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Woman begs teen mob for mercy during brutal attack in Chicago…

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CHICAGO (CBS) — A woman was begging for her attackers to stop, but they just kept swinging – punching her in the face. Days after the Chicago woman was thrown to the ground by a group of teen assailants downtown, she talked only to CBS 2’s Jermont Terry. https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2021/08/19/woman-beaten-in-downtown-chicago-describes-pain-horror/

Farcical Canada the new totalitarian banana republic

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by westcoastjan What a surprise! https://pressfortruth.ca/independent-free-press-not-allowed-questions-at-justin-trudeau-media-event-pft-presses-on-anyways/ https://www.rebelnews.com/debates_comission_crafts_rules_to_keep_rebel_news_out https://www.rebelnews.com/cbc_named_fact_checker_for_facebook_canada_during_election 🤦‍♀️🙄 And the best for last: https://www.rebelnews.com/canadians_who_dont_want_to_wear_a_mask_should_vote_by_mail_elections_canada_says Canadians who plan to vote in the upcoming federal election without a mask should plan to vote by mail unless they have a medical exemption, the Chief Electoral Officer of Elections Canada has said. Stephane Perrault told CTV News that voting stations will … Read more

Did The Fed’s Monetary Policy Experiment Just Fail?

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By Lance Roberts Did the Fed’s “monetary policy experiment” fail? The recent dislocation between consumer confidence and the financial markets may indicate just that. “U.S. consumer sentiment dropped sharply in early August to its lowest level in a decade, in a worrying sign for the economy as Americans gave faltering outlooks on everything from personal … Read more

Biden administration appears to have stockpiled military equipment for Taliban months before collapse

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WASHINGTON — For months, the Biden administration was stockpiling military equipment for the Taliban before the collapse of the Afghan government. The report comes from Reuters who shares that well over a month before the Taliban’s march across the country, the Biden administration was sending military equipment to Afghanistan amid a “planned withdrawal.” The plans … Read more

Introducing the new Tesla Bot

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Tesla doing that weird stuff again.. iRobot 😳👀 pic.twitter.com/T6fYDQafLH — CRYPTOWZRD (@cryptoWZRD_) August 20, 2021 Breaking: Elon Musk just announced Tesla plans to release a "prototype sometime next year," of a so-called Tesla Bot. More details to come 🤖 pic.twitter.com/xTadMutKPo — CNET (@CNET) August 20, 2021 https://twitter.com/capnyuji/status/1428553655863504896 Musk went out of his way to reassure … Read more

Inflation Isn’t Going Anywhere But Up

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from Kerry Lutz’s Financial Survival Network Michael Busler, Professor of Finance at Stockton University, gives us a crash course on the current economic situation in the United States—probing into some of the root causes of different problems and changes we are seeing today. We dive into inflation that has worsened due to disruptions in the supply … Read more

Independent.co.uk: “The Taliban plans to ban drugs in Afghanistan. That could change the world for the worse”

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View post on imgur.com After the spectacular scenes of the fall of Kabul on the weekend, the Taliban’s spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid held a press conference where — along with complaining about being kicked off Facebook (the Taliban cancelled for their problematic beliefs? Somebody call Toby Young!) — he declared that Afghanistan was going to be … Read more

OH SNAP! CNN Reporter Who Called The Taliban ‘Seemingly Friendly’ Finds Out Just How Friendly The Hard Way

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She cowered like a… How much $$$$ is CNN pumping into funding the Taliban for protection, translators etc? https://vidmax.com/video/206626-cnn-reporter-who-called-the-taliban-seemingly-friendly-finds-out-just-how-friendly-the-hard-way Taliban fighters accost CNN reporter and crew https://www.cnn.com/videos/world/2021/08/19/afghanistan-taliban-kabul-airport-gunfire-ward-pkg-lead-vpx.cnn https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/taliban-fighters-accost-cnn-reporter-and-crew/vi-AANvsBD The Lead CNN’s Clarissa Ward reports on the hurdles Americans and Afghans are facing trying to get to Kabul’s airport as Taliban fighters attempt to block access … Read more

Communism coming: China calls for curbs on ‘excessive’ income and for the wealthy to give back more to society

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Chinese President Xi Jinping led a meeting Tuesday that emphasized how the country would focus on moderate wealth for all, rather than just a few, state media said. Planned measures included curbs on “excessive” incomes and encouraging the wealthy to give back more to society. In his first public chairing of a meeting since late … Read more

Amazon is reportedly planning to open department stores

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https://www.cnbc.com/2021/08/19/amazon-is-reportedly-planning-to-open-department-stores-.html Amazon is planning to open large retail locations that resemble department stores, according to a Wall Street Journal report. The move would mark Amazon’s latest experiment with physical retail stores after stealing market share in the retail landscape from incumbents. The company has opened brick-and-mortar book stores, grocery stores and cashierless convenience stores in … Read more

DHS SECRET TERROR WATCHLIST WITH NEARLY 2 MILLION PEOPLE ON IT EXPOSED ONLINE WITH NO PASSWORD

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According to a newly released report from security researcher Volodymyr Diachenko, DHS last month had their highly-secretive terror/no fly watchlist with nearly 2 million so-called “suspected terrorists” on it exposed on the open internet “without a password or any other authentication required to access it.” Despite DHS being immediately alerted to the astonishing act of incompetence … Read more

New ballot initiative would require ID for all voting in Arizona

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A group of Arizonans filed the “Arizonans for Voter ID Act” ballot initiative this week asking the secretary of state’s office to further ID requirements for in-person voting, individuals returning a voter’s ballots, and mail-in voting. In a news release, the political committee chaired by Arizona voter Vicki Vaughn said the initiative would make it … Read more