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Alt - Zero Hedge - 39 minutes ago

New Migrant Caravan Heads North After Democrats Win Midterms

New Migrant Caravan Heads North After Democrats Win Midterms Authored by AG News Staff via American Greatness,A new caravan of as many as 500 migrants has crossed into Mexico and is heading toward the U.S. border, just days after Democrats won control of the House, the Senate and the Texas governor's office, Breitbart Texas reported.Between 300 and 500 migrants, most of them from Central America, crossed the Rodolfo Robles International Bridge from Guatemala into Ciudad Hidalgo, Mex...

Alt - Zero Hedge - 54 minutes ago

One Short-Seller Flagged Jensen's Alice Huang Ties In May...And Pointed Out Multiple Other Nvidia Risks

One Short-Seller Flagged Jensen's Alice Huang Ties In May...And Pointed Out Multiple Other Nvidia Risks Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang is facing the biggest personal and potentially national-security crisis of his career after admitting to marital infidelity amid allegations that Alice Huang, a businesswoman linked to one of Nvidia's largest Southeast Asian customers, was recruited by Chinese intelligence.But there's something almost nobody seems to have noticed: short seller Culper Resear...

Alt - Boing Boing - 1 hour ago

Russell Brand sentenced to 10 years and 6 months for rape and sexual assault

Former comedian Russell Brand was jailed for 10 years and 6 months at Southwark Crown Court in London on Monday after being convicted last week on charges of rape and sexual assault. "You were clever – and in many people's eyes, funny and charismatic," said Judge Joel Bennathan before imposing the sentence. Read the rest The post Russell Brand sentenced to 10 years and 6 months for rape and sexual assault appeared first on Boing Boing.

Alt - Zero Hedge - 2 hours ago

Russell Brand Sentenced To More Than 10 Years For Rape, Sexual Assault

Russell Brand Sentenced To More Than 10 Years For Rape, Sexual Assault Comedian and actor Russell Brand was sentenced to nine years in prison on Monday for rape and sexual assault in a UK courtroom. The total sentence is 10 years and six months.  Comedian and actor Russell Brand leaves Southwark Crown Court in London, Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2026.Alastair Grant/AP  A jury convicted Brand on Thursday of one count of rape and three counts of sexual assault, and acquitted him of two other r...

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Drone Strike Shuts Down Northern Iraq's Largest Gas Field, Plunging Region Into Darkness

Drone Strike Shuts Down Northern Iraq's Largest Gas Field, Plunging Region Into Darkness A drone attack on the sprawling Khor Mor gasfield in the Kurdish region of northern Iraq has resulted in a large fire, suspending production at the site, while plunging much of semi-autonomous Iraqi Kurdistan into darkness.Huge amounts of smoke and flames have been seen rising from the vicinity of the gasfield in the Sulaimaniyah governorate. Regional reports Sunday night indicated over 70% of t...

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"Whole World Repeating A Lie": EU Lawmaker Challenges "Far-Right" MSM Narrative For Polish Gunman

"Whole World Repeating A Lie": EU Lawmaker Challenges "Far-Right" MSM Narrative For Polish Gunman Global corporate media outlets ran a synchronized information operation over the weekend to twist reality, claiming that the gunman in Poland, who killed six and injured more than a dozen, had far-right links. Enter The SpinSpanish MEP Hermann Tertsch challenged the MSM narrative and pointed out the cover-up by the globalists inside the Polish government:  Donald Tusk's government order...

Alt - Zero Hedge - 3 hours ago

Qatar (Shockingly) Becomes Largest Buyer Of US LNG Amid Hormuz Crisis

Qatar (Shockingly) Becomes Largest Buyer Of US LNG Amid Hormuz Crisis Authored by Tsvetana Paraskova via OilPrice,Qatar is set to become the largest buyer of U.S. LNG, signing long-term deals for 7 million tonnes annually with Cheniere and Woodside. The Iran war has crippled Qatar's LNG industry, destroying 17% of export capacity, causing $20 billion in annual revenue losses and severely restricting shipments through Hormuz. QatarEnergy is diversifying away from its reliance on the ...

Alt - Zero Hedge - 3 hours ago

Biden Says Cancer Is Slowing Him Down - Days Before His Memoir Hits Shelves

Biden Says Cancer Is Slowing Him Down - Days Before His Memoir Hits Shelves Former President Joe Biden said Sunday that his cancer will keep him from doing as many interviews as he had planned for his presidential memoir, Promise Me, America, which comes out Nov. 17."Some days are better than others. It hasn't stopped me. But sometimes it slows me down," Biden wrote on X. "What that means is, unfortunately, I won't be able to do as many conversations about my book as I'd hoped."I wa...

Alt - Zero Hedge - 3 hours ago

"A Detonator Set Off Right On Cue": Why Washington Seized On The Jensen Huang Scandal To Draw Its Sword

"A Detonator Set Off Right On Cue": Why Washington Seized On The Jensen Huang Scandal To Draw Its Sword The affair was the headline. The chips were the point...That, at least, is the read from Taiwanese semiconductor analyst Andrew Lu, whose take on the Nvidia (NVDA) spy scandal has been making the rounds on X courtesy of a translation by Jukan. It landed just hours after Jensen Huang told staff in a memo that "I was unfaithful to my wife", and Nvidia's board launched an independent...

Alt - Zero Hedge - 3 hours ago

Nvidia Slides On Jensen's Affair With Suspected Chinese Spy; Beijing Denies Claims

Nvidia Slides On Jensen's Affair With Suspected Chinese Spy; Beijing Denies Claims Nvidia shares fell 5% in New York premarket trading after its board launched an investigation into CEO Jensen Huang's relationship with a woman identified in several reports as a suspected Chinese spy. Beijing dismissed the espionage allegations as "unsubstantiated."黄仁勋和情人Alice Huang更多照片首次曝光 pic.twitter.com/2zOmMkOBcm— 大厂白洁 (@santoulang) November 9, 2026 Two days after the Financial Times reported tha...

Alt - Zero Hedge - 4 hours ago

US Forces Leave A Major Airfield In Somalia After More Than A Decade

US Forces Leave A Major Airfield In Somalia After More Than A Decade Authored by Nicholas Slayton via Task and Purpose,The U.S. military pulled all of its troops from a major air base in Somalia last month, after using the Baledogle Military Airfield for more than a decade as part of its counterterrorism mission in the country.Troops left the airfield, located only a few dozen miles from the capital of Mogadishu, but will remain in the country. Horn Observer first reported the exit,...

Alt - Zero Hedge - 5 hours ago

The Top 0.1% Has More Than Doubled Its Wealth Since 2019

The Top 0.1% Has More Than Doubled Its Wealth Since 2019 America’s wealth divide is increasingly becoming a story not just of the rich versus everyone else, but of the ultra rich separating from even other wealthy Americans, according to the Wall Street Journal.Federal Reserve data show that the wealth of the top 0.1% has more than doubled since the end of 2019, with the divergence accelerating around the pandemic. Much of that increase has come from soaring financial markets.WSJ wr...

