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[Jimbuna]

Barron for president in 2044? Why Trump dynasty may look to youngest son

American presidents must be citizens, born in the US, a resident in the country for 14 years, and at least 35 years of age.

Barron William Trump was born in Florida on 20 March 2006.

He is the only child of Melania and Donald Trump, who has fathered four other children by his two previous wives.

Barron has lived between Florida, New York City and Washington DC all his life.

He qualifies as a potential POTUS - except for his age - the 18-year-old was only a first-time voter this November.

But MAGA supporters seem ready to wait for the Trump dynasty to carry on in power - "Barron Trump President 2044" merchandise is already on sale on the internet.

Having guided his father on to the voter-rich "manosphere" of internet sites, Barron has become Donald's favourite son and the main repository of the Trump family's political ambitions - if he wants the role.

Young, blonde, with handsome Slavic looks, and towering over his 6ft 3in father, Barron, at least 6ft 7in, is a cult figure with the MAGA faithful who talk of his "aristocratic bearing".

This year, when he made his first, rare, appearance at a campaign rally, his father suggested his other sons watch out for the competition he represents.

Overtaking his older half-siblings - Don Jr, Eric and Ivanka - in the pecking order is a remarkable metamorphosis for the mommie's boy who seemed on the brink of tears nine years ago at his father's first victory rally in New York City.

This year at Mar-a-Lago, Barron and his mother were the First Family elect, the first on to the stage with the president-elect.

Barron was singled out for thanks by his father. The young male voters Barron directed his father to woo had indeed made a significant contribution to the Republicans' across-the-board victory.

The Wall Street Journal reported a shift to the right of some 28 points toward Trump in this group.

According to the Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning, 56% of male voters aged 18-28 backed Trump in 2024, up from 41% in 2020.
https://news.sky.com/story/barron-fo...t-son-13254665

[Moonlight]

‘It brought me to my knees’: The Hum – a mysterious phenomenon that’s baffled the world for decades

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/other...da4c0e96&ei=18

I first heard about this phenomenon in the 90s, they might get to the bottom of it one day but, it will need the scientific community to get onboard with it first, as it is, it's just another one of those unexplained mysteries that will probably stay unsolved...

[Jimbuna]

Ed Sheeran says he didn't give Band Aid 40 permission to use his vocals

Ed Sheeran says Band Aid 40 organisers did not seek his approval to use his vocals in the new version of the charity hit Do They Know It's Christmas?

The Shape Of You star said he would have "respectively declined" any permission, going on to share another post criticising foreign aid in Africa.
https://news.sky.com/story/ed-sheera...ocals-13256088

[Jimbuna]

Stop chasing on-the-run emu in your 4x4s, say Lincolnshire police

Police in Lincolnshire have urged motorists to stop chasing an on-the-run emu in off-road vehicles.

Officers in Boston said there had been sightings for a "couple of weeks" in the Spilsby area but the bird is at risk of being injured and people should not approach it.

It's currently unclear where the emu escaped from.

Posting on Facebook, police said: "Experts have been trying to gain her trust by feeding her in the same spot for a while, however, efforts are being scuppered and staff and volunteers are concerned because members of the public have been chasing her in 4x4s.

"If she continues to be agitated in this way, there is a risk of her running into the path of oncoming vehicles causing harm to herself or others."

The National Exotics Animal Rescue Service is on the scene and has called in a specialist team to coordinate the emu's capture, police said.

They are asking that any sightings are reported to the service via its Facebook page.
https://news.sky.com/story/stop-chas...olice-13256370

[Jimbuna]

Egyptians drank cocktails of psychedelic drugs in ancient mugs, research reveals

An Egyptian mug from 2,000 years ago was last used to serve up a cocktail of psychedelic drugs, according to ground-breaking research.

University of South Florida professor Davide Tanasi used advanced chemical analysis on what's known as a Bes mug - cups left behind by ancient Egyptians.

The mugs are decorated with the head of Bes, an ancient Egyptian god or guardian demon worshiped for protection, fertility, medicinal healing and magical purification.

