Tuesday, December 3, 2024
A moral reprobate
TikTok influencer Marlena Velez arrested for second theft at same Target
The curse of Hollywood or crazed leftists?
Rosie O’Donnell’s daughter Chelsea arrested for third time in 2 months while out on bail
Dem Rep. Dan Goldman (Levi Strauss heir)
Please Enjoy Democrat Rep. Dan Goldman Getting Absolutely Humiliated on CNN When He is Forced to Watch His Previous Comments on Joe Biden Pardoning Hunter (VIDEO)
Illegal immigrants as a profit center
Ramaswamy shreds NYC $220M migrant hotel deal paying Pakistan 'to house illegals in our own country'
DOGE leader Vivek Ramaswamy torches NYC over Roosevelt Hotel migrant deal
Barbarians of Palestine
Omer Neutra, New Yorker kidnapped by Hamas on Oct. 7, is confirmed dead
Hunter Biden is still the same POS
EXCLUSIVEHunter Biden accused of stiffing LA landlord out of over $300,000 in rent after being pardoned by dad Joe
By JOSH BOSWELL FOR DAILYMAIL.COM
Hunter Biden allegedly stiffed two Venice landlords for a total of more than $380,000 in rent, sources close to the property owners claim.
DailyMail.com revealed last year that Hunter owed Sweetgreen CEO and co-founder Jonathan Neman $80,000 in back rent after leaving his Venice rental property trashed, according to sources briefed on the dispute.
And now Shaun Maguire, a partner at San Francisco investment giant Sequoia, has come forward claiming Hunter also owes him at least $300,000 after failing to pay rent 'for over a year' in 2019 and 2020.
'What happens to the $300k+ in back pay rent that Hunter Biden owes my family from 2019-2020,' Maguire wrote on X on Sunday.
The livid California venture investor spoke out hours after Joe Biden pardoned Hunter for his gun and tax felony convictions, as well as any other uncharged crimes committed in the past 10 years, despite the President's repeated promises not to.
'Hunter was our tenant in Venice, California. Didn't pay rent for over a year,' Maguire added. 'He tried to pay w[ith] a book of art made from his own feces.
'He changed the locks and used secret service to enforce. We had no access to the property.'
Maguire's house in Venice is a four-bedroom, 2,926 sq ft home on Louella Avenue which he bought in 2017 for $2.5million, and is now worth an estimated $4.25million.
Men don't belong in women's dressing rooms!
New UK health proposal bans men from women's dressing rooms after nurses are accused of needing to be 're-educated' on gender
Can't be rid of her fast enough! Liar, liar pants on fire!
Karine Jean-Pierre gives word salad after being asked about Biden's pardon of Hunter
Is this what an anti Semite would do?
Release the hostages, or there will be 'HELL TO PAY': Trump warns Hamas
When tasers don't work you can bet drugs were involved
Police shoot and kill shirtless man who allegedly threatened residents of assisted living center with a chainsaw
Monday, December 2, 2024
The Pardon
Jonathan Turley Rips Biden's Pardon of His Son to Shreds
Exposing CNN and the leftist cult of liars
Scott Jennings laughs out loud at CNN contributor's excuse for Biden pardoning Hunter
Self protection for me but not for thee
Dem staffer arrested by Capitol Police on firearm-related charges
Sunday, December 1, 2024
Who knew?
These Are The World's Binge-Drinking-est Countries
Which countries tend to drink the most on average?
As Statista's Anna Fleck reports, according to the World Health Organisation, Austria, Ireland and Czechia are the world's biggest binge-drinkers.
These Leftists hate anything that threatens their power over you! Unelected bureaucratic scum who will keep you in your place
Australian Broadcasting Boss Attacks Joe Rogan As 'Malevolent Figure Preying On The Public'
The far flung nation of Australia and its close neighbor New Zealand were widely considered two of the worst examples of authoritarian western response to the covid pandemic. The Australian public was locked down and under house arrest in the larger cities. In some cases only one person would be allowed to leave home at a time and could only travel a short distance to shop for necessities. People who went to public parks or beaches were fined or arrested. Covid camps were created to detain not only people who had traveled overseas, but also people who simply tested positive.