Alt - Zero Hedge - 6 hours ago

Scientists Grew Microbes In Mars-Like Conditions - And They Didn't Just Survive...

Scientists Grew Microbes In Mars-Like Conditions - And They Didn't Just Survive... Salt-loving microbes kept for months in a lab version of the Martian underground did more than hang on. They grew, according to a study from University of Florida researchers published in the journal Applied and Environmental Microbiology, in what lead author Adam Robinson says adds to "the growing body of evidence suggesting that we should consider the possibility of life on Mars today."The microbe i...

Alt - Zero Hedge - 7 hours ago

Something Big Is Coming...

Something Big Is Coming... Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity,The British state is openly preparing the public for multi-day blackouts while lining up the BBC to broadcast pre-scripted government messages once the lights, water, and internet fail.A so called "Black Sky" contingency now sits on the books: roughly 100 BBC staff would man a hardened radio studio stocked with its own fuel, food, and water for at least three days, pumping out official instructions over FM if the grid...

Alt - Zero Hedge - 8 hours ago

Pope Leo, Fresh From Cancer Surgery, Calls For Universal Health Care "In Every Society"

Pope Leo, Fresh From Cancer Surgery, Calls For Universal Health Care "In Every Society" Pope Leo XIV used his first major address in Uruguay to call for universal health care "in every society," less than four weeks after surgeons removed part of his lung for cancer. The speech opened a 12-day trip through Uruguay, Argentina and Peru that the Vatican cleared only after his doctors signed off.Speaking Friday from a platform in Montevideo's Independence Square to Uruguay's civil and r...

Alt - Zero Hedge - 8 hours ago

'A Working Group For War And Peace': Three Hours In The Kremlin

'A Working Group For War And Peace': Three Hours In The Kremlin Authored by Larry C. Johnson via Sonar21Vladimir Putin does not give three hours of his time to people who have nothing to say. On Thursday, he gave three hours to Mohsen Rezaei, the secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council. Two days later, Israel's president handed the job of forming the next government to Gadi Eisenkot instead of Benjamin Netanyahu.Washington spent the week arguing about the midterms. Mos...

Alt - Zero Hedge - 11 hours ago

Politicians Come And Go... The Machinery Of Oppression Remains

Politicians Come And Go... The Machinery Of Oppression Remains Authored by John W. Whitehead via OffGuardian,"There is something terribly wrong with this country, isn't there? Cruelty and injustice, intolerance and oppression. And where once you had the freedom to object, to think and speak as you saw fit, you now have censors and systems of surveillance coercing your conformity and soliciting your submission. How did this happen? Who's to blame?" V for VendettaA revolution can topp...

Alt - Zero Hedge - 12 hours ago

Trump Endorses Amnesty, Admits Deportations "Might Be Too Tough" An Hour Before Naming Their Architect Chief Of Staff

Trump Endorses Amnesty, Admits Deportations "Might Be Too Tough" An Hour Before Naming Their Architect Chief Of Staff President Trump told "60 Minutes" that his deportation policy "might be too tough" and that he would "love to do something on immigration" with the Democrats about to take over Congress, in an interview taped Friday, his first since the midterms. An hour after the conversation, he replaced chief of staff Susie Wiles with Stephen Miller, the architect of that policy.6...

Alt - Zero Hedge - 12 hours ago

China Rehearses Taiwan Blockade In Unannounced Naval War Drill

China Rehearses Taiwan Blockade In Unannounced Naval War Drill China may be conducting a major, unannounced war drill aimed at isolating Taiwan, with more than 100 naval and coast guard vessels deployed across the Western Pacific, according to a new assessment.  🚨 中国在168小时内刚刚采取了5项行动。全部围绕台湾。没有一项有名称。而没有人把这些点联系起来。行动1：100多艘中国军舰和海警船遍布西太平洋。台湾11月3日表示，它们已经部署到位。来自3个战区的4个特混编队横亘在台湾与关岛之间。一道隔开台湾与其朋友的墙。… pic.twitter.com/7xYtZjANyp— Alec (@ItsRealAlec) November 7, 2026 Published Friday by Institu...

Alt - Zero Hedge - 13 hours ago

US Warns Of Ongoing Cyber Threat To Industrial Freezers And Cold Storage

US Warns Of Ongoing Cyber Threat To Industrial Freezers And Cold Storage Authored by Kimberly Hayek via The Epoch Times,Federal agencies warned Thursday that hackers are targeting refrigeration systems used to store food and medicine, urging businesses to secure vulnerable controls amid attacks that could spoil supplies and damage equipment.The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the FBI, and the departments of Health and Human Services and Agriculture and Trans...

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Ultra Left-Wing Media Outlet Salon Shuts Down After 31 Years

Ultra Left-Wing Media Outlet Salon Shuts Down After 31 Years Regardless of what people might think happened during the midterm elections (there's some real weird post-election numbers coming out of certain states right now), wokeness is not an effective selling point for the political left.  James Talarico had to renounce his insane woke statements from the Biden era to get any kind of traction in Texas.  Abdul El-Sayed had to begrudgingly claim that he no longer supports the Muslim...

Alt - Zero Hedge - 14 hours ago

The US Has $50 Billion For Nuclear Waste And Nowhere To Put It

The US Has $50 Billion For Nuclear Waste And Nowhere To Put It Authored by Haley Zaremba via OilPrice,Finland and the United States are exemplifying two opposing approaches to managing the mounting problem of spent nuclear fuel. Finland is about to open the world's first permanent nuclear waste disposal facility. The United States is stuck in a cycle of endless political turnover and resultant gridlock about how to address the more than 90,000 metric tons of spent fuel sitting in te...

Alt - Zero Hedge - 14 hours ago

Trump Says He's 'Highly Unlikely' To Order New Bombing Of Iran If Talks Progress

Trump Says He's 'Highly Unlikely' To Order New Bombing Of Iran If Talks Progress Did President Trump finally get the message after the GOP's disastrous midterm showing? He remarked Sunday that it is "highly unlikely" he will need to order US forces to war with Iran as long as there is progress in negotiations. Indirect talks are curretnly happening via Qatari and Gulf mediation. via AFP Washington is seeking to focus the talks on Iran's nuclear program and reopening the Strait of ...

Alt - Zero Hedge - 15 hours ago

The Nuclear Startup Suing The NRC Is Asking For A Permit

The Nuclear Startup Suing The NRC Is Asking For A Permit Of all the startups in DOE's Reactor Pilot Program, few have made less noise than Last Energy. It is a surprising change from the company that initiated the legal action questioning the scope of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's authority.Now, Last Energy is asking for permission to build. The company filed the first part of a two-part construction permit application for a reactor project in Texas on October 20th, including ...

