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Pakistan launched airstrikes into Afghanistan overnight, killing three people and injuring four others, the Taliban said Monday in response to a series of deadly attacks Islamabad blames on militants it says are harbored by Kabul.

Investing.com -- Saudi Aramco has informed at least two oil refining customers in Europe that they will receive no crude oil next month following an attack on the kingdom's main pipeline to the Red Sea, according to a report from Bloomberg News, citing people familiar with the matter...

In what may be a world record for turnaround time, the litigation has already begun over the recent rescission by EPA of its carbon emission standards for fossil-fuel fired power plants. As reported here on September 17, on that date the EPA finalized its rescission of what were called its “Carbon Pollution Standards” for electric power plants. (EPA’s September 17 action did not rescind all of the Carbon Pollution Standards for power plants, but only those for existing power plants and major overhauls of existing plants; the standards for new plants remain in effect for now, although in its rescission...

Good thing, Gov. Hochul is focused on stopping ICE from arresting them. New York’s Gov. Hochul just signed legislation protecting illegal alien criminals. Meanwhile some people keep mysteriously carrying out machete attacks. Here’s one that just happened in Long Island. A man accused of fatally attacking another man with a machete in Uniondale was arraigned Friday in Hempstead. Prosecutors allege that 35-year-old Jorge Alexander Huezo Villatoro struck 40-year-old Tadeo Alvarado-Chavez on the head and body with a machete and continued the attack after the victim collapsed to the ground. Prosecutors said the victim was left in a pool of blood....

Brian Stelter, as expected, and got up on his moral high horse all weekend and lectured about censorship because President Donald Trump banned CNN MS NOW, and Politico from the White House grounds. However, as you shall see, Stelter's protests ring rather hollow because he himself in March 2021 suggested that Fox News be, get this, banned from the White House.First let us see Stelter complaining about the very thing he recommended in 2021 happen to Fox News, since it's just a "political tool," despite having actual journalists working at the White House:

My beloved Jewish and Gentile friend, may I ask you these very personal questions on the Day of Atonement (Yom Kippur)? Where is YOUR atonement (covering) for your transgressions against the RIGHTEOUS Holy Law of Almighty G-d (Lev. 17:11, Isa. 53)? Where is YOUR sin-offering for your cleansing of transgressions against the Holy Law of Almighty G-d (Lev. 4, 17:11, Isa. 53)? Where is YOUR lamb to offer in your place for your transgressions (Lev. 17:11, Isa. 53)? Where is YOUR propitiation that FULLY satisfies the PERFECT RIGHTEOUS DEMANDS OF THE HOLY LAW OF G-D (Isa. 53:10-11, Zech. 12:8-14)? Have...

Britain is facing a potential slavery reparations lawsuit from Caribbean nations. The issue is due to be raised at the Commonwealth summit hosted in Antigua in November, which the King is set to attend. The Caribbean Community group confirmed last week it was 'preparing to advance reparations on the agenda of the upcoming 28th Commonwealth heads of government meeting'. Member countries have long demanded trillions in compensation for the slave trade, described by the UN this year as 'the gravest crime against humanity'. Britain abolished slavery in 1834 throughout most of its empire, decades before the US did so. The...

... If I were to write a song about journalism, I would have to title it Feces. The reaction to Trump’s announcement that he reached an agreement with Denmark to control Greenland is a classic example of people spinning gold into, well, you know what. Rather than admit the pundits were wrong and Trump once again made a great deal, the press immediately began spinning gold into, well, feces. The New York Times said, “U.S. Has Reached Security Deal on Greenland, Trump Says — The full contours of the deal were unclear, but Denmark and Greenland both indicated they expected...

...Jovenel Moïse, the former President of Haiti who was assassinated 5 years ago, was a conservative businessman who was pro-America, pro-Trump, pro-free markets and he recognized Taiwan instead of Communist China.... ...In 2021, after Trump was driven out of office by a stolen election, the Communists murdered Moise in his own house.. . ...Roughly two dozen Colombian mercenaries - many veterans of Colombia’s military - stormed the residence as the “Delta Team.” They were recruited by the CCP via WhatsApp networks, promised VIP security salaries around $3,000 a month, and staged through a South Florida private security firm, CTU Security,...

A load of copper worth nearly $600,000 was recovered on Sept. 11 after investigators followed a trail from Illinois to Kentucky and Ohio, wrapping up the initial search only about eight hours after the theft was reported, according to Yahoo News. The case began when a shipment scheduled to travel from DeKalb, Illinois, to Rock Hill, South Carolina, never made it toward its intended destination. Authorities believe whoever collected the freight had presented themselves as an established trucking company, using genuine business information to make the pickup appear legitimate. The breakthrough came from location data tied to Schneider National equipment...

pparently, women must now be accompanied by a male guardian to enter at least one retail outlet in Ontario, Canada. If Canadian women want to enter that shop, they must act like they are living under Sharia Law. If you must act like you’re living under Sharia law, you are effectively living under Sharia law.One would think this would send women’s libbers into paroxysms of anger, but this is not the case, because, you know, “Islamophobia.” Gotta be tolerant! Unless you are a Muslim. Also in The Great White North, anything that you say, post, blog, or infer, can —...

