Adam Schitt is an Asshole, and he should be afraid, he sounds panicked in this soundbite
Democrats are jockeying to be ‘the loudest hooligan’: Watters
Fox News host Jesse Watters discusses how Adam Schiff and Al Green are speaking out against President Donald Trump after the joint Congress session on ‘Jesse Watters Primetime.’
(=•Who here thinks Schitt is be investigated by a friend of ours?==)
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https://youtu.be/cHOn0BxV7c0
>>22725562 Crying Zelenskyy Grifting X Post Fagget legal mad at people forced to witness his cringe “I’m coming after people.”PN
OK I had to download this video so I could laugh at his cryingfor 7:50 minutes. Enjoy!
https://x.com/CollinRugg/status/1898204774656561199
If he hates this country so much, he could volunteer in Ukraine. Does this guy drink a lot?
>>22725371 (You) RT - No public say in key defense decisions– French PMPN
>>22726014, >>22726015 HUGE crowds in Paris protest against Macron & France getting involved in UkrainePN
So I guess this PM in France saying the public has no right to weigh in on the war, although he says it’s to protect France! KEK. Don’t they remember all the protests in France? The arrogance of these French leaders is bizarre.
As a reminder from this article BTW Macron’s number are hitting bottom, no one likes him==
No public say in key defense decisions– French PM
Francois Bayrou has rejected calls for a referendum on military decisions, arguing that defense policy is the government’s responsibility
French Prime Minister Franсois Bayrou has rejected the idea of consulting the public on critical defense decisions, asserting that such matters fall under government responsibility.
In an interview on CNews and Europe 1, journalist Sonia Mabrouk asked Bayrouwhether the French people should have a say in major defense policies, including the financial burden of increased military spending and the shift towards a “war economy.”
“Maybe it’s time to consult the French? It’s really the right of the people to dispose of themselves,” she suggested.
Bayrou dismissed the idea. “Yes, what you suggest is the right of the people not to dispose of themselves, or to no longer dispose of themselves, to give up on their freedom,” he responded.He argued that allowing public votes on defense matters would be akin to France abandoning its responsibility to protect itself. BS
Bayrou emphasized that the French Constitution restricts referendums to economic, social, or institutional matters, excluding military and defense issues. “We consult the French, it’s the Constitution. But a referendum can only take place on very specific economic, social, or institutional issues,” he stated.
His stance aligns with recent government efforts to bolster national defense. On Friday, Bayrou and Finance Minister Eric Lombard announced thatFrance is considering launching a national loan to fund increased defense spending. The move comes as EU nations are seeking to strengthen their military capabilities, particularly in response to the US halting military aid to Ukraine and questioning its NATO commitments. Lombard mentioned the possibility of a national defense loan, which Bayrou acknowledged as an option, though no final decision has been made.
French President Emmanuel Macronrecently committed to higher defense spendingbut did not specify the amount and ruled out tax hikes.The initiative, however, faces challengesdue to France’s budget deficit and pressure to control expenditures, highlighted by the delayed approval of the 2025 budget in the divided parliament. In January, French Budget Minister Amelie de Montchalin announced plans to cut public spending by €32 billion (approximately $34.6 billion) and increase taxes by €21 billion.
Critics argue that these fiscal measures will strain middle-class families, small business owners, and retirees already struggling with rising costs. Many fear military funding could further burden taxpayers. When asked how the increased spending would be financed, Bayrou did not provide a clear answer. “We will define [the funding] together. And we must be calm during this period,” he said.
Despite the concerns,Bayrou insisted that the government alone must make defense policy decisions. “The government’s responsibility is to say, no, we can’t let the country be disarmed. It’s vital,” he stated. (That was not the point)
(What danger does France have with Russia, none they are going to Ukraine to defend them, it’s not a justification to take the people out of the equation, when it’s not their country.)
https://www.rt.com/news/613907-french-pm-reject-military-referendum/
Meet the Columbia Radicals Arrested for Storming a Barnard Building
Students were charged with disorderly conduct, trespassing, and obstructing governmental administration
Nearly half the radical activists arrested Wednesday after storming a Barnard College library are Columbia University students, a Washington Free Beacon review found.