Alt - Zero Hedge - 16 hours ago

Young Voters Broke For Democrats... But Pollsters Say The GOP Hasn't Lost Them Forever

Young Voters Broke For Democrats... But Pollsters Say The GOP Hasn't Lost Them Forever Voters under 30, who split roughly evenly between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris in 2024, went about 7 in 10 for the Democratic candidate in their House races on Nov. 3, with about 3 in 10 backing the Republican, according to The AP Voter Poll.Only about 1 in 10 voters in the Midterms were under 30, which the AP says limited the impact of the shift. But about 6 in 10 under-30 voters said one reaso...

Alt - Zero Hedge - 16 hours ago

Federal Judge Orders Mamdani's NYC To Comply With ICE Subpoena For Shelter Records

Federal Judge Orders Mamdani's NYC To Comply With ICE Subpoena For Shelter Records Authored by David Manney via PJ Media,New York City fought to keep shelter records from ICE, even after the federal government accepted a screening process focused on people with serious criminal histories. On November 6, Judge Lewis Kaplan ordered enforcement of the subpoena through a special master.City Hall had its objections heard. It lost.The dispute concerns a Bronx shelter and federal efforts t...

Alt - Zero Hedge - 17 hours ago

Blanche Won't Rule Out Prosecuting Democrats Who Plan To Investigate Trump Officials

Blanche Won't Rule Out Prosecuting Democrats Who Plan To Investigate Trump Officials Attorney General Todd Blanche on Sunday declined to rule out prosecuting Democratic lawmakers who have vowed to investigate Trump administration officials. His comments came a day after President Trump ordered the Justice Department to look into what he called a "criminal act." Attorney General Todd Blanche. ((Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)) Appearing on CNN's State of the Union, Blanche said Congres...

Alt - Zero Hedge - 17 hours ago

Pentagon's 'Iron Gate' Operation: Washington Moves To Choke Off Iran's Overland Military Trade

Pentagon's 'Iron Gate' Operation: Washington Moves To Choke Off Iran's Overland Military Trade Despite the Iran war being very obviously deeply unpopular with the American public, Washington is seeking to tighten the noose on Tehran, particularly on the economic front.This weekend saw the Pentagon unveil details of a new initiative called "Task Force Iron Gate" - which will seek to target Iranian alternative trade routes amid the US naval mission to blockade its main ports via the S...

Alt - Boing Boing - 17 hours ago

Catch the backyard raccoon in the act with $105 night vision binoculars

TL;DR: Get Double Barrel 720p Digital Night Vision Binoculars with infrared LEDs and 4x zoom for $104.97 (reg. $297.99). Regular binoculars stop being useful once the sun goes down, because they can only magnify light that's already there. If you want to see what's moving around after dark, try the Double Barrel 720p Digital Night Vision Binoculars. Read the rest The post Catch the backyard raccoon in the act with $105 night vision binoculars appeared first on Boing Boing.

Alt - Zero Hedge - 18 hours ago

Pardoned Jan. 6 Defendant Charged With Threatening Federal Judges

Pardoned Jan. 6 Defendant Charged With Threatening Federal Judges Authored by Zachary Stieber via Epoch Times,A man who served time in prison for a crime related to the 2021 breach of the U.S. Capitol is facing a new charge after allegedly threatening to kill federal judges involved in cases related to the breach.Cleveland Grover Meredith Jr. was charged with threatening to injure federal judges in Washington, according to court documents first reported by Court Watch after being un...

Alt - Zero Hedge - 19 hours ago

Watch: Plane Clips Pickup Truck In Wild Emergency Landing On Packed Florida Road

Watch: Plane Clips Pickup Truck In Wild Emergency Landing On Packed Florida Road A small plane with two pilots aboard made an emergency landing on a busy road in North Fort Myers, Florida, on Saturday, clipping the back of a pickup truck as it rolled down Bayshore Road in traffic.The pilots reported a mechanical problem and put the aircraft down on Bayshore Road near Interstate 75 around noon, according to the Lee County Sheriff's Office. The plane was a Cessna 172D Skyhawk. The she...

Alt - Zero Hedge - 19 hours ago

Democrat Loses 'Flipped' Georgia Seat After 'Missing' Memory Card Found

Democrat Loses 'Flipped' Georgia Seat After 'Missing' Memory Card Found Georgia Democrats spent the week celebrating their first state House majority in more than two decades. Then the secretary of state's office found an Election Day memory card in Seminole County that had never been uploaded. AP Photo/Brynn Anderson) Republican state Rep. Gerald Greene went from trailing Democrat Harry James by 58 votes to leading him by 262 once the card's votes were added on Friday, according ...

Alt - Zero Hedge - 19 hours ago

"I Was Unfaithful To My Wife": Jensen Huang Admits Affair As Nvidia Board Launches Chinese Spy Probe

"I Was Unfaithful To My Wife": Jensen Huang Admits Affair As Nvidia Board Launches Chinese Spy Probe Update (1505ET): Jensen Huang has admitted to an affair, telling Nvidia staff in a memo that he was unfaithful to his wife, two days after the Financial Times reported that U.S. intelligence believes he had a romantic relationship with alleged Chinese spy Alice Huang. At the same time, Nvidia's board is launching an independent investigation into whether its CEO was the target of a f...

Alt - Zero Hedge - 20 hours ago

Out Of 45 Data Center Votes Across America, Exactly One Went The Industry's Way

Out Of 45 Data Center Votes Across America, Exactly One Went The Industry's Way Harwood, North Dakota, a town of about 940 people ten miles from Fargo, was the only place in the country where voters sided with a data center on Election Day, according to Redbud Consulting data cited by Fortune, which counted 45 data center ballot measures nationwide. In Harwood, about 75 percent of the 430 votes cast, 325, went against Measure 2, a charter amendment that would have put new hurdles in...

Alt - Zero Hedge - 20 hours ago

"I Personally Paid Laura Loomer": Second Insider Says Cash Bought Access To Trump - And She Still Talks To Him Daily

"I Personally Paid Laura Loomer": Second Insider Says Cash Bought Access To Trump - And She Still Talks To Him Daily A second figure in Trump's orbit says he personally paid Laura Loomer to post on X - and that what the money really bought was a line to the President. Florida political operative Jacob Engels, founder of Command Station Consulting, wrote on X that he paid her "a good amount of cash" earlier this year, two days after Trump 2024 campaign adviser Alex Bruesewitz said he...

