Speaker of The House in Minnesota has been murdered!

MN Governor Walz quick to label it as "Political" !!

Walz might be trying to get ahead of the facts and who the killer is.

Apparently The Speaker voted to stop aid to illegals !!!!

State Police telling people to NOT go to any protests !!


This is just The BEGINNING !! 


BREAKING - It’s been revealed the Minnesota democratic lawmakers shot last night, State Rep. Melissa Hortman and State Sen. John Hoffman, both recently voted against their party, with Hortman supporting repeal of free healthcare for illegals and Hoffman joining Republicans in the Senate to pass it.


MN State Patrol @MnDPS_MSP Given the targeted shootings of state lawmakers overnight, we are asking the public to not attend today’s planned demonstrations across Minnesota out of an abundance of caution.


BBC Article >>>>


Walz Press - Pull 

The Greek Theatre, Los Angeles 18–19 October 1999 Jimmy Page and The Black Crowes united to create 2 nights of rock perfection , to mark the 25th anniversary of rock history being made the album Live at the Greek has been re-released.

Jimmy and the boys remembering the gig.


Big Crowes and Zeppelin fan so pure Gold. 

0:00 Celebration Day
3:33 Custard Pie
9:08 Sick Again
14:08 No Speak No Slave
19:15 What Is And What Should Never Be
24:49 Hard To Handle
28:39 Woke Up This Morning
33:10 Ten Years Gone
40:04 In My Time Of Dying
49:50 Your Time Is Gonna Come
55:01 Remedy
1:01:30 The Lemon Song
1:10:50 Sloppy Drunk
1:17:08 Shapes Of Things
1:20:33 Nobody's Fault But Mine
1:27:42 Heartbreaker

• encore -
  
  

I'm not sure where to park this one because I don't even know how to describe the experience other than very...weird.

I woke up tonight/this morning (I don't sleep well sometimes these days) and I was thinking about a childhood very good friend of mine, not just casually either.  It was a very focused and detailed thought.  His name was John, and we were best friends from age 7 or so until about 12.  My family moved away about that time and eventually John and I lost contact.  

The thought I woke up with this morning is as follows....

About 3 years ago I learned that John had moved (coincidentally) to Colorado.  Of all the places I've lived around the globe I never expected John would wind up in the same state as me.  I had no choice but to reach out to him if nothing else to say hello.  I found an email address for him and, not knowing if it would work or not, I wrote out a quick email to say "Hi".  About 3 weeks later, to my surprise, I received a reply, but the reply wasn't from John, it was from his wife.

His wife profusely thanked me for reaching out to him, but unfortunately John had passed away several months before.  His wife was over the top with thanks for trying to contact him (which I found odd) and stated what a terrible shame it was that we never got to meet up.  She went on to say that John had talked about me for their entire married life and had searched for me many times with no success.  

His wife and I exchanged a couple of emails, first mine offering my sincerest condolences and asking about John.  I also provided a little background on myself and what I'd been doing all these years.  She replied with a lengthy email about John, his personality, his hobbies and what a great guy he was.  I had not really intended anything more than my second condolence email, figuring that would be the end of it.  However, upon reading her lengthy reply now I had some questions.  She had also posed some questions to me which I answered in my follow up.  She sounded like a very nice and loving wife.

John had always been a big Star Trek nut, so big that I figured he was the type who wound up going to conventions as an adult, so I inquired about this.  Her response was that my question confirmed my identity as the person John always talked about, and she went on to say that while he was a lifelong fan of Star Trek he never went overboard with it.  In his later years his interest in Star Trek waned and he took up model trains as a hobby (apparently in a big way).  There were a couple other questions, but you get the idea.  I wasn't trying to start any sort of a long term dialog with this woman, just a few simple questions.  She replied (once I think), I thanked her and that was the end of it.

Fast forward to my waking up this morning.  I remembered all of that as I laid there awake.  Except for one problem...I can find no record of those conversations ever having taken place.  None.  I keep everything, and I mean every-thing, for decades, and I could find absolutely no record of these events ever taking place.  Then I started wondering if it had all been just a dream of some kind.  Maybe none of it was real.