Most disturbing of all, Australian officials had people arrested who dared to criticize the lockdowns on social media. Australian news organizations widely defended such measures in lockstep with the government narrative. With the exception of a few minor complaints, journalists from the land down under acted as propagandists for the government and for Big Pharma.
It was these Orwellian conditions and similar attempts across the west that led to many personalities in the alternative media to speak out and become decidedly anti-establishment. One of those figures was podcaster Joe Rogan.
Rogan attracted the full fury of the corporate media for engaging in interviews with lockdown critics who debunked many of the narratives put forward by government authorities. As it turns out, in the majority of cases Rogan and his guests were right. The fearmongering over covid was overblown. The lockdowns were ineffective. Social distancing was ineffective. The masks were ineffective. The vaccines were suspiciously experimental and proven less effective than natural immunity. Death numbers were inflated by comorbidities.
The virus itself only has an average Infection Fatality Rate (IFR) of 0.23%, meaning 99.8% of all people regardless of vaccination status were under no threat (the original false claims from the WHO and others was that the virus was deadly for 3% of people).
The lockdowns were pointless in terms of public health, but very useful in terms of public control.
To this day, many in the media still despise Joe Rogan and the alternative media for revealing the inconsistencies within the covid theater. Not to mention, they hate the fact that their elitist ivory tower is being torn down by civilian journalists. This was the motivation behind a recent attack on Rogan by the head of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Kim Williams, at the Australian Press Club (Williams took over the position at ABC at the start of 2024). Williams described Rogan as 'malevolent' - a person that 'preys on the fears of the public'.
Australian Broadcasting Corporation boss Kim Williams launches an unhinged tirade against Joe Rogan (@joerogan):
— Wide Awake Media (@wideawake_media) November 27, 2024
"People like Mr. Rogan prey on people's vulnerabilities. They prey on fear. They prey on anxiety."
"I personally find it deeply repulsive, and to think that someone… pic.twitter.com/NNenTOkiqP
Many would refer to the venomous comments spit by Kim Williams as gaslighting and projection. Joe Rogan is popular because of his sincerity, a quality which is severely lacking in modern journalism. It's the establishment media that commonly exploits fear and disinformation to set the public into a frenzy; it's this very behavior that caused millions of consumers to abandon mainstream outlets in the first place.
The ABC reported in 2023 that public trust in corporate media and the government was in steep decline post-covid. Instead of asking why this is the case and having the courage to participate in some self examination, media elites have instead chosen to blame podcasters like Joe Rogan (and the supposed ignorance of the public) for their fall from grace.
When ABC radio host Raf Epstein (an employee) asked Williams to speak further about his views on Mr Rogan and expand on his broad-brush attack, the ABC boss dredged up old covid-era accusations with no validity.
Epstein: “Are you worried that podcasts that don’t provide the scrutiny that you might get on the ABC, that they are the future, and that we really are going out of fashion?”
Williams: “Well, I would hope that we're the best antidote to misinformation and, more alarmingly, disinformation...I mean, Joe Rogan did an enormous, in my view, an enormous amount of damage back in 2020 and 2021, when he was particularly virulent in many of his remarks about vaccinations...I don’t think people have unlimited license to say what they want, simply because they believe something to be so...”
It's important to note that covid cases and deaths plunged in 2021 well before the experimental mRNA vaccines were widely released to the public. It should also be noted that the vaccines did not prevent transmission as officials originally claimed.
Williams then turned to gaslighting. Angry that he had received so much criticism online for his comments, he accused Rogan fans of being "made of glass" and unable to handle critique.
Williams: “What fascinates me is you say something negative about Joe Rogan – and I have been swarmed with the most unbelievably vicious responses. I got one this morning that said that I should stay in my lane and watch out, and you read it and you think, ‘What are you saying to me?’”
Epstein: “Do you think they’ve got glass jaws?”
Williams: “Their whole body is made of glass. How can people react in such a, frankly, demonic fashion? I really stand back in disbelief..."
Keep in mind, ABC news has shut off comments on the Youtube video of Williams' Press Club interview. Exactly the kind of behavior you would expect from a mainstream propagandist with a glass jaw.
