Mike L
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The stop-start engine has become an annoyance to many American drivers, who argue that it makes driving feel unnatural, jerky and unenjoyable. The feature, designed to lower auto emissions, is set to be eliminated by the White House. on.wsj.com/4dFWqrs
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@Criterion @LaurasMiscMovie @criterionchannl This would be a great movie to have remade, but the casting would have to be perfect. There's so many good character/supporting actors. The Spencer Tracy character would have to be played by the perfect A list actor.
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“You can learn more from John Sturges’s audio track on the BAD DAY AT BLACK ROCK laserdisc than you can in 20 years of film school” - Paul Thomas Anderson
Watch Sturges’s taut 1955 western noir alongside his legendary commentary on @criterionchannl! bit.ly/3OyFpFg
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@SpencerGuard @JimHansonDC Our system won't allow the president to finish this completely and achieve the other issues on the agenda.
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The goal of the negotiation in Iran should not be an end to fighting for its own sake. It should be a better peace.
History shows that wars that end without resolving the underlying drivers do not really end. They just produce the conditions for the next round of fighting.
A better peace here is not hard to define. It means an Islamic Regime in Iran that is not on the threshold of a nuclear weapon. It means a regime that cannot use control of international waterways as a tool of coercion. It means a regime that is not building missiles capable of reaching Europe or the United States, missiles to attack its neighbors or to shield its nuclear weapons pursuit. And it means a regime that is no longer funding, building, and sustaining proxy terror armies in Lebanon, Gaza, Yemen, and Iraq.
If those conditions are not met, then whatever agreement comes out of negotiations is temporary.
Many people only focus on stopping the fighting. That is not the same as achieving the purpose of the war. The real measure is whether Iran’s behavior changes when the war is over.
If the capabilities remain, the intent will follow. And if both remain, the conflict will start again later.
Ending the war is not the objective. Ending it on terms that will hold is.
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ESPN sources: the Green Bay Packers are trading wide receiver Dontayvion Wicks to the Philadelphia Eagles in exchange for a 2026 fifth-round pick and a 2027 sixth-round pick.
Wicks will sign a one-year, $12.5 million extension with the Eagles, per his agent @DavidMulugheta.

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Believe me, if I did not have 100 percent faith in this project and especially David, I would not be talking about it! Everybody is in for a super fun ride!
#TheRockfordFiles #Jimbo

Jackhole Lazarus@BobSmit93897966
@MavrocksGirl I’ll take your trust and belief in David over anybody else’s!! Your support means a lot!! Can’t wait to see it!! I bet your dad would be pleased!!
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Measurements by buoys at four latitudes in the western Atlantic provide the strongest evidence yet that the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation is weakening #Echobox=1775864630" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">newscientist.com/article/252246…
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More on the #Eagles trade for WR Dontayvion Wicks:
insidethebirds.com/philadelphia-e…
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Nearly half of Americans (49%) worry that the Trump administration will seize ballots in the upcoming midterm elections. democracydocket.com/news-alerts/po…
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(NYT) - Iran has been unable to open the Strait of Hormuz to more shipping traffic because it cannot locate all of the mines it laid in the waterway and lacks the capability to remove them, according to U.S. officials.
@nytimes
nytimes.com/2026/04/10/us/…

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@AlinejadMasih @TheLeoTerrell @bariweiss @jaketapper @marthamaccallum Yes, and the Democrats and the UN oppose the United States, trying to free the people of Iran and remove this evil regime.
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Eleven Iranians were hanged last week. You heard me correct they were hanged in 21st-century for demanding freedom.
I’m grateful to @bariweiss, @jaketapper, and @marthamaccallum for giving me the platform to name them. I hope a responsible media must bring their stories and their faces to the front pages.
A ceasefire does not mean peace in Iran. The Islamic Republic’s war against its innocent civilians continues, with hundreds still on death row.
I call on international community to help save their lives.💔
#StopExecutionsInIran
#DigitalBlackoutInIran
Masih Alinejad 🏳️@AlinejadMasih
There is no real ceasefire inside Iran. This is Mohseni Ejei, the head of the judiciary. He has ordered courts to accelerate execution sentences, especially for protesters. Hundreds of professors are on the death row, waiting to be hanged. Do not stop talking about Iran.
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A World Central Kitchen worker in Beirut describes the death toll and damage after Israeli strikes across Lebanon on Thursday as a "massacre" and a "nightmare."
"The situation is depressive, sad," she told CBS News. "People were trying to run away, but where, you know?"
Israel said the ceasefire agreement between Iran and the U.S. did not extend to its war with Hezbollah in Lebanon. According to the Israeli military, it hit 100 purported Hezbollah targets in the country on Wednesday in just ten minutes.
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@its_The_Dr Tell her shut up and stop the botox she starting to look freaky
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@VeryBrexitProbs Sounds good but they can't defend themselves without the US. It's really not even a question.
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MAGA thinks Europe can't defend itself without America. Here's what they don't know.
1. France and Britain have 515 nuclear warheads and 8 nuclear missile submarines.
2. European defence spending hit €481 billion this year. That's more than Russia and China spend combined. The EU's ReArm Europe plan is mobilising another €800 billion.
3. European countries have over 1.7 million active troops. Russia has 1.3 million.
4. EU and UK air forces fly over 1,400 combat aircraft. Their navies have five aircraft carriers, over 60 submarines, more than 120 frigates and destroyers.
5. Europe has over 6,000 artillery pieces and that's before the biggest rearmament wave since the Cold War. Poland alone is adding 212 new howitzers.
6. The British SAS invented modern special forces. The US copied them to build Delta Force. From France's Foreign Legion to Poland's GROM, Europe's elite units are among the deadliest on earth.
7. Europe already has joint military commands ready to fight. The UK leads a 10-nation rapid reaction force across Northern Europe and the Arctic. Finland alone can mobilise 900,000 trained reservists all prepared to fight in arctic conditions.
8. Europe has its own satellite navigation (Galileo), its own defence programme (75 active projects) and is building its own rapid deployment force.
The "helpless Europe" story was never about defence.
It was about keeping Europe dependent and buying American weapons, relying on American intelligence, following American foreign policy.
Thanks to Trump, that now ends.

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