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  • BCSO sergeant killed on I-40 near Carnuel after semi-truck hits patrol vehicle (New Mexico)

    02/25/2026 2:18:31 PM PST · by CedarDave · 1 replies
    The Albuquerque Journal ^ | Modified February 24, 2026 - 8:32 p.m. | Nakayla McClelland
    A sergeant with the Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Office was killed while on duty when his vehicle was struck by a tractor-trailer on Interstate 40 on Monday, the agency said. "The Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Office is heartbroken to confirm that one of our sergeants was killed in the line of duty this evening,” BCSO spokesperson Jayme Gonzales said in an email Monday night. Sgt. Michael Schlattman, who had been with the agency since 2012, was conducting a traffic stop late Monday afternoon on eastbound I-40 near Carnuel when the crash occurred, Gonzales said. "While he was outside the vehicle, a semi-truck...
  • Trump calls for ‘deranged’ Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar to be ‘institutionalized’ after State of the Union

    02/25/2026 2:07:43 PM PST · by Libloather · 10 replies
    Washington Examiner ^ | 2/25/26 | Brady Knox
    President Donald Trump unleashed on Reps. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) and Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), after they heckled him in his State of the Union address, saying they should be institutionalized or deported. Omar and Tlaib were two of the most outspoken members of the audience during the State of the Union, throwing curses and insults at the president throughout. Trump responded directly in a colorful post on Truth Social, deriding their performance and calling for harsh action against them. “When you watch Low IQ Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib, as they screamed uncontrollably last night at the very elegant State of...
  • Rumble Down?

    02/25/2026 1:48:33 PM PST · by PJ-Comix · 7 replies
    Self | February 25, 2026 | PJ-Comix
    Is it just me or is anybody else noticing that Rumble appears to be DOWN?
  • Parents debate toddler safety leashes after one father said, "She isn't an animal," then changed his mind when safety became a concern

    02/25/2026 1:19:57 PM PST · by where's_the_Outrage? · 26 replies
    Decluttering Mom ^ | Feb 25, 2026 | Madison Clark
    You might assume safety leashes feel extreme - especially after a father declared, "She isn't an animal." But when a sudden scare shows how quickly toddlers can bolt, you'll see why some parents swap principles for practical precautions. If keeping a child close reduces the chance of injury, many caregivers choose a leash as a temporary safety tool rather than a sign of failed parenting. This piece explores how opinions shift when safety becomes immediate, how social judgment weighs on choices, and how families balance independence with protection. Expect candid accounts, practical context, and points that help you weigh the...
  • AFN to end ‘direct-to-home’ satellite television service around the world

    02/25/2026 12:33:47 PM PST · by Libloather · 9 replies
    Stars & Stripes ^ | 2/20/26 | Seth Robson
    The American Forces Network is ending its eight-channel satellite television service for U.S. military personnel living off base across Europe and Asia. The long-running service known as “direct-to-home” is screening its final programming before going dark March 22, said Kimberly Antos, director of AFN’s Broadcast Center. The network is replacing the satellite broadcast with its AFN Now application, which has drawn 57,000 registered users since it launched in 2022, she told Stars and Stripes in a Jan. 30 email. “This transition is absolutely a cost-saving measure,” Antos said, adding she doesn’t have information about how much money the broadcaster will...
  • Conservative Economist Scores Big After Betting Almost $350,000 DOGE Would Fail

    02/25/2026 12:27:22 PM PST · by Miami Rebel · 38 replies
    Mediaite ^ | February 25, 2026 | Sarah Rumpf
    Many Americans were skeptical of Elon Musk’s grandiose claims that DOGE would take a “chainsaw” to federal spending. One “tax nerd” was so skeptical he decided to “bet his life savings” on Musk’s promises being a flop — and it paid off big time, according to a report by The Wall Street Journal. Musk has seen his approval rating descend as he has taken a more publicly active role politically, plus ongoing criticism and litigation over his management of his social media platform X and support for far-right politics in Europe. He jumped into his work with the Department of...
  • DEJA VU ALL OVER AGAIN: CME HALTS METALS TRADING AHEAD OF FIRST NOTICE DAY FOR SILVER.

