.@EAMaddenNFL says it will push out a mandatory update for its video game to erase NFL coach Jon Gruden after it emerged that he used homophobic & misogynistic language in emails going back as far as a decade. https://t.co/DbUaLcvc7M
[Daily Mail, Where America Gets Its News] Minnetonka issued a statement Monday saying it had made money off the back of its 'appropriation' of Native American culture Ugh! White man raise buffalo too! Can't do dat!
CEO David Miller admitted his firm is not a Native-owned business, and promised to do more to support Indigenous communities in the future Give braves big wampum!
The company has also hired Adrienne Benjamin - a member of the tribe Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe - as a reconciliation advisor Wear-um warpaint to office every day!
Minnetonka timed the apology to coincide with Indigenous Peoples' Day
The move is the latest to tackle brands' use of Native American culture with NFL team the Washington Redskins rebranding as the Washington Football Team No use-um injun culture, injun eventually be forgotten. Goodbye Ojibwe. Goodbye Kickapoo! Goodbye Karankawa!
Related: Minnetonka’s website, wherein they apologize profusely while continuing to do pretty much exactly what they’ve been doing for three quarters of a century.
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Flaming Maroons, and pansies. Resign CEO, let the workers buy the place...Shoes are shoes... they are not political...that Covid Vaxx you took, has rotted your brain...pansy.
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This country is coming apart. Charles Murray is right
OK Newspapers are RACISTS and should be BANNED.
Because Newspapers are printed on White paper exploiting BLACK Ink for profit.
Plus newspapers have for 100's of years used racist terms or practices such as YELLOW Journalism, caused lynchings, racial stereotypes and worse...promoted political agendas that resulted in massive genocide.
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The white race has been appropriated by the Chicago White Sox. It is same way with football and basketball. Something needs to be done about this I tell you.
[GlobalNews] The Boeing Co. has told employees they must be vaccinated against COVID-19 or possibly be fired.
The Seattle Times reports the deadline for workers at the aerospace giant is Dec. 8.
Same for Ball Aerospace. Courtesy of 746, the Seattle Times has a great deal more here.
Southwest CEO says he never wanted a Covid vaccine mandate but Biden forced his hand
[CNBC] "I’ve never been in favor of corporations imposing that kind of a mandate. I’m not in favor of that," Southwest Airlines CEO Gary Kelly told CNBC on Tuesday.
However, Kelly said, the Dallas-based carrier is complying with federal rules put in place by the Biden administration.
"The objective here, obviously, is to improve health and safety, not for people to lose their jobs," he said.
You must display your Vaccine status publicly…
[CitizenFreePress] Employees with religious or medical exemptions can still work at NCH Healthcare System despite the vaccine policy, but those we spoke to aren’t not happy about how they’re perceived.
Unvaccinated employees are being required to reveal their vaccination status to others. Three nurses we spoke to have collectively put in close to 65 years at NCH. But all of that hard work almost came to a stop when the hospital system announced its vaccination policy.
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Hint: To anyone owning Boeing Co. stock....
Given a number of US court rulings acknowledging exemptions and exceptions to the VAX Mandate. Boeing can expect a lot of Lawsuits in the coming months.
A wave of Lawsuits does not help any company's P&L bottom line.
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BTW: Unless "21 U.S. Code 360bbb" as changed regarding experimental products, you may have a legal right to refuse.
[21 U.S.C. § 360bbb-3(e)(A)(ii)(III)] says that any person administering a vaccine - that is, any healthcare provider-must tell the person being vaccinated that they have the option to accept or refuse the vaccine and the consequences, if any, of ...
"Emergency Use Authorization" means that any product with this designation must be voluntary.
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They didn't start there. Most of the aircraft manufacturing was on the West Coast. Boeing got Washington to fund a big build there after Pearl Harbor, beyond carrier range.
They have been angling for South Carolina for a while. They built a whole new plant there and it is a much friendlier business right to work state with lower taxes.
[ThoughtCo] A Russian banya is a type of a steam sauna that is usually heated in a stove. An old tradition that has existed in Russia for centuries, steam bathing is considered to be good for relaxation and health, as well as a way to spend time with friends, family, or even colleagues. It is still very popular in Russia.
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Duct Tape a few Russian to the top of this thing, rolling through the countryside, they'll be in heaven,
if not steam boiled by the end of the trip...
banya... (bath)...da (yes)...srat (shit)
as in "Shit that was a trip."
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They bless AR-15's the way warriors used to bless their swords. I think that's quaint tradition, and far preferable to the leftist worship of armed robbery.
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[REGNUM] Fighting is taking place in the Ethiopian state of Afar between federal troops and the military of the People's Liberation Front of Tigraya, Agence France-Presse reported on October 13.
