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The kakapo snatched victory in a controversial race for the title. London (CNN)A lengthy and bitter election campaign that dragged in competing interest groups and was sullied by a voter fraud scandal came to an unlikely end on Monday, when a fat, flightless and nocturnal parrot stunned pundits to claim an upset victory. The kakapo, officially the world's heaviest parrot, won New Zealand's Bird of the Year vote after a weeks-long campaign that rivaled human political contests in intensity. It became the first bird to win the contest for a second time -- a feat not explicitly prohibited by the...

Even though the votes are still being counted, Joe Biden declared that he is the President-Elect, a shadow government office invented by Obama and invested with a pseudo-government seal, and he has been holding fake briefings and taking phone calls with foreign leaders. The United States only has one president at a time. Maintaining a fake shadow presidency undermines the sitting administration to the American people and to foreign governments. It’s illegal and inappropriate. So the Democrats are doing it anyway. Incoming presidents, since Truman’s day, receive briefings and, since Kennedy’s day, get funding for their transition teams, but,...

The Bay Area’s brief indoor dining boom is over, as Santa Clara, Marin, and Contra Costa Counties announced that all restaurants must move back to takeout, delivery, and outdoor service as of Tuesday, November 17, after a sharp uptick in cases of COVID-19. Those three counties join San Francisco, which closed dining rooms as of November 14, even as other regions, like Alameda and Solano counties, warn that they might also revert to takeout and outdoor service only.

The Department of Homeland Security broke from President Donald Trump's baseless allegations of a "stolen" election on Thursday and said there is no evidence of fraud. "The November 3rd election was the most secure in American history," the DHS said in a statement. The Department's Elections Infrastructure Government Coordinating Council & the Election Infrastructure Sector Coordinating Executive Committees found "no evidence that any voting system deleted or lost votes, changed votes, or was in any way compromised." Trump has refused to concede the election and acknowledge Joe Biden as the President-elect, and has relentlessly sought to spread misinformation and falsehoods...

1 and maybe MORE tribal casino's staying OPEN!!! They are on FEDERAL land..so the state over reach is a bit much.

AZ Sec. of State: Katie Hobbs discloses financial support from foreign governments, George Soros and numerous British Pilgrims Society minions, including the Ford Foundation Hobbs must resign her involvement in the AZ vote count. Her own financial report shows that she is a foreign agent. Kathleen M. “Katie” Hobbs. (2017). STATE FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE STATEMENT. Arizona Secretary of State. (GRAPH) The State Innovation Exchange is funded by Democracy Alliance controlled by George Soros and Tom Steyer, and funds Black Lives Matter. Gara LaMarche is president of Democracy Alliance, a longtime ally of George Soros. From the Federal Election Commission website: Foreign...

After spending 20 years claiming that Al Gore won in 2000, four years claiming that Hillary Clinton won in 2016, and two years claiming that Stacey Abrams is the actual governor of Georgia, leftist media continued to reject basic reality when they unanimously declared that Joe Biden, on his third attempt, is now president-elect of the United States. The facts that the Trump campaign is actively challenging some results, and that recounts are scheduled to occur, or that the media are not endowed with the ultimate authority to erase electoral procedure with their enthusiastic projections, to them are irrelevant details.

Moderna, a major beneficiary of President Donald Trump’s Operation Warp Speed, announced yesterday its vaccine had achieved nearly 95 percent effectiveness against COVID-19. Afterwards, stocks skyrocketed to break records. But if you were watching the ABC and NBC evening news shows last night, you heard nothing about the stock market. Following the Moderna vaccine news the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained a massive 470.63 points “to 29950.44, its first record close since February and within striking distance of the yet-to-be-reached 30000 milestone,” The Wall Street Journal reported. Its last record was February 12, when the Dow closed at 29,551.42. The...

President Trump's campaign on Monday replaced its entire legal team arguing his key federal lawsuit in Pennsylvania, naming conservative Harrisburg talk show host Marc Scaringi the lead lawyer in the case. The two Texas lawyers Scaringi replaced had been appointed Friday, taking over for the law firm Porter, Wright Morris & Arthur, which bowed out.On Monday night, Scaringi asked U.S. District Judge Matthew Brann to move back Tuesday's make-or-break hearing in the case, and Brann said no, "Scarinigi is aware of the schedule set by the court in this matter" and "counsel for the parties are expected to be prepared...

