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A 58-year-old elephant escaped from the circus Tuesday afternoon and roamed the streets of Butte, Montana. The bloodless parade, which stunned passersby and briefly brought traffic to a standstill, was peaceably terminated in time for the show to go on. The Jordan World Circus has been touring the Treasure State in recent days. It counts among its stars multiple elephants, including the escapee, Viola — who has alternatively been referred to in some reports by the name "Tola." See on Instagram //platform.instagram.com/en_US/embeds.js The general manager of the Civic Center, Bill Melvin, told the Daily Montanan that the gargantuan creature was… [...]
World War III is looking closer than ever after this weekend, when Iran launched over 300 missiles and drones at Israel. However, Israel’s defense systems neutralized 99% of the attack. While it’s nothing short of a miracle, the world may have looked very different if more of those missiles hit their targets. “We could have very easily been in World War III today,” Glenn Beck says, wondering if it’s the defense system to thank that we’re not, or if it’s the quality of Iran’s missiles. Jason Buttrill believes it’s the former, telling Glenn that Israel’s defense system is “as amazing… [...]
A woman who accused ex-Major League Baseball star pitcher Trevor Bauer of sexual assault was just indicted for fraud and theft by extortion against Bauer and another individual.What are the details?The grand jury indictment dated March 19 and filed Monday in the Superior Court of Arizona in Maricopa County indicates that Darcy Adanna Esemonu "knowingly did obtain a benefit from ... Trevor Anthony Bauer by means of fraudulent pretenses, representation, promises, or material omissions" and "knowingly did obtain or sought to obtain property or services ... by means of a threat to in the future expose a secret or an… [...]
Many immigrants to America arrived with little but the clothes on their back; others arrived in chains. Even as our history bears witness to the horrors of slavery, it also records numerous men who reacted to enslavement with incredible feats of valor. One such man was Robert Smalls. A skilled boat pilot, the 23-year-old worked with six other enslaved men crewing the Confederate steamship Planter, docked in the Charleston harbor. It was just before dawn on May 13, 1862, and the white captain had left the ship in the care of the black crew, as he often did. It was… [...]
Local law enforcement and the FBI are using a new tactic: the “knock and talk.” Pairs of agents are appearing on Americans’ doorsteps unannounced, uninvited, and invariably without a warrant, with the aim of gaining access. For what exactly? Information. Visual surveillance. Property searches. And the Fourth Amendment’s protections against warrantless searches? Authorities don’t seem terribly concerned. According to the Rutherford Institute, “knock and talk” actions are initiated at private citizens’ homes without warning, often in the early morning or late evening. “A ‘knock and talk’ most often arises from anonymous, unsubstantiated, or hearsay information police possess that alleges illegal… [...]
Critical theory once stood out as the absurd progressive notion that it is. Now, its maxims are becoming an integral part of ordinary political discourse. The more you repeat a lie, the more you will believe it, and this is the very dangerous place in which we find ourselves today. Take this critical theory maxim as an example: If we desire justice, we must sometimes champion what may appear superficially as injustice. It's a necessary evil, if you will, the necessity of “controlled injustice.”By using truth through fabrication and controlled injustice for justice, we’ll save the republic. We’ll be acting… [...]
Another day, another successful de-platforming campaign, but when the Internet Archive purges its eponymous cache of the offending texts, a different kind of slight on one's natural rights is taking place.In the first instance, those who own or otherwise control the machines that serve up the apparition unmistakably have the moral and legal right to kick out a guest, though naturally subject to rights under an orderly eviction. In the second case, ostensibly professional archivist organizations are choosing what portions of online history are worth preserving and which should be banished to the flames, according to some opaque and invariably… [...]
We’re doing something a little different this week for Wednesday Western: a list of some of the best country Western ambient albums, an interesting genre that doesn’t get enough attention. These albums are relaxing and great as background music, but they also do well at a dinner party or while exercising. They are wonderful to play when working or studying, cleaning or driving, you name it. They also help a certain Align writer find the most accurate words and emotions when he’s working on the Wednesday Western series. There’s an emotional resonance to these albums. I used to play the… [...]
