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FBI Issues Warning For Vacant Property Owners Authored by Naveen Athrappully via The Epoch Times, American citizens who own vacant property parcels are being targeted by criminals in an identity theft scheme. “Criminals create fake identifications (drivers licenses and/or U.S. passports), Outlook email addresses, and Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) generated phone numbers and use them to impersonate landowners,” the FBI said in a June 16 public service announcement alert. An aerial view of single family homes in Miami, Fla., on Aug. 1, 2025. Joe Raedle/Getty Images The malicious actors “can obtain property parcel...

The Conflicts Brewing In America's Ten Classes Authored by Charles Hugh Smith via OfTwoMinds blog, What we do know is that things have internal structures with dynamics that operate whether we "like" them or not. Correspondent Manoj S. recommended an essay from the always-insightful John Michael Greer on the dissolution of unproductive classes behind the smokescreen of AI: A Game of Musical Chairs "You can sell Americans on anything, no matter how wretchedly unsatisfactory it is, by labeling it as progress. That's what's being done now, with AI being used as a justification for...

Air Force Extends Use Of Iran Attack Plane A-10 'Warthog' To 2030 Authored by Victoria Friedman via The Epoch Times, The U.S. Air Force said on April 20 that it would extend the life of the A-10 Thunderbolt II attack aircraft—commonly referred to as the “Warthog”—for another four years beyond its previously stated retirement deadline of 2026. Air Force Secretary Troy ​Meink wrote on X that following consultation with Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, the Air Force “will EXTEND the A-10 ‘Warthog’ platform to 2030,” adding that this decision “preserves combat power...