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  • Long-lost Egyptian scroll fuels debate over real-life biblical giants

    02/01/2026 12:18:05 PM PST · by MarlonRando · 14 replies
    Daily Mail ^ | 2-1-26 | Rob Waugh
    The papyrus describes encounters with the Shosu people, said to stand 'four cubits or five cubits' tall, up to eight feet in height. Supporters of the theory say the text provides rare non-biblical corroboration of Old Testament accounts of giants, which appear repeatedly beyond the familiar story of David and Goliath. An Egyptian cubit measured roughly 20 inches, meaning the Shosu would have towered over most people of the era. The papyrus takes the form of a letter written during a time of war, detailing hostile terrain and military challenges.
  • 35 Years Ago, Seinfeld Introduced a Bizarre Character Who Would Haunt the Series Until Its Finale

    02/01/2026 11:50:08 AM PST · by PROCON · 31 replies
    comicbook.com ^ | Jan. 30, 2026 | Ben Hathaway
    Seinfeld had quite a few memorable supporting characters who, time and time again, would cross paths with Jerry. And, for the most part, the interactions were more awkward or adversarial than pleasant. For instance, rival comedian Kenny Bania. Or Jack Klompus, his parents’ neighbor at Del Boca Vista. Then there’s Bryan Cranston’s Tim Whatley, dentist and re-gifter extraordinaire. Other examples include the vengeful Joe Davola and…Newman! And outside the aforementioned postal worker slash neighbor of Mr. Seinfeld, the best of these recurring characters is none other than Uncle Leo.Uncle Leo is the type who is always there when you don’t...
  • CHAT/VANITY Check out this video of Scott Adams daily podcast

    02/01/2026 10:47:00 AM PST · by mowowie · 17 replies
    Watch the first 3 minutes... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vi3yGs6n-Mg
  • Boxer Jarrell Miller's hairpiece pops off during fight

    02/01/2026 9:06:35 AM PST · by V_TWIN · 42 replies
    foxnews.com ^ | February 1, 2026 | Ryan Gaydos Fox News
    A bizarre moment occurred Saturday night in a boxing match between heavyweights Jarrell Miller and Kingsley Ibeh in New York. Ibeh and Miller were fighting hard in the second round of their bout. Ibeh delivered a flurry of shots, which caused the crowd to buzz. One of the punches knocked Miller’s head backward and his hairpiece popped upward from the front. It revealed a bald spot that covered most of his head. Miller ripped the toupee off his head and threw it into the crowd. A few boxing fans on social media were seen taking pictures with the hairpiece.
  • Revealed: Tom Cruise 'deserted his £35million Knightsbridge flat' days after an armed moped gang raided nearby Rolex store as he feels London 'has declined and is no longer safe'

    02/01/2026 8:00:09 AM PST · by MinorityRepublican · 65 replies
    The Daily Mail ^ | 01 Feb 2026 | John James
    A source close to the Mission Impossible star, 63, said he left his £35million pad because he felt the star-studded location had 'declined' recently. A terrifying robbery of the Rolex store near Cruise's building last week saw attackers on motorbikes ram into the shop and swing machetes at brave security guards who tried to stop them. The thugs entered the Bucherer with a large sledge hammer, two small claw hammers and a centre point tool used for smashing thick glass. Around 20 watches were robbed in the broad daylight raid last week which went on for three terrifying minutes before...
  • Today’s Cryptogram

    02/01/2026 12:44:33 AM PST · by nikos1121 · 12 replies
    YPZ QZOXJHXE VJBVPGBZ VYZZWV ESJX OSJTPV HBA YGBYV YPZ OJAV HBA VCZUUV YPZ UZHKZV CGYPGB.” — CGUUGHF D. OXEHBY
  • Florida couple sues fertility clinic after alleged embryo mix-up results in birth of ‘non-Caucasian child’ not biologically theirs

