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The pink flower is Bletilla striata, a terrestrial orchid. I planted it years ago and can't remember what the bare root looked like. I've seen it described as a root, pseudobulb or a tuber. Breck's calls it a rhizome. It is pretty dependable and not really fussy,. The plant does spread slowly but a single plant will eventually grow to more.
I love that little flower. The middle looks ruffled. I used to have some, in part shade. The rhizomes sometimes stuck out above ground. They were green.
The blue flower is Sisyrinchium angustifolium, blue eyed grass. and is a native perennial in most of the US. It's actually not a grass, it belongs to the Iris family. I was a little surprised to see it come back; I had just planted this past summer and not only were temps really low this winter it's planted in a corner that sometimes pools water. The clump is doing surprisingly well!
Lirio100
Glad you are having success with this one. Wonder who named it?
Thanks for sending in the great photos!
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Last month, we posted some photos of small flowers from Don in Kansas. Today, how about some larger ones? Be sure to click over on the link to see all of them and larger photos.
Unfortunately, the big news around these parts is our annual flooding. Between intense rain soaking the ground, and my neighbor's pond overflow discharging through my yard (allowed, as my yard has a creek, so it's the natural drainage or somesuch), it's a bit soupy.
I have a couple native plum that have more blooms, and are more fragrant, than I recall from past years, so maybe we'll see some fruit, as they're only a few years old. We have one nice little cherry tree that produced several pounds of cherries last year, and things look good so far.
Finally, I think this is a redbud along my normal walking path. Color is pretty striking.
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Sorry about the flooding. Thanks for the great photos!
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Things I have learned: (1.) The shooter is best friends with the Vice President and his wife, and (2.) A Fox News correspondent made sure the K9 officer didn't interfere with the shooter as he removed the gun from his coat - - after guests moved from the red carpet through security to the ballroom.
It all makes sense. If the assassination attempt must be fake.
Here's Fox News war correspondent Trey Yingst running over to direct the K9 handler who spoke with the “shooter” at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, just before he ran out of the room his dog hit on twice. https://t.co/iwMctKl4D9pic.twitter.com/Mk4aOroEkt
(Notes: A woman who looked like the VP's wife was at an event with the shooter in 2017 and Trey Yingst says he was reaching to shake hands with photographers near the red carpet).
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All the people who think the assassination attempt was fake also believe that Apollo 11 was fake. Why is that?
Enemy Maintenance Democrats are working overtime to manufacture enemies and keep their armies of straw men alive.
“For me to be right, you must always be wrong no matter what” seems to be the mechanics behind a lot of sociopolitical turmoil these days, and it is often utilized by people who intentionally twist positions, most that their opponents never held, simply are not true, consist of terms that have been redefined to fit, situations that have been recontextualized, or they just never happened so they can be “right.”
It happened to me this week when a person attacked me for things I never said, I never did, I never believed, nor have I ever espoused—and no matter how much direct, objective, and in some cases, publicly known, evidence I presented, he just would not accept any of it. His entire package of grievances was a neatly tied up box of manipulated rhetoric, things taken out of context, false memories and mythmaking that was completely and totally false.
People ridiculed President Trump in his first term when he founded the Space Force as a new branch of the military. Well who’s laughing now? True, it might seem that building a wall against alien incursions is impossible, but didn’t Star Trek solve this decades ago with modulated shields? And we’re already long past making analogies between the Administrative State and The Borg. And this, you see, is why I have to re-appear here, because let’s face it, John is just weak (by his own admission) about sci-fi-pop-cul. Meanwhile, the Persian Gulf ceasefire punctuated with “kinetic activity” continues. And oh yeah—Spirit Airlines died. I suspect this is not a coincidence. I’ll bet it was an alien front all along, and Trump’s Space Force is on it!
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Dance
Watch Bob Fosse's snake performance in "The Little Prince" from 1974 and tell me you don't see Michael Jackson's entire dance career born in real time.
Please submit any prayer requests to me, “Annie’s Stew” at apaslo at-sign hotmail dot com. Prayer requests are generally removed after four weeks unless we receive an update.
Prayer Requests:
3/10 – Update on Susan, who we have been praying for as she battles cancer. She is hospitalized again with an infection in her colon that quickly turned bad. The doctor says the signs are sepsis but they are running tests to make sure. The good news is that the pancreatic cancer was and is responding to the chemo and her cancer numbers are going down. God bless and thank you!
4/18 Update – Susan is doing outstanding. Her weight is better than expected. They have increased her dosage for chemo, and her cancer numbers are the lowest they have been since they started keeping track of them. They are so thankful for the mercy they have received. Thanks to everyone for the thoughts and prayers.
3/14 – Retired Buckeye Cop asks for prayers for Mrs. Cop’s cousin, “A.B”. He has been diagnosed with cirrhosis of the liver. He is a retired police officer who was hit by a car years ago. He attempted to deal with the pain by self-medicating with too much Tylenol, which ended up poisoning his liver. His only alternative is a liver transplant, but he is uncertain if he wants to have surgery.
4/11 Update – A.B. got a second opinion and testing determined his live score was 15. (21+ means transplant time.) That’s bad, but not as critical as initially thought. He went to the Cleveland Clinic for a third opinion, and testing found that his score had dropped to 9 and a liver transplant was not even something to consider. The doctor suspected a reaction to Ozempic and told him to stop taking it for 6 months.
3/28 – Hrothgar asked for prayers for a dear and long time close friend and former neighbor, Daniel, who is scheduled for open heart surgery in mid-April. Prayers for his wife would be appreciated as well, as she will be carrying a heavy load for the next few months.
4/18 Update – Daniel survived his complex open heart surgery. He is sitting up and it seems like it went well, but they are not going to release him as quickly as he would like, so he is not happy. Thanks to the Horde for the prayers and please keep praying for his dear wife, who now has even more to put up with.
3/28 – Jordan61 posted that Mr. Jordan61 is back in the hospital. His sepsis has returned and gotten into where his compression fracture is, and he has vertebral osteomyelitis. The doctor is supposed to come in today and let them know the plan.
4/9 Update – On 4/1 Mr. Jordan61 was released from the hospital with six weeks of IV antibiotics, which Jordan61 is administering every 8 hours. He’s in a lot of pain; they’ve given him oxy, fentanyl, and dilaudid, and nothing seems to touch it. From what they were told, the pain won’t subside until the infection is cleared up. For the time being, he is bed-bound and they are limiting his movement as much as possible to keep the pain to a minimum. Jordan61 will send updates with progress.
4/25 Update – Mr. Jordan61 is making slow but steady progress. He can get up and walk for short periods of time, and can sit in the living room for an hour or so per day. He is halfway through the IV antibiotics, with 3 weeks to go. A physical therapist will be coming to help him build strength and learn how to move without aggravating his back injury. Thank you all for the prayers!
4/3 – Teresa in Fort Worth posted an update. Her chemo seems to be holding things steady for now. Unfortunately, as she is receiving a steroid, she has gained about 25 pounds. Her blood sugar has also jumped up about 40 points (which only happens when she is on steroids).
4/24 Update – Teresa in Fort Worth provided an update: The pump that was put in to battle cancer in December can only be used for 6 months. After that, it starts to damage the liver. So she may have to go back onto the medication that made her lose her hair and messed up her vision and nails, and then return to this medication after a break. This is not good news, since this new medication is working so well. But for now, she is doing well and is incredibly grateful for the time that she has been given so far.
4/11 – Eromero craves prayers for Mrs. E., as she has been diagnosed with lymphoma. She begins infusions on 4/23.
