This article was originally published by Lance D. Johnson at Natural News. The United States and Israel have spent years assuming they can strike Iranian targets with impunity, violating ceasefire agreements and assassinating officials without consequence. That assumption just exploded along with a U.S. airbase near Bandar Abbas. Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps struck back at 4:50 a.m. Thursday, targeting the American base it identified as the “origin of the aggression.” The IRGC’s warning was stark: Aggression will not go unanswered, and any repeat attack will draw a “more decisive” response. Key points: Iran struck a U.S. airbase in retaliation…
Nearly all of the artists announced for President Donald Trump’s “Freedom 250” concert series have pulled out of the upcoming festivities, turning a National Mall celebration built around America’s 250th birthday into a fight over patriotism, politics and the use of veterans in promoting the event. Bret Michaels, Martina McBride, Young MC, The Commodores, Morris Day and The Time, and C+C Music Factory are among the performers who have withdrawn from or distanced themselves from Freedom 250 Presents: The Great American State Fair, a 16-day event scheduled for June 25 through July 10 in Washington, D.C. The event was announced…
For whatever reason, most of this week’s best new gear comes in twos. We’ve got two top-notch bikes built for speed, two jackets aimed at improving breathability without sacrificing performance, and two German brands with new gear aimed at trail running. But we have a few more interesting pieces that have no clear analog, including backpacking meals just for your dog (yes, really), some cool new shades from the reliable armless brand Ombraz, and a Costco cooler that won’t empty your wallet. Get the details on these cool new offerings in this week’s Emerging Gear. Specialized Gravel Bike (Photo/Specialized) There’s…
The state of Connecticut had to know this was coming. The moment they even considered banning Glocks and similar firearms because someone can take an already illegal device and illegally convert it into an illegal firearm, they had to know they were going to get sued. They had to. Yes, the bill is stupid, and not just because criminals will keep getting guns to convert, no matter what laws they pass. It’s stupid because it has nothing to do with the Glock or similar striker-fired guns. It’s all about devices that are banned at the…
OS ANGELES (AP) — A former Southern California mayor pleaded guilty Friday to acting as an illegal agent of the Chinese government. Eileen Wang, who stepped down as the mayor of Arcadia earlier this month, was charged in April with one count of acting in the United States as an illegal agent of a foreign government. She pleaded guilty to doing the bidding of Chinese officials by sharing articles favorable to Beijing, without prior notification to the U.S. government as required by law. The 56-year-old was elected in November 2022 to a five-person city council, from which the mayor is…
As I burst across the finish line of my first race, I was feeling very grateful for my shoes. I’d trained in the On Cloudsoma and worn them almost every day since I took them out of the box. I’d grown attached to these shoes as if they were an extension of me. I consider myself an athlete, but an average runner. So I’m the perfect person to test Cloudsoma. I am the type of runner who, despite running all the time, has never made the leap to marathons or even halfs. This shoe aims to bridge the gap between…
The World Health Organization (WHO) Chief has said he swears that the Ebola outbreak “can be stopped.” Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has arrived in the Democratic Republic of Congo, proclaiming that the spread of this disease can be stopped, so long as warring faction lay down their weapons and commit to a ceasefire. Ghebreyesus added that no conflict is worth condemning people to death over a preventable disease, accoridng to a report by The Guardian. That means humanitarian efforts should be a first step toward containment. He solidified his stance when writing on X on Wednesday, saying, “Stopping this Ebola transmission…
As part of the Democrats’ failed efforts to pass a gun and magazine ban in Minnesota this year, a number of communities in the state adopted local ordinances of their own prohibiting commonly-owned arms like AR-15s. Though the ordinances were written so that they would only take effect if Minnesota’s firearm preemption law is ever repealed, the MN Gun Owners Caucus has launched several lawsuits against the measures, arguing that the preemption statute applies to these types of anticipatory ordinances too. On Thursday, a Ramsey County judge sided with the Caucus and denied a request…
As recently announced by Bungie, Destiny 2 is unfortunately meeting its untimely end on June 9, with a final update that marks a new era for the game with no new content, live-service patches, expansions, or anything of the sort. The final update for Destiny 2 on June 9 seems to be pretty substantial for a non-expansion patch, and Bungie will share more information before launch. For now, players can take a look at the first Dev Insight post, which includes the return of the Director, a revamp of all Destination rewards with unique events for each of them, Sparrow…
Kenneth Dixon has defended this country in uniform, and now the veteran has had to defend himself and his home in Memphis, Tennessee. According to Memphis police, a man named Simeon Pratcher is in custody after breaking in to Dixon’s home earlier this week. It’s not the first time that the veteran has been targeted by thieves. In fact, Pratcher told police that he entered the home through a window that was broken during the last break-in, believing the residence to be unoccupied. It was not. The victim told officers he was sitting in his living room…
Thanks to a limited-time event, PS5 owners can get their hands on a DualSense controller at a discounted price and save tens of dollars. Credit: Image Made by GameRant Originally published by Game Rant PlayStation Days of Play has begun, bringing major discounts on PS5 and PS4 controllers through June 10. The sale includes deals on the standard PS5 DualSense controller, the premium DualSense Edge, and DualShock 4 controllers originally released for the PS4. Days of Play is an annual promotion that typically runs for around two weeks and features a wide range of discounted products across the PlayStation Store. During…
