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DUGWAY PROVING GROUND, Utah — The killer drone whooshed out of its launch tube, spreading its carbon wings and shooting into the sky. Flying too fast for the naked eye to track, the battery-powered robot circled the Utah desert, hunting for the target it had been programmed to strike. Moments later, it sailed through the driver’s side window of an empty pickup truck and exploded in a fireball. “Good hit,” exclaimed an operator from AeroVironment, the company that produces the drone and sells it to the U.S. military. NBC News traveled to a military testing center for exclusive access to...

A homeless man charged with beating a guy last year was dumped back on the street thanks to so-called bail reform, only to allegedly pummel two women in Upper West Side attacks Thursday — and be freed again. Darrell Johnson, 23, left one of his random female victims so brutally beaten that she suffered a “disfiguring laceration” to her face Last year, Johnson — who has more than a dozen arrests on his rap sheet — was hit with assault and harassment charges in the man’s beatdown. He allegedly punched his victim “about the face with a closed fist multiple...

Scientists spotted an endangered right whale dragging a length of fishing rope caught in its mouth as it swam with a newborn calf off the Georgia coast, a rare confirmation of a birth by an entangled whale that experts determined they can't safely attempt to help. The baby whale appeared healthy and uninjured when an aerial survey team spotted it Thursday alongside its ensnared mother near Cumberland Island, Georgia, said Clay George, a wildlife biologist with the Georgia Department of Natural Resources. It was the second newborn right whale confirmed in the Atlantic waters of the Southeastern U.S. during the...

An oral, experimental medication that targets the bacteria that causes gum disease may offer a "new treatment paradigm" for mild to moderate Alzheimer's disease (AD). Results from the phase 2/3 GAIN trial of atuzaginstat, which targets the gum bacteria Porphyromonas gingivalis (Pg), suggest the pathogen is a "potential driver of AD." Low-Grade Chronic Infection Pg is associated with gum disease, gingivitis, and periodontal disease. Periodontal disease affects about 65 million Americans. Evidence linking inflammation with AD is "consistent with the idea there's...a low-grade chronic infection that's causing this inflammatory response," Detke said. He noted that 22 of the last 25...

As Congress debates multitrillion-dollar spending plans, a number of questions hang over Washington. Representatives ask how much they’ll get for their favorite programs. Bureaucrats ask how much their budgets will grow. It seems no one is asking the most important question: Who will pay for the spending? Yes, there will be some new taxes that offset a portion of the cost. But there is no debate over the fact that the Treasury will have to issue trillions in new government debt. There are no obvious buyers for that debt. The chart below shows the government debt, non-financial businesses and households...

The 12 days of Christmas might've had gold rings and a partridge in a pear tree, but you know what it didn't have? Fried chicken sandwiches and Cajun fries. To celebrate the holiday season, the venerated New Orleans-based fast food chain is kicking things off with the 12 Days of Popeyes. The nearly two-week-long sweepstakes, which kicks off today and runs through December 17, will give you the chance to win free food and discounts every single day. To play, log into your Popeyes app or the website and start unlocking exclusive daily deals. While we don't have too many...

Professors from Sweden’s Lund University are facing prosecution from the country’s Ministry of Education for their “ethics” behind a paper demonstrating how most rapes are committed by migrants. Professor Kristina Sundquist and her colleagues are under investigation by the Board of Appeal for Ethical Review, a body that reports directly to the Swedish Ministry of Education, over whether or not they had “ethical license” to handle “sensitive data.” The data in question relates to the identities of rapists in Sweden, which culminated in the paper “Swedish Rape Offenders — A Latent Class Analysis.” The published results reveal that immigrants are...

In my book, I recount how slow the federal government was in publicizing the use of Bactrim and other sulfa drugs to prevent PCP (the pneumonia that was then the leading killer of people with AIDS) in addition to its long-time and well-known use to treat PCP. Dr. Anthony Fauci is rewriting history. He is doing so to disguise his shameful role in delaying promotion of an AIDS treatment that would have prevented tens of thousands of deaths in the first years of the epidemic. In my book, Body Counts, A Memoir of Politics, Sex, AIDS, and Survival, I recount...

John Schneider: "Share this with your friends if they are still apt to believe that a handgun can load and fire itself." Video at link:

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 holi-ness. ~ 1 Timothy 2:1-2Religion Fo-rum Threads labeled [Prayer] are closed to debate of any kind.

