In April, Belarusian president Alexander Lukashenko revealed that the country’s security forces had detained a group of people plotting his assassination, and claimed that the US State Department had backed the conspirators. Source link
A 100-year-old Navy veteran received special recognition from the state of New Jersey for his service during World War II. Navy veteran Sidney Finkle, who served as a Navy Aviation Ordnanceman 3rd Class during World War II, recently received the New Jersey Distinguished Service Medal (NJDSM) from acting Deputy Commissioner for Veterans Affairs Walter Nall. The outdoor ceremony took place at Brandywine Living at Pennington, where Finkle, a Trenton […]
Authored by Simon Black via SovereignMan.com, Are you ready for this week’s absurdity? Here’s our weekly roll-up of the most ridiculous stories from around the world that are threats to your liberty, risks to your prosperity… and on occasion, inspiring poetic justice. CIA goes full woke in new recruiting campaign The CIA has gone full woke in an “unapologetically me” campaign designed to drive new recruits […]
Tennis sensation Naomi Osaka, who is an idol in Japan, has joined her countrymen and women in voicing concern about the hosting of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics during the midst of a pandemic, as organizers insist the games will go on. World number two Osaka, who is the reigning US and Australian Open champion, spoke ahead at its Italian counterpart on Sunday. “Of course I would […]
(Natural News) New research from the Salk Institute has inadvertently revealed that Wuhan coronavirus (Covid-19) “spike” proteins, which are forever generated inside the body following an experimental gene therapy (mRNA) injection, are directly responsible for causing injury and death. Salk insists that only the “virus” spike proteins are dangerous and not the ones found in vaccines, but anyone with a brain knows better. A […]
Although the tunnel did not lead across the border into US territory, it could have been intended to connected with another underground passage stretching from Tijuana to San Diego. Source link
The announcement that Bill and Melinda Gates are getting divorced came as a surprise last week, but she has reportedly been talking to lawyers for at least two years—since around the time her husband’s dealings with Jeffrey Epstein made headlines. The report by The Wall Street Journal builds on an exclusive story by The Daily Beast last week that revealed Melinda Gates had deep misgivings about […]
Lloyd Price appears backstage at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony, in New York, on March 14, 2011. Price died Monday in New Rochelle, New York. AP hide caption toggle caption AP Lloyd Price appears backstage at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony, in New York, on March 14, 2011. Price died Monday in New Rochelle, New York. AP NEW […]
Remember when Dr. Fauci said masks don’t work? Now Fauci is suggesting mask-wearing will become permanent. Fauci appeared on NBC’s “Meet the Press” on Sunday and told host Chuck Todd that thanks to mask-wearing, the seasonal flu was pretty much non-existent this year. The seasonal flu was just recoded into Covid so medical facilities can make more money, but Fauci gets paid big bucks to lie […]
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Bob Baffert’s frustration was apparent as he tried to digest the latest positive drug test involving one of his prized thoroughbreds. This one involves Kentucky Derby winner Medina Spirit, Baffert’s fifth horse to fail a drug test in a year, which the Hall of Famer vowed to fight “tooth and nail” in the latest doping scandal for horse racing and arguably the […]
A disabled veteran was hospitalized with serious injuries in Portland, Oregon, on Wednesday after a group of armed Black Lives Matter activists attacked and beat him. 53-year-old handyman Joe Hall described how a group of BLM protesters, armed with AR-15s and AK-47s, swarmed his vehicle and attacked him after he had driven upon a BLM protest on the way to his next job. “All of a […]
By Michael Wilson, Morgan Stanley chief equity strategist The Mid-Cycle Transition Over the past month, we’ve taken a different path than most equity strategists. Rather than getting excited about the reopening, we are getting more concerned about (1) execution risk and (2) what’s already priced in. First, on the execution front, there’s growing evidence that supply remains a problem for many companies, just as demand is […]
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) said on this week’s broadcast of Fox News Channel’s “Sunday Morning Futures” that he supported Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY) taking over Rep. Liz Cheney’s (R-WY) leadership role. Host Maria Bartiromo said, “Do you have the votes to formally oust Liz Cheney?” McCarthy said, “Well, Maria, everyone in leadership serves at the pleasure of the conference, and as you know, there’s a lot at stake. Democrats […]
