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Actress Teri Garr has died at age 79, Variety reported on Tuesday. Garr passed away in Los Angeles after a long battle with multiple sclerosis. The late star was best known for her roles in the films “Young Frankenstein” and “Tootsie,” the latter of which earned her an Oscar nomination. Garr was born on December 11, 1944 in Lakewood, Ohio. She moved to Los Angeles and then later to New York to pursue acting. She started out as a go-go dancer and made appearances in six Elvis Presley musicals in the 1960s. Her first on-screen speaking role was in 1968’s...

A 74-year-old Pennsylvania resident was arrested for allegedly threatening to kill former President Donald Trump a day before his Penn State rally, declaring: “I’d like to shoot that guy.” Paul J. Gavenonis — who uses she/her pronouns, according to the Centre County Public Defender’s Office — was nabbed after she was overheard making the alleged threats while trying to buy a parking pass at the university’s transportation office last Friday, the Lexington Herald Leader reported. “I hate Donald Trump. I’d like to shoot that guy,” Gavenonis allegedly said after making a gun-racking motion with her hand.

Donald Trump is facing an extreme sliding-doors scenario on Election Day. If he wins, he would have the power to single-handedly scuttle the federal criminal cases against him, be immune from prosecution while in office, and, thanks to the Supreme Court, have broad immunity from prosecution once — if — he leaves. If he loses, though, he will face criminal penalties that could leave him in command of a 70-square-foot prison cell for most of the rest of his life. “He will be facing serious legal jeopardy if he loses. He knows that,” says Bennett Gershman, a professor of constitutional...

Veteran NBC journalist Andrea Mitchell announced Tuesday on MSNBC’s “Andrea Mitchell Reports” that she would take on a different role after the presidential election. Mitchell said, “Now a personal note. In my heart and soul, I’m first and foremost a reporter and story teller. It’s what i started doing when I was chosen back in the sixth grade to write a weekly column about my activities in my elementary school for my hometown paper in New Rochelle, New York. Those are the roots to me growing into an NBC news correspondent. That’s why when we launched this program in 2008...

Justin Trudeau is creating a new arm of the state with sweeping powers aimed at criminalising opinions deemed ‘unacceptable’ by progressives. (skip) Anyone in Canada can seemingly snitch to this Commission, about any online content whatsoever – indeed, it encourages them to – and many will be more than happy to oblige.The Commission also has the power of a superior court of record, and can act in that manner. However, the members of the Commission are not defined with regard to the necessity of any professional competence (such as legal training). Worse: it says explicitly in the bill that their...

Teri Garr, 'Young Frankenstein' actress, dead at 79 'Tootsie' actress Teri Garr died Tuesday of multiple sclerosis Teri Garr, known for her work in "Young Frankenstein" and "Tootsie," died Tuesday. She was 79. Garr's publicist confirmed to The Associated Press that the comedian died of multiple sclerosis.

This five minute video shows where canola oil, vegetable shortening, and cattle feed come from. No wonder our spending on health care is so high. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cfk2IXlZdbI

The Washington Post has been rocked by a tidal wave of cancellations from digital subscribers and a series of resignations from columnists, as the paper grapples with the fallout of owner Jeff Bezos’s decision to block an endorsement of Vice President Kamala Harris for president. More than 200,000 people had canceled their digital subscriptions by midday Monday, according to two people at the paper with knowledge of internal matters. Not all cancellations take effect immediately. Still, the figure represents about 8% of the paper’s paid circulation of roughly 2.5 million subscribers, which includes print as well. The number of cancellations...

San Francisco 49ers player Jonathan Feliciano, who is of Puerto Rican heritage, is blasting the left and the media for attacking a comedian who appeared at Donald Trump’s huge rally at Madison Square Garden last weekend. Comedian Tony Hinchcliffe — whose schtick is as an insult comic — quickly came under fire for joking that Puerto Rico is an “island of garbage” at the October 27 rally in New York. But NFL player Feliciano was not at all offended. The 49ers guard took to his X account to scold people for getting mad at a comedian. “The only Puerto Ricans...

The Pentagon nuclear command, control, and communications enterprise is decades old and desperate for an upgrade, says the head of U.S. Strategic Command, and artificial intelligence could help fortify nuclear C3 for its no-fail mission. STRATCOM is “exploring all possible technologies, techniques, and methods to assist with the modernization of our NC3 capabilities,” said Air Force Gen. Anthony J. Cotton, who has led the command since December 2022. More at link.

Job Creators Network, America’s largest small business advocacy group, is back with another massive billboard in the heart of Times Square New York, this time reminding Empire State residents and passersby that the issues facing the nation, from rampant crime to illegal immigration, the crushing cost of food and energy, didn’t exist when former president Donald Trump left office but all exploded under President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris. “With one week left before Election Day, we are making the closing case to American voters that Kamala Harris is the status quo candidate that has kneecapped the economy,...

Is it possible to watch Real America's Voice programming after it's time slot? We're able to watch the channel with their app or through Pluto (via a Roku), but neither is an option if we want to DVR their shows for later viewing.

An early prototype of an atmospheric water harvesting device from H. Jeremy Cho’s lab. Credit: Jeff Scheid/UNLV ======================================================================== Researchers at UNLV have developed a groundbreaking technology that efficiently extracts large amounts of water from the air, even in extremely low-humidity conditions. Inspired by natural processes observed in tree frogs and air plants, this technology utilizes a hydrogel membrane and can be powered by solar energy, offering a sustainable water source for arid regions. Transforming Air Into Water Turning the air around us into drinking water has long seemed like a marvel, closer to science fiction than reality—especially when it comes...

Pollution, homophobia, racism, hate; activists claim everything is getting worse.

A new cold fusion claim was made by the Indian company HYLENR. I had a look -- and I have some comments. I’ve spent a lot of time looking at what the LENR people are doing and in my impression most of them are neither stupid nor scammers. They’re serious but not always particularly great scientists. And yes, I’m a little skeptical about

Defense Minister Yoav Gallant warned that Naim Qassem would not remain long in his new position as the leader of the Hezbollah terrorist organization. "Temporary appointment. Not for long," Gallant wrote on X in response to the announcement of Qassem's appointment. US Senator John Fetterman (D-Penn.) tweeted in support of Gallant's post, writing, "The next funeral waiting to happen." Hezbollah announced Tuesday morning that Naim Qassem had been appointed as the leader of the terrorist organization. Qassem was the deputy of the former secretary-general of Hezbollah, Hassan Nasrallah, who was eliminated in Beirut last month. .....

Designating Election Day as a national holiday and giving workers the day off paid would largely mitigate the need for mail-in voting and make possible a return to paper ballots, eliminating the need for voting machines which have been swamped in scandal since 2020.

Russia test-fired missiles over distances of thousands of miles on Tuesday to simulate a "massive" nuclear response to an enemy first strike. "Given the growing geopolitical tensions and the emergence of new external threats and risks, it is important to have modern and constantly ready-to-use strategic forces," President Vladimir Putin said as he announced the exercise. It took place at a critical moment in the Russia-Ukraine war, after weeks of Russian signals to the West that Moscow will respond if the United States and its allies allow Kyiv to fire longer-range missiles deep into Russia.

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BREAKING: Election officials are pushing people out of line in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, telling them to come back later. "There’s been lines like this for days across counties in PA. Only for election officials to come out and push people out of line and tell them to come back," said James Blair, political director of the Trump campaign. Blair also said there are Democrats in Bucks County running around with badges on, intimidating voters while pretending like they are election officials. "The Democrats are running around in Bucks County, PA with badges trying to pretend like they are elections officials....