Dammit...

Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge collapses after being struck by ship. Rescuers search for people in water

I was considering radon, but that's also lung cancer as well.

https://www.bbc.com/news/live/world-68642036

But Putin wants to blame the Ukraine instead anyways

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Officials here in Kyiv moved quickly to rule out any link to the Moscow gun attack. The foreign ministry, a presidential adviser and the military intelligence agency all say, categorically, that Ukraine was not involved – and that its war with Russia will be decided on the battlefield.

The Russian FSB security service is claiming the Moscow attackers were caught on their way to Ukraine, and that they had contacts on the other side supporting them. But an intelligence representative here, has called the idea the gunmen would head for the Ukrainian border "absurd".

Andriy Yusov, a representative of Ukrainian defence intelligence, told the BBC the area is full of Russian military and security services. Any terrorist fleeing the scene of an attack would have to be "stupid or suicidal" – or want to get caught - to head there, says Yusov.

The fear in Kyiv is that Russia will use the attack to escalate its aggression against Ukraine even further, that blaming Kyiv, with its Western allies, will be a way of rallying support for President Vladimir Putin and his full-scale invasion - and mobilising more Russian soldiers, for that fight.

A mad tinfoil hat thought that just zapped my brain worms -- is there any chance that both Kate and Charles' cancers have, perhaps, the same (environmental) source?

Often enough.  Canada Dry a wee bit sweeter to me.

It’s a Good Time to Start Worrying About Christian Nationalism

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Though it usually is best to avoid dependence on one data point, allow me to zero in on a single tweet that appeared recently to highlight the danger.

[William E. Wolfe, a Pentagon & the State Department official during Trump, and besties with the architect of Project 2025, wrote on March 7]:

We need to see the deeper spiritual realities at play. This ain’t just a political fight, it’s a spiritual war. Heaven and Hell are real. Demons exist.

And there are two main demons being worshipped in America right now:

1) Molech, who demands child sacrifice (abortion)

2) Baphomet, whose demonic goat-like representation is gender-bending (LGBTQIA+) The “Equality Act” and “Reproductive Rights” aren’t just “policies” that the radical Left/Democrats support

They are sacraments, acts of worship to their demon gods

“For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.” Ephesians 6:12

It’s time for Christians to call on America to repent of our idol worship of demons and return to the One True Living God and His Son, our Savior, Jesus Christ

Maybe God raise up more idol smashers for our days yet.

11 hours ago, unclevlad said:

I think a big marketing problem for 7up is, they're part of Keurig Dr. Pepper, which is a serious hodgepodge...in soft drinks, they also have Squirt, Crush, Sunkist, Canada Dry, and Schweppes.  None of them have any connection to any of the others.  They also have, I think, *extremely* limited exposure in fast-food soda machines...Dr. Pepper gets in decently often, but let's face it, most dispensers are dedicated to either Coke or Pepsi...never the twain shall meet.  

 

That issue carries over to store shelves...where the Coke distributors can leverage/compel stores to carry a wide array.  Dr. Pepper?  Canada Dry and Schweppes aren't considered soft drinks, so much as *mixers.*

Canada Dry AND Schweppes?  I mean, both labels produce a ginger ale and I've been able to discern a difference in them in taste.  (I lean towards Schweppes if I had to pick between the two)

Larian Studios won’t make any more Baldur’s Gate games

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/biden-trump-debt-remarks-2024-b2516386.html

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President Joe Biden on Wednesday joked about his 2024 election opponent’s outsized legal troubles when he invoked former president Donald Trump’s problems in finding a bond to secure a nearly half-billion dollar judgment against him as he addressed a crowd of supporters at a fundraiser in Dallas, Texas.

Mr Biden, who was on the second day of a three-day trip to several Western states, told attendees at the campaign event that a person had approached him to talk about a high debt burden.

“Just the other day this defeated looking man came up to me and said: ‘Mr. President I need your help. I’m in crushing debt. I’m completely wiped out,’” he said.

After a moment, Mr Biden delivered the punchline, telling the crowd that he had responded: “Donald, I’m sorry. I can’t help you”.