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Do you think the punishment fits the crime?Rosemary Hayne, a 39-year-old woman from Ohio, just received perhaps the lightest sentencing possible after assaulting a Chipotle employee. On November 28, Judge Timothy Gilligan of Parma Municipal Court in Ohio ruled on Hayne’s case, noting just how obscene a crime it was. “You didn’t get your burrito bowl the way you like it, and this is how you respond?” Judge Gilligan said during the sentencing. “This is not ‘Real Housewives’ of Parma. This behavior is not acceptable.” The entire real-life episode was filmed by a bystander who posted the video to Reddit,...

The world is moving quickly towards electric vehicles, but many challenges lie ahead. We talked to EV experts about what the future holds and the Israeli companies making a difference.The fossil-fuel-fed internal combustion engine (ICE) is on its way to becoming a fossil itself, replaced by battery-powered and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (EVs). The e-mobility revolution was a long time in coming – the first electric car was built before the turn of the 20th century – because only recently has technology advanced enough to make it possible. From 2017 to 2022, EV sales jumped from around 1 million to...

Lawyer who has advised foreign secretary says Israel has the capacity, but not the will, to relocate even one settlerNearly 200,000 of the 700,000 Israeli settlers in the West Bank would have to be relocated to Israel to create a viable Palestinian state, according to an Israeli lawyer from whom the UK foreign secretary, Lord Cameron, has sought advice on his visits to Israel. Cameron has said he realises reaching a two-state solution would be tough, but he has not spelled out the practical consequences in terms of borders, including the need to persuade so many Israelis to relocate. Cameron...

Another missile launch by North Korea this time it was a long-range Intercontinental Ballistic Missile... In Chile a proposed constitution rejected by voters... A Ukrainian parliament member says three lines of defense are being prepared... Two Syrian soldiers hurt in an Israeli airstrike in the Damascus area tonight... Pakistan shut down access to social media today as imprisoned former Prime Minister Imran Khan's PTI Party... The fighting continues in the civil war in Sudan... Heavy rains from the remnants of a cyclone causing major flooding in northeastern Australia... The French President Emmanuel Macron seeking out support from "the Right" ahead...

At Christmas I think of others and I wanted to think about Kathy Barnette who many of us admired and supported for US Senate in the spring of 2022 right here in Pennsylvania... British Intelligence and the CIA and so on got these civil wars going in Libya and Syria in 2011 using Al Qaeda followers admirers of Bin Laden the kind of folks that perped 9/11. Then Russia and Hezbollah came in to help to prop up the ruler of Syria Bashar al Assad. And then.... ISIS-Daesh Islamic State call them what you will came along... Ukraine Funding is...

The Biden Administration holding up licenses to sell more than 20,000 US made rifles to Israel... Ukrainian drones down tonight in the Moscow Region... A suspect is now charged in the murder of Detroit synagogue leader Samantha Woll... US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan in Saudi Arabia meeting Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman... In an apparent attempt to appease Hungary the European Union lifting a hold on about 10 billion Euros... US politics the House of Representatives voting to start an impeachment inquiry involving Joe Biden... The recall of more than two million Tesla vehicles... Drone strikes on two US...

"To support this money you have to be economically illiterate and morally deficient" Republican Congressman Thomas Massie of Kentucky speaking with Tucker Carlson regarding the 60 billion dollars the Biden Administration is requesting for Ukraine... "If Only You Care Half As Much About Our Border As You Do My Tweets" The reaction of Congressman Thomas Massie to an accusation of Anti-Semitism... US officials say Russia has rejected an offer... A virtual meeting of the leaders of the G7 nations will be addressed by Ukrainian President... US Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer speaking after a closed-door meeting of Senators on more...

VIDEOWhat makes Neil Cavuto desperately BEGGING Vivek Ramaswamy to disqualify himself from the December 6 GOP Loser Debate so hilarious is how laughably UNSUBTLE his pleas are. Please Vivek! Please say out loud that you don't pledge to support the other GOP losers for President if they are nominated. PRETTY PLEASE! That way you will be DISQUALIFIED from appearing at the debate. More importantly, you won't be able to embarrass our dearest Ronna ROMNEY McDaniel again for being incompetent (and greedy). Nice try, Neil, but maybe you should learn the art of being at least a little bit SUBTLE. People...

VIDEOWe now know that not only did masks FAIL to stop the spread of Covid but they also are harmful to those wearing them. So what was the REAL reason for the mask mandates? Control. The people on San Marcos were ordered to wear their underwear on the outside for the purpose of government control and most of the rest of the world was mandated to wear masks for the same reason. Control. Oh, and also for Virtue Signaling. We can't forget that.

Explosions heard early Tuesday morning in Sanaa the capital city of Yemen... US politics the "I&I/TIPP" poll showing President Donald Trump a winner... Tonight in Israel a military assault in "The West Bank"... In Austin, Texas the Travis County District Attorney dropping charges against 17 police officers over their use of force during protests that followed George Floyd's death... Russian President Vladimir Putin visiting Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates... "what happened to me will happen to you" That is some of what Ammon Bundy has to say in a video following the takeover of his property by Idaho...

