DEAR HELOISE: I am not sure if you’ve had this idea suggested before. Air duster cans (compressed air in a can) is great for cleaning computer keyboards and other devices. However, I also use it to blow out small hairs.
https://www.unionleader.com/news/human_interest/heloise-cleaning-with-air-duster-cans/article_be368dbc-0bb6-471e-a95d-06789737bbb5.html
BREAKING: National Guard Shooter Identified as Illegal Afghan National
Hotair ^ | 11/25/2025 | Beege Welborn Posted on by SeekAndFind UPDATE 8: 41 CST: President Trump just addressed the nation from Mar-A Lago .”Nobody knew who was coming in, knew anything about it! And his status was extended by legislation signed by Biden” He said the suspect had been flown in by the Biden administration post-Afghanistan disaster, and then had his status extended. He also announced that they’re going to be ‘reexamining’ everyone who came in under the Biden programs, which means for many of them, it will be the FIRST time. Per Biden’s orders. The president’s remarks in full below. The ‘most reckless immigration program in US history. ************************************************************* Oh. My. God. CBS News had it first, and we just heard it on Fox during the Ingraham Angle. Entered with the friends and Taliban family programs Biden started after his disaster at Kabul, and then overstayed his visa. The gunman accused of shooting two National Guard members blocks from the White House the day before Thanksgiving is 29-year-old Afghan national Rahmanullah Lakanwal, three law enforcement sources confirmed to Fox News Digital. Lakanwal, an illegal migrant who entered the U. S. after the withdrawal from Afghanistan, overstayed his visa granted under Operation Allies Welcome, sources said. Authorities are investigating the shooting as a possible act of international terrorism. Remember the questions about the vetting at the time, and being told ‘shut up, already’? . administration’s Operation Allies Welcome a program created to resettle Afghans after the U. S. withdrawal from Afghanistan. Pepperidge Farm remembers. He used a handgun in the attack. Wonder how he got that? Suspect in National Guard shooting identified, sources say He reportedly waited around the corner for the Guardsmen to come around and shot a female Guard in the chest first, and then shot her in the head with her own weapon. The Fox News reporter just told Jason Chaffetz they were also stabbed in their heads, both of them. I’ll update as things come out. UPDATE: Every last swinging you-know-what in the Biden administration has so much to answer for, damn them. Details from Mike Davis, usually a pretty reliable source. A Major in the National Guard, who was unarmed and doing his spot checks of the guardsmen was in the block, heard the shots and turned to see the shooter who spotted him. He took cover behind a truck. The suspect came for the Major who pulled out his pocket knife, and bravely took on the suspect who was reloading his revolver. The Major began stabbing the suspect in the head. Another guardsman in the area who was armed, them drew his pistol and shot the suspect twice, once in the leg and once in the buttocks. The Major stated that when the suspect began shooting he heard him shout, Allahu akbar!” I just briefed [omitted]. Now, you know too. There’s more: we trying to confirm if the suspect, an Afghan national was an interpreter brought over by Biden, because he has a Department of Defense record. Again, we are trying to confirm. The suspect has a home address in Washington State. 2021 Flashback: ‘Conservative’ Bill Kristol with the supergreen hot take Prayers up all over the country with theirs. TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; US: District of Columbia; War on Terror KEYWORDS: afghanistan; nationalguard; shooter Click here: to donate by Credit Card Or here: to donate by PayPal Or by mail to: Free Republic, LLC PO Box 9771 Fresno, CA 93794 Thank you very much and God bless you. 1 posted on by SeekAndFind Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by.
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Ladies continue to roll in game two
Friday afternoon, Nov. 21, Weiser hosted the Gooding Senators. They only brought two teams and with the JVA team setting the table with a win, it was up to the varsity to do the same. However, the varsity game was a pretty tight affair giving the home crowd a thrill of things to come. Weiser would lead after the first and continue to hold that lead to win 52-44. PLEASE LOG IN FOR PREMIUM CONTENT Our website requires visitors to log in to view the best local news. Not yet a subscriber?.
https://www.signalamerican.com/content/ladies-continue-roll-game-two
The eternal mystery of the Tootsie Pop
How many licks does it take to get to the center of a Tootsie Pop? That’s not the only mystery surrounding Tootsie Roll Industries. Correspondent Nancy Giles travels the country, trying to unwrap the classic Tootsie Roll.
