There once was a push to build a casino at Alcatraz. Why San Francisco officials in 1988 wanted it Fast forward to 1973, and Alcatraz is now a national park, beginning the next chapter in the island's history as an attraction that draws in tourists from all over the world. By 1988, millions had ... 05/3/2024 - 11:01 am | View Link
Watch live: Peregrine falcon webcam up and running on Alcatraz Island She fast. She’s sleek. And she has four sidekicks. Biologists from the National Park Service have turned on a live streaming public web camera featuring “Larry,” a 6-year-old peregrine falcon who ... 05/3/2024 - 9:35 am | View Link
Major new history of Spike Island reveals the secrets of 'Ireland's Alcatraz' "Spike Island - The Rebels, Residents and Crafty Criminals of Ireland's Historic Island" details the full 1300-year history of a Cork Harbour island that has been home to four prisons over four ... 05/3/2024 - 3:44 am | View Link
Alcatraz introduces falcon webcam Alcatraz introduces falcon webcam Viewers can watch a pair of nesting peregrine falcons on Alcatraz Island in the San Francisco Bay thanks to a live webcam launched by the National Park Service. 05/3/2024 - 2:32 am | View Link
Watch peregrine falcons nesting on Alcatraz Island live with this amazing NPS webcam feed Whether you're a keen bird watcher, a citizen scientist, or just curious, the National Park Service (NPS) has a new live webcam feed that lets you watch peregrine falcons nesting on Alcatraz Island. 05/3/2024 - 1:16 am | View Link
Alcatraz Island | Facts, Escape, Native Americans, Map ... Alcatraz Island, also known as ‘The Rock,’ a rocky island in San Francisco Bay, off the coast of California, in the United States. From 1934 to 1963, a facility on the island served as a federal prison for some of the most dangerous civilian prisoners. Learn more about the history of Alcatraz Island here. 05/3/2024 - 1:26 pm | View Website
Alcatraz Island Alcatraz Island (/ ˈ æ l k ə ˌ t r æ z /) is a small island 1.25 miles (2.01 km) offshore from San Francisco, California, United States. The island was developed in the mid-19th century with facilities for a lighthouse, a military fortification, and a military prison. 05/3/2024 - 11:10 am | View Website
Alcatraz Island Updated on 08/04/19. Fact checked by. Michelai Graham. Matteo Colombo / Getty Images. It's a former federal prison on a rocky island in the middle of the bay, steeped in legend and a popular tourist stop. Spanish Explorer Manuel de Ayala named this barren rock in the middle of San Francisco Bay Isla de los Alcatraces (Island of the Pelicans). 05/3/2024 - 8:11 am | View Website
Alcatraz | Prison, Island, History & Facts | Britannica Alcatraz, former maximum-security prison located on Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay, off the coast of California. Alcatraz, originally envisioned as a naval defense fortification, was designated a residence for military offenders in 1861, and it housed a diverse collection of prisoners in its. 05/3/2024 - 7:28 am | View Website
Alcatraz Alcatraz is a former federal prison located on an island in San Fransisco Bay. The prison once housed some of America’s most difficult and dangerous felons during its years of operation from ... 05/2/2024 - 9:27 pm | View Website
A long, long time ago in a galaxy far, far away Rudy Giuliani was not only respected, but revered as "America's Mayor." The hero of 9/11 (which he'd tell you every other sentence). He never deserved any of it, of course.
He was always a nasty piece of work, a philanderer, racist and, frankly, an asshole who couldn't get along with anyone.
Progressive policy experts took aim at corporate greed and profiteering during a Thursday U. S. Senate hearing on "shrinkflation," the process of reducing the size or quantity of a product while selling it at the same price.
At the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
hearing—entitled "Higher Prices: How Shrinkflation and Technology Can Impact Consumers' Finances"—Chair Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) began by acknowledging that "prices today are far too high, and families are having a harder time finding a fair price, seeing more of their paycheck vanish into thin air."
"All of this is happening while corporate profits hit record highs," the senator continued.
MSNBC's Katy Tur and Axios' Jim VandeHei managed to have a very long conversation about the effects of right wing propaganda without ever mentioning the words right wing propaganda. I guess I should quit being astounded by stuff like this, but it continues to amaze me how people in our corporate news media dance around naming just who exactly is responsible for turning most Republicans' brains into mush.
Here's the transcript of the beginning of their exchange from her show this Thursday, and notice the words that aren't used here.
Donald Trump's TIME interview will shock you. It is a long piece, but every American needs to read it. This country must wake up and realize what we face in the 2024 election: it's all hands on deck. TIME reporter Eric Cortellessa explains:read more
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This installment by Batocchio.
I know you'll find this hard to believe, but Donald Trump isn't really a stable genius. What's that, you say? OK, you didn't say that. I did. Captain Capslock took to Truth Social while on break during the hush money/election interference trial to dramatically feign victimization again. But while throwing his pity party, the twice-impeached, four-times indicted former President, who left office in disgrace, accidentally admitted that the Stormy Daniel's $130,000 payoff would have mattered if it came out before the election.
"THIS ISN'T A TRIAL, IT'S A POLITICAL CAMPAIGN, A WITCH HUNT, JUST LIKE THE HIGHLY CONFLICTED AND BIASED JUDGE, JUAN MERCHAN, WANTED IT TO BE, "the former President wrote.