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  • They Knew for Weeks That Tren de Aragua Took Over Buildings

    09/06/2024 3:46:32 AM PDT · by Enterprise · 14 replies
    https://www.independentsentinel.com ^ | September 5, 2024 | M DOWLING
    Not only are blue cities allowing criminals to run rampant, but they are also denying it’s happening.Colorado Gov. Jared Polis dismissed anger over Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua taking over apartment buildings in the Denver suburb of Aurora, calling it “imagination” — despite video footage, police reports, and the city’s mayor confirming it’s happening. (Snip)After gaslighting everyone, they knew for weeks that Tren De Aragua was taking over buildings.Letters obtained by The Denver Gazette from the law firm representing CBZ Management — whose apartment complex in Aurora was shut down over what the city described as safety issues last month...
  • Massive turnout for Tucker last night - in California

    09/06/2024 3:40:15 AM PDT · by RandFan · 16 replies
    X ^ | Sep 6 | BehizyTweets
    @BehizyTweets BREAKING: Tucker Carlson has tens of thousands of people at his paid event in Anaheim, California California is hungry for freedom THIS IS BEAUTIFUL 🔥 [15 sec video clip]
  • Catholic Caucus: Daily Mass Readings 6-September-2024

    09/06/2024 3:28:11 AM PDT · by annalex · 11 replies
    6 September 2024 Friday of week 22 in Ordinary Time Collegiate Church of Saint Begge, Andenne, BelgiumReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: B(II).First reading1 Corinthians 4:1-5The Lord alone is our judgePeople must think of us as Christ’s servants, stewards entrusted with the mysteries of God. What is expected of stewards is that each one should be found worthy of his trust. Not that it makes the slightest difference to me whether you, or indeed any human tribunal, find me worthy or not. I will not even pass judgement on myself. True, my conscience does not reproach me at all, but...
  • Our Whole World Was Shattered, Sentencing

    09/06/2024 2:46:29 AM PDT · by Varsity Flight · 12 replies
    Columbus Dispatch ^ | September 5, 2024 | Bethany Bruner
    https://www.dispatch.com/story/news/courts/2024/09/05/ohio-man-fatally-shot-honors-student-gas-station-sentenced-kevin-sobnosky-columbus-keimariyon-ross/75068790007/
  • 9/11 year 1565 - yes 1565 - See Something Say Something

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Siege_of_Malta The number of casualties is in as much dispute as the number of invaders. Balbi gives 35,000 Turkish deaths,[4] Bosio 30,000 casualties (including sailors).[5] Several other sources give about 25,000.[43] The knights lost a third of their number, and Malta lost a third of its inhabitants. Birgu and Senglea were essentially leveled. Still, 6,000 defenders had managed to withstand a siege of more than four months in the hot summer, despite enduring a bombardment of some 130,000 cannonballs. Jean de Valette, Grand Master of the Knights of Malta, had a key influence in the victory against the Ottomans with...
  • Today's Cryptogram

    09/06/2024 2:29:11 AM PDT · by FroggyTheGremlim · 12 replies
    Hiya kids! Hiya, Hiya!Good Morning Crypto-FReepers.I see some of the same old faces out there.But that's OK - I like you anyway.Here's today's quote!It's a RXDNNPJ HPNNAW quote (bless her heart)!I'm expecting lots of RXDNNPJ HPNNAW clues!Have fun!!!Ha Ha Ha!I'll be good - I will, (like heck) I will!Ha ha ha.ZAFAW YU KU SAH OLH. JKLD MR LZH QPYXK - RXDNNPJ HPNNAW Where'd I put my magic twanger? Oh, here it is - - -boinng!Hal's cryptogram helper
  • Pepsi van has unbelievably close call with a VA coal train

    09/06/2024 2:07:32 AM PDT · by grundle · 22 replies
    YouTube ^ | September 3, 2024
    Pepsi van has unbelievably close call with a VA coal train
  • Rome's Arch of Constantine Struck by Lightning