I got up and decided to do some digging.  Turns out John really did move to Colorado.  And, it also turns out John really did die in 2019.  And, if this wasn't enough, many of the sympathy messages from friends and family in his obituary repeatedly complimented him on his fantastic model train work.  There's no way I could have known any of those details without his wife telling me.  I knew I had never previously seen an obituary for John, so I never would have read the sympathy messages.

The overall thought/memory I woke up with was far more detailed than what I've written here, but again you get the idea.

Was it real?  Or was it 'Memorex' (i.e. just some crazy coincidence?).  Or...was it something completely different, like some metaphysical communication?

What do you think?

Recently, the TSA has adopted another scare-tactic, warning people that charging their phones at airports might infect their phones with viruses which will steal their identities and personal information (including credit card data).

Well, first off; this threat is WAY overblown!  There is no known technology which can do this under any circumstances other than a laboratory environment with very controlled conditions which the average person would never face in public.  But let's examine why (and, I happen to know a bit of what I am talking about here).

First...in order to anything to "infect" your phone, or any other device, there has to be an intelligent mechanism nearby (i.e. like a storage device and a processor).  Even if it's networked...which would mean the airport is "in on" the hack...there still has to be a storage device to host the malicious software.  No airport would voluntarily participate in such a caper.  

Secondly, your phone (or other device) would have to be set up to willingly accept downloads from any unknown source.  Anyone with even reasonably updated OS's and even OEM virus protection would never allow this.  Not ever.  At minimum, you have to give your mobile device permission to accept a download, and you will be presented with numerous options to prevent its installation.  Even beyond this, there is no way, other than the lowest IQ, who would allow their device to be taken over even for a second by a 3rd party.  Now, people ask about 3rd party WiFi at airports (something I know about quite well).  Yes, a user will be asked to accept certain terms and agreements, BUT, this is the ONLY allowance permitted on a device.  Side note - Just think about this for a moment...if an airport or other public space knowingly allowed damaging or criminal malware and/or viruses to be inserted into their devices, how long do you think these networks would be deemed acceptable before they became the subject of every hacker blog and sensationalized news site on the planet?  Like 5 minutes maybe?  Bottom line, they'd be taken down instantly.  BUT, there's more. ...

Malware isn't just harmful to the user, it's also harmful to the host.  You see, these people don't care; they are looking for maximum impact in the shortest amount of time with the most amount of damage...and hosts are an even better target.  A user is one person, but a host is tens of thousands of users...possibly even millions.  A host has exactly zero incentive to allow such malicious software to exist on their networks.  This isn't about bulletproof security as much as it is about overwhelming business incentives to prevent such things.  But, there's even more. ...

Up to this point, in what I've written so far, a person could say..."yeah, yeah, but you're biased".  Even though I could go into volumes about why I am not biased (I don't work for an airport authority), this goes beyond the point.  I am appealing to common sense here, and nothing more.  There is also one other (perhaps even more significant) thing to consider, and this is regulatory oversight.  Airports have lots of rules.  LOTS.  There are more regulatory rules at an airport than most people could even imagine.  And, it's not a big stretch to imagine that security might be a big portion of these.  If there were huge and unresolved security issues on an airport network (the ones who transport this data), then there would also be an indefensible position that their whole network(s) are vulnerable to control by outside, evil, doers.  Right?  So, I don't think I should have to go very far to reinforce how dim of a view airports would have to such an event (even one, let alone thousands)!

Furthermore, I need to address a concept known in the airport world as "concessions".  A concession is a vendor who sets up shop at their own expense and pays rent.  In theory, they control everything about their world.  Take a food vendor like McDonald's; they're concession.  And McDonald's often offers free things like Wifi (just to get you to eat there...it's called "dwell time", btw.)  However, if McDonald's were determined to have a serious security breach in the USB plug ins at their restauraunts, then an airport would shut that service down (immediately) until the breach was corrected.  Why?  Because public relations is a really big issue at airports (Gawd knows with all the bad press EVERY airport gets over the TSA, which everyone universally hates!)

So, there's no way...that an innocent USB charging station at any serious airport is ever going to infect your phone.  And...

