Thousands have been displaced and entire towns have been swept away after Hurricane Helene. Countless people remain missing. I have heard reports that they are sending refrigerated trucks to the beach areas by me to collect bodies but the news does not want anyone to know the true devastation of the storm. North Carolina, in particular, has not recovered and people are continuing to perish as federal assistance has not arrived. It appears the majority of the heavily impacted towns in North Carolina happen to be predominately conservative, and our liberal government is allowing these citizens to die. Experts have…
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Gage Skidmore, The United States Senate – Office of Senator Kamala Harris, Wikimedia By Kenin Spivak for RealClearPolitics The Supreme Court had multiple opportunities during the last term to end the censorship of conservatives by social media. It chose a different path. Now, Democrats are free to double down on the Biden-Harris administration’s massive censorship enterprise. There is every indication they intend to do so. RELATED: 16 State Coalition Sues Biden Administration to Block Amnesty Plan The bedrock of American democracy, the First Amendment, prohibits Congress from making laws “abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press.” The prohibition…
Superstar Taylor Swift knows ‘all too well’ how to make sure those closest to her know they are loved!Whether it’s her dedicated fanbase of ‘Swifties,’ certain song subjects, or her significant others, the “Love Story” songstress is keen on acknowledging their influence. Sometimes, she’s more subtle than other times; remember the song “Hey Stephen?”In this case, the 34-year-old pop icon is paying tribute to her boyfriend of more than a year, Travis Kelce, in a manner she has perfected.Swift is making sure the love she has for her football fella is commemorated on National Boyfriend Day, and she’s seemingly being…
A woman who says she worked as a hair-and-makeup stylist for country singer Garth Brooks alleged in a lawsuit filed Thursday (Oct 3) that he raped her in a Los Angeles hotel in 2019. The woman does not use her name and goes by Jane Roe in the lawsuit filed in Los Angeles Superior Court. An email seeking comment from Brooks’ publicist and attorney were not immediately answered. The woman says in the lawsuit she had worked for Brooks’ wife, country singer Trisha Yearwood, since 1999, and had started also working for Brooks in 2017. She said the assault occurred when…
The now 21-year-old woman has returned home to her family in Iraq after complex rescue involving Israel, US and Jordan.A 21-year-old woman kidnapped by Islamic State fighters in Iraq in 2014 was freed from Gaza this week in a secret operation that involved Iraq, Israel, Jordan and the United States. The Yazidis, whose faith is rooted in Zoroastrianism, mostly live in Iraq and Syria. They were targeted by ISIL in Iraq’s Sinjar district in a campaign that killed nearly 10,000 people in a matter of days and saw thousands of women kidnapped, raped or abused as sex slaves. The woman…
The New York Mets stunned the Milwaukee Brewers, scoring four runs in the ninth inning to win Game 3 of the National League wild-card series, 4-2. With the dramatic win, they move on to face the rival Philadelphia Phillies with a trip to the NLCS on the line. Here are three takeaways from the Mets’ incredible victory. Pete Alonso comes up clutch as Mets continue to look like a team of destiny This year’s wild-card round has already shown that baseball can be outrageously unpredictable. But the Mets’ ride continues to defy even the most optimistic of baseball enthusiasts. In what could have…
“I always wanted to make a difference,” Emily Hikade, founder and CEO of luxury sleepwear and home company Petite Plume, tells Entrepreneur. “I wanted to make a change. I wanted to do something that meant something.”Image Credit: Courtesy of Petite Plume. Emily Hikade.Growing up in Central Wisconsin, Hikade was curious about the world from a young age. She biked to the library to teach herself French before high school. At 13, she convinced her parents to let her do a summer exchange program in the South of France — and returned home fluent. Hikade went on to attend the University…
Ants produce formic acid to defend themselves, and this acid can cause milk to coagulateWILDLIFE GmbH / Alamy Simply placing as few as four live ants into a container of milk provides enough microbes, enzymes and acids to kickstart the fermentation process that creates yogurt. Today, most yogurts are produced by fermenting milk using commercially made starters. However, the industrialisation of the process has meant that countless traditional fermentation practices from around the world are overlooked. In places including Turkey, Albania, Bulgaria and Macedonia, researchers… Source link
JONESBOROUGH, Tenn.— Vicki Hunter couldn’t make sense of the giant trees rushing toward the front porch of her one-story home. She watched them, stunned, as floodwater raged across her pasture and began to inundate the property. She yelled to her husband, Jerry, to get dressed in case they needed to evacuate.By the time he did, their cars were flooded and they could not flee. Rescue crews in boats tried to reach the house but were unsuccessful. “One minute I’m baking cookies; in the next minute, I’m fighting for my life and my whole life has been turned upside down,” Vicki said…
Getty ImagesFinding the best gate for an aircraft is a surprisingly difficult taskNext time you’re running at full tilt towards your airport gate, spare a thought for the airline staff who made sure that that gate was actually available.Gate allocation is a surprisingly complex task. “With 15 gates and 10 airplanes, there are more than 570 billion possibilities,” says Dr Joseph Doetsch, who has been working on the problem of gate allocation as quantum computing lead at Lufthansa Industry Solutions.Picking the best gate for each flight can help shorten aircraft taxi times and reduce congestion, meaning that travellers spend less…