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Five returned rental cars used by Biden’s Secret Service burst into flamesDecember 5, 2022
A bizarre situation involving rental cars used during one of President Joe Biden’s trips has social media and conspiracy theorists busy with speculation. The cars were owned by Hertz, and had just been returned by members of the Secret Service who had been using them during President Biden’s visit, sources said. The Ford Expedition was […] -
Supreme Court agrees to hear student debt forgiveness caseDecember 5, 2022
Six Republican-led states which are challenging the Biden admministration’s student loan forgiveness program will be heading to the Supreme Court. Earlier this month a federal appeals court in St. Louis sided with Arkansas, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska and South Carolina, and issued an injunction blocking the plan to provide up to $20,000 in student-loan relief […] -
Disney’s progressive ‘Strange World’ cartoon flops with disastrous $18M opening on a $180M budgetDecember 4, 2022
Disney’s attempt to push the woke agenda in children’s entertainment has royally flopped at the box office. “Strange World” features a gay teen as the main character and follows his romance; there is an environmental message as well. Opening weekend sales came in well below projections, grossing a mere $11.9 million over the three-day weekend and […] -
States Sue Sec. Mayorkas For Refusing to Enforce Immigration LawDecember 1, 2022
Sara takes aim at several stories that Americans need to be following. First, she praises Texas and Louisiana for suing Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas over his memo telling ICE and other federal agencies to reduce the number of deportations. She also highlights yet another horrific story of human smuggling. Then Sara takes aim at […] -
More than half of top Medical Schools now mandate Critical Race TheoryNovember 30, 2022
In a win for the woke warriors who care more about feelings than they do science or medical wellbeing, medical schools are being forced to mandate Critical Race Theory (CRT) training. According to the Critical Race Training in Education database and reported by the Daily Caller: Approximately 58 of the top 100 medical schools ranked […]
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Next-Gen Toilets Could Be Mic’d Up to Diagnose DiarrheaDecember 5, 2022
Michael Duva via Getty Don’t pooh-pooh this research: Georgia Tech engineers have developed a sensor that records audio of “excretion events” and analyzes the sounds using artificial intelligence, to correctly identify diarrhea with over 98 percent accuracy. The hope is that the bathroom-based Big Brother contraption could be used to predict cholera outbreaks and help people with gastrointestinal issues monitor their conditions.
Maia Gatlin, an engineering researcher at Georgia Tech, presented her team’s new research on Monday at the Acoustical Society of America Meeting. These findings, which have not yet been peer-reviewed, build off of a related system that the same team of researchers presented last week at an annual fluid dynamics conference.
“The hope is that this sensor, which is small in footprint and noninvasive in approach, could be deployed to areas where cholera outbreaks are a persistent risk,” Gatlin said in a press release. “Perhaps someday, our algorithm can be used with existing in-home smart devices to monitor one's own bowel movements and health!”
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Cops Address Slain Idaho Student’s Rumored StalkerDecember 5, 2022
Idaho Statesman/Getty Images Cops in Moscow, Idaho, said Monday that slain University of Idaho student Kaylee Goncalves’ supposed comments about a potential stalker may have stemmed from a one-off incident at a local business, and that the two men involved are not suspects in her murder.
It’s the latest detail to emerge from the seemingly stalled investigation, which has now gone on for over three weeks as detectives continue to search for a suspect, person of interest, or the knife used in the slayings.
Instead of press conferences, Moscow police have regularly provided Facebook updates to rule out a growing list of people who have been linked to Goncalves and the other murdered students: Ethan Chapin, Madison Mogen, and Xana Kernodle.
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‘Sexual Predator’ James Toback Abused Actresses at His Mom’s House, Bombshell Suit ClaimsDecember 5, 2022
Photo Illustration by Luis G. Rendon/The Daily Beast/Getty Award-winning filmmaker James Toback—who once insisted anyone who had the temerity to accuse him of sexual misconduct was a “lying cocksucker or [a] cunt or both”—has been accused of exactly that by more than three dozen women who say he is a “serial sexual predator.”
For some 40 years, Toback has “used his reputation, power and influence in the entertainment industry” and the pull of his celebrity contacts to “lure” aspiring actresses “into compromising situations where he falsely imprisoned, sexually abused, assaulted, and/or battered them,” according to a lawsuit filed Monday in New York State Supreme Court.
It is believed to be the first such lawsuit filed against Toback, lawyers representing the women told The Daily Beast.
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The GOP’s House Majority Is Even Flimsier Than We ThoughtDecember 5, 2022
Kent Nishimura Left in the wake of the countervailing forces that made the 2022 midterms so unusual are 18 GOP House seats set to become the new battleground in 2024.
