to bait him into reversing course. Trump’s campaign has been fighting to keep the rules that were originally agreed to for the September 10 debate on ABC, while the Harris campaign has pushed for microphones to remain hot at all times. When the issue first surfaced, Harris campaign senior advisor for communications Brian Fallon told Mediaite in a statement: “We have told ABC and other networks seeking to host a possible...
  • Tulsi Gabbard: ‘Queen Kamala’ Came Across as Weak, Insecure, Afraid

    08/31/2024 7:21:50 AM PDT · by ChicagoConservative27 · 31 replies
    Breitbart ^ | 08/31/2024 | Jeff poor
    Friday, during an appearance on FNC’s “Jesse Watters Primetime,” former Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI), now a member of the Trump transition team, reacted to CNN’s joint interview with Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris and Democratic vice-presidential nominee Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN). Gabbard told fill-in host Pete Hegseth that Harris “came across” as weak and afraid. “Let’s bring in a member of the Trump transition team, Tulsi Gabbard,” Hegseth said. “Just first, you know you’ve been a part of preparing President Trump for an upcoming debate. You’ve debated Kamala Harris. The bar was very low. This was very easy,...
  • The "Paradise" called El Salvador

    08/31/2024 7:19:10 AM PDT · by Racketeer · 68 replies
    Time Magazine ^ | August 29, 2024 | Vera Bergengruen/San Salvador
    I told them, "Don't just take my word for it, because of course I'll speak positively about us and the government. But you're already here—you've got your cameras, paid for your plane tickets, booked your hotel rooms, and set up your internet. You've got everything: the people, the photographers, and the video cameras. Go to the streets. Ask people and don't go where--" "Yes, go there, but don't limit yourselves to the most public or prominent places where the government might have some influence. No. Go anywhere. It is so safe that you can walk into any dark alley without...
  • Controversy rises over transgenders in high school girls’ locker rooms

    08/31/2024 7:15:14 AM PDT · by DallasBiff · 32 replies
    KOLO8 ^ | 8/29/24 | Nick Doyle
    RENO, Nev. (KOLO) - Parents and students are pushing back against transgender students being allowed to change in girls’ locker rooms in the Washoe County School District. “He also gets a front-row seat to view naked females,” said a woman, who’s granddaughter attends Spanish Springs High School. “Girls feel uncomfortable in locker rooms under any circumstances, but especially when they have to share the space with someone who is biologically different from them at birth,” added a student at Spanish Springs High School, who is directly impacted by a boy, who identifies as a girl, changing in her locker room....
  • Jack Smith and Merrick Garland have poisoned the DOJ

    08/31/2024 7:06:14 AM PDT · by Starman417 · 25 replies
    Flopping Aces ^ | 08-31-24 | DrJohn
    Three days ago, Jack Smith filed a superseding indictment against Donald Trump. That's highly significant for a reason. It demolishes the veneer of impartiality and destroys something else. Three years ago, I wrote an article about how US Attorney David Weiss tipped the election in favor of Joe Biden by burying the Hunter Biden tax and laptop scandals. Weiss was praised for his restraint in not indicting the younger Biden. Last summer, federal officials in Delaware investigating Hunter Biden faced a dilemma. The probe had reached a point where prosecutors could have sought search warrants and issued a flurry of...
  • The Surprising Response to My ‘Rabbi Jesus’ Post

    08/31/2024 6:56:51 AM PDT · by Rev M. Bresciani · 21 replies
    New American Prophet ^ | August 31, 2024 | Dr. Michael Brown
    On August 22, on the spur of the moment, I posted this on X and on Facebook: A friendly reminder: Jesus was a rabbi, not a reverend. He was a Jew, not a Christian. His name was Yeshua and His mother’s name was Miriam. He was called Christ because it was the Greek way of saying Messiah. He is the Savior of the world because He is Israel’s Messiah.
  • Be Afraid, Be Very Afraid, of European Social Media Censorship

