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  • "Melody In D-Minor" - original neoclassical, by Yours Truly

    06/18/2026 11:16:47 PM PDT · by Slings and Arrows · 3 replies
    Me, via Rumble ^ | 6/19/26 | me, as "Hopalong Ginsberg"
    My latest song. Enjoy the melody.
  • Homosexual man imprisoned for life without parole after abusing, killing adopted boy

    06/18/2026 10:54:09 PM PDT · by Morgana · 6 replies
    Life Site News ^ | June 18, 2026 | Emily Mangiaracina
    A homosexual who sexually and physically abused and murdered the baby boy he adopted with his partner was jailed for life without parole on Thursday. English high school teacher Jamie Varley, 37, was convicted on Monday of murder, two counts of assault by penetration, five counts of cruelty to a child, sexual assault of a child, and multiple accounts of related to child abuse material. John McGown-Fazakerley, his homosexual partner, was found guilty of two counts of child cruelty, the sexual assault of a child, and causing or allowing the death of a child. Varley told police that Preston Davey,...
  • EU Parliament to switch to French search engine from Google in tech sovereignty push

    06/18/2026 10:17:56 PM PDT · by MinorityRepublican · 9 replies
    Reuters ^ | June 3, 2026 | Foo Yun Chee
    The European Parliament will switch to French ​search engine Qwant from Google (GOOGL.O), ‌it said on Wednesday, underscoring Europe's push to reduce its reliance on U.S. technology ​in favour of local alternatives. The ​European Commission will later on Wednesday ⁠announce measures on chips, cloud computing ​services and AI as part of ​its "Buy and Use European" drive. "From 4 June 2026, Qwant will become the default search engine ​on the European Parliament's Microsoft ​Edge and Mozilla Firefox browsers," a Parliament spokesperson ‌said ⁠in an email. The change will be applied automatically, though users will still be able to select alternative...
  • Legal Earthquake at the Supreme Court, which just called on the State of Oregon to answer the question below.

    06/18/2026 9:15:07 PM PDT · by Red Badger · 14 replies
    Twitter / X / ^ | June 18, 2026 | Brian Ward
    Legal Earthquake at the Supreme Court, which just called on the State of Oregon to answer the question below. The state never argued for a right to mandate such drugs; only the 9th Circuit granted it such a right, in violation of federal law. This question PROVES all C-19 mandates were unlawful. Notice the second half... can a state mandate a liability-shielded product? This is FAR BIGGER than anyone can possibly imagine. https://www.supremecourt.gov/search.aspx?filename=/docket/docketfiles/html/public/25-1280.html
  • Etruscan Wine Makers Cloned a Single Grape Variety for Hundreds of Years

    06/18/2026 8:54:47 PM PDT · by SunkenCiv · 8 replies
    Archaeology Magazine ^ | June 15, 2026 | editors / unattributed
    According to a statement released by the University of York, analysis of grape seeds recovered from mud at the bottom of wells carved into the rock at the Etruscan and Roman site of Cetamura del Chianti suggests that vintners there cloned vines that produced white berries. Oya Inanli of the University of York said that a majority of the seeds in the study were dated to between 300 B.C. and A.D. 300 and belonged to this single variety of grape. After the Romans conquered central Italy, new varieties of grapes were introduced to the site. The study also showed that...
  • Medieval Helmets Found Off Spanish Coast Identified

    06/18/2026 8:47:55 PM PDT · by SunkenCiv · 7 replies
    Archaeology Magazine ^ | June 9, 2026 | editors / unattributed
    According to a Gizmodo report, a new evaluation, including radiocarbon dating, of five of the 43 helmets discovered under about 20 feet of water off the northeastern coast of Spain in 1990 indicates that they were made between the late fourteenth and early fifteenth centuries, and not during the Roman period as had been previously thought. "At the beginning, it was difficult to place them in a specific era because they featured traits that recalled both Late Roman models and potential medieval pieces inspired by classical traditions," said Manuel Frallicciardi of the University of Alicante. Political turmoil from the late...
  • US company gets approval to build the world’s first fusion power plant in Washington

    06/18/2026 8:37:25 PM PDT · by Red Badger · 11 replies
    Interesting Engineering ^ | June 17, 2026 | Ameya Paleja
    Trenta, Helion`s 6th fusion prototype. Helion Helion Energy has an agreement with Microsoft to supply 50 MW of fusion power by 2028. US-based fusion energy company Helion has received the regulatory clearances to build the world’s first fusion energy power plant. The company has received a Radioactive Materials License (RML) and a Radioactive Air Emissions License (RAEL) from the Washington Department of Health (DOH), clearing the way to begin construction of the generator building at the power plant site. As the world looks for newer ways to meet it energy demands without emitting carbon, fusion energy seems to be the...
  • 'Scientists were dead right': Al Gore says on 20th anniversary of 'An Inconvenient Truth' (only 4.62 years left)