The CEO of New York-based online mortgage lender Better.com has sacked a total of 900 employees with immediate effect during a now-viral Zoom call. Better.com’s chief executive Vishal Garg has slammed the ex-workers for allegedly stealing from customers by not being productive. During the announcement of the mass firings in a Zoom call, Vishal Garg struck an unapologetic tone to the shock of the affected workers, a recording of which was later posted on various social media platforms, including TikTok, YouTube.

New York (CNN)A woman who has accused Jeffrey Epstein of sexual abuse testified Monday that Ghislaine Maxwell set up their meetings and spoke often about sexual topics -- including Epstein's carnal needs. "She said that he needed to have sex about three times a day," the woman told the court. The woman, testifying under the pseudonym "Kate," took the stand Monday morning to start the second week of Maxwell's federal trial on charges including sex trafficking of minors. Kate is not considered a minor victim in the charges because she was over the age of consent at the time of...

BREAKING!!! Syria: Israel has attacked in the port of Latakia - Video VIDEO The Israeli attack tonight (according to Syrian Arab sources) was carried out from Lebanese airspace. In an air strike, at least eight missiles were fired at three targets in western Syria. According to the Syrian media, the GNA systems were able to intercept most of the missiles. So far, the media in Syria has not reported whether there are any casualties. It should be mentioned that according to information earlier today, it was said that the Syrian communications networks reported the movement of certain weapons systems that...

Shocking video recorded in Minneapolis shows a group of Somali youths in Islamic clothing forcing their way inside an apartment to beat two women.

So I go out to the living room to take a peek at Michael Bublé's Christmas In The City on NBC from 10-11 PM Eastern tonight (12/6/2021) and what to my wondering eyes should appear? Michael. Bublé. Was. Lip-syncing.LIP-SYNCING!I thought for a moment I was watching a replay of A Very Boy Band Holiday from earlier in the night on another network—where I fully expected to see the lip-syncing I observed. But Michael Bublé? One of the top male vocalists of the last few decades?? Lip-syncing??? Scandalous! Consequently, I've now lost a significant amount of respect for Michael Bublé. I...

Set during the 1950-1953 Korean war, the film favorably highlights the heroism of Chinese soldiers during a key battle—the Battle of Lake Changjin [Chosin Reservoir] (and referred to as “the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea” in China).

Dr. Peter McCullough is an academic internist, cardiologist, and a trained epidemiologist located in Dallas, Texas. He speaks with Bret regarding what a wise response to Covid would look like. The McCullough Report: https://www.americaoutloud.com/the-mccullough-report/ Find Peter on Twitter: @P_McCulloughMD

Minnesota Democrat Rep. Angie Craig claimed she could not attend necessary House votes in person due to the “ongoing public health emergency” but was able to promote the so-called bipartisan infrastructure package with President Joe Biden in her district and attend an NBA game. Craig claimed she was unable to attend the votes on November 30, because of the “ongoing public health emergency” in the world, according to her letter to the House Clerk. Craig authorized Rep. Sara Jacobs (D-CA) to cast her vote while she was “unable” to be there in person. While Craig was not in the House...

The special purpose acquisition company, or SPAC, that announced plans to merge with former President Donald Trump’s new social media company is under investigation by federal regulators, the company disclosed on Monday. The SPAC, Digital World Acquisition Corp., disclosed the investigation in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. “DWAC has received certain preliminary, fact-finding inquiries from regulatory authorities, with which it is cooperating,” the company said. It added that in late October and early November, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority requested information “surrounding events (specifically, a review of trading) that preceded the public announcement of” the SPAC’s merger...

The Predictably Putrid Fruits of Francis’s Ecumenism A Pew Research Center survey of 6,485 U.S. adults from September 20-26, 2021 (Few Americans Blame God or Say Faith Has Been Shaken Amid Pandemic, Other Tragedies) yielded further evidence that the fruits of Vatican II’s ecumenical experiment have been putrid. The headline findings from the survey included the following:Catholics twice as likely as Protestants to say people who don’t believe in God can go to heaven Most Catholics, but not most Protestants, say some non-Christian religions can lead to eternal lifeDetails of the survey indicate that only 16% of Catholics surveyed...