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  • Next year, I will give one of my SpaceX shares to every kid in America.

    10/19/2026 4:13:56 AM PDT · by SmokingJoe · 2 replies
    X ^ | 10/19/2026 | Elon Musk
    Next year, I will give one of my SpaceX shares to every kid in America. This will be the first of many.
  • Today's Toons 10/19/26

    10/19/2026 2:43:12 AM PDT · by pookie18 · 3 replies
    The Right Reasons ^ | 10/19/26 | pookie18
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  • Today’s Cryptogram

    10/19/2026 1:58:03 AM PDT · by Apple Pan Dowdy · 7 replies
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  • Republican Ads on Sunday Night Football

    10/19/2026 1:56:10 AM PDT · by 7thson · 7 replies
    First off, for those of you who do not watch the NFL, do not watch television, cut their cable, and so on - we get it. We hear from you guys every time there is something sports related posted. If you can help yourselves, please refrain from telling all of us you do not watch the NFL or television anymore. We know. We've heard it before. Now for anyone watching tonight's game, did you catch the two political ads for Ken Paxton? At first, I thought why am I seeing this in Tennessee. Than I realized that this game being...
  • Homan says Ilhan Omar could be stripped of naturalization, deported if immigration fraud is proven

    10/18/2026 10:52:52 PM PDT · by Libloather · 11 replies
    Fox News via NY Post ^ | 10/18/26 | Max Bacall
    Border czar Tom Homan said Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., could be denaturalized and deported if investigators find that she committed immigration fraud, repeating his assertion that no one is above the law after her home was raided and cellphone seized. “Of course, if you lie during the naturalization process, there is a process to denaturalize somebody. We’ve done it before… And certainly, if the evidence points that way, that could happen,” Homan told “The Big Weekend Show” on Saturday. Omar will “be held to the same standards you and I are held [to]. If she violated the law, then she’ll...
  • To every American, and to everyone watching France burn from abroad: Do not blame the French people for this. We never asked for it. We never voted for it. And the one time we were clearly asked, we said no. Here are the numbers your media won't show you.

    10/18/2026 9:10:07 PM PDT · by ransomnote · 51 replies
    X.com ^ | October 17, 2026 | Brivael Le Pogam @brivael
    Brivael Le Pogam@brivael·Oct 17To every American, and to everyone watching France burn from abroad:Do not blame the French people for this.We never asked for it. We never voted for it. And the one time we were clearly asked, we said no.Here are the numbers your media won't show you.70% of the French say there are too many immigrants in France today.79% want a tougher immigration policy.77% disapprove of the government's record on immigration.83% want foreign criminals and long-term unemployed foreigners sent home.And no, it's not just the old. 69% of French 18 to 24 year olds support suspending legal immigration...
  • Earhart Expedition: The Search Continues After Taraia Object Investigation Rules Out Hypothesis [3:51]

    10/18/2026 8:05:11 PM PDT · by SunkenCiv · 12 replies
    YouTube ^ | October 18, 2026 | Purdue University
    The Taraia Object expedition, a joint effort by the Archaeological Legacy Institute, Purdue Research Foundation and Purdue University, found no conclusive evidence to confirm a hypothesis that wreckage from Amelia Earhart’s Lockheed Electra 10-E was in a lagoon on a remote atoll in the South Pacific. The findings mark a new chapter in the ongoing effort to understand what happened to Earhart and navigator Fred Noonan on her round-the-world flight attempt in 1937. While the findings rule out one of the latest hypotheses, they also provide valuable information that will help inform future efforts to solve one of aviation’s greatest...
  • Cedar City driver arrested after crashing into bowling alley twice

    10/18/2026 7:47:21 PM PDT · by simpson96 · 14 replies
    ABC4 ^ | 10/18/2026 | Tyler Moss
    CEDAR CITY, Utah (ABC4) — A woman in Cedar City has been arrested after crashing her vehicle into a bowling alley and causing an estimated $100,000 in damages. Chantell Strong, 40, was arrested one a count of criminal mischief causing more than $5,000 in losses and a count of reckless driving. Cedar City Police Department officers were called to the bowling alley near 3000 N Minersville Highway for a motor vehicle incident involving property damage. They arrived to find a vehicle, driven by Strong, that had crashed through the building and was stuck on concrete and could not remove itself....
  • Woman arrested after 3 shot at Laney High School homecoming, sheriff’s office says

