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Hollywood star actor-director Mel Gibson offered a scathing opinion of Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris’ intelligence. In footage from TMZ, reporters asked Gibson whom he was voting for, which prompted Gibson’s harsh estimate of Harris. The brief conversation went as follows: TMZ: The president is being voted on in days, what’s your thoughts? Gibson: Oh man, that’s a big question. TMZ: What’s wrong? Gibson: I don’t think it’s going to surprise anyone who I vote for. TMZ: Well, so, I mean, I’m going to just, I’m going to guess, I’m going to guess… Trump. Is that a bad guess? Gibson: I think it’s a pretty good guess. TMZ: Well, what do you think the world will be like in the second term? With the president’s second term? Gibson: I know what it will be like if we let her in. TMZ: Oh, really? Gibson: That ain’t good. Miserable track record, appalling track record, no policies to speak of. TMZ: Yeah, and the border, right? Gibson: And she’s got the IQ of a fence post. NEW: Actor Mel Gibson says Kamala Harris has the IQ of a "fence post" in footage obtained by @TMZ. Gibson specifically called out Harris for her "appalling" track record. Question: Who are you voting for? I'm gonna guess. Trump. Gibson: I think that's a pretty good guess.… pic.twitter.com/cJaHH9trEQ — Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) October 24, 2024 Gibson, 68, first gained public acclaim for his role in “Mad Max,” then took another leap forward with his role in Peter Weir’s “Gallipoli,” then starred in a series of hits including “Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior,” Weir’s “The Year Of Living Dangerously,” “The Bounty, and then the Lethal Weapon series,” followed by “The Patriot.” In 1993, he made his directorial debut with “The Man Without A Face,” then followed that with the Academy Award Best Picture “Braveheart,” for which he won an Academy Award as Best Director. In 2004, he directed the high-grossing “The Passion of The Christ,” and in 2016, directed “Hacksaw Ridge,” which garnered him another Oscar nomination as Best Director. MATT WALSH’S ‘AM I RACIST?’ COMING TO DAILYWIRE+ OCT. 28 In July 2021, Gibson saluted Trump at a UFC match near Las Vegas as Trump walked through the crowd, The New York Post reported. Mel Gibson caught on camera saluting Trump at UFC match https://t.co/z9ApiPDhhy pic.twitter.com/ZfFnStBMtT — New York Post (@nypost) July 13, 2021 Gibson is an outspoken opponent of abortion; speaking in 1990 to Barbara Walters, Gibson said: “God is the only one who knows how many children we should have, and we should be ready to accept them. One can’t decide for oneself who comes into this world and who doesn’t. That decision doesn’t belong to us.”

Kids are hilarious. This is true even when they aren’t trying to be funny. Heck, some of the most humorous things they say are when they are being dead serious. This is one of the many joys parents get to experience. But thanks to social media, the rest of us get a bit of a glimpse at this joy, too. The perfect example comes from a mom named Breana Terry McCool. On her social media account, she shared quite an adorable video of her son. In this video, it seems the toddler is having a conversation with Dad — and it’s quite an interesting one. For reasons we don’t know, this sweet kid is trying to explain to Dad just how fast he can run. But his answer… doesn’t quite make sense. The only thing better than the toddler’s nonsensical answer is the adorable southern accent he has when he gives it! See this hilarious moment in the video below. @breanaterrymccool Throwback to this sweet voice#mccoolinit #fyppppppppppppppppppppppp ♬ original sound – Breana Terry McCool In case you didn’t hear the toddler correctly, or think you didn’t, he said he can run 45 pounds. Not miles, pounds. Though, when Dad asks if he means 45 pounds per hour, the toddler is quick to agree. How silly of him to forget to include pounds per hour (or pph, as it’s frequently shortened to in writing). The Only Thing Better Than This Toddler’s Answer to Dad’s Question is His Adorable Southern Accent! Needless to say, folks from all around the world are loving this adorable, speedy toddler. In fact, this video has over 10 million views! “He can definitely go 45lb in those boots!” someone in the comments points out, with another requesting, “Tell him the world said WOW. THAT IS SO FAST.” “[That’s] how it feels when I’m running,” a third person jokes. “Like my feet weigh that much.” You can find the source of this story’s featured image here! The post Toddler With Adorable Accent Has Hilarious Answer For How Fast He Can Run appeared first on InspireMore.

