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US trucking firm Yellow has laid off a large number of workers as the company copes with a cash crunch, and is reportedly weighing options including an imminent bankruptcy filing. The trucking giant on Friday told employees that it is 'shutting down regular operations' and laying off non-union employees 'at all of its locations' according to a memo seen by DailyMail.com. The layoffs could immediately impact up to 8,000 members of the company's sales force, business operations and technology departments -- and if the company fails, another 22,000 unionized drivers and freight handlers could face unemployment. Yellow is saddled with...

Excavations Conducted by the Superintendence of Rome Have Uncovered the Remains of the Theatrum Neroni, a Private Theatre Erected by Emperor Nero in Rome, Italy.Nero was the fifth Roman emperor and final emperor of the Julio-Claudian dynasty, reigning from AD 54 until his death in AD 68.Ancient sources were critical of Nero’s obsession with the arts, describing him as the “actor-emperor” (scaenici imperatoris). He made public appearances as an actor, poet, musician, and charioteer, which scandalised his aristocratic contemporaries as these occupations were usually the domain of slaves, public entertainers, and infamous persons.Until now, evidence of the Theatrum Neroni were...

In WWI East Africa, a gin-swilling Canadian riverboat captain is persuaded by a strait-laced English missionary to undertake a trip up a treacherous river and use his boat to attack a German gunship.Starring : Humphrey Bogart Katharine Hepburn Robert Morley Peter Bull

The Biden administration proposed a new and ambitious set of fuel economy standards for cars and light-duty trucks Friday, its latest move to prod American consumers towards adopting electric vehicles (EVs). The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), a subagency of the Department of Transportation (DOT), unveiled the updated Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards, which would require cars and lighter trucks to improve their respective fuel efficiencies by 2% and 4% starting in 2027, according to a DOT press release announcing the proposal. The rule would also mandate work vans and pickup trucks to increase their fuel efficiencies by...

Coutts cancelling Nigel Farage’s bank account for holding unfashionable views should be a wake-up call for us all – it is just the tip of the iceberg. This politically motivated cancellation born out of “woke capitalism” is alarmingly widespread. You don’t have to agree with Farage’s politics to agree with him that something has gone terribly wrong in the institutions. Banks de-banking customers for their views is also a forewarning of the totalitarian regime that will be ushered in if central bank digital currencies (“CBDCs”) become the sole form of “currency” to buy and sell. Writing for The Telegraph yesterday,...

Sun’s out, guns out. Chris Cuomo must have left his shame on the shore when he decided to post this burning-hot thirst trap. The NewsNation anchor, 52, shared on Instagram a shirtless photo of himself showing off his massive fishing catch and wrote, “Gone fishing but back for the show tonight at 8pmET – first person to guess the fish gets a mug sent to them.” Fans quickly moved past the caption and straight to the comments section where they drooled over his buff — and burnt — physique. “At this point no one is looking at the fish!👀🤣,” commented...

On Friday night, a judge dismissed former President Donald Trump's lawsuit against CNN in which the current 2024 front-runner for the Republican nomination claimed CNN’s coverage of his election lies equated him to Adolf Hitler and Nazi Germany. Judge Raag Singhal, a Trump-appointed judge, ruled that CNN referring to Trump’s claims about the election being stolen as “The Big Lie” did not meet the criteria for defamation despite Trump’s belief to the contrary. "There is no question that the statements made by CNN meet the publication requirement for defamation under Florida law," Singhal wrote. "The next question is whether the...

When I was a kid, the phrase “Get wise!” was a provocative taunt—essentially, a way to start a fight. It meant something like: “I invite you to act like a smart aleck, so I will have an excuse to assault you physically.” My elementary school career was a bit rough. But what does it really mean to “Get wise” or “Gain wisdom”? The Readings for this Sunday’s Mass teach us about this issue. During this part of Ordinary Time in Year A, the Church is pursuing a lectio continua (continuous reading, i.e. reading in order) of both Romans and Matthew....

Delaware U.S. District Judge Maryellen Noreika issued an order Friday to prevent “apparent misrepresentations” related to the Hunter Biden case. Noreika’s order instructs that all issues with the Hunter Biden case be brought directly to her rather than the Clerk’s Office in order to prevent potential “misrepresentations” in the future. “I have already discussed my concerns about apparent misrepresentations made to a member of this Court’s Clerk’s Office,” the order reads. “In addition to that, in a submission addressing those apparent misrepresentations, counsel for the House Ways and Means Committee needlessly included on the public docket an email from a...

