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In the vast depths of the ocean, scientists have made an amazing discovery in a seemingly unassuming creature: the sea squirt. Researchers from the Institute of Science and Technology Austria have uncovered how sea squirt oocytes (immature egg cells) utilize friction within their interior compartments to trigger developmental changes after conception. This revelation opens a new chapter in our understanding of the forces that shape life.

House Republicans are calling on President Biden to withdraw his administration’s proposal to ban menthol cigarettes and flavored cigars, saying the regulation would provide a “huge opportunity” to Mexican cartels. Nine GOP lawmakers in a Dec. 11 letter to the White House noted that Cártel de Jalisco Nueva Generación (CJNG) “has reportedly expanded its recent operations to include cigarette smuggling and sales” — potentially “using the profits … to fund their fentanyl operation in the US.” The group warned Biden that the proposed ban would allow the cartel “and other criminal organizations to expand their smuggling of tobacco products within...

She has had pneumonia and sepsis since December. She reached out to me to post a request for prayers. Prayers are powerful things!

It might be comforting to think that American democracy has made it past the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection. But our research shows that a wide range of the American people, of all political stripes, seek leaders who are fundamentally anti-democratic. It’s true that many who participated in the insurrection are facing consequences, including prison time. Many candidates for state office who falsely claimed that Donald Trump won the 2020 presidential election lost their races. And the congressional committee investigating the insurrection voted to refer Trump to the Department of Justice for criminal charges. But more than 100 members of Congress...

Mass layoffs are in store for 2024, and it might end up affecting nearly half of companies, according to a new poll. That's the latest information from a Resume Builder survey, based on responses from more than 900 companies this month. Resume Builder is a professional platform that allows users to create resumes in just a few steps. In the survey, nearly four in 10 companies said they are likely to have layoffs in 2024, prompting increased fears of a recession around the corner. More than half of companies also said they plan to implement a hiring freeze in 2024....

Last month U.S. District Judge Amy Totenberg ruled that a lawsuit against Georgia’s use of electronic voting machines must go to a non-jury trial in January. She ordered Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger to defend the state’s utilization of electronic voting prior to the upcoming presidential primary election because the lawsuit questions whether Georgia’s current system of computerized voting is safe or whether it is vulnerable to potential hacking. However, the state (spending taxpayer money) is now appealing to the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals to keep Raffensperger from testifying. Says one lawyer to James Magazine Online familiar with the...

I want us all to have a wonderful Christmas, so I have some handy tips for a holiday filled with cheer.So, invite your progressive liberal relatives over, and right at the height of the dinner, lay into them with the most profane, obscenity-laced tirade they have ever experienced. Example #1: "Why you little Marxist ##### ## #### ### ### # a #### because #### ### ### door ### #### ## # #### and #### # ### with a donkey ### ##### ## ##### Mexica prison ### ##### ## # # ############# ### # # fatal dose of fentanyl."Example 2: "You...

Hey folks. Someone posted the funniest thing here today. It was a 3 minute long video Cowboy / Western themed, that had the main character talking only in Biden word-salad quotes. Anyone have that bookmarked?

I've noticed a flurry of "TRUMP IS LITERALLY HITLER" articles and reports in the press lately.I'm a helpful fellow, so I thought I'd write an article for them. They may use it in their entirity.Trump is more of a threat to America than Isis, Jihadists, nuclear war, and deforestation. Trump is more of a threat to America than universal rape, concentration camps, plagues, and pestilance. Trump is more of a threat to America than space alien invasions, Noah-like floods, swarms of locusts, and bad hair-dye jobs. Trump is more of a threat to America than global warming, infanticide, glacial formation,...

An interview with former President Donald Trump's late first wife, where she claims he owned a book of Adolf Hitler's speeches and kept it at his bedside, is resurfacing after Trump said migrants are 'poisoning the blood of our country.' At a recent rally in New Hampshire, former President Donald Trump stood in front of a crowd of Republicans and said illegal immigrants 'poisoned mental institutions and prisons all over the world.' Although he didn't elaborate on how migrants are 'poisoning' mental institutions and prisons - Trump's words resemble those of Adolf Hitler, who famously used the same phrase in...

