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The company hired Curb Your Enthusiasm’s Larry David to pitch crypto to potential investors as a sort of anti-spokesperson, admitting he knew nothing about digital currency. The commercial closes with David rejecting FTX, with a voice-over warning that said: “Don’t be like Larry. Don’t miss out on the next big thing.” ... Tom Brady’s FTX investment began when he and his wife, Gisele Bündchen, bought an undisclosed equity stake in FTX in June 2021.... But after news broke on November 3 that FTX could be facing a liquidity crisis, investors scrambled to withdraw their holdings, demanding withdrawals worth $6 billion....

Joe Biden was born on November 20, 1942 and becomes America's first octogenarian president.

Pray For The Peace of JerusalemMatthew 14 John the Baptist Beheaded 14 At that time Herod the tetrarch heard the reports about Jesus, 2 and he said to his attendants, “This is John the Baptist; he has risen from the dead! That is why miraculous powers are at work in him.” 3 Now Herod had arrested John and bound him and put him in prison because of Herodias, his brother Philip’s wife, 4 for John had been saying to him: “It is not lawful for you to have her.” 5 Herod wanted to kill John, but he was afraid of...

For those of us who have written about the Hunter Biden scandal and the family’s influence-peddling operation for years, it is routine to read media stories denying the facts or dismissing calls to investigate the foreign dealings. However, this weekend, the Associated Press made a whopper of a claim that there is no evidence even suggesting that President Joe Biden ever spoke to his son about his foreign dealings. I previously discussed how the Bidens have succeeded in a Houdini-like trick in making this elephant of a scandal disappear from the public stage. They did so by enlisting the media...

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A report issued last year by the watchdog group Open The Books, “The Militarization of The U.S. Executive Agencies,” found that more than 200,000 federal bureaucrats now have been granted the authority to carry guns and make arrests – more than the 186,000 Americans serving in the U.S. Marine Corps. “One hundred three executive agencies outside of the Department of Defense spent $2.7 billion on guns, ammunition, and military-style equipment between fiscal years 2006 and 2019 (inflation adjusted),” notes the report. “Nearly $1 billion ($944.9 million) was spent between fiscal years 2015 and 2019 alone.”

The Talk Shows November 20th, 2022 Guests to be interviewed today on major television talk shows:FOX NEWS SUNDAY (Fox Network): Anchor Shannon Bream: Senior political analyst for FOX News Channel Brit Hume; Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.); Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.). Panel: Guy Benson, Josh Kraushaar, Jeff Mason and Marie “Party on, Wayne!” Harf.MEET THE PRESS (NBC): Hosted by Chuck U. Toad: Former VP Mike Pence. Panel: Peter Baker, Brendan Buck, Kimberly Atkins Stohr and Anna Palmer—just another easily forgotten group of angry Leftists slinging anti-American balderdash. It’s not even worth identifying these Socialist knuckleheads. FACE THE NATION (CBS): Margaret Brennan...

Despite Kevin McCarthy's uniparty aspirations, a Republican House must begin investigating the Biden administration. At the Federalist, Jordan Boyd offers up a proposed agenda for the new House of Representatives. The Republicans have won a majority. How great is still to be determined. Officially the count is 218, but Lauren Boebert’s opposition, Adam Frisch, conceded. If the certification matches the ballot count that would make the total 219, and they are still counting two districts in California in which the Republican candidates are leading so the count may be as high as 221.Certification of results in at least one county...

To me, property tax explodes the myth of "property ownership". Every single one of you who "owns" a house, a piece of land-- even if you have paid off the usually lifetime debt it cost to "buy" it-- --rents it from "the king", the State, the Friendly Person who smiles and smiles (from June to November biennially or quadrennially) and is a villain (the rest of the time). Try not paying your "rent". A house or farm or whatever might have been in your family since 1854 (or longer), with the "title" framed over the fireplace built by hand by...

One of my favorite recordings. May not be everyone's cup of tea, but for those who like it...here it is.

1 CLICK EMAIL All Arizona Lawmakers and Elected Officials to STOP the Certification Process and Redo the Maricopa County Elections!

Donald Trump has been officially reinstated to Twitter but on Saturday afternoon the former president cast doubt that he would return to the platform. Trump posted on Truth Social, a social media service he has used since receiving a lifetime ban on Twitter in January 2021, that he would not be switching back over.

There has never been a more auspicious moment to bet on Donald Trump winning the next presidential election. Contrary to conventional wisdom, he is the most likely victor in 2024, and his odds will shorten as his recapturing the White House becomes more readily apparent. The bipartisan political establishment's self-serving narrative is Trump's chances of recapturing the presidency are dwindling. .... ...The evidence drawn from election results and reliable polling data tell a very different story. ...

Donning a chef’s hat while you cook Thanksgiving dinner is one thing, but sticking a tiny one on the end of each crispy turkey leg seems like it might be taking the holiday a bit too far. Over the years, these traditional paper coverings have been called many creative names, including turkey frills, turkey booties, and even turkey panties. And while they’ve fallen out of fashion in recent decades, they originally served a very specific purpose. According to 19th-century writer John Cordy Jeaffreson, paper trimmings gained popularity in the 17th century as a way for women to keep their hands...

As he enters prison, a disgraced former DEA agent who lived a decadent double life has claimed his own crimes were the tip of the iceberg... ...In interviews with the Associated Press, Irizarry, who recently began a 12-year prison sentence, has claimed that corruption is endemic in the powerful US drug agency... ...Irizarry claimed to the Associated Press that dozens of other agents joined in with his debauchery, and that they deliberately tailored drug operations so that they could visit party hotspots...

Five people have died after a gunman opened fire inside a gay nightclub in Colorado last night. At least 18 people were injured after shots were fired inside Club Q in Colorado Springs just before midnight, a police spokesperson has confirmed. Numerous victims, some in critical condition, were transported to nearby hospitals. The medical facilities are currently working to notify families of their loved ones' conditions.

Los Angeles Sheriff Alex Villanueva has taken aim at liberals in his county after being ousted from office in last week's election. Villanueva, who won office in 2018 on the back of a tough-on-crime platform, was beaten by former Long Beach police chief Robert Luna, whom he accused of being a "puppet" of the liberal movement.... ...Villanueva, also a Democrat, says Luna was elected by the far left who wanted a defund-the-police puppet in office who will end up destroying law and order....

SALEM, Ore. -- The U.S. government has taken a step toward approving the expansion of a natural gas pipeline in the Pacific Northwest — a move opposed by environmentalists and the attorneys general of Oregon, California and Washington state. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, or FERC, announced Friday it has completed an environmental impact statement that concluded the project "would result in limited adverse impacts on the environment.”....

The coming years of heavy taxes, along with the inflation and rising mortgage rates we face, are not caused by some unstoppable force of nature. Nor is the wild rise in energy prices. All these things are the direct result of government actions. They did not need to happen. I have warned against them all. And yet there is no political party, not even a minority group in Parliament, that has been remotely interested in such warnings. The whole House of Commons thinks in unison. On every subject where it could have been right, or even divided, it has been...

The Tories descended into a fresh bout of Brexit wars today as ministers warned they will not back a push for 'Swiss-style' ties with the EU. Government sources have been signalling that Switzerland's relationship with the bloc could be a model for the UK over the next decade. However, despite claims free movement would not return there are fears the UK could end up accepting EU law, paying into Brussels coffers and facing higher immigration.