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  • Today's Cryptogram

    08/30/2026 12:27:45 AM PDT · by nikos1121 · 6 replies
    Q'G MVE VWWSMXSX HC NKK EAS XRGH HKVMXS ZVOSP HSBNRPS Q OMVT Q'G MVE XRGH, NMX Q NKPV OMVT EANE Q'G MVE HKVMXS. — XVKKC LNUEVM
  • We are probably alone (11 mins)

    08/29/2026 7:42:49 PM PDT · by Az Joe · 35 replies
    The Ancient Dog ^ | 08/05/2026 | Professor Edmund Whitmore
    Professor Edmund Whitmore takes the stage to make an argument most scientists won't say out loud: that we are probably alone in the universe. Not "we haven't found anyone yet." Actually alone. The only technological civilization that exists, or has ever existed, within any distance that matters.
  • Grok AI Analyzed the 1967 Patterson-Gimlin Bigfoot Film — The Results Are Shocking

    08/29/2026 6:00:37 PM PDT · by lowbridge · 48 replies
    Youtube ^ | August 29, 2026
    Grok AI Analyzed the 1967 Patterson-Gimlin Bigfoot Film — The Results Are Shocking For nearly six decades, the Patterson-Gimlin Bigfoot film has resisted every attempt to explain it away. Now Grok AI has analyzed the legendary 1967 footage using movement, proportion, terrain, and mask-boundary tests. What the system found challenges the classic man-in-a-suit theory in ways that are difficult to ignore. And one frame in particular may be the most unsettling clue of all.
  • Democrat Governor Wants To Remove ‘Mothers’ And ‘Pregnant Woman’ From State Health Code

    08/29/2026 3:36:38 PM PDT · by Morgana · 25 replies
    Daily Wire ^ | Aug 27, 2026 | Megan Brock•
    Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro is quietly trying to erase women and mothers from his state’s health code. The Democrat’s administration has removed female terminology and replaced it with transgender-inclusive language in a proposed overhaul to Pennsylvania’s health code. The terms “pregnant woman” and “mother of a newborn” have been replaced with “pregnant or postpartum individual” throughout the 502-page proposal, which was announced on August 8. Women who have given birth to a stillborn baby are no longer called a “mother” but are instead referred to as a “postpartum individual” in the proposed regulation changes. Shapiro is pushing to give Pennsylvania’s...
  • Woman Says “I Got the Abortion Because I Loved My Baby”

    08/29/2026 1:00:53 PM PDT · by Morgana · 48 replies
    life news ^ | Aug 27, 2026 | Steven Ertelt
    A woman is drawing massive condemnation on social media after a video surfaced where she said she killed her baby in an abortion because she “loved him.” Describing abortion as supposedly the only way she could protect the baby from a hard childhood, the woman ignore adoption as an alternative or improving the circumstances to welcome a child. “I got the abortion because I loved my baby, and I could not see a better way to love my baby and protect my baby from a childhood in a world that would not be kind to it,” she said. “I knew...
  • Today's Cryptogram

    08/29/2026 1:55:17 AM PDT · by nikos1121 · 14 replies
    QRE EBABYYBH AIJ YIOU, XB O’ZZ WBZZBH EDT XRU. —QTIEZTX
  • 19 year old freeper fantasy football league needs 1 player for 8 teams, 3 players for 10 teams

    08/28/2026 1:32:53 PM PDT · by GeorgiaDawg32 · 2 replies
    me | 8/28/2026 | GeorgiaDawg32
    This league has been around for 19 years and is in search of players. 1 player will make an 8 team league, 3 players will make a 10 team league. If interested, you must have a yahoo account. It is a live online draft on 9/5 at 5 p.m. Send mail to me with your yahoo email address and I'll send you an invite.
  • Dating App Adds Feature Allowing Men To Filter Out Women Who Support Lindsay Clancy

    08/28/2026 1:27:13 PM PDT · by dayglored · 21 replies
    The Bee ^ | Aug 27, 2026 | The Bee
    U.S. — A popular dating app announced a new feature that would allow men to filter out women who support accused child murderer Lindsay Clancy. OkCupid developers announced the new addition to the app after men expressed a desire for a product that would allow them to be paired with women who don't empathize with a woman on trial for murdering her three young children. "It's a pretty simple concept, really," OkCupid spokesman Mark Sidwell explained. "There are a lot of men out there who would rather not waste their time with women who think the patriarchy is responsible...
  • NRA launches 13-state bus tour ahead of midterm elections

    08/28/2026 11:18:55 AM PDT · by PROCON · 8 replies
    centersquare.com ^ | Aug. 27, 2026 | Tom Joyce
    The National Rifle Association's Gun Bus prepares to depart NRA headquarters in Fairfax, Virginia, for a 13-state tour ahead of the 2026 midterm elections. Photo: Courtesy of the National Rifle Association Institute for Legislative Action / Used with Permission(The Center Square) – The National Rifle Association launched its first national bus tour Thursday as the group tries to get gun owners to vote in the 2026 midterm elections.The NRA Institute for Legislative Action plans to make 63 stops in 13 states before the tour ends on Election Day, Nov. 3.The group calls it the 2026 NRA’s Gun Bus Battleground Tour.The...
  • Furious Wisconsin parent cited for tripping football player, 9, who was running for touchdown

