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The 22-year-old man who was arrested for allegedly mowing down dozens of Los Angeles sheriff’s recruits deliberately with his SUV, leaving several critically injured, has been released from jail to allow police to gather more evidence. Nicholas Joseph Gutierrez, who was charged with attempted murder of a peace officer, was released at 9:49 p.m. Thursday, according to jail records that cited an insufficient complaint, CNN reported. “Due to the extreme complexity of the investigation, which includes ongoing interviews, video surveillance review, and additional evidence needed to be analyzed, homicide investigators have released Mr. Gutierrez from the Sheriff’s Department custody,” authorities...

The conference addressed 12 of 24 proposed rule changes put forward by GOP members (pdf). Republicans, who will take control of the House in January 2023, are leaving more controversial rule changes for consideration after Thanksgiving. Several of the rules proposed serve to weaken the power of the speaker as many Republicans remain lukewarm about the prospect of a Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.). One of the new rules passed by the conference would make it easier to remove a sitting speaker. Specifically, the rule allows a majority of the GOP caucus to vote to remove the speaker....

If forecasters are right, a notorious meteor shower may put on a surprise showing soon, right after its expected peak. The meteor shower in question is the November Leonids. Most years, the Leonids are really nothing to wake up early for, producing an average hourly rate of 10 meteors an hour, barely double the background sporadic rate. But every 33 years or so, the Leonids are the source of great storms of meteors, as the Earth plows headlong into the stream of debris laid down by comet 55P/Tempel-Tuttle on its 33-year orbit around the Sun. The orbit of Comet 55P/Tempel-Tuttle....

As of tonight, a full eight days after the election, it finally looks like several sources (e.g., RealClearPolitics, New York Times) have “called” enough Congressional races to be (almost) sure that the Republicans will control the House starting in January. When all the votes are finally counted (Christmas?), the margin of control is likely to be either 2 or 3 seats, and no more than 4. America, you owe a deep debt of gratitude to my home state of New York. Even after a Republican seat was eliminated by population loss, the Republicans picked up four seats among the remainder...

We Are Being Warned That Meat Prices Could Go Up Another 40 Or 50 Percent If you have been to the grocery store lately, you have probably noticed that meat prices have gone up dramatically. Unfortunately, we are being warned that things could get much worse in 2023. All over the northern hemisphere, cattle ranchers are dramatically reducing the size of their herds due to relentless drought conditions. Meanwhile, the bird flu has already resulted in the deaths of nearly 100 million chickens and turkeys in the United States and Europe. On top of everything else, progressive politicians throughout the...

A week after the midterm elections, The Washington Post reported something that didn't please their Trump-hating subscribers. It turns out leftists were wrong to imply Donald Trump took classified documents to Mar-a-Lago to sell to our enemies. The story by Devlin Barrett and Josh Dawsey was headlined, "Investigators see ego, not money, as Trump’s motive on classified papers."

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NATIONAL VICHYSSOISE DAY November 18th recognizes a cold soup that is loved by many. It is National Vichyssoise Day. #NationalVichyssoiseDay Made thick with pureed leeks, onions, potatoes, cream and chicken stock, Vichyssoise is traditionally served cold though sometimes is eaten hot. In the United States, Vichyssoise is pronounced: vish – e – swaz. Culinary historians debate the origin of Vichyssoise. However, the man most credited with the reinvention of the soup is French chef Louis Diat. Back in 1950, New Yorker Magazine interviewed Diat, who was the chef at the Ritz Carlton in New York City; he told them: “In...

In the wake of the Republican midterm election trickle, a coalition of left-wing Democrats led by Media Matters founder David Brock is planning a multimillion-dollar counteroffensive against congressional Republicans. With funding from some of the biggest donors in Democrat politics, Brock’s new nonprofit group, “Facts First USA,” plans undermine congressional Republicans as soon as they take control the House of Representatives. The group intends to spend $5 million-a-year to push back against an expected onslaught of investigations into Joe Biden’s incompetent and corrupt administration, as well as his notoriously corrupt family’s foreign business dealings. Brock has stepped away from his...

You see Qatar's refusal to sell alcohol in stadiums as a disgrace, I see this refusal as another illustration of the clash of civilizations that pokes a finger in the eye of Western culture. This time it happens on the biggest stage of all.

