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<p>The Los Angeles Police Department confirms to Variety that Chris Rock has “declined to file a police report” following an altercation with Will Smith at the 94th Academy Awards. Smith took to the stage during the 2022 Oscars and slapped Rock after the comedian made a joke about Jada Pinkett Smith.</p>

The classified version of the much-hyped UFO report describes the “shapes” of UFOs, is far more interesting than the one released to the public. Last June, the Department of Defense released a long-awaited and much-hyped document called “Preliminary Assessment: Unidentified Aerial Phenomena,” detailing the government’s knowledge of UFOs and its programs trying to detect and catalog them. Many UFOlogists hoped that the “UFO report” would be a watershed moment in the field, showing that the government was taking UFOs seriously and, perhaps, explaining what the government thought they were.

White House Principal Deputy Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre tested positive for COVID-19 after returning from President Biden's trip to Europe. A statement from Jean-Pierre released Sunday night by the White House says that she is not considered a close contact to President Biden. "I last saw the President during a socially distanced meeting yesterday, and the President is not considered a close contact as defined by CDC guidance. I am sharing the news of my positive test today out of an abundance of transparency," Jean-Pierre said.

Heather Wilhelm-Routenberg said she would only have kids with her wife Robin (Robbie) Routenberg-Wilhelm if they could have girls — because Heather was still traumatized from being sexually assaulted on two different occasions after college. Heather and Robbie say that CNY fertility clinic in Latham, NY, assured the Buffalo couple it would not be a problem: The lab could determine the sex of any embryo, created using an egg from Robbie and donor sperm, before it was transferred into Heather. But when Heather was 15 weeks pregnant — having been assured by the clinic that the embryo was female, she...

Bob Saget was confusingly left out of the “in memoriam” at the 2022 Oscars on Sunday, sparking outrage from fans angry to see the snub. Saget himself was an Oscar winner, scoring a student Academy Award in 1977 for his black-and-white documentary, “Through Adam’s Eyes.” Twitter was quick to point out the Academy’s glaring omission in its special segment to honor those we lost in the past year. “Rioting because Bob Saget wasn’t in the In Memoriam portion of the #Oscars,” one fan pointed out. “No but seriously, why wasn’t Bob Saget in the memoriam?” added another. “Cancel the #oscars...

Four New York-based employees of the financial powerhouse Deutsche Bank have been fired after they allegedly tried to expense a night out at a strip club in violation of company policy. Ben Darsney, former Americas head of equity capital markets, was fired alongside Ravi Raghunathan, Brandon Sun and Daniel Gaona, after attempting to expense the night out as a legitimate restaurant visit, according to Bloomberg. 'When required by the facts and circumstances, we take appropriate remedial action.' The incident was not related to business activity. Even going to a strip club with colleagues is a violation of Deutsche Bank's company...

Friend put away my can opener where I didn't expect it. Made me realize I need a backup. Must be hand operated not electric

UP to 40,000 Ukrainians have been snatched from besieged cities and forced into Russian slave labour in a war crime revealed by The Sun today. Sergei Orlov, deputy mayor of devastated city Mariupol, spoke exclusively from his bunker yesterday to reveal the plight of civilians hauled into enemy territory. And he said hundreds of children are now lost and alone in the clutches of ruthless Russian troops after being forced away from their families. Mr Orlov told the Sun: “Russian troops are bursting into cellars and basements where our people are hiding like frightened mice and telling them: ‘You have...

Residents of Kherson, despite the fact that Russian invaders are abducting people and using weapons against peaceful protesters, have arrived at Freedom Square, with the Russian military shooting at them again.Demonstrators reported this on Facebook, Ukrinform reports.The Russian occupiers warned those who came to Freedom Square through loudspeakers that any rallies were forbidden.Many participants in such peaceful events have already been abducted by Russian aggressors, but residents of the city still take to the streets, participants in the peaceful rally said. According to them, Kherson residents want to show the aggressors that they are not afraid of them.Despite the demands...

Bad blood between Chris Rock and Will Smith flowed long before the “King Richard” star took a swing at the 2022 Oscars. In 2016, the stand-up comic hosted the Academy Awards, where both Smith and his wife, Jada Pinkett Smith, were the butts of some pointed barbs. Rock made fun of Pinkett Smith’s public avowal to boycott the show after another year of all-white acting nominees. “Jada said she’s not coming. I was like, ‘Isn’t she on a TV show?’ Jada’s gonna boycott the Oscars? Jada boycotting the Oscars is like me boycotting Rihanna’s panties. I wasn’t invited!” he quipped...

