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Palestinian protests at the University of California Los Angeles escalated into violence overnight Tuesday, leading to police intervention after incidents involving fireworks and brawls among protesters.
The Los Angeles Police Department responded to calls from UCLA late Tuesday evening due to violent clashes involving fireworks and physical altercations among protesters.
Video evidence from the scene showed protesters using sticks and other improvised weapons, escalating tensions and leading to numerous confrontations.
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass strongly condemned the violence, describing the scenes at UCLA as "abhorrent and inexcusable" in a statement posted on X.
Hundreds of counter protesters showed up at UCLA to beat the crap out of the protesters there after a girl was beaten unconscious for being Jewish. pic.twitter.com/wAIWgMmfAX
Megyn Kelly asks: Why are all the protesters dumb and ugly? She theorizes they're engaged in this antisocial crap to prove that they're good at something, anything. They are not special in any way so they throw themselves into far-left politics, wrongly believing this is some kind of mark of prestige.
Activists always look for any opportunity to push the message and promote the cause. Marketing departments across the land - across several lands - are packed to the rafters with activists, and they never fail to create opportunities to promote their ideals. Things that have (and should have) nothing to do with politics or social movements are nonetheless shackled to them to serve as vehicles for activist ambition. From razor blades to beer to sports to underwear, wokism is ever-present.
Some of these - like Victoria's Secret - are examples of "go broke, get woke." When the business isn't in good shape, go for the wokism to make some waves. Some of them are more like Gillette or AB-InBev, where a reasonably healthy business loses its mind and goes all-in on divisive politics. The big names are big, but the same problem is literally everywhere. This ad is a few months old, but it only entered rotation on my TV set recently:
This is an ad for a bluetooth speaker made by Marshall, not that it's in any way obvious. At first, this looks like an ad for body-positivity activism (What's particularly funny is that she apparently isn't primarily a "body postivity" activist, but a "shade-inclusivity" beauty products activist.). The ad says nothing about the product. They don't tell you that it's $300. They don't tell you that it's water and dust resistant. They don't tell you that it has four speaker drivers. They don't tell you the product's name (apparently, it's "Middleton") and while they show the logo throughout, they don't bother to even say the name of the company. It leaves with you a vague impression that it's for speakers, but doesn't go out of its way to make the point.
The short-form ad (the YouTube preroll ad version) is even worse. It's just the activist woman and it truly leaves you guessing. If I didn't already know what Marshall is, I would have no clue that the ad was for a speaker. Even setting aside the distastefulness of activism-based marketing, this is a failure of an advertisement.
So-called "lifestyle" marketing is nothing new and this is actually a prime example of it. The print copy could have come from any point in the modern era:
For over 60 years, Marshall has shown that Rock 'n' roll is more than just a genre, it is a state of mind. To celebrate the launch of Middleton, we've partnered with four cultural pioneers to amplify their voices and celebrate their unique stories. Constant travelling, online noise, burnout and unwanted looks are part of their daily lives. And how they deal with it has made them who they are.
Meet Seb Murphy, Sophi St. Louis, Efron Danzig, and David Yang. Follow the story.
"Live that Rock 'n Roll lifestyle, you renegade!" Nothing new here. It's bog-standard and, bluntly, boring stuff. The commercial, though, doesn't even tie in. The ad just screams "activism," and doesn't even bother screaming it through a Marshall Stack.
15 years ago, an ad agency that pitched to executives, "let's have a frenetic visual mess that relates nothing about the product, the company or the Rock 'N Roll Rebel lifestyle, but be sure to put an activist in it at both the start and finish of the ad" would have been fired. Now, they aren't. Now, it's normal. Now you get kicked out of the room if you don't do it.
The first company to kick out the activists and reconquer the marketing department is going to get a whole lot of market differentiation for free.
Worse, they would attach the blame directly to the rotting vegetable-in-chief and his henchfiends in DC as well as wonder just what in the hell $90,000 a year gets them in terms of an education for their little darlings, sort of in the same way parents peeked in on the sexual perversion and anti-American bilge being force-fed their kids via remote learning during the lockdowns – all during an election year where Sponge-Brain Shits-Pants and perhaps a large portion of the Democrat ticket face a bloodbath – Bloodbath! – at the polls this November, even with the expected out-the-wazoo election fraud.
Meanwhile, about a mile north of Columbia at CCNY, the cops cleared out that impromptu hive of scum and villainy, pulled down the shit-stained rag of a "Palestinian" flag and restored the Stars and Stripes. This gave the estimable Daniel Greenfield a warm and fuzzy feeling:
I’ve written quite a bit since 9/11 about where I expected the growing battle between America and Islamic terrorists to go, but this is still a stunning moment. There’s the NYPD reclaiming a portion of a New York City campus, lowering a terror flag and raising the American flag again. There are echoes here of the flag at Ground Zero and of the Star-Spangled Banner.
This is literally a battle for our country being fought on college campuses between the NYPD and Islamic terrorists and their Marxist allies. It’s all the more stunning in contrast to what’s going on in Los Angeles at UCLA.No one in the LAPD is talking in these terms. The LAPD is refusing to answer calls from people under attack by Hamas supporters. As bad as Mayor Eric Adams and the NYPD may be in some ways, they’re still fighting where most police forces in liberal cities have surrendered or switched sides.
We will remember moments like this in the years to come and they may well define the final outcome.
It's nice to feel optimistic, and I too always attempt to grasp at any scintilla of light when all around us is darkness. But I have to remind Greenfield and all of us that despite the iconic imagery of the firefighters hoisting an American flag over the smoldering ruins of the Twin Towers, and Dubya declaring that "those who did this will soon hear from all of us!," in the end look what happened since then? Scores of Islamic terrorist attacks here and all over the world, the rapid division of our nation into two camps accelerated and exacerbated by the arrival of Obama, and the exposure of Dubya as yet another western dupe and fraud when it came to identifying Islam as the enemy. Instead he declared we were not at war with Islam.
In fact, he allowed a flood of Muslims into the country as penance. For what? I don't know. Now take a look at places like Dearborn and Minneapolis and several other places around the nation that are rapidly turning into their own version of European "no-go zones" where sharia law rules "uber alles."
Top Biden officials have been considering relocating certain Palestinian refugees from Gaza to within the United States if they have immediate family members who are American citizens or permanent residents, according to CBS News. Those who qualify for the United States refugee status would reportedly qualify for several benefits such as permanent residency, housing assistance and a potential avenue to American citizenship.
One of the plans reportedly being considered would enact the United States Refugee Admissions Program and bring Gaza refugees to the United States if they have “ties” to the country. If the Biden administration decides on a plan, it would require coordination with Egypt to execute such matters, CBS News reported.
In the United States, in order to qualify as a refugee, an individual must be able to prove that they are seeking to flee based on persecution of nationality, religion or political views, CBS News reported.
Perfect! Mollify the base by both bringing in another tidal wave of sponges and leeches dependent on Uncle Sugar, eager to help in the destruction of whatever's left of our culture, and further the meme of Israel as an oppressor nation. Yup. Perfect. As in a perfect nightmare.
Although the NYPD was finally allowed to do its job at Columbia University, it would be a mistake to believe the disgraceful episode is over. After all, the pro-Hamas stooges, the complicit faculty and the quisling administrators are still jockeying for power. With graduation still two weeks away, it’s too early to declare a winner.
Start with the radical students. They set up a camp in the middle of the famous quad and day-after-day chanted slogans that revealed an allegiance to terrorists. They harassed Jewish students and their commitment to the elimination of Israel marks the resurgence of an ancient hatred in a city that has long been a safe haven for Jews. What are the students reading in their fetid tents — “Mein Kampf”?
. . . The insufferable rebels without a legitimate cause believed they should suffer no consequences for violating college rules and the rights of their fellow students, and for actively supporting the eradication of the Jewish state. Think about that. They are calling for genocide, making them guilty of the very thing they accuse Israel of committing, while depriving others of their right to an education and a sense of physical safety.
Yet they don’t think they’ve done anything wrong! Such a stunning combination of ignorance and arrogance is more than enough justification to give them the boot. And don’t forget the members of the faculty who helped incite this disaster. The indoctrination of students in a mud-bath of hatred against Israel has been a fixture at Columbia for decades, and supposed scholars added to their complicity by surrounding the tent camp as if to protect it from police. They were happy to preen for the cameras, so the self-incriminating evidence against them is overwhelming, too. Tenured radicals indeed. . .
. . . Although the agitators’ claim that they are entitled to escape any consequences reflects a national culture that extends well beyond the college gates, that can’t be an excuse for Columbia to duck its duty. Quite the contrary. The necessity to impose tough penalties makes this what the left calls a teachable moment.
The lesson must be that misconduct comes with a price. The more serious the misconduct, the heavier the price.
All very true, but Goodwin only hints at the real root cause of the problem. Corruption of our entire society that began with the Democrats 200-plus year will to power and the "progressives" who glommed onto them – all supercharged by the hijacking of academia that started over 80 years ago with the likes of the Frankfurt School refugees, Horace Mann, John Dewey and others who took Lenin's words to heart:
"Give me four years to teach the children and the seed I have sown will never be uprooted."
Well, they've had a lot more than four as you can see by our house divided, on fire, and collapsing in all around us.
The only way forward is the complete eradication and full on purge of every professor, teacher and administrator that teaches this crap to our kids, the First Amendment be damned. And then we can try to deprogram and denazify three generations of pod people posing as American citizens and prevent subsequent generations from their fate, and doing us in once and for all. Inshalla, right?
Dennis Prager: "Some leading figures on the Right are as confused as the Left on some of the most important moral issues. This was made manifest last week when Tucker Carlson told Joe Rogan that any person who defends the dropping of the atomic bombs over Japan is evil. . . The inability of many America-first intellectuals, podcasters and their followers to call Hamas evil and morally defend Israel is not necessarily a function of anti-Semitism. It is a function of a broken moral compass." Some on the Right Are Having a Moral Meltdown
"What's with all of these city hall resolutions condemning Israel on its war against Hamas, and what business is it of theirs?" A War in Gaza, a Resolution at City Hall?
