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James Talarico: There's been a lot of talk in this race about what it means to be a real man. Recently on the campaign trail I told the story of my adoptive dad, Mark Talarico. Every Saturday morning, he would mow our lawn, and then without anyone asking him to, he would go next door and mow our neighbor's lawn because she was a widow. My dad never talked about it — he just did it, because that's what a man does.

This was the number one song on my sister's 8th birthday . I sent her the link today . Thought I'd share here . Kyu died in the JAL crash in August 1985 ( I moved to Japan the following month ) . The crash is the deadliest single aircraft accident in aviation history . 520 died . Kyu means 9 in Japanese . He was the youngest of 9 kids in his family . hence Kyu was his nickname . Leave it to record execs to re-name the song Sukiyaki . It has nothing to do with food hehe...

She put the P in GOP. Convention-goers gasped Friday after an elephant relieved itself as it strolled through the assembly hall at a Texas Republican Party gathering. Gov. Greg Abbott had just finished his keynote at the Texas GOP convention in Houston when the Paige, a 9-foot-tall and nearly 9,000 pound African elephant, made a surprise entrance. Paige promptly urinated in the aisle between the press area and state delegates, according to several reporters who posted video of the incident on social media. “Oh, shoot!” a stunned onlooker cried as the elephant widened her stance and emptied her tank while...

Pride Month DESPERATION Exposed! Madonna Concert Crowd Was Just STARTLED Times Square Tourists! The news spun this as a gay pride festival when in fact it was just tourist going to shows and Madonna showed up and gave a free show to promote her new album. BTW this was sponsored by Grindr.

A raging crowd of rowdy teenagers descended on picturesque Horny Corner beach in the tony Belmont Shore section of Long Beach at dusk Thursday, sparking a wild brawl that led to several teens being detained. The chaos unfolded as the sun began to set on the first night of summer break for students enrolled at many schools in the area, including nearby Woodrow Wilson High, which enrolls more than 3,300. Wild video captured at the scene shows throngs of teens clogging streets and the sand at two busy Southern California beaches, that of Horny Corner and nearby Rosie’s Dog Beach....

A pack of Biden-era Department of Education bigwigs covertly defied federal court orders, even after a colleague tried to blow the whistle — and are still on the job, even though the department has admitted the violations. The story starts in 2021, with President Joe Biden’s executive order that banning “discrimination on the basis of gender identity and sexual orientation” across the entire federal government. The folks at Education ran with that, sending out “guidelines” to state officials warning that “Title IX’s ban on sex discrimination” extends to “discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity” — refuse to go...

He reviewed books and films on the morning program for four decades: "'The Silence of the Lambs' may be all wool, and a yard wide, but it makes a terrific yarn."Gene Shalit, the fun-loving film critic on the Today show known for his oversized mustache, out-of-control mop of black hair and lively use of puns in his movie reviews, died Friday. He was 100.Shalit, a mainstay on the NBC morning show for four decades until his retirement in November 2010, “passed away peacefully today after 100 years of an amazing life,” his family said in a statement to NBC News....

The case in Andrews County included an infested dog. Another case included a goat in Gillespie County. by Three more cases of New World screwworm were confirmed in Texas by the U.S. Department of Agriculture on Monday, bringing the total number of cases to five. One new case is in Andrews County, nearly 400 miles north of Zavala County, where the first case was reported last week. The new cases are in different animals. In La Salle County, about 80 miles southeast of Zavala, a calf has been infected. In Andrews County, a veterinarian submitted the samples from an infested...

Drinks can spike blood sugar and increase risk of obesity, diabetes and heart disease, doctors say The latest beverage trend is far from clean – and it’s raising red flags with doctors. Known as a "dirty soda," it’s a soft drink that also includes a combination of added ingredients, such as flavored syrups, creamers, fruit juices and other garnishes. The result is a sweet beverage that’s a combination of a soda, mocktail and dessert. Dirty sodas can easily deliver 250-400 calories and 55-70 grams of sugar in a single drink – which is often more than double the American Heart...

