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If you leave a small pebble in your shoe and walk on it for a day, it gets sore. If you leave it in for a week and it'll be painful as hell, and you cannot ignore it any longer. That's what this thought has been for me. It's been a pebble in my shoe, and it's been there for a long time. The teaching profession is full of pervertsI was pushed over the top by an article in Breitbart today: Exclusive Footage — Private Schools Nation-Wide Pushing ‘Queer Inclusive’ Curriculum, Trans Ideology Starting in Pre-KPrivate schools across the country...

ANAHEIM, CA – JULY 23: Susan Wojcicki, CEO of YouTube delivers her keynote at #VidCon at Anaheim Convention Center on July 23, 2015 in Anaheim, California. (Photo by FilmMagic/FilmMagic) The CEO of Google-owned YouTube, Susan Wojcicki, recently urged governments around the world to pass new laws aimed at canceling speech, especially on the web, that is deemed “harmful.” Wojcicki discussed her path to “more control over online speech,” which seemingly includes passing laws that have no regard for the First Amendment. NEW – YouTube CEO Wojcicki recommends governments pass laws to gain more control over online speech, and elsewhere.pic.twitter.com/IVpOWLP6uH —...

The U.S. Justice Department has tapped a seasoned computer crimes prosecutor to lead its new national cryptocurrency enforcement team and announced on Thursday that the FBI is launching a unit for blockchain analysis and virtual asset seizure. U.S. regulators under President Joe Biden have been ratcheting up their scrutiny of the crypto industry in the wake of a series of high-profile cyberattacks last year on the largest U.S. fuel pipeline network and the world's largest beef supplier. Ransomware groups often demand their fees in bitcoin.

Senator Bob Menendez (D-NJ) on Thursday touched on his bill to sanction Russia to deter Russian President Vladimir Putin from invading Ukraine. Menendez told MSNBC’s “José Díaz-Balart Reports” that “we cannot have a Munich moment” and we can’t return to “1938 when Neville Chamberlain said let’s give Czechoslovakia to Hitler.”

The U.S. Deputy Chief of Mission to Russia has been expelled from Russia. Bart Gorman was reportedly kicked out of the U.S. Embassy in Moscow. He is the second-most senior official at U.S. Embassy Moscow after the U.S. Ambassador. He is also a key member of the Embassy’s senior leadership team. In response, the U.S. State Department described the measure as “unprovoked.” “We consider this an escalatory step and are considering our response,” the U.S. State Department said. “We note that Russia’s actions have led to the U.S. mission to Russia being staffed at levels well below the Russian mission...

Sen. Rand Paul said he wants to force a vote on his legislation to end mask mandates on airplanes because he's tired of being "treated like cr*p" as a passenger and he wants to eat his peanuts in peace. "It's a joke, it's theater, and there's no reason to be wearing them on the planes," the senator from Kentucky said on Newsmax. "We are just punishing ourselves. And I for one, I'm tired of paying the airlines to be treated like cr*p when I get on the plane." Paul, a physician and senior member of the Senate Health, Education and...

Five major Canadian banks went offline for hours blocking access to online and mobile banking as well as e-transfers for customers. The banks reportedly hit by the outage include Royal Bank of Canada (RBC), BMO (Bank of Montreal), Scotiabank, and the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC). Reports of users having trouble getting to their online banking peaked between 5 p.m. and 6 p.m. Eastern time on Wednesday, although BleepingComputer is continuing to see an influx of these reports into today: RBC customer Andrew Currie reported having "no access to my money at the grocery store" and being stuck in...

Americans enjoy a Bill of Rights, and soon California pets could as well. A California lawmaker has introduced a bill that would enshrine a dog and cat bill of rights into state law, requiring every animal shelter and animal rescue group to post a copy of said rights on their premises. Assembly Bill 1881, introduced by Assemblyman Miguel Santiago, D-Los Angeles, enumerates seven fundamental rights that every dog and cat in California would have. It includes these provisions: ▪ freedom from exploitation, cruelty, neglect and abuse; ▪ a life of comfort, free of fear and anxiety; ▪ daily mental stimulation...

OTTAWA—As Prime Minister Justin Trudeau continues his effort to impose authoritarian rule in Canada, he is beginning to face some challenges. “The Royal Canadian Mounties are just not that good at goose-stepping,” said a disappointed Trudeau. “For some reason, it doesn’t come naturally to them, which is such a shame since goosestepping is very intimidating to racist, homophobic insurgents calling for ‘freedom,’ whatever that is.” Reports have begun to surface that a new “Intro To Goose-Stepping” course has been made mandatory at the RCMP (Royal Canadian Mounted Police) Training Academy in Regina, Saskatchewan. Training instructor Reginald Breslin told reporters, “It’s...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris will face her highest-stakes foreign policy assignment yet this weekend in Germany, where she will try to keep European allies unified amid growing concern over the threat of a Russian invasion of Ukraine. She will attend the annual Munich Security Conference as President Joe Biden and other Western leaders warn that the threat of an invasion remains high despite Russian President Vladimir Putin’s statements that he is committed to further talks. She’s scheduled to deliver a major address Saturday on the administration’s efforts to stop Russian aggression. After the speech, she’s expected to...

