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May 19, 2025

Israel UK, France and Canada threaten action if Israel's offensive continues

It's about time some of the free world stands up!

UK, France and Canada threaten 'concrete actions' if Israel does not stop Gaza offensive
The leaders of Britain, France and Canada issued a joint statement on Monday warning that they will take “further concrete actions” if Israel does not stop a renewed military offensive in Gaza and lift aid restrictions.

The statement by Keir Starmer, Emmanuel Macron and Mark Carney condemns Israel’s expansion of military operations in Gaza as “wholly disproportionate”, adding that the “level of human suffering in Gaza is intolerable”.

We will not stand by while the Netanyahu Government pursues these egregious actions. If Israel does not cease the renewed military offensive and lift its restrictions on humanitarian aid, we will take further concrete actions in response.

It describes the Israeli government’s “denial of essential humanitarian assistance” as “unacceptable” and says it risks breaching international humanitarian law. In addition, it condemns the “abhorrent” language used by Israeli politicians threatening civilians to relocate from Gaza.



https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/may/19/gaza-israel-aid-war-latest-live-news
May 19, 2025

Floyd R. Turbo, COME BACK!

I will make it irresistible for you. You will sniff this out:



May 19, 2025

Sunday night football trivia

Can you name the three QBs to throw for the most touchdowns over the past two seasons combined?

May 17, 2025

Nicolas Cage plays John Madden in upcoming bio-pic

I'll probably give this a shot when it airs:

Amazon MGM has unveiled the first look at Academy Award winners Nicolas Cage and Christian Bale in their roles as NFL legends John Madden and Al Davis respectively.

Directed by David O. Russell (Three Kings, The Fighter, American Hustle), Madden is the story of John Madden’s journey from Super Bowl-winning coach of the Raiders to his pioneering work during the creation of EA’s Madden NFL series and his emergence as a sports broadcasting icon.

Written by David O. Russell, based on an earlier script by Cambron Clark, Madden also features John Mulaney as Electronic Arts founder Trip Hawkins, Kathryn Hahn as John’s wife Virginia Madden, and Sienna Miller as Carol Davis, the wife of Raiders owner Al Davis.

No release date for the film has been revealed at this stage, but it is currently in production in Atlanta. The film was first revealed to be in the works back in mid-2023.


https://www.ign.com/articles/first-look-at-nic-cage-as-john-madden-in-upcoming-amazon-film



May 15, 2025

Pepsi slides out of top three selling sodas!

I'm not much of a soda drinker, but saw this article and figured it would be of interest to some here. It is a pretty tight race after Coke, with Dr. Pepper, Sprite and Pepsi within less than 4 tenths of a point of each other.

The most recent statistics, covering the period through the end of 2024, show that Coke maintains 19.1 percent of the market. Dr. Pepper is the second most dominant soda with 8.3 percent, followed by Sprite, 8.03 percent, and Pepsi coming in fourth with 7.97 percent.


And the good news...

Overall, people are drinking less soda. The number of internet users who said they'd had a regular cola in the past three months dropped from 47% to 43%, between 2022 and 2023.


https://www.eatthis.com/sprite-overtakes-pepsi-top-soda-ranking/
May 15, 2025

Bondi Sold More than $1 Million in Trump Media Stock the Day Trump Announced Sweeping Tariffs

This shit has got to stop!

Attorney General Pam Bondi sold between $1 million and $5 million worth of shares of Trump Media the same day that President Donald Trump unveiled bruising new tariffs that caused the stock market to plummet, according to records obtained Wednesday by ProPublica.

Trump Media, which runs the social media platform Truth Social, fell 13% in the following days, before rebounding.

Trump’s “Liberation Day” press conference from the White House Rose Garden unveiling the tariffs came after the market closed on April 2. Bondi’s disclosure forms showing her Trump Media sales say the transactions were made on April 2 but do not disclose whether they occurred before or after the market closed.

Trades by government officials informed by nonpublic information learned through work could violate the law. But cases against government officials are legally challenging, and in recent years judges have largely narrowed what constitutes illegal insider trading.


https://www.propublica.org/article/pam-bondi-trump-media-stock-tariffs
May 13, 2025

Major League Baseball lifts Hall of Fame eligibility ban on Pete Rose, Shoeless Joe Jackson, other deceased players

In a historic, sweeping decision, baseball commissioner Rob Manfred on Tuesday removed Pete Rose, "Shoeless" Joe Jackson and other deceased players from Major League Baseball's permanently ineligible list.

The all-time hit king and Jackson -- both longtime baseball pariahs stained by gambling, seen by MLB as the game's mortal sin -- are now eligible for election into the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York.

Manfred ruled that MLB's punishment of banned individuals ends upon their deaths.

"Obviously, a person no longer with us cannot represent a threat to the integrity of the game," Manfred wrote in a letter to attorney Jeffrey M. Lenkov, who petitioned for Rose's removal from the list Jan. 8. "Moreover, it is hard to conceive of a penalty that has more deterrent effect than one that lasts a lifetime with no reprieve.

https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/45115659/pete-rose-shoeless-joe-jackson-players-reinstated-mlb

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