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Manhole mystery: NYPD investigating groups seen exiting Brooklyn sewers | NBC New York​

May 31, 2026
An odd mystery is unfolding in Brooklyn as the NYPD investigates two instances were groups of men were spotted climbing out of manholes. NBC New York’s Charles Watson reports.


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NYC investigates third report of people gaining access to manhole covers​

Jun 1, 2026
A mystery is unfolding beneath New York City streets after multiple groups of people were caught on camera emerging from sewer systems over the weekend in Brooklyn and Queens.


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Sewer people emerge from New York manhole, change clothes and disappear​

Jun 2, 2026 #NEWS4SanAntonio #SanAntonio #WOAI
The NYPD is investigating reports that groups of people are going into manholes across the borough. 8 unidentified people went in around 1 a.m. in an Orthodox section of Williamsburg. So why are they going, and where does the investigation stand? Stephanie Gosk reports.


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Fact check: The many lies Trump told the New York Post​

Another softball interview. Another series of obvious lies from the president.

President Donald Trump’s conversation with conservative New York Post columnist and podcaster Miranda Devine, released on Wednesday morning, featured some of Trump’s longest-debunked false claims about elections, the economy and immigration. As with his inaccurate comments in a Fox News interview that aired on Saturday, which was conducted by his daughter-in-law Lara Trump, these assertions went unchallenged.

More liar, liar, pants on fire here:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/poli...he-new-york-post/ar-AA24M5Ay?ocid=socialshare

 
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I've known that a long time. AND...most donations are tossed. If it's just something they don't think they can sell immediately...out in the dumpster.

You're better off saving gas and time and throwing your stuff out yourself. Or, if that bothers you...find another charity. Even the YWCA, with its open agenda to program little girls into being men...they probably make better use of it. At least they use the three stores in town here, to employ women out of their shelter.
 
Opinion piece here, take it fwiw, dyodd and make of it what you will.

Security expert explains how 'nuts' Trump put the US in a downward spiral​

According to distinguished security scholar Phillips P. O’Brien, the leadership of President Donald Trump has set the United States on a downward spiral in which it is “weaker every day.” Perhaps even more alarming, the US “may never come back” from the diminished state Trump will leave it in.

O’Brien — whose book War and Power is widely cited by strategy experts — asserts that there are several factors driving the country’s decline under Trump, but the most looming is the president’s decision to launch war with Iran.

More:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opin...-downward-spiral/ar-AA24LJun?ocid=socialshare
 

Not Everyone That Looks Like You Is Your People​

Jun 2, 2026
Bigherc916 discusses the importance of discernment and individual character over racial or social allegiances. By drawing on personal experiences from incarceration, the analysis encourages viewers to critically evaluate those they choose to follow or support.


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Unh, she must be a bit behind…

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Executive Compensation at Goodwill (2023)​

Goodwill Industries was established in 1902 and is widely known across the country as the place where we all donate clothing and household goods to help others. There are 161 Goodwill Industries autonomous organizations and more than 4,200 retail stores in the US and Canada and 12 countries that generated an estimated $7.6 billion in revenue in 2023.

193 employees received $22 million in compensation which equates to an average of $114,000. However, only 67 employees received more than $100,000 with the 13 most highly compensated reported to be:
  • $650,989: Steven C Preston, CEO
  • $365,823: David Eagles, COO
  • $364,344: Onney Crawley, Chief Marketing Officer
  • $339,,951: Martin Scaglione, Chief Mission Officer
  • $304,970: Wendi Copeland, Chief Mission and Partnership Officer
  • $276,195: Deborah Betsch, Chief Learning and Talent Officer
  • $275,149: Ceri Danheux, Chief Information and Technology Officer
  • $262,978: Regina Nelson, Chief Legal Officer and General Counsel
  • $261,159: James Hill, VP, Donated Goods Retail
  • $242,772: Marla Jackson, VP, Quality Fooundations
  • $206,123: William Parrish, Sr Consulting, DGR
  • $202,194: Laura Walling, VP, Government Affairs
  • $160,471: Catalina Serna-Valencia, CFO
 

Voices: Israel is starting to realize just how far it has sunk​

When reports – now largely confirmed – emerged of a furious, expletive-ridden row between Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu, two inferences were widely drawn.

