'Jurassic Park' actor Sam Neill dies at 78
Posted By: voxpopuli, 7/13/2026 1:30:47 PM
Actor Sam Neill, known for his roles in the "Jurassic Park" films and "Peaky Blinders," died on Monday, according to his official social media account. He was 78. "Sam was surrounded by family and passed with the dignity that has characterised his whole life," the statement, which was posted early on Monday, said. "The loss was sudden and unexpected but blessed by the fact that Sam remained cancer free."
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Actor Sam Neill, known for his roles in the "Jurassic Park" films and "Peaky Blinders," died on Monday, according to his official social media account. He was 78.
"Sam was surrounded by family and passed with the dignity that has characterised his whole life," the statement, which was posted early on Monday, said. "The loss was sudden and unexpected but blessed by the fact that Sam remained cancer free."
Ramsey County Sheriff Bob Fletcher is doubling down on his assertion that Somali gang violence has reached a tipping point in the Twin Cities, and he’s imploring local leaders to pay attention and get involved before it gets worse. (snip) 100 shootings in just the last couple of years connected to Somali gang violence, often at high-profile events like graduations and the State Fair.
‘It’s sickening’: Upside-down American
flag flies at St. Cloud Somali Independence
Day celebration 10 replies
flag flies at St. Cloud Somali Independence
Day celebration 10 replies
An upside-down American flag isn’t a sight most Americans expect to see over the Fourth of July weekend.
Yet that’s exactly what happened at a Somali Independence Day celebration in St. Cloud on July 3, where an upside-down American flag flew alongside the Somali flag, drawing condemnation online and a blistering rebuke from a city council member who called the display a “disgusting show of disrespect” toward the United States.
Video from the celebration, first posted on the Rocks and Cows of Minnesota Facebook page, quickly spread across social media, where users condemned the inverted American flag and criticized event sponsors, including U.S. Bank.
It’s perhaps yet another kind of Somali fraud that we haven’t heard much about, and one that may involve fake businesses, fake injuries, and fake workers’ comp claims.
Janeen Balsimo retired in the fall after working as a Minnesota state employee for nearly 30 years. She joined Liz Collin on her podcast. (snip) She said “that’s when I noticed my Somali cases, they all worked at a daycare center, an adult care center, a hospice or an autism center. And I found that really strange and they ended in the LLC because I had to keep typing it over and over and it was just really strange to me.”
Officials on Wednesday confirmed that two people were killed, eight were injured and nine are missing at Nippon Dynawave Packaging after a major implosion Tuesday morning at the pulp and paper mill in Longview, in Southwest Washington.
“We have declared this incident a transition from rescue to recovery as of this morning,” said Chief Scott Goldstein of Cowlitz 2 Fire and Rescue.
An estimated 40,000 people in Orange County, California, have been ordered to evacuate the area over fears that a tank containing a toxic chemical may explode, officials said Friday. (snip) The tank contains methyl methacrylate, a toxic chemical used to manufacture resins and plastics.
A serial anti-ICE agitator was arrested outside Cities Church in St. Paul on Easter Sunday after police issued orders to cease disturbing the peace to a group they indicated was causing a disruption during a religious service, according to a statement later issued by the St. Paul Police Department (SPPD). (snip) ..Judge Maria Mitchell, a 2022 Gov. Tim Walz appointee, dismissed all charges against Phillips, citing “no probable cause,”
A power outage impacted Target Field at about 1:50 p.m. on Friday, leaving the entire stadium and surrounding buildings in the dark on the day of the Minnesota Twins home opener. (snip) An outage map from Xcel Energy states that power is expected to be restored at 3:15 p.m. The first pitch was scheduled for 3:10 p.m.
Supermicro (SMCI) stock plummeted 33% on Friday after an unsealed indictment revealed that the US charged two Supermicro employees and a contractor with smuggling servers containing Nvidia (NVDA) chips to China, in violation of US export controls.
The US Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York charged Supermicro's co-founder, Yih-Shyan "Wally" Liaw, a US citizen..
