Comments to this post: "First saw Bruce in 1974 and twice since then. His performances are legendary for a reason - he gives every ounce of energy for 3+ hours, every concert. He incorporates sax, piano, organ and electric guitar into a blend of melody that starts slow, changes beat mid-stream and then finishes by bringing it all back together. He is a poet who tells a story and paints a picture with words, nick names and metaphors that some can't understand. I get that his music may not be for everyone, but I don't get the hate."
"Springsteen is a hypocrite. He lives his life like a millionaire rock star should, but he wants everyone to think he is the common man. The common man's daughter doesn't compete in the most expensive sport there is in the Olympics. That is equestrian if you didn't know. His daughter rides around on horses worth a half a million dollars. I don't have a problem with that, he has earned his money, but don't act like you are working for minimum wage."
"I couldn’t care less about what Richards says about anything. He can’t sing and his lyrics are pedestrian. Springsteen doesn’t profess to be blue collar. He acknowledges he’s rich. That doesn’t mean he can’t comment on the blue collar life that he experienced as a child. I think it’s noble that, in spite of his wealth, he continues to have empathy and writes songs about those less fortunate. The overrated Richards still plays blues music. He’s also rich. Does that make HIM a phony? No. Lyrics are a form of literature. Was Bowie ever a spaceman or a Spider from Mars?" . . .
Unbelievable Tales "In the summer of 1864, a group of Civil War soldiers posed for a photograph at their wooded campsite during a quiet midday break. Decades later, that image resurfaced in an unexpected place—faded but intact. When experts zoomed into the background, they noticed something deeply unsettling hiding among the trees.
"What began as a routine archival project quickly turned into a full-scale investigation with implications no one could have predicted. Who was the man in the photo? And why did his presence make seasoned historians go pale?"
"White House officials have launched an intensive search for a suspected government employee who illegally disclosed classified Pentagon intelligence that questioned the effectiveness of recent American airstrikes against Iranian nuclear facilities.
"The leaked assessmentoriginatedfrom the Defense Intelligence Agency and was first published by CNN on Tuesday." . . .
"Administration officials praised the operation’s secrecy prior to execution, with one source stating that the mission’s success stemmed partly from preventing unauthorized disclosures beforehand.
"The military operation marked the first operationaldeploymentof America’s 30,000-pound bombs in combat.
"These weapons succeeded where Israeli 2,000-pound bombs had previously failed during the recent 12-day conflict.
"Trump revealed on Wednesday that approximately 900 pounds of enriched uranium remains buried beneath extensive rubble at the Fordow facility.
"The president expressed confidence that Iran would abandon its nuclear ambitions following the devastating strikes.
"The uranium in question was enriched to 60 percent purity, falling short of the 90-93 percent level required for nuclear weapons production.
"Trump made these remarks following the NATO summit in The Hague.
"The president also criticized media coverage of the operation, describing journalists as attempting to diminish what he characterized as an extraordinary victory for American national security.
"Administration sources indicated that prosecution of the leaker represents a high priority. " . . .
"Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez(D-NY) faces renewed questions about her background after yearbook photos emerged showing she attended high school in an affluent suburban community, contradicting her frequent portrayal as a “Bronx girl.”
"The controversy erupted following a social media exchange between the Democratic representative and President Donald Trump, where Ocasio-Cortez defended herself by invoking her alleged Bronx roots.
"Trump had criticized Ocasio-Cortez in a lengthy Truth Social post after she called for his impeachment, describing her as “one of the dumbest people in Congress” and questioning her intelligence and educational background.
"The President’s post also targeted her test scores and suggested she take a cognitive assessment similar to one he claims to have recently completed successfully.
"Trump grouped Ocasio-Cortez with other progressive legislators including Reps. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) and Jasmine Crockett(D-TX), accusing them of promoting harmful “radical” policies.