    08/28/2026 9:29:16 AM PDT · by V_TWIN · 76 replies
    nypost.com ^ | Aug. 28, 2026 | Chris Bradford
    An enraged Wisconsin parent was cited for tripping a 9-year-old football player during a youth league game when he became “upset over a play,” as the child’s coach declared it the “most cowardly act I’ve ever seen. Shocking footage captured the dad, who was supporting the Milwaukee Colts, taking matters into his own hands when he made the drastic intervention against the Case Eagles in Racine, Wisc., on Saturday, CBS58 reported. The Eagles football player, wearing No. 88, was rushing to score a touchdown when the rogue adult extended his left leg and tripped the athlete. The boy and adult...
  • At a House hearing. Marco Rubio makes Representative Kamlager-Dove look like a fool. (hilarious video 3 minutes)

    08/28/2026 7:55:54 AM PDT · by dennisw · 22 replies
    you tube ^ | 6 -3 | Marco Rubio
    At a House hearing. Marco Rubio makes Representative Kamlager-Dove look like a fool. https://x.com/SowersJen/status/2062295779998306616
  • Susan Collins agrees to four debates ahead of Senate election in Maine

    08/28/2026 7:00:21 AM PDT · by DIRTYSECRET · 13 replies
    Troy Jackson, has not yet agreed to appear at the debates, which would all be hosted by local news outlets. “We believe any debates should be town hall debates — with Mainers in the room asking the questions that matter to their families,” Jackson spokesman Dan Gottlieb said.
  • Today's Cryptogram

    08/28/2026 2:36:58 AM PDT · by FroggyTheGremlim · 11 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 well worth learning and keeping in mind for all of today's issues. The quote references one of my favorite peeves.Your clues should be interesting.Ha Ha Ha!I'll be good - I will, (like heck) I will. Ha ha ha.This is today's quote: MAP QIOMQMWMQTI TC GTWEIBUQOD QO ITM FTQIK QMO GTH XPUU ITX.QM QO QEEPORTIOQHUP XQMA QMO RTXPE.MAP FBDBKP ABO OREPBF MT MAP RWHUQZ UQCP BDPEQZBIO BUU OABEP.MAP FBDBKP ZBI HP ZTEEPZMPF, HWM ITM WIMQU GTWEIBUQOD ZTDPO...
  • Friday Silliness Thread

    08/28/2026 12:07:06 AM PDT · by Nateman · 34 replies
    Free Republic ^ | August 28, 2026 | Nateman
    It is Friday! Time once again for stupid memes!
  • Smithsonian employee advises Catholics in NCR column to pray to 'transgender' saints, smears Joan of Arc as a 'cross-dresser'

    08/27/2026 8:41:05 PM PDT · by simpson96 · 18 replies
    American Thinker ^ | 8/27/2026 | Monica Showalter
    On this Feast of St. Monica, I guess we Catholics need to add another wayward soul to our prayer list. This one's quite a lulu. Emma Cieslik, a 'museum specialist' at, not surprisingly, the Smithsonian, who claims to be Catholic, but not as loudly as she claims to be "queer, disabled and neurodiverse" in her social media bios, wrote this guest column for the National Catholic Reporter: August is Transgender History Month, a time to reflect on the transgender people who have led the way for transgender people's rights and who continue fighting for legal recognition and protection. This history...
  • Jonathan Hunt report on Iran talks that irked Trump (Video at URL)

    08/27/2026 7:33:29 PM PDT · by Its All Over Except ... · 2 replies
    Yahoo News ^ | 8/27/2026 | Staff
    Jonathan Hunt report on Iran talks that irked Trump ...
  • Girl Scouts To Award Muslim Badge To Any Girl Who Gets Married Before Age 8

    08/27/2026 12:22:07 PM PDT · by dayglored · 21 replies
    The Bee ^ | Aug 26, 2026 | The Bee
    U.S. — The Girl Scouts of America, in cooperation with the Islamic Center of America in Dearborn, MI, unveiled a new Muslim badge girls could earn by getting married before the age of 8. Because of the strict age requirement, the Muslim badge can only be earned by Daisies and Brownies. Other program levels are ineligible for the coveted new badge. GSUSA President Telva McGruder said, "Islamophobia is a growing problem, and we want to do our part to teach our Girl Scouts about what it really means to be tolerant, which is why we will be offering a...
  • Florida man arrested for destroying decoy Flock camera

    08/27/2026 6:44:56 AM PDT · by V_TWIN · 55 replies
    notthebee.com ^ | August 26, 2026
    Oviedo man Evan Meyer got caught destroying a Flock camera. Only it wasn't a Flock camera at all. It was a decoy! That's right, the police 3D-printed themselves a fake Flock camera and set it up to catch whatever freedom-loving kook who was stealing all of Big Brother's surveillance gear. Police said Evan Meyer used pruning shears to cut down the decoy camera before smashing it. Video from the arrest shows officers taking Meyer into custody Thursday night. According to police, the fake camera was installed as a ‘clone bait camera' after several Flock cameras were stolen between late July...
  • A Different Voyager Anomaly - Lightday

    08/27/2026 5:59:06 AM PDT · by Lonesome in Massachussets · 18 replies
    August 27, 2026 | Self
    I noticed a discrepancy between a NASA public relations web page and the NASA Horizons App, which models the trajectories of solar system celestial objects. I wrote to NASA twice, once to an online generic "ask NASA" page and once an email to individuals at NASA with cognizance of the issues. I know NASA get a lot of crank emails, and understand why they do not have time to reply to all of them. I am not convinced my email is a crank missive. Read it and tell me what you think. I am most reluctant to criticize NASA, but...
  • Today's Cryptogram

    08/27/2026 3:12:36 AM PDT · by Lonesome in Massachussets · 6 replies
    WBWD SEBOWA FD OJW NAEGWDO XZIEB EBK ZH QD JEGW WGWA SBZXB – UCEK OAEGFD Clue: Look in the comments