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A pair of British and American tourists are facing up to two years in prison after they were arrested for allegedly attacking nail salon staff in Bali, Indonesia. The women, identified by local media as Andrea CW, 37, from London, UK, and Chansler A, 37, from New York, US, reportedly assaulted staff of the Ombre Nail Salon in Kerobokan over a misunderstanding about payment. The backpackers allegedly did not have enough money to pay the fees for an extra treatment they asked for and became angry when the staff tried to charge them for the service. Shocking CCTV footage shows...

ALEXANDRIA, Va. — A federal judge on Tuesday allowed the Arlington National Cemetery to remove a century-old Confederate memorial one day after blocking the removal over a report that gravesites were disturbed. At a hearing in federal court in Alexandria, Virginia, U.S. District Judge Rossie Alston said he issued the temporary injunction Monday after receiving an urgent phone call from the memorial's supporters saying that gravesites adjacent to the memorial were being desecrated as contractors began work to remove the memorial.

Woah … what on earth is going on here? The Indianapolis Colts have hit two of their players with suspensions for the rest of the 2023 season, which is a shocking decision by the franchise considering their spot in the NFL playoff race, according to ESPN. The two players are wide receiver Isaiah McKenzie and cornerback Tony Brown, with the Colts citing conduct detrimental for their suspensions. No other reason than that was given. For Indy’s 30-13 victory Saturday against the Pittsburgh Steelers, each player was listed as a healthy scratch, with both coming in stunning fashion. Just days later,...

I've noticed a flurry of "TRUMP IS LITERALLY HITLER" articles and reports in the press lately.I'm a helpful fellow, so I thought I'd write an article for them. They may use it in their entirity.Trump is more of a threat to America than Isis, Jihadists, nuclear war, and deforestation. Trump is more of a threat to America than universal rape, concentration camps, plagues, and pestilance. Trump is more of a threat to America than space alien invasions, Noah-like floods, swarms of locusts, and bad hair-dye jobs. Trump is more of a threat to America than global warming, infanticide, glacial formation,...

How's this for an idea? Argentina's new president, Javier Milei, and his new justice minister, Patricia Bullrich, have advised Argentina's rioters they can kiss their welfare payments goodbye if they go out rioting -- starting fires, spraying graffiti, breaking windows, blocking roads, and looting. Milei's government in Argentina 🇦🇷 announced that they will cut off welfare benefits for everyone who riots and cuts off traffic in protests. The security minister said that police will take pictures and drones will, too. The most based spending cut! pic.twitter.com/LB0j6n1iN9 — Daniel Di Martino 🇺🇸🇻🇪 (@DanielDiMartino) December 19, 2023Bullrich, a former political rival of...

According to much of what's read in the media and among some advocates, the Vatican's changed! It's finally come around to embracing the LGBTQ+ agenda, and is now offering blessings for gay couples for inclusivity's sake, and who knows, soon may be offering gay marriages! Here is some of the cheering from Christopher Lamb at CNN:With five words, uttered right at the beginning of his pontificate, Pope Francis changed the Catholic conversation about LGBTQ+ people. In 2013, when asked by a journalist about gay priests, the pope famously replied: “Who am I to judge?”Over the last decade the pope has...

The U.S. government ran a budget deficit of $381 billion so far into the 2024 fiscal year, which represents a 13% increase from this same time period last year. The deficit is $44 billion higher than it was at the end of November 2022, according to the latest data released by the U.S. Department of the Treasury. Congress passed a "laddered" continuing resolution in November with a final expiration date of February 2. Conservative House Republicans have been calling for a reduction in federal spending to reduce the budget deficit. Congress must pass another spending bill to keep the government...

This article was based on research done by the Election Oversight Group and a private Georgia citizen. If you would like to support the Elections Oversight Group, you can do so here. There is little-to-no funding for backend election investigations but hundreds of millions of dollars “donated” to register every person with a pulse. The “Claim” On November 17, 2020, Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger made an announcement that an audit “using forensic techniques” was completed with “no sign of foul play” in the 2020 election. The statement previously appeared on the Secretary of State’s webpage and is still...

National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby vehemently denied allegations that the U.S. deliberately left weapons in Afghanistan during the botched withdrawal of American troops, characterizing such claims as “fallacies” and “farces.” Kirby claimed that over 20 years, the U.S. government, with congressional approval, armed and equipped the Afghan National Security Forces. He noted that as the Taliban advanced, many Afghan forces chose not to fight, abandoning their arms. Kirby claimed that these weapons belonged to the Afghan forces, not directly left by the U.S. “Let me remind you — please, take the opportunity to remind you: We didn’t just leave...

San Francisco rolled out the red carpet for Chinese leader Xi Jinping in November. The far left California city and center of innovation held a parade in Xi Jinping’s honor complete with Communist flags lining the streets of the Democrat-run city. Chinese Americans welcomed Xi as his caravan drove by – the same Chinese who fled communist China to come to the US. During the summit Chinese communist leader Xi Jinping told Joe Biden to his face that China will take Taiwan at the time of their choosing. Why Shelf-Stable Beef Will Be an Extremely Valuable Commodity in the Near...

