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South Africa’s president insists it’s not up to Washington to determine his country’s diplomatic ties Cyril Ramaphosa of South Africa has called on the United States to stop granting asylum to him. “punish”African leaders were pressured to break ties with Moscow by pointing out legislation that was passed through Congress, which allows for further US intervention in the region. Ramaphosa met with Joe Biden, US President, on Friday to discuss the Countering Malign Russian Activities in Africa Act. He stated that the measure was a good idea. “will harm Africa and marginalize the continent.” “We should not be told by...

FBI agents arrested about 6,000 alleged violent criminals across the United States over the past four months and have seized more than 2,700 firearms and large quantities of fentanyl, the bureau announced Tuesday. “Violent crime is on the minds of a lot of Americans right now and top of mind for police chiefs and sheriffs, who constantly tell me that the rising rate of gun and gang violence is one of their most important and difficult challenges,” FBI Director Christopher Wray said in a video message about the operation.The FBI, which has faced increasing criticism about its targeting of former...

Once upon a time comedy was meant to make you laugh by poking fun at real life things. Things that may offend, and while most people laughed it off, it has become blasphemy to even consider talking about such things in today’s woke society. “Wokeness” has started to creep into the world by extreme Leftists, and real comedy has become a thing of the past. Saturday Night Live is a prime example, and if you thought it couldn’t get anymore woke, think again. The show added its first ever nonbinary cast member to the lineup who will make regular appearances...

Tributes have been paid to a ‘bright and rising’ plus-size drag queen who collapsed and died mid-performance at a Philadelphia bar aged just 25. Valencia Prime had been in the middle of her ‘Prime Time’ show at the Tabu Lounge and Sports Bar on September 12 when she crumpled on-stage. Prime, who called herself ‘Philadelphia’s Plus Size Dancing Diva’, died as a result of heart disease, obesity and diabetes according to the medical examiner – with her cause of death being ruled as natural causes. Paramedics and emergency services were called to the gay bar as the transgender drag queen...

Another excellent presentation from my favorite Military Analyst, Scott Ritter. Though this one offers a new twist in the first 1/2 hr. of the program. Ritter passionately answers a question from a viewer about his criminal conviction in great detail and makes clear he is not guilty. Years of appeals that are still in progress. This is the first time I have seen him address this question.

Scene: With a patient in my medical exam room Me: How old are your kids? Patient: Forty-four and 39 from my wife who passed away, and from my second wife, 15 and 13. Me: That’s quite the age difference! Patient: Well, the older ones didn’t give me any grandkids, so I made my own. —Mria Murillo I tried having my mother’s phone disconnected, but the customer-service rep told me that since the account was in my dad’s name, he’d have to be the one to put in the request. The fact that he’d been dead for 40 years didn’t sway...

Around 50 migrants arrived outside Vice President Kamala Harris‘ official Washington, D.C. residence on Saturday morning, marking the third bus sent by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott who is cracking down on illegal immigration in his state. The bus, which carried people mostly from Venezuela, included a one-month-old baby. Upon arrival, aid workers took the migrants to a local shelter. Separately, three more buses carrying migrants arrived in New York City on Saturday morning. Mr. Abbott announced his plans to ship migrants to so-called sanctuary cities to send a message to the Biden administration about its loose border policies.

From Thursday, all pregnant women in Hungary who want an abortion must first listen to the heartbeat of their fetus before going through with the procedure, according to an announcement from Minister of the Interior Sándor Pintér, who is also responsible for healthcare and education in Hungary.

Conventional wisdom holds that low protein intake is essential for kidney disease patients. However, scientists demonstrated that it might not always be the case with their recent study on the relationship between protein intake and skeletal muscle mass in kidney transplant recipients. Chronic kidney disease patients are known to have induced sarcopenia due to chronic inflammation, hypercatabolism, decreased nutrient intake, and decreased physical activity associated with impaired kidney function. Recovery of renal function due to successful kidney transplantation is able to correct or improve many of those physiological and metabolic abnormalities. As a result, kidney transplant recipients increase skeletal muscle...

Kanye West claims he's NEVER read a book, and says people need to 'outlaw STAIRS' and talk like Yoda from Star Wars to 'maximize our existence' - as he reveals students at $15K Donda Academy will learn rocket science as a 'shoutout to Elon Musk' Kanye, 45, sat down with Alo Yoga's CEO and co The father-of-four claimed that he is now 'practicing and learning a new style of language' in which he doesn't use words that he feels are 'classist' The rapper also claimed that he believes society should cater more to elderly people by eliminating all stairs and...