    09/06/2024 2:00:03 AM PDT · by SunkenCiv · 19 replies
    Archaeology Magazine ^ | September 4, 2024 | editors / unattributed
    According to a Reuters report, Rome's triumphal Arch of Constantine was struck by lightning during a storm that also felled trees and flooded streets, as more than two inches of rain fell in less than an hour. Staff from the nearby Colosseum Archaeological Park retrieved blocks of stone and rubble found on the ground around the monument after the lightning strike. The 82-foot-tall arch was constructed to celebrate the victory of Constantine the Great over Maxentius at the Battle of the Milvian Bridge in A.D. 312.
  • Ancient Greek Text of Euripides Papyrus Translated

    09/06/2024 1:37:12 AM PDT · by SunkenCiv · 18 replies
    Archaeology Magazine ^ | September 4, 2024 | editors / unattributed
    Artnet News reports that the Euripides Papyrus, which was discovered in Egypt in 2022, has been translated by Yvona Trnka-Amrhein and John Gilbert of the University of Colorado Boulder. The papyrus was found in a clump in a corner of a pit grave at the necropolis of Philadelphia by archaeologist Basem Gehad of Egypt's Ministry of State for Antiquities, and has been dated to the third century A.D. based upon its writing style and archaeological context. The translation has revealed some 100 previously unknown lines written by the Greek playwright Euripides in the fifth century B.C. The lines come from...
  • Today's Toons 9/6/24

    09/06/2024 1:16:07 AM PDT · by pookie18 · 14 replies
    The Briefing Room ^ | 9/6/24 | pookie18
    Click on link
  • Boebert defends vote against veterans’ health benefits, saying she didn’t want to spend ‘$600 billion forever’

    09/06/2024 1:00:59 AM PDT · by RandFan · 51 replies
    The Hill ^ | 09/05/24 3:17 PM ET | by Sarah Fortinsky -
    Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) defended her vote against bipartisan legislation that expanded health benefits for veterans, saying Tuesday she didn’t want to spend “$600 billion forever.” Boebert faced off in a general election debate against her Democratic opponent, Trisha Calvarese. The Democrat pressed Boebert to explain why she didn’t support the landmark “Sergeant First Class Heath Robinson Honoring Our PACT Act,” which expanded benefits for millions of veterans who were exposed to toxins during service and are suffering illnesses as a result. “If you’re going to take care of folks, what about our veterans, Lauren? You know, because you’re talking...
  • Idiot gets hit by train while standing on edge of tracks for picture

    09/06/2024 12:58:57 AM PDT · by grundle · 20 replies
    YouTube ^ | September 6, 2024
    Idiot gets hit by train while standing on edge of tracks for picture
  • Harris raised over $300 million in August, extending cash windfall

    09/06/2024 12:47:36 AM PDT · by blueplum · 30 replies
    NBC ^ | 05 Sep 2024 | Natasha Korecki and Carol E. Lee
    Vice President Kamala Harris' political operation raised more than $300 million in the month of August — more than twice as much as former President Donald Trump's operation gathered in the same period — two sources familiar with the Harris fundraising numbers told NBC News. The sources did not specify the exact fundraising haul, but the more than $300 million figure, which includes the campaign and related entities, signals that the breakneck pace of fundraising has not slowed... Trump campaign reported it and related entities raised $130 million in the month of August, with nearly $300 million cash on hand....
  • Georgia school shooting suspect Colt Gray’s broken homelife: A mom with multiple drug arrests and a dad who gave him an AR-15 for Christmas

    09/06/2024 12:34:48 AM PDT · by blueplum · 37 replies
    NY Post ^ | 05 Sep 2024 | Desheania Andrews, Chris Nesi and Joe Marino
    WINDER, Georgia — Colt Gray, the baby-face Georgia school shooting suspect who is charged with murdering two classmates and two teachers, grew up in a broken and neglectful home, which police and child services visited on a regular basis, a former neighbor and landlord tell The Post... Lauren Vickers, who lived next-door to the Grays in Jefferson, Georgia, said...“There were nights where the mom would lock him and his sister out the house. And they would be banging on the back door, just screaming like ‘Mom! mom! mom!’ ... Charles Polhamus said of Colt Gray, his grandson, in an interview...
  • RNC blasts Walz admin's nonanswer on how noncitizens made it onto Minnesota voter rolls: 'No hypothetical'

