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The Greatest Silent Film Ever Made? The General (1926) Full Movie.
Almost nobody believed in this movie when it was released.
Today, it's considered one of the greatest films ever made.
The General (1926) follows railroad engineer Johnnie Gray as he risks everything to recover his stolen locomotive and rescue the woman he loves during the American Civil War.
Directed by and starring Buster Keaton, this silent masterpiece features real trains, breathtaking practical stunts, and one of the most famous train crashes ever filmed. Every major action scene was created without CGI, making its achievements even more remarkable nearly a century later.
When it premiered in 1926, the film disappointed at the box office and received mixed reviews. Over time, critics and filmmakers revisited it, and its reputation completely changed.
Today, The General is preserved in the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress and is widely recognized as one of the greatest silent films ever made.
Watch the complete film and see why a movie that audiences once overlooked is now celebrated as a cinematic masterpiece.
Subscribe for more classic films, forgotten masterpieces, and public domain movies.
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"I'mma let you finish..."
Five words that became part of internet history.
Taylor Swift had barely started accepting her award at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards when Kanye West walked on stage, took the microphone, and said:
"Yo, Taylor, I'm really happy for you. I'mma let you finish, but Beyoncé had one of the best videos of all time."
In seconds, Taylor's acceptance speech became Kanye's speech.
Later that night, Beyoncé brought Taylor back on stage so she could finally finish what she had started.
More than 15 years later, people still quote:
"I'mma let you finish..."
Sources:
2009 MTV Video Music Awards broadcast, MTV News.
@SaksLikely Ms. Rachel went from teaching toddlers ABCs to race baiting a dead kid’s investigation. 🤡
T-Mobile built its brand on one promise.
Be different from the other wireless companies.
It called itself the "Un-Carrier."
It promised to put customers first.
Now, many longtime customers say that promise is disappearing.
In 2026, T-Mobile began moving millions of customers off older legacy plans and onto newer plans that cost more. Many subscribers reported monthly bill increases and the loss of grandfathered perks they had kept for years.
The rollout sparked widespread backlash.
Some customers filed mass arbitration claims, arguing the price increases violated T-Mobile's previous "Price Lock" and "Un-contract" commitments. T-Mobile disputes those claims.
The controversy grew after reports that a technical error temporarily removed some customers' promotional "free line" discounts, causing unexpectedly higher bills before the issue was corrected.
The FCC also opened an inquiry after receiving complaints about the migration process.
Then came another controversy.
T-Mobile updated its T-Life app to block screenshots inside customer support chats.
Critics argued the change made it harder for customers to keep records of billing promises and conversations with support representatives.
The company has also continued to face criticism over its cybersecurity record.
A Washington state court ruled that T-Mobile violated the state's data breach notification law in connection with a major breach affecting millions of customers.
Earlier in 2026, T-Mobile also disclosed another security incident involving a vendor employee who improperly accessed customer information.
Now, customers are dealing with another problem.
On July 27, thousands of T-Mobile users across the United States reported losing service. More than 61,000 outage reports were submitted to Downdetector within 24 hours. Many customers said their phones switched into SOS mode, leaving them unable to make calls or use mobile service. Nearly half of the reports involved mobile phone connectivity. T-Mobile has acknowledged that network outages can occur and says it works to restore service as quickly as possible. (T-Mobile)
For many customers, the frustration goes beyond one outage.
They point to higher bills.
Lost plan benefits.
Data breaches.
Service interruptions.
And promises they believe were not kept.
When a company builds its reputation on putting customers first, people expect reliability, transparency, and trust.
Sources:
The Seattle Times, Ars Technica, Android Headlines, https://t.co/YtQMsgj6by, Yahoo Finance, UpGuard, T-Mobile Network Status. (T-Mobile)
@sciencegirl 🐠🐟
@kylekuzma Kuzma’s shooting is so bad it should come with a warning label. 😁✌️
“No man can get rich in politics unless he’s a crook.”
That famous line is attributed to Harry S. Truman and appears in Merle Miller’s 1974 book, Plain Speaking: An Oral Biography of Harry S. Truman, pages 134–136, in the chapter “The Only Defeat – and Then Victory.”
Truman’s message was simple: public office should be about service, not personal enrichment.
Decades later, the quote continues to fuel one of America’s biggest political debates:
How do politicians earning government salaries leave office as millionaires?
A member of Congress earns $174,000 a year.
Yet some politicians build fortunes through investments, book deals, speaking fees, business connections, and careers after leaving office.
Supporters argue that much of this wealth comes from legal sources. Some politicians enter office wealthy, inherit money, marry into wealthy families, or earn income outside government.
But critics argue the system creates opportunities for conflicts of interest.
Lawmakers can oversee industries while owning investments tied to those sectors.
They can leave office and become highly paid lobbyists or corporate consultants because of the influence and relationships built during their time in government.