Of the nine individuals arrested after stormingMillstein Library, four are Columbia students: Gabrielle Wimer, Hannah Puelle, Yunseo Chung, and Symmes Cannon. One, Tramy Dong, is a Barnard student. Another, Christopher Holmes, attends Union Theological Seminary, a Columbia affiliate, while the remaining three appear unassociated with either school. They were charged with disorderly conduct, trespassing, and obstructing governmental administration, according to an NYPD spokesman.
Barnard president Laura Ann Rosenbury, however, stressed that the police weren’t called in because the radicals stormed Milstein Library. Rather, she felt the building needed to be cleared to protect the broader student body because of a bomb threat in the building.
The radicals rushed in through a back exit that an accomplice held open, hoisted an effigy of Rosenbury, and passed out Hamas propaganda. They refused to leave, even after they were alerted of the bomb threat. Law enforcement eventually cleared the agitators from the library, but the protesters refused to clear the courtyard outside and clashed with police. Officers began making arrests.
Wimer is a medical student at Columbia’s Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons. According to screenshots of her LinkedIn that has since been deleted, she is "passionate about global health and human rights" and has "experience in research, program management, and community outreach in multicultural settings." Wimer is the Class of 2025 president, the programming coordinator for Columbia’s Human Rights and Asylum Clinic, and an active member of Columbia’s chapters of White Coats for Black Lives and Students for a National Health Program, according to an online bio.
Puelle is a Columbia senior studying philosophy and sociology. The Columbia Undergraduate Law Review website listed her as its publisher, but the page was removed Thursday afternoon. Puelle is also a research assistant at Columbia’s Labor Lab, according to her LinkedIn. A source familiar with Puelle said she was a resident adviser in the first-year residence dormitory John Jay Hall. She is also a member of Columbia’s Resident Advisers Collective Bargaining Committee, according to the Columbia Spectator.
The third, Chung, is a Columbia junior pursuing her bachelor’s degree in English and Women’s and Gender Studies. According to a screenshot of her LinkedIn taken before it was deleted, she is involved in Columbia’s Criminal Justice Coalition and Columbia’s Queer Alliance and was the valedictorian of the high school she attended.
Cannon is the deputy editor of Columbia Spectator’s weekly magazine, the Eye, but the page appears to have been removed.
Even though it was a Barnard building that was stormed, the focus will likely center more on Columbia because its students make up the bulk of those arrested. Since President Donald Trump took office, the university has taken a more aggressive posture toward its anti-Semitic students. In the past, however, it has been lenient. It dropped the vast majority of the suspensions leveled against students who participated in illegal anti-Israel protests last spring, for example.
"We have been notified that four Columbia students were arrested as part of yesterday’s disruption at Barnard’s Milstein Library and we are working swiftly through our discipline process. We regret that members of our community participated in this unacceptable disruption at Barnard," a Columbia spokeswoman told the Free Beacon. "Any violations of our rules, policies, and of the law must have consequences. We remain committed to supporting our Columbia student body of over 36,000 students and our greater campus community during this challenging time."
In a statement sent to the Barnard community, Rosenbury said that the decision to allow NYPD on campus was due to the bomb threat, not the occupation of the campus library.
"The safety of our campus, and every single person on our campus, must be protected above all else. The moment we received the bomb threat, we had to clear the Milstein Center and inform the authorities," she said. "The decision to request NYPD assistance was guided and informed entirely by the absolute obligation we have to keep every member of our community safe..
https://freebeacon.com/campus/meet-the-columbia-radicals-arrested-for-storming-a-barnard-building/
Meet Canada’s next probable leader — who once compared Trump to Voldemort
By Gabrielle Fahmy
Published March 8, 2025, 7:48 a.m. ET
The frontrunner to take over the reins fromJustin Trudeau on Sunday when Canada’s Liberal Party chooses its new leader is a tough-talking former Goldman Sachs executivewho has compared President Trump to the Harry Potter villain Voldemort.
Mark Carney, credited with helping Canada dodge the worst of the 2008 financial crisis when he was governor of the Bank of Canada, is viewed by his countryman as the politician most trusted to handle Trump, polls show.
“When you think about what’s at stake in these ridiculous, insulting comments of the president, of what we could be, I view this as the sort of Voldemort of comments,” Carney, 59, referring to Trump’s threats to make Canada the 51st US state.
“Like I will not even repeat it, but you know what I’m talking about,” he told a crowd of hundreds of supporters at a Winnipeg pub last month.
Carney, who was a backup goalie for the Crimson’s hockey team during his undergrad years at Harvard before attending Oxford for postgrad, is from a small town in Canada’s Northwest Territory.
