On 23 August 1944, an American test flight over the village of Freckleton, England, ended in disaster when the B-24 Liberator crashed, claiming the lives of 61 people, including 38 students between the ages of four and six. Why has WWII's worst civilian aviation accident been forgotten?
On 26 July 1945, a B-25 crashed into the Empire State Building, killing 14 people (three crewmen and eleven people in the building), injuring 24.
Replicating the Israeli Death Forces (IDF) "double-tap" technique used against defenseless Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, Russia launched a drone attack on a busy Kiev mall, then immediately followed that up with a secondary strike to slaughter the emergency workers, killing 16 people and wounding 130 others in what Ukraine President Volodimir Zelensky described as a "cynical and despicable" attack.
Dummkopf Trumpf adores war criminals like himself
Islamomisist US Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-AL): "Islamists are RIGGING our elections and planning their takeover of America. Radical Islamists have infiltrated every corner of our country. They are in our government, our schools, and our communities. They are moving forward with their plan to take over America. And unless you take a stand right now, they will be one step closer to eliminating our Constitution and replacing it with Sharia Law. The future of America is at stake."
AIPAC-ers are pod-people that have infiltrated America like an invasive species
U.S. Central Command has aided the passage of more than 660 million barrels of crude oil through the Strait of Hormuz since early May. This suggests at least 160 million barrels, or more than 7 million barrels per day, transited the strait over the past three weeks, based on the military's past statements. Shipments are still far below exports before the war, when about 20 million bpd of crude oil and products passed through Hormuz.
Secretary of the US Army Dan Driscoll -- a military veteran as well as friend and Yale University classmate of VPOTUS JD Vance -- is expected to leave the sinister Trumpf junta by the end of the year, if not sooner, after months of tension with inter-galactically incompetent Secretary of War Crimes Pete Kegsbreath.
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For the second time this summer, a local Republican activist, campaign worker and former candidate has been arrested and charged with multiple child sex felonies. Last week agents with the Colorado Bureau of Investigation arrested Gage Montoya, of Trinidad, on multiple child pornography and weapons charges. This happened about three months after Weld GOP Chair Hunter Rivera's arrest in May for attempted sexual assault on a child and three other related felonies.
New 50% U.S. tariffs on about $20 billion of Canadian goods took effect Saturday after last-minute trade negotiations collapsed, prompting Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney to pledge matching retaliation, Bloomberg reported. The duties apply to hundreds of Canadian products, including plywood, alcoholic beverages, electrical equipment and hockey gear. Carney said Canada would respond "dollar for dollar" to protect domestic workers and businesses.
Natalie Harp penned intimate letters to President Trump ... and now we're seeing them for the first time, and they show Harp's total devotion to Trump, telling him he's all that matters to her and she never wants to let him down. Harp also wrote she was sorry for stepping onto the golf course instead of riding in a cart. She pleaded with Trump to "please forgive me" if she had done anything else to cause him trouble. She went on to write that she wants "things to always be right between us" and that she's "been distracted all week" while forgetting to eat and sleep at times.
On Friday, Hunter, the son of President Joe Biden joked on Real Time with Bill Maher that if he ever launches a campaign, it's probably because he relapsed, having previously been open about his struggles with addiction. Read more
Conservative lawmakers and pundits alike spoke out on the internet Friday after President Donald Trump announced a new deal that will temporarily lift certain tariffs on ground beef imports, with Sen. Tim Sheehy (R-MT) warning "this will further harm" American ranchers, "most of whom are MAGA Republicans." In addition to Sheehy, Sen. Deb Fischer (R-NE) also chimed in Friday, writing, "I'm extremely disappointed by this decision from the White House. We all want lower grocery prices, but as I've said for months, we cannot do it at the expense of American producers."
Chief Justice John Roberts temporarily lifted a lower-court order that would have halted the president's passion project.
The Pentagon on Friday fired the editor-in-chief of Stars and Stripes and a top reporter for insubordination after they spoke publicly against any interference by the Defense Department in the military news outlet that has a long history of editorial independence. It was the latest move by an administration that has grown increasingly aggressive toward the news media. Read more
A major polling tracker announced Thursday it would suspend its use of data from a pollster after it discovered evidence that the firm allegedly "falsified data" in a survey of candidates in Florida's gubernatorial Republican primary race.
The CDC informs: "Public health officials in several states are investigating a multistate outbreak of E. coli and Salmonella infections linked to alfalfa sprouts; at least 55 people have been stricken, mostly in Wisconsin and Minnesota."
"America has the safest food supply in the world."
Music at the link: Johnny Otis, w/ Shuggie Otis, "Drinkin' Wine Spo-Dee-O-Dee" Read more
Enrollment in the biggest federally funded food aid program in the U.S. dropped by more than 13% in a 12-month span " a decline far steeper than the government estimated as work requirements and other provisions of President Donald Trump's "big beautiful bill" take hold.