...the TSA led scare that this is even possible is just pure "DOOM PORN"...nothing more.  You don't have to trust me, you can go test it for yourself.  Just don't be surprised if, when testing, you get locked out of the network.  Why?  Because you're doing exactly what they are trying to prevent.

You can safely charge your phone or other USB device at any airport without worry.  There are so many checks and balances to prevent anything bad from happening it would make your head spin.  Now, at Juan's Taco Shack food truck, maybe not, but at a full blown airport, it's not a worry.

Just stop it, TSA!!  We don't need you, and we never did!

Where do you guys host your pictures?

I assume, looking at the "Insert Pictures" function, that you need to place a URL in the 'http://' box (thus the reference to a web address), so to me this means I need a host to upload and store the pictures in order to generate a linkable URL from it, correct?  If so, is there a favorite place to do this?  I used to use Imgur (I think), but it's been a while.  That was kind of a pain in the butt to get them loaded and then generate a link (required about 5 steps or more).  I'm hoping someone has an easier way to do this so pictures can be posted quickly.

Appreciate any info which members or staff can provide.

Thanks!

I hadn’t heard of it until covid and happened onto a news article about it.  It’s about Jesus’ ministry and him choosing his disciples, hence the name of the series.

I know there’s been many movies about Jesus but this series is awesome.  It’s told in a way through the eyes of the disciples.  Yes, there’s some non biblical liberties that have been taken as is done with most productions based on true stories but I’ve watched the first 4 seasons several times over the past few years.

Season 5 premiers this Sunday on Prime but will be released later in the summer on the free app.  The producer, Dallas Jenkins, has vowed to always be able to make it free.  

Anyway I just wanted to share in case anyone hadn’t heard of it.  Please check it out if you haven’t already.

Mae

None essential personnel and dependents were being evacuated from some of our Military bases in the great garden spot of the Mid-East. The prep work has been going on for a couple of weeks. Now we wait and see what Iran can do about it..  

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breaking
Israel launches air strikes on Iran’s nuclear program: ‘If we don’t act now, there will not be another generation’
By
Samuel Chamberlain,
Caitlin Doornbos,
Victor Nava and
Anna Young
Published June 12, 2025
Updated June 12, 2025, 11:22 p.m. ET




Israel launched air strikes inside Iran late Thursday in its latest effort to destroy Tehran’s nuclear program – an operation military leaders said they had “no choice” but to carry out.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Operation “Rising Lion” targeted several sites across the Iranian capital to dismantle the country’s nuclear infrastructure, ballistic missile factories and military – in a mission to “roll back” Iran’s threat to Israel’s “very survival.”
Though the extent of damage remains unclear, the attack reportedly killed a high-ranking general and nuclear scientists as explosions boomed across Tehran.
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Israel launched air strikes inside Iran late Thursday, the latest effort by the Jewish state to destroy Tehran’s nuclear program. X/IsraeliPM
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Smoke rises after an explosion in Tehran, Iran. AP

Quote:World News
breaking
Israel launches air strikes on Iran’s nuclear program, killing top military officials: ‘If we don’t act now, there will not be another generation’
By
Samuel Chamberlain,
Caitlin Doornbos,
Victor Nava and
Anna Young
Published June 12, 2025
Updated June 12, 2025, 11:22 p.m. ET




Israel launched air strikes inside Iran late Thursday in its latest effort to destroy Tehran’s nuclear program – an operation military leaders said they had “no choice” but to carry out.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Operation “Rising Lion” targeted several sites across the Iranian capital to dismantle the country’s nuclear infrastructure, ballistic missile factories and military – in a mission to “roll back” Iran’s threat to Israel’s “very survival.”
Though the extent of damage remains unclear, the attack reportedly killed a high-ranking general and nuclear scientists as explosions boomed across Tehran.

