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WASHINGTON – A former top intelligence official who signed on to a letter attacking The Post’s bombshell 2020 reporting on Hunter Biden’s laptop as Russian disinformation has now admitted he knew a “significant portion” of the recovered files “had to be real” – but doesn’t regret dismissing the exposé. ... The Oct. 19 letter — whose signatories included former Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, former Director of National intelligence James Clapper, and former CIA Director John Brennan — went out of its way to cast doubt on the legitimacy of The Post’s scoop, devoting five paragraphs to explaining “factors that make...

Switzerland's veto on the delivery of anti-aircraft ammunition to Ukraine has raised security policy issues and caused irritation in Berlin. A German armaments company reacts - and builds up new capacities. Rheinmetall is setting up an extensive new ammunition production facility in Germany with the aim of supplying the Bundeswehr independently. The systems for so-called medium-caliber ammunition should be ready in January, the armaments company confirmed on request. Previously, there had been political anger in Berlin over the Swiss veto on ammunition deliveries from Germany to Ukraine. The export of old stocks of the weapon material needed for the anti-aircraft...

The famous American work ethic helped the United States become the economic superpower of the 20th century. But experts warn the decision to prioritize careers over families has set the country on an irreversible path to economic destruction. The reason? People do not have enough children anymore. A baby boom in the mid-20th century saw the average woman give birth to between three and four children. Today, just 1.6 children - the lowest level recorded since data was first tracked in 1800. This could lead to economic devastation in America down the line - as the federal government would need...

Mark 2:18-22 Friends, in today’s Gospel, the Lord says his disciples do not fast because God is holding a great wedding banquet. You find the theme of the wedding throughout the Old Testament as a motif to express God’s covenant with his people. We’ve fallen apart in sin. We’ve gone into exile. And what does God want? He wants to call us back to a great wedding banquet.Throughout the ministry of Jesus you find that same motif: he will gather the scattered tribes—yes, the elite, but also the sinners and the outcasts. All are welcome around the table of the...

The Los Angeles County Public Works Department announced Monday that more than 33 billion gallons of stormwater have been captured in the early months of the California winter storm season. It will be used as drinking water and is enough to supply 816,000 people with enough water for an entire year, according to Los Angeles County Public Works Director Mark Pestrella.

[H/T grey_whiskers]For starters...Jessica Rose Nov 19, 2022As most of you know, me and a bunch of other people are monitoring VAERS data very closely week-by-week. This week (11.18.22), the first thing I noticed was that the Foreign data set was less than a fraction of the size it was last week (11.11.22): down from 283.51 MB to 96.81 MB. There is a disclaimer under the VAERS data that states the following, so this is not mistake. Figure 1: https://vaers.hhs.gov/data/datasets.htmlI decided to process the data as I always do on Fridays.The first thing I do when I analyze the VAERS data...

Two American medical doctors and a researcher wrote a study picking apart the methodology and key conclusions of two famous Dutch studies that are foundational to the development of modern gender medicine. The Dutch studies, published in 2011 and 2015 in the Journal of Sexual Medicine and Pediatrics, respectively, by Dutch medical doctor Annelou de Vries and two teams of researchers in the Netherlands, tracked dozens of adolescents as they underwent puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones and surgeries and concluded that patients’ mental health and well-being improved; both studies were used as evidence in support of childhood cross-sex medical interventions and...

Jack Posobiec 🇺🇸 @JackPosobiec They’re lying, the Secret Service obviously has visitor logs 2:45 PM · Jan 16, 2023

The Boeing 737 and 777 came within 1,000 feet of a collision on the groundThe FAA and the National Transportation Safety Board are investigating an incident at John F. Kennedy International Airport that happened Friday night when a Boeing 777 taxied in front of a departing Boeing 737-900.The 737 was operated by Delta Air Lines, the 777 by American Airlines.According to the FAA, air traffic controllers “noticed another aircraft crossing the runway in front of the departing jetliner” and canceled the aircraft’s takeoff clearance.The statement continues, “Delta Air Lines Flight 1943 stopped its takeoff roll approximately 1,000 feet before reaching...

Cardinal Pell and the ‘Demos’ MemorandumNEWS ANALYSIS: Whether or not the Australian cardinal wrote it himself, the text is a strong rebuke of the current pontificate and its style reflects the late prelate’s forthright personality. VATICAN CITY — A text is being attributed to the late Cardinal George Pell that summarizes deep concerns he and many others in Rome have had about the current crisis in the Church and the direction of this pontificate. Last March during Lent, the veteran Italian Vaticanist Sandro Magister published the text and described it as a “memorandum” circulated to cardinal electors and pseudonymously...