A St. Paul woman has filed a federal civil lawsuit against eight anti-ICE activists, alleging they conspired to storm Cities Church during a Sunday service, frighten congregants, block access points, and intentionally disrupt religious worship.
Ann Doucette, who filed the complaint on her own behalf in U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota on Feb. 23, claims the defendants carried out a coordinated operation on Jan. 18 at Cities Church because they believed one of the pastors works for ICE.
Siege and socialism: Photographer captures
the consequences of sanctuary policy in
the Twin Cities 5 replies
the consequences of sanctuary policy in
the Twin Cities 5 replies
A Minnesota photographer has been capturing the consequences of sanctuary policy in the Twin Cities for weeks. Chris Birt joined Liz Collin on her podcast to share what he calls the real story—how Minnesota’s largest city has become a proving ground for lawlessness and socialist insurgency.
Anti-ICE agitators blocked stairwell to
childcare during church storming, court
filing says 17 replies
childcare during church storming, court
filing says 17 replies
Federal court documents allege that anti-ICE agitators who disrupted a worship service at Cities Church blocked stairways to the childcare area, preventing parents from reaching their children amid the chaos.
According to an affidavit, one victim told investigators that parishioners attempted to retrieve their children from childcare but “the agitators were blocking the stairs, and the parents were unable to get to their children.” (snip) Other accounts include an agitator telling a child that their parents were “Nazis” who would “burn in hell.”
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WASHINGTON — Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., who was elected to the Senate in 2003 and was a close political ally of President Donald Trump, has died, his office confirmed early Sunday. He was 71.
Graham died Saturday night “from a brief and sudden illness,” his office said in a statement.
“Senator Graham’s family appreciates prayers at this time and asks for privacy during this incredibly difficult period,” the statement continued.
Graham was chairman of the Senate Budget Committee and was seeking a fifth six-year Senate term in November. He was one of the most well-known members of the chamber
Canadian government APOLOGIZES for creating
national parks, calls them a 'colonial injustice' 27 replies
national parks, calls them a 'colonial injustice' 27 replies
The country of Canada has effectively apologized for the system of national parks that it has developed, with the national parks agency saying that the existence of the parks themselves represents "colonial injustice" against those who are Indigenous.
The internal report known as the Evaluation of the Indigenous Guardians Initiative Internal Review, stated, “For millennia Indigenous people have cultivated reciprocal relationships with land, water and ice guided by cultural practices, values and knowledge systems," as reported by the Toronto Sun.
"Beginning in the 19th century the development of national parks and protected areas in Canada disrupted these relationships through exclusion and colonial injustices,"
In the aftermath of the 1972 Munich Olympics massacre that left 11 Israeli coaches and athletes dead at the hands of Black September terrorists (bonus question: the Palestinians and which other nation were involved in "Black September?"), Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir unleashed Operation Spring of Youth, a raid on Palestine Liberation Organization camps in Lebanon that killed over 50 terrorists. She also went after the Munich massacre organizers. Operation Wrath of God unleashed Mossad hit squads on Black September terrorists cowering in Europe, under the illusion they were safe there. This operation continued until its final hit on February 14, 1988, in Cyprus. Between nine and 11 key
Mitch McConnell assures Kentuckians of
ongoing Senate work during recovery from
fall, pneumonia 19 replies
ongoing Senate work during recovery from
fall, pneumonia 19 replies
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Senator Mitch McConnell said he is continuing to recover after a recent fall and a mild case of pneumonia, assuring Kentuckians he remains engaged in Senate business despite being able to return to the floor to vote.
