Day: August 12, 2024

Senator JD Vance again roasted Vice President Kamala Harris in funny post on X (formerly Twitter) on Friday, August 9, once again bringing up her seeming reluctance to speak to journalists about anything at all, something that many on the right have brought up in the weeks after President Biden dropped out and named her as his successor. Trump, for example, joked that Vice President Harris is barely competent and unable to do interviews, quite in contrast to him, saying, “She hasn’t done an interview. She can’t do an interview. She’s barely competent. She can’t do an interview, but I look forward to the debates because we have to set the record straight.” Posting about the matter on X and using it to bring up both the lack of border security under the Biden-Harris administration and Kamala’s reluctance to speak to any journalists, saying, “If we could convince Kamala Harris that illegal aliens are actually journalists trying to ask her questions she’d build that border wall in five seconds.” This wasn’t the first time that Vance trolled Harris over her seeming refusal to meet with or speak to journalists. For example, during a recent incident when both their planes were on the… CONTINUE READING…

This abandoned merchant warehouse complex in Tainan’s Anping District was originally built in the 19th century by the British Tait & Co trading company, which is evident in the Western colonial architecture that is still just barely visible at the front of the overgrown site. Nowadays, the place has taken on a new purpose altogether, thanks to the spectacle of the Anping Tree House that is tucked around the back. For a few dollars, you can enter the grounds and find the remains of the warehouse buildings crumbling under an extraordinary web of banyan tree roots. In the years since the site was abandoned, the living banyan tree has forced its way through, over, and across the brickwork and concrete. Remarkably, the sprawling roots and branches have excellently preserved the shape of walls, doorways, and roofs that have long since fallen down and been removed. An elevated walkway has been added to the grounds, which allows visitors to navigate the rooms of the Anping Tree House, as it has been dubbed, without too much interruption from the tangled tree roots that hang everywhere. Still, you may need to duck under a few invasive branches as you climb the stairs to explore this… CONTINUE READING…

Speaking during an interview with CNN on Thursday, August 8, Doug Julin, who was above Minnesota Governor Tim Walz in the National Guard hierarchy before Walz dropped out of it in the months before his unit was deployed to Iraq, said that Walz was wrong to do what he did and that Walz went behind his back to get out of deploying because he would have said he could not do so. Julin, for reference, was a more senior command sergeant in the Minnesota National Guard’s 1st Battalion, 125th Field Artillery. He said that in 2004, as the insurgency in Iraq was picking up steam and more Americans were needed for the conflict, the unit’s leadership received a notification from higher up informing them that they were to be deployed to Iraq within the year. Then, when they alerted those below them to prepare for deployment, Walz moved to retire. Julin then said that, as the unit prepared for deployment in February of 2005, then-Sergeant Major Walz approached him after a pre-deployment meeting to say that he would be running for office and so wanted to give Julin a “warning order” about that plan. Later on, apparently, Walz jumped a… CONTINUE READING…

The Trump campaign recently released a new ad that exposes Kamala Harris’ radical agenda. Notably, the basis of the ad is not direct attacks from Trump’s team.  Instead, it is centered the vice president’s own statements explaining her progressive stances on various important issues the nation is currently challenged with. Former President Donald Trump debuted the ad during a rally he hosted on Friday, showing the crowd “what Kamala Harris would do as president” in her own words.  The clip opens with a comment from Harris, stating, “Yeah, I am radical. We need to get radical about what we are doing and take it seriously.”  The ad then called out numerous far-left policy stances Kamala has stood behind in recent years. The ad highlighted Harris’ stance on passing the “Green New Deal,” in which she once vowed to end the filibuster.  “As President of the United States, I am prepared to get rid of the filibuster to pass a Green Deal,” she said.  Similarly, the anti-Harris clip addressed her intention to “ban fracking.”  In another instance, she said, “There’s no question. I’m in favor of banning fracking.” Furthermore, Kamala Harris has maintained an aggressive anti-Second Amendment stance where she has… CONTINUE READING…