The battles began the day before, October 12, in the western part of the state, adjacent to the state of Ahmara. The NPLT claims to have partially defeated the armed forces of Ethiopia.
As previously reported by IA REGNUM , the federal troops of Ethiopia launched an offensive on the NFOT in Ahmar four days ago - on October 9. The confrontation between the NFOT and the federal forces in November will be a year.
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[Korrespondent] In the Kiev region, law enforcement officers exposed a gang of "crime boss", whose members collected non-existent debts from the population, and also collected extortion money from local entrepreneurs. This was reported by the SBU press service.
It is noted that the group included three residents of Pereyaslav. They were coordinated by a "crime boss" who had previously been repeatedly prosecuted for committing serious crimes.
The fact of extortion of 10 thousand dollars from two businessmen was documented. The intruders were detained during the transfer of part of the money from entrepreneurs in one of the restaurants in Pereyaslav.
[Korrespondent] In Russia, the attacker was in the status of an "overseer" for the Ulyanovsk region. He came to Ukraine with forged documents issued in a false name.
In the city of Kremenets, Ternopil region, law enforcement officers detained a "crime boss" from Russia, nicknamed "Roma Popenok", who is wanted by Interpol for his participation in a criminal organization. This was announced on Friday, September 10, according to the SBU press service.
It is noted that in Russia, the attacker was in the status of "overseer" for the Ulyanovsk region. He got to Ukraine with forged documents issued in someone else's name.
The issue of applying extradition arrest to the detainee is being resolved, and the possible involvement of a foreigner in committing serious crimes on the territory of Ukraine is being checked.
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[KavkazUzel] Representatives of public organizations of Kabardino-Balkaria announced a shortage of textbooks for native languages in schools of the republic. It was decided to change the old-style textbooks in native languages to new ones, they have already been approved, and the new textbooks for grades 1-4 have even been printed, but it will take more time to print copies for other classes and deliver them to schools, explained the director of the publishing house "Elbrus."
The message about the shortage of native language textbooks in the schools of Kabardino-Balkaria was received by the sms-service of the "Caucasian Knot" on September 28.
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Locked out of the ransomware summit. Oh, the irony! But no worries! We know a guy who knows a guy who can get you in. Yeah, it will cost ya. And you'll need an extra 10% for the Big Guy.
[BureauOfLaborStatistics] The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) increased 0.4 percent in September on a seasonally adjusted basis after rising 0.3 percent in August, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Over the last 12 months, the all items index increased 5.4 percent before seasonal adjustment.
The indexes for food and shelter rose in September and together contributed more than half of the monthly all items seasonally adjusted increase. The index for food rose 0.9 percent, with the index for food at home increasing 1.2 percent. The energy index increased 1.3 percent, with the gasoline index rising 1.percent. Beginning in Jan 2021, the annualized rate has been above 3% with some months, e.g., March- June above 7%. Wage rates have increased during this time but only about 3-4% annualized, so, as many Rantburgers have pointed out, this acts as a tax.
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Inflation is real - despite Powell's lies
The $3.5 trillion does not "pay for itself" - despite Biden's lies
The stock market is a ridiculously over-inflated bubble - despite all the idiocy and lies surrounding it
Dec. 2019 RIB EYE Steak $7.95/lb
Sept. 2021 now $14.95
Dec. 2019 80/20 Ground beef $2.38/lb
Sept. 2021 now $3.89 (packages, not tubes)
Dec. 2019 Skinless Salmon $8.45/lb
Sept. 2021 now $9.68/lb
Dec. 2019 Smithfield Bacon $2.89/lb
Sept. 2021 now $5.08/lb
Dec. 2019 Tysons Chicken Wings $2.35/lb
Sept. 2021 now when available $4.04/lb
currently "We're sorry, this item is not available."
Surprisingly PORK Meats other than Bacon, had lower inflation rates than the above in our area.
eg. Pork Loin Center cut now floating around $2.89/lb
btw: thinly slice makes a decent bacon sub.
with the obvious inflation issue you would thing the Fed would slam on the brakes but
the 5 year, 10 year and 30 year T-bond rates are about 1%, 1.5% and 2.0% respectively today
when the Fed finally wakes up to the reality there will be hell to pay in the Bond market
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^ NASDAQ will be slammed too.