Just realized missed my 20th

Some restaurants and bars across Illinois are defying Gov. JB Pritzker’s orders banning indoor dining. It’s not because they don’t believe COVID-19 is real. They say if they shut down it will be for good this time. Friday night the chefs at Tradycja in Orland Park were busy with carryout orders, but they were serving drinks and Polish food inside, too.

A New York man is facing felony charges after it was discovered that he allegedly spray-painted racist and pro-Trump messages on his car.

Trey Trainor, head of the Federal Election Commission (FEC), said in a tweet Tuesday that he believes Trump campaign lawyer Sidney Powell’s claim of widespread election fraud. Powell, a former federal prosecutor, recently claimed the president’s legal team has been receiving a deluge of evidence concerning voter fraud and other irregularities, telling Fox Business that she has enough proof to launch a widespread criminal investigation and that, “we’re getting ready to overturn election results in multiple states.” While she declined to detail what evidence she may have in her possession, she insisted, “I don’t make comments without having the evidence...

The Democrat Director of Texas state political strategy for the Joe Biden Presidential campaign has been arrested for electoral fraud. Democratic Party operative Dallas Jones was formally accused of helping to run an illegal ballot harvesting operation in the state of Texas on behalf of the Joe Biden campaign during this contested Presidential election. According to the National File, two investigators, including a former FBI agent and former police officer, testified under oath that they have Democratic Party internal documentation, as well as video evidence and witnesses, for their investigation. The following is an affidavit from private investigator and retired...

Italy’s National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology reported a “high intensity” explosion Monday at the Stromboli volcano, one of the most active volcanoes in the world, located off the southern coast of Sicily in the Mediterranean Sea. The institute’s surveillance cameras captured the event in visual and thermal format early Monday. The explosion could be seen sending ash and steam at least 100 meters into the air and streams of lava rapidly running down the center-south side of the volcano. The institute reported the event lasted four minutes. "From the seismological standpoint," it "was characterized by a sequence of explosive...

The story of former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg is a one of a whole lot of money spent on broken promises, no results, and a bad reputation.The story of former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg is one of a whole lot of money spent on broken promises, no results, and a bad reputation. Bloomberg’s late entry into the crowded Democratic Party presidential primary last fall was marked with the intrigue of a well-financed and well-known candidate deploying a unique strategy in an unusual race. One of the richest men in the world, who built a financial empire...

The good teacher shares her life with her kids. She must have some church background, because she proceeds on a secular Sunday school lesson: "A small kindness that you can easily do is much better than a great deed that you will probably never do." It is the Golden Rule, that has existed in some form in all civilizations, religions, cultures and clans, but the young ears that are hearing that for the first time live in a Mylar world in which gold leaf is just plastic. Their world regards distinguishing between good and bad as criminal "prejudice", against people...

On Monday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Ingraham Angle,” Sen. Kelly Loeffler (R-GA) accepted Democratic opponent Rev. Raphael Warnock’s challenge to three debates and said she will debate Warnock “as many times as he wants.” Because she welcomes the chance “to show how radical his agenda is,” and “show what I’ve done for Georgians since getting into the Senate in January.” Host Laura Ingraham asked, “Warnock has challenged you to three debates. Will you take him up on the challenge?” Loeffler responded, “Absolutely, Laura. I would welcome another chance to debate Raphael Warnock. Look, we had a debate. I...

Several lawmakers from California have fled to a lavish conference in Maui, Hawaii this week, while the state threatens the public with strict new lockdown measures if "stay at home" guidelines are not obeyed. CA officials are in Maui for an annual legislative convention — despite rising COVID-19 cases that led Gov. Gavin Newsom, a Democrat, to threaten a statewide curfew on Monday.

According to scientists at a company specializing in regenerative medicine and developing biomaterial for spinal cord treatments, it’s not cannibalism if the ‘steaks’ are grown from the consumer’s own cells at home … and the see this as a way to reduce the consumption of animal flesh and all of the environmental and health issues associated with it. “A group of American scientists and designers have developed a concept for a grow-your-own steak kit using human cells and blood to question the ethics of the cultured meat industry. Ouroboros Steak could be grown by the diner at home using their...