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A maniac reportedly attacked a US war plane with a hatchet at a major civilian airport in Ireland Saturday, causing extensive damage at a controversial stopover site for American military. He snuck into restricted space at Shannon Airport in County Clare, where the US Air Force’s $75 million C130 Hercules military transport aircraft was parked, local outlet The Journal reported. The lunatic — in his 40s but yet to be identified — climbed onto the wing of the plane and started hacking away at the wing and the fuselage, causing extensive damage, according to GB News. The shocking attack caused...

Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.) says she will force a House floor vote next week on removing embattled Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.) from Congress following stunning sexual assault allegations against him – saying she won’t serve with “sexual deviants.” Luna made the comment to Fox News on Saturday, a day after a former unidentified staffer said he sexually assaulted her on two occasions while she was intoxicated, including at a 2024 charity gala in New York. “I hate having to be kind of the hall monitor of Congress if you will, but it’s gotten really bad,” she said. “Eric has...

A halal butcher sells – in theory – halal meat, that is to say, meat permitted by Islamic law and therefore, a fortiori, not pork. This Zurich butcher doesn't seem to share that opinion. In three years, he allegedly sold 3.1 tons of pork, passing it off as veal , according to the Swiss version of 20 Minutes , which broke the story. The deception is twofold. Scam On the one hand, the religious men who bought their meat from his shop unwittingly broke their tradition . On the other hand, the butcher made significant profits since pork is much...

In a historic ecumenical breakthrough, devout Roman Catholics finally found common ground with Protestants in ignoring what the pope says most of the time. The reconciliation between the two long-opposed factions came right after Pope Leo XIV said something that both sides decided to ignore. The key moment happened when conservative, traditional Roman Catholic believers realized that if the pontiff did not speak "ex cathedra," then they were not really obligated to agree with or follow whatever thing he just said. "I would always groan whenever I saw him talking on television about war or immigration or climate change," said...

Ethnic humour has become one of those things we don't do well anymore, or simply won't do because nobody wants to lose their job. Back when it was still tolerated – about fifteen or twenty years ago – what was left of ethnic humour (as practiced by comics like Dave Chappelle or Chris Rock) was gatekept by a single, unbreakable rule: you can only make an ethnic joke if you're a member of the ethnicity that's the butt of the joke. Now, of course, this is largely off the table because nobody thinks the risk is worth it anymore. I...

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One of the Democratic Socialists of America’s top leaders and architects of Mayor Mamdani’s rise to power is a mime. Flatbush theater kid David Jenkins was elected last year to the DSA’s National Political Committee — the socialist group’s highest decision-making body — where he leads implementation of its major political goals. Self avowed anti-capitalist Jenkins, 40, is a proud founder of the Broken Box Mime Theater, where he performs pantomime to “a heart-thumping soundtrack” in full mime makeup. In images on his personal website, he can be seen in black attire, his face painted white with black teardrops, staring...

Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell has been accused of violating immigration and employment law to keep his illegal live-in Brazilian nanny in the country, according to a pair of recently filed complaints. When his South American babysitter’s temporary work authorization was about to expire in 2022, he and wife Brittany Swalwell lied to the feds to keep Amanda Barbosa working for them, a new complaint filed Tuesday with the Department of Labor claimed. Another complaint, filed to the Department of Homeland security in February and previously unreported, accuses Swalwell of paying the nanny under the table with campaign funds for a...

"There's one missing link: somebody who can sing everything that I could sing 50 years ago"Roger Waters is on the lookout for a new singer to front his son’s Pink Floyd tribute group – after firing him from his touring solo band. Harry Waters previously played keyboards for his father on the road for 14 years. However, Harry revealed in 2023 that Roger had let him know that his services would no longer be required. “I was fired, it was pretty miserable,” he said at the time, adding that his dad “wanted a change of blood, something new, something fresh”....

Here's the latest • Marathon meetings: The US and Iran have begun a new round of talks in Pakistan as hourslong negotiations extend into Sunday morning local time, according to Iranian media. • Sticking point: Pakistani sources say the overall tone of the discussions has been positive, but a stalemate persists over control of the Strait of Hormuz, the vital waterway where the US said it began mine-clearing operations on Saturday. • Historic face-to-face: A US delegation led by Vice President JD Vance met directly with Iranian officials in Islamabad, marking a significant moment for two countries that have typically...

US Navy ships crossed the Strait of Hormuz for the first time since the start of the war — as Iran threatened to attack any US vessels that entered the strait. “Several” American military vessels crossed the channel Saturday in a move that “was not coordinated with Iran,” Israeli journalist Barak Ravid reported, citing intelligence officials. At least two were US Navy guided-missile destroyers, according to reports.

