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For Tucker Carlson Colonel Douglas MacGregor lays out how much debt the federal government has pushed onto the workers of the US to pay for for foreign wars and open borders....

Residents in the liberal Bay Area town of Millbrae are trying to block a proposal to transform a hotel located near a school into housing for the homeless. The tiny liberal town 15 miles south of San Francisco — where the average home price is $1.9 million — is slated to approve the Project Homekey plan to turn a La Quinta hotel into a 99-unit apartment complex for unhoused people. But hundreds of angry residents opposed to the project packed a community room on Friday to voice their concerns. “It’s very close to children,” Millbrae resident Ho Yeung told NBC...

A majority of political independents in New York say international migration has been a burden to the state over the last 20 years, according to a New York Times and Siena College poll. Fifty-one percent of independent voters and 67 percent of Republican voters said immigration was a burden when they were asked, “Looking back over the past 20 years or so, do you think that migrants resettling in New York has been more of a benefit or more of a burden to the state?” Thirty-three percent of Democrats also described immigration as a burden.

NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump’s aggressive response to his fourth criminal indictment in five months follows a strategy he has long used against legal and political opponents: relentless attacks, often infused with language that is either overtly racist or is coded in ways that appeal to racists. The early Republican presidential front-runner has used terms such as “animal” and “rabid” to describe Black district attorneys. He has accused Black prosecutors of being “racist.” He has made unsupported claims about their personal lives. And on his social media platform, Truth Social, Trump has deployed terms that rhyme with racial slurs...

An increase in shootings due to a supposed gang war in Chicago has led community leaders to propose a radical new solution to violent crime. In a proposal called “The People’s Ordinance,” community group Native Sons asks that city gangsters refrain from firing guns at one another between daylight hours of 9 a.m. and 9 p.m. “We have to start somewhere,” co-founder of Native Sons Tatiana Atkins told CWB Chicago. “Our goal is to approach our city’s gun violence problem strategically and not all at once. Things didn’t become this way overnight, and change won’t happen overnight." The ordinance was...

A cargo ship fitted with two massive sails developed by America’s Cup engineers is setting off on its maiden voyage from China to BrazilRemember in the olden days when ships weren’t fitted with engines and propellers to power them across the oceans? Back then, they used massive sheets of fabric called sails to capture the wind and use that to push them through the waves, novel idea right? Well now, that vintage tech is making a comeback on a cargo ship that’s about to sail from China to Brazil. According to the BBC, the 750-foot Pyxis Ocean cargo ship has...

When a racist and threatening email prompted the abrupt resignation of former Knoxville police Deputy Chief Brooklyn Belk, the question remained whether the message fit the criteria for a crime. Belk, and many other recipients of messages that are threatening but don't lay out a specific act against a specific individual, contend they're clearly meant to intimidate and cause fear. The Knoxville Police Department, the FBI and many legal scholars say clearing the bar of a crime requires more than what was in the email Belk received June 11 in her workplace inbox. Legal experts weigh in Legal experts told...

MEMORIAL OF THE QUEENSHIP OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY MATTHEW 19:23–30Friends, in today’s Gospel, the Lord explains why it’s hard for a rich person to enter the kingdom of heaven. Don’t think in terms of some specific measurement of wealth. Think in terms of a frame of mind. A rich person is convinced that joy will come from filling up the ego.So Peter asked: “We have given up everything and followed you. What will there be for us?” And Jesus replied, “Everyone who has given up houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or children or lands for...

Kevin Sorbo gained fame in the 1990s when he starred as the title character in the globally syndicated series Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, which ran from 1994-1999, but in a new interview, he claimed that acting work dried up for him once he publicly started discussing his Christian beliefs. Speaking to Fox News yesterday (Aug. 21), Sorbo stated, “It was sad to me, you know, my manager and agent for so many years said that we can’t get you jobs anymore, work with you because of you being a Christian, being a conservative.” He continued, “I almost had to laugh...

“I got along with everyone,” Curtin told People in a new interview. “But I did have problems with John,” the funny woman added. “But that was because John wasn’t John. He was an addict.” Belushi’s drug problem plagued his short life and career and he died via an overdose from a speedball mix of heroin and cocaine. Original “SNL” cast member Chevy Chase revealed last year that the “Blues Brothers” star’s addiction was so severe that he stole Chase’s own stash of cocaine.

