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A Republican Congressman from Oklahoma said in an interview that "soldiers who don’t want to deploy" will pretend to be transgender in an attempt to avoid combat duty.He also said openness about gender issues would “hinder readiness” in the military.

The victim's lawyer says his client's race factored into it.

A mother reportedly left her 2 children in the car as punishment, where they died last month.

A spokesman for state highway patrol said the 26 year old was speeding in excess of 80 mph moments prior to the crash.

So far this year, 19 people lost their lives in California rivers.

She called one of the dealers and alerted him that an informant had infiltrated his group

Get to know the iron worker who is going up against House Speaker Paul Ryan.

Have you ever wanted to see a gorilla dancing like he's Jennifer Beals in "Flashdance"?

Soon after the election, weeks before he took office, Trump got a lot of attention for claiming he saved 1,100 jobs at a Carrier furnace plant in Indiana that were headed Mexico.

The president offered an explanation for why he has one of the wealthiest cabinets in history.

John Oliver's segment on the coal industry for his TV show has led to a lawsuit from a coal company for an allegedly "false and malicious broadcast."

New York Senate Republicans won't allow a vote on a bill that would let victims of child sexual abuse go after their assailants in court later in life.Why oppose such a sensible measure? Because several religious groups might go bankrupt if the law passes.

Via Jobsanger.

Their investigation into an alleged sexual assault incident has come to a close

Some of the most hardcore Sacramento River Cats fans braved the heat and came out to root for the home team during Tuesday’s ballgame at Raley Field.

A teenager has left a permanent mark on her long-running battle against her high school’s dress code

June 21 is National Selfie Day

Reported yesterday by U.S. News:

Iran says its ballistic missile strike targeting the Islamic State group in Syria was not only a response to deadly attacks in Tehran, but a powerful message to archrival Saudi Arabia and the United States, one that could add to already soaring regional tensions...

It also raises questions about how U.S. President Donald Trump's administration, which had previously put Iran "on notice" for its ballistic missile tests, will respond.

Context via Jobsanger:

Understandably, the Iranians were upset with Trump. His statement infers that Iran supports the group that attacked Tehran (ISIS). It's just a continuation of his claims that Iran supports the terrorists that are attacking Western nations. None of that is true.

Iran does offer support to a couple of groups defined as terrorists -- the Houthi in Yemen and Hezbollah in Lebanon (and Palestine). Those are shiite muslim groups, and Iran is a shiite muslim state. But those are not the groups that attacked Iran, and they are not the groups responsible for attacks in Europe and the United States.

The groups mainly responsible for attacking Europe and the United States are sunni muslim groups -- ISIS and al-Queda. They get no support from Iran. Their support comes mainly from a country that Trump calls a "friend" -- Saudi Arabia...

Trump seems to want to lump all islamic fundamentalists into a single group of terrorists that hate the West. That is far too simple. It shows he is either lying and misleading Americans, or he doesn't understand the truth -- that the trouble in the Middle East is basically a religious civil war being fought between shiite and sunni muslims. He seems to have sided with the sunnis without understanding that they are where ISIS and al-Queda have originated. He also seems not to understand that ISIS was created when an American president (Bush) overthrew the secular government in Iraq and installed a shiite muslim government in its place (which caused sunnis to rebel against that government and the shiite government in Syria by creating ISIS).

Blaming Iran for terrorism in the West is ignoring the reality of what is happening. It would make more sense to blame Saudi Arabia. But Trump doesn't want to do that, because they have too much oil that we want and have plenty of money to spend on U.S. weapons. In effect, Trump has taken the side of the sunnis in the religious civil war -- the same side that is attacking the Western nations.

I'm going to close comments for this post; I just don't have time to moderate/curate them.  Move on.

A brain surgeon charged with sexually abusing children sought to impregnate women to create more victims

A Fort Smith, Ark., man who is apparently under the influence, is caught on camera breaking store displays and disturbing customers, but police did a great job of dealing with the situation. ue him.

It's no substitute for reality, of course, but it's not bad.

For newbies, start here (or the satellite view), zoom in with the +/- buttons (drag to recenter), then drop the little yellow Streetview man where you want to walk.  Drag your cursor left/right for panorama views, and (especially at Machu Piccu) up and down to look up and down.

Related news today:

This summer, under pressure from Unesco, which has repeatedly threatened to add Machu Picchu to its list of world heritage sites in danger, the Peruvian government has brought in measures to control the flow of tourists.

