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Swift has had a direct impact on cutting scalpers out of ticket sales, driving more money to artists. Fans waiting to buy tickets to Taylor Swift’s Eras tour next week should expect two things: high demand and high prices. After all, it’s been five years and four albums since Swift toured, with her newest album, Midnights, on track to be the best-selling record of the year — earning Swift the title of first artist to ever have 10 songs dominate the top 10 of the Hot 100 chart. That popularity means that Swift can set high prices for her tickets...

(Daily readings from the USCCB)Some Sadducees, those who deny that there is a resurrection, came forward and put this question to Jesus, saying, “Teacher, Moses wrote for us, If someone’s brother dies leaving a wife but no child, his brother must take the wife and raise up descendants for his brother. Now there were seven brothers…” Luke 20:27-29aAnd the Sadducees go on to present Jesus with a difficult scenario in order to trap Him. They present the story of seven brothers who each die without having any children. After each one dies, the next takes the first brother’s wife as...

The Weekly Gardening Thread is a weekly gathering of folks that love soil, seeds and plants of all kinds. From complete newbies that are looking to start that first potted plant, to gardeners with some acreage, to Master Gardener level and beyond, we would love to hear from you. If you have specific question about a plant/problem you are having, please remember to state the Growing Zone where you are located. This thread is a non-political respite. No matter what, you won’t be flamed, and the only dumb question is the one that isn’t asked. It is impossible to hijack...

VIDEOTom Brady had it ALL... Until he got hooked up with Sam the Scam Bankman-Fried of FTX. Now it seems to be all gone. His super model wife, his friends that he hyped FTX to, much of the public for the same reason, his reputation, and, above all for him, his yuuuuuuge fortune. The FTX scandal will follow him forever. There is NO ESCAPE.So just how pissed off is Tom Brady right now with Sam the Scam? Pissed off enough that I bet he would eagerly go three rounds with him in a UFC event. Yeah, part of his motivation...

SANTA CRUZ, Calif. — Members of Santa Cruz Equity Collab gathered on Friday on the Santa Cruz County Superior Courthouse steps following the sentencing of two men charged with defacing the black lives matter mural in front of the Santa Cruz City Hall in July of 2021. The two men plead no contest and were sentenced to 90 days in the county jail, and ordered to attend diversity and sensitivity training along with paying more than $19,000 in restitution and two years probation.

The US housing market is slowing, to be sure. Yesterday’s existing home sales (EHS) report revealed that US EHS were down -28.43% YoY and the median price of EHS slowed to 6.6% YoY. But that is just the surface of the EHS report for October. Once I removed inflation (CPI YoY) from the numbers, we are left with REAL median price of EHS growth of -1.17% and REAL average hourly earnings YoY of -3.0% YoY. The REAL 30-year mortgage rate is -5.25%. That reveals how horrible inflation is in the US. It is important to note that EHS numbers are...

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Explanation: The protostar within dark cloud L1527 is a mere 100,000 years old, still embedded in the cloud of gas and dust that feeds its growth. In this NIRCam image from the James Webb Space Telescope, the dark band at the neck of the infrared nebula is a thick disk that surrounds the young stellar object. Viewed nearly edge-on and a little larger than our Solar System, the disk ultimately supplies material to the protostar while hiding it from Webb's direct infrared view. The nebula itself is seen in stunning detail though. Illuminated by infrared light from the protostar, the...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Around 50 migrants were dropped off in front of the U.S. Naval Observatory, where Vice President Kamala Harris resides, on Friday morning as it was the latest bus from Texas to be sent to the nation's capital in response to the ongoing crisis at the U.S.-Mexico border. The migrants, who had been processed and released by Border Patrol, told Townhall they were from countries such as Ecuador, Argentina, and Nicaragua. This group illegally crossed the Rio Grande from Piedras Negras, Mexico into the area surrounding Eagle Pass, Texas. Waiting to greet the new arrivals being dropped off...

A TikToker's theory about the couple's recent split has a lot of, shall we say, overlap with the crypto exchange crash. I’m not sure if the Pulitzer deadlines have passed, but I have a strong contender for the top investigative journalism honor: A TikTok user by the name Culturework has presented a very compelling theory connecting Tom Brady and Gisele Bündchen’s divorce with the fall of FTX. While I obviously cannot confirm the allegations made in the TikTok series, I am at the very least intrigued. Crucial to this story is the fact that Brady and Bündchen went hard in...

