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Germany's interior minister said on Friday Hamas supporters should be deported from the country where possible, and authorities would keep a close eye on potential threats following the Palestinian militant group's attack on Israel. "If we are able to deport Hamas supporters, we must do this," Nancy Faeser said following talks with officials at the Federal Criminal Police Office. "Our security authorities have currently placed an even stronger focus on the Islamist scene," she added, pointing to a recent attack in Brussels as an indication of the threat.

The Pentagon recently retracted a directive that demanded the exclusive use of gender-neutral pronouns in specific award citations. This policy reversal followed significant public and political reaction. Initially, the "gender-neutral" pronouns rule was quietly introduced, but it stirred controversy, leading to its prompt review. The unfolding of these events presents a significant episode in the ongoing discourse around gender identity and language in official domains.

Pro-Palestinian protestors are taking over the U.S. Capitol as hundreds demand a ceasefire between Hamas terrorists in Gaza and Israel. The demonstration comes a day after a bombing of a hospital in Gaza killed at least 500 Palestinians.

It says exactly how to torture them, Israel's President Isaac Herzog said Hamas terrorists are carrying "instruction guides" on how to torture and kidnap civilians, as he explained the kind of "extremely cruel and inhumane enemy" his country is fighting against. "I saw the skull of a woman, in which house I visited, the house totally destroyed, totally destroyed, and they just cut her head off," Herzog said. "I saw a pool of blood in that house where the picture of the children is hanging, and the grandchildren are hanging on the wall with the knives and the hatchets which...

A liberal journalist is arguing that the term "terrorism" should be retired as the terrorist organization Hamas launched horrific attacks in Israel, leading to the murder of at least 1,000 Israelis, Americans among them. Substack writer Hamilton Nolan wrote that for journalists to elevate the knowledge of media consumers, "one small thing" he and others can do is to no longer use the words "terrorism," "terrorist" and "terror" in their reporting. "Decades of evidence show that the more the media pushes this concept, the more warped the public understanding of global events becomes. I am making this not as a...

More than 30 student organizations at Harvard University are holding Israel “entirely responsible” for Hamas’ attack on the Jewish nation over the weekend. In a letter entitled “Joint Statement by Harvard Palestine Solidarity Groups on the Situation in Palestine,” 31 student organizations — including the Ivy League’s affiliate of Amnesty International — condemned Israel, even as its residents are kidnapped and more than 700 have been killed by the terrorist organization. The groups claim Hamas’ attack “did not happen in a vacuum,” and the Israeli government has forced Palestinians to live in an “open-air prison for over two decades,” according...

A groundbreaking, newly released study (via Futurism), spearheaded by the University of Bristol, bears some not-so-good news: we have 250 million years (give or take) until the Earth looks less like the "pale blue dot" we all know and love and more…like Arrakis, from the Dune Universe. That's right-the planet's land masses seem to be slowly but surely congealing into one humongous supercontinent, at least according to the data returned from the University of Bristol's high-powered climate model. Their study, formally published in the science journal Nature Geosciences, anticipates the continental merger will eventuate a globe-sized, one-continent-fits-all "Pangea Ultima." A...

I really didn't give Starfield a proper review, last time, as I hadn't really played it. I just offered my first impressions. Well, I finally have had some time to really play it, and my review can be summed up in one sentence: Bethesda has managed to make space boring. It's formulaic: Hear about a mission, travel to the planet, land where specified, fight some bad guys, get the McGuffin or the information, travel back, get your reward. Yay. Yes, you can survey a planet, but even that becomes repetitive. Find the x number or resources, scan them, find the...

President Joe Biden delivered remarks on the economy in Maryland today with Democrat Maryland Governor Wes Moore. During his speech, Biden made an odd remark about Moore, stating, “Gov, my problem is your biceps are a little small.” During another portion of Biden’s speech, the President began violently shouting, screaming at the top of his lungs as a vein appeared on his forehead. Biden seemed to lose his cool. He can be quoted as shouting, “Same exact drug, made by the same exact company!” The screaming seemed to come out of nowhere, and drew an audible gasp from the audience....

Harro everynyan. How are you fine sank you.I found out the hard way, it is critical that each of you have a disaster recovery plan in place, as regards your personal computer and important emails.One of my computers lost function of its graphics card. It boots fine but I cannot see anything on the monitor except for brief moments. The monitor is working fine; its definitely the graphics card. I was in the process of transferring to a new computer and was about halfway finished. I was able to log into my most important email account (the one just about...

