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  • NPR suspends veteran editor Uri Berliner who called out left-wing bias

    04/16/2024 7:33:01 AM PDT · by MAGA2017 · 34 replies
    NY Post ^ | 3/16/24 | y Alexandra Steigrad
    NPR has suspended Uri Berliner, the senior editor who published a bombshell essay a week ago that claimed that the publicly funded outlet has “lost America’s trust” by approaching news stories with a left-wing bias. NPR media writer David Folkenflik revealed on Tuesday that Berliner beginning on Friday was suspended for five days without pay. Folkenflik, who reviewed a copy of the letter from NPR brass, said that the company told the editor he had failed to secure its approval for outside work for other news outlets — a requirement of NPR journalists. NPR called the letter a “final warning,”...
  • Pro-Palestinian Protest in New York City Sees American Flags in Flames Again

    04/16/2024 7:30:38 AM PDT · by ChicagoConservative27 · 15 replies
    Breitbart ^ | 04/16/2024q | JOSHUA KLEIN
    During radical anti-Israel demonstrations in the heart of New York City, a pro-Palestinian protester waved a burning American flag as fellow activists cheered, while another set a counter-protester’s flag on fire, and yet another chanted “Death to America.” As demonstrators rallied on Monday, one protester publicly set an American flag on fire outside the Brooklyn Borough Hall building in New York City. NOW: A protester sets an American flag on fire outside Brooklyn Borough Hall as protesters rally on the steps pic.twitter.com/aZy7ZzqDzP — katie smith (@probablyreadit) April 15, 2024
  • A Curious Phenomenon Called ‘Etak’

    04/16/2024 7:29:03 AM PDT · by ShadowAce · 41 replies
    Map Happenings ^ | 11 April 2024 | Map Happenings
    Every once in a while, a revolutionary product comes along that changes everything. Or so said Steve Jobs when he announced iPhone in 2007.But I’m talking about a different revolutionary product. A foundational product that forever changed how everyone on this planet gets to where they need to be. Today, I’d like to tell you about the Etak Navigator, a truly revolutionary product and the world’s first practical vehicle navigation system.Here’s a picture of it:At the time, it was considered out-of-this-world. This is what Silicon Valley’s San Jose Mercury News said about it:The Etak Navigator launched 39 years (!) ago...
  • SCOTUS to Issue Opinions at 10:00 a.m. [4-16-24]

    04/16/2024 7:11:26 AM PDT · by CFW · 12 replies
    scotus blog ^ | 4/16/24 | staff
    We have the first opinion, from Justice Jackson in Rudisill v. McDonough. 8 The vote is 7-2, with a dissent by Thomas joined by Alito. This is a case about education benefits for veterans and whether the veteran can access benefits under the Post-9/11 Veterans Act without being subject to limits imposed by the Montgomery GI Bill. The Court holds that service members who, through separate periods of service, accrue benefits under both bills, can use either one, in any order, up to a 48-month aggregate cap. Kavanaugh files a concurring opinion that Barrett joins. Decision is here: https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/23pdf/22-888_1b8e.pdf The...
  • On Hamas, Biden Chose Dishonor And Will Get War

    04/16/2024 7:05:36 AM PDT · by MtnClimber · 10 replies
    AMAC Newsline ^ | 16 Apr, 2024 | Walter Samuel
    On September 29, 1938, Winston Churchill rose in the House of Commons to challenge the mood of celebration that followed Neville Chamberlain’s meeting with Hitler at Munich. Contrary to the Prime Minister’s proclamation that he had secured “peace in our time,” Churchill warned Chamberlain, “You were given the choice between war and dishonor. You chose dishonor, and you will have war.” In the aftermath of Iran’s recent assault on Israel, the Biden administration has embraced this pathos, urging Israel to celebrate the lack of casualties beyond a Bedouin girl, an approach encapsulated by Joe Biden’s reported words to Bibi Netanyahu:...
  • Porsche-driving Long Island squatters evicted by sheriff’s deputies who changed locks, removed their belongings

    04/16/2024 6:55:42 AM PDT · by dynachrome · 40 replies
    NY Post ^ | 4-13-24 | Kathianne Boniello
    A pair of accused Porsche-driving squatters who allegedly duped a judge to get legal rights to a home they didn’t own were evicted this week when Nassau County sheriff’s changed the locks and removed their belongings — including a big screen TV and their luxe ride. Deputies knocked on the door of the Brussel Drive home in New Hyde Park around 8:30 a.m. Friday, escorting Denton Gayle and Margaret Grover out and watching as they loaded a moving truck. The couple, who also share a toddler son, put their dog Daisy in the Porsche as they emptied the two-story Cape...
  • Israel prepares air force to hit Iran ‘clearly and forcefully’ in response to missile barrage: report

