-
Trending Articles in Forum
Rank Article Member Activity Likes Comments 1 Based on a legendary story Buzz of the Orient 29 minutes ago 1 2 Abstractly Speaking on Creative Arts Three Day Weekend A. Macarthur 3 minutes ago 12 79 3 White Nationalist Forces Consolidate Power Alongside Musk’s Junta John Russell 33 minutes ago 5 6 4 The Electric Viking Bob Nelson 37 minutes ago 4 21 5 15 Best Sean Connery Movies (According To IMDb) Buzz of the Orient 25 minutes ago 4 23 -
Recent Articles
Based on a legendary story
Via: Buzz of the Orient • 2023~ The CREATIVE ARTS GROUP ON THE NEWSTALKERS • 1 Comments • 29 minutes agoBased on a legendary story Art and folk crafts featuring the snake on show at the National Art Museum of China.[Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn] BUZZ NOTE: This caption is the same for and applies to all the following images. The timeless fairy tale of Bai She Zhuan, The Legend of the...
White Nationalist Forces Consolidate Power Alongside Musk’s Junta
Via: John Russell • NEWSMucks • 6 Comments • 5 Likes • 33 minutes ago“A second update on Elon Musk's coup from our intrepid imaginary foreign correspondent”
White Nationalist Forces Consolidate Power Alongside Musk’s Junta A second update on Elon Musk's coup from our intrepid imaginary foreign correspondent Garrett GraffFebruary 08, 2025 • Reading Time: 14 minutes Last week, I wrote a dispatch from Washington...
The Electric Viking
By: Bob Nelson • News & Politics • 21 Comments • 4 Likes • 37 minutes ago“ New study reveals EV batteries retain 99% health after 120,000 kms Experts reveal why the HYPE for hybrid cars will end in DISASTER UK firm...”
Alternate fuels, EVs, ... the news is a flood, every day. It's hard to keep up. Sam Evans is a preacher for the future. If you want to know what's going to happen in the near future, he's your guy!
15 Best Sean Connery Movies (According To IMDb)
Via: Buzz of the Orient • MOVIES & TV - CLASSIC to CURRENT • 23 Comments • 4 Likes • 16 minutes ago15 Best Sean Connery Movies (According To IMDb) Many James Bond fans make a strong case that Sean Connery is the best 007 ever. But the Scottish actor has also succeeded in a variety of other roles. Sean Connery was one of the most legendary movie stars of all time. He rose to fame thanks...
An open letter written by a Florida judge about the CANADA/USA relationships & history.
Via: Buzz of the Orient • Confucius • 4 Comments • 4 Likes • an hour agoAn open letter written by a Florida judge about the CANADA/USA relationships & history. By Robert Meadows (Circuit Court Judge, Florida). Here is one American’s take on the growing trade war with the US and Canada. "Have you ever stopped to consider how lucky we Americans are to...
The Nazi Dismantling Of Constitutional Law In Germany
Via: Thomas • News & Politics • 10 Comments • 3 Likes • 10 minutes ago“...By labeling the Reichstag fire as a terrorist attack by the Communists, Hitler convinced president Hindenburg to suspend all civil liberties....”
Good ol' ancient History
Cord
Via: Buzz of the Orient • Classic Cars and Boats • 3 Comments • 3 Likes • 2 hours agoCORD Errett Lobban Cord ran some 150 transport-related companies in the USA and in 1924 he was approached to help out at the struggling Auburn Automobile Company. However, Cord countered with a leveraged buyout proposal that was accepted. Cord sold off the old stock and then began the glory...
Suspect confesses to Munich car ramming that injured dozens in Germany
Via: Krishna • News & Politics • 5 Comments • 1 Like • 2 hours ago“German authorities are treating the incident, which injured at least 36 people, as attempted murder.”
Photo credit: The suspect admitted to having deliberately driven a white Mini Cooper into a labour union demonstration, according to the Munich public prosecutor's office [Michaela Stache/AFP] Related: (Feb. 15, 2025) - A 23-year-old Syrian national living in Austria legally was detained after...
Trump and Musk Are Going to War Against Military Veterans With DOGE
Via: Devangelical • The Reality Show • 39 Comments • 14 Likes • 3 hours ago“Donald Trump's new order gives Musk and DOGE carte blanche and sets limits on hiring veterans and transitioning active duty military personnel.”
the veteran "suckers and losers" that voted for POS/POTUS deserve this. the veterans that are still bound by their oath of service to defend the constitution against foreign and domestic enemies don't ...
There’s a Term for What Trump and Musk Are Doing
Via: Hallux • Op/Ed • 152 Comments • 11 Likes • 5 hours agoDespite its name, the Department of Government Efficiency is not, so far, primarily interested in efficiency. DOGE and its boss, Elon Musk, have instead focused their activity on the eradication of the federal civil service, along with its culture and values, and its replacement with something...
Major clothing brands cut corners on quality to limit price hikes
Via: Perrie Halpern • News & Politics • 67 Comments • 11 Likes • 5 hours ago“Major apparel brands have cut corners in recent years to limit price hikes on shoppers, embracing lower-quality fabric and finishes to protect...”