    02/25/2026 12:21:04 PM PST · by delta7 · 11 replies
    Silvertrade ^ | 25 Feb 26 | Jon Lindau
    The Last Time the CME Halted Trading, Silver Surged 127% Over the Next 60 Days Silver Was Trading at $53.26/oz When the CME Halted Trading for 10 Hours overnight November 28th for “COOLING ISSUES”. Silver then immediately spiked to an all time record high $56.78 immediately upon resumption of trading on November 28th. Silver then proceeded to more than DOUBLE to $121 over the next 2 months as a historic physical short squeeze played out. The CME “Cooling Issues” Trading Halt just HAPPENED to occur on First Notice Day for the December Silver Contract- Reportedly After a CHINESE INDUSTRIALIST notified...
  • The Mainstream Media Will Not Survive 'The Information State'

    02/25/2026 12:18:28 PM PST · by MtnClimber · 11 replies
    Hot Air ^ | 24 Feb, 2026 | Mark Judge
    Next month the most important political book of the year, or perhaps the decade, will be published. It is called The Information State: Politics in the Age of Total Control. The author is Jacob Siegel, a journalist for the Tablet. To summarize: shocked by the arrival of Donald Trump in 2016, American government officials, the media, and the technology giants created a system of censoring the public, spying on other opponents, and planting false stories. The media was complicit and will never fully recover. Trump’s rise, Siegel writes, “meant that politics had become war, as it is in many...
  • Joe Scarborough's State of the Union: Trump 'Did Sh-- No Sane President Would Ever Do'

    02/25/2026 11:52:44 AM PST · by governsleastgovernsbest · 41 replies
    NewsBusters ^ | Mark Finkelsein
    Joe Scarborough has reacted to President Trump’s State of the Union with profanity — and by questioning his sanity. After a sweeping denunciation of Trump’s remarks on immigration, inflation, and elections, Joe Scarborough declared the speech “extraordinary… for many reasons,” adding: “He did sh-- that no sane president would ever do.It was really, really crazy to be watching that in a State of the Union address.” Get the rest of the story and view the video here.
  • ‘Irreversible on any human timescale’: Scientist reveals best and worst-case scenario for Antarctica [barf]

    02/25/2026 11:27:10 AM PST · by Olog-hai · 26 replies
    Euronews ^ | 02/20/2026 6:00 GMT+1 | Liam Gilliver
    Despite being far away from civilization, a melting Antarctic’s “disastrous” consequences will ripple across the world, researchers warn. Scientists have highlighted just how high the stakes are as human-made climate change continues to rapidly warm Antarctica. A new study published in the journal Frontiers in Environmental Science, models the best- and worst-case scenarios for global warming on the Antarctic Peninsula, the northernmost part of the mainland. Researchers warn that the continent’s future “depends on the choices we make today”, arguing that cutting emissions could avoid the most “important and detrimental” impacts of the climate crisis. […] Under the highest emissions...
  • Astronomy Picture of the Day - The Egg Nebula from the Hubble Telescope

    02/25/2026 11:22:02 AM PST · by MtnClimber · 6 replies
    NASA ^ | 25 Feb, 2026 | Image Credit & Copyright: ESA/Hubble & NASA, B. Balick (U. Washington)
    Explanation: Ever wonder what it would look like to crack open the Sun? The Egg Nebula, a dying Sun-like star, can unscramble this question. Pictured is a combination of several visible and infrared images of the nebula (also known as RAFGL 2688 or CRL 2688) taken with the Hubble Space Telescope. The star has shed its outer layers, and a bright, hot core (or "yolk") now illuminates the milky "egg white" shells of gas and dust surrounding the center. The central lobes and rings are structures of gas and dust recently ejected into space, with the dust being dense enough...
  • Top Secret: The Forgotten Fighter Ace of the Korean War (Awarded Medal of Honor by PDJT last night)

    02/25/2026 11:09:05 AM PST · by Jacquerie · 34 replies
    Defense Visual Information Distribution Service ^ | 1 December 2018 | Austin Rooney
    Retired Navy Capt. E. Royce Williams has been keeping a secret for more than 50 years. To his friends, family, and others he served with, Williams was known as a decorated fighter pilot, who led a successful career in the Navy, where he served for more than 30 years and flew more than 220 missions in Korea and Vietnam. However, even his wife wasn’t aware of what he’d done on Nov. 18, 1952. That morning, Williams was continuing what had become a daily routine for him as a young Navy pilot stationed onboard the USS Oriskany off the coast of...
  • Democrats Refuse To Stand As Trump Introduces Jesus

    02/25/2026 11:06:18 AM PST · by V_TWIN · 26 replies
    babylonbee.com ^ | Feb 25, 2026
    WASHINGTON, D.C. — In a night where lawmakers raised eyebrows by remaining glued to their seats throughout the president's State of the Union address, analysts later said the most shocking incident of the night was when Democrats refused to stand as Trump introduced Jesus. President Trump took a moment during his speech to introduce the literal Son of God sitting in the gallery and recognize Him for being the King of Kings and Lord of Lords, but Democrats sat stubbornly in their chairs and would not offer applause. "The Son of God is here, folks, let's hear it for Him,"...
  • California officials approve plan to shoot mule deer on Catalina Island to restore native habitat

