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VIDEO Navy Shipbuilder SABOTAGED Dozens of Warships Combat Veteran Reacts 385K subscribers 10-13-2024 Minutes 10:45 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NTwkdhMnnl4 "US Navy has discovered that dozens of its ships have been sabotaged while under construction in an American Shipyard. Just how did the US Navy's ship builder fail so epically? and why is the Navy still praising the company that allowed this to happen? I'm Paul US Army Combat veteran let's talk about it..."

Convenience store chain 7-Eleven will close hundreds of stores as the company faces declining sales at its U.S. stores.7-Eleven operates more than 13,000 stores across the United States and Canada. The company plans to shut down 444 “underperforming stores” as part of improving efficiency and managing cost, according to an Oct. 10 financial forecast presentation from the firm. The closures represent more than 3 percent of the company’s U.S. and Canadian stores. This is expected to generate approximately $30 million in operating income benefit for the retail chain this year.7-Eleven is looking to boost capital efficiency and ensure sustained business...

This week, Elton John publicly renounced the Rocket Man - no, not the 1972 song, but Elon Musk, whom he called an “a**hole” in an awards ceremony.Sir Elton, 77, is only the latest among celebrities and pundits to denounce Musk for his support of former president Donald Trump and his opposition to censorship. Musk-mania is so overwhelming that some are calling for his arrest, deportation and debarment from federal contracts.This week, the California Coastal Commission rejected a request from the Air Force for additional launches from Vandenberg Air Force Base. It is not because the military agency did not need...

-Justin Bingham, 40, died when he accidentally fell near Heaps Canyon at Zion National Park. -Bingham was canyoneering with three others on Oct. 5 when the tragic accident took place. -The three other canyoneers were rescued the following morning, according to the National Park Service. A man is dead after an accidental fall at Zion National Park, according to the National Park Service. The man was identified as 40-year-old Justin Bingham, CEO of Utah tech software company Opiniion, which confirmed the news of his death. According to the NPS, Bingham was canyoneering with three other people the evening of Oct....

Russian President Vladimir Putin has formally requested that the State Duma ratify the treaty on comprehensive strategic partnership with the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. The treaty was signed during Putin's trip to Pyongyang in June and includes pledges by Russia and the DPRK to assist each other in case of foreign aggression. The Russian media reported on Monday that the ratification proposal had been registered in the legislature's docket. -snip- The document includes an article that states that "if one of the parties is subjected to an armed attack by any state or several states and thus finds itself...

File this under Too Good to Check, although it's now clear that Hezbollah has written figurative checks that it can't cash. Now the Voice of America reports that Hezbollah literally can't cash checks either, thanks in large part to Israeli attacks on its financial infrastructure. In other words, all of those strikes in Dahiyeh didn't just target Hassan Nasrallah and Hashem Safidienne. The IDF also apparently vaporized Hezbollah's ATMs, and more:Hezbollah has been allegedly faced with severe financial difficulties as a result of Israeli military actions that have targeted their funding sources, according to an exclusive Voice of America report....

Wind turbine blades continue to cause pollution problems for the people living around them. A farm in eastern Iowa has dust and debris from shattered wind turbine blades spread out over 240 acres, and they say the wind farm owner won’t clean it up.Steve and Teresa Weets, according to The Gazette, agreed in 2012 to an easement allowing Acciona Wind Power to install two turbines on their family farm near Mechanicsville, Iowa. Both turbines have been struck by lightning – one of them twice – over the past 18 months.The last time it happened was on Aug. 15, and a...

The holy wars have not been canceled yet, despite what you may have heard on cable news. In New York City, the largest Catholic school in the Big Apple recently canceled the celebration of Columbus Day. That would be St. John's University , which you may have thought would be the one place where such traditions might be honored. That's not the case, however. At issue is the university's decision to "cancel" Columbus Day. Why? Because it doesn't pay sufficient homage to Native Americans Day, of course. So Columbus has been politicized out of existence at St. John's. (NY Post)St....

After inheriting the most secure border in American history, the Biden-Harris administration essentially rolled out the welcome mat for illegal immigrants, triggering an unprecedented border crisis. For years, the administration refused to even acknowledge the situation and dismissed concerns as political noise. But once the polls made it clear that Americans view immigration as seriously as the economy, the White House was forced to admit that the crisis was real — only to then turn around and try to pin the blame on Trump and the GOP....On Sunday, the Border Patrol Union unanimously endorsed President Trump during a campaign rally...