Brent surpassing $100 a barrel is almost a given at this point, many energy analysts say. Now an increasing number of forecasters predict the commodity surpassing $125 a barrel and even higher. Money is pouring into investments in oil-related stocks, and international oil companies are raking in record profits. The Energy Information Administration lowered its OPEC capacity estimates by 300,000 barrels per day in February. Oil prices are soaring and nothing appears to be stopping their ascent. December to January saw international benchmark Brent crude climb by roughly $11 a barrel, and it’s gone up nearly the same amount since...

A picture of Thermopolis students participating in an air rifle program caused some controversy online after it went viral last week, prompting the Hot Springs County School District No. 1 to remove the photo from social media. Last week, the district shared a photo of some fifth- and sixth- grade students from Thermopolis Middle School working on their marksmanship with air rifles. “Mr. Deromedi’s 5/6th PE classes are working on their marksmanship with air rifles!” the now-deleted post stated. “All students passed their safety test and have been sharpening their skills.” Without explaining why the school district removed the post,...

Showing no sign he will allow tensions to subside, Vladimir Putin demanded on Thursday that the U.S. remove all of its forces from Eastern and Central Europe and expelled U.S. Deputy Ambassador Bartle Gorman from Russia. Soon after, President Biden told reporters he believes Putin will invade Ukraine 'in the next several days,' and that Russia was engaged in a false flag operation. Taken together the diplomatic and military moves represent a new, dangerous phase in the crisis.

Today we face an avoidable crisis that was predictable, actually predicted, willfully precipitated, but easily resolved by the application of common sense. We are being told each day that war may be imminent in Ukraine. Russian troops, we are told, are massing at Ukraine’s borders and could attack at any time. American citizens are being advised to leave Ukraine and dependents of the American Embassy staff are being evacuated. Meanwhile, the Ukrainian president has advised against panic and made clear that he does not consider a Russian invasion imminent. Vladimir Putin, the Russian president, has denied that he has any...

On Monday, I expressed some skepticism about the results of a CBS poll showing majorities of Americans supporting ongoing mask mandates in states and schools. I argued that actions speak louder than polls, and that the stampede away from mandates among blue state governors — plus the election of Glenn Youngkin in Virginia — suggest that the tide had already turned. A new Politico national survey finds President Biden deep underwater (another poll showing him dipping down into the 30's) on overall approval (see update), with a plurality of the public now in favor of axing mask mandates: As I've...

Australians could need up to five doses of Covid-19 vaccine to be fully jabbed Immunocomprimised patients already recommended to receive four doses ATAGI says it's monitoring international data from countries requiring four jabs Almost 60 per cent of eligible Australians have had three doses of the vaccine

Lunden Roberts, the mother of first son Hunter Biden’s 3-year-old daughter, testified this week before a federal grand jury in the criminal investigation into the 52-year-old presidential scion, according to a new report. Roberts, 30, reportedly appeared before the jury for several hours on Tuesday and was photographed by the Daily Mail outside the courthouse in Wilmington, Delaware. She declined to speak with a reporter. Roberts and Biden’s daughter, Navy Joan, was born in August 2018 out of wedlock. Months later, the former stripper hit Hunter Biden with a paternity suit which was settled in March 2020. At the time,...

Two men in Texas killed in separate police-involved shootings within 12 hours of each other were free from jail on bond. "It's a traumatic event no matter the circumstances for the officers involved to take a human life, it's big deal," Pasadena Police Chief Josh Bruegger told FOX 26 Houston. Bruegger's officers and U.S. Marshals went to the Express Inn at 6620 North Freeway to arrest Wednesday to arrest 18-year-old Luis Alberto Rodriguez. "He began to raise his shirt, he had two handguns in his waistband, began reaching for the handgun. At which time, two law enforcement officers discharged their...

At the American university where I teach, one of my assigned tasks is to advise undergraduates—mostly freshmen and sophomores. This essay describes a conversation I had in 2017 with one of those advisees. I will call him Daniel. Daniel was a sophomore at the time. He had been an advisee of mine for a year already, and I’d come to understand that he was a prodigy. I’d also formed a hypothesis, based on a certain bluntness and lack of social tact he exhibited, that Daniel might be on the autism/Asperger’s spectrum. He seemed weak on interpersonal skills and narrowly, even...

BALTIMORE — The Maryland Office of Chief Medical Examiner is experiencing an unprecedented backlog of autopsies. The delays mean families are having to wait weeks to say goodbye to their loved ones who were murdered or overdosed. “The bodies are piling up and decaying right in front of everyone’s eyes,” said Patrick Moran, President of AFSCME Council 3, which has members who are autopsy assistants and forensic investigators. “Bodies are decomposing and that’s not the way to treat those that have lost their lives and families who are looking for closure.”