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Things in the UK just keep getting wackier. New cars. Every three years. For people with wheat sensitivities. From the Wall Street Journal article: Disability payouts are no longer just for those most in need; they have become a financial crutch for a large swath of the population as wages stagnate and prices rise. It's blowing up Britain's welfare bill, hamstringing its politicians and imperiling its long-term financial stability. Some seven million people — more than 10% of the population — now claim at least one or more sickness or disability benefits. The numbers are growing fastest among working-age people...

Rachel Timoner, Senator Schumer’s ‘Rabbi’, had spent the years since Oct 7 denouncing Israel. The trendy leftist clergywoman had been active with anti-Israel groups such as J Street and T’ruah, and had co-founded the New York Jewish Agenda leftist organization alongside Sharon Kleinbaum who had faced an exodus from her ‘temple’ after saying prayers for Hamas terrorists. When Prime Minister Netanyahu came to speak at the UN, Timoner addressed a rally “to demand that Netanyahu be held accountable for his war crimes” and blamed antisemitic attacks on Jews by Muslims, including a Muslim terror attack meant to kill Jewish preschoolers,...

...John Solomon’s Just the News published a declassified intelligence summary describing intercepted communications between Ukrainian officials and USAID personnel in Kyiv dating back to late 2022. According to the summary, the plan involved directing hundreds of millions of dollars meant for a Ukrainian infrastructure project toward a very different purpose. The declassified language states that roughly 90 percent of the funds would be routed to the DNC to help fund Joe Biden’s reelection campaign.. .

New York authorities have refused more than 16,000 federal immigration detainer requests involving illegal immigrants accused or convicted of crimes, including homicide, kidnapping and sexual offenses, according to newly released Department of Homeland Security data. The figures, reported Monday by the New York Post, show that municipalities across the Democrat-led state have declined to honor 16,070 Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainers since President Donald Trump returned to office in January 2025. According to DHS, the individuals associated with those requests have accumulated 52,503 criminal charges or convictions, including 131 homicides, 132 kidnappings and 1,017 sexual offenses. The figures have renewed...

After his team lost the game, Rams offensive lineman Alaric Jackson lost his cool and punched Bills linebacker Bradley Chubb. Well after the game was over, while Chubb talked to players on both teams near midfield, Jackson walked over to him and they briefly exchanged words before Jackson threw a right hook to Chubb’s jaw. Chubb was unfazed afterward.

While we often picture ancient Athens as a quintessentially Greek city, it was actually a bustling, diverse hub deeply connected to the broader Mediterranean. This video explores the fascinating lives of Phoenician immigrants who lived, worked, and died in the Greek world. From the introduction of the alphabet and the Orientalizing period of Greek art to bilingual tombstones and the founding of Stoicism by Zeno of Citium, discover how the Phoenicians didn't just trade with the Greeks -- they integrated into their communities, permanently shaping the culture, religion, and philosophy of the classical world. The Hidden Phoenicians of Ancient Athens...

Did you know that the birthplace of democracy relied on foreign nomads to keep its citizens in line? In this video, we explore the fascinating and peculiar history of the Scythian archers in ancient Athens. Discover who these fierce warriors from the Eurasian steppe were, how they became the city's primary force for crowd control, and why Athens entrusted such a critical role to complete outsiders who had no political stake in the city at all. Scythians in Athens: The Steppe Archers Who Enforced Democracy | 12:32 History with Cy | 303K subscribers | 4,296 views | October 13, 2026

Abdul el Sayed, the Democratic Senate candidate in Michigan, expresses irritation when he is asked about his association with Hasan Piker, the streamer/provocateur who said America deserved 9/11. “I’m not here to disavow people’s views,” el Sayed said during the Michigan Democratic primary campaign. “I’m here to have a conversation about how to get money out of politics, put money back in pockets, and pass Medicare for All.” Give el Sayed credit for staying on message; those are the three main themes of his campaign. On his website, el Sayed groups several positions under each one. Under “Money Out of...

US President Donald Trump says he does not believe that China and Russia were helping Iran “at all,” adding that Moscow and Beijing had “too much to lose” if they enabled Tehran.Trump says on Truth Social that he had seen comments from his critics and opponents that China and Russia were helping Iran. “If they are, it’s at a very low level, but I don’t believe they are at all. They have too much to lose, and we would know about it, and know about it very fast,” Trump writes.Trump said in July he trusted China and Russia not to...

