Saturday, July 19, 2025

The Story of Neverland Ranch | What Happened to Michael Jackson's Dream Home?

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During the 1990s and early 2000s, Michael Jackson's Neverland Ranch was one of the most well known pieces of real estate on the planet. It was Jackson's personal home and had everything a child could imagine. Arcade games, carnival rides, a movie theater, zoo, train, 4 acre lake with waterfall, and plenty of sycamore trees to decorate and shade the property. Jackson would own the ranch from 1988 to his death in 2009 (losing his majority share in 2006). After the revelations in the documentary Leaving Neverland, fans have had to look at the pop star and Neverland Ranch's legacy in a new light and as of the December 2020, after being on the market since Jackson's death, the ranch finally found a new owner. It sat abandoned and only minimally maintained during that time. Now we have to wait and see what the new owner plans to do with the property. Join me in this video as we explore the origins, highlights, and downfall of Neverland Ranch.

If Mamdani wins, there could be an exodus of businesses, perhaps even Wall Street, as well as Jews from the city.

The American Spectator  

His victory would result in a lawless city, a place that no one would want to call home.


"Among Democrats, honesty is a relative term. Their candidates usually hide what they believe and trust to the party faithful to explain things for them. Zohran Mamdani appears to be the exception, being a thorough scoundrel but a candidate whose words can be taken literally.
"Mamdani is the Democratic Party’s candidate for the mayoralty of New York City. He’s more than likely to be elected in November by the liberal elite and the ignorant of the city, who are interchangeable.
"Mamdani is a Democratic Socialist, which means he favors defunding the police, establishing city-run grocery stores, freezing rents, and making the subways a free service. He says things that Bernie Sanders would love to say but won’t.
"We should remember the axiom that free people are unequal and equal people aren’t free.
"Asked whether billionaires have the right to exist, Mamdani said, “I don’t think that we should have billionaires because, frankly, it is so much money in a moment of such inequality.” In other words, he believes that billionaires shouldn’t exist because they represent the outcome he opposes for equality among the people. Or at least some people.
"According to Mamdani’s campaign website, he wants to shift the tax burden so that whites are taxed more than other races. The website explains that he wants to shift the city’s tax burden, “to more expensive homes in richer and whiter neighborhoods.”
"That, of course, is hilariously unconstitutional and, obviously, precisely racist. You can’t tax people at higher or lower rates based on their race. It’s common for the media and the Dems to say that Republicans are racist, but here’s undeniable proof that a Democratic candidate is.
"Mamdani should be declared a racist at every step of his campaign. Despite his racism, he can still win in New York. That’s because of his fashionable anti-Semitism.
"The phrase “globalize the intifada” is defined as a call to kill and injure Jews. Mamdani denies that he uses that term but has, in the past, defended it as a “desperate desire for equality and equal rights in standing up for Palestinian human rights.”
"Mamdani has compared the phrase “globalize the intifada” to Jews being released from Nazi death camps. The illogic of that statement is breathtaking." . . .

Eric Swalwell Offers Despicable Words About ICE and 'Real Men,' As Dems Show Why Their Approval Is So Low

 RedState 

"Belisario asked Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) about Congressional Democrats having 19 percent approval in a recent poll, the lowest on record so far. Durbin wasn't for talking. "


"We reported earlier on New York Dem Rep. Jerry Nadler's response when he was asked about the attacks on ICE agents. 

"His reply? "What attacks on ICE agents?" 

"So we are left with either Nadler is clueless/delusional or, as some thought, deliberately failing to acknowledge the attacks because it serves the Democratic narrative against ICE. 

"The ridiculous response from Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) might support that second thesis. He was completely dismissive when asked about the threats to ICE agents by Johnny Belisario, the correspondent for Jesse Watters' show on Fox. 

"Swalwell claimed that he got more threats than ICE agents. "Don't wear masks," he replied, saying ICE was "terrorizing women. Real men don't terrorize women." 

"That's despicable. No, Eric, real men uphold the law and protect their country. They don't embrace or defend those who have broken the law. They don't demonize law enforcement. They don't try to use women to defend their horrible policies.  

"Belisario asked if Swalwell wore a mask in 2020 during COVID. That disturbed Swalwell, complaining about "whatever cute 'gotcha' you think you got there." "They're protecting themselves," Belisario said about the agents. He argued Jesse Watters probably got more threats than Swalwell. Swalwell said Watters wasn't a "real man." Frankly, when it comes to "real men," I don't think the first person that pops into anyone's mind is Swalwell." . . . 

ENDANGERED BY DOXXING: ICE agents and their families face rising threats

 American Free News Network Why the left wants ICE to lose their masks.