They can turn political fame into millions through private deals that ordinary citizens will never have access to.
The question voters continue to ask:
When does public service become personal enrichment?
The controversy has fueled demands for stricter rules on:
• Congressional stock trading
• Campaign finance loopholes
• Lobbying after government service
• Conflicts of interest
For many Americans, the concern is not that every wealthy politician committed a crime.
The concern is whether a system meant to serve the public has created a pathway where political power can become personal wealth.
Truman’s warning remains at the center of the debate:
Public office is a responsibility, not a business opportunity.
Source: Merle Miller, Plain Speaking: An Oral Biography of Harry S. Truman (1974), Chapter 10, “The Only Defeat – and Then Victory,” pp. 134–136.
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California spent $116.5 million of taxpayer money on a vaccine incentive program.
Governor Gavin Newsom’s “Vax for the Win” campaign used state General Fund dollars through the California Comeback Plan to encourage more Californians to get vaccinated before the state’s full reopening.
The program handed out $100 million in $50 gift cards and prepaid cards.
Another $16.5 million paid for cash prizes.
Thirty winners received $50,000.
Ten winners walked away with $1.5 million each.
Then came another headline.
A CBS13 Sacramento investigation found that hundreds of thousands of dollars in gift cards were never claimed.
Some winning tickets sat unused.
Some prize winners were minors, with their money placed into restricted accounts until they turned 18.
Supporters argued the incentives helped boost vaccination rates during a public health emergency.
Critics saw something else.
Millions of taxpayer dollars spent on giveaways while Californians struggled with rising living costs, housing affordability, and budget pressures.
Whether you supported the program or opposed it, the price tag is not in dispute.
$116.5 million in public money was spent.
The question many voters continue to ask is whether that was the best use of taxpayer dollars.
Taxpayers deserve to know where their money goes.
They also deserve to ask whether government spending reflects the priorities they elected leaders to pursue.
Source: California Governor’s Office, California Department of Public Health, ABC7, KCRA, CBS13 Sacramento.
California politicians want you to believe the state is expensive because you live in a beautiful place.
That is not the whole story.
The average Californian can pay roughly $24.50 per day in state and local taxes before federal taxes are even included. Once federal income taxes and payroll taxes are added, the daily amount can become far higher depending on how much you earn.
And the money is taken from almost every part of your life.
You earn a paycheck, and taxes are removed before the money reaches your bank account. You spend what remains, and sales taxes are added. You fill your gas tank, and California takes some of the highest fuel taxes in the country. You own a home, and property taxes continue every year.
Then there are the fees and costs built into the products and services you buy.
A worker earning $55,000 a year could face an estimated combined daily tax burden of roughly $32. At $100,000, the estimate rises to about $77 per day. For someone earning $1 million or more, the daily tax burden can reach more than $1,200.
That is more than a thousand dollars every day flowing into the tax system.
Yet California politicians continue to defend the system while demanding more revenue.
The taxes are called funding.
The fees are called investments.
The rising costs are blamed on anything except the policies that helped create them.
But the money still comes from the same place.
Your paycheck.
Your purchases.
Your gas tank.
Your home.
Your time.
You are taxed when you earn.
Taxed when you spend.
Taxed when you drive.
Taxed when you own property.
And then you are told California needs even more money.
The system is so deeply built into daily life that most people do not see the full amount being taken from them. They see a paycheck deduction here, a higher price there, a gas bill, a sales tax, a fee, and another increase.
Individually, each charge may look manageable.
Together, they become a constant drain on every dollar you earn.
And while ordinary Californians are told to accept higher taxes as the price of living here, politicians continue spending billions and then return to taxpayers asking for more.
This cannot continue without accountability.
California does not need politicians who automatically respond to every problem by demanding more money from the people already paying the bill.
It needs taxpayers to demand answers.
Where is the money going?
Why do taxes keep rising?
Why does government keep growing while ordinary people struggle to afford housing, groceries, gas, and basic necessities?
Californians need to demand change.
Not another tax increase.
Not another fee.
Not another promise that the next billion dollars will finally solve the problem.
The people of California are already paying.
They are paying every day.
Now California politicians need to prove that they deserve another dollar.
Source: Tax Foundation and cited analysis of California state, local, and federal tax burdens
Taylor Farms says the FDA got it wrong.
The FDA says its investigation is still pointing at Taylor Farms.
Now millions of consumers are left wondering who they are supposed to believe.
The controversy exploded after the FDA announced that a targeted border sample of Taylor Farms iceberg lettuce tested positive for Cyclospora.
Less than 24 hours later, the agency reversed course, saying the result was a false positive caused by a laboratory error.
Taylor Farms responded by saying the FDA apologized and stressed that no positive physical tests had been found at its facilities.
The Department of Health and Human Services pushed back, saying no apology was issued.
