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Whoever wins, communist Karens still control the Capitol. What’s worse—how much of a joke America’s “elections” are or the contempt with which election officials treat voters who have the nerve to demand answers on election night? Days of mail-in ballot counting have turned Republican Senate leads into Democrat Senate victories, while control of the House is still up for grabs; but the praetorian news pundits who defend the Deep State’s virtue as if they were protecting the disputed honor of a blushing bride still find it more appalling that voters could question the legitimacy of America’s elections than the reality...

ROME — Pope Francis warned of false “prophets of doom” Sunday while simultaneously threatening a looming climate change “crisis” that could wreak untold damage on humanity. The pope sent out a series of mixed messages in his yearly homily for the World Day of the Poor, spreading intense fear of possible climate change disasters yet cautioning against “prophets of doom,” the “sirens of populism,” and self-interested “false messiahs.”

PALMERSTON NORTH, New Zealand (AP) — How do you stop a cow from burping? It might sound like the start of a humorous riddle, but it’s the subject of a huge scientific inquiry in New Zealand. And the answer could have profound effects on the health of the planet. More specifically, the question is how to stop cows, sheep and other farm animals from belching out so much methane, a gas which doesn’t last as long as carbon dioxide in the atmosphere but is at least 25 times more potent when it comes to global warming. Because cows can’t readily...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Control of the U.S. House of Representatives hinged on Monday on several tight races that could secure a majority for Republicans following midterm elections that saw President Joe Biden's Democrats beat expectations and retain the Senate. Republicans were closer to taking the House, having won 211 seats compared to Democrats' 206, with 218 needed for a majority. But the final outcome might not be known for days as officials continue counting ballots nearly a week after Americans went to the polls. After clinching the Senate over the weekend and dispelling Republican hopes for a "red wave" of gains,...

Ballots and votes. These two words seem synonymous, yet they imply opposite ways to choose a government. SNIP Clever leftists built a national system, ERIC, now used by about 30 states, to make sure voter rolls protected phantoms. Using in-your-face messaging, ERIC claimed it was a resource to keep voter rolls clean. No friction, no challenge. After 2020, everything changed. The once frictionless ballot-gathering apparatus was challenged in every state as voter integrity teams, citizens at kitchen tables, picked apart voter rolls. They quickly found tens of thousands of dead or moved voters. There were innumerable addresses where no voter...

President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine made an unannounced visit to the newly freed city of Kherson on Monday, reveling in perhaps the most significant success by his country’s forces since Russia’s full-scale invasion began in February. “We are, step by step, coming to all of our country,” he said to a crowd of hundreds of people, some wrapped in Ukrainian flags. “I am happy we are in Kherson.” The president’s visit to Kherson just days after it was retaken was a tangible sign of Ukraine’s soaring morale and its growing boldness in the nearly nine-month war. Kherson, a vital Black...

HEADQUARTERS WARRENTON, Wednesday, Nov. 12. Nothing, worthy of record has transpired today within the lines of the Army of the Potomac. Gen. BURNSIDE has been engaged with several of his principal officers, on matters of business. HEADQUARTERS, Wednesday, Nov. 12 -- P.M. Nothing of striking military importance has transpired to-day. Trains of supplies are continually arriving here. Gen. HOOKER took command of his corps to-day, and was enthusiastically received. Gen. PORTER took leave of his officers and command, and left for Washington this afternoon. Gen. HALLECK arrived here this afternoon, and was heartily received by the officers of Gen. BURNSIDE's...

Fourteen of the 17 city employees who made $300,000 or more in 2021 worked in the police department. ... Berkeley Mayor Jesse Arreguin extolled the city's efforts to rethink policing by ending police traffic stops for non-safety reasons and getting written consent from motorists a vehicle search in February 2021. "Too much of our city’s budget is spent on policing, and many of the duties we’ve assigned to officers do not require a response from someone with a badge and a gun," Arreguin said in a news release. Police officers in Berkeley are some the highest-paid employees in the city....

By Akash Sriram (Reuters) - Every time Lucid Group Inc or Rivian Automotive Inc sells an electric car, they are losing hundreds of thousands of dollars due to staggering raw material and production costs, their latest earnings statements showed. Quarterly reports from electric vehicle (EV) makers from the past two weeks show them struggling to hit delivery targets and rapidly burning through cash. Lucid's cost of revenue surged to $492.5 million in the July-September quarter from $3.3 million a year earlier, and its losses widened as customers canceled orders fearing long wait times. The company, which went public a little...