https://www.cbsnews.com/video/the-eternal-mystery-of-the-tootsie-pop/
WWE canceled rumored match for Randy Orton
2025 was a rollercoaster of a year for Randy Orton, as he experienced a fair share of ups and downs in WWE. The Triple H-led creative also canceled a rumored WrestleMania 41 match for him. The Viper was originally planned to face Kevin Owens at The Showcase of the Immortals this year. But the scheduled match was put off the table after the Canadian wrestler suffered a career-threatening neck injury. Thanks for the submission! As a result, Randy Orton ended up facing Joe Hendry in a relatively short match that ended with the latter getting squashed. As exciting as this match was, WWE had considered other names as potential opponents for The Apex Predator, with chief among them being Aleister Black. Speaking to Bleacher Report’s Graham “GSM” Matthews on WrestleRant, the Dutchman explained why the rumored WrestleMania 41 match with Randy Orton didn’t come to fruition. “They were toying with a bunch of ideas. I know at one point there was this conversation about, ‘Oh, maybe he’s coming back to wrestle Randy Orton at ‘Mania.’ And that was an actual thing that was discussed, but that wasn’t an isolated thing. It was more of a list of names. They were like, ‘We don’t want him to lose coming back at WrestleMania. That doesn’t make any sense.” Black added: “At that point, they already made the decision to bring me back, and then the Randy Orton thing came up, and they were like, ‘No, let’s keep it [on the post-WrestleMania SmackDown].’ They wanted to give it the right attention in order for it to be specifically about me, which I’m really grateful for.” (H/T Bleacher Report) You can check out the full interview below: What’s next for Aleister Black and Randy Orton in WWE? Despite not facing each other at The Show of Shows, the two men shared the ring during a Fatal 4-Way Match on the June 13, 2025, edition of WWE SmackDown this year. The Viper emerged victorious that night and advanced to the semifinals of the King of the Ring Tournament. Since losing to Cody Rhodes in the finals at Night of Champions, the 14-time world champion’s booking has left fans scratching their heads. He was most recently involved in a feud with Drew McIntyre before WWE took him off TV, citing personal reasons. There’s no word on when he will return to television. As of Aleister Black, his rivalry with Damian Priest has reached its boiling point. A rubber match between the two men could be on the cards post-Survivor Series: WarGames.
https://www.sportskeeda.com/wwe/news-wwe-canceled-rumored-match-randy-orton
How Holly Wheeler’s “Larger Role” & ‘A Wrinkle In Time’ Lens Bring ‘Stranger Things’ Season 5 “Full Circle”
SPOILER ALERT: This piece contains spoilers for the entirety of Stranger Things Season 5 Volume 1 (the first four episodes). Though Holly Wheeler (Nell Fisher) has had her own previous encounters with elements of the supernatural Upside Down dimension haunting Hawkins Indiana since Season 1 of Stranger Things, nothing compares to what is in store for the youngest Wheeler sibling in Season 5. As the first episode opens, Holly can be seen greeting a mysterious figure after setting the table for breakfast at the Wheeler house, where Joyce Byers (Winona Ryder) and her two sons Will (Noah Schnapp) and Jonathan (Charlie Heaton) are staying. She later talks to the same invisible “imaginary friend” at school, summoning her mother Karen (Cara Buono) to talk with her teacher. Her older brother Mike (Finn Wolfhard) finds her waiting outside the classroom reading A Wrinkle in Time before he encourages her to be her own savior from “monsters in Hawkins” that her invisible friend warns her about. “As we just broke Season 5, we realized that Holly playing a larger role, that’s really when the season started to take shape. What we really wanted to do, and what that scene with her and Mike is talking about is, obviously our cast is older now, but we wanted to bring back the show full circle to Season 1,” Ross Duffer Told Deadline. “And to really do that, we needed kids in there again, so it felt like the best way to do that was through Holly.”” The imaginary friend, whom Holly calls Mr. Whatsit modeled off the character Mrs. Whatsit from Madeleine L’Engle’s Award-winning novel, makes himself known to some of Holly’s classmates as well, and they use the same name for him because they’ve all read the book. “A Wrinkle in Time was one of our favorite books growing up. And so as we were talking about Holly’s storyline, just as how our kids in Season 1 and in later seasons, use [Dungeons and Dragons] as a way to help explain and understand these crazy going-ons, for Holly, she doesn’t play D & D, but she needed something else to help explain what is going on in her world, in her storyline,” Ross said. “As we looked at various books and we looked into, we went back and reread Wrinkle in Time, we’re like, ‘Well, this is perfect,’ because she can use it to help understand and comprehend all these weird goings on.” Turns out Mr. Whatsit is actually Vecna (Jamie Campbell Bower), but in his human Henry Creel form. After the Demogorgon takes her, she somehow ends up with Henry in the Creel mansion, glistening