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by Martin Armstrong New York has always been known as the city that never sleeps. The glowing skyline is not simply decoration; it reflects commerce, tourism, finance, and the constant economic activity that built the city into a global capital. Now lawmakers are pushing the New York State Dark Skies Protection Act, which would impose strict …
(And maybe himself with it.) by David Haggith The self-proclaimed “Peace President” just started his seventh war, this time lighting the whole Middle East on fire. Clearly the war in Iraq, while it is not ostensibly about oil, is all about oil. It’s all about oil in the sense that the oil market blew up …
Authored by Mike Shedlock via mishtalk, Streets are darkened everywhere but Havana. Cuba Is Struggling to Keep Lights On Bloomberg reports Cuba Is Struggling to Keep Lights On Amid Trump’s Oil Blockade Cuba’s blackout problem has worsened in the month since the US cut off oil shipments to the island. Its grid was fragile even before …
THEY DIDN’T JUST KILL A DRUG LORD. THEY KILLED A DEEP STATE GENERAL. “El Mencho” was untouchable for 30 years. He had drones. Armored vehicles. Land mines. He shot down a military helicopter. The CIA looked the other way. Why? Because he wasn’t just moving drugs. He was… — Mr. Pool (@MrPool_QQ) February 23, 2026 …
Schumer asked for unanimous consent. No one objected. Bill will be on Trump’s desk within hours or days? BREAKING: I just asked for unanimous consent to approve the Senate bill to release the Epstein Files. There was no objection. — Chuck Schumer (@SenSchumer) November 18, 2025 I just requested unanimous consent on the Epstein bill. …
Friday night witnessed more heavy Russian airstrikes on Ukrainian cities, which has left a reported eleven people killed and large swathes of Ukraine without power. Moscow said its attacks targeted the country’s energy infrastructure. Ukraine’s military confirmed Saturday morning that Russia launched hundreds of drones and missiles from the air, land, and sea, primarily targeting …
Tesla is recalling more than 63,000 Cybertrucks in the U.S. because the front lights are too bright, which may cause a distraction to other drivers and increase the risk of a collision. https://t.co/jUQC9KJcXB — ABC News (@ABC) October 24, 2025 Tesla is recalling more than 63,000 Cybertrucks in the U.S. because the front lights are …
On the evening of June 12, 2025, pizza restaurants near the Pentagon experienced a sharp spike in delivery traffic. The data came from public Google Maps activity, showing locations like Domino’s, We The Pizza, District Pizza Palace, and Extreme Pizza receiving a high volume of orders around 6:59 p.m. Eastern Time. The activity normalized within …
“The US Supreme Court has cleared the way for President Donald Trump to use a rarely-invoked wartime powers law to rapidly deport alleged gang members – for now.” “”Monday’s ruling said the challenge – brought by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) on behalf of five migrants – was raised improperly in a Washington DC …
by James Hickman There’s a really dirty four-letter word that starts with a “C”. No, not that one. This is a word you simply cannot say around Greta Thunberg, otherwise her ears will melt off of her face. I’m talking about coal. And it’s about to have its moment. One reason is that global population grows …
The Northern Lights have indeed been visible across various parts of the United States, including cities like New York, Washington D.C., and Boston. This rare and widespread display was due to a strong geomagnetic storm. Aurora visible in the Washington DC suburbs (Rockville, MD) this evening. Barely visible to the naked eye given competition from …
Turns out Floridians are desperate, but not THAT desperate! Bud Lights remain completely untouched 😂 pic.twitter.com/B8xYxgk2EL — Kaitlin Bennett (@KaitMarieox) October 8, 2024
shorter version and another saw this days ago and it was amazing long version It refracts light when the sun shines it and when dark the solar kicks in and shine thru the water. h/t Coastie Patriot
French President Emmanuel Macron has announced that France will supply Kiev with Mirage 2000 fighter jets and train Ukrainian pilots on the jets. However, Macron did not specify how many planes would be provided, or when they would arrive. “Tomorrow we will launch a new cooperation and announce the transfer of Mirage 2000-5 fighter jets …
🇺🇦 NATO GIVES UKRAINE THE GREEN LIGHT TO GO FOR RUSSIA The Secretary-General of NATO made a statement to encourage Ukrainian aggression after it took out Russian missile systems stationed in Donetsk yesterday. Jens Stoltenberg: "This is Russia's aggressive war against… pic.twitter.com/gloF9fvsmw — Mario Nawfal (@MarioNawfal) May 25, 2024 NATO General Secretary Jens Stoltenberg has …
WAITING FOR THE NEXT CME: A geomagnetic storm is underway, but it is relatively minor (G1/G2). Conditions won’t intensify again until the next CME arrives. NOAA forecasters are currently predicting a return to extreme (G4/G5) storming on May 12th. We think May 13th is more likely when a CME from yesterday’s X5.8-class flare is expected …
Bismack Biyombo fell after the previous timeout. Thankfully, he got up on his own and walked off to the tunnel pic.twitter.com/PUWXsPXVTj — Clemente Almanza (@CAlmanza1007) March 7, 2024
They think point light sources at night are the sun. They always orient themselves with their backs to the sun. So, they fly around point sources in a circle with their backs to it until they croak out or get eaten. https://theconversation.com/the-surprising-reason-why-insects-circle-lights-at-night-they-lose-track-of-the-sky-221387 h/t dr0id
This was done in 2017, back when America was still America. AC
The American Meteorological Society confirmed the fireball sighting and had 49 reports from witnesses from Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, Louisiana, Florida, and Texas file in on their website. “It was incredible, very large,” one witness reported. “It was still the size of a car when it went behind the trees.” “The magnitude of what I saw …
Make it stop. Please. They just don’t get it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HThEOBdJ-fU AC
Jul 1, 2023 Anheuser-Busch’s CEO has failed to fix the Bud Light crisis. He must quit NOW and let someone else right this sinking ship… for the sake of ordinary Americans’ 401(k)s, says brand’s ex-president of sales ANSON FRERICKS!
by Chris Black Part and parcel of owning a ‘smart’ home, I guess. Imagine being so lazy that you can’t even press a light switch but instead you talk to the computer that sends your voice to a remote server to decipher what you said and then send a command to turn of the light. …