The United States Labor Department filed a lawsuit in late March against a California poultry processor and its affiliated entities, accusing the firms of using "oppressive child labor." The newly filed lawsuit marks the latest in a long list of recent DOL investigations that have uncovered alleged illegal child labor. About the case The complaint, filed against L&Y Food, Moon Poultry, JRC Culinary, and the owner of the companies, Fu Qian Chen Lu, claims that the facilities hired minors to use "sharp knives" to debone raw poultry in meat coolers. Additionally, the department accused the defendants of interfering with and… [...]
A Texas man died in a shootout with police after a traffic stop, and he was livestreaming it on Facebook while also talking to his sister on the phone. The Harris County Sheriff's Office said officers pulled over 47-year-old Patrick Hurst on the Farm to Market 1960 road near Ella Boulevard in Houston. Hurst led police on a short chase before he shot at police and they returned fire, killing him. Video from the incident shows that he was livestreaming on Facebook and also on the phone with Angela Washington, his sister. The livestream video clearly shows him holding a… [...]
By Brandon Smith One of the more difficult aspects of working in economic analysis is the problem of rampant disinformation that you have to dig... Food Is Now an Investment – Here’s Why Inflation Isn’t Going Away Anytime Soon [...]
By Tyler Durden On Monday, the House finalized procedural business on a bill to reauthorize the nation’s warrantless surveillance powers under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance... Supercharged Spying Provision Buried In “Terrifying” FISA 702 Reauthorization [...]
By TheFreedomArticles A lot of people can now recognize the futility of voting in a 2-party system when there is no meaningful difference between the... What if East vs West Was the Same False Dichotomy as Left vs. Right? – Video #99 [...]
By Chris Melore Remember the holodeck from “Star Trek: The Next Generation”? That virtual reality room aboard the Enterprise that could create any kind of... Star Trek’s Holodeck becomes reality thanks to ChatGPT and video game technology [...]
By Michael Snyder The middle class in the United States has been steadily shrinking, and the gap between the ultra-wealthy and the rest of us... This Is The Weapon That Is Being Used To Destroy America’s Middle Class [...]
By Kimberlee Josephson Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) has been widely embraced within academic business programming since the early 2000s. The trendy appeal of Bono’s Buy... Business Schools Undermine Wealth Creation [...]
Authored by Suzanne Gasparatto via The Epoch Times Humans cannot live without water, yet many of us take for granted that water is readily available.... Water In Texas: A Window Into Problems Across The US [...]
Via Eugyppius.com This story has even made it into the Anglophone press, so you know it’s a big deal: “German transport minister warns of weekend... Transport Minister Threatens Germans With “Indefinite Weekend Driving Ban” To Meet Mandated Emissions Targets [...]
By Tyler Durden Unpunished crime is so out of control in San Francisco that the city now wants to punish grocery stores who want to... Crime-Ridden San Francisco Wants To Punish Grocery Stores For Fleeing Said Crime [...]
By Joel R. McConvey A press release says ROC (formerly Rank One Computing), which provides U.S.-made biometrics and computer vision for military, law enforcement and... U.S. academic institutions get biometric upgrades with new partnerships [...]
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Ex-Mossad Chief Says Hitting Iran's Nuclear Facilities 'On The Table' Several statements were issued by Iranian leaders on Wednesday as they attended a military parade at a base north of Tehran which featured displays of attack drones and ballistic missiles, just days after Iran's unprecedented Saturday night attack on Israel. The head of Iran's military, Maj. Gen. Abdolrahim Mousavi, addressed the army gathering saying, "Currently, we are in a state of readiness to deal with possible evils, and what we displayed throughout the country today was a small part of our capabilities," as cited in state media. President Ebrahim Raisi was… [...]
Watch Live: Boeing Whistleblower Testifies Before Senate Committee About 787 Dreamliner Update (1113ET): The second Senate hearing on Boeing is about to begin (1115 ET). Lawmakers will hear whistleblower allegations about significant safety lapses in Boeing's manufacturing of the 787 Dreamliner. * * * Update (0955ET): Boeing faces two hearings on Capitol Hill today: First: Senate Commerce Committee US Senator Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), Chair of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, will convene a full committee hearing titled "FAA Organization Designation Authorization (ODA) Expert Panel Report" on Wednesday, April 17, 2024, at 10:00 AM EDT. This hearing will… [...]