Support us! GearJunkie may earn a small commission from affiliate links in this article. Learn More When it comes to golf, I’m a duffer at best. Sure, I stroll a golf course a handful of times each summer, but it’s not really my jam. I’m much more into trail running, mountain sports, and, if I’m being honest here, disc golf. So when Vaer sent over details about its latest launch, I scratched my head. Is a golf-oriented, scorekeeping wristwatch a good idea? I started stacking up the specs and considering real-world use. After a few pro-con diagrams and soul searching,…
I’m used to the mainstream media taking stands on gun control policy that, frankly, infuriate me. USA Today is a particularly egregious offender in this, up to and including their horrifically idiotic inclusion of the chainsaw bayonet in a list of potential modifications available to the AR-15. However, I’m also used to it. I’m used to large media outlets actively opposing our Second Amendment rights. I don’t like it, but I accept it as reality. So when they start raising questions about a bit of gun control, it catches my attention.See, the reason I invoked…
Connecticut officially just took another swing at some of America’s most popular handguns. On May 26, Ned Lamont signed H.B. 5043 into law, targeting so-called “convertible pistols,” semiautomatic handguns lawmakers argue could be illegally modified with machine gun conversion devices. And the backlash from the firearms world was immediate. NRA-ILA blasted the law as another attack on law-abiding gun owners, while NSSF says it plans to challenge the measure in court. Translation: Connecticut just lit another major Second Amendment fuse. Under the new law, the state will ban future manufacture, sale, and importation of many striker-fired pistols beginning October 1,…
After almost 21 years in the Air Force, Jeff Andrejcik was looking forward to retiring from military life and embarking on a fruitful career in the civilian world. Andrejcik’s service time included multiple deployments, highlighted by three combat tours in Iraq and the United Arab Emirates. The Air Force veteran served in several roles and had built a solid resume, landing a job with the federal government and moving his family to a base in Florida for a position he had worked years to acquire. Then came the gut punch. President Donald Trump’s swift and indiscriminate overhaul of the federal…
In response to a rapidly spreading Ebola outbreak, Uganda has closed its border with the Democratic Republic of Congo. This news comes as the suspected cases reach over 1,000. According to the numbers compiled by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the World Health Organization (WHO), there were 121 confirmed Ebola cases in Congo and 17 confirmed deaths, with at least 1,077 additional suspected cases of the virus and 246 suspected deaths from the disease. The WHO, which is run by the United Nations, has discouraged border closures as a means of containing the virus. Closures…
Federal agencies managing public lands have seen broad cuts under the Trump administration. The White House fired 25% of the National Park Service’s workforce last year, and proposed even more funding cuts this spring. Of the money that’s left, however, the Trump administration has very specific goals in mind: Restoring water fountains in Washington, D.C. The National Park Service (NPS) has been directed to spend $67 million of funding from park entrance fees to fund beautification projects in the nation’s capital, according to a New York Times analysis of federal records. Much of the money ($60 million) is going to the restoration…
We’ve been reporting on the surge in gun sales in Virginia over the past few months, a boom caused by Democrats’ wave of gun control legislation that includes a ban on so-called assault firearms and large capacity magazines. Now a similar wave appears to be forming in Maryland in response to Gov. Wes Moore’s signature on a bill that will ban the sale of Glocks and other striker-fired handguns later this year. Erik Shilling, who runs Solidarity Firearms Training in Westminster, Maryland, told the Baltimore Sun that “Anytime there’s a gun law that passes, no…
Veterans smoke at higher rates than the general population, and the reasons are not hard to understand. Military culture has a long history with tobacco. Deployment increases smoking rates by more than 50%. Stress, sleep deprivation, boredom and the social dynamics of unit life push people toward cigarettes, and the habit follows them home. About one in five veterans currently use tobacco, and veterans are more likely than civilians to use every type of tobacco product, including the most harmful. A new study from the VA Puget Sound Health Care System in Seattle suggests that the VA’s Whole Health program,…
Imagine hiking a 1,200-mile trail. Now imagine trying to cover that distance in 30 days, and then imagine doing it all without resupplying at any point. That’s exactly what Jamieson Hatt, 46, just did on Wisconsin’s Ice Age Trail. Hatt not only set a fastest known time (FKT) for the trail, but he also completed the longest-ever unsupported FKT. The Challenge FKTs are split into several categories: supported (a crew helps you), self-supported (you can send yourself items and resupply), and unsupported. Unsupported means that you have to carry all your food and gear with you from the start. If…
As parents, we can sometimes be protective of our children. To some extent, that’s our job, though we’ve all known parents who take it too far. I think most of us can think of a few stories where a parent has done it, and while we might cringe and wonder what the kid’s therapy bill will look like in the future, it’s usually not anything we should be alarmed with beyond that. Enter Florida Man.That’s right, ladies and gentlemen, people from Florida reproduce, and as terrifying as that might be for some, the reality is…
