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A food influencer is sparking mixed reviews online after demonstrating how he makes pizza in a hotel bathroom in a TikTok tutorial with 1.8 million views. “Add seasonings to cover up the taste of bathroom,” says the TikToker who goes by Barfly in his pie-in-the-sky instructional. The TikTok cook specializes in MacGyvering up food in oft kitchen-less hotel rooms: grilling steak with an iron, using a toaster as a miniature chicken griddle and other hotel hacks like a gastronomic Bear Grylls. In his latest — and perhaps most questionable — shortcut, the “iron” chef decides to make pizza in the...

At yesterday’s White House press briefing, Fox News’ Peter Doocy tried to get some answers from Karine Jean-Pierre about why the Biden administration was willing to turn over Viktor Bout, a terrorist arms dealer colloquially known as “The Merchant of Death,” over to Russia in exchange for WNBA player Brittney Griner. Jean-Pierre didn’t provide any satisfactory answers (and ultimately grabbed her binder and fled from the podium). Well, on day 2 of questions about the problematic prisoner swap, Jean-Pierre’s still giving terrible answers to valid and important questions: Jean-Pierre: "We knew about a week or two ago that there was...

Raymond McGovern is a former Central Intelligence Agency officer turned political activist. McGovern was a CIA analyst from 1963 to 1990, and in the 1980s chaired National Intelligence Estimates and prepared the President's Daily Brief.

'The government is making it as difficult as possible to be compensated for the damages caused by the vaccine'As he prepares to depart Congress, Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Texas) urges Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish a Vaccine Injury Table, as required by law. In a statement issued exclusively to The Epoch Times, Gohmert said: “It is asinine that despite the fact that our government and pharmaceutical companies fast-tracked the production of an experimental vaccine and forced millions of Americans to take it or risk losing their jobs or freedom, that a vaccine injury table disclosing known side effects of...

Here’s a Waffle House fight video that’s not really about the fight. It’s about the guy who just doesn’t care. This man is a true Waffle House OG. He just smiles as a fight breaks out behind him at a Jacksonville Waffle House. Dude just gonna enjoy his grits. And is that the 2 pork chop side? I think this guy is ordering off the menu. And who is yelling for security? Does Waffle House have security? I thought the employees were in charge of the fights? And a word of caution if you’re at work or the kids are...

Last week, the employment news was all about how payrolls increased by 269,000 jobs and blew past expectations. Yet, when we looked at the actual number of employed persons, it turned out that the number of employed people has gone down in recent months. At 158.4 million, total employment is still nearly 400,000 workers below where it was before the Covid Panic of 2020. Those who support the everything-is-great narrative have responded to the unimpressive employed-workers numbers by dismissing them as a result of workers retiring and other demographic changes. These explanations, however, require that we ignore the fact that...

Tina Turner's son Ronnie Turner has died. He was 62 years old. Ronnie's death was confirmed by his mother on her Instagram account. "Ronnie, you left the world far too early," the musician wrote. "In sorrow I close my eyes and think of you, my beloved son." Ronnie's wife Afida Turner also confirmed the news on Instagram. The French singer shared photos of her family in a carousel post with her statement. "I did the best to the end this time I was no[t] able to save you. Love you for... 17 years this is very very very bad and...

Robert Hoagland was last seen in July 2013. Nearly 10 years later his body was found in Rock Hill, New York, where he apparently lived under the name Richard King, police said.A man who vanished from Connecticut nearly 10 years ago and whose high-profile disappearance was featured on television has been found dead in upstate New York, where he apparently lived under a different name. Robert Hoagland was last seen the morning of July 28, 2013, at a gas station in Newtown, Connecticut, local police said. The next day, police were called to check on him after he failed to...

Documentary filmmaker Alexandra Pelosi, the daughter of Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), opens up about the impact of the violent attack against her father and the “emotional scars” it left behind in a forthcoming interview with CBS News. “He is getting better every day. Thank you for asking,” she told CBS’s John Dickerson in an excerpt released on Friday. “The scars are healing. I mean, he looks like Frankenstein. The scars are healing, but I think the emotional scars, I don’t know if those ever heal.”

Brittney Griner is on her way back to the US, where she owns a 3,000-square-foot property in sunny Arizona. When she gets there, after an evaluation at Brooke Army Medical Center in Texas, the WNBA star’s home will be a far cry from where she was imprisoned – in a Russian penal colony known for harsh conditions. Griner’s property, located in Phoenix, was newly built in 2018 when she purchased it for $475,000, records obtained by The Post show.