"We Have 15,000 Samples In Wuhan ... Could Do Full Genomes Of 700 CoVs": Rand Paul Drops COVID Bombshell Last week Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) wrote in a Tuesday op-ed that officials from 15 federal agencies "knew in 2018 that the Wuhan Institute of Virology was trying to create a coronavirus like COVID-19." These officials knew that the Chinese lab was proposing to create a COVID 19-like virus and not one of these officials revealed this scheme to the public. In fact, 15 agencies with knowledge of this project have continuously refused to release any information concerning this alarming and dangerous… [...]
Punished NPR Journalist Resigns After Calling Out Partisan Trainwreck Update (Wed. 1103ET): Following his suspension from NPR for calling out their overt partisan bias, veteran journalist Uri Berliner has resigned after 25 years with the network. "I am resigning from NPR, a great American institution where I have worked for 25 years," Berliner wrote, adding "I don’t support calls to defund NPR." "I respect the integrity of my colleagues and wish for NPR to thrive and do important journalism. But I cannot work in a newsroom where I am disparaged by a new CEO whose divisive views confirm the very… [...]
FAA Places Alaska Airlines On Nationwide Ground Stop Update (1120ET): Phil LeBeau reports on CNBC television that an earlier malfunction of Alaska Airlines' IT system triggered a nationwide ground stop. This system calculates the weight and balance of planes. For all those pilots out there, weight and balance are critical before running up the pre-flight checklist. * * * Shares of Alaska Airlines are tumbling in New York after the Federal Aviation Administration's Air Traffic Control System Command Center says all of the carrier's mainline and subcarrier flights (excluding SkyWest Airlines) are placed on a "ground stop." FAA: ALL ALASKA MAINLINE AND… [...]
7 Jurors Sworn In For Trump Trial, More To Come Authored by Tom Ozimek via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The first seven jurors have been selected and sworn in to serve on former president Donald Trump’s criminal trial in New York, with the selection process continuing to pick another five to make up the 12-member jury panel, as lawyers grilled members of the jury pool to determine whether they can sit in fair judgment of the former president. Former President Donald Trump sits in the courtroom during the second day of his criminal trial at Manhattan Criminal Court in New… [...]
WTI Down For 3rd Day After Crude Inventory Build (Thanks To Surge In 'Adjustment Factor') Oil prices are extending their decline (third day in a row) this morning as, after a tumultuous period of geopolitics, traders are returning their focus to market fundamentals. A lack (so far) of response from Israel to Iran's retaliatory attack combined with The American Petroleum Institute reporting a gain in US stockpiles before government data later Wednesday has key timespreads weakening in recent days, pointing to softening sentiment. API Crude +4.09mm (+600k exp) Cushing -169k Gasoline -2.51mm (-1.0mm exp) Distillates -427k (-400k exp) DOE Crude +2.375mm… [...]
Semi Shock: ASML Craters As Orderbook Plummets After China Frontrunning Ends With A Bang Exactly three months ago, AI stocks were soaring, semiconductor names were flying and the tech sector was euphoric after Dutch chip giant ASML - the world’s sole producer of equipment needed to make the most advanced chips and Europe’s most valuable technology company - reported a record surge in its orderbook (just days after its Asian peer Taiwan Semi did the same)... ... and which the market immediately concluded, in its infinite stupidity, that this was the definitive confirmation of a flood of demand for AI… [...]
After Judicial Tyranny, Tesla Asks Shareholders To Approve Musk's $56 Billion Comp... Again At his peak, Elon Musk was worth $340BN (Nov 2021) and stood alone as the world's richest man/women/other. According to Bloomberg's billionaires list, he is now worth mere $175BN... sliding to just the fourth-richest in the world as Tesla's share price has declined and after a Delaware judge decided in January that Musk was just paid too damn much for creating a $1.2 trillion company by Nov 2021. But now, he may be about to climb that wealth ladder back to the top once more as Tesla… [...]
Stocks Will Get Bad Breadth From Higher Yields Authored by Simon White, Bloomberg macro strategist, Higher yields threaten to make already-fraying breadth in US stocks even worse. This points to heightened short-term risks for the market, although the medium-term positive trend remains intact. Breadth measures for the US market have in many cases deteriorated to levels last seen in November. The net number of stocks on the NYSE making new highs has fallen to its November lows, and the same for the S&P 500 advance-decline line. The percentage of S&P stocks with their RSI below 30 has hit six-month highs. Higher… [...]
