Epstein, continued; incoming asteroid; 515-mile lightning strike; making gas cans great again; Florida Man vs Smokey Bear
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"Missing minute" in Epstein jail video deepens mystery; Trump nods off at White House: A Closer Look (Video)
Follow The Money: Epstein’s crimes, sleazy banks, and the Trump conspiracy to cover it up. (Video)
Top Democrat demands Trump’s IRS investigate Epstein bank records in sprawling probe: ‘Follow the money’. Ron Wyden’s sprawling bank probe demands Trump administration investigate financial transactions surrounding Epstein’s trafficking case
Senate Democrats seek Jeffrey Epstein files from Trump administration through obscure law. A group of Senate Democrats on Wednesday cited an obscure law to ask the Justice Department to hand over criminal investigative files related to sex offender Jeffrey Epstein to the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee by August 15.
Potential asteroid impact on Moon in 2032 could trigger massive meteor shower on Earth. If Asteroid 2024 YR4 crashes into the Moon in 2032, it would be the largest impact in about 5,000 years, according to a new analysis. Researchers say the Moon debris would threaten spacecraft in orbit, as well as operations on the Moon and create a meteor shower on Earth. Of course, there’s only a 4% chance the rock will hit the Moon. So, yeah, we’ve both been clickbaited. However, this is real:
World's longest lightning strike crossed 515 miles from Texas to Kansas. During a major thunderstorm in October 2017, the colossal crack of jagged electricity streaked across the Great Plains of North America for 829 kilometers (515 miles) – a distance that surpassed the previous record by 61 kilometers
America’s run as the premiere techno-superpower may be over. Every scientific empire comes to an end.
Trump administration wants to ‘Make Gas Cans Great Again’. Next on the agenda- bringing back lawn darts?
Trump plans $200M ballroom he’s long sought in East Wing expansion. Since taking office in January, he has paved over the Rose Garden’s lawn, vowed to replace a “terribly” remodeled bathroom in the Lincoln Bedroom and installed twin 88-foot flagpoles on the north and south lawns of the White House, each flying massive American flags.
Judge orders Trump administration to explain why order to restore Voice of America wasn’t followed. The administration has until August 13 to explain how it will get VOA working again.
ICE entices new recruits with patriotism pitch and promise of $50,000 signing bonuses. “Your country is calling you to serve at ICE,” said Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem in a news release. “This is a defining moment in our nation’s history. Your skills, your experience, and your courage have never been more essential. Together, we must defend the homeland.” Sig heil.
We are witnessing the silencing of American media. From the Washington Post to CBS, companies are caving to Trump. This is how democracy dies.
The 1951 book that explains Trump's cult. Eric Hoffer's 1951 masterpiece The True Believer reads like a prophecy written 70 years too early.
Florida man arrested for allegedly stealing Smokey Bear signs.
Quote of the Day:
Somebody has to do something, and it's just incredibly pathetic that it has to be us.
--Jerry Garcia (Wikipedia link)
(More Jerry Garcia quotes from the KGB Quotations Database)
Today’s holidays:
Braham Pie Day, Homemade Pie Day, International Albariño Day, International Beer Day, International Childfree Day, International Mahjong Day, Lammas, National Girlfriends Day, National Minority Donor Awareness Day, National Raspberry Cream Pie Day, National Spritz Day, National Water Balloon Day, Old Vine Day, Planner Day, Play Ball Day, Respect for Parents Day, Rounds Resounding Day, Spider-Man Day, Woman Astronomers Day, World Lung Cancer Day, World Scout Scarf Day, and World Wide Web Day.
Astronomy Picture of the Day from NASA.
On This Day:
2023 – Former US President Donald Trump was indicted for his role in the January 6 United States Capitol attack, his third indictment in 2023.
2020 – Died: Wilford Brimley, American actor and singer (born 1934)
2015 – Died: Cilla Black, English singer and actress (born 1943)
2009 – Died: Corazon Aquino, Filipino politician, 11th President of the Philippines (born 1933)
2008 – Eleven mountaineers from international expeditions died on K2, the second-highest mountain on Earth in the worst single accident in the history of K2 mountaineering.
2007 – The I-35W Mississippi River bridge spanning the Mississippi River in Minneapolis, Minnesota, collapsed during the evening rush hour, killing 13 people and injuring 145. (Video)
1996 - George R.R. Martin’s “A Game of Thrones” epic fantasy novel was released.
1993 – The Great Mississippi and Missouri Rivers Flood of 1993 came to a peak. (Video)
1988 – The Rush Limbaugh Show begins syndication.