Thanks to the robust vaccine distribution and more and more states easing pandemic restrictions, on top of a labor shortage sparked by the Biden administration’s generous stimulus checks disincentivizing people to work while collecting free money from the government, restaurants large and small are grappling with a lack of workers. Hudson Riehle, the senior vice president for research at the National Restaurant Association, recently warned the […]
Kentucky Derby-winning horse Medina Spirit has failed a drugs test and thrown the legacy of Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert, who has been suspended, into further scandal after five of his horses failed tests in just over a year. Baffert claimed to be “shocked” after his horse’s test showed traces of betamethasone above the legal limit, but protested that he was not responsible for administering […]
(Natural News) California’s San Joaquin Valley is well-known for its fertile orchards and bountiful produce. But this perception may soon change with a new drought looming on the horizon, even as the valley is still reeling from earlier droughts. Reductions to water allotments at the state and federal levels, alongside California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s inaction, only worsen the problem. California – and the West Coast in general – is […]
The US and NATO began their pullout from Afghanistan on 1 May, with the security situation in the country little better now than it was after the 2001 invasion. US President Joe Biden called on Russia, China and India to step up and “support Afghanistan” after the US leaves in his announcement of the withdrawal in April. Source link
Fox News anchor Chris Wallace repeatedly grilled Rep. Jim Banks (R-IN) about former President Donald Trump’s role in the Capitol insurrectionist riot, asking if he believes it is a “lie” that the 2020 election was stolen. Banks, chairman of the Republican Study Committee, has been one of the key figures in the House GOP when it comes to ousting Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) from leadership over […]
The Italian Culture Ministry said the Guattari Cave in San Felice Circeo was “one of the most significant places in the world for the history of Neanderthals.” Emanuele Antonio Minerva/Italian Culture Ministry via AP hide caption toggle caption Emanuele Antonio Minerva/Italian Culture Ministry via AP The Italian Culture Ministry said the Guattari Cave in San Felice Circeo was “one of the most significant places in the […]
Today President Trump released another epic message: From the Desk of President Trump: So now even our Kentucky Derby winner, Medina Spirit, is a junky. This is emblematic of what is happening to our Country. The whole world is laughing at us as we go to hell on our Borders, our fake Presidential Election, and everywhere else! Of course, this has very little to with Mother’s […]
Representative Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) Sunday on CBS’s “Face the Nation” called the Republican Party “basically the Titanic” and was in the middle of a “slow sink.” Partial transcript as follows: DICKERSON: Speaking of internal divisions, the Republican Party in the House. It looks like Liz Cheney, the number three in House leadership on the Republican side, is no longer going to hold that position. What is […]
By Tyler Durden With BofA predicting that the US is facing a period of “transitory hyperinflation” as a result of soaring commodity prices in everything from metals to food… The @UNFAO global food price index rose for an 11th month in April to a seven year high at 120.9, representing a y-o-y jump of 30.7%. Food #inflation has not risen this fast since 2011 with all […]
A new wearable device indicating vaccination status is being rolled out in California. Thousands of units of the wristband, called the ImmunaBand, have already been sold in San Diego the since it was introduced a few weeks ago. “If we had something where you can say, ‘Hey, I support the vaccine effort, I’ve been vaccinated, I’m safe to be around,’ then that would help us as […]
MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Afghan President Ashraf Ghani on Sunday called a bombing of a girls’ school in the country’s capital Kabul an act of terrorism and a crime against humanity, the deputy interior minister said. Source link
Authored by Jonathan Turley, There are new disclosures from Hunter Biden’s laptop that offer an added perspective on his dealings with Chinese figures, including Patrick Ho, secretary general of Chinese oil giant CEFC, who was later indicted and has been connected with Chinese intelligence. The emails and pictures relate to the young Chinese assistant supplied to Hunter who makes revealing statements about the fluid expense accounts and level […]
A group of migrants from El Salvador called for help after human smugglers that were supposed to cross them to the U.S. decided to hold them for ransom. The smugglers threatened to turn them over to Gulf Cartel enforcers if they did not pay additional smuggling fees. A group of Tamaulipas state police officers patrolling in a Mexican city on the border with Texas heard calls […]
