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TikToker Ethan Keiser is begging online to be cursed by witches — all in an effort to debunk their so-called “powers.” “Magic isn’t real,” he says in a clip with nearly 170,000 views. “I’ve asked every single witch on TikTok that claims they have powers to hex me. “A lot of people are saying that I am playing with fire. I am sacrificing myself to show all of you this is nonsense because I don’t want you to spend money on these people and get scammed,” added Keiser, who touts 1.2 million followers on the app, claiming they’re all “lying”...

Is western society in the grips of a progressive hysterical epidemic comparable to the Salem Witch Trials? My guest on Holy Smoke this week, Andrew Doyle, argues precisely that in his book The New Puritans. He suggests that gender ideology, and particularly the dogmas of trans activists, together with the fantasies of Critical Race Theory, are dragging society into an alternative reality that resembles a fanatical religion. But it's one that doesn't have to employ its own ideological police – because actual police forces, along with other powerful institutions including the churches, have signed up to the New Puritanism (usually...

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Country music star Jason Aldean was dropped by his public relations firm on Friday amid continued fallout from his wife’s comments condemning transgender surgery for children, which the establishment news media have construed as “transphobic.” Nashville’s The GreenRoom, which represents many top country music artists, cut ties with Jason Aldean on Friday but didn’t mention the media storm around Brittany Aldean. “Music has always been and remains The GreenRoom’s core focus, so we had to make the difficult decision after 17 years to step away from representing Jason,” company co-founder Tyne Parrish said in a statement to Billboard. “We aren’t...

For many gay and bisexual men, the sprawling and chaotic monkeypox outbreak has upended a summer that was supposed to be a well-earned opportunity — following the peak of the Covid crisis — to finally have some fun and revel with their gay brothers without the threat of viral infection hanging over them. Soon after Memorial Day, however, these men, as well as transgender individuals and other queer people — GBTQ for short, because lesbians’ monkeypox risk is remote — were met head-on with harrowing reports about monkeypox’s often devastating and disfiguring effects on the body. Next came anger and...

Share Tweet ... More The Biden administration is requesting approval from Congress for more than $1 billion in arms sales to Taiwan amid increased tensions with China over the island’s status. The State Department announced on Friday that it approved three separate proposed military sales for Taiwan, and Congress has been notified of them. If approved by Congress, the three sales will send contractor logistics support for Taiwan’s Surveillance Radar Program, up to 60 AGM-84L-1 Harpoon Block II missiles and related equipment and up to 100 AIM-9X Block II Sidewinder Tactical Missiles and equipment.

A Bayraktar TB2 of the Ukrainian Air Force armed with MAM-L; two ground control stations are in the background. Many years ago when the drone hobby was emerging, it was clear drones had a military potential. What was not foreseen is that civilian grade drones would also make their impact on the modern battlefield. The Ukrainian war changed everything for Ukrainian civilians, and now drones are one of the biggest assets for the Ukrainian Defense Force. Drones have become a force multiplier for infantry forward observers. Next Level Drone Warfare The conflict between Russia and Ukraine is heavily reliant on...

Conservative dating app 'The Right Stuff' was founded by Trump officialsSNIP A new dating app called The Right Stuff is set to go live late this month and promises to be a non-woke alternative for conservatives seeking a date with someone who shares their values. The Right Stuff was co-founded by former Trump administration officials John McEntee, Daniel Huff and Isaac Stalzer, who found from their dating experiences in Washington, D.C., and New York City that it was difficult to find other conservatives on traditional dating apps. Then a conservative female friend of McEntee's mentioned that her girlfriends were frustrated...

One of the more tiresome complaints I’ve heard online about Amazon’s Lord Of The Rings: The Rings Of Power show is that it’s pushing a woke agenda—cramming said agenda down our collective throats in an attempt to push some leftist identity politics on the masses. This is a silly critique for the most part, driven by idle speculation and a fandom that has been utterly overwhelmed by culture wars and endless politics. There used to be a time, not so long ago, when we could enjoy movies and TV shows and video games without a constant barrage of politically charged...

American TV star and comedian Jay Leno continues to bless us with car-related content on its YouTube channel and CNBC. This time, the man got inside a car that could change the vehicle production process forever – the V8-powered 2023 Czinger 21C manual. He says it’s “pretty sophisticated” and does so for a very good reason.Jay Leno isn’t only into classic cars. The celebrity has an affinity for everything that goes into making a vehicle. That’s why he explores anything automotive-related. Now, with the 21C, Leno argues this is an example of how cars will be built very soon. We...