One of the plans reportedly being considered would enact the United States Refugee Admissions Program and bring Gaza refugees to the United States if they have “ties” to the country. If the Biden administration decides on a plan, it would require coordination with Egypt to execute such matters, CBS News reported. (Fuck that noise. Send the faculty and students of Columbia and every other brainwashing outfit to Gaza. And then call in IDF artillery - jjs) Biden Junta Reportedly Hatching Plan To Bring Gaza Refugees To US
Michael Goodwin: "Although the NYPD was finally allowed to do its job at Columbia University, it would be a mistake to believe the disgraceful episode is over. After all, the pro-Hamas stooges, the complicit faculty and the quisling administrators are still jockeying for power. With graduation still two weeks away, it’s too early to declare a winner." NYPD’s Bust Up at Columbia Doesn't Mean This Disgraceful Anti-Semitic Episode is Over
"In its statement, the student organization of the Democrat Party said it stood “with the broad and interfaith coalitions of students” that were protesting and had established anti-Israel encampments at Columbia University, Harvard University, Yale University, George Washington University, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology." College Democrats: ‘We Commend the Bravery’ of Anti-Israel Protesters
“For many days, we have patiently told protesters — many of whom are outside agitators — that they were able to exercise their right to free speech and free assembly,” the statement said. “And we also told them that clearly prohibited activities would result in a trespassing order from UPD (barring them from all university properties for three years) and an interim suspension from the university.” University Of Florida Slams Leftist Protesters While Announcing Arrests: "Not a Daycare"
"Claudine Gay may be gone from the presidency, but her ghost still roams the halls of America’s once most prestigious college." A Harvard Ghost Story
"Today we have a scenario unfolding on university campuses across the U.S. that, while not yet as ghastly violent as William Golding's vision, threatens to come close." Lord of the Flies on Campus
"Anti-Semitism on campus and DEI evangelism are cut from the same cloth." The DEI Jihad
OFFICIAL DEMOCRAT PARTY/LEFTIST-ENDORSED ANTI-SEMITISM, ANTI-CHRISTIANITY
"It’s not just on campus: even in primary and secondary education, Jews are often portrayed as privileged whites and Zionist colonial oppressors." Crack Down on Anti-Semitic K–12 Curricula
“I got to tell you, I think this judge may have already committed reversible error,” Turley told Fox News. “He could try to amend it, he could try to change it in his instructions, but that jury has now been told repeatedly that there are federal election crimes here, strongly suggesting that the payment to Stormy Daniels did violate federal election laws. That’s just not true.” Did Judge Merchan Make a Critical Error That Can Save Trump?
"Despite Merchan ruling in Trump’s favor on this front Tuesday, he held the 45th president in criminal contempt and threatened him with jail time after ruling he violated the court’s gag order, as Breitbart News’s Wendell Husebø reported." Donald Trump Can Attend Son Barron’s Graduation, Judge Says
"The media have called this case a 'hush money' case, but one of our crafty commenters called it the Hush Trump case. Touché. When a judge shuts up the defendant but not the other trial participants, you can't help but wonder if the fix is in. Where else will you read that in this censorious media world we're living in?" The Judge Drops the Hammer on Trump for Breaking Gag Order
"Colangelo has been of interest as he spent two years serving in the DOJ as acting associate attorney general, before joining the Manhattan District Attorney’s office as senior counsel in December 2022. In the letter, Jordan is calling for more detail on why Colangelo ended up leaving the DOJ to work on the prosecution of Trump, as he was appointed in 2022, while Bragg was still investigating Trump in regards to a $130,000 payment made to porn star Stormy Daniels." Jordan To Investigate Links Between Biden DOJ, Alvin Bragg’s Lead Prosecutor
"Colangelo is reported to have used the Voting Section to block state election integrity laws on multiple occasions during the Obama administration. Voter ID in South Carolina was among the measures he blocked. Future Donald Trump Supreme Court pick Brett Kavanaugh later ruled he acted unlawfully." Anti-Trump Prosecutor Linked to Anti-Conservative Lawfare Dating Back to 2011!
CIVIL WAR 2.0: J-6 FBI FALSE FLAG "RIOT" & AFTERMATH, LEFTIST PERSECUTIONS, DEMOCRAT PUTSCH, AMERICAN DISSOLUTION
"If Donald Trump is reelected in November, one of his first areas of focus should be reforming higher education. Restore true free speech, crack down on the anarchists and fascists, and impart knowledge that will be useful and benefit society. Root out DEI at its core and ensure an ideological balance among professors so that students don't have to learn in a radical echo chamber." The Left Relives Its Glory Days as Danger Looms
The former Republican President went on to note that the only individual who died as a direct result of the January 6 riots at the U.S. Capitol building was protestor Ashli Babbitt. Last November, the Black Lives Matter activist — John Sullivan, a.k.a Jayden X— who filmed Babbitt’s death inside the Capitol, was convicted for his role in inciting protestors to riot. The National Pulse previously reported in January that Babbitt’s family has filed a $30 million wrongful death lawsuit against Capitol Police Officer Lt. Michael Byrd. Trump: "I’d Consider Pardon for EVERY J6 Prisoner"
"The claims from business giants like McKinsey and Mark Cuban have been proven wrong—and in the process reveal their real concerns." DEI Was Never About Profitability
FIRST AMENDMENT ISSUES, CENSORSHIP, FAKE NEWS, MEDIA, BIG BROTHER TECH
"In theory, Americans should be able to separate the wheat from the chaff before forming opinions about current events, and they can. But how many Americans want to?" Who Will Decide How Much Free Speech We're Allowed?
“All right. Do you think you could do this interview with Biden?” the former Republican President asked. Cortellessa responded, “You know, he didn’t say yes. So I’m grateful that you’re giving me the opportunity.” Trump expressed his doubts that Biden would ever accept the interview offer, telling Cortellessa: “He will never say yes, cause he’s off. He’s off, way off.” Biden Refused to Sit for Interview With Time Magazine Reporter, Unlike Trump.
RED-GREENS, CLIMATE CHANGE HOAX, DEMOCRAT-LEFT WAR ON FOSSIL FUELS, JUNK SCIENCE, LYSENKOISM
Buck Throckmorton: "There is an almost predictable storyline in how these ventures have played out, which is reminiscent of the dot-com bubble of a quarter-century ago, except that the dot-com bubble wasn’t suffused in eco-virtuousness nor did the companies of its era receive such heavy public subsidization before going bust." EVs Enter the Doom Loop
"The DOE’s final energy efficiency regulations for water heaters will apply to common electrical water heaters and significantly increase the share of those models that use heat pumps, according to the agency. The DOE has spearheaded the Biden [junta's] efforts to push rules and regulations targeting appliances ranging from pool pump motors and lightbulbs to furnaces and portable generators." (The abolition of the EPA and DOEs, Energy and Education, should be a key priority for Trump - jjs) Biden Junta Locks In Regulations Targeting Appliance Owned By "Almost Every US Household"
CRIME & PUNISHMENT, NON-DOSTOYEVSKY
"The DEA’s proposal, which still must be reviewed by the White House Office of Management and Budget, would recognize the medical uses of cannabis and acknowledge it has less potential for abuse than some of the nation’s most dangerous drugs. However, it would not legalize marijuana outright for recreational use." AP Source: DEA will Move to Reclassify Marijuana in Historic Shift
AMERICA AND THE WORLD IMPRISONED: CHINESE CORONAVIRUS FICTIONS AND FACTS
A class-action lawsuit before England’s High Court is seeking damages amounting to £100 million (~$125 million) for some 50 individuals who suffered severe injuries or death attributed to the vaccine. AstraZeneca is fighting the lawsuit, but in newly disclosed February court filings, conceded that “[i]t is admitted that the AZ vaccine can, in very rare cases, cause TTS.” AstraZeneca Admits COVID Vaxx Can Cause Clots
EDUCATION, AND WHAT PASSES FOR IT
"Some wonder why the supposed 'best and brightest' and their mentors/teachers/profs have pudding for brains." Ellul Redux: Propaganda
"The 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday declined to reconsider a previous decision upholding a requirement that voters write dates on mail-in ballots in the battleground state of Pennsylvania." (Some good news for a change - jjs) Federal Court Upholds Major Ruling In Swing-State Mail-In Ballot Case
J. Christian Adams: "This bill is an easy step forward to keep foreign nationals off the voter rolls. This is good for election security and for immigrants who would one day like to become U.S. citizens. Other states should take notice and enact similar laws to ensure only Americans are voting in American elections." An Effective Fix to Foreigners Voting: Cajun Style
Anderson’s group has pledged a “year-round ground game committed to turning out absentee, early vote, and ‘day of’ voters.” Conservatives have historically been reluctant to embrace these voting methods, key to maximizing Democrat turnout, on grounds they encourage election fraud. In 2024, however, conservative organizers are working to use the system so long as it cannot be changed. Conservative Groups Report ‘Early Fruits’ of Mail-In & Legal Ballot Harvesting
"The law also prohibited third-party groups from pre-filling registration forms and harvesting voters’ data from their registration forms. Additionally, it barred illegal aliens and other foreign citizens from collecting voter registration forms, though that portion of the law was struck down in March by an Obama-appointee." Voter Registration Groups Slim Down Operations After Florida Upped Penalties For Breaking The Law
DEMOCRAT/LEFTIST AND RINO SCANDALS, MESHUGAS, CHUTZPOCRISY
"[Goniff Scumbag Steve] Cohen, who co-chairs the Congressional Azerbaijan Caucus, wrote a letter in April pushing for $15 million in aid to the country, according to emails revealed in Foreign Agent Registration Act (FARA) filings earlier this month. The letter was then circulated to congressional staff by a lobbyist paid by the Azeri government. Western experts, along with Armenia’s government, have accused Azerbaijan of ethnic cleansing over its actions toward ethnic Armenians living in the region of Nagorno-Karabakh in September 2023." Dem Rep Wants to Send Millions to Nation Accused of Ethnic Cleansing Amid Intense Foreign Lobbying Campaign
"It’s unclear how much Rep. David Trone’s stake in Indiana Fine Wine & Spirits is worth, but it’s enough that the Maryland Democrat pledged it as collateral for a loan worth up to $25 million in August 2020. But you wouldn’t know that from Trone’s financial disclosures. In both 2020 and 2022, Trone didn’t even mention the Indiana wine franchise—an extension of his Total Wine empire he launched with his brother in 2019—omissions that imply his stake in the business those years was worth $0." Democrat David Trone's Financial Disclosures Don't Add Up. Experts Say That Could Land Him in Legal Trouble.
