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France takes on England in World Cup third-place game with Mbappe chasing Golden Boot
For Americans, the World Cup has a lot of weird stuff. We aren’t used to games ending in ties. We don’t really recognize the beauty of teams passing the ball back and forth, trying to see where it makes sense to attack the defense. Most of all, though, we are not used to major tournaments having a third-place game, but we get that here as France takes on England.
France disappointed me for a variety of reasons. Even if I didn’t have a ticket on them to win the World Cup, I would’ve probably been disappointed as they played Spain. They looked like they were little kids playing against adults out there. The lack of urgency, the skill disparity, and the overall performance looked brutal in comparison to what we’ve seen from France in all of the other games of the World Cup.
The only thing that France really has to play for now is pride. It was disappointing to see them not bother against Spain, but they have still been very strong against almost every other team in the league. Now, the other thing that they can take a shot at is getting Kylian Mbappe another goal. He has eight, which is tied with Lionel Messi for the Golden Boot, but he has fewer assists, so if he doesn’t score, he will lose.
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England blew it. That’s really the overwhelming thought from almost every analyst and everyone else. England fans are furious at their coach for "parking the bus" in the second half of the game. I can’t say I blame them. England looked like they were just trying to run out the clock instead of being aggressive. We know Argentina is a good team, but England wasn’t really playing keep away; they seemed to just be loading the box and hoping that their opponent wouldn’t score.
England can still make this a successful World Cup with a win. Sure, it isn’t the same as winning the tournament, but coming in third does seem like it would be a surprisingly successful run for them. Harry Kane and Jude Bellingham have proved to be one of the best duos in the entire tournament. The problem remains that it just hasn’t been enough. I do expect them to be more aggressive after the disaster of the last game.
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Does that mean they will find the back of the net multiple times? I kind of doubt it, but I do expect both teams to attack regularly. The opening line of this game was at 2.5 with juice on the over; it has now moved to 3.5, which gives a good middling opportunity if you bet the over originally.
France still, in my eyes, remains the best team in the tournament – aside from Spain, I guess. I think they probably win this game in 90 minutes at -110, but I really don’t know how motivated either team will be in a third-place game. I think Mbappe is going to try to score as many goals as possible for the Golden Boot. Him at +300 is worth a flyer for two goals. I will also take under 3.5 as I just don’t see this game getting four goals.
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Why a blown-out plane window nearly sucked a passenger outside at 16K feet
After a passenger was nearly sucked out of a Ryanair plane when a window failed shortly after takeoff from Thessaloniki, Greece, experts are explaining how the window could have cracked and broken.
In the wake of the frightening ordeal, they also urge flyers to heed important warnings.
"Follow crew directions," Steve Arroyo, a Florida-based aviation safety expert and retired airline captain with 37 years of experience, told Fox News Digital.
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"It seems redundant, but always have your seat belt fastened whenever you're seated," he added.
Richard J. Levy, an aviation consultant, former American Airlines captain and Boeing 737 flight crew training instructor in Texas, told Fox News Digital that the depressurization happened after a piece of the engine reportedly broke off and struck the window.
"With a cracked window and the pressure on the window from cabin pressurization, the window cracked, broke — and then the extreme difference in air pressure from the cabin to the outside creates a strong suction," the expert said.
"The person was then sucked out."
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Rapid decompressions are "extremely rare events" at major airlines, Arroyo said, adding that commercial aviation is overall one of the safest modes of transportation today.
"It is mind-boggling that 4.4 billion passengers flew on the world's airlines in 2023 — 1.8 billion international passengers and 2.6 billion domestic passengers," he said. "Yet, there were zero accidents."
But one expert told Fox News Digital that incidents like these are "not as uncommon as most passengers would like to think."
William J. McGee, senior fellow for aviation and travel at the Washington, D.C.-based American Economic Liberties Project and the author of "Attention All Passengers," blamed what he called "weak government oversight of aviation safety," which he said has worsened in recent years.
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"There is still much that we don't know about what happened on that aircraft," said McGee.
