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Turns out Trump University was not an illustrious business school, but a scam that defrauded at least 5,000 people who had hoped to learn investing skills.
Mummering, or mumming, is a Christmas-time house-visiting tradition practiced in Newfoundland, Ireland and parts of the United Kingdom. Also known as mumming or janneying, it typically involves a group of friends or family who dress in disguise and visit homes within their community or neighboring communities during the twelve days of Christmas.
More Canadians are taking advantage of the nation's expanding assisted suicide system, with more than 5 percent of deaths occurring from the practice. The Canadian government issued a report that said more than 22,500 people requested assisted suicide in 2024. Of those requests, about 16,500 went through with assisted suicide. About 4,000 ultimately died of another cause in 2024, while 700 withdrew their assisted suicide request that year. More Canadians are taking advantage of the nation's expanding assisted suicide system, with more than 5 percent of deaths occurring from the practice. The Canadian government issued a report that said more than 22,500 people requested assisted suicide in 2024. Of those requests, about 16,500 went through with assisted suicide. About 4,000 ultimately died of another cause in 2024, while 700 withdrew their assisted suicide request that year. See Larger Map.
Ordering KFC for Christmas began in Japan in the mid-1970s and has since become a Christmas Eve staple. Every year, an estimated 3.6 million Japanese families opt for meals from the fast-food chain for the holiday. Customers line up around the block to get their hands on the festive buckets, with some pre-ordering months in advance. Statues of KFC's Colonel Sanders, who shares a white hair-and-beard look with Santa Claus, get decked out in Santa suits, serving as great advertising. One smart thing the government did was to require cell phone manufacturers and providers to have the phones able to call ''9-1-1'' even if service for that phone was no longer active. An old phone that will still power-up and hold a charge, and you can get a cigarette lighter charging cord for, should be in your car's glove compartment, not in a junk drawer in your kitchen.
The Christmas Truce was a series of widespread, unofficial ceasefires that took place along the Western Front around Christmas 1914, during World War I. The Truce lasted all day; in places it ended that night, but on other sections of the line it held over Boxing Day and in some areas, a few days more. In fact, there were parts on the front where the absence of aggressive behavior was conspicuous well into 1915. Minnesota Governor Tim Walz faces increasing scrutiny as the massive fraud scandal rocking his state is widening with whistleblowers surfacing and more local officials drawn in. The public thought the $2 billion in Somali theft was massive, and then the Feds released their investigation showing, under the watch of the Governor, one-half of the $18 billion in Medicaid given to the State since 2018 was stolen. Some Christmas gifts are real winners, for someone else. In ''National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation'', the grandmother wrapped up the cat and gave it to someone. This offer is available to students who are currently enrolled at a college or university. Students must sign up for FOX Nation using their .edu email address, email will be verified.
Charles Dickens' character Ebenezer Scrooge in ''The Christmas Carol'' is based on the life of John Elwes, an eccentric 18th-century politician whose penny pinching was, if anything, even more astonishing than that of Scrooge himself. There's a difference between a discount and a rebate. A discount happens right way and saves you money. When a rebate is offered, the customer typically pays full price and achieves savings at a later date, usually after mailing in a card or applying for the rebate online. Menards' 11% Rebate Program led people to believe they'd be receiving a discount right away, but had to mail in a rebate form. Customers didn't receive money back, but an in-store credit that could be used on a future purchase. Judges have been targets of anonymous pizza deliveries that judges see as a form of intimidation. The U.S. Marshals Service, which has the job of protecting judges, suspects some of the deliveries could be tied to foreign actors. As a result of the various threats and intimidation, judges have had to adapt their daily lives, taking actions to adapt to the changing landscape by upgrading home security systems, changing the routes driven to work and limiting personal information their families post online. Christmas is on December 25th, in case you didn't know, and the internet is buzzing with last-minute holiday panic. Search trends this year show a massive spike in baking recipes, gift-wrapping hacks, and classic cooking questions as people scramble to pull everything together. From turkey timing to cookie recipes, these are the embarrassingly simple questions that have dominated Google searches in the final stretch of the season. Don't worry if you're still googling them, you're in very good company.
