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Populist Reconquest MEP Nicolas Bay has been stripped of his parliamentary immunity after allegations of “hate speech” over criticism of a mosque development in northern France.French MEP Nicolas Bay, a member of conservative writer Eric Zemmour’s Reconquest party, was stripped of his immunity by the European Parliament on Thursday after French authorities accused him of hate speech. The hate speech allegations date back to May of 2021 when Bay released a video on social media regarding the building of a mosque in the Normandy region. He is accused of linking the building of mosques to radical Islamic ideologies and to...

The law was already the third attempt to legalize assisted suicide in Portugal in the past two years.(LifeSiteNews) – The Portuguese Constitutional Court declared a law that introduced legal euthanasia unconstitutional. The court argued in its decision that “an intolerable lack of definition was thus created as to the exact scope of application of the new law.” It further stated that “the conditions under which medically assisted death is legally admissible must be ‘clear, foreseeable and controllable’ (Judgment No. 123/2021), and it is up to the legislator to define them in a way that is certain for all concerned.” The...

A Florida man was arrested for murder on Saturday after allegedly assaulting a couple in the parking lot of a Kentucky hotel then shooting and killing an employee, according to the McCracken County Sheriff's Office. In addition to first-degree murder, 55-year-old Robert Pannell was also charged with assault, wanton endangerment, disorderly conduct, menacing, and resisting arrest. Law enforcement officers were called to a Best Western hotel in southwestern Kentucky about an active shooter around 9:48 a.m. on Saturday morning. A Paducah police officer located Pannell in the parking lot and detained him, while a sheriff's deputy began searching the hotel...

The North American Aerospace Defense Command, or NORAD, will conduct an air defense exercise on Tuesday, February 14, between midnight and 2:30 a.m. EST, according to officials, around the Washington, D.C. area. The exercise on Tuesday will be headed by the Continental U.S. NORAD Region and aircraft will include F-16 fighter jets from NORAD, MH-65D Dolphin Helicopters from the U.S. Coast, C-12 aircraft from the U.S. Army and Cessna 182T aircraft from the Civil Air Patrol.

CLAIMS by the Archbishop of Canterbury to global Anglican leaders in Ghana that he was “threatened with parliamentary action” to “force same-sex marriage” on the Established Church of England, have been challenged as “playing with the full truth!”The Most Revd Justin Welby is currently speaking at the Anglican Consultative Council (ACC) meeting in Ghana, where over 110 representatives from over 40 Anglican provinces (national churches) are gathered. The significant event comes just days after the CofE’s General Synod voted to bring in prayers to ‘bless’ same sex unions and, to remove the ban on gay clergy in civil partnerships having...

(Singapore) The woman tried to contact the company in an attempt to get her money back, only for them to deny taking the money before becoming uncontactable. Here's why you should double-check your details the next time you transfer money to another bank account. That is, if you don't want to end up in the same predicament as this woman. According to a report in Shin Min Daily News on Friday (Feb 10), a woman, identified by her surname Huang, shared how she had accidentally transferred $2,888 to a florist instead of her savings account. She has not been able...

https://www.foxnews.com/us/south-florida-researchers-gps-fitted-possums-raccoons-capture-invasive-pythons-reports The Tampa Bay Times reported that a group of researchers has been watching raccoon and possum behavior on the edges of Crocodile National Wildlife Refuge, located nearly 40 miles south of Miami in Key Largo. Though it took a month for the researchers to locate the tracker as the snake moved in and out of Key Largo’s labyrinth of caves, when they did, they found a 12-foot-long, 66-pound female python full of egg follicles. Such a snake has the potential of laying 100 eggs, and capturing one and removing it from the ecosystem can prevent hundreds of future snakes...

(Singapore) Lim Shi Yue had dreamed of having her own nail salon for the longest time. So, one can imagine how excited she was when she finally found a suitable unit at Far East Plaza. Her dream, however, turned into a nightmare of sorts after this 29-year-old and her business partner said they lost over $20,000 in that venture. Lim told AsiaOne that she and her partner Barry Tay, 32, had come across an advertisement for the shop unit on Carousell in December. Excited about their find, they expressed their interest to the owner of that shop, a Thai woman...

Despite their popularity, these franchises have yet to hit the reset button for one reason or another.The '80s was a decade when major Hollywood studios began to realize they could bank a lot more by franchising successful movies into sequels and merchandise. Jaws and The Godfather had already begun to parlay box office smashes into sequels in the '70s, and by the mid-80s every blockbuster movie had us wondering when, not if, we would see at least a second installment. Still, many franchises suffered from diminishing returns in each successive sequel, with some reaching a fifth or sixth movie that...

Dr. Robert Malone: The real reason why the US gov’t is ending the national COVID emergenciesThe widely distributed and weaponized fear porn which has driven the gross over-reaction of governments and their citizens (all over the world) was not justified. In retrospect, the global COVIDcrisis agenda and response which has devastated global economies, enabled a massive upwards transfer of wealth, and has been exploited to justify imposition of ‘The Great Reset’ globalist agenda items cannot be justified as a credible and effective ‘public health’ response. (Robert Malone) — Finally, we may be seeing a winding down of U.S. federal government...