Alt - Zero Hedge - 21 hours ago

Operation Highway Shield Removes Nearly 400 Truckers, Vehicles From US Roads

Operation Highway Shield Removes Nearly 400 Truckers, Vehicles From US Roads Authored by Naveen Athrappully via The Epoch Times,Nearly 400 truck drivers and vehicles have been removed from service in a crackdown on hazardous vehicles, unsafe drivers, and fraudulent practices along Arkansas highways. Trucks drive through the Port of Oakland in Oakland, Calif., on Nov. 14, 2025. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images The removal came under the third phase of Operation Highway Shield, which ta...

Alt - Zero Hedge - 22 hours ago

"Too Big To Rig", Too Divided To Agree: Democrats' Post-Landslide Agenda Fight Begins

"Too Big To Rig", Too Divided To Agree: Democrats' Post-Landslide Agenda Fight Begins House Democrats are on track to hold somewhere between 251 and 268 seats, by CBS News' estimate, up from 214 going into Tuesday. The size of that majority has opened a fight between the party's centrists and its left over what the next two years are for, according to Axios interviews with more than a dozen sitting and incoming House Democrats.CBS projected the Democratic takeover at 10:29 p.m. East...

Alt - Zero Hedge - 22 hours ago

Could Nvidia's Spy Scandal Force Jensen Huang To Resign?

Could Nvidia's Spy Scandal Force Jensen Huang To Resign? Submitted by QTR's Fringe FinanceWell, this certainly wasn’t on anybody’s bingo card.Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has found himself at the center of an extraordinary espionage controversy, following reports by FT and others that a Chinese businesswoman with whom he allegedly developed a close personal relationship (wink, wink) was recruited by Chinese intelligence.The allegations, which Nvidia disputes, have already attracted congr...

Alt - Zero Hedge - 22 hours ago

Ex-MAHA Insider Tells Rogan What Trump Didn't Know About His Own White House

Ex-MAHA Insider Tells Rogan What Trump Didn't Know About His Own White House Former senior White House advisor Calley Means says he had full White House approval for a federal look at how much sugar American children eat - until Trump's former Chief-of-Staff Susie Wiles killed it.  White House chief of staff Susie Wiles listens as President Donald Trump speaks to reporters after signing an executive order reclassifying marijuana as a less dangerous drug in the Oval Office of the Wh...

Alt - Zero Hedge - 23 hours ago

The Incoming Democrat Governor Of Texas Is Already Going After Elon Musk

The Incoming Democrat Governor Of Texas Is Already Going After Elon Musk Texas Gov.-elect Gina Hinojosa (D-TX) has asked the state's parks department to hold off on a proposed sale of state land to SpaceX until she takes office, contacting the department's executive director before she is sworn in this January. The move puts part of Elon Musk's expansion plans in South Texas on hold. Texas Governor-elect Gina Hinojosa speaks after election. (AP Photo/Eric Gay) Hinojosa won the gov...

Alt - Zero Hedge - 23 hours ago

Dave Chappelle Sparks Firestorm With Charlie Kirk Line At Madison Square Garden

Dave Chappelle Sparks Firestorm With Charlie Kirk Line At Madison Square Garden Comedian Dave Chappelle told a Madison Square Garden crowd this weekend that he has felt better "ever since that guy Charlie Kirk got murdered," a remark that has drawn fast condemnation from conservatives.“Ever since that guy Charlie Kirk got murdered, and I shouldn’t say this publicly but…. I feel better.”- Dave Chappelle pic.twitter.com/rDgE2L3KCi— FreeThinkerFitness (@FreeThinkerFit) November 8, 2026...

Alt - Boing Boing - 23 hours ago

Your old car can run CarPlay and Android Auto on this $110 touchscreen

TL;DR: Ditch the phone mount and get a 10-inch Apple CarPlay and Android Auto car display for $109.97 (reg. $199.99). Lots of good cars still have a plain radio and a phone stuck to the air vent for directions. If you'd rather keep your car, try this 10-inch touchscreen display with Apple CarPlay and Android Auto. Read the rest The post Your old car can run CarPlay and Android Auto on this $110 touchscreen appeared first on Boing Boing.

Alt - Zero Hedge - 1 day ago

IRGC Says Three More Tankers Ablaze In The Strait Of Hormuz

IRGC Says Three More Tankers Ablaze In The Strait Of Hormuz On Sunday Iran announced that three more international tankers are ablaze in the Strait of Hormuz after presumably hitting mines in an 'illicit' transit area as Tehran continues to try and clamp down on passage under its protocol."Since the early hours of this morning, three non-compliant tankers have exploded and caught fire while they were sailing in the illegal channel in the Strait of Hormuz," the Islamic Revolutionary ...

Alt - Zero Hedge - 1 day ago

PPI Vs CPI: Are Record Profit Margins About To Get Squeezed?

PPI Vs CPI: Are Record Profit Margins About To Get Squeezed? Authored by Lance Roberts via RealInvestmentAdvice.com,The PPI vs CPI gap is the widest since 2022, and history says record profit margins are in the crosshairs...Key TakeawaysProducer prices rose 6.3% in the year to September 2026, the fastest pace since late 2022. Consumer prices rose 3.7%. That 2.6-point PPI vs CPI gap reflects costs companies are eating rather than passing on.Further up the pipeline, the pressure is la...

Alt - Zero Hedge - 1 day ago

Drones Built To Look Like Birds Evaded Detection At Air Force Tech Exercise

Drones Built To Look Like Birds Evaded Detection At Air Force Tech Exercise Authored by Patty Nieberg via Task and Purpose,A wing-flapping drone appearing to fly like a bird evaded sensor detection at a recent Air Force tech exercise in the Mojave Desert. Mimicking a crow in shape and profile, Ornadyne's O1 launches during an evaluation during "Game of Drones" at Edwards Air Force Base, Sept. 17, 2026. Air Force photo by James West.  Ornadyne's small O1 ornithopter drone doesn't u...

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Could One Big Cold Snap Torch Hedge Funds' Record US NatGas Shorts

Could One Big Cold Snap Torch Hedge Funds' Record US NatGas Shorts Meteorologists are tracking a potential cold blast across the eastern half of the Lower 48 next week, just as hedge funds' short-only positions in US natural gas futures have surged to record highs. That crowded bearish positioning leaves the market vulnerable to a short squeeze if colder weather translates into stronger heating demand.The Commodity Futures Trading Commission released data on Friday showing that mone...

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The Economic Crunch Fueling Youth Protests From France To Much Of Europe

The Economic Crunch Fueling Youth Protests From France To Much Of Europe Authored by Panos Mourdoukoutas via the Epoch Times,Protests that began in France have spread across much of Europe, drawing young people into the streets in growing numbers and unsettling investors watching for signs of political instability.What started as demonstrations over the cost of living, housing, and cuts to education and social services has broadened into a wider expression of frustration over Europe...

