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  • Articles posting multiple times on FR

    01/27/2026 10:05:15 PM PST · by kaktuskid · 14 replies
    Is something going on with FR? The same article is posting multiple times on one screen. The same heading and article.
  • Mayor of Minneapolis PANICS After 155-Year-Old Company CHOOSES Texas Over Minnesota! [Cargill]

    01/27/2026 9:17:44 PM PST · by an amused spectator · 15 replies
    Historical Finance ^ | January 26, 2026 | Historical Finance
    It is to laugh - the Democraps are taxing their businesses out of the state to continue The Somali Walz. 10:58 long
  • Today's Cryptogram Challenge

    01/27/2026 9:10:40 PM PST · by Lonesome in Massachussets · 10 replies
    NIJ EUYNO DE CXEJ UZJ WJZQ ONBGGDZH NIXHSO. -- YCJWJCUHF UTDZQ
  • "The Manchester [UK] by-election will now be a bitter battle between white Christians and Islamists"

    01/27/2026 8:19:53 PM PST · by RandFan · 6 replies
    X ^ | Jan 27 | @danwootton
    @danwootton The Manchester by-election will now be a bitter battle between white Christians and Islamists. That's why it's fascinating Reform UK has picked GB News host Matt Goodwin to contest the seat who has been on quite the journey from the guy who once roasted Tommy Robinson over Islam.
  • Maybe now is the time to learn the lessons of communism - But New Yorkers probably won’t.

    01/27/2026 7:37:45 PM PST · by MtnClimber · 9 replies
    American Thinker ^ | 27 Jan, 2027 | Mark C. Ross
    As described in Sean McMeekin’s To Overthrow the World: The Rise and Fall and Rise of Communism, where it has been adopted, communism has become politically dominant mostly at the point of a spear. In Russia and elsewhere, when Communism first took over the state, famine was an early result. By 1922, Lenin had to adopt a New Economic Policy (NEP), which allowed at least some limited access to market-driven commerce in order to suppress a possible counter-revolution. After Stalin’s death in 1953, Khruschev was appalled by the empty shelves in Soviet stores. Shortly after McMeekin’s book got off the...
  • Colder Than a Well Digger’s Ass

    01/27/2026 6:40:10 PM PST · by kawhill · 15 replies
    Every well digger knows his ass from his elbow and his ass from a hole in the ground, because their job requires them to use a shovel and a bucket to dig down deep into the earth to create a well.
  • Dollar has its worst day since April after Trump says he's not concerned with recent slide

    01/27/2026 5:57:24 PM PST · by Miami Rebel · 16 replies
    NBC News ^ | January 27, 2026 | Steve Kopack
    The value of the U.S. dollar plunged Tuesday, after President Donald Trump said he was not concerned about the currency's recent drop. "I think it’s great," Trump said, speaking to reporters in Iowa, when asked if the dollar's value had declined too much. “The dollar’s doing great.” Before Trump's comments, the benchmark ICE U.S. Dollar Index was already on pace to record its worst three-day drop since Trump's April 2025 "Liberation Day" tariff rollout. After Trump’s comments, the value of the dollar as measured by the index sharply extended its slide to as much as 1.5%, putting it on track...
  • NFL world completely taken aback by Bill Belichick failing to make Hall of Fame: ‘WTF’

    01/27/2026 5:47:52 PM PST · by nickcarraway · 47 replies
    New York Post ^ | Jan. 27, 2026 | Andrew Battifarano
    Bill Belichick won’t have “first ballot Hall of Famer” on his resume. If you’re shocked by this fact, you’re not alone. The NFL world was baffled by the news reported by ESPN on Tuesday evening that Belichick, the six-time Super Bowl-winning head coach with the Patriots, was not elected into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio, on his first appearance on the ballot. Belichick fell short of the requisite 40 votes of 50 votes from the voting committee — made up of at least one media representative from each football city and other at-large members — needed...
  • Ilhan Omar attacked by liquid-spraying maniac after calling for Noem to resign during Minnesota town hall

