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A massive brawl broke out inside a Toppers Pizza joint, which involved four employees trying to restrain one man by hitting him repeatedly and grabbing him. In the video, which was been shared to social media platform X this week, a black man can be seen tussling with one of the employees of the unknown store. As the two distance themselves, the employee swings a punch at the man who dodges it and immediately returns with a volley of wild punches. The black man moves forward and knocks the employee to the ground as two other employees, including a female...

The devastated father of one-year-old who died from a Fentanyl overdose at a Bronx daycare held back tears as he told DailyMail.com that it had been his son's first week at the center. Nicholas Feliz-Dominici was identified as deceased toddler who was one of four children to ingest fentanyl while being cared for at the Divino Nino Day Care on Morris avenue in Kingsbridge on Friday afternoon. The boy's distraught dad, Otoniel Feliz, 32, appeared teary-eyed as he spoke outside his apartment, just a 15 minute walk from the Morris Avenue childcare center. 'It was his first week,' he said....

Video has emerged showing the recent hit-and-run death of a retired police chief in Las Vegas in what police are calling an intentional attack by the teenage driver. Andreas Probst, 64, was fatally struck on August 14 while cycling in northwest Las Vegas, where he had retired after stepping down as the police chief of Bell, California, in 2009. The 17-year-old driver, whose name was not released by police due to his age, was arrested soon after the crash and taken to the Juvenile Detention Center. Late last month, police said charges against the driver would be upgraded to include...

Jumpin’ ju-ju bones, this is either a coincidence… or… yikes! The potential assassin who was stopped by RFK Jr security has been identified. His name is Adrian Paul Aispuro (44). {link} Keep in mind the incident happened on Thursday Sept 14, and the potential assassin had a U.S. Marshals badge. One day earlier, Sept 13th, Mexican Cartel Leader El Chapo’s wife was released from federal prison. “We can confirm Emma Coronel Aispuro released from the custody of the Federal Bureau of Prisons (FBOP) today, September 13, 2023.” {link} INTO THE RABBIT HOLE – Now, I’m not saying they are related,...

I’m done with the rhetoric. It's time for action.I will be the president to finally END the invasion at the southern border.Thanks to @joniernst for attending our event in Montgomery County where I outline the way to end the crisis once and for all.Here’s how: pic.twitter.com/dW8a3HOYAQ— Ron DeSantis (@RonDeSantis) September 16, 2023

Which side are you on?If you thought ordering pineapple on your pizza was divisive, just wait until you hear what DiGiorno is cooking up next. Following the viral success of #PicklePizza, a hashtag that has more than 16 million views on TikTok to date, the fine folks at DiGiorno thought it would be a good idea to bring that creation to life. But, rather than just present a pizza that would surely enrage people who think pickles have no business being on a pizza, the brand is splitting this pizza 50-50, topping the opposite side with pineapple because, sure, let’s...

We’re seeing signs of a notable shift in how some U.S. mainstream media outlets operate. Surprisingly, some have started reporting certain news stories fairly and accurately. Recently, the Washington Post published an article urging Joe Biden not to run in 2024 and CNN spent an entire segment blathering on about what a liar Joe Biden is. Now, most likely, CNN and the Washington Post have gotten their marching orders from higher-ups who’ve decided Joe needs to go. But there’s a lot more to this story. What’s even more notable and can’t be so easily explained away is a recent ABC...

The lawsuit claims the filters are “not nearly as effective” as they claim.A California man has filed a class action lawsuit against the manufacturer of a popular water filtration system, alleging that it doesn’t remove potentially hazardous substances from drinking water or reduce the levels of those contaminants as effectively as its packaging claims. According to the 71-page legal filing obtained by Reuters, Nicholas Brown paid $15 for a Brita Everyday Water Pitcher in early 2022. He claims that he made this purchase because of some of the statements printed on the Brita pitcher’s packaging, including “FRESH FILTER = FRESHER...

MAKING ASSUMPTIONS A story making the rounds this past week told of a policeman who was heading home after a long, hard day on patrol. He had dealt with a whole succession of difficult people, and a mountain of frustrating paperwork. All he wanted at this point was to kick back, unwind, enjoy some peace and quiet, and maybe watch a few innings of baseball on TV. But, as he neared home, he was startled by a vehicle that came careening around a sharp curve and narrowly missed his squad car. As the car passed within a few inches...

TikTok, the immensely popular Chinese-owned video-sharing app, has been hit with a massive €345 million fine by Ireland’s data regulator for breaches of children’s privacy on its platform. The Data Protection Commissioner (DPC) of Ireland, Helen Dixon, led the charge against TikTok, revealing that adults had the ability to enable direct messages for certain teenagers on the platform, even when they had no family ties to them. This concerning revelation raised questions about TikTok’s “family pairing” feature, which could inadvertently link children’s accounts to unverified adults who were not their parents or guardians. The DPC’s investigation uncovered multiple violations of...

