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A young Arab boy asks his father “What is that strange hat you are wearing?” The father said: "Why, my son, it is a 'chechia.' In the desert it protects our heads from the intense heat of the sun.” "And what is the long flowing robe you are wearing?” asked the boy. “Oh, my son!” exclaimed the father “It is very simple. This is a 'djbellah.' As I have told you, in the desert it is not only very hot, but the sand is always blowing. My djbellah protects the entire body." The son then asked: "But Father, what about...

Any jerk can get a woman pregnant with a few kids. It takes a man to raise a family. And it takes an even SUPERIOR man to have a secret family on top of that out of state that he visits on “work trips”.

An elderly guy was driving his Corvette at a good clip when he spotted a trooper in his rear view mirror. So instead of slowing down he speeded up and to the trooper's chagrin a high speed pursuit followed. The man realized that he just was to old fooling around with a cop, decided to pull over after all and awaited the arrival of the trooper. When the trooper arrived he asked for the man's license and registration. Then he told the man "Look I'm about to go off duty and if you have an excuse that I never heard...

A man died and went to Heaven. St Peter says to him, “Before you meet with God, I should tell you, we’ve looked over your life, and honestly, you didn’t do anything particularly good or bad. We’re not really sure what to do with you. Can you tell us anything you did that can help us decide?” The newly arrived soul thought for a moment and replied, “Yeah, once while out driving, I came upon a little old lady being harassed by a group of thugs. I pulled over and went up to the leader of the thugs. He was...

No idea what she's like as an organizer or political leader, but her delivery is first rate.

A 90 year old man tells his Rabbi that he is going to marry a teenage woman. “Well it’s good not to be alone. But you know a person has needs that must be fulfilled. And you want a happy home. So let me suggest something. You should hire a gardener.” Ahah, Rabbi , the think I understand. You are very wise. 6 months later they cross paths. “How are you? How is married life?” “Wonderful! And Rabbi, my wife is pregnant!” The rabbi strokes his chin, “And how is the gardener?” “Wonderful! She’s pregnant too! “

One cutting edge aquarium saved a lot of money when its owner discovered a means to make the dolphins live forever -- since the dolphins never died, no money needed to be spent on buying new ones. Extending the dolphins' lives required putting a special mixture into their food; one of the ingredients was baby sea gull meat. So one day, one of the workers was sent to the beach to find some. On the way back, baby sea gulls in hand, he had to pass through a forest. In the middle of the path was a sleeping lion. He...

A Jew dies and, having been a sinner in life, is sent to Jewish Hell. "Just take the last elevator on the left and press the bottom button," says the Angel of Death. So the Jew gets on the elevator and presses the bottom button, which is marked JEWISH HELL. As the elevator descends, he can hear screams of agony from each floor and the odor of brimstone seeps in the door. Finally, the elevator reaches its destination and the doors open. He finds himself in a green field under irrigation beneath a cloudless blue sky. In the distance, he...

The Israeli and the Hezbollah decided to settle their dispute with a duel between two representative animals, which would be a dog fight. Both sides agreed to train their respective dogs for 5 years before the promised duel. The dog that would win the fight, would give its people the right to rule the disputed areas. The losing side would have to lay down its arms. Hezbollah bought the meanest Dobermans and Rottweilers, bred them together, and then crossbred their offspring with the most dangerous Siberian wolves. They used steroids and trainers in pursuit of the perfect killing dog beast....

A Hezbollah terrorist lost both of his testicles in pager explosion. Life had been rough for him, but luck took a strange turn when he was fast-tracked into a government job under the disability quota. On his first day, he showed up bright and early at the government office. As he approached his new supervisor’s desk, the supervisor glanced up, raised an eyebrow, and noticed that the guy didn’t seem to have any apparent visible disability. “Ah, you’re the new guy. Welcome!” said the supervisor, shuffling some papers around. “Now, if you don’t mind me asking, what exactly is your…uh…...