By Jing Feng You're not imagining it: Well-made clothing is harder to come by. The U.S. fashion industry is having a hard time maintaining quality standards amid stiff competition from overseas rivals and supply-chain shakeups. Twenty-seven percent of textile and apparel professionals reported...
Lies, Damned Lies and Trumpflation
Via: Bob Nelson • News & Politics • 23 Comments • 6 Likes • 6 hours ago“Big worries — and some investment advice”
Krugman has retired from the NY Times, but is now on Substack. He's still the most incisive writer on current events. And therefore still the most hated.
Bill Burr: Billionaires Should Be 'Put Down' Like Rabid Dogs
Via: John Russell • NEWSMucks • 17 Comments • 3 Likes • 2 hours ago“Comedian Bill Burr said billionaires should be "put down like rabid fucking dogs" in a rant on his Monday Morning Podcast.”
Comedian Bill Burr said billionaires should be "put down like rabid fucking dogs" in a rant on his Monday Morning Podcast. On his podcast, Burr responded to a message from a fan saying she is a mother with a full time job and she's struggling financially. "The amount of people struggling out...
Trump administration wants to un-fire nuclear safety workers but can't figure out how to reach them
Via: sandy-2021492 • The Reality Show • 9 Comments • 3 Likes • 4 hours ago“National Nuclear Security Administration officials attempted to notify some employees who had been let go that they are now due to be reinstated...”
By Peter Alexander and Alexandra Marquez WASHINGTON — National Nuclear Security Administration officials on Friday attempted to notify some employees who had been let go the day before that they are now due to be reinstated — but they struggled to find them because they didn't have their new...
Vance Warns Greatest Threat To Europe Is 'From Within'
Via: Vic Eldred • We the People • 22 Comments • 2 Likes • 6 hours ago“Vice President J.D. Vance warned European leaders in Munich the greatest challenges threatening democracy today are from within.”
Vice President J.D. Vance warned European leaders in Munich the greatest challenges threatening democracy today are the internal impulses of western governments to dismiss constituent frustrations over unchecked immigration and their moves to censor dissident speech. "While the Trump...
Photos That Show Petra Is The World's Most Breathtaking Ancient Ruin
Via: Buzz of the Orient • Discovery Group • 11 Comments • 2 Likes • 2 hours agoPhotos That Show Petra Is The World's Most Breathtaking Ancient Ruin The Treasury at Petra dates back to the first century | © Sorin Colac / Alamy Stock Photo Petra, the most widely recognised symbol of Jordan and capital of the ancient Nabateans, was described by poet John William...
Gore Report Targets 252,000 Federal Jobs
Via: Nerm_L • News Viners • 7 Comments • 2 Likes • 6 hours ago“Sources say reorganization would mean savings of $108 billion, smallest civil service since '60s”
It's deja vu all over again. We were required to terminate employment of term, temporary, and probationary employees. We were subjected to passive/aggressive encouragement to take the buyout. We were expected to do more work with fewer people. The National Partnership for Reinventing...
Trump Bars the Associated Press From The White House because they Refused To Recognize "The Gulf Of America"
By: John Russell • NEWSMucks • 66 Comments • 14 Likes • 14 hours agoThe Associated Press (AP) is the world's oldest and largest news organization123. It was founded in 1848 and has 3,500 employees working in 240 bureaus in 72 countries. The AP supplies 20 million words a day to subscribers and agencies in 112 countries worldwide1.
'Pizzagate' gunman fatally shot by police during traffic stop in North Carolina - BBC News
Via: Hal A. Lujah • News & Politics • 11 Comments • 6 Likes • 11 hours ago“In 2016, Edgar Maddison Welch opened fire at a Washington DC pizzeria he believed was running a child sex-trafficking ring.”
A man who opened fire at a pizza restaurant in Washington DC has been shot dead by police during a traffic stop, nine years after the incident made the "Pizzagate" conspiracy theory famous. Edgar Maddison Welch made headlines in 2016 when he drove from North Carolina to pursue bogus claims that...
Canada and Mexico Under Attack: The China Solution
Via: Buzz of the Orient • Confucius • 66 Comments • 5 Likes • 6 hours agoCanada and Mexico Under Attack: The China Solution For reasons that obviously have nothing to do with reality, Donald Trump has decided to renege on the trade deal he negotiated five years ago and start a trade war with Canada and Mexico. He wants to tax most of imports from these countries at...
Federal judge hands Musk’s DOGE a win on data access at 3 agencies
Via: Vic Eldred • News & Politics • 12 Comments • 5 Likes • 13 hours agoElon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency can continue to access sensitive records from at least three federal agencies after a federal judge in Washington denied a request to block Musk's budget-slashing team from the Department of Labor, Department of Health and Human Services and the...
Trump says he spoke with Putin about ending war in Ukraine - ABC News
Via: John Russell • NEWSMucks • 97 Comments • 4 Likes • 15 hours ago“Asked whether he would support Zelenskyy ceding territory or exchanging territory in any agreement to end the war, Trump responded, "Well he's...”
