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VIDEOBy fascinating coincidence, the World Economic Forum meeting in Davos begins on January 20, the same day that Donald Trump is inaugurated. That alone is more than enough to cast a depressing pall over that whole enterprise in Switzerland. And the best way to be informed about just how depressed the Davos folks are is to watch the Rebel News of Canada which provides real news from there, not the shill news of most of the other outlets. Here are a couple of scenes from Davos 2024. I expect Davos 2025 to be even more entertaining due to all the...

Billionaire Trump surrogate Elon Musk endorsed a post on Thursday which suggested Americans were too “retarded” to be hired for skilled jobs. After the South Africa-born CEO of X, SpaceX, and Tesla found himself embroiled in an argument over H-1B visas and the importation of foreign labor over American workers, a pro-Musk account wrote: So basically the right split into two factions, tech right and right right, and the tech right is like “hey we need h-1b visa people to do the jobs,” and the right right was like “no you need to hire americans,” and the tech right is...

New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed a $75 billion climate change bill that will fine fossil fuel companies for the damage caused to the environment. “With nearly every record rainfall, heatwave, and coastal storm, New Yorkers are increasingly burdened with billions of dollars in health, safety, and environmental consequences due to polluters that have historically harmed our environment,” Governor Hochul said. “Establishing the Climate Superfund is the latest example of my administration taking action to hold polluters responsible for the damage done to our environment and requiring major investments in infrastructure and other projects critical to protecting our communities and...

This year will see (kind of) another rare astronomical event taking place across the night sky. On December 30-31, we will have a rare Black Moon to see out 2024. What is a Black Moon? You’ve probably heard of a Blue Moon; it’s a far more well known phenomenon that is different from a Black Moon but is useful for understanding them nevertheless. A Blue Moon, which earnt its name from the 1937 edition of the Maine Farmer's Almanac, can occur in two situations. It is either the third full Moon in a season with four full Moons (seasons typically...

Debate within the intelligence community over the origins of COVID-19 ran much deeper than previously known, particularly within the Pentagon’s Defense Intelligence Agency. Three scientists at the National Center for Medical Intelligence, a branch of the Defense Intelligence Agency, conducted a scientific investigation in the summer of 2021, concluding that COVID-19 was likely manipulated in a biolaboratory. But the information was suppressed by the Pentagon and not included in White House briefings on the virus, according to a new report from the Wall Street Journal. The origins of SARS-CoV-2 are still hotly contested almost exactly five years after the start...

It's always nice to tip your delivery drivers generously. No arguments there. But you shouldn't have to ... uhhh ... fear for your life over it: A Florida pizza delivery worker was so angry over a $2 tip she got from a pregnant customer that she stabbed the woman more than a dozen times, according to police. Brianna Alvelo, 22, got ticked off Sunday after dropping off a pie at the Riviera Motel in Kissimmee when the customer gave her a stingy tip — so she returned with a pal and stabbed the woman, the Osceola County Sheriff's Office said...

Argentina has enjoyed a 10% reduction in the murder rate of women. ... 2024 saw a 10% increase in un-murdered women even though the defunct ministry had an Undersecretariat of Special Programmes against Gender-based Violence, if you can imagine such a thing. The since-fired Undersecretariat must be incredibly disappointed to learn that her job had been phony-baloney all along. What did happen after Milei closed the Ministry was that he also adopted a tough-on-crime posture. .. By some stroke of luck, cracking down on crime resulted in less crime. Lefties worldwide are scratching their heads at the news. ... Ministry...

Less than a quarter of Americans are satisfied with President Joe Biden’s America, a Gallup poll found this week. Biden will depart the White House next month with Americans feeling very pessimistic about the direction of the nation. Americans voted in November for change, electing President-elect Donald Trump to lead the nation after years of managed decline. Under Biden’s leadership and his vow to unite the nation, America suffered the deadly Afghanistan withdrawal, soaring inflation, the weaponization of justice, the prosecution of political opponents, and a gridlocked Congress unable to solve the nation’s woes.

The Parker Solar Probe is safe and functioning normally after completing the closest-ever pass of the Sun by any human-made object, Nasa has announced. VIDEO AT LINK............ The daring spacecraft flew just 3.8million miles (6.1mkm) from the Sun's surface on 24 December. That might sound like a lot, but it's a stone's throw given that the Sun is 91.4 million miles from Earth. Nasa launched Parker back in 2018 to examine our local star, in hopes it would reveal more about solar activity. The nail-biting mission took the Parker probe out of communications range with experts on Earth. The operations...

A cross country survey in Europe has found that support for a forever war in Ukraine is falling, perhaps not coincidentally given President-Elect Donald Trump telegraphing he expects Europeans to pay a greater share of the bill for their own defence.Total Ukrainian victory at any cost feeling appears to be waning in Europe, with a YouGov survey this month finding that support for Kyiv “until it wins” against Moscow has steeply declined throughout western Europe, the Guardian reports.Amid growing realisation that they may soon be on the hook to foot the bill, support for standing by Ukraine until victory, including...

