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Nigeria’s first Olympic cyclist has given her thanks to the German team for a gesture that allowed her to make history for her country and compete in both road and track events. Ese Ukpeseraye was given a late entry into the women’s sprint and Keirin events after arriving in Paris with the Nigerian delegation, but due to the “short notice” given over her inclusion in the events, she didn’t have a specialist track bike to compete. The cycles used at Olympic and other track events are completely different to those used in road races, without gears or brakes and with...

Who exactly made this guy 'King'?

Our Troops Rock! Thank you for all you do! For the freedom you enjoyed yesterday... Thank the Veterans who served in The United States Armed Forces. Looking forward to tomorrow's freedom? Support The United States Armed Forces Today ~ Hall of Heroes ~Gen. George S. Patton One of the most complicated military men of all time, General George Smith Patton, Jr. was born November 11, 1885 in San Gabriel, California. He was known for carrying pistols with ivory handles and his intemperate manner, and is regarded as one of the most successful United States field commanders of any war. He...

Anne Fausto-Sterling s suggestion that the prevalence of intersex might be as high as 1.7% has attracted wide attention in both the scholarly press and the popular media. Many reviewers are not aware that this figure includes conditions which most clinicians do not recognize as intersex, such as Klinefelter syndrome, Turner syndrome, and late-onset adrenal hyperplasia. If the term intersex is to retain any meaning, the term should be restricted to those conditions in which chromosomal sex is inconsistent with phenotypic sex, or in which the phenotype is not classifiable as either male or female. Applying this more precise definition,...

USA Gymnastics head coach Cecile Landi submitted the inquiry to change Jordan Chiles’ score 47 seconds after it was posted instead of 64, according to a statement from the organization Sunday. A letter and video evidence was submitted to the Court of Arbitration for Sports, the statement said, and USA Gymnastics called for Chiles’ bronze medal in the Olympic women’s floor routine — which she had to return after the court ruled that the inquiry was allegedly submitted four seconds after the deadline of one minute — to be returned to the 23-year-old. “The time-stamped, video evidence submitted by USA...

Rockets launched from south Lebanon at Israeli targets make impact in Nahariya and Kabri as the Iron Dome fails to intercept them.

Jeff Ostroff Analyzed more of the Police Bodycam video BWC2-122111 released by Butler, PA police, which shows the Trump shooter running from north to south along the roof of the AGR building, and how this narrows down the spot where the Trump shooter May have entered and climbed up to the roof before firing at the Trump Rally..

The pro-LGBT brain rot has seemingly made its way all the way to the world Olympics. No matter what any blue-haired gender studies major tells you (they likely told Bach anyway), chromosomes are the most accurate way to tell a person’s sex. Some in the LGBT community have suggested otherwise by citing the existence of intersex individuals but, as one 2002 report shows, the prevalence of intersex individuals has been greatly exaggerated.

Controversial Algerian boxer Imane Khelif was apparently switched out at the last moment from carrying her nation's flag at Sunday night's Olympics closing ceremony. It had been reported earlier that Khelif, who won gold in women's boxing amid a much-publicised gender row, had been selected to carry the flag of Algeria at the glittering final ceremony at the Stade de France in Paris. However the honour went to gold medal gymnast Kaylia Nemour and bronze-winning track star Djamel Sedjati instead, as Khelif still made an appearance as part of the wider team. Khelif grinned widely as she held up her...

The Most Pressing Need in the World Today: Restoring the Belief in Immutable Catholic Truth “Then Jesus said to those Jews, who believed Him: If you continue in My word, you shall be My disciples indeed. And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.” (John 8:31-32) Commenting on this passage from the Gospel of St. John, St Augustine emphasized the unchanging, or immutable, nature of truth:“The truth is unchangeable; it is the bread of the soul, refreshing others, without diminution to itself; changing him who eats into itself, itself not changed. This truth is the...

The District Attorney of San Francisco has filed charges against 26 people, including felonies, for blocking the Golden Gate Bridge in April, causing hundreds of people, including doctors and patients needing care, to be trapped for hours. As Breitbart News reported in April: Hundreds of anti-Israel protesters shut down San Francisco’s iconic Golden Gate Bridge on Monday amid a wave of protests springing up around the country. … Viral videos captured the moment as cars started piling up on the bridge, forcing the California Highway Patrol (CHP) to issue a Sig-alert for the southbound direction of the bridge. Two hours...