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As the first frigid weather of autumn chills the Northeast, many people are faced with a tough decision: deal with the surging costs of heating their homes or live without it. Home heating prices are skyrocketing yet again this winter, up 18% nationwide on top of last year’s 17% spike, according to the National Energy Assistance Directors Association (NEADA). Charmaine Johnson works in the call center at Philadelphia’s Heater Hotline, part of a non-profit that assists low-income families with their heating systems and bills. Johnson, 63, can relate to the concerns she’s hearing all day. She, too, is struggling to...

QUESTION: Marty, It was a fantastic WEC. You tied it all together brilliantly and how the real issue is this liquidity crisis. Suddenly the ECB came out and said that inflation will not subside given a recession. It appears they were watching the WEC. Do you think that the ECB is at least listening now. ANSWER: For Christine Lagarde to publicly state that a “mild recession” will not reduce inflation is admitting that inflation has been instigated by COVID lockdowns that disrupted the supply chain and unleashed shortages. The Bank of England has come out and stated that we will...

Democrat Adam Frisch conceded on Friday to Rep. Lauren Boebert (R) in the race for Colorado’s 3rd Congressional District, saying that an expected recount was unlikely to change the outcome of the election. In a video call with reporters, Frisch said that he had called Boebert to offer his concession. He said that while the race appeared to be headed for a mandatory recount, “the likelihood of this recount changing more than a handful of votes is very small.” “We are not asking for this recount. It is one that the citizens of Colorado mandate through our election system,” he...

Now that Merrick Garland appointed Special Counsel Jack Smith to investigate President Trump for the Mar-a-Lago documents and his role in the events of January 6, shouldn't the Republican led Congress KEEP the January 6 Committee?Of course, the Mar-a-Lago documents are a JOKE since the Washington Post just admitted that there are no very sensitive documents and they even claimed Trump kept them for reasons of ego but nothing nefarious.As far as President Trump's role in January 6, it seems there is a bit of double jeopardy here since wasn't he already tried for his during his Second Impeachment trial...

The Mercers, who were among Trump's major benefactors during his first run for president in 2016, are distancing themselves from the former commander in chief's latest White House bid. Federal Election Commission records indicate that after spending millions to help get Trump elected in 2016, both Mercers have largely cut back their support. GOP megadonors Robert Mercer and Rebekah Mercer have no current plans to help former President Donald Trump's 2024 campaign for the White House, according to people familiar with the matter. The Mercers, a father and daughter who were among Trump's major benefactors during his first run for...

My colleague Sonny Bunch is on the wrong side of history. Even worse, his "qualified defense" of U.S. soccer fandom is an affront to the exceptionalistic values on which this country was founded. In a just world, Bunch’s desperate attempt to curry favor with the mob of faux-patriot hipsters known as "U.S. soccer fans" would invite charges of treason, or worse. In just world, we wouldn’t be having this "debate." In describing soccer as "an opportunity for America to prove that we’re great even at things we actively disdain," Bunch reveals a gross misunderstanding of the mindless cult he longs...

The Bible In Paintings ~ Encouragement for Appreciating and Applying God's Word ~ JESUS CLEARS THE TEMPLE COURTS ֎ Featuring 48 Paintings and 1 Window ֎ J O H N CHAPTER 2 When it was almost time for the Jewish Passover, Jesus went up to Jerusalem. In the temple courts he found men selling cattle, sheep and doves, and others sitting at tables exchanging money. So he made a whip out of cords, and drove all from the temple area, both sheep and cattle; he scattered the coins of the money changers and overturned their tables. To those who...

I'm going to "reverse gaslight" you. What does that mean? Well, "gaslighting" is when government bureaucrats, politicians, media, corporations and all the evil people in power lie to you; defraud you; smother you with propaganda; brainwash you; and try to convince you that what you see right in front of you – with your own two eyes – is not true. That the lies they tell you are more important than the raw truth you can see right in front of you. In my last column about the obviously rigged 2022 midterms, I listed many ways and times I believe...

As a bonus for being a T-Mobile customer, I receive Netflix for free. I hardly use it as I am not much interested in the Netflix produced original content. But I saw a trailer for a new series titled “1899”. I guess I am a sucker of four funnel liners filled with pretty women in Late Victorian-Edwardian clothing. I watched the first episode. I did enjoy the opening episode and one was thrown right into the story. The overall feel was coldness thanks to the cinematography and score. The score I could best describe as Steampunk Industrial. One thing I...