When Christmas comes, tens of thousands of charities, non-profit organizations, individuals, and families extend helping hands to millions in need to fulfill their Christmas wishes and basic needs. Many will need a helping hand. A generous helping hand to bring the necessary food, toys, gifts, and joy to their homes. Christmas charities and volunteers across the USA are offering much help this year. This Christmas help will make the holidays of many families and individuals in need warmer and brighter. Military experts encounter people who want the U.S. Navy to get back into the battleship business.The argument goes like this: The remaining World War II Iowa-class battleships are cheaper to operate, cheaper than building new ships, and provide powerful and much-needed weapons. World War II gave the world's navies a crash course in the next phase of war at sea, using aircraft, guided weapons and submarines, not the guns on board ships, ending the utility of the battleship in the open ocean. Directors and writers striving for a PG-13 rating have learned to ration the use of a four-letter obscenity. Movie ratings have the power to shape a film’s audience and alter its commercial prospects. A PG-13 (parents strongly cautioned) can unlock new demographics, while an R (anyone under 17 must be with an adult) can mean millions of dollars less at the box office. Betty Soskin retired as a park ranger in March 2022 after more than 15 years at the Rosie the Riveter/WWII Home Front National Historical Park in Richmond, California. She led tours at the park and museum honoring the women who worked in factories during wartime and shared her own experience as a Black woman during the conflict. She worked for the U.S. Air Force in 1942 but quit after learning that ''she was employed only because her superiors believed she was white,''according to a Park Service biography.
If you want to imagine what this radio play feels like, think of It’s a Wonderful Life meets The Spirit of St. Louis meets Red Sovine’s classic Country Western ballad Big Joe and Phantom 309. Just how big is that ego, anyway? The Kennedy Center, America's national cultural center in Washington, will now be called the Trump-Kennedy Center. The White House announced the Kennedy Center board voted unanimously to rename the soaring edifice because of the unbelievable work President Trump has done over the last year in saving the building. Unanimous? Rep. Joyce Beatty (D-Ohio), who serves as an ex officio member on board, said she was muted on the speaker phone call and not allowed to vote. If you live in the northern hemisphere (north of the equator), Earth is tilted toward the sun in the summer and away from the sun in the winter. The solstice marks the turning point, when the days begin to grow longer (in the winter) or when they begin to grow shorter (in the summer). At the solstice itself, however, the sun appears to stand still in the sky for a few days before and after. The word solstice, in fact, comes from the Latin for sun + to stand still. Formally known as myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME), chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) is a chronic disease that causes fatigue so severe that it impairs the ability to perform daily activities.
Coined by comedian Jerry Seinfeld in his 1990's sitcom, regifting has become a staple of holiday lingo. Half or more of the roughly $18 billion in federal funds that supported 14 Minnesota-run programs since 2018 may have been stolen, according to a federal prosecutor who describ the massive and multilayered fraud schemes as staggering. While prosecutors typically see fraud manifest as providers overbilling, in this case companies have been created to provide zero services while submitting claims to Medicaid and pocketing funds for travel, vehicles and lavish lifestyles. The magnitude cannot be overstated. On December 21, 1866, an Indian war party attacked a wagon train returning to Fort Phil Kearney. Captain Fetterman and 80 calvarymen went out to help, but were decoyed by a party of warriors northward and into a rehearsed ambush planned by Chief Red Cloud. In half an hour, the Indian warriors annihilated the force to the last man. Harris made an appearance on ''Jimmy Kimmel Live!'' where the host asked her about the files relating to the late pedophile and sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein. The Department of Justice is required to release those files under a new federal law. You would think Harris would be better at answering questions about the Biden administration, after doing so much of it in the lead-up to Election Day last year, but no, not quite.
In 2021, staunch Republican Rush Limbaugh died, seemingly to the delight of Democrats. The National Review magazine published an article reminding us of how inappropriate that was, that our political enemies are as human and mortal as we are, and we are all going to end up in the same grave. With the hustle and bustle of the holiday season, it can be easy to fall behind on your Christmas shopping. Before you know it, you're rushing down the aisle at your local department store and scrambling to wrap a gift in the car. But you can easily skip all that hassle by ordering online instead of battling the cold and crowds. Stores like Amazon offer quick shipping if you're in a pinch. ''Better Homes and Gardens'' shows some of their favorite gifts that are on top of everyone's wish lists. The origins of Christmas predate Christianity through the Pagan holiday called Saturnalia, which was a weeklong of lawlessness from December 17th through December 25th that honored Saturn and included human sacrifice, intoxication, naked caroling and rape. During these seven days, there were no punishments for breaking any laws. The good old days Although full of the usual historical inaccuracies and laughable dialog, ''The Glenn Miller Story'' combines great storytelling, a wonderful love story and superb music, resulting in top entertainment. Flying from England to France to entertain our troops in 1944 for Christmas, Glenn Miller's airplane disappeared, never to be found, giving the movie an emotional ending for the audience.