The first, largely from outside Israel, was that this heralded the end of any reasonable relationship between the US President and Israel’s Prime Minister, even of the long-standing alliance. The second, largely from opposition figures inside Israel, was that Netanyahu had rolled over in the face of US pressure and confirmed Israel’s status as a vassal state. These might have been obvious conclusions to reach, but neither is quite as it seems.

More:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/worl...-far-it-has-sunk/ar-AA24UeJd?ocid=socialshare
 

SEPTA police are threatening to strike during the World Cup​

The union representing transit police officers has asked SEPTA to settle stalled contract talks in binding arbitration — or risk a strike during the World Cup and other major summer events in Philadelphia.

In return, Fraternal Order of Transit Police Lodge 109 would waive members’ right to strike, president Omari Bervine said in a Thursday interview.

More:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/worl...ng-the-world-cup/ar-AA24TVff?ocid=socialshare
 

A 24-year-old tennis pro struggled to pay for her hotel. Her Cinderella run at the French Open just earned her a 7-figure paycheck​

  • On Thursday, Maja Chwalińska made history, becoming the first qualifier to reach a Roland-Garros final.
  • The 24-year-old's win over Diana Shnaider also secured her a seven-figure paycheck.
  • Earlier in the tournament, she discussed struggling to afford her hotel in Paris.
There's a Polish player in the women's final at Roland-Garros — and it isn't world No. 3 Iga Świątek.

It's Maja Chwalińska, a 24-year-old qualifier who had to win three matches at the French Open just to get into the main draw of the second Slam of the year.

In Thursday's semifinal, Chwalińska took out Russia's Diana Shnaider to secure her place in Saturday's final.

The win also guaranteed her a seven-figure check.

More:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/te...-figure-paycheck/ar-AA24UjtI?ocid=socialshare
 
Doug Casey's Take

Not much to see, can listen in one tab, play around the forum in a different tab.

Jun 5, 2026 Doug Casey's Take
Matt and Doug open with a light discussion about June holidays, local attitudes toward Pride Month in Virginia, and Trump’s unusual AI-style memes, then shift into subscriber questions. Doug explains his cautious stance on sizing into cheap junior mining and gold stocks while wanting more cash “dry powder” amid fears of a potential deflationary market collapse that could temporarily drag miners down too. They discuss whether nuclear weapons and modern city-targeting warfare violate the Geneva Conventions, citing WWII bombings, Korea, Iraq infrastructure attacks, and the devastation and contested casualty estimates in Gaza and southern Lebanon. Doug and Matt touch on eVTOL investing as a regulatory-heavy, early-industry space; risks from Japan rate changes, major tech IPOs, index/ETF dynamics, and speculative options; corn vs. soybeans as a fertilizer play; Doug’s views on the soul as unprovable but personally plausible; why Eric Sprott’s Forbes cover isn’t a top signal; Interactive Brokers for Canadian exchanges; and why inheritance often harms children unless values and education are strong.

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I found my cousin nearly $30,000 in 'lost' money. Then I discovered who was holding it​

A few months ago, I was poking around Colorado’s unclaimed property database when I spotted a familiar name: my cousin Jonathan.

The listing was maddeningly vague. It showed his name, an old address and one slippery little phrase: "over $250."

That could mean $251. It could mean $2,500.

Or, as it turned out, it could mean nearly $30,000.

Read the rest:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/i...o-was-holding-it/ar-AA24ZbC7?ocid=socialshare
 
Just a little food for thought, nothing more. Can't vouch for the veracity of this so take it fwiw, dyodd and make of it what you will.

Israel 'spying on Trump's top negotiating team'​

US intelligence has raised the alarm about “unhinged” spying by Israel on America’s senior Iran negotiators.

Israel has been eavesdropping on Steve Witkoff, Donald Trump’s chief negotiator, Elbridge Colby, the Pentagon’s top policy official, and Michael DiMino, a senior Middle East policy adviser, intelligence officials claimed.