"Robert Zimmerman: "Had Republicans come out to vote as they should have in 2022, we would have seen a real red wave that would have not only given the party a strong majority in both houses of Congress, many of those newly elected representatives would have been more conservative, shifting the balance of power rightward." Voting by conservatives HAS made a difference, just not enough so far
"MAGA cannot succeed without successors to Trump. As of now, Vivek stands out." The Importance of Vivek
"The poll found Republicans in striking distance or within the margin of error in Arizona, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin, while the leading GOP candidate in Nevada, where the Senate race in 2022 was extremely close, faced a single-digit deficit." Poll: Republicans Competitive in Key Swing State Senate Races
"Hungary is the country that George Soros originated from. How did Viktor Orban originally become so popular and so strong in Hungary? He ran George Soros and his operations out of the country and he did so without remorse. He did so without apologizing to the left, he destroyed the left. This is the guy who beat Soros in his home country." Viktor Orban 'ran George Soros and his operations' out of Hungary–Americans can learn from that
DOMESTIC AFFAIRS, THE COURTS, WASTE/FRAUD/ABUSE
Scott McKay: "Folks in the Louisiana town have embarked on a quest to defeat weaponized governmental failure by simply taking the power away." St. George Finally Slew the Dragon
"The key to reviving the Republican Party in California is to focus on solutions to issues of universal, nonpartisan urgency, starting with education, crime, and the cost of living." (Nice sentiments, but seems like pissing into the wind - jjs) Taking Back California – Part One: The Voters
Robert Zimmerman: "This decision continues the process of slowly killing off Arianespace. Instead of relying on this government entity to build and market its launch operations, ESA is instead going to become a customer only, relying on competing commercial rocket companies for its launch services." ESA is taking the Vega rockets away from Arianespace and giving it to the company that builds it
FEMINAZISM, TRANSGENDER PSYCHOSIS, HOMOSEXUALIZATION, WAR ON MASCULINITY/NORMALCY
"No Democrat-nominated judges voted with the six Republican-nominated judges who strenuously denounced the court’s decision, further demonstrating how transgenderism has quickly become a litmus test for ambitious progressives in the Democrat Party." Appeals Court Says States Must Fund Transgender Surgeries
"[So-called quote-unquote "president"] Biden’s new Title IX rule for colleges and universities is bad for women, free speech, and due process." From Higher Education to Higher Activism
Produced by Mindy Kaling, Velma is riddled with unfunny hostility toward men, particularly white men as embodied in "Velma's" doofus version of Fred (Glenn Howerton). Fred is a dumb and infantilized character who is routinely mocked. Velma Season 2 Adds Anti-Catholic Bigotry to Its Hatefest
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On Intel CPUs, PL1 is the long-term power level; PL2 is the short burst power level.
On a high-end chip rated at 125W, PL2 is something like 253W. On the top of the line 14900KS, it is increased to 320W officially, and 400W or more unofficially.
This produces great benchmark results but unfortunately fries the chips.
Of course, if you throttle the chips back to the official official power limits, all the existing benchmark results become fairy tales.
So if you're looking for a high-end CPU right now, go AMD.
If you're looking at a mid-range CPU like Intel's i5-14500, none of this is likely to matter. It's a good chip.
Modern SSDs store either three bits (TLC) or four bits (QLC) per memory cell, but the controllers have the ability to store just one bit per cell, which is faster and much more reliable. Of course that way you get one third or one quarter the space, but your drive can last up to thirty times longer.
An initial ruling by a federal judge held that the law was too broad, but was overturned by the Fifth Circuit, and the Supreme Court didn't answer the door, so now the law goes into effect.
I ordered a couple of new monitors for my home office on Monday.
They showed up this morning.
Then three hours later I got an email saying they had been shipped.
At least some parts of the process are working smoothly.
Disclaimer: But the truck broke down It couldn't climb the hill So they gave me twenty bucks Off my grocery bill.
"I'm going to sit in the freezing cold icebox for 8 hours, 9 hours or so. They took me off the campaign trail. But the good news is my poll numbers are the highest it's ever been. So at least we're getting the word out. And everybody knows this trial is a scam. It's a scam. The judge should be recused, that he should recuse himself today he should recuse himself today. And maybe he will," President Donald Trump
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“They’re not actually aggressive animals, but they have their boundaries. And they can be pushed over the edge. They can have a temper, and they can strike out if they’re pushed,” Former Montana state veterinarian Martin Zaluski
Muslim Minnesotans to Stand Trial for Defrauding Pandemic Food Program of $250 Million.
The first seven of 70 Minnesotans charged with defrauding taxpayers of a quarter of a billion dollars in pandemic food aid are standing trial Monday. Abdiaziz Shafii Farah, Mohamed Jama Ismail, Abdimajid Mohamed Nur, Said Shafii Farah, Abdiwahab Maalim Aftin, Mukhtar Mohamed Shariff, and Hayat Mohamed Nur are accused of taking money that was supposed to feed underprivileged children and allegedly spending it on property, cars, jewelry, and other luxury item
Kiwis wait for hours to try NZ's first Popeyes chicken restaurant
Kiwi fried chicken lovers stood in line for hours – including some overnight – as they waited with anticipation for New Zealand's first Popeyes to open its doors this morning. 1News digital reporter River Lin joined the throng to check it out.
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Conjoined twins who share a vagina but have different sexualities candidly reveal the 'uncomfortable' truth about their sex lives
Conjoined twins have answered burning questions about their sex lives
The sisters, 19, who called themselves Mia and Lia, held a Q&A on Reddit
They revealed that why they would never have sex
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On this day: 30 Apr 1983
American Blues legend Muddy Waters (McKinley Morganfield) died in his sleep at his home in Westmont, Illinois, aged 68. Major influence of many acts, Cream, Eric Clapton, Led Zeppelin, The Rolling Stones named themselves after Waters' 1950 song 'Rollin' Stone.' Best known songs include 'I Just Want To Make Love To You', 'I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man', 'Got My Mojo Working.' via thisdayinmusic.com
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On this day: 30 Apr 1970
Twiggs Lyndon, the road manager for The Allman Brothers Band was arrested for murder after he stabbed a club manager during an argument over a contract. At the ensuing trial, Lyndon's lawyers argued that he had been temporarily insane at the time of the incident and that touring with the Allman Brothers would drive anyone insane. Lyndon was acquitted. via thisdayinmusic.com
While perhaps Empire State permits lawlessness within its borders, the same cannot be said about the Sunshine State.
Bodycam footage from a Monroe County, Florida, sheriff’s deputy shows the moment when he arrested Richard Brothers, a New York resident visiting the Florida Keys, on a felony charge of damaging property to express his political position.
Any liberals thinking about a trip to Florida should take a look.
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Several hundred NYPD cops stormed onto Columbia University's campus on Tuesday night to oust a pro-terror mob that illegally took over an academic building amid ongoing anti-Israel protests on campus.
The cops cleared out the group that barged into Hamilton Hall early Tuesday morning in a drastic escalation of the protest at the Ivy League school, according to police sources.
Dozens of Emergency Service Unit officers entered the Morningside Heights campus at 9:13 p.m., but were blocked from entering the barricaded building through the front door.
Several protesters appeared unbothered as they stood in the doorway with only a glass pane between them and the officers -- as their comrades on the streets shouted "Pigs!"
That's when the NYPD ordered its Mobile Adjustable Ramp System (MARS) to the second-floor window, sending in a flood of riot-gear clad cops carrying zip-tie handcuffs.
Within just 20 minutes, the cops made multiple arrests. The protesters -- many of whom covered their faces with surgical masks or keffiyehs -- were walked out of Hamilton Hall and loaded onto three NYPD buses.
Multiple demonstrators continued screaming anti-Israel sentiments, while at least one was seen crying.
The officers also stationed themselves in front of off-campus housing and were greeted with hostile shouts of "NYPD, KKK, IOF! They're all the same!"
NYPD raids Hamilton Hall, which was renamed to Hinds Hall, to conduct the physical removal and arrests of campus protesters at Columbia. Here’s a view from the inside. pic.twitter.com/hBQxOKfV8u
When the Dirties attack cops, I'm sure that Democrats will condemn them brutally and demand that they be imprisoned to a decade in prison, exactly as they did during the January 6th "riots."
Reporter grills Columbia student after she demands the university help feed protestors occupying Hamilton Hall:
"It seems like you're saying, 'we want to be revolutionaries, we want to take over this building, now would you please bring us some food'." pic.twitter.com/vNczSAM4T1
The International Criminal Court is writing up international arrest warrants for Bibi Netanyahu.
The ICC has, of course, issued no warrants for the arrest of Hamas leaders who ordered the mass slaughter and government-sponsored rape squads.
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BREAKING:
Netanyahu:
"We will enter Rafah and we don't care about the court in The Hague, the court is anti-Semitic"
"We will enter Rafah because we have no other choice. We will destroy the Hamas battalions there, we will complete all the objectives of the war, including the return of all our abductees.
There are many forces trying to prevent us from doing this. Recently they were joined by another force - the International Criminal Court in The Hague. This court has no authority over the State of Israel. The possibility that he will issue arrest warrants for war crimes against IDF commanders and state leaders, this possibility is a scandal on a historical scale.
This will be the first time that a democratic country, which is fighting for its life according to all the rules of international law, is accused of war crimes. If this thing does happen, it will be an indelible stain on all of humanity. It would be an unprecedented anti-Semitic hate crime, a crime that would add fuel to the anti-Semitic incitement that is already raging in the world.
