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Google is going to implement a performance improvement plan to gradually let go of 10,000 employees, multiple media reports suggest. The move is reportedly in response to pressure from an activist hedge fund, unfavourable market circumstances and the need to reduce expenses. Employees who receive low performance ratings will be let go. In contrast to the customary 2%, Google managers have been instructed to identify 6% of staff, or 10,000 people, as bad performers. Supervisors were instructed to reduce the inflated scores in a previous notification. Hedge fund billionaire Christopher Hohn has argued in a letter to Alphabet that the...

“Is There Anything in America to Be Thankful for Anymore?” (Psalm 73; Malachi 3:13-18; Deuteronomy 8:1-10) The fourth Thursday in November is set aside to be the Day of National Thanksgiving. That’s the reason why we have the day off from work. Because this is when all Americans are supposed to go to their churches and give thanks to God for his blessings on our nation. Ha! Yeah, right. How many people actually do that? Not many. Give thanks to God on Thanksgiving Day? Are you kidding? That would interfere with our Thanksgiving! No, we need the time to baste...

This movie, ATLAS SHRUGGED, can now be seen on ROKU app, FREE VEE All parts, 1,2 and 3 found in their Recently Added movies section. Made in 2011 - for more info you might check wikipedia.

Brazil has started freezing the bank accounts of citizens found to be protesting against the nation’s recent presidential election results, according to reports.As Slay News has reported, millions of Brazilians have been flooding the streets to rise up in protest over the controversial election.Incumbent President Jair Bolsonaro and his party have been attempting to annul the election amid allegations of voter fraud.Since the runoff election on October 30th in Brazil, Brazilians have been protesting on the streets daily.The election was “won” by Bolsonaro’s far-left socialist challenger Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.Lula is Brazil’s former president and a convicted criminal who...

Update: New - 48% of Maricopa election centers had printer or tabulator malfunctions on election day, not the previously estimated 20%. And no such widespread issues were reported during the early voting period that preceded election day and used the very same equipment. Wow.

An alert coffee barista in Cody helped catch a serial drive-thru flasher by pouring a cup of hot water in his lap. The man, 34-year-old Andrew C. Crawford of Cody, is a repeat registered sex offender who couldn’t keep his pants zipped as he flashed workers at a pair of Rocky Mountain Mudd Hut coffee kiosks in Cody at least five times between Sept. 14 and Nov. 2. Crawford remains in the Park County Detention Center on a $50,000 bond facing five misdemeanor charges of public indecency and a felony failure to register as a sex offender charge, according to...

Hundreds of Chinese-manufactured drones have been detected in restricted airspace over Washington, D.C., in recent months, a trend that national security agencies fear could become a new means for foreign espionage. The recreational drones made by Chinese company DJI, which are designed with “geofencing” restrictions to keep them out of sensitive locations, are being manipulated by users with simple workarounds to fly over no-go zones around the nation’s capital. Federal officials and drone industry experts have delivered classified briefings to the Senate Homeland Security, Commerce and Intelligence committees on the development, three people privy to the meetings said. A spokesperson...

To be honest, it’s kind of hard to try and entertain the innuendo and rumors that Democrats and the media are working to do damage control on behalf of Sam Bankman-Fried, the founder of now-bankrupt crypto exchange FTX, because the idea is just so reprehensible.But they sure do keep giving us ammunition to make that suggestion, don’t they?Bankman-Fried and House Financial Services Committee Chair Maxine WatersBankman-Fried - the second biggest donor to Democrats behind George Soros - has all but admitted that he squandered billions of dollars of other people’s money carelessly, writing “I fucked up” on Twitter in a...

Democrat Rep. Mary Peltola won reelection to a full term in the House after she defeated Sarah Palin in a special election to replace Rep. Don Young in August. Peltola was the FIRST DEMOCRAT to win the House seat in solid red Alaska in 50 Years! Ranked-choice voting and mail-in ballots were implemented by referendum in 2020. The results of the November 8 election were announced Wednesday night.

For years, the COVID-19 vaccines have been pushed as a magic elixir, so potent and effective that they warranted being forced onto the population by way of government mandates. Even after it became clear that the vaccines didn’t stop the spread of the coronavirus, thus eliminating their communal benefit, the White House and some Democrat-led states marched on, stubbornly promoting them and other nonsensical policies like vaccine passports.Unfortunately, things have not gotten better with time. Dr. Anthony Fauci delivered his supposed final press conference on Tuesday, and White House COVID Czar Ashish Jha opened things up with this ridiculously false...

