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The social media views just aren't worth it.Japanese restaurants have had enough with so-called "sushi terrorism." On Wednesday, Osaka prefectural police announced the arrests of Ryu Shimazu and Toshihide Oka, two men who posted their recent antics to social media. The video shows them eating pickled ginger from a communal container with personal chopsticks at a local Yoshinoya, the Associated Press reported. The men openly confessed to their crimes, stating they wanted to make people laugh as they joined in on the hashtag "#寿司テロ," which translates to "sushi terror." As Business Insider explained, the trend involves pranksters visiting popular conveyor...

Yale Law & Policy Review Vol. 18:225, 2000 Page 226 One such area is election law offenses. Congress has defined as misdemeanors an entire array of "garden-variety" campaign finance violations such as contributions exceeding legal limits, contributions using corporate or labor union funds, contributions by foreign nationals, and straw contributions in the name of another. The Congressional definition of criminal election law offenses as misdemeanors challenges federal prosecutors to find a way to punish offenders with something more than "wrist slap" penalties. Page 228 This practice of "turning misdemeanors into felonies" merits skepticism and close scrutiny. How federal prosecutors employ...

North Carolina State Representative Tricia Cotham shares why she is switching to the Republican Party and tells Cavuto how her critics began attacking her family, criticizing her invocation of Jesus, and called for her resignation. #foxnews #yourworld

Crime Drama, Mystery Thriller | Film-Noir | Full Length Film A teenage boy suspects that the man who is wooing his widowed mother has ulterior motives.Director: Edgar G. Ulmer Writers: Adele Comandini, Fritz Rotter Stars: Jimmy Lydon, Sally Eilers, Warren William Genre: Film Noir, Classics, Drama, Crime, Thriller, Mystery & Suspense

A missing Japanese army helicopter carrying 10 crew members is believed to have crashed into the sea off a southern island after objects appearing to be aircraft parts were spotted in the area, an official said Thursday. The UH-60JA Black Hawk helicopter disappeared from radar on Thursday afternoon while on a reconnaissance mission north of Miyako island, the head of the Ground Self Defense Force, Yasunori Morishita, said at a news conference. Debris believed to be aircraft parts was spotted in the area, about 1,800 kilometers (1,120 miles) southwest of Tokyo, he said.

Tennessee lawmakers on Thursday voted to expel at least one Democratic state representative over his participation in a gun control demonstration during which a trio of Democrats interrupted the floor session and used a bullhorn to lead supporters outside in chants. The chamber voted to oust state Rep. Justin Jones of Nashville, who disrupted the proceedings alongside Reps. Gloria Johnson and Justin Pearson of Knoxville and Memphis, respectively. Jones was expelled in a 72-25 vote. Lawmakers needed 66 to remove him, according to the Tennessean. Before his ouster, Jones warned that such a move would backfire on Republicans, "Your overreaction,...

A pivotal album for Bobbie Gentry, ‘Fancy’ caused controversy but found the country icon reconnecting with her songwriting muse.The year is 1969. Rick Hall, maverick record producer and owner of the FAME studio in Muscle Shoals, is working with Bobbie Gentry for the first time. He asks her: could she write a song for this new album – which would be released, in April 1970, as Fancy – to compare with “Ode To Billie Joe”? “I don’t know, Rick, but I’ll try,” Bobbie replies. Two weeks later, she presented “Fancy” to him. It certainly did live up to “Ode To...

Dominion Energy (NYSE:D) and National Grid (NYSE:NGG) are weighing potential sales of parts of their U.S. natural gas pipeline networks, The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday. Dominion (D) reportedly is considering selling its gas distribution companies serving North Carolina, Ohio and parts of the western U.S., which could be worth as much as $13B, although the assets are unlikely to be sold all together. Meanwhile, National Grid (NGG) is said to be exploring a possible sale of part of its pipeline network serving the northeastern U.S., where lawmakers want to curtail the use of fossil fuels, according to the WSJ...

On Wednesday, Democrat Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham signed S.B. 13, sponsored by Sen. Linda Lopez (D-Albuquerque), which bans the extradition of criminal abortionists and the sharing of information regarding such criminals with other states. The governor was joined by the sponsor and late-term abortion doctor Eve Espey of UNM School of Medicine at the bill signing. Section 4 of the legislation reads, “It shall be a violation of the Reproductive and Gender-Affirming Health Care Protection Act to request from a third party, or for a third party to transmit information related to an individual’s or entity’s protected health care activity...

We shouldn't be surprised to see China and Taiwan in the news suddenly, whether as a distraction from Biden's criminal enterprises or because we are distracted by persecution of Trump. Either way, the matter is serious and poses the key question: Which do and will Americans pick? Cheap Chinese Products or Defend Taiwan. We cannot do both.

