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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken talking to Centrist Israeli war cabinet minister Benny Gantz demanding action against Jews... Meanwhile another member of the war cabinet Defense Minister Yoav Gallant has ordered detention without trial for a second Jewish man... Israeli politics the war shaking up public opinion... In Louisville a mistrial declared at the civil rights trial of ex Louisville police officer Brett Hankison... In the Central American nation of Guatemala the Public Prosecutor's Office seeking to prosecute Leftist President-Elect... Israel attacking the Syrian capital Damascus early Friday morning... In France Senator Joel Guerriau arrested accused of drugging a...

NEW YORK (AP) — Preston Cabral eats meat nearly every day at home, but his favorite meals at school are served on “Meatless Mondays” and “Vegan Fridays.” “Today I ate chips, tangerines and this thing that looked like chili but without the meat — just beans,” the 12-year-old said after lunch. Programs like these are among the few proven to work for one of the thorniest problems of the 21st century: How to get people to eat less meat. Experts agree that the urgency of climate change and the demands of a surging global population call for an overhaul of...

Dozens of protesters on Thursday shut down the westbound lanes of the Bay Bridge for roughly four hours, demanding that President Joe Biden call for a cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas war. Police, sheriff's deputies and California Highway Patrol units responded to the scene and detained the protesters. The San Francisco Sheriff's Office said roughly 80 protesters were cited and released. At least five tow trucks were at the scene towing away at least 15 protesters' vehicles. The CHP said the drivers of those vehicles tossed the keys into the bay.

A seismic shift is brewing in Washington, D.C., as the chorus of Democratic staffers’ dissent grows louder. On Nov. 14, more than 400 Biden administration employees released a letter distancing themselves from the president’s current stance on Israel. The staffers are pressing the president to demand a ceasefire on Gaza, the release of Israeli and Palestinian hostages and the restoration of services like electricity and humanitarian aid to the Gaza strip. The public letter follows an action led by over 100 congressional staffers, who participated in a walkout last week also calling for a ceasefire. The participants, who came from...

Here is missing text --from the interview-- in link: Netanyahu says there were "strong indications" Hamas hostages were held in Gaza's Al-Shifa Hospital evening-news. By Caitlin Yikek, November 16, 2023.________ Netanyahu: This is why there was no fire exchange when we entered, because the Hamas guys in the hospital fled as soon as we came in. Some were inside, with the doctors.... Nora then asked, quoting Biden about "extremists settlers violence[sic] pouring gasoline on fire." Netanyahu: I have condemned it in Hebrew and in English and here again with you. I've condemned any committing vigilante justice. I said that in...

A pro-Palestinian activist group shared a frightening map of New York City landmarks on social media, highlighting the building that houses the New York Post’s newsroom, Grand Central Station and the Museum of Modern Art — and calling for “direct action” to “globalize intifada.” In addition to the News Corp building and the headquarters of NBC News and the New York Times, Within Our Lifetime, which describes itself as a Palestinian-led community organization, also called for followers to target the Chelsea High Line and the offices of Meta — which is ironically the parent company of Instagram, the platform the...

For Darya Stepanova, a mother of two who lives in a small town on the eastern side of the Ural mountains, soaring prices for everything from baby food to nappies have forced her family to cut back on most treats and eating out. The Stepanov family is one of millions of Russian families having to cut back due to the significant changes forced on Russia's economy by the war in Ukraine and the myriad sanctions imposed by the West. Stepanova, 34, her five year old son and newborn son, try to make ends meet on the 50,000 roubles ($550) a...

Freepers, need your help. Does anyone on here have a family member or friend who has gained massive weight and excessive overeating is NOT causing it. I have great 2nd cousin-in-law who is approaching 500lbs, has always been a bit heavy, but not THAT heavy. Recently had massive water retention and went from 275-300 lbs to 500lbs, resulting in an ER trip. He and the wife have been to around 20 doctors in the metroplex (Dallas-Fort Worth) who have run a myriad of tests, found that his heart is fine, his cholesterol and blood pressure are normal, no diabetes and...

Trump has triple DeSantis' support in the Iowa State survey. Iowa’s Governor may have endorsed Ron DeSantis for President, but that hasn’t yet improved his fortunes ahead of the Hawkeye State caucuses Jan. 15. That’s the major takeaway from the most recent Iowa State University/Civiqs poll of Republican voters in the state, which shows former President Donald Trump tripling the Florida Governor’s support. “The basic order of the candidates stayed the same, and it’s actually a little surprising because it’s been an eventful month in the campaign,” said the poll’s organizer, Lucken Professor of Political Science Dave Peterson. “We’ve seen...

