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Ukraine suffered a mass Russian missile attack in the early hours of Saturday, its air force said, adding that Moscow had fired some of its most fearsome hypersonic missiles. Air defenses shot down Russian missiles in at least five regions across Ukraine, according to local officials from those provinces. However, no details were given on whether any targets were hit, and far less information about the attack than usual was provided by officials. Ukraine's air force warned during the attack that Russia had fired Kinzhal missiles -- perhaps the hardest conventional Russian missile to shoot down, moving at several times...

Did you see the recent government propaganda from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics? Not the latest faulty claim that consumer prices increased at an annual rate of just 3.4 percent in December. But rather the claim that 216,000 jobs were added in December. Upon release, and right on cue, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen declared that the U.S. economy had achieved a soft landing. She also said that her “hope is that it will continue.” What Yellen neglected to mention was that October employment was revised down by 45,000 jobs and November was revised down by 26,000 jobs. That’s 71,000...

George Lucas concocted an interesting religion for his Star Wars film series by combining elements of Christianity and eastern religion. Ultimate reality, or “God,” in Star Wars turns out to be “the Force,” an impersonal power with a “dark” and “light” side, similar to the way many forms of eastern religion conceive of the divine. So, instead of the Christian farewell “May God be with you,” Star Wars characters say, “May the Force be with you!” Is that the ultimate nature of reality? An impersonal force which is neither good nor evil but somehow combines both? Or does nature ultimately...

HOLLYWOOD, CA — At a press conference this week, Sony producers announced the production of a new modern adaptation of George Orwell's dystopic novel 1984 that will feature the character of Big Brother as the good guy. "We felt like it was time to update the story to fit a modern audience," Sony producer Glen Maxwell told reporters. "After seeing how censorship and totalitarianism have grown in popularity over the past few years, we think Big Brother is probably a better protagonist than Winston Smith. Big Brother's insistence on absolute compliance fits better with current progressive ideals." The film will...

The New York governor made the announcement Saturday Multiple Super Wild Card Weekend matchups will be affected due to weather, and now, one game has been postponed because of it. Saturday, New York governor Kathy Hochul announced that the Pittsburgh Steelers at Buffalo Bills playoff matchup will be moved from 1 p.m. ET on Sunday, to 4:30 p.m. Monday due to dangerous conditions. Governor Hochul posted on social media that travel is going to be extremely dangerous in Western New York, and that a full travel ban has been implemented for Erie County starting at 9 p.m. The Steelers have...

Governor Abbot is taking a stand.

Fool's Ball: Wildcard Weekend Your home for all things Fool's Ball! In Memoriam Danny Lee (BENDER2)

PyPI is the official Python Package Index that currently contains 500,972 projects, 5,228,535 million releases, 9,950,103 million files, and 770,841 users. PyPI helps users locate and install software developed and released by the Python community as well as serving as a repository where developers can distribute their software.Recently, cybersecurity specialist ESET discovered a series of malicious Python projects within PyPI, each of which deployed a customized backdoor containing cyberespionage functionality. The malicious code allowed file execution and file exfiltration, and could even -- in certain scenarios -- enable screenshots to be taken of a user's screen. ESET also reported that,...

Sunday's wild-card game between the Pittsburgh Steelers and Buffalo Bills is being postponed until Monday at 4:30 pm ET, New York Governor Kathy Hochul announced Saturday.A full travel ban is being issued in Erie County beginning at 9 pm on Saturday, Hochul added. The area expects to see 2-3 inches of snow per hour during the height of this weekend's winter storm.New York's governor said the storm will be at its fiercest in south Buffalo on Sunday afternoon, per CBS Sports' Jonathan Jones. The wild-card matchup was slated to kick off at 1:00 pm ET.

The Hamas terrorist organization is working to advance attacks against targets in the Middle East, Africa and Europe under the command of senior organization leaders, the Prime Minister's Office, Mossad, and ISA (Shin Bet) announced. On 14 December 2023, the Danish and German security and enforcement authorities announced the widespread arrest of suspects in Europe who are now the subject of judicial proceedings. In a continuing intelligence effort, considerable information has been uncovered that proves how the Hamas terrorist organization has acted to expand its violent activity abroad in order to attack innocents around the world. Thanks to combined inter-organizational...