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Viewers loved the reactions from Welsh nans as they watched him complete the challengeA well-known YouTuber and competitive eater has broken a never-been-done-before mixed grill challenge. Adam Moran, better known as BeardMeatsFood, took on The Mountain Air's 'The Mount Mixed Grill Challenge' in Tredegar, it costs £59.99, or free if you can finish it within an hour. The mighty mixed grill includes 16oz of steak, 16oz of gammon, two chicken breasts, four pork steaks, two lamb chops, four jumbo sausages, four fried eggs, garden peas, onion rings and chips - enough to give anyone the meat sweats. This isn't Adam's...

Rebecca Press, 31, denies the murder of Richard Marc Ash, 57, who was found unresponsive at a house in New Tredegar in July last yearA woman allegedly plunged a knife into the chest of a man when he intervened after she headbutted her own mother following a day drinking and having taken drugs. Rebecca Press, 31, is charged with the murder of Richard Marc Ash, 57, who was found unresponsive at an address in Elliot's Town, New Tredegar, at 12.40am on July 17 last year. A jury at Cardiff Crown Court was told Mr Ash was a neighbour and friend...

When Covid-19 first struck North Carolina nearly three years ago, Governor Roy Cooper responded with a series of executive orders that closed or limited the operations of schools, businesses, public amenities, and even churches. Cooper’s attempt to regulate worship services didn’t survive legal challenge, but most of his other pandemic policies stayed in place for quite a long time — and were often stricter than the policies enforced in nearby states. You may believe the governor’s approach was wise. . . .

While political speech is heavily censored in China, everyday social speech is now curtailed by pervasive taboos in Anglo-American societiesIn the often hilariously insightful TV series Silicon Valley, a horrified tech start-up owner told his Chinese-born and culturally maladaptive programmer to put out his cigarette at the office of a venture capital boss. “Jian Yang, we are not as free as you were, here in America!” In mainland China, and increasingly in Hong Kong, you would likely get into trouble if you publicly challenge the legitimacy of the Chinese Communist Party or the central government. In Western societies, you can...

On Wednesday it was revealed that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s government is prepping to participate in January’s World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, and that the Ukrainian leader is in talks with BlackRock CEO Larry Fink regarding rebuilding efforts following the war with Russia.

After the new owner of Miss Universe declared a ‘new era’ for the world-famous beauty pageant where transgender people would lead “women’s empowerment,” the competition becomes the latest American tradition facing complete destruction at the hands of the ‘woke’ mob. Biological male Anne Jakkaphong Jakrajutatip, the biggest shareholder and CEO of JKN Global Group Public Company Limited, bought the organization for $20 million in 2022 from Endeavor’s IMG.

Dead whales are appearing on the Eastern Shores near the offshore clean energy wind turbines. To turn a "Debbie Downer" situation into a "Win - Win" situation, mob boss and NJ Gov. Murphy and Acting Human NY Gov. Hokum, have have hired snake oil salesman and Global Warming Grifter Al Gore to turn the situation around. Al has petitioned and offered the International Whaling Commission financial incentives (bribes) to count the Eastern Shore dead whales against the whale quotas of Japan, China and the Alaskan natives. Each year those groups get a quota of whales to kill. They could easily...

Far-left pro-abortion legislators are chomping at the bit to ram through even more pro-abortion legislation, although New Mexico has effectively already legalized abortion up to birth and infanticide with no protections whatsoever for women, babies, or medical professionals. Despite the extremist anti-life agenda seeping through New Mexico via repeals of health protections for pregnant women and killing the terminally ill via cocktails of lethal unproven drugs, the far-left Democrats want even more of the life-ending policies. Rep. Linda Serrato (D-Santa Fe) and Sen. Linda Lopez (D-Bernalillo) are planning on “codifying” abortion up to birth and infanticide into state law after...

Texas Democrat Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee introduced a bill to combat "White supremacy" by criminalizing certain forms of hate speech. After the ill-fated attempt by the Biden administration to monitor Americans' speech online, Jackson Lee introduced the Leading Against White Supremacy Act of 2023 to assign criminal punishment for certain forms of hate speech. The bill's language is broad and could result in people facing criminal charges for sharing hateful content, including on social media.