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The festive movie season is upon us, and one of my perennial favourites is Home Alone 2: Lost in New York. I will die on this hill: it is better than the original. But rewatching it as an adult raises an awkward question. How on earth did the Wet Bandits survive the first film at all, let alone escape without lasting injuries? Ten-year-old Kevin McCallister, the boy left home alone, sets up traps that are played for laughs, but many involve levels of force that would be catastrophic in real life. A 100lb (45kg) bag of cement to the head,...

Rob Reiner’s daughter, Romy Reiner, reportedly “lived in fear” of her older brother, Nick Reiner, before he allegedly killed their parents. “It feels like Romy has been scared of Nick since she was a child,” an insider told the Daily Mail Sunday. “Even before his drug addiction, his outbursts were frightening because they seemed to come out of nowhere. She tried to stay out of his way as much as she could but it wasn’t easy.” The source alleged that Romy, who will be celebrating her 28th birthday on Dec. 27, “didn’t think it was a good idea” for Nick,...

Throughout 2015 Alex Jones detailed how Chinese-style net censorship is the stepping stone for the technocracy takeover and the depopulation endgame. Summary The speaker warns of an impending global shift toward Chinese-style internet censorship and social control systems, which he claims will be phased in worldwide starting in 2025. He asserts that major tech companies like Facebook, Google, and Microsoft are already cooperating with China to implement integrated surveillance systems that track online activity, social media posts, purchases, and credit scores via algorithms. Criticism of the government in China, he says, results in restrictions on travel, hotel stays, and buying/selling....

Gun owners’ number one fighter in Washington, D.C., Representative Andrew Clyde, along with five senators and 35 other House members, have sent a letter to Attorney General Pam Bondi.In this letter, they’ve made it clear that the DOJ is out of line with Congress’ intent.Specifically, they cite the Justice Department’s recent defense of the National Firearms Act in the Gun Owners of America case that we’re affectionately calling the “One Big Beautiful Lawsuit.”The case itself, Silencer Shop Foundation v. ATF, centers around the recent removal of the $200 tax from items regulated by the National Firearms Act. Specifically, short-barreled rifles,...

We are only now starting to witness the aftermath of the legislation and policies put in place by blue states as a means to control prices. California under Governor Gavin Newsom may have staged its own economic demise (the final nail in the coffin) after laws were passed requiring even greater state interference into oil refineries and gas stations. The Democrat crusade to divert blame for the stagflation crisis triggered during the Biden Administration led them down a path of economic lies. The central theme of their narrative was that corporations were “price gouging” consumers and inflation was actually a...

Cheap Trick has issued a statement in response to criticism they received for performing at last week's Kennedy Center Honors in support of Kiss. The Rockford, Illinois-based rockers paid tribute to their longtime musical compatriots and 2025 Kennedy Center honorees, covering the face-painted band's signature hit "Rock and Roll All Nite" at the Dec. 7 ceremony. Surviving classic-era Kiss members Paul Stanley, Gene Simmons and Peter Criss accepted the honors alongside fellow honorees George Strait, Michael Crawford, Gloria Gaynor and Sylvester Stallone. What Did Cheap Trick Say About Performing at the Kennedy Center Honors? On Wednesday, Cheap Trick issued a...

A staggering $9 billion may have been stolen in Minnesota’s sprawling social-services scam orchestrated mainly by members of its Somali community — a figure nearly equivalent to the entire economy of Somalia. The enormous new estimate is a nearly nine-fold increase from the swiped $1 billion previously suspected, according to federal prosecutors. It also accounts for roughly half of the $18 billion in total federal funds provided to the Minnesota-run services since 2018, the feds said — as Democratic Gov. Tim Walz continues to take heat for his handling of the debacle. By comparison to the $9 billion figure, Somalia’s...

After a few seconds, Metcalf reached up, threw a punch at the fan with his closed right hand and walked away. Because there was no flag thrown during the incident with the fan, the NFL cannot weigh in on a disqualification, which is why Metcalf could continue playing.

ERIE COUNTY, N.Y. (WIVB) — On the heels of a statewide mandate requiring all school bus purchases in New York State be electric by 2027, parents in the Lake Shore Central School District are speaking out, claiming some bus drivers are turning the heat down, or off completely, in an attempt to conserve battery life on their electric school buses. WIVB News 4 has received several calls from concerned parents in the school district, which covers parts of Angola, Brant, and Derby, regarding their child’s bus trips to and from school, claiming they’re coming in freezing when they get home...

VIDEO at link........................... LANDOVER, Md. -- Coach Nick Sirianni said the Philadelphia Eagles weren't trying to run up the score against the Washington Commanders with a 2-point conversion late in Saturday night's game that gave them a 19-point lead. But as the play ended, an on-field fight broke out, resulting in three players being ejected: Eagles offensive lineman Tyler Steen and Commanders defensive end Javon Kinlaw and safety Quan Martin. Washington players appeared to be less upset about the 2-point conversion than about what transpired after the play. The conversion gave the Eagles a 29-10 lead with 4 minutes, 26...

