Tuesday, June 9, 2026

NASA announces astronauts for its Artemis III mission to test new moon landers

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The crew is expected to launch into Earth orbit next year to conduct demonstrations with one or both of the lunar landers that SpaceX and Blue Origin are building.

Problems at ICE facility include guard who lost loaded weapon, failure to test for tuberculosis, report says

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 Problems at ICE facility include guard who lost loaded weapon, failure to test for tuberculosis, report says

Republican Steve Hilton to face Democrat Xavier Becerra in California governor’s race

 

U.S. Central Command said earlier that two crew members were rescued by an unmanned boat after the aircraft went down off the coast of Oman.
Vessels in the Strait of Hormuz near the beach of Bandar Abbas
NBC News’ Courtney Kube explains the latest escalation between U.S. and Iran

NBC News projected Tuesday that Hilton, a former Fox News host, will advance from a crowded all-party primary field to advance to the general election.
 
Platner faces key test in Maine’s Senate primary
Four states head to the polls, with Maine’s Senate race capturing national attention and Trump picking sides in South Carolina’s race for governor.
 
 

I woke up to a lot of new snow on Mt. Shasta from the rain yesterday on the mountain and in town

This was a nice thing after all the rain. A few hours before we had Tule Fog which I had never seen in Mt. Shasta before when I lived here full time. My friend said it doesn't come up as far as his property altitude wise but he saw it this morning. From where we are staying in town the fog was so thick that you couldn't see the mountain at all. Yesterday we couldn't see the mountain at all but that's because it was raining in town and snowing on the mountain. 

Drove to Redding for last appointment with Robotics hernia surgeon since operation in late March. He said everything looked great and I could pretty much return to normal as everything has healed up well. Today I drove up to Bunny Flat with a friend of mine and we met people from Maryland on a 10 week tour of all the National Parks in the western United States which sounded like a really fun idea for retired people who have enough money and who have their health. 

In 2022 my wife and I and my friend and his girlfriend took a 5 week trip. We first went to Lake Tahoe from the SF Bay area and then drove through Nevada and a part of Idaho through Twin Falls on the way to Teton national Park  where we met our friends in their car and then Yellowstone national Park and then Glacier National Park and then up towards Calgary (which I had never seen before this trip) and finally over to Banff and Lake Louise. Lake Louise is a turquoise colored lake caused by Glaciers grinding up the local rock surfaces over thousands to millions of years. Then my friends went to play some concerts in Washington and other places while we headed towards Seattle and then Portland and home after going over to Bainbridge Island on a Ferry from Seattle with our car. 

Israel orders evacuation of a city once besieged by Alexander the Great and the Crusaders

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 Israel orders evacuation of a city once besieged by Alexander the Great and the Crusaders

U.S. launches new attacks on Iran in response to downing of helicopter, CENTCOM says

 

U.S. Central Command said earlier that two crew members were rescued by an unmanned boat after the aircraft went down off the coast of Oman.
Vessels in the Strait of Hormuz near the beach of Bandar Abbas
NBC News’ Courtney Kube explains the latest escalation between U.S. and Iran

Trump has filed 52 civil complaints against Naturalized citizens compared with 24 during the entire 4 years of Biden

 Since the beginning of President Donald Trump's second term in office, his administration has filed 52 civil complaints against naturalized citizens who committed crimes compared to 24 civil complaints during the four years of the preceding Biden administration, according to the DOJ.

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Trump has moved to denaturalize more citizens than during the entire Biden administration

 

Trump has moved to denaturalize more citizens than during the entire Biden administration

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Trump has moved to denaturalize more citizens than during the entire Biden administration

 

 

Trump tapping Bill Pulte to lead ODNI has endangered renewal of the spy program.