Disney is facing mounting dissatisfaction from its customers as prices at its theme parks continue to rise, and the quality of its products plummets. In an article by the New York Post, customers document a wide range of issues with Disney, from its skyrocketing prices to defective rides and attractions to its dirty facilities. One customer said he had a poor experience due to rides being down and didn’t expect Disney to fix them anytime soon. “Rides are also down a lot. It’s been lacking since they reopened and I don’t expect it to change anytime soon,” the user continued....

For years many of us have been screaming for the GOP to just get on the field. Too often the muckety-mucks led by the McRomneys run and hide with any controversial issue (abortion, for example) and hide behind "muh tax cuts." So far, no one has provided an inside look at exactly how Greg Abbott/Ken Paxton in Texas or Ron DeSantis in Florida actually arrived at the conception of what I'll call "Operation Alinsky #4" but whoever and however they did it, it was genius on multiple levels. And it is anything but a "stunt." It is the single best...

On Wednesday, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) said he was shocked by Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) blocking his school safety bill. Sen. Chris Murphy blocked the bill with just two words: "I object." And then he walked out of the chamber. (video)

Charlie Crist’s running mate, Karla-Hernández-Mats, is married to a man arrested for serving alcohol to a minor when he was twenty-six. Feliks Mats got arrested when he was a student at Indiana University in Bloomington, IN A twenty-six-year-old giving alcohol to a minor may or may not concern voters, but someone has been trying hard to erase all the evidence. Given that both Hernandez-Mats and her husband work in our school systems, the public has a right to know about this arrest. I started to write a post about an appearance Hernández-Mats scheduled for Sept. 15 in Palm Beach County...

Photographs and video footage have been circulating on social media this week which appear to show a Canadian high school teacher wearing obscenely large prosthetic breasts while teaching a shop class. Several photographs show a biological male wearing a blond wig, short-shorts, and a tight top stretched almost to breaking point by the gigantic fake bosom apparently teaching a shop class.

Rajasthan has turned into a giant cattle graveyard as the lumpy virus is wreaking havoc. In overall, over 57K cattle have died due to lumpy skin disease in India. 46K have died in Rajasthan alone. Meanwhile, the Lumpy skin disease epidemic has spread in six-seven States, including Gujarat, Rajasthan, Punjab, Haryana, and Uttar Pradesh. The Centre on Thursday said that about 57,000 cattle have died so far due to lumpy skin disease across various parts of the country and asked affected States to boost the vaccination process to control the disease. Lumpy skin disease (LSD) is a contagious viral disease...

According to the Gentry Police Department, a Gentry intermediate PE instructor has been detained on suspicion of sexually assaulting a former pupil in connection with an alleged event that took place in 2010. Leah Queen, 44, is being held without bond after being charged with the furnishing, having, or using illegal items, according to jail records. Additionally, according to her jail record, she is detained due to a Benton County warrant for second-degree sexual assault. The event allegedly occurred in March 2010 after Queen made friends with the victim, who was 17 at the time, following a basketball game and...

Transplant recipients are rejecting their new organ after receiving a vaccination against Covid-19, adding an additional challenge for the vaccinated population, according to the new study published in the Journal of Clinical Medicine. A group of 18 health experts and researchers from Japan conducted a study to systematically evaluate and characterise the currently reported cases of acute corneal graft rejection after being injected with a Covid “vaccine.” A rejection graft occurs when the recipient’s immune system rejects tissue from a donor, in this case, the cornea. Allograft is the transplant of an organ or tissue from one individual to another...

LA lost cargo to East, Gulf Coast ports — and Long Beach next door ... The Port of Los Angeles, the highest-volume container gateway in America, is diverging from the nationwide trend. U.S. container imports remain close to record highs, yet imports to LA are falling double digits. On Thursday, the Port of Los Angeles reported total throughput of 805,672 twenty-foot equivalent units in August, down 15.5% year on year (y/y). Imports came in at 404,313 TEUs, exports at 100,484 TEUs and empties at 300,875 TEUs. Imports were down big, sinking 16.8% y/y and 16.7% compared to July. ... It...

A Waukesha County judge should declare that a federal voter registration form is illegal in Wisconsin because it omits questions and disclaimers required by state law, according to a lawsuit a conservative group filed Thursday against the Wisconsin Elections Commission. The so-called National Voter Mail Registration Form breaks state law by not asking applicants whether they have felony convictions and doesn’t state that falsifying information on it is a felony, according to the lawsuit. Beyond declaring the voter registration application illegal, a voter represented by the Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty wants a Waukesha County Circuit Court judge to...