the "Headline That Caught My Attention or the WTF" thread
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JackPrintMD
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I heard a story today that our Government made a deal with another government trading a druggie basketball player who has been arrested for spousal abuse and is anti USA for a dangerous arms dealer who supplies terrorists with weoponry.
That can’t be true…who would do that?
That can’t be true…who would do that?
Smartest breed out there
longcast
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Cambridge Dictionary changes definition of 'man' and 'woman': '1984 wasn't supposed to be a how-to manual'
Cambridge Dictionary is under fire for altering the definition of "man" and "woman" to encompass transgender people. Critics argue it erodes truth and elevates far-feft social values.
www.foxnews.com
Rick67
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That’ll really screw up those learning to speak English. I’ll just stick to Webster.Cambridge Dictionary changes definition of 'man' and 'woman': '1984 wasn't supposed to be a how-to manual'
Cambridge Dictionary is under fire for altering the definition of "man" and "woman" to encompass transgender people. Critics argue it erodes truth and elevates far-feft social values.
wader
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unfortunateky Mike it's not true
What part do you think is not true ?
Rick67
Well-Known Angler
Looked spot on to me.
wader
Well-Known Angler
the whole statement..........................
As posted yesterday in the other thread (and actually seen by you):
Paul Whelan was discharged from the U.S. Marine Corps in 2008 for bad conduct. The former Canadian-born U.S. Marine was court-martialed for his crimes of larceny, identity theft, writing checks without having sufficient funds in his account for payment, false statements, and three specifications of dereliction of duty,
Paul Whelan was born in Ottawa, Canada and maintains citizenship in FOUR nations: Canada, the United Kingdom, Ireland and the U.S.A. WHY is it all up to the U.S. to secure his release from Russia? WHY doesn't Canada, the UK or Ireland negotiate his release from the Russians? And WHAT was Paul Whelan REALLY doing in Russia, considering the very many trips he had made to Russia prior to his arrest by the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) for spying on December 28, 2018 in the Moscow area?
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Borrowed Summary
And from all I've read the U.S. did try to include Whelan in the deal but in addition to Victor Bout - the Russians wanted Russian spy Colonel Vadim Krasikov wjho is currently serving a sentence of life in prison in Germany for the murder of a man from the republic of Georgia. A murder that took place in broad daylight in Berlin in 2019.
The state department inquired with its German counterpart as far as the feasibility of arranging the release of Kasikov - but the German government declined. The U.S. then offered other Russians in U.S. prisons, but again, the Russians rejected the deal.
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So while it maybe true that our country is run by incompetent scumsbags (from both Parties I might add) he wasn't left there. The Russians refused to release him for the above reasons.
New normal - personal responsibility is rapidy eroding
Agreed, but he’s still our problem
wader
Well-Known Angler
and the UK's, and Ireland's, and Canada's..............
He'll get out - I just abohr people making misleading statements for Political gain..............................
Probably why I'm not beholding to any political party & a registered Independent.
Not you in particular but people who just grab the most politically expedient reason,
wader
Well-Known Angler
Yes Dear...........
apparently facts have little or no bearing on your delusions,,,,,,,,,,,,
You just believe what you wanna believe as long as it fits your delusion.
That must be comforting..
wader
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Huge Berlin aquarium bursts, unleashing flood of devastation
A huge aquarium in Berlin burst, spilling debris, water and more than a thousand tropical fish out of the AquaDom tourist attraction in the heart of the German capital early Friday. Police said parts of the building, which also contains a hotel, cafes and a chocolate store, were damaged as 1...
wader
Well-Known Angler
a true WTF!!!???!?!
www.yahoo.com
Long-time Donald Trump confidant and informal adviser Roger Stone insists he has witnessed a momentous phenomenon: A “demon portal” above President Joe Biden’s White House.
It’s “swirling like a cauldron,” he claimed in an interview earlier this week with conservative radio host Eric Metaxas — who pointed out that the observation by his guest “sounds insane.”
The portal — apparently a direct connection to hell and Satan — was first spotted months ago and even captured on film, according to Stone. “It’s still there,” he declared.
“I think that…a portal, a demonic portal, opened above the White House around the time that the Bidens moved in,” Stone said. “This was brought to my attention by a Christian who lives in north Florida who sent me a bunch of photos, a bunch of documents and also a bunch of notations from the Bible about portals.”
