In 2021, I hit a breaking point. I was tired of working sales jobs, chasing money, and feeling that none of it mattered. I wanted to do something genuinely good, something difficult that I thought might actually help people. I found what I thought was my answer through a temp agency listing for a night-shift position at a downtown Los Angeles homeless shelter. The pay was $16 an hour, and the listing said, "urgently hiring." I was an adult with a pulse willing to do the job for that wage, so I was hired.
Just over a hundred years ago, the Binet IQ test was developed in France and soon after, brought to the United States, where it was given to public school kids, physicians, and immigrants at Ellis Island. From the 1930s, IQ scores seemed to be inching up -- with each new generation scoring a little higher than the last. Throughout the 20th century, average intelligence scores rose by about 3 points a decade, even when researchers used different tests and metrics.
Weird Al says he regrets using words like "midget", "spastic", "she-male", etc. in his songs.
Karma intervened when MAGA hatemonger Scott LoBaido (61) suffered a cardiac arrest while needlessly trying to confront the successful and pacific NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani (D) in Staten Island.
Scott LoBaido is not a good human being
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An attorney for Ohio Rep. Max Miller said he accidentally included a sensitive photo of the lawmaker's 2-year-old daughter in a trove of information Miller shared on social media as he denied domestic abuse allegations from his former wife and vowed to seek reelection. "To be clear, this was completely my fault," the lawyer, Aaron Minc, said in a statement reported by Mediaite. Emily Moreno's attorneys cited the image of the girl in a letter to Minc this week, alleging the photo "could be considered Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM)." The letter is part of a defamation lawsuit Miller launched against Moreno in May.
Israeli soldiers and civilian contractors are systematically removing potential proof of genocide from the Gaza Strip daily by the truckload, an apparent violation of an order issued by the World Court for Israel to preserve evidence of genocidal acts committed by the Israeli Death Forces (IDF) in the Palestinian exclave. The Lancet UK estimates that since 7 Oct 2023, over 75,000 Palestinians in Gaza were butchered by the American taxpayer-funded IDF to make way for detestable Jared Kushner's luxury beachside resort for Israeli oligarchs and lunatic Settlers.
Auschwitz is prohibited from being demolished as a grim reminder of the Holocaust.
"He said, Sissy, I didn't do this, but men don't beat rape charges. I'm going to die in jail,'" said Elizabeth Self, whose brother, Christopher Lee Franklin, 40, was awaiting an Aug. 19 jury trial on charges related to the alleged Jan. 17 rape of an ex-girlfriend in Stafford County, VA. Read more
Like in Kentucky this summer when AIPAC money overwhelmed Congressman Thomas Massie (R) in his Republican primary bid for re-election, former progressive Congresswoman Cori Bush (D) lost her primary race to the unscrupulous incumbent Congressman Wesley Bell (D) and AIPAC's war chest of millions of dollars. Former prosecutor Wesley Bell once worked for Republican Mark J Byrne.
Foreign interference in Missouri 1st CD primary race (pop. ~742,814).
On Sunday 2 Aug 2026, LASD deputies arrested Jeanine John Taele (38) at the Trumpf National Golf Course in Rancho Palos Verdes CA where Dummkopf Trumpf was hosting a fundraising dinner for the Republican National Committee. Plain clothes USSS agents reported a suspicious individual walking throughout the golf course grounds taking photographs and videos and appearing to monitor security-planning activities. After LASD deputies arrested Taele, investigators recovered a small arsenal: An illegally modified AR platform rifle, M1911 .45 caliber automatic pistol, body armor, high-capacity magazines, bulk pistol and rifle ammunition, multiple notebooks containing concerning statements, and two radio signal devices.
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Tesla has recalled its Cybertruck 11 times to fix issues such as exterior trim panels falling off and an accelerator pedal that can become stuck, but NASA has nonetheless decided the rust-prone vehicle is up to the job of rescuing astronauts if trouble strikes on the launchpad of a forthcoming crewed mission.
Although the United States has been the world's preeminent military power for decades, it apparently cannot fight a regional power such as Iran for more than a few months before experiencing an armaments crisis. Since hostilities with Tehran began on February 28, the U.S. has reportedly used up two-thirds of its Patriot missile interceptors, more than a third of its Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) interceptors, and a third or more of its prewar stock of Tomahawk cruise missiles. The rate of consumption is all the more striking because a shaky cease-fire had halted most fighting for months. Based on recent production patterns, replenishing the supply of weaponry will take several years. Read more
SpaceX and the Red State of Louisiana are close to finalizing a deal for the launch company to acquire about 130,000 acres along the northern coast of the Gulf of Mexico, an 18-mile stretch of marshland southwest of Lafayette.
More horrible toxic environmental degradation coming from the world's worst person
The "Ring Boys" scandal is another Jeffrey Epstein-type of cover up
Twenty five US states sued the administration of US President Donald Trump on Monday over new tariffs of 10% to 12.5% on goods from 60 trading partners. The tariffs came into effect in July, targeting countries including the UK and China as well as the European Union, over Washington's contention that they have failed to properly tackle forced labour. In a legal document seen by the BBC, the coalition of Democratic states said the decision was "arbitrary, capricious, and contrary to law."
The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has announced that they shot down a sophisticated USAF MQ-9 Reaper drone over the Strait of Hormuz using a "modern and advanced" air defense system. Two dozen MQ-9s have been destroyed since the start of the illegal and reckless US war against Iran on Israel's behalf, nearly 20% of the DOD pre-war inventory. At $30m per airframe, the total cost to the American taxpayer is estimated at approximately $1 billion. General Atomics, the manufacturer, has confirmed that fewer than ten new airframes remain available for purchase and the production line for the MQ-9A has been shut down.
USAF's most advanced drone"Memnun, China and Russia!"
