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  • Today's Cryptogram

    07/17/2026 2:41:49 AM PDT · by FroggyTheGremlim · 3 replies
    Hiya kids! Hiya, Hiya!Good Morning Crypto-FReepers.I see some of the same old faces out there.But that's OK - I like you anyway.Today's quote is a bit obscure, makes you go "Eeeww" but funny anywayHa Ha Ha!I'll be good - I will, (like heck) I will. Ha ha ha.This is today's quote: DUNQHRO YDMCJB HJ GHPU ANBIHRO HR JMKUMRU UGJU'J ANBISNBUD- NGUZNRQUD SMMGGVMBB
  • Ditching his 'Whizzinator' in a patrol car was Florida man's second bad decision of day

    07/16/2026 8:00:52 PM PDT · by dynachrome · 7 replies
    Fox ^ | 7-16-26 | Sean Joseph
    The Flagler County Sheriff's Office has accused a Florida man of coming up with a plan to beat his court-ordered drug test. Executing what on paper might look like a good plan proved to be difficult. His first mistake was climbing behind the wheel on July 14 and driving to submit his urine sample. A deputy stopped James Shepard, 52, as he pulled in, because according to the sheriff's office, his license is suspended. That's a violation of the felony probation he was serving for multiple burglaries and thefts, News 6 reports. He was arrested on charges of violating probation...
  • James Franco faces skepticism after showing questionable footage of 'alien' at his home

    07/16/2026 7:46:40 PM PDT · by yesthatjallen · 27 replies
    The Mirror UK ^ | 07 13 2026 | Angelica Cheyenne
    James Franco recently disclosed an alleged encounter with the extraterrestrial he's claimed has visited his residence in several prior social media posts. Over recent weeks, the 48-year-old Spider-Man movie trilogy star has been posting videos claiming he was being tracked after the visit. James hadn't provided any proof of the incident with his followers until now, stating in his latest video, "You wanted it. Here it is. I deliver." His monochrome footage showed an alleged being moving through the shrubbery, peering into his residence, and emerging from a garage in his backyard. This followed James's insistence that an "alien" was...
  • Chuck Schumer appears to let loose huge fart on Senate floor

    07/16/2026 5:11:51 PM PDT · by simpson96 · 62 replies
    NY Post ^ | 7/15/2026 | Chris Nesi
    Senators will no doubt yield this one back without objection. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer appeared to break wind on the floor of the chamber this week, even suppressing a light chuckle after the now-viral delivery. The 75-year-old was criticizing President Trump and the war in Iran when he seemed to have lost a war of his own that was brewing in his trousers, letting loose an audible fart that went out live on C-SPAN airwaves Tuesday. “Now on Iran and the NDAA,” Schumer said before seemingly cutting the cheese in a viral clip first isolated and shared by The...
  • NBC, ABC and CNN Won’t Carry Trump Primetime Election Speech

    07/16/2026 4:21:42 PM PDT · by yesthatjallen · 77 replies
    Hollywood Reporter ^ | 07 16 2026 | Alex Weprin
    Viewers may have to do a little hunting or channel-surfing if they want to watch tonight’s controversial address to the nation from President Donald Trump. ABC and NBC will opt to stream Trump’s speech at 9 pm EST on their streaming platforms, rather than carry it live on their networks. ABC says that it will broadcast a special report when the speech concludes. “ABC News will run President Trump’s speech on ABC News Live and ABC News Radio with comprehensive, anchored coverage,” an ABC News spokesperson says. “We will also cover the speech in our regular network newscasts and, as...
  • 'Pakistan will not take back the Rochdale Monster, Shabir Ahmed'

    07/16/2026 1:29:23 PM PDT · by RandFan · 13 replies
    X / Reform ^ | July 16 | Reform UK
    @ZiaYusufUK Tahir Andrabi, a spokesman for Pakistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs has told the BBC that Pakistan will not take back the Rochdale Monster, Shabir Ahmed. So why did the Tory Labour uniparty send them £6 billion of your money?
  • Mutant creature named ‘Jimothy’ stalks Seattle — and becomes local celebrity (raccoon with issues.)