By Matt Agorist This week, the state of Tennessee made history after the House gave final approval to Senate Bill 1380 (SB1380) that bans “no-knock” warrants in the state. Highlighting the bipartisan support behind the bill, it passed the Senate and the House without a single ‘nay.’ Sen. Mike Bell (R-Riceville) introduced Senate Bill 1380 on Feb. 11 and it has seen unprecedented support from both […]
According to newly leaked employee training manuals, the Walt Disney Company has been pushing “Critical Race Theory” (CRT) on its employees, including lectures on race and white privilege, and how America was ‘founded on systemic racism.’ According to the trove of documents leaked by a whistleblower, Disney’s “diversity and inclusion” program called “Reimagine Tomorrow” as become “deeply politicized and engulfed parts of the company in racial […]
Manchester United have reportedly missed out on a bumper new sponsorship deal after the company involved pulled the plug over fears it could be hit by boycotts from fans furious at the club’s US owners. According to the Observer, Manchester-based company The Hut Group backed out of a deal worth £200 million ($280 million) over 10 years to sponsor the Old Trafford club’s training kit from […]
(Natural News) Pfizer is pinning a lot of hope on its COVID-19 vaccine, and they are already targeting younger people with an eye on increasing their profits. Earlier this week, they released a strong earnings report that exceeded the already optimistic projections from Wall Street. They also announced that they are on the verge of gaining regulatory approval to give their vaccine to minors […]
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov recently characterized Moscow’s relations with Beijing as “the best in their entire history,” with the Chinese Foreign Ministry announcing last month that the two countries enjoy a “comprehensive partnership” and would “support each other in matters of protecting state sovereignty.” Source link
Scouting Report: Ranger Ready bug spray is skin safe, thanks to the primary ingredient picaridin. It lasts 12 hours and comes in scented and “Scent Zero” which is, in fact unscented. For nearly 12 years, my wife and I lived in lovely Los Angeles, a part of the world where you can spend most of the day outside almost year-round for two reasons: great weather and […]
Israeli police take a Palestinian into custody during a protest at the Masjid al-Aqsa compound in East Jerusalem on Sunday. Eyad Tawil/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Eyad Tawil/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images Israeli police take a Palestinian into custody during a protest at the Masjid al-Aqsa compound in East Jerusalem on Sunday. Eyad Tawil/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images Violence, which has been […]
Newt Gingrich on Liz Cheney: “Morally” She Ought to Resign – She is “Using the Power” that the Conference Loaned her to Undermine House Republicans (VIDEO) Tap here to add The Western Journal to your home screen. Source link
National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases director Dr. Anthony Fauci said Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press” that it is “quite possible” Americans will wear masks seasonally to stop the spread of respiratory-borne viruses. Anchor Chuck Todd said, “Let’s get to mask-wearing. At what point can we stop wearing masks outside? At what point if vaccinated people, do you take the masks off? Is the mask […]
Metallica frontman James Hetfield says he’s “skeptical” about the COVID-19 shots and hopes Joe Biden’s government won’t make vaccine passports mandatory. When asked on the Fierce Life podcast in late March whether Metallica was preparing to go on tour in light of COVID restrictions getting lifted, Hetfield said he wasn’t sure, adding that he’s “skeptical” to take the COVID shot. “I have no clue. It’s not […]
An oil tanker off Syria’s Mediterranean port of Banias has been hit with an explosion Sunday, resulting in a fire on board which was reportedly extinguished soon after. There were reportedly no casualties, but subsequent photographs showed large plumes of black smoke rising above the tanker, which may have been engaged in offloading its cargo. The ‘mystery’ blast comes after a series of alleged Israeli covert attacks […]
MOSCOW (Sputnik) – The South Korean government intends to join hands with the national police to battle the rise of phishing websites linked to cryptocurrencies as prices of virtual money soar, the Yonhap news agency reported on Sunday, citing the ministry of communication technologies. Source link
Governor Larry Hogan (R-MD) said Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press” that it bothered him his fellow Republicans were making loyalty to former President Donald Trump a litmus test for members of the party. When asked about Rep Liz Cheney (R-WY) possibly being ousted from leadership for disagreeing that the 2020 election was stolen from former President Donald Trump, Hogan said, “Look, I think we’ve got to get […]
Once upon a time Saturday Night Live was a celebration of acting talent, of impromptu creativity and most importantly, of humor, which is why it launched the careers of too many comedians to count. Alas, over the past few decades, SNL lost its way, and become preachy podium for virtue signaling poseurs, for status quo apologists and for countless people who reveled in the “uniqueness” of […]