4/25 Update – Mrs. E. reports that she feels fine. Praise be to God that she has had only one distressful episode during the infusions. Thank you for all the past and continued prayers.
4/18 – Vmom deport deport deport asked for prayers for Captain Whitebread, who is back in ICU with a leg infection that sounds very serious. She also asked for prayers for her husband’s mental and emotional well-being as he faces transition of a possible forced retirement in 3 months.
4/29 Update Captain Whitebread’s son posted that Captain Whitebread had several more infections and passed away on 4/29.
4/18 – Warai-otoko offered a prayer of thanksgiving that he got a new job that he is really enjoying. Wifey also got an offer for a new job that sounds great, after a decade of putting up with her old job.
4/18 – fd posted that MIL went into the hospital with multiple issues. Then Dad went in. MIL is still there, and Dad is out. Both will be okay – as well as can be expected for 87 and 89 year olds. Also GSD Bruno started chemo for lymphoma and is responding well. Prayers from the Horde have helped.
5/2 Update – MIL and dad are back home. Bruno seems to be doing well. Thank you all, sincerely, for your thoughts and prayers.
4/18 – neverenoughcaffiene asked that Devyn be kept in prayers. She is a young mother of 2 with a mass on her esophagus. The Doc said it was scar tissue and hopefully the second opinion will agree.
4/18 – Smell the Glove could use some prayers as therapy and rehab occur after gout/sepsis.
5/2 Update – The gout has cleared and the infection in the lower back is healing.
4/18 – PA Dutchman asked for prayers for his family. His dad passed away on 4/9 after complications from a fall. He was 95 and a veteran of the Korean War, 34th Inf Rgt. Mostly prayers are need for PA Dutchman’s mom, who is absolutely heartbroken.
4/18 – PabloD has been having dizzy spells for the past few weeks. He is seeing a doctor soon, and is requesting prayers that figure it out and that it’s nothing too serious.
4/18 – Sam Adams requested prayers for a friend, Mary F, who was just sent to a long-term recovery facility after having a tracheostomy.
5/2 Update – Mary’s breathing is improving, and they are weaning her off assisted breathing. She is now off the ventilator for 12 hours a day, and they are aiming for 14 hours soon. Many thanks to all of the Moron Horde for the prayers.
4/18 – Doof provided an update on his mother. She is doing better. She moved into her own room in an assisted living facility. It’s walking distance from Doof’s house, which is great. Her mental state has improved dramatically. She can no longer walk but she does stand with some assistance and can transfer between a wheelchair and bed or a lift/recliner chair. This facility is more of a home and less of a hospital, which hopefully will provide a good opportunity for her to enjoy life. He appreciates the Horde’s prayers and asks for prayers that she settles in comfortably and develops new friendships.
4/24 – Notsothoreau asked for prayers for a friend’s father (Cory), who needs prayers for strength and peace as he is going through some troubled times.
4/27 – Matthew Kant Cipher sent his thanks to those who prayed for his friend Layne (who is also his son’s FIL). The Horde may recall that in August, Layne was diagnosed with bladder cancer. He has since undergone courses of chemo, immunotherapy, and radiation. His latest scans came back clean. The cancer is in remission; praise be to God! Prayers are also humbly requested for Mrs. MKC, who is dealing with a new flare-up of a GI condition that had been leaving her alone until a recent procedure re-aggravated it. It is very frustrating/discouraging as she waits to see a new GI doctor.
4/25 – Retired Buckeye Cop asked that we would continue to lift his 16 year old grandson (LH) up in prayers, as LH continues to consider the call to priesthood in the Catholic Church. LH recently went to a meeting with a group of young men who are considering the priesthood.
4/25 – Fenelon Spoke asked for prayers for “I”, who Fenelon visited and anointed with oil, and prayed for healing of her health concerns.
5/2 – neverenoughcaffiene requested prayers for parishioners at her church, who lost their newborn daughter, Astrid.
For submission guidelines and other relevant info, please contact Annie's Stew, who is managing the prayer list. You can contact her at apaslo at-sign hotmail dot com. If you see a prayer request posted in a thread comment, feel free to copy and paste it and e-mail it to Annie's Stew. She tries to keep up with the requests in the threads, but she's not here all of the time, so she may not see it unless you e-mail it to her. Please note: Prayer requests are generally removed after four weeks or so unless we receive an update.
2 Corinthians 4:8-9
We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair, persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed.
There's another new - or newish - Linux privilege escalation bug. It's literally called Copy Fail 2: Electric Boogaloo.
But under the hood it's abusing the same module as yesterday's Dirty Frag, so if you already applied the mitigation for that, you're protected from CF2EB.
Also, my recommendation is don't install Ubuntu 26.04 just yet. Unlike 24.04 which worked smoothly from release day, Ubuntu 26.04 still has some odd quirks. Particularly if you want to use it under WSL and integrate with JetBrains IDEs (CLion in this case, but they'll all be the same here) where it just doesn't work.
AI coding tools are like hiring an autistic teenager to program for you. Great if your requirements are clearly defined and you check their work carefully.
But if you just blindly deploy whatever they produce, that's on you.
It's not that AI is intrinsically bad, anymore than email is bad.
It's just that it makes being annoying far too easy:
Material created with the assistance of AI is not bad in itself. It's the purpose to which it's put.
A good use of AI is when it enables people to do something they couldn't do before, to contribute to a community when they couldn't before. Done with the care and good intent of a human behind it, this is a nett positive.
Bad AI slop, on the other hand, is monkeys throwing crap over the fence for a purpose other than furthering the community. This includes spam, engagement farming, and simply thoughtless noise in a space which is not for that purpose.
Mojo is a Python-like language (more so than, for example, Nim) that compiles directly to binary and has similar safety features to Rust. It's designed to work with Python in both directions: Importing Mojo modules into Python code, and importing Python code into Mojo programs, though apparently the latter is more robust than the former.
Not sure how well it works otherwise; the first release some years ago actually had a waiting list. At least now you can just click a link and download it. Well, you can't, but apparently you can install it with uv or pixi.
Musical Interlude
Disclaimer: Begin at the beginning, and proceed to the end, and then stop.
So... I twigged that was AI because the guy has no reaction to any of this, and this kind of AI video always features giggling and this kind of fractured speech. But I thought it was cute, so I posted it so you'd enjoy it.
Hey, sometimes you still enjoy things that are Faked.
I hate AI slop (when it's dishonestly presented as real) but the torrent of slop is overwhelming my defenses.
Democrats Melt Down Over Virginia Supreme Court Ruling, with Socialist Democrat Influencer Hasan Piker Demanding Violent Revolution and the "Smart" Commentators of the Left Unable to Read a Simple Court Decision
—Disinformation Expert Ace
The left is spamming out wholly ignorant objections to the ruling.
A major one is: But other states passed new maps! Why can't Virginia pass a new map?!?!
Headquarters
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Republicans: Pass new maps in Tennessee, Florida, Missouri, North Carolina, Texas ALL without a vote -- upheld
Democrats: Pass new maps in Virginia with a vote from the will of the people -- overturned
Make it make sense.
By the way: When they say "Without a vote," they mean without a public vote on a referendum.
Do you know why there was no public vote on a referendum in those states?
That's right, because those other states didn't require a constitutional change to pass the new map, so there was no referendum.
Charles C. W. Cooke
@charlescwcooke
Okay. I'll "make it make sense." Virginia has a constitution that applies in Virginia but not in those other states, and the government of Virginia did not follow that constitution, which is illegal.