Sen. Mike Lee says the Senate is going right back at the SAVE America Act next week and he’s urging conservatives to keep the pressure on.“Early next week, we’ll be taking up the SAVE America Act again. We need to stay on it until it passes. SPREAD THE WORD!”That renewed push comes after Senate Republicans notched a procedural win Tuesday that puts the bill back on the front burner. The Senate voted 51-48 to advance the SAVE America Act by approving a motion to proceed, with Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska the only Republican voting no.Supporters say the SAVE America...

Comedian Bill Maher pointed to Vice President JD Vance’s recent remarks from a trip to Hungary during Friday's episode of "Real Time," suggesting the idea of Western civilization is real and worth defending. "Another thing JD Vance said is, ‘We will stand with you for Western civilization,’" Maher began, referencing comments the vice president made in support of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán while framing his government as a defender of Western civilization. Maher, speaking with Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America founder Paul Rieckhoff and author Douglas Murray, said Orbán "goes too far" in some respects but added, "I...

While the SAVE America Act continues to languish in the Senate under the supervision of Republican Leader John Thune, leaders and voters in several states have taken it upon themselves to secure their own elections from noncitizen voting. ...***FloridaGov. Ron DeSantis signed Florida’s own version of the SAVE Act into law last week. The law, which requires citizenship verification against REAL ID data when registering to vote, will go into effect in January of next year.***MississippiMississippi Gov. Tate Reeves also signed election integrity legislation into law last week. Named the Safeguard Honesty Integrity in Elections for Lasting Democracy (SHIELD) Act,...

Visitors to Rome's Colosseum now have a new chance to step back into history thanks to a renovation project that's unearthed several entrance columns that have been buried for hundreds of years. Italy’s most iconic landmark has been given a remarkable new look. The Colosseum in Rome has undergone a major restoration, revealing parts of its original structure that have been hidden for centuries. New travertine marble blocks have been installed outside the arena, marking where grand entrance columns once stood. The project restores the monument’s perimeter and highlights details long buried underground, including original entrance numbers that guided spectators...

Spanish police recovered a 17th-century velvet guild manuscript that had been missing for a century after spotting it for sale online. The artefact will remain the property of its current owner, but it will now be conserved. The manuscript is a copy of ordinances signed in 1479 by Ferdinand the Catholic that elevated velvet-making from a trade to an art, granting the velvet-makers privileges and social recognition. Agents from the Heritage Group of the National Police Unit assigned to the Valencian Community found the document during routine monitoring of online sales of cultural goods, police said in a statement. The...

The New York Times reports, citing officials, that Iran may not have accurate records of the locations of all the mines it has laid. Reports suggest that the planting was carried out in a random and disorganised. The New York Times, citing US officials, reported that Iran is finding it increasingly difficult to reopen the Strait of Hormuz due to its inability to locate all the naval mines it planted during the recent conflict, in addition to the possibility of some of them being swept away by sea currents. ADVERTISEMENT The Strait of Hormuz crisis is a direct result of...

Finland is preparing to launch the world’s first permanent underground structure for storing nuclear waste, marking a major breakthrough towards finding a solution for one of nuclear energy’s most difficult problems. The Onkalo nuclear waste repository, is built deep inside 1.9 billion year old bedrock and is designed to store highly radioactive waste for up to 100,000 years. Authorities are expected to grant the facility a licence within months. A facility deep underground, hosuing thousands of tonnes of nuclear wast Onkalo (meaning “cave” in Finnish) will become the first facility to offer a long-term nuclear waste disposal solution once it...

A man is now behind bars and being charged with a fatal stabbing in North Carolina that left a U.S. Marine from SoCal dead. The deadly incident occurred on April 5, according to authorities in Wilmington, North Carolina. Around 2 a.m., the Wilmington Police Department responded to reports of multiple fights in the 1300 block of Corbett Street, which is located in the city’s downtown area. The investigation revealed that two people were stabbed, including Daniel Montano of San Bernardino.

The Orthodox Church begins with the human condition. Humanity turns from God, who is Life. The result is not a legal sentence imposed from without, but corruption arising from within. Death enters human existence as the intrinsic consequence of separation from God. Scripture names the problem plainly. “The wages of sin is death.” Romans 6:23 (LSB) Death is not something the Father needs to be paid. It is what follows when creatures cut themselves off from the source of life. The question salvation answers, therefore, is not how God can be persuaded to forgive, but how humanity can be rescued...