If he wins Sunday, Carney will not only become the new leader of the Liberal Party but also replace Trudeau as the country’s Prime Minister. The former banker — who was managing director of investment banking at Goldman in the early 2000s — will then face the tough decision of when to call a federal election.
Canadian elections are usually held every four years – with one currently set for October – but the Prime Minister can choose to dissolve Parliament and call a snap election any time before then.
Some have speculated Carney would do so sooner than later – maybe even the next day – as the new leader seeks to capitalize on momentum, and a clear mandate from Canadians on dealing with tariffs amid an escalating trade war with the US.
With Trudeau at the helm, the Liberals’ chances of winning were dismal, with polls showing the Conservatives far ahead for the better part of the past two years, at times enjoying a double-digit lead.
But the changing of the guard – and the wave of patriotism that’s taken a hold of the country in response to Trump’s tariff and annexation threats – has led to a dramatic shift in the last few weeks, with polls now showing a very close race.
Carney – who spent a couple years in NYC as VP of Corporate Finance during his 13 years at Goldman – has said he wants dollar-for-dollar retaliatory tariffs where they’ll hit Americans the hardest.
“Canada will not bow down to a bully,” he declared Tuesday. “In the trade war – just like in hockey – we will win,” he said referring to the politically charged 4 Nations final between the US and Canada two weeks ago….
The reason that Carney seems to be so popular “is because he is perceived to be competent and capable,” McGill University political scientist Tari Ajadi told The Post.
“Carney appears to be a very calm, steady hand in a very uncertain time,” he added.Thats it?
https://nypost.com/2025/03/08/world-news/mark-carney-frontrunner-to-replace-trudeau-as-canadas-pm/
Canuck anons stop this travesty in Canada againwe are praying for you.
High anxiety and whispers of a conclave: How the Vatican is dealing with Pope Francis’ hospitalization 1/2
(He’s gone already) Christopher Lamb, CNN, Sat March 8, 2025
The Apostolic Palace in the Vatican is home to the Holy See’s Secretariat of State, the engine room of the Catholic Church’s central administration. Entering the offices on the third floor of the Renaissance palazzo, you walk past frescoes of some of the first maps of the world, a reminder that the church had a global vision and influence long before globalization came into fashion.
Now, with Pope Francis entering his fourth week in hospital, those working in the Apostolic Palace are grappling with the continuing uncertainty over the pope’s health. The same is true for everyone working in the Vatican.
The two highest-ranking secretariat officials are Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Holy See’s Secretary of State, and Archbishop Edgar Peña Parra, the “sostituto,” or “substitute,” who acts as a papal chief of staff. They have seen Francis in hospital on at least two occasions. During normal times, they would individually have a scheduled weekly audience with the pope and remain in regular contact with him.
Parolin, a mild mannered, thoughtful prelate, is an experienced diplomat from northern Italy who leads engagement in geopolitics and has been instrumental in brokering the Holy See’s agreement with China. Some talk about him as a future pope and it was Parolin who led the first of the daily prayer sessions for Francis’ health in St. Peter’s Square.
Peña Parra, a church diplomat from Venezuela, coordinates the work of the Roman Curia, the church’s central administration. A decisive and resilient character, he underwent a fierce cross-examination last summer in London in a landmark legal casebrought against the Vatican over a real estate deal dispute. The judge sided with the Vatican – and Peña Parra – on the key points.
It is these two officials who oversee much of the day-to-day church government as Francis remains hospitalized. The Roman Curia is made up of different departments – known as dicasteries – located in offices in and around Vatican City State and Rome. The departments, such as those for appointing bishops, continue to hold meetings and carry out their day-to-day tasks.
While the work continues, it does so at a slower pace. Heads of state coming to Rome to meet the pope stay away, as do groups of bishops travelling to the Eternal City. Major events which rely on the convening power of the papacy are put on hold. The prevailing mood in the Vatican is anxiety and a sense of uncertainty.
“It’s always difficult when the head, for whatever reason, disappears because the Holy Father is a very hands-on person with regards to management of the curia and of his interest in the work of all the dicasteries,” Cardinal Arthur Roche, the leader of the Vatican department for liturgy, told CNN.
“(We are) very used to him suddenly ringing for an opinion or to share some observation that he’s made. So, in that sense, things have gone very quiet.”