I want to make one thing clear: no decision, neither in The Hague nor anywhere else, will harm our determination to achieve all the goals of the war - the release of all our hostages, a complete victory over Hamas and a promise that Gaza will no longer pose a threat to Israel, as well as to restore security and the residents to the north.
That's not what they claim in their political asylum hearings. In those hearings, they claim they're being "politically repressed." Are you saying they're all lying, AOC?
Five West Virginia middle schoolers who protested a transgender athlete's participation in a track and field competition have been barred from future meets -- prompting the state attorney general to ask the US Supreme Court to weigh in on transgender student-athlete bans for a second time.
West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey filed a lawsuit against the Harrison County Board of Education on the dissenting students' behalf after they were blocked from upcoming meets following their protests at the April 18 shot put competition, West Virginia Watch reported.
Five girls from Lincoln Middle School stepped up to the circle for their turn before refusing to throw in the event, which was won by Becky Pepper-Jackson, a 13-year-old girl who takes puberty-blocking medication and estrogen hormone therapy.
While West Virginia law bans transgender girls from playing on girls' sports teams, a recent federal appeals court ruled that the law couldn't lawfully be applied to the eighth-grader.
Judge Toby Heytens wrote that offering her a "choice" between not participating in sports and participating only on boys' teams "is no real choice at all."
Yes, they do have that choice. You know who doesn't have a choice? The girls you are forcing to play in boys' leagues.
Despite the ruling, Morrisey has rallied against both the ruling and the treatment of the student-athletes who protested competing against Becky.
"Their actions at the earlier track meet were not disruptive or aggrandizing. They were the quiet demonstration of the student-athletes' evident unhappiness with the competitive consequences of a federal appellate court's decision," Morrisey, a Republican currently primarying for governor, wrote in the amicus brief filed April 26.
Joined by one of Becky's classmates on Wednesday, Morrisey said he plans to ask the US Supreme Court to hear the case involving the state's restrictions on transgender student-athletes for a second time.
Last year, the Kansas state legislature passed a sweeping ban on transgender medical procedures for minors, including hormones, puberty blockers, and genital mutilation surgery. Other restrictions were included involving both schools and medical facilities. Democratic Governor Laura Kelly vetoed the bill as expected and the state GOP got to work preparing to override her veto. But yesterday, a surprising twist in the story turned up. The lawmakers voted overwhelmingly in favor of overriding the veto, but not quite overwhelmingly enough. They fell two votes short of the required two-thirds majority, so the bill has effectively been killed off, at least for now.
Donald Trump wants states to track your menstrual cycle, and Republicans think that ISN'T a violation of your rights.
They don't want states to track your gun purchases, because they think that IS a violation of your rights.
Guns have more of a right to privacy than women.
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I'm gonna need a source of that claim.
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Columbia backed down from its bluff that it would suspend students who did not decolonize its campus grounds. So the "students" escalated and stole more Aboriginal Columbia Lands.
NEW: Columbia protester tells Fox News reporter to get out of her face after he asks multiple questions including why they held three janitors hostage.
Reporter: “Do you feel like it was right to hold 3 of the janitor workers hostage inside of the building?”
CBS's @Weijia Jiang: “I’m sorry if I missed this, but is the answer no, the administration has not been in touch with anyone at Columbia?”
KJP: “I — I don't have any — uh — read out — I should have — I should have answered that in, I believe that was Jeff's question, um, I — I —… pic.twitter.com/3pdYfNBqDM
A trans advocate is unable to name a single journal or study which establishes that transitioning kids is safe and effective. She keeps citing "standards of care." This is tautological: evidence and studies are supposed to inform standards of care. She's claiming that the standards of care prove the safety and efficacy of the standards of care. And she keeps saying it over and over.
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Breaking news: Woke White Women are hopelessly broken.
Dramatic ass reaction from swifty swiftie Taylor swift fan to new taymid song as per usual in car drivers seat crying with drool falling out her mouth pic.twitter.com/ITx2eQyudZ
Fox News Reports on the Soros Network Paying Protesters at Palestinian Tent Cities; Rep. Comer Vows Congress Will "Follow the Money" and Expose the Dark Money Networks
This is why the media no longer writes stories hysterically decrying how "dark money" is subverting our politics -- they approve of how dark money is subverting our politics, now that they're the main subverters.
It sounds like an organization from a James Bond film, like SPECTRE or SMERSH. Unlike Ian Fleming's creations, Arabella Advisors actually exists, and it also seeks to remake America in a Marxist image, according to a new book by Scott Walter. "ARABELLA: The Dark Money Network of Leftist Billionaires Secretly Transforming America" reveals how America's wealthiest progressives use dark-money networking to fundamentally transform American politics.
If you haven't heard of Arabella Advisors, don't be surprised. Most media outlets have ignored it and its implications for political manipulation by the One Percenters over which progressives love to hyperventilate. Just in the 2020 election cycle alone, Arabella controlled $2.4 billion in dark money -- more than the RNC and DNC raised combined.
How did it use all those funds? I spoke to author Scott Walter a few days ago about how all that money has manipulated the media and electoral politics. You don't hear about Arabella itself, Walter tells me, because that would draw attention to the billionaire elites funding it: Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg, Pierre Omidyar, and more. It operates through "storefronts" on each of the many issues it seeks to influence, with names that sound far more benign than their purpose.
Walter, a veteran of Washington, DC, policy and philanthropy circles, explained how the book lays out Arabella's reach as well as its ambitions. In the lightly edited partial transcript below, Walter explains who Arabella is, and gives us a taste of how it operates through these "storefront" operations. We also talk about Walter's website Influence Watch, and how it can be a valuable tool to see who's behind some of the left's campaigns.
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Q: How much did Arabella spend in the 2020 presidential cycle?
A: Well, the nonprofits took in during the 2020 cycle, so that's two years, $2.4 billion. And in case you're wondering for reference, that is more than the DNC plus the RNC and then add a billion, okay? Now in 2022, you would think that's an off year, right? So they have to maybe come down a little bit. Wrong. $3 billion for the 22 cycle. That's more than the DNC, the RNC, the Republican Senate and House Committee, the Democrat Senate and House Committee. Roll all those together, you still gotta add half a billion to get to Arabella's revenues.
More at the link.
Of course all of these protests are being organized and funded by dark money groups on the far left. Even leftwing NYC mayor Eric Adams pointed out how all of these "spontaneous protests" were exactly alike in terms of talking points and tactics. Why are all the tents the same?
"Why is everybody's tent the same?" Mayor Eric Adams asked at a press conference Tuesday. "Was there a fire sale on those tents? There's some organizing going on. There's a well-concerted organizing effort and what's the goal of that organizing? That's what we need to be asking ourselves."
Adams said Kaz Daughtry, a deputy police commissioner, "made a good point" in an interview with Fox when Daughtry said, "If you look at the tents, where did they all get them from? The same place, the same person? Somebody is behind this, and we're gonna find out who it is."
Progressive anti-Israel agitators across the country, including those who mobilized at New York City's Columbia University, are associated with groups tied to far-left groups with radical associations backed by dark money and liberal mega-donor George Soros.
National Students for Justice in Palestine (NSJP), a national organization affiliated with around 200 independent chapters, has had a vocal presence at Columbia University in recent days and at one point said it had walked away from talks with school leaders until administrators pledge not to have them arrested or forcefully removed from their encampment on the Ivy League institution's West Lawn.
NSJP operates under Westchester Peace Action Committee Foundation (WESPAC), a fiscal sponsor, whom Fox News Digital previously reported received a six-figure donation from a nonprofit bankrolled by the George Soros network. WESPAC, whose funding is largely unknown, has espoused anti-israel rhetoric for years, including accusing the government of "apartheid," "ethnic cleansing," "collective punishment" and "war crimes," according to NGO Monitor.
NSJP regularly compares Israel's treatment of Palestinians to Nazi Germany and the Jim Crow era in the United States, accuses Israel of genocide, and has routinely promoted Hamas propaganda since the October 7 attack, Influence Watch reported.
"Since October 7th, SJP has been extremely aggressive on far too many campuses in threatening ways, including the use of violent, genocidal rally calls which include 'from the river to the sea, Palestine will be free,' 'Globalize the Intifada,' and 'there is only one solution, Intifada revolution,'" StandWithUs CEO Roz Rothstein told Fox News Digital about the group last year after it was suspended by Rutgers University for anti-Israel provocations.
"It is therefore no surprise that increasing numbers of universities are making the decision to suspend a student group that combines violent rhetoric with violations of university policies, threatening Jewish students on campus."
The big two, William LaJeunesse reports, are George Soros and the vile Rockefeller brothers. But there are many other leftwing dark money groups involved in the shadowy funding.
And students are forced to contribute to these groups via mandatory "student fees."
Copycat tent cities have been set up at colleges including Harvard, Yale, Berkeley in California, the Ohio State University and Emory in Georgia -- all of them organized by branches of the Soros-funded Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) -- and at some, students have clashed with police.
The SJP parent organization has been funded by a network of nonprofits ultimately funded by, among others, Soros, the billionaire left-wing investor.
At three colleges, the protests are being encouraged by paid radicals who are "fellows" of a Soros-funded group called the US Campaign for Palestinian Rights (USCPR).
USCPR provides up to $7,800 for its community-based fellows and between $2,880 and $3,660 for its campus-based "fellows" in return for spending eight hours a week organizing "campaigns led by Palestinian organizations."
They are trained to "rise up, to revolution."
The radical group received at least $300,000 from Soros' Open Society Foundations since 2017 and also took in $355,000 from the Rockefeller Brothers Fund since 2019.
Update: I should have linked this in the earlier post on Northwestern making concessions to terrorists.
Watch this. @NorthwesternU student journalist filming new pro-Hamas encampment on campus gets assaulted for being there. They want to illegally occupy university grounds while physically preventing unwanted press coverage. Arrest these people & if they’re students, expel them: https://t.co/C9z7asswbh
When host David Remnick asked him about mixing serious themes with comedy he couldn't hold back.
