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The New York Post, the Daily Mail, and many other websites have been reporting on a “Defund the Police” activist named Darcie Bell, who lives in San Francisco, and who recently complained that the police weren’t doing enough to help her after some evil scumbag stole her U-Haul.From Bell’s original tweets:On October 4, 2024, Jerque Cousteau@neo_antiquarian tweeted:“Defunding the police is good actually. We pay them a whole lot to do less”https://x.com/neo_antiquarian/status/1842302278272958917https://x.com/neo_antiquarian/status/1842302278272958917On December 7, 2024, Jerque Cousteau@neo_antiquarian tweeted:“Hey guys. If you see a 26 foot uhaul truck with the Arizona plate AL50003- would you let me know because it had like...

The complete game was found in a catacomb grave, but without a copy of the rules. The Royal Game of Ur, helpfully, had its rules written out on a cuneiform tablet. Image credit: Mary Harrsch/Flickr (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0) After thousands of years, we may finally know how to play an ancient board game, or at least a decent approximation of it. In 1977, Italian and Iranian archaeologists were excavating a cemetery in Shahr-i Sokhta in the south-eastern region of Iran when they discovered an unusual item in grave number 731. Inside the pseudo-catacomb grave was an ancient board game, coming...

... It’s uncomfortable to watch a younger version of yourself put through this, with their boundaries, privacy and dignity totally disregarded by our narcissistic dads. One day these children will look back at what their fathers put in the public domain, and it will further complicate their feelings around their father’s transition. A couple of years after I moved in with my father, who at that time was ‘living as a woman’ but hadn’t any surgery, I was brought to a pub in London for my father to discuss with another transsexual the possibility that I could be useful in...

[Catholic Caucus] Vestments for restored Notre-DameThe restoration and reopening of Notre-Dame in Paris was perhaps unthinkable to those who watched the great cathedral burn on April 15, 2019. What has been as beautiful as seeing the cleaned and restored cathedral is the fact that the general public clearly preferred making Notre-Dame look exactly as she was.However, as we have seen before, bishops from the left just can't let beauty stand on its own without doing something to destroy it. While the secular government of France heard the will of the people and heeded their desire for a traditional restoration of...

(The Center Square) – The latest federal numbers show the U.S. deficit is soaring as President Joe Biden heads out of office. The U.S. Congressional Budget Office released its monthly budget review on Monday, which showed that in the first two months of this fiscal year, the federal government has run up a deficit of $622 billion. “That amount is $242 billion more than the deficit recorded during the same period last fiscal year,” CBO said in its report. That figure means the deficit is nearly 40% higher than this time last year. “The most alarming turkey in November was...

Inflation heated back up again in November, but it likely wasn’t bad enough to keep the Federal Reserve from cutting rates next week. Consumer prices were 2.7% for the 12 months ended in November, moving higher from the 2.6% annual increase seen in October and marking the highest annual rate since July, according to the latest Consumer Price Index data released Wednesday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. On a monthly basis, prices rose 0.3% after rising 0.2% for the prior four months. Economists were expecting inflation to pick up by 0.2% from October and record a 2.7% annual increase,...

Outgoing Secretary of State Antony Blinken finally expressed remorse that the Biden administration had not done more to protect the 13 US troops who were killed in an ISIS-K suicide bombing during the chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021. “I think today, especially of the 13 heroes that we lost at Abbey Gate. And I deeply regret we did not do more and could not do more to protect them,” Blinken said as he testified Wednesday on Capitol Hill. “And to those families who are here with us today, you’re in my thoughts and my prayers.” Blinken, 62, mixed a...

New disturbing video shows Senator Mitch McConnell hardly able to walk. McConnell suffered a fall yesterday. His condition seems to be declining

Russia could launch another hypersonic ballistic missile in Ukraine in the coming days, but Washington does not consider the Oreshnik weapon a game-changer in the war, a U.S. official said on Wednesday. Russia first fired the Oreshnik missile at the Ukrainian city of Dnipro on Nov. 21, in what President Vladimir Putin cast as a response to Ukraine's first use of U.S. ATACMs ballistic missiles and British Storm Shadows to strike Russian territory with Western permission. Putin has previously said Russia may use the Oreshnik again, including to hit "decision-making centers" in Kyiv, if Ukraine keeps attacking Russia with long-range...

The Brief Self-driving robots created by Avride will soon begin delivering small food and grocery items in the Downtown Dallas area in partnership with Uber Eats. The autonomous robots will make deliveries within a two-mile radius. They are equipped with several cameras and an animated screen for delivery. The robots, about the size of a suitcase, will have a lock that only the customer can open through the delivery app. The company says the delivery robots will be active in Dallas within the next few days. And unlike human delivery drivers, you aren't expected to tip.

