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German spies nearly blew up the Statue of Liberty in 1916, closing the torch to tourists forever. Shortly after 2:00 am, on July 30th, an ear splitting explosion rattled the Brooklyn Bridge, swayed skyscrapers, and shattered glass windows throughout Manhattan and Brooklyn. It was heard and felt as far away as Philadelphia, and in Baltimore, people spilled from their homes, fearing an earthquake was underway. Scientists would later assess the magnitude of the blast at 5.5 on today’s Richter scale. If the wind damage swath extends more than 240 miles and includes gusts of at least 58 mph, the event may be classified as a derecho. President Trump says the story that the White House inquired about adding him to the mountain is ''fake news'', but the idea is appealing. Wealthy donors, including George Soros, funded the 1,043 page anti-Trump playbook that is published online. As Joe Biden said,''we choose truth (our version) over fact''.
''Never in the field of human conflict did so many know so little.'' Younger Britons were the most unfamiliar with the battle as only 33% of those aged 18 - 24 were able to correctly identify the battle. Of the other 67% in that age bracket 30% had no idea what the battle was, 12% thought it was a battle for control of the Channel in WWI, 9% believed it was a civil war between England and Scotland, 6% a Viking invasion and 3% wrongly identified it as the 2019 General Election. Another celebrity rolls right over to BLM demands to avoid blacklisting his career. If he actually believes this, just another Hollywood liberal. Not everyone is suffering job loss, income declines and financial devastation from the coronavirus pandemic. Some people are looking to get rich. Ghosting, or suddenly disappearing from someone’s life without so much as a call, email, or text, has become a common phenomenon in the modern world.
More than $2 billion was taken from travelers at airports by the Department of Homeland Security between 2000 and 2016. Whatever the psychological profiles of the individual Antifa members, almost all of them share one thing in common: They went to American schools. And those schools, with only a few notable exceptions, talked down and continue to talk down the United States of America to one degree or another from kindergarten through PhD. Democratic state Rep. LaShawn Ford of Chicago said the current state history curriculum leads to a ''racist society'' and may cause ''white privilege''. In the annals of history, few events have had more import than this first atomic bombing, and no historical figure has been associated with this bomb more than Harry Truman.
There will come a morning when the protests stop, the riots end, the fires are extinguished, and insufficiently woke editors will cease to be intimidated. The legal battle concerns the Visual Artists Rights Act of 1990 (VARA), which authorizes damages against the owner of the building if the owner destroys it. Rep. Madeleine Dean's seething hatred of President Trump spilled over to AG Barr during the recent House Judiciary Committee meeting. In Minnesota, we like to say ''how'd you like to be married to that bitch?'' Democrats said they'd waited a long time to hear from A.G. Barr, but when he began to speak, would say ''reclaiming my time'' and never hear a word he said.
The video of George Floyd as a young carjacker is all over the internet, but it is the WRONG George Floyd. National Parks are getting trashed during COVID-19, endangering surrounding communities. A FDNY official says it’s OK to discriminate against a white firefighter, because black public employees have the right to practice a microcosmic form of ethnonationalism. Some riots have been carefully planned in advance to protest government policies, and some have begun spontaneously in communities plagued by poverty and unemployment.
Trump: ''When people proudly have their Confederate flags, they’re not talking about racism. They love their flag, it represents the South, they like the South.'' Among the least visited parks in the nation, Voyageurs is an uncrowded spot to take in the night sky and northern Minnesota's chilly waters. Face coverings helped flatten the curve during the Spanish flu. But as with coronavirus today, they couldn't muzzle dissent. I don't think John Wayne would have stood for what is happening in Portland, Oregon. From the 1968 movie ''The Green Berets''.
People who don't like to see the Confederate flag shouldn't go to NASCAR races. Save your Confederate money, the South will rise again. The pictures that have gone viral show a species of Trigger Fish, which has a strong resemblance to a human face, especially its mouth, teeth and lips. Iran blames a misaligned missile battery, miscommunication, and a decision to fire without authorization as the major factors which led to the shoot-down of the plane by Iran’s Revolutionary Guard. In the unprecedented move, the airline said it planned to have its pilots temporarily assume flight attendants' roles overseeing the safety of those onboard.
A recent poll shows 81% of Canadians think the Canadian-U.S. border should remain closed. Inside the luxury nuclear bunker protecting the mega-rich from the apocalypse. America has problems.Tearing down statues won’t solve them. The five specific red flags that usually indicate the widower isn’t ready for a serious relationship.