A Greek hospital official told The Associated Press that the 61-year-old passenger was treated for neck and shoulder injuries, as well as friction burns.
The passenger was identified as Serbian national Ljubisa Karović. Karović's wife, Svetlana Grković, told Serbian outlet Nova that she "immediately reacted and grabbed his legs."
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"I thought: 'If we die, we die together,'" said Grković.
Grković told Greek outlet ERT that her husband lost consciousness three times, the BBC reported.
"The girl who was sitting next to him was holding him by the hand," she said. "Three of us were pulling him back inside. The oxygen masks dropped and chaos broke out."
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"They put a suitcase against the window, but it was sucked out," she added.
A spokesperson from Ryanair confirmed the incident to Fox News Digital, noting that the passenger's window had "dislodged in-flight."
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The official also said that the aircraft landed safely, and that passengers returned to the terminal.
"One passenger requested and received medical assistance on the ground in Thessaloniki," the representative said.
"In order to minimize any delay, a replacement aircraft was arranged to bring passengers to Memmingen, which departed Thessaloniki at 9:53 local [Friday] morning."
The Associated Press contributed reporting.
Far-left activist conference at teachers union HQ raises classroom concerns
A two-day conference featuring socialist, anti-war and pro-Palestinian activists at Chicago Teachers Union headquarters is drawing criticism from an education advocate who says the gathering reflects priorities far removed from the classroom.
The conference included workshops on protest and media tactics, approaching port workers, tracking weapons shipments, fundraising, coalition building and strengthening ties with labor and community groups in Latin America and Africa, according to AWAN’s website.
"I'm not sure that has much to do with empowering teachers in the classroom," North American Values Institute (NAVI) Chief Advocacy Officer Josh Weiner said about the conference.
"We've seen the barriers and boundaries between this political activism and the classroom break down in a lot of different circumstances. Certainly, the classroom is not the priority. It's a political agenda that's very extreme."
CTU was not listed as an official conference sponsor, although the venue featured union signage and a mannequin wearing a CTU T-shirt, according to the Washington Free Beacon.
Conference rooms were temporarily named by conference organizers for political figures and activists including Fidel Castro, Nicolás Maduro, Cilia Flores, Rasmea Odeh, Ibrahim Traoré and Patrice Lumumba.
Speakers addressed attendees from behind a podium draped in a Palestinian flag. The program included representatives of the U.S. Palestinian Community Network, the Freedom Road Socialist Organization, Anti-War Action Network, Anti-War Committee Chicago, the Chicago Alliance Against Racism and Political Repression, and the Committee to Stop FBI Repression, according to the conference program.
Other speakers were Michigan preschool teacher Jessica Plichta, a member of the Freedom Road Socialist Organization, which describes itself as a Marxist-Leninist organization fighting for socialism. Plichta was arrested on camera immediately after finishing a television news interview in support of Maduro. Police accused her of blocking a roadway and failing to follow commands to move.
Another speaker, U.S. Palestinian Community Network Chairman Hatem Abudayyeh, previously served as a spokesperson for the Rasmea Defense Committee.
Conference resolutions called for ending U.S. aid to Israel, supporting Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) campaigns, and expanding pro-Palestinian activism, while another resolution referred to the Iranian government as "anti-imperialist" and pledged support for Iranian sovereignty, according to NAVI.
Weiner accused the union of intentionally keeping "themselves at arm's length of something" while sharing "the same circles" as organizers.
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"CTU didn't sponsor this conference, they weren't officially a part of it, but that's on purpose to keep themselves at arm's length of something that, clearly, they've been in the same circles as," he said.
NAVI also noted that CTU Vice President Jackson Potter and CORE, the union’s governing caucus, follow Anti-War Committee Chicago on Instagram.
Weiner said children are being taught "that the U.S. is imperialist, that it is the purveyor of violence throughout the world" while "platforming leaders that, frankly, are majorly oppressive."
"Public education is meant to really teach foundational knowledge and formulate our future citizens of our country and to prepare students to be productive, happy, successful citizens within our country and our country is a democratic capitalist system, albeit imperfect, but it still is," he said.