"Ocasio-Cortez responded to Trump’s attack by writing: “Also, I’m a Bronx girl. You should know that we can eat Queens boys for breakfast. Respectfully.”
"Her response gained significant attention on social media platforms, though not necessarily the type she intended to generate." . . .
"Welp, it looks like Trump bombed Iran. The Babylon Bee has assembled headlines from various media outlets here in one place so you can pick a little bit of the truth out of each to learn the whole story.
"Here's how different media outlets are covering the historic news:"
New York Times — Quiet Middle Eastern Community Devastated By Unprovoked Trump Attack
Fox News — Trump Neutralizes Terrifying Iran Nuclear Threat With Mere Seconds To Spare
New York Post— AYATOLL-YA SO! Iran Out Of Luck As Trump Drops Bodacious Bunker Buster
CNN — Trump Cruelly Deprives Poor Iranian Children Of Nuclear Weapon They've Always Dreamed Of
MSNBC — Iran Is Now The George Floyd Of The Middle East
BBC News — REMINDER: Next Call To Prayer Is In One Hour. Allahu Akbar.
One America News — Yay Trump For Avoiding War - Oh Wait, He Bombed Iran? Really? I Mean, Yay Trump For Bombing Iran
Vice — I Took Fentanyl And Slept With A Penguin
Vogue — 5 Kinky Tricks You Can Try In The Bedroom To Show Your Support For Iran
Not The Bee — Trump Just Bombed The Snot Out Of Iran And The Responses Are STRAIGHT
The Babylon Bee — Iranian Nuclear Facility Escapes Bombing By Identifying As Mar A Lago (That's Right We Just Have The One Joke)
Al-Jazeera — TRUMP JUST BOMBED OUR HEADQUARTERS!!!
"US President Donald Trump on Wednesday suggested that Israel sent agents to Iran’s Fordo nuclear site after US struck it earlier this week, insisting the attack was a success and warning that he was willing to strike again if Iran tried to revive its enrichment program
" 'You know they have guys that go in there after the hit, and they said it was total obliteration,” Trump told reporters at the NATO summit in The Hague, speaking about the bombing of Fordo.
" 'Israel isdoing a reporton it now, I understand, and I was told that they said it was total obliteration. I believe it was total obliteration, and I believe they didn’t have a chance to get anything out because we acted fast.”
"A leaked US intelligence reportsuggested this week that the strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities did not destroy their underground components, and that much of Iran’s stockpile of enriched uranium may already have been spirited out of the sites before they were bombed. The White House hasrejectedthe report’s findings, while condemning the leak.
"Israeli officials told the Kan public broadcaster Wednesday, responding to Trump’s comments, that they were unaware of any Israeli operation at the Fordo nuclear facility after the strike.
"US President Donald Trump says he will strike Iran again if it tries to restart its nuclear enrichment program, but he’s sure it won’t be necessary.
"Asked by a reporter if the US would carry out more attacks if Tehran rebuilds its uranium enrichment facilities, Trump said, “Sure. But I’m not going to have to worry about that. It’s gone for years.”
"Asked how long he thinks the Iranian nuclear program has been set back, Trump said: “I think it’s basically decades, because I don’t think they’ll ever do it again. I think they’ve had it. I mean, they just went through hell. They’ve had it.' ” . . . Full article here...
You know why CNN hates Hegseth, right? It’s not just that he’s working for the Trump administration, but also that he was previously employed by Fox News, a cable network that millions of people actually watch, while CNN is down there in the ratings basement hoping to beat Spongebob Squarepants.
"Trafficking in fake expertise is routine practice at CNN, where their dwindling audience is now expected to believe that such personalities as Kasie Hunt and Erin Burnett know more about the effectiveness of U.S. military weapons than does Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth. It’s worth noting in this context that CNN invested heavily in the idea that Hegseth was not qualified to be in charge of the Pentagon, despite his experience as an officer in the 101st Airborne Division in Iraq.