100+ reasons why the racist Nazi Left is scrambling to destroy historical artifacts that offer evidence of their crimes against humanity. Hey, I just find these, I do not write or endorse them. In 536 A.D. volcanic eruption blocked out the sun for 18 months causing crop failures and widespread famine, and was the worst global disaster in history. Can a people taken from the jungles of Africa and forced into slavery be fully integrated as citizens in a majority white population? If you like lobster, you’ll gladly pay the price.
The politics of Washington Monthly are considered center-left. Founder Charles Peters refers to himself as a New Deal Democrat and advocates the use of government to address social problems. Queer disobedience: A history of pride and protest in the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul. The phony card reads: ''Wearing a face mask posses a mental and/or physical risk to me. Under the Americans with Disability Act (ADA), I am not required to disclose my condition to you.'' Vegan problems, illustrated by vintage paperbacks.
The first black slaves arrived in America in 1619. America is burning. Rioters set fire to police stations and restaurants. Looters have ravaged shops from coast to coast. Any excuse to go shopping, cleaning out the local Target store. Check back regularly for updates as more Good Sam Parks continue to open. Democrats follow the playbook first established by Adolf Hitler and Joseph Goebbels and utilized by others such as Joseph Stalin. It is often referred to as ''The Big Lie'' theorem. It is common knowledge that Arab and Muslim slavers took men, women, and children from Africa. They also took large numbers of people from Europe.
9,000 Catholic churches received Paycheck Protection Program loans meant for small businesses. The Beagle Boys were a group of comic book criminals who were constantly trying to rob Scrooge McDuck. People around the world have rallied under the Black Lives Matter banner, believing it's about racial equality. But in fact, its true agenda is far more sinister. More than 40 percent of seniors regularly experience loneliness. This feeling of separation may result in health problems and even death.
During the day, the South Dakota wind brushes the diamonds in her star quilt, causing blue shades to twinkle in the sunlight. At night, she stands illuminated and strong. She is Dignity. Aunt Jemima was first introduced as a minstrel show character in the 19th century. These shows were performed by white people in blackface portraying black people as dimwitted, lazy, easily frightened, chronically idle, superstitious, happy-go-lucky buffoons. Labrador dogs come in several colors, and they all matter, just like people. One negative, Labs do not make good guard dogs, they are just too friendly. Now, ''Black Labs Matter'' has its own Facebook page. Will the public still rise to the bait of “cheap tickets” to once more go elbow-to-elbow in planes that, as in the past, are quickly cleaned and turned around?
There is one notable difference between the new Looney Tunes and the episodes of yesteryear: Elmer Fudd and Yosemite Sam will be without guns. The author says we should not just be concerned with the casualties that have happened in the black community. We should be concerned with all races. President Trump isn't the first politician to pander to the religious for political gain, and won't be the last. Howard Zinn rode to fame on the ''untold story'' of Christopher Columbus—a shocking tale of severed hands, raped women, and gentle, enslaved people worked to death.
The National D-Day Memorial is located in Bedford, Virginia, the town that sustained the highest per capita D-Day losses in the nation. Ask anyone who has ever bearded up, and they'll tell you that life changes once you embrace your inner werewolf. Check your local laws before blasting away. In ultra-liberal Minnesota, looters are a protected species, and you could wind up being the bad guy. Dillinger was an anti-hero, a charismatic sort of Robin Hood figure who captivated the media and captured the public's imagination.
People who want better treatment from the police don’t set fire to retirement homes, try to break into ATM machines, or burn down drug stores. In the Old West, the side-by-side double-barreled shotguns were a mainstay to settlers, miners, ranchers, and just about anyone who needed a weapon. Until the practice was discontinued in 1920, you could take your children down to the post office, slap some stamps on them, and send them to gramma. In 2015, The Washington Post began to log every fatal shooting by an on-duty police officer in the United States.
Are you even self-isolating if you haven’t made banana bread yet? Somehow, it’s become the unofficial baked good of COVID-19. Everyone, it seems, is making it. Thousands of protesters poured into the streets of Minneapolis as buildings burned, and as violent skirmishes with police continued. Pilots need ADS-B if they want to fly in certain U.S. airspace. In case you didn’t get it done, Avweb’s Paul Bertorelli covers the options in a short video. For some reason, this photo of my son Glenn, my wife Hazel, and me watching a Thanksgiving football game a few years ago reminded me of the famous Norman Rockwell magazine covers.
