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ROFL 🤣 Lululemon, the trendy yoga-pants company that is publicly traded and boasts a market cap of almost $41 BILLION, actually promoted an event called "Decolonizing Gender" which was described as "A workshop to unveil historical erasure and resist capitalism." The New York Post notes: Lululemon made the Instagram post three days before it reported a $489.5 million gross profit for the second quarter thanks to a 155 percent spike in net direct-to-consumer revenue. The recent growth came as the COVID-19 pandemic led hunkered-down consumers to eschew office wear for comfier clothes. The Vancouver-based retailer has also seen its stock...

Left-wing protesters want Detroit Police Chief James Craig to join the ranks of law-enforcement leaders leaving the job in droves, but the no-nonsense chief says he’s not going anywhere. “I am not going to allow criminals to attack our police officers, attack property, and I absolutely am not going to allow them to take over our city streets,” Chief Craig said Saturday on Fox Business. “We speak a very different language. They know it. And they want me to leave. The best way to respond to that is: I’m staying.” About 40 progressive groups, including Detroit Will Breathe and the...

PHILADELPHIA – United States Attorney William M. McSwain announced that Aleksandar Kavaja, 27, of the Balkan country Montenegro, pleaded guilty before United States District Court Judge Harvey Bartle III to charges of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute 5 kilograms or more of cocaine on a vessel subject to the jurisdiction of the United States.In 2019, Kavaja, a crew member who worked on board the shipping vessel MSC Gayane as the ship’s electrician, conspired with others to engage in bulk cocaine smuggling. On multiple occasions during the MSC Gayane’s voyage at sea, crew members, including Kavaja, helped load...

Three additional men pleaded guilty this week for their roles in a heroin trafficking operation with ties to Mexico’s New Generation Cartel, announced U.S. Attorney Trent Shores.Jose Garcia Solis, 38; Oseil Serafin Calderon, 24; and Rudolph Gorniak, 29, pleaded guilty to drug conspiracy.  Garcia, a “cell head” for the trafficking organization, was sent from Mexico to northeastern Oklahoma specifically to run the operation. He was responsible for overseeing the distribution of heroin to local dealers and for the collection of drug proceeds.The three were among more than 30 individuals indicted in 2019 for drug conspiracy and other crimes related...

wow, what is Governor going to do now? The Oregon National Guard only 5,600 members.

@LaneSheriffOR has arrested 44 year old Jonathan Maas in connection with a brush fire (~5ft in diameter) set in the Dexter area on 9/9/20. Thank you to the kind folks who spotted the fire and extinguished it! (This incident is NOT related to the Holiday Farm/McK fire.)

Oregon Gov. Kate Brown (D) on Friday refused to explain why she has condemned “armed white supremacists” but not Antifa after an explosion of violence in Portland, telling reporters that her primary goal centers around “eradicating racism.” Following the fatal shooting of Trump supporter Aaron J. Danielson at the hands of a self-identified member of Antifa, Brown released a statement condemning “right-wing vigilantes” and “armed white supremacists” for the escalation of violence in Portland. She did not mention Antifa in her condemnatory statement, prompting questions. “We’ve had some viewers ask why your anti-violence statement this week about ongoing unrest in...

by Sam Rostok Joe Biden appeared to accidentally reveal a screen with teleprompter text in front of him during a television interview, a clip of which went viral Saturday. The interview was on CBS' Late Late Show with James Corden. While Biden was holding up to the camera a large framed old photograph of himself with his two sons, a reflection of the monitor could be seen. In the upper left as seen in the reflection is the feed from Biden, lower right is Cordon, lower left is hard to see but the upper right shows type-written words in...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Today, U.S. District Judge Kenneth D. Bell, sentenced Anthony Blane Byrnes, 19, of Huntersville, N.C., to 71 months in prison on drug charges, for trafficking narcotics he purchased on the dark web using cryptocurrency, announced Andrew Murray, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. In addition to the prison term imposed, Byrnes was also ordered to serve four years of supervised release.According to the Criminal Information to which Byrnes pleaded guilty, other documents filed in this case and statements made in court, Byrnes conspired with a regional Drug Trafficking Organization (DTO) to distribute narcotics...

Also Ordered to Pay $312,014.18 in Restitution to Victims GREENSBORO, N.C. - A Winston-Salem man was sentenced to 60 months in federal prison on September 4, 2020, for his role in multiple Internet-based schemes, announced United States Attorney Matthew G.T. Martin for the Middle District of North Carolina.According to court documents, James Ragland, age 29, acted in at least eight different schemes to obtain funds by wire belonging to victims primarily in the United States and then launder the proceeds.Those schemes included:• Business Email Compromise (“BEC”), a sophisticated scam targeting companies through email to send funds by wire transfer....