Joe Biden's energy secretary, Jennifer Granholm, appeared before a congressional committee, and got skewered by Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., for misleading Congress during a previous appearance. And illegally owning banned stock. "Why did you mislead us and what were you hiding?" Hawley demanded. "Why did you wait so long? Why did you hide this?" Get… The post 'What were you hiding?' Biden's energy secretary scorched over illegal stocks appeared first on WND. [...]
[Editor's note: This story originally was published by The Daily Signal.] By Jarrett Stepman The Daily Signal America can’t move on from what happened during the mass government response to the COVID-19 pandemic. That was the message Tuesday at a House Judiciary Committee subcommittee hearing titled “Liberty, Tyranny, and Accountability: COVID-19 and the Constitution.” Rep.… The post Apologies for government response to COVID-19 not good enough, witnesses say appeared first on WND. [...]
[Editor's note: This story originally was published by The Daily Signal.] By Fred Lucas The Daily Signal After the revelation of flyers at a Mexican shelter reminding unlawful border crossers “to vote for President Biden,” Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas couldn’t tell Congress on Tuesday how his department could safeguard U.S. elections from illegal voting… The post Mayorkas can't say how to stop illegal aliens from voting appeared first on WND. [...]
Joe Biden already is trailing President Donald Trump in many of the polls addressing the coming election in swing states – those vote totals that most likely will decide the presidency. He attacks Trump constantly, threatening Americans that the probable GOP candidate would destroy "democracy," as running on his own accomplishments likely isn't going to… The post 'Stunning betrayal': Biden must resign if he greenlit Iran's strike on Israel appeared first on WND. [...]
Former U.S. Attorney General Bill Barr says the re-election of Joe Biden to the presidency this year would be "national suicide." Barr was appearing Wednesday morning on "America's Newsroom" on the Fox News Channel. When asked by host Bill Hemmer whom he would support in the 2024 presidential contest between Donald Trump and Biden, Barr… The post 'National suicide': Ex-AG Bill Barr sounds alarm on Biden re-election appeared first on WND. [...]
By Harold Hutchinson Daily Caller News Foundation The ranking Democrat on a House subcommittee said Tuesday that the Supreme Court’s June 2022 decision overturning Roe v. Wade was a bigger threat to civil liberty than the COVID-19 lockdowns. Democratic Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon of Pennsylvania made the comments about the Dobbs decision during a hearing… The post 'Very disturbing': Top Dem says Supreme decision is 'tyranny,' not COVID lockdowns appeared first on WND. [...]
(THE COLLEGE FIX) -- While many young women are increasingly labeling themselves liberal, new polling data found they share many common convictions held by conservatives. Eight hundred women aged 18 to 24 were recently surveyed, including 32 percent who identified as liberal, and the rest were conservative or moderate. Across this political spectrum, the vast… The post Young liberal women are far more conservative than they realize, new poll finds appeared first on WND. [...]
(FOX NEWS) -- San Francisco 49ers quarterback Brock Purdy has been to back-to-back NFC title games and one Super Bowl in just his first two seasons after being the final pick of the 2022 NFL Draft. Yet, Purdy has seen tons of criticism, especially those giving him a "game-manager" label, which no quarterback ever wants… The post 49ers' Brock Purdy has perfect response to media critics of his game appeared first on WND. [...]
(FOX NEWS) -- A suspicious car parked on a dead end road at 3 a.m. raised suspicions among residents in a Douglas County, Nebraska, neighborhood. That was where police ultimately found an Omaha high school teacher, Erin Ward, "putting her clothes on in the back seat," and a naked teenager running from the scene, the… The post Police: Married teacher caught 'putting her clothes on' after naked teen runs from car appeared first on WND. [...]
(FOX NEWS) -- NPR claimed on Tuesday that conservative activist Christopher Rufo was "targeting" the outlet's CEO Katherine Maher because he shared her old social media posts, reflecting pro-Democrat and progressive ideals. Rufo, a senior fellow at The Manhattan Institute, highlighted several of Maher's posts from her X account, formerly known as Twitter. Maher, who… The post NPR freaks out as conservative activist resurfaces CEO's wild tweets appeared first on WND. [...]