the "Headline That Caught My Attention or the WTF" thread

[longcast]

Venezuelan migrants attack, injure Texas National Guard member: officials

Venezuelan migrants attacked and injured a Texas National Guard member this week, Texas Department of Public Safety officials announced.

www.foxnews.com

 

[wader]

OK. Now things are getting serious.......................

Could a beer shortage be looming? Changing weather could hit hops needed in brews

Future beer production could be hampered because climate change is impacting hop production in Europe, researchers say. It could hit the U.S., too.

www.yahoo.com

 

[JackPrintMD]

OK. Now things are getting serious.......................

Could a beer shortage be looming? Changing weather could hit hops needed in brews

Future beer production could be hampered because climate change is impacting hop production in Europe, researchers say. It could hit the U.S., too.

www.yahoo.com

Dont believe it but I may stock up on some hops for Home brewing.

 

[longcast]

Honduran man, twice deported from US, charged with murders in Nashville after 2 bodies found

Kevin Castro-Garcia, a native of Honduras, was charged with the murders of two men in the Nashville area within the span of one week, police said.

www.foxnews.com

 

[Roccus7]

He mused that if the navy vessels took on the personas of their writers or the characteristics of their works, then smugglers should most fear the one named for the quiet minimalist Samuel Beckett. “It would be silent,” he said, “and would be upon you before you knew it was there.”

As for George Bernard Shaw, who wrote plays that could exceed three hours, Mr. Tóibín said, a drug runner might decide “anything but a Shaw play” and simply surrender.

Good Lord, my brain is a dangerous thing. A thought about the last sentence from above article on the Ireland's battle to fight illegal drugs woke me up at 04:00 this AM. If I were a drug runner and when 2 tenders from the Samuel Beckett named Vladimir & Estragon came to board me I'd be scared shitless!! Those 2 bastards are still Waiting for Godot!!!

 

[Roccus7]

Daniel Noboa, heir to banana fortune, wins Ecuador’s presidential runoff election​

I guess by definition, Ecuador is truly a Banana Republic

 

[longcast]

FBI Director Chris Wray warns of spike in reported domestic threats linked to Israel's war against Hamas

FBI Director Chris Wray flagged an "increase in reported threats" amid a "heightened environment" in the U.S. related to Israel's war against Hamas.

www.foxnews.com

 

[wader]

This Butt Plug Will Allow Toyota To Build 900-Mile EVs

We’ve known for a while that Toyota is hard at work developing solid-state batteries. The company also said for a while that it expects to be able to offer electric vehicles with a range of more than 900 miles starting in 2027. So it’s not exactly news that Toyota just announced a partnership...

www.yahoo.com

 

[longcast]

2,000 US troops preparing for deployment to support Israel if needed, officials say

The United States military has chosen about 2,000 American troops to potentially deploy to support Israel, U.S. defense officials said, according to the

americanmilitarynews.com

 

[jpd]

I guess they realized you can't keep killing your customers...

El Chapo’s Sinaloa drug cartel bars fentanyl production under penalty of death

Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman’s kids have barred the Sinaloa drug cartel from producing fentanyl under penalty of death as US and Mexican law enforcement step up their war on narco-tr…

nypost.com

 

[Rick67]

This Butt Plug Will Allow Toyota To Build 900-Mile EVs

We’ve known for a while that Toyota is hard at work developing solid-state batteries. The company also said for a while that it expects to be able to offer electric vehicles with a range of more than 900 miles starting in 2027. So it’s not exactly news that Toyota just announced a partnership...

www.yahoo.com

I don’t get it. Never been privy to one. What is it?

 

[CELLFISH]

it’s for folks who are classified as “Full of Shit”…

 

[Rick67]

Look at that, the Jews bombed the UN humanitarian aid buildings. They got away with it, just because.

Remarks to the press in Gaza at the site of the bombed out UNRWA warehouse | United Nations Secretary-General

www.un.org

 

[jpd]

Look at that, now the Jews are bombing the UN humanitarian aid buildings. They’ll get away with it, just because.

Remarks to the press in Gaza at the site of the bombed out UNRWA warehouse | United Nations Secretary-General

www.un.org

And I thought it was still Kofi Annan - he died 5 years ago.

 

[longcast]

'Palestine from the river to the sea' means 'extermination' of Israel, ex-counterterrorism official warns

Atlantic Council senior fellow Nathan Sales a reveals what the "Free Palestine" movement is really about and calls on Americans to show support for the Jewish people.

www.foxnews.com

 

[longcast]

France looking to deport immigrants with extremist ties after teacher killed by man shouting 'Allahu Akbar'

French President Emmanuel Macron ordered a review of all foreign immigrants with ties to radical extremism for possible expulsion from the country following a terrorist attack.

www.foxnews.com

 

[Rick67]

And I thought it was still Kofi Annan - he died 5 years ago.

See things like that are swept under the rug. Look up maps of Palestine right after 1948 to today. There is like nothing left. It’s not gonna end. Quran says so. Only civilians are surprised though. Russia wants Ukraine land “Oh My Russia Bad”. Jews keep chipping away at Palestine, they strike back. “Oh The Travesty, Palestine Bad”. Not gonna end, everyone needs to stop acting like this is a surprise, and why are we gonna pay for this too?

 

[longcast]

Blue state delivers crippling blow to green energy development, jeopardizing Biden's climate goals

New York rejected petitions from energy developers who asked for more taxpayer funding for offshore wind projects amid inflation in a potentially fatal blow to those projects.

www.foxnews.com

 

[longcast]

US secretly sends long-range ATACMS missiles to Ukraine, Kyiv forces use them against Russia for 1st time

A U.S. official and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy confirmed America sent ATACMS to Ukraine and Kyiv forces have used them against Russia.

www.foxnews.com

 

[longcast]

Biden admin set to allow Iran UN sanctions on ballistic missile program to expire: 'Huge victory for Tehran'

The U.N. is set to let certain sanctions expire on Iran. Critics say the sanctions to be lifted will embolden the regime, but the administration says it holds the regime accountable.

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