Some of my family and friends are sick and tired of all the political wrangling. They don’t want to think or talk about anything political. I used to feel that way. Personally, I enjoyed team sports and outdoor adventures, and seldom said much about politics. Professionally, I taught college level religion classes. I especially enjoyed […] The post Constitutional Fulfillment or Marxist Misery appeared first on www.independentsentinel.com.

Millie Bobby Brown and Jake Bongiovi gave fans a great surprise today as they finally revealed photos from their dreamy summer wedding. The pair got married at a Villa Cetinale in Italy this past May. While friends and family got to witness the event, fans were left waiting and wanting…until now. Some photos have finally been revealed and fans are going nuts. Dream Wedding Millie Bobby Brown and Jake Bongiovi Wedding Photos pic.twitter.com/EHdwAUxakM— Stranger Things Memes (@SThingsMeme) October 2, 2024 Photos of Millie Bobby Brown and Jake Bongiovi’s wedding are circulating the internet. The first of the stunning photos features Millie lounging on a white chair in the middle of a garden as she erupts into laughter. Her husband is leaning against the chair with a big on his face. In the second photo, the couple oozes elegance as they stand among various trees in the garden. Millie Bobby Brown showcases her incredible figure in her tight, mermaid-style dress and Jake Bongiovi looks dashing with his white jacket and shirt with black slacks and shoes. Next, the couple shared a look at them walking in their wedding attire. Millie looked gorgeous as she turned her face towards the sun, and it bathed her in golden light. The photo looked so serene and peaceful, like a scene from one of her films. Finally, the couple shared a black-and-white photo of them kissing under a magnificent arch of flowers. The love in the photo was radiant, and it truly looked like a fairytale. The Internet Loves Love View this post on Instagram A post shared by Millie Bobby Brown (@milliebobbybrown) Millie Bobby Brown also shared some photos of her wedding to Jake Bongiovi on her Instagram. While the actress featured many of the same photos from above, she also had others that were not seen on X. The first photo in her carousel was of her and her husband leaning back against a table. She looked stunning with her veil cascading around her, making a beautiful halo at her feet. Additionally, she shared a photo of what looked to be scenes after the wedding. She was wearing her husband’s bowtie, her dress was now shorter and her hair looked like she had been dancing the night away. She also was blowing a giant bubble from her mouth. It seemed like the day was romantic and the night was exciting. The internet loves this power couple and their dreamy summer wedding. The positive comments flooded the star’s post. One user wrote, “deserve all the happiness coming your way !! .” Another added, “so happy for you both!! love you so much.” A third chimed in, “The most beautiful bride Congratulations to both of you!” Congrats to both Millie Bobby Brown and Jake Bongiovi on their marriage. May they have many years of love and laughter. The source of the featured image is here. The post Millie Bobby Brown & Jake Bongiovi Finally Unveil Photos From Their Dreamy Spring Wedding appeared first on InspireMore.

Great news for country music fans. A favorite band from the late 1990s plans to hit the road this fall. Rascal Flatts shared on Instagram that it’s been 25 years since the band got together. They want to thank fans for years of support by bringing the music to them. The announcement reads, “It’s hard to believe that 2025 will be the 25th anniversary of Rascal Flatts… and that felt like the perfect time to get back in front of all of YOU who have given us so much!” View this post on Instagram A post shared by Rascal Flatts (@rascalflatts) The Band Plans To Play 21 Cities On Their Tour The Life Is A Highway Tour begins February 13 in Evansville, Indiana, and continues throughout the country until the final show in Jacksonville, Florida, on April 5. Rascal Flatts planned a farewell tour in 2020, which never materialized due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The band shared in a statement on their website, “In 2020, we announced the farewell tour after being on the road extensively for 20 years. To put it simply, we needed a break. Then COVID hit and our plans came to a screeching halt, like the rest of the world. Since then, we’ve been able to revisit our unique and special experience as a band and we’re ready to get out on the road again.” Fans can’t wait to hear some of their favorite songs live again. “OMG ISM SOOOO EXCITED,” a Rascal Flatts fan shared on Instagram. They weren’t alone. Another fan chimed in, “Here we go!!!!!!! Break out the Mayberry breezes!” This fan crossed their fingers for more dates. “I sense a summer leg of this tour happening!” Another vote for more shows, “ ohhh snapppp … will be waiting for Vegas dates … in meantime.. yasss.” Tickets go on sale October 11 at rascalflatts.com This story’s featured image is by RB/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images. The post Rascal Flatts Is Getting Back Together & Hitting The Road! See Where You Can Watch Them Perform appeared first on InspireMore.