Stone said he was initially skeptical. But he has examined photos of the spot and scrutinized “live cam where you can actually see it in real-time, and there does appear to be something above the White House.”
He also insisted that a police friend of his had examined the spot above the White House, and told him: “You’re not going to believe this, but there’s definitely something there.”
Stone criticized the lack of coverage of the demon portal by the media, which “doesn’t cover a lot of things that are true.”
The point of course is, prophets, who I do believe, and other holy men, have told me that only prayer can close the demonic portal,” he added. (Stone has said at rallies that God speaks directly to him about politics.) So he prays for that every night, he said.
“But there’s something going on there, there’s no question about it,” Stone emphasized.
Trump Confidant Roger Stone Says He Saw Swirling 'Demon Portal' Above White House
"Prophets ... and other holy men, have told me that only prayer can close the demonic portal," which is "swirling like a cauldron," said Stone.
Trump Confidant Roger Stone Says He Saw Swirling 'Demon Portal' Above White House
Long-time Donald Trump confidant and informal adviser Roger Stone insists he has witnessed a momentous phenomenon: A “demon portal” above President Joe Biden’s White House.
It’s “swirling like a cauldron,” he claimed in an interview earlier this week with conservative radio host Eric Metaxas — who pointed out that the observation by his guest “sounds insane.”
The portal — apparently a direct connection to hell and Satan — was first spotted months ago and even captured on film, according to Stone. “It’s still there,” he declared.
“I think that…a portal, a demonic portal, opened above the White House around the time that the Bidens moved in,” Stone said. “This was brought to my attention by a Christian who lives in north Florida who sent me a bunch of photos, a bunch of documents and also a bunch of notations from the Bible about portals.”
Stone said he was initially skeptical. But he has examined photos of the spot and scrutinized “live cam where you can actually see it in real-time, and there does appear to be something above the White House.”
He also insisted that a police friend of his had examined the spot above the White House, and told him: “You’re not going to believe this, but there’s definitely something there.”
Stone criticized the lack of coverage of the demon portal by the media, which “doesn’t cover a lot of things that are true.”
The point of course is, prophets, who I do believe, and other holy men, have told me that only prayer can close the demonic portal,” he added. (Stone has said at rallies that God speaks directly to him about politics.) So he prays for that every night, he said.
“But there’s something going on there, there’s no question about it,” Stone emphasized.
Such a shame, the even named it after me!! On the bright side, I bet the hotel restaurant had a lot of fish specials for dinner!!
Debris outside the Radisson Hotel in central Berlin on Friday. The hotel was evacuated and the authorities were checking for structural damage.Credit...Christoph Soeder/DPA, via Associated Press
BERLIN — The entrance to the five-star hotel looked like a bomb site. Mangled Christmas decorations, twisted poles and window frames, even tiny shampoo bottles littered the street — and among them, the bodies of the blast’s victims: nearly 1,500 tropical fish from a 50-foot tank called the AquaDom.
Any sea creatures that survived the initial blast of the cylindrical AquaDom, billed as the largest tank of its kind in the world, had little hope of rescue. In frigid, 19 degrees Fahrenheit weather, they lay frozen on the street outside the Radisson Hotel, in Berlin’s central Alexanderplatz.
“It’s a tragedy for the fish,” said Markus Kamrad, an official at the Berlin Senate responsible for animal protection. “We were lucky that it happened at a time that only two people were slightly injured. But it’s unfortunate, of course, that so many fish died.”
The tank burst at 5:45 a.m., rescue services said. Had it happened later in the day, the result could have been human tragedy, too.
The AquaDom, in the center of the hotel atrium, had a diameter of 38 feet and was wrapped around a glass elevator, where visitors could view the sea life inside. Police officers at the scene shook their heads at the thought of what could have awaited them had the tank broken just a few hours later in the day.
The AquaDom aquarium in 2015 in the Radisson atrium. Its makers have described it as the largest cylindrical free-standing aquarium in the world.Credit...Jörg Carstensen/Picture Alliance, via Getty Images
Even hours after the AquaDom burst, an entire block of the street outside the building remained soaked by 264,000 gallons of water that rushed out of the lobby, uprooting plants and ripping out telephones that lay strewn among hundreds of chocolate balls from a neighboring Lindt chocolate shop, also battered by the force of a wave of water that local media estimated would have weighed about 100 tons.
