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Rep. Don Bacon (R-Neb.) said there’s “no doubt” that Russia and China were monitoring the U.S. officials’ devices used for a war plan text chat. “I will guarantee you, 99.99 percent with confidence, Russia and China are monitoring those two phones,” Bacon told CNN’s Manu Raju. “So I just think it’s a security violation, and there’s no doubt that Russia and China saw this stuff within hours of the actual attacks on Yemen or the Houthis.” National security adviser Mike Waltz reportedly invited The Atlantic’s top editor, Jeffrey Goldberg, into the Signal group, in which Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth shared...

During an interview with CBS News aired on Thursday’s “CBS Evening News,” LAFD Chief Kristin Crowley stated that the cuts to the department’s budget resulted in the department taking from “nonessential duties and responsibilities” but due to the cuts, “we were limited to a certain factor,” in their ability to respond to large-scale events, but with the wind with the recent fires being the way it was, “I honestly don’t think a thousand engines at that very moment could have tapped this fire down.” Host Norah O’Donnell asked, [relevant exchange begins around 11:05] “[A] lot of people are talking about...

The famed Langer’s Deli in downtown Los Angeles could close, its owner tells the Los Angeles Times.Norm Langer, 79, has spent almost his entire life growing up around and running the 77-year-old delicatessen.But with the persistent public safety and homelessness issues plaguing nearby MacArthur Park and the surrounding area, Langer is “considering closing,” he told Times columnist Steve Lopez, who called the possibility a “hole-in-your-soul development.”Langer added that he hopes city officials provide “improved lighting, increased police patrols, social services outreach and targeted clean-up efforts,” and Lopez noted that “the more I talked to Langer, the more I got the...

Democrat President Joe Biden has revealed that the federal government is “preparing the military” to “deal with” so-called “climate change.”Biden made the claim during a softball interview with the Weather Channel.

China claims that corona virus came from an old bat, but Nancy Pelosi denies being involved "Payday" candy bar is changing its name because it's offensive to those who don't work If the current power grid can't handle a night of 20 degrees temperatures without rolling blackouts, how are we going to plug in 100 million electric cars at night? Are there any countries that tax their citizens and send some of it to America Imagine, if you will, a world where every tweet and meme must be fact checked, but not a ballot. How to stop drunk drivers from...

There are those of us who never seem to have a pen handy when we need it, and then there are devotees of EDC, short for “everyday carry.” EDC began as a practical point of pride and has evolved in recent years into a competitive preoccupation, with participants who empty their pockets to display all manner of writing instruments, trinkets, flashlights, pint-size tools, coins, handkerchiefs and more. Need a tiny doodad to tighten the screws on eyeglasses? They probably have it. (Phones don’t count.) The hashtag #pocketdump has elicited more than 1.6 million posts on Instagram. And many EDCers attend...

ood afternoon my friends. With all due “respect,” I’ld like to share with you a few of RODNEY DANGERFIELD’s funniest lines. Enjoy. Cappy 😎🤪😎😹😎 With my old man I got no respect. I asked him, "How can I get my kite in the air?" He told me to run off a cliff. I went to a massage parlor. It was self-service. It's tough to stay married. My wife kisses the dog on the lips, yet she won't drink from my glass! Last night my wife met me at the front door. She was wearing a sexy negligee. The only trouble...

Congress passed a bill Friday that aims to keep up the expanded, pandemic-era distribution of free meals for all students this summer. Final passage of the Keep Kids Fed Act in the U.S. House came less than a week before rule changes for child nutrition programs were set to expire June 30. “Our action today staves off a dangerous hunger cliff: ensuring universal free meals for all children throughout this summer, while helping schools keep up supply chain snags and rising costs for the upcoming school year,” House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, a Democrat, in a statement. The bill now goes...

OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Washington state’s paid family leave program could hit a deficit as early as March and there are concerns about long-term solvency following a significant increase in demand for the benefit that launched in 2020. Under the law, eligible workers receive 12 weeks paid time off for the birth or adoption of a child or for a serious medical condition of the worker or the worker’s family member, or 16 weeks for a combination of both. An additional two weeks may be used if there is a serious health condition with a pregnancy. Weekly benefits are calculated...

srael has issued a stark warning about the COVID-19 vaccine — it can blunt the spread of the delta variant, but it cannot defeat it. Does the COVID-19 vaccine stop the delta variant? Officials in Israel said this week that the mRNA COVID-19 vaccine might not be totally effective against the novel coronavirus. Israel has one of the highest vaccination rates in the world with 78% of those 12 years old and up fully vaccinated, per Science Magazine. However, the country has been suffering from one of the world’s highest infection rates — with 650 infections per 1 million people,...

