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  • ‘Boardwalk Empire’ Star Steve Buscemi Punched by Maniac in Random NYC Attack

    05/12/2024 4:03:46 PM PDT · by nickcarraway · 72 replies
    New York Post ^ | May 12, 2024 | Joe Marino, Valentina Jaramillo, Jorge Fitz-Gibbon
    It seems no one is safe on the streets of the Big Apple these days – not even beloved hometown actor and Brooklyn native Steve Buscemi. Buscemi, 66, was strolling through Kips Bay last week when a brute walked up and struck the “Boardwalk Empire” star in a broad-daylight attack – one of the latest unprovoked assaults in the five boroughs, law enforcement sources told The Post. The actor suffered swelling to his face and left eye and was taken to Bellevue Hospital for treatment. Meanwhile, his deranged assailant took off and is still on the lam, police sources said.
  • ‘I Was Just Doing my Job’: Subway Manager Beaten by Customer Over Extra Meat on Sandwich

    05/12/2024 2:18:01 PM PDT · by nickcarraway · 49 replies
    WIFR ^ | May. 8, 2024 | Sophia Lesseos
    A manager of a Subway in California is recovering from her injuries after being attacked by a customer. Monique Larios said she was hit in the face multiple times by a man she was just making a sandwich for last Thursday. “I did not expect it. He came around the corner and I said, ‘What are you going to do, hit me over ham?’ And he hit me,” Larios said. “He punched me and all I could remember is just black.” According to Larios, the customer, later identified as George Sandoval, escalated the situation because he wanted more ham on...
  • Why Kazakhstan is Insanely Empty

    05/12/2024 1:37:56 PM PDT · by Eleutheria5 · 46 replies
    <p>Czarists, then Communists colonized Kazakhstan with Russians and Ukrainians. Stalin collectivized the nomadic Kazakhs, confiscating their herds, and starving them. Now it's a dessert of arable land with nobody to till the earth. FUBAR.</p>
  • Urinals Removed from Tehran Shopping Malls for Being ‘Un-Islamic’

    05/11/2024 6:15:42 PM PDT · by Morgana · 47 replies
    Iran International ^ | May 11, 2024 | staff
    Shopping malls in Tehran are removing urinals, branding them as "un-Islamic" and indicative of "Westoxification." A fatwa by Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei says it is Makrooh (disliked but not sinful) to urinate while standing or on a hard surface, forcing men to use the pit latrines instead. The move has sparked widespread discourse and critique on social media. One user expressed frustration, remarking, "This is ridiculous! If they'd spend more time worrying about the economy, the starving people, the water shortage, they wouldn't have to worry about how men urinate." Another user sarcastically said, "I hope the level of...
  • Eurovision 2024, Satanism dished out live on TV

    05/11/2024 7:48:59 AM PDT · by xoxox · 9 replies
    Daily Compass ^ | 10_05_24 | Stefano Chiappalone
    A pentacle surrounded by a circle of fire and two figures with an ostentatiously satanic look. This is the performance at Eurovision 2024, currently being held in Sweden, by the Irish singer 'Bambie Thug', born Bambie Ray Robinson in 1993, competing with the song Doomsday Blue. And we could stop here, since the images speak for themselves. Broadcast on unified European networks, the Eurovision Song Contest is the continent's most popular music competition, now in its 68th edition and with the participation of 37 countries. In short, a sort of European Top of the Pops; and Ireland’s diabolic spectacle will...
  • Horrific moment 'transgender' killer strikes man walking down road at high speed with Dodge Challenger, reverses over him, straddles and kisses him before stabbing him nine times

    05/10/2024 11:44:56 PM PDT · by Morgana · 50 replies
    Daily Mail UK ^ | May 11, 2024 | Alex Hammer
    Traumatic footage show a transgender murder suspect running over a victim twice with a Dodge Challenger in suburban Houston - before kissing and stabbing his limp body. Law enforcement sources close to the case said the footage was some of the most horrifying they've seen in their careers, and culminated with the victim's death. The incident on Woodridge Square Drive on May 3 happened in broad daylight - with 20-year-old Karon Fisher seen careening toward Steven Anderson, 64, as he walked to retrieve some mail. Hit first and run over again as Fisher backed up, Anderson is seen looking back...
  • Underwear Underworld Uncovered: TUT Detectives Arrest Organized Theft Crew

