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The director of the off-color 1980 film Airplane! slammed Hollywood for killing comedy by being too woke. David Zucker, 75, told PragerU that film executives were 'destroying comedy' because they are too afraid to upset a fraction of the population who 'don't have a sense of humor.' The veteran funnyman, 82, told Fox News he does not believe comedians have the freedom to be funny anymore, blasting today's cancel culture as the 'death of creativity.' The director's comments come just months after Monty Python icon John Cleese also called out Hollywood for neutering creativity with its woke crusade. Zucker, who's...

A Twitter engineering manager reportedly vomited into a trash can after being told to fire hundreds of people by one of Elon Musk’s advisers. The revelation came in a lengthy article from the New York Times on Musk’s first weeks as the owner of Twitter. "The fallout has often been excruciating, according to 36 current and former Twitter employees and people close to the company, as well as internal documents and workplace chat logs,” the Times report says. “Some top executives were summarily fired by email. One engineering manager, upon being told to cut hundreds of workers, vomited into a...

Beltway lobbyists are hoping a lame duck Congress rams through a green card giveaway for the nation’s largest tech conglomerates that would hugely reward them for rapidly outsourcing American jobs to foreign visa workers. The EAGLE Act, a rebranded version of Big Tech’s S.386, is sponsored by Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) — who represents Silicon Valley’s tech elite — and has the backing of 75 other House Democrats and eight House Republicans including National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) Chair Rep. Tom Emmer (R-MN). Emmer’s office did not respond to a request for comment by Breitbart News. Before all midterm election...

In middle school there were all these cheeky euphemisms for menstrual cycles. You might say that Aunt Flo was visiting, or that the crimson tide was coming in, or that you were riding the crimson wave. God forbid you called your period what it was, or said anything that could make boys aware that you had a body to tend. I was thinking of this, these euphemisms and this body apologia, late into the night of the midterm elections Tuesday. TV pundits remarked with apparent shock that the anticipated “red wave” — the Republican influx expected to overturn control of...

As the gaping maw of infinity spat out the infant universe, only a solitary entity emerged fully formed. While swirling clouds of atoms slowly congealed over millennia to craft the carbon that comprises our existence, Florida Man observed the process undaunted by the glacial march of time and hostility of the void. His cold, piercing eyes gazed up from the deep crimson pool of Abel's blood as the fury subsided in Cain's heart. When the guillotine's blade sliced through the crisp air of Paris in January, the wind whistled "Florida Man." He can't be reached with reason and doesn't understand...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Construction of the Obama Presidential Center has been suspended after builders found a noose at the project site. Lakeside Alliance, the company constructing the center, released a statement saying in part, "This morning we were informed that an act of hate was discovered at the project site. We reported the incident to the police and will provide any assistance required to identify those responsible." The company said it has a zero tolerance policy for "any form of bias or hate on our worksite" and said it is suspending all operations for another series of anti-bias training and...

The largest state program for the production of weapons in modern Russian history, for which 20 trillion rubles were allocated from the federal budget over the past 10 years, has been scrapped. In early November, Russian President Vladimir Putin instructed to rewrite the army supply standards and bring them into line with the real needs of the armed forces. According to Putin's list of instructions, the order must be implemented as soon as possible - before November 14. Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin and Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu were appointed responsible. De facto, Putin has suspended the State Armaments Program (SAP),...

"St. James Infirmary Blues" is an American blues song and jazz standard of uncertain origin. Louis Armstrong made the song famous in his 1928 recording on which Don Redman was credited as composer; later releases gave the name Joe Primrose, a pseudonym of Irving Mills. The melody is eight bars long, unlike songs in the classic blues genre, where there are 12 bars. It is in a minor key, and has a 4/4 time signature, but has also been played in 3/4. Louis Armstrong - "St. James Infirmary Blues"

The surrender would mean Russia gives up all of its territory in Ukraine except Crimea, a Russian policy expert said. Crimea would become a demilitarised zone, with its status not being discussed again until 2029. Putin would avoid criminal charges over the war in return and be allowed to remain in power, Professor Valery Solovey, formerly at Moscow's Institute of International Relations claimed.

