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Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh and Queen Elizabeth II's husband, dead at 99
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-Lurid Crime Tales-
The Dirty Secrets on Hunter Biden's Laptop Have Been Revealed
[PJ] Remember the abandoned laptop that belonged to Hunter Biden—the laptop even Hunter himself conceded "could be" his—that was left in a repair shop in Wilmington, Delaware, in 2019, the one that he never came back for?

Well, the Daily Mail received a copy of the hard drive and has reviewed the contents of the laptop, and there’s a treasure trove of dirty secrets in there.

According to text messages from 2019, Hunter begged his father to run for president. Not because the country needed him, or because he was the most likely candidate to win... Hunter begged Joe to run to salvage Hunter’s own reputation.

But that revelation is small beans compared to the one about Hunter repeatedly avoiding police action against him, due to his regular run-ins with drug dealers and prostitutes. Hunter’s illegal activities would normally have resulted in criminal charges or an investigation, including drug trafficking and prostitution.

Hunter also "blew hundreds of thousands on prostitutes, drugs and luxury cars, leaving him scrambling to avoid jail for $320k in unpaid taxes."

Information on the laptop also reveals that Hunter was receiving unauthorized Secret Service protection, even on a week-long drug and prostitute binge in Hollywood in 2018. The Secret Service has claimed that no Bidens were under their protection at the time.

Hunter Biden not only has a PornHub account, but he has earned "66 award badges, including a badge for reaching 50 subscribers, watching 500 videos, and watching porn in high definition."

Hunter also appears to be obsessed with making pornographic films with prostitutes. "The hard drive contains hundreds of pictures of naked women and naked selfies of Hunter, as well as dozens of videos."

An expert authenticated the laptop for the Daily Mail, the newspaper reported. The outlet found a total of 103,000 text messages, 154,000 emails and more than 2,000 photos on the laptop. Here are the key findings from the forensic examination:

  • The Daily Mail found emails for multiple accounts on the laptop dating back to 2009, and other data which "appears to be related to Mr. Biden" between 2016 and 2019.
  • The report’s findings were consistent with the known timeline for the hard drive. A Wilmington, Delaware, computer store work order with Hunter’s signature shows he left his 2017 MacBook Pro laptop there on April 12, 2019.
  • Hunter’s iCloud email address was added to the laptop’s system on October 21, 2018, as well as his work email at his firm Rosemont Seneca on February 2, 2019.
  • The same day, a Gmail address he used to log onto sex cam sites and another personal Gmail address belonging to Hunter were also added.
  • Beau Biden’s old Gmail account was added on February 7, 2019.
  • Emails addressed to Hunter’s various email addresses dating from December 2009 to December 2020 were found on the system.
  • An iPad with the name "Hunter’s iPad" — and three email addresses associated with the Biden family — was backed up on the laptop and on iCloud in January 2019 and again a month later.

    "The operating system timestamps appear to be authentic, and no evidence was found to suggest that the timestamps or data were altered or manufactured," the report says. "No indications were found that would suggest the data was manufactured."

    Hunter Biden Claims He Has ’No Recollection’ of Woman With Whom He Fathered a Child.

    The laptop also had information about Hunter Biden’s infamous gun incident in which the Secret Service got involved. "In texts to his therapist, Hunter claimed that when Delaware cops found the gun ’the FBI and the Secret Service’ got involved, and that Hallie [Biden] told officers she took the weapon because she was ’afraid for the kids’ and ’because she was scared I would harm myself due to my drug and alcohol problem’."

    The information on the laptop also proves he lied on his background check to obtain the gun.

    The Daily Mail has posted screenshots of several text messages and some disturbing photos on its website.

    Joe Biden has often said "I’m proud of my son" and that he’s the "smartest guy I know" in regards to Hunter. I dunno. I think if Hunter was smart, he wouldn’t have left a laptop with so much incriminating evidence on it at a repair shop.
  • Posted by: Besoeker || 04/09/2021 06:03 || Comments || Link || [7 views] Top|| File under:

    #1  I am surprised that you can't buy duplicated Hunter Biden hard drives on eBay by now. But possession of those hard drives is probably against US law due to prohibited pron.
    Posted by: Harry Sforza6078 || 04/09/2021 9:13 Comments || Top||

    #2  Did he kick back illicit funds received from any of the overseas criminals to his father?

    Did he participate in any of the crimes that his Chinese ex-business partner Philip Ho was tried, convicted and sentenced to prison for such as money laundering and corruption / bribery?

    Did he expose himself to, have sex with it otherwise abuse his 14 year-old niece?

    When how and where did "the Big Guy" participate in Hunter and his Chinese Communist Party front-company partners' business schemes?
    Posted by: Shusoter Bluetooth4399 || 04/09/2021 10:21 Comments || Top||


    Not Making National News: Former NFL Pro Guns Down Five People in South Carolina Including a Doctor and His Two Grandchildren
    That familiar media sidestep and eye avert.
    [GatewayPundit] Christian doctor and author of “Angels in the ER”, Dr. Robert D. Lesslie, was murdered in his home on Wednesday afternoon along with his wife and 2 grandchildren (+1 person of unknown relation) by former NFL player Phillip Adams.

    Five people were killed — including a prominent doctor, his wife and their two young grandchildren — in a shooting at a home near the South Carolina city of Rock Hill on Wednesday afternoon, authorities said.