...Faithful America... ...a church-organizing tour run by a group urging pastors to remove American flags from sanctuaries, replace a traditional Independence Day prayer and mobilize congregations against conservative political influence....

... So he flew to Venezuela, one of the few countries where he could enter as an Iranian without advance permission, and embarked on a weeks-long trek northward to the U.S. Near San Diego, he crossed the border illegally and presented himself to ask for asylum on Feb. 2, 2025, he said. Saleh Fard never walked freely again inside the borders of the United States, but its government would soon dictate where in the world he could live. He arrived the same day that the Trump administration signed a deal with Panama to “repatriate foreigners that enter [U.S.] territory without...

HENRICO, Va. (AP) — In-person voting for this year's midterm elections began Friday, ushering in the final six weeks for Americans to decide which party they trust to lead Congress through a cost-of-living crisis, a prolonged war in Iran and other pressing issues. Election administrators say they are prepared and confident the vote will be accurate and secure. Nevertheless, President Donald Trump has continued efforts to denigrate certain voting methods and reshape how elections are run, through court challenges, a federal hunt for noncitizen voters and a pressure campaign to force election officials to share sensitive voter data. Friday was...

Governments that cause more problems than they fix do not deserve to survive. Consider these recent news headlines: (1) “NYC Turns Back to Gas Buses After Finding Out the Hard Way That the Electric Versions Have Big Problems,” (2) “As a Former Head of MI6 it’s Clear That Britain’s Climate Policy is Leaving Us Dangerously Exposed to Our Enemies,” and (3) “Spain: 74% of sex-crime suspects are foreigners in Basque Country.” They come from three different Western nations and involve three dissimilar subjects — public transportation, national security, and violent crime — yet each news story exposes the real-world consequences...

The tech leaders who once hailed AI use as the key to unlocking every employee’s full potential are now changing their tune. Shopify CEO Tobias Lütke said during an interview on "The Knowledge Project" podcast, released on Tuesday. His take: AI helps employees produce more material, more quickly — without taking responsibility for whether it is useful or correct. "We call those 'slop grenades' that people toss at each other," he said. "And that's definitely a bad thing." the tools make it easy to pass along work that has not been properly evaluated. He offered an example: Someone might send...

🇺🇸Pray For The Peace of Jerusalem🇮🇱 (9/21/26)[Prayer]Personalities Psalm 29A psalm of David.1 Ascribe to the Lord, you heavenly beings, ascribe to the Lord glory and strength.2 Ascribe to the Lord the glory due his name; worship the Lord in the splendor of his[a] holiness.3 The voice of the Lord is over the waters; the God of glory thunders, the Lord thunders over the mighty waters. 4 The voice of the Lord is powerful; the voice of the Lord is majestic. 5 The voice of the Lord breaks the cedars; the Lord breaks in pieces the cedars of Lebanon. 6 He...

AUSTIN, Texas — A man was seriously injured after being shot by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers in North Austin on Sunday. ... Gaces Perez was treated for a gunshot wound to the torso and taken to a local hospital, Austin-Travis County EMS said Sunday afternoon. Lincoln-Goldfinch, who is representing Garces-Perez and his family, said in a social media post Sunday evening that he was released from the hospital and into ICE custody. ... KVUE received the following statement Sunday night from a Texas Department of Homeland Security (DHS) spokesperson: "Homeland Security Investigations, with the assistance of the...

Everything coming out of Gaza is Hamas propaganda. The turning point in the Oct 7 war came when the media chose to uncritically publish all of it and politicians and much of the public chose to believe it. There is no such thing as ‘journalism’ in Gaza. All there is organized manipulation. And the manipulators have been greeted with cheers and honors for pushing this propaganda. Gazan photographer and journalist Motaz Azaiza said he filmed Israeli hostages being beaten by a Gazan mob on October 7, 2023, but chose not to publish the footage because he feared it could put...

One of my favorite stock market phenomena happens every four years, and it’s scheduled once again for this fall: midterm elections and the gridlock – sweet gridlock – that can spark a nice bull run afterwards. Yes, the congressional midterms routinely create an increasingly gridlocked legislature that accomplishes relatively little. This may not be welcome for whoever’s running Washington, but historically, it has proven to spark the most consistently positive nine-month cycle for US and foreign stocks. It all starts in October, so don’t let all of the noise over inflation, oil and war distract you from missing out on...