    01/31/2026 12:54:48 PM PST · by simpson96 · 34 replies
    NY Post ^ | 1/30/2026 | Richard Pollina
    A Florida couple claims a fertility clinic error led to the birth of a “non-Caucasian child” who was not biologically theirs, according to a lawsuit. Tiffany Score and Steven Mills allege that Orlando fertility clinic IVF Life, Inc., and its head reproductive endocrinologist, Dr. Milton McNichol, implanted another patient’s embryo in Score’s uterus in April 2025, the Orlando Sentinel reported on Thursday. In 2020, Score and Mills stored three viable embryos at the clinic — which boasts about its “advanced fertility care” and “cutting-edge technology” — for in vitro fertilization, a process that creates embryos and stores them until...
  • Los Angeles ICE protesters CHASED OFF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT

    01/31/2026 10:40:03 AM PST · by lowbridge · 24 replies
    Twitter/X ^ | January 31, 2026 | Wall Street Apes
    Los Angeles ICE protesters CHASED OFF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT and wouldn’t let them put out the fire they lit at the ICE detention center Let me repeat that. Democrat rioters in California are setting fires and then being allowed to STOP THE FIRE DEPARTMENT “Protesters setting a dumpster on fire right outside the downtown detention center where many federal immigration detainees are being held. Firefighters responded but then backed away when they were confronted by a handful of protesters”
  • Fla. woman charged with posing as teen to molest 5 middle-school-age boys is ‘the real victim,’ dad claims

    01/31/2026 10:36:39 AM PST · by simpson96 · 55 replies
    NY Post ^ | 1/30/2026 | Georgia Worrell
    The dad of a Florida woman charged with posing as a teen to molest five middle-school-age boys has bizarrely claimed to The Post his daughter is “mentally defective” and the real victim of the sex crimes. Before Alyssa Ann Zinger, 25, was arrested for allegedly having sex with underage boys, the accused pedophile grew up in a “good Christian home” in suburban Tampa — but dealt with a myriad of mental disorders, (snip) “She had a lot of problems growing up. Our daughter has been to 10 to 12 psychologists and psychiatrists throughout her life,” the 55-year-old dad said, adding...
  • Man Excited for First Date—Not Prepared for Who Else Joins: ‘Bizarre’

    01/31/2026 10:28:06 AM PST · by simpson96 · 115 replies
    Newsweek ^ | 1/28/2026 | Claire Dodds
    A man’s first date with a woman he met online veered into unexpected territory when, just minutes into their coffee meetup, her entire family appeared at the next table. The moment was recounted on TikTok by user Brian (@brianbrister), whose account of the date begins like many others in the online dating era: light banter over coffee, signs of mutual chemistry and early optimism. But just minutes into the conversation, his date interrupted the flow with an unusual announcement: “Oh, by the way, my family’s here.” “I was like, ‘Oh! They’re in town visiting, that’s so fun,’” Brian recalls. “She...
  • ‘Sanford and Son’ star Grady Demond Wilson dead at 79: Actor played lead role in beloved, groundbreaking 70s sitcom

    01/31/2026 9:20:11 AM PST · by V_TWIN · 43 replies
    nypost.com ^ | Jan. 31, 2026 | Alexandra Bellusci
    “Sanford and Son” star Grady Demond Wilson has died at the age of 79. The actor, best known for playing Lamont Sanford, the son of Fred Sanford, in the smash-hit 1970s sitcom, died at his Palm Springs home on Friday following complications related to cancer. Wilson’s son, Demond, confirmed the news to TMZ, saying: “I loved him. He was a great man.” He is survived by his wife Cicely Johnson and their six children. Wilson was the last surviving cast member from “Sanford and Son,” which aired on NBC.
  • Auburn, Washington mother irate upon learning that her daughter's middle school permitted their students to protest ICE

    01/31/2026 9:12:12 AM PST · by lowbridge · 15 replies
    Twitter/X ^ | January 31, 2026
    An Auburn, Washington mother was irate upon learning that her daughter's middle school (Olymic Middle school) permitted their students to protest Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) during school hours. Video:
  • Demond Wilson, Lamont on ‘Sanford and Son,’ Dies at 79

