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Where’s the beef? The better question may be what’s in the beef. What’s believed to be the world’s oldest McDonald’s Quarter Pounder is about to celebrate a milestone birthday. Casey Dean and Eduards Nits purchased the Quarter Pounder — since dubbed the “Senior Burger” by its keepers — from a Golden Arches location in Australia back in 1995, and this November, the old burger turns 30. Dean and Nits have kept the Senior Burger carefully wrapped in its original, McD’s-stamped beige paper packaging all this time — though it looks like it hasn’t aged a day. Despite having never been...

illiam F. Buckley Jr. once quipped that he would rather be governed by the first 2,000 names in the Boston phone book than by the Harvard faculty. New York City is about to be governed by the Columbia University student body. A city that used to think of itself as grown up has just elected a mayor who seems the very embodiment of the American college student: uninformed, entitled and self-important, enjoying a regal quality of life that depends parasitically upon a civilization about which he knows nothing, yet for which he has nothing but scorn. American college students regularly...

Gold has entered its third major breakout in the past half-century, and investors are divided on what’s really driving it. The last two run-ups in the 1970s and early 2010s ended badly for late buyers. Yet this year’s explosive move has sparked a wave of optimism rooted in one assumption: this time is different.That phrase has a dangerous history. Carmen Reinhart and Kenneth Rogoff used it as the title of their book on recurring financial disasters, a reminder that bubbles often disguise themselves as “new eras.”Gold, traditionally viewed as the antidote to reckless governments and unstable currencies, has doubled over...

A top Hamas leader said Tuesday that the terror group and the Palestinian Authority have come to an agreement regarding the establishment of a temporary committee that will manage the Gaza Strip on behalf of the PA. The committee’s responsibilities will include overseeing the border crossings and the security forces in the Strip, Moussa Abu Marzouk told Al Jazeera, adding that it will be headed by a PA minister. Abu Marzouk didn’t clarify during the interview whether this decision was approved by the US as well as the PA, meaning it was unclear whether there is any weight to the...

Real estate agents are being bombarded with calls this morning from panicked New Yorkers desperate to flee after Zohran Mamdani’s mayoral victory last night. Two key destinations are already emerging: New York’s affluent suburbs and Republican strongholds across the Sunbelt. Agents from Westchester and Greenwich to Florida, Texas, and the Carolinas say they’re seeing a surge in calls from city residents desperate to relocate - some within commuting distance, while others looking to get as far away as they can. 'We are seeing interest from New York City intensify because of the election,' Dina Goldentayer, a Douglas Elliman agent in...

The United Services Automobile Association is one of the most venerable names in banking and insurance, a company that prides itself on its service to members of the military and their families. In recent years, however, USAA has run into serious financial trouble due to a combination of mismanagement, fashionable diversity, equity, and inclusion policies, and the firm’s increasing reliance on incompetent and untrustworthy H-1B workers, most of whom are from India. A significant number of current and former USAA employees have come forward to discuss what they describe as a toxic workplace culture, which has led to an alarming...

Trump haters always think they haven't been aggressive enough in taking Trump down. Politico senior writer Ankush Khardori posted an article on Election Day headlined "Avoiding Merrick Garland’s Mistakes the Next Time Democrats Hold Power." The "mistakes" Khardori sees are that Garland did not push hard enough nor fast enough in his politically motivated lawfare against Trump, even though it resulted in two federal indictments as well as two federally influenced state indictments.Khardori's thirst for lawfare vengeance in the next future Democrat DOJ was inspired by a newly published book. Leftist journalists scold Garland as a spineless jellyfish.

IBM said Tuesday that it will lay off a small percentage of its employees in the current quarter. “In the fourth quarter we are executing an action that will impact a low single-digit percentage of our global workforce,” a spokesperson told CNBC. “While this may impact some U.S.-based roles, we anticipate that our U.S. employment will remain flat year over year.” IBM employed 270,000 people at the end of 2024, according to its latest annual report. A 1% cut to headcount would represent the loss of 2,700 jobs. Other technology companies have been slimming down lately, with executives looking for...

Of course we saw this coming a mile away and we issued as many warnings as we could, but New York City voted for a Communist and that’s what they got…. All lovable and cuddly during the election, promising everything free under the sun, and then just like the Snake in the poem President Trump always reads, New York City is about to be surprised when that Snake bites them hard. Even CNN’s Van Jones is sounding the alarm on the instant character switch in a victory speech that sounded Stalin-esque! Watch here: VIDEO AT LINK................. YIKES! Also, why is...

We will never get the cost of housing down until we go back to the levels of per capita construction that we had in the 1960s and 1970s. Current zoning laws make that impossible.