    06/18/2026 6:38:54 PM PDT · by Libloather · 35 replies
    ABC News ^ | 6/16/26 | Julia Jacobo
    The scientists have been right about climate change all along, says former Vice President Al Gore on the 20th anniversary of the release of "An Inconvenient Truth," the Oscar-winning documentary about Gore's campaign to educate people about climate change. When asked by ABC News chief meteorologist and chief climate correspondent Ginger Zee whether the film and its predictions on global warming hold up, Gore responded, "Unfortunately, yes." "The scientists were dead right on all the important elements of it, and it really is insane that we are continuing to use the sky as an open sewer and we're trapping so...
  • Von der Leyen Wants To Deport Migrants Her EU Policies Helped Bring In

    06/18/2026 6:28:43 PM PDT · by MtnClimber · 8 replies
    The European Conservative ^ | 18 Jun, 2026 | Javier Villamor
    Rising support for anti-immigration parties across Europe is forcing Brussels to rethink policies it once championed. Ursula von der Leyen welcomed new EU measures to speed up deportations this week, presenting them as proof that Brussels is finally getting tougher on illegal immigration. Yet the measures are intended to deal with a problem created in large part by immigration policies that her own European People’s Party (EPP) spent years supporting. On Wednesday, the European Parliament approved legislation allowing member states to expand detention powers, accelerate deportations and establish so-called “return hubs” in non-EU countries for migrants ordered to leave the...
  • Rep. Ilhan Omar Slams Jerry Seinfeld for ‘Palestine Doesn’t Exist’ Comment at NBA Finals

    06/18/2026 6:19:53 PM PDT · by Libloather · 27 replies
    Where Is The Buzz via Yahoo ^ | 6/12/26 | Terra Watts
    Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn, has criticized comedian Jerry Seinfeld after he told a streamer that "Palestine doesn't exist" as he walked out of an NBA Finals game after he was repeatedly asked to say "Free Palestine." While being interviewed by TMZ on Capitol Hill, Omar called Seinfeld's comment "disgusting," "disturbing," and "genocidal language," and argued that the remark is intended to erase Palestinian existence. "Jerry Seinfeld has been a really horrific human being and an example when it comes to talking about the reality of the genocide that Israel has carried out," Omar told TMZ. "And I think when people...
  • The White House @WhiteHouse | "Choose your fighter" [15 second video]

    06/18/2026 6:10:14 PM PDT · by ransomnote · 6 replies
    X.com ^ | June 17, 2026 | The White House @WhiteHouse
    June 17, 2026
  • New Research Reveals Who Is Most Likely To Buy Into Corporate Nonsense

    06/18/2026 5:58:37 PM PDT · by anthropocene_x · 17 replies
    Forbes/Yahoo News ^ | 17 June 2026 | Lindsay Kohler
    When Amazon CEO Andy Jassy announced that employees would be required to return to the office five days a week, he argued that in-person work would strengthen culture, collaboration, and innovation. Similar explanations have accompanied countless workplace decisions in recent years. Job cuts, pay freezes, and restructurings have routinely been packaged as opportunities for companies to become more agile, resilient, or future-ready. Whether these explanations are sincere or strategic, often bear only a passing resemblance to reality. The obvious question is: who even falls for statements that seem absurdly false or self-serving? According to new research out of Cornell University,...
  • Iran’s disfigured, ‘probably gay,’ supreme leader agrees to direct talks with US, could start this weekend

    06/18/2026 5:53:58 PM PDT · by Libloather · 5 replies
    NY Post ^ | 6/18/26 | Ronny Reyes
    Still-missing Iranian Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei authorized in-person meetings with the US to finalize the peace deal, according to a report. Khamenei gave his negotiation team the green light to head to Switzerland for the first round of negotiations with the US on Friday under the memorandum of understanding, according to a statement released by his office. Khamenei, who has yet to be seen in public since he was injured at the start of the war, instructed his team not to yield to any demands made by Washington that he deems excessive. The ayatollah, who ascended to the seat when...
  • Trump Claims He Got ‘Unconditional Surrender’ From Iran