A federal district judge ruling that undated mail-in ballots should be counted in Pennsylvania... The Pentagon says that two facilities in Iraq have been attacked in response.. A US base in Syria attacked with a missile... Explosions reported in Ukraine tonight... "X" social media owner Elon Musk donating revenue on the site related to the war between Israel and Hamas... In Iraq a US AC-130 gunship destroying a truck after it was used to attack a US base... Late Night Approval Of Hostage Release Deal By Israel's Cabinet... Three people arrested in connection with the shooting attack that wounded the...

The Eighth US Circuit Court of Appeals ruling against private lawsuits seeking to redraw federal and state legislative districts more favorable to Democrats... A group affiliated with Iran claiming responsibility for the latest drone strike on the US Ain-al-Asad air base in Iraq... We're learning more tonight about Ray Epps and the activities of two undercover Washington DC police officers on January 6th... The latest opinion poll in the Netherlands ahead of Wednesday's election with rising support for Geert Wilders Party of Freedom (PVV)... Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu received warnings about Iran, Hezbollah and Hamas taking action against Israel......

In the month since Hamas' attack on Israel sparked war in the Gaza Strip and worldwide protests, there has been an "unprecedented surge" in incidents of anti-Arab and anti-Muslim bias reported across the United States, according to a new report. Data released Wednesday by the Council on American-Islamic Relations, which describes itself as the country's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, showed a tremendous upswing in complaints submitted between Oct. 7 — the day of the Hamas attack — and Nov. 4, exactly four weeks later. During that period of time, a total of 1,283 requests for help and...

The toilet was valued at nearly $6 million.Four men have been charged after a solid gold toilet worth nearly $6 million was stolen fro...Read More LONDON -- Four people have been charged after a fully functional solid gold toilet worth nearly $6 million was stolen from Blenheim Palace, the birthplace of former Prime Minister Winston Churchill, police said. The theft happened in September 2019, when the solid gold toilet named "America," an art piece by Maurizio Cattalan, had been installed as part of an exhibition where people were invited to use the fully functioning toilet at Blenheim Palace, approximately 65...

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Did the 2021 Election Campaign of New York Mayor Democrat Eric Adams receive campaign contributions from a foreign country namely Turkey... Joe Biden continuing to push the notion of 'responsible' gun control laws as he visited Lewiston, Maine... The Biden Administration wanting an explanation from Israel regarding an attack... Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese going to China this weekend... A federal appeals court in Washington temporarily lifting a gag order on President Trump... An earthquake in Nepal tonight with at least 128 reported dead... Tonight investigative journalist Lara Logan out with new video of Ray Epps... A Canadian helicopter buzzed...

Hundreds of protesters demanding a cease-fire in Gaza swarmed Philadelphia's 30th Street Station this evening... An Iraqi military source tells Russia's RIA Novosti Agency that two drones attacked a US military base in northern Iraq... Crypto-currency financier Sam Bankman-Fried found guilty by a federal jury... There's been an almost unanimous vote in the United Nations General Assembly calling for the US to end its embargo on Cuba... The US House approving an aid package for Israel... US politics new polling from "The Messenger/HarrisX" showing President Trump winning a two-way or a four-way contest.... Tucker Carlson visiting Wikileaks founder Julian Assange...

A viral video tonight of British police arresting a man after he posted a video criticizing the display of Palestinian flags in his neighborhood by migrants... Police in Berlin with an apology of sorts after they removed posters of hostages being held in Gaza... The US State Department announcing sanctions on a dozen Guatemalan government officials accused of interfering with the transfer to power of a Leftist President... Israel shooting down an aerial threat aimed at the southern city of Eilat early Wednesday morning... The US sending 300 more military personnel to the Middle East... Russian aerospace forces in Syria...

On Oct 7, 2023, Iran's proxy Islamist fascist Hamas regime, other jihadists with ordinary Arab Palestinians: massacred youths, raped women - some before murdering some after - all while laughing, beheaded men, even babies; wide torture of civilians, took hostages of all ages, some families together, murdered children in their beds, dismembered people, disfigured girls, burned people alive and paraded nude captive women in the street - abused by other Palestinians too. Notes and confession confirmed the Islamic directions and justification for targeting women and children and even raping corpses. Brutality was live streamed by the savages with sick pride...

The European Union's point man for internet censorship Thierry Breton talking about a six percent tax... Tonight US Federal District Judge Tanya Chutkan imposing a gag order on President Trump... At least six people killed when two trains collided... The tarmac at the airport in Makhachkala in the Muslim Russian Region of Dagestan rushed by a mob this evening... There have been explosions in the disputed territory of Western Sahara... Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi says that Israel and the United States have 'crossed the red lines'... One killed and 36 wounded in an explosion caused by a bomb as Jehovah's...