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Chaos In Riyadh: Aramco Skyscraper Hit By Missile Strike

Chaos In Riyadh: Aramco Skyscraper Hit By Missile Strike Three troubling developments emerged from the Gulf region on Sunday morning:An Aramco office building in Riyadh was damaged during a Houthi missile attack;Iran reported three oil tankers on fire in the Strait of Hormuz;US forces disabled a vessel in the Gulf of Oman amid surging regional tensions, less than a week after the US midterms.Saudi Arabia's Energy Ministry confirmed that an attempted attack on the Aramco administrat...

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The British State Now Behaves Like An Imperial Regime Ruling Over Competing Peoples

The British State Now Behaves Like An Imperial Regime Ruling Over Competing Peoples Authored by David Betz and Michael Rainsborough via The Daily Sceptic,Despite spending much of the past half-century apologizing for the Empire, the British establishment is rediscovering its favorite method of rule. The old colonial district officer, accustomed to keeping the peace between rival communities, cultivating local notables and reporting troublesome political sentiments to his superiors, ...

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How Washington Think-Tanks Paved The Road To Serfdom

How Washington Think-Tanks Paved The Road To Serfdom Authored by James Bovard via Brownstone Institute,In the same way that medieval kings seized any excuse to invade neighboring countries, today's politicians perennially seek pretexts to further invade citizens' lives. And there is never a shortage of intellectuals who, like the courtiers long ago, assure their masters that God - or at least social science - blesses their aggression.Inside the Washington beltway, it is bad taste to...

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Feds Slap $50 Million Bounty On Tren De Aragua's Top Three

Feds Slap $50 Million Bounty On Tren De Aragua's Top Three The Justice Department and State Department just announced rewards of up to $50 million combined for information leading to the arrests and/or convictions of Tren de Aragua's three top leaders, according to a Justice Department release. The Venezuelan prison gang is designated a Foreign Terrorist Organization.The State Department's Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs is paying the rewards under its ...

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Leak Reportedly Exposed Netanyahu and Mossad Chief's Plan To Attack Iran Before Israeli Election

Leak Reportedly Exposed Netanyahu and Mossad Chief's Plan To Attack Iran Before Israeli Election Via Middle East EyeIsraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Mossad chief Roman Gofman sought to carry out an operation against Iran on the eve of Israel's 27 October election, but the plan was thwarted after Washington was inadvertently alerted, Israeli media have reported. A report by Channel 12 said the proposed operation was opposed by senior officials in Israel's security establ...

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'Super Intelligence' Fraud Ring Impersonated CEOs And Lawyers To Steal $129 Million, Feds Say

'Super Intelligence' Fraud Ring Impersonated CEOs And Lawyers To Steal $129 Million, Feds Say Federal prosecutors in Manhattan unsealed an indictment Thursday charging three foreign nationals with using what they call "super intelligence" to mimic the voices and images of corporate chief executives and big-firm lawyers, and so talk employees at companies around the world into wiring about $129 million, according to the Justice Department.Jacob Soall, 41, of Marbella, Spain, and the ...

Alt - Zero Hedge - 1 day ago

Inside CHIRLA's Secret Voter Campaign

Inside CHIRLA's Secret Voter Campaign Authored by Christopher F. Rufo, Kenneth Schrupp and Austen Hufford via City Journal,Since 2019, California has granted more than $100 million to a left-wing NGO called the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles, or CHIRLA. The group has used those or other resources to fight deportations, address "hate incidents," and craft what it calls "progressive policies."CHIRLA and its political arm, CHIRLA Action, are radical. The nonprofit...

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ICE Deported 'Brian' - Months Later He Was Back Fleecing Seattle Homeowners, And He's One Of Dozens

ICE Deported 'Brian' - Months Later He Was Back Fleecing Seattle Homeowners, And He's One Of Dozens The bearded man in the cowboy hat who talked his way onto Seattle porches as "Brian" was, according to a KING 5 investigation, an Irishman ICE had already arrested in Boston and deported to Ireland on July 16, 2025. Five months later, the station reports, he was knocking on homeowner David Diedrick's door. Via King5.com KING 5's investigators say sources in Ireland and the UK identi...

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Hegseth Authorizes National Guard To Use Military Vehicles, Boats, Patrol Cars In DC

Hegseth Authorizes National Guard To Use Military Vehicles, Boats, Patrol Cars In DC Authored by Timothy Frudd via The Epoch Times,Secretary of War Pete Hegseth has issued new guidance authorizing the National Guard to use military tactical vehicles, dozens of patrol cars, boat assets, and other equipment to support law enforcement operations in Washington.The War Department confirmed the new guidance when asked about reports concerning a pair of Hegseth directives issued on Oct. 29...

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It's The War, Stupid

It's The War, Stupid Authored by Sohrab Ahmari via UnHerd,An all-too common analytic error is to reduce complex problems to simplistic causes (sancta simplicitas, "holy simplicity", as Nietzsche mockingly referred to this tendency, particularly among religious believers). But there is also the reverse error: a deliberate seeking out of complexity when simple explanations suffice.In the wake of the Democratic blowout in Tuesday's midterms - South Carolina, Kansas, and Texas have gone...

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Ex-CIA Officer Says The Agency Delivered The Same Iran Verdict Three Times Before The War

Ex-CIA Officer Says The Agency Delivered The Same Iran Verdict Three Times Before The War Former CIA officer John Kiriakou says the agency produced three separate national intelligence estimates before the Iran war began, and each one found that Tehran had no nuclear weapons program. He made the claim on the Nov. 6 "Intelligence Community Roundtable" edition of Judge Andrew Napolitano's Judging Freedom, alongside Larry Johnson.Napolitano asked what the CIA had told the president "ab...

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Quo Vadis, AI? Study Suggests AI Use Makes Us Lazier And Less Intelligent

Quo Vadis, AI? Study Suggests AI Use Makes Us Lazier And Less Intelligent Authored by Walker Larson via The Epoch Times,The Oxford word of the year in 2024 was "brain rot," due to a 230 percent increase in usage of the term between 2023 and 2024. The moniker reflected a collective sense - already on the rise in 2023 - that our heavy use of digital technology has corroded our ability to think. Kirill Kudryavtsev/AFP via Getty Images Now, in the futuristic era of artificial intellig...

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Houston Mayor Curbs ICE Cooperation Days After Abbott Loses - And Says Texas' New Leaders Are On Board

Houston Mayor Curbs ICE Cooperation Days After Abbott Loses - And Says Texas' New Leaders Are On Board Houston Mayor John Whitmire has ordered the city's police to stop calling ICE on anyone who isn't arrested for a jailable offense, and says he cleared it with the Democrats who just won Texas. "SB4 is not a priority of the new statewide elected officials," Whitmire told reporters Friday, three days after Gov. Greg Abbott lost his bid for a fourth term. Lucio Vasquez/Houston Public...

