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Top Admiral Visits USS Lincoln, Suggests Reports Of Dire Conditions Are Greatly Exaggerated The top US military commander in the Middle East has personally visited the USS Lincoln carrier, which is currently patrolling the Middle East after having long been engaged in operations against Iran. US Central Command (CENTCOM) chief, Adm. Brad Cooper, directly inspected the ship amid widespread reports of low morale and extremely challenging conditions amid a record extended deployment. Screenshot via CENTCOM on X. But Cooper came away with the opposite conclusions from what the headlines and some lawmakers are saying....

Terrifying Video Captures 'Day After Tomorrow'-Like Flood Swallowing Entire China-Nepal Border Checkpoint At least 31 people were confirmed dead, and hundreds of tourists and travelers remained missing after a catastrophic flash flood tore through Nepal's border region with Tibet. This image helps explain what happened along the Nepal–Tibet border. According to reports, a magnitude 4.4 earthquake on the Tibetan side triggered a massive ice avalanche, which then led to the flash flooding of the Bhotekoshi River in Nepal. Around 1,000 people are missing, and… pic.twitter.com/2n46czGNoB — Weather Monitor (@WeatherMonitors) August 26, 2026 SCMP...

Animal Farm Film A Hollywood Perversion Of Orwell's Anti-Communist Classic George Orwell's prognostications about the future of authoritarianism have proven consistently accurate.  They have only been limited by his inability to foresee the creation of certain technologies which make the future look even more bleak.  The reason his books, like 1984 and Animal Farm, are considered classics of literature is because they are timeless.  Their warnings and messages still apply today and will probably apply centuries from now.  Animal Farm, first published in 1945, is a tale specifically written as an allegory...