There is an old, rather ribald, and apparently true story about the movie Spartacus, a film that now gets its second mention from us in less than a week. That was a three-hour, epic film. That is, in and of itself, a recipe for a VERY long shoot. On top of that, it was directed by Stanley Kubrick, which is also a recipe for a VERY long shoot. It dragged on so long that, on a tough day, about 6 months into filming, star Tony Curtis grumbled, "Who do I have to fu** to get off this picture?" And star Jean Simmons responded, "If you find out, let me know."
We can salvage something from the wreckage
AI is asbestos in the walls of our tech society, stuffed there by monopolists run amok. A serious fight against it must strike at its roots Read more
Pardoned Jan. 6 rioter Andrew Johnson is scheduled to be tried on child molestation charges next month, following his July arrest, nearly six months after he and more than 1,500 Jan. 6 riot defendants were pardoned by President Trump. Johnson is accused of molesting a victim for months in Hernando County, Florida, and is being held in custody before his trial date of Feb. 9. Johnson is accused of molesting a victim for months in Hernando County, Florida, and is being held in custody before his trial date of Feb. 9.
Sen. Bill Cassidy is an M.D. specializing in treating liver disease. He did that work for over 20 years, during which time he was a Democrat.
Speaking to reporters before departing Miami on Monday night, President Donald Trump said he doesn't "care about the Nobel Prize." "First of all, a very fine woman felt that I deserved it and really wanted me to have the Nobel Prize. And I appreciate that," he said, referring to Venezuelan opposition leader Mara Corina Machado, who presented Trump her Nobel Peace Prize while visiting the White House last week.
When Ronald Reagan looked at America, he saw a country rooted in liberty, anchored in the rule of law and sustained by a faith in unlimited potential and boundless opportunity. At the heart of conservatism was Reagan's simple truth: "The greatness of America doesn't begin in Washington; it begins with each of you " in the mighty spirit of free people under God." One year into Trump's second act, it is clear that he sees a very different America. Trump doesn't see a free people; he sees enemies. He doesn't see dissent; Trump sees disloyalty. He doesn't see a republic to serve; Trump sees a country to command.
Experts (progressives) cite complexity of problem, which is rooted in poverty, lack of affordable housing but includes medical, psychiatric, substance-use issues
Lawmakers questioned US Army Lt. Gen. Joshua Rudd, nominated to lead the National Security Agency (NSA), over his views on surveillance and concerns that the NSA could be used against innocent Americans. USMC Lt. Gen. Francis Donovan, nominated to lead USSOUTHCOM, was questioned about the role of US forces in South America.
Donald Trump has become the first US president since Martin Luther King Jr. Day was established to not issue a proclamation honoring the federal holiday, breaking a tradition observed for nearly 40 consecutive years.
Trump Removed MLK Bust from Oval Office in 2025
New research from UBC Okanagan mathematically demonstrates that the universe cannot be simulated. Using Gdel's incompleteness theorem, scientists found that reality requires "non-algorithmic understanding," something no computation can replicate. This discovery challenges the simulation hypothesis and reveals that the universe's foundations exist beyond any algorithmic system. Read more
Monty Python would have a field day
President Donald Trump has granted clemency to a Republican congressman's son who was in prison for distributing methamphetamine.
Far Side fans might recall a classic 1982 cartoon called "Cow Tools," featuring a cow standing next to a jumble of strange objects"the joke being that cows don't use tools. That's why a pet Swiss brown cow in Austria named Veronika has caused a bit of a sensation: she likes to pick up random sticks and use them to scratch herself.
Acadia Parish (Louisiana) deputies arrested Roman Catholic priest Korey LaVergne on accusations of behaving indecently with a child, igniting a new scandal in the diocese where the US church's reckoning with clergy abuse began, an institution that just disclosed it could lose up to $162 million over pending litigation.
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Trump's insane letter leaves not doubt. Even by Trump's standards, this letter is so dangerous and so delusional that there is no longer any question that the president is mentally "unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office," as laid out in the 25th Amendment to the Constitution.
At least 21 people have died in a train collision in southern Spain and left dozens more injured, as authorities warned the death toll could increase in Spain's worst rail crash in more than a decade. Carriages on a Madrid-bound train derailed and crossed over to the opposite tracks, colliding with an oncoming train in Adamuz, near the city of Crdoba. Read more