I recently bought Starfield, a game put out by the creators of Skyrim and Fallout. While it is not quite as engaging as Fallout, it seems pretty good. I am also delighted to let you know that it follows in an old Bethesda tradition: It is a buggy mess. Word of advice: SAVE OFTEN. When your computer reboots you can resum,e from there.

Fani Willis's involvement will be sure to send shockwaves through the political landscape. The investigation, which spans across multiple states and multiple jurisdictions, has revealed a complex network of illicit operations aimed at undermining the very foundation of our Constitutional Republic and the rule of law. Sources close to the matter suggest that Willis was a massive beneficiary in the Federal and Georgia RICO enterprises. It appears that she is currently playing a key role in orchestrating a systematic scheme to manipulate election outcomes, casting doubt on the integrity of the entire electoral process. In the lead up to the...

A well-respected Republican legal activist was fatally stabbed in the neck inside his New Hampshire home this weekend, according to the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office. Lawyer Alexander Talcott, 41, was found dead inside his Durham house early Saturday, the state attorney general said, according to NBC 10 Boston. The death has been ruled a homicide.

I am no longer a member of the MAGA group.I am now a member of the MAJA group: Make America Just Again.The Left has indicted President Trump no less than four times for the "crime" of questioning the results of the 2020 election, an election rife with fraud on every level.These indictments mark a new chapter in American politics, in which a corrupt political party tries to jail their opponents. While this is common in Latin American countries, few of us thought this would ever happen here.If one wishes to observe the difference in the standards Trump is held to,...

ATLANTA, GA — In yet another stunning (and brave!) move, Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis has announced the indictment of every Trump voter on charges of conspiracy to elect an election denier. "Those who engaged in criminal conspiracy to vote for that yucky fart-face Donald Trump will be brought to justice," Willis said as she announced the hundreds of thousands of indictments. "These MAGA voters committed the heinous act of disagreeing with the ruling elites, which threatens the bedrock of democracy itself. In order to keep Donald Trump from regaining power, we must deal with his legion of domestic...

On its website, California wine company Ocean Fathoms praises the waters of the Santa Barbara channel as “the perfect environment” for aging its wines. “[T]he set of special characteristics of the Channel Islands’ environment gives Ocean Fathoms a superior product,” the company claims, before praising the abundant underwater flora and fauna that attach itself to each bottle. In 2017, Ocean Fathoms started to submerge specially designed crates of its wine in the channel, and when the bottles were retrieved 12 months later, they were sold for up to $500 each. The problem — and this is a significant one —...

e Biden administration will use executive orders and the weaponized ATF to issue a rule limiting the private sales of firearms. According to the New York Times and verified by AmmoLand News sources, the new rule is expected to be unveiled by the end of the year. President Joe Biden plans to announce that he is directing the ATF to close what Everytown calls the “private sales loophole” and the “digital loophole.” The “private sales loophole” is when an individual sells a firearm for profit but does not possess a Federal Firearm License (FFL). Biden will call on the ATF...

This is their response. 𝗪𝗛𝗔𝗗𝗗𝗬𝗔 𝗚𝗢𝗡𝗡𝗔 𝗗𝗢 𝗔𝗕𝗢𝗨𝗧 𝗜𝗧? Biden takes actual bribes from foreign governments, gets no consequences whatsoever. 𝗪𝗛𝗔𝗗𝗗𝗬𝗔 𝗚𝗢𝗡𝗡𝗔 𝗗𝗢 𝗔𝗕𝗢𝗨𝗧 𝗜𝗧? Epstein is 'suicided' and none of his clients are revealed and nothing happens to them for raping 12 year old girls. 𝗪𝗛𝗔𝗗𝗗𝗬𝗔 𝗚𝗢𝗡𝗡𝗔 𝗗𝗢 𝗔𝗕𝗢𝗨𝗧 𝗜𝗧? The 2020 election is stolen outright and Trump's very reasonable attempts to challenge that event are classified as crimes and Trump is prosecuted over these non-crimes. 𝗪𝗛𝗔𝗗𝗗𝗬𝗔 𝗚𝗢𝗡𝗡𝗔 𝗗𝗢 𝗔𝗕𝗢𝗨𝗧 𝗜𝗧? Two thousand years of progress are reversed in the name of 'global warming'. Cars to be eliminated. All...

First of all, much to the dismay of many, I did not die tonight. Secondly, I've seen these funeral threads before where people mourn the FReeper and talk about what they meant to them (and more than a few FReepers who celebrate the death). But what's the point of that? Does the dead FReeper know anything, or see any of the kind or crass remarks about them? No. Pointless. We should have these sort of threads BEFORE they die. So that's why I'm doing my obituary thread tonight. Plus, there is the added advantage of me knowing the exact date...