AWAN says on its website that it aims to "build a country-wide movement of people who will fight against U.S. imperialism in the streets and in the halls of power."
Weiner called the conference "the opposite" of what education should look like, saying teachers are "bringing extremism" into the classroom.
"It's totally anti what education is supposed to be about, and this is an intentional play," he said. "These teachers believe education is about teaching kids about power, and how to take back power and where to seek power, and to make it a political act in and of itself."
The conference comes after the Chicago Teachers Union previously faced criticism in April for its collaboration with the National Education Association on a "curriculum build" to bring "social justice into the classroom" ahead of May Day.
But Weiner said the union's tactics won't stop in Chicago, warning that "you're going to see that playbook essentially happen in other cities," adding "It's not as though we think it's going to happen. They're saying, it's going to happen."
"I think every time they push a boundary and break it, you see it pop up somewhere else and you see them pushing the boundaries further," he said.
Fox News Digital reached out to the Chicago Teachers Union and the Anti-War Action Network for comment.
Relationship expert challenges one of America's biggest assumptions about divorce
Divorce is often viewed as the failure of a marriage, a painful last resort that leaves families fractured. One therapist is trying to change that perception through an approach that she calls "compassionate divorce," taking the sting out of ending a marriage by viewing the process in a different way.
"Discovering Diamonds: A Story of Compassionate Divorce" author and therapist Sarene Arias argues that divorce does not mean failure, and that it can be the beginning of a new phase in life rather than the end of one. She often works with couples in crisis through her "diamond workshops" with the goal of helping them define success on their own.
"My work, in the largest sense, is to help to normalize what I call 'compassionate divorce,'" Arias told Fox News Digital.
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While Arias is advocating for a different way of thinking about divorce, Pew Research Center says that Americans have been divorcing less frequently in recent decades. According to Pew, the refined divorce rate, which measures the number of divorces per 1,000 married women ages 15 and older, fell from 20.5 in 2008 to 14.4 in 2023. Researchers suggested the decline may be partly tied to changing marriage patterns.
In her book, Arias explains the origin of her "diamonds" terminology. It came about as she and her now- ex-husband told their children that they had decided to get a divorce. Upon hearing the news, Arias' son, who was seven years old at the time, said that the family was changing shapes from a square to a diamond. Her son explained that in his mind, it was because Arias and her ex-husband were moving further apart, but the unit was "still one family."
"A diamond, black coal forged under years of pressure into a translucent, radiant gem, is a perfect metaphor for Compassionate Divorce. None of us sets out to separate when we commit to marriage, and yet, in some cases, parting ways is the most generous, loving choice a couple can make," Arias wrote in her book.
Arias said her work is not about encouraging couples to separate, but helping couples in crisis determine the healthiest path forward for their families. In her workshops, she defines success not by whether couples stay together, but by whether they are able to create a healthier family dynamic.
"And so, in a diamond workshop, I define success as, you know, that it's really gonna be like 50-50, that half the couples who come through are gonna find that spark and choose to keep growing and healing together and the other half are gonna commit to compassionate divorce," she said.
"We can both feel, we can treat one another with mutual respect and we can work collaboratively to continue to make the best choices for our families even when that sometimes means that the couple needs to split," Arias told Fox News Digital.
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Arias said that approach stands in contrast to the way divorce is often portrayed in pop culture, where separating spouses become adversaries going through lengthy, expensive legal battles that are treated as inevitable. She argues that divorce can instead be handled respectfully and collaboratively.
When asked why couples who can problem-solve and work together in the way that compassionate divorce requires would choose not to stay together, Arias emphasized the difference between preserving a marriage and creating a healthy home.
"That's just not the same thing as a healthy thriving home. And I think it's okay to want for oneself to thrive," she said.
That philosophy extends to the way Arias thinks about children and divorce.
For couples with children who are contemplating ending their marriage, they often wonder how the decision will affect their kids, fearing that it could be a traumatic experience. However, Arias argues that people often conflate the impact of the divorce itself with the conflict that surrounds it.
