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The US Commission on International Religious Freedom calling on the Biden Administration to designate India as a "country of particular concern"... Six Ukrainian drones downed over Crimea tonight. This after 26 other drones... Game publisher Activision Blizzard settling with the California Human Rights Department over alleged discrimination and sexual harassment... In a Ukrainian city council meeting today a council member setting off grenades. One person dead... 35-year-old Michael Cassidy charged in connection with the damage to the Satanic Temple display at the Iowa State Capitol... "the acute effects of ketamine" The Los Angeles County Medical Examiner reporting...death of Matthew Perry......

Two More Ships Struck By Houthi Missiles As Maersk Diverts All Tankers From Red Sea https://t.co/NCENcSRboWThis couldn’t come at a worse time.Attacks from Houthi-controlled Yemen struck two Liberian-flagged ships in the Bab al-Mandab Strait on Friday, a U.S. defence official said, underlining the threat to vessels in shipping lanes being targeted by the Iran-aligned group.Danish shipping company A.P. Moller-Maersk (MAERSKb.CO) said it would pause all container shipments through the Red Sea until further notice. German container line Hapag Lloyd said it was considering a similar move.A projectile, believed to be a drone, struck one of the Liberian-flagged vessels, the German-owned...

Bad news for EV owners with range anxiety - a half of electric cars go don't even go as far as makers claim. A real-world test of 22 of the most popular electric cars has found that 10 fell short of their advertised range. The biggest difference between quoted and actual ranges was observed in a 2022 Ford F-150 Lightning Lariat Extended Range, which starts at around $70,000. It ran out of juice after covering 270 highway miles, 50 miles less than the EPA 320-mile estimate, according to a test by Consumer Reports. When a manufacturer sells an electric car...

Putin held his annual Q&A today, where he made some interesting new statements which I’ll first go over. One of the most notable, to me, was the reiteration of the stated objectives of the SMO. For a long time now Ukrainian sources claimed that Russia was slowly walking back or down-scaling the SMO’s goals as a face-saving measure in light of their putative ‘inability to advance.’ Putin refuted this narrative once and for all, by adamantly restating the goals: ubscribe Sign in Putin's Q&A and Some Revealing Article Roundups on AFU's Deterioration SIMPLICIUS THE THINKER DEC 14, 2023 Putin held...

When Kate Cox sued the state of Texas earlier this month hoping a judge would allow her to abort her baby at 21 weeks, her story spread rapidly across the media. She claimed she wanted to do what was “best” for her daughter but asked the court to allow a D&E abortion which is carried out by dismemberment. Abortion advocates rallied around Cox, arguing that her daughter should die by dismemberment D&E abortion rather than be born and “suffer,” fully ignoring how a child at 21 weeks is pain-capable and dismemberment isn’t a way anyone would wish to die. They...

This week has been dominated once more by the horrors of Gaza and the attempts by most of the world to obtain a ceasefire through a mechanism (i.e. the UN) that is not really fit for purpose. If the US had any semblance of moral authority left, this has now disappeared completely after it used its veto to stifle the impulse for humanity that most of the world still possesses . The Ukraine forces are creaking at the seams but have not collapsed yet, while the not so great Z is on his travels again, distancing himself from the political...

Ever since Peter Capaldi retired as the Twelfth Doctor, the long-running British sci-fi series “Doctor Who” has faced ratings troubles, with audiences expressing disinterest in the direction of the series. With the arrival of the Fifteenth Doctor, portrayed by Ncuti Gatwa, fans’ concerns with the direction of the show are reflected, as ratings continuing to decline. However, a clip from the upcoming Christmas special “The Church On Ruby Road” garnered attention — but not for the reasons that the producers may have intended. In the episode, the Doctor and his companion, Ruby, portrayed by Millie Gibson, infiltrate a church. As...

A Canadian journalist who called for the unvaccinated be put in concentration camps dies suddenly at the age of 33.

A 10th-grader at a public school in Seattle reportedly failed a quiz for saying only men have penises and only women can get pregnant, and the school has since removed the teacher's page from its website following scrutiny. Students taking an Ethnic Studies World History course at Chief Sealth International High School were told such assertions were incorrect on the true-false “Understanding Gender vs. Sex” quiz, according to screenshots obtained by Fox News Digital. The quiz also asked questions regarding trans pronouns and the sexual orientation of trans-identifying individuals. The student's mother, who remained anonymous for fear of retribution toward...

