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Research Confirms the Stereotype: Liberals Confuse Emotion With Rationality by Selwyn Duke February 9, 2023 Research Confirms the Stereotype: Liberals Confuse Emotion With Rationality Liberals are not only more likely than conservatives to suppose that “emotion is a feature of rationality,” a series of three studies has shown, but also apparently believe it should be. In fact, they consider emotions more “functional” (utilitarian, essentially) than conservatives do despite reporting less emotional well-being. The research was published in the journal Motivation and Emotion. Defining “functional” as “beneficial for individuals for adapting to the environment or attaining their goals,” the authors write...

Created by the fiscal 2021 national defense authorization act, the Naming Commission’s duties included recommending procedures for renaming Department of Defense assets “to prevent commemoration of the Confederate States of America or any person who served voluntarily” with them. While nine U.S. Army posts named for Confederates have received the most attention, the commission’s “remit” extends much further. In fact, a logical end point to its (Diversity-Equity-Inclusion-inspired) work is nowhere to be found: The Commission recognizes that [defense] assets commemorating the Confederacy or an individual who voluntarily served with the Confederacy will continue to be identified after the submission of...

Listen Closely to Pop Singer’s Heartfelt Testimony: Abortion Regret Is Real “Kaya Jones, a former singer for The Pussycat Dolls, said the abortions she had when she was younger still haunt her to this day,” begins the Fox News story in which the pop singer recounts her abortion regret. The significance of this story is not that some women regret their abortions. This fact has been known among specialists for some time. No, the significance of this story is that someone with a public platform is finally speaking out and that someone in the legacy news media is finally listening....

Chelsea Handler Posts "Day In The Life Of A Childless Woman" Video To Brag About Her "Free Time" But Here's What She Gets Wrong About Motherhood BY GINA FLORIO·Feb 10th 2023· 7 min read Chelsea handlerGetty/Frazer Harrison Comedian Chelsea Handler has build a brand on being childless and single. She often talks and writes about the fact that she never wanted to have kids, which is why she's so carefree and happy. Her latest is a reel called "day in the life of a childless woman." *This article is intended for readers 18 and older.* There are some celebrities who...

Smack-Down! Hungary Pushes Back Against Obnoxious US Ambassador written by daniel mcadams saturday february 4, 2023 undefined US Ambassador to Hungary David Pressman and his husband. Biden's Ambassador to Hungary, David Pressman, is a particularly odious specimen in a long line of obnoxious US residents of Szabadság tér since the end of Hungary's subjection to Soviet control in 1989. Before him, Soap Opera producer and Obama glamor-queen moneybags Coleen Bell warned Hungarians in 2016 to get on board with the destruction of Syria or face the wrath of DC. Secretary of State Tony Blinken's own father, Donald, did the Clinton...

Elon Musk Responds with 4 Words to Disturbing Satan Worship at Grammys Joe Saunders, The Western Journal By Joe Saunders, The Western Journal Published February 8, 2023 at 2:15pm Most Americans probably never thought a literally satanic performance on national television would become part of the national conversation. But after the Grammy Awards telecast Sunday, when a pair of sexually confused “entertainers” staged a primetime paean to the Prince of Darkness, it appears anything is possible. And for all the social media comment the performance of the aptly titled song “Unholy” has generated, Twitter owner Elon Musk might have summed...

‘Just desperate.’ Judge orders man accused in Pierce substation attacks held without bail BY JARED BROWN Police in Washington arrested two men in connection to a series of Christmas Day attacks on power stations in the Tacoma area. A U.S. District Court judge in Tacoma ordered one of the defendants charged with attacking four Pierce County substations on Christmas Day to be held in federal custody pending a grand jury indictment, despite a public defender’s insistence that the man facing a terrorism charge was motivated by poverty and should be in drug treatment. Federal pretrial services officials also recommended that...

Hero Down: Alaska State Troopers Court Services Officer Curtis Worland Gored By Muskox Holly Matkin January 6, 2023 Nome, AK – Alaska State Troopers (AST) Court Services Officer Curtis Worland died in the line of duty on Dec. 13, 2022, after being gored by a muskox while trying to protect his dog mushing team. The deadly attack occurred near Officer Worland’s home on the Teller Highway at approximately 12:30 p.m., KTUU reported. The 36-year-old officer was on a paid work break when he spotted a herd of muskoxen near his dog mushing team, according to the Officer Down Memorial Page....

Gay adult film star Shawn Wolfe has died of a reported drug overdose. The death of Wolfe, whose real name was Shawn Paul Bertrand, Jr., was revealed last week in a heartfelt Facebook post by his mother, Valerie Wellner. Bertrand was 35. “We are completely devastated at the overwhelming loss in our lives, in our family, in our world,” Wellner posted to Facebook. “There are no words, just broken hearts and endless tears of sadness and grief.”

Looters Ransack Stores As Deadly Blizzard Buries Buffalo Holly Matkin December 27, 2022 Buffalo, NY – Throngs of looters ransacked stores and destroyed businesses as they tore through the Buffalo area in the midst of a massive winter storm over the weekend (videos below). “People who are out looting when people are losing their lives in this harsh winter storm are absolutely reprehensible,” Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown said during a joint news conference with New York Governor Kathy Hochul and Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz on Monday afternoon, according to The Buffalo News. “I don’t know how these people can...

Fulton County Deputy Found Murdered Inside Of Wrecked Car Holly Matkin 20 hours ago Atlanta, GA – A Fulton County sheriff’s deputy was found fatally shot inside a vehicle early Thursday morning. The unidentified deputy’s body was discovered in the driver’s seat of a silver car that had been involved in a crash on Bolton Road Northwest, WAGA reported. Police responded to the scene at approximately 4:30 a.m. on Dec. 29 after receiving a report of shots fired. Sponsored: by TaboolaSponsored LinksYou May Like The Secret To Deep REM Sleep With This Genius Sleep Patch Breakthrough Zleep Investigators said the...

Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff’s Office Deputy Myles Ledet Dies By Suicide Holly Matkin Ponchatoula, LA – Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff’s Office (TPSO) Deputy Myles Ritter Ledet died by suicide on Dec. 4, according to his department. The TPSO confirmed the 34-year-old deputy’s death in a press release later that day. “The Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff’s Office is mourning the sudden loss of Deputy Myles Ledet, who died of an apparent suicide earlier this afternoon,” Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff Daniel Edwards said. Sponsored: by TaboolaSponsored LinksYou May Like Do This Immediately if You Have Enlarged Prostate (Watch) Healthy Guru TPSO Chief Jimmy Travis said Deputy...

Tiburon California Police Department Sgt. Sean Christopher Commits Suicide Inside Department Locker Room Holly Matkin December 16, 2022 Tiburon, CA – Tiburon Police Department (TPD) Sergeant Sean Christopher died on Monday after fatally shooting himself inside police headquarters while on shift, according to authorities. Investigators said the incident occurred inside the TPD locker room at approximately 12:45 p.m. on Dec. 12, The Ark reported. Other TPD personnel reported having heard a gunshot, but Sgt. Christopher was alone in the locker room when the shooting occurred, according to city officials. Sponsored: by TaboolaSponsored LinksYou May Like Fall Asleep In Minutes With...

Hero Down: Garland Police Department Lt. Christopher ‘Chris’ Carker Dies By Suicide Holly Matkin December 28, 2022 Garland, TX – Garland Police Department (GPD) Lieutenant Christopher “Chris” Carker died by suicide on Dec. 3, according to his department. Garland Police Chief Jeff Bryan confirmed the 46-year-old lieutenant’s death in a press release the following day. “The Garland Police Department is experiencing the heartbreaking loss of one of our own,” Chief Bryan wrote. “Lieutenant Chris Carker, a 16-year veteran of the Garland Police Department, and a personal friend took his own life.” Sponsored: by TaboolaSponsored LinksYou May Like 1 Odd Trick...

Man Who Killed 16-Year-Old Girlfriend Is Sentenced To 90 Days In Jail Holly Matkin December 28, 2022 Houston, TX – A 22-year-old man who fatally shot his 16-year-old girlfriend in the face last year will serve just 90 days in jail in connection with her death. Alexander Valenzuela, then 20, was originally charged with murder in the April 16, 2021 shooting death of his 16-year-old girlfriend, Ciana “CiCi” Castro, KTRK reported. Valenzuela agreed to plead guilty in October to a reduced charge of aggravated assault on a family member causing serious bodily injury. Sponsored: by TaboolaSponsored LinksYou May Like Doctor:...

La Habra, CA – Bodycam footage captured the moment when a meth-fueled gunman abruptly shot a La Habra police officer in the chest without warning last year (video below). The footage was released by the Orange County District Attorney’s Office on Monday, after prosecutors determined there was “no evidence of criminal culpability” regarding the officer who ultimately shot the suspect, the Los Angeles Times reported. The harrowing encounter began at approximately 6:25 p.m. on Aug. 6, 2021, when a woman noticed a blue 1998 Toyota Camry tailgating her on the northbound 5 Freeway, according to police. The woman said that...

What Today’s Youth Can Learn From the Great Russian Writer Leo Tolstoy Published 5 years ago on March 14, 2018 By Fumiko Davis Leo Tolstoy Photo of Russian writer and Leo Tolstoy, author of "War and Peace" (1828-1910) 2018, marks the 190th anniversary of the birth of Russian writer Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy—Leo Tolstoy to the English world—considered one of greatest authors of all time. Reflecting on the life of Tolstoy, a man of great wealth who gave it all away for the welfare of others, and who dedicated his life to the search for human happiness, I keep asking myself...

Road ranger finds woman seriously injured on shoulder of I-275 in Tampa By Fox 13 News staffPublished December 26, 2022 4:00PMTampaFOX 13 News TAMPA, Fla. - Troopers are investigating after a woman was found seriously injured on the side of Interstate 275 in Tampa on Christmas morning. The Florida Highway Patrol said an FDOT Road Ranger found the woman just after 7 a.m. Sunday on the outside shoulder of the northbound lanes of I-275 just west of Dale Mabry Highway. The victim, who troopers only identified as a 29-year-old white woman from Dover, was unresponsive and had suffered a significant...

Published December 25, 2022 9:16pm EST Endangered Cuban crocodile found dead at National Zoo after apparently chewing on electric equipment There are only about 3,000 purebred Cuban crocodiles in the wild Paul Best | Fox News Family of alligators found in Detroit home during eviction Detroit Animal Care and Control was called in to help remove several alligators including three baby gators inside a tank. A critically endangered Cuban crocodile was found dead in its enclosure at the National Zoo on Dec. 17 after apparently chewing into electric equipment. The crocodile, a 10-year-old male who was hatched at the Smithsonian’s...

Published December 19, 2022 12:32am EST Two Florida women arrested after allegedly running 'traveling drug roadshow' Juanita Rose Fluckes and Lauren Ashley Rosetti were expecting to land a lucrative drug sale when they were arrested.' Two Florida women were taken into custody on drug charges after attempting to bring their "traveling drug roadshow" to South Florida, according to authorities. Juanita Rose Fluckes, 25, and Lauren Ashley Rosetti, 32, were identified by the Martin County Sheriff’s Office as key suspects in the ongoing sale and distribution of cocaine and methamphetamine in the Treasure Coast area. Detectives arrested the women Friday night,...