The word “beat” holds a remarkable range of meanings, making it one of the most dynamic terms in the musical lexicon. At its core, “beat” refers to rhythm—the pulse that drives the tempo of a song and shapes its very structure. Yet, as a verb, it can also signify action, such as to strike or defeat, offering a powerful metaphor for struggle, perseverance, or dominance. It’s this fluidity of meaning that has drawn countless artists across genres to incorporate the word “beat” into their song titles, each using it to convey distinct narratives, emotions, or themes. In crafting this list The post 10 Best Songs With The Word ‘Beat’ In The Title appeared first on ClassicRockHistory.com.

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Russian astronomers recently detected a bright radio pulse that may be a fast radio burst (FRB) from an extragalactic source. The findings, detailed in a preprint on arXiv, emerged during the Pushchino Multibeams Pulsar Search (PUMPS) project, led by astrophysicist Sergei Tyulbashev. The pulse was observed using data from the Large Synphase Array at the Pushchino Radio Astronomy Observatory, part of the ASC FIAN. This powerful array functions as a single, large radio telescope, where scientists recorded a pulse lasting 211 milliseconds at a frequency of 111 MHz. Initially classified as a fast radio burst—a rare and enigmatic phenomenon—several theories have been proposed to explain its origin. Potential sources include the merger of neutron stars, the “last breath” of an evaporating black hole, or a blitzar, a theoretical object resulting from a heavy pulsar collapsing into a black hole. However, an Earth-based origin, such as interference from equipment, remains a possibility. Some media outlets have also suggested that such bursts could be signals from extraterrestrial intelligence. The detected burst, designated FRB 20190203, appears to have come from approximately 2.3 billion light-years away, far beyond our Galaxy. If confirmed, this would make it the first extragalactic fast radio burst recorded in the PUMPS survey and one of the most powerful FRBs ever observed. Astronomers suggest that the burst may have been generated by maser radiation amplified by the intense magnetic field of a magnetar—a neutron star with an exceptionally strong magnetic field. The post Astronomers have recorded a bright radio pulse of unknown origin appeared first on Anomalien.com.

In the Middle Ages, villagers across Western Europe widely believed in the existence of changelings—creatures left in children’s beds by fairies who had stolen the human child. These changelings resembled babies but appeared sickly, with unusual and often unsettling behaviors. According to legend, to retrieve their real child, parents had to either beat the changeling until the fairies intervened or abandon it in the forest, where it would cry out in hunger and thirst. Supposedly, the fairies, unable to bear the changeling’s suffering, would take it back and return the human child. Historians largely view these beliefs as superstitions that arose when people encountered children with congenital deformities. Many found it easier to imagine that their healthy child had been taken by fairies, allowing them to justify harming or abandoning the child they saw as “not human.” Credit: Strangeco A curious report appeared in the Lancaster Examiner (Pennsylvania, US) on August 25, 1875, describing an unusual incident witnessed by a large group of people. The Reading Eagle, of Wednesday, contains the following queer and quaint details of a strange affair, to which, it says, Mr. Jacob S. Peters, of Millersville, was an eyewitness, reports Strangeco. For the past eight or ten days, the cries of a child have been heard night after night, near the road leading from Morgantown to Waynesburg. A few nights since, a party crossing the mountain saw a child near the top of a large tree, in a basket. They heard it cry, and then the basket, in which the supposed child was, disappeared. There is a great mystery connected with the affair. Quite a number of persons have visited the place. An Eagle correspondent writing from Morgantown sends the following strange account of the affair, which reads like a weird story of legerdemain, or like a romance of hobgoblins or witches. The letter reads as follows: Last evening I read in the Eagle an account of a singular noise at the Ringing Rocks, near Pottstown, but we have a something on the summit of the Welsh Mountain, midway between Morgantown and Waynesburg, and about one-fourth of a mile in from the main road connecting the above places. For the past two weeks, the cries of a child could be heard by persons passing along the road, and at first nothing was thought of it, but on Sunday night last, as Robert Gorman, residing north of Downingtown, in company with another gentleman and two ladies were passing the point, the cries became heartrending, and they thought someone was treating a child shamefully. Mr. Gorman proposed to his friend to walk into the woods and ascertain the cause, the ladies to remain in the carriage. As Mr. G. thought it only a short distance to the house the child was thought to be in, the ladies concluded to go with the gentlemen, and the horses were secured to a tree, and the party started, the cries still increasing. After walking a short distance, one of the ladies, a Miss Ellie Parker, who resides near Paoli, slopped suddenly, and told the party to look up near the top of a large tree just in front of them, and there was seen a baby seated in a small basket, swinging back and forth, with but faint cries. The ladies became frightened at the sight, and begged one of the gentlemen to try and get up in the tree and bring the child down. The distance up to the first limb was some twenty feet, and the gentlemen found it impossible to get up. While the conversation was going on as to how the child could be brought down, the child gave one scream, and as if by magic, the basket fell half the distance to the ground, causing the ladies to scream, and the entire party to be more or less frightened. In less time than it takes to write this, the basket and its contents were back in its place again, the child crying all the time. This movement struck terror into the party. They watched the movements of the basket and saw the baby plainly for five minutes afterwards, and all at once, the basket with its contents disappeared. The party states that the whole affair is one of the greatest mysteries they have ever met with. Mr. Gorman says it was child’s play, but it was nevertheless a reality. The ladies state that the child was alive, for they saw it plainly move when it fell down toward them. On Monday evening a party numbering some twenty repaired to the place, and all saw the same thing. What it is is a grand mystery, as too many reliable persons saw it to be a hoax. Mr. J. S. Peters, residing south of Lancaster city, was one of the party, on Monday night, and he says he saw the baby in the basket, saw it move, and saw the falling and the disappearance. How long this will continue I am unable to say. A number from Churchtown are going over on Thursday night to witness the mystery. If the affair can be explained I will write you again. To a modern reader, this eerie event might resemble a “scripted bug” in a video game, where the same action replays in the same location at regular intervals. Later, however, a note appeared in the newspapers dismissing the incident as a “joke” devised by a “young person from the neighborhood” who allegedly had a talent for ventriloquism and could mimic a baby’s cry. Yet, how she created the illusion of a vanishing baby in a basket was never explained. The post Story of the Child in a Basket in the Tree Who Vanished Before the Crowd’s Eyes appeared first on Anomalien.com.