To be more specific: States like Virginia wanted to Virtue Signal that they were anti-gerrymandering (which they're not, they just wanted to lock in the current gerrymander they approved of) so they passed a constitutional amendment limiting gerrymandering.
Then, just to show the left believes in nothing they claim to believe, they attempted to undo that amendment through a rushed and unconstitutional process.
The other states always left this power in the hands of the legislature, so the legislature is able to change the maps with a vote.
It's not so hard to understand is it? Aren't you the guys always claiming that you're the Smartest Kids in the Class (TM)? Are you entirely incapable of reading anything but BlueSky for your "research"?
Another stupid objection they keep on making: If this process was deficient from the very beginning -- which the Court ruled it was -- why didn't the Court make this ruling earlier?
This is a hilarious one. The Virginia Supreme Court was going to rule on whether this process was adequate or defective -- but the Democrats pushing the new map insisted that it was illegal for the Court to rule on the referendum before the referendum had been voted on and was entirely concluded.
The Democrats themselves insisted that the Court had no power to rule on this except after the referendum was voted on and was in the process of being implemented.
The Court read the Democrats' arguments and... agreed.
Here's another Smartest Kid in the Class (TM) Sam Stein babbling that this wasn't "handled" correctly. What he means is, if this was f***ed up, why didn't you stop us earlier?
Another one: The very, very smart (just ask him!) Dweeb Goblin Will Saletan:
Will Saletan
@saletan
Can someone explain why--if this was the court's basis for nullifying the redistricting measure--the court didn't rule this way when the challenge arose before the referendum?
It looks like the court waited to see which side would win, and then intervened.
With an ugly mug like that, you'd think he would know how to read.
There's a very easy way to find the answer to that question: RTFO. Read the fucking opinion, Retard Who Is a Genius.
By the way, do you want to know why the Democrats argued the Virginia Supreme Court should not rule on the process until later? For the same reason all litigants make such arguments: Because they knew the Court would probably find the process was defective.
What they were hoping was: If the process went forward, it would create its own political momentum, and then the Supreme Court would be too afraid to rule when the referendum has passed and would allow the defective process to stand.
But they weren't (thankfully!).
This is a stupid argument anyway -- whether the process was ruled unconstitutional six months ago or now, it doesn't matter. It would have been ruled unconstitutional then, or now. There was nothing the Democrats could do, because what they were trying to do was forbidden -- the Virginia Constitution demands a schedule for amendments that requires time for cooler heads to prevail, and the Democrats were trying to rush this process and ignore the built-in scheduling requirements.
So whether the Court ruled earlier or later -- the Democrats just were not permitted to rush the amendment.
And speaking of that rushed effort: the timing requirements were that a referendum be passed in one legislative period, and then an intervening general election be held, and then the vote be held after that general election. This is to make sure the public has the chance to vote out the rascals if they don't like the amendment they're trying to force through.
But the Democrats passed the referendum while voting was taking place for the next general election. In other words, there was no intervening election between the passing of the referendum in the assembly and the vote by the people, because the election was already happening when the assembly passed it.
And voting was already happening because Democrats created a clownlishly long campaign season instead of an election day.
Greg Price
@greg_price11
In the end, Virginia's ridiculously long early voting period is what sunk the Virginia referendum.
Amending the VA Constitution requires two votes in the General Assembly with an intervening election in between.
The first vote in the redistricting referendum was 40 days into early voting in 2025, when over 1.3M people had voted.
Hilariously, the key argument made by the lawyers in favor of the referendum was that only Election Day counts as the election.
The Smartest Kids in the Class (TM) -- just ask them, they'll tell you they're the Smartest Kids in the Class (TM) -- keep asking the same questions and people keep posting the same link to the same publicly-published court opinion.
And the Smartest Kids in the Class (TM) continue refusing to read a fairly straightforward opinion, not super-cluttered with legalese.
They don't read, because the Smartest Kids in the Class (TM) are above reading. They just know through Diverse Lived Experiences.
They're treating this opinion like it's The Hound of the Baskervilles or something. I mean, come on. It's not that hard.
Meanwhile, the violent communist and terrorist cheerleader that the Democrats all insist is a moderate mainstream voice calls for violence.
AGAIN.
hasanabi
@hasanthehun
the va supreme court denied the results of the redistricting referendum. scotus gutted the voting rights act and tennessee carved up the last dem district destroying black voter power in the state.
those who make peaceful revolution impossible, make violent revolution inevitable
Overturn this decision? It’s a ruling from the state Supreme Court on a state constitutional matter, who are you going to appeal it to? God? https://t.co/689ZnCRyvO
Related: You know Steve Cohen, the very African American Congressman from Tennessee's 9th District who shows you he's African American by eating KFC in Congress?
And yes this is real:
Well, the Republican who will probably replace him is... get this... a black woman.
And the left insists: It's racist anyway, I don't care if a black candidate replaces the white one.
Lydia Moynihan: It's a little ironic that the woman now who is likely going to win the 9th Congressional District in Tennessee is a black Republican instead of a white Democrat male. But that's racist?
The two most consequential races in California have devolved into twin spectacles, with years of visible dysfunction hollowing out Democrats' case for competent leadership.
Why it matters: California is the ultimate paradox of Democratic rule. A state of immense wealth, innovation and cultural power is increasingly unable to deliver the basics of housing, public safety and disaster response.
The big picture: Those failures have been building for years.
But COVID and last year's catastrophic fires have transformed long-simmering frustration with California governance into a visceral public indictment of the people running the state -- one now playing out in the races for governor and Los Angeles mayor.
Psst: It's not a "paradox" that socialism turns rich orderly societies into poor chaotic ones. It's happened every single time.
Yes, you will need a photo ID to enter Barack Obama's ugly Soviet Konstuktivist library of lies.
It remains, of course, racist and unconstitutional to require an ID at someplace less grand and important, like a polling station.
I wonder why?
The Washington Post modeled the effects of a law requiring voters to show ID at polling places. Guess what it found?
By the way, you can buy ugly tchotchkies to show your support to the Obama Temple of Ego.
He also wants to sell you communist organizer Saul Alinsky's Rules for Radicals, and black supremacist antisemite Ta-Nehesi Coates' racial provocations.
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BREAKING UPDATE: Utah Supreme Court Justice Diana Hagen has RESIGNED amid an investigation for having an alleged romantic relationship with the lawyer who argued the Democrats' Utah redistricting case, which she ruled in FAVOR of.
🚨 JUST NOW: Utah Supreme Court Justice Diana Hagen RESIGNS — the same justice who helped give Democrats +1 Congressional seats out of Utah for the midterms
She's embroiled in a scandal of reportedly having an AFFAIR with an attorney involved in that redistricting case
But then again, this is the same sixth runner-up beauty queen who gushed over little children mutilating themselves with "transgender" surgery only to re-invent herself, Madonna-like, as a firebrand anti-trans crusader.
So of course now she says that anyone who opposes Islam are "Israel Firsters" flooding her with a "torrent of demands" that she "hate Muslims."
Megyn Kelly had Tucker Carlson on her show today to talk about his Muslim viewers and defense of Islam.
Megyn said that yesterday she “received a torrent of demands” from the Israel First people and some conservatives “to hate Muslims”
DOJ Moves To Denaturalize Alleged Terrorists And War Criminals
The Department of Justice (DOJ) is moving to denaturalize 12 individuals for offenses and allegations including providing material support to terrorism, war crimes and sexual abuse of a minor, the Daily Caller has learned.
