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“My life is fair game for anybody. “ said voluptuous actress Susan Hayward. She died on this date 48 years ago. “When you’re dead, you’re dead." she'd said. " It’s what you do when you are here that’s important. ”

Richard Quest, senior international business correspondent at CNN, warned on Monday of the economic consequences of the judicial reform being promoted by the Israeli government. Speaking to Channel 12 News, Quest said, “Let’s be quite clear about this: If these measures go forward as planned, there will be an effect. It will be felt. You cannot tinker around, undermine the foundations of a country’s unwritten constitution, based on practice and history, and not expect to have a result. It’s as simple as that.” He said that the effect will not be immediate but rather take place over time. “Over the...

THE VILLA OF TIBERIUS IS A ROMAN VILLA COMPLEX IN THE PRESENT-DAY TOWN OF SPERLONGA, LOCATED ON THE WESTERN COAST OF ITALY IN THE PROVINCE OF LATINA. The villa was first constructed during the Late Republican Era around 30 to 20 BC near to a large sea opening or grotto, for which “Spelunca” (Latin for cave or grotto) was named. Emperor Tiberius expanded the site during the 1st century AD to serve as his own personal retreat, enhanced with a gymnasium, Roman baths, terraces, private moorings, and several pools fed by natural springs and salt water from a coastal lake.

There is no risk to the Israeli economy. Experts say that. It's just that political oppononest (in a concensus) are saying "the sky is falling." This Government was clearly elected and it wants and can perform judicial reform... I don't want to 'rain on your parade...' he tells the lefty journalist. "But at the moment there is no danger". ___ Ariel Iluz: From an interview with CNN's senior commentator Richard Quest on the subject of economic reform and future dangers. May 13, 2023https://twitter.com/Ariel_iluz/status/1635364262070845441

Cancer therapy is limited by toxicity in normal cells and drug-resistance in cancer cells. In his latest review, Mikhail V. Blagosklonny, M.D., Ph.D., discusses the theory that cancer resistance to certain therapies can be exploited for protection of normal cells—simultaneously enabling the selective killing of resistant cancer cells by using antagonistic drug combinations, which include cytotoxic and protective drugs. "No cancer cell, no matter how resistant it is, can survive chemotherapy in a cell culture. In the organism, however, therapy of cancer is limited by killing or damaging normal cells. Selective protection of normal cells from chemotherapy would increase the...

Surgeons have shown a small technical change to keyhole surgery for prostate cancer can more than halve one of the most common post-operative complications—where lymphatic fluid collects in the pelvis. The technique involves creating a small flap in the peritoneum—the lining of the abdomen—and attaching this flap down into the pelvis. This creates a route for lymphatic fluid to escape from the pelvis into the abdomen where it can be more easily absorbed. Around 10 percent of patients whose prostate cancer and lymph nodes are removed through robot-assisted keyhole surgery require treatment for symptoms caused by lymphatic fluid collecting in...

CHINA used green lasers fired from satellites to gather intelligence for a surprise hypersonic missile attack on Hawaii, it has been warned. The satellite was recorded flashing lasers for a fraction of a second by a livestream camera attached to a telescope on top of a mountain on one of the islands.A live-fire launch of a Chinese hypersonic missile Credit: China Military Initially the lights were thought to come from a NASA satellite before it was finally established it was a Chinese pollution monitoring satellite the Daqi-1. But questions immediately began to be raised about why the Chinese would feel...

I am not a major consumer of financial news. I have a sense of how the economy works, in broad strokes, but as for the specifics of how particular sectors of the economy are doing at any one time, and what is happening at individual companies, I just am not up to speed.In general, I rely, as most people do, on the reporting we get from the media. How else are average people supposed to get information? Pour through the financials of corporations and try to put together a patched-together picture of the whole? Not going to happen.I let others...

Roger Murphey, a former St. Louis homicide detective who was on the force for 26 years, accused George Soros-backed district attorney, Kimberly Gardner, of putting him on the notorious “exclusion list,” preventing him from being involved in certain criminal justice proceedings. Murphey hung up his shield in 2021, two years after he found out he was put on the list. He told Fox News Digital in an interview that he felt like a sitting duck. Since he was on the blacklist, he would have to ask other officers to file his paperwork with Gardner’s office, including arrest and search warrants...

As we’ve long known, California is a national leader in many categories. It has the highest population (at least for now) and the largest number of homeless people. It’s also the most heavily taxed state at 13.3%. California is a prominent leader in retail theft and other crimes. But what many of us probably don’t realize is that the Golden State is also a leader in another category. Californians are the biggest bunch of cheapskates in the country, at least when it comes to tipping the wait staff at bars and restaurants. Or at least that’s the implication in a...