Chuck Schumer apparently hopes to mend his fences on the left by attacking the right. The Senate minority leader, who engineered a government closure just to pacify the radicals in his party's base, turned his fire on a fellow member of the Senate, accusing him of Islamophobia for a comment about a recent terror attack. But Sen. Tommy Tuberville, an Alabama Republican, wasn't backing away, responding ''Islam is not a religion. It's a cult. Islamists aren't here to assimilate. They're here to conquer.'' Internet speed refers to how fast data is transferred over your connection, typically measured in megabits per second (Mbps). A good internet speed for most households is at least 100 Mbps for downloading and 10 Mbps for uploading. Global business jet activity climbed in early December, 2025, with a sharp uptick in flights linked to Netflix. This drew particular attention as the company prepared its bid to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery. Worldwide, business jets recorded 76,800 departures between Dec. 1-7, a 3% increase from the same week last year, according to new data from WINGX. Over the past four weeks, global activity rose 5% year-over-year, matching the year-to-date growth trend. But Netflix stood out. The team covering Washington for Knight Ridder, a media company that merged with McClatchy in 2006, published dozens of articles in several newspapers criticizing the intelligence being cited by mainstream US media at the time. While their reporting couldn't sway public opinion against the invasion of Iraq, twenty years later, the reporters and editors are the subject of the Hollywood-produced documentary, ''Shock and Awe'', directed by Rob Reiner, which chronicles the story of Knight Ridder's coverage.
Minnesota Governor Tim Walz announced the creation of a new fraud prevention program and the appointment of an anti-fraud czar to oversee it. The governor says that Tim O'Malley, the Interim Chief Judge of the Minnesota Court of Administrative Hearings and former FBI agent, will serve in that role. This as pressure grows on his administration following a series of fraud schemes targeting public programs in recent years. If you are ever accused of a crime, insist that you can pick the judge. THE CANDY CANE is a Christmas mascot built on a kind of delicious deception. It looks so wholesome, a cheerful red-and-white curl of peppermint, practically jingling with innocence. It hangs from trees, fills stockings, and melts into childhood memories. But like many holiday foods, its sweetness conceals a far more tangled origin story. You'll find yourself staring into the long shadow of sugar, a commodity that powered empires, fueled revolutions, and was, for centuries, inseparable from slavery. What?
It's pretty hard to get a lab rat to shovel snow, so most the research is real hands-on work. It's pretty hard to get a lab rat to shovel snow, so most the research is real hands-on work.
It's pretty hard to get a lab rat to shovel snow, so most the research is real hands-on work. It's pretty hard to get a lab rat to shovel snow, so most the research is real hands-on work.
Members of the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster, known as ''Pastafarians'', have their own way of celebrating the holidays. The Flying Spaghetti Monster (FSM) is the deity of the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster, or Pastafarianism, a parodic religious movement that promotes a light-hearted view of religion. The Democratic party realized the Somali block of voting in Minneapolis was controlling the State elections and turned a blind eye to the theft of over a billion dollars by that group of residents. f it wasn't for Charlemagne there would be no Catholic Church today. As he conquered his enemies, any who refused to join the new religion were put to death. Good incentive. But, he didn't join until on his deathbed. December 25 was chosen as the date to celebrate Christ's birth, as it aligned closely with a major pagan festival, allowing the church to claim a celebration for Christianity, and made it easier to get converts for the new religion.
In two decades the U.S. government spent $145 billion on a failed plan to rebuild Afghanistan and at least $26 billion of it was lost to fraud. The United States also left behind over $38 billion in military equipment to restore a terrorist nation that promptly returned to Taliban rule the moment American troops left in 2021. Even after the Biden administration's disastrous military withdrawal, hundreds of millions of dollars in humanitarian aid kept flowing to fake charities created by the Taliban. Minnesota's embattled Democrat Governor Tim Walz earned a standing ovation at a party fundraiser in Seattle when he promised to bring even more fraud-prone Somali migrants into his state. Walz told the audience that Somalis were being demonized by critics of the Minnesota Somali community's billions in fraud and wholesale theft of state welfare funding. ''So instead of demonizing our Somali community, we're going to do more to welcome more in.'' The Commemorative Air Force (CAF) ''12 Planes of Christmas'' campaign is your chance to support the restoration and operation of World War II aircraft.
State Trooper Bob Welsh tells of a Christmas past.
State Trooper Bob Welsh tells of a Christmas past.