The DOJ is expected to announce on Friday that it is filing denaturalizing actions against 12 individuals, originally from Iraq, Colombia, Morocco, Somalia, Gambia, Bolivia, Uzbekistan, Kenya, India, China and Nigeria.
The Cultural Enrichment Officers are all from a diverse array of races which makes this very, very racist.
Ali Yousif Ahmed, a native of Iraq, is one of the individuals the DOJ says they are taking action against. Ahmed came to the U.S. in 2009, claiming his family was attacked by Al-Qaeda terrorists in Iraq. Ten years later, Iraq asked the U.S. to extradite Ahmed to Iraq, claiming he was facing criminal charges for the premeditated murder of two Iraqi police officers in 2006.
"Upon further investigation, United States learned that, in 2015, Ahmed illegally procured his naturalization, which warrants his denaturalization, because he lied under oath about his criminal and family history when he sought admission to the United States and naturalized as a U.S. citizen," a document on the denaturalization process and shared with the Caller read.
Khalid Ouazzani, a native of Morocco, applied for U.S. citizenship in 2005 and then again a year later, according to the DOJ. Ouazzani was allegedly "planning--with two men later convicted of trying to bomb the New York Stock exchange--ways to support AlQaida" in 2003. Then after being naturalized, Ouazzani pleaded guilty to sending al-Qaida tens of thousands of dollars with money he had fraudulently obtained Ouazzani also took a pledge of pledge of allegiance in 2008 to al-Qaida.
The DOJ is also looking to strip Baboucarr Mboob, a native of Gambia, of his naturalization, claiming he was involved in war crimes, the Caller learned. Mboob was a military police officer in the Gambian army and participated in the execution of six officers following the orders from his commanding officer who believed were victims in plotting a counter-coup against then President Yahya Jammeh, according to the DOJ.
Mboob concealed his involvement in the war crimes during the naturalization process, but later admitted to executing his fellow officers, the DOJ told the Caller.
Say, Ilhan "Omar's" father is a war criminal and genocidal warlord, isn't he?
Hmm, does that mean we can arrange a No-Muslims Day?
No, right?
Oh did I mention the waterpark in question is taxpayer funded?
A "Muslim only" event at a taxpayer-funded Texas water park has been canceled following criticism and threats by Gov. Greg Abbott to pull public safety grants.
A local Islamic group had rented out the Epic Waters Indoor Waterpark in Grand Prairie for its annual Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) "Epic Eid" celebration on June 1.
Representatives for both the water park and the city of Grand Prairie sent the following statement to Fox News Digital on Wednesday evening confirming the event is canceled:
"After further review and in the best interest of the City of Grand Prairie, the June 1 EID event at Epic Waters Indoor Waterpark has been canceled."
And did I forget to mention that this Economic Powerhouse Who Built Our Country happens to own her very own "learing center"?
And yes, she spelled it that way.
And while this isn't being reported -- I'm 100% certain that the Excellence Early Learing Center is paid for by government funds.
The head of a Texas Islamic group that rented out a taxpayer-funded waterpark for an event that was advertised as "Muslim only" runs a childhood education center with the exact same unfortunate 'Learing Center' typo first seen at an infamous daycare in Minneapolis.
The "Excellence Early Learing Center," as its misspelled website header reads -- located in the Fort Worth suburb of Hurst -- offers a variety of programs for youngsters from infants to pre-K, and promises to provide children with "the loving, personal care that they need to thrive and feel confident."
The center boasts "multiculturalism, small classroom sizes, healthy eating and a warm, loving environment that feels like home" and staff with degrees in "education, accounting, biology, pharmacology, science, nursing and mathematics from their home countries."
Its owner, head operator and curriculum designer is Aminah Knight, who boasts a master's degree fro the University of Southern California and a doctorate from Vanderbilt University.
Earlier this week, Knight and her DFW Epic Eid organization drew massive criticism for a flyer advertising an event at Epic Waters in Grand Prairie billed as "Muslim only" and requiring modest swimsuits for all attendees.
Epic Waters, a sprawling, 80,000-square-feet indoor waterpark opened in 2017 at a cost of $88 million -- funded by a 0.25% sales tax hike residents approved at the ballot box in 2014.
The FAQ for the third-annual event, which was being held to celebrate the Muslim holiday Eid, initially proclaimed "the entire waterpark has been exclusively reserved for Muslims."
Reform Gains Over 1,300 Seats as Labour Loses Nearly 1,200
—Disinformation Expert Ace
And there's still damage to come -- just 117 of the 136 councils have reported so far.
These are council (local) elections, not the general elections for Parliament (the national legislature), which do not have to be scheduled before 2029.
But council members do have power locally -- and these elections are a mighty harbinger of what will come.
The Greens gained 296 seats so far, almost all at Labour's expense.
(Numbers updated at 2:53 pm.)
Labour had controlled Wales for 27 years. Not only did they lose control -- Plaid Cymru won 42 seats, with Reform stomping in for 39 in second -- but even the Labour First Minister for Wales lost her seat in the vote.
Politics UK
@PolitlcsUK
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🚨 BREAKING: Welsh Labour First Minister Eluned Morgan has lost her seat in the Senedd
It's the first time in British history that a sitting head of Government has lost re-election to the house they led
The SNP kept control in Scotland, with Reform gaining zero seats, because Scotland is a mess and not worth thinking about. Their Muslim First Minister Hamzi Yusef hates the actual Scottish people and gives fiery speeches denouncing the Scots.
Keir Starmer, noted for his outreach to gay Ukrainian male model prostitutes -- just offering them a bad for the night, that kind of charity -- says that he's not stepping aside... sort of. What he actually said was that he would not walk away and "leave the party in disorder," which means, I'm pretty sure, that as soon as the party agrees on a successor, he will step down. He just doesn't want a big fight for control.
Astute post from Maxi@AllForProgress on X. Applies to the US too.
"There are the usual notes on procedure. People like my parents, Britain's ultimate swing voter category, were buried with doorknockers, and their earnest heartfelt pleas, in the final few weeks of campaigning. An avalanche of appeals after five years of having not a single party representative knocking on their doors, inquiring after them, or following up on their concerns.
There is still no party on the slate that understands that such elections as these are won between campaigns, through diligent attention to voters and relentless follow-up, not with three weeks to go. This, to my mind, is the single greatest predictor of governmental success, and it's a test that none of the current bottle are passing.
Whatever; the cumulative picture is the one we've watched forming for some time. Britain is shopping, rotating through every available political product, trying them on for size, and finding them generally wanting.
The political market is wide open. The next general election will reward whoever spends the intervening period building something vast, intense, and serious. . ."
Posted by: whig
While the cowardly chattering classes acknowledge the catastrophe, they refuse to address the reasons for it. They resort to gauzy evasions like "The public just wanted a change."
A change from what, exactly?
Or "the public has lost faith in the traditional major parties."
But why has the public lost faith, exactly?
Or they'll claim that Keir Starmer just isn't charismatic. Yes, correct, he's a gray dullard who looks like he'd lose a naked wrestling match to Anderson Cooper*, but... couldn't there be other, more tangible reasons the public has made the longtime former Two Major Establishment Parties of the UK minor parties?
What reasons might explain that, do you think?
Say -- what was Reform's One Single Endlessly Repeated Campaign Promise, anyway? Maybe that could provide a clue to this Mystery.
Even as the establishment faces a reckoning a long time coming, they still pretend away the reason for that reckoning.