    A sixth person also was injured in the shooting, and authorities eventually found a suspect in the suspect’s home nearby, York County sheriff’s officials said early Thursday without elaborating.

    Posted by: Unising Lumumba8103 || 04/09/2021 02:26 || Comments || Link || [10 views] Top|| File under:

    #1  Evidently Adams lived just down the street.
    Posted by: Besoeker || 04/09/2021 2:35 Comments || Top||

    #2  The slain grandchildren were ages 5 and 9, the York County Coroner’s Office said.
    Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 04/09/2021 2:42 Comments || Top||

    #3  Can we get a ruling from the judges on whether this qualifies as a "mass shooting"?
    Posted by: SteveS || 04/09/2021 2:50 Comments || Top||

    #4  Three's a crowd, so....
    Posted by: Clem || 04/09/2021 4:52 Comments || Top||

    #5  Cause dog bites man is not news.
    Posted by: Procopius2k || 04/09/2021 7:31 Comments || Top||

    #6  F---ing liars. This is like living in the Soviet Union
    Posted by: Sneter Platypus4078 || 04/09/2021 9:35 Comments || Top||

    #7  FBI will classify murder as White on White.
    Posted by: Vespasian Ebboting9735 || 04/09/2021 9:53 Comments || Top||

    #8  He was a cornerback, microconcussion?
    Posted by: rjschwarz || 04/09/2021 10:17 Comments || Top||

    #9 

    Want to cut Gun Crime by 2/3's?
    Ban Democrats from owning a firearm.
    Posted by: NN2N1 || 04/09/2021 12:56 Comments || Top||

    #10  Long history of alcohol and drug abuse is where I'd put my chips.

    Its the common thread when the pro athletes do something which can't be covered up, especially so with the NFL.

    I believe the Jovan Belcher lifestyle is much more common then the league and union want known, because a BAL of 2 because of all the drugs was a typical night before a noon game until his home hoe called him on being with a side hoe and tired from beating her quiet before lost it in a murder suicide.

    Even got pulled over on the way home, let go with a Go Get'm Tomorrow Champ!

    Of course, with his brains splattered all over the ticket booth, he couldn't be held from the game with a pulled hammy, made even by being pulled over by doing a series of PR commercials for the union, and home hoe's death a possible suicide.
    Posted by: swksvolFF || 04/09/2021 14:55 Comments || Top||


    Female Postal Worker Viciously Beaten in Flint, Michigan Over Delayed Stimulus Checks (VIDEO)
    [Gateway Pundit] This was horrible.

    A female postal service worker was brutally beaten in broad daylight in Flint, Michigan by several women over delayed stimulus checks. The women are filmed pummeling the woman and pulling her hair.

    Police say the woman is in good condition and an arrest was made in the beating.

    According to the video, the white female is a USPS postal worker and she is attacked by multiple African American women regarding "stimulus money":
    Posted by: Unising Lumumba8103 || 04/09/2021 02:10 || Comments || Link || [6 views] Top|| File under:

    #1  Technically a federal offense. Being of the 'protected' group, unlikely to happen.

    Probably the best act would be to post in the neighborhood that it is going to be treated like owners with vicious dogs, mail isn't going to be delivered. You have to come to the servicing mail distribution center for pick up.

    Like drug users, they get mean when they don't get their fix. The poison of the 'Great Society' and massive welfare.
    Posted by: Procopius2k || 04/09/2021 7:18 Comments || Top||

    #2  Savages
    Posted by: Tholuling McCoy4654 || 04/09/2021 9:36 Comments || Top||

    #3  Black violence against whites is growing very rapidly across a wide variety of geographic and business locations. Just plain race based aggression because the current woke revolution and government statements are green-lighting it, or so they think. This heightens self-segregation by whites, which feeds the false racism charges, which is creating this dystopian spiral downwards. All thanks to the Democratic party use of race-baiting as a political cudgel. This isn't going to end well...
    Posted by: NoMoreBS || 04/09/2021 15:16 Comments || Top||

    #4  ^ yes. At some point the prey will fight back against the predatory elements. We have guns. We shoot accurately.
    Posted by: Omoluting the Weasel7163 || 04/09/2021 20:45 Comments || Top||


    -Obits-
    Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh and Queen Elizabeth II's husband, dead at 99
    [FoxNews] At 99, almost made 100. Too young? He was a WWII naval officer and served his nation and UK well. Godspeed
    Posted by: Skidmark || 04/09/2021 07:58 || Comments || Link || [6 views] Top|| File under:

    #1  That's too bad; when he was younger he provided some amusing comments.
    Posted by: Glenmore || 04/09/2021 8:25 Comments || Top||

    #2  I'm so sorry for Queen Elizabeth. She loved him, and it was obvious. I hope she lives for many more years.
    Posted by: Barbara || 04/09/2021 9:44 Comments || Top||

    #3  Let's see how Plugs gets out of attending the funeral. We know Kam's attendance would not be perceived well.
    Posted by: Besoeker || 04/09/2021 9:48 Comments || Top||

    #4  He was Greek roylty by the name of Philip Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glucksburg but became a naturalized British subject and changed his name to Philip Mountbatten.

    On the Valiant during WWII destroyed much of the Italian Navy.

    In joint British operations with the US Navy that included the landings on Iwo Jima.