Tuesday on FNC’s “Jesse Watters Primetime,” former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) weighed on the apparent collapse of the Democratic Party in the wake of the November 5 elections. He told host Jesse Watters that former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) was to blame for the destruction of the Democratic Party. WATTERS: Former Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy is here. So how about that strategy? Is someone going to come for Barack Hussein Obama? MCCARTHY: It’s the only way the Democrats can save themselves. But I will tell you this, this is my prediction, Jesse, that a year from...

John Solomon @jsolomonReports Two Trump lawyers, aide slapped with 10 more felony charges in Wisconsin over 2020 fake electors From justthenews.com 9:30 AM · Dec 11, 2024

[Catholic Caucus] BREAKING: Archbishop Cordileone urges prayers for Pelosi after she boasts of receiving Holy Communion despite his ban“I would like to renew my request for prayers for the Speaker’s conversion on the issue of human life in the womb,” wrote Archbishop Cordileone about Nancy Pelosi.San Francisco’s Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone has responded to Nancy Pelosi’s rejection of his ban on her receiving Holy Communion, urging Catholics to pray for her “conversion on the issue of human life in the womb.”Late on December 10, Archbishop Cordileone issued a statement in response to a recent interview former Speaker of the House gave...

Dozens of summary executions have been reported across the country since former Al-Qaeda and ISIS leaders took control of Damascus.. Extremist armed factions across Syria are carrying out executions of civilians and soldiers amid the chaos following the fall of Syrian president Bashar al-Assad's government. Al Mayadeen reports on 10 December that a video circulating on social media shows armed militants from Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), the Al-Qaeda offshoot that took control of Damascus on Saturday, carrying out field executions of unarmed men in the village of Al-Rabia in the countryside of Latakia. The militants referred to the men as...

When Social Security was established, it was intended to be a self-funding system from the employer and employee contributions. This self-funding is why Social Security is not an entitlement. The fund is, instead, a horribly managed defined benefit pension plan — horribly managed by legislation, not by negligence. The advent of DOGE (the Department of Government Efficiency) has provided the mechanism, impetus, and political will to challenge the status quo. Concerns about the solvency of the Social Security System have been bandied about for decades. Solutions have, unfortunately, focused on increasing the Social Security tax rates, increasing retirement age, increasing...

Daily Readings from the USCCB“Come to me, all you who labor and are burdened, and I will give you rest.” Matthew 11:28One of the most delightful and healthy activities in life is sleep. This is especially the case when one is able to enter into a deep and refreshing sleep. Upon awakening, the person who has slept deeply feels refreshed and ready for a new day. Of course, the opposite is also true. When sleep is difficult and restless, the person can suffer numerous ill effects, especially when a lack of healthy sleep becomes the norm. The same is true...

Members of Congress are talking about "unknown drones" that have been seen flying around the New York and New Jersey skies over the last few weeks. Fox News senior congressional correspondent Chad Pergram wrote on X about a conversation he had with House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., regarding the situation, before a hearing focused on the drones: "Pergram: It seems as though Members from both sides are not getting answers about these drones or whatever they're seeing in New Jersey and Staten Island. There's a hearing focusing on this today. What is the level of concern? Do you think the...

“…as a condition of participating in the modern economy, Americans are forced to disclose details of their private lives to a financial industry that has been too eager to pass this information along to federal law enforcement.”A report from the House Judiciary Committee and Government Weaponization Subcommittee exposed the FBI for abusing the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) to spy on Americans’ bank accounts without a warrant. “Documents show that federal law enforcement increasingly works hand-in-glove with financial institutions, obtaining virtually unchecked access to private financial data and testing out new methods and new technology to continue the financial surveillance of...

Caitlin Clark, the WNBA’s first international superstar, has taken a sharp turn down the path of woke politics, leaving many of her fans disheartened. Caitlin Clark’s meteoric rise—bolstered by her jaw-dropping, record-setting college career and stellar rookie season in the WNBA—seemed to offer a much-needed respite from the league’s ongoing struggles with dwindling viewership and ideological conformity. But instead of sticking to what made her a star, Clark appears to be prioritizing progressive virtue-signaling over her unique identity, alienating fans who admired her for standing tall amidst the leftist noise in professional sports. In her Time interview after being named...

Despite his arrest, a stolen vehicle suspect in Burbank is likely counting his blessings after one of the responding officers “unintentionally” fired his service weapon in his direction and pierced the windshield. The incident, according to the Burbank Police Department, unfolded on Oct. 26 at around 1 a.m. while officers were looking for a white-colored Ford Econoline van stolen near the intersection of Buena Vista and Vanowen streets. In footage of the incident released by police, responding officers are seen spotting the van at a stoplight less than a half mile away at Buena Vista and Victory Boulevard. Officers made...