like the day Henry’s parents first rolled up to the house. He makes Holly breakfast and knows her favorite fruit as well as her favorite song. “This super refined, very nice version of who he is. It’s this very warm, nice, natural way of being that hopefully makes them feel at home. It’s so icky,” star Jamie Campbell Bower said of Henry’s persona. “But hopefully it makes them feel at home enough for him to do what he needs to do, which is just disgusting, really, if you think about it.” Bower, who cited A Wrinkle in Time and Mr. Rogers from A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood as inspiration for the layers of Henry Creel versus Vecna, had his own reasoning for the connection between the two and why the villain would target Mike and Nancy’s (Natalia Dyer) youngest sister. “I’d considered my father’s relationship to alcohol, and interestingly enough, Karen Wheeler’s relationship to alcohol as well. Holly is a very smart and bright child. Somebody asked me the other day. ‘Why her? Why her first?’” Bower told Deadline. “And I think that where I got to with that was, I was like, well, yes, there’s a connection between the fact that we’re both bright. I think Henry’s always seen himself as quite bright. But also that presents a challenge as well. If I can win you over, then the rest of them will come easy.” For the fifth and finale season, Fisher took the reins to portray a grown-up version of Holly, who was played by twin sisters Anniston and Tinsley Price in the first four seasons. In Season 1, Holly followed a trail of glowing lights in Joyce’s house in Season 1, and she sensed the foreboding Mind Flayer in the trees on the Fourth of July in Season 3. “She was so young, she probably doesn’t even remember following the lights, but we like that she’s been on the outskirts this whole time, and to finally bring her into the fold was one of the joys of the season,” Ross Duffer said. “The youthful energy of her and her group of friends every day on set, just how amazed they were by this whole production we’ve been doing this for 10 years and to see it through their eyes again, it really brought us back to that feeling of when we were making Season 1.” Katie Campione contributed reporting to this piece.
https://deadline.com/2025/11/stranger-things-5-holly-a-wrinkle-in-time-connections-1236626279/
“Put my mind and grit to something” – Jordan Chiles gets real about managing college with gymnastics and Dancing with the Stars appearance
Jordan Chiles opened up about her ability to multitask following her appearance on the Dancing with the Stars show.
https://www.sportskeeda.com/us/olympics/news-put-mind-grit-something-jordan-chiles-gets-real-managing-college-gymnastics-dancing-stars-appearance
ENS Partners with Taiko for Advanced Namechain Rollup
The Ethereum Name Service (ENS), a key player in the blockchain naming protocol domain, has announced its decision to partner with Taiko for the development of Namechain, a new zero-knowledge (ZK) rollup. This move aims to enhance decentralized naming services by leveraging Taiko’s innovative stack, according to Paragraph. Taiko’s Role in Namechain Development Taiko’s stack has been selected as the foundation for ENS’s Namechain, which will be deployed as a rollup using Surge, the framework developed by Nethermind. This collaboration marks a significant step for ENS, allowing it to bypass the traditional progressive decentralization process and launch Namechain as a fully decentralized rollup from the outset. The technology promises enhanced scalability and performance without sacrificing decentralization. Technological Advancements Since its mainnet launch in May 2024, Taiko has processed over 50 million transactions with zero downtime, showcasing its efficiency in handling large-scale operations. The system offers sub-second preconfirmations and enables Ethereum validators to sequence Layer 2 (L2) blocks efficiently. This infrastructure is critical for ensuring that Namechain can deliver near-instant name resolution across chains with cryptographic security guarantees. The adoption of Taiko’s technology allows Namechain to overcome traditional L2 challenges, which often require a compromise between decentralization and performance. By employing preconfirmation technology, Namechain can deliver state updates in seconds, addressing a longstanding bottleneck in ENS operations. Strategic Collaboration The integration of Taiko’s stack into Namechain represents a significant milestone in the evolution of Ethereum infrastructure. It sets a new standard for decentralized applications, demonstrating the feasibility of achieving high performance without centralization. This deployment also serves as a reference implementation for other teams considering rollup frameworks, highlighting the practical benefits of Taiko’s technology in real-world applications. As Namechain progresses through internal testing towards its public testnet in Q2 2026 and eventual mainnet launch, it will further validate Taiko’s approach to decentralized scalability. The collaboration between ENS, Taiko, and Nethermind exemplifies how open-source infrastructure can support mission-critical applications without vendor lock-in. Image source: Shutterstock.
