County archaeologists have recently dated the remains of a Viking ship burial on a small island called Leka and found it to be the oldest one in all of Scandinavia. In fact‚ it dates back so far‚ there’s a technical question about whether or not one can even call it a Viking ship burial‚ because […] The post Archeologists Confirm Oldest Viking Ship Burial in All Scandinavia–Could Rewrite the Viking Age appeared first on Good News Network.

Have you ever watched your cat parade around with a toy in its mouth‚ all the while meowing as if announcing an important event? You might wonder if your furry friend is attempting to communicate something vital or just acting on quirky feline instincts. It turns out there’s more to this odd ritual than meets...

If you're tired of censorship and dystopian threats against civil liberties‚ subscribe to Reclaim The Net. Meta‚ the parent company of Facebook‚ is currently under scrutiny for removing an episode of “Peace Talk‚” a podcast dedicated to Jewish-Muslim coexistence‚ citing violation of its community guidelines on “dangerous individuals and organizations.” As reported by The Telegraph‚ the episode‚ addressing the October 7 2023 Hamas attack on Israel‚ featured diverse opinions opposing Hamas‚ identified as a terrorist organization in several countries. Its content included an examination of the Hamas charter and its worldwide call for “jihad” through acts of “solidarity.” The podcast is co-hosted by Jonathan Sacerdoti‚ a British Jewish journalist‚ and Moataz Khalil‚ a Muslim Egyptian journalist. Their latest episode‚ shared on YouTube‚ Spotify‚ and Facebook‚ was promptly removed from Facebook. The removal notice indicated a breach of policies against promoting or supporting dangerous individuals or groups. The episode featured guests like Professor Kobi Michael from the Institute for National Security Studies (INSS) and Fatema Al Harbi‚ a Bahraini EU Peace Ambassador. These guests contributed to the show’s focus on challenging extremist ideologies but promoting dialogue in the Middle East. Sacerdoti‚ an advocate for Holocaust education and coexistence‚ alongside Khalil‚ criticized Facebook’s decision as overly restrictive and indiscriminate. Sacerdoti‚ with extensive experience in Middle Eastern reporting‚ expressed shock at the censorship of their podcast‚ which aims to voice opposition to Islamism‚ extremism‚ and terrorism. He encouraged audiences to access the podcast on other platforms to bypass Meta’s censorship. The post Meta Censors Jewish and Muslim Co-Existence Podcast appeared first on Reclaim The Net.

If you're tired of censorship and dystopian threats against civil liberties‚ subscribe to Reclaim The Net. The Intercept recently obtained a document that sheds light on the Israeli military’s stringent censorship policies during its conflict with Hamas in Gaza. This document was issued by the Israeli military to the media as part of the operation named “Swords of Iron.” The document’s existence and the specific restrictions it imposes represent a significant development in the Israeli government’s approach to controlling information during times of conflict. Authored in English‚ the directive from the Israeli Chief Censor‚ Brigadir Gen. Kobi Mandelblit‚ lists eight specific topics that the media are not allowed to report on without prior approval. These topics encompass a range of sensitive subjects‚ including the use and capture of IDF weapons‚ details about Israeli hostages in Gaza‚ and information regarding cyberattacks and rocket strikes against strategic targets in Israel. Michael Omer-Man‚ an expert on Israeli media and the director of research at Democracy in the Arab World Now (DAWN)‚ noted the unusual nature of this directive. The memo‚ according to him‚ represents a departure from the general and more limited communications historically issued by the censor. This revelation comes amid reports of increasing censorship during the ongoing conflict. Guy Lurie of the Israel Democracy Institute disclosed that since the start of the war‚ over 6‚500 news items have been censored or partially censored‚ a significant increase from the period preceding the conflict. This trend of heightened censorship raises concerns about the freedom of the press and the Israeli public’s access to unfiltered information about the conflict. The Israeli Military Censor‚ a unit within the IDF’s Military Intelligence Directorate‚ has long played a role in monitoring and controlling media coverage related to military operations. The recent actions‚ however‚ have intensified the debate over the balance between national security and freedom of the press. The self-censorship often practiced by Israeli journalists‚ as pointed out by Omer-Man‚ further complicates the issue‚ as it reflects a broader‚ more pervasive influence of the censor beyond its formal directives. The post Israeli Military Censor Bans Reporting on Eight Specific Subjects Related to War With Hamas appeared first on Reclaim The Net.

