[Breitbart] A Georgia senior apparently became impatient with a group of bicyclists riding double wide on a rural road and allegedly sideswiped the peloton before speeding off in what police are calling a hit and run.
One of the cyclists was injured, reportedly suffering a fracture to his spine.
The incident was caught on camera and is showing up on social media.
Jerry Wayne Ross, 72, flashed what could either be a half smile or a grimace in his booking photo as he faces charges for the alleged hit and run using his Honda Pilot on April 23 in Cherokee County, north of suburban Atlanta, Fox 5 reported.
The North Georgia Cycling Association was on its weekly, 32-mile-long Thursday night ride when the suspected road rage incident occurred.
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Pro Tip: Open the side door to get more. The cyclists are on the wrong side of the road so they won't see it coming.
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Pro Tip: Open the side door to get more. The cyclists are on the wrong side of the road so they won't see it coming.
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Pro Tip: Open the side door to get more. The cyclists are on the wrong side of the road so they won't see it coming.
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#17
Sorry about the three-peat! I don't know why that happened nor how to fix.
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#18
That's OK, Joe. It's a good tip.
In California, on roads where there isn't room for a bike lane, they've started painting big pictures of bicycles on the road to indicate that motorists must share that lane with the bicyclists. You get behind those fools and you just have to wait for a safe opportunity to pass them. Yes, it is most annoying.
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It raises the basic question…does road biking make you an asshole or is it that assholes road bike?
[FoxNews] North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un has publicly praised soldiers who killed themselves rather than be captured while fighting Ukrainian forces in Kursk region, offering the clearest confirmation yet of what officials and intelligence agencies have long described as one of Pyongyang’s most extreme battlefield policies. Shot themselves in the back of the head, did they?
In remarks published Monday by North Korean state media KCNA and first reported by Reuters, Kim honored troops who "unhesitatingly chose the path of self-destruction and suicide" rather than surrender, as he addressed Russian officials and bereaved families during a memorial ceremony for North Korean soldiers killed in combat.
"It is not only the heroes who unhesitatingly chose the path of self-destruction and suicide to defend great honor, but also those who fell while charging at the forefront of assault battles," Kim said.
The comments mark the first time Kim has directly acknowledged the lengths North Korean troops fighting for Russia have gone to in attempts to avoid capture by Ukrainian forces.
North Korea deployed an estimated 14,000 troops to Russia’s western Kursk region to support Moscow’s war effort, according to South Korean, Ukrainian and Western officials cited by Reuters. Those same officials say the forces suffered staggering losses, with more than 6,000 North Korean soldiers believed killed in some of the war’s most intense fighting.
For months, intelligence reports, battlefield evidence and defector testimony have pointed to a grim directive: North Korean troops were expected to detonate grenades or otherwise take their own lives rather than risk capture.
That policy appears to have extended even to the few who survived. According to The Guardian, two North Korean soldiers captured by Ukrainian forces and now held as prisoners of war in Kyiv both reportedly attempted to blow themselves up but were unable to do so because of severe injuries. One of the captured soldiers has reportedly expressed guilt over failing to carry out those orders.
Kim’s latest speech appears to transform those reports from battlefield allegations into publicly praised state doctrine.
"Those who writhed in frustration at failing to fulfill their duty as soldiers rather than suffering the agony of their bodies being torn apart by bullets and shells — these too can be called the party’s loyal warriors and patriots," Kim added.
The statement underscores the ideological intensity imposed on North Korean forces, whose loyalty to the regime appears to extend beyond combat to self-destruction.
The revelation also highlights the deepening military relationship between Pyongyang and Moscow.
According to South Korean intelligence assessments, North Korea has provided not only troops but also munitions to Russia, while receiving economic aid and military technology in return.
#2
Lets see.....
NK population is about 26.8 Million and has had no published Census data in the last 18 years. Likely trying to hide the population decline data.
NK Military is about 1.3+ million personnel strong.
So roughly 1 in 26 are in the military now, and close to 70%, a vast majority of the adult population, was trained due to mandatory service laws.
North Korea is already having problems providing for even its shrinking civilian (non-Mil) population. With 60% barely surviving now at a very low piss poor poverty line. Plus its social services have collapsed due to lack of many unavailable basics. Because its 1.3 M military needs them.
So teaching a military & a Nation its honorable to kill themselves does help trim here and there.
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[Regnum] The US national debt stands at $31.27 trillion, exceeding the size of the economy for the first time since 1946, which currently stands at $31.22 trillion. This was reported on April 30 by Fox Business News, citing data from the Bureau of Economic Analysis.
According to analysts, the national debt amounted to $31.27 trillion as of March 31.
The bureau's latest data suggests the United States is rapidly approaching a historic debt-to-GDP ratio of 106%.