Running for office in 2008, Da Nang Dick said ''We have learned something important since the days that I served in Vietnam ...'' He never served in Vietnam.
Losing a spouse is one of the most painful experiences one can be put through. Hazel and I were married for 53 years, and I miss her terribly every day.
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Elections are about choices, and 2020 is shaping up to be an imagery choice -- do you like your President with or without a mask? Want him to look presidential, or like one of Darth Vadar's offspring? The real Johan George Immelman probably died 100 years ago, but he's still a registered Republican in Florida.
North Dakotan Meredith Mitskog has been to aviation events all over the country, photographing all of them. Bart Simpson just found a new job for his dad.
At 8:32 AM, May 18, 1980, for the first time in nearly a century, Mount St. Helens erupted.
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On March 8, 1971, a group of anonymous activists broke into the small two-man office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation in Media, Pa. and stole more than 1,000 FBI documents revealing years of wiretapping, infiltration and media manipulation designed to suppress dissent.
On the day he takes office, Biden will be older than any chief executive has ever been on the last day of office, and he is already showing signs of incipient dementia, months before his term would begin. More than 1,500 people on the company’s cruise ships were diagnosed with Covid-19, and dozens died. LIFE Magazine was the treasured photographic magazine that chronicled the 20th Century.
Running for President back in 1987, Joe Biden got caught doing what he does best, lying his face off.
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Some communities are worried they do not have enough supplies or medical facilities for themselves, much less tourists and RVers. Scam artists have used identity theft to illegally take “ownership” of homes, boats, cars, and now, airplanes. The human traffickers who smuggle the Rohingya from internment camps in Myanmar, or refugee camps in Bangladesh, prey on some of the most vulnerable people on earth. ''Ward, don't you think you were a little hard on the Beaver last night?''
In Finland, 'Pantsdrunk’ has been elevated to an official activity.
Roger Stone is a political operative, speaker, pundit, and New York Times Bestselling Author featured in the Netflix documentary ''Get me Roger Stone''. (This is how the site looked in October, 2018 when we first ran this link.)2020 Update
''Believe All Women'', the rallying cry for Democrats in their bid to derail Brett Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court nomination is out the window now. You won’t find ground beef tacos, nachos and frozen margaritas in Mexico on Cinco de Mayo.
Researchers explain why withdrawal from our usual environments—due to social distancing—has left dreamers with a dearth of ''inspiration''. Sherman H. Skolnick established Citizen's Committee to Clean Up the Courts, researching and disclosing instances of judicial bribery and political murders. In 2017, China began to construct a huge network of detention camps in its northwestern Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. Over a million indigenous Uyghur and Kazakhs are currently detained. This photo has been floating around the internet for decades, just another anonymous victim of the Holocaust.
The Flying Tigers were a group of American fighter pilots that flew for China in the early part of 1942. With an American public reeling from Pearl Harbor and anxious to strike back, the Flying Tigers were ''the only game in town'' against the Japanese. In 2020 it's déjà vu all over again. In 1918, many felt mask ordinances were ''unconstitutional'', and every police officer who made an arrest was liable. Ok, the actual line from ''Romeo and Juliet'' act II scene II is '' What light through yonder window breaks?'' Nazi war criminal escape to Argentina was assisted hundreds of times by the Catholic Church, and financially supported by the church and unknowing by American Catholics.
As face masks become more urgently needed than ever, you can help—and protect yourself. In 2018, my wife and I spent several days exploring this area, including a visit to Ghost Ranch. In a hospital at the center of the crisis, some pregnant women have fallen extremely ill, but doctors are winning battles for their lives and their babies. In Greek mythology, Icarus, with feathered wings attached with wax, flew too close to the sun, fell into the sea and drowned. For hundreds of years, humans have watched birds and wanted to fly. Early attempts involved making wings out of wood and feathers and attaching the wings to a person's arms to try to fly. Unfortunately, the results were usually disastrous.
Inbreeding in royal families was viewed as a way to ensure genetic purity. Intermarriage ensured that no "common" blood sullied pure, aristocratic bloodlines. What could go wrong? he Alaska Triangle is a place in the untouched wilderness of the State where mystery lingers and people go missing at a very high rate. Whenever the Queen of England wears green, she becomes the Queen Green Screen of England to photoshop fans. Sherman H. Skolnick established Citizen's Committee to Clean Up the Courts, researching and disclosing instances of judicial bribery and political murders.