Former President Donald Trump’s new debut single with the J6 Prison Choir, “Justice for All,” has surpassed career musicians like Miley Cyrus, Tim McGraw, and Morgan Wallen on the iTunes charts as of Saturday. Released in early March, the song is a tribute to the prisoners of the January 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol. It includes roughly 20 prisoners singing the national anthem and a recitation of the pledge of allegiance by former President Trump. The ending of the song includes the prisoners chanting, “USA!”“J6 Prison Choir consists of individuals who have been incarcerated as a result of their...

ROBIN WEINEREarlier this month we learned that California’s ruinously expensive bullet train system had gone up in price once again. The full system is now expected to cost $128 billion and that’s if it’s completed sometime in 2040. The other bad news about the bullet train was just as worrisome. A new estimate of anticipated ridership for the finished system showed a drop of about 25%.Declining ridership isn’t just a problem for the rail system of the distant future. It’s also a huge problem for systems that already exist and none has been hit quite as bad as BART, the...

...Had Congress and the Federal Reserve not rolled back the stricter oversight, S.V.B. and Signature would have been subject to stronger liquidity and capital requirements to withstand financial shocks. They would have been required to conduct regular stress tests to expose their vulnerabilities and shore up their businesses. But because those requirements were repealed, when an old-fashioned bank run hit S.V.B‌., the‌ bank couldn’t withstand the pressure — and Signature’s collapse was close behind. On Sunday night, regulators announced they would ensure that all deposits at S.V.B. and Signature would be repaid 100 cents on the dollar. Not just small...

As Democrat-run cities across America continue to descend into criminal chaos, the nation’s largest city is hemorrhaging police officers.In an exclusive story last week, The New York Post published data that shows New York City (NYC) police officers are resigning from their duties at a shocking rate. Police Benevolent Association President Patrick Lynch called it a “staffing emergency” that is “approaching the point of no return.”The statistics show a 117% increase in retiring officers since 2021.The shocking stats show 239 officers tapped out in January and February, a 36% spike from the 176 who fled in the same period last...

Things have been rocky on the economic front since Silicon Valley Bank collapsed on Friday. Known for its focus on ESG and DEI, the demise of SVB marked the second-largest bank collapse in US history. That has faith in the banking system at levels not seen since 2008. It also has the government bailing out millionaires and billionaires again.Isn’t Joe Biden doing such a great job?But I digress, there’s another man who has found himself at the center of discussions in the midst of all the chaos. That would be Jim Cramer of CNBC. The “Mad Money” host has a...

Not only have the FBI and the Energy Department concluded that the Wuhan Institute of Virology brought us COVID, but a new CBS News report shows that the U.S. may have made double payments for research projects through the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID).Diane Cutler, a former federal investigator with a lengthy career fighting healthcare fraud, was hired by Senator Roger Marshall (R-KS) to investigate, and what she found was troubling:What I’ve found so far is evidence that points to double billing, potential theft of government funds. It is concerning, especially since...

Bones, ancient grooming tools, even gold – these are all things you might expect to find if you go poking around an Iron Age burial site. What you might not expect to find is your new favorite tipple. But, back in 2016, archaeologists were stunned to uncover a 2,500-year-old cauldron that contained the remnants of an ancient alcoholic beverage.Project lead Bettina Arnold, from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, was investigating a burial mound – called a tumulus – dating back to between 400 and 450 BCE, when she and her team came across what appeared to be a bronze cauldron. But...

The past few weeks has proven that the freedom of speech enshrined under the First Amendment is under assault by our government. Independent Journalists Matt Taibbi and Michael Schellenberger‘s March 9 testimony before the House Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government revealed just how determined Democrats in Congress are in silencing any speech that they do not agree with and any platform that chooses to disseminate said speech. Both Taibbi and Schellenberger are progressive Democrats who voted for Joe Biden. Yet, because they hold the First Amendment and truth as a higher standard than political agendas and...

Former acting Director of National Intelligence and Ambassador Ric Grenell joined Lou Dobbs podcast recently to discuss the COVID-19 coverup. Ric told Lou that every single intelligence agency signed off on a statement back on April 30th of 2020 declaring China was responsible for the Covid pandemic. The intel agencies agreed that the virus originated in the Wuhan Virology Lab. Grenell goes on to say, “There was a cover-up.” According to Grenell: The Sec. of Energy recently came out with a statement that the Covid virus originated in the Wuhan laboratory, but we already knew that. Why make the statement...

Joe Pepitone, the former Yankee known as much for his outlandish personality as his baseball career, died on Monday at 82, the team announced. “The Yankees are deeply saddened by the passing of former Yankee Joe Pepitone, whose playful and charismatic personality and on-field contributions made him a favorite of generations of Yankees fans even beyond his years with the team in the 1960s,” the team said in a statement. Pepitone, a Brooklyn native who was shot by a classmate in 1957, signed with the Yankees a year later and made his MLB debut with the organization in 1962.