    10/18/2026 7:41:43 PM PDT · by simpson96 · 24 replies
    Augusta Press ^ | 10/18/2026 | Greg Rickabaugh
    A woman was arrested Saturday after three people were shot following an altercation at Lucy C. Laney High School in Augusta during the school’s rescheduled homecoming celebration. Aiyana Lane faces three counts of aggravated assault and several weapons-related charges in connection with the shooting, according to an updated statement from the Richmond County Sheriff’s Office. Aiyana Lane Deputies responded to the school at 1339 Laney Walker Boulevard at approximately 6:05 p.m. after receiving reports of multiple people struck by gunfire. Investigators determined that an altercation occurred between Lane and another woman. The physical confrontation was broken up by bystanders, but...
  • ABSOLUTELY SICKENING. WHAT KIND OF COWARDS DO THIS TO THE ELDERLY?! 😡🇫🇷

    10/18/2026 6:26:47 PM PDT · by SmokingJoe · 54 replies
    X ^ | 10/18/2026 | Ames
    🚨 ABSOLUTELY SICKENING. WHAT KIND OF COWARDS DO THIS TO THE ELDERLY?! 😡🇫🇷 An elderly couple in France was reportedly robbed, stripped down to their underwear, and left humiliated in the street amid the unrest. Imagine living eight decades, only to find yourself surrounded by people who apparently see two defenseless elderly citizens as easy targets. These aren't revolutionaries. They're not freedom fighters. They're thugs. And let's be perfectly clear: There is NOTHING brave about terrorizing elderly people who cannot defend themselves. Protest is a right. Robbery, intimidation, and humiliating innocent people are CRIMES. Every one of the thugs responsible...
  • Picturesque college town in the Rockies is one of America’s most dangerous: study (Boulder)

    10/18/2026 6:26:17 PM PDT · by Libloather · 19 replies
    NY Post ^ | 10/18/26 | Andrea Palladino
    Students at the University of Colorado are in for some rocky news. Boulder, the beautiful college town the CU calls home, is one of the most dangerous in America, according to a new study. One the other hand, the Gators aren’t as perilous as they look. Gainesville, home of the University of Florida, is one of the safest college towns. The study from Lesson Maker Pro evaluated 174 college towns — big and small — across seven safety metrics, tracking crimes from Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) violations and hate crimes to robberies and aggravated assaults. Researchers culled data from...
  • The Forgotten Tomb of a Roman Emperor [4:01]

    10/18/2026 6:25:15 PM PDT · by SunkenCiv · 5 replies
    YouTube ^ | October 16, 2026 | Scenic Routes to the Past (Garrett Ryan, Ph.D)
    At Centcelles, near Tarragona in northeastern Spain, are the remains of a massive rotunda that may have served as the tomb of Constantine's youngest son. The Forgotten Tomb of a Roman Emperor | 4:01 Scenic Routes to the Past | 62.6K subscribers | 35,210 views | October 16, 2026
  • CBS News faces $20M defamation lawsuit after misidentifying Maryland teenager in Reflecting Pool report

    10/18/2026 5:36:29 PM PDT · by Libloather · 6 replies
    NY Post ^ | 10/15/26 | Brian Flood
    CBS News is facing a defamation lawsuit as a Maryland teenager seeks $20 million in damages, claiming he was falsely identified as a person arrested for vandalizing the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool’s lining. The lawsuit, filed on Wednesday in U.S. District Court in the District of Columbia, identified the 15-year-old plaintiff simply as “JV.” “He was not arrested for vandalizing it. He was not accused by law enforcement of vandalizing it. Yet CBS News broadcast and published a story to a national audience that placed JV’s image alongside the assertion that five people had been arrested for vandalizing and ‘sabotaging’...
  • Miles Taylor Dismisses Possible Ilhan Omar Naturalization Fraud As 'A Tiny Paperwork Error'

    10/18/2026 4:42:43 PM PDT · by governsleastgovernsbest · 35 replies
    NewsBusters ^ | Mark Finkelstein
    On Saturday's edition of MS NOW's The Weekend, Miles 'Anonymous' Taylor—dressed as ever in pleather—a disgruntled former Trump 1.0 administration member, discussing the Trump administration's investigation of Ilhan Omar's naturalization status, said that "a tiny paperwork error" would not be grounds for stripping her of her naturalization. Although Taylor didn't specify the "tiny error" he was referring to, it was almost certainly that, long after she was naturalized, Omar had her congressional staff change her birth year on official records from 1981 to 1982. That's anything but tiny. If indeed, as has long been on the record, she was born...
  • JAW-DROPPING BETRAYAL! (Hakeem Jeffries)