India prepares for ''onslaught'' as one of its biggest slums reports coronavirus death. Bonehead Secretary of the Navy tells crew of USS Theodore Roosevelt that the fired commander they liked was too naive or stupid to be captain. He is too young to drive, but pilot TJ Kim wants to make deliveries to all rural hospitals in Virginia defined as having critical access. In response to the shortage of yeast, biologist Sudeep Agarwala tweeted a simple DYI at home recipe for it.
The COVID-19 epidemic is beginning to do just what public health officials said it would. In 1976, Ronald Wayne was a co-founder and 10% shareholder of Apple Computer. He sold his stock for $800 to buy a riding lawnmower. As governors scramble to retrofit convention centers and dormitories into makeshift hospitals to save the living, many in the mortuary industry are trying to figure out what to do with all the bodies. Mao Zedong, founder of the People's Republic of China, qualifies as the greatest mass murderer in world history. Between 1958 and 1962, at least 45 million people were worked, starved or beaten to death in China. The worldwide death toll of the Second World War was 55 million.
The coronavirus is named after the crownlike spikes that protrude from its surface. The virus is enveloped in a bubble of oily lipid molecules, which falls apart on contact with soap. A monthly newspaper composed of actual articles from 1800’s. You will swear it was found in your great grandfather’s old trunk. In 2003. Hillary was ''adamantly against illegal immigrants.'' Five years later and running for president, she backed a pathway to citizenship for illegal immigrants. EarthRoamer’s new LTi vehicle has a base price of $590,000, but a well-equipped rig will generally cost close to, if not more than, $700,000.
An imagined pandemic, simulated by the Department of Health and Human Services in 2019, predicted 110 million citizens ill with nearly 600,000 dead. With the Coronavirus now present on every continent except Antarctica, expanded travel restrictions and flight bans are coming thick and fast. With over 6,000 links to interesting articles and websites, the Corona Virus thing will be over before you get done reading. During the 17th-century European plague, physicians wore beaked masks, leather gloves, and long coats in an attempt to fend off the disease.
Until the 1970s, Irish law prohibited pubs opening on March 17th. It was feared that leaving the pubs open would lead to disrespectful behavior on this most solemn day. Then, someone suggested a better way to honor St. Patrick would be to open all the pubs and everyone get falling-down drunk. Johnny Gilbert is known primarily for his work as the announcer and audience host for the quiz show Jeopardy! House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was slammed after she attempted to slip in a Hyde amendment loophole into the coronavirus stimulus package. The author says many Italians were too selfish to follow suggestions to change their behavior, and now they're in lockdown and people are dying needlessly.
Pablo Picasso's 1921 painting ''Nature Morte'' is being raffled off for charity on May 20th for just over $100, a bargain when compared to the millions of dollars the famous Spanish painter's work regularly goes for. Closeness in the Wynn family has reached an all new surround sound snoring level. Ok, who didn't take a Beano? Complaints about our National Parks from people who should have just stayed home. More pilots in fatal accidents have potentially impairing drugs in their systems than ever before..
Around the world people are changing their daily habits at work, at home and in worship to reduce the risk of contracting the coronavirus and prevent it from spreading. For most of the Catholic Church’s history suicide has been considered a grave crime, but there were many in the early church whose deaths sound a lot like suicide ''The Tower'', an advertising stunt with four new moving Volvo trucks on top of each other, with company president Roger Alm standing on the top. What could possibly go wrong?
According to Dr. Hamilton, widowers who do not remarry often become depressed, vulnerable to illness, until at last they feel that there is nothing left to live for, so they simply give up the ghost and die. According to the old Irish tradition, the Leap Year is the perfect chance for a woman to take matters into her own hands and get down on one knee. Test pilot Hanna Reitsch came closer than any other woman to seeing actual combat during World War II, and was one of the last people to see Hitler alive. It’s reasonable to have some allegiance to the company that employs you, but people get the balance wrong in ways that disproportionately harm themselves while benefiting their companies.
Waste and fraud are par for the course in most bloated government agencies, and the State Department is no exception. Before 1950, the accent used by actors like Cary Grant and Katharine Hepburn, and politicians like FDR, was a indistinctly-accented way of speaking that actually didn't exist anywhere on earth. Almost every state has a sales tax—45 of them plus the District of Columbia. Rates range from 7.25% in California to just 2.9% in Colorado. The 1935 Zanuck version with Clark Gable became an instant classic, and remains the best known, despite the many others that have come afterwards.
