Authored by Janice Hisle via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours),

A Minnesota lawmaker alleged on Dec. 17 that a man awaiting trial on federal charges that he laundered $1.1 million in taxpayer dollars and his wife continue to collect payments from other government programs, a state lawmaker said Dec. 17.

Authored by Steve Watson via modernity.news,

In the latest insane case of free speech being utterly dead in the UK, a socially isolated man has been slapped with an 18-month prison sentence for two anti-immigration tweets that barely anyone saw—viewed a pathetic 33 times combined.

Russia is upping the ante at a moment the US and some European countries are threatening action and new sanctions on vessels transporting Russian oil and gas to global markets, in defiance of Western sanctions.

Sweden's navy announced Wednesday it has spotted armed personnel in uniform providing security for vessels linked to Russia's so-called "shadow fleet" traversing main shipping routes in the Baltic Sea.

Authored by Conrad Black via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours),

President Donald Trump has once again expanded the U.S. travel ban, adding seven new countries and, for the first time, holders of Palestinian Authority passports to a growing list of nations whose citizens are barred from entering the United States.

Authored by Jennifer Cowan via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours),

Nearly seven in every 10 Canadians are identifying the cost of living in their area as a major issue, according to a newly released survey.

Instead of addressing the state’s mounting crises, from fiscal mess, soaring power bills, and exodus of residents to violent crime and illegal aliens, unhinged Democrats in Annapolis spent their time on Tuesday overriding Gov. Wes Moore’s veto of Senate Bill 587, creating a reparations commission to study how Maryland should address slavery and racial discrimination.

What better way to spend precious time as the year winds down? Many thought the entire reparations and wealth-redistribution grift was over. Apparently, not in Maryland.

•    33 year old pro dancer Santo Giuliano suffers heart attack 5 days after.
•    32 year old Olympic Tennis player Joachim Gerard collapses during match with heart problems.
•    19 year old Football player Jalen Leavey dies at campus after the game.
•    23 year old Baseball player Daniel Brito suffers stroke during game.
•    19 year old Football player Tirrell Williams dies following on-field collapse.
•    21 year old Football player Okafor Kelechi dies during training
•    29 year old Football player Lee Moses dies during training session.

Authored by Naveen Athrappully via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours),

By Haley Zaremba of OilPrice.com

An experimental Chinese nuclear plant reportedly just crossed a historic threshold, successfully operating the world’s first thorium-based molten salt reactor (TMSR). The Chinese Academy of Sciences’ Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics has broken a major scientific barrier by successfully converting thorium to uranium in a historic first.

Authored by Jill McLaughlin via The Epoch Times,

President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that he has nullified all documents, proclamations, executive orders, memorandums, and contracts signed by autopen during President Joe Biden’s term.

What are elements of the appearance, anyway? In dating they are different than in consulting. For her it is different than for you. If she wants to be competitive and have a 9/10, 10/10 appearance, she probably wants to be cognizant of every element of appearance, and excelt at presenting each.

(For you, the male, appearance is also important but in a different way. For your own appearance see the description of appearance for consulting.)

Via Zerohedge. Authored by Dr. Alex Wissner-Gross via X,

The cost of superintelligence is crashing.

Via The Brownstone Institute,

According to newly released emails, the United States Intelligence Community, led by the CIA and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, held regular meetings with Dr. Ralph Baric, one of America’s leading coronavirus experts, since at least 2015. 

Hi there,

I want to inform you about a very bad situation for you. However, you can benefit from it, if you will act wisely. 
Have you heard of Pegasus? 

This is a spyware program that installs on computers and smartphones and allows hackers to monitor the activity of device owners.  It provides access to your webcam, messengers, emails, call records, etc. 
It works well on Android, iOS, and Windows. I guess, you already figured out where I'm getting at.

• What did one wall say to the other wall?
  I’ll meet you at the corner.

• what did two oceans say to each other?
  nothing, they just waved

• Why don’t mountains get cold in winter?
  They wear snowcaps.

• What did the big flower say to the little flower?
  Hi, bud.

Beautifully written by Zerohedge.

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