[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] Screen legend Robert Redford has died at the age of 89.
The Oscar-winner died in his sleep on Tuesday at his home in Utah, outside of Provo, The New York Times reported.
The announcement of his death was made by Cindi Berger, the chief executive of the publicity firm Rogers & Cowan PMK.
Redford was one of the top Hollywood leading men for decades, appearing in blockbusters such as Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid and All the President’s Men.
His first big break came in 1963, when he starred on Broadway in Neil Simon’s Barefoot in the Park, which he would later reprise.
He often starred alongside many of Hollywood's leading ladies at the time, like Barbra Streisand in The Way We Were in 1973, and Jane Fonda in the 1967 film, Barefoot in the Park.
The actor began directing later in life and won an Oscar for Ordinary People in 1980.
He founded the nonprofit Sundance Institute in 1981, which became a staple in the arts world for years to come.
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"America, how could you bear it?
A star, not by thespian merit
But luminous sheen
Of his plumage on-screen!"
Screams von Sydow, "Three decades of parrot!"
Okay, I liked him too. But today I'd probably be rooting for Max. Gotta go put a hold on Condor.
[AirForce Times] Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's pursuit of a clean-shaven military took its latest step Monday when the Pentagon announced that troops who require medical shaving waivers for longer than a year will face involuntary separation, according to an official memo.
The announcement, which is dated Aug. 20, follows a force-wide review launched by the Pentagon in March to assess military grooming and fitness standards.
In the memo, Hegseth mandates that troops who seek individual exemptions must receive final waiver approval through their unit commander, which can only be granted after a written recommendation from a medical officer.
Service members granted waivers must then "participate in a medical treatment plan," the memo states.
If medical treatment does not resolve the issue and a waiver is required beyond the one-year window, those troops will face separation.
"I have full confidence in our leaders at all levels to provide an accurate assessment of whether retention is appropriate," Hegseth wrote.
The Aug. 20 memo, which does not mention whether mustaches will be impacted, is the latest in a series of shaving regulation tweaks by the Pentagon this year.
In March, the Marine Corps ordered Marines diagnosed with pseudofolliculitis barbae, which leads to unwanted bumps and painful ingrown hair from frequent shaving, to undergo medical reevaluation within 90 days to determine whether they still required a waiver.
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It interferes with a tight gas mask seal. Dad's don't teach sons how to properly shave anymore. It's not a quick lather up and zip zop with a razor. There is a reason that there are barber schools. Don't whine. Back in the 50s and 60s many draftees had to be given basic hygiene training.
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P2K we have a lot better tech than back then and when I was in. NATO troops have modern gas masks and a short beard doesn't interfere with the seal. Also see modern CPAPs
[Breitbart] With Week 2 of the NFL winding down, five home teams refused to sponsor a moment of silence for murdered conservative activist Charlie Kirk, even though each of them held memorials, made statements, and donated money in honor of convicted drug user George Floyd.
With Week 2 of the NFL winding down, five home teams refused to sponsor a moment of silence for murdered conservative activist Charlie Kirk, even though each of them held memorials, made statements, and donated money in honor of convicted drug user George Floyd.
About half the teams playing over Week 2 did hold a moment of silence for Kirk, but five games were noticeably missing among that list.
By the time Sunday ended, five home teams had skipped the moment of silence that the NFL had authorized. Those teams included the Baltimore Ravens, who faced the Cleveland Browns at M&T Bank Stadium, the Cincinnati Bengals, who played the Jacksonville Jaguars at Paycor Stadium, the Detroit Lions, who took on the Chicago Bears, the Indianapolis Colts going up against the Denver Broncos at Lucas Oil Stadium, and the Minnesota Vikings who battled the Atlanta Falcons at U.S. Bank Stadium.
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It was not mandatory in my book but it’s turning down free advertising, revenue and a blessing. Pastors made the same choice. There were probably 20% extra people in the pews over the weekend. Acknowledge Charlie and they’re parishioners.
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When the NFL Millionaire $$$$$$$ players went political and were freely allowed to "Take A knee". Thus dissing our flag, our country and those that died for it. Our family members agreed to stopped watching NFL Football games and any other sport that allow it, or has allowed it.
A serious Official apology by the NFL, the teams and their owners must be issued. PLUS it should be done LIVE and during an early in the season 1/2 time show.
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The term TWANLOC stands for "Those Who Are No Longer Our Countrymen." It is often used in discussions related to social and political contexts, particularly among certain groups that may express exclusionary views. In some contexts, it refers to individuals who are perceived as not belonging to a particular national or cultural identity. Acronyms and Slang
#10
What burns me most is that public money is still used to finance NFL football stadiums (or any pro level sport). These are some of the wealthiest people in the US and they still have their tin cups out pleading poverty.
