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An artificial intelligence data center was running up a water bill for the ages, and local residents were the ones to point out the problem. In November, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported Microsoft had a new “superfactory” named Fairwater spanning over 1 million square feet outside of Atlanta. Chief Technical Officer Mark Russinovich explained why the site is so massive. “To make improvements in the capabilities of the AI, you need to have larger and larger infrastructure to train it,” he said in a statement. The site developer, Quality Technology Services, purchased the plot in 2022 for $154 million. Ironically, Microsoft...

LIVE coverage of the “Unite the Kingdom” rally in London, led by activist Tommy Robinson. Thousands gather in central London as the event draws major attention across the UK and internationally. The rally comes amid heightened political tensions and a large-scale police operation, with authorities deploying thousands of officers and live monitoring systems to manage crowds and ensure public safety. Supporters say the march is about free speech and national identity, while critics and counter-protesters raise concerns about far-right rhetoric and community tensions. This video includes live footage, speeches, crowd reactions, and on-the-ground reporting from central London.

When Sen. Bill Cassidy voted to convict Donald Trump following the January 6 Capitol attack, he gave his opponents a five-year grievance to campaign on. He did not expect to show up to his own re-election fight as a spectator. Louisiana Republicans vote Saturday in a Senate primary that looks nothing like what Cassidy’s team planned for. Trump endorsed Rep. Julia Letlow in January and urged her to run. State Treasurer John Fleming, who announced his challenge in December 2024, refused to clear the field. The result is a three-way race in which the incumbent is polling in third place...

In the continuing study of how effective handguns are when used as a defense against bears, I posted two articles on Ammoland showing the distribution of the number of cases vs the number of shots fired. The first article was for the statistics for all cases, which included brown bears, black bears and polar bears. The second article separated out the statistics for brown bears. Unsurprisingly, ursus arctos (brown bears, grizzly bears and Kodiak bears) showed more shots being fired per case than black bears and polar bears. This article shows the statistics for black bears and polar bears. There...

Michigan man Stephen Huesgen got a set of lucky numbers from a Zoltar machine 30 years ago and immediately started buying lottery tickets using them. And in traditional midwestern fashion, he didn't let decades of failure persuade him to stop using his mystical digits. If Zoltar could fulfill Tom Hanks's wish to be big, surely it could fulfill Stephen Huesgen's wish to be rich. And then, just like the in the movie, he woke up, and Zoltar had made him a wealthy man. The man used a set of three-decade-old lucky numbers from an animatronic fortune-teller machine to score a...

There is nothing new about America’s conflicts with Islam. That aggressive theocratic system has been at war with America almost since the U.S. was born. Islam is not a religion in the sense that Western Civilization understands the word. Islam is a fusion of social, political, and theological authority. It is antithetical to our constitution and, in practice, has been militarily hostile to America since our nation’s inception. The only English word that comes close to describing Islam is “Theocracy,” a system of government that fuses religion and autocracy, but even this falls short of the mark. In the words...

Join with fellow FREEPERS to pray for AMERICA: For those in Authority in Government, Family, Churches, Military, Business, Agri-Business, Banking, Healthcare, Education, Technology, and the Media.I urge, then, first of all, that requests, prayers, intercession, and thanksgiving be made for everyone: for kings and all those in authority that we may live peaceful and quiet lives in all godliness and holiness. (1 Timothy 2:1-2) Religion Forum threads labeled [Prayer] are closed to debate of any kind.WHEN WE BELONG TO JESUS, HIS WAY OF DOING THINGS TRUMPS OURS

Country music star Eric Church earned praise for delivering the “greatest” commencement speech with his now-viral address to University of North Carolina graduates — after working on the piece for nearly a year. Church – armed with a Tar Heel-emblazoned guitar – invoked family and faith as he dedicated his oration by giving a lesson on the instrument, explaining what each of the “six strings” means at Kenan Memorial Stadium in Chapel Hill on May 9. “Six strings. When all six are in tune, the chords they make can stop a conversation cold, carry a broken person through the worst...

Yesterday we dug deep into the data to discuss how best to use coach’s challenges in NBA games. Which kinds of calls, which parts of the game...what it takes to succeed with more than 80 percent of your challenges like the Knicks, instead of less than 30 percent of the time like the Spurs (who somehow have only had five successful challenges all season). Today the mission is different: to explain why coach’s challenges were never the right solution. Slow-motion replay can warp your brain into thinking NBA refereeing is easy. But stand on the baseline as Giannis crashes through...

