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Charles Laughton shows his humorous side with Tennessee Ernie Ford on The Ford Show, April 6, 1961 in this historic television appearance.Charles Laughton - Dramatic Reading Of The Tax Form (The Ford Show - April 6, 1961)

I think this is what libs call "California Dreamin'" Nothing says "Oakland" more than a shirtless man with a ciggy between his lips driving a bus around the city, flashing a peace sign at the people videoing him. A shirtless guy with a cigarette and a wrecked city bus made for one seriously bizarre sight on Oakland's streets — and the footage has many doing a double take. The mystery man was filmed driving a retired San Francisco Muni coach through West Oakland, piloting a vehicle that appeared to have seen much better days. The front windshield was missing, the...

WUSF Public Media reported that the state pays contractors up to $18 an hour... Florida does not permit hunters to use firearms to kill the snakes, so capturing them requires close contact... They could also earn $50 for a python measuring up to four feet, followed by another $25 for each additional foot With a $10,000 grand prize for the person who humanely killed the highest number. Aycock recalled capturing one measuring 17 feet... He and his wife had to manoeuvre around the animal before he could secure its head and prevent it from lunging at them.

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Don’t livestream jihadi-fascist Hasan. We shouldn't turn justfiable punishmebt into something like a spectacle. We are not Iran, Palestinian Gaza regime, ISIS or narco thugs. We stand for freedom, and human dignity—not the ideologies that crush them. We must be principled enough to reject extremism without becoming extremists ourselves. **Don’t amplify what undermines the values we truly defend.** And we are peope of faith.

Republican Senator Chuck Grassley, who serves as the Senate Pro Tempore, has filed for reelection at the age of 93. Should he win reelection in 2028, Grassley would be 101 by the end of his next term.

It doesn’t happen. That’s what we’ve been told for years. Illegal voting in America is a myth, a fairy tale, a bedtime story conservatives tell themselves after losing. Anyone who asked about it got a pat on the head and a diagnosis. Then the Department of Justice went looking.

Oct. 17 Revolution France MEDIA MANDATE MOVES UP A GEAR For October 17, I evolved the site with new tools to participate, share and follow the mobilization: PERSONALIZED PROFILE PICTURE Add a yellow frame or drawn vest to your photo, then download it for free. REAL-TIME COUNTER See how many visitors are on the site, even without joining the chat. INTERACTIVE MAP Select your department and declare your intention to participate, without sharing your specific location. RANKING OF DEPARTMENTS Discover the departments which record the most participations declared on the site. This is not an estimate of the number of...

it seems like a great example of how JD Vance tries to be everything to everyone. He enthusiastically supports executing Nidal Hasan for committing the worst crime ever, but he is going to keep himself away from the actual execution.

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The UK government has revived plans for digital IDs, now saying they’ll be voluntary — not mandatory — after fierce public backlash. But privacy, surveillance, and hacking concerns remain. We talked to British citizens to find out if they trust the government with their data. (TRT is a Turkish public broadcast service)

The tiger seen mauling a man who had gotten inside the enclosure at Yorkshire Wildlife Park has survived, say police. Shocking footage has emerged of a man inside the enclosure at the Doncaster attraction and the tiger, visibly disturbed by his presence, attacking the man who is seen shouting at the animal to stay back. The popular wildlife park will remain closed throughout today and the rest of tomorrow. Visitors reported hearing gunshots as they were ordered to leave the park shortly after 1.35pm. The speculation prompted fears from the public that the animal had been shot dead to protect...

Statement on Trump Suspending Microsoft from the PERM Program: This is a crucial issue for me as the top Democrat on the Immigration Subcommittee, the only member of Congress to have actually had an H-1B visa, and the Representative for tens of thousands of Microsoft workers. The administration has been consistently working to take away legal pathways for immigrants to contribute their talents to our country, and this is yet another of those attacks. The PERM program is the first step toward an employment-based green card for countless workers who want to contribute to this country, and it lays out...

It all falls to you, Mr. and Mrs. Donald Trump supporters. The midterm elections on November 3 are essential for the survival of the country: The survival of the United States as a constitutional republic is on your shoulders. The 2026 midterm election is important, but it also sets the stage for 2028, and while every election is important, these elections are existential. This is because the United States is in a revolutionary time. The outcomes of the midterms will be critical. Americans have the chance to save America or send the country down the path of a Communist tyranny....

A baby product that was found to contain various forms of alcohol is being recalled. Pacific Health Sciences is voluntarily recalling a batch of Babies’ Magic Tea brand Baby Sleep Gripe Water, according to a notice posted on the website of the Food and Drug Administration. The FDA said tests found “ethanol, methanol, and isopropanol that were not declared on the product label.” “Measured levels were approximately 8.3 percent ethanol, 0.35 percent methanol, and 0.48 percent isopropanol. These substances were not listed on the label. Their presence may pose a risk depending on the amount consumed and the age and...

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Pastor Frederick D. Haynes III, who leads the 13,000-member Friendship-West Baptist Church in Dallas and is running for Congress, was accused in a 2009 lawsuit of sending $2,000 to a woman who allegedly mailed him a topless photo. Haynes is the pastor of Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, and has her endorsement to succeed her in Texas' deep-blue 30th Congressional District. His former executive assistant, Elizabeth Payne, claimed he told her to wire the money to a female "mentee" named Lisa Harrod for travel expenses, The Washington Free Beacon reports. (snip) Payne claimed in the lawsuit that she was fired in...

A woman from Squamish, B.C., who married an ISIS fighter and moved to Syria over a decade ago has pleaded guilty to a terrorism charge. Kimberly Polman spent nearly four years in a Syrian detention camp before she was repatriated to Canada in 2022. In 2024, she was charged with “leaving Canada to participate in the activity of a terrorist group” and “participation in the activity of a terrorist group.” On Thursday, she pleaded guilty to the first charge, one month before her trial was set to begin. The maximum sentence for such a terrorism offence is 10 years in...

Donald Trump Jr.’s ex-fiancée Kimberly Guilfoyle begged a major MAGA donor to pay her $100,000 credit card bill days before her confirmation hearing to be ambassador to Greece, stunning text messages show. “Honey please I need you to get this done for me today,” the 57-year-old ex-Fox News host implored former Kentucky congressional candidate Eric Deters in a July 3, 2025, Signal message reported by The Wall Street Journal. Guilfoyle followed that up with a praying hands emoji and a PDF with bill payment instructions from the credit card giant. “You could just send it here,” she told Deters. “It...

A Cedar Rapids woman believes police targeted her and another protester last week. Annya Mari said she's been protesting ICE for the past 20 years and was slammed to the ground by the Cedar Rapids Police Department outside the building where ICE check-ins are held. She was charged with harassment of a public official and interference with official acts. (snip) Mari said she was just there to accompany migrants to their check-ins and document cars coming in and out of the building. Video of the interaction shows CRPD claiming the advocates were obstructing government vehicles. Those standing around deny that...