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Scientists are working on creating compact ‘handheld’ nuclear reactors in a bid to attract aliens to Earth, says an expert. Kevin Knuth, a physics professor at the University at Albany, New York, suggests this experimental concept is already being built as researchers ramp up their efforts to bring extraterrestrial beings to our planet. Prof Knuth …
It has been agreed that each signatory country shall have a “National IHR Authority” and “The National IHR Authority shall coordinate the implementation of these Regulations within the jurisdiction of the State Party”. Your government is agreeing changes to your freedom in secret and now will not be able to debate in Parliament 🚨WHO – …
BREAKING: OpenAI is working on a search product that will compete with Google, $GOOGL, per Bloomberg — unusual_whales (@unusual_whales) May 7, 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=saWlRI10LiQ
On Thursday, a reform bill in the Kansas House passed with unanimous support. A Senate bill was also passed. The reform addresses law enforcement’s ability to take property believed to have been obtained through illegal means before someone is charged with a crime or convicted. This has been one of the most fucked up things …
https://www.tiktok.com/@kat71766/video/7351175469431049514 Tons of politicians end up raking in major net worths just a few years after taking office — and they’re much, much larger than the public salaries they receive from taxpayers. Astoundingly, these senators and congresspeople are allowed to trade in the stock market, despite many of them having their campaigns funded by publicly …
Fox News reports that Rep. Mike Gallagher, R-Wis., chairman of the House select committee on China, is announcing he’s leaving Congress on April 19, which, Elizabeth Elkind points out, will temporarily leave House Republicans with just a one-seat majority. Causing Chad Pergram to ask: Could the Republicans’ slim House majority slip away before November? Have RINOs and/or NeverTrumpers decided that, instead …
Immigrant children as young as 14 were found working illegally amid dangerous heavy equipment at a Tennessee firm that makes parts for lawn mowers sold by John Deere and other companies, according to Labor Department officials. The company, Tuff Torq, was fined nearly $300,000 for hiring 10 children. As part of a consent agreement with …
The Israel Files is a new MintPress series exploring and highlighting the many revelations about the Israeli occupation of Palestine that WikiLeaks documents disclosed. It hopes to shed light on many of the most important and underreported revelations the publishing group exposed. … Together, the Sony Archive – a cache of emails published by Wikileaks – prove …
BREAKING: AG Garland announces that the Biden DOJ is working to end voter ID laws Why? Because asking for an ID is racistpic.twitter.com/5yOPFGucQn — End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) March 3, 2024 AG Garland pledges to fight voter ID laws, election integrity measures Garland appeared in Selma, Alabama Sunday alongside Vice President to mark the 59th anniversary …
Petrol stations around the country are up and running again following a day-long leap-year glitch which saw card payment machines go down for more than 10 hours. Allied Petroleum, Gull, Z, Waitomo and other fuel stops around New Zealand reported problems with card payments on Thursday because of a software glitch they said was caused …
GOP shutdown fears grow: ‘We could be in a world of hurt’ While Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) has moved deftly to avoid a shutdown since taking the gavel in October, restive conservatives are losing patience with his willingness to cut budget deals across the aisle. And some observers on Capitol Hill are already warning that …
JUST IN – Biden admin is leaning toward supplying Ukraine with long-range missiles that would allow strikes on the Crimean Peninsula — NBC — Disclose.tv (@disclosetv) February 19, 2024 🇺🇦🇺🇸 It is expected that the United States will transfer ATACMS missiles capable of reaching targets beyond the Crimean Peninsula to the Armed Forces of Ukraine. …
Some Americans have become saddled with credit card debt as rent and everyday prices remain high. “Americans held more than $1.05 trillion on their credit cards in the third quarter of 2023, a record, and a figure certain to grow once the fourth-quarter data is released by Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. next month. A recent report …