    07/16/2026 12:29:39 PM PDT · by dynachrome · 22 replies
    NY Post ^ | 7-16-26 | Chris Nesi
    This will leave you sleepless in Seattle. Seattleites are abuzz over sightings of a deformed raccoon whose truncated backbone gives it the appearance of a creature not of this earth. The stubby critter, dubbed “Jimothy” by locals, is being tracked online as excited residents share videos of him traversing backyards and balconies in the Emerald City. “For our 13th anniversary, [we] were graced with the presence of Jimothy the raccoon with short spine syndrome. Praise Jimothy!!” one fan captioned an Instagram video showing him darting along a suburban yard and up a set of stone stairs. Though he hasn’t been...
  • Trump To Secure Strait Of Hormuz By Posting Old Man Who Asks You 3 Questions Before You May Pass

    07/16/2026 10:28:26 AM PDT · by dayglored · 45 replies
    The Bee ^ | Jul 15, 2026 | The Bee
    DOHA — With the U.S. blockade of the important waterway back on amid renewed hostilities in Iran, President Donald Trump announced that he would secure the Strait of Hormuz by posting an old man who asks you three questions before you may pass. The old man, who was reportedly discovered by U.S. military officials as he guarded a rickety bridge over a chasm in rural Britain known as the Gorge of Eternal Peril, will now be stationed on a dinghy in the Strait of Hormuz, where he will bar the passage of any vessel unless its crew can answer...
  • Leftist Women Are an Abomination

    07/16/2026 8:32:14 AM PDT · by simpson96 · 51 replies
    Townhall ^ | 7/16/2026 | Kurt Schlichter
    A 43-year-old Trump-hating American woman named Jamey Carney decided to move to Ireland to escape the Bad Orange Man’s reign of terror, shack up with her Palestinian asylum seeker boyfriend, and… well, that misadventure ended about as well as a sentence that begins “I thought the pitbull looked cute, so I petted it…” or “But I thought I could fly…” Spoiler Alert: Her Muslim dreamboat got mad at the uppity infidel and bludgeoned her to death. Who could’ve seen that coming except anybody with eyes? It’s kind of amazing how Darwinism results in a self-cleaning gene pool. No, I would...
  • Roy Cooper's Legacy of 'Death by Illegal Alien' Rears Its Ugly Head Again(NC senate race)

    07/16/2026 7:07:24 AM PDT · by DIRTYSECRET · 26 replies
    Roy Cooper is in trouble. He was popular and unbeatable, but then a Democratic firm, had him only four points ahead of Republican Michael Whatley. His favorability ratings are nearly underwater. People are learning about his relentless support of illegal aliens who have killed American citizens. Democratic survey takers say there’s a path to victory for Republicans in this race, which was largely seen as a Democratic pickup. Republicans, this race is winnable. Send cash to Whatley now.
  • Today's Cryptogram

    07/16/2026 2:22:57 AM PDT · by Lonesome in Massachussets · 13 replies
    VWBLB'N I PLGDWV DXZTBQ WIOB XQ VWB ABITXJ, VWB RXLQ GN IN WGDW IN IQ BZBFWIQV'N BSB, IQ' GV ZXXHN ZGHB GV'N RZGAPGQ' RZBIL YF VX VWB NHS. — XNRIL WIAABLNVBGQ Clue: Look in the comments
  • Rep. Massie: "We're sending more money to Israel than we spend on homeless veterans"

    07/16/2026 12:54:19 AM PDT · by RandFan · 100 replies
    X / House of Representatives ^ | July 16 | Rep. Thomas Massie
    @RepThomasMassie Though my amendment to strike $3.3 billion in aid to Israel from the State Dept Approps bill did not pass, 104 House Members voted in favor of it. The tide is changing. Americans want their tax dollars to be spent improving things here at home, not waging war and genocide.
  • NOW: Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announces there is $1 TRILLION in confirmed gold at Fort Knox — the gold is still there

    07/15/2026 6:17:02 PM PDT · by logi_cal869 · 52 replies
    X ^ | 7/15/2026 | Eric Daugherty
    Q: Have you visited Fort Knox? BESSENT: I am happy to say, all gold is present and accounted for! The US has the LARGEST pile of gold in the world, over $1 trillion.
  • Ballot drop boxes - King County (Seattle)