"People always need [comedy] ... they need it so badly and they don't get it," Seinfeld began. "It used to be you'd go home at the end of the day, 'oh, 'Cheers' is on. Oh, 'M*A*S*H*' is on. Oh, 'Mary Tyler Moore' is on. 'All in the Family' is on.' You just expected there will be some funny stuff on TV you can watch tonight.
"But guess what? Where is it? Where is it? This is the result of the extreme Left and PC crap and people worrying so much about offending other people."
...
Seinfeld shared where comedy continues to thrive in our P.C. world.
"Now, they're going to see stand-up comics because we are not policed by anyone ... the audience polices us. We know when we're off track and we know instantly and we adjust to it instantly. But when you write a script ... and it goes into four or five different hands, committees, 'here's our thoughts about your jokes,' then that's the end of your comedy."
"Isn't that what ['Curb Your Enthusiasm'] was all about?" Remnick asked of the just-wrapped series created by "Seinfeld" co-creator Larry David. The show routinely broached challenging topics without fear of reprisal.
"Larry was grandfathered in. He's old enough, 'I don't have to observe those rules because I started before you made those rules,'" Seinfeld said, taking on David's voice to make a point.
Seinfeld brought up a classic moment from his self-titled show to bolster his argument against "P.C. crap."
"We did an episode of the series in the '90s where Kramer decides to start a business where homeless pull rickshaws because, as he says, 'they're outside anyway.'" the comedian said. "Do you think I could get that episode on the air today?"
It was a rhetorical statement, and the podcast host treated it as such.
Seinfeld returned to "Curb" to hammer home his point.
"If Larry was 35 he couldn't get away with the watermelon stuff of Palestinian Chicken," he said before adding his "Seinfeld" writing team would pen a different scenario for Kramer in that aforementioned episode.
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Remnick asked if the woke mindset, which Seinfeld referenced but didn't name check as such, was showing signs of weakness of late.
"Slightly. I see a slight movement... with certain comedians now people are having fun with them stepping over the line and us all laughing about it. Again, it's the stand-ups who are able to do it. No one else gets the blame if it doesn't go down well," he said.
Toto notes that the left immediately began a counter-offensive calling Seinfeld "old," "white" (what a giveaway, eh?), "cranky," and my favorite: "unfunny."
Seinfeld. Not funny.
Sure. Sure.
Other idiots attacked Seinfeld claiming his stand-up act is famously mild and inoffensive, so what does he have to complain about?
1, one person whose speech is not being censored may still object, on principle, to someone being censored for his speech.
2, Seinfeld's stand-up may be famously wholesome, but the TV show that made him a half billion dollars (I'm guestimating) was famously boundary-pushing and edgy.
Idiots.
Below, Adam Carolla plays a clip from the interview.
And then he drops a bomb: five years ago, when he and Seinfeld were at the same event, Seinfeld made a "beeline" over to him to tell him how much he liked what Carolla was doing.
Since Carolla was mostly knocking the left, Carolla takes this to mean that Seinfeld is a -- gasp -- Republican.
He points out the obvious, that if there's any celebrity whose politics you don't know because the celebrity doesn't announce his political affiliation, guess what, you do know his politics, it's the politics you're not allowed to talk about.
This would surprise me because Seinfeld is great friends with that idiot propagandist George Stephanopolous and, as Carolla notes, Larry David is also a huge lefty.
Eh, I'm not convinced. I think Seinfeld might just think Carolla is funny. He certainly appreciates Carolla's pushback against woke crap, but that doesn't make Seinfeld a Republican. A lot of old liberals are pissed at the woke crap, too.
Time to bust out the Seinfeld DVDs. I think I'll re-watch season 3. I really prefer the later seasons but season 3 will be halfway new to me, because I don't watch it much.
One of the best Seinfelds: David Puddy vs. Elaine on who's going to Hell.
After five days of anti-Israel demonstrators occupying Deering Meadow on Northwestern University's campus, Northwestern president Michael Schill and the rest of the university's leadership decided to accede to several of the protesters' demands.
While not committing to divesting its endowment from companies that do business in Israel and ending partnerships with Israeli institutions, the university released a list of concessions in a celebratory statement Monday afternoon in exchange for the removal of the encampment on the lawn.
Most notable among those concessions is a promise to offer full-ride scholarships to Palestinian students and guaranteed faculty jobs for Palestinian academics.
"The University will support visiting Palestinian faculty and students at risk (funding two faculty per year for two years; and providing full cost of attendance for five Palestinian undergraduates to attend Northwestern for the duration of their undergraduate careers)," the document reads. "The University commits to fundraise to sustain this program beyond this current commitment.
The university will also issue a statement telling employers not to "discriminate" against the pro-terrorism "scholars" involved in these campus takeovers.
NEW: Columbia protester tells Fox News reporter to get out of her face after he asks multiple questions including why they held three janitors hostage.
Reporter: “Do you feel like it was right to hold 3 of the janitor workers hostage inside of the building?”
At Yale, "demonstration marshals" have announced that only people who support Palestinian terrorism are allowed in the "liberated zone." They are attacking any journalists who attempt to report on them or photography them.
The encampment, which protesters called a "liberated zone," was erected at 3:30 p.m., with protesters blocking off the western and eastern ends of Cross Campus while others set up tents on the lawn. According to Yale Police Chief Anthony Campbell, this violated University policies regarding the use of outdoor spaces, postering and chalking, the use of amplified sound and the recently created policy on the placement of structures on campus spaces.
Organizers announced a set of community guidelines that all individuals within the zone must follow, including "being committed to Palestinian liberation and fighting for freedom for all oppressed people," as well as a zero-tolerance policy for any form of discrimination in the space.
No discrimination, except that no one is allowed to step on to the seized land unless they swear allegiance to the terrorists:
Throughout the day, marshals at designated entrances to the encampment asked pedestrians if they agreed to the community guidelines before allowing them to pass through Cross Campus. Pedestrians who did not agree to the guidelines were turned away.
OnlyFans Creator: I Was Paid to Spread Full-On Political Propaganda for Biden (and His DEI Supreme Court Pick Ketanji Jackson-Brown), and Also Told to Lie About the Fact That I Was Being Paid to Spread This Propaganda
I think there's an actual FCC ruling requiring internet creators to divulge whether they're being paid to promote something. But the Biden propagandists told her Biden wasn't a "product" so she should hide the fact that she was being paid to advertise for Biden.
An OnlyFans creator and TikTok star has claimed she was paid to spread "political propaganda" for the Biden administration on social media -- and that she was asked to hide the fact it was advertising.
Farha Khalidi said she'd been asked to help boast about then-Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to her tens of thousands of social media followers after Brown Jackson was nominated to the Supreme Court by President Biden.
"I was doing full-on political propaganda," the social media personality said during a recent podcast interview with commentator Richard Hanania.
"The funny thing is they're, like, 'Do not disclose this as an ad' because they [were], like, 'Technically, it's not a product, so you don't have to disclose it's an ad.' Because I think they just wanted, like, some edgy girl of color to just tell people -- like when they nominated Ketanji Brown Jackson, they're, like, 'Can you say "as a person of color," you know, that you feel "reflected"?'"
Do you guys feel "reflected" by the Representation on this website?
When probed about the Biden admin, Khalidi, who boasts more than 119,000 Instagram followers, clarified that she was dealing with a "conduit" third-party media company at the time.
"It's not Biden, but it's, like, a third party. You know what I mean? It's, like, a media company that's doing it on his behalf. I'm not blaming him for this," Khalidi said.
She went on to say that she ultimately pushed back against the "script" because it was a white woman from the media company telling her what to say.
Corrupt Judge Fines Trump $9,000 For Criticizing the Prosecution and Its Witnesses, Threatens Jail Time If Trump Exercises His Free Speech Rights as the Leading Candidate for the Presidency Again
—Disinformation Expert Ace
(Whoops, sorry -- I thought I published this forty minutes ago!)
Bear in mind, George Stephanopolous was just the tip of the spear in a new information operation, to sell the American people on the idea that if a presidential candidate is merely accused of a criminal conduct, it's a Constitutional Crisis and no one is allowed to vote for him.
So that is the political narrative that Trump needs to combat if he's to have a chance at winning.
Judge Merchan holds Trump in contempt, levies $9,000 fine and threatens "incarceratory sentence"
Judge Juan Merchan, overseeing the criminal trial of former President Donald J. Trump, has held the former president in contempt of court for violating a gag order, levying a $9,000 fine as a result and threatening Trump with an "incarceratory sentence" should the gag order be violated again.
Judge Merchan fined Trump $9,000 for violating the gag order that prohibits him from attacking witnesses, jurors, and others involved in the case.
The gag order placed on the former president is not placed on key witnesses in the case, including convicted perjurer Michael Cohen, who has taken to TikTok to trash Trump in cash-grab livestreams.
If convicted, Trump could face probation or up to four years in prison.
The trial of Donald J. Trump, the first former president to face criminal prosecution, has entered its third week. Judge Juan Merchan has fined Trump $9,000 for repeatedly violating a gag order that bars him from making attacks on witnesses, jurors, and others connected to the case. The judge issued his ruling as the trial began its third week, stating that Trump's statements, including those on social media, had violated the order.
Update: Trump blasts the gag order and says the whole case is a "hoax."
Columbia Takes No Action Against Terrorists; Surprisingly, Terrorists Are Emboldened and Seize More Land
—Disinformation Expert Ace
The colonizers seized more land, and rather than expelling them from that land, Columbia is telling other students to stay off that land claimed by the colonizers:
The terrorists are emboldened on other campuses too:
Pro-terrorism sentiments out in the open, celebrated, clapped for, normalized & cheered on as "resistance" & not one of these protesters challenged this person's explicit praise of Hamas, Islamic Jihad, Hezbollah or the Houthis & the gushing over Oct 7. This isn't just a "fringe" https://t.co/BfWl0jsdSE
In the last 2 hours we have seen encampment student enforcers not allow a Jewish kid to go to class at UCLA and now encampment enforcers punch a Jewish student at Berkley for filming.