The impact of the water erupting onto the street was so powerful that local seismographs picked up on it. Several shops nearby were damaged — with chairs upturned and windows shattered.
The police have said they have no suspicion of foul play. Local media said the cause was likely a technical fault.
In the early afternoon, a special rescue unit of Berlin firefighters rushed to the scene, wearing hard hats and equipped with carabiners and ropes: They were going to scale the top of the tank, and descend deep into the buildings’ basements.
“We have to pump out a mass of water. We have to check and completely stabilize the building here. Also — and this is our No. 1 priority right now — we have to save the living fish that are in the basement,” said James Klein, spokesman for the Berlin Fire Department.
Even hours after the AquaDom burst, an entire block of the street outside the building remained soaked by 264,000 gallons of water that rushed out of the lobby, uprooting plants and ripping out telephones that lay strewn among hundreds of chocolate balls from a neighboring Lindt chocolate shop, also battered by the force of a wave of water that local media estimated would have weighed about 100 tons.
The impact of the water erupting onto the street was so powerful that local seismographs picked up on it. Several shops nearby were damaged — with chairs upturned and windows shattered.
The police have said they have no suspicion of foul play. Local media said the cause was likely a technical fault.
In the early afternoon, a special rescue unit of Berlin firefighters rushed to the scene, wearing hard hats and equipped with carabiners and ropes: They were going to scale the top of the tank, and descend deep into the buildings’ basements.
“We have to pump out a mass of water. We have to check and completely stabilize the building here. Also — and this is our No. 1 priority right now — we have to save the living fish that are in the basement,” said James Klein, spokesman for the Berlin Fire Department.
The few guests who remained outside the building in the morning, waiting for a chance to re-enter to search for their things, seemed hardly reassured by the good fortune of the basement fish. One woman, who asked not to be identified because she said she was in shock, said she still could not believe that no one had been killed.
The hotel released a statement saying it was trying to determine what caused the aquarium to burst.
“Members of our leadership team are on site, and, together with the authorities, are looking into the cause of the incident,” the statement said. “We have immediately closed the hotel until further notice and are relocating guests.”
About 100 firefighters responded to the scene, cordoning off the intersection outside the Radisson as they checked for structural damage and evacuated guests. The two people who were taken to the hospital were cut by shards of glass from the burst tank.
The AquaDom was built in the hotel in 2003, and promised visitors that they could “discover Nemo, Dory and many other colorful fish up close.” It housed clown fish and angel fish, trigger fish and parrot fish, among many other kinds.
The makers of the AquaDom described it as the largest cylindrical free-standing aquarium in the world. The tank had only recently been renovated and reopened to the public.
Fabian Hellbusch, a spokesman for the real estate company that owns the aquarium, Union Investment, said the reason the tank burst was “not yet clear.”
He added, “We are currently trying to get a more detailed picture of the situation and the damage caused in coordination with the police and fire department on site.”
A video made by Sandra Weeser, a member of the federal Parliament who was staying at the hotel, showed the wreckage of the giant tank amid mangled debris.
In an interview on local television, Ms. Weeser described waking up to a shock wave that she thought was a small earthquake before falling back asleep.
When she got up an hour later, she was guided by fire rescuers out of the building, where she spotted a parrot fish, frozen to death.
“It’s a picture of devastation,” she said.
Berlin Hotel’s Huge Aquarium Bursts, With 1,500 Fish Inside
A 50-foot-high, 264,000-gallon cylindrical tank called AquaDom, housed in a Radisson in the German capital, spectacularly collapsed, sending waves of water through the building and onto the street.
Debris outside the Radisson Hotel in central Berlin on Friday. The hotel was evacuated and the authorities were checking for structural damage.Credit...Christoph Soeder/DPA, via Associated Press
BERLIN — The entrance to the five-star hotel looked like a bomb site. Mangled Christmas decorations, twisted poles and window frames, even tiny shampoo bottles littered the street — and among them, the bodies of the blast’s victims: nearly 1,500 tropical fish from a 50-foot tank called the AquaDom.
Any sea creatures that survived the initial blast of the cylindrical AquaDom, billed as the largest tank of its kind in the world, had little hope of rescue. In frigid, 19 degrees Fahrenheit weather, they lay frozen on the street outside the Radisson Hotel, in Berlin’s central Alexanderplatz.