Ditto for all the SPAC and memstock and shitcoin garbage
This bubble is even worse than 2001's -- the amounts of leverage given to all these millions of little amateur gamblers are unbelievable. It will be a very hard fall
[RT] Washington itself is undermining the US dollar as the world’s reserve currency by using it as an instrument of sanctions abroad, while raising the national debt and inflating at home, said Russian President Vladimir Putin " ...President-for-Life of Russia. He gets along well with other presidents for life. He is credited with bringing political stability and re-establishing something like the rule of law, which occasionally results in somebody dropping dead from poisoning by polonium or other interesting substance. Under Putin, a new group of business magnates controlling significant swathes of Russia's economy has emerged, all of whom have close personal ties to him. The old bunch, without close personal ties to Putin, are in jail or in exile or dead from poisoning by polonium or other interesting substances... .
"It seems to me that the United States is making a very big mistake by using the dollar as a sanctions instrument... by preventing payment in dollars for the sanctioned products," Putin told CNBC’s Hadley Gamble on Wednesday, after a panel at the Russian Energy Week.Countries facing US sanctions, like Russia, "have no other choice, we are simply forced to switch to settlements in other currencies," he added. Gamble had asked about the possibility of using cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin to sell oil and gas, something Putin welcomed in principle but said it was "too early," citing crypto’s volatility.
Russia is happy to use dollars in energy trade — for now — and has now plans to ditch the US dollar entirely, Putin noted, but "if the policy of the American authorities continues... then we will not have to do anything, the US will itself undermine confidence in the dollar."
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He ain't wrong.
The dollar has just become another weapon in the hands of our elites, to accomplish their goals at the expense of our own.
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Gamble had asked about the possibility of using cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin to sell oil and gas, something Putin welcomed in principle but said it was "too early," citing crypto’s volatility.
Also tells you he knows something about investments. Currency valuations cannot be depended upon. Land prices on the other hand have historically trended upward.
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Here come da stagflation. Another commodity supercucle, even.
That's great news for Russia, the Russian people and for the stock prices of Russian oil, gas and metals companies.
(Also for investors in South Africa's leading palladium-platinum-gold-lithium miner SBSW...)
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[REGNUM] In the town of Zvecan, in northern Kosovo and Metohija, on 13 October, militants calling themselves the "special police of Kosovo" severely injured a local Serb and received minor injuries. This was reported by the Kosovar media in Serbian.
"The victim is injured by a firearm in the chest area. His scapula and rib are affected, and we are preparing for the operation. The victim is in the intensive care unit, he is in serious condition," Zlatan Elek, a surgeon at the Clinical Center in Kosovska Mitrovica, told Kosovo Online .
According to the newspaper, the wounded Serb was shot in the back.
Meanwhile, the police officers of the separatist Kosovo began to leave Zvecan. On the way of their retreat, cartridge cases from live ammunition are visible.
Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic urgently went to the city of Raska on the administrative line between central Serbia and Kosovo to meet with representatives of the Kosovo Serbs, the RTS TV channel reports.
Recall that on October 13 in the morning the so-called special police of Kosovo broke into the north of the province, inhabited by Serbs, under the pretext of fighting smuggling. The militants entered shops and pharmacies, broke shelves with goods. Disgruntled Serbs protested and blocked some streets in northern Mitrovica and in Zvecan.
[REGNUM] In the north of Kosovo and Metohija, under the pretext of fighting economic crime, early in the morning on October 13, militants of the so-called special police of Kosovo, "ROSU", again broke into. This is reported by the Serbian media.
They closed several shops in the northern part of Kosovska Mitrovica and in neighboring Zvecan, prompting protests from the residents of that city, who blocked individual streets with trucks.
Citizens blocked the bridge over the Ibar River. The separatists tried to break into the city center, and the residents tried to prevent it. Police used tear gas to disperse the protesters, RTS reported.
"They are breaking into warehouses, shops, pharmacies are not working," an eyewitness in the northern part of Mitrovica told the TV channel, describing the actions of the so-called special police of Kosovo.
In the meantime, ROSU published a message stating that "early in the morning, a police operation began to cross the smuggled goods."
Recall that the ROSU militants in September occupied the Yarine and Brnjak checkpoints in the north of Kosovo and Metohija under the pretext of implementing the Reciprocity Agreement signed between Belgrade and Pristina in 2016 and concerning the rules for the use of license plates in Kosovo and central Serbia. Then the disgruntled Serbs blocked these checkpoints. The blockade lasted 10 days, until the representatives of Belgrade and Pristina signed an interim agreement on the use of license plates in Brussels.
The real problem with covid will be the hysterical reaction of millions of vaxxed when they figure out that its the vax and not the covid thats killing them.
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Happened. Didn't Happen. Don't know. There would be plenty of comms traffic out there to back it up.
Thing is, these are the wages of The Credibility Gap ranted about back in the sweaty shorts and t-shirt weather months. That, and The Weirdos batting .350 and The Experts making Mendoza look like a slugging prodigy.
