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A former Stanford University aerospace chairman who spent 14 years reviewing engine programs tied to the F-22 and F-35 traveled to one of China’s most sensitive defense-linked universities under a Chinese foreign-expertise initiative, university records reveal. Brian Cantwell, a longtime Stanford professor of aeronautics and astronautics, spent May 9 through June 3, 2025 at Beihang University, according to an official account published by Beihang. The nearly month-long visit was supported by what Beihang described as an “expertise introduction” program, part of a broader Chinese system designed to recruit foreign technical specialists into Chinese universities. During the visit, Cantwell delivered six...

[Catholic Caucus] Bishop Schneider defends consecrations and rejects Vatican charge of schism Bishop Athanasius Schneider has offered one of his strongest defences of the SSPX following its episcopal consecrations. In a statement published by veteran Catholic journalist Diane Montagna, he argues that disobedience to the Pope does not necessarily constitute schism and calls on the Holy See to acknowledge “objective ambiguities” in Vatican II and the New MassBishop Athanasius Schneider has offered a forceful defence of the Society of Saint Pius X (SSPX) following its recent episcopal consecrations by arguing that disobedience to the Pope does not in itself constitute...

[Catholic Caucus] Latin Mass suppression left this monastery to face ‘sacramental euthanasia’ Dom Alcuin Reid, founding prior of a traditional Benedictine monastery, called Latin Mass restrictions a product of 'narrow-minded Vatican II extremists.'A French Benedictine monastery revealed that Pope Francis’s restrictions on the Traditional Latin Mass (TLM) left it without the ordinations needed to sustain its sacramental life.On August 16, Ad Vaticanum published an interview with Dom Alcuin Reid, founding prior of the Monastère Saint-Benoît in Provence, France. Reid described how Pope Francis’ 2021 restrictions on the Traditional Latin Mass affected his community, saying the monastery ultimately accepted ordinations from...

No, don't be a sexist jerk like Ossoff here. Natalie Harp is the President's personal aid. It's her job to always be in Trump's presence, to always travel with him. It's the same role that Jacob Spreyer had during Biden's presidency, who was also constantly in Biden's presence without people assuming they were sleeping together. If Biden had to be secreted off of Air Force One, then Jacob Spreyer would've likewise accompanied him. Ossoff has just done the sexist thing assuming a woman can't work for a powerful man without sleeping with him. Natalie Harp's job is different from past...

"Doing business in the state of California sucks," Hil Davis, a California businessman, bluntly told Fox News Digital. That frustration ultimately drove Davis, CEO of Digital Brands Group, more than 1,300 miles to Texas. The apparel and e-commerce company relocated its headquarters to Round Rock, just north of Austin, leasing roughly 70,000 square feet of warehouse and office space as it expands its collegiate sports apparel business. Davis said the sprawling Texas facility costs roughly the same as the company’s former space in Vernon, California, about five miles south of Los Angeles. And rent was only part of the equation....

Islamic fascist Republic of Iran’s Hidden Hand Behind Arab "Palestine" Genocidal October 7 Atrocities: The Evidence Points Beyond Hamas The emerging evidence surrounding the October 7 atrocities points to a broader Iranian role in the Hamas-led attack than the actions of Hamas alone. The question is not simply whether Tehran itself carried out the assault, but how deeply Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), its regional allies, and the military infrastructure they helped build were involved in preparing the conditions for it. Iran and the Planning of October 7 The Wall Street Journal reported on October 8, 2023, that Iranian...

Gainesville Police Department ================================================================= A male suspect who broke into a Georgia apartment and launched a vicious assault on a young girl while she was babysitting has been identified as an illegal alien from Mexico. The horrifying incident unfolded in Gainesville just before 10 p.m. on Aug. 5 but the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) just released the assailant’s immigration background. The Gainesville Police Department (GPD) was alerted about a possible domestic disturbance at an apartment complex where witnesses said they saw a man dragging a female and hitting her repeatedly. Responding officers encountered an active assault when they arrived...

(video at link)Sunday on CBS’s “Face The Nation,” Gov. Andy Beshear (D-KY) said “it’s time” to abolish the Electoral College to have direct election of the president and vice president.

What has happened to FR? People are advocating for President Trump's removal, making sarcastic remarks, Saying the TRump era is over. President Trump has righted the economy, ended Iran's nuclear weapons threat and is the greatest President since Reagan. He deserves better than this. He already has the RINOS in Congress against him, he needs his base fired up and ready to vote! THe RATS are highly motivated to steal this election. Have some courage and get behind out President!