1981 – MTV began broadcasting in the United States and airs its first video, "Video Killed the Radio Star" by The Buggles. (Video)
1981 – Died: Paddy Chayefsky, American author, playwright, and screenwriter (born 1923)
1980 – Died: Strother Martin, American actor (born 1919)
1977 – Died: Francis Gary Powers, American captain and pilot (born 1929
1971 – The Concert for Bangladesh, organized by former Beatle George Harrison, was held at Madison Square Garden in New York City. (Video)
1971 – The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour premiered on CBS. (Video)
1970 – Died: Frances Farmer, American actress (born 1913)
1966 – Charles Whitman killed 15 people at the University of Texas at Austin before being killed by the police.
1966 – Purges of intellectuals and imperialists became official China policy at the beginning of the Cultural Revolution.
1965 – Frank Herbert's novel, Dune was published for the first time. It was named as the world's best-selling science fiction novel in 2003.
1964 – The Beatles’ single “A Hard Day’s Night” hit #1 on the Billboard Hot 100. (Video)
1961 – U.S. Defense Secretary Robert McNamara ordered the creation of the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), the nation's first centralized military espionage organization.
1961 – The first Six Flags amusement park opened in Texas.
1957 – The United States and Canada formed the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD).
1950 – Guam was organized as an unincorporated territory of the United States as President Harry S. Truman signed the Guam Organic Act of 1950.
1944 – The Warsaw Uprising began.
1944 – Anne Frank wrote her last diary entry.
1943 – The Harlem Riot of 1943 began.
1936 – The Olympics opened in Berlin with a ceremony presided over by Adolf Hitler.
1927 – The Nanchang Uprising marked the first significant battle in the Chinese Civil War between the Kuomintang and Chinese Communist Party.
1914 – World War I began to escalate.
1911 – Harriet Quimby passed her pilot's test and becomes the first U.S. woman to earn an Aero Club of America aviator's certificate.
1907 – The start of the first Scout camp on Brownsea Island, the origin of the worldwide Scouting movement.
1903 – Died: Calamity Jane, American frontierswoman and scout (born 1853)
1893 – Henry Perky patented shredded wheat.
1876 – Colorado was admitted as the 38th U.S. state.
1861 – World’s first weather forecast was published.
1842 – The Lombard Street riot erupted in Philadelphia.
1834 – Slavery was abolished in the British Empire as the Slavery Abolition Act of 1833 came into force, although it remained legal in the possessions of the East India Company until the passage of the Indian Slavery Act, 1843.
1801 – The American schooner USS Enterprise captured the Tripolitan polacca Tripoli in a single-ship action off the coast of modern-day Libya.
1800 – The Acts of Union 1800 were passed which merged the Kingdom of Great Britain and the Kingdom of Ireland into the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
1774 – British scientist Joseph Priestley discovered oxygen gas, corroborating the prior discovery of this element by German-Swedish chemist Carl Wilhelm Scheele.
1714 – Died: Anne, Queen of Great Britain (born 1665)
1620 – Speedwell left Delfshaven to bring pilgrims to America by way of England.
(For comprehensive lists of the day’s historical events, check here, here, and here.)
Some Birthdays:
1979 – Jason Momoa, American actor, director, and producer
1973 – Tempestt Bledsoe, American actress
1963 – Coolio, American rapper, producer, and actor (died 2022)
1948 – Avi Arad, Israeli-American screenwriter and producer, founded Marvel Studios
1942 – Jerry Garcia, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1995)
1942 – Giancarlo Giannini, Italian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1941 – Ron Brown, American captain and politician, 30th United States Secretary of Commerce (died 1996)
1939 – Terry Kiser, American actor
1936 – Yves Saint Laurent, Algerian-French fashion designer (died 2008)
1933 – Dom DeLuise, American actor, singer, director, and producer (died 2009)
1930 – Geoffrey Holder, Trinidadian-American actor, singer, dancer, and choreographer (died 2014)
1930 – Lionel Bart, English composer (died 1999)
1922 – Arthur Hill, Canadian-American actor (died 2006)
1910 – Walter Scharf, American pianist and composer (died 2003)
1843 – Robert Todd Lincoln, American lawyer and politician, eldest son of President Abraham Lincoln and Mary Todd Lincoln (died 1926)
1819 – Herman Melville, American novelist, short story writer, and poet (died 1891)
1779 – Francis Scott Key, American lawyer, author, and poet (died 1843)
10 BC – Claudius, Roman emperor (died 54)
(A more complete list of today’s birthdays.)
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