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  • Drunk man's penis freezes to icy pavement during bar fight arrest

    01/31/2025 6:24:47 PM PST · by algore · 68 replies
    A drunk man's penis froze to the ground outside a bar in Canada while he was being restrained for fighting during a night out - but he hasn't lost his sense of humor. Blake McPhee reportedly got drunk and started arguing with other bar-goers at the East Village Pub & Eatery in Fort McMurray, Alberta on January 12. As the dispute spilled out onto the street - and into in sub-zero temperatures - things got physical and security guards attempted to restrain him. As he struggled against security, his pants fell down, causing him to become fully exposed to the...
  • Dick Durbin Pushes Anonymous Smear that Kash Patel ‘Broke Protocol’ When Commenting on a Hostage Rescue

    01/29/2025 1:18:11 AM PST · by Olog-hai · 34 replies
    Breitbart ^ | 28 Jan 2025 | Kristina Wong
    Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) on Monday pushed an anonymous smear about Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director nominee Kash Patel just days ahead of his confirmation hearing on Thursday. Durbin, in a letter sent to Trump administration officials dated January 27, 2025, said he received “highly credible information” that Patel “broke protocol” regarding hostage rescues when he commented to the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) “without authorization” about a successful hostage rescue during the first Trump administration in October 2020. […] Durbin said his office received allegations that “Mr. Patel inserted himself inappropriately in a hostage recovery mission and violated these...
  • Plus size rapper sues Lyft 'after driver refused to take her over fears she'd burst his tires'

    01/28/2025 10:30:34 AM PST · by algore · 86 replies
    A plus-sized rapper has sued Lyft after claiming a driver refused to pick her up over fears she was too big to fit in his car and could 'burst his tyres'. Dank Demoss, 36, real name Dajua Blanding, filmed her interaction with the Lyft driver earlier this month, showing her arguing back and forth over whether she could fit into his vehicle. 'I can fit in this car,' Demoss said. 'Believe me, you can't,' the driver responded in the clip. Although the driver said he would refund her ride so Blanding wouldn't be charged for the trip, she sued the...
  • UK Tax Collectors Given Equivalent of One Day Off Per Week to Promote LGBTQ+ Ideology

    01/27/2025 3:15:07 PM PST · by Olog-hai · 7 replies
    Breitbart ^ | 27 Jan 2025 | Kurt Zindulka
    Some members of His Majesty’s Revenue & Customs (HMRC) tax collecting agency are reportedly being given as much as one-fifth of their time at work off to focus on promoting leftist gender ideology. An internal advertisement within Britain’s HMRC, seen by The Telegraph, seeking to fill a deputy chairman position for the tax collector’s LGBT+ staff network reportedly stated that the successful candidate would be given “20% of your time to dedicate to network activities.” “Your current role is not as important as your experience and drive to promote fairness,” the civil servants were told. […] A whistleblower from the...
  • Selena Gomez Sobs Amid Trump’s Illegal Immigration Crackdown: ‘I Wish I Could Do Something but I Can’t’

    01/27/2025 1:39:48 PM PST · by Olog-hai · 49 replies
    Pop sensation-turned film and TV star Selena Gomez released a sniveling Instagram story, to her 422 million followers, that shows the Only Murders in the Building star sobbing and apologizing in reaction to the Trump administration’s nationwide apprehension of accused child rapists, human and drug traffickers, and gang members, among other violent criminals residing in the U.S. illegally. “All my people are getting attacked, the children. I don’t understand. I’m so sorry, I wish I could do something but I can’t,” the Emilia Pérez star says in the video, which features a caption that says “I’m sorry” with a Mexican...
  • Top doctor explains frightening way Trump is letting 'world's deadliest infections' into America

    01/27/2025 10:44:33 AM PST · by algore · 68 replies
    One of Trump's first acts as president was to pause all travel and external communications at the CDC, FDA and NIH, including publishing scientific reports, updating websites or issuing health advisories, while the new administration prepares to overhaul the agencies. But Dr Stephanie Psaki — a health and 'gender equity' advisor to former president Joe Biden — said the move could lay the ground for dangerous pathogens like the Marburg virus, an Ebola-like illness that kills up to 88 percent of people it infects, to come to America. There is currently an outbreak of the disease in Tanzania, where eight...
  • The brutal way Trump fired the highest-ranking woman in the military in his DEI purge