Trump says they agreed to have their teams "start negotiations immediately." ByAlexandra Hutzler and Anastasia BagaevaFebruary 12, 2025, 5:21 PM President Donald Trump on Wednesday said he had spoken with Russian President Vladimir Putin about ending the war in Ukraine, which started three...
The all-American plummet, courtesy of the willfully blind
Via: Bob Nelson • News & Politics • 9 Comments • 3 Likes • 6 hours ago“Punxsutawney Phil popped his head from his hidey-hole last weekend and prophesied four years of fascism here in the Turd Reich. Millions of...”
This seed is from our local newspaper, the Yuma Sun. It's a model of what a local paper needs to be, with lots of local news presented by good writers. It has tried to steer a path between Scylla and Charybdis - democracy and fascism - without angering any of its too few readers. Kinda like...
The Other Reason Trump Wants Gaza: Getting Its Off-Shore Gas
Via: Krishna • News & Politics • 21 Comments • 1 Like • 11 hours ago“In the waters off of Gaza are untapped gas fields, which may interest the U.S. president even more than hotels and beaches”
Photo credit: Today's oil rigs are basically floating cities, employing and housing hundreds of people. Terry Vine / Getty Images
Can tariffs make the US great again?
Via: Buzz of the Orient • Confucius • 12 Comments • 1 Like • 6 hours agoCan tariffs make the US great again? On February 10, the US administration announced a 25 percent tariff on all steel and aluminum imports into the United States "without exceptions and exemptions". It also plans to impose a reciprocal tariff policy that aims to impose tariffs on multiple...
Trump's assault on USAID leaves China soft power opening in Southeast Asia
Via: Bob Nelson • News & Politics • 11 Comments • 1 Like • 11 hours ago“Washington's retreat from the region leaves space that Beijing may be keen to fill, analysts say.”
Washington's retreat from the region leaves space that Beijing may be keen to fill, analysts say. Cambodian villagers give fruits to Sambo, a 52-year-old elephant, during a farewell event funded by USAID in Phnom Penh, November 25, 2014 [Heng Sinith/AP]By Erin HalePublished On 13 Feb 202513 Feb...
-
Recent Comments
TᵢG • 10 minutes ago • The Nazi Dismantling Of Constitutional Law In GermanyHow gullible must one be to think that Trump is treating his office as a solemn duty to to what is best for the American people and not see that he is basically drunk with power and trying to see just how far he can...
Buzz of the Orient • 16 minutes ago • 15 Best Sean Connery Movies (According To IMDb)A couple of parts that stuck in my mind - the Russian sailor smirking when Baldwin chocked on the Russian cigarette (which I assume he faked in order to gain the ease of the Russians), and when Scott Glen (the captain...
Thomas • 18 minutes ago • The Nazi Dismantling Of Constitutional Law In GermanyWho is hysterical? I thought you liked history and would relish the chance of pointing out the so many ways that the rise of Hitler and his consolidation of power is not at all like the rise of Trump. The purpose of...
Freewill • 25 minutes ago • 15 Best Sean Connery Movies (According To IMDb)"..." My favorite bit of his in that movie was when they are in the missile bay and he mocks Connery's accent and all with the statement "Be careful what you shoot at, most things in here don't react well to...
Thomas • 57 minutes ago • The Nazi Dismantling Of Constitutional Law In GermanyI am not comparing the lethality of Hitler with Donald Trump, nor am I comparing the intellect of the two. Trump has already made several boneheaded mistakes and undoubtedly will make several more. If one watches the...
TᵢG • an hour ago • An open letter written by a Florida judge about the CANADA/USA relationships & history.The GOP has transformed into something I do not recognize. Thus I wind up disagreeing with much of what is going on there. That is part of it. The other part is that Trump is so outrageously bad, there is a large...
Dismayed Patriot • an hour ago • The Nazi Dismantling Of Constitutional Law In Germany"Those who cannot remember (or who intentionally ignore) the past are condemned to repeat it.". Sadly, those who actually need to learn about this history so as not to repeat it are too stupid to even realize they're...
JBB • an hour ago • An open letter written by a Florida judge about the CANADA/USA relationships & history.If they told me 10 years ago you and I would end up in agreement on most things regarding American politics today I would not have believed it. Forgive me now for being pleasantly bemused...
Krishna • an hour ago • 15 Best Sean Connery Movies (According To IMDb)I used to read a lot of murder mysteries, including some by Agatha Christie,. And a few years ago I was curious as to whether the Orient Express still exists. Well-- it does! Its extremely luxurious-- I was thinking...
Krishna • 2 hours ago • 15 Best Sean Connery Movies (According To IMDb)"..." Went to a performance of that-- midnight at a local theatre. A fun experience! I brought a roll of toilet paper and a few other items as recommended by friends! The The Rocky Horror Picture Show? GREAT SCOTT!...
Loading...
-
-
Columnists
-
Recent Groups
Decorative Prints
Canvas • Metal
Poster • Standard
Framed • Matted
Greeting Cards
A. Macarthur
Moderators