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  • UK Horror: Teen Stabbing Victim Dies After Police Arrest Him Rather Than Sikh Attacker

    05/17/2026 2:03:36 PM PDT · by Eleutheria5 · 25 replies
    Daily Signal ^ | 15/5/26 | Al Perrotta
    A teenage stabbing victim bled to death on the street in Southampton after British police arrested and cuffed him rather than his alleged Sikh attacker, after the suspect claimed he’d been racially abused, according to court testimony. Henry Nowak, 18, a finance student at the University of Southampton, was walking home from a night out in December 2025, chatting with some friends on Snapchat, when he was encountered by Vickrum Digwa, 23. After a brief exchange, Digwa stabbed Nowak with an eight-inch Sikh ceremonial shastar blade, according to court testimony reported by BBC. A post-mortem examination showed Nowak had four...
  • 🚨 NOW: President Trump is going HARD against Rep. Thomas Massie with less than 48 hours until polls open in the KY-04 GOP primary

    05/17/2026 1:57:35 PM PDT · by SmokingJoe · 153 replies
    X ^ | 05/17/2026 | Eric Daugherty
    Eric Daugherty @EricLDaugh 🚨 NOW: President Trump is going HARD against Rep. Thomas Massie with less than 48 hours until polls open in the KY-04 GOP primary "He is the Worst “Republican” Congressman in History, voting against Tax Cuts, the Wall, Law Enforcement, and in favor of the Transgender Mutilization of our Children, Men playing in Women’s Sports, and so many more horrible things." "The incredible people of Kentucky’s 4th Congressional District gave us a mandate to, MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN, and the person that will help us do that is Navy SEAL, Army Ranger, and Fifth Generation Kentucky Farmer,...
  • Why does Denmark recommend so few childhood vaccines? A Danish scientist explains

    05/17/2026 1:57:28 PM PDT · by CondoleezzaProtege · 8 replies
    Science.org ^ | Jan 2026 | Gretchen Vogel
    When it comes to vaccine policy, the U.S. government is holding up Denmark as a role model...The Scandinavian nation of 6 million gives children far fewer vaccines than the United States has done... The new U.S. schedule follows Denmark’s example. It no longer recommends that all children get vaccinated for half a dozen diseases: hepatitis A and B, rotavirus, meningococcal disease, influenza, and COVID-19. Instead, administering these shots should be “based on shared clinical decision-making” between parents and doctors, HHS says. The move elicited widespread criticism from doctors and public health experts—but it also drew attention to Denmark’s minimalist vaccination...
  • Peter Jackson in Talks to Adapt J.R.R. Tolkien’s ‘The Silmarillion’ Into Films

    05/17/2026 1:49:27 PM PDT · by nickcarraway · 30 replies
    NME ^ | 15th May 2026 | Victoria Luxford
    The posthumously released book had been previously unavailable to adaptPeter Jackson has revealed that he is in talks to adapt further works by The Lord Of The Rings author J.R.R. Tolkien, including The Silmarillion. The Oscar-winner directed the original Lord Of The Rings trilogy between 2001-03, as well as splitting The Hobbit into three movies from 2012-14. These remain the only films to have been directly adapted from Tolkien’s books, with films such as The War of the Rohirrim and TV show Rings Of Power taken from information within the appendices within the books. However, in a discussion with Deadline,...
  • ‘Pet Sounds’: The Beach Boys’ Masterpiece Explained

    05/17/2026 1:29:51 PM PDT · by nickcarraway · 41 replies
    Udiscovermusic ^ | May 17, 2026 | Charles Waring
    A deep dive into one of the most beloved pop albums ever.The Beach Boys were probably the last group on earth expected to start a musical revolution. After all, they had built their renown as clean-living all-American kids delivering harmonized hymns that worshipped surfing, girls, and hot rods – the holy trinity of Californian teenagers in the early 60s – over a rocking backbeat that bore a tangible trace of rock and roller Chuck Berry‘s musical DNA. And yet, in May 1966, the Hawthorne-hailing group – consisting of the Wilson brothers Brian, Carl, and Dennis, together with their cousin Mike...
  • ‘Workin’ Man Blues’: Merle Haggard’s Blue Collar Hymn

    05/17/2026 1:26:49 PM PDT · by nickcarraway · 10 replies
    Udiscovermusic ^ | May 17, 2026 | Paul Sexton
    The Hag’s seventh No.1 featured such great players as James Burton and Jim Gordon. Merle Haggard’s reputation as the champion of the working class was further cemented on May 16, 1969. That day, he was at Capitol Records’ studios in Hollywood with an A-list of musicians that comprised the Strangers, recording the great “Workin’ Man Blues.” It went on to become the seventh in an incredible total of 24 country No.1s amassed by “The Hag” in just ten years. Haggard’s tough upbringing, including time in San Quentin for a robbery conviction, and his unshakeable principles as a man of the...
  • Viral ‘Trump’ Buffalo Sparks Selfie Frenzy In Bangladesh Ahead Of Eid

