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Young people tearing down posters of Israeli hostages and launching waves of anti-Israel demonstrations say they’re being fueled by thousands of pro-Palestinian videos, mainly on TikTok and Instagram. Ripping down posters and lavishing praise on those who do has become a trend ever since Hamas terrorists took 240 Israelis hostage during their Oct. 7 terror assault on Israel.

I am taking Prescribed Eliquis 5 mg Blood Thinner. With my UHC Advantage Plan I can get a 90 day supply(180 pills) for $95. The Drug cost is shown a $1780. My "Donut Hole" account is charged almost $1700. I can't believe UHC is paying Pfizer $1700. UHC must get a big discount?? After about $4800. in the "Donut Hole" account I must pay 25% of the full cost - about $450. I am able to buy Eliquis(apixaban) via a Certified Canadian Pharmacy from India for $95. (120) pills. My Doctor has approved and they results are the same. Medicare...

The #MeToo movement was supposed to be a turning point for creating greater awareness in the vital campaign against sexual abuse and harassment, and rape culture. It was supposed to be a new dawn where women’s experiences were believed and there were no more excuses for the conduct of those who used sex as a weapon. Unfortunately, as with so many areas and arenas, it is clear that Jews are not welcome in the #MeToo movement either, or at least not as full and equal partners. The brutal and vicious massacre of more than 1,400 women, men and children on...

Former ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley said Tuesday that she favored requiring social media accounts to be verified by a person’s name.Haley clashed with businessman and fellow Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy over social media multiple times, including a testy exchange during Wednesday’s Republican presidential debate after Ramaswamy mentioned that Haley’s daughter used TikTok. Several popular Twitter accounts, including Catturd and LibsofTikTok are or had been anonymous

Vladimir Putin’s alleged secret gymnast partner has not been seen in public since rumours emerged of the Kremlin leader’s death. -snip- Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva, a woman who is claimed to be the mother of two or three of Putin’s children, and his secret lover, also hasn’t been seen since late October. This is said to be around the date Putin supposedly suffered a heart attack and she has not re-emerged since. Earlier in October she was highly visible in footage from her Alina Kabaeva Sky Grace Rhythmic Gymnastics Academy in Sochi - an elite training base for future sports...

Have you ever dreamed of traveling through time, like characters do in science fiction movies? For centuries, the concept of time travel has captivated people’s imaginations. Time travel is the concept of moving between different points in time, just like you move between different places. In movies, you might have seen characters using special machines, magical devices or even hopping into a futuristic car to travel backward or forward in time. But is this just a fun idea for movies, or could it really happen? The question of whether time is reversible remains one of the biggest unresolved questions in...

Stellantis is offering to buy out thousands of its American white-collar employees as a result of the company’s transition to electric vehicles (EVs) — a move spurred by tax credits from President Joe Biden’s administration. Executives with Stellantis — which owns Jeep, Chrysler, Ram, Dodge, and others — announced a buyout plan in which 6,400 of its 12,700 non-union American white-collar employees would be offered a “voluntary separation package.”

The guys at Squawk Box really try (at 8:45 minute mark forward) to trip up Mike and they fail miserably. This video (particularly beyond 8:45) shows what we can expect from Mike Johnson in defending Trump. He is a winner.Check out comments below the video BTW. Many supportive comments about Mike.Click here for Video at 8:45 mark. This is the point at which CNBC anchors start to try to pin Mike down about Trump, including questions about Trump's so-called divisiveness, J6, and even the Trump indictments (which Johnson calls pure political "lawfare"). Johnson handles these questions with his usual easy...

As part of the acquisition, the model and entrepreneur will become CEO of the magazine.Model and entrepreneur Karlie Kloss has acquired British bimonthly i-D magazine from Vice Media Group. As part of the acquisition, Kloss will become chief executive of i-D, according to a Vice Media Group memo obtained by The Hollywood Reporter. The financial terms of the acquisition, which was conducted by Kloss and her company, Bedford Media, were not disclosed. Kloss also led a group of investors to acquire W magazine in 2020. Vice Media Group, which also owns Vice.com, R29 and more, acquired i-D magazine, which covers...

Republicans elected Mike Johnson from Louisiana as House Speaker, then were surprised when Johnson agreed with big spending Senators McConnell and Schumer on Biden’s mega spendathon. Also, several Republicans voted with Democrats NOT to impeach Cuba Pete (Mayorkas) for allowing 8 million illegals to cross the southern border. Bottom line: the Biden Administration and Congress are closely held subsidiaries of the elite 1% and US large corporations. The middle class be damned! But we will get fooled again in every election. Since Biden’s inaugration in January 2021, the purchasing power of the US dollar is down a staggering -15%. Yes,...