After winning a pro-independence majority, Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon says she’ll “lead Scotland to independence,” no matter what London says. That process will be a hard slog, her predecessor Alex Salmond told RT. “I hope to lead Scotland to independence,” Sturgeon told the BBC’s Andrew Marr on Sunday, adding that it would be “absurd and completely outrageous” for the Conservative government in London to go […]
UFA (Sputnik) – A maintenance worker, who was supposed to repair a light-engine plane in Russia’s Tatarstan region, hijacked the aircraft and crashed while landing, which resulted in his and the other passenger’s deaths, local investigative authorities said on Sunday. Source link
The doctor who famously and falsely announced that Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was not poisoned but had a bout of pancreatitis and hypoglycemia has disappeared in a swampy forest, according to several Russian media outlets. Kremlin-friendly outlet Life.ru suggested that “there could have been an accident” after two bears were spotted where the doctor was last seen. Alexander Murakhovsky, who was promoted to become minister […]
The White House finds opportunity to push its ambitious economic plans after a disappointing April jobs report, while the GOP cites the report as proof the government helped the unemployed too much. Source link
Biden’s America: Feds Say Violent Mexican Cartel Is Trying to Gain Foothold in Seattle, Northwest -Video Tap here to add The Western Journal to your home screen. Source link
Usually, discarded rocket stages reenter the atmosphere soon after liftoff, normally over water, and don’t go into orbit. China’s official Xinhua News Agency later clarified that reentry occurred Sunday at 10:24 a.m. Beijing time. “The vast majority of items were burned beyond recognition during the reentry process,” the report said. Despite that, NASA Administrator Sen. Bill Nelson issued a statement saying: “It is clear that China […]
Three people were wounded in Times Square on Saturday night as shootings in Mayor Bill de Blasio’s (D) New York City surge 83 percent. The New Daily reports three individuals were shot around 5 p.m. Saturday “at the intersection of 7th Avenue and 44th Street.” Two women and a four-year-old girl were injured. The Daily Mail noted the four-year-old “was struck in the leg, a 24-year-old woman was […]
Two longtime bitter enemies who have for much of the past couple decades battled for influence in the Middle East while clashing through proxies have entered unlikely secret talks. On Friday a Saudi foreign ministry official confirmed previously widespread rumors of the past weeks that the kingdom is in communications with Iran in order to reduce regional tensions. Earlier reports suggested the talks secretly took place in […]
PARIS (Sputnik) – France may retaliate against the United Kingdom if London fails to fulfil the post-Brexit agreements on fishing rights, French government spokesman Gabriel Attal said on Sunday. Source link
Nineteen people were shot, five fatally, Friday into Sunday morning across Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s (D) Chicago. ABC 7 / Chicago Sun-Times reports the first fatality occurred at 10:15 p.m. Friday night, when a 31-year-old man was shot multiple times. He “was standing in a gangway between two buildings in the first block of North Menard Avenue” when the shots rang out. The 31-year-old was pronounced dead at […]
Authored by Gail Tverberg via Our Finite World blog, We live in a world where words are very carefully chosen. Companies hire public relations firms to give just the right “spin” to what they are saying. Politicians make statements which suggest that everything is going well. Newspapers would like their advertisers to be happy; they certainly won’t suggest that the automobile you purchase today may be […]
Heavyweight boxer Nagy Aguilera was booed by 73,000 fans and accused of committing one of the ultimate sins in the sport by apparently faking an injury to get out of his fight against Canelo Alvarez stablemate Frank Sanchez. On the undercard of the Cinco de Mayo sell-out at the Dallas Cowboys’ stadium in Arlington, Texas – which was headlined by Alvarez and Billy Joe Saunders while breaking […]
ROME (Sputnik) – Pope Francis during his Sunday address expressed concerns about the ongoing clashes in East Jerusalem that led to the injuries of around 300 Palestinians, calling for the violence to stop. Source link
If you love The Daily Beast’s royal coverage, then we hope you’ll enjoy The Royalist, a members-only series for Beast Inside. Become a member to get it in your inbox on Sunday. Queen’s first cousin reportedly boasts about closeness with Putin—and a sweet deal Prince Michael of Kent reportedly has been trading on both his royal status and his access to Russian President Vladimir Putin. In […]
A majority win by Scotland’s pro-independence parties energizes the push for a referendum on leaving the U.K. Source link
