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Former Fox & Friends weekend cohost and current Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is dragging several hundred senior U.S. generals and admirals from around the world to Quantico next week for a pep rally on the "warrior ethos." read more
George Monbiot, The Guardian: A landless people and a peopleless land: these, it appears, are the aims of the Israeli government in Gaza. There are two means by which they are achieved. The first is the mass killing and expulsion of the Palestinians. The second is rendering the land uninhabitable. Alongside the crime of genocide, another great horror unfolds: ecocide. read more
Eric Trump on Wednesday claimed he was literally in the room when his father, Donald Trump, brought an end to some of the wars he's taking false credit for ending. read more
Melania Trump this week unveiled her new line of Christmas ornaments but fans hoping to celebrate the season with her designs are going to have to open up their wallets. The brass-and-enamel ornaments of the 250 Collection named for next year's semiquincentennial are selling for $75-$90 a pop, or $465 for the set of six. Three of the ornaments depict U.S. landmarks (the Empire State Building, Statue of Liberty and Mount Rushmore), while three feature patriotic imagery. All six have an engraving of the first lady's signature as well as the "option" of a "unique digital collectible." The website also states that orders can take 10-12 weeks to ship, meaning ornaments purchased today may not arrive until just before Christmas. read more
Here's a modest 141-year-old suggestion from the good folks of wild and wooly Tombstone, Arizona Territory:
Ordinance No.9:
"To Provide against Carrying of Deadly Weapons" (effective April 19, 1881).
Section 1. It is hereby declared unlawful to carry in the hand or upon the person or otherwise any deadly weapon within the limits of said city of Tombstone, without first obtaining a permit in writing.
Section 2: This prohibition does not extend to persons immediately leaving or entering the city, who, with good faith, and within reasonable time are proceeding to deposit, or take from the place of deposit such deadly weapon.
Section 3: All fire-arms of every description, and bowie knives and dirks, are included within the prohibition of this ordinance.
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This is the law brothers Virgil, Morgan, and Wyatt Earp in tandem with Doc Holliday enforced when they left Tom McLaury, Frank McLaury and Billy Clanton dead in the dust near the town's OK Corral while Ike Clanton and Billy Claiborne fled for their lives, bug-eyed.
And it was such a blazing success that both war criminals slinked off the stage ... after refusing to take even a single question.
What this mook won't do to avoid
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