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North Korea floated hundreds of balloons across the border with South Korea on Thursday, Seoul's military said, continuing its latest campaign for the second day in a row. "Our military confirmed that North Korea had launched more than 420 garbage balloons from last night to early this morning," Lt. Col. Lee Chang-hyun, spokesman for Seoul's Joint Chiefs of Staff, said in a press briefing. "Since around 9 a.m. [Thursday], balloons have been launched again, so I emphasized to the public that they should be careful of falling loads, and if they see a fallen balloon, do not come into contact...

That's funny … after having an open border for the entire Biden administration, Democrats are saying the only path to take is granting citizenship to all immigrants, especially the Dreamers, because everyone loves the Dreamers. The best part of this clip is when Chuck Schumer calls for a path to citizenship for "all 11 million or however many undocumented that are here." Even he doesn't know how many illegal immigrants there are. Elon Musk is continually criticized for his posts saying the Democrats are importing voters, and ensuring a path to citizenship for all illegals in the country sure sounds...

Fatigue is a common and often debilitating companion for people with inflammatory bowel conditions. Now, a study provides insight into why vitamin B1—also known as thiamine—helps some patients regain their energy, while others do not experience the same effect. The study shows, among other things, that patients' response to vitamin B1 depends on gut bacteria, with researchers focusing particularly on a specific "good bug" that seems to play a crucial role. "We know that about half of the fatigued patients benefit from treatment with vitamin B1, but we haven't been able to find anything that distinguishes those who had an...

Eric Daugherty @EricLDaugh 🚨 BREAKING - NATE SILVER ELECTION MODEL raises Trump's victory chances to 60.1%, PENNSYLVANIA to 61% ELECTORAL COLLEGE ODDS: 🔴 Trump: 60.1% (+20.4) 🔵 Harris: 39.7% SWING STATES: 🔴 PENNSYLVANIA: Trump 61% 🔴 ARIZONA: Trump 73% 🔴 NORTH CAROLINA: Trump 73% 🔴 GEORGIA: Trump 65% 🔴 NEVADA: Trump 57% 🟠 MICHIGAN: EVEN 🟠 WISCONSIN: EVEN

The deep state’s acts against Donald John Trump no longer enrage me. The various investigations, impeachments, trials and now the first assassination attempt make me more determined to channel my emotions and pour my thoughts into this newsletter for you see, President Trump is not our last chance but theirs.As a man much wiser than me or you wrote in 1776, “When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to...

A penguin whose same-sex romance made them global icons has mourned the death of his beloved partner by bursting into song. Sphen and his partner Magic shot to stardom in 2018 when they fell in love in Sydney’s Sea Life Aquarium, later adopting and raising two chicks together. International interest in the couple grew as they shared parenting duties and raised their children together. Their partnership was celebrated by a float in the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras, included in the Australian education curriculum and even saw them featured in the Netflix series Atypical. Their relationship has also been...

HARRISBURG, Pa.—Former President Donald Trump continued his courtship of voters in Pennsylvania, one of a handful of states that could decide the 2024 presidential election, with a wide-ranging town hall discussion on Sept. 4. Fox News host Sean Hannity reminded the audience at New Holland Arena that the Republican nominee’s Democratic opponent, Vice President Kamala Harris, declined an invitation to debate Trump that night. That’s why the event instead became a Trump-only town hall.So far, Harris has agreed to one debate with Trump, set for Sept. 10 with ABC News in Philadelphia. Trump also invited her to appear Sept. 25...

Since the 2000 presidential election, the left has worked to undermine the legitimacy of the Electoral College, labeling it a relic of slavery. No doubt, if Donald Trump returns to the White House while again losing the popular vote, these attacks will be renewed with fervor. In fact, it has already begun as commentators denounce the undemocratic nature of the system. Just last month, the New York Times published a piece trashing the Constitution and asserting that the Electoral College’s only purpose was to protect slavery. These critiques are based on misconceptions and hostility toward the very structure of our...

A senior Army officer has narrowly avoided prison after he was found guilty of drunkenly touching a woman in a karaoke bar and attempting to kiss her, a court martial heard. Former Army major general James Roddis has been sentenced to six months’ imprisonment suspended for two years after admitting a charge of disgraceful conduct of an indecent kind. Major General James Roddis had been drinking for several hours when he started touching the hair of the woman before kissing her on the lips while part of an overseas delegation in April this year. The married father of three previously...

After the six hostages, including American Hersh Goldberg-Polin, were murdered by Hamas, Joe Biden's response was unbelievable. Instead of condemning Hamas to reporters, he attacked Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for not doing enough. That, despite the fact that he has stood in Netanyahu's way of finishing off Hamas. He also said he was going to get around to talking with Netanyahu "eventually," treating our ally like dirt. What he doesn't seem to understand -- or maybe just doesn't care about -- is that every time he does that and puts more pressure on Israel, that emboldens Hamas; It makes...