    08/31/2024 6:55:49 AM PDT · by MtnClimber · 20 replies
    Legal Insurrection ^ | 28 Aug, 2024 | William A. Jacobson
    Our Op-Ed in The NY Post: Unlike things that happen in Vegas, European social media censorship doesn’t stay in Europe. The detention of Pavel Durov, the founder of Telegram, by French police is a cautionary tale for how European bureaucratic internet control mechanisms can affect platforms used by millions of Americans. Kemberlee and I write about it in an Op-Ed in The NY Post, Arrest of Telegram founder Pavel Durov in France should scare Americans worried about free speech: The famous Las Vegas tourism slogan asserts that what happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas. But when it comes to European...
  • Saturday War Room, 10AM-Noon ET

    08/31/2024 6:50:15 AM PDT · by 4Liberty · 4 replies
    America’s Voice News ^ | 08/31/2024 | Friends of Bannon
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  • Master stroke or folly? Ukraine could pay high price for its Kursk incursion

    08/31/2024 6:34:00 AM PDT · by Mariner · 33 replies
    The Telegraph via Yahoo ^ | August 31st, 2024 | Roland Oliphant
    Daria Korkh made a good show of a stiff upper lip as she prepared to abandon her home.“We don’t want to, but we’ve got to,” she said bluntly. “The shops and supermarkets are closing. Medical facilities are still open, but it’s only a matter of time before the gas and electricity go.“The shelling has become more frequent and now there are enemy drones in town. Today the first drone flew in. Everyone knew after they [the Russians] took Avdiivka that this could be expected. It’s not sudden.Ms Korkh, a practical 39-year-old who has no children but a host of rescue...
  • Pennsylvania Court Forces Counties to Validate Ballots Despite Missing or Incorrect Dates on Their Outer Return Envelopes

    08/31/2024 6:26:12 AM PDT · by hardspunned · 34 replies
    Gateway Pundit ^ | 8/31/24 | Jim Hoft
    The Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court has issued a 4-1 ruling that blocks the enforcement of a crucial law requiring election officials to reject mail-in ballots with missing or incorrect handwritten dates on their outer return envelopes. The case, brought forward by a coalition of organizations including the Black Political Empowerment Project, the League of Women Voters of Pennsylvania, and Common Cause Pennsylvania, challenged the legality of rejecting mail-in ballots solely based on the absence or inaccuracy of the handwritten date on the return envelope.
  • [Catholic Caucus] My Catholic Life! Gifts of the Holy Spirit in Superabundance - Saturday, August 31, 2024 - Catholic Caucus/Devotional

    08/31/2024 6:20:09 AM PDT · by fidelis · 6 replies
    My Catholic Life (YouTube) ^ | August 31, 2024 | My Catholic Life
    Daily Readings from the USCCB“The one who had received five talents came forward bringing the additional five. He said, ‘Master, you gave me five talents. See, I have made five more.’ His master said to him, ‘Well done, my good and faithful servant. Since you were faithful in small matters, I will give you great responsibilities.’” Matthew 25:20–21Oftentimes, when we are presented with a story of success versus tragedy, our attention goes to the tragedy first. The parable we are given today, the Parable of the Talents, presents us with three persons. Two of the people display stories of great...
  • Starliner's not-so-grand finale is a thump in the desert next week

    08/31/2024 6:08:44 AM PDT · by Salman · 36 replies
    The Register ^ | Fri 30 Aug 2024 | Richard Speed
    Boeing's troubled Starliner spacecraft is set to return to Earth just over a week from now with managers setting a date of no earlier than September 6 for undocking from the International Space Station (ISS) and September 7 to land at White Sands in New Mexico. For the Starliner's crew, however, the stay in space will be far from over as the duo will join the Crew-9 mission and return to Earth around February 2025, once the Crew-9 capsule arrives at the ISS. After Starliner departs and until Crew-9 arrives, the only emergency escape system available to the Starliner crew,...