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  • Vanity - Short and sweet

    03/07/2024 8:16:51 AM PST · by TangledUpInBlue · 53 replies
    Tangled ^ | Today | TUIB
    As a long time reader/contributor here..... Are the Viking Kitties still a thing? I feel like I haven't seen IBTZ in ages.....
  • 1601: Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex

    02/25/2024 8:20:43 AM PST · by CheshireTheCat · 3 replies
    ExecutedToday.com ^ | February 25, 2015 | Headsman
    On this date in 1601, Queen Elizabeth’s last great favorite became the last man beheaded in the Tower of London. Vain and dashing Robert Devereux rolled into the royal court in 1584 around age 19 and immediately established himself as the new favorite of the monarch, 30-some years his senior. They spent long walks and late nights in enchanted private company, and Devereux “commeth not to his owne lodginge tyll the birdes singe in the morninge.” Ye olde walke of shayme. In becoming the (presumed) lover* of the aging Virgin Queen, the Earl of Essex was only following the family**...
  • China develops radioactive battery to keep your phone charged for 50 years

    02/24/2024 5:22:52 PM PST · by Red Badger · 59 replies
    The Business Standard ^ | 14 January, 2024, 11:15 am Last modified: 19 January, 2024, 02:15 pm | Md Tajul Islam
    The battery will not catch fire or explode in response to punctures or even gunshots, unlike some current batteries that can be unsafe if damaged or exposed to high temperatures, says Chinese startup Betavolt ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Chinese company Betavolt claims to have developed a battery that could power mobile phones that never need to be charged and drones that can fly forever. Photo: Betavolt.tech ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A Chinese startup claims to have developed a new battery that could power smartphones for 50 years without the need for charging. Beijing-based Betavolt said its nuclear battery is the first in the world to realise...
  • Melania Trump went to war with Ivanka over her office and constantly had lawyers in the White House to discuss her prenup, new book reveals

    02/24/2024 8:25:11 AM PST · by libh8er · 79 replies
    Daily Mail ^ | 2.24.2024 | Emily Goodin
    Melania Trump spent her four years in the White House in an epic internal battle with her step-daughter Ivanka, met repeatedly with her lawyers about her pre and post-nups, and used her clothing - including that jacket - to speak for her. The Slovenian-born first lady spent her time in the role 'bucking expectations,' notes Katie Rogers in her forthcoming book 'American Woman: The Transformation of the Modern First Lady, from Hillary Clinton to Jill Biden.' She was rarely seen in public, gave few interviews and even her signature initiative 'Be Best' left people wondering exactly what it meant (and...
  • When Does Live Begin? [Vanity]

    02/24/2024 9:47:21 AM PST · by Reno89519 · 36 replies
    FreeRepublic ^ | February 24, 2024 | Reno89519
    When does life begin? I think most agree that eggs and sperm individually by themseves is not life. By many standards it starts at conception, when they join and become an embryo. Or, is it when there is a heartbeat? Or, later when viable? Or, at birth? If Christian, then thou shall not kill. But what does that mean? At conception? Maybe when implanted (but what about in the not to far future, when a baby might be grown in an artifical womb? What about when faked in a mentally ill man?). Once there is a heartbeat? Once viable? Once...
  • Navalny asked MI6 for $10-20 Million a year to start a color revolution in Russia.

    02/16/2024 10:43:17 AM PST · by AndyJackson · 40 replies
    X ^ | 2/16/2024 | George Popadopoulos
    It’s horrific when a political opponent dies in jail. But it’s also never good to be caught on camera attempting a coup in your country with a foreign intel service. Navalny in this video is asking MI6 Officer James William Thomas Ford for $10-20 Million a year to start a color revolution in Russia. This is why he was arrested. And has major implications especially in light of the CIA and MI6 sabotaging the Trump administration. Russia and the U.S. are more alike than you think. Sadly. VIDEO at link
  • The Fall of Avdeevka