The cardinal, who is from the United Kingdom, explained that “the work goes on” even though it is an “uncertain period” with raised levels of anxiety.
“But we are hopeful that the good Lord will help him along and restore his health,” he added. “And if not, we can at least back him up by our prayers in sustaining his health at a moment when he needs our support. He’s always willing… to help us and it’s a wonderful opportunity for us to help him when he’s in need.”
The 88-year-old pope is still signaling that he’s governing the church from the hospital. Even as he battles pneumonia in both lungs,Francis is signing off documents “from the Gemelli hospital,” appointing bishops and a NASA scientist as a member of the Pontifical Academy for Sciences and calling the Catholic parish in Gaza.
https://lite.cnn.com/2025/03/08/europe/pope-vatican-hospitalization-anxiety-intl/index.html
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It is also the pope himself who asked the doctors and the Vatican communication apparatus to provide the detailed daily bulletins on his health. And, on Thursday night, people heard the pope’s voice for the first time since his hospitalization. In what must have taken a big effort,Francis, struggling to get his words out after weeks of respiratory issues, thanked the people in St. Peter’s Square for their prayers.
Each night cardinals and senior Vatican officials gather in St. Peter’s Square to pray for Francis. The mood has been quiet and somber. Anthony Ekpo, a Vatican official and author of “The Roman Curia: History, Theology, and Organization,” said that the curia’s job had become focused on “prayerful support for the pope” along with “continuing the task of assisting him in the work of governing the Universal Church.”
The pope’s hospitalization has changed the tenor of the Catholic Church’s jubilee year, a once-in-every-25-years event focused on pilgrimage and forgiveness. A jam-packed schedule of events with the pope had been planned, but in Francis’ absence, senior cardinals have been tasked with leading the celebrations.
All of this is creating a pre-conclave atmosphere. Vatican observers watch to see how each cardinal deputizing for the pope acts, and whether they are papabile (literally “pope-able,” or a potential candidate to be pope).
Interest in papal elections has become intensified by the popularity of the movie “Conclave,” which several senior church figures have watched.
Francis, who despite physical difficulties has always remained mentally alert, has ensured no figure exercises outsize influence in his absence.
He has two personal secretaries, both priests, assisting him up at the hospital but they remain out of the public eye. Throughout his pontificate, he has rotated secretaries, refused a personal spokesman and never allowed a figure to emerge as “deputy.”
In contrast, John Paul II’s long periods of ill-health and hospitalization created a power vacuum in Rome. As his health faltered, top officials in the Vatican took control of key decisions with his private secretary, now Cardinal Stanisław Dziwisz, becoming a powerful gatekeeper. A similar role was carried out for Benedict XVI by Archbishop Georg Gänswein.
No one knows how long Francis will remain in hospital and the prognosis of his complex condition remains “reserved,” according to Vatican sources.
Friends of the pope say he is determined to get out of hospital and return to the Casa Santa Marta, his residence since the 2013 conclave. The Santa Marta is also where the cardinals stay during a conclave. Francis’ recovery could take many weeks, and the prospect he might resign has been speculated upon.
From March 9 to 14, the leaders of the Roman Curia will embark on spiritual exercises for the season of Lent, which this year focuses on “the hope of eternal life.” During this period, believers seek to spiritually follow Christ into the wilderness of the desert for a time of prayer, fasting and almsgiving in preparation for Easter.
For the Vatican, the Lent of 2025 takes place in a desert of uncertainty as the pope’s health hangs in the balance. They are hoping – and praying – that a way ahead emerges.
https://lite.cnn.com/2025/03/08/europe/pope-vatican-hospitalization-anxiety-intl/index.html
My guess he is dead, they are creating a double like they did with Joe. The Church Leader is lost in hell
US ‘to cease all future military exercises in Europe’
Connor Stringer
Sat, March 8, 2025 at 12:01 PM EST
The United States has told its allies that it does not plan to participate in military exercises in Europe, according to reports.
The move, the latest in Donald Trump’s pivot away from the bloc, would seeAmerica pull out of exercises beyond those already scheduled for this year.
The withdrawal concerns exercises that are on the “drawing board”, according to Swedish newspaper Expressen.
It means that Nato countries will be forced to plan exercises without the participation of the US military, the largest in the alliance.
Mr Trump has repeatedly criticised Nato countriesfor not meeting the current goal of spending two per cent of GDP on defence, arguing that the disparity puts an unfair burden on the United States.