“Are you a zionist ?” “Of course I am”. “So, u can’t enter.” “I’m not allowed to enter the library,while paying tuition here?” Just another Jewish student facing the disgusting antisemitism from the masked clowns “intellectuals”at UCLA. Bonus - Allahu Akbar in the background. pic.twitter.com/KvlbTuVkkl
There is nothing remotely troubling about corporations raising money on the debt markets. It's smart financial planning in many cases, doesn't dilute the stock price like issuing more shares, and with a steady revenue stream the cost of the money raised is easily managed. And it benefits the economy by providing a reasonable return that is quite safe. Who wouldn't trust Boeing to keep building and selling great planes?
Except when a corporation HAS to raise money on the debt markets because they are running out of cash, because their products suck and the airline industry is becoming suspicious of the conspicuous lack of quality control in their design and production.
Boeing on Monday tapped debt markets to raise $10 billion, after the U.S. planemaker burned $3.93 billion in free cash during the first quarter following slowing production of its best-selling jet, sources familiar with the matter said.
Boeing's credit rating hovered above "junk" status last week from rating agencies as the planemaker tries to recover from a crisis that began in January after a midair blowout of a cabin panel door plug on a nearly new 737 MAX 9.
Investors and analysts have said Boeing could tap bond markets to get ahead of more than $12 billion in combined debt coming due in 2025 and 2026.
Actually, the crisis began a long time ago. The software design of the new 737 was poorly done, and even before that, the direction of the company had radically shifted away from the technological and engineering prowess that was in its corporate culture, toward a profit-driven, and DEI-dominated culture. Even worse they began to worship at the alter of the Sustainable Organic Church of The Carbon Apocalypse.* They even include DEI in their "Sustainability" programs!
Boeing has lost its way, just like many American corporations that value a progressive, Woke, "Just" culture over the old cultures of competence and great products that drove American manufacturing for 100 years. Every time Boeing hires a software engineer because of his/her/its skin color or sexuality, it degrades its brand and endangers its customers. Every time Boeing pushes its engineers to focus on projects that maximize the illusion of carbon-neutral travel, it injures its stockholders and employees by foregoing advances in the reality-based transportation field. Every time it cuts engineering and production budgets and increases lobbying and advertising and DEI and financial auditing budgets, it starves its core competency and feeds the very thing that is destroying a 108 year old company.
*Happily stolen from Buck Throckmorton, and the graphic is from commenter "Dr_No"
Good morning, kids. Back in the spring of 1978, during my freshman year at Brooklyn College, a couple dozen black and Puerto Rican students led by one "professor" Richie Perez stormed Whitehead Hall, kicked out teachers and students from their classrooms, and barricaded themselves inside. IIRC, It was ostensibly to protest cuts in the budget of black and Puerto Rican studies departments and demand not only restoration but an increase in funding. Then-chancellor John Kneller gave them exactly one hour to exit the building. Or else.
Perez and his gang of braindead stooges, responded with a rather catchy little ditty blasted out from a bullhorn, no doubt bequeathed to Al Sharpton – "Kneller, you liar! We'll set your ass on fire! The hour came and went, and wouldn't you know it? Bang on the tick, the tactical cops from the 63rd Precinct charged in and handed out hickory shampoos con gusto to everyone inside. And everyone who had been forced out, inconvenienced and pissed off cheered on the boys in blue and mocked the bruised and bleeding bastards.
Those were the days, my friend. People like me who were kids during the hippie era of the 60s were mostly done with it by the middle of the next decade as we grew into our teenage years. The crap that Perez et al tried to pull was simply not tolerated. Unfortunately, the fact that there was even a Black and Puerto Rican Studies Department at all was a foreshadowing of what we are seeing today at Columbia and universities across the country.
[Kristen] Clarke, the head of the Civil Rights Division at the U.S. Department of Justice, will speak at the law school's graduation ceremony on May 13, at a time when Columbia is accused of violating the civil rights of Jewish students.
Her address comes as Columbia moved classes online for the rest of the semester after a string of anti-Semitic incidents at the university. Anti-Israel protesters on campus have called for killing supporters of the Jewish state, assaulted Jewish students, burned Israeli flags, and chanted at Jews to "go back to Poland."
. . . Clarke was at the center of another anti-Semitism controversy during her confirmation process in 2021, when news emerged that she had invited the author of The Jewish Onslaught, an anti-Semitic conspiracy theory book, to speak at Harvard University in 1994. The book accused Jews of orchestrating the slave trade and of colluding to suppress black progress.
Clarke, who served as head of Harvard's Black Students Association in the 1990s, defended the invitation at the time of the event, calling the book's author, Tony Martin, an "intelligent, well-versed Black intellectual who bases his information on indisputable fact."
Years later, during her confirmation hearings, she apologized for the invitation and said it was a "mistake to accept [Martin's] offer to come and to defend him."
. . . [So-called quote-unquote "president"] Joe Biden has walked a careful line between condemning the anti-Semitism at Columbia and appeasing anti-Israel progressives in his voting base.
I saw Tony Martin and my mind went to Cyd Charisse. But I digress. In any case Kristen Clarke is among the most horrid bigots imaginable; and that makes her absolutely perfect to head up the DOJ's Civil Rights Division. The bullet points from her complete Discover the Networks dossier:
*Wrote that melanin makes blacks racially superior to whites
* Worked for the Department of Justice, the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund, and the Civil Rights Bureau of New York State
* Demanded that the Boy Scouts permit the hiring of openly gay adults
* Became president of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law in 2016
* Alleged that “trans women of color” are being victimized by increased violence
* Supports affirmative action in order to increase “diversity”
* Pressured social media companies to censor “hate speech” by “white supremacists”
* Embraces Critical Race Theory and the “Defund the Police” movement
* Supports teaching children that whites are oppressors * Compared Trump supporters to Klansmen
* Became Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights in May 2021
She has direct links to the twin towers of divide and conquer, Barack Obama and Eric Holder. Like the latter two, Clarke is not a one off. Our entire government is infested with hordes of Clarkes in every bureau of every department of every agency. Bad as the situation is, it didn't just happen when Obama took office.
This infestation is the result of decades of corruption in and now outside of government. In the old days, it was mere corruption and venality, but over the past several decades that has been coupled with Marxist ideology and the results are in your face.
The left’s latest cause célèbre is opposing the Israeli counterterrorism operation in Gaza. A lot of Israel’s supporters have been aghast at the size and scale of these protests, openly wondering why the students are spending so much time protesting at all and, after years of championing free speech, are calling for censorship to stop anti-Semitism. . .
. . . I will state as a preliminary matter that there is a difference between protest and targeted harassment and that the latter should not be protected as free speech. That said, our foreign policy towards Israel should be subject to debate and accepted as a target of protest as much as anything else. Suggestions that such views are beyond the pale and warrant expulsion simply because they are unpopular are impossible to square with the First Amendment and more general American principles of free speech.
There have been many overwrought and dishonest criticisms of recent campus protests, but they do not appear more violent or more sinister than other protests of recent years. They mostly seem to be peaceful sit-ins. While violence and threats of violence have no place on campus, part of academic freedom and the college experience involves encountering ideas one disagrees with. Like most protests, these assemblies consist of a majority that is law-abiding and engaging in free speech and a much smaller minority of angry, anti-social agitators. And this division is evident everywhere you look. . .
. . . The heavy-handed efforts to crush these protests will almost certainly boomerang. Arrests and police actions will enhance protesters’ sense of being part of a significant and potentially dangerous cause and also increase their credit among the anti-establishment left.
While there have certainly been excesses and obnoxious behavior in the recent wave of protests, this seems to be par for the course, mild even. Unfortunately, most of the Gaza protests critics conflate peaceful protests with anti-social harassment, have been short on facts and long on emotion in their allegations, and deliberately ignore the presence of a substantial Jewish contingent among the anti-Israel protesters. Dropping the hammer on protesters for mere misdemeanors—like the Draconian sanctions imposed on the January 6 protesters—will encourage sympathy and discredit the authorities. . .
. . . If Israel and its policies are so great, they should be able to win the battle of public opinion with facts, logic, and protests of their own. In many respects, they have. Americans are mostly pro-Israel. But life is not always black and white. Some of Israel’s supporters, as well as many Israelis, also object to the scale of destruction in Gaza and the military operation’s apparent inability to provide long-term security.
A moral panic over ordinary expressions of political disagreement, controversial views, and uncouth language is not the way. Such a policy would be inimical to free speech, based on a distorted record, and will only give the activists of the progressive left the validation they are seeking. University and government policy should be built on the solid, content-neutral ground of distinguishing permissible free speech from prohibited criminal violence and harassment.
The fact that someone so erudite and usually right on the money can be so clueless as to what is happening on campus and on the ground in Israel itself is just fucking ponderous.
"Win the battle of public opinion with facts, logic and protests of their own?" RUFKM, Chris? You seem to think that we live in an imaginary world where all those things are still operative. To say the least, we live in a world of lies, deception and naked oppression of anyone who dares expose it.
How can you call for the defense and preservation of the First Amendment when it not only doesn't function, but when much of the other Amendments are on the ropes if not de facto dead? Did the stolen election of 2020, the imprisonment of political prisoners for using that First Amendment they foolishly thought protected them, and the in your face persecution of Donald Trump not tell you anything? Evidently not.
Free speech does not exist anymore because the civil society it was part and parcel of, to greater or lesser extents since 1789 is either dead or about to flatline. Wanting to preserve the 1-A is sort of like trying to set the broken arm of someone in the final throes of total organ failure.
It's not that we have to destroy the Constitution to save it. It's already destroyed. We now have to create a society that respects and reveres individual liberty and the rights of those with whom they disagree while at the same time protecting us from those who do not. Meh. We have imported alien, violent, dark age cultures that work hand in hand with our own native born tyrants to drag us back to an even darker age. Forever. They must be vanquished and excised from our midst.
If that means ditching the original Constitution to do so, then God help me, so be it. The left is fond of spouting that the Constitution is not a suicide pact. Well, it's high time we take that attitude.