Earlier today the Russian military shut down the Ukrainian electricity network. Previous attacks had limited the distribution capacity to some 50% of demand. Controlled blackouts over several hours per day allowed to give electricity for a few hours to most parts of the country. The attack today created a much larger problem. Not only were distribution networks attacked but also the elements that connect Ukraine's electricity production facilities to the distribution network. All four nuclear power stations of Ukraine with their 15 reactors are now in shutdown mode. Kiev along with most other cities of Ukraine no longer has electricity....

Italian church weddings face catastrophic collapse after COVID pandemicROME (ChurchMilitant.com) - The Vatican is rejecting a government proposal to subsidize weddings in Catholic churches, even though only 1 out of 4 Italians is now opting for a church wedding. On Sunday, Abp. Vincenzo Paglia, head of the Pontifical Academy for Life, spurned the offer of a tax bonus of up to 20,000 euros to be used for the expenses of couples who marry in the churches of Italy — a country that currently has one of the lowest marriage rates in the world. "For the Church, marriage is a sacrament,...

Newark, N.J. – Days after the 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP27) came to a close on November 18, the Archdiocese of Newark’s Environmental Justice Task Force has released its own plan to guide parishioners on how they can help the planet. “Laudato Si’ — On the Care of Our Common Home: Actions for the Archdiocese of Newark” is a localized version of Pope Francis’ own “Laudato Si’” environmental encyclical, which states that caring for Earth is a Christian duty. To help local Catholics fulfill this obligation, the document presents seven goals for reversing climate change and environmental degradation....

The future looks bright for President Donald Trump as he continues to hold a tremendous lead heading to the 2024 presidential election. “For all RINOS, Never Trumpers, Radical Left Democrats and, of course, the Fake News Media, please enjoy this latest poll from highly respected Emerson College. I’m sure you will be thrilled!” President Trump posted on Truth Social, highlighting his double-digit lead in a recent poll. According to the Emerson College Polling survey conducted among 1,380 respondents on Nov. 18-19, President Trump leads a hypothetical 2024 Republican Primary by 30 points. The 45th president continues his lead on Florida...

In the early hours of Saturday, Nov. 19, the skies over southern Ontario, Canada, lit up as a tiny asteroid harmlessly streaked across the sky high in Earth's atmosphere, broke up, and likely scattered small meteorites over the southern coastline of Lake Ontario. The fireball wasn't a surprise. Roughly 1 meter (3 feet) wide, the asteroid was detected 3 ½ hours before impact, making this event the sixth time in history a small asteroid has been tracked in space before impacting Earth's atmosphere. NASA is tasked with the detection and tracking of much larger near-Earth objects that could survive passage...

To a large extent, in the West it is considered possible to rescind the Christian faith, marginalize it or move into a strictly private area. The Russians, however, having suffered heavily from forgetting Christ, feel it a must to firmly hold on to Him, lest they perish.Over the years, both Western and Russian scholars in the field of history noted that Russia has always seemed to be a more Christian nation than her European neighbors. There are in fact objective historical reasons why this is the case. The recent meeting of the Russian President V. Putin with historians and religious...

Fra' Riccardo Paternò di Montecupo wrote to members of the Order at the end of October, advising about the new Constitutions Pope Francis imposed in September.ROME (LifeSiteNews) — The Knights of Malta affirmed to members that the changes Pope Francis recently made to the Order are permanent and not up for discussion, signaling that the long power struggle between the Holy See and the Order is nearing completion. The information was contained in a letter sent to members of the Sovereign Order of the Knights of Malta in recent weeks by Riccardo Paternò di Montecupo, the Order’s Grand Chancellor and...

“Based on Biden’s publicly available health information, he seems to have no major issues.” “Carolyn Aldwin, a researcher at Oregon State University who looks at how stress affects the overall health and ageing, says she hasn’t seen (from a distance) any serious signs of stress in the President. “Biden is really competent in his job,” says Aldwin. He has gotten major legislation passed, and has put together one of the most comprehensive alliances with Ukraine, she notes.” Biden exercises five days a week. His morning exercise routine includes using the treadmill and weightlifting. David Reuben, a geriatric division chief at...

Join with fellow FREEPERS to pray for AMERICA: For those in Authority in Government, Family, Military, Business, Healthcare, Education, Churches, and the Media. I urge, then, first of all, that requests, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for everyone: for kings and all those in authority that we may live peaceful and quiet lives in all godliness and holiness. ~ 1 Timothy 2:1-2 Religion Forum Threads labeled [Prayer] are closed to debate of any kind. This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. 1 JOHN 5:14

FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried indicated Wednesday afternoon that he plans to speak during an upcoming New York Times summit. The New York Times’ yearly DealBook Summit is slated to take place Nov. 30 in New York City, according to the newspaper’s press release announcing it. On the webpage for the summit, the list of interviewees and speakers includes Bankman-Fried, New York City Mayor Eric Adams, BlackRock CEO Larry Fink, former Vice President Mike Pence, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and others.