Thing is, when I was young and flew, it was interesting picking up the Sky Miles catalog from the pocket. Last time I flew, it was a safety brief which included a tidbit about standing every once in a while on long trips, especially older folk, to promote circulation and prevent clotting.
Of course, that would apply to every job where sitting is 90+% of the physical aspect of the occupation.
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And keep in mind, when considering your options, that just this week a panel of Experts put together by The Gov determined low dose aspirin routine as a preventative measure against strokes and heart attacks, as potentially dangerous.
[Sandboxx] In the 1970s, the United States had three revolutionary fighters enter service in the F-14 Tomcat, F-15 Eagle, and F-16 Fighting Falcon. Today, two of these platforms remain not only in service, but in production, with only the Top Gun F-14 relegated to museum duty.
Today, plenty of airplane nerds (like this author) still count the F-14 Tomcat among their favorite aircraft of all time... so what gives? Why was Maverick’s ride not only retired early by very literally being fed into the industrial shredder while the Eagle and Viper continue to roll off assembly lines to this day? Whenever someone starts in with "It was the bestest, most capablest airplane ever and the people who retired it should be shot," there's probably more to the story than that.
The truth is, the F-14 Tomcat was a highly advanced fighter that was really purpose-built for a world-ending nuclear conflict. When you look back on the program, its challenges, and subsequent solutions, the image becomes a bit clearer. The F-14 made sense when we were on the verge of World War III... but without a Soviet boogeyman to keep Uncle Sam’s pocketbook upturned and shaking, it became an incredibly expensive and sometimes problematic solution to a problem nobody had anymore. And to make matters worse, only a portion of the F-14 fleet was ever as capable as most of the world believed.
But to be completely clear, it was still one hell of a jet.
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The F-14 was not a fighter. It was an interceptor. Its entire purpose was not to turn and burn in the furball, but to shoot down incoming Soviet nuclear cruise missiles at maximum distance from its carrier. If it could shoot down the bombers that launched them, so much the better, but that wasn't its primary job. It was an anti-missile platform.
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The short, difficult career of the F-14 Tomcat...
I'm having a hard time seeing a thirty-two year career as 'short'.
Mike
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There was a C-SPAN video explaining it: A Carrier Air Wing composed of F/A-18 "fighter-bombers" has more flexibility/effectiveness than a composite Air Wing of F-14s and A-6s. IIRC there were also mounting problems with the reliability of both the stored AIM-54 Phoenix missiles (why we had a F-14 in the first place) and the complicated F-14 airframe.
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F-4 Phantom was in prodiction from 1968-1981. It had a short, difficult career too, I guess. Sure saw a lot of them at work though.
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I remember when the F-14 was looking for a mission in the mid-90s. We called them Bomb Cats when they tried to get in the Close Air Support business. Short-lived venture but I have some cool pics..
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Tomcat sacrificed on the Altar of the Hornet, along with the Intruder and Prowler. While at Strike, we had 2 Delta Toms that were Bombcats; very impressive and were in high demand for various projects. Sadly, we also had 2 very low-time A models that did not have the fuselage damage typical of fleet units (engine bay area cracks). The pentagon chose to part them out for fleet squadrons rather than pay to rework/rewire as D’s. How about maybe 300 hours with only 1 or 2 ( field) traps and 0 cat shots?
[RT] Hollywood star William Shatner, who played Captain Kirk in popular science-fiction series ’Star Trek’, became the oldest person in the world to visit space on Wednesday, as a Blue Origin rocket took him over 100km above the Earth. Shatner, aged 90, overtook 82-year-old aviator Wally Funk to become the oldest person in space. Funk also flew aboard a Blue Origin rocket, accompanied by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, in July.
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After over 1/2 a century of playing a Star Trek Ship Capt.
He finally ALMOST made it into Space.
Note: So he just made it into the Thermosphere. But isn't Exosphere is the upper limit of our atmosphere and space starts around 10,000km where the atmosphere ends doesn't it?.
Either way, it must have been a hell of a ride and a life time experience.
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90 year old man kept it up for 11 minutes. Turn signal left on the whole way.
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To me it's making good on all these decades of having played the part for us ala Galaxy Quest. Even now, at 90 yrs old, he took those G's like it was his job. His reaction upon landing - priceless.
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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.
" ...President-for-Life of Russia. He gets along well with other presidents for life. He is credited with bringing political stability and re-establishing something like the rule of law, which occasionally results in somebody dropping dead from poisoning by polonium or other interesting substance. Under Putin, a new group of business magnates controlling significant swathes of Russia's economy has emerged, all of whom have close personal ties to him. The old bunch, without close personal ties to Putin, are in jail or in exile or dead from poisoning by polonium or other interesting substances...
[RT] Hollywood star 