Silence in the Face of the Homosexual Infestation of the ClergyAs long as active clergy homosexual activity persists, the Church will continue to fracture and split, where eventually it will all but collapse and disappear.I saw the full-moon-sized face and squinted. I stared at his image for several seconds. Yes; it was him. In the closing frame of Bishop Joseph Strickland’s 2018 USCCB plenary assembly testimony and rebuke to bishops for their concealment of homosexual predator Theodore McCarrick sat a clergy member below the dais, facing the sea of bishops. He is seen below the dais as Bishop Strickland returns...

House GOP investigators in May launched a probe into the bank's voluntarily providing private consumer data to the FBI after reports made the move public. . House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan on Thursday served Bank of America with a subpoena, seeking information related to the firm's voluntary sharing of customer data with the FBI to aid its Jan. 6 investigations. "In 2021, BoA provided the FBI—voluntarily and without any legal process—with a list of individuals who made transactions in the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area using a BoA credit or debit card between January 5 and January 7, 2021," the...

Russia's top security official today warned of biological warfare and ordered regional governors to put their economies on a war footing. Security council secretary Nikolai Patrushev, 72, is seen by some as Vladimir Putin’s likely successor. A strong anti-Western hardliner, he claimed that the conflict in Ukraine could see biological warfare while also suggesting a new round of mobilisation in Russia after heavy losses of conscripts. -snip- “Unauthorised access to collections of dangerous pathogens, destruction and looting of laboratory premises, as well as loss of biological samples, cannot be ruled out….” He warned of Ukraine infecting refugees who travel from...

I have a problem. The idiot morons at Facebook insist that I enable something called Facebook Protect. They've locked my account. They insist on two-factor verification from third parties like Google Verify or Duo. They want me to get a code, then come back to FB and input it. These sites are designed to put an app on your phone. I don't have a smartphone (by choice) and I cannot figure out how the heck to get this done on my desktop.

Southeastern China’s Jiangxi province is going to build a fusion-fission power plant for more than 20 billion yuan (US$2.7 billion), with a target of continuously generating 100 megawatts (MW) of electricity. Jiangxi Electronic Group, a state-owned enterprise, said in a statement on Tuesday that Lianovation Superconductor and CNNC Fusion (Chengdu) Design and Research Institute signed a cooperation framework agreement on November 12 to jointly build a fusion-fission reactor in the province. ... In a fusion-fission hybrid reactor, the high-energy neutrons produced by the fusion reactions are absorbed in a “blanket” of fissionable material, where they trigger fission reactions. The favored...

Democrats on the Boston City Council are looking to extend local voting rights to foreign nationals in the United States on visas, green cards, and other forms of legal status. Councilwoman Kendra Lara (D) introduced the measure, which would allow foreign nationals on green cards, visas, and other forms of legal status to vote in Boston municipal elections. The measure is likely to gain widespread support from the council, which is made up of 12 Democrats.

Pro-Palestinian demonstrators shut down bridges in Boston and San Francisco amid rush hour Thursday morning, demanding a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip as the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) ramps up its military campaign against Hamas following the terror organization’s unprecedented attack on the Jewish state.

I know, that isn’t exactly a news flash. But has there ever been more definitive proof than the silence of most feminists in the face of Gaza’s brutal assault on Israeli women? Caroline McCaughey writes in the New York Sun: One of the first videos uploaded to social media of the Hamas terrorist attacks on October 7 showed the kidnapping of a 26-year-old Israeli, Noa Argamani, on the back of a motorcycle as she reaches out and screams, “Don’t kill me!” Another was of 23-year-old German national, Shani Louk, whose partially clothed, contorted body in the back of a pickup...

Dex Carvey had followed in his father's footsteps, opening for Dana Carvey in his Netflix special By • Published 10 mins ago Comedian Dana Carvey and his wife Paula announced the death of their son, Dex Carvey, on Thursday in an emotional tribute posted to Instagram. Dex Carvey, a 32-year-old comedian, died from an accidental drug overdose, his parents said. "Dex packed a lot into those 32 years. He was extremely talented at so many things -- music, art, film making, comedy -- and pursued all of them passionately," the post read in part. "It's not an exaggeration to say...

America’s Founders fought a bloody revolution in order to escape the “absolute despotism” to which they had been reduced under the hereditary monarchy of the British government, a system that Thomas Paine said “laid the world in blood and ashes.” After that revolution was won, the Founders’ singular focus was to create a republic that would safeguard individual freedom and state sovereignty by vesting only limited, specifically enumerated powers in a federal government. The Constitution’s first ten amendments (the Bill of Rights), Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution, as well as the Ninth and Tenth Amendments establish clear limitations...

During an interview with Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Thursday’s “NBC Nightly News,” host Lester Holt stated that while Israel has produced video of weapons “it says were recovered at the al-Shifa hospital, video of what may be a tunnel” that “doesn’t necessarily point to a Hamas command and control center as Israel and the U.S. have maintained.” Holt asked, “Israel is showing video of weapons it says were recovered at the al-Shifa hospital, video of what may be a tunnel. But it’s clear that the evidence doesn’t necessarily point to a Hamas command and control center as Israel...