    04/16/2024 6:50:09 AM PDT · by ChicagoConservative27 · 66 replies
    NY Post ^ | 04/16/2024 | Chris Nesi
    Israel has decided to hit Iran “clearly and forcefully” and is already preparing its warplanes to carry out the strike, according to a report on Monday. The reported decision comes after two war cabinet meetings in which leaders of the Jewish nation debated how to respond to Saturday’s barrage of 350 suicide drones and missiles. Israel’s Channel 12 news carried the report — which was widely picked up in local media. Channel 12 said the country’s air force — which includes US-made F-16, F-15 and F-35 fighter jets — is already gearing up to deliver a retaliatory counter-strike against the...
  • Iran threatens to attack Israel with weapons it has ‘not used before’ as it gets military support from Russia

    04/16/2024 6:48:27 AM PDT · by ChicagoConservative27 · 96 replies
    NY Post ^ | 04/16/2024 | Melissa Koenig
    Iran is reportedly getting a terrifying arsenal from Russia, including anti-aircraft launchers and fighter jets — and is threatening to fire weapons it has never before used in “a severe, extensive and painful response” to the “slightest action” by Israel. Abolfazl Amouei, a spokesperson for the Iranian Parliament’s National Security Committee, told a local news station Monday that the Islamic Republic “will confront any Israeli aggression and respond to it.” “We are ready to use weapons that we have not used before,” the official told Al-Mayadeen News, according to the Economic Times. “We have plans for all scenarios, and we...
  • The “Don’t” Doctrine - Saturday’s attack on Israel has laid bare the failure of Biden’s strategy of pressure on allies and meekness toward Iran.

    04/16/2024 6:45:02 AM PDT · by MtnClimber · 27 replies
    City Journal ^ | 15 Apr, 2024 | Eitan Fischberger
    Turns out that simply saying “don’t” is not an effective deterrent against genocidal regimes hellbent on the destruction of Israel—and the United States. On October 18, 2023, merely 11 days after the Hamas-led massacre against Israel, President Joe Biden issued a warning to any state or hostile actor considering attacking Israel: “Don’t, don’t, don’t.” And yet, Israel has faced relentless bombardments from multiple Iranian proxies for the last six months. The ineffectiveness of Biden’s strategy was on full display again this past weekend, when the president issued a similar warning to Iran against striking Israel, this time with a single...
  • Tuesday War Room, 10AM-Noon & 5-7PM ET

    04/16/2024 6:35:02 AM PDT · by 4Liberty · 4 replies
    America’s Voice News ^ | 04/16/2024 | Stephen K. Bannon
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  • Harper’s Weekly – April 16, 1864

    04/16/2024 6:32:41 AM PDT · by Homer_J_Simpson · 40 replies
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  • Earth is spinning faster than it used to. Clocks might have to skip a second to keep up.

    04/16/2024 6:26:08 AM PDT · by MNDude · 111 replies
    Earth's changing spin is threatening to toy with our sense of time, clocks and computerized society in an unprecedented way — but only for a second. For the first time in history, world timekeepers may have to consider subtracting a second from our clocks in a few years because the planet is rotating a tad faster than it used to. Clocks may have to skip a second — called a "negative leap second" — around 2029, a study in the journal Nature said Wednesday.
  • Ex-Trump advisor purged from Federal Elections Board after left-wing pressure campaign, Emails show

    04/16/2024 6:25:45 AM PDT · by MtnClimber · 15 replies
    Just the News ^ | 15 Apr, 2024 | Katelynn Richardson/The Daily Caller News Foundation
    Do As We Say, Not As We Do: “I do find it ironic that a group that supposedly promotes ‘free speech for people’ organized a campaign to make sure that the opinions and views of people like me are not heard,” Mitchell told the DCNF. A federal agency did not reappoint a former Trump advisor to an elections advisory board called the Election Assistance Commission (EAC) after a left-wing activist group threatened to launch a public criticism campaign, according to emails obtained by the Daily Caller News Foundation. Cleta Mitchell, a lawyer who is now the senior legal fellow at...
  • THE BLACK FLAG: Horrible Massacre by the Rebels; Fort Pillow Captured After a Desperate Fight (4/16/1864)