“Why did all these RVC [Russian Volunteer Corps] and the Legion [Freedom of Russia Legion] conduct their raids? To carry out additional reconnaissance [of the area]. They weren’t just walking around and posting all these videos; [PR] for the media was an afterthought. Initially, any military shit is done for military purposes. We did the same thing back in the day [since 2014]. We went in, observed the reaction — how quickly they respond to your arrival, how many forces are there, where, what, how — and then we left. Then again and again. So, eventually, [the AFU] already had...

_ Lizzo:

Kamala Harris and Tim Walz rallied a packed arena outside Phoenix, Arizona, on Friday – drawing perhaps the largest Democratic crowd of the election cycle this year. The presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, her running mate and the local leaders who joined them on stage whipped up the crowd, discussing immigration, abortion rights and Indigenous sovereignty. Noting the Indigenous leaders in the room, Harris also said: “I will always honor tribal sovereignty and respect tribal self-determination.” Indigenous voters are credited with helping deliver Arizona to Joe Biden in 2020; the state is home to 22 federally recognized tribes. At one point...

Vice President Kamala Harris has selected Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as her vice presidential running mate, according to three sources with knowledge of the pick, adding a popular Midwestern state executive to the Democratic ticket as the party gears up to hold onto key Northern battleground states this fall. In picking Walz, who's in his second term and also served 12 years in Congress, Harris will have as her No. 2 someone with a proven record of winning over white working-class voters in Rust Belt states while also boasting a robustly progressive record. Democrats will hope that mix of attributes...

Nguyen Muchan, who runs a current affairs-related account on the Chinese social media Weibo, is considered a figure representing the patriotism of Chinese youth. Just looking at the cat photo she posted on her social media home screen, she looks no different from any other young Chinese woman her age. However, the 6.4 million subscribers who visit here are enthusiastic about her ‘spicy mouth’ armed with patriotism, not her cute profile picture. Last year, when Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix provided information related to the semiconductor supply chain to the United States at the request of the U.S. government, Nguyen...

Would-be Donald Trump assassin Thomas Matthew Crooks purportedly wrote a chilling online message that hinted at his sinister plans for the day he shot up the former president’s Butler, Pa. rally over the weekend. “July 13 will be my premiere, watch as it unfolds,” the 20-year-old gunman allegedly wrote on Steam, a popular online platform where gamers communicate, Fox News reported. Investigators are currently working to determine whether the posting is legitimate. The foreshadowing was revealed to US senators during a briefing by top law enforcement officials Wednesday.

It is unclear why the listings were taken down, but the Chinese internet is heavily controlled, with content considered "sensitive" routinely taken down. The assassination attempt at a Pennsylvania rally last Saturday sparked widespread discussion online, with related hashtags trending high on X-like platform Weibo. A cached image on Taobao, one of China's largest e-commerce sites, shows the T-shirt priced at 39 yuan ($9; £7). A 25-year-old Taobao retailer told South China Morning Post that she received more than 2,000 orders for the T-shirts a mere three hours after she put it up for sale. Most were from China and...

BUTLER, Pa. — Law enforcement officers confirmed to ABC News the building where a gunman opened fire at a Pennsylvania rally for former President Donald Trump was the building being used as a staging area for a local police tactical team. Moments before shots rang out, rallygoers noticed 20-year-old Thomas Crooks climbing onto the roof and warned two officers. ABC News learned the building was the same building a local police tactical team was using as a staging area to watch over the crowd at the Butler Farm Show grounds. It is unclear if the team was inside the building,...

CenterPoint is a $19 billion, for-profit corporation granted a monopoly over a hundred years ago to manage and maintain the transmission and distribution of electricity across the Houston region. This regulated utility failed to deliver power to 85% of its customers during the height of a mild hurricane. In a perfect world, the Public Utility Commission would have ensured CenterPoint maintained a grid resilient enough to withstand a stronger storm. Instead, elected officials are asking the wrong questions about the emergency response. “I’ll tell you whether I’m satisfied or not when I have a full report of where their crews...