I’ll be honest. I didn’t realize that Nancy Sinatra was still with us, but at the ripe old age of 86 the songstress is alive and well and sharing hot takes on social media. Sinatra received a lot of responses after expressing her desire to “eliminate all guns” in a post responding to another pro-gun control X user. Eliminate the guns. The founding fathers did not know about automatic weapons. https://t.co/37E5dQp1jm— Nancy Sinatra (@NancySinatra) July 27, 2026No, the Founding Fathers didn’t know about automatic weapons. They also didn’t know about the Internet, social media, or smartphones.…
Open-world RPGs usually occupy a conflicted spot, having to balance the freedom to go almost anywhere with gripping character-driven narratives that keep players hooked and dedicated to their overarching goal. While it’s not unusual for such games to lean more heavily toward one aspect, like Elden Ring trading classic storytelling for something more subtle, there are also great open-world role-playing games that walk the perfect line between these core pillars. That said, certain studios have become all but synonymous with superb stories placed into vast worlds driven by freedom and curiosity, CD Projekt Red in particular. By mastering the narrative…
This article was originally published by Michael Snyder at The End of the American Dream under the title: On August 12th We Will Witness A Total Solar Eclipse, A Rare Parade Of 6 Planets, And The Peak Of The Perseid Meteor Shower It is not often that we get to experience three major celestial events on the exact same day. On August 12th, a rare parade of 6 planets will be visible before sunrise. Mercury, Mars, Jupiter, Uranus, Saturn, and Neptune will all be lined up across the morning sky. The only planet that we will not get to see…
As we’ve noted since we started talking about the shooting this past weekend in Seattle, Washington state has embraced a ton of gun control laws in the last handful of years. Everytown ranks it in its top 10 states for gun laws, and none of that has seemed to matter one bit. This is important because, as we’ve also seen, officials were pretty quick to try and make it about the gun. Honestly, they shouldn’t have done that.After all, among the many anti-gun measures passed in the state is one banning privately made firearms, also…
The Navy is asking industry whether RVs, houseboats and temporary workforce camps could help cover a housing shortage that may approach 12,000 beds as barracks across the country undergo repairs, renovations and possible privatization. A July 24 request for information from Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command seeks “safe, habitable, code-compliant” temporary accommodations at 10 Navy locations. The service is considering conventional options such as apartments, hotels and modular buildings, along with containerized housing units, trailer parks, converted facilities and houseboats where local conditions allow. The request does not mean sailors will soon receive orders to report to a marina. The…
The federal government has issued guidance to veterans to help them avoid scammers who target recipients of benefit schemes. In a memo posted by the Federal Trade Commission, the agency warned veterans against those posing as staff from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to seize veterans’ money and data and provided them with go-to red flags to ascertain real VA staffers from scammers. “Scammers know that applying for veterans benefits is at the top of the to-do list when you’re getting ready to leave the military,” said the memo, published on Monday. “That’s why they pretend to be with…
As an avid paddler, I consider a waterproof first-aid kit non-negotiable. Even when I’m heading out on dry-land missions, I want my first-aid essentials to stay bone-dry. If I had to pick one compact kit to keep in regular rotation, the Adventure Medical Kits Ultralight/Watertight .7 Medical Kit ($35) would be it. Smaller than a 32-ounce water bottle, this kit is ideal for multisport days where space is limited. I have tossed it into dry bags, running vests, and even my dog’s pack without a second thought. The .7 includes the basics I want for blisters, headaches, mild allergic reactions,…
Military spouses navigate one of the more demanding lives in the American civilian experience: frequent moves, solo household management during deployments, career restarts and community-rebuilding from scratch every two to three years. The benefit package attached to that life is more substantial than most spouses realize, and most of it has nothing to do with Tricare. Here are 10 benefits that fall outside health care entirely and are consistently underused. 1. Commissary and Exchange Access Military spouses with a valid military ID have full access to commissary grocery stores and exchange retail outlets on base. Commissary prices average 20%-30% below…
The next time you’re about to upload a video from your hiking trip, take a moment to consider the following: Is it possible I’m doing something illegal? That clearly wasn’t on the minds of a hiking couple in Banff National Park who had a risky run-in with a grizzly bear. The couple posted a 90-second video of the encounter to TikTok account twohumanstwodogs on July 21. It swiftly went viral: The couple yells and backs away from the burly bruin while their small dog barks in agitation. While many online spectators expressed sympathy for the scary situation, others noted an…
