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Fooling you is easy 'cause you're gullible Makin' fools of you is all I wanna do Fooling you is more than just a dream come true And everything that I do is out of fooling you[Chorus] Kam ala la la Kam ala la la Kam ala la la la la la la la la Do do do do do do (High Pitched Cackle)Nothing else will make you feel The shipwreck that I bring Stay with me while I destroy And you will live each day in a gulag 'Cause fooling you has made my life so wonderful And every day...

Joe Oltmann and other conservatives were sued by former Dominion VP Eric Coomer in a defamation case. The corrupt judge in the case is allowing this bogus case to move forward. One unprecedented action taken by the corrupt judge in the case is to force Joe Oltmann to turn over $1,000 a day to Coomer until Oltmann unveils who his source was who told Oltmann about a conference call that Coomer was on. Oltmann reported that during the call Coomer assured those listening in to not worry about the 2020 election, he had it covered.BREAKING: A Colorado judge has ordered...

Russia said on Sunday its forces had taken full control of a town in eastern Ukraine as Moscow's forces advance on the strategically important city of Pokrovsk and seek to pierce the Ukrainian defensive front lines. Russian forces, which control about a fifth of Ukraine since invading in February 2022, are advancing in eastern Ukraine in an attempt to take the whole of the Donbas, which is about half the size of the U.S. state of Ohio. Russia's defense ministry said its forces had taken the town of Novohrodivka, which lies 12 km (7 miles) from Pokrovsk, an important rail...

Harvey Weinstein, the disgraced Hollywood mogul who has been held at the Rikers Island jail complex in New York City since April, was rushed on Sunday evening to Bellevue Hospital for emergency heart surgery, according to his lawyer. * * * Mr. Weinstein underwent surgery on Monday morning and is in recovery, Mr. Rothfeld Weinstein's "jail consultant"] said on Monday afternoon. “Mr. Weinstein suffers a plethora of significant health issues that need ongoing treatment,” he said.

An Oregon judge has sentenced a violent Portland Antifa ringleader to jail time and probation following a trial last month. A jury of mostly women convicted Alissa Eleanor Azar, 33 (b. Feb. 12, 1991), of felony riot and disorderly conduct on Aug. 14 following a five-day criminal trial at the Clackamas County Courthouse in Oregon City. Azar, who became a self-styled chief propagandist for Antifa in the Portland area, was sentenced on Monday afternoon by Judge Todd L. Van Rysselberghe for the 5th Judicial District Circuit Court of Oregon. He sentenced her to 14 days in a local jail, followed...

Hamas did change some of the terms of the ceasefire negotiations, making reaching a deal more difficult, National Security Communications adviser John Kirby told reporters on Monday, though he said "it's still worth an effort to get back into it." Kirby described Hamas as the main obstacle to reaching the deal. Hamas's new demands call into question their readiness to do a deal at all, Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre added. "Even though we're hearing that, we want to talk about the next steps," she said. The murder of the six hostages last weekend made the urgency for a deal even...

The Michigan Supreme Court on Monday ruled Robert F. Kennedy Jr. must stay on the state’s ballot even though he suspended his campaign. RFK Jr. asked to be removed from ballots in ten key battleground states after he suspended his campaign last month. RFK will stay on the ballot in states where his presence will hurt Kamala, and he will remove himself from ballots in states where his presence hurts Trump. “In about 10 battleground states, where my presence would be a spoiler, I’m going to remove my name. And I’ve already started that process and urge voters not to...

The structure in Quebec, Canada. Image credit: Google Maps Aman browsing Google Maps whilst planning a camping trip in Quebec's Côte-Nord region has potentially discovered the site of an ancient asteroid impact. People have discovered all sorts of oddities while browsing through Google Maps, from "aliens" and camera-hogging cats to the answer to decades old cold cases. In the latest find, Joël Lapointe stumbled across an unusual, roughly spherical structure about 15 kilometers (9.3 miles) across surrounding Marsal Lake in Quebec. Lapointe contacted geophysicist Pierre Rochette of the Centre de recherche en géosciences de l'environnement (CEREGE) in France for help...

WASHINGTON – Much of the $7.1 billion in military equipment and technology President Biden left behind in Afghanistan after his botched withdrawal was still operable despite Pentagon claims to the contrary – including fingerprint devices the Taliban later used to track down down American’s abandoned Afghan allies, according to a comprehensive report by the House Foreign Affairs Committee on the fiasco. Throughout the August 2021 withdrawal and its aftermath, both the Defense Department and the Harris-Biden administration repeatedly asserted that “nearly all equipment used by US military forces in Afghanistan was either retrograded or destroyed prior to our withdrawal.” However,...