    09/05/2024 11:49:59 PM PDT · by grundle · 12 replies
    Fox News via Yahoo ^ | September 5, 2024 | Danielle Wallace
    The administration of Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, the Democratic vice presidential nominee, has not explained how noncitizens made it onto the state's voter rolls, according to the Republican National Committee (RNC) and the Minnesota GOP, which penned a letter to the state's Department of Public Safety. Kevin Cline, election integrity counsel for the Republican National Committee, and David Hann, chairman of the Minnesota Republican Party, first wrote to the Walz administration last month flagging how a noncitizen, legally living in the state and fearful of jeopardizing his status, came forward to report receiving a primary ballot without having registered to...
  • "Sad Sam" - original jazz, by Yours Truly

    09/05/2024 11:09:13 PM PDT · by Slings and Arrows · 3 replies
    Me, via Rumble ^ | 9/6/2024 | me, as "Hopalong Ginsberg"
    My latest song. It'll be OK.
  • Android Earthquake Alerts Now Available Across All 50 States, 6 US Territories

    09/05/2024 11:02:56 PM PDT · by Governor Dinwiddie · 15 replies
    Droidlife ^ | September 3, 2024 | Tim
    Google has provided Android Earthquake Alerts to select state and country residents starting in 2020. It’s important work because even a few seconds of knowing an earthquake is about to shake your location can get you to an area that’s more safe. Today, Google announced a massive expansion of the service to all 50 US states and 6 US territories. For users in California, Oregon and Washington, users will continue to have their alerts powered by the ShakeAlert system, utilizing traditional seismometers to detect earthquakes. For all out states and supported territories, “this expansion uses the built-in accelerometers in Android...
  • Taylor Swift does NOT sit next to Brittany Mahomes at Chiefs game after wife of star quarterback Patrick voiced her support for Donald Trump

    09/05/2024 9:43:59 PM PDT · by MinorityRepublican · 73 replies
    The Daily Mail ^ | 05 Sep 2024 | Max Winters and Bridie Pearson-jones
    It comes after the singer's legion of fans begged her to snub the wife of star Chiefs quarterback Patrick because she appeared to endorse Donald Trump in the upcoming US election. Taylor Swift did not sit with Brittany Mahomes as the Kansas City Chiefs beat the Baltimore Ravens 27-20 in the NFL's season opener on Thursday night. As they took their seats on the NFL's opening night that saw the Chiefs play the Baltimore Ravens at Arrowhead Stadium, both appeared to be in different suites. It is a marked difference from last season when they were inseparable at games. Swift...
  • Philadelphi Corridor & Gaza, First Person News From The Front

    09/05/2024 9:39:56 PM PDT · by Uncle Miltie · 10 replies
    United Kingdom Lawyers For Israel ^ | 9/5/24 (estimated not confirmed) | Daniel Berke
    Sharing important post by Daniel Berke, (from Manchester, he’s part of UKLFI) sent today 0900 in Gaza/Israel: Shared with his permission. ==== I've been in Gaza with Natasha Hausdorff, Richard Kemp and our group of 5 Eyes senior military veterans. Other than Douglas Murray and Richard Kemp we were the first allowed in The photos need to approved by the IDF. However: We travelled with the Deputy Commander imof the 162nd Southern Command with an armoured infantry unit along the full length of the Philadelphi Corridor, along the Egyptian border to the Sea. The claim that Israel does not allow...
  • Heartbroken daughter vows to 'never forgive' dad who blamed her for murder of mum

    09/05/2024 9:29:40 PM PDT · by nickcarraway · 19 replies
    NationalWorld ^ | Rahmah Ghazali
    A heartbroken daughter, whose father stabbed her mother to death and then tried to pin the blame on her, has said she'll "never forgive" him. Haylee Cole, 30, was only 12 years old when her mother, Tami Reay, 41, was brutally murdered by her father, Brad Reay, 64. Tami, a devoted mother-of-one, was stabbed 36 times in the family home. After the horrific crime, Brad disposed of her nude body and hastily attempted to clean up the scene. When Tami, who worked in retail, was reported missing by a colleague, police quickly launched an investigation. They soon found traces of...