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Friedrich Merz (born 1955) is a VERY dangerous Neocon who is the leader of Germany’s Christian Democratic Union (CDU), and is pushing to be the next chancellor in the face of the fallen government.  The government collapsed on the same day Mr. Trump was elected. The press says it was because Trump threatened tariffs that would harm the stuttering German economy. However, the real issue was the end of funding for the Ukraine war against Russia, which could also lead to the USA existing in NATO and the WHO. Merz came out and said that he would issue a ULTIMATUM…

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President Trump on Wednesday announced nomination of GOP Rep. Matt Gaetz for US Attorney General. “It is my Great Honor to announce that Congressman Matt Gaetz, of Florida, is hereby nominated to be The Attorney General of the United States. Matt is a deeply gifted and tenacious attorney, trained at the William & Mary College of Law, who has distinguished himself in Congress through his focus on achieving desperately needed reform at the Department of Justice. Few issues in America are more important than ending the partisan Weaponization of our Justice System. Matt will end Weaponized Government, protect our Borders,…

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Michael Strahan, the former New York Giants star and current co-host of “Good Morning America,” made headlines on Tuesday for his heated reaction to a reporter’s question regarding the recent national anthem controversy surrounding him.The incident unfolded outside Strahan’s home when a reporter approached him for a comment about the backlash over his decision not to place his hand over his heart during Fox NFL Sunday’s Veterans Day coverage.Michael Strahan, who spent his childhood on an army base and is the son of a retired Army Major, was notably absent from “Good Morning America” on Monday, following the uproar over…

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On Tuesday, Trump chose Pete Hegseth, a Fox News commentator and veteran, to be his secretary of defense. Hegseth has opposed women in combat roles and questioned whether the top American general was promoted to his position because of his skin colour. He also lobbied Trump during his 2017 to 2021 term to pardon servicemembers who allegedly committed war crimes. Sprinkled in with those personnel choices were more conventional selections. Trump said on Wednesday he would nominate Senator Marco Rubio, who is a hardliner on China, as his new secretary of state. But on the whole, his selections signal a…

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United States President-elect Donald Trump has announced that Republican Congressman Matt Gaetz, 42, will serve as his attorney general, a role that doubles as the country’s top prosecutor and the head of the Department of Justice. Trump announced the nomination in a post on his Truth Social platform on Wednesday, citing Gaetz’s background as a lawyer and as a member of the House Judiciary Committee. He also indicated that Gaetz’s nomination would be part of his agenda to rout the government of perceived rivals. Trump has long accused Democrats of “weaponising” the Justice Department against him, an allegation he revisited…

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The Dolphins made a somewhat shocking move by waiving linebacker David Long on Wednesday to make room for waiver claim tight end Jack Stoll, according to a team announcement. Long was voted by his teammates to be a team captain in Miami at the start of the season, making his midseason departure a surprise after starting six of the Dolphins’ eight games this year. Anthony Walker took over Long’s starting role in the last two games, and the arrival of former Seahawks linebacker Tyrel Dodson via waivers made Long surplus to requirements in Miami.Instead, the Dolphins prioritized Stoll to add…

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In the week following the U.S. presidential election, X alternative Bluesky gained over a million new users, most of whom live in the U.S., Canada, and Britain, according to a Bluesky spokesperson.The influx of new users propelled Bluesky to a new milestone on Wednesday: The platform crossed the 15 million user mark. One month ago, it had 12 million users. Bluesky was at the top of the iPhone free apps list on Tuesday, ahead of Threads, ChatGPT, and Google.According to the New York Times, Bluesky is benefitting from X users leaving the platform due to its owner Elon Musk ,…

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Air pollution is hard to avoid, particularly for city dwellersRon Adar/Alamy Air pollution is increasingly being linked to a raised risk of eczema, with the latest study showing a clear relationship between the exposure and the skin condition. Vehicles and power plants release pollutant particles with a diameter of 2.5 micrometres or less, called PM2.5. These have previously been linked to a higher risk of eczema, which is thought to be the result of an over-active immune system causing inflammation that makes skin dry and itchy. To gather more evidence, Jeffrey Cohen at the Yale School of Medicine and his…

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Super Bowl-winning Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes said Wednesday it’s “frustrating, disappointing” that he and teammate Travis Kelce were recently targeted by burglars.Mahomes and Kelce, the star tight end and boyfriend of Taylor Swift, were both break-in victims at their respective homes in the Kansas City area. “Obviously, it’s frustrating, disappointing,” Mahomes told reporters in advance of his team’s game Sunday against the Buffalo Bills. “I can’t get into too many of the details because the investigation is still ongoing. But obviously it’s something that you don’t want to happen to, really anybody, but obviously yourself.”The QB’s house in…

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Nvidia, Oracle, Google, Dell and 13 other companies reported how long it takes their computers to train the key neural networks in use today. Among those results were the first glimpse of Nvidia’s next generation GPU, the B200, and Google’s upcoming accelerator, called Trillium. The B200 posted a doubling of performance on some tests versus today’s workhorse Nvidia chip, the H100. And Trillium delivered nearly a four-fold boost over the chip Google tested in 2023. The benchmark tests, called MLPerf v4.1, consist of six tasks: recommendation, the pre-training of the large language models (LLM) GPT-3 and BERT-large, the fine tuning…

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