    

"The Department of Homeland Security has called on the Justice Department to prosecute anyone suspected of ‘doxxing’ I.C.E. agents by making their photos and personal information public as attacks skyrocket. #democrats #justice #ice #immigration #deportation #information #foxnews #news #us #fox"

The largest Mars rock on Earth is up for auction in NYC

Monisha Ravisetti is Space.com's Astronomy Editor   

— it could be yours for $4 million (or more)


NEW YORK CITY — Tucked away in a building on the corner of 72nd Street and York Avenue in Lenox Hill, an extraterrestrial marvel sits sturdily on a mirrored pedestal. It's the largest Mars rock on planet Earth — and it turns out its 54-pound (25-kilogram), ashy, terracotta structure isn't as priceless as you'd expect.
"This Mars rock is up for auction at Sotheby's in New York City this week, which is why it's currently on display in the Upper East Side. As of now, it's expected to sell for between $2 million and $4 million, but it could very well sell for far more.
" 'At the end of the day, it's the bidders who tell us what things are worth, not me, not anyone else. The estimates are just there to give people an indication," Cassandra Hatton, the vice chairman of science and natural history at Sotheby's, told Space.com. "Last summer, I sold the Stegosaurus 'Apex.' For the Stegosaurus, the estimate was [$4 million to $6 million], and it sold for $44.6 million." . . .
. . . "Because of this journey, Martian atmospheric data is important to consider when verifying whether something is a Mars rock — and thanks to the twin Viking landers that NASA sent to Mars in the '70s, scientists indeed have that atmospheric data.
" 'You'll find little gas pockets in a lot of Martian meteorites," Hatton said. "We've cut those pockets open and compared the gas in those pockets to the gas that we analyzed from the Martian atmosphere — and if they match up, then we know that rock came from Mars.' " . . .

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Monisha Ravisetti is Space.com's Astronomy Editor. She covers black holes, star explosions, gravitational waves, exoplanet discoveries and other enigmas hidden across the fabric of space and time. Previously, she was a science writer at CNET, and before that, reported for The Academic Times. Prior to becoming a writer, she was an immunology researcher at Weill Cornell Medical Center in New York. She graduated from New York University in 2018 with a B.A. in philosophy, physics and chemistry

I hate to post this but....

BONDI’S ABSURD EPSTEIN EXCUSES;  Ann Coulter  

"I don’t believe Trump had sex with teen girls (or, for that matter, Stormy Daniels or that woman at Bergdorf Goodman), but absent the transparency he promised voters, people are going to come up with wild theories, and some of them may be true."

“The cover-up is worse than the crime” is almost never true — of course the crime is worse — and when the crime is rape of underage girls, I’d say it’s nearly impossible for the cover-up to be worse. But Attorney General Pam Bondi is challenging that presumption with her enraging refusal to release the names of the men who had sex with Jeffrey Epstein’s entourage of minors.

"The single most disturbing fact about the Epstein case is that we know, and have known for the past two decades, that scores of prominent men — renowned, esteemed, allegedly men of character — have no problem being pedophiles.

"But we still don’t know their names.

"We’re now living under the fifth presidency since Epstein’s teen sex ring was busted in 2005. There have been three different prosecutions. At least a dozen girls have testified about their abuse. Epstein’s many properties have been raided and his records and papers carted away. There are flight logs, reams of witnesses, hard drives, photographs, videotapes.

"By now, we should have the names of legions of perps. Some of them should have jumped off buildings already. But every time we’re about to get the names, the public is stonewalled.

"To the astonishment of his voters, the stonewalling now continues under President Trump and his nitwit attorney general.

"Bondi’s letter purporting to explain the cover-up is a collection of straw men, sanctimony and internal contradictions.

"Her headline-making point is that the Justice Department’s “systematic review revealed no incriminating ‘client list.'” Our easily duped media have continued the charade by repeatedly referring to Epstein’s “long-rumored ‘client list.

"I’ve followed this case closely since it first broke two decades ago, and I’ve never heard that rumor. Bondi acts as if we’ve been expecting a leather-bound volume with the words “CLIENT LIST” in gold lettering.

"To be clear, requests for the “client list” are shorthand for “All the names of the rich and powerful men who had sexual relations with teenage girls, courtesy of Jeffrey Epstein.' ” . . .

7 explosive allegations from Virginia Giuffre lawsuit accusing Prince Andrew of abuse - The Mirror    

. . . "Ms Giuffre claims she was regularly abused by Epstein and was lent out by the billionaire to other powerful men for sexual purposes, including Prince Andrew.

While she was initially recruited to provide massages this alleged abuse would go on to include engaging in sexual acts, being on call for Epstein for sexual purposes and travelling with him across the US and internationally." . . .

Could Jimmy Kimmel be next?

Unless a Democrat is elected next. TD

Bonchie: Jimmy Kimmel Melts Down Over Colbert Cancellation, and ABC Has the Chance to Do the Funniest Thing Ever


. . ."Well, that's mature. Is he going to cry on air again, too? It's pretty incredible that a guy could go from doing skits in blackface and hosting wet T-shirt contests to being that delusionally arrogant, but here we are. All of this is emblematic of what the late-night scene, aside from Greg Gutfeld, has become. It's just a bunch of far-left activists who abandoned any pretense of comedy long ago. 

