By quoth the raven – Zerohedge

This week I landed myself smack dab in the middle of a real-life example of just how piss-poor of a capital allocator the government is compared to the free, for-profit market.

Usually, when I want to mail something, I walk a block or two to either the UPS Store or the FedEx store. Both are pretty similar: fairly busy (especially around the holidays), offering print and copy services, and staffed with employees who—while not saints—are at least competent enough to get your package labeled, shipped, and tracked with as little fuss or bullshit as possible. Continue reading “The Post Office Has Become An Embarrassment”

By Hannah Nightingale – The Postmillennial

Former SJSU women's volleyball coach sues for wrongful termination after speaking out against biological male player

A lawsuit has been filed on behalf of former San Jose State University associate head volleyball coach Melissa Batie-Smoose over her termination from her role after she advocated for keeping biological males out of women’s sports. In the 2024 season, the team made headlines after taking in repeated victories with trans-identified male Blaire Fleming on the team. Continue reading “Former SJSU women’s volleyball coach sues for wrongful termination after speaking out against biological male player”

By Dave DeCamp – Antiwar.com

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez announced on Wednesday that Spain will join Italy in sending a military warship to help the Global Sumud Flotilla, which is attempting to deliver aid to starving Palestinians in the besieged Gaza Strip and came under drone attack following threats from the Israeli Foreign Ministry. Continue reading “Spain To Join Italy in Sending Warship To Assist Gaza Aid Flotilla After Israeli Attack”

By Cindy Harper – Reclaim The Net

Governor Gavin Newsom with slicked-back gray hair in a blue suit, white shirt and dark tie sits on a talk-show set and points both index fingers forward while speaking, with a patterned metal backdrop and city lights visible through a window.

A contentious bill that could reshape how social media platforms operate in California is now in the hands of Governor Gavin Newsom. Continue reading “California Bill Raises Alarm Over Algorithmic Censorship, Awaits Governor Newsom’s Signature”

By Chris Menahan – Information Liberation

The plane of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who has an open warrant out for his arrest from the International Criminal Court, took an unusual extended route Wednesday to avoid European airspace on its way to the US. Continue reading “Netanyahu’s Plane Take Extended Flight Route to U.S. Avoiding European Airspace”

By Wyatt Reed – The Grayzone

New Jersey area Jewish leadership described a factual Grayzone report about Charlie Kirk’s falling out with Netanyahu as “hateful, divisive, and antisemitic,” and weaponized it to cancel the book event of a Palestinian children’s writer who reposted the article on social media. The New York Times uncritically published the bogus allegation.

Continue reading “Palestinian kids’ author: New York Times ‘put a target on my back’ with Grayzone smear”

By James O’Keefe

Confirms ‘R-pes Occurred While Bill Clinton Was on the Plane’ — Says of President Trump, “He’s Protecting a Lot of Other People… He’s Not Protecting Himself, Because There’s Nothing There” Continue reading “WORLD EXCLUSIVE BOMBSHELL: Senior DOJ Epstein Investigator Reveals ‘Epstein Was CIA’”

By Tyler Derden – Zerohedge

Amid ongoing soaring tensions between the West and Russia, the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) scrambled American fighter jets to identify and intercept four Russian warplanes flying near Alaska.

NORAD indicated in a fresh statement that the incident occurred Wednesday, and involved a pair of Russian Tu-95 long-range strategic bombers and a pair Su-35 fighter jets traversing the Alaskan Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ).

Continue reading “US Jets Scrambled To Intercept Russian Warplanes Off Alaska Amid Growing Incidents”

By Ari Hoffman – The Postmillennial

Mexican national pleads guilty to brutal murder of Washington couple and unborn child

A Mexican national living illegally in Washington state has pleaded guilty to the cold-blooded murder of a man, his pregnant wife, and their of their unborn child in a gruesome crime tied to cross-border drug trafficking. Continue reading “Mexican national pleads guilty to brutal murder of Washington couple and unborn child”