Update from Ukraine | Ukraine Liberated Kherson Next step is Crimea | Ruzzians are running https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJR3Wmp37Fo Follow on Instagram up to date uploads. https://www.instagram.com/denys_pilot/ Military maps here: https://militaryland.net/ https://militaryland.net/maps/invasion-maps/ Maps & Summary https://militaryland.net/news/invasion-day-260-summary/

Russia has struggled to gain footing in its war against Ukraine in the past few weeks, as Ukrainian officials report their adversary is sending troops into Ukraine with World War II-era gear and poorly operating rifles. The wives of mobilized Russian soldiers are complaining that their husbands are being shot at if they attempt to abandon their positions, and are threatening to go to the frontlines to bring their husbands home after a Ukrainian operation wounded many. Ukrainian Troops Seen In Abandoned Russian Camp After Kherson Withdrawal As of Friday, nearly 80,000 Russian personnel had been killed by Ukrainian forces...

It is estimated that 100,000 people leave the state of Illinois every year. It is difficult to know exactly what this means, as people move in as well as move out, and many of the incoming are either illegal immigrants or illegal aliens. But one thing is certain: the hundred thousand who depart each year are workers, employers, taxpayers. The very people you need for not only a functioning economy but also a functioning republic. For an electoral process to work, for it to produce elected officials with the right mentality to run the government in a fashion conducive to...

Tomorrow, Saturday, November 12, 2022 might be one of the biggest games in the TCU v. Texas intrastate rivalry. Number 4 undefeated TCU is attempting to keep its playoff bid alive vs. #18 Texas at Austin. The former head coach of TCU, who took the team to the cusp of a playoff bid and was unceremoniously dumped into the garbage by TCU when the team started to struggle, is on the Texas sideline plotting revenge. ESPN is bringing the Game Day crew to Austin and the game is being broadcast during the primetime window with Rece Davis and Kirk Herbstreit....

**SNIP** At 2:23 a.m. Oct. 28, San Francisco police received a roughly 2 minute, 30 second 911 call from Paul Pelosi, who said there was a man he didn't recognize in his home. "Mr. Pelosi also conveyed that the man was looking for Mr. Pelosi’s wife, that Mr. Pelosi’s wife was Speaker Pelosi who would not 'be there for days,' and that the man said he would 'wait' for Speaker Pelosi," according to the indictment. "Mr. Pelosi made clear in the 911 call that he did not know who the man was." DePape is heard in the background of the...

On Friday, the Washington Free Beacon reported that Democrat megadonor and cryptocurrency scion Sam Bankman-Fried lost his entire $16 billion fortune.If you are extremely wealthy and want to receive over-the-top praise from Politico, the answer is simple. Simply donate millions of dollars to Democrat candidates. Such was the case with Bankman-Fried, whose liberal largesse had Politico singing paeans to him a few months ago.

Proptech company RealPage won’t be able to turn the page on its software controversy anytime soon. A class-action lawsuit filed by a University of Washington student accused RealPage of colluding with student housing providers to inflate rent, Multifamily Dive reported. The lawsuit, filed last month, names a number of prominent multifamily landlords, including Greystar and Cushman & Wakefield. The plaintiff alleges collusion in popular college towns, such as Ann Arbor and Gainesville. The lawsuit claimed operators had the ability to collaborate and track competitors’ rents through the RealPage platform.

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Donald J. Trump was our 45th president and in spite of the unbelievable hostility he faced in the mainstream media, Hollywood, and all public forums, he did a very good, possibly the best job for the country. Yet TDS, Trump Derangement Syndrome, still exists and I just can’t figure out why, so if you can explain what you have against Trump, I’d appreciate hearing from you. Since the over-hyped red wave did not happen on Nov. 8, Trump is being blamed for sabotaging the election. Articles by Never-Trumpers and the usual suspects in the lamestream media are flooding the news...

What I am describing above is what the background battle, within the state of Florida, around Ron DeSantis, is all about. The Bush clan have wrapped their arms around Governor Ron DeSantis as a 2024 weapon to counteract the MAGA movement. They have poured hundreds of millions into the “acceptable Republican” effort and are in full control of the DeSantis campaign management. The Mitt Romney’s, Mitch McConnell’s, Paul Ryan’s, Kevin McCarthy’s etc are trying to leverage the club dynamic over Ron DeSantis and provide enticements to maintain the alliance with their internal battle plan to retain full control over the...

INDIANAPOLIS — It's impossible for photos to truly do the pickle pizza justice. Those subtle green undertones don't quite have the same visual aesthetic as classic pepperoni, after all. It may not be the prettiest state fair snack in town, but fairgoers say when it comes to taste - pickle pizza is hard to beat. Pickle pizza took home the top spot at the 2022 Taste of the Fair, and comes to us from Swains Concessions LLC. These are the same folks who graced us with pizza on a stick, and they first served pickle pizza 15 years ago. It...