"Children respond to toxicity in a home," she said. "And that toxicity, if the extent to which the toxicity in the home becomes a contentious divorce, of course that's extremely damaging to kids."
Arias said she has seen firsthand the toll contentious divorces can take on children. By contrast, she said children who experience what she describes as a compassionate divorce often want to understand what is happening, particularly those who are middle school age or older.
She aims to help couples understand that "deciding to change the terms of their relationship, that's on them, it's theirs. And it's separate from the family and the family dynamics."
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Arias said her own divorce helped shape that perspective. More than a decade after separating, she said her ex-husband remains part of her "broader support network," and that the two have a healthier relationship now than they did during their marriage.
"We are way, way way more successful and happy now than we were," she said.
"This sort of binary of married, you know, Disney ending or divorced as failure, that's just not, that's not the real world."
Jerry O'Connell reveals the life decision that transformed him into a family man
Jerry O'Connell knows firsthand how one decision can change everything.
While discussing his new movie, "Summer's Last Resort," now streaming on Tubi, the actor told Fox News Digital that the biggest turning point of his own life was meeting his wife, Rebecca Romijn.
"My wife was definitely the biggest turning point in my life," O'Connell said. "I can't believe that my wife is with me, first of all. Thank you, honey, if you're watching this, thank you for being with me this week."
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The 52-year-old star said meeting his wife forced him to grow up and embrace a future he never saw coming.
"Meeting my wife was one of the biggest turning points of my life. I was very immature," O'Connell admitted. "And then I met my wife, and my wife wanted to start a family… I was like, 'It's not going to get better than this for me, so I might as well settle down.' And I'm so glad I did. We have two great kids, and we have a lot of fun."
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O'Connell and Romijn first met in 2004 at the Maxim Hot 100 party. The couple got engaged the following year before tying the knot in July 2007. They now share 17-year-old twin daughters Charlie and Dolly.
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The themes of family and personal growth also resonated with O'Connell while making "Summer's Last Resort," in which he plays the overenthusiastic boyfriend of a single mom whose relationship is tested by her skeptical teenage daughter.
As the father of twin teenage girls himself, O'Connell said his daughters unknowingly inspired many of his comedic choices in the movie.
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"It's not one scene. I think it's just like an aura," he told Fox News Digital. "I live with teenage girls, my daughters, and they are eternally embarrassed by me. They can't stand my presence. Everything I say is the wrong thing to say."
He continued, "And I really, I really brought that to 'Summer's Last Resort' and our set. Anytime I did a scene with Violet, I thought, 'Oh, what is something my daughters would not talk to me for weeks at a time for?' And I just did that in every scene."
Fatherhood has also changed the way O'Connell approaches parenting, he confessed.
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"They also taught me to give people space... I have to trust my kids — they're pretty good kids," he said. "I have one daughter who was playing volleyball and then wanted to quit volleyball, and I was sort of getting on her for quitting volleyball."
He explained that as his daughters discover new passions, including acting, he's learned to step back.
"I just sort of let them find their own way... I have to trust them. I have to stop telling them what to do. That's something that they taught me. Stop trying to control situations."
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O'Connell also embraced that same philosophy while working alongside young co-star Violet McGraw.
McGraw said watching veteran actors like O'Connell and Sophia Bush work taught her to be more fearless on set.
"Just by watching them, I feel like I learned so much," McGraw said. "Basically just, you can improv, take risks and trust your instincts… just fully go for it and really commit."
O'Connell acknowledged that confidence came with experience.
"When I was a younger actor, I was afraid to, like, go off script and like, goof around," he said. "I think when you're younger, you're sort of… afraid of, like, making too much of a splash. I was just a little quieter. And when I got to set, I wanted to really loosen up for Violet."
McGraw said his example encouraged her to do the same.
"I learned to have more fun with it and with [improvising] that really, really helped."
"Summer's Last Resort" follows a high-strung teenager whose vacation is upended when she's forced to spend time with her free-spirited mother's eager-to-please boyfriend — who also happens to be her vice principal. Determined to break up the romance, she launches a secret sabotage plan that quickly spirals into unexpected lessons about family, love and growing up.