Democrats and left-wing operatives in the mainstream media say there is “no evidence” that Joe Biden did anything wrong to warrant impeachment. This key Democrat “talking point” has been carefully crafted as the evidence and seriousness of Biden’s corrupt actions is enough to make your blood boil. In response, the House Oversight Committee has compiled a startling list of 22 pieces of evidence that show Joe Biden’s involvement in his son’s influence-peddling scheme that raked in millions. • 1) In July 2023, former Biden business associate Devon Archer described how Joe Biden was “The Brand” and was used to send...

Recorded at Rudy Van Gelder’s studio in September 1957, ‘Blue Train’ is one of John Coltrane’s masterpieces.Recorded on September 15, 1957, John Coltrane‘s Blue Train is an album revered, cherished, and loved by many… and there are others who cannot quite see what all the fuss is about. I am firmly in the former camp. Granted, some controversy surrounds the recording and critics argue that both Lee Morgan and Curtis Fuller have done much better work elsewhere. Yet such judgements seem overly harsh; this is, after all, a Coltrane album. Nonetheless, Billboard’s review of Blue Train was positive: “A provocative...

A Walk in the Woods (1983), the painting completed on air during the first episode of Bob Ross’s landmark television show The Joy of Painting has come to market, The Art Newspaper reported Thursday. They say that memories are priceless. However, anyone interested in reliving the first episode of The Joy of Painting via A Walk in the Woods is going to have to shell out a hefty sum: Modern Artifact, the Minneapolis, Minnesota-based gallery selling the canvas, has priced it at $9.85 million. The gallery understands that this figure might seem outlandish to some, but that may be the...

Gov. DeSantis Delivers Remarks at the God Above Government Rally in Des Moines, Iowa https://t.co/4pKZsja0nF— Ron DeSantis (@RonDeSantis) September 16, 2023When you're at an Iowa church and 1 pastor is for you & the other 3 are for Trump #DeSantis 🐊🤣 pic.twitter.com/LQK4coFdKx— miguelifornia (@miguelifornia) September 16, 2023

The state of California sued several of the world's biggest oil companies on Friday, claiming their actions have caused tens of billions of dollars in damage and that they deceived the public by downplaying the risks posed by fossil fuels..."These folks had this information and lied to us...," said California Gov. Gavin Newsom. "It's shameful. It sickens you to your core."

The National Owners Association called California’s recently-passed AB 1228 “draconian” and costly to franchisees in a memo distributed to its members. “The new ‘AB 1228’ legislation has been voted into law and will result in a devastating financial blow to California McDonald’s franchisees at a projected annual cost of $250,000 per McDonald’s restaurant,” the advocacy group representing some 1,000 McDonald’s franchisees said in the memo obtained by FOX Business. “These costs simply cannot be absorbed by the current business model.” CNBC earlier reported on the NOA memo. Among the bill’s key components: It would raise the minimum wage for fast-food...

AI has shown dramatic potential in many fields, and there is no doubt that it will knock some occupations on the head. This article chronicles how AI may revolutionize fields such as medicine, automotive, agriculture, and entertainment. So anyway, all great stuff, right? Except…what does this mean for energy? AI is a power hog the likes of which it is, frankly, hard to imagine. And it is about to explode in size. Consider these few examples...... (Long read, but do it......)

The set has been described by AllMusic as ‘a thorough exploration of familiar territory.’The 50th anniversary boxed set J50: The Evolution of The Joker, which marks the 50th anniversary of the Steve Miller Band’s classic album its creative genesis, is out now, taking the listener, as Miller says at its outset, “in the wayback machine and the dial has been set to 1973.” The 3LP + 7” box and 2CD set, which features the original album tracks chronologically positioned alongside 27 previously unreleased recordings from Miller’s own archive, has been described by AllMusic as “a thorough exploration of familiar...

This sounds like an episode from The Simpsons, but unfortunately, we’re living in Idiocracy and life is getting weirder by the day. The Guardian: Governments should place a moratorium on efforts to geoengineer the planet’s climate, as greenhouse gas emissions continue to rise and the climate crisis takes hold, a panel of global experts has urged. Geoengineering is highly controversial, but discussions of its feasibility are gathering pace as the impacts of extreme weather, driven by climate breakdown, grip the planet. There is no global agreement on geoengineering, and no rules on what countries, or businesses, can do. In a...

Luke 6:43-49 Friends, today’ Gospel is Luke’s conclusion to the Sermon on the Plain.Someone who comes to him, Jesus says, is one who “listens to my words, and acts on them. That one is like a man building a house, who dug deeply and laid the foundation on rock; when the flood came, the river burst against that house but could not shake it because it had been well built."This is the heart of it: if you are rooted in God, then you can withstand anything, precisely because you are linked to that power that is creating the cosmos. You...