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Multiple roads into JFK Airport are BLOCKED by Ceasefire Now protesters demanding an end to the war in Gaza

2023 was an unusually bad year for appliance regulations, and future years won’t be much better unless Congress finds a way to stop the nonsense. It all started last January when Richard Trumka Jr., a commissioner on the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), announced an investigation into the safety of natural gas stoves and boasted that a ban on them was "a real possibility." That sparked a powerful consumer backlash, followed up by strong denials from the Biden administration that any such ban was in the works. But CPSC has still gone ahead with its inquiry, and in February, team...

This past week, America said its final goodbye to Sandra Day O’Connor. The first woman appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court was eulogized at Washington National Cathedral by President Joe Biden and Chief Justice John Roberts. Justice O’Connor was appointed in 1981 by my father, served nearly a quarter century and died Dec. 1 at age 93. As Chief Justice John Roberts said, she was “a strong, influential, iconic jurist. Her leadership shaped the legal profession, making it obvious that judges are both women and men.” Most people know about Justice O’Connor making history as the first woman justice.

Harvard should fire black progressive Claudine Gay, and replace her with black conservative Carol Swain, the person whom Gay has plagiarized.

PARIS (AP) – The Eiffel Tower was closed to visitors Wednesday because of a strike over contract negotiations timed to coincide with the 100th anniversary of the death of its creator, Gustave Eiffel. One of the world’s most-visited sites, the Eiffel Tower is typically open 365 days a year – though it is occasionally affected by strikes – and is expected to play a central role in the 2024 Paris Olympics. Some tourists were visibly dismayed upon seeing a big sign beneath its iron façade announcing the closure in multiple languages, and apologizing for the inconvenience. Others took photos anyway,...

Here are the top 10 major events that took place in relation to COVID in 2023. 1. FDA and CDC Find More COVID Vaccine Adverse Events, Including Stroke 2. Vaccines Cannot ‘Effectively’ Control COVID: Fauci After Resigning 3. Gold Standard Review Finds Evidence of Masking ‘Uncertain’ 4. Repeated Vaccination Weakens the Immune System, Studies Suggest 5. DNA Contamination Detected in mRNA Vaccines, and FDA’s Response 6. COVID Vaccine-Injured People Compensated 7. Doctors Can Prescribe Ivermectin: FDA Lawyer 8. Mask Mandates Return in August, New COVID Vaccines Approved 9. Final Batch of Pfizer Vaccine Documents Released by the FDA 10. Not...

The Michigan Supreme Court denied an attempt Wednesday to remove Donald Trump from the state’s 2024 ballot, bolstering the chances that the US Supreme Court will soon hear an appeal of a Colorado ruling that disqualified the former president from that state’s primary. In a brief order, Michigan’s high court said it was “not persuaded that the questions presented should be reviewed by this Court” after an earlier appeal sought to make Trump ineligible under the Insurrection Clause of the 14th Amendment. The plaintiffs claimed Trump’s efforts to overturn President Biden’s victory that culminated in the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol...

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The New York Times on Wednesday filed a lawsuit against Microsoft and OpenAI, the company behind popular AI chatbot ChatGPT, accusing the pair of copyright infringement and abusing the newspaper's intellectual property to train large language models...In a court filing, the publisher said it seeks to hold Microsoft and OpenAI to account for "billions of dollars in statutory and actual damages..."

Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) blasted Democratic strategist James Carville, saying he should “shut the -‑‑‑ up” on criticisms regarding President Biden and his odds in the 2024 presidential race. In a new interview with Politico, Fetterman responded to a question about Biden’s reelection campaign by slamming Carville unprompted, saying he would use the interview as “another opportunity to tell James Carville to shut the -‑‑‑ up.” “Like I said, my man hasn’t been relevant since grunge was a thing. And I don’t know why he believes it’s helpful to say these kinds of things about an incredibly difficult circumstance with...

It’s rare for a mixed-martial arts star to engage in a sporting event with a septuagenarian and come away impressed — unless, of course, that septuagenarian is former President Donald Trump and the sport is golf. At the Republican front-runner’s own golf course. With two Super Bowl champions. During an interview with podcaster Joe Rogan published last week, Ultimate Fighting Championship middleweight Bo Nickal described a golf outing with the former president and New York Giants greats Lawrence Taylor and Ottis “O.J.” Anderson. Nickal said that Trump was sitting cage-side with UFC founder and president Dana White, “and he invited...