Alongside O'Connell and McGraw, the movie stars Sophia Bush, Tim Rozon and more.
"Summer's Last Resort" is available to stream on Tubi.
Angel Reese dangerously peddles racist conspiracy theory after WNBA coach calls her two words
On a night where Caitlin Clark went off on the court, Angel Reese went off ... off the court.
Is the WNBA a content machine, or what?! Credit where it's due, this league just won't quit. The summertime is their time, and they're not letting it go to waste.
Let's dive in.
Reese and the Atlanta Dream defeated the Toronto Tempo, 111-92, Friday night. Reese finished with 23 points on 7 of 11 shooting, adding 12 rebounds. She was dominant. I'm not here to disparage Reese's play on the floor, because it was excellent.
The stats don't lie. As they say, the numbers are the numbers. Well done, Angel.
Now, it didn't come without controversy. You always need controversy in the WNBA, and it usually has to do with racism. That's the buzz word right now.
Reese and Tempo forward Nyara Sabally collided late in the game, with Sabally suffering a rib injury but ultimately being called for a shooting foul. She eventually had to be helped off the court.
While she was still down, Tempo head coach Sandy Brondello came over to plead her case to the officials, and a hot mic picked up part of the conversation.
That's when Brondello called Reese a "protected species," thus sending the WNBA world into a frenzy because, of course, it was deemed racial.
Take a listen:
"Calling a black woman a species ..." one fan posted on X, to which Reese replied, "ARE WE SURPRISED?!" while also tagging Brondello in the post.
Right on cue! A tale as old as time.
Here's the thing: This wasn't a racist comment. Come on. Context, as always, is important when it comes to these things. Usually, that's when common sense prevails.
Sandy Brondello is Australian. A quick Google search would've shown that the term "protected species" is slang over there for someone who gets preferential treatment. Fans were quick to point that out on social media, by the way. But it fell on deaf ears.
Frankly, it shouldn't have even taken a Google search to figure that out.
"Protected species" is a sports term that's been around forever. It's used all the time in the NFL, specifically with quarterbacks.
Patrick Mahomes is a protected species. It's a running joke during NFL season because defenders seemingly get flagged if they breathe on him.
Tom Brady was a protected species.
LeBron James has spent decades getting calls with his Hall of Fame flopping. He's a protected species.
In baseball, veteran hitters and pitchers routinely get calls other players don't. Veteran players can be considered a protected species. There's a reason Justin Verlander gets a call on the corner when some rookie doesn't.
In college football, you could argue the entire state of Alabama was a protected species during the Nick Saban years.
Again, this isn't a new term. It's not a racist term. It's a sports term that has been around forever.
The problem? Angel Reese is black, and the internet has selective hearing. So, someone posts that she was called a "species," and then Reese peddles the narrative by reposting it with a sarcastic comment and a clown emoji.
That's silly. That's disingenuous. Frankly, it's dangerous.
Earlier this week, a fan got fired from his job because he allegedly sent WNBA player Chelsea Gray a racial slur after a game. She shared it on the internet, it went viral, and the man's job ultimately fired him.
That's fair. If you're going to play stupid games, you're going to win stupid prizes. The proof was in the pudding on that one.
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But this? This is a non-story that Angel Reese chose to breathe life into by pushing the narrative to her 740,000 followers.
Now, nobody is talking about her great game on the floor. Instead, they're only screaming "RACISM!"
Par for the course for the WNBA.
California man admits targeting 3 Subway restaurants for robberies in less than a week, FBI says
A California man admitted Friday to carrying out a string of armed robberies and attempted robberies at three Subway restaurants in the Orange County area.
Freddie Alexander Lopez, 24, of Santa Ana, pleaded guilty to a federal robbery charge after admitting he threatened cashiers with weapons at three Subway restaurants and a donut shop, all over an approximately six-day period.
At each business he targeted, Lopez entered late at night wearing a dark hoodie and a mask, according to the FBI. He would approach the counter, order a bag of chips or another item and wait for the cashier to open the register before brandishing a weapon and demanding money.
