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All 3 suspects in Walnut Creek Nordstrom theft out of custody; DA says 2 of them shouldn't be There's now a parole hold and bench warrant out for Dana Dawson's arrest after she didn't show up for court this past Friday. WALNUT CREEK, Calif. (KGO) -- All three suspects arrested in a Walnut Creek Nordstrom flash-mob style theft are out of custody, and the Contra Costa County District Attorney's Office says two of them shouldn't be. There's now a parole hold and bench warrant out for Dana Dawson's arrest after she didn't show up for court this past Friday. Walnut...

Theory of the deuteron-deuteron nuclear reactions at very low energies K. Czerski [1] , M. Kaczmarski [1] , A. Kowalska1,[2], N. Targosz-Sleczka [1] , M. Valat [1] [1] Institute of Physics, University of Szczecin, Szczecin, Poland [2] Maritime University of Szczecin, Szczecin, Poland The phenomenon known as “cold fusion”, based on the deuteron-deuteron fusion reactions taking place in metallic environments at thermal energies, offers the perspective for a cheap and clean energy source. Apart from poor reproducibility of the relevant experiments, there are still some important theoretical questions that need to be clarified in order to optimize experimental conditions...

The Biden administration has deemed the issue of Jewish settlements in the West Bank to be as severe as the nuclear threat from Iran, the Jerusalem Post cited multiple Israeli diplomatic sources as saying. “The Americans bring up ‘settler violence’ all the time, obsessively,” the report quoted a senior diplomatic source as saying. During Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz’s visit to Washington last week, Secretary of State Antony Blinken insisted on devoting an equal amount of time to discussing both Iran and the settlements – a fact Israeli diplomats found “baffling,” the report said.

This clip is sure to fire you up after watching it. Scott LoBaido is one of the most influential artists, activists, and patriots in New York City’s Staten Island borough. **SNIP** On Friday, LoBaido was livid when he made this short video about a phone call from his friend. According to LoBaido, his friend’s ill 4-year-old child was denied a wish from the Make-A-Wish Foundation. The foundation allegedly denied the young child their wish due to being unvaccinated. Watch LoBaido’s fiery message (warning – explicit language):

There may be a rematch coming in the 2024 race for the White House. But we're not talking Biden-Trump II. Instead, 2016 Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton is an interesting prospect to consider when looking for a viable candidate, particularly if an 80-something President Biden decides not to seek a second term. And why would he? Just 22 percent of voters want him to seek a second term, according to a I&I-TIPP poll. It doesn't get much better when polling only Democrats, where just 36 percent want to see the president run again, with that juggernaut candidate named "someone else" coming...

An animal shelter in Kentucky is overrun with dozen of displaced after deadly tornadoes left the state devastated, with dozens of scared pets without a home. The Board President of the Mayfield-Graves County Animal Shelter, David Spalding, described how the shelter was struggling to remain standing but now is tasked with welcoming dozens of animals until there is not enough room. Photos show the displaced animals being held in crates as they hope for their owners’ return. Workers and volunteers were seen getting dogs and cats ready for major transportation out of the Kentucky shelter as it expects to be...

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Democrats in the Senate are preparing to miss their self-imposed deadline to pass President Joe Biden’s $1.7 trillion social safety net bill before the end of the year, according to four sources familiar with planning by Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer’s office. The decision to try again next year is based on simple math — Schumer doesn’t have the 50 votes needed to pass the legislation thanks to Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., who remains a hold out. The decision is also in part because Senate Democrats haven’t finished negotiating the bill. Provisions on state and local taxes and the methane...

“I’m going to be asking my team to set up sites for booster shots and a whole range of things,” the president said.

So they're shelving the bolshevikization of the economy, but will instead "aggressively" focus on the bolshevikization of elections instead. I hope -- pray, really -- that Republicans have forty-one votes to filibuster that nightmare. But who knows what the "reasonable" Republicans might decide to in the service of Collegiality. And I have to tell you: I think the "rules change" discussed here is a suspension of the filibuster rule for a vote on a federal takeover of state election laws. "Schumer is still holding out hope for action on voting rights this year, multiple sources tell us. They are hoping...