(Last Updated On: August 11, 2023) NATIONAL PECAN TORTE DAY | AUGUST 22 National Pecan Torte Day recognizes a delicious pecan treat on August 22nd. Of the pecan recipes, the torte delivers a decadent dessert that’s also versatile. #PecanTorteDay As a baked specialty, tortes become the centerpiece of desserts. Tortes provide a delicious choice of fillings such as whipped cream, buttercream, mousse, jam, fruits or nuts. The baker often glazes and garnishes the torte once it is cooled. Generally made with little to no flour, tortes use ground nuts or breadcrumbs, along with sugar, eggs, and flavorings instead. Pecan Benefits...

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The U.S. and other countries could see their credit ratings tumble in the wake of climate change’s impacts, making their debts harder to pay off. That’s according to research by Patrycja Klusak, a researcher at Cambridge, and a team of scientists who used AI to calculate the likely impact of climate change on the finances of 109 countries around the world. By 2100, under a “business as usual” scenario where greenhouse gas emissions continue to rise at the rate they have in recent years, the U.S. credit rating could fall 4.6 notches. Klusak’s model has already been adopted by several...

Wealthy residents in a Democrat-led Californian city have been branded NIMBYs for fighting to keep 100 homeless people from being housed in a $134-a-night hotel. Crowds of angry Millbrae residents packed out their local community hall on Friday to protest 'Project Homekey' proposals to house rough sleepers at the La Quinta hotel on El Camino Real, close to the city center. While hundreds of belligerent residents continue their fight to halt the homeless housing plans, others have slammed the Dem-majority's hypocrisy for voting in liberal leaders but then pushing back on progressive policies. Jess Hudson, who is a local resident...

VIDEOCan someone out there PLEASE examine the bank account of "Dr." Peter Hotez? He just has to be paid Big Bucks by Big Pharma for spouting the nonsense that Ivermectin KILLS people. He even estimated that 200,000 people have died because of Ivermectin as he did in this recent interview with the Todd Unger, Chief Experience Officer (whatever that means) of the American Medical Association. What makes Hotez's IVERMECTIN KILLS declaration so scary is that it was made on an official AMA video with the full approval of Unger.

In court papers filed in federal court for the Northern District of Georgia on Tuesday, Mark Meadows asked a judge for an immediate ruling on his effort to move his Fulton County case to federal court or an order that would prevent Fulton County's district attorney from arresting him. “Granting removal immediately and notifying the state court is the most efficient way to effectuate relief,” they wrote. “Alternatively, the Court can effectuate relief by issuing an order to Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis — who is a party to the matter before the Court—prohibiting her from arresting or causing...

2024 GOP presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy called CNN anchor Kaitlan Collins a “petulant teenager” in a Tuesday post on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, in response to a Monday interview where she pressed him about topics including his recent comments on 9/11. “Hilarious interview with @CNN last night,” Ramaswamy wrote in his post. “Felt like I was talking to a petulant teenager.”

[Catholic Caucus] On Bp. Michael Olson (of Ft. Worth, TX)Fort Worth Bishop Michael Olson is an alcoholic and a self-admitted homosexual, vengeful, troubled, so prone to rage he's even contemplated torturing and murdering a priest. That's the collective sum of multiple lawsuits and complaints laying bare a revolt against Olson's reign in the Texas diocese.Emerico Perez: "He's like a bully, you know. If you don't agree with him, it's his way or the highway."Vivian Wolf: "He gets angry like this; he just flips and he just ... ."Yolanda Hendon: "He has hurt so many priests, so many parishioners."Steve Knobbe: "This...

Democrats are “mobilizing” ahead of this fall’s Virginia state legislature elections, viewing the races as “the next major referendum on abortion rights,” Axios reported on Tuesday. Virginia Democrats are reportedly encouraged by the recent failure of Issue 1 in Ohio, where voters rejected a ballot measure that would have made passing a radical abortion ballot initiative in November more difficult. “[Issue 1’s failure] showed that abortion is absolutely a motivating factor for voters across the country,” House Democrat Caucus Leader Don Scott told the outlet. “Access to reproductive health care will be the number one motivating factor for the [Virginia]...

New York City Mayor Eric Adams stated that he does not believe that it is his place to interfere in matters of internal Israeli politics during his visit to the Jewish State this week. "I think the people of Israel will determine their destiny," Adams said during a briefing to reporters this evening (Tuesday). He explained that he met with anti-judicial reform protestors because he believes "it was important to hear from both sides," adding that he "did not give my opinion one way or another." "I wouldn't want others to tell me how to run" New York City, he...