Former President Donald Trump’s campaign stated on Saturday that he was “fine” and being checked at a local medical facility after an apparent shooting at a political rally. Trump spokesman Steven Cheung said that Trump was “fine and is being checked out at a local medical facility.” Cheung added that Trump “thanks law enforcement and first responders for their quick action during this heinous act.” As Trump addressed a sizable gathering of fans in Pennsylvania, what appeared to be gunshots broke out, leaving blood on the side of his face. He stood up, raised his fist, and yelled at the audience to “fight” as the Secret Service hurried him from the platform. “An incident occurred the evening of July 13 at a Trump rally in Pennsylvania,” the U.S. Secret Service said in a statement. “The Secret Service has implemented protective measures and the former President is safe. This is now an active Secret Service investigation and further information will be released when available.” As Trump displayed a chart with the number of border crossings, loud bangs echoed across the assembly. Trump was spotted reaching toward his neck with his right hand. His face seemed to be covered with blood. Screams… CONTINUE READING…

Following the presidential debate debacle that unfolded late last month, Joe Biden is continuing to display signs of declining mental and physical health.  Such demonstrations of his advanced age are problematic for the Biden campaign as it attempts to recover ground and reinstill faith among the Democratic Party and American voters that the president is fit to serve as the commander-in-chief. Before the debate, President Biden spent the week at Camp David, the presidential retreat in Maryland, preparing for his head-to-head discussion with former President Donald Trump, where he had his schedule cleared until the event.  However, footage of Biden arriving at the retreat appeared to foreshadow what would unfold on the debate stage. According to RNC Research, an account run by the Republican National Committee that has consistently raised concerns regarding President Biden’s health shared a clip of Biden exiting his presidential aircraft.  The caption read, “Biden arrives at Camp David, where he’ll be holed away — and heavily doped up — ahead of the debate. He has zero public events on his schedule until Thursday.” The video shows Biden descending the stairs of Air Force One, seemingly with incredible difficulty.  Upon reaching the runway, Biden gave a salute to… CONTINUE READING…

The ruins of an Estonian prison are drowning in the quarry lake where the convicts were once forced to work.  It’s unlikely that those interred in this Soviet prison ever imagined that the quarry they were forced to work in would someday become a beautiful diving spot. But it’s a weird world, and time is long.  The ruins of the abandoned prison camp outside the small Estonian town of Rummu were once a dreaded stone edifice, but are now a beach attraction. The prison was already established in the 1940s by the Soviet Union. It was built in a convenient location, on the lip of a limestone quarry in which the inmates were forced to toil.  The seemingly impenetrable walls of the prison were not to last forever. When Estonia regained its independence in 1991, the Soviets moved out and many of their institutions fell, including the labor prison at Rummu. Both the prison and the quarry were abandoned in the changeover. Without anyone to look after the natural groundwater that seeped into the former quarry, it soon filled up with water, creating a new lake with alarming speed. It filled up so fast that many of the mining machines and even some… CONTINUE READING…

Last year, a Florida teen brutally beat a teacher who had taken his Nintendo Switch away from him.  Six-foot-six, 270-pound Brendan Depa, who has turned 18 since the incident, was recently handed a five-year sentence for the crime he committed in 2023.  As Circuit Judge Terence Perkins delivered the punishment to the hulking teenager, he could be seen throwing his head back in dismay. Depa was charged with felony aggravated battery after he violently assaulted the paraprofessional Joan Naydich in a hallway inside of Matanzas High School in Palm Coast.  After Naydich had confiscated Depa’s gaming device, footage showed him running at her, shoving her to the ground.  Depa proceeded to stomp Naydich unconscious and punch her 15 times. “I counted 15 times that he punched her while she was completely unconscious,” Judge Clark said to the court during Depa’s trial. “But for those five people pulling him off, I don’t think she would be here today,” he continued, illustrating the sheer violence displayed by Depa.  Photos from the aftermath of the assault show the intense bruising Naydich experienced. However, Depa’s mother has claimed her son is being punished because he is a large black man with a disability.  “They… CONTINUE READING…