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Oh, you can’t? Why would she say this? Why would Pelosi be out there four days before the debate urging Plugs not to do it? Particularly on the basis that he’s entirely capable, it’s that Trump is impossible to defeat because Trump is a lying skunk orange man. Okay, folks, look. I don’t mind — see, here’s the thing. If I’m wrong, I’m wrong. It doesn’t happen much. So it doesn’t cause me to lose any self-esteem when it happens. In fact, there’s a part of me that thinks it’s good for me psychologically to be wrong now and then...

The Department of Justice announced today that more than 300 individuals in 29 states and Washington, D.C., have been charged for crimes committed adjacent to or under the guise of peaceful demonstrations since the end of May. To date, of the 94 U.S. Attorneys’ Offices (USAOs), more than 40 USAOs have filed federal charges alleging crimes ranging from attempted murder, assaulting a law enforcement officer, arson, burglary of a federally-licensed firearms dealer, damaging federal property, malicious destruction of property using fire or explosives, felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition, unlawful possession of a destructive device, inciting a riot,...

It started out as a story about a police officer who was ambushed in small-town Louisiana. But within days, the tale unraveled. The officer had shot himself, his department said. At 11:20 p.m. on Sunday, Police Officer John Michael Goulart Jr. radioed in to the Pineville Police Department that he needed help. He said that he had been fired upon by an unknown assailant as he was getting out of his patrol car at a strip mall in Pineville, a Louisiana city of 16,000 people that lies about 100 miles northwest of Baton Rouge. “A Great Place to Call Home,”...

Democrat presidential nominee Joe Biden took the rest of the day off early Friday afternoon upon returning home in Delaware from Washington, D.C. after attending the morning memorial at the Capitol for Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

It’s hard to overemphasize this story yesterday from Axios, a reliable Democrat organ. For months, we’ve been hearing that Joe Biden has a “digital” campaign that is emphasizing vote by mail (VBM). The reason for the pivot? According to Axios, “threats of U.S. Postal Service delays, Team Trump litigation and higher ballot rejection rates become clearer, many are pivoting to promote more in-person voting as well.”Nice reasons. All of them possibly contributory. But for the most part, this is a lie. Do you want to know what is really causing the panic? Two words: North Carolina.As the VBM from early voting in North Carolina...

China’s new space plane returned to Earth on Sept. 6th. But it left something behind in orbit, an item of unknown character called “Object A” by the US military. Last night in the Netherlands, Marco Langbroek tracked it across the sky using a hand-pointed video camera. “It showed slow but marked brightness changes, between magnitude +4 and invisible (fainter than +7),” says Langbroek. “The light curve shows two brightness peaks, and two major fading episodes. Peak-to-peak period is about 80 seconds, so if this is due to a tumble, it is a slow tumble.“ Object A is also a source...

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Residents of Balakovo, Saratov region, witnessed the terrifying moment when dozens of black birds suddenly fell dead on the road over a radius of more than 50 meters. The footage shows dozens of dead crows lying on the roadway and sidewalks. The cause of the death of the birds has not yet been determined. According to officials, there are no traces of bullets or any other traces of violent death. Some eyewitnesses suggest that the birds died because of fireworks, hosted by locals, or electrical wires. Other residents believe the flock was poisoned or the bird mass die-off is link...

Dare you not to sob An online fundraiser for 89-year-old Derlin Newey — who works 30 hours a week at a Papa John's in Roy, Utah, in order to pay his bills — received more than $12,000 in donations after he went viral on the internet earlier this month. A video captured the incredible moment a local family delivered the donation to the incredibly hardworking elderly man. What are the details? Newey unknowingly gained internet fame on TikTok earlier this month when he delivered pizza to a family. Carlos Valdez and his family recorded their interaction with Newey, who engaged...

Ballot rejection rates in NC by race: 1) Whites-----2% 2) Hispanics--3% 3) Blacks-----5% And now you know why Democrats are reversing course and encouraging their voters to vote "in-person." Considering that Blacks, Hispanics, and young voters are the most likely to screw up their absentee ballots (no signatures, no witness signatures, incorrect address, mismatching signatures, etc.), the Democrats could lose significant numbers of votes among their base.

The Knights of Columbus announced Tuesday a “Novena for the Cause of Life” as part of Respect Life Month, observed in October. The novena will take place Oct. 4-12. Each day of the novena will include a decade of the rosary, a reflection on a quote from Pope Francis, and a closing prayer to Mary taken from Evangelium vitae, St. John Paul II's 1995 encyclical on the value and inviolability of human life. "The cause of life is today's preeminent priority, as Pope Francis indicated when meeting with the US bishops in January," said Carl Anderson, Supreme Knight, according to...