[Catholic Caucus] Father James Martin to address participants of 2023 World Youth DayFr. James Martin's ongoing rise to prominence under the reign of Pope Francis continues apace with his upcoming roles at World Youth Day.The prominently pro-LGBT Jesuit Father James Martin is set to address participants of World Youth Day, as he joins the Jesuit team who are hosting a series of events in the official World Youth Day (WYD) program. Martin revealed his update via a July 27 social media post, stating that he was set to speak at the Jesuit’s pre-WYD Magis event, before speaking at WYD itself....

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FEATURED CNN Roasted Over Sob Story of Liberals ‘Fleeing’ Florida – ‘Don’t Let The Door Hit You in the A**’ By Augustus LeRoux On Jul 29, 2023 Copy Link Print A CNN sob story this week about a liberal family fleeing the Sunshine State caught no sympathy from Floridians. In an interview published Wednesday, Tiffiney and Kelly McKee say they have been forced to move due to the state’s “political climate and laws”– specifically the ban on transgender surgeries for minors signed by Governor DeSantis last May. The couple has two children, including a son who is confused about his...

A decades-long mystery over whether an Iron Age warrior who lived on the Isles of Scilly was a man or woman has been solved.Archaeologists had been baffled about the identity of the prehistoric skeleton since it was discovered by a farmer on the island of Bryher in 1999.Researchers said new analysis of tooth enamel revealed the warrior was most likely a woman...The body said the discovery of the sword and mirror is considered to be "highly unusual" as swords were normally found with men and mirrors with women in other burials of the same period.The single site on Bryher, discovered...

I'm going to post excerpts of this remarkable book by Dr. Pierre Kory, The War On Ivermectin (available online). I remember well the story out of India of the miraculous (no exaggeration) medical victory over COVID19 that was all because of Ivermectin and the integrity and actions of one man, Yogi Adityanath. Adityanath is a Hindu monk serving as the twenty-first and current Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh who has a zero-tolerance policy against corruption. **Many say the COVID Pandemic is over. What is NOT over is the evil power centers in the US and different parts of the world...

A day after Paris marked a year to go until the 2024 Olympics, Ukrainian fencer Olga Kharlan was disqualified from participating in the world championships after she refused to shake hands with Russian Anna Smirnova. Kharlan’s disqualification threw into sharp relief the political and organizational jeopardy that France and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) is facing ahead of the Games. Russia’s ongoing invasion in Ukraine has provided decision makers with major challenges, notably the key question of Russian and Belarusian athlete participation.

VIDEOIf you want to connect with people on the campaign trail, it is important to at least convincingly fake laughter. Inability to do so properly comes off as quite cringe.

Irish singer Sinéad O’Connor has passed away, according to the Irish Times. She was 56 years old. O’Connor released 10 studio albums throughout her career, though she is most well-known for her single “Nothing Compares 2 U.” ...O’Connor published a memoir, titled Rememberings, in 2021, in which she discussed being pressured to have an abortion by label executive Nigel Grainge; Grainge allegedly was so invested in ensuring that O’Connor aborted, he went to her doctor and told him to “impress upon” her a warning not to continue with the pregnancy. “Your record company has spent £100,000 recording your album. You...

New research has confirmed that the commonly repeated statement that the illicit antiquities trade is the third largest illicit trade in the world is unsupported by evidence.This factoid has been in circulation since the 1970s, and is regularly repeated in academic articles, popular press and even policy literature.As such, it has largely been accepted to be true by scholars, the general public and legislative bodies."The claim that the illicit trade in antiquities is the third largest, second only to arms and narcotics, is widely repeated," state the authors, but "the claim is not based on any original research or statistics,...

PORTLAND, OR — Local parents Cindy and Bob Conners have devised a clever plan to protect their son from gender indoctrination at school. During the first week, they are dressing up their 7-year-old son as a girl so that teachers will encourage him to challenge gender stereotypes and act like a boy. "You gotta play 4D Chess with these teachers," said Mr. Conners. "I'm hoping this trick will ensure our son is still a son at the end of the school year." Sources say thousands of parents around the country are employing tricks to protect their impressionable youngsters from gender...

Given Biden's recent decision to provide the Ukrainian military with cluster bombs, Ukrainian flag-flying is less about supporting an oppressed people and more a sign of backing Biden's militarism.Unfortunately, Ukraine is not the freedom-loving Utopia the U.S. media and Biden wants us to believe it is. Although the Western press has tried to whitewash any reporting of the more unsavory aspects of those defending Ukraine, a quick search on Google reveals solid investigative reporting done by Western journalists before Russia's invasion. At that time, articles in the Guardian, the BBC, and Reuters meticulously depicted the white supremacist and antisemitic tendencies...