The Springfield Police Division said Monday morning they have received no reports related to pets being stolen and eaten. A social media post originally from a Springfield Facebook group went viral nationally in recent days. The original poster did not cite first-hand knowledge of an incident. Instead they claimed that their neighbor’s daughter’s friend had lost her cat and found it hanging from a branch at a Haitian neighbor’s home being carved up to be eaten. The poster also claimed “Rangers” and police told them that “they have been doing it” at Snyder Park, too, with ducks and geese. Springfield...

Vice President Kamala Harris' campaign finally added an 'issues' page to her presidential campaign website - 50 days after President Joe Biden dropped out of the race and just in time for her pivotal debate with Donald Trump. The 59-year-old Democratic presidential nominee had been unveiling components of her agenda in some policy speeches and campaign announcements, but has faced criticism for not providing an in-depth platform and for only giving one major interview. The new page titled 'A New Way Forward' includes four sections 'Build an Opportunity Economy and Lower Costs for Families,' 'Safeguard our Fundamental Freedoms,' 'Ensure Safety...

Eric Adams has tested positive for COVID-19, a City Hall spokesperson said on Monday. The mayor “tested positive a little while ago,” according to Deputy Mayor for Communications Fabien Levy. Adams canceled most of his events on Monday – which included hosting a roundtable with members of the Jewish community and ethnic media and a town hall on the Underhill and Vanderbilt street redesign. He is still expected to receive a briefing from the NYPD on a recently thwarted terrorist attack on a Jewish center in Brooklyn, according to City Hall.

Rep. Elissa Slotkin’s (D-MI) Facebook campaign ads target Muslim voters while ignoring Jewish voters, according to a Free Beacon analysis. Slotkin’s campaign, which is trying to defeat former Rep. Mike Rogers (R-MI) in Michigan’s Senate race, appears to be worried about retaining the significant Muslim vote in the state amid the Biden-Harris administration’s inability to strike a ceasefire with Hamas. Critics ripped Slotkin in April for a “weak response” to those who sympathize with pro-Hamas beliefs in Dearborn, Michigan, where agitators proclaimed “death to America” and “death to Israel.” Slotkin called for a ceasefire in February after Michigan protesters arrived...

I once saw a black and white photograph of the ultra-thin model Twiggy eating what appeared to be a plate of batter-dipped fish and French fries. And it provoked something. It had to do with the trigger-rife connection involving her thin physique and disordered food and body image concerns. Twiggy (real name, Lesley Lawson) was world-famous for her look, one that showcased a boyish, thin body, short hair, and large eyes that were further accentuated by painted-on eyelashes. Named “The face of 1966” by The Daily Express, she took the 1960’s British Mod Scene and the fashion world by storm.

Former Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein was rushed on Monday from a New York City jail to a hospital for emergency heart surgery, ABC News reported on Monday, citing unnamed sources.

Southern California’s border-adjacent communities are pushing for emergency assistance from regional and state agencies as they contend with a cross-border sewage crisis that is poisoning the air they breathe. The writers, led by Imperial Beach Mayor Paloma Aguirre, pushed for immediate action to cope with dangerous air pollution impacting area communities, in a Sunday letter sent to officials from the San Diego County Air Pollution Control District and the San Diego County Board of Supervisors. Imperial Beach and its neighbors have for years struggled with an unrelenting, transboundary sewage situation that results from insufficient wastewater treatment on the Mexican side...

American Jews tend to favor Democratic candidates, with 71% of Jewish voters choosing Democratic candidates on average and 26% choosing Republicans since 1968.

Philippe Reines, the longtime aide to former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, is reprising his role as former President Trump while Vice President Harris prepares to spar with her Republican rival on the debate stage Tuesday. Reines, a 54-year-old New York City native, previously played Trump as Clinton prepared to face him in the 2016 debate cycle. A Columbia University grad and political consultant, Reines spent nearly two decades at Clinton’s side and has been a loyal confidant of the former Democratic presidential candidate. In the years since Clinton lost to Trump, he’s occasionally reflected on the process of channeling...

A poll released Monday by the Jewish Democratic Council of America claims that Vice President Kamala Harris will win over two-thirds of the Jewish vote, while former President Donald Trump will only win one in four Jewish votes, suggesting Democrats have not lost Jewish support. There has been speculation that Jewish voters might shift Republican, due to perceptions that the Biden-Harris administration had handled Israel poorly, and the fact that they have presided during a shocking rise in antisemitism. Jewish voters are typically too small in number to make much of a difference in presidential elections, though they may have...

Explanation: If you could fly over Mars, what might you see? The featured image shows exactly this in the form of a Mars Express vista captured over a particularly interesting region on Mars in July. The picture's most famous feature is Olympus Mons, the largest volcano in the Solar System, visible on the upper right. Another large Martian volcano is visible on the right horizon: Pavonis Mons. Several circular impact craters can be seen on the surface of the aptly named red planet. Impressively, this image was timed to capture the dark and doomed Martian moon Phobos, visible just left...