From 1 July, visitors will only be able to enter the site with an official tour guide, and tickets will grant entry for a specific time period, either a morning (6am-noon) or afternoon (noon-5.30pm). Guides must be licenced and group size will be limited to16 people. Visitors must also follow the defined routes around the site, a change from the present setup where it is possible to explore relatively independently and stay the entire day. 

More at the link.

As reported by ABC News:

In a hidden room in a house near Argentina's capital, police believe they have found the biggest collection of Nazi artifacts in the country's history, including a bust relief of Adolf Hitler, magnifying glasses inside elegant boxes with swastikas and even a macabre medical device used to measure head size.

Some 75 objects were found in a collector's home in Beccar, a suburb north of Buenos Aires, and authorities say they suspect they are originals that belonged to high-ranking Nazis in Germany during World War II...

The investigation that culminated in the discovery of the collection began when authorities found artworks of illicit origin in a gallery in north Buenos Aires.

Agents with the international police force Interpol began following the collector and with a judicial order raided the house on June 8. A large bookshelf caught their attention and behind it agents found a hidden passageway to a room filled with Nazi imagery...

The main hypothesis among investigators and member of Argentina's Jewish community is that they were brought to Argentina by a high-ranking Nazi or Nazis after World War II, when the South American country became a refuge for fleeing war criminals, including some of the best known.

Outside provides the necessary details:

A long row of pre-school-aged kids, aboard low-slung bikes with no brakes or pedals, takes off from a start ramp like a pack of greyhounds. The kids kick their bikes up to speeds that would make most adults uncomfortable, and carve through the course’s maze of sharp corners with tenacity and grace.

A few kids don’t make it. They splay out across the track in a pile of elbow and kneepads and full-face helmets. And then, there’s one kid, coming from behind, who executes a perfect pass on his recently potty-trained competitors and crosses the line first, his chest forward in an elated victory celebration...

Today, anyone who's serious about teaching a kid to ride at an early age will likely eschew training wheels in favor of a balance bike. Dozens of different companies now sell them, including every major bike brand. This transformation in kids' bike technology has led to an entire generation of toddlers who rip on two wheels.

Among my group of dad friends in Austin—roadies and mountain bikers who might pull up their Strava feed over a pint of beer—the kids who start out on balance bikes often master cycling at a mind-bogglingly early age. One buddy’s kid switched to a pedal bike at just two years old, and was churning out 20-mile rides by three.

My husband headed out of town for the weekend so instead of making lots of big meals, I decided to grab what I had in the fridge and make a quiche for my kids and I to eat throughout the weekend. Quiche is a go-to meal for me when I don’t feel like cooking or when I want to use up leftover ingredients in the refrigerator. They are also great because you can eat them for breakfast, lunch, or dinner and the leftovers reheat well. I found a few potatoes, a couple of slices of bacon that needed to be cooked, some sharp cheddar, and green onions in the refrigerator along with a pre-made pie crust.  This bacon, potato, sharp cheddar, and green onion quiche was hearty and filling without being too heavy and it tasted fantastic.

Preheat the oven to 375 degrees.

Cook the bacon in a skillet over medium heat until crisp and cooked. Place on a paper towel to drain grease then cut into crumbles.

While the bacon is cooking, boil the potatoes in a pot of water for 10 minutes or until fork tender. Drain and let cool.

Coat a pie pan with cooking spray then carefully unroll the pre-made pie crust and place it in the pie pan. Crimp the edges.

Combine the eggs, milk, sea salt, and freshly cracked pepper, to taste, together in a bowl and whisk until very well combined.

Sprinkle most of the potatoes, crumbled bacon, extra sharp cheddar cheese, and green onion in the bottom of the pie.

Add the well whisked egg mixture. Sprinkle with the remaining potatoes, bacon, cheese, and green onion on top.

Carefully place into the oven and bake for 40 minutes, or until the top is set and not wiggly and the eggs are cooked through. Don’t overcook! Let the quiche cool for at least 15 minutes before slicing and serving. Enjoy.

 

An Oklahoma man body lunged three miles along Mount Scott on Father's Day weekend to help raise awareness and money for his father who is battling brain cancer.

If you think Ramsay Bolton was bad... just wait for Euron Greyjoy.

A sheriff's deputy in Florida had a funny encounter with a friendly bear

Law enforcement said a naked man banged on a trooper's vehicle with his fists then entered a BMW while still naked before repeatedly ramming the patrol vehicle.

#JusticeForBarb will not involve a miraculous return from the grave.

This new way of trolling campus preachers is really enjoyable to watch.