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  • Jason Weisberger
    10:54 am Mon, Mar 9, 2026
    Oil companies celebrate as Trump's Iran war pushes prices toward $100 a barrel Donald Trump (Lucas Parker/shutterstock.com)

    As Trump and Whiskey Pete's war with Iran widens, oil prices are climbing toward $100 per barrel, and U.S. gas prices have already jumped about 17%. We are once again… Read the rest of the article: Oil companies celebrate as Trump's Iran war pushes prices toward $100 a barrel

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  • Jason Weisberger
    10:36 am Mon, Mar 9, 2026
    ICE stuck with fleet of useless vehicles thanks to a 28-year-old Noem aide Protest against ICE following the murder of Renee Good by an ICE agent in Minneapolis in Lower Manhattan. (Christopher Penler/shutterstock.com)

    ICE Barbie's 28-year-old assistant, Madison Sheahan, quit her job a few months ago to run for Congress; before leaving, she ordered pickup trucks and SUVs emblazoned with the agency's name,… Read the rest of the article: ICE stuck with fleet of useless vehicles thanks to a 28-year-old Noem aide

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  • Jason Weisberger
    10:20 am Mon, Mar 9, 2026
    The six weird Firefly teasers

    Fans have long demanded that Firefly, a western themed science fiction series with one sequel movie, be brought back. Apparently, something is afoot. Actor Nathan Fillion has been sharing these… Read the rest of the article: The six weird Firefly teasers

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  • Jason Weisberger
    10:08 am Mon, Mar 9, 2026
    Someone used AI to explain SPAM, accidentally creating spam about Spam

    This slick new video promises to reveal the "real story" behind SPAM, the famously maligned canned meat with just six ingredients. Unfortunately, the whole thing appears to be AI-generated, which… Read the rest of the article: Someone used AI to explain SPAM, accidentally creating spam about Spam

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  • Jason Weisberger
    10:02 am Mon, Mar 9, 2026
    US strike that killed 175 at Iranian girls' school reportedly planned using outdated AI Pete Hegseth (Joshua Sukoff/shutterstock.com)

    Reports suggest the U.S. strike that leveled a girls' school in Minab, Iran, and reportedly killed as many as 175 students, was planned using an AI system running on outdated… Read the rest of the article: US strike that killed 175 at Iranian girls' school reportedly planned using outdated AI

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  • Jason Weisberger
    3:02 pm Fri, Mar 6, 2026
    United Airlines' radical new idea: don't blast your phone on the plane Image: Framalicious / shutterstock.com

    If you want to watch a movie, listen to music, or rot your mind with TikToks, United Airlines says use headphones or risk being kicked off the plane. United is… Read the rest of the article: United Airlines' radical new idea: don't blast your phone on the plane

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  • Jason Weisberger
    2:36 pm Fri, Mar 6, 2026
    Patients surprised measles isn't mild vaccine

    Utah's measles outbreak is growing, and 90% of the patients are unvaccinated. They are also surprised that measles isn't an infection you quickly recover from. Nolen said she recently visited… Read the rest of the article: Patients surprised measles isn't mild

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  • Jason Weisberger
    12:25 pm Fri, Mar 6, 2026
    Hunter S. Thompson's "Red Shark" can be yours

    Hunter S. Thompson's personal "Red Shark," a red 1973 Chevrolet Caprice convertible gifted to him after he immortalized one in Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, is heading to auction.… Read the rest of the article: Hunter S. Thompson's "Red Shark" can be yours

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  • Jason Weisberger
    12:16 pm Fri, Mar 6, 2026
    ICE agent killed her American son. The agency didn't reveal it for nearly a year Protest against ICE following the murder of Renee Good by an ICE agent in Minneapolis in Lower Manhattan. (Christopher Penler/shutterstock.com)

    ICE agents shot and killed Ruben Ray Martinez, a 23-year-old American citizen, and it took nearly a year for the public to learn about it. His mother, Rachel Reyes, is… Read the rest of the article: ICE agent killed her American son. The agency didn't reveal it for nearly a year

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  • Jason Weisberger
    11:59 am Fri, Mar 6, 2026
    Bad medical advice from Trump and RFK Jr. had immediate consequences, study says Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (based on photo by lev radin / Shutterstock.com)

    After convicted felon Donald Trump and vaccine conspiracy theorist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. warned pregnant women that Tylenol might cause autism, a claim scientists say isn't supported by evidence, doctors… Read the rest of the article: Bad medical advice from Trump and RFK Jr. had immediate consequences, study says