    01/24/2025 6:58:30 PM PST · by algore · 67 replies
    President Donald Trump fired Coast Guard commandant, Admiral Linda L. Fagan, almost immediately after taking office, but she did not hear about it until she was at the Commander in Chief Ball that evening. Fagan found out she was fired as she was waiting to have a photo taken with Trump at the ball, according to a military official speaking to the New York Times. Fagan did not respond to a request for comment. The Department of Homeland Security sent the bulletin featuring news of her job termination to the Coast Guard leadership the morning after Inauguration Day 'She served...
  • Biden hit by blistering final insult from Google's search engine after Trump takes office

    01/23/2025 8:56:23 AM PST · by algore · 29 replies
    Joe Biden was hit with one final insult after handing the White House to Donald Trump - Google left him off the list of US presidents. Social media users have pointed out that the Democrat was left out of the search engine's results when people looked for 'US presidents in order.' It showed Barack Obama and both of Trump's terms - but nothing for Biden, who served between 2021 and 2025. Search “US presidents in order” Biden completely cut out…' A second said: 'Go to Google and search… US Presidents. 'Y’all are not going to believe what they did. Hint…someone...
  • ACLU lawyer calls females 'non-transgender women' in rant about Trump executive order

    01/22/2025 8:45:27 PM PST · by Olog-hai · 43 replies
    Fox News ^ | January 22, 2025 8:00pm EST | Gabriel Hays, Alexa Moutevelis
    American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) lawyer Chase Strangio appeared to employ a new term for an adult human female Tuesday. The trans rights activist — who is also a transgender man — appeared on the left-wing digital news show “Democracy Now!” to slam President Donald Trump’s executive order on sex and gender. Strangio complained to show host Amy Goodman that Trump “is targeting trans people by focusing on retrenching this notion of a fixed gender binary at the time of conception.” While making the case, Strangio referred to biological women as “non-transgender women.” […] After refusing to call biological women...
  • Dog owner, 34, eaten by pet pugs after dying in her apartment

    01/22/2025 2:13:51 PM PST · by nickcarraway · 59 replies
    MSN ^ | 1/22 | Brigid Brown
    A dog owner, who died in her apartment, was discovered eaten by her pet pugs after not being found for days. There have been reports of dogs attacking and killing their owners, but that's not what happened here. Adriana Neagoe owned two of them and they had become hungry after she suddenly passed away. The 34-year-old, who went by the name of Anda Sasha, hadn't contacted any of her relatives for five days, causing them to grow concerned for her wellbeing. If a person is incommunicado, it is not uncommon to ask for a wellness check. A family member contacted...
  • Legal Effect of a Pardon

    01/20/2025 11:13:52 AM PST · by Stanwood_Dave · 73 replies
    1/20/2025 | Me
    ArtII.S2.C1.3.7 Legal Effect of a Pardon - Constitution Annotated More broadly, the {U.S. Supreme} Court ruled in several cases ... the Court in Burdick v. United States, 236 U.S. 79 (1915,) stated that a pardon carries an imputation of guilt; acceptance a confession of it.
  • Doug Burgum, Trump’s pick for public lands boss, questions reliability of renewable power

    01/19/2025 3:13:09 AM PST · by Olog-hai · 28 replies
    Associated Press ^ | 3:20 PM EST, January 16, 2025 | Matthew Brown, Jennifer McDermott and Jack Dura
    President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for interior secretary told a Senate panel Thursday the U.S. can leverage development of fossil fuels and other energy sources to promote world peace and voiced concerns about the reliability of renewable power sources promoted under the Biden administration. Former North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum described Trump’s aspiration to achieve U.S. “energy dominance” as a way to counter demand for fossil fuels from autocratic nations — Russia, Iran and Venezuela — that have fewer environmental safeguards. Burgum also said the U.S. needs to make more “baseload” electricity from coal and other sources as it seeks to...
  • Non-binary lawmaker takes month off work with mental health crisis after boss made simple request

    01/16/2025 9:29:30 AM PST · by algore · 19 replies
    Massachusetts' first openly non-binary elected politician has taken a month off work with for the sake of their mental health after being accused of laziness and asked to return to in-person meetings. Thu Nguyen, who uses they/them pronouns, accused some of their fellow Worcester City Council members of deliberately misgendering them and referring to them as 'it'. They claimed to have been misgendered by Mayor Joe Petty and Councilor At-Large Kathleen Toomey. Nguyen also alleges they were referred to as 'it' on multiple occasions by Councilor Candy Mero-Carlson. 'These hateful acts are unbecoming of a legislative body whose duty is...
  • The Future of Online Porn Is At Stake Today