One in five young Americans has a positive view of 9/11 mastermind and Al Qaeda founder Osama Bin Laden, according to disturbing results of a DailyMail.com poll. Family members of 9/11 victims said the findings are 'horrifying' and proof of a startling trend suggesting some in the younger generation are growing sympathetic to terrorists. Another DailyMail.com poll in October found one in 10 voters under the age of 30 had a positive view of Hamas, despite the group's murderous attack on Israel that killed more than 1,300 men, women and children. Bin Laden orchestrated the 2001 hijackings that killed 2,977...

“The old politics of right versus left, and Republican opposed to Democrat have now given way to a new existential struggle: Americans must choose between civilization—or its destroyers.” –Victor Davis Hanson. Now that you, the lucky ones, are beyond your steaming platters of pancakes and mighty rashers of bacon, and perhaps even a dram or two of grog in your coffee. . . and clawed your way through the bales of presents. . . a merry Christmas to all. . . and here’s something else to think about this morning: You may have noticed that our country, formerly a republic...

Multiple Pizza Hut operators throughout California announced on Tuesday that they would be laying off hundreds of drivers before the new state minimum fast food wage of $20/an hour comes into effect on April 1st. The new law, Assembly Bill 1228, has been one of the most contentious of the year. Originally, the bill would have raised the minimum to $22 an hour and hold franchise corporations accountable for labor law violations at individual locations. In addition, thanks to a new Fast Food Council created from a new law signed last year (AB 257), benefits like paid leave and predictive...

Picture this: you’re cruising down the Great Ocean Road in your brand new electric vehicle (EV), the ocean to your left and the wind in your hair. But what if I told you this idyllic drive could turn into a nightmare, with the faint smell of something burning? This month we have had at least two large lithium-ion battery fires in Australia – one in the Sydney airport car park and another one more recently at the Bouldercombe battery storage site in Queensland. When a lithium-ion battery fire breaks out, the damage can be extensive. These fires are not only...

Wednesday 27 December 2023 Saint John, Apostle, Evangelist Feast St. John the Apostle Church, Miami Shores, FL Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: B(II).First reading1 John 1:1-4 ©The Word, who is life - this is our subjectSomething which has existed since the beginning,that we have heard,and we have seen with our own eyes;that we have watchedand touched with our hands:the Word, who is life –this is our subject.That life was made visible:we saw it and we are giving our testimony,telling you of the eternal lifewhich was with the Father and has been made visible to us.What we have seen...

The government of Israel accused the United Nations (UN) on Wednesday of putting Palestinian civilians in danger by allowing terrorists to use UN facilities in Gaza to launch attacks against Israeli civilians and soldiers. Israeli spokesman Eylon Levy delivered a lengthy statement at the start of a press briefing in which he rebuked Paula Gaviria Betancur, the UN special rapporteur on the human rights of internally displaced persons, who had claimed the day before that Israel was trying to expel Palestinians from Gaza.

House Judiciary interviews reveal that the FBI knew Hunter Biden's laptop was "real" for a long time before it was portrayed by Biden camp and mainstream media as "Russian disinformation." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The FBI agent who ran the bureau’s Foreign Influence Task Force (FITF) during the 2020 election admitted in Congressional testimony that he advised his leadership that Hunter Biden’s laptop could be part of a Russian disinformation campaign, apparently unaware his team already knew that the FBI had obtained and corroborated the computer as “real,” according to interview transcripts reviewed by Just the News. Retired FBI Special Agent Bradley Benavides'...

Just before Christmas, Hamas ruled out any further hostage releases until Israel agrees to a “full cessation of aggression,” deepening a crisis that began when the terrorist group seized more than 200 civilians during their initial assault on October 7. Hamas’s unwillingness to negotiate may be due in large part to President Joe Biden’s decision to bribe Iran with $6 billion in frozen funds to release five hostages back in September, setting the precedent that the United States, which Hamas views as Israel’s puppet master, can be bullied into giving Hamas what it wants. In late November, the two sides...

December is not quite over .. 250,000 illegal aliens have crossed the border this month — more than the number of people who stormed the beaches on D-Day... there is no way of telling who these people are and.. why they are here. There is no doubt that a number of those entering the country are fleeing poverty ... Others are cartel members, drug and human traffickers, and possibly members of potential sleeper-cell terrorists from enemy nations.. border experts and members of law enforcement who were saying those things almost 15 years ago. When waves upon waves of people arrive...