Golden State's lawyers wouldn't accept permanent injunction against AB 2098 or admit it was unconstitutional in hearing to determine possible mootness of lawsuit, plaintiffs' lawyer says. California's medical misinformation law is a zombie, coming back to life against doctors who flout an amorphous "scientific consensus" on COVID-19 in conversations with patients, despite the Democrat-led Legislature and Gov. Gavin Newsom killing the law last fall before a federal court could strike it down as unconstitutional. That's the argument made by doctors, medical nonprofits, and independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who previously sued to block the law, AB 2098, in...

The timeline of what happened to the DEI-intoxicated Harvard president is well-known. However, the question of why it happened somehow eluded the commentariat. To answer the “why” question requires a deep dive into the fundamental issue of private property and its theft. While conservatism and leftism do not touch the subject (it is considered a secondary, not a primary dispute), for the proletarianized strain of leftism – Marxism -- it is a fundamental, existential core belief. Since the Marxists’ takeover of the Ivy League institutions at the end of the last century, detailed analysis is impossible without an excursion into...

A history teacher at a Seattle high school reportedly told students that identifying as “straight” is “offensive.” Ian Golash, who recently came under fire for lessons on sexual orientation, told some male students they are a “product of the patriarchy that teaches young boys not to care,” according to a complaint filed by an angry parent.

A Brooklyn high school principal lashed out at parents who ripped her decision to boot students out of the classroom the day after 2,000 migrants moved in for a night. “How dare someone say that I don’t care about kids,” roared James Madison High School principal Jodie Cohen on a Zoom call Tuesday at parents seething that she “sold the kids out” by having them go remote the day after the migrants were evacuated from Floyd Bennett Field because of a torrential rain storm.

The world’s largest multinational corporations, bankers and finance agents are meeting in Davos at the World Economic Forum next week – gathering together with their political beneficiaries. However, as noted by Reuters, the biggest concern of the assembly of global influencers is the risk that Donald J. Trump represents. ….There are trillions at stake. Ending the Ukraine war would be detrimental to the group; this is one of the immediate concerns they carry. President Trump negotiating a peaceful resolution to the Ukraine (or Israel/Hamas) conflict is against the interests of the multinationals. Downstream issues around the elimination of the climate...

Former President Donald Trump is maintaining a double-digit lead over former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley in New Hampshire, according to the latest Saint Anselm College Survey Center poll.Th survey found Trump increasing his support in the Granite State by one point since December’s survey, moving from 44 percent support to 45 percent support.Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley comes in a distant second place, also moving up one point over the last month. She moved from 30 percent support to 31 percent support — 14 points behind Trump.Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, who dropped out of the race...

40 New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham (D) introduced a gun control package Friday, which includes an “assault weapons” ban, the ability for New Mexicans to sue gun manufacturers, and a two-week waiting period for gun purchases, among other things. The Los Alamos Daily Post noted that Grisham’s push will ban “guns in parks and playgrounds,” which will “make it illegal to carry a firearm in county or municipal parks, playgrounds, and their accompanying parking lots.” This would give the force of law to a ban that Grisham issued via executive order on September 8, 2023.

On Friday’s broadcast of CNN’s “The Source,” Denver Mayor Mike Johnston stated that Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) doesn’t see people crossing the border as people “who are trying to do exactly what the Statue of Liberty says, which is, send us your huddled masses yearning to breathe free.” He also stated that he hopes Texas stops sending migrants to Denver during the winter storm and “A strategy of having folks just sent to New York and Chicago and Denver I think is not setting them up for success or setting our cities up for success.”

The colonel and Army lawyer challenging the Army's official narrative of the events and leadership decisions during the Capitol Hill protests on Jan. 6, 2021—a narrative relied upon by the Colorado Supreme Court when it struck President Donald J. Trump from the ballot — told RedState then-Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark A. Milley was the black hand operating outside his legal authority to delay the District of Columbia National Guard from responding the protests that day.