On Sunday, a shooting at a Seattle food festival left three people dead and another five injured. It was an undoubtedly traumatizing event for everyone in the vicinity, but it wasn’t the kind of mass shooting we typically see make headlines. This wasn’t the result of some disaffected jackwagon who wanted to make a name for themselves, or who hated the world and wanted everyone to die. This was a shootout between two parties. Two people with no respect for human life decided to shoot up an event meant to be about enjoying good food,…
The Navy is once again requiring flu shots for a wide range of sailors and civilian employees, quietly reversing course three months after the Pentagon made the vaccine optional across the force. New guidance released Friday in a Navy administrative message, or NAVADMIN, restores the requirement for recruits headed to boot camp, sailors in officer training pipelines, certain deploying sailors and reservists, health care workers and some civilian employees. It takes effect immediately, and covered personnel must be vaccinated by Jan. 15, 2027. The order does not mention what happened in between to cause such a reversal. In April, the…
I heaved the fully loaded Exped Lightning 50 off my back onto the ground, right in the middle of a gem of a creekside Colorado campsite. It was packed to the absolute limit with gear and food that was quickly extruded into a neat pile beside us. Within moments, I had alpine charcuterie served, camp chairs pitched, water heating, and a diaper changing station deployed. With a new baby in tow, the demands on my day hiking pack have grown exponentially. 20 liters? Forget about it. I nabbed a sample of the freshly updated Exped Lightning 50 to pull double…
Stories about the stupidity of zero-tolerance policies in schools are hardly uncommon, but you’d think they’d at least slow down during summer break. The parents of a Georgia first-grader, though, are speaking out their son was suspended from school after biting his sandwich into the shape of a gun (or the letter L) and allegedly pointing it at a classmate. In fact, that’s just one of the punishments delivered to the child by school administrators, who the parents say should be more accommodating because of their son’s autism. School records show Sara Harp Minter Elementary administrators issued…
American Expedition Vehicles (AEV) is one of the premier names in off-road tuning. Beyond selling individual aftermarket parts, the company also offers complete kits for folks looking to create their own adventure rig. Its latest creation is the AEV FX370, which is based on the Ford Super Duty, and is for anyone who needs to carry heavy payloads well off the beaten path. The complete kit starts at $19,999. A $20,000 Upgrade With Some Serious Off-Road Potential Credit: AEV The AEV FX370 is a complete upgrade package for the Ford Super Duty. The company believes that owners of these trucks often…
A fuel tanker in the Gulf of Aden off the coast of Yemen was hijacked by Somali pirates. The Tanzanian-flagged fuel and chemical tanker MT Asana has a crew of 20 on board and was seized on Friday. Iran Accuses The US Of Acting Like “Pirates” After departing the Yemeni port of Mukalla, seven armed pirates reportedly boarded the MT Asana and forced it into Somali territorial waters near Puntland, according to the Associated Press, which cited anonymous sources familiar with the incident. While Tanzanian authorities have not confirmed any details yet, United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) has stated…
Imagine you’re a first responder. Your patient has just broken their leg and is wet, underdressed, and nearly hypothermic. If you don’t have any clothes to change them into, you may have to offer your own, or some purchased for the occasion. And if the injury is serious enough, those nice base layers might get cut right off, never to be used again. That was the scenario that merino wool brand Minus 33 tackled head-on when it launched a program in 2017 to donate its factory seconds to a local search-and-rescue organization. The Search & Rescue (SAR) kit program repurposes…
Bans on so-called assault weapons are popular in anti-gun states, to say the least, but those days might be numbered. The Supreme Court has agreed to finally hear a couple of assault weapon ban cases, and I think everyone knows more or less how those will go. There’s almost no chance that the same Court that gave us Bruen will uphold bans on modern sporting rifles. But before the Supreme Court decided to hear it, numerous anti-gun states had passed such laws. Virginia, this year, became the latest.And, at the Washington Post, Stephen Gutowski has…
Tickets to the 2026 League of Legends World Champions are being resold for significant markups ahead of the annual competitive event. Credit: Game Rant | Source Images: Riot Games Originally published by Game Rant Tickets to League of Legends’ upcoming World Championships are being resold for a staggering markup, with some priced over $100,000. The annual League of Legends event is set to begin in October and run through November. League of Legends remains one of the biggest competitive games in the world, even nearly seventeen years after its original release. Riot Games supports competitive circuits for the game in several…
