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... Did you ever see that show "Girls"? Nah, me neither. It attracted an audience of 500,000, in a land of over three hundred million. If I'd pulled half-a-mil guest-hosting for Hannity or Tucker, never mind Rush, I'd never have worked again. And yet Lena Dunham, the presiding eminence of "Girls", was profiled endlessly by a doting media as if she was the biggest thing since, oh, Dinah Shore. Or Eddie Cantor. Or Ukulele Ike.The point isn't Lena Dunham or Gregg Wallace, Ellen DeGeneres or Matt Lauer, all of whom are very disposable. The point is to maintain the overall...

Two independent studies show that patients with type 2 diabetes who are treated with the drug Ozempic have an increased risk of developing damage to the optic nerve of the eye, which can lead to severe and permanent loss of vision. Both of the new register-based studies from SDU confirm a concern that was raised earlier this year in a smaller American study. "We have examined data from all 424,152 Danes with type 2 diabetes. We found that Ozempic more than doubles the risk of developing NAION. NAION is damage to the optic nerve of the eye caused by a...

Someone evidently reported the video for the rap part, which takes a jab at global warming hysteria. (YouTube froze up promotions within just a few hours of launch) AI voice but tolerable. Nice refreshing holiday song.

There has been a development in the Ukraine war - that is, if you trust the source:North Korean troops have been killed fighting Ukrainian forces in Russia's Kursk border region, the US has said.These would be the first reported casualties since it emerged in October that North Korea had sent around 10,000 troops to reinforce Russia's war effort.Ukraine's military intelligence agency, the GUR, has also said at least 30 North Korean troops had been killed or wounded in fighting over the weekend. The BBC has not independently verified the claims.Independently verifying US claims is a tricky business, at least for...

This is a real movie that released on Friday. That they want us to take seriously. ClickMatt Walsh tried to explain this movie as best as he could.

Bill Gates doesn't shy away from paying taxes. In fact, he thinks he should be paying more – a lot more. But if he feels that way, why doesn't the multibillionaire voluntarily hand over a bigger slice of his fortune to Uncle Sam? It's a question critics love to ask and Gates has been clear about his stance. In a 2019 end-of-the-year blog post, he addressed the question: "People pay taxes as an obligation of law and citizenship, not out of charity." Back in the 2019 blog post, he pointed out what he sees as a fundamental problem: "The U.S....

On Friday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Fox News @ Night,” former Kamala Harris Campaign Surrogate Lindy Li said she believes that President Joe Biden is burning things down at the urging of First Lady Jill Biden and cited him coming out against stock trading by members of Congress. Host Kevin Corke asked, “This is from the Daily Mail, this is a piece from Emily [Goodin], very interesting, the headline reads, in part, ‘How Vengeful Jill Biden Is Urging ‘Depressed’ Joe to ‘Burn the Whole Thing Down’ in Their Final Days’, it reads in part, ‘Jill views Democrats on...

VIDEOBritish Prime Minister Keir Starmer thought he was being cute by appointing the TDS Lord Peter Mandelson and former Jeffrey Epstein client as ambassador to the USA. Perhaps Starmer in his tiny mind thought it was his way of a power play against President Trump. It would be a shame if this act of utter stupidity boomeranged on Starmer and ended up bringing down his Labour government.

On Friday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Fox News @ Night,” former Kamala Harris Campaign Surrogate Lindy Li stated that President Joe Biden “has not been cognitively fit to assume the duties of the Oval Office for a number of years now,” and that one of her relatives reacted to meeting the President earlier this year by stating, “we’re *&*&^&.” Li said, “[L]et’s just be very honest what’s happening here, the President has not been cognitively fit to assume the duties of the Oval Office for a number of years now, and it breaks my heart to say it....

Who is the world’s most dangerous terrorist organization? Look no further than the grand accuser and the one who sits high and mighty in judgment of others. Earlier this week, Ukraine openly boasted of assassinating a top Russian general outside his home in Moscow. Lt. General Igor Kirillov was killed when a bomb attached to a scooter was detonated remotely upon him leaving his apartment early in the morning. One of his assistants was also killed. Russia on Tuesday criticized Ukraine’s Western allies, accusing them of being complicit in the general’s murder. It was easy to come to this conclusion...

A boy has been using the girls’ locker room to change at Westosha Central High School. He stares at the young girls while they change and that makes them feel very uncomfortable. Some of the girls began to use the stalls to change. When they would exit, the boy would be exposing his ***** and rubbing himself with lotion. He claimed to the girls that the lotion was to “prevent chafing.” The boy changes in the full nude, often exposing his ***** and *****. Many girls, some or most, freshmen approached the gym teacher, Miranda Hopkins. Hopkins told the girls...

