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Seeking a second presidency as the Republicans’ presumptive 2024 White House nominee, Donald Trump has said he would “encourage” Russia to attack any of the US’s Nato allies whom he considers to have not met their financial obligations. Trump told European leaders that US ‘will never come to...

Heard online but not being widely reported, so apologies for the College Fix link :p

Two people died Tuesday afternoon after a projectile struck an area where grain was drying in Przewodów, a Polish village near the border with Ukraine, domestic media reported. The Polish government raised its army's level of readiness after Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki called an emergency...

Martin Hyde appears to end congressional campaign after traffic flap

No - c'mon, I'm just kidding. This is the US after all. Of course the school didn't ban guns, they banned backpacks... Ban anything but the guns

Week 1: Why America's Schools Have A Money Problem An old article, but one which highlights a massive problem. In my opinion, as long as America uses a system whereby property and business taxes fund local governments, and while those local governments are responsible for school funding, you...

Kind of surprised that this didn't get more coverage given the blow-up and debate over the original story. Teen Vogue staffer who supported ouster of new editor used 'N-word' in her own decade-old tweets | Daily Mail Online Also interesting, for two reasons. 1 - Teen Vogue is now copping...

The US was in WW1 for just over 1 year, WW2 for over 3 years and Vietnam for more than 10 years. Yet in a single year, COVID has killed more Americans than all those wars combined. That America's response was catastrophically mishandled is now a matter of record. We can only hope that a...

Coronavirus survival comes with a $1.1 million, 181-page price tag Yet another example of the insanity of for-profit health care in the US.

"A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed." On CF, we hear advocates of bearing arms endlessly quoting the second amendment, and its necessity to supposedly protect Americans from oppressive...

https://www.smh.com.au/world/north-america/cnn-reporter-arrested-live-on-air-by-minnesota-police-released-hours-later-20200529-p54xw3.html#comments

Some good news for a change... New Zealand discharges its last coronavirus patient from the hospital Australia, while having many more cases and a few new cases each day, is also down to a total of 6 in ICU, and 470 active cases with lockdown starting to be eased.

https://www.smh.com.au/business/companies/boeing-mocked-lion-air-calls-for-more-737-max-training-before-crash-20200115-p53riv.html The more information that emerges on the MAX incidents, the more concerning Boeing's safety culture becomes. And this after a series of own goals including the...

Cue the "I'd never do that in economy" comments :) Which I would agree with.... 'We saw a double sunrise': London-Sydney flight touches down after 19 hours

I'm up for it, as long as I'm not flying economy... https://www.smh.com.au/business/companies/on-board-the-19-hour-qantas-flight-from-new-york-to-sydney-20191020-p532d8.html

https://www.smh.com.au/world/north-america/how-a-seismic-disaster-started-trudeau-s-descent-into-unpopularity-20190919-p52ss3.html First the India trip and now the blackface scandal, Trudeau isn't looking like he'll hang on for much longer. Be interested to hear a Canadian view of this though.

Instagram influencers slammed for sexy Hazmat selfies in Chernobyl nuclear death zone Though I had to laugh at the totally tabloid headline, I've got to say there's a few potential Darwin candidates judging by the photos. Stripping down to underwear in an area full of contaminated dust...

I had to check multiple sources to make sure this wasn't a joke.... Freedom Gas!

Longest non-stop flight lands in New York While it's a long time to be on a plane, at least there's no economy.....