Disgraced FBI agent Peter Strzok said Friday on MSNBC’s “Deadline” that former Attorney General Bill Barr is right for criticizing former President Donald Trump on his handling of government materials. Friday on Fox News, Barr said, “People say this was unprecedented, but it’s also unprecedented for a president to take all this classified information and put him in a country club. And how long is the government going to try to get that back? You know, they jawboned for a year. They were deceived on the voluntary actions taken. They then went and got a subpoena. They were deceived on...

The Democrat party’s pick for Secretary of Labor says CEOs are being victimized by a shortage of immigrant workers. Companies want to hire another 11 million people, Labor Secretary Marty Walsh told Fox News on September 2, adding: If those 11 million jobs had to be filled tomorrow, we certainly don’t have enough people in the United States to fill those jobs … the issue of workers has to be addressed and the only way [emphasis added] you can do it is through immigration. “When I talk to CEOs from companies all across America, they’re all in favor of immigration...

Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said he will release a report on Tuesday from the solicitor general on his predecessor Scott Morrison being secretly sworn into five ministries during the COVID-19 pandemic. Albanese said it wasn't suggested Morrison's actions were illegal but they raised questions over political conventions and checks on power in a democracy. "There is a basic fundamental weakness in checks and balances. If no-one knows who the minister is, then how can they be held to account for decisions which are made?" Albanese told reporters on Monday.

Joe Biden is planning to sign a new Iran nuke deal without anyone knowing what is in it. Fifty lawmakers, including thirty Democrats, want to see what’s in it before Biden signs it, and asked for transparency in letter. “We are deeply concerned about multiple provisions that reportedly may be contained in the final language of any agreement with the world’s leading state sponsor of terrorism,” the letter, spearheaded by Reps. Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ) and Andrew Garbarino (R-NY), states. The letter raises concerns about reported provisions of US sanctions on the Iranian Revolutionary Guard and the Iran bank. The lawmakers...

Poetry in motion. Thomas Dolby - She Blinded Me With ScienceWhen this song first came out, I at first thought the main lyric of the song was "She Blinded Me With Silence", which puzzled me at first. This was before I saw the video on MTV (which was played frequently) and was introduced to the "The Home For Deranged Scientists", a rather palatial rest home staffed with young svelte nurses in which mostly elderly scientists cavorted about in various stages of mental illness or dementia. The featured scientist, the one that repeatedly exclaimed "Science!", as well as ""Good heavens, Miss...

The NHS is calling for volunteers as it relaunches the Covid-19 booster programme which will offer a jab to everyone over the age of 50 this winter. The new booster campaign will target those clinically at risk from the virus and people aged 50 and above, a total of 26 million people, NHS England said.Steward volunteers help at vaccination sites with non-clinical tasks, including moving patients through the process and identifying people who require additional support.Shifts are flexible across a variety of centres around England, and can be booked with the GoodSAM mobile phone app. Expenses are covered and no...

Oz has agreed to participate in five debates, but Fetterman still has not accepted any invitations and declined to participate in what would have been KDKA’s September 6 debate. On Tuesday, the Oz campaign announced a number of snarky concessions it would make if Fetterman participated and asserted they would “pay for any additional medical personnel he might need to have on standby.” In response, Fetterman claimed his opponent’s campaign “think[s] it is funny to mock a stroke survivor,” as Fox News noted. “I chose not to participate in this farce,” he continued, adding he would not be partaking “in...

Alvin Bragg campaigned on Tracy McCarter’s innocence. Once in office, that was apparently less politically expedient.When Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg was still a candidate for his position, there was a defendant he took a special interest in. "I #StandWithTracy," he tweeted in September 2020. "Prosecuting a domestic violence survivor who acted in self-defense is unjust." There was a subtext to that message. He was referring to Tracy McCarter, a woman who was charged with murder for killing her estranged—and allegedly highly abusive—husband. It was Cy Vance, who Bragg was seeking to replace in office, who brought that charge against...

Democrats had an online meltdown after hosts from their leftist network CNN dared question President Biden’s use of the military during his fiery primetime attack on his Republican rivals. Hosts Brianna Keilar and Jeff Zeleny were just a few of the people upset at the commander-in-chief using Marines to back him during his speech — sparking demands for their axing and an outright boycott of the left-wing network. “You are clearly a shill for the RNC,” one person whose Twitter bio includes a #BidenHarris2020 hashtag tweeted Zeleny just for saying that using the Marine Band was “a break with White...

These days, it is often considered tantamount to professing allegiance to Nazi ideology to openly oppose homosexuality as a matter of Christian conviction.This vitriol towards basic Christian sexual ethics and cultural values has caused many a believer to cower apologetically or even downright support LGBT lifestyles to avoid being branded as “hateful.”Even the most right-wing conservatives often pour their energy into defending their views and trying to make them more palatable to the secular left according to the left’s own values.I’ve expended quite a lot of breath on this subject myself, but the truth is, it is far too easy...