    04/16/2024 6:23:33 AM PDT · by Homer_J_Simpson · 9 replies
    FROM CAIRO. CAIRO, Thursday, April 14. On Tuesday morning the rebel Gen. FORREST attacked Fort Pillow. Soon after the attack FORREST sent a flag of truce demanding the surrender of the fort and garrison, meanwhile disposing of his force so as to gain the advantage. Our forces were under command of Major BOOTH, of the Thirteenth Tennessee (U.S.) Heavy Artillery, formerly of the First Alabama Cavalry. The flag of truce was refused, and fighting resumed. Afterward a second flag came in, which was also refused. Both flags gave the rebels advantage of gaining new positions. The battle was kept up...
  • Socialist Mayor Orders Shut Down of Nigel Farage Conference in Brussels

    04/16/2024 6:22:28 AM PDT · by ChicagoConservative27 · 5 replies
    Breitbart ^ | 04/16/2024 | KURT ZINDULKA
    A socialist mayor in Brussels ordered police to shut down the National Conservatism Conference being held in the city while Brexit leader Nigel Farage was speaking on Tuesday. In comments recorded in footage of Mrs Braverman speaking to journalists as seen by Breitbart News, the former Home Secretary said: “I’m here with likeminded democrats, democratically elected politicians, leaders and experts in their fields and we are here talking about talking about the issues that matter to the British people… securing our borders, making our communities safer, how to protect our countries. “And it’s a real shame the thought police instructed...
  • Melting polar ice is slowing the Earth's rotation, with possible consequences for timekeeping

    04/16/2024 6:20:59 AM PDT · by MNDude · 112 replies
    Global warming has slightly slowed the Earth’s rotation — and it could affect how we measure time. A study published Wednesday found that the melting of polar ice — an accelerating trend driven primarily by human-caused climate change — has caused the Earth to spin less quickly than it would otherwise.
  • Baby Blues: How to Face the Church’s Growing Fertility Crisis...If current rates continue, most religious communities in America will shrink by more than half within three generations. But nondenominational Christianity might buck the trend.

    04/16/2024 6:19:13 AM PDT · by daniel1212 · 8 replies
    Christianitytoday.com/ ^ | August 8, 2022 | Lyman Stone
    In recent years, the fertility gap by religion has widened to unprecedented levels.... With birth rates at just 1.8 or 1.9 children per woman, versus a conversion-adjusted “replacement rate” of 2.44, religious communities in America will tend to decline by about 25 percent in each generation... Virtually 100 percent of the decline in fertility in the United States from 2012 to 2019 can be explained through a combination of two factors: growing numbers of religious women leaving the faith, along with declining birth rates among the nonreligious.... Since 2002, the share of reproductive-age women who attended church weekly or more...
  • 20-year-old Quebec man suffering from ‘body integrity dysphoria’ has two healthy fingers amputated

    04/16/2024 6:13:22 AM PDT · by xoxox · 29 replies
    LifeSite News ^ | Tue Apr 16, 2024 - 7:00 am EDT | Clare Marie Merkowsky
    Drawing parallels to the mutilation of gender-confused individuals carried out in the name of transgender ideology, a Quebec man has recently undergone surgery to have two healthy fingers amputated as a way to relieve distress caused by “body integrity dysphoria.” According to a March 27 Clinical Case report by Dr. Nadia Nadeau of the department of psychiatry at Université Laval, a surgeon has removed a 20-year-old Quebec man’s two healthy fingers because he believed they did not belong to him.
  • Communist Cuba on the brink of collapse

    04/16/2024 6:10:46 AM PDT · by Eleutheria5 · 41 replies
    Sky News ^ | 28/3/24
    The future of Cuba and the trajectory of communism are under threat, with citizens fighting back against the regime. Protesters are taking to the streets amid an ongoing economic crisis, making their concerns heard. Cuba’s communist leadership is facing a fierce backlash that has not been seen since similar protests in July 2021. Since the 2021 protests, it is estimated that nearly 500,000 Cubans have sought refuge in the United States. In this Sky News Digital Originals, we explore whether Cuba’s communist leadership could be about to tumble. “The Cuban regime knows the Cuban people are getting smarter and they're...
  • The West is feckless against the terrifying alliance between Iran, Russia and China

    04/16/2024 6:06:55 AM PDT · by canuck_conservative · 24 replies
    National Post [Canada] ^ | April 16, 2024 | Adam Zito
    Our indecisiveness in eastern Europe signalled to our enemies that we are weak and divided — so is it any surprise that they are now trying to exploit this to their advantage? Our adversaries — led by Russia, Iran, China and, to a lesser extent, North Korea — understand this. And they understand that, by working together, they can achieve their shared foreign policy goals and eventually reshape the global order to their advantage... Our enemies are different heads of the same, frightening hydra — and together they have shown a great deal of discipline, coordination and aggression in pursuit...