News and Current Events - 2023 +

[Jeff Wrangler]

^^^^ I can't even imagine. On the ABC news the one brother still in Chicago talked about other kids playing school and Army. His brother played Mass, with the ironing board as an altar.  I laughed about this. My sisters and I used to play Holy Communion.

And if I heard correctly, the Pope is actually his kid brother!

[killersmom]

And if I heard correctly, the Pope is actually his kid brother!

Yes, Jeff, you are correct. Pope Leo is the youngest of the three brothers. He still made them attend when he played Mass.

[CellarDweller115]

19 injured after Mexican Navy training ship strikes Brooklyn Bridge, officials say

By - Nouran Salahieh, Michelle Watson, Mauricio Torres

At least 19 people were injured when a Mexican Navy training ship carrying 277 passengers struck the bottom of the Brooklyn Bridge in New York Saturday night, according to police and the Mexican Navy.

Video shows the ship’s mast hitting the underside of the bridge and breaking as the vessel passes through, with pieces falling down towards the deck. No visible damage could be seen on the bridge itself, which was open to traffic Saturday night after shuttering briefly.

The sailboat hit the bridge around 8:26 p.m. and multiple people are being “aided,” a New York Police Department spokesperson told CNN.

https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/17/us/manhattan-brooklyn-bridge-ship

[Jeff Wrangler]

What a doofus. Christie Noem had no clue about Habeas corpus. I saw a clip of this on the NBC network news. I wish they had shown Noem's reaction when she was corrected by a Senator.

Meanwhile, of course the Philadelphia TV stations show the commercials for the candidates for governor of New Jersey. One of them, Steve Sweeney, comes right out and calls Trump and Musk creeps. If I lived in New Jersey, he'd get my vote for that alone!

[gattaca]

Easily one of the most ignorant, corrupt, incompetent and treasonous administrations ever put place, by an convicted felon no less, since before the start of the US Civil war.  I shake my head in disbelief at the level of ignorance on display.  Sometimes IDK if it is real or just an act to distract from something else they are off sneakily planning to do at 1:00AM in the morning.  Springsteen said it best most recently which clearly hit a nerve with the Great Orange POS.  He also went after other artists who have call him on his BS.  -> https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/everything-bruce-springsteen-said-about-donald-trump-1235342533/

What does the SOB do next but demand a investigation(S) into those criticizing him.  Next he'll be locking up Bruce, Oprah and others who dare defy him and call out his lies.  V.

[fritzkep]

What a doofus. Christie Noem had no clue about Habeas corpus. I saw a clip of this on the NBC network news. I wish they had shown Noem's reaction when she was corrected by a Senator.

Meanwhile, of course the Philadelphia TV stations show the commercials for the candidates for governor of New Jersey. One of them, Steve Sweeney, comes right out and calls Trump and Musk creeps. If I lived in New Jersey, he'd get my vote for that alone!

She'd probably double down and say that the Senator was wrong. After all, FF people are blessed by omniscience.