    01/15/2025 1:55:26 PM PST · by nickcarraway · 101 replies
    Reason ^ | 1.15.2025 | Elizabeth Nolan Brown
    The Supreme Court is hearing arguments in a Texas case that could have major ramifications across the country—including, perhaps, the end of anonymity online.A Texas law requiring people to provide proof of age before viewing online porn comes before the U.S. Supreme Court today. With similar laws already at play in 18 states besides Texas, and other states considering such measures, it's fair to say that the future of online porn in this country depends on what the justices decide in this case. The Texas law (House Bill 1181) is being challenged by multiple plaintiffs, including the Free Speech...
  • Most Americans rate Biden as 'failed' or 'fair' president: new poll

    01/14/2025 9:07:12 AM PST · by Olog-hai · 10 replies
    Fox News ^ | January 14, 2025 7:48am EST | Paul Steinhauser
    With less than a week left until President Biden’s tenure in the White House sunsets, a new national poll indicates many Americans do not think history will be kind to him. According to a USA Today/Suffolk University survey released on Tuesday, 44% of voters nationwide say history will assess Biden as a failed president, with another 27% saying he will be judged as a fair president. Twenty-one percent of those questioned said history will view Biden as a good president, with only 5% saying he will be seen as a great president. However, according to the poll, 44% also say...
  • Nicolás Maduro Calls for Puerto Rico Invasion to 'Liberate' Island From US

    01/13/2025 8:39:48 PM PST · by Olog-hai · 64 replies
    Newsweek ^ | Jan 13, 2025 at 12:19 PM EST
    Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has called for a campaign for the “liberation” of Puerto Rico from the United States. […] Although the chances of Puerto Rico being invaded appear unlikely, the comments serve as a reminder of the Venezuelan challenges that await President-elect Donald Trump when he returns to the White House on January 20. Maduro invoked Simón Bolívar, the Venezuelan soldier who liberated much of South America from Spanish rule, as he spoke about Puerto Rico. “Just as in the north they have a colonization agenda, we have a liberation agenda,” Maduro said during the closing of the International...
  • Canada’s former leader Chrétien has blunt advice for Trump: ‘Give your head a shake!’ [barf]

    01/12/2025 11:06:43 AM PST · by Olog-hai · 44 replies
    Associated Press ^ | 8:08 PM EST, January 11, 2025 | Jim Morris
    President-elect Donald Trump’s remarks that Canada should become the 51st state drew condemnation and a patriotic outburst on Saturday from a former Canadian prime minister who offered blunt advice to the incoming U.S. leader: “Give your head a shake!” Jean Chrétien, who was Canada’s prime minister from 1993 to 2003, joined a chorus of officials from the northern U.S. neighbor who say Trump’s remarks are no longer a joke and may undermine America’s closest ally. Canada would never agree to become part of the United States, Chrétien wrote in an article published in The Globe and Mail newspaper, celebrating his...
  • How do you boys like Greenland?

    01/10/2025 12:40:34 PM PST · by Pol-92064 · 48 replies
    POL-92064 ^ | 01/10/2025 | POL-92064
    Party on troops!
  • Unbelievable moment cop shoots jaywalker FIFTEEN times during bizarre pursuit before shocking twist

    01/08/2025 9:26:55 AM PST · by algore · 54 replies
    A Texas police officer was caught on camera shooting a man 15 times during a pursuit, after he confronted him about jaywalking across the street. But San Antonio police say Jeffrey Schopp, 33, died from a self-inflicted gunshot to the head, KENS 5 reports. The incident began on December 3 when Police Officer James Lopez caught Schopp crossing the street at Loop 410 and Jones Maltsberger Road without using the crosswalk - which is a Class C misdemeanor in Texas, punishable by up to a $200 fine. In body camera footage released by the San Antonio Police Department, Lopez could...
  • Shocking images show woman, 19, whose breasts quadrupled after taking Pfizer Covid vaccine

    01/06/2025 9:36:48 AM PST · by algore · 65 replies
    A woman's breasts ballooned in size after getting her Covid vaccine in a first-of-its-kind case. The 19-year-old from Canada went from a B cup to triple G cup within six months after receiving the two-shot course. She received her first dose of the Pfizer Covid vaccine in September 2022 and her breasts started tingling and growing slightly. Both of these effects then worsened after she received her second dose of the vaccine about three weeks later. Doctors treating the woman suggested her Covid vaccine may have triggered pseudoangiomatous stromal hyperplasia (PASH) This is the first-ever case linking PASH to a...