Historians have only ever been able to speculate about the mugs' contents, with some believing they were used to hold "sacred" water, wine or beer, according to Branko van Oppen, curator of Greek and Roman art at the Tampa Museum of Art.

But through scraping chemical and DNA analysis from the inner walls of a mug donated to the Tampa Museum of Art in 1984, Prof Tanasi and his research team discovered a cocktail of psychedelic drugs, bodily fluids and alcohol.

It's a combination that he believes was used in a magical ritual re-enacting an Egyptian myth, likely for fertility, based on both the findings and written records detailing centuries-old myths.

The concoction was flavoured with honey, sesame seeds, pine nuts, liquorice and grapes, he said, which were commonly used to make the beverage look like blood.

"For the first time, we were able to identify all the chemical signatures of the components of the liquid concoction contained in the Tampa Museum of Art's Bes mug, including the plants used by Egyptians, all of which have psychotropic and medicinal properties," Prof Tanasi explained.

"This research teaches us about magic rituals in the Greco-Roman period in Egypt," Mr Van Oppen said.

"Egyptologists believe that people visited the so-called Bes Chambers at Saqqara when they wished to confirm a successful pregnancy because pregnancies in the ancient world were fraught with dangers," he continued.

"So, this combination of ingredients may have been used in a dream-vision inducing magic ritual within the context of this dangerous period of childbirth."

The Bes Chambers at Saqqara were located near the Great Pyramids of Giza, historians say.
https://news.sky.com/story/egyptians...veals-13257252

[Jimbuna]

Banana duct-taped to a wall sells for $6.2m at auction

A banana duct-taped to a wall has sold for $6.2m (£4.9m) at an auction in New York.

The conceptual art piece, called Comedian, became a viral sensation after Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan debuted it at Art Basel Miami Beach in 2019.

Festivalgoers tried to make out whether the single piece of fruit stuck to a white wall with silver tape was a joke or cheeky commentary on questionable standards among art collectors.

The Sotheby's auction house said it was the announcement of a new original work by the prominent and provocative artist Cattelan that initially captured the world's attention, but Comedian "quickly erupted into a viral global sensation that drew record crowds, social media inundation, landed the cover of The New York Post, and divided viewers and critics alike".

At one point, someone even took the banana off the wall and ate it.
https://news.sky.com/story/banana-du...ction-13257628

[Jimbuna]

Death Row prisoner uses final words to swear - before taking 10 minutes to die in nitrogen execution

A Death Row prisoner in the US made obscene hand gestures and swore at a prison warden before being executed for the gruesome murder of a hitchhiker 30 years ago.

Asked if he had any final words, Carey Dale Grayson swore at Terry Raybon, warden of the William C Holman Correctional Facility in Alabama, prompting prison officials to turn off the microphone.

Mr Raybon pulled the microphone away after Grayson started by saying, "for you, you need to ******* off" according to Alabama-based AL.com, which added that the rest of his statement "went unheard" by witnesses.

Alabama Corrections Commissioner John Q Hamm told reporters: "He [Grayson] has cursed out most of our employees tonight, so we were not going to give him the opportunity to spew that profanity."

The curtain to the execution chamber opened just after 6pm local time. Grayson raised both middle fingers as nitrogen gas began to enter his body via a breathing mask.

Strapped to a gurney with a blue-rimmed gas mask on his face, the 50-year-old shook at times and took a series of gasping breaths as the gas flowed - as two others previously executed by nitrogen did.

He was also seen rocking his head and pulling against the gurney restraints.

Mr Hamm said the deadly gas flowed for 15 minutes and that an electrocardiogram showed his heart stopped beating after around 10 minutes.

He appeared to stop breathing at 6.21pm and was pronounced dead at 6.33pm.

Grayson was one of four male teenagers convicted of killing Vickie DeBlieux as she hitchhiked from Chattanooga, Tennessee, to her mother's home in West Monroe, Louisiana in February 1994.

Ms DeBlieux, 37, was attacked, beaten and thrown off a cliff and her mutilated body was found at the bottom of a bluff near Odenville, Alabama.

Prosecutors said that, after offering her a ride, the four men took her to a wooded area and attacked and beat her, returning later to mutilate her body.

