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  • Astronomy Picture of the Day - 3D 67P

    10/17/2026 1:10:21 PM PDT · by MtnClimber · 3 replies
    NASA ^ | 17 Oct. 2026 | Credit: ESA , Rosetta , MPS , OSIRIS - Stereo Anaglyph: Philippe Lamy and The Team
    Explanation: Put on your red/blue glasses and float next to the jagged and double-lobed nucleus of Churyumov-Gerasimenko, also known as Comet 67P . The stereo anaglyph was created by combining two images from the Rosetta spacecraft's narrow angle OSIRIS camera taken on July 25, 2015 from a distance of 184 kilometers. Numerous jets are emanating from the small solar system world's active surface near its closest approach to the Sun. The larger lobe is around 4 kilometers in diameter, joined to a smaller, 2.5 kilometer diameter lobe by a narrow neck. Rosetta's mission to the comet ended in September 2016...
  • Deep Purple's “Hush” (Political Parody)

    10/17/2026 12:44:20 PM PDT · by Eleutheria5 · 3 replies
    BC Parodies ^ | 17/10/26
    0:022 seconds[music] 0:1212 secondsHeat. Heat. 0:1515 seconds[music] 0:2020 seconds[music] 0:2828 seconds[music] 0:3434 seconds[music] 0:4141 secondsI got a number 47. [music] He's on my mind. No doubt about it. He's a one of a kind. He's the best president we ever had. Somehow the Democrats are [music] always mad. Heat. Heat. 0:5353 seconds[music] 1:001 minute[music] 1:071 minute, 7 secondsTrump. Trump [music] people will remember his name now. Trump
  • Arch Manning struggles, Colin Simmons injured as Florida scores 24 straight to upset No. 7 Texas

    10/17/2026 12:29:18 PM PDT · by C19fan · 35 replies
    Yahoo Sports ^ | October 17, 2026 | Andy Backstrom
    Late in the second quarter Saturday at Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium, No. 7 Texas was up 14 points on a Florida team in free fall. The Gators, ranked as high as No. 8 earlier this month, were coming off back-to-back blowout losses, the second of which was handed to them by a South Carolina squad that was previously winless in SEC competition. To top it off, Florida arrived in Austin with its QB1 nursing a shoulder injury that he suffered in that disheartening setback to the Gamecocks.
  • Laura Loomer offered herself for the job of Trump’s press secretary—and joked about blonde hair.

    10/17/2026 11:20:48 AM PDT · by Responsibility2nd · 23 replies
    Mezha ^ | Saturday, 17 October 2026, 02:00
    Laura Loomer publicly pitched herself for the newly open White House press secretary role. Her joke about going blonde has added a twist to the search for Trump’s next spokesperson. After Katie Zacharia was dismissed as White House press secretary, far-right activist Laura Loomer publicly put herself forward for the job. Her jokes about changing her appearance coincided with the launch of new prediction markets on who will be the next spokesperson for Donald Trump’s administration.What Loomer proposedOn October 16, Laura Loomer wrote on X: “Hear me out: Press Secretary Laura Loomer” – suggesting that she be considered for the...
  • Trump immigration lockdown saves taxpayers about $30B a year, but border towns go from boom to bust

    10/17/2026 10:43:58 AM PDT · by Responsibility2nd · 20 replies
    Just The News ^ | 10/16/2026 | By Sharyl Attkisson
    The flow of illegal migration along the southern, U.S.-Mexico border is roughly 95% less than it was during the Biden administration. President Trump’s crackdown on illegal immigration has been hugely successful at dialing back on illegal border crossings. But for some of America’s border communities whose economies relied on illegal immigrants and Border Patrol operations, there’s a big adjustment underway.Grocery store owner Felix Chavez has spent the better part of five decades building this business in the small border town of Donna, Texas. He’s expanded to eight grocery stores and one convenience store.Each year, he says, sales have climbed. That...
  • Netanyahu fires back at Obama after he accuses Israel of stealing land, defends Palestinian terror

    10/17/2026 10:27:21 AM PDT · by Libloather · 30 replies
    NY Post ^ | 10/17/26 | David Spector
    Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu fired back at former President Obama after he claimed Israel had stolen Palestinian land. “The Jewish people are not foreign occupiers in the land of our forefathers,” Netanyahu responded in a stern video rebuke posted on X Friday. Obama made headlines when he slammed the founding of Israel and defended Palestinian terrorism in a conversation with Irish journalist Susan McKay during a paid speaking engagement at the O2 Arena in Belfast, Northern Ireland on Tuesday. The paid speaking event drew about 7,000 people. “They took land off people and they were expelled. And those people...
  • Michael Forest, Actor in Roger Corman Movies and ‘Star Trek,’ Dies at 97