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If you live in Louisiana, GO VOTE!! Make Bill Cassidy come in third and thus remove him from office!

This week, a National Public Radio (NPR) headline asserted "new poll finds a majority of Americans unsure if attempts on Trump's life were real." The article went on to disclose that "30% of Americans think at least one of those incidents was staged. Forty-five percent said each of the attempts was real." That leaves about 25% in the "unsure" category. The poll was conducted by NewsGuard/YouGov. NewsGuard has been a left-wing "fact checker" since it was founded in 2018. NPR's federal government funding was recently withdrawn for its consistent left-wing bias. In the July 2024 attempt at a Trump campaign...

So my burden is to join forces with the Bible (as I understand it), and millions of faithful Christians, to encourage and nurture a faithful Christian identity that will survive and thrive with faith and hope and joy and love and purity, whether America survives, or Brazil survives, or Britain survives, or China survives, or Russia survives, or India survives — or not. Jesus said to Pilate, “My kingdom is not of this world… From which I infer that we’d better be very, very careful before we undertake any processes that involve force or coercion to put the kingdom of...

SUMMARY: Prime Minister Keir Starmer continues to face pressure from Labour MPs to either resign or set a timeline for his departure following heavy losses in elections earlier this month Labour's National Executive Committee (NEC) have said Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham will be allowed to run in the Makerfield by-election if he's selected as the party's candidate A vacancy in the north-west England seat opened up after Labour MP Josh Simons resigned, saying it would give Burnham the chance to return to Westminster Also this week, Wes Streeting resigned as health secretary - potentially paving the way for a...

Long Island Rail Road workers went on strike early Saturday after Metropolitan Transportation Authority leaders failed to reach a deal on wage hikes with five labor unions. More than 3,500 LIRR workers across five unions, including engineers, signalmen and trainman, walked off the job at 12:01 a.m. Saturday after a heated drawn-out battle over pay raises, with union leaders arguing higher wages are needed to keep up with inflation. “The LIRR owns this strike,” Teamsters general president Sean M. O’Brien said in a statement Saturday. **SNIP** The work stoppage is expected to strand nearly 300,000 commuters, with limited shuttle buses...

Atlanta — Going into retirement, 58-year-old David White of Atlanta, Georgia, had some preconceived notions. "I thought it would be blissful and easy and joyful," White told CBS News. "… It wasn't quite." In September 2025, White retired after 33 years in education, the last 15 spent as principal at the Burgess-Peterson Academy, an elementary school. It was a career so illustrious that White was once awarded Principal of the Year for the entire Atlanta Public Schools district. He said he left mostly to be free of the daily demands. But having so much free time got old. "I was...

Daily Readings from the USCCBJesus said to his disciples: “Amen, amen, I say to you, whatever you ask the Father in my name he will give you. Until now you have not asked anything in my name; ask and you will receive, so that your joy may be complete.” John 16:23–24During Jesus’ Last Supper Discourse, the theme of praying to the Father in Jesus’ name comes up repeatedly. Each time, Jesus reassures His disciples that whatever they ask for in His name, the Father will grant. That’s quite a promise! How do we make this promise a reality? Today’s Gospel...

Watch Trump's plane from Beijing land, Trump get off the plane to his copter and take off to the White House.

Jerome Powell is not quite done running the Federal Reserve yet. The Federal Reserve Board voted on Friday to designate Jerome Powell as chair pro tempore until Kevin Warsh is sworn in as the new chair. The move was announced in a terse press release: “This temporary action to name the incumbent as chair pro tempore is consistent with past practice during similar transitions between chairs.” The press release did not explain what statutory authority the Board was relying on. Nor did it address the fact that the claim of consistency with precedent is, in critical respects, unsupported by the...

Nikola Tesla’s research seems to be popping up quite frequently these days. From researchers in Finland and Japan testing wireless energy transmission systems to using copper to creating giant plants. It would seem more people are discovering the benefits of tapping into the electricity and electrons in the air via what Tesla called the æther. Even French scientist Mr. Christofleau tapped into it to cause plants to explode in growth! How is it done? Well, one of the main tools is…copper. Here’s a short clip that shows the results of using copper in gardening (given the nickname: electro culture)