Never-Trump Senator Mitt Romney was censured Saturday night by Weber County Republicans. This was after the Utah Republican Party failed to censure Romney at their state convention last weekend. The vote was 116 to 97. Romney was a bitter Trump critic who continues to spout off against the most popular Republican President in US History. TRENDING: Maricopa County Board of Supervisors Holds Emergency Meeting After AZ […]
On Saturday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Fox & Friends,” Rep. Michael Waltz (R-FL) reacted to reports of new emails from Hunter Biden by stating that the story bears similarities to what happened with Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) “and the mainstream media and the Democrats on Capitol Hill are just going to shrug their shoulders.” Waltz said, [relevant remarks begin around 2:30] “He was assigned […]
In 2015, Chinese military scientists discussed how to weaponze SARS coronaviruses, five years before the COVID-19 pandemic emerged in Wuhan, China – where CCP scientists were collaborating with a US-funded NGO on so-called ‘gain of function’ research to make bat coronaviruses infect humans more easily. In a 263-page document, written by People’s Liberation Army scientists and senior Chinese public health officials and obtained by the US State Department during […]
After Friday’s bizarro jobs report, which was the 2nd biggest miss to expectations on record as a result of millions not looking for work thanks to Biden’s trillions in stimmy checks which pay unemployed Americans more for sitting on their ass than having a job, two seemingly contradictory stories are circulating in capital markets according to BofA’s Ethan Harris. One is about relatively widespread labor shortages […]
Last month, an anti-racism task force was set up by the archbishops of Canterbury and York; it has already urged the Church of England to address the legacy of its involvement in the slave trade. Source link
The guided-missile cruiser USS Monterey discovered the weapons aboard what the Navy described as a stateless dhow, a traditional Mideast sailing ship, in an operation that began Thursday in the northern reaches of the Arabian Sea off Oman and Pakistan. Sailors boarded the vessel and found the weapons, most wrapped in green plastic, below deck. When laid out on the deck of the Monterey, the scale […]
The police department in the Democrat-run city of Chicago is so under-staffed detectives are being told to put on a uniform and go sit on a salt truck. Yes, you read that correctly, plain-clothes detectives who are trained and paid to investigate crimes like homicide are being ordered to put on a uniform and “sit in a fixed position or on a street corner, sometimes with a […]
By Ryan Fitzmaurice of Rabobank Don’t fight the Fed Inflation remains a key concern for investors as was clear from Warren Buffett’s comments at the Berkshire Hathaway annual event this past weekend Commodity index inflows picked up substantially this week as institutional investors return to the alternative asset class in a big way Strong investor interest is providing steady and reliable demand for oil futures The […]
Thomas Tuchel’s remarkable impact at Chelsea has put them withing touching distance of an unlikely Champions League triumph and transformed a team which was in danger of becoming an expensively-assembled set of flops. Saturday’s win at Premier League champions-elect Manchester City was the latest in a growing list of impressive achievements by Tuchel since the German took over from Frank Lampard at the end of January. […]
The Ukrainian Army is testing an integrated aerial target system that developed to support the training requirement of the armed forces. According to the Army Inform news agency, the Ukrainian Army is experimenting with the Flying Target-1 (FT-1) low-flying air target system during the training phase of combat firing of air defense units at the Rivne military range. The FT-1 is suitable for a range of […]
In 2015 scientists in Poland were in the midst of a large comprehensive study of the National Museum in Warsaw’s mummy collection when they ran across something strange. An Egyptian mummy that, for decades, had been thought to be the remains of an ancient male priest had something unusual in its pelvis area. The anthropologist was examining the pelvic area of the mummy to confirm the […]
NPR’s Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks to University of Maine sociology professor Amy Blackstone about the declining number of births in the U.S. Source link
AZ Sen. Kelly Townsend: Everyone Knows You Don’t Try to Stop an Audit with the Fervency We’ve Seen if There’s Nothing to Hide (VIDEO) Tap here to add The Western Journal to your home screen. Source link
A Wisconsin man who fatally punched his little boy over a slice of cheesecake was recently convicted of homicide. “Travis Stackhouse, 30, had been on trial this week for first-degree reckless homicide in the June 2019 death of his son, Sir Amer Stackhouse,” the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported Thursday. Following two days of testimony from state witnesses, Stackhouse pleaded guilty to second-degree reckless homicide, child abuse, […]
