Miscellaneous news items that don't warrant their own thread

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"ltr">Even a blind squirrel… <a href="https://t.co/pMDxtFfEZW">pic.twitter.co ... </p>&mdash; James Woods (@RealJamesWoods) <a href=" 25, 2025

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Damn. And RIP to all the dead (a # of fatalities on the ground apparently)

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[Caribbean Hen]

Zohran Mamdani’s wife Rama Duwaji uses her art to rage against US ‘imperialism’ and ‘Israeli war crimes’

By Isabel Vincent
Published Nov. 8, 2025, 7:00 a.m. ET

She spews all the same hate that Klam does

like peas in a pod

https://nypost.com/2025/11/08/us-news/z ... perialism/

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Zohran Mamdani’s wife Rama Duwaji uses her art to rage against US ‘imperialism’ and ‘Israeli war crimes’

By Isabel Vincent
Published Nov. 8, 2025, 7:00 a.m. ET

She spews all the same hate that Klam does

like peas in a pod

https://nypost.com/2025/11/08/us-news/z ... perialism/

So imperialism and war crimes are good things in your book?

Got it.

[kalm]

Rigged game. Criminal activity gets rewarded with a golden parachute and seat in the U.S. Senate.

This is not capitalism.

[Skjellyfetti]

MAGA is weird

EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP, N.J. (AP) — A former staffer for a Republican congressman claimed she was attacked by three armed men who tied her up, slashed her and scrawled an anti-Trump statement on her stomach, according to authorities. But federal prosecutors are now accusing her of making the whole thing up and staging the bloody scene, including hiring someone to cut her skin.

The 26-year-old woman, who worked for U.S. Rep. Jeff Van Drew, of New Jersey, made her initial court appearance Wednesday on charges that she conspired to perpetrate a hoax and made false statements to federal law enforcement.

The woman and a friend staged the fake attack July 23 at a nature preserve in Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey, according to the U.S. attorney’s office. The friend called 911 saying the attackers had a gun, knew the woman’s name and that she worked for Van Drew, a strong supporter of President Donald Trump.

https://apnews.com/article/trump-jeff-v ... 19e969be52

[GannonFan]

MAGA is weird

EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP, N.J. (AP) — A former staffer for a Republican congressman claimed she was attacked by three armed men who tied her up, slashed her and scrawled an anti-Trump statement on her stomach, according to authorities. But federal prosecutors are now accusing her of making the whole thing up and staging the bloody scene, including hiring someone to cut her skin.

The 26-year-old woman, who worked for U.S. Rep. Jeff Van Drew, of New Jersey, made her initial court appearance Wednesday on charges that she conspired to perpetrate a hoax and made false statements to federal law enforcement.

The woman and a friend staged the fake attack July 23 at a nature preserve in Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey, according to the U.S. attorney’s office. The friend called 911 saying the attackers had a gun, knew the woman’s name and that she worked for Van Drew, a strong supporter of President Donald Trump.

https://apnews.com/article/trump-jeff-v ... 19e969be52

The fact that anyone does crap like this is weird. It's like the Jessie Smollet hoax a few years back. We live in stupid times indeed.

[Caribbean Hen]

Rigged game. Criminal activity gets rewarded with a golden parachute and seat in the U.S. Senate.

This is not capitalism.

Actually, sometimes it takes a crook to really tell you how to fix something….

Was Rick Scott convicted of anything in a court of law?

[kalm]

Rigged game. Criminal activity gets rewarded with a golden parachute and seat in the U.S. Senate.

This is not capitalism.

Actually, sometimes it takes a crook to really tell you how to fix something….

Was Rick Scott convicted of anything in a court of law?

The company he was CEO of paid the highest finds for defrauding Medicare in history. CEO’s are a protected class. Hence another part of the rigged game. Jail time versus monetary fines would help.

[UNI88]

[BDKJMU]

MAGA is weird

EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP, N.J. (AP) — A former staffer for a Republican congressman claimed she was attacked by three armed men who tied her up, slashed her and scrawled an anti-Trump statement on her stomach, according to authorities. But federal prosecutors are now accusing her of making the whole thing up and staging the bloody scene, including hiring someone to cut her skin.

The 26-year-old woman, who worked for U.S. Rep. Jeff Van Drew, of New Jersey, made her initial court appearance Wednesday on charges that she conspired to perpetrate a hoax and made false statements to federal law enforcement.

The woman and a friend staged the fake attack July 23 at a nature preserve in Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey, according to the U.S. attorney’s office. The friend called 911 saying the attackers had a gun, knew the woman’s name and that she worked for Van Drew, a strong supporter of President Donald Trump.

https://apnews.com/article/trump-jeff-v ... 19e969be52

Pot meet Kettle

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https://www.msn.com/en-gb/cars/news/ele ... r-BB1jk7KT

EV euphoria is dead. Automakers are scaling back or delaying their electric vehicle plans

KEY POINTS
Automakers from Ford Motor and General Motors to Mercedes-Benz, Volkswagen, Jaguar Land Rover and Aston Martin are scaling back or delaying their electric vehicle plans.

Though consumer demand for EVs hasn’t shown up in the way executives had expected, sales of the vehicles are still predicted to increase in the years to come.

A broad return to a more mixed offering of vehicles — with lineups of gas-powered vehicles alongside hybrids and fully electric options — assumes an all-electric future at a much slower pace, and it calls attention to ambitious EV targets set for the years ahead.

https://www.cnbc.com/2024/03/13/ev-euph ... in-us.html

Newsflash to automakers: EVs are a $$$$ losers People don’t want them.
Ford Now Dropping All-Electric F-150 Lightning Amid $13B EV Losses
https://redstate.com/wardclark/2025/12/ ... s-n2197198

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https://www.cnbc.com/2024/03/13/ev-euph ... in-us.html

Newsflash to automakers: EVs are a $$$$ losers People don’t want them.
Ford Now Dropping All-Electric F-150 Lightning Amid $13B EV Losses
https://redstate.com/wardclark/2025/12/ ... s-n2197198

Sure. As long as fuel prices are kept artificially low and storms don’t disrupt enough.

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[Skjellyfetti]

Don't block the street. FAFO. Absolute immunity. Etc.

Mass killings reported as security forces use live fire on Iran protesters
https://www.iranintl.com/en/202601103903

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Don't block the street. FAFO. Absolute immunity. Etc.

Mass killings reported as security forces use live fire on Iran protesters
https://www.iranintl.com/en/202601103903

Trump is so jealous right now.

[Baldy]

"It's OK, we're from CNN."
"Thank you."

They're all on the same team.

[UNI88]

'A natural partner': US treasury secretary weighs in on Alberta separatism

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has weighed in on a separatist movement in Alberta, saying the western Canadian province is a "natural partner for the US".

Losing Washington, Oregon and California might make building a pipeline to the Pacific a little more difficult.