Earlier on April 19, the International Monetary Fund reported that Russia's public debt by the end of 2025 would be the lowest among G20 countries. Russia's public debt amounted to 18% of its gross domestic product (GDP). Approximately 16.5% is held by the Russian government, with the remainder held by regional authorities. Turkey's public debt amounted to 23.5% of GDP, Saudi Arabia's 31.7%, Indonesia's 41%, and Australia's 51%.
Japan has the highest public debt at 206.5% of GDP, Italy at 137.1%, and the United States at 123.9%. France, Canada, and the United Kingdom had public debt exceeding 100% in 2025.
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[Regnum] The United States will withdraw 5,000 troops from Germany. Reuters reported this on May 1.
"The troop withdrawal is planned to be completed within the next six to 12 months," the agency noted, citing the Pentagon.
As a result of the withdrawal of the contingent, the size of the American army in Europe will be reduced to approximately the level it was before 2022.
Earlier, US President Donald Trump announced that the White House administration was considering reducing the US military contingent stationed in Germany. A decision on this matter will be made soon. Later, the White House chief announced that American forces in Italy and Spain could also be reduced.
On March 20, Trump, commenting on NATO's refusal to participate in the conflict with Iran, called the alliance a "paper tiger." He threatened that the United States would remember how NATO partners refused to facilitate free navigation through the Strait of Hormuz, even though its blockade is the key factor driving up oil prices.
#5
As a matter of fact Germans pay more and more for defense. US bases in Germany contribute to security in Europe, but the U.S. benefits at least as much from them as we do. Probably more in these days.
As a matter of fact, the reduction of 5,000 troops (to pre 2022 level) will put a dent in some local economies, but that's about it. My own quick and dirty calculation is 350 million euros per year (direct and indirect benefit).
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News flash EC, more and more Americans are tired of subsidizing the defense of most of the countries in the EU. Not a fan of Putin or the current version of Russia, but at least they won't roll over and surrender to the Islamic fundamentalists migrants.
Things are way more complicated than you might think.
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The only advantage Germany USE TO BE were a couple of hidden Nuke missile sites, Bitburg, Rhein-Main, Spangdahlem and etc. all for a quick response to the USSR and Est Germany.
Given the fall of USSR and East Germany and the Iron curtain over 30+ years ago.
Plus given all the technology advances in nuke warfare.
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BTW: We did Germany during the Cold War 1964-68.
Hillden (US/UK), Hubberath (US/UK), Prum (US), & PHV (US) - Swatzegen (sp).
It was fun, when it was 4 marks to the 1$ and the Germans actual wanted us there.
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It’s very useful to have trauma hospitals and refurbishing available halfway between home and the Middle East, so we don’t have to travel the entire distance when the need is urgent.
And if we believe Europe will one day be an outpost of the Ummah, very useful indeed to already be on site and with contacts ready to network for the unpleasant next stage of the War on Terror. One can hope it won’t be so, but the Moslems themselves believe it is just a matter of time before they reach out their hand to formalize what is already complete.
#14
This amounts to a normal rotation, if that much.
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I don't mind keeping bases in Germany. I'm quite happy if Germans these days are more concerned with their economy than their military.
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@9 Read your history, not the first time the Russians or Chinese helped our enemies and not the last. Just like we've helped their enemies.
Whether it's complicated or not is subjective, but it's certainly time to uncomplicate things with countries who won't support us or at least keep their mouths shut.
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^So more of a statement, or negotiation, expression of frustration, middle finger....
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With all the trouble Joe Biden and Baraq Obama have made for Russia, it's no surprise Russians are helping Iran just to make trouble for us. I seem to recall at the outset of hostilities in Ukraine the Iranians helped Russia by providing drones of which the Russians were in short supply. When you're an international outcast like Putin, you look for friends wherever you can find them.
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Personally, I view the current conflict between Trump admin and EUrope as the extension of the current American civil war.
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I believe Iran’s drones are a later development, which they continued supplying until recently. And then, last September, Iran agreed to pay Russia $25 billion to build eight nuclear power plants.
Nothing came of it in the end, clearly, but the intent was there.
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Euro conservative! You act like you mf'ers are doing US a favor. German subsidies! YOU HAVE TO BE FUCKING KIDDING! you're a goddamn idiot and I for 1 would not give a shit if your pretentious ass was speaking russian soon. No one needs any of you, You're useless shit.
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Ref # 25
You embarrass yourself with needless and abusive, insulting language. Try respectful disagreement with someone who is far more an ally than many in Europe, wht you said is childish and meaningless. Get a grip!