Maryland Democratic Gov. Wes Moore on Tuesday launched a redistricting commission to consider whether to redraw the state's congressional lines ahead of next year's midterms, as other states redo their districts. The launch comes the same day that California voters are casting their ballots on whether the Golden State should participate in the redistricting movement. The resolution would redraw House districts to secure a greater Democratic advantage as retaliation for similar Republican efforts in states like Texas. The commission will be led by Maryland Democratic Sen. Angela Alsobrooks and will hold public hearings, solicit feedback and make recommendations to the...

Dave Rubin of “The Rubin Report” talks about Charlie Kirk’s prescient warning for MAGA and the GOP about a Zohran Mamdani win and how failing to deal with the affordability crisis for Gen Z will lead them to support socialism; Donald Trump’s brutal reaction to Democrat Socialist Zohran Mamdani‘s win in New York City’s mayoral race; CNN’s Van Jones being alarmed by the class rage and angry rhetoric of Zohran Mamdani‘s victory speech; Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez making it clear that the Democratic Socialists of the Democratic Party are going to target Chuck Schumer and the establishment Democrats next; Scott Jennings delivering...

A federal appeals court on Tuesday cleared the way for Florida to enforce a law restricting property purchases by foreign buyers from China The law in question, SB 265, was signed by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis and prohibits individuals “domiciled” in China who are not U.S. citizens or lawful permanent residents from purchasing property in Florida. In a 2-1 decision, the Atlanta-based 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected claims that the law violated federal law or discriminated against Asians. “Today we won big at the US Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit, defending our law preventing ownership of...

Texas voters on Tuesday evening overwhelmingly passed a ballot measure to change the state constitution to bar non-citizens from voting in its elections. The Associated Press projected the proposition to pass, with 74.9% of voters backing the plan and 25.1% opposing it as of press time. Sixty-four percent of precincts had reported their votes.

Republican candidates lost across Virginia on Tuesday night, including losing to a Democrat who fantasized about murdering Republicans and their children. But one silver lining popped up in a most unexpected place: Infamous Loudoun County elected a school board member opposed to transgender ideology. Amy Riccardi just unseated trans-crazed incumbent Arben Istrefi, who recently voted in favor of keeping Policy 8040, which allows students to use restrooms and locker rooms of the opposite sex and requires the use of “preferred pronouns” to start grooming children into pursuing irreversible medical “transition” procedures. Loudoun County Public Schools’ (LCPS) “transgender” policies have led...

Tens of thousands of Jeep vehicles are being recalled due to a potential fire risk. Stellantis, the parent company of Jeep, says the issue has to do with potential battery failure in certain plug-in hybrid models. The company said an investigation found 19 reports of fires, with one injury. The recall covers 2020 to 2025 Jeep Wrangler 4xes as well as 2022 to 2026 Jeep Grand Cherokee 4xes. In total, more than 375,000 of the SUVs are under the recall, with the bulk of them being in the U.S. Stellantis is cautioning vehicle owners not to recharge their batteries regarding...

Zohran Mamdani's victory reveals middle-class frustration with broken promises, not an embrace of far-left ideology Zohran Mamdani just became mayor of New York City, a self-described socialist leading America’s most capitalist city. To some, that sounds like proof that the far left is taking over. But that’s not what happened. Mamdani didn’t win because New York suddenly fell in love with socialism. He won because he captured something every politician should be listening to right now — a deep frustration that the system doesn’t feel fair anymore. And here’s the twist: That frustration isn’t confined to struggling families or low-income...

War Secretary Pete Hegseth announced on Tuesday another lethal strike against a drug trafficking vessel in the Eastern Pacific. Two were killed in the attack. According to NewsNation, at least 66 people have been killed in at least 16 strikes since the United States campaign in South America started in September. This strike came “the same day an aircraft carrier began heading to the region in a new expansion of military firepower,” per NewsNation. Hegseth wrote in a statement on Tuesday, Today, at the direction of President Trump, the Department of War carried out a lethal kinetic strike on a...

New York City’s Jewish fire commissioner Robert Tucker handed in his resignation first thing Wednesday — just one day after anti-Israel Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani was elected, The Post has learned. Tucker, a Jewish philanthropist and businessman, will step down from the role he has held for just over 12 months on Dec. 19, sources said. He will go back to running the private security firm he headed before joining Mayor Adams’ administration, the sources added. News of Tucker’s resignation came just as the FDNY boss was set to fly to Israel later Wednesday to meet with a fire commissioner in...

On Wednesday's Morning Joe, Joe Scarborough sought to present himself as the kindly, non-partisan political consultant, saying he had warned Republicans not to overreach after their 2024 victories, or imagine they'd occupy the White House forever. How phony. That was just cover for his gloating proclamation that Republicans didn't listen to him: "And if you go too fast, voters will knock you on your ass immediately. And that's what happened yesterday." Democrat ex-senator Claire McCaskill didn't even bother trying to disguise her glee, saying of President Trump: "Yeah, I'd say he's on his ass." Morning Joe proceeded to give the...