PORTLAND, Ore. — Both the Oregon Health Authority (OHA) and Clark County health officials are now 'urging' people to wear masks indoors following high levels of respiratory virus cases. The flu season has been noted to have started much earlier this year, and hospitals are quickly exceeding patient capacity from RSV intakes. And, of course, COVID remains an ever-present problem. Multiple hospitals have entered crisis mode as they struggle to manage demands for adult and pediatric care. The surge prompted a stark warning from Portland-area physicians on Thursday, who have experienced, first-hand, how patients and the state’s healthcare system have...

The fraught rapper seemingly came out with a new album on Friday, titled “I Admit It,” while he was still incarcerated for federal sex crimes — although it’s unclear who is actually behind the release. Sony Music Entertainment’s Legacy Recordings declined to comment when contacted by The Post; however, an insider said that it was not a release from the label. TMZ similarly reported that a Sony Music source said it appears to be a “bootleg” album. SNIP It’s still unclear who dropped the album and how, but the new release is going viral for including three tracks addressing the...

CARACAS — The vice president of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) and alleged drug lord Diosdado Cabello accused the United States on Wednesday of being behind the impeachment and arrest of Peru’s far-left president Pedro Castillo. Police arrested Castillo on Wednesday after he unsuccessfully attempted to stage a coup in his country on Wednesday by unconstitutionally dissolving Congress and the court system. Rather than execute his orders, the police arrested Castillo, and Congress impeached him out of power.

by Becca London | RNNIf it wasn't already clear what a weak surrender - and strategically-dangerous move - was Joe Biden's sending back a jailed Russian arms dealer to the Kremlin in exchange for pothead, America-hating WNBA player Brittney Griner, a stunning video clip from Russian TV makes it that much clearer. To recap, Biden freed the imprisoned "Merchant of Death" Viktor Bout - the most notorious arms dealer in history - to Russia for Griner, but left an American Marine hero Paul Whelan in a brutal Russian jail, where he was thrown after being railroaded on a fake "espionage"...

A plus-size mom claims she was harassed last month by a man on a dating app with self-proclaimed “above average” looks and “high values.” “It was so ridiculous that it was comical,” Krista Brown told Kennedy News. Brown, 36, said she downloaded the Christian dating app Plenty of Fish in November after being single for three years. She was unprepared for the cringeworthy communications she said she received from a match who turned out to be a mismatch.

Huh, now why do you think NBC would pull their own bombshell? You’d THINK if they had a bombshell like this, that Biden could have choosen between Brittney Griner and Paul Whelan, this would be a big story. But then again, if their main goal is to do the bidding of the Democratic Party, and by default, the Biden White House, we suppose the bombshell isn’t worth having to them. Which should be weird but sadly … it’s not. Take a look at this: NBC had a bombshell report that Russia offered America Brittney Griner OR Paul Whelan, citing a...

There's been an epic upset at the World Cup in Qatar. Croatia beat tournament favorite and #1 world ranked Brazil 1-1 (4-2) in a gut-wrenching penalty kick shootout. Croatian goalkeeper Dominik Livaković, who blocked three shots in an earlier shootout with Japan, blocked the first kick, by Brazilian forward Rodrygo. From there, Croatia was successful on four straight shots. When veteran defender Marquinhos stepped up for Brazil's fourth attempt, he needed to convert or the match was over. His shot hit the left post, and the Croatian team erupted in joy. Meanwhile, Brazilian fans clad in the team's iconic yellow...

Joy Behar told her co-hosts Friday on ABC’s “The View” that all Republicans do was “hang out with Nazis and white supremacists.” Behar said, “So Democrats didn’t get to enjoy their Senate victory for very long because this morning, Kyrsten Sinema announced that for her, the party’s over.” She continued, “It is an interesting thing she is going through in her head. It’s like this party has nothing. They have no platform, nothing. All they do is hang out with Nazis and white supremacists. The other party is actually doing something for people like us, for working families, for gay...

The Bottom Line Kids eat bugs all the time. Few if any symptoms are likely to occur. In fact, insects form a regular part of the diet for many human cultures. Though most ingestions of edible insects tend to be harmless, people who have shellfish allergies should avoid eating insects due to the potential for cross-reactivity My child just ate a beetle." "I think I swallowed a stinkbug." "My kids were eating ants." Poison Control answers LOTS of calls about people who swallow insects of all kinds. Callers don't know whether to be worried, disgusted, or (sometimes) amused. If you're...

It was summer 2020 and John Hollis, a publicist at George Mason University, was asking a scientist about his research on COVID-19 antibodies, when the scientist turned the tables. The scientist, Lance Liotta, asked his own question: Would Hollis like to join the study as a subject? Less than a week later, Liotta was standing with his staff fixated on the computer screen of his lab assistant, marveling at the numbers representing Hollis’s blood sample. Liotta marched back to his office to call Hollis. “He says, ‘Are you sitting down?’” Hollis recalls. “‘Because not only did you have COVID, and...