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  • Jason Weisberger
    11:52 am Fri, Mar 6, 2026
    White House waves away reports of dead Iranian schoolchildren as "propaganda"

    Sympathetic mother of one, with another bun in the oven, Karoline Leavitt dismissed reports that the US and Israel's war on Iran left 175 dead after bombing a girl's elementary… Read the rest of the article: White House waves away reports of dead Iranian schoolchildren as "propaganda"

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  • Jason Weisberger
    11:38 am Fri, Mar 6, 2026
    Karoline Leavitt unveils Schrödinger's unconditional surrender Image: Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt / White House Press Conference

    The Mouth of Moron has spoken, and basically, Iran will be in a condition of "unconditional surrender" whenever her boss, the convicted felon and real estate fraud Donald Trump, says… Read the rest of the article: Karoline Leavitt unveils Schrödinger's unconditional surrender

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  • Jason Weisberger
    11:26 am Fri, Mar 6, 2026
    Two Cybertrucks become a double dumpster fire in a Santa Monica parking structure

    Two Tesla Cybertrucks turned into a matched set of charred stainless steel briquettes on Wednesday afternoon after catching fire inside a Santa Monica parking garage, sending thick black smoke rolling… Read the rest of the article: Two Cybertrucks become a double dumpster fire in a Santa Monica parking structure

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  • Jason Weisberger
    10:16 am Fri, Mar 6, 2026
    How to kill affordable housing: review it forever Katherine Welles/shutterstock

    Celebrity chef Thomas Keller showed up at a town council meeting in Yountville, California, this week to insist he supports affordable housing… just not this plan, and not this design,… Read the rest of the article: How to kill affordable housing: review it forever

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  • Jason Weisberger
    9:21 am Fri, Mar 6, 2026
    Grandpa Pudding Brains on walking without legs President Donald Trump (Joey Sussman/shutterstock.com)

    Looking tired and more than a little lost in his own anecdote, the Orange Menace loosed a rambling claim about people "walking down the street without their legs, without the… Read the rest of the article: Grandpa Pudding Brains on walking without legs

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  • Jason Weisberger
    5:24 pm Wed, Mar 4, 2026
    Watch a trailered sailboat execute a four-lane change and jump the median Katherine Welles/shutterstock

    Were I the driver with this dashcam, my heart might have exploded. This is some amazing freeway chaos. The driver says they had seconds to respond, but it doesn't look… Read the rest of the article: Watch a trailered sailboat execute a four-lane change and jump the median

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  • Jason Weisberger
    4:21 pm Wed, Mar 4, 2026
    Colorado school sends unvaccinated students home as RFK Jr.'s anti-vaccine crusade pays off Image: Joseph Sohm/shutterstock.com

    Two measles cases at a Colorado high school have forced dozens of unvaccinated students to stay home for 21 days, the latest example of a disease once nearly eliminated in… Read the rest of the article: Colorado school sends unvaccinated students home as RFK Jr.'s anti-vaccine crusade pays off

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  • Jason Weisberger
    4:06 pm Wed, Mar 4, 2026
    DHS investigating Border Patrol's "Gruppenführer" Greg Bovino for antisemitic cracks

    The Nazi costume-inspired clown who led the Trump administration's over-aggressive Minnesota immigration crackdown is now under investigation after allegedly mocking a federal prosecutor's Jewish faith and sneering about Shabbat during… Read the rest of the article: DHS investigating Border Patrol's "Gruppenführer" Greg Bovino for antisemitic cracks

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  • Jason Weisberger
    2:06 pm Wed, Mar 4, 2026
    House Oversight Committee subpoena's Pam Bondi over her handling of the Epstein files Pam Bondi (Phil Pasquini/shutterstock.com)

    Enough Republicans are sick of Trump's personal Attorney General Pam Bondi, and the face plant after face plant the Department of Justice makes regarding their highly questionable release of the… Read the rest of the article: House Oversight Committee subpoena's Pam Bondi over her handling of the Epstein files

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  • Jason Weisberger
    1:55 pm Wed, Mar 4, 2026
    Alphabet president Ruth Porat heaps praise on Trump and offers Google's assistance Image via Google

    Alphabet President and Chief Investment Officer Ruth Porat kissed Trump's butt so ferociously that it looks like she is trying out for a cabinet position. Porat was startlingly deferential to… Read the rest of the article: Alphabet president Ruth Porat heaps praise on Trump and offers Google's assistance

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