"Gone are the days when late-night hosts told jokes that could bring in a broad, national audience. These days, it's just the same, tired lines about Republicans and fascism told in various forms. Getting laughs isn't the point anymore. Instead, it's to generate partisan applause. It's such a far cry from what late-night used to be, even as recently as Jay Leno, who left "The Tonight Show" in 2014. 

"On the other hand, ABC, which owns and airs Kimmel's show, now has the chance to do the funniest thing ever. Given CBS cited financial concerns as the reason Colbert was canceled, it's hard to see how ABC doesn't have those same issues. 

"For one, Kimmel's ratings are worse than Colbert's, with the former lagging by nearly a million viewers. Meanwhile, ABC pays Kimmel a reported $15 million a year to host "Jimmy Kimmel Live," not including bonuses and royalties. Then you have to consider the costs of paying for an entire writing room and all the technical production costs. From the studio to the camera operators, nothing is cheap in Los Angeles. 

"I can't say for sure, but when you consider everything involved, the math isn't really mathing as far as Kimmel's show being financially lucrative. So perhaps he should consider that before popping off, because he could and should be next on the chopping block. I suspect the entire left-wing late-night "comedy" scene's days are numbered. "  

It's been reported that the network was losing about $40 million a year on Colbert's show. Apparently nobody wanted to buy the film rights to "The Vax-Scene."

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KJP on the outs with Democrats

 

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Jean-Pierre triggers Democratic fury with public split from party  "Democrats are furious with former White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre’s decision to publicly leave the party and announce she’s a political independent while promoting a book." . . .

Democratic operatives, former Biden aides and donors were all miffed by Jean-Pierre’s move to leave the party, particularly as many of them say they still feel misled by the Biden administration and his aides’ insistence that Biden’s mental acuity was above board. 

“The fact that she feels like she can distance herself from the Democratic brand is laughable,” another strategist said. “Democrats are trying to distance themselves from the Biden White House but here we have Karine trying to distance herself from a pissed off Democratic Party. She’s part of the problem. Does she not realize that?” . . .

KJP Reportedly Got Snubbed By ‘The View’ For Co-Hosting Spot – IJR   "Jean-Pierre appeared on “The View” several times throughout her tenure, where she defended Biden’s cognitive abilities, made false claims about Republican South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham’s abortion bill in 2022 and grew emotional after Biden had dropped out of the 2024 race.

"During her time as press secretary, Jean-Pierre defended Biden’s fitness to run for reelection, claiming that he is “sharp” and in great health. She discredited videos that indicted that Biden’s health was declining by branding them as “cheap fakes.”

"The former press secretary further assured reporters that Biden would not pardon his son, Hunter, from his felony gun conviction and tax charges. Biden pardoned Hunter of all actions taken between Jan. 1, 2014 and Dec. 1, 2024.

"Media experts told the Daily Caller in January that Jean-Pierre would likely be hired as an on-air contributor despite her being “unemployable.” . . .

Laid Off State Department Employees No Longer Have to Hide Their Resistance

 The American Spectator

 . . ."Still, whether they’re writing more-in-sorrow op-eds for legacy publications or chanting along in anti-MAGA marches, these former unelected bureaucrats will be around trying to “save” the democracy they abused within their governmental positions."

"When in the course of American events it becomes evident that the federal government has grown too large, too bloated, and too powerful, it is necessary to reform said government to protect the safety and autonomy of the people. It becomes especially necessary when people are warning that the fired federal employees could use the skills they learned at toppling foreign governments against their own.

"This idea came to fruition in the last election, when the American people said “enough” to the wanton spending and politicization of the federal government. This has led to much-needed reductions in force and funding for programs that are not performing well enough for the American people, such as at the State Department, the Department of Health and Human Services, and others. It has also led to blatant political theater by the so-called “Resistance” in their relentless quest to garner sympathy from the American people so they can undermine their will.

"The over-the-top videos of now-former employees crying on their way out of the government’s ever-spinning revolving door are, themselves, a problem, but they belie two greater issues. First is the politicization of the State Department that plays semantic games with charged terms like “fascism,” and the second, and real threat, is of angry former employees using their skills to undermine the change we voted for in November.

"As I’m sure many of us have read on social media, departing State Department employees left signs encouraging the remaining staff to “resist fascism” in their roles while receiving a “clap out” for leaving their taxpayer-paid jobs. While the signs are a lazy, last-minute middle finger to the Trump administration and the American people who duly elected them (and rely on the left’s tired trope of calling everything they disagree with “fascist”), they are a symptom of an overall problem in the federal government: self-important and self-absorbed individuals looking to preserve their jobs by any means necessary. (RELATED: As Trump’s Federal Layoffs Continue, Critics Miss This Crucial Point.)

"Additionally, these same signs included a supposedly ominous leftist warning that these State Department career bureaucrats have been “just released” alongside “hundreds of their colleagues into the wild.” These wailings are nothing more than the prattling of drones who are headed to a cushy, left-leaning think tank job or another six-figure salary now that they are no longer on the taxpayer’s payroll. You would think that this would give these individuals the opportunity to drop the political pretense, but this behavior will likely only continue from their perches in the private sector." . . .