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Brit to sail Atlantic in…huh? Well, if you thought Sir Francis Chichester was a bit loony for sailing around the worls in a 16 meter ketch, or even the fella who crossed the Atlantic in a 5’4″ boat in 1993: Andrew Bedwell is going to try sailing across the Atlantic in a ONE METER long […]
Ambassador Nancy Pelosi?
The rumor mill in Washington DC is hinting that Nancy Pelosi has a backup plan in case the Republicans take the majority in the House. She is eyeing the ambassadorship to Italy. There are also rumors that Joe Biden may be holding that position open for her. What is open in the air is how […]
VA to begin offering abortions in cases of rape/health risks to veteran
The Supreme Courth overturned Roe v. Wade, so Department of Veteran’s Affairs has announced they will begin offering abortions to select veterans and dependents. Huh? The Department of Veterans Affairs plans to offer abortion access to veterans and eligible dependents in cases of rape, incest and pregnancies that endanger the life or health of an […]
Hot!! USS Texas is afloat and sailing to Galveston NOW!! YOU CAN WATCH!
573 feet of pure bad-ass lovely, the USS Texas is the country’s only extant warship to survive both WWI and WWII, and she’s afloat TODAY to be seen by any and all en route to Galveston, TX for repairs. Moored at the San Jacinto monument for years, her hull has deteriorated so badly that they […]
Things have changed a lot
Nowadays, people share/blab about EVERYTHING personal. Before someone ever even meets someone, they have probably seen multiple pictures, know their sexual orientation and history, their politics, and every intimate thought. Didn’t used to be that way. When my Grandma delivered my dad, the doc asked for a name. Finding none had been chosen, he said […]
Ho house in Las Vegas raided
Two individuals in Las Vegas were arrested for running a bawdy house, aka house of ill-repute, aka good-times house, happy endings palace… well, you get the idea. While Nevada doesn’t criminalize prostitution at a state level, Las Vegas and Reno do. And there’s the rub, so to speak. Las Vegas Metropolitan Police first received a […]
Man who ran Ponzi scheme targeting vets gets 10 years
Scott Kohn, the 68 year old mastermind of a $310,000,000 Ponzi scheme known as Future Income Payments LLC got a 10 year sentence this week for his racket targeting military vets and retirees. “Kohn’s actions resulted in devastating consequences for the thousands of seniors and veterans who entrusted him with their money,” said Special Agent […]
Nazi warships scuttled at WWII end exposed by drought
At the end of WWII with defeat imminent, Germany decided to scuttle much of their Black Sea fleet. Dozens of warships went down at the mount of the Danube river. Some sank in shallow enough water to be permanent navigation obstacles, and now 20 are exposed by the drought which has been gripping southern Europe. […]
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