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"A lot of this table criticized George Clooney when he wrote his Biden op-ed."

Talk about a bummer. Oregon Ducks greats Sabrina Ionescu and Satou Sabally are sidelined for the Liberty’s only trip to Portland this season.

This reader asks Dear Abby what she should do about her granddaughter who has been drinking beer with her stepdad.

The humanitarian group said the number of people displaced as criminal gangs and rebels fight the Colombian state and each other doubled in 2025, reaching 235,000 people.

Russia Successfully Tests Troubled SATAN II, Will Enter Combat By Year's End

Russia on Tuesday announced that it has successfully completed a test of the "Sarmat" intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), a new 'doomsday' weapon which has had a troubled roll out and development, but which has not yet been fully deployed as part of Russia's military arsenal. 

While in 2023 the cutting edge heavy missile was reportedly put on 'combat alert' - according to some headlines at the time - the following year saw at least one test deemed unsuccessful and a failure. This was seen as delaying its full combat deployment.

Image source: 112 Ukraine

Interfax was the first to report Tuesday's new Sarmat test, with Russian President Putin in follow-up remarking that its range could exceed 35,000. And Reuters has followed with:

Russia has ​successfully tested ‌its new Sarmat intercontinental ​ballistic missile, ​Sergei Karakayev, the ⁠commander ​of the strategic ​missile forces, told Russian President ​Vladimir ​Putin on Tuesday. Putin said ‌that ⁠Russia planned to put the ​Sarmat ​on ⁠combat duty by ​the end ​of ⁠this year.

The nuclear-capable Sarmat ICBM was previously touted by President Putin as being capable hitting "any target on Earth" - and is widely believed to be by far the longest-range missile in Russia's arsenal (or in the world for that matter). It's been nicknamed by NATO the "SATAN II". 

The Sarmat, which is in a "superheavy" class of missiles, has a short initial boost phase which gives it better ability to elude all conventional anti-missile defense systems, given this results in a much smaller window of time to track it. By design, its super long-range gives it the ability to reach targets thousands of missiles away in the United States or Europe.

According to its specifications, it's by far the heaviest missile Russia possesses - at over 200 tons - and heavier than all foreign competitors: 

This allows it to carry around 15 warheads, up to 750kt. (The bomb US dropped on Hiroshima was 15kt.)

This would be enough to wipe out a country the size of France. It can also carry hypersonic missiles, rendering most missile defense systems ineffective.

It has long been in development - since 2009 - and has been in testing phase for many years, some test flights of which may have failed. The Sarmat has been touted as being able to reach speeds of nearly 16,000 mph.

Putin early in the program described: "The new complex has the highest tactical and technical characteristics and is capable of overcoming all modern means of anti-missile defense. It has no analogues in the world and won't have for a long time to come."

❗️ President Putin Receives Report on Successful ‘Sarmat’ Intercontinental Missile Test – Kremlin

The successful launch will allow the first regiment to be put on duty by the end of the year, according to the commander of the Strategic Missile Forces.

📹: Russian MoD pic.twitter.com/6euvdKssds

— RT_India (@RT_India_news) May 12, 2026

But despite this rosy presentation of the Sarmat's purported capabilities, it has faced an uphill battle from the start, and there were manufacturing problems being reported even nearly a decade ago. For example:

The heavy, liquid-fueled Sarmat ICBM is being developed as a replacement for Russia’s older R-36M missile (NATO Reporting name: SS-18 Satan). The Sarmat’s large payload will allow for up to 10 heavy warheads or 15 lighter ones, or as many as 24 hypersonic Yu-71 glide vehicles (Sputnik News, June 11, 2016). Production of the new missile and its prototype was entrusted to the Krasnoyarsk Machine Building Plant (Krasmash), which suffers from serious equipment depreciation issues—in 2010, fewer than 20 percent of machines at its fabrication facility were less than 20 years old (T. V. Yankova, A. M. Ragozina, “Techno-Economic Justification of Equipment Modernization at Krasmash,” Actual Problems of Aviation and Cosmonautics, No. 6: 2, 2010). The quality and lead time of the order will depend on the modernization of the production facilities at Krasmash. Efforts toward this end have already started: more than 16 billion rubles ($274 million) will reportedly be invested by 2019. And Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu has taken a personal interest in making sure these modernization goals are met.

But by now the Kremlin is stressing that prior troubles have been resolved and smoothed out, and that this nuclear-capable beast is set to be the heavy ballistic long-range missile of Russia's future defense.

Tyler Durden Wed, 05/13/2026 - 02:45

BALTIMORE — For most of the early going, Smooth Jazz has been on mute for the Yankees. But Jazz Chisholm Jr. said before Yankees’ 6-2 win over the Orioles Tuesday he is “working my butt off every day to get back” to the player he is capable of being, and the one the Yankees need...

Detectives determined the woman had been "battered at some point during the night."

The messages highlight the illegality of what people are searching for online and direct them towards help.

"I just warned everybody else in the neighborhood, like, watch your kids. Watch the dogs. Because it was, it was fast and they were powerful."

EU Targets France's Jordan Bardella With Fraud Probe As His Anti-Migration Party Surges In The Polls

Via Remix News,

Last week, reports that the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) is investigating France’s right-wing, anti-migration party National Rally (RN) for misallocation of EU funds made the rounds. At its core, the case involves a complaint filed last December by the association AC!! Anti-Corruption with the National Financial Prosecutor’s Office (PNF) in Paris. 

These allegations have already been contested by RN, but the party must also now face scrutiny from Brussels, as the funds involved include EU money.

The charge is that the National Rally misused the funds by allocating money received for media training for its leader, Jordan Bardella, not for his work as an MEP, but with the aim of helping him to prepare for France’s 2027 presidential election. Other members of the party have also been named in connection with the same charge.