    His charitable work operates in more than 140 countries and territories.

    His humor got him in trouble with the Chinese and Australian Aborigines.
    Posted by: Ebbomoger Speaking for Boskone4589 || 04/09/2021 10:46 Comments || Top||

    #5  Let's see how Plugs gets out of attending the funeral. We know Kam's attendance would not be perceived well.

    Even if Plugs went, the Pakace wouldn't let him in the sane room with the little princesses.

    Harris will go. Expect her to scold the Royal Family for "racism" and cackle uncontrollably when asked questions by the press.
    Posted by: Shinenter Trotsky6393 || 04/09/2021 11:41 Comments || Top||

    #6  i admire both philip and elizabeth. They both served their country well. They both served in WWII. We could use rulers like them here. namaste to them.
    Posted by: irish rage boy || 04/09/2021 11:46 Comments || Top||

    #7  Soon Liz will fade and the dynasty will pass to Chuck.
    Posted by: Skidmark || 04/09/2021 11:50 Comments || Top||

    #8  We know Kam's attendance would not be perceived well.

    We could send Meghan in her place. Although she would probably come back.
    Posted by: SteveS || 04/09/2021 12:08 Comments || Top||

    #9  Watching political and entertainer self anointed royalty getting slapped about by Old World Royalty is amusing.
    Posted by: swksvolFF || 04/09/2021 12:23 Comments || Top||

    #10  I shudder to think that Harry would wound his bereaved grandmother by dragging his grifter wife, but Meagain cannot pass up a photo op and public attention so i expect a travesty to rival the legitimate public grief at the passing of this fine man. Pity the grifter mutt doesnt know the meaning of shame and Harry has become unmoored from respect for his heritage.
    Posted by: NoMoreBS || 04/09/2021 12:53 Comments || Top||

    #11  ^ with her own photog crew and videographer
    Posted by: Frank G || 04/09/2021 14:14 Comments || Top||

    #12  A Kardashians re-boot has been Meagain's goal.
    Posted by: swksvolFF || 04/09/2021 14:37 Comments || Top||

    #13  I gotta hand it to the old coot for hanging in there to 99, but he was a bit of an a$$ hole.

    I hope the Queen hangs in there. Prince Chuckie is a turd.
    Posted by: Clem || 04/09/2021 17:01 Comments || Top||

    #14  The patron saint of anti political correctness
    Posted by: Grunter || 04/09/2021 18:07 Comments || Top||

    #15  “On a visit to Australia Prince Philip saw a woman surrounded by children. He asked who the children were. She replied that all fourteen children were hers. The Duke said he was going to find the Queen so she could give the woman’s husband a knighthood. “ Oh no” the woman replied. “He won’t wear one.” “
    Posted by: Grunter || 04/09/2021 18:22 Comments || Top||

    #16  ^ LOL
    Posted by: Frank G || 04/09/2021 22:02 Comments || Top||


    Rapper DMX has 'not regained brain function one week on from heart attack... as family face agonizing decision to take him off life support'
    Posted by: Skidmark || 04/09/2021 01:17 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under:

    #1  Y'all gon' make me lose my mind up in here, up in here
    Y'all gon' make me go all out up in here, up in here
    Y'all gon' make me act a fool up in here, up in here
    Y'all gon' make me lose my cool up in here, up in here.
    Posted by: Airandee || 04/09/2021 6:46 Comments || Top||

    #2  So, he's in stable condition.
    Posted by: Procopius2k || 04/09/2021 7:19 Comments || Top||

    #3  Who? Not being an officionado of Rap Crap I have no idea who he is.
    Posted by: Deacon Blues || 04/09/2021 7:48 Comments || Top||

    #4  I was told mine came back after 26 hours, at which point I regained consciousness, so this isn't a good sign for him.
    Posted by: Raj || 04/09/2021 8:55 Comments || Top||

    #5  No comment from Dr. Jill on when Joe will show brain function
    Posted by: Warthog || 04/09/2021 9:57 Comments || Top||

    #6  sounds like a good opportunity to record a new album
    Posted by: Retard Strength || 04/09/2021 9:59 Comments || Top||

    #7  He's dead, Jim.
    Posted by: Mullah Richard || 04/09/2021 12:53 Comments || Top||


    -Great Cultural Revolution
    Mike Pompeo Announces New Job: Left-Wing Heads Explode in 3... 2... 1...
    BLUF:
    [RS] As announced by Fox News on Thursday morning, former Secretary of State under Donald Trump, Mike Pompeo, has accepted a paid contributor position with the network.

    Fox News Media announced via press release that Pompeo has accepted a new contributor role, which will provide the former DefSec with a regular platform to not only get his message out on a regular basis; it will also serve the Kansan well if he eventually decides to seek a Senate seat —as has previously been speculated — or the presidency. Personally, I believe he’d be more inclined to run for the Senate.
    Posted by: Besoeker || 04/09/2021 09:57 || Comments || Link || [3 views] Top|| File under:

    #1  Pompeo was CIA Director and SecState, but was never SecDef.

