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Leaders of the Western world's premier military alliance will gather in Ankara, Turkey, on Tuesday for the start of this year's NATO summit. [...]
The three children who died last week when a severe storm capsized their boat were found within the sunken vessel, authorities said in an update. [...]
On July 7, 1976, the U.S. Military Academy at West Point in New York enrolled female cadets for the first time in the institution's then-174-year-old history. [...]
A Chinese court has sentenced a former executive of a government management committee to death for taking bribes worth more than $323.7 million. [...]
An oil tanker was struck by an unknown projectile near the Strait of Hormuz early Tuesday, the British military said. [...]
NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman leads a flyover featuring his personally owned F-5 Tiger during the Great American State Fair on July 4, 2026, on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. [...]
A bright orange sunburst illuminates Earth's atmosphere during an orbital sunrise in this photograph from the International Space Station as it orbited 264 miles above the Caucasus Mountains. [...]
A Katalyst engineer runs tests on LINK while the satellite is inside the Pegasus XL rocket attached to the Stargazer aircraft at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility on the evening of [...]
This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features the globular cluster NGC 6723, sometimes called the Chandelier Cluster. [...]
Flight engineer Sophie Adenot of ESA (European Space Agency) assists flight engineer Chris Williams of NASA as he tries on his spacesuit, testing its comfort and mobility as well as [...]
• Fox-Dominion trial delay 'is not unusual,' judge says • Fox News' defamation battle isn't stopping Trump's election lies [...]
The judge just announced in court that a settlement has been reached in the historic defamation case between Fox News and Dominion Voting Systems. [...]
A settlement has been reached in Dominion Voting Systems' defamation case against Fox News, the judge for the case announced. The network will pay more than $787 million to Dominion, [...]
Category Archives: current events
Family Guy vs. South Park: 2026
Now, we aren’t even going to mention The Simpsons because…while I’m sure it’s still on in some bizarre format…I think it is now created in the manner one would recreate Shakespeare (with luck) using a million apes on keyboards. That’s … Continue reading
Happy X-Day
Some celebrate X-Day on the 4th; most on the 5th. And off I go into the haze of X-Day 2026… (Note: You are not a Subgenius if you don’t get this image. The cult has become diluted. I HATE when … Continue reading
Donation Page Now Open
Yes, you can now donate to me and keep me in booze, prostitutes, crap tables, the site running, and so on…let Ralph Williams explain, as he does on my donation page:
KipCast Inaugural Episode 6/12/2026
Forty minutes of yours truly rambling on in the afternoon.
Framingham, Monday, April 27, 2026 — Spring
Happy 70th, Steven Wright!
A happy birthday (Dec 6th) to Steven Wright, who is turning 70 this year. A classic but little-known Wright quote: “First you don’t exist. At all. Then you’re born, and you live your whole life. Then you die. Then you … Continue reading
Ozone Layer Rebuilding Itself
That’s right, according to NASA and NOAA, the hole in the ozone layer is the fifth smallest since 1992 and is estimated to be fully repaired by midcentury. Apparently the difference can even be easily seen from space. Well, we … Continue reading
“A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving” (1973)
Hey, folks — tradition. I always used to watch “A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving” on Thanksgiving (and it contains a good brief history of the holiday for kids — or anybody). It’s not anywhere on public television anymore, but…for Thanksgiving…here you … Continue reading
The Patriots – For Real
Hate to admit it, but I had strong doubts about this season for the Patriots, and still had strong doubts after the first game, which was laden with mistakes, but…now they’re sitting atop the AFC East and tied for top … Continue reading
Human Growth Hormone (HGH) — Bullshit or Not? Also, HGH Supplements — Bullshit or Not?
The thing about human growth hormone is you can look all over the damned Internet and you find wildly conflicting opinions. As with everything these days, HGH is either the Holy Grail or will kill you dead on the spot. … Continue reading
