Proponents of the technology don’t seem to acknowledge the growing body of research and growing number of voices warning us of the coming catastrophe of a world blanketed in 5G radiation.

Writing in the Sunday Times today, she said: 'To put my argument at its most basic: a man can decide to be female, take hormones if required by whatever sporting organisation, win everything in sight and perhaps earn a small fortune, and then reverse his decision and go back to making babies. It's insane and it's cheating.'

Now, it looks like Smollett is about to be charged with a multitude of crimes, starting with the filing of a false police report. His alleged use of the U.S. mail to reportedly send himself a threat letter may also involve federal prosecutors, meaning Smollett could be facing many years behind bars due to both local and federal prosecutions of his alleged crimes.....

GOOD!

According to Canada’s progressive laws, armed home invaders are presumed innocent. Self defense is the criminal act. This sets a horrifying precedent.

Your honor, we acknowledge that our client, Jussie Smollett, faked his supposed hate crime but he just couldn't help it because he suffered from extreme Trump Derangement Syndrome.

We respectively request that the civil suit against Nathan Phillips for lying about the Covington Catholic High School students be dropped due to the fact that he was acting under the influence of Trump Derangement Syndrome.

Do US authorities know which Mexican officials are owned by cartels?
How hard would it be to find them? Do we already know?
Can we confiscate corrupt Mexican officials bank accounts?
Larry Elder’s observation about Jussie story
Jussie Smollet story outcome is GOOD news
Most famous example of racial hate…didn’t happen
America is in better shape than we thought
Jussie reporting is a DOUBLE HOAX , he never said MAGA hats
Oops…he did interview and it’s right there…MAGA hats
Changing your opinion is easy when your ego isn't in the way
How to identify a hoax - Whiteboard
Anonymous source
“Hard to believe” story
Other people can’t see it
An ordinary explanation fits the facts
Gell-Mann Amnesia Effect
Physicist noticed news always wrong about physics
Realized he should question accuracy of ALL news
Rule: The news is wrong about 85% of the time

The landscape of Socotra Island has a view that looks as if it was derived from a sci-fi film but in reality, it has evolved to appear like the 'lost world' island has been secluded from mainland Africa between six and seven million years.

January 23rd came very close to being one of the most terrifying days in American history when a U.S. military plane accidentally dropped two nuclear bombs not far from the country’s capital. The “accident” would have resulted to a loss of hundreds of thousand of lives if it weren’t for a rather spastic safety device.

Kelly Gravell and her family went to the beach and saw what they thought was an old, barnacle encrusted buoy that had washed up on the shore near Burry Port in Wales. Her children were fascinated by the huge metallic object with all the barnacles and seaweed stuck to it. They took pictures with it and played with it. Her kids even hit it with their hands. They then left, unaware that they had put themselves in danger.

So far much of the discussion over what is driving the bizarre Trump Administration intervention into Venezuela centers around the comments of National Security Adviser John Bolton to claim it’s about oil. In a previous analysis we looked at the prospects of the huge Chavez Basin, formerly the Orinoco Basin, said to hold the world’s largest reserves of oil by some definitions. Now it’s becoming clearer that this de facto war is about far more than control of the heavy oil of the Chavez Basin in Venezuela.

Guiding Hands School in El Dorado Hills is facing more criticism three months after a 13-year-old student with autism died after being restrained.
The school has since closed, but now has a GoFundMe page to raise money for a “going away party.”
“It just seems insensitive and in bad taste and very, very hurtful to the people who miss Max and who loved him,” said Karen Hirsch, a friend of the Benson family.

Acting U.S. Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan said on Saturday he had not yet determined whether a border wall with Mexico was a military necessity or how much Pentagon money would be used.
President Donald Trump on Friday declared a national emergency in a bid to fund his promised wall at the U.S.-Mexico border without congressional approval.
By declaring a national emergency, Trump can use certain Department of Defense funding to build the wall.

A 78-year-old man in a Texas prison for murder has confessed to 90 killings all over the country and even provided authorities with portraits of some of his victims, according to the FBI.