Federal grand jury members all came down with TDS in Virginia, and declined to indict New York Attorney General Letitia James, days after a judge dismissed the earlier case against her. James, who had successfully brought charges against President Donald Trump before he won re-election, had said the federal case, which said she committed bank fraud and made false statements to a bank, was politically motivated. Letita ran for office successfully by promising she would ''go after Trump'' if elected. Spending is good only if the purchaser, or the recipient, values the gift more than the money it costs. Otherwise, there is a subtraction from society's store of value. A U.S. Marine, Nadim Abou Rabeh, who participated in capturing ousted Iraqi President Saddam Hussein said the public version of his capture was fabricated. ''I was among the 20-man unit, including eight of Arab descent, who searched for Saddam for three days in the area of Dour near Tikrit, and we found him in a modest home in a small village and not in a hole as announced''. She starts singing a Christmas song, watch the dog’s reaction.
In popular music, a cover version, cover song, remake, revival, or simply cover is a new performance or recording by a musician other than the original performer or composer of the song. But, in many cases, the original is so well done, the original artist was so good, a performer trying to imitate the song will fall short. No one can sing ''Evergreen'' like Barbra Streisand, or any number of songs by Joni Mitchell, and Linda Ronstadt says don't even try. Your grandmother's kitchen held secrets. Not the gossipy kind. The survival kind. The kind where a single egg became dinner for four. Where yesterday's bread became tomorrow's dessert. Where hunger proved the most effective seasoning known to man. These weren't poor meals. They were genius moves. Every family has that one recipe that makes zero sense on paper but somehow tastes like home. However much the faithful are loath to admit it, religion has been and still is a source of evil. You are 'deeply religious' and fear you might be offended? I don't think so. Read the article and then decide, you may wind-up agreeing with the author. The Department of Health and Human Services has changed the name under the portrait of one of the Biden administration's most prominent to reflect the reality of biology. Levine is the ''transgender woman'' who rocketed to fame in 2021 with an appointment by then-President Joe Biden to serve as the HHS assistant health secretary. To any American familiar with Levine, it was pretty clear it is a man's face. No feminine first name could change that. And no female-cut uniform was going to make that go away.
''I try to speak plainly so that my constituents who don't follow the nuances of government like I do, because they're too busy earning a real living, can understand the issues before me. None of this stuff is brain surgery.'' ''Just because you've seen 'My Cousin Vinny' doesn't qualify you to be a federal judge.'' With Somalis in America under scrutiny for scamming the U.S. government for more than $1 billion, journalist Benny Johnson is now exposing the reasons behind the seemingly rampant fraud, including why Minnesota Congresswoman Ilhan Omar, a native of Somalia, is said to have married her own brother. In Somalian culture, up to 50% of the tribes are inbred. That's first and second cousin marriages. One of the highest rates of polygamy and tribal warfare and fraud and piracy are all from Somalia. You don’t have to be crazy to believe conspiracy theories. In a 2013 survey of 1,247 registered American voters, for example, just over a third agreed that global warming is a hoax, and half agreed that there was a conspiracy behind the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. When researchers look at how many people believe any conspiracy theory, the figures come in even higher. During the Joe Biden presidency, there were attempts to reshape the nation's narrative on violent crime and guns. While Biden napped, his handlers labeled guns a ''public-health crisis'', emphasizing that violent crime was the fault of guns and our freedom, not the killers. President Trump, in contrast, is showing what the real problems are and how they can be solved. Let's look at 10 anti-gun lies about crime and our freedom the Trump administration is now revealing.
The Tay Rail Bridge was completed in February 1878. Over the course of six years, six hundred workmen had built a bridge with 3,700 tons of cast iron, 3,500 tons of malleable iron, 87,000 cubic feet of timber, 15,000 casks of cement, 10,000,000 bricks, and over two million rivets. On December 28, 1887, a severe storm rolled in. Despite the morning bosting a clear, blue sky, by four o'clock it had begun to rain, and the barometer fell sharply. ''The Tay Bridge Disaster'' is a poem written in 1880 by the Scottish poet William McGonagall, who has been derided as the worst poet in history. The poem recounts the events of the evening of 28 December 1879, when, during a severe gale, the Tay Rail Bridge at Dundee collapsed as a train was passing over it with the loss of all on board. The Tay Rail Bridge was completed in February 1878. Over the course of six years, six hundred workmen had built a bridge with 3,700 tons of cast iron, 3,500 tons of malleable iron, 87,000 cubic feet of timber, 15,000 casks of cement, 10,000,000 bricks, and over two million rivets. On December 28, 1879, a severe storm rolled in. Despite the morning bosting a clear, blue sky, by four o'clock it had begun to rain, and the barometer fell sharply.
