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Counting the lies, the reasons NOT to celebrate. Please feel free to contribute. 1. Anyone can contract HIV/AIDS. Anyone can die from ingesting a deadly poison, but the vast majority of people will never choose to ingest deadly poison. Everyone knows who the people who are getting infected are. 2. The only way to know for sure if you are "HIV negative" is to get tested. It's actually possible to know your HIV status without an HIV test. Hundreds of millions of people know this with absolute certaintly. Again, we ALL know who the people getting infected are. 3. Everyone...

PHILADELPHIA (TND) — The Philadelphia City Council passed a ban Thursday on so-called "sheisties" in certain public spaces. The council's ban prohibit the use of ski masks and balaclavas in day cares, schools, parks, recreation centers, public transit and city buildings. Violators face a $250 fine, and those wearing the masks while committing a crime will assume a possible $2,000 fine. We must send a message that masks are of no discernible public or private good when they just create fear and anxiety," Councilman Anthony Phillips stated, according to FOX 29. Exceptions for religious freedom and "First Amendment activities" are...

(Daily Caller)—Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s wife stepped in to end a Thursday debate with Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, according to multiple reports. Newsom and DeSantis participated in “The Great Red State vs. Blue State” debate in Alpharetta, Georgia, hosted by Fox News’ Sean Hannity, where two governors later agreed to extend the debate past its original 90 minute duration. Hannity ended the debate following a commercial break directly after the agreement was made in real time, during which Jennifer Siebel Newsom interjected on behalf of her husband, both Politico and NBC News reported, citing DeSantis aides as well...

The IDF on Friday evening targeted and struck terror infrastructure in the Gaza Strip. The targets included operational command centers in which Hamas terrorists were operating, underground sites, and a military compound from which anti-tank missiles were launched at soldiers earlier in the day. Furthermore, the IDF eliminated a number of terrorist cells throughout the Gaza Strip, including a terrorist cell of over 10 terrorists. The cell was operating adjacent to ground troops and identified by IDF observation soldiers. Additionally, in joint ground and aerial activity, IDF forces thwarted two terrorist cells that launched mortar shells toward IDF troops in...

A Florida man has been arrested for allegedly planning to commit a mass casualty incident at a Tesla-sponsored event hosted by CEO Elon Musk. Advertisement According to a Travis County arrest warrant, Paul Ryan Overeem, 28, was booked on suspicion of making a terrorist threat, which is a third-degree felony. Authorities said that on November 9th, the 28-year-old, going by the handle “ufotnoitalumis,” made many online threats against Tesla’s Cybertruck promotional event in Austin, Texas, on Thursday. He conveyed these messages via an Instagram exchange. The threats included: “But yeah so at teh (sic) Tesla event I’m planning to attach...

A Maricopa County Superior Court judge rejected Kari Lake’s lawsuit request to view signed ballots of 1.3 million early voters in Arizona. Judge John Hannah’s ruling, filed Thursday, denied Lake from gaining access to the envelopes in connection to the 2022 gubernatorial race that she lost to now Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs. Hannah argued the release of the ballot envelopes and their signatures would undermine the ballot verification process for future elections. “The broad right of electoral participation outweighs the narrow interests of those who would continue to pick at the machinery of democracy,” Hannah wrote. According to the filing,...

Former Nevada Attorney General Adam Laxalt (R) has stepped down as chairman of the pro-DeSantis super PAC Never Back Down, according to a spokesperson from the group. “After nearly 26 straight months of being in a full-scale campaign, I need to return my time and attention to my family and law practice,” Laxalt wrote in a Nov. 26 letter to the group’s board, according to a letter obtained by the Times. Laxalt added he is still supporting DeSantis’s 2024 presidential bid.

President Joe Biden addressed the issue of inflation in the US, blaming corporations for price gouging and high prices, while introducing a new government measure to control the economy. Experts have criticized Biden’s statement, in that he has no experience in the private sector and is not taking responsibility for the inflation caused by the government’s incredible spending spree. “Let me be clear: To any corporation that has not brought their prices back down — even as inflation has come down, even as supply chains have been rebuilt — it’s time to stop the price gouging, giving the American consumer...

MSNBC host Joe Scarborough said Friday on his show “Morning Joe” that the United States should consider withholding aid from Israel until Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is removed from power. The panel was discussing a New York Times report that the Israeli government had received warnings over a year ago about the kind of terror attack launched by Hamas on October 7. Scarborough said, “We mourn the terror attack as a nation and we support the Israelis. At this point, we still support the Israelis. But this idea that we’re going to continue supporting Netanyahu’s government and have them saying,...

Please suffer me this infrequent vanity post. I want to make readers aware of what looks to me like a hazard and see if anyone else has heard of it or knows how it can be done. We have some smart people on many subjects in these pages. It looks to me like AARP-United Health Care may have some kind of security problem and since Wednesday morning and 5 calls, 2 with supervisors, I have gotten no satisfaction to correct it or protect my account. Maybe someone on here understands what is taking place. I don't unless someone is either...