And as if New York didn’t have enough influence over the country, a handful of flipped seats there could once again make the difference between Democratic and Republican control of the House.
Known as crossover seats, what these 18 all have in common is a Republican victor who prevailed in a district that President Joe Biden won in 2020. On the Democratic side, there are five members who pulled off a victory in a district former President Donald Trump carried in his 2020 defeat.
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Michael Avenatti Gets 14 Years in Prison for Stealing Millions From ClientsDecember 5, 2022
Spencer Platt/Getty Images Michael Avenatti, the larger-than-life attorney who fell from grace nearly as quickly as he rose to national prominence for representing adult film actress Stormy Daniels in her suit against former President Donald Trump, was sentenced Monday to 14 years in federal prison for stealing millions of dollars from his clients.
He was also ordered to pay more than $7 million to his four victims, one of whom is a paraplegic man. Avenatti, 51, pleaded guilty six months ago to four counts of wire fraud and one count of endeavoring to obstruct the administration of the Internal Revenue Code.
In relation to the latter charge, Avenatti was ordered Monday to fork over an additional $3.2 million to the federal government. The amount matches the sum prosecutors accused him of stealing in federal payroll taxes, collected from the employees of his now-defunct Seattle coffee chain but never passed along to the IRS, a fraud that prosecutors called “massive.”
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Macron: Russia Needs Security Guarantees 'Essential' To Ending The WarDecember 5, 2022Macron: Russia Needs Security Guarantees 'Essential' To Ending The WarTyler Durden Mon, 12/05/2022 - 18:00
As we detailed earlier, a clear division is arising between Europe and the United States over Washington's more hawkish and hardline stance on resisting all negotiations with Russia, but instead which is centered on encouraging Kiev to pursuing 'victory' on the battlefield. "The fact is, if you look at it soberly, the country that is most profiting from this war is the U.S. because they are selling more gas and at higher prices, and because they are selling more weapons," one senior European official bluntly complained to Politico last month.
Underscoring that Europe is more ready to pursue avenues of negotiated settlement in Ukraine, over the weekend French President Emmanuel Macron urged for the West to take seriously Russia's security concerns regarding NATO expansion near its border. He called for greater willingness to give Moscow the "guarantees" necessary for negotiations to be successful. He called them 'essential' if the West wants to get serious about talks and peaceful settlement.
Image via The Hill "We need to prepare what we are ready to do, how we protect our allies and member states, and how to give guarantees to Russia the day it returns to the negotiating table," President Macron said in an interview that aired Saturday.
That's when he underlined something which a mere months ago would elicit rage and accusations of 'pro-Kremlin' stooge among Western mainstream punditry. "One of the essential points we must address — as President Putin has always said — is the fear that NATO comes right up to its doors, and the deployment of weapons that could threaten Russia," Macron said.
The timing of the remarks was interesting given the interview was recorded while he was on the US on a state visit to the White House, and it aired as he departed.
According to The New York Times, "The interview with TF1, a French television network, appeared sympathetic to the concerns of President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia and was immediately picked up prominently by TASS, the Russian state news agency. It prompted an angry reaction in Ukraine."
While there was no immediate reaction from the Biden administration, the Ukrainian presidency's office said such negotiations and security guarantees would only be possible "after tribunal, conviction of war authors and war criminals” and the "imposition of large-scale reparations."
Separately, David Arakhamia, the chief of the Ukrainian negotiating group involved in short-lived ceasefire talks in the opening months of the war, also echoed that Russian forces must first "leave the territory of our country; pay reparations; punish all war criminals; voluntarily give up nuclear weapons."
The Times further points out that Russian state media was quick to amplify Macron's interview statements:
Responding to a tweet from TASS featuring Mr. Macron’s remarks, Nicolas Tenzer, a prominent French political scientist and essayist, commented: "Devastating."
During the summer months and prior, European leaders seemed to tilt toward Washington's more hardline approach to the conflict, but with the energy crisis becoming more acute and now headed into the winter months it appears a new consensus is emerging.
As another example, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz spoke with President Vladimir Putin on Friday, with the Kremlin side later saying that Scholz admitted the West's policy on Ukraine is "destructive" and that Berlin may pursue a rethinking of its policy.
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Ron Paul: The 'Twitter Papers' Reveal The Totalitarians Among UsDecember 5, 2022Ron Paul: The 'Twitter Papers' Reveal The Totalitarians Among UsTyler Durden Mon, 12/05/2022 - 17:40
Authored by Ron Paul via The Ron Paul Institute,
I admit to being skeptical of Elon Musk as a free speech hero. He has moved from one US government-subsidized business to another on his path to becoming the world’s richest person. But there is no denying that his release of the “Twitter Papers” this past weekend, which blew the lid off government manipulation of social media, has been a huge victory for those of us who value the First Amendment.