Speculation about a presidential run by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) in 2028 is rising to its highest pitch yet — and some people are putting their money on it. AOC, as she is commonly known, now leads the field for the Democratic presidential nomination on the two best-known betting markets, Kalshi and Polymarket. Even if opinion polls tell a different story — most of them placing her third behind former Vice President Kamala Harris and California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) — the idea of a presidential bid by the 36-year-old New Yorker is no longer confined to the realm of...

Iran has decided to shift its policy from defensive to "fully offensive" due to the deadlock in efforts to agree on a permanent end to its war with the United States, a senior Iranian official told Reuters on Monday. Progress towards peace talks and a resumption of oil tanker traffic through the strategic Strait of Hormuz has ground to a halt, with no sign that the warring parties are moving towards ending the conflict that the US and Israel launched on February 28. "Iranian entities must be prepared to escalate tensions in the Strait of Hormuz and wider region, as...

Turkey has renewed its challenge to Greek sovereignty in the Aegean Sea, using Greece's newly approved Special Spatial Framework for Tourism as the latest pretext. In an official statement, the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs referred to "geographical features whose sovereignty has not been granted to Greece through international treaties" -- language that directly revives Ankara's long-standing "gray zones" theory regarding certain islands and islets in the Aegean. Turkey declared that the Greek spatial plan "will have no legal consequences for Turkey" and accused Athens of attempting to instrumentalize environmental protection for political purposes. Ankara further warned that "unilateral actions...

The first day of high school can be nerve-racking. At Bishop Kelley High School, there’s a tradition designed to break the ice. Freshmen arriving for the first day of school are greeted by members of the senior class, who cheer them on as they give their moms or dads one last kiss goodbye. The tradition, known as “Kiss Your Mom Goodbye,” has been part of the Bishop Kelley community for more than two decades.

Dr. Anthony Fauci has declined another Senate appearance, this one a voluntary, transcribed interview before Sen. Ron Johnson’s investigative subcommittee.Johnson (R-WI) chairs the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, which is conducting a separate investigation into the federal COVID-19 response. The inquiry includes the safety and effectiveness of the vaccines.The refusal came from Fauci’s attorney, David Schertler. He argued that forcing Fauci to appear again after the July 29 hearing would “impermissibly harass or degrade Dr. Fauci for political purposes.”

The skeleton of a young 6ft 5in-tall (1.9m) Viking-era man who had undergone trepanation has been found in a mass grave.A hole had been bored in his skull while he was alive. It had signs of healing before his remains were flung into a burial pit with nine other men, some dismembered...The grisly discoveries were found during a University of Cambridge training dig just outside the city last year...If the young man had had a tumour on his pituitary gland, this could have caused an excess of growth which might explain his height, explained Biers, curator of the Duckworth Collections...

Ben Bergquam just did a useful thing: He walked around the actual structures that have been built in Fresno for California’s high-speed rail project, and he showed how useless and incomplete the actual construction is. Screenshot from that linked video: I laughed out loud, because I stood in that spot, and I did it in mid-August of 2025. Gavin's Keynesian HoleChris Bray · August 18, 2025 A test of “let’s just go look at the thing itself.” Read full story Click on that story and go look at the pictures and video. Sample: The difference between the way this critically...

The Supreme Court once again declined to take up President Trump's attempt to toss a jury's $5 million finding that he sexually abused E. Jean Carroll.The big picture: Carroll's payday had been long delayed as the president fought the verdict. The Supreme Court already declined to throw it out earlier this year.Trump's lawyers are also still fighting a separate $83.3 million defamation judgment he was ordered to pay her, arguing he's entitled to presidential immunity.Driving the news: The justices did not explain their reasoning for declining to take up the challenge, as is typical.Editor's note: This is a breaking news...

Dreyer's Grand Ice Cream, Inc. is voluntarily recalling a limited number of select flavors of Outshine Fruit Bars due to possible foreign material contamination with glass. Products affected include Outshine Strawberry, Watermelon, Grape, Tangerine and Black Cherry 6-Count 2.5 ounce Fruit Bars. These lots were distributed to retailers nationwide. No other Outshine products or varieties are impacted. ONLY the five flavors of 6ct 2.5-ounce paddle bars. Batch codes can be identified on the product packaging. No illnesses or injuries have been reported to date. Anyone concerned about an injury should contact a healthcare provider immediately. Consumers who have purchased the...

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The newly declassified investigation files also show that the FBI had initially tried to recruit the infamous Fang Fang as a source that could share information on Chinese influence operations targeting public officials in the United States. ========================================================================= The FBI developed evidence that a Chinese woman with direct ties to that country’s intelligence service had potentially compromised a Democratic congressman from California with sex, foreign interns and illicit donations while she was being recruited to become a bureau informant a decade ago, according to bombshell memos that expose another threat to America’s political system from Beijing. The files chronicling the...