Samuel Little confessed to the killings as part of a deal to move prisons. The FBI said it is working with the Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance, Texas Rangers and state and local law enforcement all over the country to match his confessions with evidence.

In his State of the Union address, President Trump announced, "All Americans can be proud that we have more women in the workforce than ever before." It was one of the few times he received a standing ovation from both Democrats and Republicans.

Note how Rep. Ted Deutch, who represents Broward County, Fla., kicks off his tweet with a great big “if” and goes downhill from there:

A full evaluation of the legality of President Donald Trump’s decision to declare a national emergency, and to order the building of a wall between the U.S. and Mexico, is best deferred until the appearance of a supporting memorandum from the Justice Department.
But even now, four points are clear – and they are at risk of getting lost in the national discussion.
1. It is wrong to say that if Trump can declare a national emergency, he can necessarily order the Defense secretary to build a wall.

Bill Brewer, a 42-year-old deputy for Ohio’s Clermont County, was one of two deputies shot on Feb. 2 at a Pierce Township apartment complex during a 12-hour standoff with a gunman. Brewer died from injuries sustained from a gun shot wound, leaving behind 5-year-old son, Braxton, and wife, Jamie.

An 11-year-old boy was arrested at school following his refusal to recite the Pledge of Allegiance, and allegedly threatening his teacher.
On February 4th, the 11-year-old student at Lawton Chiles Middle Academy in Lakeland, Fla., was asked, along with his classmates, to stand for the Pledge of Allegiance, according to Bay News 9. Instead, the boy told his substitute teacher that the American flag is racist against black people.

Last week, news broke of a then-unidentified man who was forced to defend himself against a mountain lion when it attacked him on a recreational trail in Colorado. He’s spent the time since the attack recovering from his injuries, and he’s now come forward and identified himself as Travis Kauffman.

President Donald Trump's announcement Friday that he was declaring a national emergency wasn't received well by all Republicans, none more vocal than Ann Coulter.
The conservative commentator had for weeks been bashing Trump for what she said was him caving to Democrats over his demands for additional funding to construct a wall along the southern border, even calling him the "biggest wimp ever to serve as President of the United States".

Two brothers told Chicago police investigators that they were paid by "Empire" actor Jussie Smollett to stage an attack on him, according to a person familiar with the situation but not authorized to speak publicly.
The person, who asked not to be identified because of the sensitivity of the ongoing investigation, said police are attempting to interview Smollett again, so they can question him about the brothers' account.

More than a century ago, New Yorkers only had a few choices when it came to their lavatory needs— either to visit an outhouse or make use of a chamber pot.
When indoor toilets were first introduced during the second half of the 19th century, it didn't instantly gain popularity. Initially, a few residents feared that this contemporary invention would bring poisonous gases into their homes that would lead to illness or even death.

Over 170 years ago, two ships left England never to return again. Now known as Franklin’s lost expedition, many details regarding this tragic journey still remain a mystery.

From 1984 to 1995, we were able to take a glimpse into the lives of the ultra-rich thanks to the television series, “Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous.” Hosted by the impeccably-accented Robin Leach, the show capitalized on the attitude of conspicuous consumption that defined the 1980s. Each week, viewers got to see the extravagant homes and witness the luxury life enjoyed by wealthy entertainers, business tycoons and professional athletes. Here’s what you may not remember about the television show that made us all jealous of the one-percenters.

Five people were tragically murdered when a man opened fire inside a manufacturing warehouse in Aurora, Illinois, on Friday.

After being shot in the face with a crossbow, a 40-year-old Arkansas mother drove herself to the hospital on Monday with the arrow still lodged in the left side of her face.
Police confirm in a statement Janet Partain arrived at the hospital severely injured but aware and alert.
Speaking to WREG, Capt. Jeff Nichols of the Cross County Sheriff’s Office said

The U.S. Treasury Department is defending the declining numbers of tax refunds being issued so far this year, saying that taxpayers already saw the benefits of the new tax law in their paychecks.
The number of tax refunds issued so far fell nearly 16 percent to 11.4 million, compared with 13.5 million at the same point in the tax filing season last year, according to Treasury data published on Thursday. The average amount of those refunds dropped to $1,949, compared with $2,135 in 2018.

