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Month: August 2025

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Wall Street clocks another winning week

August 8, 2025 GNCadm1n Comments Off on Wall Street clocks another winning week

U.S. stocks closed higher Friday, capping a choppy week of trading with the market’s third winning week in the last four and another milestone. The S&P 500 rose 0.8%, finishing just shy of the record […]

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Intel CEO responds after Trump calls for his resignation

August 8, 2025 GNCadm1n Comments Off on Intel CEO responds after Trump calls for his resignation

Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan says he’s “always operated within the highest legal and ethical standards” after President Donald Trump said he should resign. On Thursday Trump said on Truth Social platform that, “The CEO of Intel […]

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How $81M in Taxes Are Wasted on Empty Government Buildings

August 8, 2025 GNCadm1n Comments Off on How $81M in Taxes Are Wasted on Empty Government Buildings

Taxpayers are stuck paying more than $81 million per year for the maintenance or leasing of about 10,000 federal buildings sitting vacant or underused.  The Trump administration is moving to reverse that trend by following up on […]

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‘TOXIC’: Jasmine Crockett’s Ex-Staffers Describe Terrible Workplace

August 8, 2025 GNCadm1n Comments Off on ‘TOXIC’: Jasmine Crockett’s Ex-Staffers Describe Terrible Workplace

Former staffers of Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, have described her as a “rude” boss who would “scream” at employees and even reduced one to tears—at least when she showed up at the office at all, according […]

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DHS Chief Accuses Illinois Governor, Chicago Mayor of ‘Ignoring the Law’

August 8, 2025 GNCadm1n Comments Off on DHS Chief Accuses Illinois Governor, Chicago Mayor of ‘Ignoring the Law’

Cash, guns, and enough fentanyl to kill 10 million people was strewn across a table in front of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem at a press conference in Chicago on Friday.   “Because these federal officers have […]

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What do folks from Louisiana and Mississippi call sluggish creeks and marshy lakes?

In Louisiana and Mississippi, sluggish creeks and marshy lakes are primarily called bayous. This term refers to relatively small, slow-moving waterways found in flat, low-lying areas, generally characterized by an almost imperceptible current. 

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What is the collective name for chicken, ducks and turkeys in the wild?

Chickens, ducks, and turkeys are collectively known as fowl. In scientific classification, these birds belong to the superorder Galloanserae, which is further divided into two main orders: Galliformes (landfowl or groundfowl) and Anseriformes (waterfowl). 

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What Paris cathedral's bells were rung by Quasimodo?

Quasimodo is the fictional bell-ringer of the Notre-Dame de Paris (Notre Dame Cathedral). In Victor Hugo's 1831 novel, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Quasimodo lives in seclusion within the cathedral's towers, where his primary duty is to ring its massive bells.

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Which videogame company originally brought Pac-Man to home consoles?

Atari, Inc. was the company that originally brought Pac-Man to home consoles. Although the arcade original was developed by Namco and distributed in North America by Midway, Atari secured the exclusive home console rights directly from Namco in late 1980. The first home adaptation was released for the Atari 2600 (then known as the Atari VCS) in March 1982.

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What type of wool can come from a rabbit?

Wool produced by rabbits is known as Angora wool (or Angora fiber). It is sourced primarily from various breeds of Angora rabbits and is renowned as one of the softest, lightest, and warmest natural fibers in the world

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