    More and more it seems l like he might be considering a run for President.
    Posted by: Oscar Thrinemp6700 || 04/09/2021 11:44 Comments || Top||

    #2  Based on what I know (and think I know) now, I would vote for him for President, even though I have serious concerns about that CIA stuff.
    Posted by: Glenmore || 04/09/2021 14:56 Comments || Top||

    #3  I like him and i would vote for him. He has a stiff spine and balls and is combative.
    Posted by: irish rage boy || 04/09/2021 16:14 Comments || Top||

    #4  IRB, don’t forget loyal.
    Posted by: Lonzo Hapsburg5562 || 04/09/2021 16:52 Comments || Top||

    #5  You finish Numero Uno at West Point, you are already on an accelleration to something big. I'd like to see him go for it, if only to promote my cranium replacement technology.
    Posted by: Jack is Back! || 04/09/2021 17:07 Comments || Top||


    Just in case you may have thought military cultural changes were a coincidence
    VMI Community:

    This has been no ordinary year at no ordinary college. We continue to deal with the challenges of a global pandemic. Despite it all, the Corps of Cadets has persevered and remains focused on their academics, military training, and athletics. Conditions are ripe for a strong finish to the 2020-21 academic year. Cadets are preparing to resume Spring FTX activities after a year hiatus, the administration is making arrangements for in-person graduation and commissioning ceremonies, the demand to be a part of the incoming Class of 2022+3 is strong, and our athletic teams are competing and winning.

    Additionally, VMI began to reflect on our diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts as the nation came to terms with the social unrest last summer. Prior to any involvement of the team hired by the Commonwealth to review our practices, the Institute initiated the following:
    • Released the "Five Pillars" plan for addressing and improving DEI issues;
    • Formed a DEI Committee to oversee and monitor all matters race and gender related;
    • Created a diversity dashboard to monitor admissions, graduation rates, and hiring at all levels;
    • Formed a Commemorations and Memorials Naming and Review Committee to review and make recommendations to the Board regarding all confederate iconography and make recommendations going forward for naming;
    • Launched a search for a Chief Diversity Officer who would report directly to the superintendent;
    • Relocated the Stonewall Jackson statue to the Virginia Museum of the Civil War and New Market Battlefield State Historical Park;
    • Recasted the New Market ceremony to a memorial commemorating all VMI alumni who have fallen on the field of honor throughout the nation’s wars and military conflicts;
    • The new cadet oath ceremony will now take place each year on the VMI post;
    • Discontinued the re-enactment charge on the New Market battlefield by new cadets;
    • Finalized plans to recenter the Parade Ground flag poles on New Barracks (Marshall Arch) shifting the Institute’s symbolic focus to our 20th century leaders;
    • Implemented efforts to refurbish the Jonathan Daniels ’61 Courtyard, in honor of an alumnus killed for his efforts during the civil rights movement;
    • Enhanced racial sensitivity training for cadets, faculty, and staff;
    • Began development of a new, core curriculum course required of all cadets that includes study of the U.S. civil rights movement;
    • Reviewed and improved the Human Resources Diversity Hiring Program; and
    • Adopted many of the seven guiding principles on DEI proposed by former Del. Jennifer Carroll Foy ’03 and endorsed by the BOV in October 2020.

    The VMI Alumni Agencies have also taken a leadership role in the area of diversity, equity, and inclusion. Their three major initiatives have focused on increasing alumni engagement among underserved populations, a mentoring program between alumni and cadets, and maximizing the reunion experience for all have led to the following:
    • Creation of a director-at-large for training and diversity on the Alumni Association Board of Directors;
    • Special reception for minority alumni;
    • Weekend celebration for the 50th anniversary of Black cadets at VMI;
    • Diversity discussions and town halls;
    • Establishment of a diversity and inclusion subcommittee;
    • Development and distribution of a minority alumni engagement survey;
    • Alumni engagement conference; and
    • Diversity conference.

    On Friday, 9 April 2021, the Board of Visitors’ Commemorations and Memorials Naming and Review Committee will meet to discuss potential changes to ceremonies, building names, or other commemorations. This is the next step in the process that is intended to ensure that the grounds of VMI present an inviting and neutral landscape and its memorials properly reflect our commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging.

    The recommendations that the committee makes on Friday will then be considered by the Board of Visitors at their meeting 30 April—1 May 2021.

    These changes continue to strengthen VMI. As an institution of higher education whose mission is to develop citizen-soldiers, we have a responsibility to prepare our cadets for the diversity that they will encounter as young professionals in the military or public and private sectors. These steps are a clear demonstration of VMI’s long history of change. Together, we will continue to move the Institute forward to provide leaders of character who are well-prepared for the challenges of our time to both the Commonwealth and the nation.

    Respectfully,

    Maj. Gen. Cedric T. Wins ’85
    U.S. Army (Retired)
    Interim Superintendent
    Virginia Military Institute

    Virginia Military Institute | 319 Letcher Avenue, Lexington, VA 24450 US
    Posted by: Besoeker || 04/09/2021 03:09 || Comments || Link || [8 views] Top|| File under:

    #1  There is no VMI any more, B. There remains only a mob of poorly dressed re-enactors, terribly put out by all those few, icky remaining mil duties. Should have been closed long ago, keeping it open is an affront to serious alumni. No clearer example of what Iowahawk says except maybe the Ranger-ettes.
    Posted by: Cesare || 04/09/2021 13:39 Comments || Top||

    #2  Suppose now we have
    Fluid Geography of Undocumented Footware.
    Posted by: swksvolFF || 04/09/2021 18:47 Comments || Top||


