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Lawmakers and military officials are reportedly outraged after the United States gave the Taliban a list of the names of Americans and Afghan allies to evacuate. According to a report from Politico on Thursday, American officials in Kabul "gave the Taliban a list of names of American citizens, green card holders and Afghan allies to grant entry into the militant-controlled outer perimeter of the city's airport." The report says this was intended to "expedite" the evacuation efforts but that the move has drawn outrage from military officials and from lawmakers.

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LONDON, Aug 23 (Reuters) - An individual on a "no-fly" list has been flown from Afghanistan to the United Kingdom on a British military plane as part of evacuation efforts from Kabul airport, but is no longer considered a risk, the government said on Monday. The unidentified individual was flown into Birmingham in central England, Sky News had earlier reported, despite being in the watch list to prevent those considered to be suspected militants or to pose a security threat from travelling to Britain. "An individual was flagged to the Home Office as part of the rigorous checks process, involving...

"In Los Angeles, California, the center of urban liberalism, plain ordinary citizens confront the lack of decency when exposed to perverts who declare they have the right to public perversion and the abuse of children without consequence. This is the short summary of the nasty and disgusting outcome at the Wi Spa facility of unrestrained propaganda campaigns to normalize the brazen daily assault on two genders and traditional one man one woman marriage," says Eugene Delgaudio, president of Public Advocate. VIDEOS: "MAN EXPOSES HIMSELF" VERY GRAPHIC DETAILED VIDEO OF WOMAN PROTESTING MEN SHOWING HIS PENIS TO WOMEN https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0-mz56kfRA LONG COPY...

In the volume void that follows the resumption of futures trading, and which saw US futures trade modestly lower, a sudden burst of selling in the gold futures contract sent Gold futures plunged as low as $1,677.0 or almost $100 lower from the Friday close of $1,761.50. Together with Friday’s post-payroll plunge, this has been the biggest 2-day drop in gold (in dollar terms) since the March 2020 crash.

Marco Rubio slammed Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin for arriving in the Philippines wearing both a mask and a face shield despite being fully vaccinated, calling it “embarrassing COVID theatre.” "Our @SecDef is vaccinated But he arrives in the Philippines wearing a mask AND a face shield Embarrassing COVID theatre" With a face shield on top of a mask, how do they even know it’s him??? Seriously, you’d think we were back in March of 2020 at the beginning of the pandemic the way he looks. Rubio, of course, is right. If the vaccine is effective then what’s the point...

In a wide-ranging interview with the BBC, the Google CEO said an open internet –information online being equally free and available to everybody – has been a 'tremendous force for good' that is 'taken for granted'. Speaking at the tech giant's HQ in Silicon Valley, Pichai told the BBC that Google has proudly stood for an open internet and free expression. 'In some ways I think we pull back from the bigger picture where many countries around the world are restricting the flow of information and I think we are drawing much more rigid boundaries. 'I hope there are stronger...

A New Zealand mother has reportedly named her three children Metallica, Slayer and Pantera.The news of the unidentified woman's choice of names for her kids was first broken by New Zealand journalist and documentary filmmaker David Farrier (Netflix's "Dark Tourist")."Proud to report that a New Zealand mother has named her children Metallica, Pantera and Slayer," Farrier wrote on his Twitter. "She told me, 'It's not easy raising three of the heaviest bands.'"Farrier went on to say that he has seen the birth certificates of all three kids and admitted that he was was initially suspicious, especially after noticing that Metallica...

So, my wife and I were looking at moving back to NE Alabama after a year displaced by COVID. We had a place lined up that fell through due to some septic issues. We've been checking out listings as they pop up and today saw a 4 bed, 2 bath come on the market with 1,911 sq. ft and 3.4 acres, that noted, "Plus Fenced in Area for Farm Animals!" So, I'm checking out the pics, and there's some kind of critter that looks like a mix between a hyena and a pig with mange. WTF is that?

