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A worrying spike in anti-Christian hate crimes has been revealed in a new report from a Christian persecution watchdog group. The Observatory on Intolerance against Christians in Europe (OIDAC) reported that the number of Christians being targeted with hate crimes jumped 70 percent between 2019 and 2020 in Europe. The epicenter of such crimes was in France and Germany. … Read more

On Thursday, CNN’s Don Lemon publicly condemned his old friend Jussie Smollett, calling him a liar and saying that the hoax he perpetrated made it worse for real victims of violent crimes. Lemon had legal analyst Joey Jackson on as a guest, who supported the jury’s decision to convict Smollett, and Lemon agreed, saying that … Read more

Throughout the past few weeks, multiple reports have alleged tension between President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris. An awkward interaction between the two on Thursday will certainly not quell those concerns. According to CNN, Biden and Harris were among many politicians in attendance at the United States Capitol on Thursday. They were there … Read more

by Hjulle  

Brian Wesbury explains the potential consequences of the president’s idea, and discusses how the administration is giving people incentives not to work on ‘Making Money’ A group of Democrats is ramping up the pressure on President Biden to use his executive authority to cancel billions of dollars in student loan debt and extend a moratorium … Read more

Four current and former staffers told Insider that discussions around TikTok’s product can require calls with employees at ByteDance’s headquarters in China. And final product decisions are often made in Beijing, not in the US or Singapore where TikTok’s CEO is based, three former employees said. One reason TikTok has emphasized its work in the … Read more

Cloud service Amazon Web Services (AWS), which runs around one-third of the internet, saw a massive outage. Not only were centralised crypto exchanges hit, but decentralised players like dYdX went down in the chaos that followed. The time-sensitive nature of transactions on crypto exchanges has users questioning what ‘decentralisation’ truly entails. Amazon Web Services (AWS) was down for nearly half … Read more

New York City Mayor-elect Eric Adams pledged not to surrender the city’s streets to the thugs of Black Lives Matter and ANTIFA in a Police Athletic League event on Thursday, striking a tone unheard of during the tenure of ultraprogressive mayor Bill de Blasio. “We’re not going to surrender to those who are saying, ‘We’re … Read more

by tyrranus Very brief and abridged version: Previously, the Consumer Price index (CPI) was calculated using a basket of goods to generate a Cost Of Goods Index (COGI). So, actual prices of actual real world items. The Bureau of Labor Statistics changed their measurement methods and created a Cost Of Living Index (COLI). “The composite … Read more

by I_DO_ANIMAL_THINGS The Department of Justice announced an aggressive plan for going after white-collar crime. In such a way that makes sure to get top level, repeat offenders and stop companies from policing themselves. SAUCE: https://www.justice.gov/opa/speech/deputy-attorney-general-lisa-o-monaco-gives-keynote-address-abas-36th-national-institute They’re going after C Suite, CEO’s, CFO’s…. The first announcement: augments our efforts to ensure individual accountability. To hold individuals accountable, … Read more

by BadassTrader  

link: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-12-10/hedge-funds-ensnared-in-expansive-doj-probe-into-short-selling   h/t  sha_dow_fax

The primary blame for perpetrating the Jussie Smollett hoax obviously rests with Smollett , but it's still worth asking (a) what cultural factors incentivize this behavior and (b) why so many leading Dems instantly and unquestioningly seized on this before anything was known: https://t.co/D0apIyme9C — Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) December 10, 2021   h/t  DonPrivate

by Chris Black The UK High Court has granted the US government’s appeal over the refusal to extradite Julian Assange, leaving the WikiLeaks co-founder to face 175 YEARS in prison if convicted. The US charged Assange with a number of crimes related to his communications with whistleblowers, most importantly Chelsea Manning, who leaked to WikiLeaks … Read more

by Chris Black DHS report shows 4 of the 10 states with the largest illegal immigrant populations are GOP-run red states. https://twitter.com/stacked_automat/status/1447851292295041030

by Chris Black There are viruses smaller than 7KB and many clever ways to use specific bit sequences to cause arbitrary code execution. If a QR code can prompt you to open an image or a website it can give your computer AIDS. Even something more low-level like the alphabet boys are sitting on multiple … Read more

by Chris Black Republicans absorb voter fervor against unpopular social issues, and “lose” on those popular fronts. Meanwhile they “win” token victories on unpopular Economic and war policies, thus insuring THEIR base gets blamed and not the puppet masters. “Sorry your kid is getting his balls cut off, but I secured a tax cut for … Read more

by Chris Black He says during a recent interview that ‘civilization is going to crumble’ if people don’t have more children. When asked if this is why he has so many children, the father of six said he’s trying to set a good example, adding that he has to practice what he preaches. ‘Musk added … Read more