The allegations, reported by the New York Times, come despite extensive military co-operation between Washington and Jerusalem during the war. Israeli officers have been working with their counterparts at US Central Command, sharing operational intelligence.

More:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/worl...negotiating-team/ar-AA251sZX?ocid=socialshare
 
Time for a laugh.

Senator who begged for gas money caught spending $48,900 of donors' cash at restaurant and hotel​

An Alaskan senator who is begging his donors for gas money has been spending his campaign funds at flashy Washington DC restaurants and dropped $27,400 on a stay at a California hotel where The Bachelorette was filmed, FEC filings revealed.

Last month, Senator Dan Sullivan sent emails to donors begging for $3, $5, and $10 contributions so he could fill up his tank to visit isolated parts of the state, among other uses.

But Federal Election Commission (FEC) filings, viewed by the Daily Mail, showed that Sullivan's campaign is flush with $7 million in cash and has some telling receipts.

Sullivan apparently has a taste for bougie French cuisine, as he has visited Bistro Cacao 21 times between January 2025 and March 2026, billing more than $21,500 on his campaign and True North PAC's tab for the flashy DC restaurant.

More:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/poli...aurant-and-hotel/ar-AA251zph?ocid=socialshare
 
Posting this as food for thought, nothing more. If you read it, make of it what you will.

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George Zoley Net Worth, Biography, and Insider Trading

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The founder of a private company accused of mistreating ICE detainees came to the US via Ellis Island in 1953​

When George Zoley, the founder of a private company that manages more than 20 federal immigration facilities testified before Congress in 2020, he spoke about how his own immigrant experience shaped his life.

Zoley, the CEO and executive chairman of private prison firm The GEO Group, was born in 1950 in a house with no plumbing or electricity in the remote town of Florina in northwestern Greece, according to a transcript of his testimony at a hearing on ICE contractors’ response to the Covid-19 outbreak.

“Fortunately, in 1953 my family received approval to immigrate to the United States where we traveled by ship landing in New York City and where we were processed through Ellis Island,” Zoley said, referring to the fabled American gateway for more than 12 million immigrants who arrived there for processing between 1892 and 1954.

More:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/t...s-island-in-1953/ar-AA252htI?ocid=socialshare
 

‘I’ve had enough!’ Trump storms out of Meet the Press interview in wild fashion — explodes on NBC’s Kristen Welker after she hits him with fact checks​

President Donald Trump stormed out of a Meet the Press interview Sunday — after moderator Kristen Welker repeatedly fact-checked his claims on a variety of topics including; Jan. 6, his “anti-weaponization” fund, and election fraud.

The heated six-minute final block of the interview began with Welker pressing Trump about the $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization” fund he continues to promote — despite his administration officially abandoning its efforts to launch the fund. Welker pressed — attempting to confirm that Trump is indeed throwing in the towel.

“Just to be very clear, are you backing off the fund completely as your acting Attorney General Todd Blanche has said, or are you looking for another avenue to revive the fund?” Welker asked.

Trump launched into a lengthy defense of the fund.

More:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/poli...with-fact-checks/ar-AA252w1g?ocid=socialshare
 
One of Ferfal's best & funniest. It's 7 mins long.

WTF! Trump and Clinton are EXACTLY the Same​


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Inside Trump's secret motive for lying​

President Donald Trump is constantly lying, but according to a prominent political philosopher, it is not because he intends to deceive. He is actually doing something far worse — and it is starting to impact even his own supporters.

“For much of his political career, dishonesty has been without cost for Donald Trump,” wrote Vanderbilt University political philosopher Robert B. Talisse for the Emporia Gazette on Sunday. “He entered into national politics with the birther lie, claiming that Barack Obama was not born in the U.S., and that did not prevent Trump from winning the 2016 GOP nomination. His persistent false statements about crowd sizes, electoral outcomes and the birthplace of his father barely garner press coverage today.”

More:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/poli...motive-for-lying/ar-AA2537w5?ocid=socialshare
 
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