Baptizing Paddy Paddy is stumbling through the woods, totally drunk, when he comes upon a preacher baptizing people in the river. He proceeds into the water, subsequently bumping into the preacher. The preacher turns around and is almost overcome by the smell of alcohol, whereupon, he asks him, "Are you ready to find Jesus?" Paddy shouts, "Yes, oi am." So the preacher grabs him and dunks him in the water. He pulls him back and asks, "Brother, have you found Jesus?" Paddy replies, "No, oi haven't found Jesus!" The preacher, shocked at the answer, dunks him again but for a...

In the 1400's a law was set forth in England that a man was allowed to beat his wife with a stick no thicker than his thumb. Hence we have 'the rule Of thumb' Many years ago in Scotland , a new game was invented. It was ruled 'Gentlemen Only...Ladies Forbidden'.. .and thus, the word GOLF entered Into the English language. The first couple to be shown in bed together on prime time TV was Fred and Wilma Flintstone. Every day more money is printed for Monopoly than the U.S. Treasury. Men can read smaller print than women can; women...

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Commentary on these uncommon times. COVID-19 Blues . To save myself from the virus condition I’m on the hunt for toilet paper and ammunition Before all the stores are stripped bare… But the only thing I could buy there… Was the last old bottle of booze Don’t know if I can lose… these COVID-19 blues. . Everyone’s in a panic, running around all frantic To keep away the manic, got my semi-automatic… that I hope… I’ll never have to use. No matter what channel you choose… It’s the only thing on the news… Don’t know if I can lose… these...

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's promise to boost federal funding for social programs should not be considered "free stuff," because they are in fact "public goods," the New York Democrat said in a Monday tweet. Ocasio-Cortez, who earlier in the day led a Green New Deal town hall about public housing in the Bronx, said she's tired of being accused of essentially bribing voters with financial handouts. "Public education, libraries, & infrastructure policies (which we‘ve had before in America and elsewhere in the world!) are not 'free stuff,'" she tweeted. "They are PUBLIC GOODS. And they are worth investing in, protecting, &...

We park the box truck in the dead man’s yard like a six-ton hearse and knock on the front door. A disheveled middle-aged woman answers, still in her pajamas. “I forgot you were coming,” she says, leaning out the door to see the truck. Emblazoned on the side: William J. Jenack: Estate Appraisers Auctioneers.“I’m a mess,” she says. “My mother’s dying.”We ask if she wants us to come back another time.“No, please come in.”She’s been living in the dead man’s house for the last two years, a white Victorian-style home with blue shutters and ivy reaching up the side. She’d...

1. THESE GREENS ARE SO FAST I HAVE TO HOLD MY PUTTER OVER THE BALL AND HIT IT WITH THE SHADOW. ~ SAM SNEAD 2. I WAS THREE OVER TODAY: ONE OVER A HOUSE, ONE OVER A PATIO AND ONE OVER A SWIMMING POOL. ~ GEORGE BRETT 3. ACTUALLY, THE ONLY TIME I EVER TOOK OUT A ONE-IRON WAS TO KILL A TARANTULA. AND I TOOK A 7 TO DO THAT. ~ JIM MURRAY 4. THE ONLY SURE RULE IN GOLF IS - HE WHO HAS THE FASTEST CART NEVER HAS TO PLAY THE BAD LIE. ~ MICKEY MANTLE 5....

Most of us know we own too much stuff. We feel the weight and burden of our clutter. We tire of cleaning and managing and organizing. Our toy rooms are messy, our drawers don’t close, and our closets are filled from top to bottom. The evidence of clutter is all around us.Today, increasing data is being collected about our homes, our shopping habits, and our spending. The research is confirming our observation: we own too much stuff. And it is robbing us of life.Here are 21 surprising statistics about our clutter that help us understand how big of a problem...

A Priest was being honored at his retirement dinner after 25 years in the parish. A leading local figure and member of the congregation was chosen to make the presentation and to give a little speech at the dinner. However, he was delayed, so the Priest decided to say his own few words while they waited: I got my first impression of the parish from the first confession I heard here. I thought I had been assigned to a terrible place. The very first person who entered my confessional told me he had stolen a television set and, when questioned...

The Earth has a second magnetic field, one generated by ocean currents. Researchers know little about it, but images captured by satellites show this invisible force generated by the world’s salty oceans in perfect detail. ... ESA released a video detailing the changes in the Earth’s magnetic field over a 24-hour period... ...“It’s a really tiny magnetic field. It’s about 2-2.5 nanotesla at satellite altitude, which is about 20,000 times weaker than the Earth’s global magnetic field.”... Oceans may have a small contribution to the magnetic field that protects the planet from harmful cosmic rays, but it remains to be...