On Friday, he warned that the US may not defend Nato allies who do not meet the spending target as part of a major shake-up of the alliance.
Mr Trump told reporters: “When I came to Nato, when I first had my first meeting, I noticed that people weren’t paying their bills at all, and I said I should wait till my second meeting.
“And I did. And I brought that up, and I said, ‘If you don’t pay your bills, we’re not going to participate. We’re not going to protect you.’
“And when I said that, as soon as they said that, it was amazing how the money came in, the money came in, and now they have money. But even now, it’s not enough. They should be paying more.”
It has also been reported that the Trump administration is redrawing Nato engagement in a way that favours member countries with higher defence spending.
The president is said to be considering prioritising military exercises with member countries that are spending the set percentage of GDP on their defence, officials told NBC.
“Nato has to pay more,” Mr Trump said in January after taking office. “It’s ridiculous because it affects them a lot more. We have an ocean in between.”
The Telegraph reported on Friday that Mr Trump is also considering pulling US troops out of Germanyand redeploying them to Eastern Europe.
He is understood to be weighing up withdrawing some 35,000 active personnel and moving them to Hungary.
Meanwhile, as high-level talks in Saudi Arabia are due to start next week, Volodymyr Zelensky has said that Ukraine is “fully committed to constructive dialogue” with the US.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/us-cease-future-military-exercises-170123156.html
How many warnings do they need?
Palmer Luckey, Donald Trump’s Original Tech Bro, Gets His Moment
Once an outcast, the Anduril founder’s vision for modernizing the government seems possible
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Generally, tech bros tend to overestimate their ability to change the world. Most don’t. But 32-year-old Palmer Luckey is having a moment.
His support of Donald Trump in 2016 got him, according to his recounting, booted from liberal Silicon Valley, pushed out of his job at Facebook and made into a pariah. All that, despite the fact he had sold his virtual reality company, Oculus, to Mark Zuckerberg’s social-media company for billions of dollars and was seen as the OG of VR.
Dejected, he went on to his next big thing: killer AI.
It’s a helluva origin story for Anduril Industries, whose initials spell AI. Luckey named the company after the hero’s sword in the “Lord of the Rings”—a weapon also known as the “Flame of the West.” In many ways, Luckey wants his weapons-tech company, founded in 2017, to become the flame of America—for fending off the nation’s threats through software and hardware.
In doing so, Luckey has become one of the brightest examples of a new wave of ascendant entrepreneurs. They eschew what has made Silicon Valley so powerful—personal gadgets and ad-tech—and pour themselves into super hard and sometimes controversial sciences and engineering they say can make America better: Supersonic airplanes. Nuclear energy. Space travel.
These days, Luckey likes to tell his origin story, especially when it has become cool for Zuckerberg and other tech leaders to be seen cozying up to President Trump. (Zuckerberg told Congress that Luckey’s Facebook departure had nothing to do with politics.)
“All these people have tidied up all of their inconvenient beliefs,” Luckey told me during the latest episode of our “Bold Names” podcast. “I’m not going to throw it back in their faces and say, `Oh yeah, but what about this thing that you did…eight years ago?’ It’s just not productive.”
PREPARING THE BATTLEFIELD
Better positioned now, Luckey is clearly trying to take advantage of the moment that Trump’s ascent has created, especially with the Elon Musk-led government efficiency effort. Anduril and other high-tech companies are trying to convince the Pentagon that their technologies are part of the solution for a more efficient and modern government than what’s offered by the lumbering giants in defense.
“The core thesis of Anduril is that we’re not a defense contractor,” Luckey said. “We’re a defense-product company. We put our own money into building things and we show up not with a PowerPoint, but with a working product. And so the taxpayer isn’t taking on the development risk for these products.”
When he began Anduril, Luckey was dismissed by tech peers as crude and out of touch. Even now, some in Washington remain unimpressed, but for different reasons: What does the guy known for virtual reality know about the battlefield? A rival last year called Anduril the “Theranos of defense.”
Luckey responded on the social-media platform X with a photo of his own head superimposed on Elizabeth Holmes’s body. A former journalism major beforedropping out to work on Oculus in a camper parked at his parents’ home, Luckey understands the power of narrative.
https://archive.is/QUtNn
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Even his name sounds like something out of an Elmore Leonard novel—like he should be a loan shark busting heads in Miami rather than an arms dealer holding court in Mar-a-Lago. He’s known for his Hawaiian shirts, flip-flops and goatee. And a willingness to talk about whatever is on his mind: conspiracy theories, videogames; management theories.