https://Blockchain.News/news/ens-partners-with-taiko-for-advanced-namechain-rollup
Yankees AL East Foes Improve As Red Sox, Blue Jays Add Sonny Gray And Dylan Cease
During a roughly 25-minute video conference with the media Monday, managing general partner Hal Steinbrenner conceded it would be ideal if the Yankees could find a way to lower their payroll while acknowledging the reduction might not happen. “Would it be ideal if I went down (with our payroll)? Of course,” Steinbrenner said Monday. “But does that mean that’s going to happen? Of course not. We want to field a team we know we believe could win a championship. “It just hasn’t changed which is why payrolls have gone up probably every year. It doesn’t mean they won’t go slightly down one year and then up the year after that. It all depends on what’s out there and what the possibilities are and how much I feel we’re able to or we need to pull the trigger on those possibilities. Those comments quickly made the usual rounds on social media and turned into fodder for sports talk radio shows fatigued from talking about the New York Giants being the first team to be eliminated from playoff contention or seeking a break from dissecting the Mets trading Brandon Nimmo for Marcus Semien. In the immediate aftermath of Steinbrenner’s comments, the Red Sox and Blue Jays made investments to enhance playoff rosters from last season. In the roughly 50-plus hours since Steinbrenner’s comments, the Red Sox and Blue Jays added payrolls and made moves they hope will bolster their pitching. The Red Sox were first to strike, trading with former executive Chaim Bloom to land Sonny Gray from the St. Louis Cardinals to potentially give them the No. 2 starter they clearly lacked after Garrett Crochet. Gray is assured of $40 million in the next two seasons but Boston’s payroll hit will be lessened by the Cardinals assuming $20 million, doing so by sending the Red Sox a payment of $2. 5 million on April 15, May 15, June 15, July 15, August 15 and September 15 before contributing $5 million on Dec. 1, 2026 the day the current collective bargaining agreement expires. The Blue Jays were next with a bigger move by reportedly getting Dylan Cease on a $210 million, seven-year deal. It is the first major free agent pitcher to come off the board and a contract that may set the market for how other free agent starters are paid. The Yankees certainly were not going to engage with trading for Gray. They did that already in 2017 and after he was 15-16 with a 4. 51 ERA in 41 regular-season appearances, GM Brian Cashman was opening admitting Gray was going to get traded, doing so at the annual post-mortem press conference. Since leaving the Yankees, Gray was 23-20 with a 3. 49 ERA for the Reds and 16-13 with a 2. 90 ERA for the Twins. The steadiness of his showings in the two Midwest stops prompted the Cardinals to sign him to a three-year deal that contains a club option. Gray cashed in after being the Cy Young runner-up to Gerrit Cole and with the Cardinals he is among five with at least 200 strikeouts in the previous two seasons. “When you think about what Sonny has been in this league, it’s a guy who’s pitched at the front of rotations,” Boston Chief Baseball Officer Craig Breslow told reporters. “Those things that we think pitchers carry from year to year are things like strikeout rates and walk rates and ability to just stay off barrels. He excels there.” The Blue Jays will be saying similar things about Cease some point after adding him to a rotation featuring Kevin Gausman entering his free agent year and rookie Trey Yesavage after a dynamic postseason, especially against the Yankees. Cease is getting the largest free agent contract in Toronto’s history with some deferred money according to reports. Although Cease was 8-12 with a 4. 55 ERA last season for San Diego, he also has five straight 200-strikeout seasons and took a no-hitter into the seventh at Yankee Stadium last May and seemed to get better luck last season by allowing a . 260 average on balls in play, two years after that figure was . 330. Striking early to land Cease seems to show Toronto is not playing around with its money after their captivating playoff run resulted in 10 home games. After adding one of the more durable pitchers in recent years, the Blue Jays can shift focus towards retaining Bo Bichette, who some would like on the Yankees as an upgrade to shortstop Anthony Volpe. So far, the Yankees’ big expenditure is seeing Trent Grisham come back on $22 million qualifying offer to the chagrin of many fans after he hit 36 homers while being paid five million. For the Yankees about $78 million of next year’s payroll are being deployed on Gerrit Cole, Carlos Rodon and Max Fried. The trio represents the last three major free agents from other teams signed by the Yankees, who ended the regular season with a payroll of $301 million before various bonuses and are hoping to get through April as Cole and Rodon finish their injury recoveries. The quick strikes of the Red Sox and Blue Jays do not mean the Yankees will move quicker but for many fans it creates slightly more angst until their team does something they like.
https://bitcoinethereumnews.com/finance/yankees-al-east-foes-improve-as-red-sox-blue-jays-add-sonny-gray-and-dylan-cease/
Beloved trio very close to finally reuniting in AEW
A popular AEW trio is close to making their official reunion as a unit for the promotion, with another hint being shown tonight on Dynamite. This provided some more clarity on the brewing situation.
https://www.sportskeeda.com/aew/news-beloved-trio-close-finally-reuniting-aew