Asked whether podcasts were “a threat” to the ABC, Willaims answered in the affirmative.
“Of course they’re a threat to the ABC. I think they’re a threat to all views that are contrary into their own...If they represent the newfound mainstream, our society has deep troubles, and the only response that is available is to back education and knowledge...Knowledge is the is the antidote to this kind of hysterical rubbish.”
Considering the reality that the alternative media has been consistently proven right while the corporate media has been consistently exposed as dishonest, this kind of rhetoric from Williams rings rather humorous. The attacks on alternative personalities like Rogan stink of desperation. The last gasps of a dying institution long bereft of honor or honesty.
'Censorship Is About Stopping Ideas': Incoming FCC Chairman Brendan Carr Prepares For Battle
'Censorship Is About Stopping Ideas': Incoming FCC Chairman Brendan Carr Prepares For Battle
Until the internet came along, pumping government propaganda into American homes was like shooting fish in a barrel. As a constellation of alternative media websites such as ZeroHedge emerged, however, the ability to shape narratives and steer the national dialogue quickly eroded.
In order to regain control - particularly in the Trump-era, the government has been colluding with Big Tech, partisan 'fact checkers,' and an aptly named 'advertising cartel' to censor, de-monetize, and otherwise silence divergent opinions - particularly those which shed light on things like government malfeasance, bullshit wars, and cronyism.
Incoming FCC Chairman Brendan Carr is getting ready to level the playing field.
Carr, a veteran Republican regulator who has echoed President-elect Trump's promises to punish political bias within the national media complex, has argued that the agency should also regulate Big Tech - including Apple, Meta, Google and Microsoft.
And in a Sunday interview with Fox News, Carr outlined the road ahead...
"Combatting tech censorship is going to be one of the top priorities for me," said Carr, adding "We need to restore Americans' right to free speech... you mentioned Facebook and other companies. They've been part of a censorship cartel that has worked with advertisers, they've worked with government officials, to censor the free speech rights of everyday Americans. That's gotta end."
"America is a country of founders, people who have pushed frontiers. When you silence speech, you silence ideas. Instead, we need to unleash prosperity, again."
Incoming FCC Chairman @BrendanCarrFCC: "Combatting tech censorship is going to be one of the top priorities for me."
— CAPITAL (@capitalnewshq) December 1, 2024
"America is a country of founders, people who have pushed frontiers. When you silence speech, you silence ideas. Instead, we need to unleash prosperity, again." pic.twitter.com/wsXboFEMly
In a November letter, Carr accused several Big Tech companies of having "participated in a censorship cartel that included not only technology and social media companies but advertising, marketing, and so-called "fact-checking" organizations as well as the Biden-Harris Administration itself."
"The relevant conduct extended from removing or blocking social media posts to suppress their information and viewpoints, including through efforts to delist them, lower their rankings, or harm their profitability."
Facebook, Google, Apple, Microsoft & others have played central roles in the censorship cartel.
— Brendan Carr (@BrendanCarrFCC) November 15, 2024
The Orwellian named NewsGuard along with “fact checking” groups & ad agencies helped enforce one-sided narratives.
The censorship cartel must be dismantled. pic.twitter.com/Xf0sEYOUfv
Carr then suggested that their protection from liability under Section 230 may be on the line.
"As you know, Big Tech's prized liability shield, Section 230, is codified in the Communications Act, which the FCC administers. As relevant here, Section 230 only confers benefits on Big Tech companies when they operate, in the words of the statute, "in good faith."
"The censorship cartel must be dismantled," Carr said in a November post on X.
LFG...
What a refreshing change in the FCC. šŗšø
— Bradley Brewer šŗšø (@realBradBrewer) December 1, 2024
The tyrannical control of the censorship cartel on social media platforms outside of X is about to be threatened.
— Noah 1776 (@NoahB589) December 1, 2024
And rightly so, as the diverse ideological spectrum of American views should be fiercely supported, not covered with a socialist blanket of intolerance and…
There needs to be an investigation into Google changing their algorithm to hide certain news stories. Especially during the campaign.
