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Tuesday, April 15, 2025

President Trump will not attend this year's White House Correspondents' Dinner, a White House official tells Axios. Why it matters: The news follows speculation over whether Trump would attend the April 26 event after he broke with tradition and didn't attend any of the dinners during his first term. State of play: This comes as the White House and conservative groups have floated the idea of hosting a rival event on the same night as the dinner -- potentially to celebrate First Lady Melania Trump's birthday, reports Politico.


Federal border patrol agents seized fentanyl and methamphetamine in three packages hidden in the vagina and rectum of a 33-year woman. On Sunday, U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers working at the Del Norte International pedestrian crossing from Juarez, Mexico, to El Paso, Texas, seized the drugs from the U.S. citizen. "This is an exceptionally dangerous practice, and anyone thinking about smuggling drugs inside their body-or at all-should strongly reconsider their choices," CBP El Paso Port Director Ray Provencio said in a news release. "


And researchers have engineered a common bacteria to inexpensively create the snakebite treatment


Monday, April 14, 2025

Paige Bueckers is officially in the WNBA. The UConn women's basketball star was selected No. 1 overall in Monday's 2025 WNBA Draft by the Dallas Wings. Bueckers is the sixth Husky, and the first since Breanna Stewart in 2016, to be chosen as the top pick in the WNBA Draft.


The Ukrainian military is teaching the world how to creatively use drones for battlefield offense and defense. Ukraine has built a vast arsenal of drones customized for precision strikes, reconnaissance, and kamikaze missions.

But this innovation also extends to cybersecurity offense and defense.


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fwiw...

NOAA forecasts extraordinarily busy Atlantic hurricane season (May 2004)
www.axios.com

... By the numbers: The NOAA is forecasting the season will bring 85% odds of an above normal season, with 17-25 named storms of tropical storm intensity or greater, eight to 13 of which will become hurricanes, and four to seven major hurricanes of Category 3 or greater. ...

And, guess what happened?

2024 Atlantic hurricane season
en.wikipedia.org

... The 2024 Atlantic hurricane season was a very active and extremely destructive Atlantic hurricane season that became the third-costliest on record, behind only 2017 and 2005.

The season featured 18 named storms, 11 hurricanes, and 5 major hurricanes; it was also the first since 2019 to feature multiple Category 5 hurricanes. ...




Yeah Gracie may have an issue with me posting yet another song.

But, so be it.

Kate Smith singing GOD BLESS AMERICA
www.youtube.com

I still get chills down my spine when I hear Ms Smith's rendition of that tune.

Bravo to Ms Smith!




@#5 ... He's insane. ...

Malcolm Mclaren - Swamp Thing (1985)
www.youtube.com

Since the Gracie alias does not to like when I post lyrics, I'll pass on posting lyrics for this tune.

@#32 ... And, more importantly, a person illegally disappeared from the US (according the SCOTUS) will never face due process here in the United States? ...

Manic Street Preachers - If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next (1999)
www.youtube.com

Lyrics excerpt ...

genius.com

...
The future teaches you to be alone
The present to be afraid and cold
So if I can shoot rabbits
Then I can shoot fascists
Bullets for your brain today
But we'll forget it all again
Monuments put from pen to paper
Turns me into a gutless wonder

[Chorus]
And if you tolerate this, then your children will be next
And if you tolerate this, then your children will be next
Will be next, will be next, will be next

[Verse 2]
Gravity keeps my head down
Or is it maybe shame
At being so young and being so vain?
Holes in your head today
But I'm a pacifist
I've walked La Ramblas
But not with real intent

[Chorus]
And if you tolerate this, then your children will be next
And if you tolerate this, then your children will be next
Will be next, will be next, will be next
...



An observation about the Spanish civil war.

Apropos?

You decide and comment ...



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