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  • Woman, 72, is fourth arrested over man's death [UK]

    03/23/2026 1:09:55 PM PDT · by simpson96 · 3 replies
    BBC ^ | 3/23/2026 | Vanessa Pearce
    A 72-year-old woman has been arrested in connection with the death of a man at a house in Kenilworth, Warwickshire. She is being questioned on suspicion of assisting an offender, with three other people arrested on Sunday continuing to be held on suspicion of murder. Emergency services were called to the property on Chestnut Avenue on Friday just before midnight, where a man was found in cardiac arrest and later died. The woman along with a 24-year-old man, another woman, 49, and a 16-year-old boy remained in custody, Warwickshire Police said. "While I know this will cause shock in the...
  • As Trump steers away from war with Iran, Israel rediscovers cost of riding with him

    03/23/2026 12:31:51 PM PDT · by MarlonRando · 40 replies
    Times of Israel ^ | 3-23-26 | Lazarus Berman
    After prominent antisemitic podcaster Tucker Carlson visited the Oval Office in January, a White House official told Jewish activist Shabbos Kestenbaum, “Just trust the plan.” It was also the approach that Israelis took toward the president on most issues. Trump and his advisers — especially top envoy Steve Witkoff — might occasionally have said things that confused Israel and even undermined its interests, but they trusted that he was a president who could distinguish good from evil, and was not about to be pushed around by Iran and friends.
  • Christopher Columbus Statue Is Installed on White House Grounds

    03/23/2026 12:31:18 PM PDT · by Retain Mike · 10 replies
    NewYork Times ^ | March 22, 2026 | Julia Jacobs
    A statue of Christopher Columbus was installed on the grounds of the White House early Sunday morning, as part of President Trump’s effort to position the explorer as a hero after monuments to him were removed across the country.The statue is a replica of one that protesters in Baltimore tore down and dumped into the city’s Inner Harbor in the summer of 2020. The statue’s marble pieces were retrieved from the harbor, and a Maryland artist used them to guide the creation of the replica.The new statue was erected sometime overnight on the north side of the Eisenhower Executive Office...
  • Two-Fifths of American Women Want to Do What?(leave the US)

    03/23/2026 10:25:18 AM PDT · by DIRTYSECRET · 69 replies
    Almost a year ago, we learned that more than half of Leftist women between the ages of 18 and 29 have at least one diagnosed mental illness. It shows. There's a reason we refer to them as AWFULs — Affluent White Female Urban Leftists — after all. Now a significant number of those women between the ages of 15 and 44 want to leave the U.S. and move permanently overseas, according to Gallup.
  • Trump Postpones Iran Strikes Until They All Assemble In One Place Again For A Meeting

    03/23/2026 10:19:52 AM PDT · by V_TWIN · 3 replies
    babylonbee.com ^ | March 23, 2026
    WASHINGTON, D.C. — In a promising sign that the weeks-long conflict in the Middle East could soon be over, President Donald Trump postponed strikes against Iran until all of its leaders assembled in one place again for a meeting. Trump posted the announcement to his Truth Social account on Monday morning, revealing that planned strikes on strategic targets would be halted until all of the remaining leaders of the Iranian government gathered again in one room. "We're holding off until we get them all together again," Trump posted. "We did it before, and it was very successful. It was my...
  • Bessent responds to Trump’s post about Mueller’s death

    03/23/2026 9:30:31 AM PDT · by V_TWIN · 35 replies
    thehill.com ^ | 03/22/26 | Ashleigh Fields
    Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Sunday said people need to give President Trump more empathy after Trump posted that he was “glad” former FBI Director Robert Mueller was dead. “I think that given what has been done to President Trump and his family it is impossible for either of us to understand what he has been through,” Bessent said during a Sunday appearance on NBC’s “Meet the Press.” Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Sunday said people need to give President Trump more empathy after Trump posted that he was “glad” former FBI Director Robert Mueller was dead. “I think that...
  • Paxton and Cornyn on Twitter/X