    01/31/2026 8:43:52 AM PST · by PallMal · 33 replies
    The Hollywood Reporter ^ | January 31, 2026 | Mike Barnes
    Demond Wilson, who starred alongside Redd Foxx and answered to “Hey, Dummy” for six seasons on the wildly popular 1970s NBC sitcom Sanford and Son, has died. He was 79.
  • Another $800k's worth of Ads against Thomas Massie

    01/31/2026 8:59:13 AM PST · by RandFan · 25 replies
    X ^ | Jan 31 | @RepThomasMassie
    @RepThomasMassie Within hours of the Epstein file release, a superPAC funded by Israel-first billionaires Miriam Adelson, Paul Singer, and John Paulson, who himself appears in Epstein’s black book, bought another $800,000 of TV ads against me. I’ll still win, but if I lose, it was worth it.
  • Vanity The Anti-ICE rallies today were small.

    01/31/2026 3:41:34 AM PST · by Az Joe · 30 replies
    01/31/2026 | I
    If you watch the coverage from around the nation there are not a lot of people in the streets. A few of the usual hot spots got rowdy, but even there the crowds were not large. In AZ, for instance, there were 3,000 in Tucson, a very Liberal city. There were less than that in Phoenix, more than 3 times the size of Tucson. https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/politics/immigration/2026/01/30/in-tucson-protesters-say-immigration-crackdown-is-personal/88435267007/ "An estimated 3,000 people protested in Tucson against the Trump administration's immigration policies." "The size of the protest — significantly larger than the protest at the state Capitol in Phoenix..." 3k turnout in either Tucson...
  • Today’s Cryptogram

    01/31/2026 1:34:13 AM PST · by nikos1121 · 11 replies
    RZ JMNNMBP YQ RZ I RZPMBBZE ZKZEA VMBPNZ OQEBMBP. —OZMVYZE ZHUWIEY
  • Photograph of Russian soldier taped upside down to a tree in the freezing cold proves it - Putin's army is now a penal colony driven forward by terror

    01/30/2026 9:28:40 PM PST · by RandFan · 130 replies
    Daily Mail ^ | Jan 30 | By DAVID PATRIKARAKOS, SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT
    They've hung him upside down like a slab of meat. Stripped to his underwear. Arms bound tight with tape. Ankles lashed to a tree trunk in the open winter air. The second man, attached to a neighbouring tree, is at least taped upright. A man screams at them in Russian. He stuffs a fistful of snow into one of the men's mouths. Both cringe in terror, whimpering protestations and pleas. This is no medieval dungeon - it's the Russian army in Ukraine in the 21st century. The men's 'crime'? Refusing to walk, yet again, into what they call 'the meat...
  • How Republican Senators Voted on Ending Refugee Welfare

    01/30/2026 4:06:19 PM PST · by RandFan · 38 replies
    X ^ | Jan 30 | Rand Paul
    @RandPaul The Somali fraud exposed a broken system. Instead of reform, Washington spent $5B more. If Republicans can’t cut a fraction of the deficit, they aren’t serious about debt. See how your senator voted:
  • Senate poised to pass massive funding package

    01/30/2026 2:18:24 PM PST · by RandFan · 7 replies
    The Hill ^ | Jan 30 | thehill
    Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) announced Friday afternoon that the Senate is poised to vote on a series of amendments and then pass a massive package of appropriations bills to fund the federal departments and agencies. Thune announced votes on seven amendments, including a proposal by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) to repeal $75 billion in funding for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and another by Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) to bar the Trump White House from rescinding funding through pocket rescissions. The Senate will also consider an amendment sponsored by Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) to remove $5 billion from...
  • Cenk does Tucker

    01/30/2026 1:44:55 PM PST · by RandFan · 13 replies
    X ^ | Jan 30 | Tucker Carlson
    @TuckerCarlson Most Americans just want to live in a sovereign country that cares about them. That’s not a partisan position. It’s a baseline demand. Cenk Uygur explains.