An interview with Donald Trump's ex-wife, Ivana Trump, in which she said he received a Nazi salute, resurfaced as the former president faces backlash over his latest immigration remarks. The former president, who remains the front-runner to win the 2024 Republican presidential nomination and whose anti-immigration policies have been a cornerstone of his political career, has come under fire after claiming immigrants are "poisoning the blood" of the United States during a campaign event in Durham, New Hampshire, on Saturday. "They're poisoning the blood of our country," he said. "They poison mental institutions and prisons all over the world. Not...

Former President Donald Trump said Tuesday night at a campaign stop in Iowa that he has not read "Mein Kampf," the manifesto written by Nazi leader Adolf Hitler. Trump made the statement following recent criticism comparing his words over undocumented immigrants to those used by Hitler in the lead-up to World War II. While he distanced himself from the controversial book, Trump doubled down on his previous comments about undocumented immigrants. "They're destroying the blood of our country," Trump said about the waves of migrants who have crossed the border. "They're ruining our country. And it's true they're destroying the...

I spoke to John (Humblegunner) the last two days to see where he was, was he okay, etcetera, and I was absolutely floored to hear how well he's doing! He left FR to attend Divinity School with the intent to pursue a life of Christianity and live in the Love of Our Lord. He had no internet there, or cell phone access, and devoted his time to becoming closer to Jesus and to God. He mentioned he may even become an ordained Minister. His parents sadly passed away, but left him a 200 acre cattle ranch and a stack of...

I asked AI to create some text for me on a particular topic, namely, a thorough treatment of WebAPI protocols and how to reference them. This is what I got. "An unforeseen rendezvous transpired as an explorer traversed the streets. In a quaint alleyway, they graciously signaled for a vehicle on the main road to lead the way. The car heeded their gesture, to their astonishment, veering into the same path. Face-to-face, a grin from the other driver metamorphosed this ordinary moment into a surreal realization; With a touch of whimsy, a connoisseur couldn't resist lauding the captivating allure this...

Leave it to New York to come up with a new plan for governmental overreach. A bill introduced in October and currently in the committee stage in the New York State Assembly would require "criminal history background checks for the purchase of three-dimensional printers capable of creating firearms." Sponsored by Democratic Assembly Member Jenifer Rajkumar, the bill is rooted in growing fears about the inability to track unlicensed "ghost guns" created by 3-D printers. According to Rajkumar's memorandum on her proposal, 3-D printers "allow people to buy, make, and sell untraceable guns without any background checks." The new legislation will...

Henry Kissinger, the former U.S. secretary of state during the Nixon and Ford administrations who was said to be one of the most influential and controversial foreign policy framers in postwar United States, has died. He was 100. The news was confirmed by Kissinger's consulting company on Wednesday night. "Dr. Henry Kissinger, a respected American scholar and statesman, died today at his home in Connecticut," Kissinger Associates, Inc. said in a statement Wednesday. Kissinger will be interred at a private family service and there will be a memorial service at a later date in New York City, the company said....

Pope Francis has criticized certain conservative factions within the US Catholic Church, stating that they’ve replaced genuine faith with rigid ideology. He emphasized that a proper interpretation of Roman Catholic doctrine permits adaptation and change as time goes on. Pope Francis’ words highlighted the long-standing divisions within the US Catholic Church, which mainly consist of progressive and conservative factions fighting each other. Controversies have often centered around contentious issues like abortion and same-gender marriage.

Agroup of masked neo-Nazis marched through the capital of Wisconsin on Saturday afternoon waving swastikas around, shouting racial slurs at onlookers, and chanting “there will be blood.” About two dozen men wearing red shirts that identified them as members of Blood Tribe—a white supremacist group that has been trying to make a name for itself since 2021 by targeting Jews, people of color, and the LGBTQ community—took part in the march in Madison, according to local reports. Footage from the scene showed them standing in formation to perform a Nazi salute while onlookers mostly mocked them and called them “disgusting.”...

he 72nd annual Miss Universe pageant will take place on Saturday in El Salvador. Eighty-four women from all over the world are competing for the pageant world's biggest crown. The contestants include lawyers, models, and artists. The Miss Universe competition is a celebration of global pageant winners, bringing together the best of the best for the ultimate crown. The 2023 pageant will take place on Saturday in El Salvador, and current Miss Universe R'Bonney Gabriel — who claimed the title after a controversial Miss USA win — will crown the new queen.