    -Short Attention Span Theater-
    Pakistani film star Meera has reportedly been admitted to a mental health facility in the United States
    [PUBLISH.TWITTER]
    Posted by: Fred || 04/09/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

    #1  I suppose a mental health facility in the United States is better than Paki.
    Posted by: Skidmark || 04/09/2021 0:47 Comments || Top||

    #2  [giggles]

    Most south Asian film starlets, they belong in some kind of asylum.
    Posted by: Dron66046 || 04/09/2021 2:13 Comments || Top||

    #3  Under Biden and his communmist cadre, the entire country has become a 'mental health institution'.
    Posted by: Besoeker || 04/09/2021 2:15 Comments || Top||


    Beer, Wonderful Beer
    Researchers say grain waste from beer production -- a protein- and fiber-rich powder-like substance -- can be turned into novel protein sources and biofuels, according to a study to be presented Tuesday at the spring meeting of the American Chemical Society.

    Beer sales have declined in recent years, but it remains the most popular alcoholic beverage in the United States, with the average American adult consuming more than 26 gallons each year.

    Currently, after the flavors have been extracted from barley, millet, wheat and other grains, some of the byproduct is used to make cattle feed, but most ends up in landfills.

    Scientists turn brewing waste into fresh yeast to make more beer.

    Now, scientists have developed a technique for turning the waste material into novel protein sources -- for animals, as well as humans -- and biofuels.

    "There is a critical need in the brewing industry to reduce waste," lead investigator Haibo Huang, a postdoctoral researcher at Virginia Tech, said in a press release.

    In the beer industry, craft brews have enjoyed a tremendous renaissance over the last two decades, fueling demand for a wide variety of grains -- and yielding large amounts of waste.

    According to the latest research, that waste is 70 percent fiber and 30 percent protein. All that fiber is no problem for cows, but it's too much for the human digestive system.

    To separate the fiber and protein, researchers developed what's called a wet milling fractionation method. Other separation techniques require the waste grain to be dried, but the new method works with wet grain powder, fresh from the beer processing plant.

    After testing a trio of commercially available enzymes, researchers found alcalase separated the fiber and protein most efficiently. Once separated, the grain pulp is sieved, yielding a protein concentrate and a fiber-rich product.

    At first, scientists proposed using the protein powder to make fish feed for aquaculture, but more recently, researchers have been experimenting with the powder as a protein source in human food products.

    To utilize the fiber-rich product, researchers turned to Bacillus lichenformis, a bacteria species only recently discovered in a spring at Yellowstone National Park.

    The bacteria is capable of breaking down sugars in the product into 2,3-butanediol, an organic compound used to make a variety of products, including rubber and biofuel.
    Posted by: Deacon Blues || 04/09/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [6 views] Top|| File under:

    #1  waste from beer has been used for decades

    in fact waste from beer probably led to the discovery of full loaf bread 9000 to 6000 years ago
    Posted by: Lord Garth || 04/09/2021 0:21 Comments || Top||

    #2  I feed my apple trees with horse manure.
    I picks my apples and makes cider/jack.
    I feed the pulp to the horses.
    Posted by: Skidmark || 04/09/2021 0:34 Comments || Top||

    #3  Circle of Life, man!

    scientists have developed a technique for turning the waste material into novel protein sources -- for animals, as well as humans -- and biofuels.

    Food and biofuels. Now *this* is a vision for the future - a civilization powered entirely on beer.
    Posted by: SteveS || 04/09/2021 1:22 Comments || Top||

    #4  Indeed Dr. Steve...we already have a Government powered by waste products!
    Posted by: Warthog || 04/09/2021 10:14 Comments || Top||

    #5  How is this new? Waste grain has been feed to livestock for thousands of years.

    Scientists turn brewing waste into fresh yeast to make more beer.

    Congratulations... you discovered Barm. The ancient people up until prohibition last century used it to make more beer and leaven bread. That is what they used instead of the packet yeast we have today. Bread used to have a hops taste because of that and even in the early 20th century there were recipes that talked about adding that flavor back in since they didn't have barm.
    Posted by: DarthVader || 04/09/2021 10:34 Comments || Top||

    #6  Sam Adams buying beer for COVID-19 vaccine recipients
    Posted by: Skidmark || 04/09/2021 12:07 Comments || Top||

    #7  a government inhabited by waste products
    Posted by: 746 || 04/09/2021 13:08 Comments || Top||

    #8  AOS Note: While SteveS is a celebrated snarky member of the Army of Steve, he is not Dr. Steve (the pink salmon moderator color)
    Posted by: Frank G || 04/09/2021 14:05 Comments || Top||

    #9  26 Gallons per person per year??? Who is not drinking their share?
    Posted by: 49 Pan || 04/09/2021 15:25 Comments || Top||

    #10  AOS Note: While SteveS is a celebrated snarky member of the Army of Steve, he is not Dr. Steve (the pink salmon moderator color)

    I can only be flattered by the confusion.
    Posted by: SteveS || 04/09/2021 21:20 Comments || Top||

    #11  Who is not drinking their share?