A former Olympic weightlifter claims that female athletes are being told to “be quiet” about transgender weightlifter Laurel Hubbard ahead of his Olympic debut. Hubbard is a 43-year-old biological male competing as a woman. Should Hubbard pass the New Zealand Olympic Committee (NZOC) fitness and performance standards, he would become the first trans athlete to compete in the Olympics. Tracey Lambrechs, a former Olympic weightlifter from New […]
The main module carried by the rocket is poised to be the control hub for the Tiangong (or “Heavenly Palace”) orbital station that China wants to finish assembling by 2022. Source link
Radio Television Hong Kong (RTHK) debuted a new program hosted by the city’s pro-China chief executive, Carrie Lam, in the past month shortly after the government took over the station. Lam presented the first episode of a new RTHK program titled Get to Know the Election Committee Subsectors, on April 28. The show’s title refers to a new imposed electoral system promoted by the Chinese Communist […]
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has issued a scathing denunciation of Israel following clashes between police and Palestinian demonstrators who are angry about planned forced evictions in annexed East Jerusalem. On Friday, Israeli police used rubber bullets, tear gas and stun grenades on worshippers at Al-Aqsa mosque after the crowd began throwing chairs, rocks and shoes at them. More than 200 Palestinians were reportedly injured across […]
The Guattari cave in Italy, located on the coast between Rome and Naples, is noteworthy for a remarkable chance discovery of Neanderthal fossils in 1939, with the site failing to offer up any secrets since then. Source link
The State Border Guard Service of Ukraine has released a photo showing the Russian Navy’s latest patrol vessel Pavel Derzhavin (363) shadowing the Legend-class national security cutter USCGC Hamilton (WMSL 753) of the U.S. Coast Guard in the Black Sea. According to the plan of joint exercises, the warships of the U.S. Coast Guard and Ukrainian State Border Guard Service, during the passage by sea, worked […]
If you’re reading this after the midterm elections, it’s either because Democrats were right that they could buck the historical trends and keep their House majority—or it’s because they were spectacularly wrong. The man in charge of defending House Democrats is confident it will be the former, thanks to strong economic growth and a competent COVID response. And what’s more, he thinks Republicans are betting everything […]
Aziz Abdul Alim, a 103-year-old man from a remote valley in Upper Chitral of northern Pakistan, is both a COVID survivor and a proud supporter of the COVID vaccine. Sohail Ahmad hide caption toggle caption Sohail Ahmad Aziz Abdul Alim, a 103-year-old man from a remote valley in Upper Chitral of northern Pakistan, is both a COVID survivor and a proud supporter of the COVID vaccine. […]
Three Amherst Students Suspended for Taking Picture without Masks Off Campus – School Keeps Their Tuition Tap here to add The Western Journal to your home screen. Source link
Two elderly Asian women were stabbed this week while standing along San Francisco’s Market Street, according to video footage obtained by ABC 7’s Dion Lim. “I was also provided an image of the x-ray showing the weapon used. It was still inside Mrs. Chui Fong’s body at the time it was taken,” Lim said in a report Thursday. This is the x-ray of the knife in […]
Many people talk to their plants, but the plants don’t talk back. However, a new invention allows the plants not to talk back, but at least to communicate, by moving. For instance, you could ask a plant if it needed to be watered, and the plant would shake up and down to indicate ‘yes’. From the patent granted to Richard J. Maddocks et al: The present […]
Viral flashback footage circulating on social media shows Broward County bond court Judge John Hurley berating a lawyer for attempting to pull the race card in a case that involved a police encounter. In the footage from 2015, Hurley stops a lawyer from attempting to claim his client, who had fired shots at officers earlier, was running and hiding from police because he feared for his […]
Three out of five of the most unemployed cities in Israel are Arab and a local expert says the state doesn’t do much to assist the minority, which accounts for some 20 percent of the country’s total population. Source link
President Joe Biden’s administration is throwing out a reform sought by former President Trump that would have stopped the federal government from issuing work permits to illegal aliens with final deportation orders. Last year, Trump issued a proposed rule change to prevent the issuance of work permits to illegal aliens who have been ordered deported from the United States by a federal immigration judge. Now, the […]
Just hours after we wrote an article titled “ARKegos Looming” on Thursday, which compared ARK Invest’s Cathie Wood to Bill Hwang and started to ask some critical, pointed questions about how many times ARK can closely sheer the NASDAQ sheep from which it is making its living, the firm’s matriarch appeared on CNBC late on Friday for some urgent damage control an interview about the recent […]