When ordinary British citizens were immediately framed as “far right” in the aftermath of the 3 young girls from Southport being murdered, I realised something had gone badly wrong in this country.
A 14yr old invader has avoided jail after being convicted of raping a schoolgirl just three months after arriving in Britain on a small boat.
The teenager, who arrived as an unaccompanied minor last June and was placed in foster care, was found guilty in January of rape and two… pic.twitter.com/caa3efdHIA
Australia: We can't deport this rapist because he's "too mentally retarded" to deport and he would lose access to Australian welfare services and he needs those!
Australian authorities were totally fine with opening the borders to "refugees" like this. But now, after he commits horrific crimes, he is too retarded to be deported. pic.twitter.com/44SvLyGY2j
An African refugee who sexually abused his niece, 9, has been allowed to stay in Australia after a tribunal found he would lose access to disability support if deported.
He has been on the NDIS since 2020 as his IQ is in the lowest percentile.https://t.co/X8wu8BQ3os
Iran has run out of oil storage capacity and instead of shutting down their wells -- which could cause long-term damage -- they're now deliberately causing an environmental catastrophe by flooding the ocean with oil.
BREAKING: Islamic Terrorist Regime IS DUMPING OIL INTO THE SEA! 🚨
As we warned: the regime has run out of storage capacity.
For days now, they’ve been faking tanker transfers while pouring massive amounts of extracted oil straight into the ocean. Deliberate. Criminal.… pic.twitter.com/DryBpziffO
Exit Question: Why are the Jews tricking Iran into murdering its citizens? And also, are the Jews faking traffic numbers to make it appear as if Me-Again Kelly and Taqiyya Qarlson are losing audience?
Republicans in Virginia celebrate a circuit court ruling that the Democrat-led redistricting map was unconstitutional. Salena Zito, a Pittsburgh-based columnist, joined 'Fox & Friends First' to react.
The Virginia Supreme Court on Friday invalidated a new, voter-approved redistricting map, delivering a significant victory for Republicans in the state ahead of the fast-approaching 2026 midterm elections.
"We hold that the legislative process employed to advance this proposal violated Article XII, Section 1 of the Constitution of Virginia," the Virginia Supreme Court said in the ruling. "This constitutional violation incurably taints the resulting referendum vote and nullifies its legal efficacy."
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The Virginia Supreme Court heard oral arguments last month over the newly passed congressional map, which voters in the state approved by a narrow 51% to 49% margin.
The ballot measure would have given the Democrat-controlled Virginia legislature -- rather than the state's current nonpartisan commission -- temporary redistricting power through 2030.
It was also expected to yield a 10-1 advantage for Democrats in Virginia's congressional delegation, up from their current 6-5 edge.
lol lol lol lol lol, Lousie Lucas smokes more pot than JackStraw lol lol.
THE MORNING RANT: School Board and Down Ballot Races Are the Most Important Races You Can Vote in this Cycle
—Buck Throckmorton
It’s election season, and the most important political races in the country aren’t the ones we’re discussing at national political sites such as Ace of Spades. No, the most important races are the down-ballot state and local races. These elections suffer from terribly low voter interest, yet they impact how your community is governed and what is being taught in your schools.
Those down-ballot races also give ambitious politicians the first step up their political career ladder. In deep red states, this is where RINOs get their first victories, and soon they have incumbency and name recognition propelling them upward. Puzzled conservatives eventually scratch their heads and ask how did a Democrat-aligned “Republican” like John Cornyn or Bill Cassidy ever win statewide office in a red state? The answer is that they started way down the ballot and worked their way up over the years. The best time to defeat RINOs is before they start their political climb, but that means voting for actual conservatives in local elections.
School board elections, which are often “non-partisan” are also critical. If you don’t like your child being taught that the U.S. is evil and that children can change their genders, then it’s imperative to vote in school board races. Low turnout is the left’s friend.
For example, a conservative backlash in recent years to woke public schools propelled conservatives to a school board majority in the Grapevine-Colleyville School District in suburban Dallas. But in last week’s school board election, there was decreased turnout. Conservative incumbents were defeated by candidates committed to restoring the left-wing agenda in local schools.
Two Grapevine-Colleyville ISD board members backed by conservative PAC Patriot Mobile were among three incumbents voted out Saturday in a sweeping change for a district already facing major decisions. The results mean the far-right conservative group no longer has a majority on the GCISD Board of Trustees.
Barely 11,000 votes were cast out of 90,000 registered voters, representing a 12% turnout. The conservatives lost by a 52/48 margin, each losing by less than 500 votes. If the 79,000 non-voters have any complaints about the left’s woke agenda, they forsook the most important place to stop it – their local schools.
Sometimes a little research is necessary to vet the candidates, but a few minutes researching a race is time better spent on politics than watching cable news. There’s also a pretty easy shortcut to determine who are the actual conservatives in down ballot races - watch the yard sign people. The neighbor who proudly puts out Trump signs, or who currently has a Paxton sign in his yard, can probably be trusted to also have yard signs of the real conservatives in local races. (I’m aware that this is more of a challenge in deep blue areas, since putting out a Republican yard sign can be an invitation to vandalism.)
My latest piece at the The American Spectator has been published. “Price Gouging, Now Personalized Thanks to Surveillance Pricing and Collusion” discusses how corporations damage consumer faith in free markets when corporate executives green light unethical behavior such as price fixing among competitors, and with surveillance pricing (in which consumers are charged based on their internet browsing history.)
As reported by CNBC based on documents released by the California Attorney General, Amazon would send links to its vendors showing competitors (such as Wal Mart and Home depot) undercutting Amazon’s pricing. If the vendor did not pressure the competitor to raise the price being charged to consumers, Amazon would throttle visibility on its web site for the vendor’s products.
This piece is not behind a paywall. I’d be honored if you’d give it a read.
My latest piece at The American Spectator has been published: “Price Gouging, Now Personalized Thanks to Surveillance Pricing & Collusion”
The battle against the appeal of socialism is impeded by corporations whose executives have no moral compass. https://t.co/2ZciEEglip
First of all, this congresswoman claims she's concerned about the humanitarian crisis in Cuba. That's admirable. I am too and have been for a long time. But it's funny, this humanitarian crisis has been going on for years, and yet, unless I'm missing something, she's only found it in her heart to be concerned about it since Trump and Rubio began taking legitimate steps to put an end to it once and for all.
If you'll recall, Jayapal and Rep. Jonathan Jackson (D-Ill.) traveled to Cuba last month on the taxpayers' dime to "assess the humanitarian situation." The reality is that they took a five-day vacation (or what they called a "congressional delegation") to Cuba to meet with the regime and find new ways to bash Donald Trump. They went in with an agenda and opinions already formed and walked away with those opinions intact and using the same language the regime does about how Trump is hurting them with his sanctions and blockades...
...why in the heck is a sitting member of the U.S. Congress going behind the president's back and colluding with foreign countries in a way that directly goes against the president's current actions and foreign policy? Trump and Rubio are working to pressure the regime so that the Cuban people are finally free. They've also made it incredibly clear that the island nation as it stands with the regime in charge is a threat to the national security of the United States.
“I am illegal in this country. My parents are illegal here in this country,” Former Minnesota State Rep. Kaohly Her declared.
Her ran in the 2025 St. Paul mayoral election on a promise to fight ICE and protect illegal aliens. While she lost the election, the usual ‘ranked choice’ shenanigans that elevated Mamdani in New York City, and other urban leftists, put her ahead of Melvin Carter III who was not an illegal.
