British armed forces have intercepted a Russian shadow fleet oil tanker in the English Channel the early hours of Sunday morning, Sir Keir Starmer has said. In an operation lasting six hours, Royal Marine Commandos and specially trained law enforcement officers from the National Crime Agency boarded the vessel, supported by the RAF. Read more
Elon Musk, newly crowned world's first trillionaire, faced renewed criticism on Friday, June 12, over anti-immigrant riots in Belfast after researchers said violent narratives he amplified on his platform X amassed millions of views. Clashes broke out in the Northern Irish capital after a brutal knife attack on Monday, with police charging a Sudanese national named Hadi Alodid with attempted murder. Musk amplified calls for protest across Britain from anti-immigration activist Tommy Robinson and wrote to his 240 million followers on X: "Only by protesting REPEATEDLY and LOUDLY will there be any change." He also boosted anti-immigration posts and messages from Rupert Lowe, leader of the fringe hard-right party Restore Britain, extending his reach to millions of users on the platform.
I have a LibreOffice document of my favorite quotes that I have gathered over the years (actually, more like decades). An excerpt from the first page follows ...
A fighter jet crashed into a mountain Saturday afternoon in Yakima County, Washington, sparking a wildfire, local officials said. The crash occurred at about noon near Rimrock Lake in Washington state. The pilot sustained minor injuries after ejecting from the plane and was transported to the hospital, the Yakima County Sheriff's Office said. The crash sparked a fire in the area, prompting the evacuation of campers as firefighters worked to suppress it, officials said. The U.S. Marine Corps told CBS affiliate KIRO-TV in a statement that the crashed jet was an F/A-18 Hornet "assigned to Marine Aircraft Group 11, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing."
Americans think cash rules more of the political system than it should -- a concern that crosses party lines as midterm spending is projected to once again shatter records.
The New York Knicks are NBA champions. In a Game 5 of the NBA Finals Saturday night that looked much like the previous four, the San Antonio Spurs took a double-digit lead in the first quarter. But like in three of the previous four games, the Knicks rallied " this time from a 16-point deficit " to secure a 94-90 Game 5 win and a 4-1 series victory in the NBA Finals. Jalen Brunson led the way with a legacy-securing 45-point effort as New York's only reliable source of offense on a night in which both teams struggled from the field. But for New York, the win didn't have to be pretty. The result is the franchise's first NBA championship since 1973. And Brunson has secured his place among New York's sporting greats.
The United Arab Emirates has agreed to unlock billions of dollars for Iran, four sources said, in a tactical shift after weeks of Iranian attacks on the wealthy Gulf Arab state during the U.S.-Israeli war with the Islamic Republic.
Introducing Moltbook, an AI-only social network: Launched in January 2026, the Reddit-like platform lets autonomous agents post, comment, and interact while humans observe. Agents share more than jokes and code: Posts range from bug fixes and workflows to leaked credentials and even an AI-created religion.
WASHINGTON " President Donald Trump's name is off the Kennedy Center. Workers in the early morning of June 13 took down the president's signage after blowing past a June 12 deadline to comply with a judge's order. Construction crews first showed up at the iconic arts institution on the afternoon of June 12, mounted scaffolding and and geared up to take down the president's name ' letter by letter ' from the sign on the building's facade. Read more
A measles outbreak in Buckingham County, Va., has grown to nearly 90 confirmed cases. State health officials are asking anyone who may be sick or who is not vaccinated to avoid large gatherings.
The article argues that Karmelo Anthony must be held accountable for taking a life, but his case also exposes the deeper racial disparities that continue to shape sentencing and punishment for young Black defendants in America.
FEMA awarded more than $2.8 million for Helene-related grants to Virginia. The grants allowed nearly $1.4 million for Smyth County and $745,000 for Washington County. The money is to support repairment projects for roads, surfaces and asphalt. Read more
As he futilely tried against Democrat NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani in 2025, AIPAC attack hippo US Senator John Fetterman (D-Israel) smeared Graham Platner (D-ME) on Faux News after the progressive easily became the Democratic candidate for the US Senate, representing the non-Islamophobic people of Maine:
John Fetterman is not a good human being
WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report)"Donald J. Trump's claim that a peace deal with Iran was imminent suffered a stunning rebuke on Thursday when a flotilla of warships from the Iranian navy blockaded The Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.
Trust isn't destroyed by evidence. It's destroyed when identity becomes more important than reality.
Subsidized by the peace-loving, hard-working American taxpayer and employing US-provided munitions, the Israeli Death Forces (IDF) continue their gruesome Jeffery Dahmer-like serial killing spree in Gaza and Lebanon. As of 12 June 2026, the IDF has now killed 73,070 Palestinians in Gaza, including 20,179 children and ~3,700 people in Lebanon, including at least 200 children. Moreover, Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir suggested that the IDF kidnap women and children from Lebanon. Since 1948 under both Democratic and Republican Party administrations, the US has sent both the Labor and Likud governments of Israel, a prosperous and nuclear-armed country with universal healthcare for all her residents, over $317.9bn, the most US economic aid given to any nation in the world.
Americans are subsiding the national equivalent of Jeffrey Dahmer, a sex offender and serial killer that targeted vulnerable youth in Milwaukee, Wisconsin last century