A pastor who became an internet sensation after chasing Canadian authorities out of his church has been detained for violating Covid-19 restrictions. Footage of the dramatic arrest was posted on his YouTube channel. Pastor Artur Pawlowski, of Calgary, Alberta, made headlines last month after he berated police for trying to shut down an Easter service that violated limitations on public gatherings. In a viral video of […]
Dogecoin, which was launched in 2013 as a joke in a nod to the “doge” meme circling the internet at the time, has since become the fifth-largest cryptocurrency in the world. Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has taken a particular interest in the digital currency, referring to himself as the Dogefather. Source link
On Saturday, the U.S. Navy commissioned its newest Expeditionary Sea Base ship USS Miguel Keith (ESB 5), May 8, at Naval Air Station North Island, Coronado, California. Due to COVID-19 limitations, 50 guests were able to attend the ceremony for the ship named in honor of Marine Corps Medal of Honor recipient Lance Cpl. Miguel Keith, who made the ultimate sacrifice in Vietnam exactly 51 years […]
Ziwe Fumudoh always lets her interview subjects know when they’ve messed up. She might bulge her eyes, or she might tilt her chin ever so slightly, offering an encouraging grin that belies the predatory gleam in her stare—but either way, those with any hint of self-awareness usually realize they’re either in trouble or about to be. The 29-year-old comedian, known professionally by the mononym Ziwe, has […]
David Swensen speaks in 2012 at an event honoring Jack Bogle, who created the first index fund. Like Bogle, Swensen was a champion of the everyday investor who he thought should invest in low-fee index funds and steer clear of actively managed mutual funds with higher fees. Peter Foley/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Peter Foley/Bloomberg via Getty Images David Swensen speaks in 2012 […]
Things are changing for the better in Election Integrity, and the Democrats are determined to fight it with every resource they have. Texas is in the process of passing new laws that already have high favorability with the voters. “It is all happening in the dark,” the NAACP cries. After a disastrous and chaotic 2020 Presidential election, many Republicans were so disenfranchised they said they would […]
A three-time deported illegal alien charged with murdering 55-year-old Jackie Vigil in 2019 is now facing federal immigration charges for repeatedly illegally entering the United States. In November 2019, Jacqueline Vigil was leaving her Alberquerque, New Mexico, home with plans to go to the gym when she was murdered in her driveway in her car. Vigil was the mother of two New Mexico State Police officers and worked at […]
Cosmologists have found a way to double the accuracy of measuring distances to supernova explosions – one of their tried-and-true tools for studying the mysterious dark energy that is making the universe expand faster and faster. The results from the Nearby Supernova Factory (SNfactory) collaboration, led by Greg Aldering of the Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab), will enable scientists to study dark […]
Authored by Jake Johnson via CommonDreams.org, More than 100 heavily armed Brazilian police officers stormed a sprawling Rio de Janeiro favela (a shanty town or slum) Thursday and killed at least two dozen people, a raid that human rights activists, researchers, and journalists described as the deadliest such police atrocity in the city’s history. The hours-long operation, purportedly aimed at drug traffickers in the poverty-stricken Jacarezinho favela, ultimately […]
A number of Palestinian protesters sustained injuries during riots along the border of the Gaza Strip on Saturday as unrest flared around the Temple Mount and ahead of planned evictions in the Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood of east Jerusalem, with the IDF launching tear gas and firing rubber bullets in response, according to Palestinian reports. Source link
The establishment media’s fixation on Donald Trump before and after his astonishing 2016 victory over failed presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton has sustained itself post-presidency. The media on Saturday compiled the following headlines on their webpages to illustrate the fixation: CNN: The ‘headache’ Trump left behind for Biden on the White House lawn Trump Organization must turn over documents to NY attorney general, judge rules Fact-checking Trump’s […]
Syrian and Russian state sources are reporting late this week that Russia’s Defense Ministry is expressing anger over what it described as noticeably increased American military activity in Syria’s northeast region, particularly an uptick in military equipment and troop deployments to the al-Jazeera area. The Russian Coordination Center in Hmeimim cited the increased air and land transport of American military hardware as part of the continuing violation of […]