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  • A liberal demonstrator was in the middle of saying “We welcome everyone in this city” right before a Muslim terrorist threw an explosive right over his head

    03/09/2026 1:32:11 PM PDT · by Whatever Works · 6 replies
    The Blaze ^ | March 9, 2026 | The Blaze
    A liberal demonstrator was in the middle of saying “We welcome everyone in this city” right before a Muslim terrorist threw an explosive right over his head. Watch this. Stupidity in action. His face is priceless. https://x.com/theblaze/status/2031009020056588531
  • Another mall bites the dust as controversial shopping center is set to be bulldozed for 276 apartments

    03/09/2026 1:28:58 PM PDT · by Morgana · 9 replies
    Daily Mail UK ^ | March 9, 2026 | JULIA DZURILLAY
    A failing New Jersey shopping center could soon be demolished and replaced with hundreds of apartments under a controversial redevelopment plan. The near-vacant Raritan Mall has long been described by locals as an ‘eyesore’ after years of empty storefronts and declining business. Developers now want to tear down the aging complex and replace it with a five-story project containing 276 apartments, according to plans submitted by Raritan Mall Urban Renewal. The proposal would also include 42 affordable housing units and ground-floor retail space. A second retail area, within an existing structure that formerly housed a bank, would include parking and...
  • Michigan Democrats are putting dead voters BACK ON the voter rolls after they are removed

    03/09/2026 12:29:19 PM PDT · by lowbridge · 19 replies
    Twitter/X ^ | March 9, 2026
    Michigan Democrats are putting dead voters BACK ON the voter rolls after they are removed After the dead people are added back, THEY ARE MAILED BALLOTS Michigan Rep Rachelle Smit “I took off a dead voter in my township and guess what? That dead voter was put back on” “There was a family member who at one point was registered at my in-laws home, and that family member had died nearly 20 years prior. They were put on the rolls at 2020. They were mailed voter application ballots without the authorization”
  • Video: Do Turks Hate Greeks and Vice-Versa?

    03/09/2026 11:48:19 AM PDT · by nickcarraway · 28 replies
    Greek Reporter ^ | Philip Chrysopoulos
    Despite their proximity as neighbors and many shared elements in terms of food, music, and culture, Turks and Greeks are often perceived as enemies rather than friends. On the world stage, Turkey and Greece seem to constantly butt heads, but do Turks and Greeks themselves harbor animosity toward their neighbors? Despite political tensions, Turks and Greeks, who are both known for their generosity, warmth, and welcoming spirit, seem to have much more in common than many would believe. Both Turks and Greeks share a beautiful geographic location in the Mediterranean and a climate that makes people in other parts of...
  • Women still ‘work 69 days for free’ compared to men, new report warns

    03/09/2026 11:45:28 AM PDT · by nickcarraway · 41 replies
    Euroweekly News ^ | 09 Mar 2026 | Farah Mokrani
    Concept image illustrating the gender pay gap with male and female figures standing on stacks of coins. New data shows women in Spain still earn significantly less than men, highlighting the ongoing gender pay gap. Credit : Andrey_Popov, Shutterstock Women in Spain are effectively working nearly 69 days a year without pay compared with men, according to a new labour market report released this week. The figure highlights how the gender pay gap – despite years of policy changes and growing awareness – still affects millions of workers across the country. The analysis, published by the Spanish trade union USO...
  • Spain’s Hacienda Targets Wedding Gifts in Tax Clampdown, and They Are Checking Your Social Media

    03/09/2026 11:42:50 AM PDT · by nickcarraway · 9 replies
    Euroweekly News ^ | 08 Mar 2026 | Adam Woodward26
    Planning to tie the knot in Spain? It’s highly expensive wherever you wed. But, if you are, you had better take it into account Hacienda (the tax agency). Newlyweds across Spain now face unexpected tax demands as Hacienda intensifies scrutiny on wedding gifts. Authorities now actively remind couples that cash and presents from guests qualify as taxable donations, potentially adding thousands to post-wedding bills. The idea behind this move is to close loopholes in revenue collection with digital transfers becoming more prevalent. Average weddings in Spain exceed €24,000, everything taken into consideration, including wedding meals alone consuming €13,000 to €14,000,...
  • The Gardener (Episode 2) -- the Future of Work (my title)

    03/09/2026 10:52:14 AM PDT · by ProtectOurFreedom · 4 replies
    "Sammy" (@sumiturkude007) on X wrote "This short film made with Seedance 2.0 is absolutely insane. The realism looks like a real movie — no one can tell it's AI." But that's not the real point. Yeah, it's a good demonstration of AI abilities in March 2026, but it's the theme and plot that get me. They are simultaneously brilliant, sad, and prophetic.
  • Quicksand Is the Hiking Danger You Never Knew You Had to Worry About

