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Oct 7, 2023, the Islamic Fascist Republic of Iran's backed "Palestinian" terror organization Hamas 'Gaza regime' in coordination with Islamic Jihad and other terror groups - PFLP, DFLP, fires (Oct 7-8) over 5,000 rocket attacks from the Gaza Strip over towns across Israel, including Jerusalem & Tel Aviv / central Israel, (in an attempt to overwhelm the system, many fired at once), many fell on the towns despite the Iron Dome system - wounding several, (a day later on a hospital in Ashkelon) - and the infiltration of about a 1,000 Hamas terrorists in Israeli towns and villages most via...

President Biden is coming under fire for hosting a barbecue at the White House Sunday afternoon while war rages in Israel and terrorists allegedly hold Americans hostage. "While Hamas holds Americans hostage, Joe Biden is enjoying a picnic with a live band," Republican Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley tweeted, accompanied by a screen shoot of a White House Pool report. The pool report, emailed just after 6 p.m. Sunday evening, notes that a reporter could hear a "live band" in the White House.

West Texas Intermediary (WTI) Crude Oil price is jumping over 4% to its highest level in three days, briefly recapturing the $85 mark in the Asian session on Monday. The extended rebound in Oil price comes on the heels of the escalating Middle East conflict between Hamas and Israel and concerns over its potential impact on global oil supplies.

Archaeologists working at the ancient Roman city of Aizanoi in Turkey's Kütahya province have made an exciting discovery of rare 2,000-year-old makeup and jewelry products.The excavations, carried out in collaboration with the Kütahya Governorate and Dumlupınar University, have revealed a cosmetics and jewelry shop located east of the Temple of Zeus.Professor Gökhan Coşkun, the head of the Archaeology Department at Dumlupınar University, stated that they have found perfume bottles, pieces of jewelry, and remnants of makeup including blushes and eye shadows.Evidently, the ancient Romans used oyster shells to store their makeup products, and these shells were found abundantly in the...

Following the US withdrawal from Afghanistan in August 2021, a Pentagon report indicated that $7 billion worth of military equipment granted to the previous Afghan government fell into Taliban hands.The weapons are a source of income for Taliban commanders, who sold them and smuggled them out of Afghanistan. The IDF commander provided intelligence on U.S. small arms being spotted among Palestinian groups.

Exclusive photos captured the candid moment when Sasha Obama, the 22-year-old daughter of former President Barack Obama, was spotted leaving a Trader Joe's store in Los Angeles - donning a ripped skirt and midriff bearing tube top. The images, obtained by DailyMail.com, offer a glimpse into Sasha's wardrobe choices as she embarked on a routine shopping trip. Dressed in a ripped baby pink skirt and a cream tube top, Sasha appeared to be enjoying her own personal playlist while picking up some essentials on Saturday afternoon. The casual attire and the incognito vibe highlighted her attempt to blend in like...

Republican National Committee Ronna McDaniel argued the Hamas attacks on Israel and subsequent war is a good thing for Republican candidates for president. “I think this is a great opportunity for our candidates to contrast where Republicans have stood with Israel time and time again and Joe Biden has been weak,” McDaniel said on Fox News on Saturday. McDaniel’s political analysis came as Hamas terrorist forces attacked civilians, killing seniors at a bus stop and abducting and killing an apparent German citizen in Israel for a music festival. Jewish News Syndicate reported at least 400 Israelis had been killed, while...

Israel’s military has warned that Hamas militants from Gaza are still fighting inside Israel after they infiltrated southern communities and left a reported 250 people dead. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has told Israelis they are going into a “long and difficult war”. Hundreds of gunmen burst into southern Israel, killing soldiers and civilians, and taking into Gaza what the army said was a “significant number” of hostages. Israel has responded with air strikes. These have continued on Sunday morning, with the Israeli Air Force saying it was targeting “operational infrastructure” in Gaza. Israel also carried out artillery strikes in Lebanon,...

Stephen Gerard Kelly and Garry Keane’s documentary In The Shadow of Beirut has been submitted as Ireland‘s entry for the 2024 Oscar International Feature Film race. The film, which is executive produced by Hillary Clinton, Chelsea Clinton and Siobhan Sinnerton of HiddenLight Productions, was selected Thursday by the Irish Film & Television Academy, which last year selected The Quiet Girl for its submission. That film, directed by Colm Bairéad, became the first Irish film to be nominated in the category. For The Shadow of Beirut, first-time filmmaker Kelly spent five years living among the film’s four featured families in the...

New York City Mayor Eric Adams took a four-day trip to Latin America. The trip ended on Saturday with the mayor calling for a “right to work” for illegal aliens in the United States. Adams made a big show of going to Central and South America in the name of trying to discourage immigrants from making the trip to the United States. He ended the trip in Necocli, a northern Colombia town. This is where thousands of migrants start the trip across the Darien jungle into Panama, as they head for the U.S. Instead of speaking in a way that...