The deep state’s favorite tool is the color revolution. A ‘color revolution’ is the non-kinetic military overthrow of a foreign government. It begins with the deep state destabilizing an entire society, resulting in massive protests, riots, and factional violence. This produces anger at the undesired foreign government and makes it unstable. When the targeted government finally falls, U.S. security and military personnel are ready to move in and establish a new, U.S.-friendly regime in the ashes of the government the people who live there democratically elected. All the deep state needs is some sore issue, some disagreement that splits people...

Friday 27 December 2024 Saint John, Apostle, Evangelist Feast St. John the Apostle Roman Catholic Church, Leesburg, VA Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: C(I).First reading1 John 1:1-4The Word, who is life - this is our subjectSomething which has existed since the beginning,that we have heard,and we have seen with our own eyes;that we have watchedand touched with our hands:the Word, who is life –this is our subject.That life was made visible:we saw it and we are giving our testimony,telling you of the eternal lifewhich was with the Father and has been made visible to us.What we have seen and...

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Thursday 26 December 2024 Saint Stephen, the first Martyr FeastSt. Stephen's Cathedral, Vienna, AustriaReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Red. Year: C(I).First readingActs 6:8-10,7:54-59The martyrdom of StephenStephen was filled with grace and power and began to work miracles and great signs among the people. But then certain people came forward to debate with Stephen, some from Cyrene and Alexandria who were members of the synagogue called the Synagogue of Freedmen, and others from Cilicia and Asia. They found they could not get the better of him because of his wisdom, and because it was the Spirit that prompted what he said....

Did your Christmas turn into a disaster? The great holiday is officially in the books, and I hope all of you had a great time with your family, friends or whoever else you decided to celebrate with. I had a great time returning to Wisconsin. I even got a brief taste of the high life by flying first class. Christmas horror stories go viral on Reddit. However, not everyone had a great Christmas. I was scrolling through Reddit Friday morning while sipping on my coffee (always black with nothing in it) when I stumbled across a thread breaking down what...

Canada. Are we sure it exists, or is it just North Minnesota? What is with Canadians and their hockey (at least it's not soccer), their maple syrup, their socialized medicine, their notorious niceness, their mystifying political system (what is this thing called a governor-general?), their tolerance of (we shudder) French? With all that, even mentioning "eh" is low-hanging fruit, amirite? of all the many perplexities (and hilarious SCTV alumni) that Canada has tried to foist on its mightier, less niveous neighbo(u)r, the worst by far is its current president prime minister, Liberal Party leader Justin Trudeau. Under Trudeau's nearly decade-long...

The most remarkable feature of the UFO swarm that began November 18 over New Jersey and then expanded in short order to infest New York, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Oregon, Minnesota, California, Texas (and where else?), with an average of 92 sightings per night, and that continues wholly unabated through the present day, is its persistence. The swarm persists unabated, the public demand that the government explain persists unabated, and the government stonewall of the public demand persists unabated. This persistence reveals how ineptly the government reads the public mood.The great lesson of COVID—well known to all the unwashed who lived through...

China’s military buildup and cognitive warfare strategy are clear indications of its intent to defeat the U.S. and its allies by any means necessary.The People’s Republic of China (PRC) is undertaking an unprecedented military buildup aimed at challenging America and its allies, particularly in the Indo-Pacific. And, like Nazi Germany’s buildup in the 1930s, the militarization program ordered by the Chinese Communist Party isn’t simply a great power buildup — it’s a weapon in service of a deadly ideology.The 2024 Department of Defense China Military Power Report and recent analysis by Bill Gertz in the Washington Times reveal this buildup...

JERUSALEM – The IDF revealed the extensive spoils of its war with Hezbollah in Lebanon as it unveiled a massive display of the materiel it seized from the Iranian-backed proxy. At an army base in Israel's north, the military laid out a large selection (but not all) of the 85,100 individual items captured from Hezbollah operatives, weapons caches, and tunnels. The haul included some 6,840 RPG rockets and anti-tank missiles, including 340 Russian-made Kornets, along with their launchers; 9,000 explosive devices and grenades; 2,250 unguided rockets and mortars; 2,700 assault rifles; 2,860 other guns including sniper rifles; and 60 anti-aircraft...

Vivek Ramaswamy broke the first rule of public relations. He said something that will probably alienate the public in what we can call his blood, sweat, and tears tweet. The billionaire entrepreneur had one simple message on X: We can't get ahead by taking it easy, no matter what Hollywood says.The reason top tech companies often hire foreign-born & first-generation engineers over “native” Americans isn’t because of an innate American IQ deficit (a lazy & wrong explanation). A key part of it comes down to the c-word: culture. Tough questions demand tough answers & if we’re really serious about fixing...