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Office 2019 and Windows 11 Pro for $25 total, and nobody bills you next month

TL;DR: Get Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and four more Office 2019 apps plus Windows 11 Pro for one PC for $24.97 (reg. $428). Microsoft 365 keeps Word and Excel working only as long as the monthly or yearly payment goes through. If you'd rather own your apps outright, try the All-in-One Microsoft Office Pro 2019 for Windows bundle. Read the rest The post Office 2019 and Windows 11 Pro for $25 total, and nobody bills you next month appeared first on Boing Boing.

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After Bibi's Unity Plea, Israel's President Gives His Rival First Shot At Power

After Bibi's Unity Plea, Israel's President Gives His Rival First Shot At Power Israeli President Isaac Herzog has given opposition leader Gadi Eisenkot the first chance to form a government, a setback for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, whose bloc finished 14 seats short of his rival's backers. Herzog announced the decision Saturday night, a day earlier than expected, according to the Associated Press.The timing was pointed. AP reported that the announcement came shortly after N...

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US Offers $20 Million, Relocation Program, For Info On Iran's Nuclear Program

US Offers $20 Million, Relocation Program, For Info On Iran's Nuclear Program The Pentagon has just unveiled another major and high dollar 'reward' program related to the war against Iran, and amid continued efforts to topple the Islamic Republic government. The US Central Command (CENTCOM) announced Friday it is offering up to $20 million for 'insiders' or any Iranian official who can provide information about the country's nuclear program, its facilities, equipment or personnel.An...

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Schumer Vows Not To Let Trump Place 'Right-Winger' On Supreme Court

Schumer Vows Not To Let Trump Place 'Right-Winger' On Supreme Court Authored by Zachary Stieber via The Epoch Times,The top Democrat in the Senate said in a new interview that his party will not let President Donald Trump place a "right-winger" on the Supreme Court following the Democrats' flipping control of the upper chamber in the midterm elections."The bottom line is we're not going to allow a right-winger on the court," Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), who is expe...

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"Defend Us Against The Lunatic Left": Trump Wants UFC's Dana White As Press Secretary

"Defend Us Against The Lunatic Left": Trump Wants UFC's Dana White As Press Secretary President Trump said Saturday he has offered the White House press secretary job to UFC CEO Dana White, three weeks after his last pick was pushed out five days into the job."I am pleased to announce that the Great Dana White, a violent Fighter and Warrior, has been offered the job of Press Secretary of the United States," Trump wrote on Truth Social, before naming the backup he wants White to brin...

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"Next Chapter Of Chaos Is Coming": Look To France As America's Left Already Telegraphs Their Plan

"Next Chapter Of Chaos Is Coming": Look To France As America's Left Already Telegraphs Their Plan French trade unions are now coordinating nationwide strikes amid an ongoing far-left revolution, lawfare against right-wing leader Jair Bolsonaro following socialist President Lula's runoff victory in Brazil, and Poland's coup d’état by the pro-EU regime should not be viewed in a vacuum. This is the globalist playbook of street mobilization, lawfare, and chaos across the West, which all...

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Podcasters Laugh About 'Digging Up Charlie Kirk And Doing It Again'

Podcasters Laugh About 'Digging Up Charlie Kirk And Doing It Again' A 39-second clip of podcasters Jennifer Welch and Angie Sullivan laughing after Welch read out a post joking that "we're digging up Charlie Kirk and doing it again" spread across X on Thursday, with conservative accounts calling it a celebration of Kirk's murder. Collin Rugg posted it to his followers with the line that the two "can't stop laughing at the thought of digging up Charlie Kirk's corpse."Podcasters Jenni...

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Heavily Armed Illegal Alien Arrested Near White House With AR-15, MAC-10; DHS Say He "Heard Voices In Head To Kill Trump"

Heavily Armed Illegal Alien Arrested Near White House With AR-15, MAC-10; DHS Say He "Heard Voices In Head To Kill Trump" Secret Service agents arrested a heavily armed illegal alien from Venezuela down the street from the White House who, according to the federal government, "heard voices in his head telling him to kill President Trump."A new report from the Department of Homeland Security said the illegal alien had an AR-15-style rifle, a MAC-10, a Glock 43X, and ammunition in his...

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The Electoral College May Be The Next Victim Of The 2026 Midterms

The Electoral College May Be The Next Victim Of The 2026 Midterms On Tuesday, Democrats won full control of state government in Pennsylvania, Michigan, Arizona, Wisconsin and Nevada, a shift that could let states effectively bypass the Electoral College before the 2028 presidential election without amending the Constitution. Congress certifying President Trump's 2024 victory (Getty Images) Those states hold a combined 61 electoral votes. If all five enact the National Popular Vote...

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Gary Wolf and June Cohen on cold plunges, self-tracking, and the science of ancient practices

In the early 1990s, I was an editor at Wired. It was an exciting time because the internet was new to most people. My colleagues were young, creative, curious, and smart, but two of them stood out: Gary Wolf and June Cohen. Read the rest The post Gary Wolf and June Cohen on cold plunges, self-tracking, and the science of ancient practices appeared first on Boing Boing.

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The blind mole-rat has no visible eyes and squeals like a wheezing pig

The Spalax and Nannospalax are two types of blind mole-rats that Mother Nature clearly made when she was having an off-day. She must have been very overstimulated when she decided to stick a gaping mouth, large flaring nose, and absolutely no other facial features onto this hairy, sausage-shaped critter. Read the rest The post The blind mole-rat has no visible eyes and squeals like a wheezing pig appeared first on Boing Boing.

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"Mercy For The Wolves": California DAs Revolt After Newsom Wipes Out Death Row

"Mercy For The Wolves": California DAs Revolt After Newsom Wipes Out Death Row California's district attorneys are vowing to keep seeking the death penalty in new cases, and some are looking for a way to block Gov. Gavin Newsom's commutation of all 548 death sentences in the state before it takes effect. As we reported, Newsom announced Thursday that he would commute every death sentence in California to life without parole, writing in a letter that "state-sanctioned killing is inco...

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Attacker In Combat Gear Opens Fire In Polish City, Killing 5, Dozen Injured

Attacker In Combat Gear Opens Fire In Polish City, Killing 5, Dozen Injured At least five people were killed and a dozen injured when a gunman, dressed in military fatigues and wearing a vest and helmet, opened fire in Krakow's Main Market Square in Poland.BBC News reports that a man drove into the square around 3 p.m. local time and began shooting "at random" from his car, according to police. 🚨🇵🇱 New footage shows the DEADLY shooting in the heart of Kraków, Poland.At least FIVE p...