In her inaugural address, Mayor Kaohly Her described federal immigration enforcement as an “unprecedented incursion that we must meet head on.” She spoke while surrounded by minority female politicians as well as Robert ‘Susan Kimblery’ Sylvester: a former deputy mayor who now claims to be a transgender woman.
This secessionist rhetoric was soon paired with a secessionist ordinance commanding federal law enforcement not to operate on ‘city-owned property’ as if St. Paul had somehow seceded from the United States.
Why are either of these evil filthy skanks not awaiting removal from our nation?! Jayapal deserves to at a minimum be removed from office and prosecuted for her actions along with anyone who aided and abetted her. But grabbing this admitted criminal illegal alien Kaohly and shipping her the hell out of the country is, or should be a snap, for ICE and/or the DOJ?!
The outcome of the negotiations could mark a major step towards ending the Iran war and stabilizing global oil prices. On Wednesday, the price of Brent crude oil, a short-term price benchmark, fell significantly, after President Trump said that the Strait of Hormuz could reopen. However, the President also warned that failure to reach a deal could lead to further military action... Iran Weighs 14-Point Peace Deal, Including Nuclear Curbs. (You know who else had a 14-point peace deal? - jjs)
Despite the wailing and gnashing of teeth from the Democrat-media complex, the war with Iran is not a war of choice in any practical sense. Not A War Of Choice
The Shia Mullahs are ready to bring nuclear hell to the world to affirm their leadership of Islam. (Meh the Sunnis are no better, so pass the popcorn - jjs) The Hidden War: Iran vs. the Sunni World
CIVIL WAR 2.0, LEFTIST PERSECUTIONS, DEMOCRAT PUTSCH, AMERICAN DISSOLUTION
The complaint came in the wake of an investigation by Oregon's Bureau of Labor and Industries, which found "substantial evidence of an unlawful housing practice on the basis of disability." Home Forward, Portland's public housing corporation, is also a defendant in the lawsuit. Disabled Woman Sues Multnomah County After Race-Based Program Denies Her Rent Relief
Mass Indian immigration is reshaping America into a parallel society, and a nation that ignores assimilation, sovereignty, and loyalty risks surrendering its future to foreign interests. GDP Be Damned—America Is Not India!
Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s “tax the rich” posturing just cost the city some good jobs, significant economic activity and hefty tax revenue from two power players — Citadel and Apollo Global Management. Rather than just keep fleeing, business leaders should fight to save capitalism here, so their companies can stay. (How when you face an army of Mangiones?! - jjs) Don’t give up on NYC, Ken Griffin — expose the idiocy of Mamdani’s socialism
RED-GREENS, CLIMATE CHANGE HOAX, DEMOCRAT-LEFT WAR ON FOSSIL FUELS,
The notice told the Virginia prosecutor, Parisa Dehghani-Tafti, that the committee will be conducting oversight over her jurisdiction for allegedly refusing to “cooperate with federal immigration officials and their prioritization of illegal and criminal aliens over American citizens.” Another Soros Prosecutor Is In The House GOP’s Crosshairs
The ruling allows federal authorities to retain the seized materials, potentially setting a precedent for future ballot seizures. This decision constitutes an undeniable setback for Fulton County officials and others trying to obstruct the investigation into voter fraud during the 2020 presidential election. Judge Rejects Bid by Fulton County to Get Back 2020 Ballots Seized by DOJ.
DEMOCRAT/LEFTIST AND RINO SCANDALS, MESHUGAS, CHUTZPOCRISY, INSANITY
Just days after a recent Supreme Court ruling against unconstitutional race-based gerrymandering, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) has announced that it will enforce the decision nationwide. Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division Harmeet Dhillon told Just the News, “This is the law of the land now, and eventually every jurisdiction in the United States is going to have to comply with race-free line-drawing.” Blue State Gerrymanderers on Notice, DOJ Will Enforce SCOTUS Ruling
Enten said, “As Indiana goes, so goes the nation when it comes to Republican voters and Donald John Trump. He absolutely still has the juice. And when you’re a Republican and you go against Trump, you get voted off the island. . . CNN’s Enten: It’s a ‘Myth’ that Trump Is Losing Support Among Republicans
If the redistricting plan is approved by the state Senate—where thge GOP commands a supermajority—and signed by Governor Lee, it could significantly alter Tennessee’s congressional representation, reducing Democrat influence in the state. The broader redistricting battles across the country could determine who controls the U.S. House of Representatives after November. Tennessee House Approves Redistricted Map Likely to Hand GOP Entire Congressional Delegation.
The Attorney General of Ohio, Dave Yost, is expected to resign Thursday, a report claims, possibly leading to chaos within the state as the midterms approach. After 25 years serving in state government, Yost is reportedly set to offer his resignation to accept a job in the private sector, the Statehouse News Bureau reported. Republican AG’s Resignation Could Cause Ripple Effect Through Entire State
There’s a civil war in the party apparatus. The referendum to redraw the maps from a 6:5 Dem advantage to a 10:1 Dem advantage, thus giving the party an almost certain majority in the House, seems doomed to fail judicial review. Privately, the parties involved have been sniping each other. Once Powerful Virginia Democrats Are Disintegrating, With National Implications
Barack Hussein Obama and Spencer Pratt don't seem like they belong in the same political sentence, which might be precisely why the comparison works. Spencer Pratt Figured Out What Obama Once Knew
Well, Rubio isn't wasting time. On Thursday, May 7, he announced via the State Department that he's cutting right to the gut of the regime with sanctions on Grupo de Administración Empresarial S.A. (GAESA), GAESA's director Ania Guillermina Lastres Morera, and Moa Nickel SA (MNSA), a state-owned mining company. Cuba Falling: Rubio Issues a Major Blow to the Regime's Military Empire with Much More to Come
First of all, this congresswoman claims she's concerned about the humanitarian crisis in Cuba. That's admirable. I am too and have been for a long time. But it's funny, this humanitarian crisis has been going on for years, and yet, unless I'm missing something, she's only found it in her heart to be concerned about it since Trump and Rubio began taking legitimate steps to put an end to it once and for all. Democrats' Shadow State Department? Jayapal Is Sabotaging U.S. Foreign Policy.
Canada has seen a surge in promoting diversity and LGBT issues in its military in recent years, while the actual readiness of Canada’s armed forces appears abysmal. A report from March suggested that half of the equipment owned by the Canadian armed forces is unserviceable. Notably, efforts to recruit large numbers of recent immigrants into the military have ended in disaster, with many recruits failing to graduate and displaying negative attitudes towards women. Canada’s Incoming Top Official Considers ‘White Boys’ a Threat.
The clash followed a move by Antwerp prosecutors to reportedly indict two Jewish ritual circumcisers Wednesday. “Belgium is not an antisemitic state; that is nonsense,” Bart De Wever said, according to Belga News Agency. The prime minister cautioned that the case may never reach trial and urged restraint from all sides. “Stirring up the controversy is a bad idea,” he said. ‘That Is Nonsense’: Prime Minister Snaps Back After Trump Ambassador Accuses Belgium Of Antisemitism
ISRAEL vs IRAN & GAZA/HAMAS, HEZBOLLAH . . . AND LEFTISTS
“Faculty members made sweeping, negative statements about ‘old white men in medicine.’...I experienced an inescapable cognitive dissonance...More diversity means fewer white men...Accreditation requirements continue to promote DEI...They would end in an instant.” Medicine Without Merit
The study’s findings underscore the need for more research, regulation, and oversight of plant-based alternative foods. It represents another hit to the plant-based food industry. In November last year, Beyond Meat, one of the leading businesses in the market for plant-based products, posted a $110.7 million loss for the July-to-September quarter, representing a 10 percent drop in sales and an eight percent plunge in its stock value. Mycotoxins Found in ‘Almost All’ Plant-Based Meat and Drinks.