Rachael “Raygun” Gunn didn’t take home a medal at the 2024 Paris Olympics, but her bizarre breakdancing performance may never be forgotten. The Australian breakdancer went viral after she failed to secure a single point in the inaugural breaking competition on Friday. Gunn busted out all her moves as she spun around on her head, threw her arms in the air like a windmill, rolled around on her shoulders and reached for her toes while lying on her side. According to fans, the 36-year-old dancer’s most memorable move might have been her “kangaroo hop,” which saw her jumping like the...

A former Minnesota bar owner who now commutes two hours a day to sling suds in neighboring Wisconsin said Gov. Tim Walz’s restrictive pandemic-era lockdowns in the state “decimated” local businesses — and caused financial ruin for those who stood up for their livelihoods. “I think he’s an evil man who overstepped his role as the governor. He took small businesses and ripped them up. He destroyed us,” Lisa Zarza, 52, told The Post. “I had to leave the state to be able to legally work and make a living.” She opened the Outpost Bar and Grill in Bay City,...

On the sixth day of Ukraine's advance into Kursk Oblast in southern Russia, there's growing evidence the Ukrainian invasion corps - some or all of up to five 2,000-person brigades plus at least one 400person independent battalion--plans to stay.

An eyewitness who was detained by the police on the day of the Trump assassination attempt has come forward with explosive claims. The witness claims that during his time in police custody, he overheard alarming details on police radios that were not disclosed to the public. The witness, who goes by the name Dave James Stewart or “realDJStew724” on YouTube, claims to have overheard police discussing the presence of blood in a bathroom and a potential second shooter on the loose.

Dr. Hani Suleimani discusses his views on the growing tensions between Iran and Israel following the killing of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh. Iran is likely trying to showcase its military strength, send deterrent messages to Israel, and demonstrate its conventional military capabilities, Dr. Hani Suleiman, a researcher on Iranian affairs, told the Saudi Al-Hadath channel on Saturday. In the interview, Suleiman discussed his views on the growing tensions between Iran and Israel and the potential response following the assassination of the head of Hamas's political leader, Ismail Haniyeh.

Israeli intelligence officials believe Iran has settled on attacking Israel in the coming days over the assassination of Hamas’ top leader, according to a new report. The updated assessment on Tehran’s expected retaliation suggests the attack could even come before Thursday, sources told Axios reporter Barak Ravid. That would be before scheduled hostage negotiation talks between Hamas and Israel on Aug. 15, which the terror group announced Sunday it was backing out of. Iran has been assessing its options on attacking Israel for nearly two weeks, after a suspected Israeli bomb killed former Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh while he was...

Biden spoke to CBS’ Robert Costa in an interview taped for Sunday morning and stated that he left the race despite claiming he was in a dead heat with Trump in the polls (he wasn’t). But Democrats were concerned that his struggles would hurt them in down-ballot races. He also seemingly confirmed one critical part of the coup: Nancy Pelosi pressured him to drop out behind the scenes due to her concerns over him losing and dragging Congress down with him. Joe Biden also issued another veiled threat against President Donald Trump. This comes less than one month after he...

Vice President Kamala Harris’s run for the White House in 2019 may seem like a political lifetime ago, and Democrats are hoping she can elude scrutiny in a lightning campaign. But Ms. Harris is a California progressive, and if you like your health insurance—ever heard that line before?—you’ll want to look at the Vice President’s record. Harris campaign aides are whispering that she no longer supports single-payer healthcare, but travel back to Ms. Harris’s Senate tenure. She co-sponsored a bill from Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders that would set up a single-payer system in the U.S. in four years. That would...

Ex-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has openly doubted whether President Biden wrote the letter he sent to Democrats last month insisting he was “firmly committed” to staying in the race. Biden, 81, sent the missive to congressional Dems to try to put to rest any notion that he’d exit the race over widespread concerns about his mental acuity after his June 27 debate performance against GOP foe Donald Trump. Two weeks later, Biden dropped out. “I didn’t accept the letter as anything but a letter,” Pelosi told New York Times‘ columnist Ezra Klein in an interview last week. “I mean, there...