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A $15 pillow speaker is for people who hate bedtime earbuds

TL;DR: Play podcasts, white noise, or audiobooks from under your pillow with this ultra-thin Bluetooth speaker, now $14.99 (reg. $79.95). Falling asleep to a podcast gets complicated when the person next to you wants total silence. Earbuds work until you roll onto your side and one of them digs into your ear. Read the rest The post A $15 pillow speaker is for people who hate bedtime earbuds appeared first on Boing Boing.

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Berkshire's Post-Buffett Era Gets Off To Rocky Start As AI Bets Stumble

Berkshire's Post-Buffett Era Gets Off To Rocky Start As AI Bets Stumble With Warren Buffett gone for not even a year, Berkshire Hathaway is already facing questions over its investment decisions. Under new CEO Greg Abel, the conglomerate has made a multibillion-dollar push into artificial intelligence, only to see some of its biggest bets stumble as enthusiasm for the technology fades, according to Bloomberg.In his first year at the helm, Abel has committed $10 billion to Google par...

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Jensen Huang Had A "Romantic Relationship" With An Alleged Chinese Spy: Reports

Jensen Huang Had A "Romantic Relationship" With An Alleged Chinese Spy: Reports The U.S. government believes Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang had a romantic relationship with Alice Huang, a Megaspeed executive whom American intelligence believes was recruited to spy for China's Ministry of State Security, the Financial Times reported Friday, according to people familiar with the matter. Jensen Huang with Alice Huang (right) in Taiwan. The pair have been described as 'very close' - NowNews ...

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Trump Initiates 'Minor Strikes' On Iran In First Ordered Action Since Election

Trump Initiates 'Minor Strikes' On Iran In First Ordered Action Since Election The White House has confirmed more 'limited' strikes against Iranian targets along or off the country's southern coast, which appear to have occurred in the late night hours (local).Presdent Trump told media Friday evening he ordered a "minor" military action that targeted Iranian air defense systems and military infrastructure on Qeshm Island - which had already been subject of similar action in the past...

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Canada First: Democrats Aim The Opening Shot Of Their Tariff Rollback At Trump's Smoot-Hawley Levies... But Veto Math Says Good Luck

Canada First: Democrats Aim The Opening Shot Of Their Tariff Rollback At Trump's Smoot-Hawley Levies... But Veto Math Says Good Luck Three days after a blue tsunami swept both chambers, Democrats have picked their first trade fight, and it's the one they have already won three times.According to the WSJ, Democrats are eyeing President Trump's trade war with Canada as the first target in a campaign to roll back the administration's tariff agenda, according to Senate Finance's top Dem...

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Musk Says "SoftBank Is Defaulting On Turbine Orders"

Musk Says "SoftBank Is Defaulting On Turbine Orders" Last week's turmoil in hyperscaler and neocloud stocks suggests investors increasingly see Democrats' push to regulate data center buildouts as a possible precursor to broader moratoriums early next year. Democrats spent much of the midterm election cycle supporting nationwide construction pauses and tighter AI oversight, while Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei's AI doom warnings reinforced that political narrative. By the end of the we...

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The John Lewis Ad Isn't Wrong About Britain

The John Lewis Ad Isn't Wrong About Britain Authored by Lee Taylor via The Daily Sceptic,Strip away the Sam Fender cover and the talking dog, and the commercial message of this year's John Lewis advert is simple. If your grandchildren are rude, bored, and only interested in cash, go to John Lewis. It took Saatchi and Saatchi three minutes and a Dame to make the most woke version yet.We've been up and down with John Lewis over the years. Monty the Penguin made the country cry in 2014...

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A snail lays a cluster of pink eggs that look like candy

Here is a close-up and personal video of a snail laying her eggs. I am not quite sure if I feel disgusted or struck by this video. The snail's eggs look like little pink pieces of candy, and it is not what I expected. Read the rest The post A snail lays a cluster of pink eggs that look like candy appeared first on Boing Boing.

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A gentle dog sits happily while a flock of pigeons climbs all over him

Watch one very happy dog sit in a grass field, surrounded by pigeons. The dog has one very gentle temperament and sits there blissfully well. The pigeons climb all over him, flapping around and squawking. The dog just looks happy to have made some new friends. Read the rest The post A gentle dog sits happily while a flock of pigeons climbs all over him appeared first on Boing Boing.

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Alaskan surfers ride the freezing bore tide waves of Turnagain Arm

The Turnagain Arm is a long body of water near Anchorage, Alaska. It is famous for its bore tides. A bore tide happens when a narrow body of water is met with a tide. Waves that travel as fast as 15 mph and reach up to 10 feet can happen. Read the rest The post Alaskan surfers ride the freezing bore tide waves of Turnagain Arm appeared first on Boing Boing.

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The Globalists Just Came Out Of Hiding For A Secretive Summit In China

The Globalists Just Came Out Of Hiding For A Secretive Summit In China Authored by Brandon Smith via Alt-Market.usOver the past several months I’ve been covering some of strange changes in behavior of globalist institutions. Specifically, just before the 2024 elections in the US, the elites seemed to go “radio silent” when compared to their bravado in the pandemic era. For a brief moment in time the mask came off completely, and then they tried to put it back on.Sadly, most people t...

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Iran Weathering The Storm, But Saudi Arabia Is Sinking

Iran Weathering The Storm, But Saudi Arabia Is Sinking By Brian McGlinchey via Stark RealitiesWhile the disastrous US-Israeli attempt to impose regime change on Iran has commanded the world’s attention, most people are oblivious to the rising probability that regime change is instead coming to a major US and Israeli partner: the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.Owing to financial strains, demographics, military failures, and simmering domestic discontent, it may only be a question of magnitu...

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Trump's 'Doomsday Plane' Left Nebraska And Flew East Across America - Nobody Is Saying Why

Trump's 'Doomsday Plane' Left Nebraska And Flew East Across America - Nobody Is Saying Why The Air Force's E-4B "Nightwatch," the airborne command post built to run a nuclear war, took off from Offutt Air Force Base in Nebraska on Thursday and flew east across the Midwest on a mission nobody has explained. A rendering of an E-4C Survivable Airborne Operations Center. Credit: Sierra Nevada Corp. Flight-tracking data reviewed by the Daily Mail shows the jet crossing Illinois and Ind...

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China Indicts Former Politburo Member In Widening Purges

China Indicts Former Politburo Member In Widening Purges Authored by Frank Fang and Dorothy Li via The Epoch Times,A former Politburo member of the Chinese regime has been indicted on bribery charges, according to state-run media, amid Beijing's purges that have reached a scale unseen in decades. Xinjiang Communist Party Secretary Ma Xingrui attends the Xinjiang delegation meeting during the 14th National People's Congress (NPC) in Beijing on March 7, 2024. Greg Baker/AFP via Getty...