As agitators started fires and burned a flag outside the East Precinct, a woman used a machete to attack a security guard across the street. She confused him for a Seattle police officer. Ernanda Bendtsen, 32, spotted a security guard at 12th Ave Arts on Capitol Hill as she was driving by. According to the Seattle Police Department, she shouted insults at the 50-year-old guard from her window, including calling him a “child molester.” It escalated from there. Police say Bendtsen then pulled over and exited the vehicle with a Nerf Blaster toy gun to approach the guard. He has...

United States Attorney Robert J. Higdon, Jr. announced the unsealing of a Second Superseding Indictment charging the following: Michael Anthony Griffin, Sr. (“MGriffin”) 52, of Knightdale, North Carolina; Regina Griffin (MGriffin’s sister), 48, of Raleigh, North Carolina; Angela Griffin (MGriffin’s wife), 52, of Knightdale, North Carolina; Creshun Alexandria Griffin (MGriffin’s daughter), 26, of Knightdale, North Carolina; Sharon Annita Edmond (MGriffin’s sister), 51, of Raleigh, North Carolina; Katina Griffin Perry (MGriffin’s sister), 47, of Raleigh, North Carolina; Harvey Griffin (MGriffin’s brother) 46, of Raleigh, North Carolina; Melvin Griffin (MGriffin’s brother), 44, of Knightdale, North Carolina; Shawn Allen Farmer, 51, of...

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece's prime minister outlined plans Saturday to upgrade the country's defense capabilities, including purchasing new fighter planes, frigates, helicopters and weapons systems amid heightened tensions with Turkey over rights to resources in the eastern Mediterranean. In an annual state of the economy speech, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said Greece would obtain 18 new French-made Rafale fighter planes to replace its aging Mirage 2000 fighters, buy four navy helicopters and four new frigates and was refurbishing another four frigates. The armed forces will obtain new anti-tank weapons, new torpedoes and new guided missiles, as well as hire...

Summer has not been kind to Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler. The city, better known for its lush green spaces and “Keep Portland Weird” signs, became the center of fierce protests over police brutality after George Floyd’s death in Minneapolis. For more than 100 days, progressive and conservative demonstrators have descended on downtown Portland, some calling for the abolition of the police department and others showing support for law enforcement. At the center of the ongoing unrest is Wheeler, a Democrat running for re-election in November despite continued calls for his resignation by people on both sides of the political spectrum....

Independent journalist Jacob Engels the publisher of the Central Florida Post was out having dinner tonight in Washington DC when Black Lives Matter came marching by. Black Lives Matter protesters were out on the streets of Washington DC harassing people. Jacob offered this exclusive from DC: As I was enjoying a nice evening on the balcony of my hotel room in DC, I heard Black Lives Matter and Antifa harassing diners with chants of “F*ck The Police”, “As You Dine Black People Die”, “Whose City? Our City!” and other violent and anti-law enforcement chants. I rushed down to record and...

Four years after getting trounced in Miami-Dade County by Hillary Clinton, President Donald Trump has increased his odds of victory in his must-win home state on Nov. 3 by improving his standing in Florida’s most populous county, according to a poll by Bendixen & Amandi International and the Miami Herald. The poll of 500 likely Miami-Dade voters, released Tuesday, found Trump far behind Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden 38 percent to 55 percent in Miami-Dade, where Democrats typically need to run up the score in order to compete in statewide races. That 17-point deficit is well outside the poll’s...

CONTACT: Barbara Burns PHONE: (716) 843-5817 FAX #: (716) 551-3051ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Kyle Bradley Davis, 32, of Rochester, NY, was arrested and charged by complaint with civil disorder for his role in violent protests in the City of Rochester. The charge carries a maximum penalty of five years in prison.Assistant U.S. Attorney Brett A. Harvey, who is handling the case, stated that according to the criminal complaint, there were nights of violent protests in Rochester following the public disclosure on September 2, 2020, of Daniel Prude’s death on March 30, 2020. Those violent...

Biden's spokesman went on Fox News and when he was asked about if Biden uses a teleprompter, he didn't answer the question. Check it out! https://youtu.be/3hOCNN7CFBM

You've probably been pelted with this demand so many times this year, but it's still true: if you're eligible and haven't done so yet, you need to register to vote. And then you need to vote, either by visiting a polling station or mailing in your ballot from home. To get this message across, The Lip Bar has partnered up with two big political forces to encourage voter registration — nonprofit organization When We All Vote and former First Lady Michelle Obama. The Lip Bar has created a limited-edition matte liquid lipstick called Bawse Voter, a classic cool-toned red. You...

CONTACT: Barbara Burns PHONE: (716) 843-5817 FAX #: (716) 551-3051BUFFALO, N.Y.--U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr., announced today that a federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging Michael McDonald, a/k/a George Jackson, a/k/a Rabbit, 41, of Buffalo, NY, with four counts of sex trafficking. The charge carries a mandatory minimum penalty of 15 years in prison and a maximum of life. Assistant U.S. Meghan A. Tokash, who is handling that case, stated that according to the indictment and a previously filed complaint, in October 2017, the FBI began investigating the defendant for operating an illegal sex buying scheme by employing fraud, force...