Police say Rebecca Cheptegei, who recently competed at Paris Olympics, was doused with petrol and set ablaze on Sunday during dispute with her partner Dickson Ndiema MarangachUgandan athlete Rebecca Cheptegei, 33, who recently competed in the 10,000-meter race at the Paris Olympics, died in a hospital on Thursday, five days after her partner set fire to her home in western Trans Nzoia County, Kenya. Owen Menach, director of Clinical Services at the Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital (MTRH) in Eldoret, confirmed her death to the media on Thursday morning. Jeremiah Ole Kosiom, Trans Nzoia County police commander, told the media...

Meta, the parent company of Facebook, has determined that the antisemitic phrase “From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free,” does not violate its hate speech policies. The slogan has seen a resurgence in popularity amid widespread protests across the country against Israel’s military campaign against terrorist group Hamas.Meta’s Oversight Board has found that the phrase “From the River to the Sea,” used to express Palestinian support, did not break the company’s hate speech policies.Critics of the phrase, which refers to the land between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea, say that it calls for the abolishment...

This I began writing two weeks ago as an overnight guest in a cosy cabin on a farm beside an endless dirt road in the most remote part of the north-western Cape Province in the country of my birth, South Africa. To many eyes this might seem a landscape of utter desolation: hot, dry and windswept scrubland plateau, flat as far as the eye can see but cut by deep, rocky canyons tight with the most intense and diverse profusion of succulents on the planet: flowering aloes, spiky aloes, furry aloes, ground-creeping aloes and the strange giant palm-like aloe, the...

Russian President Vladimir Putin raised eyebrows Thursday when he expressed his support for US Vice President Kamala Harris’ presidential bid, flattering the Democratic nominee with some curiously timed remarks. “Our ‘favorite,’ if you can call it that, was the current president, Mr. [Joe] Biden. But he was removed from the race, and he recommended all his supporters to support Ms. Harris. Well, we will do so – we will support her,” Putin said Thursday at the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok. “She laughs so expressively and infectiously that it means that she is doing well.” Putin also criticized former president...

A prominent anti-Israel group, funded by George Soros's Open Society Foundations, has secured significant access to the Biden administration, with over 60 visits to the White House since President Biden took office. These meetings have drawn attention due to the organization's controversial stances and connections, fueling concerns about its influence on U.S. Middle East policy. The group in question, Emgage, advocates for pro-Palestinian causes and has close ties with left-wing Democrats like Reps. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) and Summer Lee (D-PA). Emgage’s CEO, Wa’el Alzayat , a former State Department official under Obama, has visited the White House 24 times since...

Scientists have discovered a remarkable way to destroy cancer cells. Stimulating aminocyanine molecules with near-infrared light caused them to vibrate in sync, enough to break apart the membranes of cancer cells. Aminocyanine molecules are already used in bioimaging as synthetic dyes.... "They are more than one million times faster in their mechanical motion than the former Feringa-type motors... "This is the first time a molecular plasmon is utilized in this way to excite the whole molecule and to actually produce mechanical action used to achieve a particular goal – in this case, tearing apart cancer cells' membrane.....This is also the...

An effort by the Republicans in the California State Senate to end the state income tax on tips was blocked by Democrats during final session voting, last Thursday, August 29, 2024. That’s in spite of the fact that their party’s nominee for president, Vice President Kamala Harris, announced her support for the proposal just last month, following former President Trump’s previous announcement proposing the idea during the campaign.All nine Republican state senators supported the amendment, while almost all the state’s Democratic senators, including State Sen. Steve Glazer, except for Senate President Pro Tempore Mike McGuire and State Sen. Nancy Skinner,...

There was an incident earlier this afternoon involving a contract employee near an ash landfill, located to the south of the Ray Nixon and Front Range Power Plants. We contract with this company to maintain our heavy equipment/large trucks that move material – such as ash and coal – at the site. The Colorado Springs Fire Department will lead the investigation effort. The contractor’s employee has been airlifted to Denver for medical treatment. We cannot speak to his condition at this time. While our focus is on the health of this individual, we can report to our community that the...

Former President Donald Trump says he would create a government efficiency commission to audit the entire federal government Trump says he’d create a government efficiency commission led by Elon Musk PHOENIX (AP) — Former President Donald Trump said Thursday he would create a government efficiency commission to audit the entire federal government, an idea suggested by billionaire Elon Musk, who would lead it. The commission is the latest attention-grabbing alliance between Trump and Musk, who leads companies including Tesla and SpaceX and has become an increasingly vocal supporter of Trump’s bid to return to the White House. The Republican presidential...

US politics three national polls two of them giving Kamala Harris the lead... In New York City this week more FBI raids aimed at officials close to Mayor Eric Adams... Colin Gray the father of the suspect in the Georgia school attack yesterday arrested... Telegram CEO Pavel Durov making his first comments since his arrest...he was told that he could be held responsible for other people's illegal use of Telegram... "I don't know if I'm insulted or he did me a favor" Donald Trump's reaction to Russian President Vladimir Putin's comments earlier today... "you're not going to have an Israel"...