Canon is moving ahead with a plan to build a new factory in Japan to double the production of its semiconductor lithography equipment. The planned facility will produce both the standard KrF and i-line machines that constitute the bulk of the division’s sales and the nanoimprint tools that Canon hopes will open a new era in semiconductor manufacturing. Addressing investors after the announcement of third-quarter results in late October, Canon’s management referred to “our leading-edge nanoimprint lithography equipment.” Indeed, Canon’s lithography gear is leading edge in the nanoimprint world. But is it a threat to ASML’s monopoly on extreme ultraviolet...

allot harvesting.” To some, it’s a creepy term, conjuring images of hulking party machines plowing through passive fields of citizens, threshing their votes and delivering them to the ballot box. To others, the whole thing seems practically a conspiracy theory — a catch-all for sore losers who can’t understand how voters could have rejected their team. Feelings aside, ballot harvesting is a reality for much of the country. In twenty-seven states, your ballot can be returned by someone other than you, your family member or your caregiver. Further, only twelve of those twenty-seven have any limit at all on the...

SPECIAL DISPATCH FROM WASHINGTON. WASHINGTON, Monday, Nov. 17. Inasmuch ae the news has reached the public from Richmond, we suppose there can be no objection to the loyal population of the North knowing from this point that the Army of the Potomac is to be provided with a new "base" in its approach to Richmond. All its corps. are now, and have been for two days, on the march down the valley of the Rappahannock toward Fredericksburgh, from which place it is proposed now to conduct that pilgrimage toward the Jerusalem of our crusade, which our embattled hosts have so...

The Biden administration told a U.S. court that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s status as a sitting head of government shields him from a civil lawsuit brought by the fiancée of slain Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Mr. Khashoggi, a former royal insider who criticized Prince Mohammed’s policies in Washington Post columns, was killed in 2018 and his body dismembered by Saudi agents during a visit to the kingdom’s Istanbul consulate where he was seeking papers needed to marry Hatice Cengiz, a Turkish citizen. In a filing Thursday, the State Department said “common law principles of immunity” informed its determination...

TALLAHASSEE — Calling the state’s approach “positively dystopian,” a federal judge on Thursday blocked a law championed by Gov. Ron DeSantis that restricts the way race-related concepts can be taught in universities. The law is “antithetical to academic freedom and has cast a leaden pall of orthodoxy over Florida’s state universities,” Chief U.S. District Judge Mark Walker wrote in the 139-page ruling. “Neither the state of Florida’s authority to regulate public school curriculum, nor its interest in preventing race or sex discrimination can support its weight. Nor does the First Amendment tolerate it,” he added. DeSantis’ administration quickly said it...

A study on government electricity and gas price data reveals that Brits pay the world's highest energy bills. Norway is the country with by far the biggest increase in electricity prices worldwide. The UK’s energy price cap was recently raised from 28p to 34p per kWh. ... UK has the highest electricity bills. Brits pay more for their power than anywhere else on the planet. ... Ireland.. The UK’s neighbours in the Republic of Ireland have the second highest electricity cost, paying 18.99p per kWh. . ... Residents of Spain are paying an average of 18.51p per kWh. Electricity prices...

DIE. Diversity, Inclusion, Equity is the mantra, the maniacal chant of the religious zealots of the left. DIE. Diversity, Inclusion, Equity is the mantra, the maniacal chant of the religious zealots of the left. Equity comes from the elitists and globalists in the dominant political party. But look more deeply. Equity is forced redistribution of property. Equity demands that those who have give to those who have not. It's not a free exchange; it is forced by a central controller, by our own government. Equity presupposes that you do not have any right to ownership of your property, including your...

18 November 2022Friday of week 33 in Ordinary Time Saint Rose Philippine Duchesne Catholic Church, Westwood, Kansas Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: C(II).First readingApocalypse 10:8-11 ©I was told to swallow the scroll, and to prophesyI, John, heard the voice I had heard from heaven speaking to me again. ‘Go,’ it said ‘and take that open scroll out of the hand of the angel standing on sea and land.’ I went to the angel and asked him to give me the small scroll, and he said, ‘Take it and eat it; it will turn your stomach sour, but in your...

Stockholm (AFP) – Swedish officials confirmed Friday that the September blasts which destroyed sections of the Nord Stream pipelines carrying natural gas from Russia to Germany under the Baltic Sea were acts of sabotage. "The analyses conducted found traces of explosives on several foreign objects" found at the sites of the blasts, prosecutor Mats Ljungqvist who is leading the preliminary investigation said in a statement. Ljungqvist added that technical analyses were continuing in order to "draw more reliable conclusions regarding the incident." Sweden's Prosecution Authority said that the "continued investigation will show if anyone can be formally suspected of a...

Will Americans accept questionable election results where vote counting is done behind closed doors and almost every close race where Republicans are ahead is halted and new ballots are “found” leading to a Democrat win? Imagine a Super Bowl where the Reds were ahead 27-25 with a minute to go. All of a sudden, the power went out in the entire stadium. When the lights came on after a couple minutes of chaos, fans noticed the scoreboard showed 27-29. Anyone witnessing such an event would be beyond outraged. Sports are supposed to be about “may the best team win,” and...