On Monday, former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, who remains a loyal and respected ally within President Donald Trump’s orbit – posted a statement on X urging the President-elect to sue Gov. JB Pritzker for defamation after the Democratic governor repeatedly referred to Trump as an “adjudicated rapist.” Last Friday, ABC News agreed to a multi-million dollar settlement and agreed to contribute $15 million to President Trump’s presidential foundation and museum to settle a defamation lawsuit filed by Trump and his legal team against the network. Seizing on the opportunity – and continuing a more than 5-year feud with Pritzker, Blagojevich...

The alleged UnitedHealthcare CEO killer received more than 140 messages during his brief stint behind bars in Pennsylvania, including some from drooling groupies and adoring admirers, The Post has learned. During his 10-day lockup at Huntingdon State Correctional Institute in the Keystone State, Luigi Mangione received 54 emails and 87 physical letters, along with 163 deposits into an account allowing him to buy snacks and other commissary items, correction officials said. Officials refused to say how much money the 26-year-old was sent — or describe the contents of the letters.

The Mesa police department is investigating after a video was posted online showing a man spraying open foods with bug spray at a Walmart store. ABC15 was made aware of the social media video Friday morning. It shows a man holding a can of Hot Shot bug spray that he appears to spray on a variety of foods at a grocery store, including fresh produce and prepared chicken. The video appears to have since been deleted but is making rounds on other websites. Tempe police officials initially said they were "very much aware of this individual" and that the incident...

The suspect in the Magdeburg terror attack is understood to be a migrant from Saudi Arabia by the name of Taleb Al-Abdulmohsen. According to the German state broadcaster DW, at least two people have been confirmed dead, and up to 60 more are reported injured after a car rammed into a Christmas market in the city of Magdeburg. video While details about the killer's identity are still being investigated, Taleb Al-Abdulmohsen was reportedly granted asylum in Germany in 2016 after fleeing from his native Saudi Arabia because he longer believed in Islam. In an interview with the BBC back in...

On Friday’s broadcast of CNN’s “OutFront,” Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) said that the government funding bill that passed the House wasn’t an improvement on the original bill, but his goal was ensuring there wasn’t a shutdown. Host Sara Sidner asked, [relevant exchange begins around 5:30] “Do you think it was better than the original?” Swalwell answered, “No, but my prerogative was to make sure that the hard-working employee who serves our veterans or keeps our airports safe with the TSA or is monitoring air traffic as an air traffic controller, that they get paid for the work that they do....

Among those convicted on Friday was the father of a student whose false account of Paty's use of the caricatures triggered a wave of social media posts targeting the middle-school teacher. The court sentenced Brahim Chnina to 13 years in prison for criminal terrorist association, according to broadcaster Franceinfo. Chnina had published videos falsely accusing the teacher of disciplining his daughter for complaining about the class, naming Paty and identifying his school. Last year, a court found Chnina's daughter and five other adolescents guilty of participating in a premeditated conspiracy and helping prepare an ambush. Chnina's daughter, who was not...

I thought some of you might be interested in this.I have lots of conversations with ChatGPT about many different issues. Though I am curious about its responses, I am also curious about how well it can figure out what I am asking if I use terse prompts. Here's a conversation I had with ChatGPT about turning one’s worries and concerns over to Jesus. I intentionally kept my questions short and vague. My question: In Christianity, we are told to turn all our worries and concerns over to Jesus. This would mean that we not only stop worrying about things but...

On Friday’s broadcast of CNN’s “AC360,” Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) responded to a question on if he thinks the government funding bill is an overall win by stating that it’s better than a shutdown and the funding bill that was voted down on Thursday, and “given where we were, this was probably the best possible solution. But, of course, it was not what we had agreed to, originally. There were six weeks of arduous negotiation and then bipartisan agreement to a deal that got blown up by a tweet.” Host Jim Sciutto asked, “So, House Minority Leader Rep. Hakeem Jeffries...

The death toll in the Magdeburg Christmas market attack has risen to five, with more than 200 injured. Visiting the scene on Saturday, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said it was a “terrible act...to injure and kill so many people with such brutality.” “We have now learnt that over 200 people have been injured,” he said. “Almost 40 are so seriously injured that we must be very worried about them.” The suspect, a 50-year-old Saudi doctor who moved to Germany in 2006, is an ex-Muslim who expressed support for the far-Right AfD and criticised the government over migrants “Islamising” the country.