The beloved Queen Elizabeth passed away at the age of 96 on September 8, 2022. While the moments of her final days have been kept quiet over the past couple of years, King Charles III is finally opening up. In a speech addressing the Scottish Parliament, King Charles III shared his reflections on Queen Elizabeth’s passing. Details On Britain’s Longest-Reigning Monarch The Queen of England died at Scotland’s Balmoral Castle. Many people wonder why the Queen chose Scotland to spend her final days. Fox News shared details from King Charles on why. He told the outlet, “My late mother especially treasured the time spent at Balmoral, and it was there, in the most beloved of places, where she chose to spend her final days.” King Charles III then continued to explain that Scotland always held a special place in Queen Elizabeth and their entire family’s hearts. Perhaps the Queen treasured it so because she spent many of her childhood days there. Afterward, she visited at least once a year towards the end of each summer. The outlet further details that she also spent the majority of Prince Phillip’s last years with him there as well. Scotland Will Always Hold A Special Place In Queen Elizabeth’s Heart In addition to spending final days with Prince Phillip, King Charles said that Queen Elizabeth also celebrated her 73rd anniversary there, as well. In a documentary, Princess Anne shared that the Queen had some reservations about dying in Balmoral. Her family told her that she should make the decision based on what she felt was right. Princess Anne said, “I hope she felt that that was right in the end because I think we did.” This past summer, the king decided to continue on his mother’s tradition by visiting Scotland during the late summer. It appears that this will continue to be a special place for the Royal Family. The source of the featured image is here. The post King Charles Offers A Bittersweet Glimpse Into Queen Elizabeth’s Final Days appeared first on InspireMore.

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Mark Halperin used to be a top political journalist at ABC, MSNBC, and Bloomberg News. Now his "Morning Meetings" and 2Ways on Zoom and YouTube are the best source I've discovered for intelligent, well-sourced, fair takes on the election. In his Morning Meetings, Halperin is accompanied by former Trump spokesman Sean Spicer, and until recently, Dem strategist Tim Hogan, now replaced by another Dem strategist, Dan Turrentine. The conversations are lively, but fun and respectful. Halperin always reserves time for his viewers to weigh in with comments and questions, under his mantra of "peace, love, and understanding." These are conversations, not food fights. Halperin typically begins sessions with his own take on the day's top campaign stories. He doles out compliments and criticisms of the Trump and Harris campaigns with evenhandedness. If he leans one way or the other, it is undetectable to me.  With that preamble, Halperin's comments on last night's VP debate are all the more noteworthy. As the headline indicates, he saw it as a near-total triumph for JD Vance. Halperin also denounced the CBS moderators, Norah O'Donnell and Margaret Brennan, for their anti-Vance bias. The YouTube of his post-debate 2Way is available here. Excerpts of Halperin's comments: "Without a doubt, a total mismatch [in favor of Vance.]" Abortion and J6 are tough issues for Republicans, but Vance "handled them as well as I've heard any Republican handle them." "[Vance] was obviously extremely well prepared, but didn't seem rehearsed." Walz' answer about lying about being in Hong Kong during Tiananmen was "ridiculous." "I just can't understand, if you looked at the topics chosen by the moderators. If you looked at their fact-checking. If you looked at the way they allowed one candidate [Walz] to respond and not the other at times. [The moderators were] completely one-sided in how they ran the thing. They chose, as the previous moderators do, to gang up on one side." "I thought Vance was the runaway winner. An overall drubbing." Halperin continued the barrage at the beginning of today's Morning Meeting, which you can view here. Halperin: Called the bias of the CBS moderators “disgusting.” Said Walz’s answer on Tiananmen might be “the worst debate answer ever.” Said that in calling Walz the winner, Rachel Maddow “must be living in a parallel universe.” And as you will see in the screencap, described the debate as a “shellacking.“ Do yourself a favor, and check out Morning Meetings, which run for about 30 minutes, every weekday at 9 am EDT. The 2Ways are typically longer, and their airtime varies in accordance with events. If you miss either session in its live version, they're always available shortly thereafter on YouTube. Tomorrow, it could be Trump's turn in the Halperin barrel. But for today, Trump/JD supporters will surely enjoy Halperin's commentary.