    10/18/2026 4:28:54 PM PDT · by Vendome · 23 replies
    Eagle signal Usaus via X ^ | October 18, 2026 | Eagle signal Usaus
    Hakeem Jeffries was asked POINT-BLANK if a Democrat-controlled House would BRING BACK the illegal aliens Trump already deported to third countries (like Africa): Reporter: “Will the Congress under your leadership bring back the [illegal aliens] deported to third countries?” Jeffries NODS YES repeatedly 👀 and says: “We do.” Then drops this bombshell: “Trump’s mass deportation machine does NOT get a DIME.” Translation? Hand Democrats the gavel in November and they’ll DEFUND ICE, halt deportations, and try to REVERSE the ones already done — flying people BACK into America on YOUR dime while families struggle with groceries, rent, and crime. This...
  • ICE arrests more than 130 alleged gang members — including violent MS-13, TdA suspects — in a single week: DHS

    10/18/2026 3:52:59 PM PDT · by Libloather · 5 replies
    NY Post ^ | 10/17/26 | Brie Stimson, Bill Melugin
    In the last week, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents arrested more than 100 suspected gang members in the country illegally, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) exclusively told Fox News Digital. Agents arrested 131 gang-affiliated people between Oct. 4 and 10, including 22 affiliated with MS-13, and 13 with Tren de Aragua (TdA). ICE has made 12,018 gang-related arrests since President Donald Trump took office again in 2025, DHS said. “In less than a week, the brave patriots of ICE have arrested more than 100 gang members across the country, including members of MS-13 and Tren de Aragua,”...
  • Astronomy Picture of the Day -

    10/18/2026 2:31:52 PM PDT · by MtnClimber · 7 replies
    Explanation: Yes, but have you ever experienced the Eagle Nebula with your ears? The famous nebula M16 is best known for the feast it gives your eyes, highlighting bright young stars forming deep inside dark towering structures. These light-years long columns of cold gas and dust are some 6,500 light-years distant toward the constellation of the Serpent (Serpens). Sculpted and eroded by the energetic ultraviolet light and powerful winds from M16's cluster of massive stars, the cosmic pillars themselves are destined for destruction. But the turbulent environment of star formation within M16, whose spectacular details are captured in this combined...
  • Diner claims she nearly ate cow tooth stuffed in ‘Democrat’ taco at Tex-Mex restaurant

    10/18/2026 2:17:45 PM PDT · by DFG · 18 replies
    NY Post ^ | 10/18/2026 | Zoe Hussain
    A “grossed-out” diner nearly swallowed a cow tooth that was stuffed in a takeout taco from a Texas-based chain restaurant, a new lawsuit claims. Nohemi Castillo is suing Torchy’s Tacos after she discovered a cow tooth in a “Democrat” taco — consisting of beef barbacoa made with beef cheek — from a South Congress location of the fast-casual Tex-Mex restaurant on June 9, KVUE reported. The restaurant offers both Democrat and Republican tacos, according to its menu. Castillo was “grossed out and sickened” by the foreign cow canine and had to visit a doctor that night, where she was prescribed...
  • Why One of the World’s Greatest Mathematicians Is on a ‘War Footing’

    10/18/2026 2:05:12 PM PDT · by E. Pluribus Unum · 12 replies
    The New York Times ^ | Oct. 16, 2026 | Elisabeth Bumiller
    The Fields Medalist Terence Tao is on the front lines of a debate about artificial intelligence and the future of his field. Terence Tao is typically described as one of the world’s greatest living mathematicians, but right now he is doing very little math. “I’m on a war footing,” he said while grabbing coffee during a two-day math workshop at the University of California, Los Angeles, that was rife with talk about the existential crisis that artificial intelligence has created in his field. Days earlier OpenAI had announced that it had solved the Navier-Stokes problem, one of seven “Millennium Prize...
  • Long Beach homeowners lash out at Democratic mayor as homes collapse into ocean

    10/18/2026 1:54:38 PM PDT · by Libloather · 26 replies
    NY Post ^ | 10/18/26 | Sheetal Banchariya
    Devastated Long Beach homeowners launched a scathing attack on Mayor Rex Richardson after Tropical Storm Rachel destroyed their multimillion-dollar beachfront houses. Dennis Poulsen, 84, built his beachside mansion on Ocean Boulevard 21 years ago and saw “just a little bit of water” seep inside last week, but his anger toward city hall ran deep. “The mayor of Long Beach doesn’t give a damn about this community… His natural constituency is not here and he doesn’t really care,” he told the Daily Mail. For some residents, the storm turned dream homes into devastating losses. Natalie Cabrera, 59, who had rented a...