While we Knight Rider fans have been hearing this same headline for nearly two decades now, it looks like the creators of the hit YouTube/Netflix series Cobra Kai may finally be turbo boosting or crane kicking (choose your pun) the effort.We GenX fans have been eager to see K.I.T.T. ski mode into the silver screen and the television series in 2008 was a good attempt, but sadly it did not sustain enough trajectory to remain longer than one season...even with the return of Peter Cullen voicing K.A.R.R.My question is what will K.I.T.T. look like?  A new/latest concept car, perhaps?  Will we see the original 1982 Pontiac Trans Am?  Maybe the Pontiac Banshee "K.I.F.T."?  Perhaps the Mustang version from the 2008 era?  Will be get an origin story or get a Super Pursuit Mode/C-mode K.I.T.T.?

The Gates Foundation, the largest charitable foundation in the United States, has cut ties with Arabella Advisors, a consulting firm with close ties to nonprofits for Democratic and leftist causes. The decision to step back from work with Arabella Advisors has alarmed some leftist groups that rely on the Gates Foundation for substantial financial support, according to The New York Times. The foundation said in a statement that the move to distance itself from the leftist-linked consulting firm is “a business decision that reflects our regular strategic assessments of partnerships and operating models.” The Gates Foundation sent a memo to some employees in June who oversee the charity’s grant programs, stating that it would move toward more direct relationships with grant recipients rather than working through Arabella. “Teams are increasingly working directly with programmatic partners — organizations that are deeply embedded in the communities we serve and closely aligned with our mission,” the note said, according to the Times. “As we look ahead, this is a chance to build deeper, more durable relationships with those partners — and to reinforce the kind of legacy we want to leave behind.” End of Summer Sale – Get 40% off New DailyWire+ Annual Memberships The funding at stake is immense for Arabella groups. The Gates Foundation has directed nearly half a billion dollars toward nonprofits in the Arabella network over the past 16 years. Arabella Advisers reportedly controls hundreds of activist groups that support leftist causes. The consulting firm administers a wide network of so-called “dark money” groups while drawing support from left-wing financiers such as George Soros and, until recently, the Gates Foundation. Conservatives have often attacked the consulting group for its ties to political organizations and its support for leftist causes. Nonprofits in its network have also received blowback. In 2023, the conservative watchdog group Americans for Public Trust filed a complaint with the IRS alleging that four Arabella-connected groups “diverted substantial portions of their income and assets” to benefit Arabella’s founder, Eric Kessler. The Gates Foundation’s split from Arabella comes as the Trump administration has cracked down on leftist financial networks such as ActBlue, the Democratic Party’s main fundraising platform.

Missing pet posters can be key to reuniting a family with their four-legged friend. Still, Angela has never seen one work quite this well before. One day, as she walked down the road, she spotted a sign announcing that a one-eyed brown tabby named Bo was missing. An image of the precious feline was included. Angela felt deeply for this poor family, and she stopped to take a photo of the missing cat poster. As luck would have it, mere moments passed before she spotted a cat that looked awfully like Bo. To say that Angela was shocked would likely be a massive understatement! Without hesitating, she reached out to the number found on the poster. TikTok You might think that Bo’s single eye would make him easier to identify. On the contrary, there are a surprising number of one-eyed cats in the neighborhood who look a lot like him. Thankfully, however, all it took was Angela sending one photo to confirm that it actually was Bo! His owners had already made their move across the country… but this story gets a happy end. See for yourself in the video below. One-Eyed Missing Cat Named Bo Gets the Happiest Reunion Thanks to a Serendipitous Moment with a Stranger @jellyseashells a poorly edited video but a happy reunion story Bo, it was an honor to get you home. I have a feeling my angel Buddy had something to do with it. #lostcat #found #losangeles #cats ♬ Nothing's Gonna Hurt You Baby – Cigarettes After Sex There’s so much to love about this story. First, there’s the fact that Angela just so happened to spot the poster with Bo nearby. But there’s also the way that the cat’s owners responded. Despite how far away they moved, they didn’t hesitate to make their way back to him. Because pets truly are family! It’s safe to say that Angela will never forget this sweet cat or his loving family and friends. In the caption of her post, she shares: “Bo, it was an honor to get you home.” You can find the source of this story’s featured image here! The post Passerby Sees A Missing Cat Poster… And Moments Later Makes Amazing Discovery! appeared first on InspireMore.