It stands just over 18 metres tall and weighs 25 tonnes. And, after years of painstaking work, a life-size Japanese Gundam robot has just proved to its legions of fans that it really can move. Modelled on one of the robots from the hugely popular 1970s anime series Mobile Suit Gundam, the huge machine was put through its paces this week at its new home in the the port city of Yokohama. The humanoid was due to become the centrepiece of Gundam Factory Yokohama, south of Tokyo, on 1 October, but the virus pandemic means it will not be officially...

The new Always Home Cam is an autonomous drone that can fly around inside your home to give you a perspective of any room you want when you’re not home. Once it’s done flying, the Always Home Cam returns to its dock to charge its battery. It is expected to cost $249.99 when it starts shipping next year. Jamie Siminoff, Ring’s founder and “chief inventor,” says the idea behind the Always Home Cam is to provide multiple viewpoints throughout the home without requiring the use of multiple cameras. In an interview ahead of the announcement, he said the company has...

A giant crack measuring more than 2 kilometers long opened in the desertic ground of Jiménez, Mexico The deep fissure has been discovered on September 15, 2020 by local residents. The 2-km-long crack starts as a small fissure on the side of a remote road (road to Las Adargas, approximately 13 km from the highway). Then it widens, grows, reaching in certain places up to 1.5 meters wide and up to 3 meters deep. There is still no official information about the cause and formation of the crack in the ground.

A population explosion among wild boars in the US has led experts to warn that a “feral swine bomb,” if left unchecked, could wreak havoc on large swaths of the country. Undark Magazine reported on the explosion of the pig population, which has caused an estimated $2.5bn worth of damages every year. Feral hogs trample and tear-up crops, attack livestock, and can destroy sensitive habitats. The pigs also act as disease carriers. They can host more than 30 viral and bacterial diseases as well as scores of parasites. here are approximately 9 million feral hogs in the US, and their...

The MEMRI Daily: September 25, 2020 IRGC Commander-In-Chief Gen. Hossein Salami: U.S. Is Incapable Of Waging War Against Iran, Its Weapons Are Outdated, Trump Inexperienced, Cannot Even Manage A Pandemic; We Can Set Fire To U.S. Bases, Interests In The Region MEMRI TV Clip No. 8303 IRGC Commander-In-Chief Gen. Hossein Salami: U.S. Is Incapable Of Waging War Against Iran, Its Weapons Are Outdated, Trump Inexperienced, Cannot Even Manage A Pandemic; We Can Set Fire To U.S. Bases, Interests In The Region donate_button_email.jpg new icon image.jpg The following is a complimentary offering from the MEMRI Iran Threat Monitor Project (ITMP). For...

Afghanistan: Many Taliban recently freed from Afghanistan prisons have rejoined the jihad SEP 25, 2020 2:00 PM BY ROBERT SPENCER What did the mainstream analysts expect they would do? Become stockbrokers? But this does not mean we should continue the failed attempt at “nation-building” in Afghanistan. The American troops should all come home, and efforts devoted to quarantining Afghan jihadis in Afghanistan so that they can’t wage their jihad outside of that country. “Many freed Taliban prisoners have returned to insurgency; Abdullah,” Afghanistan Times, September 23, 2020 (thanks to Henry): KABUL: Many Taliban recently freed from Afghanistan prisons have rejoined...

The media reacts quickly and with righteous indignation when a black person is shot by police, or by someone white, no matter what the facts of the case are. But far too often, even in the most heinous of cases, when the perpetrator is black and the victim or victims happen to be white, the headlines and reporting are not anywhere near the same. We have seen it in the case of 5-year-old Cannon Hinnant, who was executed by a black man in August, and we are seeing it again in the death of a 4-year-old white child in a...

HOUSTON, TX—Joel Osteen invited Hunter Biden to speak at Lakewood Church this weekend and share the secrets to his abundant life. The wealthy son of the Democratic presidential candidate will speak to a packed audience about the blessings he has named and claimed over the years. "My dear friend Hunter has been quite the inspiration to me," said Osteen. "In the years I have watched him, he's never been afraid to reach out and claim God's blessings for his life. He teaches us all how to look at our dreams boldly and say, 'That's mine!'" Biden spoke to a crowd...

ST. PETERSBURG — Gov. Ron DeSantis on Friday said bars and restaurants in Florida can open at full capacity as the state moved into the last phase of its reopening plan, which lifts all the state’s remaining coronavirus-related restrictions on businesses.