Congress’ far-left “Squad” urged Israel to exercise restraint in the military response to a coordinated attack by Hamas militants who killed hundreds of Israeli civilians. Rep. Cori Bush, Missouri Democrat, said the U.S. “must do our part to stop this violence and trauma by ending U.S. government support for Israeli military occupation and apartheid” while Minnesota Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar said Gaza “doesn’t have shelters or an iron dome” like Israel to protect its citizens. Their aggressively pro-Palestinian viewpoints underscore the range of pressures from within the Democratic Party being exerted on President Biden as he navigates this foreign policy...

We already know that Donald Trump is facing some headwinds in his bid to return to the oval office, despite is growing lead in many polls. He’s facing multiple court dates dealing with indictments in four different civil and criminal cases. None of them look to me like they would survive the appeals process even if a conviction is obtained, but it’s still at least an optics problem in terms of the politics involved. And the legacy media remains nearly universally arrayed against him, making effective messaging more challenging. But he may have one other problem that isn’t being discussed...

Sunday, October 8, 2023 6:52PM CHICAGO (WLS) -- At least 40 people have been shot, two fatally, in gun violence across Chicago this weekend, police said. Eight people were shot downtown early Sunday, Chicago police said. EMS responded to the scene at 2:40 a.m., near West Erie Street and North Orleans Street in River North, and discovered three people who had been shot, Chicago fire officials said. Just under an hour earlier, two people were critically wounded after an argument turned physical inside an Auburn Gresham home on the South Side. At about 1:50 a.m., a man and woman, 33...

Gabriel Noronha is a former State Department advisor on Iran. From 2019 to 2021, he served as Special Advisor for the Iran Action Group at the U.S. Department of State, where he coordinated policy and directed the State Department’s communications and congressional affairs with the Islamic Republic. So one might think that he has some knowledge about the Biden team's decision to cut loose the $6 billion for Iran to use for "food and medicine." Noronha was not shy about calling out the Biden spin on this and how the media was falling for it. We saw some of that...

Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) on Sunday blasted Israel’s “occupation” policies while saying she grieves those killed as violence engulfed the region following Hamas’ unprecedented incursion from Gaza. Tlaib — the first Palestinian-American sworn into Congress back in 2019 — issued the statement slamming Israel as an “apartheid” state after some of her fellow “Squad” members sparked controversy Saturday for urging a ceasefire in the Middle East.

Just Stop Oil have been using adhesives made from fossil fuels The protesters want the government to end efforts to find fossil fuels They have carried out infuriating stunts including stopping M25 and main roads But their favourite tactic of supergluing themselves to things is hardly green In fact the adhesives are Cyanoacrylates and from the fuels they want banned The glue they are using is called a Cyanoacrylate and is derived from Cyanoacrylic acid and methanol. Methanol is made from natural gas or fossil fuels.

Yesterday was an overall bad day for Israel and for those who love freedom everywhere around the world. This, of course, includes those of us in the United States of America. There are many reasons why people feel desperate enough to attack innocent civilians, but when it's done on this scale, at the core, I believe it is about differences in belief systems. Not everyone in the world believes as we do in the model of the Judeo-Christian tradition, which specifies the value of a single individual and their freedom to achieve whatever their God-given ability gives them the tools...

A week ago, Joe Biden’s national security adviser, Jake Sullivan, sounded optimistic about the region. Updated at 3:12 p.m. ET on October 7, 2023 What a difference a week makes. Just eight days ago, National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan, speaking at The Atlantic Festival, rattled off a long list of positive developments in the Middle East, developments that were allowing the Biden administration to focus on other regions and other problems. A truce was holding in Yemen. Iranian attacks against U.S. forces had stopped. America’s presence in Iraq was “stable.” The good news crescendoed with this statement: “The Middle East...

BALTIMORE — Once a beacon for activity in downtown Baltimore, the Harborplace pavilions will now be torn down by the new owners who are on a mission to revive the area. It's a place that was once booming with tourists. Now, when you take a walk through the Harborplace pavilions, doors are locked and many stores sit vacant. As the entire harbor is getting redeveloped, one project will be tearing down the two pavilions by the new owners, MCB Real Estate. Marketing Managing Director Jarnell Swecker said this is a result of what the community repeatedly shared. "They need something...

The United States sent warships and fighter jets to support Israel on Sunday night in a show of strength against Hamas. Joe Biden deployed the US Navy’s most advanced aircraft carrier, six other ships and a number of advanced jets to the Eastern Mediterranean, as Israel’s allies, including the UK, rallied to its defence.The move raises tensions in the region, with Iranian intelligence officials accused of planning Hamas’s surprise terror attack on Israel that saw 700 killed and more than 100 taken hostage. Around 250 are feared to have been massacred at a rave in the desert in the south...