    10/17/2026 9:06:03 AM PDT · by DFG · 12 replies
    Hollywood Reporter ^ | 10/16/2026 | Mike Barnes
    Michael Forest, the strapping actor who starred in Beast From Haunted Cave and other B-pictures for Roger Corman and made memorable guest-star appearances on classic episodes of The Twilight Zone, The Dick Van Dyke Show and Star Trek, has died. He was 97. Forest was living in a facility for seniors in Sparks, Nevada, and died Wednesday, his friend James A. Brown announced. A native of North Dakota, Forest also made more than 20 movies in Spain, France and England — among them 100 Rifles (1969), starring Jim Brown and Raquel Welch — and was a very busy voice actor...
  • Live: Protester’s hand blown off by police grenade as unions say half a million march across France

    10/17/2026 8:59:23 AM PDT · by MtnClimber · 62 replies
    FRANCE 24 ^ | 17 Oct, 2026 | Louise NORDSTROM
    A protester's hand was blown off by a police crowd-control grenade on Saturday as the nationwide demonstrations against the higher cost of living and school conditions turned violent. According to France’s biggest trade union, the CGT, more than half a million people are taking part in the protests across the country. Follow our liveblog for the latest updates.6 minutes ago Paris mayor condemns vandalism during protests Paris’s Mayor Emmanuel Grégoire has condemned the vandalism that has plagued the protests in the city, saying the “vast majority” of the demonstrators are “marching peacefully”. 11 minutes ago 📸 Paris march in pictures...
  • Who Is the Ghost Woman on Idaho’s River of No Return?

    10/17/2026 6:58:29 AM PDT · by Diana in Wisconsin · 47 replies
    Outside Magazine ^ | October, 2026 | Madison Dapcevich's Profile Picture Madison Dapcevich
    On a cold, drizzly day in July 2026, Nate Lewand and his fleet of whitewater rafters passed by Black Canyon, an obsidian-colored gorge on the Main Salmon River in Idaho. As they rounded the bend, they spotted a woman standing on a narrow sandy beach far too small to hold a tent. She wore clean linen clothing, military-style boots, and carried a burled walking stick. Despite being right at the water’s edge in the rain, the woman was bone dry. She had no gear—no ropes, no backpacks, and no raft. “She was just standing there,” Lewand told Outside. “We hollered...
  • AG Ellison took money to stop Somali investigations. He is done!!

    10/17/2026 6:56:49 AM PDT · by Racketeer · 42 replies
    X ^ | 10/16/2026 | A Zeleny
    True story: Ellison describes the scheme in his own words.
  • FL DSA Commie Angie Nixon Goes Full Fascist – Vows to Arrest Trump and ‘Lock Up’ Her Opponent Sen. Ashley Moody

    10/17/2026 6:29:47 AM PDT · by MtnClimber · 31 replies
    RAIR Foundation USA ^ | 16 Oct, 2026 | Terresa Monroe-Hamilton
    Unhinged DSAer Florida Democratic Senate candidate Angie Dixon is against prisons unless they are used to house Trump and her Republican opponent Ashley Moody. She doubled and tripled down on it during a CNN interview where Senator Chris Murphy looked like he wanted to bolt for the exit as her campaign imploded live on-air.Florida Democratic Senate candidate Angie Nixon appeared on CNN Wednesday, claiming that she never wanted to abolish prisons because she wants to imprison President Trump and her Republican opponent Sen. Ashley Moody. Nixon, who is a card-carrying member of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA), which has...
  • Kamala Harris Admits to Far-Left Ideas That Democrats Will Impose on America if Elected

    10/17/2026 5:47:24 AM PDT · by MtnClimber · 14 replies
    AMAC Newsline ^ | 16 Oct, 2026 | Amanda Head
    Harris wants 13 Supreme Court justices and statehood for D.C. and Puerto Rico, while strategist James Carville told Democrats to "just do it" without campaigning on it. Former presidential nominee and Vice President Kamala Harris this week presented a number of what she considers top Democratic Party goals, should the party retake Congress, that appear more far-left than those being pitched to potential voters during the midterm cycle. She expressed her views on the "Baby, This Is Keke Palmer" podcast posted Tuesday on what a Democrat-controlled Congress should try to advance, including expanding the Supreme Court, changing the Electoral College,...
  • Pro-Abortion Group Celebrates Killing Babies: “I Don’t Care if Abortion is Murder”

    10/17/2026 4:57:27 AM PDT · by Morgana · 18 replies
    life news ^ | Oct 16, 2026 | Olivia Summers |
    At first glance, it reads like satire – something so grotesque and absurd that it cannot possibly be real. But it is real. In Central Florida, Stand With Abortion Now (“SWAN”) is selling merchandise that turns the intentional killing of unborn children into a joke, a fashion statement, and a fundraising opportunity. We are linking to SWAN’s own website once so readers can see the organization’s words and merchandise for themselves. What follows is not parody. It is how SWAN describes – and markets – its work. SWAN is a pro-abortion clinic-escort group founded in June 2022, immediately after the...
  • Omar, Obama, And The Danger Of False Identities - Be on the lookout for John Brennan.

