After a rise in cases throughout the last year, the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health is declaring an outbreak of hepatitis A. According to public health, hepatitis A cases tripled from 2023 to 2024, with 165 cases reported in the county last year. As many as 29 have been reported in 2025 so far. Hepatitis A is found in the stool of infected persons and is transmitted through the fecal-oral route. It can be spread through close person-to-person contact and through contaminated food or drink, public health warns. read more
Dogs have "extensive and multifarious" environmental impacts, disturbing wildlife, polluting waterways and contributing to carbon emissions, new research has found. An Australian review of existing studies has argued that "the environmental impact of owned dogs is far greater, more insidious, and more concerning than is generally recognised".
The still mysterious city was one of the largest in the world at its peak between 100 B.C. and A.D. 750. But it was abandoned before the rise of the Aztecs in the 14th century. Lorena Paiz, the archaeologist who led the discovery, said that the Teotihuacan altar was believed to have been used for sacrifices, "especially of children."
The American embassy in Syria has warned all U.S. citizens to leave the country due to "the increased possibility of attacks" ... read more
In the fiscal year that ended in June 2024, after giving out 2 million parking tickets, the city collected about $110 million in parking fines. Meanwhile, according to Mejia's data, it was spending $88 million on parking enforcement expenses like salaries and equipment. But when the cost of pensions and other obligations and liabilities were added to the mix, that figure jumped to more than $176 million. A $65 million shortfall. A $65 million shortfall when the city is experiencing a significant budgetary crisis that it needs to address. read more
In addition to ties with Tutu, the Episcopal Church has a long history of advocating against apartheid in South Africa.
Thats fine, but apartheid is over.
Now they are chanting "Kill the white farmer" in stadiums.
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Glad I am not a white person, you all are going to get ------ up shortly
'Trump's Jet Pro-Quo'.... from the Daily Show.
There goes the Corkster popping off another lie.
The DoD gets the plane. Did you know 2 of the AF2's are foreign purchased?
No you didn't because Trump is a virus in the peabrain of yours.
The DR honestly feels like a miracle where you take the most annoying people in the world and stick them in a broken elevator together.
~ Nate Silver
The Qatar B-747 was built in the US by Boeing. They are offering a newer 747 to replace one of the two current AF-1s that have been flying for 40 years. Which are tired and need to be replaced. The wing based at Andrews has also purchased aircraft from other countries in the past which are currently flying our VP and senior government officials. This is NOT new.
Qatar is offering the jet to the US military, not Donald Trump. The DOD contractor is based in the US, in fact my dad (a retired Air Force general) used to work for them. They are, not unironically, also working to upgrade the FAA technology as we speak. You know, Newark and elsewhere. They will get the aircraft and perform all of the security and the installation of the systems that AF-1 requires to safely move our president around the world. Not the Qatari's. And you and I will pay for that but not the $400 million the 747 would normally cost. I could tell you exactly what is required to modify the AF-1 for safe flight but that is Top Secret and I'd have to kill you.
This AF-1 will serve the sitting president, whether they be Republican or Democrat until Boeing gets their ---- together to complete the new, upcoming improved 747s that started under Obama, was renegotiated under Trump, and was completely ignored by the Biden administration. It's looking like 2029 to 2030 for delivery at the soonest.
I love X but sometimes the "sky is falling" conspiracy crap grows tiresome. A little knowledge goes a long way. Having flown on the current AF-1s 100 hundred times, I have intimate knowledge.
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~ Buzz Paterson former AF1 pilot.