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Kabul , December 29 : A suicide bomber blew himself up before reaching his target in the town of Torghundi in Afghanistan's Herat Province, local police said. According to Herat police spokesman Abdul Ahad Walizada, the man blew himself up after being identified by police. No one was injured by the blast, the police spokesman said. Meanwhile, the Herat branch of the National Directorate of Security (NDS) said the suicide bomber had wanted to plant a mine in Torghundi, but ended up detonating the explosives and killing himself before reaching the intended target.

Nashville police were warned in 2019 that Anthony Warner was making a bomb inside his RV — but nothing was done to stop him. Warner’s girlfriend told Nashville cops on Aug. 21, 2019, that he “was building bombs in the RV trailer at his residence,” according to a report Tuesday in The Tennessean. City cops passed the tip off to the FBI and ATF. But when authorities showed up at Warren’s door no one answered, and a subsequent request to search the property was denied, The Tennessean reported. Warner’s bomb-making then continued unhindered until Christmas morning, when he detonated explosives...

VIENNAAfter being subjected to police violence in a raid targeting his home under the pretext of a “terror operation”, 12-year-old Mustafa A. has started therapy for sleep disorder. Vienna police on Nov. 9 raided 60 addresses and detained 30 Muslim activists and academics in an operation called “Operation Luxor” on charges of "establishing a terrorist organization, financial support for terrorism, organized crime formation, and money laundering." The police using disproportionate force against people well-known to the public and treating them as terrorists led to reactions from various segments of the society. Many NGOs, journalists, and writers called for the issue...

Austrian police arrested 30 people suspected of being radical Islamists yesterday as part of the government's "war on Islamism", the Times reported. The individuals were apprehended during a series of pre-dawn raids, collectively termed 'Operation Luxor', conducted by almost 1,000 police officers, including special forces, counterterrorism personnel and dog handlers. The raids, which were conducted simultaneously around the country at 5am yesterday, focused on the Austrian branches of Hamas, the Palestinian group, and the Muslim Brotherhood, a transnational Islamist organisation. More than 70 individuals are currently being investigated, according to the Times, though only 30 were arrested during yesterday's raids....

President Trump’s Senior Legal Advisor Jenna Ellis joined Grant Stinchfield Tuesday night on Newsmax. Jenna was asked about the latest legal moves to bring justice to the Trump campaign in the stolen 2020 election. Ellis told Stinchfield that the Trump legal team is going to continue to fight because they care about election integrity and they’re going to push these cases through every legal and viable avenue. Jenna then added that President Trump’s Wisconsin case is very similar to George Bush’s 2000 case in Florida. Jenna Ellis: If this election and all of the fraud is not corrected by January...

While watching the various choirs celebrating Christmas, I noticed that many of them seemed to be using a rather, uh, odd, application of "social distancing."Take this example (there's lots of examples, though) from youtube, a performance on November 22 by the choir of Westminster Cathedral (the Catholic cathedral in London, not the more-famous Westminster Abbey)The cathedral was empty of any general public, only the choir and its conductor inside; the presentation was via television and live-streaming.About half the choir appears to be absent, the older adolescent males and some of the old guys.What is odd is how the choirboys are...

HARRISBURG – United States Attorney David J. Freed, of Camp Hill, PA, has announced his resignation effective midnight January 1, 2021. Mr. Freed is departing the office after serving for more than three years as the chief federal law enforcement officer for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, which consists of 33 counties in Central and Northeastern Pennsylvania and has offices in Harrisburg, Scranton, and Williamsport. Mr. Freed was nominated as United States Attorney by Senators Pat Toomey and Bob Casey, appointed by President Donald Trump in September, 2017, confirmed by the United States Senate in November, 2017, and sworn in...

1. More on Biden and the vaccines.The only involvement Biden has had with these vaccines is to receive his dose before the rest of us. His press missives are cheap and pathetic, attention-seeking self-promotion about how he will nationalize industries to speed up production— Mark R. Levin (@marklevinshow) December 29, 20202. And, of course, AP and the rest of the Democrat Party-media regurgitate Slow Joe's proclamations without a word of criticism, doubt, or question. https://t.co/zE6bywKfiS— Mark R. Levin (@marklevinshow) December 29, 20203. Meanwhile, the media scribes jot down and regurgitate his every word as if he's some wise man or...