As it is today‚ entertainment was an important part of life in the 19th century—and for soldiers stationed far from home‚ even the smallest distraction from homesickness was essential. Limited options were readily available‚ however. Antebellum audiences in some regions‚ for example‚ could enjoy a visit by the traveling Zouaves of Inkerman—French Zouaves who had teamed with their British allies during the Crimean War to defeat Imperial Russian forces at the November 1854 Battle of Inkerman. Those Gallic troops donned exotic uniforms patterned after ones worn by French Algerian soldiers‚ a style of dress that found immediate favor among military forces on both sides in the upcoming Civil War. In early 1861‚ a newspaper in Memphis‚ Tenn.‚ touted the arrival of the Zouaves of Inkerman in a newly built theater‚ enticing audiences with notice that the shows were to run for only two days and would be a “grand military spectacle in five and seven Acts Tableaux‚” that the performance would “commence with the French Vaudeville of La Corde Sensible” and that “Zouave Frederick” would perform La Marseillaise. At the time‚ such live-action shows involving military drill‚ fancy costumes‚ and historical recitations by dramatic actors were cutting-edge entertainment. Prior to the Civil War‚ technology known as “polyoramas” catapulted to fame as a feature at Niblo’s Garden in New York City. Founder William Niblo had emigrated from Ireland to New York in the early 19th century‚ and after a short stint working at a small tavern‚ he bought his own facility and dubbed it Bank Coffee House‚ eventually expanding his empire to include the Columbian Gardens‚ an all-weather entertainment facility. Both locales would host plays‚ concerts‚ and eventually polyoramas. Polyoramas enjoyed increased exposure as the century progressed. Often called “Moving Panoramas‚” they were 360-degree panoramic paintings to be shown in cylindrical buildings constructed specifically for that purpose. Special equipment would maneuver the painting in a circle before a seated audience. What caused the medium’s popularity to grow was an owner’s ability to transport the apparatus to other cities across the nation‚ and innovations that eliminated the need to operate only in a round structure. Replacing the larger viewing area was a box-like window behind which the canvas would rotate. Long strips of painted canvas would be moved across the stage horizontally using a cranking mechanism‚ visible through the “window” opening. To not be distractions‚ the device and musicians were secreted away.  Initially‚ polyoramas portrayed signature battles from across the ocean‚ such as Waterloo or the 1805 naval battle of Trafalgar. Wagons would transport the large paintings and corresponding hardware‚ along with a small crew‚ to each venue. Because of Niblo’s widespread name recognition‚ each traveling group would tout a partnership with him‚ whether real or not. Viewings in a particular city would usually last about a week. A New View of War This polyorama show‚ which took place in Wilmington‚ Del.‚ during the war’s third anniversary‚ covered a lot of ground‚ from Fort Sumter to the Union victories at Gettysburg and Vicksburg. The war’s fourth year would include many more tales of despair and heroism. Once the Civil War began‚ the subject matter of the polyoramas increased substantially. The variety of battles available for display with a war in their backyard allowed viewers more opportunity to learn what had really transpired at the event. As one such demonstration beginning May 11‚ 1863‚ in Cleveland‚ Ohio‚ was advertised: “This is the Most Complete Exhibition Now Before the Public! Accurate‚ Authentic &; Comprehensive‚ from the First Dread Signal at Sumter to the Battle of Fredericksburg‚ Profuse with Dioramic Effects‚ entirely new and on a scale magnificent and surprising The Thunder of Artillery and The Din of the Battle Field are realized with a vividness so nearly approaching Reality that the audience seem to realize the work of carnage as if the scene of life and death was Actually Before Them.” The group would play “popular and appropriate music” that would accompany each painting‚ in addition to a “Patriotic Descriptive Lecture” delivered by “Mr. John Davies (late of the Boston Museum) whose delineations of these pictures have won for him the appreciation of many thousands in the cities of New York‚ Pittsburgh‚ Cincinnati‚ Cleveland and Chicago‚ where they have been exhibited with great success and pronounced unrivaled and unapproachable.” This particular polyorama company would occasionally be accompanied by Miss Viola‚ the “highly celebrated Patriotic Ballad Singer” and Mrs. Hattie Pomeroy‚ the “Popular Songstress.” Traveling shows were a success across the nation and beyond during the war. In January 1864‚ for example‚ “Honolulu residents learned about the Civil War by viewing J.W. Wilder &; Co.’s Polyorama depicting ‘The Terrible Rebellion.’ Narration and music accompanied a series of interlocking painted images drawn across the stage of the Royal Hawaiian Theater.” Advertisements promised a survey of the war‚ east to west‚ land and sea‚ including the “Great Naval Combat between the Iron-Clad Monsters‚ The Monitor and The Merrimac!” Viewers would be informed of “key political figures‚ comic scenes in camp life‚ and sad and mournful events‚ all for just $.50.” While stationed in Baton Rouge‚ 38th Massachusetts Private Lewis Josselyn marveled upon seeing a polyorama of the March 1862 Monitor-Merrimac showdown. Some portrayals made a strong impression on the audience. One such individual was Lewis Josselyn‚ a shoemaker-turned-private in the 38th Massachusetts Infantry stationed in Baton Rouge‚ La.‚ who wrote a letter to his mother after seeing a polyorama presentation in town. The 21-year-old Josselyn provided a wonderful blow-by-blow account of the legendary March 9‚ 1862‚ naval battle at Hampton Roads‚ Va: “Last night Butt and I went to a show that is now here for a few nights. It was a Poly[o]rama (they call it) of the war from New York. It was paintings the same as a panorama or I could not see any difference in it. It was the best show of the kind that I ever saw. The paintings were as natural as life. One of the pieces was a fight between the Monitor and Merrimack. It first showed the Cumberland (the one that Hugh was in) and Congress in the Hampton Roads rocking in the water. The waves looked as if it was the sea itself. Then in steamed the Merrimack‚ going up to the Congress as if to run into and sink her‚ but the Congress then was aground and she dare not venture up to her‚ so she turns upon the Cumberland and runs into her‚ and then runs back and tries it again‚ this time making a hole in the Cumberland‚ and she sinks‚ with her colors still flying at the mast. “The Monitor now comes in‚ and engages the Merrimack. She finally finds the Yankee cheese box too much for her and she has to retreat. As she does so‚ she fires a shell at the Congress and sets it on fire and is destroyed. This was done the best of anything of the kind I ever saw. I go to the theater every few nights. They now have it closed to us and our boys go as guard. I could go every night if I wanted to‚ but I don’t want to go every night unless they are going to play something pretty good – better than generally is for it is a poor theatre.” Some shows became semi-permanent fixtures in large cities. Cutting’s Polyorama of the War was so popular in New Orleans that the manager of the St. Charles Theatre announced that Mr. Cutting would be giving presentations there “until further notice.” Not all the viewers‚ however‚ were enamored with these shows‚ such as this mixed review in the Tunkhannock‚ Pa.‚ newspaper in 1865: “Hasty &; Twombly spread what they called a Polyorama of the War‚ before a crowd of the curious‚ on Wednesday and Thursday evening last. It was evidently meant to represent a fight of some kind‚ but whether some of the great battles of our civil war‚ of the Crimean war or a Tunkhannock plug muss‚ we could not determine. Their closing scene‚ ‘Unnamed Heroes‚’ was good‚ and worth the price of admission; the rest was a bore.” While polyorama shows like the one Private Josselyn saw in Baton Rouge were captivating‚ others were duds for assorted reasons‚ or only partially interesting like the aforementioned Tunkhannock presentation. To offset potentially dull shows with poorly skilled narrators‚ uninspiring music‚ or ineffective paintings‚ additions were sometimes included to augment interest—though some demonstrations echoed a P.T. Barnum sideshow. For example‚ Morton &; Co.’s “Polyorama of the Rebellion” offered viewing of “The Famous Little Zouave Twins”—an infant drummer and fifer “who led the decisive and immortal charge of the 19th Illinois at Murfreesboro‚ Tenn. They appear in full costume and go through the Zouave drill at the bugle call. Bayonet‚ small broad-sword exercise‚ and at one time play upon the instruments which compose a full band…” This presentation in Red Wing‚ Minn.