Wolfgang Petersen, Blockbuster Filmmaker
of 'Das Boot,' 'In the Line of Fire,'
'The Perfect Storm' Dies at 81
Posted By: Dreadnought, 8/16/2022 10:26:30 PM
New York - Wolfgang Petersen, the German filmmaker whose World War II submarine epic “Das Boot” propelled him into a blockbuster Hollywood career that included the films “In the Line of Fire,” “Air Force One” and “The Perfect Storm,” has died. He was 81. Petersen died Friday at his home in the Los Angeles neighborhood of Brentwood after a battle with pancreatic cancer, said representative Michelle Bega. Petersen, born in the north German port city of Emden, made two features before his 1982 breakthrough, “Das Boot,” then the most expensive movie in German film history. The 149-minute film (the original cut ran 210 minutes) chronicled the intense claustrophobia of life
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The Daily Wire, the conservative media outlet founded by Ben Shapiro, has hired a Disney veteran to help grow its subscription streaming business.
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Donald Trump, Dynasty Killer: 2023 Will
Mean No More Bush, Cheney, McCain, or
Clinton in Office 1 reply
Mean No More Bush, Cheney, McCain, or
Clinton in Office 1 reply
The era of Donald Trump has brought a great many changes to the political world since 2016, and the year 2023 will be no different – the dynasties of Bush, Cheney, McCain, and Clinton will hold no quarter in either statewide or national office.
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Elon Musk, the world’s richest person, said early on Wednesday that he was joking when he tweeted hours previously that he was going to buy currently struggling English soccer giants Manchester United.
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Former vice president Mike Pence said Wednesday he would “consider” testifying before the January 6 Committee if he was invited.
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Liz Cheney ‘Thinking about’ 2024 Presidential
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Run after Losing Primary to Trump-Backed Challenger 28 replies
Representative Liz Cheney admitted Wednesday that she is “thinking about” running for president in 2024, hours after losing the Republican primary for Wyoming’s only House seat to Trump-backed Harriet Hageman in a landslide.
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Asked about her career plans
Black Conservative Jennifer-Ruth Green
Shifts Northwest Indiana Democrat Stronghold
to ‘Toss-Up’ 5 replies
Shifts Northwest Indiana Democrat Stronghold
to ‘Toss-Up’ 5 replies
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Houston Independent School District Designates
over $2M in Rifles, Ammo for Classroom Defense 13 replies
over $2M in Rifles, Ammo for Classroom Defense 13 replies
Houston Independent School District (HISD) approved over $2 million in funding for rifles, ballistic shields, ammunition, and communication devices for school resource officers throughout the district.
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Mick Mulvaney, Laura Ingraham reach the
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but drama is bad 25 replies
same conclusion - Trump policies are good
but drama is bad 25 replies
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Representative Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) said Tuesday on MSNBC’s “Alex Wagner Tonight” that he believed pastors in America are failing their congregations because many Christians are equating former President Donald Trump to Jesus.
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He continued, “I’m going to say this as a Christian myself, the pastors, many pastors in this country are failing their congregations.
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Biden was surrounded by Secret Service agents who also rode bikes around him as he slowly pedaled across the sand.
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On Tuesday night Liz Cheney was soundly defeated in her Wyoming primary race.
Cheney lost by 20% tonight in her primary to challenger Harriet Hageman.
An online user put together the most awesome video of Harriet Hageman’s speech spliced in with photos of the Democrat-Socialist leaders who are purposely destroying America. (Video) Tonight President Trump responded to Liz Cheney’s loss.
Via Truth Social.
Congratulations to Harriet Hageman on her great and very decisive WIN in Wyoming. This is a wonderful result for America, and a complete rebuke of the Unselect Committee of political Hacks and Thugs.
‘End of an Era:’ Dodge Will Stop Building
Chargers, Challengers in Favor of Electric Cars 37 replies
Chargers, Challengers in Favor of Electric Cars 37 replies
Dodge has announced a “last call” for its Charger and Challenger models, as the company is “celebrating the end of an era” and switching to electric vehicles — whether their customers want them or not.