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[Regnum] The strongest magnetic storm in the last three months has begun on Earth at the moment. This was reported on Monday, September 15, by the press service of the Solar Astronomy Laboratory of the Space Research Institute (IKI) of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
"A strong magnetic storm, close to G3, is being observed on Earth. The event is being recorded against the background of a noticeable increase in the speed of the solar wind as a result of the planet entering the zone of a large coronal hole, the boundary of which the Earth crossed yesterday around midnight," the laboratory's website says.
According to scientists, the magnetic storm was predicted several days ago, but its strength turned out to be much higher than expected. The last time such a disturbance of the Earth's magnetosphere was observed was in early June, that is, more than three months ago.
The IKI RAS laboratory clarified that the geomagnetic situation will continue to deteriorate over the next 4–6 days and its full normalization is expected no earlier than September 18–19.
At the same time, scientists added that the local current surge could end within 6-9 hours.
On September 12, scientists warned that a six-day magnetic storm was expected on Earth, which was caused by a coronal hole on the Sun. According to the IKI RAS laboratory, a large coronal hole appeared on the star, creating a wide flow of fast solar wind, the full impact of which on Earth could take up to six days.
This harks back to a story by the late Kommie Andrew Cockburn, whence he recounted a story by his father during some royal celebration of some kind sometime in the 1930s, when at the right moment a banner was unfurled which noted "30 years of war and poverty" long enough to be caught on camera.
Today's jamokes are lame as hell by comparison...
[Regnum] Activists from the organization Everyone Hates Elon (“Everyone Hates Elon ( Musk — editor’s note)” placed a huge photograph of US President Donald Trump with financier Jeffrey Epstein, accused of child molestation, on the lawn near Windsor Castle. This was reported on September 15 by the Mirror newspaper.
The photo was posted ahead of Trump's visit to the UK, scheduled to arrive on Tuesday evening, September 16. This will be the second official visit by a US president to the country since 2019.
The activists intend to "spoil" the visit of the head of the White House, and for this purpose they collected 30 thousand pounds sterling. With this money, the activists made a copy of the photo of Trump with Epstein, measuring 400 square meters, and placed it near Windsor Palace, which is the royal residence.
In addition, on September 17, activists intend to hold a large-scale protest in London against the American leader's visit. A similar protest took place in 2019, during Trump's previous visit.
Do you suppose they are capable of being as deliberately annoying as the union and Mafia guys that President Trump dealt with when he was building and running hotels?
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I don’t believe the leftists will stop the flood of protesters with their pictures.
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Remember when commies were warmer?
Take Cockburn, a snake but a charmer.
It may just be me,
But today I would see
Him as closer to Starkey than Starmer.
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[Regnum] The price of gold reached a new historical maximum on September 15, breaking the $3,722 per troy ounce mark.
During trading on the Comex exchange, December futures for the precious metal rose to a record high of $3,722.4, according to data from the trading platform.
As of 19:37 Moscow time, gold was trading at $3,721 per ounce, up 0.9% from the previous close. Thus, the precious metal continues to demonstrate upward dynamics.
On September 3, the price of gold futures for delivery in December 2025 on the Comex exchange rose to $3,600.30 per troy ounce, which corresponds to an increase of 0.99%.
Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin:
[ColonelCassad] The Foreign Intelligence Service of Russia said that the West is preparing a Maidan in Serbia.
1. They want to start on November 1, the anniversary of the events in Novi Sad, when the collapse of the bridge became a trigger for mass protests aimed at overthrowing the government and the president of Serbia.
2. The main attacking force of the "Serbian Maidan" should be the youth. They are actively working with her now. The West is actively investing in preparation.
3. Ideologically, all this is spiced up with the demands of the "European future" (on the model of the Ukrainian Maidan), which Vuchich and Co. interfere with.
4. The goal of the "Serbian Maidan" is to create a government in Belgrade that is completely loyal to Brussels.
PS. All this is favored by:
1. Strategic isolation of Serbia in the Balkans.
2. The difficult economic situation in the country.
3. The multi-vector policy of Vučić himself, eroding the base of support for the authorities.
4. Limited opportunities of Russia and China to help Serbia.
5. The presence of those interested in overthrowing the current government within the government itself.
6. Incomplete sovereignty of Serbia in matters of control of its own information space.
Vuchich will have to make a lot of effort to repel a new attack aimed at overthrowing his ego in the coming months.
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I blame you Russians, Boris. Before you threw out the baby (Russian empire) with the bath water, the vampire cockroaches of Western Europe knew their place!
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.