‚ was promoted heavily by the local press as “highly spoken of” and urged citizens to “Go and see it!” Viewings in a particular city would usually last about a week. Rise of the Cycloramas After the war‚ audience attendance waned as people grew tired of seeing reminders of the hardships of war. The lull did not last too long‚ however‚ with a resurgence in the 1880s. New and old companies rose to the occasion and started traveling the country again. Traditional round buildings also reappeared‚ but now audiences would stand at the center as the painting rotated before them. The basic premise of the display slightly changed along with the name of polyorama being switched to cyclorama‚ although they were very similar in nature. A cyclorama did have the addition of dioramas of the contested battle areas to bolster the visual effects. This rotund cyclorama building was built after the war in the shadow of the Washington Monument‚ on Washington‚ D.C.’s Mall. No longer there‚ it housed a colorful 360-degree look at the August 1862 Second Battle of Bull Run. In 1885‚ the Philadelphia Panorama Company constructed a cyclorama of the Battle of Chattanooga in both Philadelphia and Kansas City‚ Mo. A few years later‚ a cyclorama was constructed and painted of the devastating 1876 Battle of Little Bighorn focusing on the loss of George Armstrong Custer and his command. Over the next decade‚ hundreds of cycloramas were created‚ of which only about 30 survive today. The most realistic cyclorama was probably the re-creation of the classic story of Ben-Hur‚ written by former Union Maj. Gen. Lew Wallace. Real horses and chariots were used within the background of a cyclorama painting. This method exceeded all previous incarnations to the medium and allowed the pubic to experience the best example in lieu of actually being at the dramatic fictional event written in the book. French artist Paul Philippoteaux poses on a ladder while working on the Gettysburg Cyclorama. Two cycloramas depicting Civil War events still exist today and are open to the public: one representing the monumental July 1863 Battle of Gettysburg‚ the other the July 1864 Battle of Atlanta. The painting of the Gettysburg conflict was the work of French artist Paul Dominique Philippoteaux‚ who concentrated his efforts on the climactic Confederate attack famously known as Pickett’s Charge. Once the Frenchman finished his artwork‚ the painting stood 22 feet high and 279 feet in circumference. Among veterans of the battle whom Philippoteaux interviewed to provide more realistic scenes were Union Generals Winfield S. Hancock‚ Abner Doubleday‚ O.O. Howard‚ and Alexander S. Webb. For further detail‚ Philippoteaux also took photographs of the terrain upon which the charge took place. Realism was considered essential‚ as the cyclorama included artifacts and sculptures‚ including stone walls‚ fences‚ and trees. Recently restored‚ it is currently on display at the Gettysburg National Military Park Museum and Visitors Center. The Battle of Atlanta Cyclorama‚ 49 feet high and more than 100 yards long‚ was also recently restored. Augmented by modern technology‚ it is on display at the Atlanta History Center. The American Panorama Company of Milwaukee hired 17 German artists with a penchant for beer to create the painting. It took the painters nearly five months and many cases of beer to complete the detailed painting. It debuted in Minneapolis in 1886. Due to its initial location in Minnesota and the efforts to attract Northern tourists‚ the focus of the events during the Battle of Atlanta concentrated on the Northern perspective‚ with highlighted Union military personnel and the Confederate side painted a bit more shadowy and vague. When the massive painting was relocated to Atlanta‚ it was billed locally as “the only Confederate victory ever painted” to appeal to audiences in its new Southern venue‚ although the original battle was certainly not victorious for the boys in gray.  This article first appeared in America’s Civil War magazine See more stories SubscriBE NOW!   Richard H. Holloway is a frequent ACW contributor. Check out his article on George Custer at historynet.com/east-west-rivalry-civil-war.