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Blitzer said, “Before I let you go, the only other Republican, as you well know, on the January 6 Select Committee, Congresswoman Liz Cheney, faces steep odds in her primary tomorrow out in Wyoming. What will it say about your party
Rep. Liz Cheney considering presidential
run after losing Wyoming GOP primary By
Lee Brown 31 replies
run after losing Wyoming GOP primary By
Lee Brown 31 replies
Defeated Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney confirmed Wednesday that she is “thinking about” running for the White House to keep her nemesis, former President Donald Trump, “out of the Oval Office.”
“It is something that I am thinking about and I’ll make a decision in the coming months,” the 56-year-old daughter of former Vice President Dick Cheney told NBC News’ “Today” show.
“I will be doing whatever it takes to keep Donald Trump out of the Oval Office.”
Cheney insisted the Republican party “has really become a cult of personality” under Trump — who “continues to pose a very grave threat and risk to our republic.”
“I think it’s certainly the most important
Rep. Liz Cheney hauls in nearly $1M from
Texas donors including George W. Bush
and Karl Rove 31 replies
Texas donors including George W. Bush
and Karl Rove 31 replies
As U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney fights for her congressional career in Wyoming on Tuesday, Texas donors including George W. Bush and Karl Rove are trying to come to her aid. The two-term congresswoman and one of former President Donald Trump’s biggest critics within the GOP has raised nearly $1 million from Texas donors—far more than she’s raised from Wyoming residents or from any other state except California, where she has raised $1.4 million.(Snip)The list of donors also includes oil and gas industry executives such as S. Javaid Anwar, president of Midland Energy, and Ray Hunt, executive chairman of Hunt Consolidated in Dallas.
Ex-VP Pence shuns far-right calls to defund
FBI, likens it to Dems’ calls to defund police 30 replies
FBI, likens it to Dems’ calls to defund police 30 replies
Former Vice President Mike Pence on Wednesday came out against calls within the GOP to defund the FBI following the raid of former President Donald Trump’s home in Mar-a-Lago. Mr. Pence also left the door open to testifying before the House Jan. 6 committee, saying he “would have to reflect on that.”(Snip)Mr. Pence made it clear where he stood in the debate. “Calls to defund the FBI are just as wrong as calls to defund the police,” Mr. Pence said in response to a question at a “Politics and Eggs” breakfast at the New Hampshire Institute of Politics at St. Anselm College, according to CBS.
North Dakota school district recruits
Florida teachers upset with DeSantis'
parental rights law 30 replies
Florida teachers upset with DeSantis'
parental rights law 30 replies
A letter circulating on social media shows members of the Fargo, North Dakota, public school system recruiting Florida teachers who object to a recently-passed parental rights bill in the state.
"You don’t know us, so we’ll start with this important statement: we are way OK with saying gay or straight, or LGBT," the letter addressed to "Florida educators" from the Fargo School District and posted by North Dakota Republican State House Candidate Ethan Harsell begins.
The letter states that its purpose is "twofold": it is intended to "demonstrate support" for Florida’s LGBTQ community and to "share an opportunity to be embraced, welcomed, and celebrated here in Fargo."
First lady Jill Biden tested positive for COVID-19 after President Joe Biden's long battle with the virus.
"After testing negative for COVID-19 on Monday during her regular testing cadence, the First Lady began to develop cold-like symptoms late in the evening," Elizabeth Alexander, the first lady’s communications director, wrote in a Tuesday statement. Alexander added: "She tested negative again on a rapid antigen test, but a PCR test came back positive."
"After testing negative for COVID-19 on Monday during her regular testing cadence, the First Lady began to develop cold-like symptoms late in the evening," Elizabeth Alexander, the first lady’s communications directo
A luxury hotel in the center of Manhattan is set to become a hub for housing asylum-seeking migrants who have been bussed in from Texas.
The Row, which is based near tourist-packed Times Square, will become a shelter for as many as 600 migrant families in news that first reported by the New York Post.
Sources claim that they are going to place families and single people who have traveled from Texas after Gov George Abbott unveiled his plan to start transporting people from his southern state.
The plush hotel is understood to be working with Mayor Adams to convert part of the hotel, where rooms can cost more than $400-a-night,