Venezuela's Nicolas Maduro said he would deploy 4.5 million militia members in response to US "threats," after Dummkopf Trumpf raised the bounty for his arrest and launched anti-drug operations in the Caribbean. Official figures say the Venezuelan militia, founded by Maduro's predecessor Hugo Chavez, contains about five million people, though the actual number is believed to be smaller. Venezuela's total population is approximately 30 million people. Maduro lambasted "the renewal of extravagant, bizarre, and outlandish threats" from Trumpf who earlier this month doubled his bounty to $50 million for alleged drug trafficking. Washington, which does not recognize Maduro's past two election victories, accuses the Venezuelan of leading a cocaine trafficking gang called Cartel de los Soles. The Trumpf junta announced sanctions against the group and Maduro's administration last month. read more
"You want a white nation? Build a white town," Eric Orwoll posts online. "It can be done. We're doing it." In the hills and woods of the Ozarks, a group has been working to level the land, lay roads, and build cabins. There are wells, a community center and a school house, where the children do their lessons. Applicants to the whites only community are screened with an in-person interview, a criminal-background check, a questionnaire about ancestral heritage and sometimes even photographs of their relatives. The community's two architects " a classically trained French horn player who has livestreamed his own sex videos, and a former jazz pianist arrested but not charged for attempted murder in Ecuador " say they must personally confirm that applicants are white before they can be welcomed in. Approximately people live here and hundreds more, from all around the world, have reportedly paid to be members. read more
The Freedom From Religion Foundation is calling on Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick to retract a recent unconstitutional threat to eject citizens from the state Senate chamber if they do not stand during official prayers. During the Senate's 15 Aug, Sen. Angela Paxton delivered a Christian invocation "in the name of Jesus, who has saved us, who keeps us safe, and who is coming again." Immediately afterward, Patrick admonished members of the public gallery who had remained seated: "For those of you who didn't stand, next time you come to the gallery, you stand for the invocation. It's respecting the Senate. If you don't stand for the invocation, I'll have you removed. We asked you to stand. I've never seen a gallery ever have any members in my 17 years of people who refused to stand for the invocation. It will not be tolerated." In a letter sent Monday, 18 Aug FFRF called Patrick's directive unconstitutional and discriminatory. read more
Grotesque squirrels covered in oozing sores have been spotted invading backyards in the US and Canada. Hairless tumors develop from their heads and eyes to their legs, feet, and genitals. First thought to be squirrel pox, the illness is more likely to be squirrel fibromatosis. Homeowners who put bird feeders in their yards may be unintentionally causing the virus to spread to more squirrels throughout North America.
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Canada is going through its second-worst burn on record and the blazes are occurring not in the west, but in the bone-dry prairie provinces and the Atlantic region. Tens of thousands of people have been evacuated from their homes due to the wildfires. Saskatchewan and Manitoba have been the worst hit, covering more than 60% of the area burned in Canada. The fires have seized strained resources in Atlantic Canada, where officials in Newfoundland and Labrador are struggling to battle out-of-control blazes. Firefighters in Spain, Portugal, Greece, and Turkiye continue to battle wildfires that have raged on for weeks. Hot and dry conditions are expected to persist, challenging efforts to contain the blazes. Bulgaria, Montenegro, and Albania have requested help from the EU's firefighting force to deal with forest fires. The force has already been activated as many times this year as the entirety of last year's fire season. In April 2025, Israel suffered its largest wildfire ever. read more
Dotard Trumpf couldn't discern this face or his English-speaking voice with the unique Swedish-Finnish accent: upload.wikimedia.org
#7: After fellow Democrat Al Green (D-TX) introduced a bill this year to impeach Dummkopf Trumpf for illegally attacking Iran, AIPAC attack dog Hakeem Jeffries killed the motion. Remember, Israel comes first for faux Democrat Hakeem Jeffries, not his fellow Democrats like Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Al Green, or Zohran Mamdani. Link: www.axios.com
#6: Good question. And this book ought to be simple for AI: upload.wikimedia.org
I wonder what AI will say about Albert Camus' The Stranger?
BTW: Earlier this year I was asked whether Mucedorus was scribed by the Immortal Bard as some attribute this play to him. I came to my conclusion, but didn't compare my answer with any of the dozen free AI platforms available.
The Trumpf junta is turning America into Israel: static-cdn.toi-media.com
That lucky Palestinian in the photo at least has a cigarette which wasn't taken away by the Israeli Sturmabteilung.
"Stupid Finn!"
FYI:
President Alexander Stubb graduated from Mainland High School in Daytona Beach, FL, and, two years later, graduated from the Gymnasiet Lrkan in Helsinki, then completed his military service at Santahamina. Stubb won a golf scholarship to Furman University in Greenville, SC. In 1995, Stubb graduated with an MA degree in political science and then went on to pursue a doctorate at the London School of Economics (LSE). Stubb speaks five languages: Swedish, Finnish, English, French, and German.Source: en.wikipedia.org
#3: Never mind Belladonna, Marine. Hebenon or Hemlock was poured into Hamlet's father ear while he slumbered: shakespeare-navigators.ewu.edu
#19: This is how democrats shoot themselves in the foot, by trying to be better conservatives than republicans.
Indeed. These two Presidents would not recognize today's Democratic Party, except for Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (AOC), Zohran Mamdani, or the 'Squad": pbs.twimg.com