The first time I met Luckey a few years ago, he talked to me with an incredible enthusiasm about an idea for why people should raise hippos in the swamplands of Louisiana for food. It was something he read about from the 1950s, he said. And, he argued, it was better land management than grazing cattle on prime real estate elsewhere.
Luckey assured me that hippo meat was tasty (“It’s red meat!”), though after some prodding he admitted that, in fact, he had never tried it.
DRONE SWARMS
Anduril was originally backed by Peter Thiel’s Founders Fund and co-founded with Palantir Technologies alum, including Democrats. It started out building sensor towers during the first Trump administration to spot people trying to cross the U.S. border illegally. The company evolved to produce robot drones, then robot submarines (called Ghost Sharks).
The gist is to keep U.S. soldiers out of harm’s way. They all operate with AI, running on a central operating system Anduril developed to run across its hardware.
His vision is for a human operator with an iPad-like device, or VR headset, to deploy hundreds of combat drones to the battlefield and let them hunt as a swarm. Once the drones have found their targets, the operator would get a message and could authorize attacks. In an ideal world, his sentry towers would spot an intruder, the drones would spring into action to investigate and neutralize the threat—if need be.
The entrepreneur has proven AI has a place in war. And the Ukraine-Russia and Israel-Hamas wars show that futuristic ideas are becoming commonplace, changing the face of war and how it will be fought in the years ahead.
In January, Anduril announced plans to invest almost $1 billion into a factory in Ohio to build autonomous jet fighters for the U.S. Air Force, a contract it won last year. In February, Anduril said it was taking over Microsoft’s $22 billion contract with the Army to develop augmented-reality headsets for the battlefield—a project that marries Luckey’s past and present.
He made the announcement with apparent glee. “Whatever you are imagining, however crazy you imagine I am, multiply it by 10 and then do it again,” Luckey wrote on his blog. “I am back, and I am only getting started.”
(https://archive.is/QUtNn
Trump Turnberry vandalised by pro-Palestine group
Craig Williams BBC Scotland News
A pro-Palestine group has vandalised parts of Donald Trump's Turnberry golf resort in Scotland.
Palestine Action posted photographs on social media showing red paint daubed across one of the buildings at the Ayrshire course.
The words "Gaza is not for sale" are sprayed across one green and another green appears to have been dug up.
A further photograph shows a damaged lamp post at the resort owned by the Trump Organisation. A spokesperson said it was a "childish, criminal act".Police Scotland confirmed it was investigating the incident.
President Trump caused widespread international criticism after repeatedly proposing to empty the Gaza strip of all Palestinians and turn the area into a resort.
He proposed taking ownership of the Gaza Strip and redeveloping it, after saying earlier that Palestinians should move out of the region.
"The US will take over the Gaza Strip and we will do a job with it too," Trump said during a joint conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu last month.
Trump made the comments after meeting with the Israeli leader at the White House. Netanyahu responded, saying the idea is "worth paying attention to".
The US president has previously said neighbouring nations could take in displaced Palestinians from Gaza - a proposal that was rejected by Arab nations.
The president later posted an AI video of what Gaza might look like under his proposals.
Turnberry is widely rated as one of the top five golf courses in the world.
It has hosted The Open Championship four times, including in 1977 when Tom Watson beat Jack Nicklaus in what famously became known as the "Duel In The Sun".
But it has not been included on the Open schedule since Trump bought the resort in 2014.
The Turnberry resort underwent a massive refurbishment after it was bought from a Dubai-based company in 2014.
It became the organisation's second golf resort in Scotland. Trump International Golf Links opened north of Aberdeen in 2012, after years of controversy.
Trump was moved to build a course in Scotland as a tribute to his later mother, who was born and brought up in Lewis.
The president has been a regular visitor to Scotland over the years and last month was invited to meet King Charles at Balmoral.
Palestine Action describes itself as a "direct action network dismantling British complicity with Israeli apartheid".
A statement from the group said: "Palestine Action rejects Donald Trump's treatment of Gaza as though it were his property to dispose of as he likes.
