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"VANITY" POST: At the link provided, there's a Federal Grand Jury subpoena to the Mac Shop in Wilmington, Deleware regarding the Hunter Biden laptop. For what proceeding was this? Are there any other documents or pieces of evidence we can see from this grand jury? This was 2019. How long would they be in session and if they 'passed' on indicted Hunter then, could he still be indicted now for evidence of crimes on the laptop? Thanks. Forgive the VANITY post, but nobody seems to be asking these questions.

I reprint today a post on how Shakespeare can enhance your Halloween. It’s worth noting that Shakespeare’s most important audience for his late plays was James I, who was fascinated by the supernatural. There are those ghosts that Puck mentions... My fairy lord, this must be done with haste, For night’s swift dragons cut the clouds full fast, And yonder shines Aurora’s harbinger; At whose approach, ghosts, wandering here and there, Troop home to churchyards: damned spirits all, That in crossways and floods have burial, Already to their wormy beds are gone; For fear lest day should look their shames...

NEW YORK - New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio called the city’s latest COVID-19 numbers “worrisome” in a briefing on Thursday. City officials say that the percentage of New Yorkers testing positive for COVID-19 has risen to just under three percent, with the threshold set by the Department of Health at five percent.

McDonald's McRib is set to return to menus across the US on December 2. This is the first time since 2012 that the McRib will roll out nationally. It follows years of fans begging McDonald's to bring the sandwich back across America. "In a year as challenging as this year has been, to throw a little McRib out there to those that really want to have it, it feels like something that would be a pretty nice gesture," said Alan Klein, the creator of the McRib Locator.

EXCLUSIVE: Hunter E-Mails Request ‘Formal Meetings With Dad’ To Secure Billion-Dollar DealsAn email thread entitled “Engagement” from June 2011 reveals a Hunter Biden business associate – Sean Conlon – telling the former Veep’s son: “we need to get these guys to an event or something where they get to just formally meet your Dad. For follow on they can talk to Chief of Staff.”In full, the e-mail leveraging a meeting with Joe Biden in exchange for “more bonds to move” reads:“So we have engagement letter if they get other 10 bonds they have a face value of 10b. While it...

Speaker Pelosi: "I feel very confident that Joe Biden will be elected President on Tuesday. Whatever the end count is on the election that occurs on Tuesday, he will be elected, on January 20th he will be inaugurated President."

"if young people really care about social justice, they shouldn’t downplay and justify looting. They ought to understand that no matter the cause, violating property rights isn’t “progressive” at all."More rioting and looting broke out in American cities this week. This time, it was Philadelphia consumed by violence after a police shooting. According to ABC News, at least 30 police officers have been injured in the violent unrest, while dozens of people have been arrested for rioting or vandalism. Mobs have descended on Walmart and rushed out carrying TVs, while other agitators ransacked Footlocker for new sneakers. The full number...

Authorities have uncovered an attempt to register dozens of dead people as Democratic voters in Broward County. Though officials said no mail-in ballots were requested or cast under the falsified voter IDs, the scheme exposes weaknesses in Florida’s voter registration process, which relies partially on the honor system.

Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden, seeking to allay concerns that his plan to fight climate change would harm the economy, has promised a “clean energy revolution that creates millions of unionized middle-class jobs” if he’s elected. That vision, however, would require policy makers and clean-energy companies to overcome some major challenges in replacing the number and quality of fossil-fuel jobs that could be lost in a transition away from coal and oil. Union representation, pay and benefits in the fast-growing wind and solar power industries at the center of a clean energy transition lag those in oil, gas and coal....

On Friday Twitter stock took a 20 percent hit in net worth. The stock went from a high at 52.66 per share to 42.26 in the past 24 hours. Twitter company announced Thursday it added fewer users than expected and admitted its rise in expenses would accelerate in the fourth quarter. The company has also been busy censoring conservatives and blocking unapproved facts on the coronavirus and other sensitive topics. Charles V Payne @cvpayne This morning Jack Dorsey will take a $756 million hit to his net worth. I don't think he cares but Twitter shareholders and board of directors...