    03/23/2026 6:46:23 AM PDT · by RandFan · 14 replies
    X ^ | March 23 | Sen. John Cornyn
    @KenPaxtonTX Once again, John Cornyn is a coward who's silent. It's simple: cancel recess until the Save America Act is passed. Why is it always so hard for Cornyn to have the courage to do what's right? @JohnCornyn Doing what is right? Coming from a corrupt, self entitled, serial philanderer, that is rich. Judgement Day is coming.
  • "Show me the Law" (To File for Income Tax)

    03/23/2026 5:41:55 AM PDT · by RandFan · 44 replies
    X ^ | 23 March | Dinesh D'Souza
    @DineshDSouza He hasn’t paid income tax in over 30 years and claims he hasn’t gone to jail because Americans are not legally required to file….. @PeterSchiff My father also said, “Show me the law.” He coined the term “confession” to describe the 1040. Though the government never showed him any law that required him to pay income taxes or file an income tax confession, corrupt judges orchestrated convictions to protect the government.
  • LaGuardia plane crash audio captures moments before fatal collision: ‘I messed up’

    03/23/2026 5:39:11 AM PDT · by V_TWIN · 46 replies
    nypost.com ^ | March 23, 2026 | Chris Bradford
    Heart-pounding audio captured the frantic moments before Sunday’s fatal collision involving an Air Canada passenger plane and a firefighting truck at LaGuardia Airport — with one air traffic controller admitting after they “messed up.” Air traffic controllers urged an incoming plane to go around as the crash unfolded on the ground, killing the jet’s pilot and co-pilot, according to LiveATC audio. The truck was cleared to cross the airport’s Runway 4 before air traffic controllers urged a Frontier plane bound for Miami and the vehicle to stop. “Stop, stop, stop, stop,” the controller frantically demanded. “Truck 1, stop, stop, stop....
  • Today’s Cryptogram

    03/23/2026 2:29:39 AM PDT · by Apple Pan Dowdy · 8 replies
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  • Florida man stopped in Alabama with 81 gallons of moonshine, police say

    03/22/2026 5:42:07 PM PDT · by simpson96 · 63 replies
    CBS12 ^ | 01/26/2026 | Skyler Shepard
    OZARK, Ala. (WPEC) — An Alabama police officer discovered a Florida man hauling 81 gallons of moonshine during a routine traffic stop, an amount authorities say far exceeds what can legally be transported without a license. The Ozark Police Department said Officer Dylan Griffin with the Crime Suppression Unit pulled over 61-year-old Learndis Hamilton on January 9 for a traffic violation. Containers of clear liquid were reportedly visible inside the vehicle, prompting further investigation. Tests confirmed the liquid was illegally distilled moonshine, police said. Hamilton, who was traveling from Florida to an unknown destination, was the sole occupant of...
  • Woman disrupts ICE Agents and gets Tased [FAFO video - language]

    03/22/2026 5:15:27 PM PDT · by simpson96 · 18 replies
    Facebook ^ | 01/23/2026 | Andyfrisellagrit
    She was arrested for obstructing federal law enforcement after repeatedly confronting federal vehicles and being pepper sprayed multiple times.Woman disrupts ICE Agents and gets Tased
  • A Brief Review of Nationality Law

    03/22/2026 2:57:35 PM PDT · by CDR Kerchner · 8 replies
    The Post Email Newspaper ^ | 20 Mar 2026 | Leonard Daneman
    (Mar. 20, 2026) — Author’s Note: If parents have existing foreign citizenship, the 14th Amendment ‘born in the United States’ citizenship at birth clause DOES NOT APPLY to their children. WHY? Because the child already has the citizenship of their parents. The 14th Amendment was drafted from the 1866 Civil Rights Act to ‘cure’ stateless children whose parents had no nationality to confer, NOT to create ‘dual’ or ‘hybrid’ citizens which is a Conflict of Law. Modern nationality law began in the 1700’s, changing with the age of exploration, colonization, and the decline of feudal monarchies. The jus feudalis ‘feudal’...
  • Graham on Kharg Island: "We did Iwo Jima. We can do this"

