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Guinness World Records announced on September 10 that Croatian man Vitomir Maričić just beat the world record for holding your breath. Maričić held his breath for 29 minutes and 3 seconds. How is that even possible? Even as a kid, the best I could ever do was a little over a minute. Maričić is a member of the Adriatic free divers. Freedivers train their bodies to cope with reduced oxygen levels. They prepare by taking deep, oxygen-rich breaths and relaxing the mind to trigger the mammalian dive reflex, which slows down the heart rate, redirects blood to vital organs and...

The agency revealed that suspect Donald Henson, a former military member, is still at large The FBI's Pittsburgh field office is investigating a “targeted attack” that took place in the early morning hours of Wednesday, Sept. 17. “At approximately 2:40 a.m., an individual driving a white sedan proceeded to ram one of the vehicle entrance gates at FBI Pittsburgh,” authorities wrote on social media. “This individual exited the vehicle, removed an American flag from the backseat, and threw it onto the damaged gate. The individual then left the scene on foot.” Investigators identified the individual in question as Donald Henson,...

A rare cosmic configuration: An Einstein Cross with five points of light, instead of the usual four, has been discovered by scientists. (Credit: Nicolás Lira Turpaud (ALMA Observatory) & adapted from Cox et al. 2025) Brightest Glimpse Yet Of Dark Matter Comes From Rare Cosmic Lens In A Nutshell * Astronomers discovered HerS-3 forming a rare Einstein Cross with five images instead of four. * Computer models required a hidden dark matter halo of 1.6–10 trillion solar masses to explain the pattern. * The galaxy is magnified 17–19 times, revealing rapid star formation and high-speed gas outflows. * This is...

I thought it looked fake as heck. Some Freepers here said it looked like it was written by a lawyer. I asked GPT. Here's what it says: "This looks more like a screenshot of text made to appear incriminating or dramatic rather than a genuine confession. A few reasons why: 1. Tone and Word Choice The writing mixes very casual “idk” and “love” with serious statements about rifles, the FBI, Trump, and turning oneself in. Real confessions or legal exchanges are usually more consistent in tone. The use of emoticons like “;-;” and shorthand (“rn,” “idk”) is more typical of...

A UCLA official with its Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Office has been placed on leave amid an investigation over remarks made on social media concerning the killing of Charlie Kirk, according to social media reports and university sources. Johnathan Perkins, the director of race and equity, appeared to have published the remarks on BlueSky. The posts express satisfaction with as well as indifference to the killing of Kirk, a popular right-wing commentator and activist.

[Catholic Caucus] US Bishops’ Conference Partnering with Heretical Association of PriestsThe heretical Association of US Catholic Priests (AUSCP) announced earlier this year that the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCBP) approached the Association, asking it to host a virtual consultation on the USCCB’s Laity Document. Public materials describe the event as a joint effort between AUSCP and the USCCB, presenting it as a continuation of synodal engagement.The AUSCP has a long history of promoting views in direct conflict with immutable Catholic teachings regarding the ordination of women, human sexual morality, the sacraments and the nature of the priesthood.In the...

Late-night TV legend Jay Leno called the assassination of conservative rockstar Charlie Kirk “the death of free speech. The Tonight Show icon also said Kirk’s cold-blooded murder “was not a random shooting.” “I mean, it’s the death of free speech, to think that you are so illiterate and so stupid you can’t answer verbally, and you have to shoot somebody with a gun to win the argument,” Jay Leno said last week on The Tim Conway Jr. Show on KFI 640 in Los Angeles. Leno said the days of “lively” debates between conservative intellectuals like William F. Buckley and liberal...

Has America been a force for good or for evil? Why are some podcasters suggesting that the U.S. should have sided with Hitler’s Germany over Churchill’s UK and Stalin’s USSR during World War II? Was dropping the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki a moral failure — or a necessary act to end the war? And does the Constitution really prohibit displaying the Ten Commandments in schools and government buildings? PragerU CEO ‪@realtalkwithmarissa‬ invites historians David and Tim Barton for an in-depth discussion. David Barton, founder of WallBuilders, is the author of over 20 books on American history and has...