[Reuters] SpaceX has spent more than $15 billion developing its next-generation Starship rocket, according to the company’s IPO registration reviewed by Reuters, a sum that dwarfs the cost of its workhorse Falcon rocket as Elon Musk’s space company nears a decade trying to perfect a fully reusable launch system.
The future of SpaceX’s most lucrative businesses as it sprints toward public markets at a $1.75 trillion valuation rests largely on Starship, a towering two-stage rocket system central to Musk’s ambitions to launch larger batches of Starlink satellites, carry humans to the moon and Mars, and eventually deploy thousands of artificial intelligence computing satellites as an alternative to power-hungry data centers on Earth.
The $15 billion figure, which has not been previously reported, eclipses the roughly $400 million SpaceX spent developing Falcon 9, the world's most frequently flown rocket. Falcon 9 has underpinned SpaceX's commercial dominance, enabling rapid Starlink deployments and giving the company a wide lead over launch rivals.
“We have continued to invest significantly in further increasing our lead by pursuing full and rapid reusability at scale, including investing over $15 billion in our next-generation rocket, Starship,” SpaceX said in its confidential IPO registration.
The company aims to begin launching its latest generation of Starlink satellites, known as V3, in the second half of 2026, according to the filing. That is likely to be on Starship, whose payload bay was tailored for the upgraded satellites and can fit up to 60 of them in a single flight, SpaceX said in the filing.
That is a dramatic increase from the two dozen smaller Starlinks typically launched on Falcon, underscoring how tightly Starship's success is woven into the economics of Starlink.
Starship now consumes the bulk of the company’s development spending.
SpaceX devoted $3 billion to research and development in 2025 for its space segment, the entirety of which went to the Starship program, the filing shows, a sharp jump from the $1.8 billion spent in that segment the prior year. The surge highlights how fundamentally different Starship is from Falcon and from any rocket that has come before it.
STARSHIP SUFFERS EXPLOSIVE FAILURES
Since 2023, SpaceX has conducted 11 Starship test flights, producing both spectacular failures and eye-catching advances. Among the milestones was catching the rocket’s towering Super Heavy booster on its return to Earth using massive mechanical arms, a maneuver designed to dramatically accelerate reusability.
Even with those gains, SpaceX acknowledged in its filing that several unprecedented hurdles remain before Starship can reach Musk’s goal of “thousands of launches per year.” That launch rate, the company said, would be required to deploy 100 gigawatts of solar powered AI satellites annually, roughly a quarter of the energy consumed by the United States in a year.
“They’re getting really close,” said Chris Quilty, president of Quilty Space, a space and satellite industry research firm. “But what we still don’t know, and won’t know for a while is, can they do it repeatedly?”
Among the most significant challenges facing Starship is building the vast ground infrastructure needed to support Musk’s desired flight cadence, including fuel supplies, water systems and, for the core ship, a heat-shield capable of surviving repeated atmospheric re-entries.
A single Starship launch requires the equivalent of 244 tanker trucks of natural gas, according to a Federal Aviation Administration analysis. About one million gallons of water are used to suppress the rocket’s intense acoustic vibrations during liftoff.
“There is not enough water in the water system to support the launch of Starship” at such a scale, Quilty said.
Another formidable obstacle is in-orbit refueling, a risky and unproven process in which Starships dock with tanker versions of the vehicle to transfer fuel. The maneuver would be essential for deep space missions and would itself require multiple Starship launches.
“That's probably the last big challenge,” said Hans Koenigsmann, former SpaceX Vice President of Flight Reliability and one of the company’s earliest employees. “If that happens, then I think from then on it should be more or less, success.”
The challenge is compounded by the propellant itself. Liquid oxygen must be kept at extremely low temperatures and tightly sealed to prevent it from seeping out into space.
“In-orbit refueling is complex, and we have not yet demonstrated or attempted it,” SpaceX said in its filing.
“We may not be able to develop, commercialize, scale, or successfully implement these or other strategic initiatives on the timelines we currently anticipate, or at all,” it added.
CITY OF STARS
Over the past decade, SpaceX has built an extensive development site in South Texas, Starbase, dedicated to Starship. The facility supports a manufacturing push designed to produce rockets at a pace more akin to commercial aircraft than traditional space vehicles.
“When you build up your production before you actually have the product, you obviously run the risk that if you change your mind... every change on the rocket has a change on the factory now too,” Koenigsmann said.
Testing failures have driven hundreds of design changes to the vehicle. Koenigsmann described Starship as “a totally different animal” from Falcon 9.
SpaceX is now preparing for its first Starship test launch since October, the program’s longest pause between flights. The mission will debut the Starship V3 prototype.
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[Breitbart] A Georgia senior apparently became impatient with a group of bicyclists riding double wide on a rural road and allegedly sideswiped the peloton before speeding off in what police are calling a hit and run.