Gen Z is finally waking up and realizing that they were mass-prescribed antidepressants without much consideration for the long-term side effects. Among them is Ella Emhoff, the 26-year-old stepdaughter of Kamala Harris, who recently took to TikTok to express concern that she’s having difficulty coming off of SSRIs herself. Gen Z’ers on SSRIs for years are finally starting to question the risks — and are agreeing with RFK Jr.
ACTUAL SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY
Though the Jupiter orbiter Juno is in its final orbits as it is running out of fuel, on May 1, 2026 it did a close fly-by of the 50 by 72 mile-wide Jupiter moon Thebe, getting within 3,100 miles. Juno flies past the Jupiter moon Thebe
Three different articles in the aerospace media today document multiple maneuvers by multiple military satellites from Russia, China, and America, either doing proximity operations near each other or moving close to another country’s satellites to spy on them. Multiple Russian, Chinese, and American satellites in maneuvering dance in orbit
ALSO: The Morning Report cross-posts at CutJibNewsletter.com usually within an hour or so of posting here, if you want to continue the conversation all day.
No, not that one, another one. It abuses bugs in three optional kernel modules to give any local user root access.
Good news: It's relatively easy to prevent.
Bad news: It's already out in the wild even though none of the Linux distributions has had a chance to patch it yet. There's a script available that prevents the affected kernel modules from loading that blocks the exploit. Run it once and you're good - unless you depend on one of those modules and you have untrusted local users, in which case you're... Not good.
Also, there's a CPanel exploit making lives miserable, with a patch planned for 12pm EST.
Like other AI companies, Nvidia downloaded huge numbers of books to feed its ever-hungry models, and now is on the hook for industrial-scale copyright infringement.
I think I reported on this previously. It has a choice of 2560x1600 165Hz or 3840x2400 240Hz 16" displays, Intel or AMD CPUs, up to 64GB of (apparently soldered) RAM, two M.2 slots, two Thunderbolt ports, three regular USB ports, HDMI, microSD, and an audio jack.
Plus a removable webcam module - if you're concerned about privacy, you can unplug it and stick in a drawer, or in a little slot within the laptop where it can't do anything.
And the Four Essential Keys.
Price has unfortunately been hit hard by the memory shortage and ranges from $1900 to $3600 depending on configuration.
A Palm Coast man was arrested after being accused of exposing himself to a minor at a fast-food drive thru last week, according to the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office.
In a release, deputies said they responded to the incident on April 24 at a Chick-fil-A along State Road 100.
Upon arrival, deputies spoke with the victim — a minor — who claimed that a customer had “exposed his genitals” to her while she was working at the drive-thru window, the release states.
“The victim told deputies that she was handing the customer his food and saw his exposed genitals with a blueish-green circular object, which she believed to be a sex toy, around his penis,” the release reads.
Last month, South Africa’s Communications minister announced that he had decided to withdraw the country’s national AI policy after discovering that at least 6 of its 67 academic citations turned out to be AI hallucinations, mentioning journal articles that didn’t exist.
“The most plausible explanation is that AI-generated citations were included without proper verification. This should not have happened,” Solly Malatsi said. “This failure is not a mere technical issue but has compromised the integrity and credibility of the draft policy.”
The National Artificial Intelligence Policy sought to position South Africa as a leader in AI innovation, while attempting to address ethical, social, and economic challenges, but only managed to embarrass the South African government after media outlets discovered that a significant part of the document had been created by AI.
This is actually not surprising to me. How about you?
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She's a keeper!
Lady says she may not have all the 🍑🍒 but she brings a whole lot… gents do you fw this??? pic.twitter.com/0ETGfuWVzB
1980: “Bro, in the future we’ll have flying cars!” 2026: “Bro, look! I can walk around while jerking off with my VR goggles!” pic.twitter.com/GjbMv5tjwR
DJ Doof - This Date in Music History Edition
from thisdayinmusic.com
On this date 1968: while flying back to the UK after his final show with Bluesology, Elton John (born Reginald Kenneth Dwight) devised his stage name. In the cabin, the singer-songwriter asked Bluesology’s horn player, Elton Dean, and lead singer Long John Baldry if he could combine their names for his solo act.
On this date in 1983: Stevie Wonder made his only appearance on the US show Saturday Night Live, where he was the host and musical guest. He played a Stevie Wonder impersonator in a skit with Eddie Murphy and stars in a camera commercial spoof with the tagline, "so simple, even Stevie Wonder can use it."
On this date in 1992: Nigel Preston drummer with The Cult died in London, England aged 32
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Dogs just want to help. If it involves carrying things around in their mouths like it's treasure, so much the better. Yup, anything involving grabbing things in their mouths and carrying them, they're Johnny On the Spot.
I had some ground beef that had just turned so I cooked that up and put it out for the crow. He loved it. He filled his mouth up four times and flew it back to the nest.
He still has not brought me a gift. But he also doesn't fly away when he sees me.
Pupper bounces like a kangaroo with joy and excitement on the walk..🐕🐾😅
But they're claiming none of this violated the ceasefire, because they're trying to pretend to comport with the unconstitutional War Powers Act for some reason.
A U.S. strike on Iran's Qeshm Port in the Strait of Hormuz and Bandar Abbas were reported Thursday, with U.S. officials telling Fox News National Security Correspondent Jennifer Griffin that this was neither a restart of the war nor an end to the ceasefire.
The U.S. military also struck Iran's Bandar Kargan naval checkpoint in Minab, officials confirmed.
The development came as Iran's state-run IRNA news agency also reported air defense activity in western Tehran.
Two other loud explosions were heard Thursday night, while eyewitnesses told Iran International they heard multiple blasts in Chitgar.
Iran's state-run Mehr News Agency also reported attacks and exchanges of fire across Iran's southern Hormozgan province near Bandar Abbas, Bandar Khamir, Sirik and Qeshm Island, according to reports.
Thursday's strike on Iran's major port came two days after Iran fired 15 ballistic and cruise missiles at the UAE's Fujairah Port.
Those strikes sparked anger among Gulf countries, officials told Griffin, though Secretary of War Pete Hegseth and Gen. Dan Caine had said during a Pentagon briefing May 5 that those attacks did not amount to a violation of the ceasefire.
Hegseth and Caine described the attacks as low-level incidents that did not rise to that threshold.
U.S. forces intercepted unprovoked Iranian attacks and responded with self-defense strikes as U.S. Navy guided-missile destroyers transited the Strait of Hormuz to the Gulf of Oman, May 7.
Iranian forces launched multiple missiles, drones and small boats as USS Truxtun (DDG 103), USS Rafael Peralta (DDG 115), and USS Mason (DDG 87) transited the international sea passage. No U.S. assets were struck.
U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) eliminated inbound threats and targeted Iranian military facilities responsible for attacking U.S. forces including missile and drone launch sites; command and control locations; and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance nodes.
CENTCOM does not seek escalation but remains positioned and ready to protect American forces.
If they're firing on US ships, the War Powers Act is out the window. The US President has nearly unlimited inherent authority to defend US ships and bases from attack.
More from Ed Morrissey. The Iranians attacked us with "swarms of fast attack boats." I don't understand why those were allowed to continue existing.
