In an odd insurance claim dubbed “Operation Bear Claw”, three California scammers, using a man in a bear costume, attacked the inside of a Rolls-Royce and two Mercedes, hoping to cash in on $142,000 in claims.
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Lead: Alternate Reality Ceasefire
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Donald Trump shot off a loaded post over the weekend. In it, he accused Iran of breaking their deal, “Iran decided to fire bullets yesterday in the Strait of Hormuz — A Total Violation of our Ceasefire Agreement.”
That’s the accusation, but the reality doesn’t quite back it up.
The ceasefire included Lebanon, but right out of the gate, Israel launched a large-scale bombing campaign across Lebanese territory, which violated the ceasefire. Then came a shift in messaging, with U.S. officials claiming Lebanon was never part of the deal in the first place.
And there’s another problem.
Iran’s Foreign Ministry says the U.S. naval blockade of the Strait itself violates the ceasefire, and so does the recent U.S. attack on an Iranian commercial ship.
But somehow, Iran is the one breaking the ceasefire.
Days earlier, Trump announced a 10-day ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon, bragging about the historic meeting he brokered.
Trump is lining up another round of talks in Pakistan with Witkoff and Kushner. How seriously is Iran supposed to take this with the same clown envoy back in play?
And according to Trump, this is what passes for negotiation: “I hope they take it [the deal] because, if they don’t, the United States is going to knock out every single Power Plant, and every single Bridge, in Iran.”
Iran’s state news agency denied that talks are even planned and said the Trump administration’s “unreasonable and unrealistic demands, frequent changes of positions, constant contradictions, and ongoing blockade leave no clear prospect for fruitful negotiations.”
Hard to argue with that one.
Gamers to the Rescue
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The FAA is now turning to gamers to fill air traffic controller jobs.
The recruitment process started on April 17, and the applicant pool reached its 8,000 cap pretty quickly.
Officials are framing it as a win: “Our campaign to recruit gamers to apply to become air traffic controllers is record-breaking.”
After a recent string of aviation incidents linked to inexperienced controllers, this is the solution?
The FAA must know what they’re doing, right?
U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy seems to think so: “If you think about what gamers are doing on screens, they’re talking, reacting, and managing a lot at once — that’s very similar to what happens in a control tower.”
It may sound good in theory, but for gamers used to nonstop shoot-’em-up action, directing air traffic might not exactly hold their attention.
So why the outreach?
The FAA is fighting a shortage of 3,500 air traffic controllers, which they say stems from high demand for air travel.
There’s another explanation for the shortage, though.
Between 2011 and 2013, the FAA found itself short roughly 4,000 air traffic controllers after the Obama Administration felt the agency was, in so many words, “too white.”
Racial hiring quotas were rolled out, and thousands of qualified trainees were pushed aside, with many of them now part of a class action lawsuit.
Aviation experts say don’t expect a quick fix. Training takes years, and many won’t make the cut.
It may take time, but at least they’re working on the problem they helped create.
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Did you miss our last live show? No problem, you can catch the replay here! And don’t miss this segment we did recently with Andrew Gough, where we dive into the 72nd annual Bilderberg Group meeting, a secretive gathering of unelected elites that are trying to shape global AI, warfare, and geopolitical policy.
What’s Trending?
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Tim Curry is trending as he celebrates his 80th birthday. He’s known for his iconic roles in the Rocky Horror Picture Show, Home Alone 2, and Clue.
Eddie Murphy is trending because he shared that his son, Eric, and Martin Lawrence’s daughter, Jasmine, are welcoming their first baby.
Mindy Cohn, known as Natalie from Facts of Life, is trending because she revealed that she’s been diagnosed with cancer.
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