Alcatraz‚ nicknamed ‘The Rock’‚ is a notoriously harsh former prison house situated on an island off San Francisco’s coast. Although the site had been a US military base since 1853‚ 90 years ago on 1 January 1934‚ the US government made the site a Federal prison. During this time‚ Alcatraz held some of America’s most infamous criminals‚ including the gangsters Al Capone‚ Robert Stroud and George ‘Machine Gun’ Kelly.  Surrounded by treacherous waters‚ outfitted with the latest security technology‚ and strictly managed‚ Alcatraz was deemed ‘escape-proof’. During its 29 years in operation‚ there were 14 recorded escape attempts involving 36 inmates‚ yet no successful escapes have ever been officially confirmed. Among the attempts‚ 23 inmates were captured‚ 7 were fatally shot as they fled‚ and at least 3 drowned. However‚ one escape attempt resulted in the disappearance of escapees Frank Morris and Clarence and John Anglin. Presumed drowned‚ their bodies were never recovered‚ leaving their fate shrouded in mystery. Amidst such tight security‚ how did these men break out of Alcatraz‚ and is there a chance they’re still on the run? The men involved Following its designation as a Federal prison‚ Alcatraz was reinforced with tougher iron bars‚ and a series of strategically positioned guard towers. Along with strict rules on inmates behaviour which included multiple checks each day of the prisoners‚ it was the ultimate maximum security prison. Frank Morris‚ a convict with a history of bank robbery‚ burglary‚ and repeated prison escapes‚ arrived at Alcatraz in January 1960. Later that year he was joined by John Anglin‚ followed by John’s brother Clarence in early 1961. Their fellow inmate‚ Allen West‚ had been incarcerated at Alcatraz since 1957. The 4 men knew each other well from prior incarcerations. Assigned to adjoining cells‚ the men spoke at night and began hatching an escape plan‚ with Morris‚ known for his intellect‚ taking the lead in the planning. Left: Frank Morris‚ Centre: John Anglin‚ Right: Clarence Anglin‚ Inset: Allen West (who did not manage to escape with the others)Image Credit: Wikimedia Commons / US Federal Government / Public Domain (Allen West c/o Earl Of Sandwish / CC BY-SA 4.0) The escape On 12 June 1962‚ a routine morning bed check revealed that three prisoners were no longer in their cells. Instead‚ each cell contained a dummy papier-mâché head‚ which had deceived the night guards into thinking the prisoners were in their beds. Upon the discovery‚ Alcatraz immediately went into lockdown‚ and an intensive search was launched. The FBI were called into help‚ leveraging their nationwide offices to review their records of the missing prisoners and provide any information on their previous escape attempts (all three had made them before). They also interviewed the prisoners’ relatives‚ and advised nearby boat operators to lookout for debris. The next morning‚ sailors on a merchant freighter reported seeing a body floating in the bay‚ yet this slipped beneath the waves before it could be recovered.  On 14 June‚ a packet of letters related to the men sealed in rubber was recovered‚ and the Coast Guard found some paddle-like pieces of wood floating in the water. Six days later‚ bits of rubber inner-tube washed-up on the shore near the Golden Gate Bridge‚ and the next day a homemade life-vest was also discovered near Cronkhite Beach. Over the next 10 days‚ the land‚ air‚ and sea surrounding Alcatraz and beyond were extensively searched – to no avail. How did they escape? With the aid of the Coast Guard‚ Bureau of Prison authorities‚ and others – including inmate Allen West‚ who had not made it out of his cell in time to join the escapees – the FBI gradually pieced together the intricate escape plot. Reportedly‚ the men had begun planning their escape the preceding December after stumbling upon discarded saw blades from the prison workshops and metal spoons from the dining hall. Using these to craft a makeshift drill from the motor of a broken vacuum cleaner‚ they carefully loosened the air vents under their sinks‚ concealing the drilled holes with painted cardboard. (To hide the noise they made drilling‚ Morris played his accordion during music hour – an hour each day when music was piped into the prison to calm the prisoners. Behind the cells lay an unguarded utility corridor‚ which they accessed‚ eventually reaching the roof of their cell block. The men crafted papier-mâché versions of their heads (made from toilet paper‚ soap‚ toothpaste‚ along with flesh-tone paint from the maintenance workshop and real human hair collected from the floor of the prison barbershop)‚ and stuffed clothes and towels under their blankets‚ to fool guards into thinking they were asleep in their beds when instead they were on the roof‚ secretly building and hiding the tools needed for their escape.  