Make-A-Wish Foundation CEO Richard Davis has announced in a video that they will only be helping vaccinated terminally ill children.Children and any relatives accompanying them to get their wish will all need to have been fully vaccinated at least two weeks prior.Natalie F Danelishen on Twitter: "Richard Davis, CEO of @MakeAWish Foundation is refusing to grant wishes to kids/families who are not fully vaccinated. Imagine that convo between a parent and this dick for a moment "Sorry, johnny can't have his DYING wish because he is not vaccinated... he might get COVID" https://t.co/q6Cbkbp4Xr" / Twitter

Back in December, Canadian actress Ellen Page announced she was transgender, identifies as a male, and wanted to be called “Elliot Page” henceforth. The media fell all over themselves to celebrate her “coming out” as a transgender, after having previously come out as a lesbian, and before coming out as a talented actress. Her IMDB and Wikipedia pages were quickly updated to reflect this new identity she had chosen for herself. It felt like a nightmare right out of Orwell’s 1984, with Page’s female status being thrown down the memory hole, as if we are supposed to forget her extensive...

Keiynan Lonsdale doesn't care for labels all too much, as admitted in an interview with BIllboard. Now, rather than identifying with any specific pronoun, Lonsdale wants to go by “tree." The Love, Simon star opened up about sexuality and gender pronouns in an intimate Instagram Live session on Tuesday. When a fan asked if Lonsdale was gay, the actor was surprised to keep getting that question. “Now it just depends on the day. Sometimes I’m bisexual, sometimes I’m gay, sometimes I feel straight, sometimes I’m not anything,” Lonsdale said on Instagram Live. “It doesn’t matter. Either way, throughout all of...

Infamous race-faker Rachel Dolezal, the white woman who was outed for pretending to be black in 2015, still insists she’s African American and complained in a recent interview she’s been unable to secure a new job for six years. Dolezal, 43, who now goes by the Nigerian name Nkechi Amare Diallo, sat down for a talk on the “Tamron Hall” show to whine about how she wishes people could see her for who she is rather than “what” she is. “I started with applying for all of the things I was qualified for and after interviews and getting turned down,...

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he U.S. Army’s Pacific theater strategy has long maintained that it does not plan to consider a land war against China for a number of key reasons. First and foremost, perhaps most obviously, deployment would be a problem. How could any kind of mechanized land force, with the requisite expeditionary capability, mobilize for some kind of large-scale land assault on the Asian continent. Where would there be a staging area? Possibly India, a major U.S. ally, could offer some kind of option. Abrams tanks, for example, need to be shipped, deployed, and prepared, as do larger infantry carriers, howitzers, and...

let's say i have $100000. i want a short term investment portfolio (until EOY) consisting of SPY, AMZN, AAPL, AMD, TSLA (and possibly others) in some proportions. what should be the proportions? i already have most of these. thanks.

A woman who posted a video of herself beheading an owl on social media was reportedly shot and killed Sunday by two assailants outside her home in Colombia. Mileydis Aldana, whom the internet dubbed “Owl Killer” after she posted the gruesome clip, was killed Sunday when a pair of men on motorcycles opened fire outside her home in Corozal. Aldana was leaving her home when the incident occurred, according to the Daily Mail. She was rushed to a local hospital by family members who heard the shots but was pronounced dead on arrival. She was questioned by police in June...

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We are being manipulated ... by Donald J Trump!ONLY the president can use the BSA to reveal the source / person(s) who ordered a halt to counting in Atlanta, Philadelphia, Pittsburg, Detroit, and Milwaukee on election night. Whomever ordered that stop counting command which resutled in the observers being expelled and the counting resumed without licit oversight is the key to this seditious defrauding of American voters.Withholding that key piece of information from the American people who have supported Donald Trump is manipulating US rather than including us in the truth as a basis for our opposition tot he defrauding....

We have to do something!