    07/15/2026 5:25:14 PM PDT · by zeestephen · 15 replies
    King County (Seattle) decided it needs ONE more Ballot Drop Box. Where did they decide to locate it? Bellevue Community College. Current number of students? More than 20,000. Scroll down a few inches at the link and see what the County Drop Box map looks like. Bellevue (154,000) is an affluent suburb that used to be strongly pro-business, a true outlier in King County. Over the last six years, Bellevue City Council has become 100% Hard Left. Tragic.
  • DHS responds after encounter with ICE ends with man being killed by semi in St. Johns County

    07/15/2026 9:21:41 AM PDT · by V_TWIN · 37 replies
    news4jax.com ^ | July 15, 2026 | Francine Frazier, Andrea Snody, Chris Will
    ST. JOHNS COUNTY, Fla. – The Department of Homeland Security shared a brief update Wednesday morning after an operation in St. Johns County turned deadly on Tuesday. According to the Florida Highway Patrol, a 28-year-old man who ran from ICE agents around 6:45 a.m. Tuesday crossed into the path of a tractor-trailer on State Road 16 and was killed. A DHS spokesperson released this statement about the incident on Wednesday morning: On July 14, DHS law enforcement conducted an operation near St. Johns, Florida. Florida Highway Patrol and HSI are investigating an incident resulting in the death of a Mexican...
  • Transgender Person Who Fled the United States for the Netherlands Now Complains About Being Harassed by Muslims There (VIDEO)

    07/15/2026 9:05:32 AM PDT · by V_TWIN · 30 replies
    thegatewaypundit.com ^ | Jul. 14, 2026 | Mike LaChance
    A transgender person who was born a male but now identifies as a woman, fled the United States of America for the Netherlands, apparently believing there would be greater freedom there. This same person was recently interviewed and complained about being harassed by Muslim migrants in the Dutch country. How many times have we seen something like this before? People on the left who flee the United States of America looking for something better, almost never find what they are seeking. In fact, they usually end up learning a hard lesson about how much better life is in the United...
  • Joe Biden Slurs His Way Through Video Announcing New Memoir

    07/15/2026 8:01:01 AM PDT · by simpson96 · 59 replies
    PJ Media ^ | 7/15/2026 | Matt Margolis
    We knew it was coming. Now, it’s finally been announced. In a video shared to social media, Joe Biden issued a statement about his forthcoming presidential memoir, Promise Me, America, and the rollout told you almost everything you need to know before you bother to crack the spine. Biden's voice sounded muffled, as if he were talking with a mouthful of cotton balls. It was hard to watch, but I sat through it. "Since I left the presidency, I've had a lot of people ask me, 'Joe, what have you been doing?'" Biden claimed in the video. "I'm dealing with...
  • This video from Toronto Police is not an SNL skit. SOMEHOW, IT IS REAL.

    07/15/2026 7:09:30 AM PDT · by V_TWIN · 14 replies
    notthebee.com ^ | Jul 13, 2026
    This is not a right-wing parody video Toronto Police actually posted this. Toronto authorities thought this video would make us mad. They trotted out Sgt. Rob Chevalier, their "2SLGBTQ" Liaison Officer, with a "sad" story about how he and a gay black dude with fake breasts got made fun of.
  • 'Vaccines even MORE HARMFUL than severe COVID!': Witness’ EXPLOSIVE CANCER risk claim shocks Senate

    07/15/2026 5:29:00 AM PDT · by V_TWIN · 93 replies
    Youtube.com ^ | June 15, 2026
    A U.S. Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations hearing has reignited debate over COVID-19 vaccines, cancer risks, and scientific transparency. Among the witnesses was Dr. Aseem Malhotra, a London-based consultant cardiologist, who delivered testimony that has sparked intense discussion online and among policymakers.
  • Today's Cryptogram

    07/15/2026 3:12:53 AM PDT · by Lonesome in Massachussets · 15 replies
    ZYFOBOW SI YEDDU ZSTT REXO FAYOWI YEDDU, AFF. - REWX AZESG. Clue: Change A to T