Surveillance footage from the businesses, along with cellphone location data placing Lopez near the establishments at the time of the robberies, helped prosecutors link him to the crimes.
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Lopez's spree of robberies began on Jan. 27, 2026, when he walked into a Subway in Santa Ana at 11:57 p.m., according to court records.
After pulling a knife on the cashier, Lopez was able to get away with $300, per the criminal complaint.
During the early morning hours of Jan. 30, Lopez entered a Subway in Fountain Valley and once again demanded money while threatening the cashier with a knife, according to the plea agreement.
"Give me all the money, or I'll hurt you," Lopez said, according to witnesses who spoke with law enforcement.
This time, the cashier refused and shut the cash register, prompting Lopez to flee on foot, according to the criminal complaint.
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Less than 30 minutes later, Lopez robbed a Yum Yum Donuts store about 5-and-a-half miles from the Subway he had just targeted, investigators said.
Two days later, on Feb. 1, Lopez walked into a third Subway restaurant in Anaheim, per the criminal complaint.
Surveillance footage reviewed by the FBI showed Lopez was armed with what appeared to be a black pistol. When the female cashier refused to give him money, the footage showed him jumping over the counter and trying to wrestle the key to the register out of her hand.
After Lopez failed to get the key and could not open the register with the touch screen, he left the restaurant, according to the criminal complaint.
On Feb. 6, the Santa Ana Police Department arrested Lopez during a traffic stop, believing his vehicle was the one that was driven by the suspect in the robberies, according to the FBI.
Officers found what appeared to be "the same handgun, knife, mask, and glasses used during the robberies," the FBI said. Investigators noted that they found a replica gun in his car that appeared to match the one used in the Feb. 1 attempted robbery.
After his arrest, Lopez was released ahead of his trial but was re-arrested on April 30 on the federal robbery charge.
Following his guilty plea, Lopez is scheduled to be sentenced on Oct. 2. He faces a maximum of 20 years in prison.
Kristin Cavallari gets rave reviews for her first pitch at Cubs game, 7'6 15-year-old basketball player & MEAT
The sun is out for now, the Canadian wildfire smoke isn't supposed to be back until tomorrow and it's time for a dog days of summer edition of Saturday Screencaps where we scrape for content during these quiet times.
Let's start by going to Chicago where Kristin Cavallari's first pitch had the Cubs mascot a total mess. I have to give Cavs credit. She has been a complete drama queen over the years, but I'd be lying if I said she hasn't provided us with millions of pageviews. She's an absolute content hall of famer and last night was just another notch on the belt.
Remember, this woman turns 40 in January. She's in rarified air. Typically, at this age, the B and C-listers typically turn into self-help gurus who suddenly start praying to some butterfly goddess while on a retreat in Costa Rica. I've seen it way too often where celebs will waste about a decade from 35-45 b----ing about the government, Trump, etc.
Not Cavs. Just this week, she made headlines where she said her kids can sit in coach while she's in first class on planes. Now she's throwing out a first pitch in shredded jorts. THIS IS CONTENT 101. Keep the content flame burning. Thank you, Cavs.
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– Michael V. says: Hello Joe, hope all is well. Yes I have been to a bowling alley that has pins held up by plastic cords. It was a lucky strike (not sure if that counts as a real bowling alley) close to my house. I prefer bowling on a regular lane because I find the plastic cords get tangled and cause delays in play. AMF offers a great summer deal (#notsponsored) where you pay $50 per person and can play up to 2 games a day everyday until labor day. The pass pays for itself after 3 visits. My daughter and I have done it the past few summers and some of her friends join us now as well. Topgolf has a similar deal that is a bargain as long as you dont buy a lot of food and drinks when you go.
– Chris from California writes: Reading today's column and Justin in Sherwood Park name checked my state and brought up how he feels our state government's mismanaging of things has lead to more wildfires. Sadly, he couldn't be more right.