— Matt Hasty (@Crinklingface) December 1, 2024
Dooming a generation to ignorance and poverty
Taliban overhaul Afghanistan's education system
November 30, 2024
It's Palestinians who are stealing the aid shipments because they are barbarians
Middle East: UNRWA pauses Gaza aid through key crossing
The UN agency for Palestinian refugees has said it is halting aid via a crossing into Gaza after looting by armed gangs. Medics say at least 15 have been killed by Israeli strikes in the Palestinian enclave. DW has more.
NYC: Has it gotten bad enough yet?
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Play stupid games win stupid prizes
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Here are real war crimes ICC!
Hamas posts harrowing video showing weeping American-Israeli hostage held captive for 420 days as he delivers a coerced speech pleading for his life
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Hamas has posted a harrowing video showing a weeping American-Israeli hostage held captive for 420 days.
In the footage, 20-year-old Edan Alexander identified himself and addressed his family, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US President-elect Donald Trump.
A pale-looking Alexander can be heard pleading for Trump to secure his release. He said: 'Soon... time is running out.'
He added: 'The fear is at its peak, and we are dying a thousand times every day that passes, and no one feels for us.
'The people of Israel: Do not neglect us. We want to return home with a full mind. Fear and isolation are killing us. Please do not forget us.'
The video later cut to footage of Alexander crying.
Addressing Trump, Alexander urged to 'use your influence and the full power of the United States to negotiate for our freedom', before adding: 'I do not want to end up dead like my fellow US citizen Hersh [Goldberg-Polin].'
The American-Israeli hostage also said in a message for Netanyahu that he 'neglected' the hostages.
Hamas has posted a harrowing video showing a weeping American-Israeli hostage held captive for 420 days.
In the footage, 20-year-old Edan Alexander identified himself and addressed his family, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US President-elect Donald Trump
Pictured is Edan Alexander before he was captured by Hamas terrorists more than a year ago
Alexander's message ends with him telling his parents and grandparents to be strong and that it is only 'a matter of time until this nightmare ends.'
His mother Yael Alexander said she was shaken by the 3-1/2-minute video, which showed her son seated in a dark space against a wall.
The video 'gives us hope, but it also shows how difficult it is for Edan and for the other hostages, and how much they are crying out and praying for us to rescue them,' Yael Alexander said at a Tel Aviv rally calling for the hostages' release.
'My dear, beloved Edan, we miss you painfully,' she said before she called on Israel's leaders to end the war in Gaza and make a deal with Hamas to release the hostages.
Netanyahu said in a statement that the video was cruel psychological warfare and that he had told Alexander's family in a phone call that Israel was working tirelessly to bring the hostages home.
Trump's transition team could not be immediately reached for comment. Alexander, a soldier at the time of his abduction, was taken to Gaza during the October 7, 2023 attack by Hamas on southern Israel.
Around half of the 101 foreign and Israeli hostages still held incommunicado in Gaza are believed to be alive.
Hamas leaders were expected to arrive in Cairo on Saturday for ceasefire talks with Egyptian officials to explore ways to reach a deal that could secure the release of hostages in return for Palestinian prisoners.
The fresh bid comes after Washington said this week it was reviving efforts toward that goal.
'I do not want to end up dead like my fellow US citizen Hersh [Goldberg-Polin],' Alexander said
Varda Ben Baruch, whose grandson Edan Alexander is held hostage in the Gaza Strip by Hamas militants, poses for a portrait at home in Tel Aviv, Israel, November 14, 2024
People attend a candlelight vigil accompanied by prayers for killed Israeli hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin on September 1, 2024
The Biden administration, in office until Trump's January 20 inauguration, said it is working 'around the clock' to secure the release of U.S. citizens held hostage by Hamas.
'We have a critical opportunity to conclude the deal to release the hostages, stop the war, and surge humanitarian assistance into Gaza,' said White House National Security Council spokesperson Sean Savett. 'This deal is on the table now.'
The Hostages Families Forum urged the administrations of both outgoing President Joe Biden and Trump to step up efforts to secure a hostage release.
'The hostages' lives hang by a thread,' it said.