Chile and Spain are celebrating the 500th-anniversary discovery of the Magellan Strait, on November first 1520, by the round of the world expedition of Fernando Magellan and his second in command Sebastián Elcano, who had left Spain on September 1519, with five ships and some 247 crew, and only returned three years later with one vessel and 18 men. The five vessels expedition called in Cabo Verde island, the bay of Rio do Janeiro, the River Plate and San Julián in Patagonia, where they decided to land and spend the challenging austral winter, before heading for their destination of the...

Greg Allen @gregallen92 Joe Biden in San Antonio, TX, 12/13/2019. Every one should see this guy telling the truth to Biden. This is why they are keeping Biden away from crowds and the media the last ten months. 5:53 AM · Oct 30, 2020 22 17 people are Tweeting about this ========================================================================= This clip is going viral on twitter today. It’s the first time I’ve seen it. VIDEO AT LINK.......................

Friday, October 30, 2020 The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Friday, sponsored by Liberty Nation, Conservative News Where Truth Matters, shows that 51% of Likely U.S. Voters approve of President Trump’s job performance. Forty-eight percent (48%) disapprove. The latest figures include 39% who Strongly Approve of the job Trump is doing and 41% who Strongly Disapprove. This gives him a Presidential Approval Index rating of -2

In recent weeks, people of all political stripes have expressed fear of turmoil and riots following this year’s election.  Even Facebook is reportedly preparing for such election-related unrest.   And not surprisingly, certain candidates are exploiting these fears with promises that only their victory will restore civility and peace.  Those claims are untrue.  Don’t be so naïve and gullible to believe them.  Only you can lead the rally for Post-Election Peace (PEP).The reason is clear:  The blame for the acute polarization of our views lies not only at the feet of many of our nation’s media outlets but also our...

A 7.0-magnitude earthquake hit the Aegean Sea off Greece and Turkey on Friday, according to the United States Geological Survey. At least 4 people were killed in the quake, according to Turkey’s health minister. The city of Izmir in Turkey has been particularly badly hit with reports of at least 20 building destroyed, cars being crushed and people in the streets following the quake. The earthquake has also caused damage on the Greek island of Samos in the Aegean sea.

There is increasing evidence that cloth masks not only may be ineffective against stopping coronavirus transmission, but that they may actually increase the spread of the virus, as well as worsening other health conditions.

The massive space rock, known as 2020 UX3, is estimated to have a diameter between 88 and 196 feet, according to NASA's Center for Near Earth Studies (CNEOS). For comparison purposes, the wingspan of a 747 is 225 feet long. It will come within 3.2 million miles of Earth, traveling at roughly 36,000 miles per hour. Its size and its proximity to Earth make it a near-Earth object (NEO). NASA unveiled a 20-page plan in 2018 that details the steps the U.S. should take to be better prepared for NEOs, such as asteroids and comets that come within 30 million...

The real tragedy of this upcoming election is not just our inability to separate the politician from his shortcomings (the so-called "shiny object"), but that many of us may not have been given a full picture of how we got here. How has Donald Trump's base remained so steady? And why do I believe that anyone who supports Trump's agenda for America are making a critical error when they abstain from voting for the man simply because they're turned off by his crudeness? Trump's nomination was a direct response to an unpopular Bush presidency and a materialistic Romney campaign. It...

"Just had a great meeting with @realdonaldtrump @potus besides what he’s done so far with criminal reform, the platinum plan is going to give the community real ownership," Wayne wrote. "He listened to what we had to say today and assured he will and can get it done." On the meeting with the Republicans, Ice Cube said, "We also met with the Republicans and shit. They brought us in. We talked to ’em. They've moved their agenda a lot because of what we said. You know, they put $500 billion on the table. Who knows what's gone really happen. I...

My son is taking part in a virtual school social experiment for his civics class. He has to wear a Biden 2020 T-shirt for two weeks and write a report on how people react. On his very first day, he’s been cursed at, spit on, punched, and had a bottle thrown at him! I’m curious what will happen when he leaves the house.