    03/22/2026 10:32:54 AM PDT · by RandFan · 140 replies
    X ^ | March 22 | @atrupar
    Lindsey Graham on Kharg Island: "We did Iwo Jima. We can do this."
  • Deranged Florida Woman Arrested After Road Rage Rampage

    03/22/2026 9:41:52 AM PDT · by simpson96 · 53 replies
    National Today ^ | 3/21/2026 | Staff
    A 37-year-old Florida woman named Mandolyn Shaffer-Brockwell was arrested after allegedly unleashing a violent road rage tirade in Orlando, beating a pregnant driver, attacking an elderly bystander, and biting a police officer who tried to arrest her.(snip) According to police, the incident occurred on February 23 in the middle of a busy Orlando roadway near the Mall of Millenia. Shaffer-Brockwell is accused of repeatedly stopping her vehicle abruptly and refusing to let the pregnant victim change lanes, leading the victim to honk her horn. This allegedly triggered Shaffer-Brockwell, who then burst from her car, charged at the victim's SUV, and...
  • Sen. Lindsey Graham: “There’s nothing you can say or do that's going to change my mind”

    03/22/2026 3:55:51 AM PDT · by RandFan · 34 replies
    X ^ | March 22 | ShadowofEzra
    @ShadowofEzra Lindsey Graham goes full psychopath and has a message for his "haters," saying there’s nothing they can do about him telling President Trump to go to war with Iran. He says you better get used to it by drinking water and staying hydrated. “There’s nothing you can say or do that's going to change my mind.”
  • Today's Cryptogram

    03/22/2026 3:25:31 AM PDT · by nikos1121 · 8 replies
    CW SFJJSP VDA — U GPUTJMPUJ UJ CW IPPJ. — PVFJG ZGUTJDQ
  • Trump at a crossroads as US weighs tough options in Iran

    03/22/2026 12:50:22 AM PDT · by RandFan · 53 replies
    BBC ^ | March 22 | Anthony Zurcher, North America Correspondent
    Three weeks after the joint US-Israeli war against Iran began, the conflict has reached a fuzzy state of mixed messages and uncertainty, with Donald Trump's public comments often seemingly contradicted by realities on the ground. The war is "very complete, pretty much", Trump has said, but new American ground forces – including a Marine expeditionary unit - are moving into the region. It is "winding down", but US and Israeli bombing and missile strikes on Iranian targets continue unabated.Opening the Strait of Hormuz, the geographic choke point through which 20% of the world's oil export travels, is a "simple military...
  • Doge -+ What the Hell Happened?

    03/21/2026 8:49:05 PM PDT · by Mount Athos · 49 replies
    3/21/2026 | Me
    So Elon Musk and crew found truly epic amounts of and fraud. Finally an opportunity to shrink government and reduce corruption and the deficit. Then congress shot it right down. Even the Republicans mostly voted against it What the hell was that? Was there ever a coherent explanation? No further attempts, just dead forever? What was the plan to fix this sort of thing now, just everyone moved on? No further discussion, no second try, just a giant finger to the voters and country. Help me understand
  • Can You Identify This Departed Freeper?

    03/21/2026 5:25:23 PM PDT · by silent_jonny · 21 replies
    FRiends, Do you know the screen name of this departed Freeper? Her real name was Diane Berry, aka Diane Bruskas and Diane (Bruskas) Berry. She was active in the FR Facebook group but sadly passed away in January 2022. She lived in the Phoenix, AZ area. Here's a link to her FB page. https://www.facebook.com/diane.bruskasberryAnd to her obituary. https://www.whitneymurphyfuneralhome.com/obituaries/berry-diane-bruskasMaybe share this in the FB group? I'm not a member there. Any help is appreciated. Thank you.