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"The Biden humiliation of our Military continues," said Benny Johnson in his tweet about this clip, that shows Kamala Harris speaking at the Naval Academy graduation. I promise you they didn't want…

On this day in 1883, after 13 long years under construction, a bridge connecting Brooklyn to Manhattan, now known as the Brooklyn Bridge, was opened to the public. The New York Times estimated that over 50,000 people attended the opening. The bridge was the first land connection between the two burroughs, which previously could be crossed only by boats and ferries. You may use this page to discuss bridge construction and other large public works projects, or pursue your own areas of freewheelin...

From USARNORTH Law Enforcement Intelligence Branch (LEIB): The LEIB has become aware of Nation Wide Protests scheduled for this Saturday (15 May 21).  Currently, we do not assess a threat to DOD but are providing the below information due to the many COVID 19 Vaccination Centers (CVC) manned by DOD throughout the US for Situational Awareness.  Currently, the tone of the groups messaging is peaceful and not to be confrontational. The group is calling for seemingly peaceful, civil demonstration...

An open thread for the weekend

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First of all, my area, which used to be strongly GOP, is now 70% Dem. Secondly, some personal COVID news. Some of you may remember that on Dec. 30 I tested positive then found out 5 days later that it was a false positive and I merely had pneumonia. Water under the bridge, as they used to say. Having now been vaccinated we hoped that would be the last we would personally have to deal with that. A little background before the punchline. My 7 year old, first grader grandson is in a hybrid schoo...

2021 NFL Draft: Round One Discussion Part 2 First thread was choking! Yes, we are a mere thirty minutes away from the start of the 2021 NFL Draft! This will be your thread for discussing everything about Round 1 of this year’s selection meeting, including (and especially) what the (If they stay there. . .which I don’t think is something I’d bet on.) Our moderators will be monitoring the thread to make sure things are flowing smoothly. If the thread gets too many comments, they will open...

2021 NFL Draft Day 2: Start time, television, streaming, Vikings picks and more The draft rages on! Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images The 2021 NFL Draft rages on this evening, as Day 2 is set to get underway from Cleveland in just a matter of hours. We want everyone to be able to follow along with the action as best they can, so here is everything you need to know about how you can do just that. Event: 2021 NFL Draft, Day 2 Start Time: 6:00 PM Central Television Coverage: Just like yesterday...

April 26th - May 2nd Open Thread By Cleveland Sasquatch on Apr 26, 2021, 12:06pm BST 128 Welcome to the open thread, where anything goes within reason and is your daily dose of TLO randomness. Technically, we are still Champions of England. The main page historically provides open threads on Saturdays and Sundays throughout the season, so feel free to participate in those while you follow along with all the exciting footballing action. I guess weve kind of taken over the weekend Ope...

@Elie: Someone writing in one of the political gossip rags — Politico or Axios, probably — opined that Florida has been great for Trump. Supposedly he’s stopped painting his face orange because he has an actual tan from golfing every single day and that the exercise from said golfing has helped him lose 20 pounds.I am skeptical. For one thing, he drives the cart right up to the greens, so what exercise? I don’t think walking five feet from cart to ball, swinging, putting and kicking the...