"Scarcely had the B-2 bombers returned from their bombing mission against Iran’s Fordow nuclear facility than CNN went to work to prove that the Air Force mission was a failure. Why would an American news network devote itself to such a task? Because the president of the United States — a guy named Donald Trump, perhaps you’ve heard of him — is a Republican, and CNN is staffed by what Professor Glenn Reynolds calls “Democratic operatives with bylines.” For the past decade, CNN’s coverage has been based on the fundamental assumption that everything Trump does is bad and everything Trump says is wrong. CNN is all anti-Trump, all the time, and, because Trump declared that the mission in Iran was a success, therefore CNN’s coverage was dictated by the assumption that “Operation Midnight Hammer” was a failure." . . .Full Article here..
"When even Iran admits defeat, but our own media refuses to give America credit, you know the fix is in"
"It’s a telling moment when the world’s leading state sponsor of terror is more honest about American military success than the so-called guardians of truth in our media. Iran’s regime, notorious for its propaganda and defiance, has now publicly conceded that recent U.S. strikes “badly damaged” its nuclear facilities.
“ 'The Iranian foreign ministry admitted that their nuclear facilities were ‘badly damaged’ by U.S. strikes over the weekend after reports surfaced about a low-confidence U.S. intelligence assessment suggesting otherwise,” National Reviewreports.
"This is no minor admission — this is Tehran waving a white flag, if only for a moment, and acknowledging that American power still matters. Yet the legacy media, so quick to trumpet any narrative that undermines U.S. strength, have bent over backwards to ignore or diminish this reality." . . .
"Rather than acknowledge a clear victory, CNN and others rushed to circulate a conveniently “leaked” intelligence report claiming the operation only set Iran back a few months. The report, conveniently classified until it became politically useful, magically appeared in the hands of CNN’s Natasha Bertrand, best known for pushing the phony Hunter Biden laptop “disinformation” narrative. White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt wasn’t having it. She torched the report as “flat-out wrong” and slammed CNN for laundering a smear campaign on behalf of the swamp, using an “anonymous, low-level loser” in the intel community as cover." . . .
"CNN is aerobically back-patting national security correspondent Natasha Bertrand for her "incredible reporting" suggesting the Trump team wasn't very successful in it's bunker-busting of Iran's nuclear facilities. She always finds anonymous sources inside the intelligence community who assist in the anti-Trump spin.
"They don't mention her previous "incredible" intel disinformation. Bertrand was promoted from Politico to CNN after she "fortified" the 2020 election against Donald Trump by hyping the disinformation campaign by 51 intelligence officials who claimed that the highly damaging (to the Joe Biden campaign) information on Hunter Biden's laptop about the family influence-pedding business was actually the result of Russian disinformation.
"So instead of eternally bearing the Scarlet Letter "D" for "Disinformation" for spreading a fake news story about Hunter Biden's laptop, Bertrand is back at it again with the same antics." . . .
Also, this same Natasha Bertrand making claims about the Iran strike kicked off the “Hunter Biden’s laptop is Russian disinfo” conspiracy.
The white people who made Zohran Mamdani New York’s probable future mayor "So, it’s done: Zohran Mamdani, an open communist and America-hater, and a manifest antisemite, is the Democrat party nominee for the upcoming New York City mayoral election. Given past voting patterns, there’s a good chance he’ll win. And it turns out that we’ll have crazy college-educated whites—mostly, I bet, the same women I’ve been blasting for years—to thank for his elevation to prominence and probable power. This needs to end, and DataRepublican (small r) has the same solution I do.
"The Queens assemblyman, who is locked in a close race with former Gov. Andrew Cuomo in Tuesday’s Democratic primary, says on his campaign website that the money would be funneled to public providers to help transgender New Yorkers." . . .
He has pushed for city-run food stores that would cost about $60 million, as well as free buses ($900 million) and child care (at least $5 billion).. . .