ABOVE THE FOLD, BREAKING, NOTEWORTHY
Michael Walsh: "Dissent, the Left used to say, was the highest form of patriotism. Dissent has now been replaced in that equation by treason and overt revolution. Si monumentum requiris, circumspice: it's their hell and we're just living in it." Mephisto's Revenge
“So, if [so-called quote-unquote "president"] Biden’s goal of redistribution is to make the rich poorer, his proposal would be successful. But if the goal is to lift up the middle class, the plan would fail spectacularly. Note, even the Urban-Brooking Tax Policy Center use estimates that imply that the revenue-maximizing long-term capital gains rate is about 28%, so it’s clear that Biden’s proposal is on the wrong side of the Laffer curve.". . . “This hints at the false view that sadly underlies much of the Biden administration’s economic policy: high-earners only achieve success through luck, and low-earners can only achieve success through government handouts. That is an appalling, un-American view.” ‘Economic Suicide’: Biden Junta Justifies Tax Hike Based On Racial Criteria
". . . since Tehran so abjectly failed, since their vaunted missile and drone force was singularly ineffective, since Iran was thoroughly humiliated on the world stage, it is up to narrative-based journalism to hand the aggressors an unearned victory yet again." Handing Iran a Victory
". . . if Biden is even running his own White House, then he surely agrees with Obama that it would be better (somehow) to leave the Middle East in the stewardship of the bloodthirsty clerics of Tehran than in the hands of Israel." Both Joe Biden and Barack Obama Prefer Iran to Israel – Why?
"This is what the protestors on American campuses are either denying or supporting. If they knew the truth, would it make a difference? I don't know, but Stalinsky and Sandberg deserve your help getting it out there. Screams Before Silence has a brief runtime of 56 minutes, but it took me nearly three hours to watch it on an unbusy Sunday afternoon. Frequent breaks — not to mention a few tissues — come highly recommended." Watch This... If You Dare... If You Can...
"This has been an ill-conceived mission from the start. Every day when these ships have been in transit was another day terrorists in Gaza have been preparing to thwart their arrival. In any case, the risk to Americans will only intensify. [So-called quote-unquote "president"] Biden should never have put our men and women in this position, and he should abandon this project immediately before any U.S. troops are injured,” [Sen Roger] Wicker said in a statement last week. Pentagon Estimates Gaza Aid Pier Will Cost US Taxpayers $320 Million: Report
"We continually confront religious zealots that chafe at the West's restraint of violent tribal tendencies." Is Peace Possible in the Middle East? (Not until Islam is vanquished, and 1.5 billion adherents are deprogrammed - jjs)
Daniel Greenfield: "Don’t expel just Hamas supporters – expel the neo-Nazi Left." (So, at least 90% of the professoriate, administrators and likely the student body? Okay by me - jjs) Take Back the Campus!
Robert Zimmerman: "Pay very close attention to the leaders of these protests. Many are soon going to become major players in the Democrat Party, which is closely tied to these pro-Hamas riots and clearly want them to continue." The New Nazis and the Coming Genocide They are Planning
“While the University will not divest from Israel, the University offered to develop an expedited timeline for review of new proposals from the students by the Advisory Committee for Socially Responsible Investing, the body that considers divestment matters,” Shafik said. Columbia University Will Not Divest From Israel, President Says
"University and government policy should be built on the solid, content-neutral ground of distinguishing permissible free speech from prohibited criminal violence and harassment." Efforts to Control Gaza Protests Threaten Free Speech and Academic Freedom (Two things that no longer exist in this country - jjs)
WE-ALL-SLAM-FOR-I-SLAM
"Hindu girl raped throughout Ramadan, another is publicly stabbed to death." Love Jihad Hits India
OFFICIAL DEMOCRAT PARTY/LEFTIST-ENDORSED ANTI-SEMITISM, ANTI-CHRISTIANITY
The email could cause trouble for Mangi, who has downplayed his work with the Rutgers Center amid scrutiny over the group’s anti-Israel rhetoric. The center hosted Sami al-Arian, a financier of the terrorist group "Palestinian" Islamic Jihad, at a 9/11 anniversary event in which speakers blamed "U.S. imperialism" for the terrorist attack. And Aziz, who founded the center in 2018, has said she was "in awe of the Palestinian struggle to resist" Israeli settlers. Adeel Mangi Downplayed His Involvement With Anti-Israel Think Tank, Emails Show
"Democrats know this, they just don’t care. They are playing chess while the rest of us play checkers. The way they see it, losing the next election will be more than worth flooding the country with millions and millions of illegal ringers, who will eventually ensure Democrats gain a permanent majority." (Unless Trump successfully institutes the most massive round-up and deportation of every single wetback - jjs) ‘Overwhelming’ Number Want Trump’s Border Wall, Immigration Laws Enforced
"Gluesenkamp Perez, a centrist House Democrat, reiterated her calls for [so-called quote-unquote "president"] Joe Biden to bring back Remain in Mexico and Title 42, two policies that were utilized widely under the Trump administration, but were both phased out after Biden assumed office. Illegal immigration has surged at the southern border under the Biden [junta], with millions of migrant encounters at the southern border since Biden took office." Democrat Rep Says Biden Junta Has No ‘Operational Control’ Over Border, Demands Trump-Era Policies Be Revived
Robert Spencer: "But come on, man! In this age of near-universal dishonesty and deceit, we need honesty from our leaders more than ever, even a doddering, senescent, and corrupt figurehead such as Old Joe. But that is most certainly too much to ask." Outlaw Joe Biden Wants Us to Believe That He Has Been Arrested at Least Twice (His development was arrested - jjs)
"The White House releases an official transcript anytime the president gives a speech or takes questions. Communications staff frequently correct, add to or alter Biden’s official remarks in order to either bring them into compliance with official White House policy or, in some cases, reality, a Daily Caller analysis showed. In several cases, official statements had to be changed to convey the exact opposite of what Biden actually said." White House Officially Claims Biden Has Made 148 Mistakes During 2024 Public Remarks
Victor Davis Hanson: "Tragically for the country, to stop this left-wing madness, the Trump travesties may not be the end, but the beginning of precisely what the Founders feared." The Travesties of the Trump Trials
"If this is how the Trump-hating left reacts to oral arguments before the Supreme Court, how in the world will it react should voters return Trump to office?" Come Witness The Left’s Latest Trump Freakout
CIVIL WAR 2.0: J-6 FBI FALSE FLAG "RIOT" & AFTERMATH, LEFTIST PERSECUTIONS, DEMOCRAT PUTSCH, AMERICAN DISSOLUTION
"The Dobbs decision supplanted both the Casey and Roe abortion decisions and spun the issue back to the states, and the left needs abortion as an election-year talking point. You'll want to keep an eye on this one. It's already getting traction." (Won't be nearly the factor that the border, economy and pogroms will be weighing them down - jjs) Backers of Brett Kavanaugh Riots Now Have Christian Crisis Pregnancy Centers in Crosshairs
FIRST AMENDMENT ISSUES, CENSORSHIP, FAKE NEWS, MEDIA, BIG BROTHER TECH
"Of course, the prohibition will be instituted after the 2024 election, and Biden’s campaign is going to keep using TikTok right to the exciting, absolutely unquestionable, November vote. No hypocrisy exhibited. Move along." ByteDance May Tell Federal Politicians To 'Bite Me' Over TikTok
The CNN poll found that 55% of Americans believe Trump’s presidency was a success, while the same percentage of voters said in January 2021 that it was a failure. Acosta said on “CNN Newsroom With Jim Acosta” that it was “extraordinary” that some voters look back fondly at Trump’s presidency, citing the number of deaths during the COVID-19 pandemic and the Capitol riot on January 6, 2021. ‘Extraordinary’: "Jm-J" Acosta Stunned By XiNN Poll Showing Majority View Trump Presidency as ‘Success’
"When Trump is reelected and undoes the damage inflicted by Biden, don't expect the economy to recover overnight." Biden Does Not Understand Taxes
"A sword of Damocles now hangs over nearly every American business since it undoubtedly has at least one disgruntled job applicant, employee, or fired worker convinced that he, she, or it was the victim of discrimination and relief is only a telephone call away." Killing Capitalism by Ending Racial Discrimination
RED-GREENS, CLIMATE CHANGE HOAX, DEMOCRAT-LEFT WAR ON FOSSIL FUELS, JUNK SCIENCE, LYSENKOISM
Marissa Knodel, a senior adviser at BOEM who formerly worked for eco-advocacy group Earthjustice, sought the advice of the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) and the Ocean Conservancy, two environmental activist groups, in 2021. Knodel was looking for a legal explanation as to how encouraging offshore wind developers to invest in “underserved communities” aligns with BOEM’s mission, the discovered emails reveal. Top Biden Bureaucrat Consulted With Eco-Activists To Justify Infusing Social Justice Into Wind Program (Social justice is wind. . . that was broken - jjs)
DEMOCRAT/LEFTIST AND RINO SCANDALS, MESHUGAS, CHUTZPOCRISY
"Willis’ absence left her Democratic challenger, Christian Wise Smith, debating an empty podium, Fox 5 Atlanta reported. Willis, who appointed her romantic partner Nathan Wade to work on the case against former President Donald Trump and allowed him to pay for vacations they took together, was sharply criticized by Judge Scott McAfee in a March decision that did not grant defendants’ request to disqualify Willis but did require Wade to step down." Fani Willis No-Shows Debate To Host ‘Self Care Fair’ Amid Legal, Ethical Scrutiny
"[So-called quote-unquote "president"] Joe Biden’s support among young voters has been declining since even before the Israel-Hamas war commenced in October. Carville on an episode of James Carville Explains chided young voters for not committing to vote for Democrats, asserting that Republican and conservative control of the country will lead to them not having any rights for the remainder of their lives." "You Little Fucking 26-Year-Old": James Carville Mocks Young People Who Don’t Just Roll Over and Vote Dem
"Shooting a 14-month-old dog for acting like a 14-month-old dog is reprehensible. Admitting you shot a 14-month-old dog for acting like a 14-month-old dog in a political book meant to boost your national profile is unforgivable. All Noem has proven is that she is too tone-deaf and lacking in political judgment to be on the national stage." (Her flip-flopping on key issues wasn't so good for her either - jjs) Kristi Noem Shot Her Dog and Political Future in the Head
"Aaron Dimmock, a former Navy aviator, filed Friday to challenge Gaetz in the Republican primary for Florida’s first Congressional district on Aug. 20. Dimmock’s LinkedIn page shows that he previously supported BLM and advocated for DEI." (Dim. Mock. - jjs) Matt Gaetz Gets Primary Challenge From McCarthy-Aligned BLM Supporter
