Elon Musk announced the closure of X operations in Brazil on Saturday, saying that Brazil’s Alexandre de Moraes was threatening the arrest of X’s legal representation and was requiring the social media company to break international law Musk posted, “Due to demands by ‘Justice’ Alexandre in Brazil that would require us to break (in secret)…
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JOBOB: Obama’s alma mater Occidental College under fire for letting go of conservative economic professor
Occidental College in Los Angeles, the alma mater of former President Barack Obama, is under fire after deciding not to renew the contract of a conservative economics professor, Daron Djerdjian. Djerdjian, who has been teaching at the college since 2010, is known for his free-market views, making him a rare voice of conservatism in the…
JOBOB: Majority of Americans believe US is currently in a recession: poll
A recent poll has found that a majority of Americans believe the US is currently in a recession, citing concerns regarding ongoing inflation and high interest rates. The survey, conducted by Affirm in June and involving 2,000 adults, found that 59 percent of respondents consider the American economy to be in a recession. Many respondents indicated that…
Somali migrant who beheaded and stabbed victim 111 times could avoid deportation from Germany
A Somalian migrant who beheaded his victim in a brutal murder that included 111 stabbings may avoid deportation from Germany. Prosecutors said that if the government sent him back to Somalia, he would simply return. Mursal Mohamed Seid, 24, murdered his 52-year-old flatmate Alex K. in a homeless shelter in Regen in July 2021. He…
Tourist claims she was gangraped by 5 Pakistani men for 5 days, tied up and dumped on street: report
A 28-year-old woman was reportedly gang-raped for five days after being abducted while on vacation in Pakistan. She was dumped out on the street in Islamabad with her hands tied behind her back and her ankles shackled. A passerby found her in distress. The unidentified woman, who claimed she was from Belgium, told police that…
Germany demolishes Grafenrheinfeld cooling towers as nuclear power is phased out in the country
Germany demolished two cooling towers at its decommissioned Grafenrheinfeld nuclear power plant in controlled blasts on Friday. The plant, which was once a symbol of Germany’s energy independence, was taken out of service in 2015 after 33 years, per DPA. Germany was reportedly alarmed by Japan’s Fukushima nuclear accident in March 2011 and then-chancellor Angela Merkel…
AUSTIN PETERSEN: Aussie Rachel ‘Raygun’ Gunn’s ‘rigging’ accusation is an object lesson in merit trumping victimhood
In the actual Olympics, if you don’t have merit, you get memed to death.
UK LGBTQ Pride founder charged with 37 child sex crimes: report
The founder of a prominent LGBTQ Pride organization in the United Kingdom has been charged with 37 child sex abuse crimes, including rape and conspiracy to kidnap a child. All victims were under the age of 13, police said. Stephen Ireland, 40, of Surrey, was arrested on Wednesday along with his colleague David Sutton, 26,…
JOSEPH MANNARINO: It’s time to push back against biological males competing in women’s sports
It’s time to end this charade and stand up for the integrity of women’s sports.
Taliban stages military parade with weapons Biden-Harris admin left behind during botched Afghanistan withdrawal
On Wednesday, Taliban members paraded around a former American air base with abandoned American vehicles and weapons in observance of the third anniversary of the disastrous American pullout from Afghanistan. The Biden administration left behind billions of dollars in US military supplies while 13 US servicemembers were killed by a suicide bomber. The Taliban flag…