They left her face so fractured that she was identified by an earlier X-ray of her spine, a medical examiner said.

The teens were identified as suspects after one of them showed a friend one of the victim's severed fingers and boasted about the killing, according to investigators.

It is the third time an inmate has been put to death using nitrogen hypoxia in the state this year.

The condemned person breathes only nitrogen gas through a mask while being deprived of oxygen.

Campaigners say it can cause prolonged suffering, but a federal appeals court this week rejected arguments made by the condemned man's lawyers, allowing Grayson's execution to go ahead.

Ms DeBlieux's daughter, Jodi Haley, who was 12 when her mother died, told reporters at the prison after the execution that her parent was "unique", "spontaneous", "wild" and "funny".

But she criticised the sentence handed to Grayson, saying "murdering inmates under the guise of justice needs to stop".

The execution was carried out hours after the US Supreme Court turned down Grayson's request for a stay.

Alabama is the only US state to have used nitrogen hypoxia to carry out a death sentence, but two others, Oklahoma and Mississippi, have also approved its use.
https://news.sky.com/story/death-row...ution-13258271

[Jimbuna]

Philippines VP Sara Duterte says she will have President Ferdinand Marcos Jr assassinated if she is killed

Security protocols in the Philippines have been stepped up after vice president Sara Duterte vowed to have the president assassinated if she herself were killed.

The daughter of the country's previous president Rodrigo Duterte, the politician said she had contracted an assassin to kill the president, his wife and the House of Representatives speaker.

Speaking in an online briefing, she said: "I have talked to a person. I said, if I get killed, go kill BBM [the nickname of Philippine President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr], Liza Araneta [the first lady], and Martin Romualdez [the speaker and the president's second cousin]. No joke. No joke."

The 46-year-old lawyer went on: "I said, do not stop until you kill them, and then he said yes."

She was responding to an online commenter urging her to stay safe when staying in the lower chamber of Congress overnight with her chief of staff.

Under the Philippine penal code, such public remarks may constitute a crime of threatening to inflict a wrong on a person or his family and is punishable by a jail term and fine.
https://news.sky.com/story/philippin...illed-13258924

[Jimbuna]

Americans upset about Trump win offered '€1 houses' in Italian village of Ollolai

Americans distraught by the re-election of Donald Trump are being offered an escape route - a €1 house in an Italian village.

Ollolai, on the island of Sardinia, is selling some dilapidated properties for the price of an espresso in an effort to boost its flagging population.

It has launched a web page to try to entice Americans to relocate, asking: "Are you worned out [sic] by global politics? Looking to embrace a more balanced lifestyle while securing new opportunities?

"It's time to start building your European escape in the stunning paradise of Sardinia."

The village is in the rural heart of Sardinia but the island's famous beaches are little more than an hour's drive away.

Ollolai authorities say a selection of houses for just over a dollar are available and that "many buyers" have already successfully renovated such properties.

Americans who don't fancy a renovation project can also purchase a house that's ready to move into, with these going for up to €100,000 (£83,000).

The village also promises expats will get help "finding contractors and navigating the necessary bureaucracy" as part of a fast-track procedure to get set up.

The exact state of the €1 "fixer-upper" properties is unclear as pictures haven't yet been added to the site, though Ollolai promises these are coming soon.

Mayor Francesco Columbu told CNN the site was created specially after Donald Trump's convincing win in the presidential election left some Americans worried about the future of the country.

"We just really want, and will focus on, Americans above all," said the mayor.

"We can't of course ban people from other countries to apply, but Americans will have a fast-track procedure.

"We are betting on them to help us revive the village, they are our winning card."

Mr Columbu said the site had already received nearly 40,000 requests for information.

It's not the first time Ollolai has offered such a deal - it launched the same bargain-basement property offer in 2018.

It is hoping to reverse a decline that has seen its population fall from 2,250 to about 1,300 in the last half century as young people move to bigger towns and cities.
https://news.sky.com/story/americans...lolai-13257457

[Jimbuna]

Cat wriggles through drainpipe - but with less-than-purrfect results

A cat had to be freed from a drainpipe by firefighters after getting stuck in the middle of wriggling through.