    02/15/2024 6:52:23 PM PST · by EnderWiggin1970 · 68 replies
    Various | 2/15/24 | Me
    I'm hearing a lot of chatter tonight that the Ukrainian position in Avdeevka has all but collapsed. Evidently the air defense base anchoring their southern defenses was flanked and rapidly overrun, with the Russian flag planted on it. I'm also hearing: The Neo-Nazi Azov brigade (disingenuously referred to simply as the 3rd Brigade in Washington/MSM propaganda today) was sent to bolster Ukrainian defenses on the flanks while troops in forward positions retreated, but they were caught in the open field, massacred, and are refusing to follow orders. This would help explain the general collapse scenario. Maybe it is not so...
  • 1673: Kaelkompte and Keketamape, Albany milestones

    02/15/2024 4:49:56 PM PST · by CheshireTheCat · 2 replies
    ExecutedToday.com ^ | February 15, 2015 | Headsman
    On this date in 1673, Indians named Kaelkompte and Keketamape were sentenced to hanging and gibbeting for the murder of an English soldier near Albany, New York. (The date this sentence was executed, if it was not immediate, has been lost to history.) This place had been known as Beverwijck up until a few years prior, when the English gave it its new and still-current christening* after taking it away New Netherland during the Second Anglo-Dutch War. The transition of its legal organs was a more gradual process — with a long survival of Dutch practices upon which the English...
  • Ukr Collapse: Avdeyevka Defence Breaks, Troops Flee, Rus Missle Strikes, Syrsky Admits Rus Advances

    02/14/2024 11:07:48 AM PST · by ganeemead · 39 replies
    Fat lady starting to sing...
  • Close Airbnb loopholes to prioritize housing for San Diego’s homeless, tackling the growing crisis effectively.

    02/13/2024 1:06:44 PM PST · by davikkm · 19 replies
    As the housing crisis deepens, the corrosive impact of Airbnb on communities becomes increasingly evident. With over 1,000 San Diegans falling into homelessness each month, the question arises: How many Airbnb properties sit empty, exacerbating the crisis? Complicating matters further is a colossal loophole in the ordinance meant to regulate short-term rentals (STRs). While cracking down on Airbnb alone may not be a catchall solution, it’s undeniable that taking thousands of residential units offline hampers efforts to meet housing goals.
  • Scott Ritter & Larry Johnson: Russia has Demilitarized NATO and Ukraine will be ANNIHILATED

    02/11/2024 9:41:07 PM PST · by ganeemead · 50 replies
    The US MIC is about making money for fatcats; Russia's MIC is about winning wars (if they cannot be avoided)...
  • Usher shines at Super Bowl half-time show

    02/11/2024 8:50:36 PM PST · by RandFan · 103 replies
    BBC ^ | Feb 12 | BBC
    R&B star Usher delivered a hit-heavy half-time show at Sunday's Super Bowl - with help from will.i.am, Alicia Keys, Ludacris... and a pair of roller skates. A disclaimer shown before the performance jokingly warned viewers it may cause "singing, dancing, sweating, gyrating, and possible relationship issues". It would go on to deliver on all fronts. Dressed in all-white and surrounded by a swarm of energetic dancers, Usher emerged on the stage at the Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas and launched straight into one of his best-known songs, Caught Up. It kicked off a dynamic performance which took advantage of the...
  • Putin’s twitchy leg makes return during rambling Tucker Carlson interview

    02/09/2024 4:20:11 AM PST · by marcusmaximus · 46 replies
    Metro UK ^ | 2/9/2024 | Craig Munro
    Vladimir Putin once again appeared to be unable to control a twitchy leg during his lengthy interview with US right-wing journalist Tucker Carlson earlier this week. The Russian president spent half an hour of the sit-down chat on an almost uninterrupted ramble covering 1,200 years of Eastern European history. But some viewers were distracted by his apparent need to physically push down his knee to prevent his leg from moving around. It’s been an odd habit of Putin’s for a while – stretching back at least as far as September 2022, when the appendage started twitching during a speech in...
  • 2024 Matchups: Biden Opens Up Lead Over Trump In Head-To-Head, Quinnipiac University National Poll Finds; Haley Leads Biden 1 On 1, But Trails When Third Party Candidates Are Added