Vice President Mike Pence appeared to have overestimated his audience’s opinion of the American president on Friday when he spoke during an event at the Munich Security Conference.
The vice president was in Germany as part of a delegation of U.S. lawmakers to the annual conference that dates back to the height of the Cold War.
?I especially want to invite all of you to thank Senator Lindsey Graham for leading this delegation,” Pence said.
A strong round of applause followed.

CNN is reporting Saturday night that two sources say Smollett paid two men to stage the attack, and the co-host of CNN’s “New Day Weekend” reminds us of the real tragedy if this all turns out to be a hoax.

Paul Le Roux’s life story reads like a Hollywood plot: an orphan from Zimbabwe who grew up to become a kingpin on the dark web, raking in hundreds of millions of dollars a year before he was arrested by the feds - only to then turn state’s witness and help bring down other hardcore criminals.

Twitter removed a tweet from an account that reportedly belongs to Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei on Friday for appearing to call for the execution of noted novelist Salman Rushdie.

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez declared victory after Amazon canceled plans to expand in New York, and Sarah Silverman’s fully on board with sticking it to billionaires by telling them to shove their several thousand jobs where the sun don’t shine:

When people watch MSNBC, they have expectations that their liberal biases are going to be validated. And even though Tulsi Gabbard, Kirsten Gillibrand, Elizabeth Warren, Amy Klobuchar, and Kamala Harris have already officially declared their candidacies for 2020, on Wednesday MSNBC decided to give some attention to “2020 Democrats to Watch.”

A major news story was a fake news hoax…Charlottesville
The 3 Pillars of TDS - Whiteboard
1. Charlottesville Hoax
2. Russian Collusion Hoax
3. “Crazy” President Hoax
A Presidential candidate said something supporting the KKK?
TDS…insane to believe that would ever happen
Obviously nuts, yet intelligent people continue to believe
David Duke recently announced his support for Rep Omar
Does that mean Omar supports the KKK? Obviously not
People CAN like things…for different reasons
How can people believe President Trump is an anti-semite?
Wouldn’t Israel have noticed if that was even possible?
NO Jewish leader in America believes it
The leader of Israel, PM Netanyahu…doesn’t believe it
President Trump’s Jewish family members…don’t believe it
Mike Cernovich and I were both called “far right” in a national story
We became part of the news

The war bonnets of American Indians were not just a colorful display of culture and traditions; it was also a symbol of great respect given to a certain individual by his tribe or spiritual tribal leaders. These headdresses were originally worn into tribal skirmishes and large battles, however, with time their significance has been reduced as a ceremonial remembrance, of what once was equivalent to a crown in the Indian culture.

Turf has been used for building structures by European and arctic cultures since the Neolithic period.
In Iceland, these green-covered dwellings merge beautifully with the natural landscape. This type of architectural material first appeared with the arrival of British and Norse settlers at the height of Viking Age in Europe around 9th through 11 centuries. Turf became a popular choice because timber was sparse and low to regenerate. Turf, on the other hand, was durable, renewable and widely available.

Between 1962 and 1971, photographer Josef Koudelka travelled throughout Czechoslovakia and beyond to rural Romania, Hungary, France and Spain. His main subject? The Romany Gypsies.

After threats of subpoena, McCabe sings a different tune..

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Life in America has become a gut-wrenching, soul-sucking, misery-drenched, demoralizing existence. -- We have managed to survive crackdowns, clampdowns, shutdowns, showdowns, shootdowns, standdowns, knockdowns, putdowns, breakdowns, lockdowns, takedowns, slowdowns, meltdowns, and never-ending letdowns. -- Take your stand now—using every nonviolent means at your disposal—while you still can. Don’t wait to reflect back on missed opportunities to push back against tyranny. Don’t wait until you’re the last one standing. Time is running out.