    05/17/2026 12:50:37 PM PDT · by nickcarraway · 8 replies
    News18 ^ | May 17, 2026
    Ahead of the Eid al-Adha festival, two albino buffaloes in Bangladesh that vaguely resemble two key world leaders, have become famous on social media. According to a report by The Independent, a 700kg pink-skinned buffalo, named after Donald Trump due to its striking resemblance to the US president, in particular has been drawing large crowds to a farm in Narayanganj near the capital Dhaka. “When I saw his pictures on Facebook, he looked exactly like Donald Trump," Prothom Alo newspaper quoted a visitor. “His facial structure and even hairstyle match that of Trump." “The buffalo is very calm and polite...
  • UK Horror: Teen Stabbing Victim Dies After Police Arrest Him Rather Than Sikh Attacker

    05/17/2026 12:43:56 PM PDT · by nickcarraway · 41 replies
    Daily Signal ^ | May 15, 2026 | Al Perrotta
    A teenage stabbing victim bled to death on the street in Southampton after British police arrested and cuffed him rather than his alleged Sikh attacker, after the suspect claimed he’d been racially abused, according to court testimony. Henry Nowak, 18, a finance student at the University of Southampton, was walking home from a night out in December 2025, chatting with some friends on Snapchat, when he was encountered by Vickrum Digwa, 23. After a brief exchange, Digwa stabbed Nowak with an eight-inch Sikh ceremonial shastar blade, according to court testimony reported by BBC. A post-mortem examination showed Nowak had four...
  • Astronomy Picture of the Day - NGC 1300: Barred Spiral Galaxy

    05/17/2026 12:37:08 PM PDT · by MtnClimber · 15 replies
    NASA ^ | 17 May, 2026 | Image Credit: NASA ESA, Hubble Heritage
    Explanation: Across the center of this spiral galaxy is a bar. And at the center of this bar is smaller spiral. And at the center of that spiral is a supermassive black hole. This all happens in the big, beautiful, barred spiral galaxy cataloged as NGC 1300, a galaxy that lies some 70 million light-years away toward the constellation of the river Eridanus. This Hubble Space Telescope composite view of the gorgeous island universe is one of the most detailed Hubble images ever made of a complete galaxy. NGC 1300 spans over 100,000 light-years and the Hubble image reveals striking...
  • Nearly half the objects orbiting Earth are ‘uncontrollable’ space junk — and jeopardize future space travel

    05/17/2026 12:36:29 PM PDT · by DFG · 33 replies
    NY Post ^ | 05/17/2026 | Alex Oliveira
    Nearly half the manmade objects orbiting Earth are chunks of “uncontrollable” space junk — with just three countries fueling the problem and endangering future space travel, a shocking new study found. At least 15,587 of the 33,269 tracked objects circling the planet are discarded debris from space launches — meaning a whopping 47% of the stuff hurtling around the planet is potentially hazardous junk, according to a May report from the engineering supply company Accu. Those objects include at least 2,396 discarded rocket bodies — sometimes hundreds of feet across in length — 12,550 expended launch components which can vary...
  • What Is the 'Online Rape Academy' and Did 62 Million Men Attend?

    05/17/2026 12:31:16 PM PDT · by nickcarraway · 12 replies
    Executive summaryCNN published an investigation into online communities likened to an "online rape academy" that document and trade techniques for drugging and sexually assaulting partners, prompting widespread alarm and viral claims that "62 million men attended" the academy — a figure that has been misrepresented on social media [1] [2]. Fact-checkers clarified that the 62 million number cited by CNN represented total visits to a pornographic website in a single month, not the number of users enrolled in or explicitly participating in the abusive chats [2] [3]. 1. What CNN actually reported CNN's As Equals series described months of reporting...
  • Scientists Spot Asteroid 2026 JH2 Flying Closer Than the Moon Tomorrow

    05/17/2026 12:29:43 PM PDT · by Red Badger · 14 replies
    Rumble Via Liberty Daily ^ | May 17, 2026 | Staff
    Don't look up!...................... VIDEO AT LINK................
  • Internet Stunned by Woman’s Reaction After Crash

    05/17/2026 12:26:19 PM PDT · by Morgana · 7 replies
    Hodge Twins Youtube ^ | May 17, 2026 | Hodge Twins
    So this bonnet wearing woman rear ends another family in front of her. So when whenever there's an accident, you have to exchange information. That's the law. Yeah, that's the law. But watch what this woman does out here spreading fatigue. You just You know that's an immigrant, right? That's the problem when you just let anybody come here. You got to the immigrants that come here. I don't mind having immigrants come to a country, but they got to be compatible.
  • Two fighter jets collide and crash during an air show in Idaho (Video)