“‘Eat bugs, live in a pod,’ is not a meme. It’s their real agenda,” tweeted the conservative provocateur Mike Cernovich to 1.1 million followers last month. The tweet was responding to an anodyne Economist story about the role of meat consumption in global climate emissions. And unless you’re deep into online culture, it’s probably incomprehensible. Conservatives’ darker fantasies aren’t just about threats to a dietary staple but about threats to the liberty, bodily integrity, and masculinity of American men.

One of the fattest men in the world has been found dead in his home just days after he vowed to shed the weight. Leonid Andreev, 60, weighed more than three baby elephants and had been trapped in his own home for five years. The 44-stone man was found at home in the village of Armizonskoye, Russia, only a day day after he told local media how he was planning a new life of losing weight and moving apartments.

Pope Francis is reportedly planning to remove an American conservative cardinal, who has been critical of the Vatican in the past, from his apartment over issues of “disunity,” according to ABC News. Cardinal Raymond Burke, 75, was removed by the pope as the Vatican’s high court justice in 2014 and has been openly critical of Francis’ statements on LGBTQ issues and reform of the Catholic Church. Francis allegedly held a meeting with other Vatican leaders on Nov. 20 to discuss his plan to remove Burke’s apartment and salary as a retired cardinal because he is a source of “disunity,” according...

A Maryland congressional candidate latched onto Friday’s expulsion of Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) to boost his own campaign, calling on the country to “send a real gay, Latino, Jew to Congress.” State Delegate Joe Vogel (D) announced a run for Maryland’s 6th District in May, currently held by Rep. David Trone (D), who is pursing a Senate campaign. “Unlike George Santos, we’re going to Congress to solve problems not create drama,” he posted on X, formerly Twitter. “And we don’t use our campaign funds on Botox — we’re instead using the money you chip in to build an organizing program...

Explanation: The core of the Milky Way is rising beyond the Chilean mountain-top La Silla Observatory in this deep night skyscape. Seen toward the constellation Sagittarius, our home galaxy's center is flanked on the left, by the European Southern Observatory's New Technology Telescope which pioneered the use of active optics to accurately control the shape of large telescope mirrors. To the right stands the ESO 3.6-meter Telescope, home of the exoplanet hunting HARPS and NIRPS spectrographs. Between them, the galaxy's central bulge is filled with obscuring clouds of interstellar dust, bright stars, clusters, and nebulae. Prominent reddish hydrogen emission from...

Arizona Election Lies Exposed Frank Speech Email The tide is shifting. This week we heard blockbuster oral arguments before the New Hampshire Supreme Court from Patriot Daniel Richard. Richard uncovered the dirty secrets behind Dominion Voting Systems and AccuVote tabulating systems being run by LHS Associates. In fact the election machines are so bad that even the president of LHS Associates admitted the AccuVote operating system is still running on Windows XP–a system not supported in decades! And the media continues to tell me that election machines cannot be hacked???!!! Windows XP, seriously? This case may end up BLOWING UP...

Winnipeg police have arrested and charged a 32-year-old man with second-degree murder in connection with the mass shooting that left four people dead early Sunday morning in the city's West Broadway neighbourhood, a news release says. Jamie Randy Felix is charged with four counts of second-degree murder and one count of attempted murder, a police news release says. He was arrested at 6:30 a.m. Friday at a home on Fernwood Avenue, Insp. Jennifer McKinnon said at a news conference shortly after 10 a.m. the same day. A large police presence was seen in the area of Fernwood Avenue and St....

For the average person, being convicted of a felony means going to prison to serve a sentence. For “special” people like Jussie Smollett, with the backing of powerful Democrats like Michelle Obama, convictions mean freedom through the appeal process so he could direct a movie and hang out with Hollywood’s top wokesters. Now, it appears Smollett may serve the remainder of his tiny 150-day sentence for sparking race wars through his infamous hate hoax. The important word there is “may.” According to TMZ, losing his appeal does not necessarily mean he’s going to jail like normal people. Jussie Smollett just...

NATIONAL PIE DAY Each year on December 1st, dessert lovers across the United States enjoy a slice of their favorite on National Pie Day. Pie is so delicious we celebrate it twice a year. The more popular date isJanuary 23rd. #NationalPieDay While it might be the lesser of the two celebrated PIE days (don't forget National Pi Day on March 14th), it happens to fall smack dab in the middle of a major pie-making season. Take away ice cream as a dessert choice, and most people choose either cake people or pie people. Or, to put it another way, most...

Despite a surge in mortgage rates, home prices continued to rise, registering a 3.9% increase in September compared to the previous year, according to the S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller Index. This growth coincided with a climb in the 30-year fixed mortgage rate towards 8%. While rents show signs of easing, home prices are currently nearly 10% more expensive than in 2008, with real home prices standing 80% above the 130-year historical average, as reported by Reventure.