The female black cat, called John, was found with her head poking through one end of the pipe, which was connected to a garage in Clevedon, North Somerset.

Firefighters were called at 9.55am on Saturday and used small tools to rescue the feline before she was whiskered away to a local vet, where the rest of the pipe was removed.

Posting on Facebook, Clevedon Fire Station said the cat suffered no serious injuries.
https://news.sky.com/story/cat-wrigg...ccess-13259673

[Moonlight]

'She will never breathe for herself, taste food or hug her son again': Father reveals how his daughter is paraplegic needing 24-hour care after teen smashed into her as he filmed himself driving with no hands

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...-no-hands.html

This twat will be driving dangerously not long after he's behind the wheel again, it would be far better if this currant paid for his actions with his life instead of getting a very short sentence behind bars.

[Jimbuna]

Ed Sheeran apologises to Manchester United manager Ruben Amorim after interrupting Sky interview

Ed Sheeran has apologised to Manchester United's new manager for interrupting him during a live Sky Sports interview.

Ruben Amorim was speaking after United's 1-1 draw with Ipswich on Sunday when the singer walked up to hug analyst Jamie Redknapp.

His intervention brought the interview to a halt before Redknapp told Sheeran to "come and say hello in a minute".

Some people on social media said Sheeran had been "rude" and called for him to apologise.

"Apologies if I offended Amorim yesterday, didn't actually realise he was being interviewed at the time, was popping to say hi and bye to Jamie," Sheeran wrote on Instagram.
https://news.sky.com/story/ed-sheera...rview-13260754

[mapuc]

Seven years sentence is way to little.

The mother of a three-year-old girl who was kept in a drawer and had never seen daylight or another human face has been jailed for more than seven years.

The girl was found severely malnourished and unable to walk or speak in February 2023 by a partner of her mother’s who had gone upstairs to use the toilet and heard a noise that sounded like a baby.

He discovered the little girl, who had a cleft palate, with matted hair and suffering from dehydration, and called the police.

A statement read to the court by the social worker who was first on the scene said: “I was taken aback by what I saw and was extremely shocked to see a baby looking up at me sat in a divan drawer. [The baby] stared at me and was rocking back and forth.

“I looked at her mum and asked: ‘Is this where you keep her?’ The mother replied matter-of-factly: ‘Yes, in the drawer.’ I was shocked the mother did not show any emotion and appeared blase about the situation.

“I asked had anyone else ever seen [the child]? Mum stated: ‘No’. It became an overwhelming horror that I was probably the only other face [the girl] had seen apart from her mother’s.”

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/...or-seven-years

Markus

[Jimbuna]

Two goats 'detained' after being caught chasing pedestrians

Police in Washington rounded up a pair of escaped goats that went wandering through a city and chased pedestrians.

The Kent Police Department said on social media that two goats were spotted in the northern part of the city and were "detained for baaaaaadddd behavior."

"We are not sure where they came from, but the two of them got in into their heads that chasing people would be a good time," the post said. "Don't goat us wrong, they are very cute. But no kidding around, it's not OK for people or goats to chase others."

The department joked: "When asked why they were being so aggressive, one of them bleated that he was just 'feeling a bit baaaaa-d today.'"

The goats "were not booked for their nefarious acts" but were instead given a "comfy ride" to the King County Animal Shelter, where officials are now trying to find their owner.
https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2024/11...3841732642798/

[Jimbuna]

UK ticket-holder comes forward to claim £177m EuroMillions jackpot

A UK ticket-holder has come forward to claim the whopping £177m jackpot from Tuesday's EuroMillions draw.

The claim will now go through a validation process and, if confirmed, will make them the third biggest National Lottery winner of all time.

The prize will then be paid at an appointment with one of the National Lottery's winners' advisers.

The ticket-holder will be able to decide whether they share the news publicly or not.

The jackpot will make them wealthier than singer Harry Styles and heavyweight boxer Anthony Joshua, who are both worth £175m, according to the latest Sunday Times Rich List.
https://news.sky.com/story/uk-ticket...ckpot-13262325