I've lived in Southern California my entire life and year after year the wildfires seem to be getting worse and worse, yes some of it is environmental and based on the way a bunch of areas have been developed but a huge factor is the way our idiot government does things. I feel like there's three major factors at play, one; there's less controlled burns, clearing of brush, etc. all in the name of helping the environment (that then burns to the ground), two; a lack of oversight and holding utility companies accountable for faulty powerlines, infrastructure and that sort of thing and finally the way we handle water. The most cursory of Google searches will lead you to countless articles about the truly moronic way our state handles water, not routing it where it's truly needed and can actually help the parts of my state that tend to be really dry. At this point, like with most things California does I'm not sure I can even logically explain to use the reasoning behind why any of this is done. I'd like to think I'm a relatively smart, educated person but most of the policies and laws enacted by this state and the reasoning behind it bounce off my brain because they simply don't make any sense. It's like a toddler throwing a box of crayons at a wall and then saying they painted a Picasso.
The only solace I can take is that my state seems to be slowly waking up to just how poorly we are run. There is an honest to God shot at a Republican being elected Governor and with each passing day, as Gavin Newsom gets closer to announcing his run at the Presidency, Republicans are frothing at the mouth and Democrats are trying to gird themselves because they all know if he runs he will get utterly destroyed. All anyone running against him has to do is bring up where California was 8 years ago and where it is now because of his mind-numbingly terrible leadership and he'll be laughed into obscurity.
Also, to chime in on the pool thing, as well as something else that was brought up this week.
I own a pool and I have 3 boys, 14, 12 and 10 so I have a bunch of idiot teenager or almost teenagers over all the time. They all know they can act like idiot teenagers, but there's a rules and limits to make sure they are safe and no one walks away with more than a skinned knee or a wedgie. Their parents all know and support this and likewise if my kids go over to their friends' houses, they know not only do my rules apply, but whatever other rules the people that are hosting them might have as well.
This brings me to the other thing someone brought up about respect and being called, Mr., Mrs., etc. I'm not sure how I got so lucky but I've been very fortunate that all the parents that are part of my kids' friend circles have the same views and rules I do for my kids. You treat all adults with respect and call them Mr. or Mrs. unless they tell you otherwise. You shake hands when you meet them, you follow their rules, etc. It took a bit of getting to know everyone and maybe we all gravitated towards each other because we had the same expectations for our kids and the way they are supposed to interact with society and we subconsciously excluded people that don't hold those same views, but we all feel perfectly comfortable when they are over at each other's houses because we all know there's rules and a level of respect that each of them will observe. This has allowed us to create a nice "bubble" for lack of a better term where they can be moronic teenagers but within limits. It's one thing to throw each other around on the giant trampoline in the backyard, boys will be boys, but the moment someone says stop or an adult tells you to do something, you do it. You treat every house like your own, you clean up after yourself without being asked, you say "please" and "thank you" every time, it's just basic stuff that makes sure no matter the situation or the place they will be civil, respectful and responsible and that it's okay to have fun, but not be dumb about it.
Kids don't have to but when a young man comes up to me, looks me right in the eye, shakes my hand and calls me Mr., that goes a long way towards me being okay with my kids hanging out with him because I know the person that taught the kid that is gonna be pretty inline with my thinking. I'm pretty certain they think the same thing when my kid does it to them. It's a small thing, but it's those small things that add up to a complete, competent, productive, well-rounded member of society.
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– Carl was there: I was at the Blue Angels practice on Wed when the low flyover took place. It was incredible and everyone there loved it. They have two separate groups that practice. First, 4 planes practice (#1,2,3 and 5), then an hour later, they go home and #4 and #6 fly. There was another low pass over the pier that everyone thought the plane was going to hit the pier because it was so low. However, there were no people that far out on the pier because they restrict them to beginning of it. I missed the Thursday practice but people are saying the Blue Angel #3 wasn't there. That is the same plane that did the low flyover. Also, Blue Angel #6 is the loudest, absolutely deafening! The Blue Angels are absolutely amazing.
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That is it this morning. I have a weekend facing me down. It's time to get this published so I can close the laptop. Let's get out there and create some new storylines for next week.
