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Photographer details bison attack at Yellowstone Park Mike MacLeod captured the moment a tourist visiting Yellowstone National Park was injured after being charged by a bison and tossed in the air. A grandfather out on a walk with his grandson was attacked by a charging bison and thrown at least eight feet into the air …
Wytheville had a real UFO wave in 1987 with tons of people seeing lights and objects at once. The Unsolved Mysteries episode lays it out clear. Small town gets hit hard by something in the sky and the story still holds up decades later. Makes you wonder what else flew over there that night. Small …
JUST IN: 🇺🇸🇮🇷 US strikes Iranian naval base using sea drones in combat for the first time. pic.twitter.com/Weolj6m0Aj — BRICS News (@BRICSinfo) July 13, 2026
Shares of SpaceX slipped for a second trading day on Monday, bringing Elon Musk’s company closer to its $135 initial public offering price just days after making its entrance into the Nasdaq-100. Now through its first month as a public company, the stock has been volatile since its June 12 debut, and is down about …
This is exactly how social credit scores start creeping in through the back door. A 25-year-old can get blackballed for old social media posts from a decade ago with zero chance to explain or fix it. The AI and the whole mentality behind secret scoring needs to be banned outright before it becomes normal. New …
Yields on Japanese government bonds have climbed significantly with the 10 year benchmark reaching near 30 year highs around 2.7 to 2.9 percent in recent sessions. Multiple headwinds hit at once including persistent inflation, low birth rates and aging population, yen devaluation, rising bankruptcies, and public debt well over 200 percent of GDP. Government signals …
https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/116913091653271692 Trump stated the US will run/keep the Strait of Hormuz, guard it with forces, and expect reimbursement/payment from other countries for the protection. This follows recent Iranian actions and US positioning to ensure navigation. Multiple clips and reports confirm the remarks. JUST IN: Donald Trump says the U.S. is “taking over” the Strait of …
President Donald Trump joins Meet the Press in an exclusive interview and weighs in on the decision Gov. Henry McMaster (R-S.C.) now faces to appoint someone to fill the late Sen. Lindsey Graham’s (R-S.C.) seat. “Ultimately they’ll have an election,” Trump said. “Some are good, some are bad. And but I have somebody that I …
Classic leverage-fueled bubble where easy credit and FOMO turned a sector rally into a national gambling frenzy. KOSPI trading halted for 20 minutes after 8% plunge — 7th halt of 2026. SK Hynix down 15% in single day, on track for biggest monthly drop since Oct 2008. Koreans poured wealth from memory stocks into 3x …
Cops driving by without doing anything and mayor ignoring complaints shows leadership that cares more about optics than fixing the streets. This kind of lawlessness spreads fast when no one stops it early. NY Post article on lawless 12-block encampment near Intrepid A grotesque homeless encampment continues to expand on Manhattan’s West Side and now …
Tomorrow’s inflation report isn’t just another economic release. It might answer a much bigger question. Is this market rally built on earnings… Or built on hope that the Fed will eventually ride to the rescue? That’s what makes this CPI report so interesting. If inflation comes in hotter than expected, it doesn’t just delay rate …
I had to read that twice. Around 56,000 people, roughly the top 0.001%, now control three times more wealth than the poorest 4 billion people. That is such a tiny group you could fit them into one large football stadium. Meanwhile, billionaire wealth has climbed to a record $18.3 trillion. The global economy keeps growing. …
SOFI will SO FLY – 1.3M YOLO byu/iTouchStuff inwallstreetbets This is pure degen energy chasing fintech hype while macro bets on rates add extra leverage.
