[FOX via WND] The National Comedy Center, on behalf of his family, said in a statement Wednesday that Smothers died Tuesday at home in Santa Rosa, California, following a cancer battle.
"Tom was not only the loving older brother that everyone would want in their life, he was a one-of-a-kind creative partner. I am forever grateful to have spent a lifetime together with him, on and off stage, for over 60 years," his brother and the duo's other half, Dick Smothers, said in the statement. "Our relationship was like a good marriage — the longer we were together, the more we loved and respected one another. We were truly blessed."
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“Quick, Sgt. Tom — scatter Twinkies in a path to the nearest grocery store!”
“Alternate artillery loads loaded, sir! Fire Twinkies! *WHUMP* Fire pretzels! *WHUMP* Fire M&Ms! *WHUMP* Aaaaaaand Operation Breadcrumbs is... Lookit them go, sir — I don’t think we’ll need to call in the chocolate cake. We’ve already won this war.”
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] North Korea leader Kim Jong Un
...a.k.a. “Pudgy”...
has ordered his country's military, munitions industry and nuclear weapons sector to get ready for war following what he called unprecedented confrontational moves by the U.S., state media said on Thursday.
Speaking on the policy directions for the new year at a key meeting of the country's ruling party on Wednesday, Kim also said Pyongyang would expand strategic cooperation with 'anti-imperialist independent' countries, news agency KCNA reported.
North Korea has been expanding ties with Russia, among others, as Washington accuses Pyongyang of supplying military equipment to Moscow for use in its war with Ukraine, while Russia provides technical support to help the North advance its military capabilities.
WASHINGTON (AP) — A large pool of dark liquid festering on the floor. No fresh air. Computer displays that would overheat and ooze out a fishy-smelling gel that nauseated the crew. Asbestos readings 50 times higher than the Environmental Protection Agency’s safety standards.
These are just some of the past toxic risks that were in the underground capsules and silos where Air Force nuclear missile crews have worked since the 1960s. Now many of those service members have cancer.
The toxins were recorded in hundreds of pages of documents dating back to the 1980s that were obtained by The Associated Press through Freedom of Information Act requests. They tell a far different story from what Air Force leadership told the nuclear missile community decades ago, when the first reports of cancer among service members began to surface:
"The workplace is free of health hazards," a Dec. 30, 2001, Air Force investigation found.
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I have been told years of neglect. Routine monthly inspections stopped for years now. Unknown how many actually in working order. Major coverup in nearly any area of our so called vast military complex. So many four star generals holding on who dare not buck the powers that be. Future for them is in politics.
[American Greatness] A new report shows that the Biden Administration handed out over 65 million condoms to countries around the world as part of alleged "climate change solutions," directly implying that population control through "family planning" is a necessary response to fears of so-called "global warming."
According to the Daily Caller, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) in the fiscal year 2022 distributed approximately 65.5 million condoms, 9.8 million injectable birth control products, and 334,000 IUDs to foreign countries around the world. An internal agency report documenting the distribution efforts even admits that the intention is to "mitigate the impact of population dynamics on natural resources and state stability." A separate document in 2023 claimed that "climate vulnerability, population growth and unmet need for family planning often occur together."
Most of the countries receiving such supplies are third-world nations, including Afghanistan, Uganda, Haiti, Guatemala, and Pakistan. The report also indicates that additional goals of the USAID include the reduction of AIDS and increasing educational opportunities for women.
The agency delivered over 500,000 condoms to Yemen as part of its "Strengthening Family Planning Services in Yemen" program over the last several years.
"Today, in the 41 countries where USAID focuses its support, modern contraceptive prevalence has increased to 34 percent, and the average family size has dropped to 3.9," the agency reports in its own document, proudly admitting to its goal of population reduction.
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[ET via ZERO] An Associated Press-NORC survey released this week found that some 32 percent of Republican voters believe votes likely won't be counted correctly ahead of the 2024 primaries and election.
About a third of GOP voters told pollsters that they have a "great deal" or "quite a bit" of confidence that votes in the Republican primary elections and caucuses will be counted correctly. Around three in 10 Republicans have a "moderate" level of confidence, while 32 percent said they have either "only a little" confidence in elections or "none at all."
The AP poll found that 72 percent of Democrat voters have high confidence their party will count votes accurately in its primary contests, while they are more likely than Republicans to have a high level of confidence in the Republican Party’s vote count being accurate.
Meanwhile, about one-quarter of Republicans say they have at least "quite a bit" of confidence that the votes in the 2024 presidential election will be counted accurately, significantly lower than Democrats. Slightly fewer than half of U.S. adults overall—or 46 percent—believe the same, which is in line with an AP-NORC poll conducted in June.
The AP-NORC poll also found a widespread lack of trust in both major political parties among U.S. adults overall. Slightly fewer than half of U.S. adults, or 46 percent, told pollsters that they are pessimistic about the means by which the country's leaders are selected.
#3
The fact that ONLY a third understand that the votes won't be counted correctly underscores just how poorly "our side" has done in conveying where we are at this juncture.
#10
If you give up and don't vote, then the Dominion puppeteers will have won.
Biden is heading for an unsaleable defeat. But another 'Black Swan' event might.
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#11
If you give up and don't vote, then the Dominion puppeteers will have won.
They have already won. Casting a vote counts for nothing, except to perpetuate the myth that voting matters.
When you discover the table you're playing at is crooked, the only option is to walk away.
I haven't voted since 2020 and won't be voting again. It's the only protest left to me.
Some might argue that I'm going to allow Democrats to win in tight races. Not true. Votes count for nothing. But even if it did mean losing seats, good! What use are Republicans, any of them, if they won't address vote fraud? Zero. Zilch. Nada. So f*^k 'em.
#12
I intend to make them cheat. Their cheating schemes have always leveraged buying off the urban vote. That looks to be very difficult this cycle. Also, voting in the US is decentralized. It is organized at the county level. Cheating schemes only work where the cheat team is small and tightly controlled. It is possible to break their scam. Look at 2016.
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^ Yes, it used to be possible. The result was Trump, and the Deep State have vowed to never let that happen again.
[PJ] A recent report says that Biden’s Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is redirecting resources to provide illegal aliens healthcare.
ACT for America reported that U.S. Rep. Mike Bost, Chairman of the House Veterans’ Affairs Committee, introduced the "No VA Resources for Illegal Aliens Act" in response to the report about VA resources going to illegal migrants. ACT for America chair Brigitte Gabriel posted on Twitter/X Dec. 26 that the healthcare for illegals has caused "a severe breakdown in services" for veterans. "While Veteran Affairs can’t figure out how to get our poor homeless veterans off the streets, they are quick to divert critical tax-payer-funded support to illegal aliens! Who authorized this?" Gabriel asked. She urged Congress to act to protect our veterans and to hold officials accountable.
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A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
dominated Mexico for six years.
Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