    05/10/2024 4:37:58 PM PDT · by COBOL2Java · 15 replies
    Fairfax County Police Department News ^ | 10 May 2024 | FCPD Public Affairs Bureau
    McLean [VA] Police District – Detectives from our Tysons Urban Team (TUT) arrested a retail theft crew who stole merchandise, mostly underwear, from stores in nearby jurisdictions. Wednesday around 3:30 p.m., TUT detectives were alerted to a retail theft crew in the 1900 block of Chain Bridge Road in Tysons. The crew was involved in larcenies that occurred in nearby jurisdictions earlier in the day. Detectives located the crew and took three suspects into custody. A search of the suspect’s vehicle revealed over $24,000 worth of merchandise, mostly underwear from Victoria’s Secret. The merchandise was connected to recent thefts that...
  • ‘Panda Dog’: China Zoo Paints Chow Chow Dogs to Look Like Pandas, Fools Thousands of Visitors

    05/10/2024 3:24:52 PM PDT · by nickcarraway · 24 replies
    Hindustan Times ^ | May 09, 2024 | Vrinda Jain
    A zoo in China has come under fire after it was revealed that they painted chow chow dogs to look like pandas. The zoo, located in Jiangsu Province, showcased the "panda dog" on Labor Day holidays from May 1 to May 5. While thousands of people came to see supposed pandas, a few thought that their behaviour was strange as they shook their heads like dogs. Nevertheless, many people believe that they are real pandas, as per reports. Visitors' clips seemed to depict the puppies as having black limbs, ears, and eye rings, but their doglike characteristics were still clearly...
  • Small alligator found in Beaver County creek [PA]

    05/10/2024 9:38:05 AM PDT · by Red Badger · 16 replies
    WPXI-TV 11 ^ | May 9, 2024 | Jillian Hartmann, WPXI-TV
    FREEDOM, Pa. — It’s not every day you come across an alligator in our area. On Wednesday, a small gator was discovered in a creek in Freedom. Beaver Valley Regional Police got a call from someone who spotted the gator and officers safely captured it. For now, the two-and-a-half-foot reptile is being cared for at Off The Hook Exotic Pet Shop in Ambridge. The owner believes the gator was someone’s pet. “I don’t think someone dumped him in the creek on purpose. sometimes people take them out for some sunshine then they don’t realize they can climb a fence and...
  • Local company creates lifelike robots as the concept grows in Vegas

    05/10/2024 7:02:46 AM PDT · by Lazamataz · 74 replies
    Matt McMullen talks about his company Realbotix. Founded in 2014, the company has been hammering away at the concept of intelligent, interactive robots long before today’s growing popularity of the idea. And they’re riding that wave as the technology continues to grow. See video here.
  • RFK's Worm, The Night Gallery Earwig Segment by Rod Serling (vanity)

    05/10/2024 5:47:06 AM PDT · by ansel12 · 22 replies
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    When we learned of RFK's brain worm, many of us remembered or tried to remember one of the best horror segments ever done on television, here it is, "The Caterpillar" is an odd name since it was about an Earwig, but it was a "Night Gallery" segment and is considered possibly the greatest horror TV episode ever. Here is the episode on DailyMotion. https://www.dailymotion.com/playlist/x5zoj5
  • Why Is a Rap Song About Rhubarb Cake Blowing Up on TikTok?

    05/09/2024 8:04:50 PM PDT · by nickcarraway · 9 replies
    Food & Wne ^ | May 8, 2024 | Audrey Morgan
    An investigation into the viral vegetable dessert — plus five rhubarb cake recipes for your consideration.If you spend time on any corner of TikTok, you might’ve heard this extremely catchy song. In the German rap, called “Barbara’s Rhabarberbar,” a woman known as “Rhubarb Barbara” is renowned for the rhabarberkuchen (rhubarb cake) she sells at her rhubarb bar. A few patrons frequent the bar so often that they’re called rhubarb barbarians. The rhubarb bar barbarians then visit the barber and declare themselves the rhubarb barbara bar barbarian beard barbers (keeping up?) You can watch the full video with an English translation...
  • “Raw Meat” Mike Tyson Reveals Shocking Addition to His Diet Ahead of Jake Paul Fight

    05/09/2024 1:01:10 PM PDT · by nickcarraway · 64 replies
    TOTALPROSPORTS ^ | May 9, 2024 | Aaindri Thakuri
    Heavyweight Mike Tyson drastically altered his nutrition in preparation for his professional boxing battle against Jake Paul in July. In preparation for the fight, which is scheduled to happen in Texas in July, Tyson has started eating raw meat. The social media sensation Paul will face the heavyweight icon Tyson in a contentious boxing match, officially confirmed as a professional fight last week in Texas in July. Eight two-minute rounds will be fought amongst the adversaries in the ring, with the winner determined by their records. Paul will be almost thirty years younger than Tyson, fighting at fifty-eight. It has...
  • Amazingly Detailed Images Reveal a Single Cubic Millimeter of Human Brain in 3D