Bloomberg's reporting today that Google is working on AI software that can reason like a human, in a kind of expansion of its ongoing battle with OpenAI, almost made me do a spit-take. That's because, setting aside the AI cult that seems to be in charge of the Googleplex these days, this is the same Google that's routinely failing at so many of the simple things -- we're talking the lowest of the low-hanging fruit. Seriously, Google, you're going to recreate the complexity of the human mind when you can't even handle something as basic as zapping the Hawk Tuah spam that's all over Google Maps? If what I just wrote comes as a surprise to you, by the way, I certainly understand. Apple Maps was a buggy mess back in the day, and the blogosphere had a field day dunking on Apple because of it. But a dumb, easily fixable, and stupidly obvious issue with Google Maps like schools and other locations getting renamed to some iteration of Hawk Tuah (and pranksters even working in Diddy references here and there)? Crickets. https://twitter.com/lilyraynyc/status/1839934376890576967 Unless I've missed it, I don't think there's been any major media coverage of this, never mind that people have been all over social media about talking about Google Maps' mind-boggling shoddiness vis a vis Hawk Tuah for a while now. There's been some sporadic coverage of the issue here and there (one good example), and I can only attribute the radio silence to one of two things: Most people don't know about it, which is its own issue, or it's that no one cares -- specifically, because people are just increasingly accustomed to core Google products like Search slowly rotting, even as the company carps incessantly about how amazing its AI-focused future will be. Along those lines, I want to pause here and encourage everyone to read Ed Zitron's The Man Who Killed Google Search, one of the most fantastic pieces of writing about this subject that I've encountered online in recent weeks. The Google Maps Hawk Tuah spam, meanwhile, doesn't seem to be localized to just one part of the country (or even the world). I'm currently seeing a number of locations in regions like Europe, while this is a current snapshot of the US: Image source: Google Here's what one school district in Pennsylvania told a local news station there about working with Google to get one of their schools' appropriate names restored: "We appreciate that many community members promptly brought this matter to our attention. Once we were informed of the name change on Google, the district’s technology department took immediate action. However, addressing this issue required significant time and resources as we responded to emails and calls related to the situation." Honestly, between this idiocy with Google Maps, the ad- and AI-filled hellscape that is now Google Search, its AI drawing ethnically diverse Nazis, those glue on pizza AI hallucinations, the way Google generally lets parasite SEO run wild -- why does anyone think the company is going to successfully nail its wholesale embrace of AI? Don't Miss: AI is going to make an already-mediocre Google Search so much worse The post Maybe Google’s new ‘reasoning AI’ can address the Hawk Tuah spam all over Google Maps appeared first on BGR. Today's Top Deals Today’s deals: $2.75 smart plugs, $79 Ninja air fryer, $6.49 Anker USB-C chargers, $219 Dreo ChefMaker, more Today’s deals: First Apple Watch Series 10 discount, $20 Amazon credit, $318 HP laptop, more Today’s deals: $50 off Eureka E20 Plus robot vac, $1,100 off LG C4 OLED TV, Blink cameras from $20, more Today’s deals: $449 Apple Watch Ultra, first deal on iPhone 16 Pro official Apple cases, $179 Roomba, more