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Galloway: Getting A Job Is A "Nuclear Detonation Of Therapy" For Most Young Men - And A Stanford Psychiatrist Agrees

Galloway: Getting A Job Is A "Nuclear Detonation Of Therapy" For Most Young Men - And A Stanford Psychiatrist Agrees NYU Stern professor Scott Galloway, who drew fire this week for calling Elon Musk a "traitor to the West," says for most of the young men he works with, a job, friends and a girlfriend would do more than therapy - and Stanford addiction psychiatrist Anna Lembke told him on his podcast that he is right. His book Notes on Being a Man argues that young men are in crisis....

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"Dissatisfaction With Democracy": China Celebrates The Midterm Elections As Evidence That Democracy Is Dying In The West

"Dissatisfaction With Democracy": China Celebrates The Midterm Elections As Evidence That Democracy Is Dying In The West Authored by Jonathan Turley,Winston Churchill once famously observed that "No one pretends that democracy is perfect or all-wise. Indeed, it has been said that democracy is the worst form of Government, except for all those other forms that have been tried from time to time." His observation came to mind this week after China's state-run Global Times wrote an arti...

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Judge Slams Brakes On Trump's 250-Foot Arch Within Hours Of Final Approval

Judge Slams Brakes On Trump's 250-Foot Arch Within Hours Of Final Approval A federal judge late Thursday temporarily blocked construction of President Trump's triumphal arch hours after the National Capital Planning Commission voted 8-4 to approve it. FEIL - Architectural renderings of President Donald Trump's proposed triumphal arch, released by Harrison Design. (Harrison Design) U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan issued a temporary restraining order barring "construction-related ...

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Dengue Fever Outbreak Hits Construction Sites In China's Hainan, Thousands Of Workers Quarantined

Dengue Fever Outbreak Hits Construction Sites In China's Hainan, Thousands Of Workers Quarantined Authored by Alex Wu via The Epoch Times,An outbreak of dengue fever at several high-end residential construction sites in Sanya city in Hainan, China's southernmost island province, has resulted in thousands being quarantined, according to Chinese media and local workers who spoke with The Epoch Times. Beaches are empty as the area is closed off and restricted due to an outbreak of COV...

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Russell Brand's First Night Behind Bars: Strip Search, 'Inedible' Dinner And A Round-The-Clock Watch

Russell Brand's First Night Behind Bars: Strip Search, 'Inedible' Dinner And A Round-The-Clock Watch Russell Brand was "petrified" during his first night in a UK prison after his rape conviction, according to the Sun. The 51-year-old comedian handed over his clothes for what the paper called a "humiliating" strip search, then got gray jogging bottoms, T-shirts, sweatshirts and underwear, a "first-night pack" of toiletries and a food pack of cereal, tea, milk, sugar, juice sticks and...

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A Dangerous Woman: Democrats Adopt Soviet Rhetoric To Condemn Stevens As Mentally Ill

A Dangerous Woman: Democrats Adopt Soviet Rhetoric To Condemn Stevens As Mentally Ill Authored by Jonathan Turley,Haley Stevens is a dangerous woman. That message is echoing across liberal cable stations and websites. Only recently embraced as the best candidate for the Michigan Senate nomination, Stevens is now being portrayed as unstable and menacing by her self-described friends. Other Democrats launched into sexist attacks or declared her a "traitor" that should be expelled from...

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Texas Governor-Elect Wants Data Center Pause; White House Says 'Communities' Should Decide

Texas Governor-Elect Wants Data Center Pause; White House Says 'Communities' Should Decide Texas Governor-elect Gina Hinojosa said Thursday that the state needs new laws on data centers and should stop building them until they exist, the same day the Nasdaq plunged on fears that Democratic wins would bring moratoriums on the AI buildout.  Texas Governor-elect Gina Hinojosa speaks during a press conference following her U.S. midterm election win in Austin, Texas, on Nov. 5, 2026. Jo...

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10 Expenses You Need To Cut Now For The Upcoming Economic Depression

10 Expenses You Need To Cut Now For The Upcoming Economic Depression Authored by John Walter via Substack,Editor's NoteEconomists say nobody can date a recession, which is true and also the least useful thing they tell us, since a household does not need a date so much as a margin. What people can date is their own tightening - the canceled service, the second car listed on a Saturday morning, the pantry that abruptly acquires a system and a rotation - and that tightening is already...

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Paraguay Ousts Its President As His Daughter's "Tax The Poor" Shirt Goes Viral

Paraguay Ousts Its President As His Daughter's "Tax The Poor" Shirt Goes Viral Paraguay's Senate voted unanimously on Friday to remove President Santiago Peña over the collapse of Ueno Bank, a day after a photo of his 20-year-old daughter in a "Tax the Poor" T-shirt spread across X. Paraguayan President Santiago Pena announces his resignation following the collapse of a prominent digital lender to which he had former business links, putting him under intense pressure as nearly half...

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Gen. Flynn To Trump: The Time For Excuses Is Over

Gen. Flynn To Trump: The Time For Excuses Is Over Authored by Maureen Steele via PJ Media,There is an old military truth that Washington would do well to remember: the battlefield does not care how convincing your excuses are. AP Photo/Evan Vucci You can blame the weather, the terrain, faulty intelligence, inadequate resources, or the incompetence of your subordinates. You can surround yourself with people who assure you the battle plan was brilliant and the enemy simply got lucky...

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Pirro's Grand Jury Hunts SCOTUS' Dobbs Leaker... And Alito Thinks He Knows Who Did It

Pirro's Grand Jury Hunts SCOTUS' Dobbs Leaker... And Alito Thinks He Knows Who Did It Federal prosecutors in Washington have opened a criminal investigation into the 2022 leak of the Supreme Court's draft opinion overturning Roe v. Wade, issuing grand jury subpoenas for testimony and seeking information from people who worked at the court at the time, The New York Times reported Thursday. The probe has ramped up over the past few weeks, four and a half years after someone inside the...

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The $1.5 Billion Library Card

The $1.5 Billion Library Card Authored by Jay Rogers via American Greatness,AI companies won the argument about learning from books. They lost the argument about stealing them. Both sides of this fight have a reason to blur the two.On July 20, a federal judge in San Francisco gave final approval to the largest publicly reported copyright recovery in American history. Anthropic will pay $1.5 billion to the authors and publishers of 482,460 books, roughly $3,100 a title before fees. A...

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NOAA's Robot Found A Golden Orb 3,250 Meters Down. Scientists Finally Figure Out What It Was

NOAA's Robot Found A Golden Orb 3,250 Meters Down. Scientists Finally Figure Out What It Was The "golden orb" that stumped NOAA's deep-sea team in 2023 is the discarded base of a giant deep-sea anemone, according to a preprint posted to bioRxiv on April 21 and a NOAA release the next day. The orb turned up on Aug. 30, 2023, on Dive 7 of the Seascape Alaska 5 expedition, when the remotely operated vehicle Deep Discoverer, working from NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer, came across a gold, m...