Sir Winston Churchill, the “old British Bulldog,” once famously quipped, “Everyone is in favor of free speech. Hardly a day passes without it being extolled, but some people's idea of it is that they are free to say what they like, but if anyone else says anything back, that is an outrage.” It’s been more than six decades since the late prime minister’s observation, but the inconsistency he identified in his country is as present today as it was back then. I say that because this past March Dr. Aaron Edwards was fired from his theology teaching position at Cliff...

An illegal migrant from Guatemala is facing a manslaughter charge after a Florida sheriff’s deputy suffered a fatal heart attack during a May struggle with the 18-year-old in St. Augustine. Stakes in the legally complex case escalated this week after Virgilio Aguilar-Mendez retained a civil rights attorney who claims he was wrongfully stopped before the encounter which led to St. Johns County Sergeant Michael Kunovich’s death.

Governor Chris Sununu (R-NH) said Friday on Fox News Channel’s “Your World” that former Gov. Nikki Haley (R-SC) is going to be the Republican Party’s 2024 presidential nominee Sununu said, “It’s the connection she has with voters. When she’s in New Hampshire, and she’s doing the town halls and all that, she’s not just telling you where she is. She does that. But she’s allowing folks to ask questions. She’s earning trust. And that’s why her numbers were soaring before I even got involved because folks are galvanizing around that. And then you have the international experience, which none of...

Dutch Jewish aid worker (A)Lex Aronson was hanged on this date in 1975 in Iraq. Aronson (English Wikipedia entry | Dutch) had survived Bergen-Belsen as a child* — his grandfather was not so fortunate — and gone on to a peripatetic career in global relief work that took him to Israel, Syria, Gabon, Nigeria, India, Bangladesh, and points beyond. The last point beyond was Kurdish northern Iraq, during the terrible Iraqi-Kurdish war there of 1974-1975. By the accounts of his friends, Aronson was a free spirit, a man of idealism and wanderlust. By the account of the Iraqi government that...

The stock market is currently experiencing its most overbought conditions since the early days of the pandemic, with traders displaying a fervent appetite for bullish options contracts. This surge in bullish sentiment is reminiscent of the situation leading up to the 2008-09 recession, raising concerns among seasoned analysts. A striking comparison can be drawn between the current market state and the situation in December 2021, particularly in the context of "Min vol." Despite a similar move, this time it took half the duration as volatility rapidly collapsed. The prevailing sentiment suggests that, post-options expiration (OpEx), markets are poised to surge...

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During his recent listening party, Ye performed with Ty Dolla Sign and revealed more anti-Semitic lyrics from their upcoming collaborative album Vultures, including the line: 'I still keep some Jews with me / Management? Nah / I only let ’em do my jewelry.' He previously revealed the offensive line, 'How am I anti-Semitic? I just f***ed a Jewish b****,' from the title single on the upcoming album. In a video of the rant obtained by TMZ, West falsely claims: 'It’s 60 million of us in America, 60 million Jews in the world.' It's unclear who the 'us' in the statement...

[H/T Mewzilla for finding the truth despite the chaff- “The responsibility to be vaccinated is not absolute.”]The availability of COVID-19 vaccines under an Emergency Use Authorization from the FDA brings into sharp relief the question whether physicians have an ethical responsibility to accept vaccination. Guidance in the AMA Code of Medical Ethics indicates that they do. COVID-19 vaccine developmentGet reliable information on developments in the authorization, distribution and administration of COVID-19 vaccines.Learn More Opinion 8.7, “Routine Universal Immunization of Physicians,” provides that in general when a safe, effective vaccine is available physicians have a responsibility to accept immunization in the...

LAX Airport Police setting up a blockade up ahead as protesters approach the front of LAX from the ramp.

CNN anchor Jake Tapper said Friday on his show “The Lead” that former Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani engaged in “in the worst kind of racist sleaze imaginable” when accusing two election workers in Georgia of moving “dope.” Tapper said, “To remind folks, I want to play what Rudy Giuliani said, just a piece of what he said about Shaye Moss and Ruby Freeman, remember, they’re mother and daughter, way back in 2020, to the Georgia State House, some of the defamatory comments he said. Remember, they’re behavior, their conduct, Shaye Moss and Ruby Freeman has been vouched for not only...

IBM is in hot water due to its discriminatory hiring practices. No, they’re not discriminating against blacks or Hispanics; they’re taking part in the popular new craze of treating whites and Asians like second-class citizens and denying them basic rights based on the color of their skin. This is the United States, and these actions are supposed to be illegal here. That’s why America First Legal, a group started by Trump loyalist Stephen Miller, is now suing IBM for racially discriminating against white and Asian Americans and for promising to fire, demote, or deny bonuses to corporate executives who fail...