Texas congressman Joaquin Castro calls for the Justice Department and Federal Trade Commission to look into whether the studio violated antitrust guidelines in tax write-off plan: "It's predatory and anti-competitive."A congressman is calling for a federal investigation of Warner Bros. for its handling of Coyote vs. Acme. Texas Rep. Joaquin Castro took to X to blast the studio for its original plan to shelve the movie for a tax break. “The WBD tactic of scrapping fully made films for tax breaks is predatory and anti-competitive,” the San Antonio Democrat wrote. “As the Justice Department and revise their antitrust guidelines they...

Barbra Streisand says she “can’t live in this country” if former President Donald Trump is reelected in 2024, adding that she thinks President Joe Biden has “done a good job.” “I will move. I can’t live in this country if he became president,” Streisand said told late-night host Stephen Colbert during an interview on The Late Show after being asked about her opinion of the idea of a second second Trump administration. After Colbert asked her where she would live if not the United States, the “Woman in Love” singer said, “Probably to England. I like England.”

These two galaxies, magnified by a gravitational lens, have properties that support the basic picture of galaxy formation as described in the Big Bang theory. The JWST's view of Pandora's Cluster. This is the cluster that served as a gravitational lens for the new galactic findings. (Image credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, I. Labbe (Swinburne University of Technology), R. Bezanson (University of Pittsburgh), A. Pagan (STScI)) The second and fourth most distant galaxies ever seen have been spotted by the eagle eye of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), supporting the basic picture of galaxy formation as described by the Big...

Prominent progressive activist and independent presidential candidate Cornel West is facing backlash after declaring his solidarity with “anybody who’s occupied” — claiming that his “people,” too, have “dished out love warriors and freedom fighters,” as he attacked the “American empire” and “cowards in Washington, DC,” for their unwillingness to capitulate to Hamas’s demand for a ceasefire. Speaking at a pro-Palestinian rally in front of the UN headquarters in New York on Saturday, Ivy League professor Dr. Cornel West described being from a “people who, for 400 years, have been terrorized, traumatized, and hated.” Because, he argued, he comes from a...

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) addressed the “March for Israel” rally at the National Mall in Washington, DC, on Tuesday in which he voiced opposition to calls for a ceasefire between the Israel Defense Force (IDF) and Hamas terrorists. “The calls for a ceasefire are outrageous,” Johnson said in his remarks, prompting cheers and chants of “no ceasefire” from the thousands of Israel supporters in attendance. “Hamas terrorists waged the bloodiest assault on Jewish life since the Holocaust.” Speaker Mike Johnson: The Calls for a Ceasefire are Outrageous “Israel will cease their counter offensive when Hamas ceases to be a...

Though you can’t tell it with the unaided eye from here, the sun is incredibly active. A massive nuclear reaction hurtling through space, sometimes it and its sunspots are more active, meaning they emit more heat and radiation, and sometimes they are less active. Further, it can let fly with plasma, superheated matter, that distorts Earth’s magnetic field and can destroy electronics. That sun activity, called Coronal Mass Ejection (CME), is incredibly dangerous for electronics, many of which are quite fragile and, in the case of infrastructure, expensive and difficult to replace. That’s because the electric charge created by the...

Explanation: In the fading darkness before dawn, a tilted triangle appeared to balance atop a rock formation off the southern tip of Sicily. Making up the points of the triangle are three of the four brightest objects visible in Earth’s sky: Jupiter, Venus and the Moon. Though a thin waning crescent, most of the moon’s disk is visible due to earthshine. Captured in this image on 2022 April 27, Venus (center) and Jupiter (left) are roughly three degrees apart -- and were headed toward a close conjunction. Conjunctions of Venus and Jupiter occur about once a year and are visible...

Israel should arrest the Emir of Qatar, Erdogan and Khamenei. WHY ARE THEY NOT HELD RESPONSIBLE? Hamas would not exist without Iran, Qatar and Turkey. Iran, Qatar and Turkey provide shelter to Hamas leaders and/or finance Hamas. Why Biden looks the other way and REFUSE to impose sanctions on Iran, Qatar and Turkey? Turkey was not expelled from NATO, Qatar continues a "Major Non-NATO Ally", sanctions are not being reimposed on Iran By Ezequiel Doiny On November 13, 2023 the Washington Free Beacon reported "The Biden administration may approve a sanctions waiver on Tuesday that will allow Iran to access...

The research team led by Hiroshima University engineers developed a 3D printing method that achieved stainless steel and aluminum bonds capable of withstanding separation stress of up to 17404.5 pounds per square inch on average. Credit: Motomichi Yamamoto/Hiroshima University Steel and aluminum are key players in supporting economic growth, yet materials joining them remain unexplored due to their fusion zones' brittleness. A new 3D printing method's fix may be a step toward a steel-aluminum hybrid renaissance. A new 3D printing method shrunk brittle zones plaguing steel and aluminum's juncture to a size of less than two microns, overcoming a fundamental...