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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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.

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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?

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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.

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[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.

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'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.

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Compared to libertarians, democrats and republicans are socialists.

Democrats push large welfare states, universal programs, and progressive taxation.

Republicans balloon deficits with corporate welfare, military-industrial spending and protectionist tariffs.

Both parties believe it’s legitimate to forcibly take from some people and give to others, to dictate economic life, and to expand in overall growth and power.

This is collectivism in action.
State-socialism by another name.
They only differ on who the state should favor and which moral causes it should enforce.

Until one of these two parties commits to massive cuts in spending, taxation, regulation, and the size of government, they will continue to remain far closer to socialism than liberty.

[UNI88]

George Washington by George W. Bush

Few qualities have inspired me more than Washington’s humility. I have studied the corrupting nature of power, and how retaining power for power’s sake has infected politics for generations. Our first president could have remained all-powerful, but twice he chose not to. In so doing, he set a standard for all presidents to live up to. His life, with all its flaws and achievements, should be studied by all who aspire to leadership. George Washington’s humility in giving up power willingly remains among the most consequential decisions and important examples in American politics.
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Subsequent leaders learned from that lesson, including Abraham Lincoln, who made sure to listen to privates as much as generals. Despite commanding badly outmanned soldiers and losing more battles than he won, America under Washington’s leadership emerged victorious in a war that changed the trajectory of world history. With Washington, character was key – in this case his humility, perseverance despite difficult odds, indomitable will, and the loyalty he inspired in others.
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Before he made history, Washington had studied it. He was especially drawn to Roman leaders and generals wary of power. So like Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus, who retired to his farm after saving Rome in battle, Washington returned to Mount Vernon after winning the war. It was the place that centered him, provided him with happiness, and enabled him to spend time with his beloved wife, Martha. But before long, duty once again summoned him.
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The question we must all ask is, how did he accomplish these things? By most historian accounts, one of the reasons Washington achieved all of this was by admitting he might not be up to the task. He summoned experts and let debates play out in front of him. For me, that lesson meant recognizing what I didn’t know as President, surrounding myself with advisors who did know what I didn’t know, and listening to them.
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As America’s first president, Washington knew “the first of everything in our situation will serve to establish a precedent.” So after two terms in office, with a distrust of long-seated rulers still fresh on America’s soul, Washington chose not to run again for president. And by once again relinquishing power rather than holding on to it, he ensured America wouldn’t become a monarchy, or worse.

Our first leader helped define not only the character of the presidency but the character of the country. Washington modeled what it means to put the good of the nation over self-interest and selfish ambition. He embodied integrity and modeled why it’s worth aspiring to. And he carried himself with dignity and self-restraint, honoring the office without allowing it to become invested with near-mythical powers.

I often say that the office of the president is more important than the occupant; that the institution of the presidency gives ballast to our ship of state. For that stability we are indebted to the wisdom of our founding fathers’ governing charter and the humility of our nation’s first president. It has guided us for 250 years, and it will strengthen us for our next 250 years.

[Caribbean Hen]

Da Bronx…. What a place

“Chaotic footage captured a massive group of rowdy kids brawling with police officers outside a Bronx mall on their day off Monday — prompting cops to cuff “multiple juveniles”

https://nypost.com/2026/02/16/us-news/m ... all-brawl/

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'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.

PA, MI, and WI voted red in the last election, and VA, CO and NM voted blue. I guess to keep it contiguous, that would work.