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  • Hershey's chocolate, feminine pads stolen: Woman arrested in Market Basket scuffle [mug shot]

    01/15/2026 7:28:17 AM PST · by simpson96 · 17 replies
    KFDM ^ | 1/14/2026 | Aaron Drawhorn
    BEAUMONT — What started as a $16.21 shoplifting run ended with a robbery charge, a hospital visit, and a $75,000 bond. Beaumont police say Keri Aultz, 40, stole two bags of Hershey’s chocolate and feminine pads from the Market Basket on 11th Street near I-10 Tuesday evening. Police say when a loss-prevention officer tried to stop her, things turned ugly outside the store as Aultz headed to her black Lexus sedan. According to an arrest report, Aultz pushed the officer outside the store and grabbed him. Officers also say she lunged at the store manager during the confrontation outside. "Afterward,...
  • Megyn Kelly slams 'LESBIAN' makeover at CBS Evening News and says new anchor Tony Dokoupil is too much like Oprah

    01/15/2026 7:18:46 AM PST · by simpson96 · 25 replies
    UK Daily Mail ^ | 1/14/2026 | Anna Wright
    Megyn Kelly slammed the rebrand of CBS Evening News, calling it a 'lesbian' makeover and comparing the new evening anchor, Tony Dokoupil, to Oprah Winfrey. Kelly, 55, spoke bluntly on her show today, claiming that CBS News’s choice of anchor was influenced by the fact that the new editor-in-chief, Bari Weiss, is a lesbian. 'I figured it out. Bari is an out lesbian, and she's in a marriage to another woman, and they have kids, and so on. This is a lesbian's idea of what women want. Like, he's sweet, he's soft, this is what this is going to sell,'...
  • Minnesota Residents are Getting Sick and Tired of These Protesters

    01/15/2026 6:43:53 AM PST · by A_perfect_lady · 28 replies
    YouTube ^ | 01/13/26 | Nephew Steve
    A Minnesota resident offers a very down to earth response to the protesters: Go the Feep home and mind your business. He's local, he's irritated, and he doesn't care if some "goofy ass broad" got shot trying to interfere with ICE. Normal Minnesotans not of the White Liberal ilk have just about had enough of their streets being blocked by agitators eager to protect Latino gangsters and Somali thieves. He uses very salty language, so don't play it with your grandchildren nearby unless you want to expand their vocabulary. But it's great.
  • If Britain Bans X, How Far Will It Go To Block Free Speech?

    01/15/2026 6:29:58 AM PST · by MtnClimber · 20 replies
    RealClear Politics ^ | 15 Jan, 2026 | Ted Newson
    If Britain Bans X, How Far Will It Go To Block Free Speech? COMMENTARY By Ted NewsonJanuary 15, 2026 If Britain Bans X, How Far Will It Go To Block Free Speech?AP In what appears to be a rolling back on free speech and citizen journalism, Britain is fast-tracking a law that will ban non-consensual intimate deepfake images. This is likely aimed at the social media site X.com after its AI assistant Grok allegedly generated inappropriate images. In the scope of the global news cycle and a further ban potentially on the table, the move couldn’t be more poorly timed....
  • HELP How to get Vizio smart tv from French to English

    01/15/2026 6:26:56 AM PST · by bgill · 36 replies
    System button shows nothing recognizable to language. The chart on System is (excuse spelling): Lumineux Paaire D' Eciuteeus Sous-Titres Aarros Differe (this looks to be 30 minute timers) Jeux Accessibilite Tous Les Parameters Aider Clock I was originally hunting how to update software so when watching a tv show it would automatically air the next episode. Please and thank you for help.
  • In the Matter of David Neagle

    01/15/2026 5:51:25 AM PST · by xxqqzz · 9 replies
    us marshalls service ^ | June 2025 | Staff
    A beautiful woman scorned by a former lover, a hot-headed husband intent on defending his wife's honor, and a Deputy U.S. Marshal assigned to protect a Supreme Court Justice came together in an explosive confrontation on August 14, 1889, in the Lathrop, California, railway station in the San Joaquin Valley. The result was a dead husband, an insane wife, and a landmark Supreme Court decision that substantially expanded the powers of the executive branch and affirmed the authority for U. S. Marshals and their Deputies to use force in the performance of their lawful duties.
  • The Left’s Fake Wars and the Addiction to False Pretexts