William McGonagall is widely regarded as the worst poet in the English language. Nineteenth-century Scottish poet William McGonagall has enjoyed (if that's the word) a posthumous reputation you won't find many poets seeking: a reputation as the worst ever English-language poet. At one point, he had a job giving poetry readings in a circus: he received fifteen shillings a night on condition that the crowd be allowed to pelt him with eggs and stale food, like a minor criminal in the stocks. The sole ''no'' vote for war on December 8, 1941 came from Representative Jeannette Rankin of Montana. When asked to change her vote, she refused. U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins, Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum, Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr., and Small Business Administrator Kelly Loeffler announced a suite of actions to strengthen the American beef industry, reinforcing and prioritizing the American rancher’s critical role in the national security of the United States. Since 2017, the United States has lost over 17% of family farms, more than 100,000 operations over the last decade.
Click here to listen to radio broadcasts of the attack on December 7, 1941. Photos, footage, firsthand accounts, and narration bring the attack on Pearl Harbor in Oahu, Hawaii, to life - moment by moment, target by target. With Japanese planes still swarming overhead, a reporter climbed to the roof of the radio station and broadcasted the first eyewitness account of the attack.
In hindsight, the retired TSA agentsays the suitcases filled with millions of dollars in cash seem like an obvious connection to the estimated billions of dollars in fraud. While traveling with large amounts of money is not illegal, as long as it's documented, she also explains how much money she saw—and how little was done about it, during her interview with reporter Liz Collin. In hindsight, the retired TSA agentsays the suitcases filled with millions of dollars in cash seem like an obvious connection to the estimated billions of dollars in fraud. While traveling with large amounts of money is not illegal, as long as it's documented, she also explains how much money she saw—and how little was done about it, during her interview with reporter Liz Collin.
The fraud scandal that rattled Minnesota was staggering in its scale and brazenness. Federal prosecutors charged dozens of people with felonies, accusing them of stealing hundreds of millions of dollars from a government program meant to keep children fed during the Covid-19 pandemic. At first, many in the state saw the case as a one-off abuse during an emergency. But as new schemes targeting the state's generous safety net programs came to light, officials began to grapple with a jarring reality. Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor was the first step in the “Southern Operation,” an attempt to invade and conquer resource-rich Southeast Asia. By crippling American naval power in the Pacific, Japan hoped to consolidate and strengthen its hold on its conquests before the United States could rearm. Despite the warnings that had been issued about possible Japanese aggression, the attack when it came was a complete surprise to most people. On Sunday February 7, 1932 U.S. Navy Admiral Harry E. Yarnell led an attack on Pearl Harbor to test the defenses. The plan worked so well, the Japanese simply copied it.
The Japanese strike on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941—a ''Day of Infamy,'' as President Franklin D. Roosevelt described it—left the American Pacific Fleet in almost total ruin, plunged the United States into World War II, and set off a controversy regarding the events that led up to the attack that is still being hotly debated. In a move intended to better reflect the state's modern demographics and generate more interest in the team from the populace, the Minnesota Vikings announced that they were changing their name to the Minnesota Somali Pirates. Though the franchise had built a proud tradition since joining the NFL in 1961, team ownership reportedly decided that updating the team's name, logo, and mascot could lead to an increase in fan interest among Minnesota's growing Somali migrant population. The Halifax Explosion started when two ships collided in the harbor of the Nova Scotian capital of Halifax. A Norwegian ship, the SS Imo, had slammed into the SS Mont-Blanc, a French ship filled to the brim with TNT, picric acid, benezole, and guncotton. A Look at a Day Which Would Live in Infamy. In the hours before Pearl Harbor, Washington Post articles spoke of the failing negotiations between the U.S. and Japan. Read about the articles and President Roosevelt's dramatic move to prevent war. See his ''Date Which Will Live in Infamy'' speech and related articles.
