The Hall of Fire

I was going to say Celebrían, but I don't think the timing works.

Russian sources report, via Preston Stewart Russia just completed their investigation into the death of Russell Bentley, the American who fled to Russia to fight in Ukraine. They say three Russian soldiers tortured and killed him in April and then placed him in a car and blew it up to try to destroy...

Túrin?

Woke. Corporations.

FYI, the reporting (at this time) is that Nuzzi and Kennedy did not have a physical affair. (I'm guessing sexts, but who knows?) Or at least Nuzzi claims that they did not have a physical affair. Kennedy hasn't said anything. Who knows what the truth is? I don't really care. I couldn't care less, e...

Not helping make your own case. I do think Bradley Moss makes a good point about how commentators (and I've been guilty of this) are being a lot tougher on Olivia Nuzzi than on RFK Jr. Rightly so. She was the one who did not disclose the relationship and covered political issues in the light favora...

Not helping make your own case.

Tim Walz embraces his American Dad image with a new post combining auto repair and voting tips. Pro-tips of the day:  #1 Clean your air filter  #2 Know that when somebody writes up a manual like Project 2025, they plan on using it Video in the Tweet Obviously, you can't imagine Trump working on a ca...

Kiyiv Independent reports ⚡️ Germany has overcome shortage of Russian gas and is ready for winter, minister says. "There is no more gas shortage," German Vice-Chancellor and Economy Minister Robert Habeck said, adding that Germany no longer has a need for Russian gas. I am reminded of the ...

Barak Ravid

One of the targets in the Israeli strike in Beirut was Hezbollah top military commander Ibrahim Aqil who is wanted by the U.S. for his involvement is the bombings of the U.S. Embassy and the U.S. Marine barracks in Beirut in 1983, two Israeli sources tell me

I haven't finished WandaVision, but that was me, not the show. I should go back.

Sunny, I'm sure you know by now that every episode is in the style of a TV show from a certain decade, and it's all very clever.

And what are they going to do about it?

Privilege just means ‘private law,’ as Terry Pratchett said.

BTW, the police may tow your Tesla if they think it recorded something they want to watch.

Did your car witness a crime? Police may be coming for your Tesla

Former longtime @Teamsters President Jim Hoffa has put out a statement blasting Sean O'Brien for "a failure of leadership" by not backing Harris. He calls the non-endorsement "a critical error" that will help Trump: With this reaction from Teamsters for Harris Screenshot_2024091...

It's a minor pet peeve but why do these polls use (+1) to show the difference between candidates and not the movement since the last poll? Anyone who can't subtract 44 from 45 would not be reading polls!

Dave_LF wrote: ↑Thu Sep 19, 2024 7:01 pm

Voronwë the Faithful wrote: ↑Thu Sep 19, 2024 6:39 pm In an election that could be as close as this one seems likely to be, it could come down to which side has a stronger ground game to get out the vote.

And that is an encouraging thought.

Or to repress it, which is not

453,000 Purged from Oklahoma voter registration rolls

The ammo depot in Tver is still burning. The area on fire is about 3.5 square miles. The initial explosion registered on seismographs as a 2.8 magnitude earthquake and took out windows in a 5-mile radius. And what did Russia do? Hit a nursing home in Sumy with a guided air bomb today. 20240919_09551...

Let's hear it for the Second Gentleman. Highlight mine. Emhoff on Sarah Huckabee Sanders re Harris last night: “somehow, b/c Cole&Ella aren't Kamala’s ‘biological children,’ that she doesn't have anything in her life to keep her humble… As if keeping women humble, whether you have children or no...

California Teamsters endorsed Harris, though.

This tweet has a fairly non-graphic video of the device exploding on a Hezbollah member in the supermarket (he falls down off camera, no blood is visible, but there are more graphic images in replies). It shows a person standing inches from the target running away unharmed. From a humanitarian stan...