    01/15/2026 5:32:58 AM PST · by MtnClimber · 4 replies
    American Greatness ^ | 14 Jan, 2026 | Drew T. Allen
    From Iraq to Minneapolis, false moral certainties have replaced facts, turning tragedy into pretext and unrest into strategy—fake wars waged at home with real consequences. When President George W. Bush ordered the invasion of Iraq in March 2003, the justification was presented as unambiguous. Saddam Hussein, Americans were told, possessed weapons of mass destruction that posed an imminent threat. The claim proved false. By 2004, the United States was forced to concede that no such weapons existed, and the central pretext for war collapsed. At the time, much of the left opposed the invasion—and with hindsight, they were right to...
  • Message received from Iran to Masih Alinejad on X

    01/15/2026 5:32:01 AM PST · by nuconvert · 2 replies
    Message received from Iran. Masih, tell the world we have not given up. We cannot come to the streets because armed forces are at every corner. If they see more than two people together, they start shooting. People are too scared to even leave their homes. Tell Trump we are trapped inside, waiting for them to be pushed back so we can return to the streets. We will not retreat, even if we are all killed. We have nothing left to lose. 💔✌🏻
  • Today's Cryptogram Challenge

    01/15/2026 5:15:28 AM PST · by Lonesome in Massachussets · 15 replies
    WOU GYQP WY UQEX EWGUUW TYUE WOGYMTO WOU EUIUG. -- ZYOC BQPPUC
  • Trump Torches the 'New World Order'

    01/15/2026 4:25:16 AM PST · by MtnClimber · 19 replies
    American Thinker ^ | 15 Jan, 2026 | J.B. Shurk
    President Trump may very well have ended twenty-six years of communist dictatorship in Venezuela. By cutting off Venezuelan oil and economic relief to Cuba, there’s a chance that sixty-seven years of communist dictatorship will soon come to an end in Castro’s Caribbean prison, too. Right now Iran’s Islamic dictatorship is teetering and showing signs of potential collapse — forty-seven years after Jimmy Carter’s foreign policy “boys” allowed theocratic tyrants to take the strategically pivotal country before also taking fifty-two Americans hostage for four hundred and forty-four days. Finally, the European Union now realizes that President Trump is serious about keeping...
  • Hitler phones Khamenei about the protests in Iran

    01/15/2026 4:14:40 AM PST · by Eleutheria5 · 4 replies
    In this Downfall parody, Hitler gives Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran's supreme leader, a call to discuss the widespread protests in his country. Harangues him to step down, but Khamenei is impervious and in denial, as was Hitler.
  • Jerome Powell is being investigated, and it’s about time

    01/15/2026 4:01:40 AM PST · by MtnClimber · 21 replies
    American Thinker ^ | 14 Jan, 2026 | Jack Hellner
    Can Trump finally bring the gravy train to a screeching halt? During the Biden years, as inflation soared, Jerome Powell somehow said that inflation was transitory: Powell flirts again with a dangerous way to describe inflation: ‘Transitory’A fraught word resurfaced in the Federal Reserve’s lexicon again this week: ‘transitory.’ Yet somehow, he never blamed Biden’s energy policies (hundreds of billions in subsidies), open borders (hundreds of billions for various programs for illegals), or bureaucratic regulations, which all directly contributed to massive amounts spending, which in turn, created inflation when the Fed created the dollars needed for the bill. One of...
  • Today's Toons 1/15/26

    01/15/2026 3:58:22 AM PST · by pookie18 · 12 replies
    The Right Reasons ^ | 1/15/26 | pookie18
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  • Chariots of the Gods' author Erich von Däniken dies at 90