"To make that clear, we have shown him that his own property is not safe from acts of resistance. We will continue to take action against US-Israeli colonialism in the Palestinian homeland."
A spokesperson for Trump Turnberry said:"This was a childish, criminal act but the incredible team at Trump Turnberry will ensure it does not impact business.
"Turnberry is a national treasure and will continue to be the number one beacon of luxury and excellence in the world of golf."
A Police Scotland spokesperson said:"Around 04:40 on Saturday 8 March 2025 we received a report of damage to the golf course and a premises on Maidens Road, Turnberry."
The force said inquiries were ongoing.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cr52q7l6drdo
(Didn’t Don jr. start working with Dubai and Saudi Arabia in 2021?)
Brookline PD
@BrooklineMAPD
We are looking to identify this suspect who was seen tagging Tesla vehicles with Elon Musk decals.
When confronted the suspect claimed he has the right to deface the property of others because it's his “free speech.”
Contact Detective Ryan McCarthy 617-730-2710 with any info.
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(These lefties sure are smart)
https://x.com/BrooklineMAPD/status/1896985826489516309
This guy is so stupid. Our schools need to teach the Constitution
Where was his Secret Service?
They all did it for decades, both sides. Congress approved a lot of stuff, they probably knew where it was going, or didn’t, but they didn’t care to check.
Obama took as many or more vacations than Bidan, the press should check into that
Listen assholes, golf takes a couple of hours, did you ever think he’s meeting people day and night that can’t be recorded in the WH, or for other reasons.
God Bless Trump he deserves to play golf, he’s changing the freakin world !
Isn’t 18-19 hours a day at the WH is enough for you?
The public loves him and supports him, he can take time off. Not nearly as much as Bidan which he might have worked 3 hours 3 days a week or took as many vacations as Obama.
This is a bullshit smear and everyone here should know it!
Yep, but it made me angry! Kek
Universities are facing big cuts to research funding. At Duke, it's a time for 'damage control' Mar. 8, 2025
DURHAM, N.C. (AP) —Facing the potential loss of hundreds of millions of dollars in federal funding, Duke University is preparing for the worst.
Like research universities around the United States, the private school inNorth Carolina's Research Trianglewould see a massive loss from Trump administration cuts to grants from the National Institutes of Health. (Where the produced Covid and other diseases)
Duke would be among the hardest hit. In its previous fiscal year,Duke took in $580 million in NIH grants and contracts, 11th most among the country's research institutions. The cuts are delayed temporarily by a court challenge, but universities nationwide have implemented hiring freezes, scaled back research and drawn up contingency plans in case the loss in funding takes effect.
Historically, the federal government has negotiated with colleges and universities on its contribution toward their operating costs.If a scientist wins a federal grant to fund their research, the government pays the school an additional amount as a percentage of the grant money.
At Duke, the current rate for these “indirect costs” — expenses such as utilities and laboratory maintenance — is about 61%.Last month, President Donald Trump's administration set the rate cap at 15%, significantly less than most universities receive.
The cut in indirect costs is far from the only concern.Funding for new grants also slowed to a trickle after the NIH halted grant application review meetings in January. At Duke, NIH grant andcontract award notices plummeted, dropping from 166 in January and February of 2024 to 64 so far in 2025, according to the university.(I wonder why, animal tests or viruses, or just fucking around to find out?)
Already, the uncertainty is causing reverberations at Duke's School of Medicine,which receives over three-quarters of the university's NIH funding. Expansion projects are being shelved. Fewer Ph.D. students are being admitted. And researchers are assessing whether their projects can continue.
Payments maintain freezers and machines to grow cancer cells
The Trump administration has described indirect costs as “administrative bloat” and said the cuts would save more than $4 billion annually. The change would also free up more money for scientific research, officials said.
“The Trump administration is committed to slashing the cottage industry built off of the waste, fraud, and abuse within our mammoth government while prioritizing the needs of everyday Americans,” White House spokesperson Kush Desai said.
Through NIH funding, universities for decades have partnered with the federal government to support scientists’ academic pursuits.