The family of Sheridan Gorman -- the co-ed brutally slain by an illegal alien who a Chicago city councilwoman blamed for her own death by saying she was in "the wrong place at the wrong time" -- corrects the record: No, the Venezuelan illegal alien killer was in the wrong place.
MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- Congressman Steve Cohen is reacting to the congressional map of Tennessee proposed by Republican state lawmakers on Wednesday.
U.S. Congressman Steve Cohen says it's devastating, and he believes it's a way to divide the Black vote in order to minimize its influence.
Protesters made their voices heard during a House committee hearing in Nashville over the proposed redistricting of District 9, which includes the city of Memphis.
"Memphis is Black, there's no denying that," protesters chanted.
Yeah but Cohen isn't. So the Maximize Minority Voting Power rule failed anyway.
"It devastates the work that has been done to rectify the injuries to African Americans because of years, centuries of slavery and decades of Jim Crow rule and Jim Crow laws," said Cohen.
No one has ever inspected the actual ballots that didn't have an interest in the 2020 results being confirmed.
A federal grand jury has no obligation to accept any conclusions reached by anyone before them.
That's because no one before them had subpoena power of a federal court, and the ability to compel testimony under oath with a threat of contempt if they refuse.
This is a new ballgame played by different rules.
Update: They're still babbling that the seat held by Steve Cohen is his forever because "it's a black district."
Said Awil Ibrahim pleaded guilty to carrying out massive Medicaid fraud, and will receive NO JAILTIME after taking a plea deal from MN Attorney General Keith Ellison.
Ibrahim will instead be given 5 years probation with a requirement to help track a missing fugitive co-defendant.
Minnesota officials are IN on the fraud
🚨 Michele Tafoya absolutely ROASTS Keith Ellison and Democrats for letting a fraudster off the hook with no prison time.
Another fled the country because Ellison didn’t argue to take his passport.
Sen. Ron Johnson says his interview with CNN was canceled after he told them that the's going to expose documents that show how public health officials covered up COVID vaccine harm,
Funniest thing I've read about the Virginia mess. Back when they were hustling the referendum through the assembly both Senators, Warner and Kaine, advised them to go slow and play by the rules. Louise Lucas said she respected them but didn't need advice from the "cuck chair" in the corner. The gerrymandering was overturned and Louise is heading for the big house. Edward G. Robinson voice "where's your cuck now?"
Posted by: Smell the Glove
"Ahhhhh ahh I put my career on the line for Louise Lucas and Jay Jones thinking they'd vault me into presidential contention and we ended up costing Democrats 20 House seats and unleashing a Reverse Dobbs ahhhhh ahhh"
"It's f**king f**ked." -- reportedly a genuine comment offered by a "senior Labour source" Correction: I wrote that Labour is losing 88% (now 87%) of the seats it is "defending." I think that's wrong. The right way to say it is the seats they are contesting -- that is, they don't necessarily already hold these seats, but they have put up a candidate to run for the seat. It's still very bad but not as bad as losing 87% of the seats they already held.
Basil the Great
@BasilTheGreat
🚨ED MILIBAND [a Minister in Starmer's government] SAYS KEIR STARMER WILL RESIGN AS PRIME MINISTER
He has reportedly reassured Labour MP's that Starmer will be resigning following the disastrous results tonight
It's over
"The end of the two party system in the UK" as first the Fake Conservatives and now Labour chooses political suicide rather than simply STOPPING THE INVASION Incidentally, the only reason this didn't already happen in the US is because of the Very Bad Orange Man (who is right on 85% of all policy calls and extremely, existentially right on 15% of them)
No political party that is NOT also a doomsday religious cult would EVER choose a cataclysmic loss -- and possible extinction as a party -- to support a toxically unpopular favoritism of NON-CITIZEN ILLEGAL MIGRANTS over actual citizen voters.
Only a cult does this.
Now they've lost 84%.
Annunziata Rees-Mogg
@zatzi
If this continues Labour loses 2,148 seats tonight.
That is much worse than the worst case predictions I’ve seen.
Cataclysmic
Update: They've now lost 88% of the seats they're defending. As I mentioned earlier, I think I heard that London will not bail them out, as many of those Labour seats will probably flip to "Muslim Independent" or Green. Detroit's 5am vote will not save them.
Yup, Labour is losing 80% of its seats...
The British Patriot
@TheBritLad
🚨 BREAKING: Labour have lost 80% of all seats contested as of 2:25 AM.< br>
If this continues, Keir Starmer will be out of office next week.
Reform has surged and projected to pick up between 1700-2100 seats.
Wow, up to 1700-2100 seats. It's not incredible that this is happening. It's incredible that the Davos crowd is so absolutely determined to privilege Muslim "migrants" over the actual native population who elects them, no matter how loudly the natives scream that they want to be prioritized, that they will gladly self-extinguish as a party rather than simply representing the interests of their own voters. Astonishing.
Remember, when they call other people "cultists" -- they are the ones so imprisoned in their social reinforcement and discipline bubbles that they will choose political death rather than dare upset the Karen Enforcement Officers of their cult. Update: Now they've lost 83% of the seats they were defending.
(((Dan Hodges)))
@DPJHodges
Reform are basically wiping Labour out in the North. It's not a defeat. It's not even a rout. Labour are simply ceasing to exist.
Nick Lowles
@lowles_nick
Tonight’s results are calamitous for Labour. Not just for Keir Starmer's leadership, but for the very future of the party
STARMERGEDDON: In early returns, Reform gains 135 seats, Labour loses 90, the Fake Conservatives lose 36 (and I didn't even know they could fall any further), the Lib Dems lose 4, and the Greens gain 6. Note that the only other party gaining seats is the Greens and they're only gaining a handful of seats.
Update: Reform now up 145, Labour down 98. Labour projected to lose Wales -- where they've ruled for 27 years. Fulton County Georgia just discovered 400 boxes of ballots for Labour
Update: REF +156, LAB -107, CON -45
Brutal: In four out of five council seats where Labour is defending, they've lost. 80%.
I'm sure it's not this simple, but Reform is straight taking Labour's and the "Conservatives'" seats. They've lost almost exactly what Reform gained. If understand this right (and warning, I probably don't), all of London's council seats are up for election, and Labour might lose hugely there, as their old voters abandon them for Reform, Muslim Indenpendents, and the Greens.
REF +190, LAB -134, CON -56.
Updates on the Labour collapse in council elections -- which wags are calling #Starmergeddon -- from Beege Welborne. There are about 5000 seats up for grabs, Labour is expected to lose 1,800, Reform will probably gain 1,580, up from... zero. So this would be more than that. People claim that while Labour has adopted the Sharia Agenda to appeal to the million Muslims it allowed to migrate to the country, those voters are ditching Labour to vote for the Muslim Independent Party or the Greens. Delicious. This shadenfreude is going straight to my thighs. Oh, and if Starmer loses about as badly as expected, Labour will toss him out of a window Braveheart style and replace him. He will announce he is resigning to spend more time with his Gay Ukrainian Male Prostitutes.
Media bias and senationalism are as old as, well, the media:
That was written by Denny O'Neill and illustrated by, get this, Frank Miller. Editor to the Stars Jim Shooter was in charge at the time. I always thought the gag was original to the comic book, but in fact the "Threat or Menace" headline was a satirical joke about media bias and sensationalism for a long while. The Harvard Lampoon used it in a parody of Life magazine: "Flying Saucers: Threat or Menace?"
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