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(CNN)The judge in the trial of Kyle Rittenhouse, who fatally shot two protesters in Kenosha, Wisconsin, made headlines last week by reiterating his longstanding rule of not allowing prosecutors to refer to people as "victims" before juries in his courtroom. At the same time, Kenosha County Circuit Court Judge Bruce Schroeder said at a pretrial hearing that the men who were shot could be described as "looters" or "rioters" if the defense can show they engaged in such activity during protests after a police officer shot Jacob Blake in August 2020, leaving Blake paralyzed.

Must post this in the last 5 minutes of Halloween for what is truly a hollow weenie. !0 minutes & 51 seconds of reality presented as a joke, a bad joke foisted upon the world. But then again, some of them asked for it didn't they.

NYC has issued a state-wide call for firefighters from both Long Island and Upstate New York as one-third of city firefighters remain unvaccinated ahead of the November 1 deadline, leaving 26 firehouses shuttered. About 72 percent of FDNY workers have been vaccinated ahead of the November 1 deadline, meaning that up to 4,000 workers may be terminated from the department. The message was sent through email as nearly 350 potential volunteer firefighters were tagged.

Greta Thunberg may not have been officially invited to the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow, Scotland, but on the first day of the conference, she was making her presence felt. The Swedish teenager, who is something of a rock star for climate campaigners worldwide, is among thousands of activists descending on Glasgow for the 12-day U.N. Climate Change Conference of the Parties, known as COP26, which kicked off Sunday. They are calling on world leaders to take bold action to prevent global temperatures from rising by more than 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit) above preindustrial levels. *** Thunberg arrived...

Warlord Habibullah Kalakani, deposed after ten months styling himself King of Afghanistan, was publicly shot on this date in 1929. An ethnic Tajik whose surname alludes to his native village north of Kabul, Kalakani served in the army of Emir Amanullah Khan.* This Khan aspired to far-reaching reforms that would modernize his marchlands kingdom and not for the last time an Afghan ruler found this programme stoked a furious resistance among tribal grandees. Kalakani, though derisively nicknamed Bacha Seqao (son of a water-carrier) was just such a grandee, having pivoted profitably from regular military orders to highway robbery. When Khan’s...

In the world we live in today, energy is required for almost everything. From powering your car to keeping the lights on in your home, energy is needed not only for your daily needs but also for producing everything that humans consume. As the population soars unsustainably, so does the energy demand. The demand in global energy consumption is expected to grow significantly in the coming decades, let’s look at some figures. With the global population expected to increase by 2 billion in the next two decades, electricity generation is estimated to increase by almost 49 per cent by the...

Ongoing disruptions in America’s supply chains have prompted manufacturers to review and modify their inventory management systems. Just-in-time (JIT) inventory management, which calls for the right amount of inventory at the right time, has long been the standard. However, just-in-case (JIC), a system which focuses on keeping extra inventory on hand, has recently gained attention. “The question of JIT versus JIC is a question leadership teams the world over are facing,” Billie ‘Akau’ola, a director at Riveron, a national business advisory firm, told The Epoch Times. JIT, which was developed by Japanese firms around the 1970s, has always focused on...

Researchers have discovered evidence to support the idea that Vikings settled on the Azores several hundred years before the Portuguese arrived in 1427. Evidence from animal remains has led ecologist Pedro Raposeiro and his team, of the University of the Azores, to believe the Vikings were there first.... ...Evolutionary biologist Dr Jeremy Searle of Cornell University has supported the conclusions by Mr Raposeiro. He has also argued that Vikings made it to the Azores - but his work is based on the mouse as his biological source....

Something of beauty to shine against these dark times.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_8GGAL2TRQ

8:57 AM · Oct 30, 2021·HOLD THE LINE WHILE THE TIKI TORCH IDIOTS DANCE! Transcript of Riccardo Bosi's warning ["No consent. No consent. No consent"]Q is the result of the sacrifices and commitment of countless patriots to win back our captured country from the Deep State and achieve the transformation President Trump promised in this campaign video. President Trump has said the awakening of the public is key to this transformation.Q describes this awakening as follows: "The Great Awakening ('Freedom of Thought’), was designed and created not only as a backchannel to the public (away from the longstanding 'mind’ control...