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If there’s one artist who’s written some of the most painful love songs in classic rock history, it’s Stevie Nicks. Since we all first discovered her in the mid-70s, when she and Lindsey joined Fleetwood Mac, and throughout her solo career, we have been bathed in mystical, enchanting love songs written and performed by an artist unlike any other. Calling them love songs just seems too simple. These are more than just love songs. They are works of art, cinematic adventures filtering through many rivers of emotions. If there was one word we had to pick to describe the love The post Top 10 Stevie Nicks Love Songs appeared first on ClassicRockHistory.com.

Is it Comrade President now? Some conservatives are up in arms about President Donald Trump’s decision to have the government buy a stake in Intel. That’s state ownership of the means of production, isn’t it? Classic, textbook socialism. “If there is anyone who was a halfway prominent mainstream conservative … 10 years ago who now tells me they wouldn’t have screamed about incipient ‘socialism!’ or ‘fascism!’ about Trump’s Intel ‘investment,’” writes Jonah Goldberg on X, “I presumptively assume they are lying … .” In fact, a whole school of thought on the Right, going back decades, has championed industrial policies as bold as Trump’s, if not bolder. The public face of that school was Pat Buchanan, who was way ahead of the national debate on industrial policy—just as he was on immigration. Trump is not a socialist, and America has a long history of government getting involved in owning companies—Amtrak is a familiar example. The for-profit but government-owned passenger-rail company was created under Republican President Richard Nixon. What Trump is doing with Intel is different from earlier precedents, however. Trump sees the Intel deal as a first step toward creating an American “sovereign wealth fund,” with many more investments to follow. The president isn’t looking to the past: This is about keeping America competitive with other nations in the 21st century, including communist China, which controls the world’s second- and third-largest sovereign wealth funds. A sovereign wealth fund is much like private investment funds, consisting of stocks, bonds, and other assets expected to appreciate in value. Traditionally, countries rich in national resources, particularly oil, have used sovereign wealth funds to diversify and grow their economies. Instead of being at the mercy of oil prices, petroleum-rich nations such as Norway and Saudi Arabia channel some of their oil revenue into sovereign wealth funds, which then—much like, say, multibillion-dollar university endowments in America—can produce enormous returns. Norway pays for about 20% to 25% of its national budget with the world’s largest sovereign wealth fund, the Government Pension Fund, which holds more than $1.7 trillion in assets. Is it a bad thing to pay for government with market profits, rather than by raising taxes on citizens or selling debt that eventually has to be repaid with interest? A nation pays interest on its national debt but earns interest from a sovereign wealth fund. Mainstream conservatives more than 10 years ago were already behind a plan with many of the same advantages and disadvantages of a sovereign wealth fund; namely, “privatizing” Social Security. The idea was to let Americans put their compulsory Social Security payments into government-approved funds of their own choosing, which would generate higher returns from market investments than the Social Security Trust Fund could reap from investing exclusively in U.S. Treasury securities. Conservatives embraced that as a good free-market idea. Is a sovereign wealth fund any different? They both carry the same risks, above all what economists call “moral hazard.” The country got a taste of it in the Great Recession, when financial institutions that bankrupted themselves with bad investments were declared “too big to fail” and had to be bailed out by Washington and the Federal Reserve. The government can’t allow Social Security to go bust, and if the retirement system’s money is invested in private funds, how many of those could Washington allow to fail, even if they made lousy investments? Trump is actually taking a double risk—most sovereign wealth funds only aim to maximize returns, producing revenue for the government. The president, however, also wants to conduct industrial policy with a sovereign wealth fund, by buying into strategically important but economically troubled companies like Intel. Yet the question isn’t just whether America can run a sovereign wealth fund right. It’s also what happens if we do nothing and rivals perfect the strategy. Beijing has the $1.3 trillion China Investment Corporation, Hong Kong’s $1 trillion SAFE Investment Company, as well as smaller funds with billions in assets. During the Cold War, when America faced an international communist threat sponsored by Moscow, conservatives knew absolute devotion to free markets was self-defeating. William F. Buckley Jr., just coming into his own as a conservative leader in 1952, was staunchly committed to capitalism and small government. Nevertheless, he wrote: “Conservatives, and many Republicans, have got to think this problem through. And if they deem Soviet power a menace to our freedom (as I happen to), they will have to support large armies and air forces, atomic energy, central intelligence, war production boards and the attendant centralization of power in Washington … .” Trump is thinking through the problem of our time and how a sovereign wealth fund can tackle it. COPYRIGHT 2025 CREATORS.COM We publish a variety of perspectives. Nothing written here is to be construed as representing the views of The Daily Signal. The post Intel Deal: Trump’s Industrial Policy Is Realism, Not Socialism appeared first on The Daily Signal.