Big Tech companies have been accused of meddling in the 2020 election, and their employees have obtained influential roles within the Biden-Harris organization, which critics say could signal a return to the friendly stance held by the Obama administration toward Silicon Valley. At issue is how these companies used their funding or engaged in censorship ahead of the election. A report from The Amistad Project of the Thomas More Society alleges that $500 million from Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg was given to election officials and used to violate election laws. The money was allegedly used to improperly influence the election...

SHREVEPORT, La. — Congressman-elect Luke Letlow has died after contracting COVID-19 last week, according to his campaign manager Andrew Bautsch. Letlow, who just turned 41, was getting treatment in the intensive care unit in Shreveport, according to an announcement on his Twitter page last week.

This month's full moon occurs on Tuesday, Dec. 29 at 10:28 p.m. EDT (3:28 UTC, Dec. 30), but the moon will appear full the night before and after its peak to the casual stargazer. This December's full moon is known as the Cold Moon, though it has many other nicknames by different cultures.

Even if the AP's numbers are right, the percentage of registered Pennsylvania "voters" who "voted" is very, very hard to believe, maybe unprecedented.

On Tuesday, McConnell introduced his own proposal for $2,000 checks, adding in measures that would repeal Section 230 of the 1996 Communications Decency Act—a law shielding social media companies from liability for posts shared by users—and establish a commission to study voter fraud, fulfilling two long-time wishes of some Republican voters who believe that both social media companies and the election were biased against Trump. If McConnell's measure is passed by Senate Republicans, House Democrats could be forced to vote on the measure, and most are expected to vote against. Republicans could then claim that Democrats killed an effort to...

Some of the major components in most satellites include aluminum, Kevlar and aluminum alloys, which are able to withstand both temperature extremes and constant bombardment by radiation—all in a vacuum. Unfortunately, these characteristics also allow satellites to remain in orbit long after their usefulness has ended, resulting in constant additions to the space junk orbiting the planet. According to the World Economic Forum, there are currently approximately 6,000 satellites circling the Earth but only 60% of them are still in use. Some in the field have predicted that nearly 1,000 satellites will be launched into space each year over the...

A doctor in Northern California has been fired from his job after he co-authored a letter that questioned the science behind his county’s lockdown order. Dr. Michael deBoisblanc was working as the trauma medical director for John Muir Health in Contra Costa County, California, until last Friday, after he questioned the scientific basis for again locking down citizens of the area. KNTV reported that deBoisblanc wrote a letter to the county health director and board of supervisors voicing his concern regarding the continued lockdown policies prior to his dismissal.

The Trump campaign on Tuesday took its Wisconsin Constitutional fight to the US Supreme Court. Trump advisor Boris Epshteyn broke the news today on Steve Bannon’s War Room. @BrandonBeckham_ Replying to @realDonaldTrump and @BreitbartNews DEVELOPING NEWS: @BorisEP, on War Room with Steven Bannon, confirms Trump Campaign is/has filed a writ of certiorari with the U.S. Supreme Court (SCOTUS) out of Wisconsin. Boris Epshteyn tweeted out the news earlier this afternoon. The Trump campaign is challenging the 50,000 illegal absentee votes that were allowed to be counted in the state.

KANSAS CITY, MO—According to sources, local man Jason Greenman is enjoying his last few days of living like an utterly debased and filthy slob before his anticipated turnaround comes on January 1st. "Yeah-- January 1st! That will be the day my life changes forever!" said Greenman while eating a breakfast of Christmas cookies, leftover ham, pumpkin pie, and beer. "It's gonna be great! I'm going to get in the best shape of my life, read at least 30 books, get that promotion at work, start reading that Bible again! But first I need to clean out all these leftovers and...

Senator Mitch McConnell blocked an attempt by Democrats on Tuesday to hold an immediate vote on increasing stimulus checks to $2,000 from $600, leaving the fate of the measure unclear as President Trump continued to demand the larger payouts and more Republicans publicly endorsed the idea. Instead, Mr. McConnell, Republican of Kentucky and the majority leader, provided vague assurances that the Senate would “begin the process” of discussing $2,000 checks and two other issues that Mr. Trump has demanded lawmakers address: election security and removing legal protections for social media platforms. Mr. McConnell would not say whether he planned separate...

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Prather's analysis of Nashville explosion. Destruction of AT&T election audit. China. CIA. Drone strike.