FOREIGN AFFAIRS, INTERNATIONAL
"The incident reportedly occurred in the province of Raqqa, whose eponymous largest city was once the capital of the Islamic State “caliphate” established over significant portions of both Iraq and Syria. It occurred in the context of growing concern that, after the eradication of ISIS from Raqqa in 2017, the Sunni jihadist terror group has found a way to regroup in the Middle East, in addition to increasing its activity throughout Africa and South Asia." Islamic State Resurgence: Four Assad Troops Killed in Syria Ambush
He held office for merely 1 year and 1 month, the second shortest first minister tenure the country has seen since the office was established in 1999, BBC News reports. Yousaf was infamously known for a 2020 speech just before he was elected during which he said "99 percent of the meetings I go to, I'm the only non-white person in the room." Scotland's anti-white First Minister Humza Yousaf resigns ahead of no-confidence vote
"Italy’s prime minister may not cut the most radical figure, but she has shown a way to advance her cause against daunting odds." Giorgia Meloni Is Better Than You Think
"Congress mandated the Pentagon compile a report detailing how much the entire military spent on diversity training, salaries for DEI administrators and any impacts on recruiting and retention across the force that was due March 1, according to last year’s National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which sets defense policy for the next fiscal year. But the Pentagon is nearly two months behind the due date for the report after the same defense authorization act for fiscal year 2024 slashed the salaries of DEI personnel, effectively gutting the departments, the DCNF learned." Pentagon Says It Can’t Calculate Diversity Training Costs Because Congress Defunded DEI Offices
Robert Zimmerman: "Whether the many required later Starship launches as described above can get FAA approval quick enough to prove out this system soon enough to meet NASA’s 2026 present target date for its manned lunar landing seems very unlikely. Moreover, even if it does it will be a major challenge for SpaceX to meet this schedule." The plan for SpaceX’s first demo in-orbit refueling mission of Starship
"Webb’s new images show part of the sky in the constellation Orion (The Hunter), in the western side of a dense region known as the Orion B molecular cloud. Rising from turbulent waves of dust and gas is the Horsehead Nebula, otherwise known as Barnard 33, which resides roughly 1,300 light-years away." Webb takes an infrared look at the mane of the Horsehead Nebula
FEMINAZISM, TRANSGENDER PSYCHOSIS, HOMOSEXUALIZATION, WAR ON MASCULINITY/NORMALCY
“The erroneous redefinition of ‘sex’ through these implementing regulations constitutes a grave setback that will increase the vulnerability of the majority of women and girls to incursions into their privacy, including voyeurism, sexual harassment and physical and sexual attacks, by effectively removing single sex spaces,” Alsalem said in a Monday release by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights. ‘Fails Women And Girls’: Even A Top UN Adviser Is Warning Against Biden’s New Title IX Regime
"It’s worth noting that Souza was also the first trans person ever compete in the Miss Maui USA competition, raising the question as to the likelihood of him pulling off a win without identity politics being a factor. But we aren’t allowed to ask that." Biological Male Wins 'Miss Valley Isle USA' Pageant in Hawaii
CULTURE WARS, NATIONAL SUICIDE
Phyllis Chesler: "If these are the views and attitudes of our coming generations — then I fear all is lost." Snowflake Work Habits
HITHER & YON
"A new novel and a recently released movie do World War II justice." World War True
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The Razer Zephyr - for those who do not move in the idiot community - was an RGB N95 mask for the COVID-phobic who really wanted to show off their mental issues.
Except it wasn't N95. As far as I can tell, it wasn't anything.
I'm against the refunds on the simple principle that anyone dumb enough to buy one of these things deserves to be punished.
Adam Neumann, former WeWork CEO and the guy who landed it in bankruptcy with $4 billion in debt in the first place, offered to buy its remains for $650 million.
Another garbage article from the Ars Technocrats, and they are getting roasted in the comments.
Shorter version: It turns out that running desktop CPUs at 500W is bad. Who knew? Intel knew. And they are trying to shift the blame to their motherboard partners for helping Intel fake benchmark results.
Lower-end Intel CPUs - the non-K parts - are mostly fine.
"As we've said, we're responsibly investing in our company's biggest priorities and the significant opportunities ahead," said Google spokesperson Alex Garcia-Kummert. "To best position us for these opportunities, throughout the second half of 2023 and into 2024, a number of our teams made changes to become more efficient and work better, remove layers, and align their resources to their biggest product priorities. Through this, we're simplifying our structures to give employees more opportunity to work on our most innovative and important advances and our biggest company priorities, while reducing bureaucracy and layers, and just generally pushing people out the airlock" he added.
Google declined to comment on whether those leaving the company had oxygen.
This time will then go down in history as the period in which the invader was actively invited in by a corrupt elite. And, not only did corrupt elites invite the enemy in, they made the native population pay for it too. Dutch commentator Eva Vlaardingerbroek
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“While a route through this week’s motion of no confidence was absolutely possible, I am not willing to trade my values and principles or do deals with whoever simply for retaining power… I have concluded that repairing our relationship across the political divide can only be done with someone else at the helm.” Scottish First Minister Humza Yousaf
Hunter Biden Threatens Lawsuit Against Fox News Over ‘Conspiracy Of Disinformation’
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Once upon a time I purchased a particular breed of dog to be used for hunting. I did my research and I bought a puppy from a respected breeder. Of course the Murphy's have nothing over my surname. I took this wild and belligerent dog to a nationally known trainer for a month. After two weeks I received a call telling me I should come pick up my dog and that I probably should put it down.
At that time, there were not an abundance of "Rescue" facilities. And I certainly just couldn't euthanize this hound from hell. She wasn't mean or vicious. She just ran and ran and ran when off leash or outside a fenced yard. I won't get into thunder storms or fireworks.
So The Fabulous and I were blessed with this pooch until the sweet age of 15+.
Kristi Noem's Vice President odds crash after she admitted killing her dog in a pit while her kids were at school
South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem now has just a 4% chance of being Trump's VP
Her slide in the VP odds coincides with her dog killing story becoming public
Sen. Tim Scott, Rep. Elise Stefanik and Sen. J.D. Vance are the favorite VP picks
UCLA medical school is under fire for forcing students to attend ‘health equity’ classes where ‘fat positivity’ is promoted, and reading material claims that the medical term ‘obesity’ is a slur “used to exact violence on fat people.”
Condo Resident Angry Delivery Driver Used Parking Lot to Make Deliveries, Refuses to Leave Her Truck
"Looks like false imprisonment to me. Call the cops and let them know she’s holding you hostage lol"
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The ONT Musical Interlude & False Alarm Motion Detector Light Emporium
On this day: April 29, 1993, 46-year-old guitarist, pianist, and producer Mick Ronson lost his battle with liver cancer. The Yorkshire-born musician rose to fame playing in David Bowie’s Spiders From Mars group during the artist’s Ziggy Stardust period. Additionally, Ronson issued three studio albums under his own name and co-produced Lou Reed’s classic 1972 album, Transformer. He also recorded with Ian Hunter, Bob Dylan, Elton John, and Morrissey. via thisdayinmusic.com
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Born on this day: April 29, 1933
Willie Nelson, country music singer-songwriter, (He was born on April 29, 1933, but his birth was recorded on April 30). Nelson has acted in over 30 films, co-authored several books, and has been involved in activism for the use of biofuels and the legalization of marijuana. Along with Neil Young and John Mellencamp, he set up Farm Aid in 1985 to assist and increase awareness of the importance of family farms. He wrote the country classic 'Crazy' a hit for Patsy Cline. via thisdayinmusic.com
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George Alan Kelly won’t face retrial for fatal shooting of migrant
George Alan Kelly is accused of shooting and killing a Mexican man
The man was crossing through Kelly's Arizona property with a group
A judge declared a mistrial after jurors couldn't reach a decision
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Author, historian and commentator Michael Walsh joins us in a wide ranging conversation centering on the twin evils of Leftism and Islam, the prospects for fighting both, predictions about the election, and so much more in a fast, free-wheeling and informative hour!
Hello Muddah, Hello Faddah, Here I Am at Intifada: "Are we willing to do whatever is necessary to preserve our freedom? The other side has clearly demonstrated what it is willing to do, and is actively doing, to take it away. That requires self-preservation 'by any means necessary.' As Allen Ludden (or Bert Convy) might say, the password is Revolution. Contemplating such a thing is unfathomable. But seeing New York City “fundamentally transformed” into Nuremberg-on-the-Hudson, the unfathomable quickly becomes not only fathomable but quite reasonable." My latest at Taki's Magazine. Please read and comment! [J.J. Sefton]
WTF?! New York appeals court overturns Harvey Weinstein's 2020 rape conviction from landmark #MeToo trial And yet Donald Trump was forced to pay off a psychotic liar and rape-fantasist for libel? A "libel" that accurately called her out as a liar for lying about him raping her in a Bergdorf's elevator? With the Alvin Bragg/Letitia James' Stalinist show trials still going on? It is to laugh. And vomit [J.J. Sefton]
CJN is shocked at how shocked Jews and other liberals are to discover anti-Semitism coming from the movement they supported for decades, while being somewhat heartened that maybe the scales are at last falling from their eyes. Happy Passover to all!
After his groundbreaking poll showing widespread voter fraud in the 2020 election, Jim Lakely, VP and Dir. of Comms at the Heartland Institute discusses a shocking poll showing an equally large percentage of respondents willing to commit election fraud this November, and what it says about the state of our nation and society.
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