This book is Agatha Christie's best-selling novel with over 100 million sales to date, making it the world's best-selling mystery. If they ever made it into a movie, could they come up with a title that wouldn't be offensive? The woman responsible for the second largest-ever deportation of Hispanics, (Obama deported more) from the US celebrated her 54th birthday at a Mexican restaurant. The staff sang ''Happy Birthday'' in Spanish with Kristi Noem wearing a sombrero for a photo. The reaction is what you'd expect from those with a serious case of butt-hurt caused by TDS. Now the Mexican eatery in South Dakota, is in trouble for daring to allow the Department of Homeland Security secretary and her family to dine there. A Hennepin County judge appointed by Governor Tim Walz has overturned a jury's guilty verdict against a Somali man convicted of orchestrating a $7.2 million Medicaid fraud scheme, prompting outrage from jurors, Republican lawmakers, and even some Democrats. Abdifatah Yusuf, 44, the central figure in the Medicaid fraud case, is a Somali immigrant. District Judge Sarah West issued a 55-page order acquitting Yusuf on all six counts of aiding and abetting theft by swindle, despite a jury finding him guilty. Total victory for the Japanese at Pearl Harbor slips away at 8:10 a.m. on December 5th, 1941. The aircraft carrier Lexington eases out of Hawaii at that hour, the last of the three aircraft carriers based there to leave port.
From Walmart, a starter kit containing 1 premium brushed stainless steel roll holder and 2 Charmin Ultra Soft Forever Rolls. One Forever Roll equals 32 Regular Rolls. The ad says ''Go up to one month before changing your roll, based on an average 2-person household''. Wait, two people use 32 rolls of toilet paper a month? It appears that MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell is looking to take his business from your bedroom to the Governor's Mansion in Minnesota. According to the Minneapolis Star Tribune, Lindell has officially filed paperwork to begin the process of him potentially challenging incumbent Gov. Tim Walz. Walz, who has already made clear he plans to run for re-election in 2026, would be seeking a third term as Minnesota governor. According to research from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, smelling farts could reduce your risk of being diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease, by as much as 37%. This magical ability you possess could potentially protect your brain, and the aging brain cells of family and friends against the disease. A Samaritan's Purse airplane was hijacked while on a mission of mercy in Africa's war-torn South Sudan. The Caravan aircraft was en route to Maiwut, South Sudan, to deliver medicine. Samaritan's Purse was founded by evangelist Franklin Graham to share faith and comfort with people in crisis around the world. The State Department warns against travel to South Sudan due to risk of unrest, crime, kidnapping, landmines, and health threats.
Edward R. Murrow reports from London on a bombing raid over Berlin on December 2, 1943. Some ''dead-serious'' magazine articles from the 1930's and 1940's about aviation look pretty funny to us now. Gov. Tim Walz, D-Minn., is at the center of a widening scandal as federal prosecutors continue to unravel one of the nation’s largest COVID-era fraud cases, but anyone who relies on evening newscasts on ABC, NBC and CBS for information would have no idea. The walls of secrecy around the ''Russiagate'' scandal are tumbling down. In September 2025, former FBI Director James Comey was indicted on charges of false statements and obstruction of Congress; a federal judge threw out the case in November, but AG Pam Bondi vowed ''an immediate appeal.'' Newly declassified documents and reports from the FBI, CIA, Director of National Intelligence, and Senate Judiciary Committee, add weight to charges that started in 2016.
Uncover the key events of December 1941, a month that saw historic moments in politics, culture, and global affairs. Learn about the events that shaped history during this pivotal month. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy treats chronic wounds and other medical conditions. Room air contains 21% oxygen, while hyperbaric oxygen therapy provides you with air that contains 100% oxygen. A pressurized chamber delivers oxygen that’s two to three times higher than normal air pressure, which helps your lungs gather and absorb more oxygen. Oxygen helps the tissues in your body heal and withstand infections. The origins of the cowboy hat can be traced back to the 16th century, when Spanish conquistadors brought their broad-brimmed sombreros to the Americas. These hats, designed to shield the wearer from the scorching sun and torrential rains, quickly gained popularity among ranchers and cowboys working in the unforgiving conditions of the frontier. The curved brim of the cowboy hat serves a multitude of practical purposes that enhance its functionality in the rugged terrain of the Wild West. Every aspect of this watch intentionally honors these courageous women aviators. It features the official WASP wings insignia on the face, and the words ''Honoring the WASP - Women Airforce Service Pilots 1942-1944'' engraved on the back. The WASP watch comes in a collector's box with an authentic penny from the years 1942-1944, a nod to the tradition that the WASP had of tossing a penny into the wishing well and making a wish at their training grounds at Avenger Field in Sweetwater, Texas.
