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Parents, protect your children. Coincidentally, today was the Pride Parade in Toronto, here in Canada. Many, many of those in the parade were in drag, in sexualized fetish attire, and even not in any attire—i.e. potbellied naked men. One of the featured ongoing chants, I kid… pic.twitter.com/CLwIXQfwvu — Brian Norton (@BWNort) June 29, 2026
Speaking at an international summit in Tel Aviv, tech billionaire Elon Musk made a striking claim about one of his most ambitious, and perhaps controversial, ventures. He described the work of his brain-chip company as approaching what he called “Jesus-level” technology. The remarks, delivered at the Samson International Smart Mobility Summit, immediately drew global attention. …
The entertainment for Donald Trump’s inauguration is coming into focus, first with country star Carrie Underwood, and now with The Village People. The President-elect will have the opportunity to perform his famed “Trump dance” to one of his favorite groups during his one of his inaugural balls in D.C. on January 19. https://twitter.com/KatMan_8/status/1878823264694501493
FOOTAGE OF POLICE PERFORMING CPR ON NEW ORLEANS ATTACKER After a shootout with police, they tried to revive him before he succumbed to his injuries. Source: RT https://twitter.com/MarioNawfal/status/1874457616937628012
The market is completely controlled by margin trading and the risk on appetite. As long as yen yield is low and sentiment is good we will double down on margin on the dips. So this bull market will continue but man will it have a seizure like end but I’m not timing it pic.twitter.com/WcU0nBEubo — …
A high school teacher in Texas made her students perform makeshift surgery on her cat as it screamed in pain. Emily Marie Benner, 25, an agriculture teacher in Palestine, about 110 miles southeast of Dallas, instructed her students to staple shut her cat’s open wound while the animal was fully awake. The disturbing incident, which …
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court acknowledged Wednesday that it inadvertently posted online a document related to a pending abortion case, which Bloomberg Law obtained before it was removed from the website. Supreme Court spokeswoman Patricia McCabe confirmed that a document was “inadvertently and briefly uploaded” to the court website but added that the ruling “has …
I guess many had started buying in bonds with this in mind. But the impending recession just kept getting postponed…would have definitely hurted those fresh positions… — J (@Being__J) October 6, 2023
via Ronni Stoeferle It is considered the most anticipated recession of all time – the one looming in the US. And although countless indicators ranging from the yield curve, the Leading Economic Index (LEI) and PMIs to producer prices and international trade volumes have been pointing to a recession for months, it has not yet materialized in …