Left: The image‚ taken in Clarence Anglin’s cell‚ shows how the dummy heads were arranged to fool the guards into thinking the inmates were still asleep. Right: Profile of the dummy head found in Morris’ cell.Image Credit: Both: U.S. Marshals Their months of undetected labour included crafting over 50 prison-issued World War Two-era raincoats (made from cotton with rubber backing) into makeshift life-jackets and a rubber raft‚ with its seams stitched together and sealed by the prison’s hot steam pipes. They also constructed wooden paddles and repurposed a concertina stolen from another inmate to inflate their raft. Using a network of pipes‚ they were able to climb to the ceiling (approx 9 metres high) and pry open the ventilator at the top of the shaft‚ temporarily securing it by fashioning a fake bolt from soap. On the evening of 11 June 1962‚ their raft was ready and they initiated their plan. Allen West was thwarted when discovering the loose cement used to reinforce the concrete surrounding his vent had hardened‚ preventing his escape. However‚ the three others squeezed through their cell’s vents‚ got into the utility corridor‚ collected their equipment‚ and crawled up the ventilator pipes to the prison roof. From there‚ they slid down the bakery smokestack pipe at the back of the cell house‚ scaled two 12-foot barbed wire fences‚ and stealthily made their way to the island’s northeast shore where searchlights couldn’t pick them out. From there‚ they launched their raft into the Pacific Ocean – all undetected by the prison’s security system. Alcatraz cell containing an escape hole used by the 1962 escapees.Image Credit: Shutterstock What officially happened? What happened to the escapees remains a mystery. They had planned to reach Angel Island‚ then cross the Raccoon Strait into Marin County‚ yet the FBI’s investigation concluded that it was unlikely they made it.  Whilst some believed the men could have survived‚ the FBI claimed that the strong currents and cold Bay water stacked the odds against them‚ especially when pieces of raft and paddles washed up near Angel Island which they claimed indicated the men had drowned or died of hypothermia. Inmate West had revealed the men’s plan was to steal clothes and a car once making it to land‚ yet seemingly no matching thefts were uncovered. The men’s families lacked the financial means to support the men‚ and over 17 years‚ no credible evidence emerged suggesting the men were still alive. Surveillance never detected them in their hometowns or at family gatherings. The FBI officially closed the case on 31 December 1979‚ transferring it to the US Marshal Service‚ who vowed to continue the investigation until 2030‚ when all the men would be over 100 years old. Why do some think the escapees actually made it? Since the escape‚ doubts persist regarding the FBI’s claim of the escapee’s deaths. No bodies were recovered from the Bay‚ and the US Marshals Service suggested the raft and paddle might have been found on Angel Island itself‚ with footsteps leading away. Furthermore‚ a stolen car matched descriptions of a vehicle taken by 3 men in Marin County‚ who reportedly almost caused a collision that night. Over 50 years later‚ the Anglin family also provided evidence the men might have survived. Clarence and John Anglin’s mother had apparently received Christmas cards and postcards signed by them for 3 years after the escape‚ along with a bunch of flowers sent to her anonymously every year until her death in 1973. At her funeral‚ two very tall men in heavy makeup were believed by family to be Clarence and John in disguise. Numerous investigations followed tips‚ including a 1975 photo by a childhood friend‚ claiming to depict the Anglin brothers at a bar in Brazil. An analyst hired by the Anglin family verified the photograph’s legitimacy‚ although the FBI did not. In 1989‚ Robert Anglin (brother to Clarence and John) claimed two men turned up to view the body of his dead father‚ wept‚ and left. That same year‚ two women claimed to have seen them on a farm in Florida‚ although no trace was found. Someone claiming to be John Anglin wrote a letter to San Francisco’s police department in 2018‚ declaring that all three prisoners had survived their escape‚ but that he was the only one still alive‚ and would hand himself in in return for medical treatment. The FBI doubt the letter is real following inconclusive handwriting analysis‚ and never heard from him again.  In June 2022‚ age-processed images of the men‚ who by now would be in their nineties‚ were released. These are significant‚ indicating there may be a potentially credible tip that at least one of the men is still alive‚ and highlighting the manhunt continues. Not long after the escape‚ Alcatraz was closed in 1963 – apparently due to financial reasons. However‚ mysteries continue to surround Alcatraz as many of the prison’s documents remain missing. The fate of Alcatraz’s most notorious escapees remains unknown.