The Star Chamber was an English court of law from the late 15th century to the mid-17th century, and supplemented the judicial activities of the common-law and equity courts. The Star Chamber was established to ensure the fair enforcement of laws against socially and politically prominent people so powerful that ordinary courts would likely hesitate to convict them of their crimes. The author asks: Are we getting too old for this? Not yet. I'm not so foolish as to think that we'll drive our RV forever. But I still enjoy too much about this lifestyle to give it up. A little attitude adjustment and creative thinking may keep us on the road longer. How could FDR and our government not know an attack was coming at Pearl Harbor, when local newspapers even reported the possibility days before the event. It was common knowledge on the island that something was going to happen. Critics of President Roosevelt even suggest he not only knew about the coming attack but did things to encourage it, so the United States could get into the war in Europe. To hear Rosa Parks tell it, her act of defiance and the bus boycott that followed her arrest were simply the spontaneous expressions of humble black folk. But, the entire event was carefully planned to fool the public. On December 1st, 1955, she and her husband pulled off a stunt that is believed by the public to this day, and probably beyond.
If the roasted young turkey with celery sauce on a 1941 Thanksgiving dinner menu from San Francisco's venerable Golden Pheasant doesn't grab you, then the price certainly will. $1.25 in 1941 is about $23 in today's worthless script. Yes, November is Native American Heritage Month, established to honor and recognize Native Americans as the first people of this nation and to celebrate both their cultural heritage and integral importance to our past, our present, and our future. But, the month is largely ignored and boiled down to one day, the day after Thanksgiving, Black Friday, a day when American consumers plot out the best bargains to buy. Not a word or mention in the mainstream media about Native American Heritage Day. First sold to banks, the Enigma machine's place in history was secured in 1924 when the German armed forces began using it to encrypt communications. Half-way to Hawaii, Admiral Nagumo's Pearl Harbor strike force is driven off-course by a ferocious winter storm. On December 1st, President Roosevelt is given four Purple intercepts, one from Nov. 28: ''In a few days, US-Japan negotiations will be defacto ruptured....''
The Cocoanut Grove fire was a nightclub fire which took place in Boston, Massachusetts, on November 28, 1942, and resulted in the deaths of 492 people. It is the deadliest nightclub fire in history and the third-deadliest single-building fire. The Cocoanut Grove was one of Boston's most popular nightspots, attracting many celebrity visitors. Black Friday is the day after Thanksgiving, and retailers have their best prices on dynamite merchandise to attract shoppers on that day. The merchandise and prices are supposed to be a secret. See the ads here. A.M. ''Hap'' Ramnes worked for the railroad for 51 years, and took photos of snowplowing operations over those 5 decades. His grandson Jim Ramnes saved those pictures and created a website to share them with you. MyHatHaven has received numerous negative reviews, with many customers claiming it is a scam due to poor product quality, misleading advertisements, and unresponsive customer service. It is advisable to avoid purchasing from this company based on these reports. This hat is actually sold by Stetson for $330, not $63 as advertised by MyHatHaven.com .
The Pilgrims landed at Plymouth Rock in 1620. Their first winter was devastating, but the following fall the harvest was a bountiful one, and the first Thanksgiving was held. Make the most of your time and cherish these moments now. Many adult children already live their lives in a unique remembrance of their parents, influenced in their adult relationships by their childhood affection, family values and traditions, and even similar parenting styles in their own families. Every parent can seek solace knowing that these things your children will remember about you long after you're gone will be helpfully ingrained into their lives already. Civilizations developed on the flanks of volcanoes for the same reason an estimated 500 million people continue to live on them today: mineral-rich soil, geothermal energy, tourism opportunities and natural beauty. Following the recent volcanic eruption in Iceland, and the 30th anniversary of the eruption of Mount St. Helens, we started wondering which volcanoes pose the biggest threat to people. There are lines in cinema history that remain forever etched in the minds of moviegoers. The '90s, in particular, were full of badass moments spoken from megastars, like Arnold Schwarzenegger's ''Hasta la vista, baby'' from Terminator 2: Judgment Day to Keanu Reeves' ''What do you do? What do you do?'' from Speed. But then there's the low-key simplicity of Val Kilmer's dangerous charm when his depiction of the tuberculosis-ridden Doc Holliday in Tombstone speaks the immortal line ''I'm your huckleberry''.