Hamas could have spared Gaza’s devastation by choosing peace over terrorism. The conflict has exposed international double standards toward Israel and fueled a resurgence of antisemitism. After October 7, 2023Could the destruction of Gaza after October 7 have been avoided? The answer is yes—had Hamas so wished. First, if the Hamas leadership had simply complied with Israeli demands to (a) return the 251 hostages and (b) surrender the architects and perpetrators of the massacre of some 1,200 Israelis, the Israelis would not have had to fight Hamas in the streets and tunnels of Gaza. Note how critics of Israel consistently...

Pressure has been mounting as many, including the archbishop of Catholics in the U.S. military, speak out against the Pentagon’s plan to livestream the execution scheduled for December. President Donald Trump is reportedly reconsidering the widely criticized public broadcasting of the execution of Nidal Hasan, days after the Pentagon announced the plan to livestream it. Citing four people who have reportedly spoken with Trump, Axios reported Oct. 12 that the President has expressed “misgivings” about the plan in private. According to Newsmax, Trump reportedly told a confidant outside the administration that the livestream “might not happen,” Axios reported. The source...

React19 reviewed free-text entries submitted to the CDC’s vaccine safety monitoring program to document reports in which participants asked for help, described suicidal thoughts, reported that they were dying or nearly died, or reported a death, and to document what was participants said about the response they received...

The Metropolitan Opera opened its 2026-2027 season with a new, splendid production of Verdi’s Macbeth cast from the company’s absolute strengths and a few fine debutants. Director Louisa Proske is best known to New York audiences as co-founder and co-artistic director of the small, innovative and frequently brilliant Heartbeat Opera and has more recently been director at Opera Halle and guest director at several opera companies. Here, in her Met debut, she has scored a triumph with Macbeth, capturing its gloom and Dark Ages atmosphere in a manner that can best be described as dystopic. Working on John Bauser’s revolving...

Aman died Monday at Six Flags Over Georgia, according to police and witnesses. Georgia's Cobb County police said several other people were injured in the incident. A witness told local TV station WXIA an image of the man falling was captured on his souvenir picture taken while on the Goliath ride, which the Six Flags website says can reach speeds of 70 mph. Six Flags officials said in a statement they were "deeply saddened by the guest incident," and that park workers and local authorities responded immediately.

🇺🇸Pray For The Peace of Jerusalem🇮🇱 (10/13/26)[Prayer]Personalities Psalm 51[a]For the director of music. A psalm of David. When the prophet Nathan came to him after David had committed adultery with Bathsheba.1 Have mercy on me, O God, according to your unfailing love; according to your great compassion blot out my transgressions. 2 Wash away all my iniquity and cleanse me from my sin. 3 For I know my transgressions, and my sin is always before me. 4 Against you, you only, have I sinned and done what is evil in your sight; so you are right in your verdict and...

It seems that the Talarico clinic phone call supposedly verifying that he spent time at the Lindner Center of Hope clinic in Ohio is a washout. Talarico was seen in Austin a day before he was supposedly “released.” This is a shame, since it acts as an embarrassment to conservatives and creates a measure of cover for Talarico, who has yet to explain what he was doing for the two weeks he vanished into the eighth dimension. The call was said to be taped by Rhein Amacher on Saturday the 10th and published by Nick Sortor on his X page....

Hundreds of child marriages have been revealed in Germany, as new data indicates that girls as young as 11 are being married off to adult men. Data revealed that since April 2012, officials in the German state of Baden-Württemberg recorded 358 marriages involving a child. But injust eight of these cases were marriages formally annulled. The data was revealed after local politicians from the hard-Right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party filed a parliamentary inquiry with the state government. Among the most egregious marriages was the 2020 partnering of an 11-year-old Iraqi girl and a 17-year-old Iraqi teenager. It is unclear...

A violent clash involving a group of young Syrian men erupted in the center of Arnhem on Tuesday evening, September 30, 2026 A group of roughly 15 young Syrian men (aged 17 to 20) engaged in severe street fights and bloody stabbings around areas like the Korenmarkt and Willemsplein Three people were injured, including a minor who was seriously hurt. Police arrested eight suspects in connection with the violence, with charges including attempted manslaughter Mayor Ahmed Marcouch confirmed that the individuals involved were all of Syrian descent, and noted that a portion of them are rejected (uitgeprocedeerde) asylum seekers who...

Why People Avoid Grappling With Deep Suffering “Cries for Help: Injury and Death Buried in V-Safe Data” (2026) by React19. Brownstone Institute ... had been sent a very large document of small stories written by regular people of their COVID-19 shot injuries. They were logged at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as part of their V-safe electronic reporting system that began in December 2020. More than 10 million people signed up to report any safety issues with the shot... ...The CDC said it would give a callback to people who were harmed and work through the problem. Floods...

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