Israel launched air strikes inside Iran late Thursday, the latest effort by the Jewish state to destroy Tehran’s nuclear program. X/IsraeliPM
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Smoke rises after an explosion in Tehran, Iran. AP

“We can’t leave these threats for the next generation,” Netanyahu said during an address shared on YouTube, pressing that the attacks will continue for “as many days as it takes.”
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“Because if we don’t act now, there will not be another generation. If we don’t act now, we simply won’t be here. We have internalized the lessons of history. When an enemy says he intends to destroy you — believe him,” he continued.
“When the enemy develops the capabilities to destroy you — stop him.”
A recent report that Iran had enriched enough uranium to build nuclear bombs within days was confirmed, a source told The Post Thursday night, adding that is why the strike occurred.
Gen. Hossein Salami, the head of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard, and Mohammad Bagheri, the chief of the country’s military, are believed to have been killed in the barrage, as were two nuclear scientists, Iran’s state media said, according to the Times of Israel.
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A map showing the cities that Israel targeted in Iran during the first wave of Operation Rising Lion on Thursday.
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“Tonight, Israel took unilateral action against Iran. We are not involved in strikes against Iran, and our top priority is protecting American forces in the region,” Secretary of State Marco Rubio said. AP
The Revolutionary Guard oversees Iran’s ballistic missiles, which it has used twice to strike Israel since the Israel-Hamas war began on Oct. 7, 2023.
The Jewish state also targeted Iran’s main nuclear enrichment facility in Natanz — where black smoke was seen billowing from the building, Iranian state media showed.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio confirmed that the US was “not involved” in the strike.

“Tonight, Israel took unilateral action against Iran. We are not involved in strikes against Iran, and our top priority is protecting American forces in the region,” he said.
“Israel advised us that they believe this action was necessary for its self-defense. President Trump and the Administration have taken all necessary steps to protect our forces and remain in close contact with our regional partners. Let me be clear: Iran should not target US interests or personnel.”
However, the US may be forced to act to protect Israel — and prevent the Jewish state from using its nuclear weapons, a source said.
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Smoke rises from a damaged building in Tehran, Iran, after the air strikes. AP
The US Embassy in Israel has since directed all US government employees and their family members to shelter in place until further notice.
Israel Defense Forces Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir said the Jewish state had reached a “point of no return.”
“We cannot wait for another time to act, we have no choice,” he said in remarks published by the IDF.
“History, both distant and recent, has taught us that in the face of ambitions to destroy us, we must not bow our heads, and so we fight to preserve our existence. Freedom is granted to those who are willing to fight for it.”
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A video grab of Israel striking Iran’s capital, Tehran. Reuters
Iran threatened to retaliate — with Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei vowing that Israel will face “severe punishment” after the strikes, he said in a statement shared by the state-run INRA news agency.
At the White House earlier Thursday, President Trump said an Israeli airstrike “looks like it’s something that could very well happen” — but stopped short of saying an operation was “imminent.”
Danny Danon, the Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations, urged the Security Council to support the Jewish state.

“This is a moment to make moral decisions. Stand by Israel or you will be partners in a dangerous silence.”
While some US officials have come out in opposition to Israel’s latest attack, Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman, a vocal supporter of the Jewish state, said officials should do whatever it takes to wipe out “Iranian leadership” and “nuclear personnel.”
“Our commitment to Israel must be absolute and I fully support this attack,” the Democrat said on X.
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This handout photo released by Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) official Sepah News Telegram channel on June 13, 2025 reportedly shows a building in Tehran hit in an Israeli strike on the Iranian capital early in the morning. SEPAH NEWS/AFP via Getty Images
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People gather in the street near an emergency vehicle in the aftermath of Israeli strikes, in Tehran. via REUTERS
“Keep wiping out Iranian leadership and the nuclear personnel. We must provide whatever is necessary – military, intelligence, weaponry – to fully back Israel in striking Iran.”
Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) said America “stands ready to work with President Trump and with our allies in Israel to restore peace in the region and, first and foremost, to defend the American people from Iranian aggression, especially our troops and civilians serving overseas.”
“Iran must never gain access to a nuclear weapon,” he said in a statement.

Democrats losing it bigtime as their Cartel $$$ are drying up.

This Senator Alex Padilla (D-CA) is obviously a dangerous mental case.

Doesn't he know Noem gets hundreds of threats and she has security everywhere?

Air India flight AI 171, a Boeing 787, was carrying at least 244 people on board. Preliminary reports indicate the plane crashed in a residential neighborhood about five minutes after taking off around 1:38 p.m. The flight was bound for London’s Gatwick Airport.