In a statement addressed to Kentuckians on Sunday, the Republican senator thanked supporters for their well wishes and acknowledged questions about his absence from the Senate. McConnell said he was hospitalized in June after suffering a fall last month leaving him briefly unconscious. He said doctors determined he did not sustain any broken bones or a concussion and ruled out more serious conditions, including a heart attack, stroke, tumors and
Massive bull bison tosses Yellowstone
tourist into the air like a ragdoll in
shocking attack 19 replies
tourist into the air like a ragdoll in
shocking attack 19 replies
A massive bull bison tossed a tourist into the air, seriously injuring him, in a heart-pounding caught-on-camera attack at Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming. Video shows the unidentified man being thrown 8 feet in the air like a ragdoll by the wild bison at the Bridge Bay Campground Friday, Cowboy State Daily reported. The tourist was walking with his grandson when the powerful herbivore attacked. Video shows the man running around a copse of pines to try to escape the bull, which was giving itself a dust bath moments earlier. The bison suddenly charged the two tourists, and then viciously
Democrats have many problems, not the least of which is an inability to understand, and for some the refusal to accept, basic economics. If they did, there wouldn’t be proposals to raise the federal minimum wage to a preposterous $25 an hour.
House Resolution 8555 would “place the federal minimum wage on a durable path toward a living wage,” requiring “large, highly profitable corporations to lead the transition.” Under its yoke, large employers would have to raise their lowest wage from the current $7.25 an hour to $15 an hour on Jan. 1, 2027, a more-than-double spike that would shock the market.
Large companies,
The Scourge of Teen Takeovers
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This past Memorial Day, more than 1,000 teens swarmed the blocks around Lake Michigan in Chicago’s Hyde Park neighborhood. A resident described the scene: “Hundreds of people were walking and running down our street, jumping on top of cars, twerking, smoking blunts.” One group twerked on the top of a city bus.
At about 9 pm, the Chicago Police Department closed Lake Shore Drive. As sirens wailed, the Hyde Park resident armed himself with bear spray to retrieve something from his car. An hour later, a gunman shot three teens a block from the resident’s home. The suspect remains at large, though police made 13 arrests for illegal gun possession,
CNBC sounds like a business channel, but it’s really just another liberal channel. When it thinks about the best “states for business,” they’re matching that with what they call “quality of life.” Some measures – health care, crime – make nonpartisan sense, but CNBC adds grades for “inclusiveness,” “protections” against discrimination, anti-gun "reforms," and naturally, “reproductive rights.” They touted their ongoing winner -- Vermont, the Bernie Sanders State: The best states to live in for 2026: No. 1 has a six-year winning streak The best states are the most liberal states? Scott Cohn's report on Minnesota gives you a flavor:
Rolling Stones frontman Mick Jagger says concertgoers want to escape from politics and everyday worries rather than sit through political speeches.
Jagger made the remarks during an interview on The New York Times podcast after being asked about Bruce Springsteen, who has repeatedly used his current tour to lambast President Trump.
Host David Marchese noted that Springsteen “clearly sees his job as engaging in a meaningful back and forth” with audiences before asking Jagger what his own relationship with fans means to him.
Jagger said his priority is giving audiences a break from the outside world.
The DSA Takes Over the Democrat Party
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For decades, the Democratic Party exploited—but also restrained—its more liberal, anti-American activists. However, as they have become outrageously progressive, communistic, and violent, they have lost control of themselves, and now they are taking over.
Democratic Party operatives thought they could maintain control, and for a while, they succeeded. The efforts of aggressive progressive partisans succeeded in taking over the DNC in 1972. They promoted progressive George McGovern for president, and the Democratic National Committee embraced some of the most radical left-wing positions.
Today’s climate models are so inaccurate they must be improved a hundredfold just to detect a CO2 signal in climate change.
Though clouds “are the largest moderator of Earth’s radiation budget and their absorption of solar radiation directly influence our understanding of climate change,” NASA’s models of the cloud capacity to alter solar radiation diverge from satellite observations (MERRA2) by 18.8 W/m² (Fu et al., 2026).
Carville’s Presidential History Lesson
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On Saturday former Clinton advisor James Carville took to YouTube and delivered what purported to be a “Presidential History Lesson.” It was a fairly typical Carvillian rant, yet quite revealing about how worried the Democratic establishment is about the damage the DSA insurgency is doing to their party. He begins his diatribe with the 2000 election and insists that every Democrat loss from then on was caused by leftist attacks on the centrist candidates the party nominated. Consequently, George W. Bush won in 2000 because Ralph Nader attacked Al Gore from the left.
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really don't know much about him personally.. always seemed to be kind of a low key guy.. RIP