SEATTLE (AP) — The CEO of a Seattle-based affiliate of Planned Parenthood has been removed from her position after controversy following a donor’s use of a racist term in a meeting. Chris Charbonneau was ousted last week as head of Planned Parenthood Great Northwest, Hawaii, Alaska, Indiana, Kentucky, the Seattle Times reported. The organization said a donor used a racist term to refer to Black people this fall and Charbonneau repeated the word while discussing the meeting with another staffer. Charbonneau and the board have differing accounts of how she reacted to the donor’s use of the word, which the...

Philadelphia health officials have called on residents to avoid hosting inter-household holiday gatherings this year to prevent the spread of coronavirus. Fox News 29 reports: On Monday, health officials stated that the city has seen COVID-19 infections rate double in the past few weeks, and hospitalizations increase by about 50%. The city announced a new vaccine mandate impacting indoor dining establishments would be implemented on Jan. 3 in response to the rising case counts. They followed up Monday’s mandate announcement with new guidance for holiday gatherings.

Thanks to The Godfather, this image is implanted in our collective consciousness. Obviously, Manchin is holding some serious cards regarding the passage of the “Build Back Better” raid on the treasury that Democrats in Congress are drooling over. Will enough pressure be put on Manchin to go against his earlier negative comments on the measure? Suffice to say that the senator understands arithmetic and already knows that, in last year’s election, Donald Trump beat Biden in West Virginia by better than two to one. Beyond basic political calculations, the rising specter of inflation is asserting itself as a problem to...

The NFL caught RED HANDED funding RADICAL groups that call to ABOLISH THE POLICE and PRISONS! [13 minute video report]

CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago Public Schools and the Chicago Teachers Union have reached a $9.25 million settlement in two long-running federal lawsuits stemming from the layoffs of hundreds of Black educators at underperforming schools. About $5.25 million of the settlement would be distributed among 413 current and former union members under the terms of the deal, which is subject to court approval and up for a vote at Wednesday’s Chicago Board of Education meeting. Attorneys for the teachers and paraprofessionals are seeking about $3.6 million in fees and $400,000 in court costs, according to the board. CPS and CTU representatives...

Speaking maskless at a holiday fundraiser celebration for the Democratic National Committee last night, December 14, President Joseph Biden (D) admitted to the assembled a fundamental totalitarian voting principle which Democrats across the US, and now in the White House, have used for years, "The struggle is no longer just who gets to vote or make it easy for eligible people to vote. It's about who gets to count the vote - whether your vote counts at all," Biden told a crowd of a few hundred donors and party officials at a gathering at the Hotel Washington. (bold added)Biden says...

THIRD WEEK OF ADVENT LUKE 7:18B-23 Friends, in today’s Gospel, John the Baptist summons two of his disciples to ask if Jesus is “the one . . . or are we to look for another?” When this inquiry is conveyed to Jesus, the Lord does not respond theoretically, but rather by pointing to things that are happening. “Go and tell John what you have seen and heard: the blind regain their sight, the lame walk, lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, the poor have good news proclaimed to them.” Was Jesus doing all of this in...

Philadelphia Councilwoman Cindy Bass wants to outlaw bullet-proof glass in retail stores because it "encourages loitering, public urination and potential drug sales." Her rationale seems weak. Store owners install bullet-proof glass to protect themselves from armed robbers. Bass argues that "this glass is an indignity for everyone who enters the store. It conveys the message that anyone could be a thief. For every armed robber who is thwarted hundreds of honest people are so psychologically damaged that they can't help themselves from urinating in the street, idly loitering in the area, and make drug deals." Bass went on to complain...

BOSTON (AP) — Soon after losing his trucking job amid the pandemic, Freddie Davis got another blow: His landlord in Miami was almost doubling the rent on his Miami apartment. Davis girded for what he feared would come next. In September he was evicted — just over a month after a federal eviction moratorium ended. He’s now languishing in a hotel, aided by a nonprofit that helps homeless people. The 51-year-old desperately wants to find a new apartment. But it’s proving impossible on his $1,000-a-month disability check. “We live in America, and the thing is, people like me, we got...

In “The Hunchback of Notre Dame,” Victor Hugo told the tale of Esmerelda, a gypsy dancer falsely accused of attempted murder, set to be hanged by an unjust state. Quasimodo, the titular hunchback, swings down from the cathedral of Notre Dame and saves her, carrying her off while crying “Sanctuary!” In fact, throughout European history, churches provided places of safe haven for accused criminals; the claim of “sanctuary” is made to this day by people seeking refuge from the law. It's strange, however, to see the language of sanctuary adopted to protect precisely the sort of activity abhorred by anyone...