On a sunny afternoon in Dallas, Texas, November 22, 1963, the 35th President of the United States, John F. Kennedy, was assassinated, plunging the nation and the world into grief. The official story was straightforward: Lee Harvey Oswald, acting alone, shot and killed the President. Case closed. Or was it? This Thanksgiving, Americans will consume 46 million turkeys, though, according to historians, turkey might not have been served 400 years ago on the first Thanksgiving menu. That particular meal included wildfowl, venison, and fresh seafood consisting of lobster, clams, oysters, and mussels harvested from rocks off the shores. Lobsters back then were so plentiful you could scoop them right out of the ocean at low tide. The experience of being always and never at home, of home as a once and future point on an ever-shifting horizon, is epitomised in the Welsh word hiraeth. Hiraeth gives a name to that sense of incompleteness you feel when you're acutely aware of something missing in your life. Something you've left behind in the past, a home, a sense of feeling at home in yourself, an out-grown dream, or maybe an ideal you've invented that can never be realized, or a hope that perpetually eludes you as the future unfolds. The Department of the Interior announced a series of changes for America the Beautiful passes, which cover entry and amenity fees at over 2,000 federally managed areas, including the country's national parks. Among the differences visitors can expect beginning in 2026 are new digital passes, original artwork featuring President Donald Trump and ''America-first'' prices that will see international visitors paying steeper fares.
If being in Helen's Last Will and Testament is important to you, then you might consider being with her for her favorite holiday, Thanksgiving. Krakatoa, East of Java is a 1968 disaster film starring Maximilian Schell and Brian Keith. During the 1970s, the film was re-released under the title Volcano. The story based on the 1883 eruption of the volcano on the island of Krakatoa, with the characters recovering a cargo of pearls from a shipwreck close to the volcano. The film was nominated for the Academy Award for Special Visual Effects. Krakatoa is actually west of Java, but the producers thought that ''East'' sounded more atmospheric. In the late 1970s, the U.S. became concerned about Soviet developments of "killer satellites" that could destroy vital reconnaissance and communication satellites. There were reports that the USSR had already developed anti-satellite weapons. To counter this, the U.S. developed an anti-satellite missile, the ASM-135 ASA to be launched from an American fourth-generation fighter, the McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle. We shot down one of our own satellites to show the Russians what we could do. Author James Patterson believes Marilyn Monroe was probably murdered. ''I think that she was treading in very dangerous waters,'' he says. ''She had these incredible relationships with President Kennedy, with Robert Kennedy, with Frank Sinatra, and with Mafia figures.''
Your survivors will have enough on their minds when you die, so take steps now to ensure it won't be a major trauma to access the financial accounts you keep online. Mount Tambora, a volcano on Sumbawa Island in present-day Indonesia, erupted in April 1815. It was the most destructive explosion on Earth in the past 10,000 years. 10,000 people living on the island were killed in the eruption . News of this event traveled slowly because it occurred before the invention of the telegraph. For this reason, this eruption is less well known compared to the 1883 eruption of Krakatoa between Java and Sumatra in present-day Indonesia, despite being 10 times more powerful. The TV Dinner was invented in 1953, when Swanson over-estimated how many turkeys they'd sell for Thanksgiving, and had to get rid of 260 tons of birds. Gerry Thomas, a company salesman, ordered 5,000 aluminum trays, recruited an assembly line of women armed with spatulas and ice-cream scoops and began creating mini-feasts of turkey, corn-bread dressing, peas and sweet potatoes,creating the first-ever TV dinner. Thomas later said he got the idea from neatly packaged airplane food. How much money would have be lying on the sidewalk for Bill Gates to decide to bend over and grab it? Bill earns over $100 a second, 24 hours a day, but would he bend over to pick up a $100 bill on the sidewalk? A reporter asked him.
Thanksgiving can mean quite a bit of stress if you’re the one hosting dinner. And, yes, years ago we actually had a fire in our oven! The new idea being promoted was cooking your turkey in a brown paper grocery store bag, kept the moisture in, they said. But, our bag touched the oven heating element. The film is largely forgotten today, apart from one notorious bit of trivia about its title. Krakatoa, the site of a cataclysmic 1883 volcanic eruption, is actually an island in the Sunda Strait WEST of Java. How could Hollywood screw up such an elementary bit of geography? But, a 1969 New Yorker review claims it was accidental, and discovered too late to change all the publicity materials. Technology is developing at a fast pace, and the consumer world doesn't wait around. It seems like there is a new product every day. Phones become too old after a couple of years on the market; sometimes you can't even buy devices that are compatible with them. All of their functions are now combined in smartphones. In just a few years they have eliminated the use of the Walkman, the video recorder, and even the DVD player. Jesse Ventura maintains there was a conspiracy to kill President Kennedy because he wouldn’t go to war in Vietnam. ''Had John Kennedy lived there would have been no Vietnam War... imagine that... and there would not have been a CIA because he would have abolished it.''


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