Put it in your diary! Fauci testifying this Thursday. I think he'll be before Rand Paul again. It will be a blockbuster for sure... What should Rand ask him??

A Florida TikTok star deliberately sparked a 100mph police chase - then told cops who arrested him his wealth and youth made him immune from the law, it is claimed. Damaury Mikula, 18, of Pasco, Florida, has more than four million followers on TikTok and has frequently posted content featuring his Dodge Challenger, a vehicle that can go up to 141mph with a top price of around $60,000. The TikTok star, who is said to make $400,000 to $450,000 per year, was recorded on Friday being chased in that car by Pasco County Police at the intersection of State Route...

@thehill Sen. @marcorubio: "This plan, if it passes, it's going to fuel inflation, it's going to drive up our debt. [...] It's not just about the money. What it really is about is the programs, because the programs codify socialism. It puts socialism into our law." Clip...

Moderna Inc (MRNA.O)said on Sunday it has been told that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration will require additional time to complete its assessment of the company's COVID-19 vaccine for use in adolescents aged 12 to 17 years. The FDA informed Moderna that the review may not be completed before January 2022, the company said in a statement, dealing a potential setback to the timing of an emergency use authorization (EUA) for that age group. Moderna Chief Executive Stephane Bancel told Reuters last week that based on conversations with the agency, he believed the vaccine would be authorized for those...

Join together with Fellow FREEPERS to Pray for AMERICA: For those in Authority in Government, Family, Military, Business, Healthcare, Education, Churches, and the Media.'I Urge, then, First of All, that Requests, Prayers, Intercession and Thanksgiving be Made for Everyone: for Kings and All those in Authority that we May Live Peaceful and Quiet Lives in All Godliness and Holiness.' 1 Timothy 2:1-2Religion Forum Threads Labeled [Prayer] are Closed to Debate of Any Kind.Ps.29:11The Lord will Give Strength Unto His People;The Lord will Bless His People with Peace.

See link. Youngkin favored 56-48 on betting market. Was tied Friday night

During nationwide protests regarding police reforms last year, the Austin, Texas, city council moved to cut approximately one third of its police budget, which was the largest cut of any big city in America. Since the cut, Austin has increasingly become less safe. According to statistics compiled by AH Datalytics, the city has seen a nearly 71% increase in homicides over the past year. While homicides have increased nationwide since 2020, Austin’s increase is one of the largest the firm has tracked. The funding cuts brought a series of changes. Cadet classes were canceled, making it more difficult to bring...

Democrat gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe went on Meet the Press on Sunday morning in the final weekend before the November 2nd election. In his closing argument, McAuliffe blamed parents for speaking out against porn in the classrooms and critical race theory at the school board meetings. McAuliffe lied again about critical race theory being taught in the schools and attacked Virginia parents. Terry McAuliffe: “They’re using children as political pawns… Our school boards were fine. As soon as Glenn Youngkin got nominated all of a sudden these people started showing up creating such a ruckus.” It’s the parents’ fault for...

New York, Boston, Providence, Philadelphia, and Washington D.C. are among the largest cities in the Northeast, with a plethora of towering office buildings populating their skylines. Ironically though, none of these locations are listed in the National Association of Realtors’ (NAR) Top 10 Commercial Office Markets for the third quarter of 2021. Instead, the South and West dominate the list, with places like Austin, Boise, Chattanooga, and Omaha, plus three different locations in Florida–Daytona Beach, Palm Beach, and Miami. Also absent from the register are metropolitan locations like Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Denver, and Seattle. NAR analyzed 390 commercial...

"They were basically calling for a lynching," Jackson said. "They are looking to suppress speech and they are taking a very partisan, progressive, hard-left agenda on all sorts of issues that have nothing to do with education."On Thursday, Harry Jackson, the first black head of the Thomas Jefferson High School for Science & Technology's Parent Teacher Association, resigned from his post, citing issues with the PTA's state officials and the implementation of critical race theory teachings at the school.Jackson, who won his position in May, did so by campaigning against what he called misguided left-wing moves by school leadership and...