    06/18/2026 5:51:19 PM PDT · by Miami Rebel · 54 replies
    Mediaite ^ | June 18, 2026 | Michael Luciano
    President Donald Trump told Marc Caputo of Axios on Thursday that the U.S. had bombarded Iran into “unconditional surrender.” His remarks came a day after he signed a memo of understanding meant to end the current war. Pundits and politicians from across the political spectrum have panned the deal as being too lenient on Iran. Some of the loudest criticisms have come from the right. Fox News host Mark Levin called it “unthinkable,” while his Fox colleague Trey Gowdy said the deal will make Iran “richer.” Meanwhile, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) said Trump is getting “very poor advice.” The arrangement,...
  • Long-forgotten brand is bringing back the flip phone with no apps — and tech-weary fans are relieved: ‘Take my money’ (Commodore Callback 8020)

    06/18/2026 5:38:48 PM PDT · by Libloather · 24 replies
    NY Post ^ | 6/18/26 | Ben Cost
    They’re flipping off social media. Nostalgic ’80s tech firm Commodore is hoping to combat tech addiction by releasing a retro flip phone that banishes social media apps. Dubbed the Commodore Callback 8020, this vintage phone reboot is billed as a “retreat from Black Mirror technology” designed to “help you spend less time staring at a screen,” per the blog. This throwback perhaps marks a fitting release for a nostalgic company that kickstarted the personal computer revolution of the 1980s and released the Commodore 64 — the best-selling PC of all time. The Callback, which will be available later this year,...
  • Afrikaner boy trying to sell old tires (video)

    06/18/2026 5:33:16 PM PDT · by yesthatjallen · 10 replies
    X ^ | 06 16 2026 | Rush1776Rush
    "Afrikaner children sell old tires for food. An American tourist gives him $6USD we need to give them asylum. South Africa went from 1st world nation that invented heart surgery, now their people starve on the street. Is this the future for America if we don’t fix immigration?" Rush1776Rush X video
  • MS NOW Guest Claims SAVE Act Only Allows "Moneyed, White, Straight Men" to Vote

    06/18/2026 5:29:11 PM PDT · by kevcol · 18 replies
    Newsbusters ^ | June 18, 2026 | Siena Do
    According to recent studies, mandatory voter identification, as outlined in the SAVE Act, is extremely popular, with up to 84 percent of the American public in favor. A very small minority, mostly on the far-left, oppose voter I.D., but with that far-left side taking over the mainstream Democratic Party, including congressional Democrats and their mouthpieces in the liberal media, you’ll hear more unhinged rants against the SAVE Act, like the one from Wednesday’s episode of MS NOW’s The 11th Hour
  • Luigi Mangione bizarrely withdraws ‘extreme emotional disturbance’ defense claim 1 day after filing it

    06/18/2026 5:21:27 PM PDT · by Libloather · 13 replies
    NY Post ^ | 6/18/26 | Ben Kochman
    Luigi Mangione has apparently abruptly scrapped the psychiatric defense he planned to use at his upcoming trial in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. “The defense respectfully withdraws CPL 250.10 notice at this time,” the accused killer’s lawyers wrote to Judge Gregory Carro in Manhattan Supreme Court. The letter — which refers to the specific part of New York’s criminal code — could mean that Mangione no longer plans to claim he was overtaken by an “extreme emotional disturbance” when he gunned down Thompson on a Midtown sidewalk in December 2024. But one experienced Big Apple defense attorney said...
  • Dazed Biden gets left behind at Obama Center opening: ‘Where’s my granddaughter’

    06/18/2026 5:12:49 PM PDT · by Libloather · 27 replies
    NY Post ^ | 6/18/26 | Ryan King
    They just left him there. Former President Joe Biden was awkwardly left lingering by himself on stage at the grand opening of the Barack Obama Presidential Center in Chicago, tepidly waving at the crowd after the ceremony ended. A gleeful Obama had waltzed off the stage to the music, followed by a smiling former first lady Jill Biden, while the 46th president stood there seemingly dazed all by himself. For reasons that aren’t clear, the 83-year-old went over to the podium and took off his sunglasses before staring into the crowd with a puzzled look on his face. “Where’s my...
  • Socialist Seattle mayor’s World Cup cleanup is a world-class fraud

    06/18/2026 5:00:41 PM PDT · by Libloather · 8 replies
    NY Post ^ | 6/18/26 | Ari Hoffman
    Seattle cleaned itself up to host the World Cup the way a child cleans his room before his parents come upstairs: by shoving the dirty laundry under the bed and stuffing everything else into the closet. Socialist Mayor Katie Wilson herded thousands of drug addicts away from the SoDo neighborhood’s Lumen Field football stadium and nearby Downtown’s hotels, then bragged that “Seattle is ready” for the massive influx of international visitors. But walk just a few blocks, and the truth crowds the sidewalk — hunched over and smoking fentanyl. This week I joined Jonathan Choe, senior fellow at the Discovery...