[Catholic Caucus] Archbishop prohibits priests from ‘performing any form of blessing’ of same-sex couples in response to new Vatican declarationRome — A metropolitan archbishop has become the first prelate to issue guidance to his flock on the Vatican’s declaration allowing same-sex blessings. In it he firmly prohibits priests and faithful from accepting or performing any form of blessing of couples in an irregular situation and same-sex couples.In a statement dated December 19, and sent to all priests and parishes in his archdiocese, Archbishop Tomash Peta of Saint Mary in Astana, Kazakhstan, together with Auxiliary Bishop Athanasius Schneider, firmly contend that...

Not only does the left want you to eat bugs over a steak dinner, they also want you to wash it down with toilet water — all in the name of saving the planet, of course. California regulators approved new rules on Tuesday allowing water agencies to “recycle wastewater and put it right back into the pipes that carry drinking water to homes, schools and businesses,” the Associated Press reported.

Tesla has found itself locked in an increasingly bitter dispute with union workers in Sweden and neighboring countries. The showdown pits the electric car maker’s CEO Elon Musk, who’s staunchly anti-union, against the strongly held labor ideals of Scandinavian countries. None of Tesla’s workers anywhere in the world are unionized, raising questions about whether strikes could spread to other parts of Europe where employees commonly have collective bargaining rights — notably in Germany, Tesla’s most important European market. ... Since the mechanics with the powerful Swedish metalworkers’ union IF Metall went on strike, other workers around the country have joined...

President Joe Biden is "losing ground every month" in the national polls mostly due to inflation, a Democrat pollster told CNN. Stanley Greenberg, appearing Monday on CNN's "Inside Politics," said Biden's team should focus on halting his continuing falling job approval numbers by telling voters how he plans to deal with rising prices. "When your approval with your base is lower than ... your opponent, you know … you need a new start," Greenberg said. "What matters [to voters] is how many months people have been struggling to deal with inflation, and each month they get madder and madder about...

Kamala Harris has announced that she will be embarking on a nationwide “Reproductive Freedoms Tour” in support of abortion. The tour will kick off in Wisconsin, a battleground state, on January 22 — which marks the 51st anniversary of the Supreme Court’s original decision in Roe v. Wade. “Across our nation, there is a full-on attack on a woman’s fundamental freedom to make decisions about her own body,” Harris wrote in a post on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, along with the video announcement. “In the new year, I will be traveling the country to organize, build community,...

U.S. oil production reached a record 13.2 million barrels per day, significantly increasing exports, especially to Europe and Asia. End-of-year tax considerations are prompting traders to export more oil to reduce taxable inventory, with exports expected to average 5 million barrels per day. The integration of WTI Midland in the Brent basket and the European embargo on Russian oil have contributed to the growing popularity of U.S. crude in global markets.

The Colorado Supreme Court’s decision to ban former President Trump from the state’s primary ballot undermines a “bedrock principle” of American democracy, one of the court’s Democrat-appointed justices wrote in a fiery dissent. Justices Carlos Samour, Maria Berkenkotter and Chief Justice Brian D. Boatright all dissented, but Samour was particularly critical of the 4-3 ruling. Samour and Boatright were each appointed by Democratic former Gov. John Hickenlooper, while Berkenkotter was appointed by current Gov. Jared Polis, also a Democrat. “The decision to bar former President Donald J. Trump — by all accounts the current leading Republican presidential candidate (and reportedly...

CASES of a "super flu" that leaves sufferers with "brains like porridge" are soaring, officials data suggests. In England, suspected cases of the bug climbed to 1,178 in the week ending December 10, more than triple the 370 confirmed a fortnight ago. Flu cases began rising significantly in October but still appear lower than last year, according to suspected cases from the notification of infectious diseases data (NOID) report. Around 402 patients were in hospital with flu last week, up two-thirds on the 243 the previous week and more than double the 153 a fortnight ago, NHS data shows. People...

Daily Readings from the USCCBAnd the angel said to her in reply, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. Therefore the child to be born will be called holy, the Son of God.” Luke 1:35Try to set aside all that you know about Jesus and simply ponder these words of the Archangel Gabriel as if you were to hear them as our Blessed Mother did for the very first time. She was told she would have a child, even though she had not had relations with a man. She was...

Oh my, how times change. That Jack Smith is desperate to convict Donald Trump before he can be nominated is the worst kept secret in the world at the moment. Special Counsel Jack Smith is working overtime to imprison former U.S. President Donald Trump prior to the 2024 presidential election, admits CNN legal expert Elie Honig. Smith is working to fast-track numerous criminal indictments against Trump with the ultimate goal of a conviction that could disrupt the former President’s campaign endeavours, in a flagrant election interference attempt by the Biden regime. Smith's procedural efforts are way out of the norm...