The predicted red wave in the 2022 midterm elections turned out to be a mere splash. Media analysts will read the tea leaves and decipher what this means about GOP messaging and other apparently insightful lessons to be learned. This is all BS. This election was possibly more fraudulent than the 2020 election. In 2020 Trump likely won by 10-12 million votes or more. I make that assertion based on the number of votes Trump received in his reelection campaign above the number of votes that Obama received, the number of votes Clinton was awarded, and the alleged attribution of...

Iryna Dyagileva’s daughter attended a school where the curriculum included memorizing the Russian national anthem. But teachers ignored it, instead quietly greeting students in the morning with a salute: “Glory to Ukraine!” The occupation authorities asked Olha Malyarchuk, a clerk at a taxi company, to settle bills in rubles. But she kept paying in Ukrainian currency, the hryvnia. “It just didn’t work,” Ms. Malyarchuk said of the Russian propaganda that was beamed into televisions and plastered on billboards for the nine months of Russia’s occupation of Kherson. On Sunday, she was walking in a park, waving a small Ukrainian flag....

14 November 2022 Monday of week 33 in Ordinary Time Church of St. Laurence O'Toole, Roundwood, Ireland Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: C(II).First readingApocalypse 1:1-4,2:1-5 ©Think what you were before you fell, and repentThis is the revelation given by God to Jesus Christ so that he could tell his servants about the things which are now to take place very soon; he sent his angel to make it known to his servant John, and John has written down everything he saw and swears it is the word of God guaranteed by Jesus Christ. Happy the man who reads this...

A transgender member of Antifa in San Diego was sentenced to approximately 5 years in prison for violently attacking Trump supporters in Pacific Beach last year. Erich Louis “Nikki” Yach, 38, was one of the 11 members of Antifa indicted earlier this year and was sentenced to 56 months is California state prison on Thursday. The Post Millennial reported: The first of 11 Antifa defendants who rioted in Pacific Beach more than a year ago was sentenced to prison on Thursday. Erich Louis “Nikki” Yach, now 38, admitted to three violent felonies in a plea deal and was sentenced to...

(Reuters) - Every time Lucid Group Inc or Rivian Automotive Inc sells an electric car, they are losing hundreds of thousands of dollars due to staggering raw material and production costs, their latest earnings statements showed. Quarterly reports from electric vehicle (EV) makers from the past two weeks show them struggling to hit delivery targets and rapidly burning through cash. Lucid's cost of revenue surged to $492.5 million in the July-September quarter from $3.3 million a year earlier, and its losses widened as customers canceled orders fearing long wait times. U.S.-listed British firm Arrival SA warned last week it may...

CHICAGO -- Six people were killed and 21 others wounded in shootings across Chicago over the weekend, police said. In the weekend's first fatal attack, a would-be robber and a clerk who tried to stop the hold-up fatally shot each other Friday night inside a South Shore neighborhood grocery store. On Saturday, a man died after being shot in Chicago Lawn. The man, believed to be in his 40s, was dropped off about 9 p.m. at Holy Cross Hospital with a gunshot wound to his neck and died a short time later, police said. A man was shot to death...

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Russia's spy chief 'to talk to US' as G20 leaders meet to discuss Ukraine war The high level meeting would be the first face-to-face summit between top Russian and US officials since the invasion of Ukraine By Roland Oliphant, SENIOR FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT 14 November 2022 • 11:18am Russia's foreign intelligence chief has flown to Turkey for high-level talks with the United States, Russian media has reported. Sergey Naryshkin, the head of Russia's SVR spy agency, flew to Ankara earlier today with a Russian delegation, Kommersant reported. The report could not immediately be confirmed. The newspaper said the Kremlin had refused...

Summary The US Strategic Petroleum Reserve released its last primary batch of oil this week, soon ending a significant source of commercial oil inventories. US and global oil production has plateaued and may decline over the coming months as drilling activity is below necessary levels. The sharp decline in the US dollar could boost oil prices if it continues as the Federal Reserve becomes less hawkish. USO is an attractive investment due to ~12% "roll yield" through persistent backwardation in the oil futures curve. An economic shock could upset the oil price rally, but global oil demand may not moderate...

Millions of households face a cost of living crunch in April with average energy bills rising by £900 as the government's cap ends - and council tax almost certain to soar. Chancellor Jeremy Hunt is poised to confirm the end of the blanket subsidies on energy prices when he delivers a grim Autumn Statement on Thursday. It will be part of an 'eye-watering' package of savings and tax rises to fill a black hole of up to £60 millionbillion [sic] in the government finances.

She found fame at 13 as one of the stars of the TV sitcom The Wonder Years. But now, after 46 years in California, Danica McKellar has traded her native state for the more tranquil rural communities of Tennessee. McKellar, who tied the knot with second husband Scott Sveslosky, an attorney, in 2014, told People: 'My husband and I have been wanting more nature for a long time. We were kind of ready to not be in a city anymore.'