Bardella posted on X that the investigation is not news and certainly nothing new for the party, labeling the charges as politically motivated slander.

Nous n’avons strictement rien à nous reprocher. L’association à l’origine de la plainte est une organisation d’extrême-gauche revendiquée, dont les déclarations agressives laissent peu de doute quant à leurs intentions.

J’ai déposé plainte il y a plusieurs semaines pour… https://t.co/GNkyGB5lbd

— Jordan Bardella (@J_Bardella) May 7, 2026

“We have absolutely nothing to reproach ourselves for. The association behind the complaint is a self-proclaimed far-left organization, whose aggressive statements leave little doubt as to their intentions. I filed a complaint several weeks ago for slanderous denunciation,” he wrote, while assuring that he and his party would fully cooperate with the EPPO.

National Rally has been in the top spot in recent polling, despite its former leader, Marine Le Pen, having been sidelined by a similar case last year. She is appealing that decision, but for now has made it clear that Bardella will run on the RN ticket for president.

The party’s popularity, with or without Le Pen, cannot be a surprise to its rivals, given the slew of issues France has been suffering from due to its policy of mass immigration and lax deportation: Elderly rape, minor prostitution, failing education, robberies, violent rape, concerns over sharia law, and murder. As the mother of 18-year-old Théo, who was stabbed to death by a Senegalese migrant who ended up avoiding prison, said: “You can kill in France with impunity.”

Meanwhile, the media and the left prefer not to draw attention to the link between increased migration and violence.

And yet, a new website and real estate browser extension for Chrome is offering data on immigration levels, insecurity, and Islamization rates of neighborhoods for prospective buyers in the latest sign that the French public is highly concerned about record-breaking numbers of immigrants.

According to a recent ifop poll, 60 percent of French believe there is “a replacement of the French population by non-European populations, mainly from the African continent.” The same poll found that 66 percent see it as a bad development. Only 9 percent noted it as good.

This is a major factor why the National Rally has been surging in the polls, and why left-wing parties and activist organizations will do anything to bring them down — first targeting Le Pen and now Bardella. Other party politicians and staff members have been implicated in both cases.

Such efforts are not unique to France, with efforts ongoing for years over in Germany to bring down the anti-migration AfD party, which has also seen a massive rise in popularity.

With reports indicating France is spending over €2 billion a year on housing and healthcare for asylum seekers and illegal migrants, RN’s rivals will need more than accusations of misappropriated funds to stop voters from exercising their desire for change.

Read more here...

Tyler Durden Wed, 05/13/2026 - 02:00

“My baby was robbed,” Katja Richardson wrote on Facebook after the episode aired.

“My baby was robbed,” Katja Richardson wrote on Facebook after the episode aired.

For a brief moment Tuesday night, smiles and laughter returned to the Dodgers dugout. But it didn't last.

When a doctor finally cut the wound open, they discovered "over 12 pieces of organic plant matter, including twigs, pine needles, and moss," the lawsuit said.

Republican Steve Christy moved to have the board declare the sheriff's office vacant and begin the process to replace him immediately.

The charity, Robin Hood, unveiled on Monday a $1 billion endowment campaign aimed at cementing the philanthropy's longstanding anti-poverty mission, anchored by a $100 million donation from the Bezoses.

“It’s still kind of surreal when I see the footage. It looks like it happened to someone else or maybe, you know, it was faked, but I was there. It happened,” the shocked mom said.

India More Than Doubles Gold, Silver Tariffs To Defend Crashing Rupee

One day after vehemently denying speculation that India plans to raise duties on gold and silver imports following ​Prime Minister Narendra Modi's urging people to ​avoid buying ​gold for a year ‌due ⁠to the impact of the Iran war, India did in fact raise import tariffs on gold and silver in an attempt to defend its currency, a surprise move as the country races to limit the damage from the Middle East war and to shore up foreign-exchange reserves.

The government has more than doubled import taxes on gold and silver to about 15% from 6%, according to two official orders, imposing a 10% basic customs duty alongside a 5% agriculture infrastructure and development levy.

The hikes, aiming to dampen demand in the world’s second-largest bullion market, followed a rare weekend appeal from Prime Minister Narendra Modi in which he urged citizens to forgo gold purchases as well as unnecessary foreign travel in order to help hold up the currency. The Indian rupee has plunged more than 6% in 2026 with most of the losses occurring after the Iran war started; the currency is on pace to drop to 100 vs the US dollar in the coming weeks.

New Delhi is also weighing other emergency steps, including raising fuel prices and curbing non-essential imports like electronic goods.

India, the world’s third-largest oil importer, has been hit hard by the inflationary shock caused by energy disruptions in the Persian Gulf. 

Higher import bills have driven sharp foreign-exchange outflows, pushing the rupee down to a record low and prompting the Reserve Bank of India to step in and sell dollars. And the fact that gold is the country’s largest import item after crude oil does not help, which is why India is doing everything in its power to limit capital outflows. 

Gold is deeply ingrained in Indian culture and plays a vital role in savings, weddings and religious festivals. India meets almost of all its demand through imports, with 710 tons of gold coming in last year. 

Of course, attempts by the government to limit capital outflows via precious metals will only encourage the population to find alternative mechanisms to preserve purchasing power, and it is only a matter of time before India joins the rest of the financially suppressed developing world in actively pursuing such non-fiat alternatives as tether and bitcoin if the traditional gold and silver pathways are limited. 

Tyler Durden Wed, 05/13/2026 - 01:03

The biggest tech firms are set to sell millions of smart glasses despite growing privacy concerns.

A Florida real estate bigwig faced mockery and boos for proclaiming "artificial intelligence is the next industrial revolution" during her commencement speech at the University of Central Florida last week.