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How bad is inflation in the USA? Try 18%, based on the Flexible Consumer Price Index. The Flexible Price Consumer Price Index (CPI) is calculated from a subset of goods and services included in the CPI that change price relatively frequently. Because flexible prices are quick to change, it assumes that when these prices are set, they incorporate less of an expectation about future inflation. Again, remember that Federal inflation numbers woefully undercount housing and rent inflation. For example, the Case-Shiller National Home Price index (as of November 2021) was growing at 18.8%. The sad part is that inflation-adjusted average...

Raymond Ibrahim is a Shillman Fellow at the David Horowitz Freedom Center. This report is reprinted from the Gatestone Institute . The following are among the abuses Muslims inflicted on Christians throughout the month of December, 2021:Hate for Christmas; Violence against Christians The Islamic State: As always happens preceding the Christmas season, professional Islamic terrorists sought to rile and incite Muslims to launch lone wolf attacks on Christians during the festive season. On Dec. 20, the ISIS-operated Rocket.Chat communication platform posted a drawing of a veiled jihadist brandishing a bloody knife in one hand while holding the severed head of...

Speaking to CNBC Friday morning in separate interviews, John Stankey and David Zaslav push back on claims of John Malone's involvement. AT&T CEO John Stankey, who currently oversees WarnerMedia and CNN, and Discovery CEO David Zaslav, who will assume oversight of WarnerMedia and CNN in just a few months, on Friday were grilled about former CNN chief Jeff Zucker’s exit. -snip- both Stankey and Zaslav were pressed on reporting from multiple outlets that said Discovery board member John Malone — who has been critical of Zucker’s programming strategy at CNN — pressed the company to take action. “None of us...

Playing chicken with United States Department of Defense isn’t a good idea, but that’s what the Animal Welfare League of Arlington said Henny Penny did. And the Rhode Island Red hen lived to tell. “Apparently, the answer to ‘why did the chicken cross the road’ is to get to the Pentagon?!” the AWLA wrote on its Twitter feed. “This chicken was caught sneaking around the security area at the Pentagon (we’re not kidding) and our officers picked her up.” The Virginia-based animal advocacy group opened the floor to the public to choose a name for the bird. The winning name...

Jedi @BitcoinJedi101 Barbara Streisand threatens to remove music from Spotify if it doesn't deplatform Joe Rogan immediately.

(Reuters) - U.S. supplies of fuels such as diesel and heating oil have dwindled and refiners are having trouble replenishing that supply, which could keep prices elevated for months. Demand for diesel, heating oil and other products has been running ahead of pre-pandemic levels for months. However, production has not kept up as some refineries have closed since the coronavirus pandemic began while others put off maintenance. As of Thursday, heating oil futures were priced at $2.83, the highest price in seven years. Higher fuel costs could become a recurrent feature of the energy markets as companies find it harder...

Matt Lee, a veteran reporter with the Associated Press, put State Department spokesman Ned Price in the hot seat Thursday for refusing to provide evidence that Russia plans to stage a false-flag operation to justify an invasion of Ukraine.During his opening remarks ahead of a press briefing, Price made the case “that Moscow might create a false flag operation” to justify an invasion of Ukraine, citing the existence of a Russian intelligence propaganda video that allegedly depicts “explosions and fake corpses,” “crisis actors pretending to be mourners” and “images of destroyed locations or military equipment” on the ground in Ukraine.It...

I know some of you are boycotting the Beijing Olympics. And I know that some of you don’t consider figure skating a real sport. However….Team USA took top place in the team figure skating event last night. Nathan Chen (Salt Lake native) took first place in the men’s figure skating event with a near perfect performance.Madison Hubble (Michigan native) and Zachary Donahue took first place in the rhythm dance competition.Ignore the Rhodesian Ridgeback hair do, she’s quite lovelyand Brandon Frazier and Alexa Knierim took third place in the pairs skating.Nathan Chen skated his best short program ever as the United...

Only a state with the motto “Live Free or Die” is freer than the Sunshine State.That’s according to the nonprofit CATO Institute’s annual Freedom in the 50 States report, which compares states based on different aspects of autonomy and choice in key policy areas. The report uses hundreds of variables to gauge states on fiscal, regulatory and personal terms.Overall, Florida came in second to New Hampshire in the 2021 ranking that used 2019 data to compare states.The CATO Institute bills itself as a libertarian public policy think tank that promotes limited government, free markets and peace.It highlighted the state’s lack...

