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  • Pennsylvania NAACP chapter says Halloween display is racist for featuring hanging corpse

    10/19/2026 10:00:40 AM PDT · by V_TWIN · 30 replies
    notthebee.com ^ | Oct 19, 2026
    You can't make it up. No one would have ever associated Halloween body bags with racist lynchings before the current woke stupidity of our current time. You can buy these "corpse kits" at Lowe's, for crying out loud. And yet in Pennsylvania of all places, a local NAACP chapter is getting involved because one guy who loves Halloween too much has decorations that trigger them. From FOX 29: The homeowner told FOX 29 that the decorations are only intended as Halloween displays and there was 'no other agenda' when putting them up. The homeowner also said they are 'sorry if...
  • Pork Products, Toilet Paper Mysteriously Untouched By Paris Rioters

    10/19/2026 9:40:49 AM PDT · by V_TWIN · 11 replies
    notthebee.com ^ | Oct 19, 2026
    The shelves are absolutely ransacked. Glass jars and other items have been ripped off all the shelves and smashed on the ground. Yet the looters didn't steal (or even touch!) the ham, bacon, or other delicious pork options in the refrigerators. The looters also avoided the toilet paper and tissues on the other side of the store. The truly eagle-eyed might have also noticed that a good portion of the wine was left on the shelves. The media tells me that these riots are being carried out by "French students" who want "better schools" and that the riots are "mostly...
  • Trump Criticized For Choosing New Press Secretary Jessica Rabbit

    10/19/2026 9:33:35 AM PDT · by dayglored · 43 replies
    The Bee ^ | Oct 16, 2026 | The Bee
    WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Donald Trump faced heavy criticism on Friday for replacing White House Press Secretary Katie Zacharia with Jessica Rabbit. Critics pointed to her prior work as a lounge singer and the fact that she wasn't technically human as two major red flags. "It's obvious that Trump just wanted a pretty face behind the podium, but a lounge singer? How's she going to convey the president's agenda?" questioned MS NOW personality Rachel Maddow. "Press secretary used to be a prestigious role. Who would have thought the position once held by Karine Jean Pierre could sink so low?"...
  • ‘Capturing Bigfoot’ Review: An Astounding Documentary Uncovers the Truth

    10/19/2026 8:41:42 AM PDT · by yesthatjallen · 23 replies
    Variety ^ | 10 18 2026 | Owen Gleiberman
    SNIP This famous evidence of the creature known as Bigfoot was shot by a man named Roger Patterson in Northern California on Oct. 20, 1967. The footage lasts just 59 seconds. We don’t get to spend much time gawking at the creature (it’s only a tantalizing glimpse), but he’s there just long enough for us to notice several things. The hair on his back looks a bit shiny. And is it our imagination, or is this primitive creature not just walking but strolling, with a rather jaunty sense of purpose? Why did this footage possess the world? As an opening...
  • France Could Ban Public Outings Ahead Of NFL’s First Game In Country

    10/19/2026 7:58:44 AM PDT · by DIRTYSECRET · 23 replies
    The NFL has stopped at nothing to extend its influence overseas, but ahead of the league’s first ever game in France, it may have to contend with the French government. The Saints reportedly left for Paris immediately after their game in New York concluded today. Police arrested 1,800 people across the country as “violent groups clashed with officers and looted shops.”
  • Most California kids can’t read well or do basic math, damning new test scores show

    10/19/2026 7:52:27 AM PDT · by yesthatjallen · 33 replies
    NYP ^ | 10 15 2026 | Zain Khan
    A majority of California students still can’t read or do math at grade level, with new standardized test scores showing little to no gains despite years of efforts to recover from pandemic-era learning losses. Just 49.3% of students met or exceeded state English language arts standards in 2025-26, while only 38.4% reached proficiency in math, according to California’s latest test results released Thursday. The scores are from tests administered in Spring 2026. The figures mark a 0.5 percentage-point increase in English scores and a 1.1-point gain in math from the previous school year, when 48.8% of students met English standards...
  • Missouri Abortion Activists Raise $26 Million to Fight Pro-Life Amendment 3