‘The end of an era’: Salt Lake City vegan coffee shop, once a restaurant, to remain closedWhen Mark of the Beastro, a vegan coffee shop in downtown Salt Lake City, shut down in October, patrons held out hope that the business would return. This week, owner Andrew Earley said that the cafe won’t be coming back. “We made the decision that it was time to say goodbye to [Mark of the Beastro],” Earley said in an Instagram video he posted Tuesday. In the video, Earley said the cafe at 666 S. State St. — once a plant-based restaurant — had...

This is my new favorite thing. There are a ton of posts from foreigners who are in the U.S. for the World Cup and just discovered that America is awesome. My only regret is that I can't show them ALL to you. 15 VIDEOS OF WORLD CUP FANS TRYING OUT AMERICAN FOODS FOR THE FIRST TIME................... There's also the Jersey delis: VIDEOS AT LINK!.................... And the Mexican joints: And the grocery stores: Of course, it isn't all about food. Foreigners are experiencing FREEDOM™ for the first time in their lives and the rush is going to their heads! 🦅 (Especially...

The California Democratic Party made a post on social media that said, "You’re not allowed to watch the World Cup if you’ve ever voted against immigration," on Thursday. The post has come under immense scrutiny, as Americans across the political spectrum prepare to cheer together for Team USA in its World Cup opener against Paraguay. "Every one of those other Countries has its own immigration policy, where you can't just cross the border. The hypocrisy is crazy," one X user wrote. Another user wrote, "Why? I don’t even understand the logic to this post." Other harsh and sarcastic responses to...

“Disclosure Day” may be the most alien film in Steven Spielberg’s catalog. The really terrific story of UFO info finally being divulged to the world went over as a dud last night at the box office. The film made just $6.5 million in previews. Tonight, if the film makes $10 million, and then does the same Saturday and Sunday, it will be a historic flop. Timing is everything in the movie release world, and this is not a great weekend for a hit. The weather is stormy. (An ironic problem since Emily Blunt plays a metereologist.) The World Cup has...

Thomas Partey will miss Ghana's opening match of the 2026 World Cup against Panama after being denied entry to Canada. Ghana start their World Cup campaign Wednesday in Toronto, but Partey, 32, will not be present after the Canadian government denied his visa application. Partey has been charged with seven counts of rape and one count of sexual assault by London's Metropolitan Police and is awaiting trial. He has pleaded not guilty to all charges. It was confirmed last month that Partey's trial on rape charges, originally set for November at Southwark Crown Court, has been pushed back to start...

Steven Spielberg praised Taylor Swift while inducting her into the Songwriters Hall of Fame on Thursday: “I am honored to be here tonight to introduce the youngest female ever to be inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame...A woman who has no peer when it comes to shattering records as a writer, singer, and storyteller. A singular artist and a genuine phenomenon whose place in our culture rivals that of the composers of the American Songbook, Lennon and McCartney of the ’60s, and the singer-songwriters of the 1970s like Carole King and Stevie ‘Let’s Go’ Nicks.” He continued by lauding...

SpaceX’s Initial Public Offering (IPO) is underway, and money won’t just “trickle down” but cascade. Bernie and Pocahontas must be having hysterical fits. SpaceX’s Initial Public Offering (IPO) is underway, with first trades anticipated to broach approximately $175 (give or take) per share (at time of writing). The capitalist success will irk the defeatist socialists no end. In their perverted orthodoxy a solitary billionaire is a “policy mistake,” so imagine their maudlin mood when the SpaceX IPO spawns several billionaires and a multitude of millionaires. Worst still, Elon Musk is poised to become a trillionaire. The travesty of it all...

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Kaine didn’t seem to get it when a Fox News reporter asked him about the outrage over the verdict on his side. “I have a hard time understanding why they would say that,” Kaine said about claims that the verdict was racially charged. All right, then: What about specific claims by Crockett and others? “I know what they’re saying, but I have a hard time understanding,” Kaine said.

Explanation: To see Venus and Jupiter together this month, you won't need binoculars or even a telescope. Just look up after sunset and you'll find them emerging as the sky grows dark near the western horizon. In fact, on June 9 the two brightest planets were in close conjunction, separated on the sky by less than 2 degrees from our perspective. Since (brighter) inner planet Venus orbits the Sun faster than outer planet Jupiter, it catches up with and passes the outer planet along the ecliptic roughly every 13 months. But every three years or so their resulting conjunction can...