    Me. I can’t abide the stuff, even before having the alcohol tolerance of a small guppy. But that just means more for the rest of you, so I’m sure it won’t go to waste.
    Posted by: trailing wife || 04/09/2021 21:37 Comments || Top||


    -Signs, Portents, and the Weather-
    Endocrine Society Scientific Statement: 'Two Sexes,' Male and Female
    [BREITBART] The Endocrine Society, an international organization of over 18,000 endocrine clinical specialists and researchers, has released a scientific statement that asserts there are only two sexes — male and female — and that biological sex is measurable and is to be differentiated from gender identity.

    The society explained in a blurb that "biological sex is often confused with gender in our society," and asserted:

    The two sexes are differentiated as females, who have ovaries and produce eggs, and males, who have testes and produce sperm. In mammals, females typically have XX chromosomes and males typically have XY chromosomes. All sex differences in the zygote, or fertilized egg, stem from harboring two different sex chromosomes. Both sexes have all classes of reproductive hormones such as estrogen, progesterone, and testosterone, albeit at different levels. Differences in sexual development may result in a person’s biological sex not aligning with these traditional definitions.


    Posted by: Fred || 04/09/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [2 views] Top|| File under:

    #1  "biological sex is often confused with gender in our society,"

    We live in very confused society.
    Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 04/09/2021 2:10 Comments || Top||

    #2  The two sexes are differentiated as females, who have ovaries and produce eggs, and males, who have testes and produce sperm.

    Should be posted under 'Science and Technology'. This is absolutely ground breaking.
    Posted by: Besoeker || 04/09/2021 2:13 Comments || Top||

    #3  10 steps back, 1 step forward......
    Posted by: Mercutio || 04/09/2021 7:45 Comments || Top||

    #4  "biological sex is often confused with gender in our society"

    You're right, (g)rom. I don't really know how to unpack that statement at all.
    Posted by: Mullah Richard || 04/09/2021 7:59 Comments || Top||

    #5  What's good for the juice is good for the gender
    Posted by: Guillibaldo Crans2970 || 04/09/2021 9:40 Comments || Top||

    #6  wait, wait i will look down my pants oh my goodness i am a male.
    Posted by: irish rage boy || 04/09/2021 17:04 Comments || Top||


    Africa North
    Archaeologists Unearth Ancient City Near Luxor
    [ENGLISH.AAWSAT] Archaeologists said on Thursday they had uncovered a large ancient pharaonic city that had lain unseen for centuries near some of Egypt's best known monuments.

    The city was built more than 3,400 years ago during the opulent reign of Amenhotep III, one of Egypt's most powerful pharaohs, the Egyptian archaeologist overseeing the excavations, Zahi Hawass, said.

    The team began searching for a mortuary temple near Luxor in September, but within weeks found mud brick formations in every direction, Rooters quoted Zahi Hawass as saying in a statement.

    They unearthed the well-preserved city that had almost complete walls and rooms filled with tools of daily life along with rings, scarabs, colored pottery vessels and mud bricks bearing seals of Amenhotep's cartouche.

    "The city's streets are flanked by houses ... some of their walls are up to three meters high," Hawass said.

    The excavations lie on the West Bank of Luxor near the Colossi of Memnon, Medinet Habu and the Ramesseum, or mortuary temple of King Ramses II, not far from the Valley of the Kings.

    "This is a very important discovery," Peter Lacovara, director of the US-based Ancient Egyptian Heritage and Archaeology Fund, told Rooters.

    The state of preservation and the amount of items from everyday life brought to mind another famous excavation, he added.

    "It is a sort of ancient Egyptian Pompeii and shows the critical need to preserve this area as an archaeological park," said Lacovara, who has worked at the Malqata palace area for more than 20 years but was not involved in the excavations.

    The site contains a large number of ovens and kilns for making glass and faience, along with the debris of thousands of statues, said Betsy Bryan, a specialist of Amenhotep III's reign.
    faience = glazed ceramic ware. I had to look it up
    "Just to locate the manufacturing centers opens up the detail of how the Egyptians under a great and wealthy ruler such as Amenhotep III did what they did. This will furnish knowledge for many years to come," she added.

    The city extends west to the ancient workmen's village of Deir el-Medina, Hawass said.

    According to historical references it included three of Amenhotep III's palaces and the empire's administrative and industrial center, Hawass's statement added.
    Posted by: Fred || 04/09/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [2 views] Top|| File under:


    #2  ...rooms filled with tools of daily life along with rings, scarabs,...

    Why would all this be left? What happened to cause a "drop everything and run" exodus? Nile flooding?
    Posted by: Mercutio || 04/09/2021 7:49 Comments || Top||

    #3  Archaeologists have speculated for some time now it was there.
    Posted by: Deacon Blues || 04/09/2021 7:54 Comments || Top||

    #4  What happened to cause a "drop everything and run" exodus?
    Covid negative 3400.
    Posted by: Glenmore || 04/09/2021 8:16 Comments || Top||

    #5  What happened to cause a "drop everything and run" exodus?

    Posted by: Skidmark || 04/09/2021 8:20 Comments || Top||

    #6  1550–1400 BCE: Jerusalem becomes a vassal to Egypt as the Egyptian New Kingdom reunites Egypt and expands into the Levant under Ahmose I and Thutmose I.
    Posted by: b || 04/09/2021 9:43 Comments || Top||

    #7  Shards from another planet. The Nameless City. Luminescent semi-real flying objects outside our understanding of mobility. No news of a discovery of a derelict yacht. Yet.
    Posted by: swksvolFF || 04/09/2021 12:16 Comments || Top||

    #8  Why would all this be left?