The ideal of a “town hall meeting” where citizens can spontaneously ask politicians the questions they would like answered doesn’t match what the “town hall” is in today’s politics. There’s too much risk for politicians, or the TV networks who platform the event. A humorous example came on October 21 at a “town hall” with Kamala Harris and her ally Liz Cheney. An audience member asked ex-NBC reporter Maria Shriver if they could ask questions. “You’re not, unfortunately, we have some pre-determined questions,” Shriver said. “Hopefully I’ll be able to ask some of the questions that might be in your head.” Harris took only three of those pre-determined questions in an hourlong event. On May 10, 2023 CNN hosted a town-hall event with Donald Trump. Incoming CNN host Kaitlan Collins constantly interrupted Trump and "correcting" him. The Left called it a "disaster" -- for CNN, because they didn’t want Trump appearing on CNN. As often happens, Collins felt compelled to interrupt Trump incessantly on behalf of people who think Trump must be “fact checked in real time.” Collins badgered him for 25 minutes about 2020 election denials and January 6, like you would expect. Trump lost, that’s a fact. But since the audience seemed supportive of Trump, it was somehow a triumph for him. On October 23, CNN aired a town-hall event with Kamala Harris, and the difference was obvious from the first few minutes. Anderson Cooper asked his first question – you call Trump unhinged, but he’s now popular than he’s ever been. Harris bloviated a 500-word answer. Cooper asked Harris if she thought Trump was a fascist, and she said yes for 300 words, without interruption. Calling Trump a “fascist” was apparently not an occasion for “fact checking in real time.” Fact-checking Daniel Dale skipped it afterward. Cooper peppered Harris on a few subjects, including immigration. He noted she’s changed her tune on the border wall. But none of the town-hall questioners really pressed Harris from a conservative direction. Seven of the questioners were identified by Cooper as leaning toward backing Harris. One “leaner” came at Harris with a hardball from the left. Annalise Kean pounced: “My question is, as president, what would you do to ensure not another Palestinian dies due to bombs being funded by U.S. tax dollars?” But several were very open-ended: What’s your greatest weakness? What's the proudest moment of your political career? What’s your first policy priority? The answers may have been evasive, but the questions weren’t anything like the barrage Trump faced.  As soon as it ended, CNN’s Dana Bash said she was hearing from people who felt Harris didn’t offer real answers on her weaknesses or her priorities, but hey, “any time that she can be in front of an audience and interacting with voters is a win as far as her campaign goes and they are very happy about that.” Collins really liked the sharpness of her answer asserting Trump’s a fascist. She sounds like she wants everyone to forget she ever worked for the Daily Caller. Most of the post-game show was typical liberal analysis, with a blip of David Urban here and a moment of Scott Jennings there. Jennings had enough time to sum up the night. She was “empty, empty, empty. If she were an animal, she'd be a duck-billed platitude.” If Kamala Harris failed to “make the sale” on CNN, no one should blame CNN. They gave her a blandly promotional platform to smear her opponent as a fascist, then praised her afterward for her fervid fascist blather. Hating Trump defines CNN.