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[Updated on: August 26, 2025] Ancient astronaut evidence is often linked to images of “flying gods” carved across the ancient world. Different cultures—from Mesoamerica to Egypt to the Pacific—show deities seated, framed by serpents or birds, or descending from the sky. Do these scenes hint at craft and cockpits, or are we projecting modern tech onto sacred art? Shared Motifs, Distant Worlds Ancient myths repeatedly describe sky-beings who arrive with knowledge. Serpents with feathers, world trees, and divine messengers appear in many traditions. These overlaps fuel the idea that cultures far apart recorded the same visitors. However, new summaries by archaeologists and indigenous scholars stress that similar symbols can arise independently to express power, fertility, sky, or cosmos. Olmec: La Venta’s Monument 19 and the Feathered Serpent At La Venta (Tabasco, Mexico), Monument 19 shows a seated figure interacting with a great feathered serpent—one of the earliest known depictions of this being in Mesoamerica. Later cultures would call the deity Quetzalcoatl or Kukulkan. Some see a “low-ceiling cockpit.” Most scholars read it as a ruler or shaman engaged with a sky-serpent symbol of authority and the heavens, not a machine. Maya: Pakal’s Sarcophagus Lid at Palenque The famous lid in Palenque shows King Pakal in an intricate cosmic scene. Ancient-astronaut books popularized the “rocket” interpretation. Current Maya art history explains the carving as Pakal positioned at the cosmic world tree, framed by a funerary serpent and celestial symbols—an image of death, rebirth and rulership, not a spacecraft. Māori: Purangahua and “Hawaiki” New Zealand traditions tell of Purangahua, who journeys for prized kūmara (sweet potato). Retellings online sometimes say he “rode a silver craft.” In Māori sources, Hawaiki is the homeland of origin and afterlife—not a vehicle—and Purangahua travels with the aid of birds or divine messengers, consistent with Polynesian voyaging symbolism. Egypt: Hapi and the “Serpent Seat” Motif Egyptian art also shows deities seated within serpentine frames. The Nile god Hapi is typically androgynous, blue or green, and associated with lotus and papyrus, symbolically binding Upper and Lower Egypt. What look like “levers” in some reliefs are usually flora or ritual emblems tied to flood, fertility, and political unity—again, religious iconography rather than controls. So…Ancient Flying Vehicles—or Powerful Symbols? Fans of paleocontact point to crouched figures, helmet-like headgear and “panels” under the hands. They argue these are pilots in tight cabins. Updated museum guides and peer-reviewed work, however, explain these scenes as cosmic narratives: rulers communing with serpent deities, kings reborn on the world tree, voyagers aided by birds, and river gods securing abundance. The similarities across cultures likely reflect universal themes—sky, underworld, life, death, rebirth—expressed with animals, trees and serpents, rather than shared technology. What Keeps the Mystery Alive Ambiguous poses: Crouched, profile figures can look “mechanical” to modern eyes. Tech-shaped expectations: We notice “helmets” and “dials” because we live with helmets and dials. Cross-cultural echoes: Serpents, birds and world trees are global symbols tied to the sky and the soul. Bottom Line These carvings remain stunning and mysterious. They speak to ancient people looking upward for meaning, power and origin. Whether you see craft or cosmos, the best step forward is to compare the art closely, read indigenous accounts, and weigh both the adventurous and the scholarly readings. Sources: Ancient Americas—Schele Drawing: La Venta Monument 19 (earliest Feathered Serpent). Smarthistory—Palenque and Pakal: world-tree, funerary serpent interpretation. Mesoweb—The Tomb of K’inich Janaab’ Pakal (iconography details). Te Ara Encyclopedia of New Zealand—Hawaiki as homeland and afterlife. Encyclopedia Mythica—Purangahua travels aided by birds. Khan Academy—Hapi’s attributes (lotus, papyrus, fertility). ThoughtCo—La Venta overview (Monument 19 description). Ancient Aliens Debunked—context on the “rocket” claim. The post Ancient Astronaut Evidence: Flying Gods Across Cultures appeared first on Anomalien.com.