"He claims the pricey endeavors would be paid for by spiking corporate taxes from 7.25% to a steep 11.5% and placing a 2% flat tax on the wealthy.
"That plan would require the approval of the state Legislature and Gov. Kathy Hochul, who has vowed not to raise taxes — warning that doing so would help fuel an exodus of New Yorkers to states such as Florida." . . .
"He was up against a large, lackluster field and delivered a strong social media presence where he often seemed to be having fun.
"He said from the beginning his campaign was about affordability, and he’s right — but not in the way he intended."It’s that the city cannot afford his ideas.
"Similarly, his refusal to acknowledge that Israel is the rightful homeland of Jews is a key plank in what can fairly be deemed a hostile view of the lone Jewish state.
"He supports the BDS movement and refuses to condemn the “Globalize the intifada” movement, which is abouttargeting Jews around the world.
"Andrew Cuomo’s political comeback is officially dead. The former New York governor conceded Tuesday’s Democratic primary for New York City mayor toZohran Mamdani, a self-described democratic socialist who rose a wave of far-left energy to victory. The message from Democrat voters was loud and clear: the old guard is no longer welcome.
"Cuomo’s loss isn’t just about one race in one city; it is a warning sign for Democrats nationwide. It proves the deep rift within the party has only widened since their disastrous 2024 presidential bid, when party leaders pushedJoe Biden out of the race and hastily elevated Kamala Harris as their replacement candidate. That chaos left behind a party fractured between two very different visions for the future, and Mamdani’s win is just the latest skirmish in an ongoing civil war.
"On one side is the activist Left, which is young, aggressive, and unapologetically ideological. These are the voters and organizers who idolize Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, chant for climate revolution, and see American capitalism itself as the enemy. They want change, not compromise. Zohran Mamdani, backed by a slate of progressive celebrities and campaigners, is one of their rising stars. He comes across to his constituents as a true believer.
"On the other side is the Democrat establishment — people like Cuomo, Harris, and Nancy Pelosi — who still think political power comes from working deals in backrooms and courting donors at cocktail parties. They’re increasingly out of step with their party’s base, and Cuomo’s defeat reaffirmed that. He didn’t just suffer a surprising loss; he got trampled by a woke movement that sees him as a symbol of everything wrong with politics: ambition without belief and power without principle." . . .
"As Hamas attacked, the women at Nahal Oz, a base about a kilometre from the Gaza border, began to say goodbye to one another on their shared WhatsApp group."
"Israel's military has published its first official account of the mistakes that led to its failures during Hamas's 7 October 2023 attack, which triggered the Gaza war.
"The report concludes that the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) "failed in its mission to protect Israeli civilians".
"The 19-page report contains much that is already known about what led to catastrophic loss of about 1,200 lives when approximately 5,000 gunmen from Hamas and other Palestinian groups stormed into Israel, also taking 251 hostages in the process.
"There are no dramatic revelations, but it is still sobering to see the military's conclusions about how it misjudged Hamas's intentions and underestimated its capabilities laid out in black and white.
How Hamas built a force to attack Israel on 7 October
"The report says the military regarded Gaza as a secondary security threat, with priority given to Iran and Hezbollah. Its policy towards Gaza, it says, was "paradoxical: Hamas was illegitimate, yet there was no effort to develop an alternative".
"The military had chosen a "conflict management" approach to dealing with Gaza, it says. And had assumed that Hamas was "neither interested [in] nor preparing for a large-scale war" - a perception reinforced by Hamas's own deception tactics.
"Evidence from 2018 onwards suggesting that Hamas - which is proscribed as a terrorist group by Israel, the US, UK and other countries - was indeed developing an ambitious plan was interpreted as "unrealistic or unfeasible", reflecting "Hamas's long-term aspirations rather than an actionable threat".