    01/27/2026 5:28:36 PM PST · by Morgana · 98 replies
    Daily Mail UK ^ | January 27, 2026 | Stephen M. Lepore
    lhan Omar was attacked by a man who yelled that she 'should resign' before spraying an unknown liquid at the Minnesota Congresswoman. Omar, who has often feuded with Donald Trump and many other members of the conservative movement, was speaking at a town hall where she called out Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem. The event was Omar's first since the fatal ICE shootings of Alex Pretti and Renee Good in Minneapolis, as well as the massive liberal protest movement in response to ICE's presence in the city. 'DHS Secretary Kristi Noem must resign or face impeachment,' Omar said to applause...
  • Lynyrd Skynyrd’s ‘Free Bird’ featured in Budweiser Super Bowl LX commercial

    01/27/2026 5:04:29 PM PST · by rktman · 32 replies
    https://www.1073theeagle.com ^ | 1/26/2026 | Mason Leib
    Lynyrd Skynyrd's classic tune "Free Bird" is featured in Budweiser's latest Super Bowl ad. The company revealed the new ad, featuring a Clydesdale and a bald eagle, on Good Morning America on Monday. The 60-second spot opens with a classic baby Clydesdale horse, which has been showcased in several Budweiser ads, running through an open farm before approaching a nest where a baby bird appears to have hatched recently. As "Free Bird" plays in the background, the ad shows the horse and bird developing an endearing relationship as the horse protects the bird from rainfall, and the bird uses the...
  • Why I Didn’t Report My Rape

    01/27/2026 4:48:01 PM PST · by yesthatjallen · 49 replies
    The Nation ^ | 01 24 2026 | Anna Krauthamer
    SNIP There in that hotel, a little over four years ago, I was raped by a group of men during a three-day trip I took to Las Vegas with two of my best friends. Of the rape, which lasted all night, I remember both too much and too little. I never did anything about it. I didn’t tell anyone who could have done something about it, either, such as the hotel staff or the Las Vegas police. I never considered taking any kind of action at the time, but ever since the possibility has haunted me as a particularly cruel...
  • WATCH: INSANE Arizona Democratic Party Official EXPOSED as Local Realtor After Harassing Young Women for Taking Photo with ICE – “You Little ******* ****… You Have a Smelly Little ****!”

    01/27/2026 4:38:42 PM PST · by Morgana · 37 replies
    Gateway Pundit ^ | January 27, 2026 | Jordan Conradson
    An Arizona Democratic Party official has come under fire after he was seen chasing young women and screaming obscenities after they took a photo with ICE agents in Arizona. Mark Holodnak, a local Realtor and the Legislative District 12 Democratic Party Treasurer, was caught on camera with a group of leftists harassing the girls after they reportedly took a photo with agents at Zipps Sports Grill, a popular Valley restaurant chain, that has come under investigation for federal law violations likely related to immigration. 15 locations have been shut down since Monday, and anti-ICE protesters have shown up at the...
  • Trump’s latest ICE move just BLINDSIDED Democrats

    01/27/2026 3:22:13 PM PST · by metmom · 65 replies
    you-tube ^ | January 27, 2026 | Glenn Beck
    President Trump recently made some big moves with ICE in Minnesota that some believe was a surrender to leftist protesters. But Glenn Beck believes Trump is playing a very different game here. Glenn explains how Trump's actions may actually be a checkmate on Minnesota's leadership: either give him what he really wants, or admit their true intentions ... Video is 15 mins long.
  • Reform UK candidate: Put the people and their children first

    01/27/2026 3:16:06 PM PST · by RandFan · 2 replies
    X ^ | Jan 27 | @GoodwinMJ
    @GoodwinMJ You said people who care about the grooming gangs were “blowing a little trumpet” I’ll take no lectures from you Vote Reform, put the people of Gorton and Denton, and their children, first
  • The Somali Walz