    10/17/2026 4:49:32 AM PDT · by MtnClimber · 21 replies
    American Thinker ^ | 17 Oct, 2026 | J.B. Shurk
    On Columbus Day, Homeland Security Investigations executed a judicially authorized search warrant of Representative Ilhan Omar’s home. For several months, there have been rumors that she was under investigation for immigration fraud. A few weeks ago, White House Border Czar Tom Homan acknowledged that the congresswoman was the subject of an ongoing criminal investigation. U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro says her office is investigating Omar for potential financial crimes. The D.C. magistrate judge who authorized the search of Omar’s residence is a registered Democrat who donated to Hillary Clinton and received professional appointments from other Democrats. Despite the fact that Democrats...
  • How the Pennsylvania governor’s mansion revamp could complicate Josh Shapiro’s White House bid

    10/17/2026 4:43:39 AM PDT · by Libloather · 3 replies
    NY Post ^ | 10/16/26 | Charles Gasparino
    Cracks may be starting to appear in Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro’s 2028 White House bid, a lawsuit provided to On The Money shows. **SNIP** Yet if any of the allegations in the whistleblower lawsuit I just reviewed are even partly true — and yes they are just allegations — there are questions whether Shapiro is ready for the primetime political proctology exam he will experience if he does run in 2028. The suit doesn’t name Shapiro as a defendant but he looms large in the litigation that takes aim at the state and agencies where the alleged whistleblower worked. Filed...
  • Is banning Muslim stores and restaurants the answer?

    10/17/2026 4:31:29 AM PDT · by Adder · 43 replies
    World Net Daily ^ | 10/16/2026 | Laura Hollis
    And yet we now have cities governed by Muslims: Dearborn and Hamtramck, Michigan, for example. The current mayor of Dearborn, Abdullah Hammoud, was videotaped at a mosque recently, saying, "If the Muslim community votes, if the Arab community votes, we will determine every single position in the whole city." (My friend Margot Cleveland, who lives in Dearborn, has sued the Muslim-dominated city government, alleging that it preferentially promotes Islamic religious displays while being "hostile to Christians and Jews" by forbidding the display of their religious holiday symbols.)
  • Melissa Gilbert cryptically quotes Willy Wonka after husband Timothy Busfield’s child sex abuse charges are dismissed

    10/17/2026 3:58:38 AM PDT · by Libloather · 10 replies
    NY Post ^ | 10/17/26 | Adam Silverstein
    Melissa Gilbert cryptically shared a quote from “Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory” as she seemingly celebrated the dismissal of her husband Timothy Busfield’s child sexual abuse indictment. “So shines a good deed in a weary world,” Gilbert, 62, posted on Instagram Friday after a New Mexico judge tossed the charges against the actor, 69, who was accused of inappropriately touching twin boys on the set of “The Cleaning Lady.” **SNIP** State District Judge Joseph Montano cited prosecutorial misconduct and errors that undermined the grand jury proceedings when dismissing the indictment against the “Thirtysomething” actor. Busfield’s attorney, Amanda Fayerberg, said...
  • Long Island Dem Tom Suozzi blows off Hochul campaign event as party snubs mount

    10/17/2026 3:47:52 AM PDT · by Libloather · 6 replies
    NY Post ^ | 10/16/26 | Vaughn Golden, Carl Campanile
    Dems the breaks. Rep. Tom Suozzi will snub a Long Island campaign event with Gov. Kathy Hochul on Saturday because of a scheduling clash — as other down-ballot New York Democrats distance themselves from the unpopular Empire State leader. Suozzi’s campaign told The Post that the five-term Long Island congressman was “fully booked,” and couldn’t make the “Nassau County Young Democrats’ Bus Tour and Canvass Launch.” “Congressman Suozzi’s schedule is set weeks in advance and he is fully booked all weekend,” a spokesperson for the Nassau County pol said Friday. The cold-shoulder comes after two other Democratic candidates in high-profile...
  • Laken Snelling Only Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison for Killing Her Baby

    10/17/2026 3:05:02 AM PDT · by Morgana · 18 replies
    life news ^ | Oct 16, 2026 | Steven Ertelt |
    A former University of Kentucky cheerleader who admitted ending the life of her newborn son after he was born alive was sentenced Friday to just 10 years in prison. Laken Snelling, 22, of White Pine, Tennessee, received concurrent sentences from Fayette Circuit Judge Diane Minnifield: 10 years for first-degree manslaughter and one year each for abuse of a corpse, tampering with physical evidence and concealing the birth of an infant. Prosecutors had recommended the concurrent terms as part of a plea agreement. She received credit for 415 days already spent under house arrest and will be eligible for parole after...
  • WHAT IS HAPPENING HERE? (Video - 1 minute - County-Issued 🏳️‍⚧️ "Transgender" 🏳️‍⚧️ Body Modification Kits Madness - Designed for Kids Aged 12+)

    10/17/2026 1:26:39 AM PDT · by SaveFerris · 34 replies
    @AlexAssoune YouTube Channel ^ | Oct 16, 2026 | @alexassoune
    HOW COULD THEY DO THIS?