"The report says that in the months leading up to the war, the Military Intelligence Directorate began to develop a new assessment, suggesting that Hamas's plan was not merely a vision but "a concrete framework for operational planning".
"However, this emerging assessment was not brought to the attention of senior officials in military intelligence." . . .
. . . "These women were not the only ones raising the alarm, and as more testimony is gathered, anger at the Israeli state - and questions over its response - are mounting.
"The BBC has spoken also to the grieving families who have now lost their daughters, and to experts who see the IDF's response to these women as part of a broader intelligence failure. The IDF said it was "currently focused on eliminating the threat from the terrorist organisation Hamas" and declined to answer the BBC's questions.
" 'The problem is that they [the military] didn't connect the dots," a former commander at one of the border units tells the BBC.
"If they had, she says, they would have realised that Hamas was preparing something unprecedented." . . .
Accounts of survivors of the intense battle that took place at the Nahal Oz base on October 7th provide a chilling glimpse into the realities faced by those on the front lines
"The site of Fordo is probably the most spied-on place on the planet.
"Western intelligence first went public in 2009 that it was home to a secret nuclear facility and now understanding the damage done by US strikes will be vital in determining where the conflict goes next.
"A leaked Defence Intelligence Agency (DIA) assessment has suggested the core components of Iran's nuclear programme have not been destroyed and the strikes only set back Iran's efforts by months rather than years.
"But that is only an initial assessment and labelled as "low confidence" – the tag comes because it is early days in trying to understand what happened at a place which is deliberately hidden from prying eyes." . . .
. . ."Even so, the centrifuge machines, which spin at high speeds to enrich uranium, are highly sensitive which means the explosion will likely have crashed many of them by sending them spinning off their axis.
"Developing a clearer picture of the damage will require other forms of intelligence – ranging from seismic detectors which can analyse the depth and magnitude of underground explosions (also used to understand earthquakes), sniffers to look for radiation (which international inspectors say they have not seen), and sensors like LIDAR (light detection and ranging) which can provide 3D maps using laser pulses from aircraft or drones to try and look inside the mountain.
"Informers and intercepted communications will also be vital as they may reveal Iranians discussing the damage and its implications. All of that will be constantly updated to provide the final assessment with a higher degree of confidence.
"And even if the sites like Fordo were dealt serious damage and made unusable for the moment, as US officials have claimed, that is different from saying it is the end of Iran's overall programme. That is because it could be reconstituted at new sites.
"A fleet of lorries was seen at Fordo just before the attack and the crucial question is what they were moving and where it has gone." . . . Much more here.
Megaprojects Uncovered "Can the US's 30,000-lb GBU-57 bunker buster really penetrate Iran’s most secure nuclear facility—Fordow? This underground megaproject lies over 300 feet beneath reinforced rock and concrete. But America’s most powerful non-nuclear MOP was built to break what others can’t.
"In this in-depth documentary, we compare the GBU-57 Massive Ordnance Penetrator vs Iran’s deepest underground nuclear site. From B-2 stealth delivery tactics to void-sensing smart fuses, this video explores the advanced technology behind bunker-busting operations—and what happens when massive kinetic force meets hardened engineering.
"We break down:
– Fordow’s construction, depth, and defenses
– How the MOP Bunker Buster works and what makes it different
– The risks and Chances of failures of such attempt
– Why the US hasn’t used it—and what other nations are developing in response
"This Video is about engineering, defense innovation, and the global race for underground supremacy." . . .
. . ."But the biggest question is: Could Iran ever shoot down a B‑2 stealth bomber? In this video, we break down:
➤ The unprecedented precision of the June 22 B‑2 strikes
➤ Why Fordo, Natanz, and Isfahan were critical targets
➤ The role of the S‑300, S‑400, and Iran’s air defenses in this escalating crisis
➤ What would happen if a B‑2 were hit — and why it could ignite a larger war
➤ The reality of stealth technology versus modern surface‑to‑air missile threats