    01/27/2026 2:31:43 PM PST · by Singermom · 19 replies
    Youtube ^ | Unknown | Self
    Funny - Get ready to dance The Somali Walz https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCqL8_9NOxg
  • How a Songwriter’s Lack of Car Knowledge Led to a Wilson Pickett Hit

    01/27/2026 2:17:18 PM PST · by nickcarraway · 21 replies
    Amer ^ | January 25, 2026 | Jim Beviglia
    It’s one of the most iconic songs in all of R&B, particularly if you’re considering the version done by Wilson Pickett. The story of “Mustang Sally” contains several twists and turns, with several famous people and places involved. Because Pickett delivered such an amazing performance of the song in 1966, many people believe that he was the original artist. But “Mustang Sally” actually originated with another R&B performer, one whose failure to keep up with the car trends of the day led to this lasting hit. It Was Almost “Continental” SallyMack Rice, the artist who wrote and first recorded “Mustang...
  • Top Democrat fundraising boss shared picture honoring her NAZI grandfather on Veterans Day

    01/27/2026 2:11:00 PM PST · by DFG · 29 replies
    UK Daily Mail ^ | 01/27/2026 | EMMA RICHTER
    A top Democrat fundraising boss in Michigan shared a picture honoring her grandfather, a German who fought for the Nazis, on Veterans Day. Kelly Neumann, a fundraising co-chair for several Democratic candidates, shared images of her late grandfather, Albert Neumann, on Facebook in 2024. The unearthed post was a tribute to all of her family and friends who served in the miliary, including Albert, who she said was on the 'German side in WWI & WWII.' Historically, Nazis, also known as members of the National Socialist German Workers' Party (NSDAP), was a totalitarian political party under the rule of German...
  • Doomsday Clock ticks forward... moving humanity closer to annihilation than ever before

    01/27/2026 2:05:29 PM PST · by Ezekiel · 50 replies
    Daily Mail ^ | 27 January 2026 | By CHRIS MELORE, US ASSISTANT SCIENCE EDITOR
    The Doomsday Clock, which has been ticking down to the end of the world for decades, is now officially closer to annihilation than ever before. On Tuesday, scientists with the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists moved the symbolic clock four seconds forward to 85 seconds to midnight. It's also the closest the clock has ever been to midnight in its 79-year history, meaning experts believe humanity has never faced a more dire threat of a world-ending catastrophe than it does in 2026. The group, which decides where the hands are set annually, cited multiple threats to global stability, including nuclear weapons,...
  • Founding Parliament-Funkadelic Bassist Billy Bass Dead at 74

    01/27/2026 2:03:48 PM PST · by nickcarraway · 14 replies
    UltimateClassicRock ^ | January 26, 2026 | Matthew Wilkening
    Founding Parliament-Funkadelic bassist Billy Bass has died of unspecified causes at the age of 74, two days shy of his 75th birthday. P-Funk bandleader George Clinton shared the news on social media Monday morning. Earlier this month, Clinton noted that the group was keeping Bass "in our thoughts and in our hearts," again without mentioning any specifics. As a teenager, Bass (real name: William Nelson) worked for Clinton at a barbershop. He was recruited to back his boss's vocal group, then known as the Parliaments. In his 2014 autobiography, Clinton recalled how Bass helped him write the band's first big...
  • Best Jazz Guitarists Of All Time: A Top 50 Countdown

    01/27/2026 1:56:05 PM PST · by nickcarraway · 31 replies
    Udiscovermusic ^ | January 23, 2026 | Charles Waring
    Even the very best jazz guitarists rarely receive the attention of the genre’s horn players, so give it up for the 50 best jazz guitarists ever.Even the very best jazz guitarists rarely receive the attention and plaudits that the genre’s horn blowers – saxophonists and trumpeters, in particular – receive. Perhaps that’s because, traditionally, the guitar, which superseded the banjo in jazz rhythm sections, was primarily perceived as a supporting and accompanying instrument rather than a viable vehicle for solo improvisation. Another reason why the spotlight didn’t fall on jazz guitar players in the music’s formative years was that...