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Republican officials from Arizona told Congress on Thursday that Maricopa County conducted a “free, fair and accurate election” in November, that Joe Biden won the state and that a Republican-commissioned review of nearly 2.1 million ballots in the county did not find the widespread fraud claimed by former president Donald Trump. The House Oversight Committee summoned Jack Sellers, chairman of the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors; Bill Gates, vice chairman of the board; and Ken Bennett, a former Arizona secretary of state, to testify after the state Senate hired the Florida firm Cyber Ninjas to conduct a review. The six-month,...

Private equity firms hold an estimated $328 billion in dry powder for real estate deployment.The world’s biggest real estate investors are sitting on piles of cash, preparing for once-in-a-lifetime opportunities created by the pandemic. With economies around the world sputtering, commercial real estate prices are expected to come down. How much they’ll fall is the key question. Sellers are currently willing to concede discounts of around 5%, while bidders are hoping for about 20% off pre-pandemic prices, said Charles Hewlett, managing director at Rclco Real Estate Advisors. That estimated gap, which is likely wider in specific cases, has put a...

It’s not just luxury-home listings that are piling up in New York City. Even units for less than $1 million — within reach of far more people than a Billionaires’ Row penthouse — are hurting for buyers. In Manhattan, the inventory of sub-$1 million apartments surged 27 percent in June from a year earlier to 3,087, the most for the month since 2013, according to StreetEasy. Such listings jumped 17 percent to 2,738 in Brooklyn, and climbed 6 percent to 2,314 in Queens, a borough usually sought out for its relative affordability. Buyers at all price points are taking their...

After dozens of separate interventions, manipulations, and central-planning machinations over the past three weeks, China resorted to threats overnight when it called for the arrest of "hostile short sellers." The reason they went full Orwell, this is the great loss of 'wealth' in China's history... China's $2 trillion loss in 17 days is the equivalent of 1 India, or... China has lost 15 Greeces in market cap in three weeks In other words, China has to stop the bleeding before it loses another India... or the socially-unrest citizenry will demand gambling returns elsewhere or, absent hope, demand change...

Multiple sources have confirmed the fact that all three individuals arrested – James Stewart, Victoria Bloch and Sharon Palmer – are being charged with ‘conspiracy’ related to the sell of unpasteurized raw milk products. This reportedly includes sections of the California Penal Code Section 182a. Additional charges may also be pending, including a charge of ‘mislabeling cheese’ for Sharon Palmer, was arrested during a raid of Healthy Family Farms. As video of the raid on Rawesome Foods (also raided in 2010) demonstrates, Feds not only seized cash and raw milk supplies (much of which was also dumped out) but also...

In 1979, a Peter Sellers film was released, with mixed success at the box office. In the film "Being There", Sellers played a savant gardener named Chance, who was totally isolated from the world, except for what he saw, and tried to make sense of, on T.V., until his reclusive employer eventually died. With nowhere to go, and no way to support himself, he came under the care of an elderly and powerful couple, Eve and Ben, who decided to repackage him as a profound philosopher, changing his name to "Chauncey Gardner", and eventually maneuvering to install him as an...

If you're planning a garage sale or organizing a church bazaar, you'd best beware: You could be breaking a new federal law. As part of a campaign called Resale Roundup, the federal government is cracking down on the secondhand sales of dangerous and defective products. The initiative, which targets toys and other products for children, enforces a new provision that makes it a crime to resell anything that's been recalled by its manufacturer. "Those who resell recalled children's products are not only breaking the law, they are putting children's lives at risk," said Inez Tenenbaum, the recently confirmed chairwoman of...

ASHBURN, Va. -- Washington Redskins fullback Mike Sellers apologized Saturday for throwing the American flag to the ground during lineup introductions before an exhibition game against the New England Patriots. "I meant no disrespect," he said. The Redskins last year began a routine in which the last person introduced before a game runs out of the tunnel hoisting the American flag. Sellers carried the flag to midfield, then flung it down near the 50-yard line before joining his teammates in a midfield huddle. Linebacker Robert Henson removed the flag from the turf.