(All these universities have money from donations of billionaires, and they have huge endowments, use that money if they are so determined for creepy science)
https://ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/universities-facing-big-cuts-research-050851302.html
(picture is That guy that was the NIH leader that handed out trillions the got fired a month ago)
Duke Endowment Fund Report2023-24
https://giving.duke.edu/wp-content/uploads/DukeEndowment.pdf
VALUE OF DUKE UNIVERSITY’S ENDOWMENT
(IN BILLIONS)
Duke University
==As of June 30, 2024, the university’s
endowment was comprised of more
than 6,200 individual funds totaling
approximately $11.9 billion.==
8 Mar, 2025 20:07
Russian military liberates multiple villages in Kursk Region
Moscow’s forces have seized control of three settlements in the north of the Ukrainian-controlled pocket
Russia has liberated three villages in Kursk Region, marking a new advance against the Ukrainian invasion force in the area, the Defense Ministry in Moscow announced on Saturday.
The villages of Viktorovka, Nikolayevka and Staraya Sorochina are situated on the northernmost tip of the Ukrainian-controlled area in Russia’s Kursk Region. The settlements are located immediately to the west of the village of Malaya Loknya, a major stronghold for the Ukrainian force in the region, and across the eponymous river. The fall of the three villages puts the Ukrainian troops holed up in the area in a more precarious position.
Over the past few days, things have rapidly deteriorated for the Ukrainian force in the area. Russian troops continue pressuring the town of Sudzha, the largest settlement under Kiev’s control in Kursk Region. The invasion force has been experiencing logistics troubles and is now dependent on a single major cross-border road, which has been coming under constant Russian drone and artillery strikes.
This week, multiple media reports suggested that Kiev’s troops were on the brink of encirclement in the area, with between 6,500 and 10,000 soldiersat risk of being cut off completely. All bridges in the vicinity of Sudzha have reportedly been destroyed, while heavy damage to the road infrastructure is hampering the Ukrainian forces’ ability to resupply and, potentially, withdraw from the area.
Kiev launched a surprise invasion of Kursk early in August last year, seizing Sudzha and multiple settlements in its vicinity in a matter of days. Since then, the Ukrainian zone of control has shrunk more than twofold, while Russia has regained control over numerous locations in the area.
The Kursk incursion has taken a heavy toll on the Ukrainian military. More than 65,500 Ukrainian soldiers have been killed or wounded in the area, while some 386 tanks, nearly 300 infantry fighting vehicles, 259 armored personnel carriers, and over 2,000 other armored vehicles have been destroyed or captured, according to the Russian military.
https://www.rt.com/russia/613919-kursk-multiple-villages-liberated/
8 Mar, 2025 21:02
Peter Thiel has major influence on Trump government – Bloomberg
Over a dozen people linked to the PayPal co-founder hold positions within the administration, the media outlet estimates
(What did they expect, we are in a Tech War. Did they ever hear about Panintir? A war related industry?)
Tech mogul and billionaire Peter Thiel exerts considerable influence over US President Donald Trump’s administration, a Bloomberg article has claimed.Unlike Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, however, he prefers to keep a low profile.
More than a dozen individuals connected to Thiel, the co-founder of PayPal, Palantir Technologies, and Founders Fund, have been integrated into the Trump administration, Bloomberg wrote on Friday.
This group includes “current and former employees of his companies, as well as people who have helped manage his fortune or benefitted from his investments and charitable giving.”
The outlet listed 15 individuals within the government who are seen as having ties to the entrepreneur, five of whom serve in the Musk-led Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).
Among the officials are Vice President J.D. Vance and AI and crypto czar David Sacks. According to Bloomberg, the former had worked at Thiel’s Mithril Capital, while Thiel reportedly acted as Vance’s “mentor” and sponsor. The tech tycoon is also said to have helped Vance make inroads with Trump in 2021 after the then-Ohio senator publicly criticized the Republican firebrand. Sacks, a longtime associate of Thiel, is also a PayPal co-founder.
Thiel, 57, does not hold any official position in the administration.
Bloomberg quoted Quinn Slobodian, professor of international history at Boston University, as describing the extent of prominent big tech figures’ supposed influence on the US government as “unprecedented in the modern era.” The scholar suggested that these individuals are more interested in executing a “bottom-up renovation of how the government operates” as opposed to merely “profiting from state contracts.”
The outlet pointed out that Musk, the prime crusader against government waste and bureaucracy in the Trump administration, also has long had ties to Thiel. (No kidding he endorsed him in 2015-16)
(Took out the gossip of WH meeting with Musk and Rubio which NYTs made up. Bloomberg hates Trump, take everything they report with a grain of salt)
https://www.rt.com/news/613920-bloomberg-peter-thiel-influence-trump-admin/