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SMS scam: smartphone used for fraud and phishing Beware of fake surveys claiming to be from Leroy Merlin. Find out how to spot them and stay safe from scams Credit : Shutterstock Scammers are at it again, this time using Leroy Merlin’s name to trick people into sharing personal and banking information. Fake emails promising a ‘free Dexter toolset’ in exchange for completing a survey have been circulating, but it’s all a trap to steal your details. The National Cybersecurity Institute of Spain (INCIBE) has identified this scheme and is urging everyone to stay cautious. How the Leroy Merlin scam...

It finally happened. The New York Times’s ego-maniacal and perpetually wrong economics columnist is finally divorcing himself from his propaganda-mill column after nearly 25 years. The Times Opinion Editor Kathleen Kingsbury drafted the company eulogy for Krugman’s career there, and the over the top praise for his faulty economic crystal ball was nothing short of comical. “The authoritative voice. The lively writing. The direct style. The clear hand guiding readers through a thicket of policy, data and trade-offs,” read Kingsbury’s slobbering statement. “Paul is an important figure in the recent history of Times Opinion. Time and again, he took on...

University of Michigan Regent Jordan Acker said his home was vandalized and his vehicle spray-painted with pro-Palestinian graffiti overnight Monday. In an Instagram post on Monday, Acker, who is Jewish, shared photos of a smashed front window of his Oakland County home and his wife's vehicle, which was parked in their driveway," spray-painted with the words "Divest" and "Free Palestine." Acker said it's the third time his family has been targeted. jordan-acker-vehicle-vandalism.jpg University of Michigan/Jordan Acker "This is the third time that I — and now my family — have been the target of these Klan-like tactics," Acker said in...

I know it sounds crazy to say in our modern era, but the federal judiciary was little more than an afterthought to the Founding Fathers who designed our constitutional system. Thomas Jefferson, the same guy who penned a fairly scorching list of grievances against unaccountable, tyrannical government, entitled the Declaration of Independence, called the federal judiciary the "least dangerous" branch.

A woman in her 40s reported being tied to a tree at gunpoint in the Pebble Beach area of Monterey County on Wednesday before being later freed by passersby, according to a press release from the Monterey County Sheriff's Office. The woman told sheriff's deputies that she was walking on a trail at 7:30 a.m. in a wooded area between Haul Road and state Highway 68 when she noticed a man following her. The man allegedly approached her with a gun and led her to a tree, where he allegedly tied her up and then left without injuring, assaulting or...

British people are boycotting over a dozen Arla dairy products, a toxic additive given to cows to reduce 30% less methane gas pushed by the globalists and Bill Gates as part of the carbon mandates to fight “climate change.” The new chemical disrupts the natural processes in the cow’s gut and reduces the methane emissions when the cows fart. Earlier this year, Bill Gates invested millions of dollars in Rumin8, a company that develops additives to cow’s feed to reduce methane gases. More recently, Gates rolled out yet another dairy cow feed additive, Bovaer, which supposedly reduces cow methane emissions...

Police found a manifest on the person of interest nabbed at a McDonald’s in connection with the shooting death of UnitedHealthCare CEO Brian Thompson. Ex-Ivy League student Luigi Mangione, 26, was taken into custody in Altoona, Pennsylvania after customers in a McDonald’s recognized him and tipped off local law enforcement. Law enforcement found at least four fake IDs on Mangione, a gun with a silencer and a manifesto. According to The New York Post, Luigi Mangione’s manifesto ranted against the healthcare industry. “These parasites had it coming” and “I do apologize for any strife and trauma, but it had to...

The test aims to speed the detection of lung cancer, which often isn’t found until the later stages.UK scientists have developed a new test to speed up the detection of lung cancer – by finding “zombie cells” in people’s urine. Lung cancer, the deadliest type of cancer worldwide, killed nearly 227,000 people in the European Union in 2021. It often isn’t diagnosed until later stages when symptoms appear or it has spread to other parts of the body, making it more difficult to treat. The new tool, which uses an injectable sensor to test urine samples, aims to help...

Researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst investigated wind and weather patterns to predict the timeline of nuclear fallout, including the paths through which radiation would spread throughout the country. Experts agree that the Midwest, where 450 ballistic missile silos are stored — particularly Montana, North Dakota and Nebraska — would be the most likely primary target as detonating just two of those storehouses could cause an explosion equal to 100,000 tons of TNT, per Scientific American. Exposure to radiation poisoning from a nuclear attack would guarantee death for an estimated 300 million Americans within four days of detonation. Citizens...

Sexual assault was more closely associated with PTSD symptoms than a slew of other stressful life experiences. On paper, Iceland should be a haven for women. The high-income Nordic country has topped the World Economic Forum’s global gender equality rankings for 15 years in a row, and for the past half-century, women and men have been equally likely to lead the country. But the island nation’s international reputation comes with a striking caveat, a major new analysis shows: about 40 per cent of Icelandic women have been sexually or physically assaulted, and many are grappling with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)....