    02/25/2026 11:01:21 AM PST · by Olog-hai · 30 replies
    CBS News ^ | February 2, 2026 6:22 PM PST | Julie Sharp
    Catalina Island conservationists are moving forward with an extensive plan to preserve the island’s native habitat after the state recently approved the lethal shooting of the invasive mule deer on the island. The California Department of Fish and Wildlife approved the Catalina Island Conservancy’s restoration management permit in late January. […] Mule deer were introduced to the island in the early 1920s as a game species for hunting by the state. Island conservationists say the deer, which fluctuate in numbers between 500 and 1,800, have no natural predators and are destroying native vegetation found only on the island. They also...
  • Fact checking Trump's 2026 State of the Union address and Democrats' response (Abigail gets one inconclusive result at the end)

    02/25/2026 10:45:48 AM PST · by Libloather · 13 replies
    CBS News ^ | 2/25/26 | Laura Doan, Steve Reilly, James LaPorta, Jui Sarwate, John Kelly, Julia Ingram, Aaron Navarro, Camil
    CBS News fact checked President Trump's 2026 State of the Union address Tuesday night, in which he highlighted his record on the economy, immigration and tariffs, and also assessed a claim made by Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger during her Democratic response. Here are some of the claims and CBS News' ratings and context for those statements: True: Trump claims murder rate saw its largest decline in recorded history last year "Last year, the murder rate saw its single largest decline in recorded history. This is the biggest decline, think of it, in recorded history — the lowest number in over...
  • Aliens DO exist – they just haven't visited Earth, NASA veteran claims

    02/25/2026 10:44:13 AM PST · by Olog-hai · 55 replies
    Daily Mail (UK) ^ | 05:37 EST, 25 February 2026 | Xantha Leatham, Executive Science Editor
    Aliens exist — they just haven’t visited Earth, a NASA veteran has claimed. Dr. Gentry Lee has worked at the US space agency since 1968, when he first got involved with the Viking mission to Mars. He has since spent more than half a century designing probes to land on distant planets — but argues Earth has not yet been visited by otherworldly beings. “There exists nothing today that says any alien or any alien machine has ever landed on the planet Earth,” he told the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) conference in Phoenix. “If you believe...
  • Bill Murray Shares His Best Drinking Stories: “What Is It About Alcohol?”

    02/25/2026 10:17:58 AM PST · by Beowulf9 · 23 replies
    https://www.hollywoodreporter.com ^ | April 11, 2019 | By Bill Murray as told to Brad Japhe
    n a career spanning 45 years and 90 feature films, Bill Murray has managed to age like a fine wine, though he prefers vodka. He loves it so much, in fact, that in 2010, the Oscar nominee (for Lost in Translation) and part-time bartender (at his son Homer‘s Brooklyn restaurant, 21 Greenpoint) invested an undisclosed sum in his own brand. Called Slovenia, the buckwheat-derived vodka carried at Mondrian Hotel Sky Bar and Chez Jay in Santa Monica (and recently added to the offerings at Upstairs at the Ace Hotel), has “this viscosity that stays on your tongue — it makes...
  • Will NBA coaches ever go back to wearing suits? Doc Rivers offers fashionable idea

    02/25/2026 9:46:01 AM PST · by WhiteHatBobby0701 · 18 replies
    CBS Sports ^ | February 25, 2026 | Jack Maloney
    MILWAUKEE -- Over the weekend, the Los Angeles Lakers honored legendary coach and current Miami Heat executive Pat Riley with a statue outside of Crypto.com Arena. The eight-foot tall, 510-pound bronze sculpture captures Riley in a triumphant pose with one arm raised above his head and dressed in his iconic Armani suit. Few coaches in NBA history, if any, have been as stylish as Riley, who commanded the sidelines in an array of designer suits and alligator belts. It was no surprise, then, that he had some thoughts about the current fashion trends in the league. "I wish it went...
  • From Mexico to the northern border, federal agents nab forced labor, visa fraud

    02/25/2026 9:21:51 AM PST · by Libloather · 3 replies
    The Center Square ^ | 2/25/26 | Bethany Blankley
    (The Center Square) – Federal agents continue to pursue visa fraud and forced labor crimes across the U.S. perpetrated by Americans and noncitizens who exploited a border crisis and loopholes in a weak visa system, prosecutors argue. The prosecutions come as Mexican smuggling operations at the northern border continue to be thwarted, The Center Square reported. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Washington announced this week 61 indictments against six people in the Tri-Cities and Yakima areas for extensive visa fraud, victim tampering, aggravated identity theft, mail and wire fraud, visa fraud and other charges. Two people...
  • Epstein files: Larry Summers to resign as Harvard professor, reports say

    02/25/2026 9:01:36 AM PST · by zeestephen · 46 replies
    CNBC (Business News) ^ | 25 February 2026 | Dan Mangan
    Larry Summers, the former Treasury secretary who has been dogged by his past friendship with Jeffrey Epstein, will resign from teaching at Harvard University by the end of the current academic year, according to reports on Wednesday...Summers previously served as president of Harvard.