“It’s a tragedy for the fish,” said Markus Kamrad, an official at the Berlin Senate responsible for animal protection. “We were lucky that it happened at a time that only two people were slightly injured. But it’s unfortunate, of course, that so many fish died.”
The tank burst at 5:45 a.m., rescue services said. Had it happened later in the day, the result could have been human tragedy, too.
The AquaDom, in the center of the hotel atrium, had a diameter of 38 feet and was wrapped around a glass elevator, where visitors could view the sea life inside. Police officers at the scene shook their heads at the thought of what could have awaited them had the tank broken just a few hours later in the day.
The AquaDom aquarium in 2015 in the Radisson atrium. Its makers have described it as the largest cylindrical free-standing aquarium in the world.Credit...Jörg Carstensen/Picture Alliance, via Getty Images
Even hours after the AquaDom burst, an entire block of the street outside the building remained soaked by 264,000 gallons of water that rushed out of the lobby, uprooting plants and ripping out telephones that lay strewn among hundreds of chocolate balls from a neighboring Lindt chocolate shop, also battered by the force of a wave of water that local media estimated would have weighed about 100 tons.
The impact of the water erupting onto the street was so powerful that local seismographs picked up on it. Several shops nearby were damaged — with chairs upturned and windows shattered.
The police have said they have no suspicion of foul play. Local media said the cause was likely a technical fault.
In the early afternoon, a special rescue unit of Berlin firefighters rushed to the scene, wearing hard hats and equipped with carabiners and ropes: They were going to scale the top of the tank, and descend deep into the buildings’ basements.
“We have to pump out a mass of water. We have to check and completely stabilize the building here. Also — and this is our No. 1 priority right now — we have to save the living fish that are in the basement,” said James Klein, spokesman for the Berlin Fire Department.
Even hours after the AquaDom burst, an entire block of the street outside the building remained soaked by 264,000 gallons of water that rushed out of the lobby, uprooting plants and ripping out telephones that lay strewn among hundreds of chocolate balls from a neighboring Lindt chocolate shop, also battered by the force of a wave of water that local media estimated would have weighed about 100 tons.
The impact of the water erupting onto the street was so powerful that local seismographs picked up on it. Several shops nearby were damaged — with chairs upturned and windows shattered.
The police have said they have no suspicion of foul play. Local media said the cause was likely a technical fault.
In the early afternoon, a special rescue unit of Berlin firefighters rushed to the scene, wearing hard hats and equipped with carabiners and ropes: They were going to scale the top of the tank, and descend deep into the buildings’ basements.
“We have to pump out a mass of water. We have to check and completely stabilize the building here. Also — and this is our No. 1 priority right now — we have to save the living fish that are in the basement,” said James Klein, spokesman for the Berlin Fire Department.
The few guests who remained outside the building in the morning, waiting for a chance to re-enter to search for their things, seemed hardly reassured by the good fortune of the basement fish. One woman, who asked not to be identified because she said she was in shock, said she still could not believe that no one had been killed.
The hotel released a statement saying it was trying to determine what caused the aquarium to burst.
“Members of our leadership team are on site, and, together with the authorities, are looking into the cause of the incident,” the statement said. “We have immediately closed the hotel until further notice and are relocating guests.”
About 100 firefighters responded to the scene, cordoning off the intersection outside the Radisson as they checked for structural damage and evacuated guests. The two people who were taken to the hospital were cut by shards of glass from the burst tank.
The AquaDom was built in the hotel in 2003, and promised visitors that they could “discover Nemo, Dory and many other colorful fish up close.” It housed clown fish and angel fish, trigger fish and parrot fish, among many other kinds.
The makers of the AquaDom described it as the largest cylindrical free-standing aquarium in the world. The tank had only recently been renovated and reopened to the public.
Fabian Hellbusch, a spokesman for the real estate company that owns the aquarium, Union Investment, said the reason the tank burst was “not yet clear.”
He added, “We are currently trying to get a more detailed picture of the situation and the damage caused in coordination with the police and fire department on site.”
A video made by Sandra Weeser, a member of the federal Parliament who was staying at the hotel, showed the wreckage of the giant tank amid mangled debris.
In an interview on local television, Ms. Weeser described waking up to a shock wave that she thought was a small earthquake before falling back asleep.
When she got up an hour later, she was guided by fire rescuers out of the building, where she spotted a parrot fish, frozen to death.
“It’s a picture of devastation,” she said.
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