    03/09/2026 10:30:30 AM PDT · by ProtectOurFreedom · 23 replies
    Backpack Magazine (backpacker.com) ^ | March 7, 2026 | Adam Roy
    It may not be the human-swallowing horror of Golden Age Hollywood films, but quicksand is a real-life hazard for hikers. It pays to know what it is and how to escape. “I didn’t think that was real.” That’s the reply I kept hearing from both coworkers and readers after we wrote about backpacker Austin Dirks’s rescue from a quicksand pit in Arches National Park in December 2025. Dirks was hiking a section of the Hayduke Trail when he stepped into what looked like normal sand, sinking his left foot up to the ankle. He managed to pull it out, but...
  • How President Trump Can Reverse Biden’s Backdoor Gun Registry

    03/09/2026 10:26:19 AM PDT · by MtnClimber · 15 replies
    AMAC Newsline ^ | 9 Mar, 2026 | Connor Martin
    An under-the-radar regulatory change during the Biden years quietly expanded what amounts to a federal warehouse of private information tied to nearly every firearms transaction in America. Now, President Trump has the opportunity to reverse that rule — and put an end to yet another facet of the Biden administration’s assault on the Second Amendment and the privacy rights of law-abiding gun owners. Any American citizen who has ever legally purchased a firearm has experience with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) Form 4473. As a purchaser, you must fill out personal questions that are often confusingly...
  • Boston lead singer dead at 60 more than 20 years after the former Home Depot worker sent the band an audition tape

    03/09/2026 10:19:12 AM PDT · by Morgana · 26 replies
    Daily Mail UK ^ | March 9, 2026 | HEIDI PARKER
    Tommy DeCarlo has died at age 60. The musician, who became the lead vocalist for the rock-n-roll band Boston in 2007 after Brad Delp died, passed away on Monday. The singer's family confirmed the news in Facebook and Instagram posts after launching a GoFundMe page to help with his medical expenses. They said he died after battling brain cancer for six months. 'It is with heavy hearts that we share the passing of our Dad, Tommy DeCarlo, on Monday, March 9th, 2026. After being diagnosed with brain cancer last September, he fought with incredible strength and courage right up until...
  • “Lab-grown chocolate is coming to shelves in 2027. Oreo, Cadbury and Toblerone are already funding the Israeli biotech producing it because a lab is cheaper than a farm”

    03/09/2026 10:14:53 AM PDT · by ransomnote · 14 replies
    X.com ^ | March 8, 2026 | Wall Street Apes @WallStreetApes
    Wall Street Apes @WallStreetApes I verified this and it’s true“Lab-grown chocolate is coming to shelves in 2027. Oreo, Cadbury and Toblerone are already funding the Israeli biotech producing it because a lab is cheaper than a farm”“Cadbury has been quietly replacing your chocolate — This dairy milk isn't legal chocolate in 27 countries, the cocoa butter was replaced with vegetable fat, a cheap blend of 6 industrial oils. What remains is diluted with polyglycerol — Soon even that gets replaced, you'll be eating cells grown in a pharmaceutical tank”Cadbury Dairy Milk (in the UK and many markets) has included vegetable...
  • ICE Detains Nashville Immigration Reporter For Being Illegally In The Country

    03/09/2026 9:08:31 AM PDT · by V_TWIN · 32 replies
    notthebee.com ^ | Mar 9, 2026
    You can't make it up. A Nashville, Tennessee, reporter was detained because she's apparently in the country illegally. In a written statement, a spokeswoman for Immigrations and Customs Enforcement said on Friday that Ms. Rodriguez had overstayed her tourist visa 'and currently has no lawful immigration status.' But even amid the Trump administration's aggressive immigration enforcement operations, Ms. Rodriguez is an unusual target for detention. She has an active asylum case, a pending green card application through her American husband and no criminal record. In the past, immigrants applying for green cards through their American spouses were not subject to...
  • Iran Boasts It Has Destroyed Hundreds Of US Missiles With Its Buildings

    03/09/2026 9:00:11 AM PDT · by V_TWIN · 9 replies
    babylonbee.com ^ | March 9, 2026
    TEHRAN — As the conflict in the Middle East stretched into a second week, the Iranian government issued a public statement boasting that it had destroyed hundreds of U.S. missiles with its buildings. Despite losing dozens of members of its leadership, the embattled Ayatollah's regime remained defiant while taunting the world that it had successfully wiped out hundreds — if not thousands — of U.S. missiles, drones, and bombs by blocking them with buildings and military bases throughout the country. "The wreckage of their bombs can be seen strewn throughout the rubble of our cities," new Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei...
  • Republican group attacks Thomas Massie for his opposition to Iran war

