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The New York Times has released their first New York Times/Siena College poll of the 2024 campaign season [POLL DATA HERE]. The results of the poll show President Donald Trump playing the role of Godzilla in stomping the field of Republican playdough candidates.President Trump leads with 54%, followed by a ridiculously distant Ron DeSantis at 17%, Pence 3%, Haley 3%, Scott 3% and Ramalamadingdong 2%. The only other candidate to break double digits is ‘I Don’t Know,’ the mysterious dark horse who continues biting pieces off the shrinking Florida governor.So, who is this great MAGA coalition that fuels Godzilla? The...

President Trump’s trip to Japan started with a bang – a magnitude-5.1 earthquake centered near the golf course where he and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe are set to play golf Sunday. The temblor, which rattled Tokyo just hours before Trump’s arrival, briefly halted nearby bullet trains, but did not derail the leaders’ plans for their first meeting of the four-day visit, which will take place at the Mobara Country Club in Chiba. Later, the leaders will attend a championship sumo wrestling match, where Trump will award the “President’s Cup” to the winner. The trophy is 5 feet tall and weighs...

After sending robots into the Fukushima nuclear reactor (and seeing them mysteriously die), perhaps this is the reason why Japanese officials have decided to re-start the building of a huge ice-wall for 'containment'. As Fukushima Diary reports, TEPCO’s camera caught a possible aquatic living creature in retained coolant water of Reactor 3.

TOKYO (AP) - Japanese planners this week revealed the design of a huge broadcast tower that is set to become the world's tallest structure upon completion in 2011, eclipsing even Canada's CN Tower. The tower will stand 613.5 metres tall, according to Tobu Railway Co., which has provided land for the project. Once finished, it will claim the title from the CN Tower in Toronto, 553-metre-tall communications structure and outlook point which is currently the world's tallest freestanding structure. Dubbed the "New Tokyo Tower," the building will replace a 332-metre tower built in 1958. The new tower, designed by award-winning...

Govt set to approve Mt. Fuji eruption disaster plan The Yomiuri Shimbun The government has drafted a set of disaster-prevention measures to be implemented if Mt. Fuji erupts, which provide detailed evacuation instructions and call for the creation of task forces to be set up by local governments to enable better coordination of efforts to prevent death and injury, The Yomiuri Shimbun has learned. The draft is set to be approved at a meeting of the Central Disaster Prevention Council, chaired by Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, by the middle of this month, after which regional governments will be notified. According...

U.S. Job Cuts at 8-Month High in Sept. Tue Oct 5,10:06 AM ET Business - Reuters NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. planned job cuts soared to an eight-month high in September while new hiring rose only slightly, a report said on Tuesday. Related Quotes DJIA NASDAQ S&P 500 10167.87 1959.74 1135.92 -48.67 +7.34 +0.75 delayed 20 mins - disclaimer Quote Data provided by Reuters Employment consulting firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas Inc. said employers announced 107,863 layoffs in September, 41 percent more than in September 2003 and 45 percent more than in August of this year, when 74,150 were laid...

Petitte is so overrated.