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South Korea plane carrying 181 people skids off runway and explodes, killing all but two: report

A commercial jet carrying 181 people skidded off a runway at an airport in South Korea and burst into a massive fireball, killing all but two, who somehow miraculously survived the horrifying aviation disaster, according to South Korean media.

The Jeju Air Boeing 737-800 airplane was arriving from Thailand at Muan International Airport in the south of the Asian nation on Sunday morning when its landing gear failed to extend just after 9 am and it wound up belly flopping onto the ground.

Bad Day For Boeing.

h/t Mauser

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Trump supports immigration visas backed by Musk: ‘I have many H-1B visas on my properties’

President-elect Trump told The Post Saturday he supports immigration visas for highly skilled workers, appearing to side with Elon Musk in the roiling intra-MAGA debate on the issue.

“I’ve always liked the visas, I have always been in favor of the visas. That’s why we have them,” Trump said by phone, referring to the H-1B program, which permits companies to hire foreign workers in specialty occupations.

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A boy created AI-generated porn with the faces of girls he knew. Why Toronto police said he didn’t break the law

He has your nudes.

She got the message by text from a girl she barely knew: Your friend, he has your photos on his phone.

How could that be, the 16-year-old Toronto high school student remembers thinking. The boy with the photos was a close friend, someone she trusted. And besides, she thought, she had never sent a nude to anyone.

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Canadian Coast Guard Fleet ‘Aging,’ With Some Exceeding Intended Lifespans: Report

Canada’s Brokeback Coast Guard

An audit of the Canadian Coast Guard (CCG) has found that its vessels are aging, with some surpassing their expected lifespans, costing the agency nearly one-third of a billion dollars to maintain them in the 2022–23 fiscal year.

“The CCG fleet is aging as vessels approach and exceed their intended end of service life,” said auditors in a July report, “Evaluation of Fleet Procurement and Maintenance,” released to the public on Dec. 18.

The audit spanned across 124 active vessels. It was conducted by the evaluation division at Fisheries and Oceans Canada and the CCG from April to November 2023.

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Shannon Gormley: Canada’s fake feminist prime minister is running out of women to use as props

Eventually, every woman must learn that being nice to an egomaniacal bulls—t artist won’t long protect her from him. It’s too bad Chrystia Freeland had to learn this lesson twice.

Last week, Trump learned that he wouldn’t be able to insult Freeland at the negotiating table anymore, so he insulted her online. Amateur. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau insulted her in her own ministry. No: he got leakers to insult her. He betrayed her, then demanded she betray herself, passing a bad idea of a budget off as her own so as not to embarrass the man he wanted to take her place. Trump’s treatment of women — of the many women who have accused him of sexual assault, of his wives, of Freeland — is hideous, but at least it’s honest in its hideousness. Trudeau’s sexism can feel worse because he pretends to be better.

The author sounds like a fun date. This is the latest effort to whitewash Homolka, I mean Freeland as a saint.

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Bird flu may be mutating to become more transmissible to humans, US scientists warn

A Louisiana woman with the first severe case of bird flu in the US had a mutated form of the disease that may make it more infectious to humans.

Scientists believe the virus, which has spread across bird and cattle farms in the US and caused more than 60 mild human infections, could jump more easily to the public in future.

California has declared a state of emergency over the virus, which has been found in more than 600 dairy farms there over the last four months.

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Aged Like Milk: The View’s Worst Election Predictions of 2024

The 2024 presidential election dragged on for what seemed like forever and was certainly a rollercoaster of emotions for Democrats. During all that time, the liberal ladies of ABC’s The View had made several proclamations and predictions about the state of the race that didn’t age as well as they hoped.

From high-pitched declarations that “the candidate is Joe” to claims that Democrats would cure America of their Trump amnesia to conspiracy theories of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. trying to “buy” the election, their attempts to manifest a Democratic victory fell flat. But in other instances, their worst fears came to be realized.

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Morrison Hotel made famous by The Doors destroyed by fire while occupied by squatters

The Morrison Hotel, the famous backdrop for The Doors’ 1970 album named after it, was destroyed by a huge fire Thursday while being occupied by dozens of homeless squatters.

Almost 100 firefighters worked for at least two hours from 11 a.m. to control the fire at the downtown Los Angeles hotel best known for being on the cover of the legendary rock album.

The blaze destroyed the roof of the building now red-tagged as being unlivable.

h/t Mauser

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