Pratt takes Walz to task in scathing X post over pardoned child rapist: 'Have your hard drives checked'
Former Los Angeles mayoral candidate and reality TV star Spencer Pratt took aim at Minnesota Democratic Gov. Tim Walz in a post that was widely praised by conservatives on social media.
"If you find yourself defending a child molester, saying: ‘WE can’t be judged by OUR worst day’, you probably need to have your hard drives checked," Pratt posted on X on Friday.
Pratt was responding to a clip of Walz defending the pardon of a convicted child rapist, contending that his deportation by the State Department did not make the U.S. safer.
"Did that make us any safer?" Walz questioned. "Did that make the children that are left behind any more stable? Did it improve the idea that we can’t all be judged by our worst day?"
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Pratt’s post quickly spread on social media from other conservatives bashing Walz.
"I couldn’t agree more, @spencerpratt," Republican House Majority Whip Tom Emmer, who represents Minnesota’s 6th Congressional District, posted on X. "Tim Walz has ZERO morals. He is disgrace to Minnesota!"
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"To think... he was almost the Vice President," Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., posted on X.
"I didn’t used to understand the phrase, 'bring common sense to DC,' but it becomes more apparent every day that it’s missing at every level of government," Florida Republican congressional candidate Tim Wilkins posted on X. "This is insanity."
Fox News Digital reached out to Walz’s office for comment.
The Minnesota Board of Pardons, composed of Walz, state Attorney General Keith Ellison and state Chief Justice Natalie Hudson, granted clemency to Laotian national Tou Lue Vang, 42, on June 10. Vang was scheduled to be deported from the United States before the pardon.
Vang was convicted for repeatedly raping a 10-year-old girl between 2002 and 2004, and told authorities after he was arrested that "it is a cultural thing... to marry and have sex with girls as young as 12."
Secretary of State Marco Rubio stepped in to terminate Tou Lue Vang's legal status in the U.S. and ensure that Walz's actions would not create roadblocks for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) removing him from the country before Vang was ultimately deported.
Pratt has been increasingly active in politics on social media since finishing third in the Los Angeles mayoral primary and recently met with President Donald Trump in the Oval Office which increased speculation that another political run could be in his future.
"I will never stop fighting for my community," Pratt captioned the photo of the meeting on X.
Fox News Digital’s Peter D’Abrosca contributed to this report.
US forest service workers kidnapped, ziptied for hours by father-son duo: California AG
A father-son duo in California allegedly kidnapped a pair of U.S. forest service workers, U.S. Attorney Eric Grant said in a press conference.
Joseph Charles Henrichsen, 49, and his son Phoenix Henrichsen allegedly took the two federal workers hostage inside a trailer in a rural area near Mt. Shasta.
The FBI deployed a hostage negotiator from Quantico to coordinate with local authorities. The authorities negotiated the hostages' release after hours of talks with the kidnappers.
The elder Henrichsen demanded to speak with the FBI after ziptying the hostages and holding them inside a trailer near Gumboot Lake in northern California's Shasta Trinity National Forest.
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A Forest Services employee called authorities shortly before 11 a.m. local time on Thursday to notify them of the kidnapping. The FBI secured the release of one of the hostages at 1:50 a.m. on Friday and the second hostage 15 minutes later. The alleged kidnappers surrendered themselves to the FBI at 2:30 a.m.
"I’m grateful beyond words that both of our Forest Service employees taken hostage on the Shasta-Trinity National Forest are home safe," Forest Service Chief Tom Schultz said in a statement.
"This was a frightening experience for everyone involved. Their well-being continues to be our highest priority. We’re staying close to them and their loved ones, making sure they have the support and the space that they need after what they’ve been through," he concluded.
The FBI does not yet know what the kidnappers' motivation is or why they requested to speak with the FBI.
"The United States Attorney's Office intends to charge both men by criminal complaint with kidnapping a federal employee under Title 18, United States Code, Section 1201(a)(5)," Grant said during a Friday press conference.
Fox News Digital contacted the FBI and the US Forest Service for additional comment.