On Monday, March 27, 2023, Anh Colton was arrested in her driveway in Santa Clara County, California. The reason. She ran for Sheriff. Yes. A year earlier, in the June 7, 2022, California primary election, she ran for Sheriff. You see, Anh has no law enforcement experience according to the District Attorney’s Office. And there is a law in California which states that if you do not have either experience as an officer or a certificate of qualification, then you can not run for sheriff (California Government Code Section 24004.3). This law came about after, Michael Hennessey, a private citizen...

Anew peanut allergy treatment based on mRNA could potentially lead to therapies that prevent all types of allergies — and maybe even reverse autoimmune conditions like type 1 diabetes. The challenge: Our immune system helps us stay healthy by attacking foreign invaders, such as disease-causing viruses and bacteria. Sometimes, it attacks harmless invaders, too — this is what’s happening when a person experiences an allergic reaction to something typically benign. Peanuts are one of the most common allergens — an estimated 1 in 50 children is allergic to the legumes, and while some experience only mild reactions, such as hives...

The IRS hopes to increase tax audits on the wealthiest taxpayers tenfold under the Biden administration’s plan for the agency, according to a senior administration official and the IRS’s new strategic operating plan. IRS and Treasury Department officials said Thursday that they will use $80 billion in new funding for the tax service to claw back unpaid balances from high-income earners and complex businesses — restoring audits on those taxpayers to higher rates from more than a decade ago — and boost customer service resources for middle- and low-income tax filers. The agency plans to digitize its tax-processing pipeline and...

VIDEO Many liberals are currently scratching their heads over why Alvin Bragg's laughably WEAK indictment of President Donald Trump was the first such case. One big reason for their puzzlement is they believe such a pathetic case could undermine the other cases against Trump which they believe are much stronger. However, one of America's top lawyers, Robert Barnes, has a theory as to why the Bragg indictment was first. Namely that it is actually the STRONGEST of the cases. In other words despite Bragg's widely mocked case that almost all legal experts believe is a joke, it is the BEST...

The root of all nation-destroying evil is the megalomaniacal abuse of power. In the United States of 2023, no two people personify that more than ninety-two-year-old George Soros and eighty-year-old Joe Biden, who are essentially working in tandem to destroy the United States as founded. George Soros, despite being someone who saw first-hand the death and destruction wrought by a megalomaniac in World War II, has become one in his single-minded determination to be the man who reshaped the United States into a Marxist/socialist one-party nation and permanently uprooted the Judeo-Christian foundation of American society. To achieve this end, Soros...

Ukraine may be ready to negotiate Crimea once its forces launch a counter-offensive and reach the border of the Russian-occupied peninsula, an adviser to Volodymyr Zelensky said. Andriy Sybiha, deputy head of the president’s office, said Kyiv could soon be “ready” to enter talks, in an interview with the Financial Times published Thursday. “If we will succeed in achieving our strategic goals on the battlefield and when we will be on the administrative border with Crimea, we are ready to open [a] diplomatic page to discuss this issue,” Sybiha said, referencing Kyiv’s highly anticipated counterattack to regain territory in the...

Stormy Daniels had been eagerly awaiting the unprecedented moment Donald Trump was “dethroned” when he was forced to go before a Manhattan judge and answer to criminal charges this week — but the porn star says the sight of the ex-prez sitting in court was just “anti-climactic.” Trump, 76, pleaded not guilty in Manhattan Supreme Court on Tuesday to 34 charges tied, in part, to a $130,000 hush-money payout made to Daniels in the lead-up to the 2016 election. “At first I thought I’d be really excited, you know, I thought when that date came because like I didn’t think...

A drive-in favorite, this sci-fi classic follows teenagers Steve (Steven McQueen) and his best girl, Jane (Aneta Corseaut), as they try to protect their hometown from a gelatinous alien life form .

Gaia Black Holes The location of the first two black holes discovered by ESA’s Gaia mission in the Milky Way. This map of our galaxy was also made by the Gaia mission. Gaia Black Hole 1 is located just 1560 light-years away from us in the direction of the constellation Ophiuchus and Gaia Black Hole 2 is 3800 light-years away in the constellation Centaurus. In galactic terms, these black holes reside in our cosmic backyard. Credit: ESA/Gaia/DPAC; CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO ESA’s Gaia mission has helped discover a new kind of black hole. The new family already has two members,...

NEW YORK, NY — A local man being robbed at gunpoint on the subway expressed relief that prosecutors are hard at work attempting to bring President Donald Trump to justice on charges of falsifying business records. "It definitely gives me peace of mind to know that they're focusing on Trump," said Jim Hargrave after handing over his wallet, car keys, and watch to a masked mugger who pointed a gun in his face. "With them going so hard after Donald Trump on what seem to be really insignificant charges, it really keeps the citizens of this city safe. You know,...