There's a trend growing in the commonwealth of Virginia that indicates the Old Dominion might actually be in play for Donald Trump, which is very bad news indeed for Kamala Harris and the Democrat Party. If Democrats aren't screaming "Assume crash positions!" right about now, they might want to think about starting. Early voting in Virginia, which Democrats tends to dominate, began back on September 25, and Republicans seem to be turning out in far greater numbers than expected. As of Monday, October 14, 2024, the early voting/absentee ballot numbers looked something like this: 693,662 votes cast Democrats: 52.8% Republicans:...

Russia's Foreign Ministry accused South Korea on Monday of boosting tension in its relations with the Communist North and called for diplomacy in restoring calm and security on the Korean peninsula. -snip- Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova on ministry website: "Such acts are a blatant encroachment on (North Korea's) sovereignty and internal affairs with the aim of destroying its legal state and political framework and denying it the right to its own development". -snip- Interfax news agency said Putin on Monday submitted to the State Duma lower house of parliament a text on ratifying a treaty on strategic partnership...

I need to start this piece with a confession: I have made — on more than one occasion — decisions that, in hindsight, were rather unwise. But I suppose that's why they call it hindsight, no? I'm not certain, had I fully comprehended the scope and implications of a surveillance state at the time, that I would have so willingly spit into a test tube and sent my DNA off to some lab for testing, but indeed, I did. And the reason I did is rather petty. Portrait of a Man, Said to be Christopher Columbus (born about 1446, died...

This week, it was announced that Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias will join Men4Choice — an organization fighting to keep the killing of preborn children legal — as its National Honorary Co-Chair. “Access to reproductive healthcare — including abortion — is a fundamental human right. Men have a responsibility to be part of this fight as allies, partners, and stakeholders, and Men4Choice is leading the way on that effort,” Giannoulias said at the announcement. “I’m committed to leveraging my platform to bring more men off the sidelines and build a robust network of men nationwide to support this work.”...

<p>A town in Massachusetts has sent a cease-and-desist letter to a property owner who projected a “Trump 2024” sign onto the side of a municipal water tower.</p><p>Officials said the town of Hanson does not endorse candidates, nor does it allow political signs to be displayed on municipal property.</p>

A Louisiana law requiring the classification of the abortion pill drugs mifepristone and misoprostol as controlled substances went into effect on October 1. Act 246, also known as the Catherine and Josephine Herring Act, was sponsored by State Senator Thomas Pressly, who said his sister was unknowingly given the abortion pill mifepristone by her husband, who wanted to kill their preborn child. Pressly said his bill is meant to ensure that mifepristone and misoprostol do not end up in the wrong hands — particularly as the abortion pill has become increasingly easy to get through mail-order services. “This bill really...

… [J]on Tester is a divisive leftist who bragged that he “loved” violent, inciting messaging depicting their beloved President Trump dead in front of the White House. *** Tester ... is polling competitively against Republican Tim Sheehy with Trump on the ballot. Tester’s ability to close polling gaps late in the campaign demonstrates that his resilience in this race must not be underestimated, making the upcoming election extremely important. *** Tester’s overall voting record is abysmal. According to a report in the Daily Caller from March 2023, “Tester supported President Joe Biden’s position on legislation and nominees more than 99%...

Lisa Marie Presley’s recently-published posthumous memoir, “From Here to the Great Unknown,” includes a stunning revelation: Presley aborted a child fathered by Danny Keough — a decision she said “destroyed” her. In the memoir, Presley recounts that her first pregnancy with Keough ended because it was ectopic. She then got pregnant a second time, and neither she nor Keough knew what to do. “I ended up having an abortion. And it was the stupidest thing I’ve ever done in my whole life. I was devastated,” Presley wrote. “I did it and we both cried. We were both destroyed and not...

I've missed having a viewing 'assignment'. With the weather cooling off and the Middle East heating up, I'm looking forward to listening to the Gospel of Luke. :DI created this thread to store any observations or comments made by those of us listening David Suchet's narration of the Bible, we will have one thread for each book starting with the New Testament. I've provided a suggested listening/commenting window of one week (see dates in title of thread).This week's book is available in a few different formats. I linked this thread to Bible Gateway's convenient hub offering David Suchet and many...

Two spectators at a San Francisco Fleet Week air show suffered minor injuries when a Navy parachutist landed on them in the early afternoon on Sunday in an accident. The two spectators, a woman and a child, were then taken to the hospital.

[C]olumbus Day is worth keeping and honoring as a great American holiday because it remains foundational to the establishment of a new nation by people who largely shared his qualities of character: self-made, adventurous, and reverent toward God. …***Columbus left voluminous writings that reveal what motivated him to do what he did. Born and raised in Genoa, Italy, he was the consummate self-made man who went to sea crewing on various ships at an early age. As an inspired Christian, Columbus was deeply affected by the militant face of Islam at the eastern end of the Mediterranean that created a...