What with the Left enthusiastically pushing Socialism but trying desperately not to use that word, I was reminded of a clip from the movie "Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb." Click here for the video. Is it just me or is there a distinct familiarity to Seller's brilliant performance as a former Nazi scientist reverting to form, physically revealing his true beliefs while trying to preserve the pretense of being "objective" and as a "respectable," non-partisan scientist and the performance we are getting from President Obama, his minions in Congress and the State...

OCALA, Fla. -- The Internal Affairs Division of the Marion County Sheriff's Office has launched an investigation into a clerical error that mistakenly put a woman behind bars for nine days. Amy Sellers, 22, of Ocala, was taken into custody about two weeks ago for a warrant that matched another 28-year-old woman named Amy Sellers. Sellers, who had not committed any crimes, said she was taken into custody and immediately thrown into the inmate population. "When I found out, I got no first appearance and I (didn't get) to see a judge," Sellers said. "They put me into population." The...

Victoria Sellers, the troubled daughter of the late actor Peter Sellers and the actress Britt Ekland, is to be deported to Britain after being arrested for immigration violations in Hollywood last night. Ms Sellers, who starred in a sex tips video and has spent time in American jails for drug and robbery-related offences, is being held at an immigration centre in Orange County, California, according to a spokesman for US Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

Luis Hernandez is laughing as he sells fake drivers licenses and Social Security cards to illegal immigrants near a park known for shady deals. The joke, to him, is the government's promise to put people like him out of business with a tamperproof ID card. "One way or another, we'll always find a way," said Hernandez, 35, a sidewalk pitchman who is part of a complex counterfeiting network operating around MacArthur Park, a teeming area near downtown. No matter what the federal government does, sellers vow to keep providing authentic-looking IDs for as little as $150, to anyone who wants...

Carol Adams has been selling Italian ceramics and tiles on eBay Inc. for nearly six years. But this may be the year she abandons the Internet auction site, following the announcement earlier this month of a new fee schedule for eBay's millions of merchants.

I am looking to switch auctions sites away from Ebay since they have made huge monatiary demands upon small sellers like myself. I have only heard of bidville.com and yahoo.com auctions. I was not impressed with yahoo. I am in need of good freeper advice please. I know that the buyers will not follow as quick as the sellers, but I figure that eventually the buyers will go where the action is. So I don't mind slower sells for a while.

What I Did on My Summer Vacation By Chris Shugart, 22 June, 04 Are you out of work? Do you lack professional ambition? Are your career options limited? Well, bunky, then the Ruckus Society may be for you. This summer you can go to camp. Protest camp. If you’re a young anarchist with the summertime blues, you needn’t have to stew in your own nihilistic bile.Founded in 1995, The Ruckus Society has been providing training programs for left-wing activists for several years, and now that we’re in a presidential election year they’re aiming their sights on the Republican primary...

I posted an article on 07-19-03 about how I was concerned about Foxnews. Then on 07-30-03 I posted another article about how great it was to see Bob Sellers, Neil Cavuto, and David Hunt tell it like it is! Now I see today that Bob Sellers Brother in Law is heading to Iraq to fight for our freedom. Bob's brother in Law will be part of a team sent to search for Weapons of Mass Destruction. Bob if you are reading this we are all pulling for your Brother in Law and everyone fighting for us over in Iraq. They...

Bob Sellers is doing an excellent job filling in for John Gibson today. Fox is definetely back on track. Someone from Foxnews must have read my post on back on 7-19-2003. I believe the biggest part of the problem was that Brit Hume was on vacation. Memo to Foxnews. Next time Brit goes on a well deserved vacation have Brian Wilson fill in for him. First I'll start off with Cavuto. What an awesome commentary. I suggest everyone go to the Foxnews.com website Once there you should go to Neil Cavuto's section and read his commentary on eating the rich....