    01/15/2026 3:34:57 AM PST · by Kid Shelleen · 42 replies
    AP ^ | 01/11/2026 | staff
    Erich von Däniken, the Swiss author whose bestselling books about the extraterrestrial origins of ancient civilizations brought him fame among paranormal enthusiasts and scorn from the scientific community, has died. He was 90. Von Däniken's representatives announced on his website on Sunday that he had died the previous day in a hospital in central Switzerland. His daughter Cornelia confirmed the information to Swiss news agency SDA. Von Däniken rose to prominence in 1968 with the publication of his first book "Chariots of the Gods," in which he claimed that the Mayans and ancient Egyptians were visited by alien astronauts and...
  • A part that broke on a UPS plane that crashed in Kentucky failed 4 times on other planes years ago

    01/15/2026 3:34:25 AM PST · by DFG · 7 replies
    AP ^ | 01/14/2026 | JOSH FUNK
    Boeing warned plane owners in 2011 about a broken part that contributed to a UPS plane crash that killed 15 last year but at that point the plane manufacturer didn’t believe it threatened safety, the National Transportation Safety Board said Wednesday. The UPS plane crashed in November 2025 shortly after taking off in Louisville, Kentucky, when the left engine flew off the wing as the plane rolled down the runway. Three pilots on the plane that was headed for Hawaii were killed along with 12 more people on the ground near Louisville’s Muhammad Ali International Airport. The NTSB said Wednesday...
  • Let the lion roar (song for the Iranian people)

    01/15/2026 3:31:58 AM PST · by Eleutheria5 · 7 replies
    Stirring song in English, on-scene footage, protest slogans in Farsi.
  • Father-in-Law of Renee Good Refuses to Blame ICE, Urges Americans to Turn to God

    01/15/2026 3:15:24 AM PST · by WhiteHatBobby0701 · 18 replies
    Salem News/Townhall ^ | January 14, 2026 | Dmitri Bolt
    Renee Good’s former father-in-law, Timmy Macklin Sr., urged Americans to turn to God and love one another when asked by CNN about her death. He said he did not blame Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) for what happened, but suggested that the country’s drift away from faith played a role, noting that if Renee had embraced God, she might not have ended up in the situation that led to her death a week ago.
  • I Exposed Minnesotas Billion Dollar Fraud Scandal

    01/15/2026 2:52:54 AM PST · by Morgana · 5 replies
    Nick Shirley Youtube ^ | January 14, 2026 | Nick Shirley
    In this video I expose the billion dollar fraud scandal that has caused the country to erupt as billions of dollars of fraud has been exposed and caused Tim Walz to drop out of re-election.
  • OBGYN refuses to answer Senators' questions on if men can get pregnant during hearing on abortion pills

    01/15/2026 2:46:46 AM PST · by Morgana · 33 replies
    The Post Millennial ^ | January 14, 2026 | Hannah Nightingale
    In a Wednesday Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions hearing regarding the safety of abortion pills, an OBGYN refused to say whether men can get pregnant. The question was first asked to Dr. Nisha Verma by Senator Ashley Moody. "Ms. Verma," Moody asked, "can men get pregnant?" Verma first corrected Moody, saying "Dr. Verma," before responding to the question with "Um, I mean..." and smiling without answering properly. Senator Josh Hawley took up the question and asked Verma again, "Dr. Verma, I wasn't sure I understood your answer to Sen. Moody a moment ago, do you think that...
  • Mayor blames ICE for 'creating chaos' in Minneapolis and tells protesters to go home after illegal migrant is shot

    01/15/2026 2:32:47 AM PST · by Morgana · 26 replies
    Daily Mail UK ^ | January 15, 2026 | Brittany Chain
    Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey slammed ICE officials for 'creating chaos' in his city after an agent who was 'ambushed' during an arrest shot a suspect in the leg. The Department of Homeland Security said the suspect was an illegal migrant from Venezuela who ran away on foot Wednesday night before joining two others to attack the agent with a 'broomstick or shovel.' The suspect was shot in the leg and remains in a stable condition in hospital. Two accomplices were also in police custody, and the agent involved was also taken to hospital after he was violently set upon by...