    Boeing has the same problem with aircraft delivered to the Air Force.
    Posted by: Procopius2k || 04/09/2021 15:28 Comments || Top||


    Africa Subsaharan
    Zimbabwe Govt Admits Local Currency Collapse, Pegs Passport Fees in U.S. Dollars
    [PUBLISH.TWITTER]
    Posted by: Fred || 04/09/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [3 views] Top|| File under: Tin Hat Dictators, Presidents for Life, & Kleptocrats

    #1  Again? I never got one of those 1 Trillion Zim-buck notes...
    Posted by: magpie || 04/09/2021 1:41 Comments || Top||

    #2  Smith had it right, they'll fail miserably.
    Posted by: Besoeker || 04/09/2021 2:11 Comments || Top||

    #3  And how many trillion is the Fed magically going to infuse into the economy this week?

    Out of the frying pan into the fire.
    Posted by: Procopius2k || 04/09/2021 7:30 Comments || Top||

    #4  Coming soon to a nation near you.
    Posted by: ed in texas || 04/09/2021 20:08 Comments || Top||


    Chad's President Seeks a Sixth Term in a Region for Old Men
    [PUBLISH.TWITTER]
    Posted by: Fred || 04/09/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under: Tin Hat Dictators, Presidents for Life, & Kleptocrats


    Arabia
    Mohammed bin Salman: Saudi Arabia Will Become Global Hub for Conventional, Renewable Energy
    [PUBLISH.TWITTER]
    Posted by: Fred || 04/09/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [6 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Saudi Arabia

    #1  If the Greens can ever figure out a technology to store and transport solar energy KSA would really benefit. (I hope that solar storage and transportation technology does develop, because 'conventional' energy is nearing its end of life.)
    Posted by: Glenmore || 04/09/2021 14:55 Comments || Top||

    #2  It's not like they can grow lettuce or tomatoes in that god forsaken dessert.
    Posted by: jpal || 04/09/2021 19:49 Comments || Top||


    Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia
    Kremlin says it fears full-scale fighting in Ukraine's east
    MOSCOW (AP) — The Kremlin said Friday it fears the resumption of full-scale fighting in eastern Ukraine and could take steps to protect civilians there, a stark warning that comes amid a Russian troop buildup along the border.

    The statement by Russian President Vladimir Putin’s spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, reflected the Kremlin’s determination to prevent Ukraine from using force to try to reclaim control over separatist-controlled territory in the country’s east.

    Ukrainian forces and Russia-backed separatists have been fighting in eastern Ukraine since shortly after Moscow’s 2014 annexation of Ukraine’s Crimea Peninsula. More than 14,000 people have died in the conflict, and efforts to negotiate a political settlement have stalled.

    Ukraine and the West have accused Russia of sending in troops and weapons to help separatists, accusations that Moscow has denied. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy visited his country’s soldiers in the Donbas region on Thursday.
    Posted by: Besoeker || 04/09/2021 09:52 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

    #1  Kremlin says it fears plans full-scale fighting in Ukraine's east

    FIFY
    Posted by: Procopius2k || 04/09/2021 10:28 Comments || Top||

    #2  We're so frightened we're moving the !st Tank Guards to Kiev
    Posted by: Mercutio || 04/09/2021 12:04 Comments || Top||

    #3  With a weak and foolish US president there is nothing to stop Putin. Just hope Biden stays out of it.
    Posted by: Lonzo Hapsburg5562 || 04/09/2021 16:55 Comments || Top||


    China-Japan-Koreas
    South Korea's new home grown jet fighter.
    [Twitter]
    Posted by: 3dc || 04/09/2021 05:44 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under:

    #1  Gee, looks kind of familiar... well they say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.
    Posted by: Mercutio || 04/09/2021 7:56 Comments || Top||

    #2  Dang...I was hoping for an A10 clone
    Posted by: Warthog || 04/09/2021 9:54 Comments || Top||

    #3  Hasbro?
    Posted by: Woodrow || 04/09/2021 12:04 Comments || Top||

    #4  At this moment trainloads full of Chinese honeypots are running around in South Korea for engine technology.
    Posted by: Procopius2k || 04/09/2021 15:24 Comments || Top||

    #5  KFX uses 2 GE F414 engines, same as the F-18E. If the Chinese employed by GE haven't stolen the key tech, then the Koreans won't be of much help.
    Posted by: Bertie McCoy3180 || 04/09/2021 15:35 Comments || Top||


    Taiwan Will Fight ‘to the Very Last Day’ If China Attacks
    [PUBLISH.TWITTER]
    Posted by: Fred || 04/09/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under: Commies

    #1  Would that be the 2nd day of conflict?
    Posted by: Skidmark || 04/09/2021 0:49 Comments || Top||

    #2  Nice Three Gorges Dam you've got there. Be a shame if anything happened to it.
    Posted by: Rambler in Virginia || 04/09/2021 11:37 Comments || Top||

    #3  The Mountains in Taiwan would be a tough haul
    Posted by: 746 || 04/09/2021 20:30 Comments || Top||

    #4  Would that be the 2nd day of conflict?