HARTFORD, Conn. (WTNH) — Gov. Ned Lamont (D-Conn.) is meeting with school superintendents on Wednesday to discuss ways to keep students safe from immigration enforcement.This comes after all three branches of state government announced new rules about where and how ICE can make arrests.

This is the modern Left: VIDEO AT LINK................. Non-political people are starting to pay attention and are beginning to learn who Charlie Kirk actually was. They're also learning what kind of people these leftist activists are.

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Ben & Jerry’s co-founder Jerry Greenfield has quit the ice cream brand he started in 1978 amid a dispute with its British owner Unilever, according to a post by the company’s other co-founder, Ben Cohen. Cohen shared a statement from Greenfield that said quitting was “one of the hardest and most painful decisions” he has made. He accused Unilever of curtailing Ben & Jerry’s ability to speak out on social and political causes – which became synonymous with the brand’s identity. “It’s with a broken heart that I’ve decided I can no longer, in good conscience, and after 47 years,...

Former vice president and two-time presidential contest loser Kamala Harris is set to return to ABC’s The View next Tuesday nearly a year after last appearing on the show. Harris made a last ditch appearance on the far-left day-time talk show to flog her failing presidential campaign in October of 2024, only weeks before the November election, but it was all to no avail because she lost the election in a landslide. Now the former veep is set to return to the show to flog her upcoming book, “107 Days,” in which she reportedly slags her former boss, Joe Biden,...

Daily Readings from the USCCB“‘We played the flute for you, but you did not dance. We sang a dirge, but you did not weep.’ John the Baptist came neither eating food nor drinking wine, and you said, ‘He is possessed by a demon.’ The Son of Man came eating and drinking and you said, ‘Look, he is a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners.’ But wisdom is vindicated by all her children.” Luke 7:32–35Ecclesiastes 3 is a very popular reading for funerals. It says, “There is an appointed time for everything, and a time for...

Actor George Takei accused President Donald Trump and his allies of employing a Nazi playbook to exploit the assassination of conservative icon Charlie Kirk. The Star Trek actor made his claim when sharing a Substack article on BlueSky with the headline, “Is Charlie Kirk Their Reichstag Moment?” “After Charlie Kirk’s murder, Trump and his allies wasted no time crafting an insidious and baseless narrative: that the left is violent, the right is under siege, and only they can restore order,” exclaimed Takei. “Sound familiar? The Nazis tried the same playbook.”

A Southwest Florida radio station has seen its ratings skyrocket after ditching generic branding and going all-in on what listeners actually want: unapologetic, pro-America, pro-Trump content. The station has rebranded as “Trump Country”—and since March, ratings in key demographics have tripled. The station, now proudly flying the flag of common sense and conservative values, rolled out a new slogan: “Make Country Great Again.” Unlike the corporate, watered-down noise found on most airwaves, this station knows its audience—and delivers. The programming includes hard-hitting country music, America-first messaging, and even satirical promos voiced by a Trump impersonator. One mock promotion offered a...

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Charlie Kirk Did It All the Right WayHe exposed the lies at the heart of radical left-wing ideologies—and paid the ultimate price for telling the truth.Like almost everyone in my circle, I have spent the better part of the last week in a stupor. The news of conservative activist Charlie Kirk’s assassination has left all of us who counted him as a friend or colleague in a state of shock and sadness.I did not know Charlie Kirk well. But I had met him in various green rooms, appeared on his radio program, and worked with him to find capable staffers...

Jihad Abdallah changed his name to "Alexander" for some reason. Now he's set to play King Gustav III of Sweden for Netflix. SNIP Beyond the woke ideology of Netflix executives and the producers it hires, Hollywood now refuses to offer awards to films and shows that don't have specific quotas of "minority" representation. This motivates studios to be extra woke

Republican Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger on Wednesday launched his campaign to run for governor. “I’m a conservative Republican, and I’m prepared to make the tough decisions. I follow the law and the Constitution, and I’ll always do the right thing for Georgia no matter what,” Raffensperger said in his campaign launch video. Raffensperger promises a “bold conservative agenda,” including eliminating the state income tax, capping property taxes for seniors, banning puberty-blocking drugs, and purging “woke curriculums” from schools. He also pledges to work with Trump to increase jobs, deport illegal immigrants with criminal records, and “restore law and...