Wild video shows a deranged gym member leaping over a counter to repeatedly beat a Planet Fitness employee in Miami — all because he made a simple request, cops say. The crazed woman, identified by cops as 35-year-old Kiara Bryant, now faces two misdemeanor charges after the attack on Dec 12. Cops were called to Planet Fitness in Little Havana, Miami, after a woman was reportedly seen running around the gym without clothing, according to NBC News. When the police arrived, they found Bryant in the parking lot yelling profanities and “attempting to fight everyone,” authorities said. Bryant’s went off...

Thank you. Turning Point USA, you can do it! Thank you. It is great to see the future of America here this evening. America is going to do all right, I can tell you that, because the future leaders of America are here tonight. All right, I just heard that Candace Owens has proof that the Venezuelan boats were blown up by the Zionist state of Israel. And it is true, because Candace had a dream about it. All of Candace's dreams come true, especially the dream she had when she was a little girl about one day becoming the...

A paper published today in the journal Cell Reports Medicine offers new hope for an Alzheimer’s drug that doesn’t just slow cognitive decline but may reverse it. The study, by researchers at the University of Colorado Anschutz, found that Leukine or GM-CSF, a drug long-approved to treat other conditions, was able to stop brain cells from dying in Alzheimer’s patients when measured in a blood test. Brain cell death is a hallmark of Alzheimer’s disease. “The main thing that we found…is that the people who were treated with Leukine or GM-CSF actually lost the ability to kill their nerve cells…to...

Turning Point USA President Erika Kirk brought the house down on Sunday when she introduced rapper Nicki Minaj on the stage at AmericaFest in Phoenix, Arizona. Erika Kirk sat down with Minaj on the stage, saying that she wanted to honor Charlie’s tradition of always having a surprise for the AmFest crowd. She started off with Minaj reading out loud some of her “mean tweets” directed at Governor Gavin Newsom (D-CA) to thunderous applause. “Dear Newscum, we don’t have a problem cleaning up the scum if we have to. Please tread lightly,” Minaj said her current message to “Gavvy-Pooh” would...

For decades, parents and kids battled over predictable issues like unfinished homework and messy bedrooms. Not anymore. A new national survey shows technology has overtaken chores and schoolwork as the leading cause of parent-child arguments, signaling a major shift in how families clash at home. Talker Research surveyed 2,000 US parents of children ages 8 to 17, along with their kids, revealing that screen time disputes now dominate family life. The survey was conducted online between Wednesday, Nov. 19, and Tuesday, Nov. 25, and was commissioned by Aura. According to the findings, 28 percent of parents cite technology use as...

Explanation: Can you tell that today is a solstice by the tilt of the Earth? Yes. At a solstice, the Earth's terminator -- the dividing line between night and day -- is tilted the most. The featured time-lapse video demonstrates this by displaying an entire year on planet Earth in twelve seconds. From geosynchronous orbit, the Meteosat 9 satellite recorded infrared images of the Earth every day at the same local time. The video started at the September 2010 equinox with the terminator line being vertical: an equinox. As the Earth revolved around the Sun, the terminator was seen to...

Democrat Party members reportedly are angry that Chairman Ken Martin decided to bury a postmortem of the 2024 election. Democrats commissioned an extensive internal review of what went wrong after their losses last year only to have Martin decide the public, donors, and even many party activists won't get to see it. The backlash is coming from inside the Democrat tent, where strategists and operatives warn that refusing to air the findings reinforces a growing trust problem and all but guarantees the party repeats the mistakes. The DNC's "autopsy," the Washington Examiner noted, followed a bruising cycle in which Democrats...

Air travel has grown more chaotic in recent years, and one trend stands out for its brazenness: passengers requesting wheelchair assistance to board early, only to walk off the plane unaided at their destination. Social media has dubbed these “miracle flights,” with the sudden recoveries credited to a tongue-in-cheek figure called “Jetway Jesus.” The practice exploits a system meant to help those with genuine mobility needs, and it’s drawing sharp criticism from fellow travelers and industry observers. The issue gained fresh attention this Christmas season with reports of passengers faking mobility problems to skip security lines and claim priority boarding....

Yesterday, down in Southern NC, I stood next to a magnificent animal. The owner's daughter took him out for a spin. I've never seen anything like it.

Two victims ambushed by knife-wielding child near park in Fort Myers, police sayA preteen suspect facing armed robbery charges in Florida may be in the U.S. illegally, according to reports.On Dec. 12, the Lee County Sheriff’s Office (LCSO) received calls from two people reporting that they had been ambushed by a boy brandishing a knife near Schandler Hall Community Park in Fort Myers.The first victim said they were walking from the park to a friend’s home when the suspect jumped out of bushes, pointed a knife at him, and demanded his shoes, LCSO explained.The victim shoved the suspect and escaped...