The Kuwaiti journalist @JasemAljuraid @JasemAljuraid against the Qatari al-Jazeera over the coverage of the attack in Beer Sheva: "You call murderers as having died as "martyrs," a rotten channel ?! Incitement to kill innocent women and old men, legitimize the killer and announce to him the death of saints. Whoever kills innocent people on the street from any country or religion is a rotten terrorist! "pic.twitter.com/lRXGtY59IF— roi kais • روعي كايس • רועי קייס (@kaisos1987) March 23, 2022

CKD patients with renal failure (stages 2, 3, 4) were recruited as volunteers for a randomized double blind and placebo control pilot study. All patients suffered from diabetic nephropathy and hypertension. All patients were asked to keep their habits and medication as usual and were dispatched into two groups: experimental and placebo. The GSE group was daily supplemented with six capsules of GSE, each capsule containing 350 mg of grape seed powder. Two bottles, 90 capsules each were provided to each patient for one month during the entire six months long study. The placebo group received starch. GSE was processed...

After Vladimir Putin sent the Russian army into Ukraine, there was a plethora of reports — some attributed to 'U.S. intelligence' — claiming that the occupant of the Kremlin had 'gone mad', or was 'ill'. Dismissing such speculation, I wrote here that Putin had not lost his marbles, and was the same gangster that he had always been: 'As for being ill: does he look frail, doddery, or even confused? I don't think so.' Unfortunately, these are legitimate questions to be asked of President Joe Biden, the leader of the free world, during the most dangerous tension between East and...

Renowned trends researcher and publisher of “The Trends Journal,” Gerald Celente, has long said “when all else fails, they take you to war.” To say our world is failing is a profound understatement. Celente proclaims, “World War III has begun… I was born one year after the end of WWII, and crazy people will take you to war in the blink of an eye… The war criminals are leading us into another war.” Celente says the reason for war usually surrounds a failing economy. This time is no different. Celente explains, “I have been saying that when all else fails,...

Join 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 2:1-2 Religion Forum Threads labeled [Prayer] are closed to debate of any kind. This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. 1 JOHN 5:14

President Joe Biden’s job approval ratings keep falling in his second year in the White House, with just 40% of Americans approving of the job that he is doing, a new NBC News survey finds. That is the lowest rating Biden has seen in his presidency. Biden’s 3-percentage-point drop in job approval since January comes as a large majority of Americans continue to say the United States is headed in the wrong direction, the poll found. A total of 71% of respondents to the poll said they believe the country is “off on the wrong track.” That is a single...

In a truly shocking moment, Will Smith just smacked Chris Rock in the face after the comedian made a joke about Jada Pinkett Smith at The Oscars. Chris was up on stage Sunday presenting for Best Documentary, but before he started naming the nominees ... he was firing off zingers to the crowd, and eventually landed on Will and Jada Pinkett Smith. Chris made a comment about Jada's shaved head ... saying he couldn't wait to see 'G.I. Jane 2' -- which got some groans from the crowd, to which he just sorta shrugged off. Chris didn't think he'd crossed...

“We’re billions short," he said. "Failure to provide this year a few extra billion dollars means you’re going to have famine, destabilization and mass migration.” Beasley's intervention will sharpen minds as EU governments draw up plans to address the food crisis resulting from the war, with a proposal expected as early as Wednesday. Russia and Ukraine are among the world’s biggest producers and exporters of grain. The disruption caused by the war has a direct impact on countries that rely on these supplies in the Middle East and Africa. Half of Africa's wheat imports come from Ukraine and Russia, which...

After a daring mission to rescue Han Solo from Jabba the Hutt, the Rebels dispatch to Endor to destroy the second Death Star. Meanwhile, Luke struggles to help Darth Vader back from the dark side without falling into the Emperor's trap.

It was a remarkable moment in the war in Europe: President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine gave a 90-minute-long Zoom interview on Sunday to four prominent journalists from Russia, the country invading his. Hours later, the Kremlin responded. A government statement notified the Russian news media “of the necessity to refrain from publishing this interview.” Journalists based outside Russia published it anyway. Those still inside Russia did not. The episode laid bare the extraordinary, and partly successful, efforts at censorship being undertaken in Russia by President Vladimir V. Putin’s government as his bloody invasion of Ukraine enters its second month, along...