Reality RulesThe Transgender War on WomenBack in the good ‘ole days of 2015, the fight over allowing transgender women to use the women’s bathroom in Charlotte, North Carolina, took center stage in the national political debate. At the time, anyone who suggested that mixing gender preference and sexual identity could lead to harmful outcomes was attacked as a Chicken Little. In an article titled, “‘Transgender’ Needs A Legal Definition Right Now or Women Will Get Hurt,” David Marcus pointed out that trans advocates:… insisted that the idea anyone would use the law to dress as a woman and invade women’s...

prevented her from getting hired at a local Harris Teeter location back in 2020. The video, which is a screen-recording of the rejection voicemail she received from the hiring manager, was posted to TikTok last week by zenayajones8. So far, the post has amassed over 14 million views and thousands of comments from people who vented frustrations about constantly worrying about being "professional." "Yes, Ms. Jones, I recommend if you apply for a job and you expect somebody to call you that you have a more appropriate, uh, response on your voicemail," the manager said in his message to Jones.

News Corp, the owner of Fox News, has reported being the target of a major cyberattack that accessed emails and documents of staff, including journalists.Its cybersecurity consultant said hack likely tried to gather intelligence to benefit China's interests.The hack was discovered on January 20 and disclosed in a securities filing, seen by Newsweek, on Friday.It impacted several News Corp businesses, including the New York Post, The Wall Street Journal—its parent Dow Jones—the company's U.K. news operation, and News Corp headquarters, an anonymous source told The Journal

<p>WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, in letters to seven governors, is reaffirming the need for members of their states’ Army and Air National Guards to get the mandatory COVID-19 vaccine or lose their Guard status.</p><p>In nearly identical letters signed late last week, Austin tells the governors that the virus “takes our service members out of the fight, temporarily or permanently, and jeopardizes our ability to meet mission requirements,” according to copies obtained Monday by The Associated Press.</p>

Candace Owens Sits Down With Robert Malone to Discuss Pandemic Panic Part I Begins @ 8:30 Minute and 30 Seconds Markhttps://rumble.com/vtuc91-special-report-candace-owens-with-dr.-robert-malone.html and Part II Begins @ 26 Minutes and 50 Seconds Markhttps://rumble.com/vtx0go--watch-live-candace-owens-with-dr.-robert-malone-pt.-2-9pm-est.html

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I remember the first time I put my 'Free Tibet' shoes on my feet. There were two gentlemen from the NBA and they came to me on the bench right before the game, and told me that 'We are begging you take those shoes off.' And I asked, 'Am I breaking any rules?' They said no. Then I told them, 'Go tell your boss, whoever it is, (NBA Commissioner) Adam Silver, the Celtics owner, and whoever you're talking to, I'm not taking my shoes off. I don't care if I get banned or if I get fined.' And they said...

Jonathan Scott @jonathandata1 After reverse engineering all of the #Beijing2022 #spyware app for @Apple #ios and @Google #Android I can definitively say all Olympian audio is being collected, analyzed and saved on Chinese servers using tech from USA blacklisted AI firm @iflytek1999

This is recap of what CNN told since President Trump was elected, and well we all know what eventually came out over time.Whatever they say... by default do the opposite. Watch this 2 minute clip before Youtube removes it. https://youtu.be/a0ZsyghSxOg

STOCKHOLM — The Swedish government will lift most Covid restrictions next week, Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson of Sweden announced on Thursday. The move adds Sweden to the growing list of European nations, including Denmark and Norway, that are scrapping pandemic protocols even though new cases continue to soar in Europe. Starting on Feb. 9, there will be no limit on how many people can gather at restaurants, sports stadiums, and other events, according to Lena Hallengren, the minister of health and social affairs. People will no longer be required to work from home. And travel restrictions on visitors from other...

As musicians pull out of Spotify over Joe Rogan, Jon Stewart is coming to the podcast host's defense. The former host of The Daily Show on his podcast discussed artists like Neil Young leaving Spotify in protest of COVID-19 misinformation on Rogan's show The Joe Rogan Experience. Stewart criticized "overblown rhetoric" about Rogan, arguing he's not "an ideologue in any way" and is open to being corrected when he's wrong. When it comes to the Spotify protest, Stewart said that in general, his philosophy is "don't leave, don't abandon, don't censor, engage."