    02/01/2024 10:41:53 AM PST · by thegagline · 70 replies
    Quinnipiac University ^ | 01/31/2024 | Staff
    As signs point to the 2024 presidential election being a repeat of the 2020 race between President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump, Biden holds a lead over Trump 50 - 44 percent among registered voters in a hypothetical general election matchup, according to a Quinnipiac University national poll of registered voters released today. *** In today's poll, Democrats (96 - 2 percent) and independents (52 - 40 percent) support Biden, while Republicans (91 - 7 percent) support Trump.The gender gap is widening.Women 58 - 36 percent support Biden, up from December when it was 53 - 41 percent....
  • Texas Can Survive as the Lone Star State

    01/30/2024 8:30:11 AM PST · by delta7 · 73 replies
    Armstrong Economics ^ | 30 Jan 24 | Martin Armstrong
    Texas Can Survive as the Lone Star State Posted Jan 30, 2024 By Martin Armstrong | Oil Production Crude Energy 1 graph Most importantly, Texas has oil, gas, and refining capacity and would continue to produce and refine fossil fuels. Without Texas, the United States would not be able to wage war, lacking the energy to fuel its tanks. Texas could stand on its own, and to ensure energy, other Red States would join hands against Washington. Energy Crude Production by State USA There is rising sentiment toward separation due to the Biden Administration’s abuse of executive orders. The Biden...
  • Why are US Troops in Jordan or Syria? This will spiral out of control

    01/28/2024 10:02:58 PM PST · by RandFan · 87 replies
    FR ^ | Jan 28, 2024 | RandFan
    President Joe Biden said the attack was carried out by "radical Iran-backed militant groups". He added: "We shall respond." -- Why are US troops in Jordan/Syria? Rand Paul is right. This will now spiral out of control Vietnam style. Nightmare. I'm saddened by the loss of life and the wider implications Freepers...
  • 1999 Story That Proves We Live In Bizarro World Today (Old FR Thread w/Comments)

    01/25/2024 7:17:45 PM PST · by OneVike · 15 replies
    WayBack Machine ^ | 4/28/99 | Old FreeRepublic Post
    I believe we should rename the Democrat Party, the Bizarro party. Why not? After all, when you compare what the Democrat Party considers normal today compare to what was their normal was in 1999, we can clearly see they created a weird type of Bizarro World. Let us look at the evidence, what was racist yesterday is now acceptable, what was was evil is now righteous, what was illegal is now legal, what was child abuse is now a child's right, what was boy is now girl, and what was a girl is now a boy. An example of...
  • Trump mixes up Nikki Haley with Nancy Pelosi at New Hampshire rally

    01/21/2024 9:59:01 AM PST · by thegagline · 45 replies
    Fox News via MSN ^ | 01/21/2024 | Chris Pandolfo
    Former President Donald Trump appeared to confuse his Republican presidential primary opponent former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley with former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., at a rally in New Hampshire on Friday. Speaking in Concord, Trump said that Haley, his former ambassador to the United Nations, had been responsible for the collapse of Capitol Hill security during the January 6, 2021, riot. Trump has previously blamed Pelosi for turning down National Guard support before the riot. During his speech, Trump remarked that Haley's crowd sizes at campaign events in the Granite State were small compared to his, before going...
  • EP.540 Malaysian Air MH370 and the Philosophers Stone. Occult disappears plane

    01/20/2024 6:51:43 AM PST · by Twotone · 3 replies
    Rumble.com ^ | January 4, 2024 | Jeff Sheperd & Boyd Anderson
    Guest Boyd Anderson, a professional hockey player who scored 5 goals in 3 min .07 seconds ended up in the room with the people planning the disappearance of Malaysian Flight 370. Patents, Gold and the grand deception for the New World Order.
  • Stop Listening to “Talk Radio” Shows

    01/20/2024 6:45:49 PM PST · by davikkm · 47 replies
    “Local” news reporters are among the most contemptible; almost all “local” news stations are owned by large conglomerates like Cumulus, Townsquare, iHeart, or are “affiliates” of national networks. They posture as “local” but mostly all report the same nationally-curated crap. If you’ve ever lived in a “red” programming market, you’ll know that any station owned by these companies basically acts as a subversive force on the local culture.