    03/09/2026 8:38:43 AM PDT · by RandFan · 54 replies
    Politco ^ | March 9 | RF
    Republicans attempting to oust Kentucky Rep. Thomas Massie in a bitter primary are deploying his opposition to the war in Iran. The Republican Jewish Coalition Victory Fund on Thursday released an ad supporting Ed Gallrein, the candidate endorsed by President Donald Trump, that focuses on Massie’s opposition to the war. “America is at war with a fanatical regime that seeks nuclear weapons. American hero Ed Gallrein stands with President Trump, our country and our military,” a narrator says in the 30-second spot. “Thomas Massie, he stands with Iran and radical leftists in Congress,” the narrator says, “opposing Trump just like...
  • AI Could Dox Your Anonymous Posts

    03/09/2026 7:50:37 AM PDT · by jonatron · 21 replies
    PC World ^ | 3/3/26 | By Michael Crider
    Large language models aren’t good at lots of stuff, like counting fingers or suggesting pizza recipes. But one thing that “AI” is quite good at is analyzing massive amounts of data and finding possible connections that aren’t immediately obvious. That makes it perfect for unmasking anonymous internet posts, according to a new research paper. Researchers at ETH Zurich and the MATS research fellowship associated with Berkeley ran a program [PDF], collecting data from sources with generally anonymous usernames, like Reddit. By collecting users’ posts across related but distinct movie subreddits, then feeding the LLM data from a Netflix data leak,...
  • Hamas Officials’ Family and Affiliates Established and Staffed Top Dallas Private School

    03/09/2026 7:31:26 AM PDT · by MtnClimber · 22 replies
    Middle East Forum ^ | 6 Mar, 2026 | Sam Westrop
    The Brighter Horizons Academy in North Texas Was Established and Run by Figures Involved with Convicted Hamas Operatives and Designated Terror Organizations; Uses Curricula Developed In-House that Teaches Children to Hate. Government bodies must investigate Texas K-12 schools established and run by persons and organizations with direct ties to designated terrorist organizations, urge leading reformist Muslim voices. Following the Middle East Forum’s January report on Islamist efforts to secure public funding in Texas, a new investigation indicates that a private Islamist-run school and radical curricula provider in the Dallas suburbs, previously established and staffed by Hamas-aligned operatives, are today teaching...
  • RON PAUL: Will the Dollar be a Casualty of the Iran War?

    03/09/2026 7:04:51 AM PDT · by RandFan · 68 replies
    Ron Paul ^ | March 9 | Former Rep. Ron Paul
    President Trump’s unconstitutional and unjust war against Iran is setting back his “affordability” agenda. The war has caused a big rise in gasoline prices. Among the related concerns is the hindering of the movement of oil through the Strait of Hormuz, the only available passage for ships to transport oil from the Persian Gulf The increased costs will do more than raise prices at the pump. An increase in gas prices brings increased transportation costs that will be passed along to consumers. Prices of a variety of goods, including food, will increase. No wonder Energy Secretary Chris Wright, White House...
  • The Democrat War Against Operation Epic Fury - Infographic: Mark Levin Interviews Lee Smith

    03/09/2026 6:49:59 AM PDT · by MtnClimber · 18 replies
    Director Blue Substack ^ | 8 Mar, 2026 | Doug Ross
    On March 6, 2026, Mark Levin described what may be an unprecedented moment in American history: a major political party actively undermining the military and the commander-in-chief during the onset of a military operation. With Operation Epic Fury targeting Iran’s nuclear facilities, ballistic missile programs, and the entire Islamist regime, Levin and guest Lee Smith laid out a damning case — with quotes, polling data, and roughly 50 years of Iranians killing Americans — that the Democrats’ war is focused on political power, not American interests. Unprecedented Political Sabotage? The Democrat Party’s immediate response to Operation Epic Fury is unique:...
  • Archaeologists uncover gold-laden tomb filled with elite burial treasures from over 1,000 years ago

    03/09/2026 6:28:07 AM PDT · by deport · 17 replies
    Fox News ^ | March 9, 2026 5:00am EDT | Andrea Margolis
    Archaeologists recently unearthed a gold-laden burial in Panama — an epic discovery that dates back over 1,000 years. The Ministry of Culture of Panama announced the discovery, made at the El Caño archaeological site in Panama's Coclé Province. The tomb contained several gold and metal artifacts, including chest plates, ear ornaments and bracelets, as well as "finely crafted ceramics." The tomb is called Tomb 3.
  • Hegseth to 60 Minutes: "This Is Not A Remaking Of The Iranian Society," "We’re Willing To Go As Far As We Need"

    03/09/2026 5:59:04 AM PDT · by MtnClimber · 26 replies
    RealClear Politics ^ | 8 Mar, 2026 | Tim Hains
    CBS News chief Washington correspondent Major Garrett sat down with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Friday to discuss the war with Iran, potential American casualties, and what an Iranian surrender could look like. CBS aired an edited version of this full interview on TV on Sunday. "We're very much on track, on plan," Hegseth said. "We're not flying a mission accomplished banner-- like George W. Bush on-- on an aircraft carrier. We're not doing that and we haven't done that. But we can be clear with the American people that this is not a fair fight." "Our capabilities are overwhelming...