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WASHINGTON — The FBI “verified” the authenticity of Hunter Biden’s abandoned laptop in November 2019 and a federal computer expert assessed “it was not manipulated in any way,” IRS supervisory agent Gary Shapley told Congress in explosive testimony released Thursday. Investigators probing President Biden’s son for tax fraud and other crimes were not given full access to the laptop’s contents, however, Shapley told the House Ways and Means Committee during his May 26 deposition. “The computer guy said that they could do a CSV list that shows when everything was created … the whole discussion was about can we rely...

This article discusses the German-made Leopard 2 main battle tank, its technical abilities, some combat applications, and tactics with the latest combat in Southern Ukraine (Zaporozhe region). Leopard 2, especially the latest widely deployed version Leopard 2A6, is a formidable fighting machine. By many parameters, it is considered the finest tank in the West even the US-made Abrams has more combat experience and killed the enemy armor in battle. Leopard 2 has the optimal balance between firepower, protection, and mobility. Firepower is presented with a formidable 120 mm cannon with a superior fire control system, mobility is based on a...

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"But he answered and said, It is not meet to take the children's bread, and to cast it to dogs. And she said, Truth, Lord: yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their masters' table. "Then Jesus answered and said unto her, O woman, great is thy faith: be it unto thee even as thou wilt. And her daughter was made whole from that very hour." "So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time without sin unto salvation." Matthew, Chapter 15...

If there is any one indicator that those comprising the political establishment are nothing more than self-interested wannabe celebrities, you’d be hard-pressed to determine whether it is their over-the-top infatuation with big time actors and reality television personalities, or their devotion to the high life, despite their failure to legitimately earn it. Nearly two months ago, an organization called Global Citizen held a ritzy, star-studded anti-poverty function in New York City, an event at which Canada’s Justin Trudeau can be seen next to Hollywood heavyweight Hugh Jackman in an embarrassing display of fanboy-ism ... When you see an aging has-been...

SNIP But Hawkins has a new, more ambitious goal: she wants to make abortion unthinkable and unavailable across the US. In the year after Roe was overturned, Hawkins has gone into overdrive, growing the size and reach of SFLA and using that power to push state legislatures to pass increasingly severe bans. "That's the momentum thing, right? Like, ok, all of America is watching, push the gas pedal down on everything, right now," she said. "More, more, more, more, more." Hawkins, now 38, is bolder and more unyielding than her predecessors, reflective of a new generation of activists moving towards...

'Twas a summer's day and the waves were rippled By a soft and gentle breeze, When a ship set sail with a cargo ladened For a port beyond the sea.There were fond farewells, loving demonstrations By the ones who were most concerned. Though they little knew 'twas the fatal voyage Of the ship that never returned.Did she ever return? No, she never returned, And her fate is yet unlearned. Though for years and years there were fond hearts watching For the ship that never returned.Said the feeble lad to his anxious mother, "l must cross the deep blue sea, For...

Moderna (MRNA.O) said on Thursday it has completed the submission of a regulatory application to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for its updated COVID-19 vaccine to target subvariant XBB.1.5. The company said preliminary clinical data demonstrated a robust immune response by its XBB.1.5 monovalent vaccine against XBB descendent lineage viruses.

One of the issues being promoted by a rising belief system of theology is that a pre-tribulation Rapture of the church is not Bible truth. It is claimed that such doctrine is a fabrication of one John Nelson Darby of Ireland (1800-1882). Therefore, we are being taught that any such references to the Rapture are just garbage and without merit. Any Scripture that makes such a reference is said to be presenting aspects of Christ’s Second Coming. Much has been written and published on the Internet, easy to find if one wants to know about this issue. Darby was apparently...

Egyptian conjoined twins, Salma and Sarah, have been successfully separated in hours-long operation carried out in Saudi Arabia’s capital, Riyadh. The separation operation of the twins who were attached at the head was held on Wednesday and saw a team of 31 surgeons, consultants, nursing and technical personnel participating in the operation, the official Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported. For all the latest headlines follow our Google News channel online or via the app. The twins have undergone a total of four operations since 2021 with the last one lasting for 17 hours, SPA said. The operation was led by...

WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans released testimony Thursday from two IRS whistleblowers who allege that the Justice Department interfered with their yearslong investigation into President Joe Biden’s son, Hunter — a charge the department swiftly denied. The House Ways and Means Committee, led by Republican Rep. Jason Smith, voted to publicly disclose congressional testimony from two former IRS agents who worked on the federal investigation into the younger Biden’s taxes and foreign business dealings. “Whistleblowers describe how the Biden Justice Department intervened and overstepped in a campaign to protect the son of Joe Biden by delaying, divulging and denying an...

Meet the dating app influencer who could help pick the next Republican administration (Can only be linked to, per FR rules)

Elon Musk’s Twitter faces a 28-day ultimatum from Australia’s internet safety watchdog to take decisive action against what it considers online abuse and “hate speech,” or face daily fines of $475,000. France24 reports that Julie Inman Grant, Australia’s eSafety commissioner, has issued a stern warning to Twitter in a move to muzzle free speech. Twitter has been given 28 days to prove that it is serious about combating what Australia considers online abuse and “hate speech.” There could be daily fines of $700,000 AUD ($475,000 USD) for noncompliance.

The question arises after Scarborough, on today's Morning Joe, ripped as "insurrectionists, freaks, and weirdos" Republicans seeking to impeach Joe Biden. Sputtering with outrage, Scarborough twice exclaimed "Oh my God!" at the notion. But Scarborough somehow failed to mention that in 1998, back in his conservative congressman days, Joe voted . . . to impeach Bill Clinton. Cue Dana Carvey's SNL Church Lady: how conve-e-e-nient! So which is it, Joe Scarborough: are you a freak—or a weirdo?Get the rest of the story and view the video here.

Archaeologists have uncovered a mysterious sanctuary in the central Netherlands made of burial mounds and ancient offerings of human and animal bones that has striking similarities to Stonehenge. The 4,000-year-old site was discovered in the town of Tiel and, like prehistoric stone circle Stonehenge, tracked the position of the sun on the solstices. “The largest mound served as a sun calendar, similar to the famous stones of Stonehenge in England,” the municipality of Tiel said in a statement. “This sanctuary must have been a highly significant place where people kept track of special days in the year, performed rituals and...

An elite sex club booted its founder for having outed Hunter Biden as a former member, the Los Angeles Times reported Wednesday. Damon Lawner founded Snctm in 2013 and sold the club for $1 million. He has "had no affiliation with Snctm since 2019," a club spokeswoman wrote in an email to the Times. "Snctm, as a private members club, prioritizes the safety and privacy of our esteemed members above all," the email read. "Consequently, we neither confirm nor deny the identities of our attendees.

Two climate activists smeared red paint and glued their hands to the protective glass on a Monet painting on display at the National Museum in Stockholm, Sweden. The two women, wearing name tags identifying themselves as Emma and Maj, smeared the paint on The Artist’s Garden at Giverny (1900), a vivid landscape by the French Impressionist artist showcasing pink and purple irises. The painting is on display at the National Museum as part of the exhibition “The Garden – Six Centuries of Art and Nature” through a loan from from the Musée d’Orsay in Paris, which acquired it in 1983....

Threats from Moscow. Rampant inflation. A deadly disease resisting eradication. Worries about the replacement of American workers. Sly. Ahnold. Looking at the news of the past several years, we might think we’ve been rocketed back to the 1980s, just with less neon and fewer Rubik’s Cubes. History is repeating itself, and not only through fractured politics and the threat of a new Cold War. In the ’80s, a parade of one-man armies marched into movie theaters, dispensing justice and obliterating the baddies — and all the real-world anxieties those villains represented. Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sylvester Stallone and the action stars who...

In case you haven’t noticed, this year’s “Pride Month” is different than Pride Months in the past. As I recently noted, more and more Americans, from all walks of life, are saying, “Enough is enough.” This is what many of us have predicted for years, recognizing that the very success of the gay revolution would lead to its undoing.

With the Dragon Boat Festival just around the corner, rice dumplings, also known as bak zhang, are flying off the shelves. One man surnamed Lin thought that he got his at a good deal at $2 per dumpling, considering that the average price is around $4 these days. But instead of him being able to save a few dollars, a whopping $6,000 was wiped out from his bank account overnight, reported Shin Min Daily News. The 43-year-old man reportedly saw a promotion for the dumplings on Facebook and wanted to order 15 pieces. When he contacted the seller on June...