Our Troops Rock! Thank you for all you do! For the freedom you enjoyed yesterday... Thank the Veterans who served in The United States Armed Forces. Looking forward to tomorrow's freedom? Support The United States Armed Forces Today! ~ Hall of Heroes ~ Troy Scott "We have the world's largest, baddest army," said Major Troy Scott of the Army National Guard, while explaining how easily stereotypes against other nations' militaries can often arise. "But when you're building a coalition, you have to get past those obstacles." MAJ Scott's deployment to eastern Afghanistan in 2008- his first and for which...

Gov. Chris Sununu has launched a fundraising vehicle to solicit unlimited contributions from national donors, a key step as he pursues a potential presidential candidacy in 2024. Sununu first confirmed to NBC News Wednesday that he had formed the "Live Free or Die" committee, a 501(c)(4) organization that permits politicians to raise unlimited money without disclosing the donations. Former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley and former Vice President Mike Pence, who are also eyeing presidential runs, have already formed similar committees. Haley, the former Republican governor of South Carolina, is expected to formalize her run for president next week. [cut] “I’m...

Several YouTubers have emerged in the last year claiming to show life inside North Korea. They post talk about the World Cup, visit 4D cinemas, and eat ice cream. But a closer look reveals they're likely all connected to a state-linked media company in Pyongyang. Think of North Korean propaganda, and Ri Chun Hee, the granny state news anchor who blares praises of the regime on state TV, might come to mind. But the country appears to have been taking a new approach to communicating with the outside world, deploying a fresh generation of North Korean vloggers. Among them is...

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., argued Sunday that the downed Chinese spy balloon carrying sensors and surveillance equipment last weekend off the coast of South Carolina was an embarrassment and a "real setback" for the Communist country, even though the U.S. military has shot down two more unidentified aircraft in recent days. During an appearance on ABC’s "This Week," Schumer said he was confident with the Biden administration’s response to the Chinese spy flight program, which first came into focus when the U.S. military downed a surveillance balloon over the Atlantic Ocean after allowing it to drift over the...

Americans want corporations to drop their “woke” agendas and get back to focusing on their business, a new survey has revealed. Companies across the country are gearing up for an economic downturn by cutting costs and staff. However, CEOs might want to heed the rising voice of consumers who want them to focus on business rather than politics. According to a poll this week of more than 1,000 likely voters by the Trafalgar Group and Convention of States Action (COSA), nearly 80 percent said that, given the choice, they are more likely to buy from a company that is politically...

US Navy sailors used to be able to jump off of aircraft carrier flight decks. They could even climb up the anchor chains and jump off the anchor ... all in the name of FUN! But FUN and SAFETY needs to be balanced. That's why drinking rules for Navy sailors are a lot more strict than they were a few decades ago. Swim calls and steel beach parties are still popular activities for US Navy sailors, but the dangers that are involved in some of these activities, and how the Navy tries to mitigate them... Note: "The appearance of U.S....

[Catholic Caucus] Why Has the Vatican Ordered an Apostolic Visitation of the Diocese of Toulon?This week saw a new blow for the Diocese of Toulon-Fréjus, France’s greatest pole of attraction for priestly vocations today.In a Feb. 7 statement, the apostolic nunciature to France announced the decision of the Dicastery for Bishops “by mandate of Pope Francis,” to order an apostolic visitation of the diocese, which is located in the Var region of southeastern France. The brief statement advised the Vatican intervention follows from the observation of “a certain number” of unspecified difficulties, and is an extension of the November 2020...

A U.S. F-16 shot down another “unidentified object” in the Canadian airspace above Lake Huron on Feb. 12, 2023. This downing was announced by a congresswoman Rep. Elissa Slotkin on Twitter.

Germany has pledged more Gepard anti-aircraft tanks to Kyiv as Ukraine looks to fend off sustained drone attacks from Iranian-made unmanned aerial vehicles. On February 8, Andriy Yermak, the head of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky's office, said Ukraine had secured a new tranche of military aid from Germany, including more Gepards. Berlin will send an additional two Gepard, or "Cheetah," anti-aircraft guns, along with 6,000 rounds of ammunition, Yermak wrote on Telegram. In an updated tally as of Sunday, the German government has delivered 32 Gepard air defense systems to Ukraine, up from the previous figure of 30. A further...

Watching this, you have to wonder how big a mistake it was to steal her election - now you will see how popular she is across the country, not just in Arizona. Those who tried to stop her may just be wind in her sails. https://t.co/DwO7iaYXXP— Lara Logan (@laralogan) February 12, 2023WHAT A CROWD!! 🇺🇸 Iowa is FIRED UP!! 🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/99lbaIhAtb— Kari Lake (@KariLake) February 12, 2023