But every f****** clown on X is convinced that the market only goes up https://t.co/n2d8hnxEzl — 🏴☠️ (@calvinfroedge) July 10, 2026 Strait of Hormuz Traffic is plunging again 📉 📉 pic.twitter.com/dMN91oa4y4 — Barchart (@Barchart) July 11, 2026 Retail investors' cash allocation just hit an extreme low. The other five visits to this line: 1998, 2000, …
McConnell fell last month, went unconscious, and ended up hospitalized with mild pneumonia. Doctors cleared him of broken bones, concussion, heart attack, stroke or anything worse. He’s now in a rehab center regaining strength and says the process takes time. He won’t return to the Senate floor to vote anytime soon on doctors’ orders. Claims …
Turning him into some hero right after death proves the network still protects the old guard instead of calling out the real problems he backed for years. This kind of coverage shows why trust in Fox drops when they go easy on insiders like him. Fox article on tributes and legacy after Graham’s passing: https://www.foxnews.com/politics/america-world-lost-determined-leader-tributes-pour-sen-lindsey-graham-death …
High miscarriage and depression numbers show testosterone and transition hit female reproductive systems hard even after stopping. Limited data means the full damage stays hidden while more people go down this path without real warnings. Medical system pushing this without solid evidence on outcomes is playing dangerous games with irreversible choices. Systematic review looked at …
A recently discovered exoplanet only 25 light years away resembles our own planet a lot more than once thought. The distant world, dubbed GJ 3378b, orbits inside the habitable zone of a red dwarf star — a type of star that is much smaller and cooler than our Sun — where temperatures are just right …
Route density plus landfill control creates boring but unbreakable local dominance that lets these companies raise prices year after year without losing volume. The whole sector compounds quietly while everyone chases the next AI narrative and ignores the fact that garbage never goes away. Owning the landfill is owning the toll road on waste and …
Japan’s Finance Minister just signaled a massive $900 billion repatriation of U.S. assets back to Japan. This aggressive move could trigger a simultaneous collapse in the U.S. Dollar, the stock market, and the bond market.
Two weeks to film. $3mil budget. The greatest financial movie of all time. pic.twitter.com/zK1u4B3jHq — Tyler (@TylerDurden) July 11, 2026 Sorry to ruin your day with facts. 3.38mil final cost. https://t.co/zXcDwBXffh — Tyler (@TylerDurden) July 11, 2026
Government finally gets serious planes under its own control so deportations do not depend on slow or expensive outside help anymore. This fleet build-up will crank up the numbers way higher than before because they can fly whenever needed without waiting. @DHSgov What happened to all those Spirit Airlines planes ✈️ 🤨? We could double …
Everything there ever was to know about toilet deaths is in this video: The Disturbing Reality of Toilet Deaths
I don’t understand why theses cannot be intercepted and blocked. We have the technology to do this. It shows on my call log as “SPAM” so they know… I get spam called at least 5-10x a day. I’ve changed my number more than once and no matter what I do, it continues to happen. There’s …
Its almost like theres a reason we COOK the food ? Obviously this is something that's unappealing to watch. When going to eat, but one can say the same thing about those who talk over food as they're preparing it. Laughing coughing, etc. — J'fury (@Jfuryspeaks) July 11, 2026
Do you think he actually believes his own lies? @TLAVagabond https://t.co/EpXdZSqo5D — Link (@max_power2013) July 8, 2026 Trump tells us Iran has been destroyed militarily. Meanwhile they are now launching missiles and drones at 5 different countries all at once😂 — QE Infinity (@StealthQE4) July 12, 2026 🚨🇺🇸🇮🇷 BREAKING: Strikes are reportedly hitting Asaluyeh and …
July 9 (Reuters) – New Mexico’s top law enforcement official on Thursday accused the U.S. Department of Justice of hindering the state’s investigation into Jeffrey Epstein by withholding unredacted files on the late sex offender. The Democratic-run state re-opened an investigation in February into activities at Epstein’s former ranch south of state capital Santa Fe, …
🚨 JUST IN: President Trump says he has signed an executive order aimed at bringing back large-scale mental health institutions as part of his plan to address homelessness and public disorder. “We are going to have to bring them back,” Trump said, arguing that people in severe… pic.twitter.com/E017nK68S0 — Freedom Dispatch (@RealFDNews) July 10, 2026 …
Sen. Lindsey Graham, one of President Donald Trump’s closest allies in Congress who traveled the globe to advocate for a more aggressive U.S. foreign policy, has died after a “brief and sudden illness.” He was 71. His office’s statement posted on social media early Sunday said his family “appreciates prayers at this time and asks …
