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@burgessev Whoa: Rand Paul used the Heimlich maneuver on Joni Ernst at Senate lunch today, she was choking on some food, per attendees. She’s OK, senators say

Seven people – including one minor – were busted as pro-Palestinian protesters descended on the streets surrounding the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree lighting, clashing with cops trying to keep the demonstration under control, police said Thursday. The adults arrested range in age from 20 to 54 and live around New York and in New Jersey, according to police. One person was charged with a felony, five people were hit with misdemeanor raps and one juvenile was cuffed as the enormous crowd gathered along Sixth Avenue where hordes of tourists were waiting in line to see the iconic ceremony on Wednesday...

Speaking at the 2023 DealBook Summit in New York on Wednesday, Elon Musk, the owner of social media site X (formerly Twitter), scoffed at advertisers leaving the platform because of antisemitic posts he amplified there. “If somebody’s going to try to blackmail me with advertising? Blackmail me with money? Go f---yourself. Go. F---. Yourself. Is that clear?” Musk singled out Disney CEO Bob Iger in the audience, saying “Hi Bob!” He also implied that his fans would boycott those advertisers in kind. “The whole world will know that those advertisers killed the company and we will document it in great...

By looking at radio waves and X-ray emissions, a team of physicists has found black hole Sagittarius A* to be spinning — and altering space-time around it. The supermassive black hole at the center of our galaxy, Sagittarius A*, is spinning rapidly and altering space-time around it, a new study has found. Space-time is the four-dimensional continuum that describes how we see space, fusing one-dimensional time and three-dimensional space together to represent the space fabric that curves in response to massive celestial bodies. A team of physicists observed the black hole, which is located 26,000 light-years from Earth, with NASA’s...

It wasn't police violence – it was a homeless California woman, authorities say. Michael Latt, a 33-year-old Hollywood consultant and activist known for promoting social justice causes, died Monday after 36-year-old Jameelah Elena Michl allegedly broke into his home and allegedly shot him in the head, according to the Los Angeles Police Department. The motive was not immediately clear. Police say she broke into Latt's $800,000 one-bedroom apartment in the Mid-Wilshire neighborhood east of Beverly Hills around 6 p.m. Monday. Paramedics rushed Latt to a nearby hospital, but he died from his injuries, police said. They arrested Michl at the...

Explanation: On flight day 13 (November 28, 2022) of the Artemis I mission, the Orion spacecraft reached its maximum distance from its home world. Over 430,000 kilometers from Earth in a distant retrograde orbit, Orion surpassed the record for most distant spacecraft designed to carry humans. That record was previously set in 1970 during the Apollo 13 mission to the Moon. Both Earth and Moon are in the same field of view in this video frame from Orion on Artemis I mission flight day 13. The planet and its large natural satellite even appear about the same apparent size from...

A McDonald's meal from a viral TikTok has become the poster child for a key issue leading up to the 2024 presidential election. "I get there is a labor shortage," user @topheroliver, who is based in Idaho, said in the video originally posted in December 2022. "I get there's wage increases and a number of other things. But $16? Sixteen dollars for a burger, large fries, and a drink. It's just crazy." The video gained traction recently after McDonald's released its earnings report revealing that revenues were up 8.1% in the past year. McDonald's attributed part of the revenue increase...

"The Yankees are profoundly saddened by the passing of former United States secretary of state Henry Kissinger, who performed varied and vital diplomatic and advisory roles throughout his distinguished career. A lifelong friend of the Yankees organization, he was a frequent welcome guest of the Steinbrenner family at Yankee Stadium. We offer our heartfelt condolences to his family, friends and all who had the privilege of knowing him. He will be deeply missed.”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFqMDKUDdsg Chinese Yuan & Indian Rupees are just about unusable in world markets. While US dollars and Euros are highly usable. Russia is selling lots of oil, but is rarely paid in Euros or US Dollars for it. Rarely, as in only 10% of Russia's oil and gas sales, does Russia get paid in Euros and US dollars.

The glow of the aurora may appear over part of the United States Thursday night into Friday morning, potentially as far south as Pennsylvania and Colorado. An aurora borealis, also known as the northern lights, is seen in the night sky in the early morning hours of Monday, April 24, 2023, near Washtucna, Wash. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Seeing the glow of the northern lights is a bucket list item for many, and some people may soon have their dreams come true as the aurora could glow over more than a dozen states on Thursday night. Earlier this week,...

Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee raged against Chairman Dick Durbin Thursday after he refused a third debate on two of President Biden’s judicial nominees, leading one senior GOP lawmaker to say Durbin had “just destroyed one of the most important committees in the United States Senate.” As a roll call vote got underway, senators on the Republican side warned that Durbin’s steamrolling would be remembered. “You’re gonna have a lot of consequences coming if you go down this road. I’ve cautioned a lot of you,” Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) told his Democratic colleagues.

The great tragedy of our time is that liberals vote left. Virtually every value liberals have held for a century is now held by conservatives and scorned by leftists. Therefore, America, in serious jeopardy of being lost, will be saved when people convince the liberals in their life that the left, not the conservative, is their enemy. This process begins by establishing whether a friend or relative is a liberal or a leftist. If it turns out that he or she is a liberal, it is worth engaging in respectful dialogue on the issues of the day. If the friend...

National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir arrived at the scene shortly after the attack, saying "This event proves once again how much we must not show weakness; how much we should talk to Hamas only through the gun sight, only through war. My stance about the ceasefire is known: Hamas must not be allowed to speak to us with two voices." Ben-Gvir added that the attack displayed how important it is to distribute weapons to civilians. "Weapons save lives. We see it time after time: Wherever there are weapons, citizens, policemen, [and] soldiers save lives. And this weapon can save us...

If you missed it, this very important report dropped on Tuesday: REPORT: Bombshell whistleblower documents, Slack communications show US and UK military contractors created a "sweeping plan for global censorship in 2018" VIDEO AT LINK.................... Today, one of the journalists behind the report, Michael Shellenberger, testified before the House Weaponization Committee about the extensive network of employees and contractors in the military, intelligence, and bureaucratic communities that coordinated to interfere in the 2020 election, silence Americans who disagreed with the regime, and consolidate power for themselves. VIDEO AT LINK................. Everything the Founding Fathers warned us about is happening right now...

Majorities of Americans support cease-fires in the ongoing wars in the Middle East and Ukraine, according to a new poll. The new Economist/YouGov poll found that 68 percent of American respondents support a cease-fire between Russia and Ukraine, while 8 percent said they would not. In addition, 65 percent of respondents said they would support a cease-fire between Israel and the militant group Hamas, which are nearing their two-month mark of fighting. Meanwhile, 16 percent said they are opposed to a cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas war.

Sen. Angus King (I-ME) joined three Senate Democrats on Thursday to introduce a ban on the most popular semiautomatic rifles in America, describing such firearms as “lethal capacity weapons.” The Senate Democrats are Martin Heinrich (NM), Mark Kelly (AZ), and Michael Bennet (CO). The ban is titled the Gas-Operated Semiautomatic Firearm Exclusion (GOSAFE) Act.

@KobeissiLetter JUST IN: Users on X are reporting mass cancellations of Disney+, $DIS, subscriptions after Elon Musk interview. Within just hours of Elon Musk's interview, thousands of users have posted screenshots of cancelled Disney+ subscriptions. In addition to Disney+, users are reporting cancellations of Paramount Plus and others. This comes after Elon Musk accused some advertisers of blackmailing X with advertising money. Disney's CEO, Bob Iger, was specifically called out.

Two of these passed over our house a few min ago. Very slowly and the motor sound was very loud. Obviously they were big. I live near the Arizona National Guard Papago Park Military Reservation and so I'm sure it came from there. We do get some interesting craft from there overhead at times. I'm just curious. What is it carrying? It looks like a bomb but I am guessing that it isn't. ?

Origin of Et Tu, Brute “Et Tu, Brute?” are perhaps the most popular three words ever written, uttered in literature, and then quoted in different contexts. This phrase also comes from the genius of Shakespeare. It occurs in his play, Julius Caesar, (Act-III, Scene-I, Lines, 77). Julius Caesar utters this phrase as his last words, addressing his close friend, Brutus, in the play. However, the history does not seem to support this, as it is a widely debated subject among historians and dramatists alike. Like so many other countless phrases, Shakespeare vouchsafed this phrase an everlasting life after using it...

Canada has long been seen as a safe haven. Now, that’s changingAden Polydoros spent more than a decade living in Arizona as a transgender man until, he says, a transphobic experience in the summer of 2022 prompted him to move to Canada. He moved to Vancouver this April. He says he's lucky. As an author, it was easy to take his work with him. He also started studying screenwriting as he hopes to write for movies some day. Polydoros, 27, says he feels safer in Canada. But nationwide protests in September over LGBTQ-inclusive school policies disturbed him. Many demonstrations were...