Despite the testing error, federal officials say the broader investigation has not changed.
According to the FDA, epidemiological evidence and supply chain tracing still point to Taylor Farms as the likely source of the multistate outbreak.
The courtroom battle has already begun.
People who say they became sick have filed lawsuits against Taylor Farms and Taco Bell.
Separate class-action lawsuits accuse Taylor Farms of failing to warn consumers while its products continued moving through the food supply.
The controversy has also renewed attention on the company's past.
Investigators previously linked Taylor Farms onions to the 2024 E. coli outbreak associated with McDonald's Quarter Pounders.
A 2015 vegetable recall involved E. coli concerns.
And in 2013, a Cyclospora outbreak linked to a Taylor Farms de Mexico facility sickened more than 630 people across 25 states.
This is why public confidence matters.
When the government reverses a test result.
When a company says it was cleared.
When the government says the investigation still points to the company.
Consumers are left caught in the middle.
People should not have to guess whether the food in their grocery cart is safe.
They deserve clear answers.
Not public disputes.
Not conflicting statements.
And not another outbreak that leaves families wondering what really happened.
Source: FDA, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Taylor Farms, NBC News, and reporting on the ongoing Cyclospora investigation and related lawsuits
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@tacobell We take your health seriously bro your food has been giving people the diarrhea since 1962, the lettuce was just the fall guy. 😁
@HappyPunch Broner talking all that shit but we all know he’s past his prime. Ryan by KO
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DISGUSTING: Man caught on camera at Walmart exposing himself to a 5-year-old girl is allegedly the brother of the Santa Claus who was arrested months ago for trying to have s*x with a minor.
@DailyLoud Hope they put these two in gen pop with guys who have daughters. Let nature take its course. No sympathy for child predators. None.
Researchers find salty clouds surrounding "Pink Planet"..
A planet far beyond our solar system is showing a kind of weather no one expected.
GJ 504b, called the “Pink Planet,” sits about 57 light-years from Earth.
It is not a small world. It is a giant planet about 25 times the mass of Jupiter.
Using the James Webb Space Telescope, scientists are now seeing details in its atmosphere that were not possible before.
What they found changes how this planet is understood.
Its clouds are made of salt.
Not water.
Not ice.
Salt particles forming and moving through a thick, alien atmosphere.
The planet sits in a rare middle zone.
Too hot for Earth-style clouds.
Too cool for the extreme cloud chemistry seen on many gas giants.
That middle range creates a strange atmospheric system where salt can exist in cloud form, shaping layers of weather across the planet.
GJ 504b is also ancient, between 2.5 and 4 billion years old. It has been traveling through space for billions of years, far outside our reach, quietly developing conditions that do not match anything in our solar system.
From Earth, it is just a faint point of light.
From JWST data, it becomes a world with structure, weather, and chemical motion at a scale never directly seen before.
Scientists say discoveries like this expand what “planetary weather” even means.
It is not just clouds and storms.
It is chemistry built under extreme pressure, heat, and time, forming systems completely unlike Earth.
A distant world with salt clouds drifting through alien skies, showing how many forms a planet can take.
Source: Northwestern University research and James Webb Space Telescope observations
#Space #JWST #Exoplanets #NASA #Astronomy #Science
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Joe | Official Trailer
Druski just dropped a fictional trailer titled “JOE,” a satirical film concept presented like an unofficial prequel to the upcoming Michael Jackson biopic.
The project reimagines Joe Jackson in an exaggerated, comedic way as an intense, hyper-focused manager pushing his sons toward fame at all costs.
In the trailer, Druski plays Joe as a relentless figure who constantly drills the Jackson kids on choreography, refusing to let them rest or behave like normal children.
Rehearsals never stop.
Mistakes are not accepted.
Every moment is treated like a step toward creating a hit record.
The parody also shows heated family moments between Joe and Katherine Jackson, highlighting arguments over his strict parenting style and his obsession with turning the boys into performers.
The tone leans heavily into satire, using over-the-top intensity to exaggerate the “tough love” reputation often associated with Joe Jackson’s legacy.
As the trailer progresses, it blends comedy with tension, showing exhausted children, strict discipline, and a father convinced he is shaping greatness.
It ends with a mock theatrical release announcement: “Coming to theaters this fall,” clearly parodying the recent wave of celebrity biopics and dramatized music industry films.
The entire concept is framed as satire, not a real production, using humor to exaggerate fame, pressure, and the cost of ambition in entertainment culture.
Source: Druski parody trailer “JOE”
#Druski #Comedy #Parody #MichaelJackson #Trailer #Entertainment
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🚨#BREAKING: Absolutely HORRIFYING footage has emerged from a "teen takeover" in North Charleston SC.
It appears that a White female police officer was severely BEATEN by a mob of Black teens... including with what appears to be a Roman Candle.
This is hard to watch.
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