A list of mispronounced names and words provides a retrospective of 2024, from Kamala Harris to Chappell Roan, via French Olympic mascot Phryge, Barry Keoghan and weight-loss drug Semaglutide. Which ones have you been struggling with? Vice President Kamala Harris did not have the best end of 2024, but her name was everywhere this year. Same goes for breakout pop star Chappell Roan, who has had a banner year, especially with her song ‘Good Luck, Babe!’ and her six Grammy award nominations. As for the French Olympic mascot Phryge, it may look like a clitoris, but it won over everyone...

Fox News stars were caught on camera laughing as Fox News radio host Jimmy Failla brought the house down by calling former First Lady Michelle Obama “a Black man” and made other similar jabs. Fox Nation held their 2024 “Patriot Awards” event Thursday night, hosted by Sean Hannity and attended by a galaxy of Fox News personalities — including news anchors and opinion talent. But one speaker — besides guest of honor President-elect Donald Trump — really killed it with the Fox News-heavy crowd. Failla’s set included that attack on former President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama, as well as...

Former President Clinton blamed the “mainstream media” coverage of Hillary Clinton’s email controversy for her 2016 presidential loss. During an interview with MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough on “Morning Joe” that aired Monday, the former president discussed an excerpt from his recent book, “Citizen,” published in November. In the book, he detailed the rage he felt after his wife, the former Secretary of State, lost to President-elect Trump in the 2016 election, and how he believes the media blew the email scandal out of proportion. “It’s easier for us to know what happened in 2016 in some ways than it is what...

The trunks and hive are now at the Museum of Beekeeping Culture Credit: Museum of Beekeeping Culture Facebook Whilst Sweden is anxious to uncover fake honey and have it removed from shelves, Polish scientists have discovered a 1,300 year old beehive. Medieval Polish beehive is one of the oldest to be discovered anywhere in the world It was found inside the trunk of a tree and is believed to be one of the world’s oldest preserved beehives. As sawmill operators were getting ready to turn the trunk of an ancient oak tree into boards, they noticed something unusual imbedded within...

The person of interest in UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson’s killing has been identified as a 26-year-old computer whiz who graduated as valedictorian from his Maryland prep school. Luigi Mangione, of Towson, Md., was carrying a weapon similar to the one used in the fatal shooting of Thompson when he was arrested in Altoona, Pennsylvania on Monday, New York City Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch told reporters. “At this time, he is believed to be our person of interest in the brazen, targeted murder of Brian Thompson, CEO of UnitedHealthcare, last Wednesday in midtown Manhattan,” Tisch said at a press conference Monday....

As Jim Hoft reported earlier, New York City subway hero Daniel Penny today was set free by a jury of his peers for killing a deranged felon named Jordan Neely on a New York City subway back in 2023. The jury found Penny not guilty of criminally negligent homicide in the death of Neely​. A second-degree manslaughter charge was previously dismissed by Judge Maxwell Wiley after the jury declared a deadlock Friday, indicating they could not reach a unanimous decision on it. Penny pleaded not guilty to all charges. Following the verdict, racial agitators erupted in anger. This included Jordan...

In a move that’s left self-employed workers scratching their heads, the Spanish tax office, Hacienda, has dropped a bombshell: banks will have to report every single payment made to self-employed clients, even those under the previous €3,000 threshold. The unexpected measure slipped quietly into a royal decree that also tweaks corporate tax rates for multinationals, which means the taxman will have eyes on transactions of any amount, whether through traditional methods or modern mobile systems like the popular Bizum. The €3,000 rule is no more For years, banks only raised the alarm for transactions over €3,000. As José María Peláez,...

New York police have announced a person of interest in last week’s brazen shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. Luigi Mangione, 26, is a Gilman School graduate who was born and raised in Maryland and has had a Towson address. According to the Associated Press, police apprehended Mangione after a tip that he had been spotted at a McDonald’s near Altoona, Pennsylvania, west of New York City. Police found a gun, a silencer and fake IDs, a law enforcement official told the Associated Press. At a news conference, NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch said police found a three-page document with writings...

But it turns out the name atop that resumé sadly can still, in the 21st century, be a liability for Jews. That’s the finding of a new landmark study from the Anti-Defamation League on discrimination in the job market against Jewish and Israeli Americans. For this study, ADL asked a leading labor economist to conduct a field experiment submitting applications in response to administrative-assistant job postings using resumés that were identical except for specific characteristics, such as the applicant’s name. The researcher sent out 3,000 applications this year for jobs in 23 cities. By using names that suggested applicants were...

Explanation: Have you ever seen the Pleiades star cluster? Even if you have, you probably have never seen it as large and clear as this. Perhaps the most famous star cluster on the sky, the bright stars of the Pleiades can be seen with the unaided eye even from the depths of a light-polluted city. With a long exposure from a dark location, though, the dust cloud surrounding the Pleiades star cluster becomes very evident. The featured 23-hour exposure, taken from Fagagna, Italy covers a sky area several times the size of the full moon. Also known as the Seven...