A major news story was a fake news hoax…Charlottesville
The 3 Pillars of TDS - Whiteboard
1. Charlottesville Hoax
2. Russian Collusion Hoax
3. “Crazy” President Hoax
A Presidential candidate said something supporting the KKK?
TDS…insane to believe that would ever happen
Obviously nuts, yet intelligent people continue to believe
David Duke recently announced his support for Rep Omar
Does that mean Omar supports the KKK? Obviously not
People CAN like things…for different reasons
How can people believe President Trump is an anti-semite?
Wouldn’t Israel have noticed if that was even possible?
NO Jewish leader in America believes it
The leader of Israel, PM Netanyahu…doesn’t believe it
President Trump’s Jewish family members…don’t believe it
Mike Cernovich and I were both called “far right” in a national story
We became part of the news

Some new developments today - Here's the first photo of the Nigerian accomplices...

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Although they are extinct, dodo birds live on in many of our sayings and phrases. “Dead as a dodo,” “Gone the way of the dodo”, “dumb as a dodo bird,” and “the last of the dodos” are just a few. Most of us know very little about the bird whose name has come to symbolize something that is outdated, ineffective, and useless. In reality, the dodo bird was not the clumsy, bumbling, stupid animal that has been depicted in pop culture, most notably in Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. The dodo bird was the unfortunate victim of man’s environmental impact and has served as a case study for extinction.

These vintage images taken by Father Browne show a rare glimpse of what things were like before the Titanic went down.

In Florida’s Miami-Dade County, there sits an unusual structure known as the Coral Castle. The building, comprised entirely of blocks of stone weighing several tons each, was built by one man who worked alone, often at night, without using heavy cranes. A group of teenage boys spying on him once reported that he levitated the stones into place. The builder himself, an eccentric Latvian-American named Edward Leedskalnin, even claimed to have used magnets to get the job done. So what is the secret of the Coral Castle’s construction? What is the story behind this odd tourist attraction?

We’ve covered Jim Carrey’s awful “art” before, but he may have finally crossed a line. Behold, Donald Trump’s mother giving birth to the future president (yes, the president was born in 1946 at Jamaica Hospital in Queens):

Ann Coulter went on a tear on Friday targeting President Trump for signing the funding bill that only gives him $1.375 billion for 55 miles of fence and then declaring a national emergency to hopefully get more money for additional barriers.

I had to laugh when Trump’s Cocaine Cowboy – masquerading as the Administration’s flagship “economist” – attributed the plunge in retail sales to a “glitch.” Yes, the “glitch” is that 7 million people are delinquent to seriously delinquent on their auto loan payments. I’d have to hazard a wild guess that these folks aren’t are not spending money on the latest iPhone or a pair of high-end yoga pants.

Elon Musk has been clear that he believes artificial intelligence is the “biggest existential threat” to humanity. Musk is one of the primary funders of OpenAI and though he has taken a backseat role at the organization, its researchers appear to share his concerns about opening a Pandora’s box of trouble. This week, OpenAI shared a paper covering their latest work on text generation technology but they’re deviating from their standard practice of releasing the full research to the public out of fear that it could be abused by bad actors.

Pundits like Max Boot and Bill Kristol got everything after 9/11 wrong but are still considered "experts."? -- One thing that every late-stage ruling class has in common is a high tolerance for mediocrity. Standards decline, the edges fray, but nobody in charge seems to notice. They’re happy in their sinecures and getting richer. In a culture like this, there’s no penalty for being wrong. The talentless prosper, rising inexorably toward positions of greater power, and breaking things along the way. It happened to the Ottomans. Max Boot is living proof that it’s happening in America.

On Thursday, Jussie Smollett appeared on Good Morning America, noting that while he was “pissed off” at the attackers he claims targeted him with homophobic and racist slurs, he was equally upset at “the attacks” that followed, i.e. the swarm of doubters who didn’t quite think his story added up.