    05/09/2024 11:23:19 AM PDT · by Red Badger · 55 replies
    Science Alert ^ | May 10, 2024 | MICHELLE STARR
    A rendering of the excitatory neurons in a section of the sample. (Google Research & Lichtman Lab/Harvard University. Renderings by D. Berger/Harvard University) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A nanoscale project represents a giant leap forward in understanding the human brain. With more than 1.4 petabytes of electron microscopy imaging data, a team of scientists has reconstructed a teeny-tiny cubic segment of the human brain. It's just a millimeter on each side – but 57,000 cells, 150 million synapses, and 230 millimeters of ultrafine veins are all packed into that microscopic space. The work of almost a decade, it's the largest and most detailed...
  • New "IONTRONIC MEMRISTOR” Could Revolutionize Brain-like Computing Using Only Salt and Water

    05/09/2024 10:52:10 AM PDT · by Red Badger · 11 replies
    The Debrief ^ | May 9, 2024 | TIM MCMILLAN·
    Scientists from the Netherlands and South Korea say they have made a significant leap towards artificially replicating the human brain by developing a device called the “iontronic memristor.” Researchers say this novel device, barely larger than a human hair, functions as an artificial synapse, mimicking the brain’s unique ability to process and share information. “The brain’s computing principles (neurons connected by synapses) and information carriers (ions in water) both differ fundamentally from those of conventional computers,” researchers wrote. “Building on this distinction, we present an aqueous memristor that emulates the brain’s short-term synaptic plasticity features through ion transport in water,...
  • The Most Insane Dictatorship on Earth

    05/08/2024 2:16:26 PM PDT · by Eleutheria5 · 28 replies
    How Turkmenistan Became the Most Evil Country on Earth – Contents of this video ---------------------------- 00:00 - The World’s Strangest Dictatorship 07:07 - The Cotton Colossus 17:01 - Great Leader of the Turkmen 25:00 - A Dictators Marble Paradise 32:31 - Echoes of the Throne
  • When Artificial Intelligence Tells You What A “Useful Idiot” In the Mainstream Media Cannot

    05/08/2024 1:16:30 PM PDT · by Rev M. Bresciani · 4 replies
    New American Prophet ^ | May 8, 2024 | Bradlee Dean
    “But was rebuked for his iniquity: the dumb ass speaking with man’s voice forbad the madness…” -2 Peter 2:16 It is interesting to see what the people really believe in when the mainstream media and their useful idiots, who they say that they do not believe, promulgate their propaganda narrative (Romans 1:18). This applies especially to those who follow in the steps of Jesus by holding to His cross and His unadulterated Word (Matthew 5:10).
  • Human body found in the mouth of 14-foot Florida alligator [2023]

    05/08/2024 5:38:45 AM PDT · by Red Badger · 29 replies
    NY Daily News ^ | September 23, 2023 | Evan Rosen
    Human remains were spotted in the mouth of a 13-foot, 8.5-inch alligator on Friday, in a canal just north of the Florida Botanical Gardens in Largo. The gator was extracted from the water and “humanely killed,” the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release, adding that a dive team had also “recovered the remains of a deceased adult from the waterway.” VIDEO AT LINK.............. So far, no details regarding the identity of the victim have been shared, as the investigation is still ongoing. It’s also unclear whether the alligator was directly responsible for the person’s death. One local...
  • Cass Elliot Sandwich Myth Was Manager’s Invention, Says Daughter

    05/07/2024 7:01:07 PM PDT · by nickcarraway · 63 replies
    UltimateClassicRock ^ | May 6, 2024 | Martin Kielty
    The myth that Cass Elliot died by choking on a ham sandwich in 1974 was invented by her manager in an attempt to protect her legacy, the singer’s daughter said. Owen Elliot-Kugell was 7 years old when Elliot passed away at 32 from a heart attack after 36 hours of performing and partying. The former The Mamas & the Papas vocalist had been developing her solo career in London, U.K,. and seemed to have a bright future ahead of her. “By the time she got back to her flat, it was evening the following day,” Elliot-Kugell told the BBC in...
  • Alligator visits bank drive-through, 'did not have an account'

    05/07/2024 1:08:17 PM PDT · by Red Badger · 41 replies
    UPI ^ | May 7, 2024 | Ben Hooper
    May 7 (UPI) -- An unusual transaction was caught on camera at a Florida credit union when an alligator wandered into the drive-through lanes. Addition Financial in Lake Mary shared a photo to social media showing the gator parked by the teller window at the credit union. "Just a normal day in Florida," the post said. "Can we even blame this little guy for wanting in on our 5 star service?" A video of the encounter features commentary from a teller. "Man, welcome to Florida where you go to work and casually see alligators just chillin' at your job," the...