I blame the 16 to 20 years these young people listened to liberal teachers for 8 hours a day, nine months a year. Hey, I'm 76, get off my lawn, I'm old and cranky. Many presidents told lies, some more outrageous than others. some presidents were dumb, some were terrible people, some had narcissistic personalities. From blood storms to honeycomb lungs, here’s an organ-by-organ look at how COVID-19 harms humans. It was easy for fans to assume this was a Hitchcock film. A thriller with the right stars, a suspenseful plot with music to match, but it was actually directed by Stanley Donen.
The term ''antibiotic'' refers to both natural and synthetic compounds that destroy or inhibit the growth of susceptible bacteria that cause disease in humans or animals. Vladimir Putin is notoriously late to meetings, even with world leaders, a flaw he shares with many colored people. The ''Dyatlov Pass incident'' has become Russia's biggest unsolved mystery.
See Video		 Yellowstone isn't the continent's largest volcano, a more ancient one found near the southwestern Utah town of Enterprise, and is about 30 times bigger.
Typosquatting, also called URL hijacking, relies on mistakes made by Internet users when typing a website address into a web browser. The company, which built the app to report results in Iowa counties, also has the Nevada Democratic Party as a client, the next state to hold a caucus. No matter your lifestyle, there’s a way for you to convene with God in America. A guide to prime winter camping in ski resort parking lots across the West.
An old English name, Heywood means ''guardian of the hedged enclosure''. Famous people with this name include Heywood ''Woody'' Allen (born Allan Stewart Konigsberg). California Controller Yee claims that 99.7 percent of all state payments were properly paid even though she can’t find her receipts. Animatronic Lincoln showcases the current state-of-the-art possibilities and it’s the first in a line of super-expressive figures called ''The Living Faces of History''. Media Bias/Fact Check is dedicated to educating the public on media bias and deceptive news practices.
An unnamed Boeing employee wrote: ''This airplane is designed by clowns who in turn are supervised by monkeys.'' My dog Lily was pretty proud of herself after completing a short course at Ocean Springs National Seashore and being named an official ''Bark Ranger''. Actual headline: ''Tokyo 2020 bed makers reassure athletes recycled beds won’t collapse during sex'' Depending upon where you live, and your personal beliefs, the 3rd Monday of January could be honoring Martin Luther King, Jr , Robert E. Lee, or Stonewall Jackson.
It’s time for President Trump to declare an all-out war on waste. If he went on the offensive when it comes to spending, his approval ratings would skyrocket. The millennial slang term, originating in the hood, is used to wake someone up from their complacency and make them aware of the problem of injustice. Toothaches occur from inflammation of the central portion of the tooth called pulp. Tips for getting rid of ants for good whether they’re wreaking havoc in your home or yard.
There is plenty of evidence to justify an investigation of former Vice President Joe Biden, using his position to secure employment for his son, and then prevent any investigation of the event. How Joe Biden helped build a financial system great for Delaware banks and terrible for the rest of us. To really cut yourself off, you will need to eliminate contact with other people, even loved ones, and stop using the services provided by contemporary society. Containing more than a million landmines, some laid as long ago as 1953, the DMZ is one of the most heavily-mined areas remaining in the world.
Current laws make racial discrimination illegal. Many of these laws were not in place in 1969 when the Congressional Black Caucus was created. The festival was named for one of the ugliest bottom-dwelling fish, and most delicious, the eelpout. This festival was pure Minnesota fun. Buyers often look to buy used jets, some decades old, that still perform at a high level but cost less up front. Every January 6th, it’s customary in Ireland that the women, who have slaved for weeks getting ready for Christmas and New Year, to have their own day.
According to the author, few in the Democrat Party want Joe Biden as President, and they must get rid of Donald Trump. In order to frame Trump, Biden is the fall-guy and has to be sacrificed. As the impeachment process heats up in Washington, Donald Trump is seeing a boost in support in crucial swing states Son: ''But dad, she's half your age, think of the age difference, it could be fatal !'' Dad: ''Don't worry son, if she dies, she dies.'' A seldom-mentioned topic is the persecution of Christians under the Marxist-Leninist doctrine of State atheism in the former Eastern Bloc countries.
In 2012, a watchdog group released a study of congressional misuse of position to enrich themselves and family during the years 2010 and 2011. A 17-year-old was arrested after the theft of a $2 million King Air, crashing into an airport building. Parents, do you know where your children are? Despite the popular image, studies suggest the stereotype of older men finding younger women more attractive may not reflect reality. Christmas time can be hard when you’re tight on money. But you can still make wonderful memories at Christmas when you’re broke.


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