The release, in coordination with truly independent journalist Matt Taibbi, demonstrated indisputably how politicians and representatives of “official Washington” pressed the teams that were then in charge of censorship at Twitter to remove Tweets and even ban accounts that were guilty of nothing beyond posting something the power-brokers did not want the general public to read. Let’s not forget that many of those demanding Twitter censorship were US government officials who had taken an oath to the US Constitution and its First Amendment.
It is important to understand that both US political parties were involved in pushing Twitter to censor information they didn’t like. There is plenty of corruption to go around. However, as the Twitter Papers demonstrated, vastly more Tweets were censored at the demand of Democratic Party politicians simply because Twitter employees on the censorship team were overwhelmingly Democratic Party supporters.
Perhaps the most damning piece of evidence released in this first installment of the Twitter Papers was a series of Tweets from the Biden 2020 campaign to its contact inside Twitter asking that the social media censor them. An internal Twitter document shows that the censor team “handled these,” meaning censored them.
Elon Musk himself openly stated before the release that, prior to his taking control of the company and engaging in mass firing, Twitter had been manipulating elections. So all those years we heard lies from the Washington elites that Russia was interfering in our elections when after all it was Twitter. Of course that raises the question about other large social media companies like Facebook. Will Mark Zuckerberg come clean about his own company’s election interference? Will anyone have the courage to demand that he do so?
How did they get away with all of this? As another truly independent journalist, Glenn Greenwald, pointed out on the Tucker Carlson show the night the “Twitter Papers” were released, while it was once controversial for the CIA to attempt to manipulate what Americans consume in the mainstream media, nowadays these outlets openly hire “former” US intelligence leaders and officers as news analysts. CNN, MSNBC, Fox, and the rest of them all bring on “former” members of the intelligence services to tell Americans what to think. “Big tech censorship is a critical tool of the national security state,” Greenwald told Tucker. “Whenever anyone tries to do anything about it these former people from the CIA and the Pentagon and the rest jump up and say ‘we cannot allow you to restore free speech.’”
This is a corruption scandal so massive that it is almost guaranteed to never be properly investigated. Government itself is among the most guilty and we know “government commissions” are really about covering up rather than uncovering the crimes committed. But the truth is powerful. Some 58 years after the Warren Report whitewashed the assassination of President Kennedy, polls show that few Americans believe the “official” narrative.
Truth is powerful and we must always seek it. No amount of lies can withstand the disinfectant of truth. Thanks to Elon Musk for his courage and we encourage him to continue.
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PepsiCo To Lay Off Hundreds After Price-Hikes As Consumer 'Strength' QuestionedDecember 5, 2022PepsiCo To Lay Off Hundreds After Price-Hikes As Consumer 'Strength' QuestionedTyler Durden Mon, 12/05/2022 - 17:20
Up until now, the majority of layoffs have been focused in technology firms and banks, as talking heads proclaim 'the consumer is still strong'.
However, tonight's news that no lesser staple than PepsiCo is to announce a major belt-tightening suggests the pain is spreading much more broadly across the US economy.
The Wall Street Journal reports, according to people familiar with the matter and documents reviewed, that the giant firm will be cutting hundreds of jobs at its North American snack and beverage headquarters.
As of Dec. 25 last year, PepsiCo employed about 309,000 people worldwide, including about 129,000 people in the U.S.
In a memo sent to staff that was viewed by the Journal, PepsiCo told employees that the layoffs were intended “to simplify the organization so we can operate more efficiently.”
Of course, it's anyone's guess when these layoffs appear in the official jobs data...
the BLS will need a +10 million birth death adjustment soon to keep their BS going https://t.co/WZZ8WIsKzi
— zerohedge (@zerohedge) December 5, 2022This decision comes just a few week after the company announced it had raised prices on its snacks and drinks by 17% on average from last year.
“The consumer has very much stuck with our products,” said Hugh Johnston, PepsiCo’s finance chief, in an interview.
“In a world where there are many struggles and stresses, we are kind of an affordable luxury.”
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“There may be a point when the revenue growth slows down,” Mr. Johnston said. He added: “We just have to be prepared for it.”
Do the layoffs mean that the consumer is cutting back further? Or have margins been crushed even more by inflation?
Are Doritos now out of reach for the average joe?