    10/19/2026 5:33:16 AM PDT · by Morgana · 2 replies
    life news ^ | Oct 16, 2026 | Steven Ertelt |
    Using out of state money, radical pro-abortion groups have raised more than $25.7 million to defeat a proposed constitutional amendment that would protect babies from abortion in Missouri. Stop the Ban, the campaign opposing Amendment 3, has collected the sum as of Thursday, according to disclosure reports. The Fairness Project, a Washington, D.C.-based group, has contributed nearly $12 million of that total. By contrast, Her Health, Her Future PAC, the main group supporting Amendment 3, has raised $5.3 million, including a $2.9 million donation from a new Missouri-based nonprofit that doubled the campaign’s cash on hand. If approved by voters...
  • Today’s Cryptogram

    10/19/2026 1:58:03 AM PDT · by Apple Pan Dowdy · 17 replies
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  • Republican Ads on Sunday Night Football

    10/19/2026 1:56:10 AM PDT · by 7thson · 23 replies
    First off, for those of you who do not watch the NFL, do not watch television, cut their cable, and so on - we get it. We hear from you guys every time there is something sports related posted. If you can help yourselves, please refrain from telling all of us you do not watch the NFL or television anymore. We know. We've heard it before. Now for anyone watching tonight's game, did you catch the two political ads for Ken Paxton? At first, I thought why am I seeing this in Tennessee. Than I realized that this game being...
  • Cedar City driver arrested after crashing into bowling alley twice

    10/18/2026 7:47:21 PM PDT · by simpson96 · 16 replies
    ABC4 ^ | 10/18/2026 | Tyler Moss
    CEDAR CITY, Utah (ABC4) — A woman in Cedar City has been arrested after crashing her vehicle into a bowling alley and causing an estimated $100,000 in damages. Chantell Strong, 40, was arrested one a count of criminal mischief causing more than $5,000 in losses and a count of reckless driving. Cedar City Police Department officers were called to the bowling alley near 3000 N Minersville Highway for a motor vehicle incident involving property damage. They arrived to find a vehicle, driven by Strong, that had crashed through the building and was stuck on concrete and could not remove itself....
  • Woman arrested after 3 shot at Laney High School homecoming, sheriff’s office says

    10/18/2026 7:41:43 PM PDT · by simpson96 · 30 replies
    Augusta Press ^ | 10/18/2026 | Greg Rickabaugh
    A woman was arrested Saturday after three people were shot following an altercation at Lucy C. Laney High School in Augusta during the school’s rescheduled homecoming celebration. Aiyana Lane faces three counts of aggravated assault and several weapons-related charges in connection with the shooting, according to an updated statement from the Richmond County Sheriff’s Office. Aiyana Lane Deputies responded to the school at 1339 Laney Walker Boulevard at approximately 6:05 p.m. after receiving reports of multiple people struck by gunfire. Investigators determined that an altercation occurred between Lane and another woman. The physical confrontation was broken up by bystanders, but...
  • Global Warning 33: Data, Dominance, Drone Shotguns

    10/18/2026 9:00:53 AM PDT · by DUMBGRUNT · 11 replies
    Youtube ^ | 18 Oct 2026 | Ryan McBeth
    "The first shotgun we have is the Benelli M4 drone guardian. This shotgun is based on the famous Benelli M4, but what makes it special is the advanced impact barrel, which has a series of overboards, forcing cones, and extra-long choke tubes to maximize the velocity of our tungsten shot. This tungsten shot was specially designed for drone use. It's a very hard material, and it gives us that penetrating capability at about 100 meters. We can take down class one, class 2 drones at about 100 meters using the Benelli M4 with the Norma Adler shotgun shells. We also...
  • Inside the Food Stamp Fraud Scheme Stealing Billions. *Nick Shirley

    10/18/2026 2:53:40 AM PDT · by know.your.why · 39 replies
    Nick Shirley ^ | 10/7/26 | Nick Shirley
    I went undercover in Seattle to expose food stamp (EBT) fraud and filmed a $120 EBT card being rung up for one can of Spam and a pack of sushi. A tip from a man on the street led us to a market, a confrontation on camera, and a stolen gun that sent a mob after our security. Food stamps are supposed to feed people who are struggling. On the streets of Seattle, people told us EBT cards get sold for cash at a fraction of their value, with the cash often going straight to drugs, and we found cards...
  • Today’s Cryptogram