    05/17/2026 12:22:45 PM PDT · by janetjanet998 · 51 replies
    Two planes collide midair at Gunfighter Skies air show being hosted at Mountain Home Air Force Base in Idaho, an announcer informed attendees that four crew members were able to eject
  • HUGE: Acting AG Todd Blanche Drops NUCLEAR Truth Bomb – “There’s a Ton of Evidence That the 2020 Election Was RIGGED” – CONFIRMS Multiple Criminal Investigations Underway

    05/17/2026 12:19:33 PM PDT · by Red Badger · 68 replies
    The Gateway Pundit ^ | May 17, 2026 | Jim Hᴏft
    Finally, after years of gaslighting, lawfare, and corrupt media cover-ups, a top Trump DOJ official has stepped up and dropped the hammer on the biggest political crime in American history. Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche joined Maria Bartiromo on Sunday Morning Futures and delivered a NUCLEAR truth bomb that Democrats, the fake news media, and the deep state have been desperately trying to bury for six long years. When Bartiromo pressed him on President Trump’s repeated claims that the 2020 election was rigged, Blanche didn’t mince words. Blanche confirmed that the DOJ is now running multiple criminal investigations into the...
  • Food delivery robot struck by truck while crossing street in Philadelphia

    05/17/2026 12:02:29 PM PDT · by nickcarraway · 17 replies
    Delivery robots are the wave of the future and growing in popularity in cities like Philadelphia, but one thing our four-wheeled friends have yet to master is how to look both ways before crossing the street. What we know: Video shared by Storyful shows the food delivery robot entering a crosswalk against a stop signal when it's hit by an oncoming truck. The delivery robot briefly stops, flashing heart eyes as the truck completes its right hand turn, before continuing on with a bum wheel. "Oh my god, he hit him! That’s so sad, he can’t move now," said Ashley...
  • Photo of Trump in China Stirs Controversy [semi-satire]

    05/17/2026 11:47:00 AM PDT · by John Semmens · 23 replies
    Semi-News/Semi-Satire ^ | 17 May 2026 | John Semmens
    Recently published photos of President Trump sharing a toast during a formal dinner on his visit to China were cited as "additional evidence for impeaching him" by Rep. John Larson (D-Conn). "I've already filed articles of impeachment. Donald Trump has blown past every requirement to be removed from office. And it's getting worse. People across my district know he is unfit to lead and are calling for impeachment. Now that he has demonstrated that his claim that he never touches alcohol is a bare-faced lie it's time the rest of Congress joins me in voting to start the process of...
  • Virginia’s Attorney For Spotsylvania County Attorney Announces Intent To Defy State’s ‘Unconstitutional’ Gun Ban

    05/17/2026 11:35:50 AM PDT · by PROCON · 12 replies
    msm.com ^ | May 17, 2026 | Harold Hutchison
    The Commonwealth’s Attorney for Spotsylvania County, Va., said he would not enforce new bans on modern semiautomatic weapons signed by Democratic Gov. Abigail Spanberger.Pro-Second Amendment organizations sued to have the bans struck down as unconstitutional minutes after Spanberger signed the relevant bills into law Thursday evening. Commonwealth’s Attorney G. Ryan Mehaffey wrote a letter Friday to Spotsylvania County Sheriff Roger L. Harris, citing Supreme Court decisions as the basis of his belief that the law couldn’t be “lawfully enforced.”“The Assault Weapons Ban (SB 749/HB 217) and the Public Carry Ban (SB 727/HB 1524) are undoubtedly inconsistent with the historical tradition...
  • Homeowner Fires Through Door, Kills Alleged Would-Be Intruder

    05/17/2026 11:27:08 AM PDT · by Red Badger · 66 replies
    Breitbart ^ | May 17, 2026 | AWR Hawkins
    A Hopkins County, Texas, homeowner spotted a would-be intruder via a Ring camera Tuesday and shot him as the suspect was allegedly reaching into the house via a broken window in the door. CBS 19 reported that the homeowner watched the man, Buck Clary, via the Ring camera. KETK noted that the Sheriff indicated the camera video allegedly showed Clary hitting the front door “and screaming.” Clary then broke a glass in the door and reached inside the house, which is when the homeowner shot through the door.
  • Which Nations Lived in Ancient Palestine?

    05/17/2026 11:20:49 AM PDT · by nickcarraway · 39 replies
    Greek Reporter ^ | May 16, 2026 | Caleb Howells
    Historically, several different nations lived in Ancient Palestine. The most famous of these are undoubtedly the Israelites, due to their rich history as described in the Bible. However, they are not the only nation that lived in the region in ancient times. Where was Ancient Palestine? Modern-day Palestine does not have the same boundaries as Ancient Palestine. Historically, starting with the Greeks, the term “Palestine” has been applied to the entire region that is now modern-day Israel and the State of Palestine. The ancient use of the word even applied to some of the lands east of the Jordan River...