    Plenty of time for the Taiwanese to assemble the plutonium warheads they have hidden and mate them to missiles.
    Posted by: Bertie McCoy3180 || 04/09/2021 21:25 Comments || Top||


    Home Front: Politix
    Tennessee Makes History, Grants 'Constitutional Carry' of Handguns
    [RedState] If you’ve been wanting to tote a gun in the state of Tennessee, your options just got a little more…open.

    On Thursday, Gov. Bill Lee signed a bill that’ll change things for firearm owners in The Volunteer State who’d like to keep their sidearms at their sides.

    The law — which takes effect July 1st — will allow both concealed and open carry without a permit.

    Such a thing — as you may know — is often called “constitutional carry.”

    Via Twitter, the governor thanked the state legislature as well as the National Rifle Association:

    “I signed constitutional carry today because it shouldn’t be hard for law-abiding Tennesseans to exercise their #2A rights. Thank you, members of the General Assembly and @NRA, for helping get this done.”

    As for details, Tennessee House Bill 786 — the Permitless Handgun Carry Bill — allows individuals 21 and older to carry handguns openly or in concealment without a carry license.

    Military members aged 18-20 can do the same.

    The legislation doesn’t cover long guns.

    The bill also increases penalties for those who commit gun crimes.

    The law boosts theft of a firearm from a misdemeanor to a felony and mandates six months of incarceration for the offense, up from the current 30-day sentence. It also bars felons convicted of possessing a firearm from early release.

    Who won’t be benefitting from the new law? That would be convicted felons, those convicted of domestic violence or stalking, those committed by court to mental institutions, those with recent DUI convictions, and those who were otherwise already prohibited from obtaining a carry permit.

    Tennessee is the 18th state to pass such a law.

    Its predecessors:

      Vermont
      Alaska
      Arizona
      Wyoming
      Maine
      Kansas
      West Virginia
      Idaho
      Mississippi
      Missouri
      New Hampshire
      North Dakota
      South Dakota
      Oklahoma
      Kentucky
      Arkansas
      Iowa
    Posted by: BrerRabbit || 04/09/2021 03:55 || Comments || Link || [7 views] Top|| File under:

    #1  "grants"?
    Posted by: Mercutio || 04/09/2021 7:53 Comments || Top||

    #2  "Confirms", rather.
    Posted by: Mercutio || 04/09/2021 7:54 Comments || Top||


    #4  We made history!
    Posted by: Tennessee || 04/09/2021 9:25 Comments || Top||

    #5  yea, 'Grants' is the language of the left. Which is part of the reason that we are here at this moment.

    The 2A grants nothing, rather it is there to protect against the state from attempting to curtail a natural, God-given right.
    Posted by: Retard Strength || 04/09/2021 9:57 Comments || Top||

    #6  Confirms.
    Posted by: swksvolFF || 04/09/2021 12:53 Comments || Top||

    #7  notes
    observes
    recognizes
    affirms
    Posted by: Guillibaldo Ebbolulet8732 || 04/09/2021 13:13 Comments || Top||


    Science & Technology
    SpaceX SN-15 on pad
    [Twitter]
    Posted by: 3dc || 04/09/2021 05:56 || Comments || Link || [7 views] Top|| File under:

    #1  Do they have a mobile home for the FAA Inspector set up next to it?
    Posted by: magpie || 04/09/2021 10:30 Comments || Top||

    #2 

    I nominate Duck Biden for captain.
    Posted by: Woodrow || 04/09/2021 12:03 Comments || Top||


    Syria-Lebanon-Iran
    Iran Sets Virus Infection Record for 3rd Day in a Row
    [PUBLISH.TWITTER]
    Posted by: Fred || 04/09/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [4 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Iran

    #1  they have just started to vaccinate and are using the Russian and Chinese vaccines

    you don't really know how accurate their reported metrics are but if they are accurate things are pretty bad there

    new infections went from about 8k in late March to 22k yesterday

    deaths per day from about 100 to 200 in same time frame
    Posted by: Lord Garth || 04/09/2021 0:42 Comments || Top||

    #2  they have just started to vaccinate and are using the Russian and Chinese vaccines

    Betcha first priority is ayatollahs & republican guard.
    Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 04/09/2021 2:05 Comments || Top||

    #3  Gotta stop licking those shrines, guys.
    Posted by: Mercutio || 04/09/2021 7:51 Comments || Top||

    #4  Ran out of 'Essential Oils'?
    Posted by: Mullah Richard || 04/09/2021 7:57 Comments || Top||


    #6  No region in the world spared as virus cases, deaths surge
    Posted by: Skidmark || 04/09/2021 12:00 Comments || Top||


    #8  Skid,

    It may be true that no region is spared, some are doing much better than others. Iceland and New Zealand are doing pretty well without much vaccine (being islands). Some of the high vaccine countries are doing well. Chile, with a relatively high vaccination rate (about 35%) is suffering a surge (they use the Chinese vaccine). Poland is suffering a big surge with no big vaccination program. India is now suffering a big surge and has bought 100M doses of the Russian vaccine.

    Among the States in the USA, nobody has conquered the problem but some are doing pretty well, some are hurting a lot.

    Regarding lockdowns, some lockdowns seem to have worked (Israel and New Zealand) some seem to have been futile.

    It will take years before we even half understand this virus.
    Posted by: Lord Garth || 04/09/2021 15:19 Comments || Top||



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