It was a challenging task but an esteemed panel of NewsBusters editors led by MRC President L.Brent Bozell and MRC’s Vice President for Research and Publications Brent Baker boiled down all the biased outbursts from lefty hack hosts‚ anchors‚ reporters and pundits in 2023 and on December 18 announced The Brian Stelter Memorial Award for Quote of the Year.   Of course‚ every year there is way too much bias for just one category. So Baker led a panel of NewsBusters editors to break down the Worst of 2023 into eight additional categories (The Craziest Analysis Award; The Damn Those Conservatives Award; The Joy of Hate Award for Joy Reid Rants; The Jihadist Journalism Award for Helping Hamas; The Damning Florida’s Dictator Award; The Praising and Protecting Old Joe Award; The Cursing the Conservative Court Award and the Celebrity Freak-Outs Award).   Today we present the WORST OF 2023: Celebrity Freak-Out Award. Without further ado here is the winner (followed by the top runners-up):   WINNER         Actress Jane Fonda: “We’re not going back. I don’t care what the laws are. We’re not going back….It’s true. It’s the truth. We’re not going to do it. We’re going to fight.”Co-host Joy Behar: “Besides marching and protesting‚ what else do you suggest?”Fonda: “Well‚ it does involve murder.”Actress Lily Tomlin: “Well‚ it doesn’t happen overnight. It’s not a miraculous – What did you say?”Fonda: “Murder.” Behar: “She’s kidding. Wait a second‚ she’s just kidding.”— ABC’s The View‚ March 10.    RUNNERS-UP   “So‚ here’s something really scary. Mike Johnson‚ he’s the Republican Party new head chief over there in the House. This came out‚ he was talking to a prayer group. He said ‘depraved America deserves God’s wrath’ — came out there‚ exactly sounds like Bin Laden. Now‚ the Republican guy sounds like bin Laden and Trump sounds like Hitler.”— Host Bill Maher on HBO’s Real Time‚ November 17.   “If you vote for anyone but Joe Biden‚ you are voting to destroy American Democracy.”— November 17 tweet by director/actor Rob Reiner.   “Call it what it is. Anti-CRT policies are an attack on black history and an attempt to erase the contributions of black people from the history books. That’s what it is. You are trying to erase black people and a lot of black people wouldn’t mind some of that erasure‚ as long as that black person is Clarence Thomas.”— Comedian Roy Wood Jr. at the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner‚ April 29.   “Oh say can you see by the blood in the streets / That this place doesn’t smile on you colored child / Whose blood built this land with sweat and their hands / But we’ll die in this place and your memory erased / Oh say‚ does this truth hold any weight / This is not the land of the free‚ but the home of the slaves!”— Singer Jill Scott re-writing the lyrics to the National Anthem when she performed it at the Essence Festival‚ June 30.   “A new Wall Street Journal poll says that‚ in a hypothetical GOP primary matchup‚ DeSantis beats the former president 52 percent to 38 percent. Yay? Also maybe boo? It’s hard to know who to root for here. It’s like a poll between gonorrhea and a slightly more racist gonorrhea….Apologies to gonorrhea.”— Host Stephen Colbert on CBS’s The Late Show with Stephen Colbert‚ December 14‚ 2022.

No one would blame Carolina Panthers owner David Tepper for being frustrated. After yet another embarrassing loss to the Jaguars on Sunday‚ his team clinched the worst record in the NFL this year. However‚ unlike most teams that end up with the worst record in the league‚ his team will not be rewarded with the top pick in the NFL draft‚ because the Panthers traded away this year's pick in order to move up in last year's draft to draft Bryce Young with the number one overall pick. Young‚ meanwhile‚ has struggled mightily this year‚ including in yesterday's game where he threw for a paltry 112 yards with no touchdowns and an interception. However‚ the way in which Tepper expressed his frustration may get Tepper in hot water with the league after he was caught on video throwing his drink on some Jaguars fans who were sitting outside his luxury box at the game. The video was originally posted to instagram by user c_honsberger‚ and appears to have occurred with about three minutes left in the game after Young threw his interception. It is unclear what may have happened before the incident between Tepper and the fans outside his box to spark the incident. #Panthers owner David Tepper caught on video throwing drink on Jacksonville Jaguars fan #shorts #nfl www.youtube.com After the video circulated on social media‚ the NFL issued a statement saying they were "aware of the video" but declining further comment. The Panthers and Tepper also refused requests for comment from numerous media outlets in the wake of the incident. Tepper isn't the only person associated with the Panthers who expressed his frustration in less than productive ways Sunday. Young was caught on video throwing a tablet in frustration after being sacked. Frustrations boiling over for Bryce Young as he smashes his tablet on the sideline.\n\nIt\xe2\x80\x99s been a rough rookie year for him. — (@) The Panthers are currently 2-14. Every other team in the NFL has won at least four games. The Panthers have not made the playoffs once since Tepper bought the team in 2018‚ but he did promise that the team would win multiple Super Bowls with Young at quarterback. While Young has struggled this year‚ some of the blame for those struggles may well lie at the feet of the rest of his team‚ which has also struggled mightily in every facet of the game this season. C.J. Stroud‚ who was taken with the number two pick after Young‚ has flourished in Houston‚ throwing 21 touchdowns versus only five interceptions and posting the sixth-best quarterback rating in the league as a rookie.

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