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[VIDEO] KJP’s New Strategy on Hunter Laptop Censorship is to Suggest the Truth is Now a “Distraction” and “Old News”December 5, 2022
The Hunter Laptop From Hell isn’t going anywhere. If anything, this story is just getting stronger by the day, because it was election interference. Plain as day. Among everything else that went sideways in 2020, this laptop was a huge chunk of the fraud that took place against the American people. Especially when Joe Biden knew good and well about his son’s laptop, and still stood there and lied to the American people and claimed it was “Russian disinformation.” And thanks to Elon, who is releasing files on what happened, we now know that it was a coordinated effort to -
The Achilles Heel Between Dems And Republicans Is That Liberals Don’t Quit; They Have No ShameDecember 5, 2022
Some people—call let’s them decent human beings—will stop what they’re doing as soon as they realize it’s wrong or hurtful to others and won’t continue to do it in the future. Democrats are the next group. Democrats appear to reside in a world where harming others is not only frequent, but eventually, you have to conclude that it serves as their sole motivation. You can’t keep punching someone in the face without making other people wonder if you might be doing it on purpose. Democrats routinely kick and punch their small-dollar contributors and voters in the groin while alternating between -
[VIDEO] Hilarious 17-Second Tribute to Michael Avenatti, as He Heads Off to Prison for Another 14 Years LOLDecember 5, 2022
Remember when CNN seriously suggested that Michael Avenatti was a contender for the 2020 election? They had him on their network a bazillion times, and presented him as a professional, reputable pundit, when in fact, he was a complete fraud and huckster… and now we know he’s a criminal who extorted Nike, and stole money from his client, Stormy Daniels, all while telling her wasn’t getting paid. I mean, it really serves her right, since he was a huckster and liar, too. Two peas in a pod, if you ask me. In the end, Michael is getting what he deserves. -
Attacking The Lighting Of The City’s Christmas Tree Is Not Only Evil, It’s Demonic!December 5, 2022
Last week, Philadelphia celebrated its annual tree lighting event to usher in the holiday season. The night was anything but silent as hundreds of people joyously gathered to witness the city light up its Christmas tree, even if the bells were jingling and the halls were decorated. Almost all of the elements of a tree-lighting ritual were present at the occasion, with the exception of one crucial element: naming the tree a Christmas tree. Officials from the city of Philadelphia eventually settled on dubbing it a “Christmas tree.” The event was referred to as the “City of Philadelphia Holiday Tree -
Miscalculating Dems Are Doubling Down On Biden After 2022 Midterms; Wait For ItDecember 5, 2022
Democrats were bound to draw the incorrect conclusions from their inflated performance in the midterm elections. The unpopular 80-year-old president is now being supported by the Democratic Party in the 2024 election, as is only natural. President Joe Biden is in favor of the Democrats’ intention to move South Carolina from being the first state primary in the country to take Iowa’s place as the first state primary in 2024. You may recall that in 2020, Biden was fourth in Iowa but won in South Carolina, where he was able to overtake Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders and win the nomination. -
Federal Judge Gives Michael Avenatti More Bad NewsDecember 5, 2022
After confessing to defrauding four of his clients out of millions of dollars, imprisoned attorney Michael Avenatti was given a 14-year jail sentence and told to pay $7 million in restitution on Monday in Southern California. U.S. District Judge James V. Selna stated during a hearing in Santa Ana, California, that the sentence should run concurrently with the five-year prison term he is now serving for other charges in New York. Without reaching a plea agreement with federal prosecutors, Avenatti pled guilty to four charges of wire fraud and a tax-related felony earlier this year. He claimed that he did -
Watch: SNL Hit Biden With One Doozy Of a “Brain Dead” JokeDecember 5, 2022
For the left, everything is “fair game” and funny, until it goes against something they believe in. You can mock Trump, Qanon, and the GOP until the cow’s come home, but the second someone goes after anyone or anything on the left, all bets are off and the weeping and gnashing of teeth begins. And that’s exactly what happened regarding the latest SNL sketch that targeted Biden’s brain power, or lack thereof. During the “Weekend Update” segment of “Saturday Night Live,” host Michael Che suggested Joe has brain damage. Yes, it’s obvious, isn’t it? Che used the claim as a -
Father of Murdered Idaho College Student Believes His Daughter Was The Likely TargetDecember 5, 2022
The murder of the four Idaho college students is a mystery. Police still don’t have a suspect, and many fear the case will grow cold, and the killer will get away with slaughtering four young lives. But a crime this big and bold is usually solved fairly quickly in this day and age, but for whatever reason, police can’t seem to solve this one. That’s leaving the parents very frustrated, and they’ve been speaking out against the police’s wishes, but you can’t blame them, they just lost their children in the most brutal way ever. The father of Kaylee Gonclaves