    10/18/2026 2:27:48 AM PDT · by nikos1121 · 8 replies
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  • Police chief walks into Upstate Burger King for dinner, breaks up employee brawl [photos]

    10/17/2026 7:57:57 PM PDT · by simpson96 · 22 replies
    Fox Carolina ^ | 10/15/2026 | Mary Kate Howland
    WARE SHOALS, S.C. (FOX Carolina) - The Ware Shoals Police Department said that a fight over food ended in citations for three Burger King employees on Oct. 7. Officers said that around 5:20 p.m., Ware Shoals Police Chief Tommy Clamp walked into the Burger King on Highway 25 North to purchase food. As he walked through the restaurant door, someone yelled at him to stop an employee who was walking out. Other employees and customers told Chief Clamp that a fight involving three employees had just happened in the restaurant. Chief Clamp notified 911 dispatch of the fight, and another...
  • Hillary Clinton finally admits 2016 near-fainting episode at 9/11 memorial was a ‘mistake’

    10/17/2026 4:15:22 PM PDT · by simpson96 · 27 replies
    Fox News ^ | 10/15/2026 | Lindsay Kornick
    Former Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton revisited the video showing her appearing to stagger and nearly faint after a 9/11 commemoration ceremony in 2016, conceding on Wednesday that campaigning while having pneumonia was a “mistake.”(snip) Clinton compared Talarico’s experience to her own after the 2016 video went viral as she ran for president, arguing that critics portrayed her as being “on death’s door.” Swisher said that President Donald Trump was “quantumly sicker” than Clinton had been, though “they hide it,” and asked Clinton to respond. “They tested me and they said, ‘Oh, you’ve got pneumonia. You need to take like...
  • Skokie man charged with attempted murder for allegedly holding a woman’s head underwater at Old Orchard (IL)

    10/17/2026 1:50:57 PM PDT · by simpson96 · 16 replies
    The Record North Shore ^ | 10/13/2026 | Samuel Lisec
    A Skokie man has been charged with attempted murder for allegedly holding a senior citizen’s head underwater in a pond at Westfield Old Orchard Mall on Tuesday. The Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office charged 35-year-old William Dobbs with one count of attempted murder, one count of aggravated battery to a senior citizen and one count of aggravated battery with great bodily harm, a news release from the Skokie Police Department said on Wednesday. Skokie police arrested Dobbs on Tuesday morning after he reportedly attempted to rob a woman at Westfield Old Orchard Mall and held her head underwater in a...
  • Pro-Abortion Group Celebrates Killing Babies: “I Don’t Care if Abortion is Murder”

    10/17/2026 4:57:27 AM PDT · by Morgana · 22 replies
    life news ^ | Oct 16, 2026 | Olivia Summers |
    At first glance, it reads like satire – something so grotesque and absurd that it cannot possibly be real. But it is real. In Central Florida, Stand With Abortion Now (“SWAN”) is selling merchandise that turns the intentional killing of unborn children into a joke, a fashion statement, and a fundraising opportunity. We are linking to SWAN’s own website once so readers can see the organization’s words and merchandise for themselves. What follows is not parody. It is how SWAN describes – and markets – its work. SWAN is a pro-abortion clinic-escort group founded in June 2022, immediately after the...
  • WHAT IS HAPPENING HERE? (Video - 1 minute - County-Issued 🏳️‍⚧️ "Transgender" 🏳️‍⚧️ Body Modification Kits Madness - Designed for Kids Aged 12+)

    10/17/2026 1:26:39 AM PDT · by SaveFerris · 52 replies
    @AlexAssoune YouTube Channel ^ | Oct 16, 2026 | @alexassoune
    HOW COULD THEY DO THIS?
  • Today’s Cryptogram

    10/16/2026 10:49:59 PM PDT · by nikos1121 · 7 replies
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