Chile decided to highlight an all women’s SWAT team for international competition in the UAE And it went just like you thought it would, and no this is not satire!!! pic.twitter.com/3LyyxpiBiS — Luke Rudkowski (@Lukewearechange) February 5, 2024 To be fair it looks like there is not enough downhill slope in that cable to prevent …
via mises.org: According to the latest monthly statement from the Treasury Department, the total budget deficit for the 2024 fiscal year (which began October 1) has already risen above $380 billion. The new total, which includes the months of October and November, puts the US on track for a total annual deficit of more than …
by confoundedinterest17 Biden says over and over again the Bidenomics is working. It isn’t working. The Conference Board Leading Economic Index® (LEI) for the U.S. declined by 0.5 percent in November 2023 to 103.0 (2016=100), following a (downwardly revised) decline of 1.0 percent in October. The LEI contracted by 3.5 percent over the six-month period between May and …
REALITY ONLY BITES AFTER YOU’VE BEEN DENYING IT: Economic reality bites as Newsom faces a big California budget problem. During his much ballyhooed, nationally televised debate with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis last week, California Gov. Gavin Newsom boasted that the state’s economy is “booming” and leads the nation. “California has no peers,” Newsom declared. “California dominates.” …
by Chris Black Wow, this is really a big time win for women’s rights. The Ukraine truly is on the cutting edge of revolutionary liberation. Reuters: After more than a thousand of its workers went to fight Russia’s invasion, a coal mining enterprise in eastern Ukraine suffered a huge staff shortage. Its answer was to …
via thehill: “We cannot, just through sheer repetition, convince voters of something that is not their lived reality when it comes to economics,” said Adam Green, co-founder of the PCCC. Democratic messaging, including that coming from Biden, should be “acknowledging pain and pivoting to a contrast,” Green said, and it should focus on “beginning progress, …
“Wages are rising” means exactly jack sh*t. If wages are rising 2%, yet inflation is 5%, then workers are literally taking a pay cut. h/t EuphoricTrilby
At earnings this week, several auto execs pulled back on EV targets. Dealers have been warning of slowing EV demand for months. “This is a pretty brutal space,” Mercedes-Benz’s CFO said this week. With signs of growing inventory and slowing sales, auto industry executives admitted this week that their ambitious electric vehicle plans are in …
“Fantastic graphic showing that a record 447,000 Americans are now working 2 full-time jobs. Meanwhile, part-time employment has jumped by nearly 1.2 MILLION since June. The number of Americans working 2 full-time jobs is now ~33% higher than it was in 2008. Americans are taking on multiple jobs to fight inflation.” It's unusual to see …
I kept government open so the families of our troops and border agents could get paid. If a handful of Republicans side with Democrats to remove me for that—it's a fight worth having. pic.twitter.com/BBz8yuC0ez — Kevin McCarthy (@SpeakerMcCarthy) October 3, 2023 You’ve been working for the Democrats the entire time. Debt LimitCR And you’re blocking …
It’s broken. We need to fix it,” Clinton said, adding that the law “doesn’t make any sense.” They ought to work,” Clinton said. “They need to begin working, paying taxes and paying their way. Most of these people have no interest in being on welfare.” They come here, and we’re supposed to shelter people who …
BREAKING: New evidence has just surfaced tying Dr. Anthony Fauci to the CIA's cover-up of COVID-19 pic.twitter.com/Uk756IVn4Y — Jesse Watters (@JesseBWatters) September 27, 2023 Dr. Fauci’s questionable presence at the CIA, coupled with recently uncovered evidence that he, Dr. Fauci, “prompted” the drafting of “Proximal Origin” — the infamous paper that was used to attempt …
I just paid $6 for gas in Vegas. $100 to fill up my car. People are so angry. I stood outside my car & listened to drivers cursing Joe Biden. I heard "F–CK Biden." I heard them saying he should be in prison w/Hunter. USA ready to explode. I think we're tipping into revolution. — …
