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Earth's changing spin is threatening to toy with our sense of time, clocks and computerized society in an unprecedented way — but only for a second. For the first time in history, world timekeepers may have to consider subtracting a second from our clocks in a few years because the planet is rotating a tad faster than it used to. Clocks may have to skip a second — called a "negative leap second" — around 2029, a study in the journal Nature said Wednesday.

Global warming has slightly slowed the Earth’s rotation — and it could affect how we measure time. A study published Wednesday found that the melting of polar ice — an accelerating trend driven primarily by human-caused climate change — has caused the Earth to spin less quickly than it would otherwise.

Controversy erupted at the Stronger Men’s Conference in Springfield, Missouri, organized by James River Church, a notable Pentecostal megachurch, when Pastor Mark Driscoll publicly criticized a ‘strip-show-like performance by Alexandr Magala, a sword swallower and Vegas performer known for his past as a male stripper. The Jezebel spirit opened our event… On it was a pole… The same thing that’s used in the strip club for women who have the Jezebel spirit to seduce men. In front of that was a man who ripped his shirt off like a woman does in front of a pole at a strip club…...

CINCINNATI, Ohio -- An Ohio student is being hailed a hero for helping thwart a school shooting that was allegedly plotted by his classmate at this high school in Ohio. The teen's dad says, despite threats on his son's life, his 15-year-old son did the right thing. "What was more important than his life was protecting his classmates and I could not be more proud of him. He's a hero for what he did," said Zach Swallen, the father of the teen who reported the threat. Swallen says his son, Boom, wasted no time earlier this week when he told...

My wife was talking to a woman at church from Mexico who arrived illegally and lived illegally for a number of years. She was greatly distressed by the new influx of illegals pouring into the country. She was crying about how difficult they are making finding work now. She was saying that the pay has greatly dropped since the recent caravans from the south have been arriving and she can only find part time work. She was saying the new illegals are taking up all of the housing and she was lamenting that they have it too easy. She was...

University of Iowa women’s basketball sensation, Caitlin Clark, will break the women’s all-time scoring record sometime in the coming week and maybe on Sunday? But not everyone is excited for her. Caitlin Clark went to Dowling High School in West Des Moines and then was recruited by the University of Iowa. In less than four years she has broken several all-time records in women’s basketball. As ESPN reported Clark is averaging 32.2 points per game this season and is 39 points shy of breaking the record. For her career, Clark has: 51 30-point games (including 14 this season), the most...

Friday that a new artificial intelligence (AI) tool is putting clothes back on “e-girls” and removing their tattoos. The post shows four examples of women wearing limited clothing next to what “DignifAI” thinks they should be wearing. The purpose of this creepy internet robot person is to bring “dignity back to the internet,” according to its Twitter account. Political commentator Jack Posobiec said While this sounds like a nice idea, I’m not exactly sure how slut shaming confident women is going to help bring dignity back to the internet. Surely a better purpose for this type of AI would be...

What happened on Building Number 7?” He says we need to question everything we’ve been told, including about the assassinations of the Kennedys, MLK, and others.

Remember as we wait for the Tucker Carlson interview with Putin 2.0 to drop, Tucker still has that interview he did months ago with Julian Assange inside Belmarsh Prison in his back pocket. For some mysterious reason that isn't yet apparent, Tucker has held back that interview.… Think "Crowdstrike Report on the Russian Hackers Who Supposedly Hacked The DNC Server and Stole The DNC Emails". Roll it around in your brain. Ponder at depth the various angles. About the fake Crowdstrike report. Think, ponder and reflect on these plot points: 1. Russian hackers didn't take the DNC emails 2. Crowdstrike...

BREAKING: Tucker Carlson's interview with Russian President Vladimir Putin will debut tomorrow at 6:00PM Eastern on Tucker's 'X' Account and website. #TuckerPutin

Sweden plans to close its investigation into the 2022 explosions that damaged the Nord Stream gas pipelines under the Baltic Sea between Russia and Germany after apparently failing to identify a suspect, several German media outlets reported on Tuesday. According to the Sueddeutsche Zeitung and Die Zeit newspapers and broadcasters NDR and WDR, the prosecutor leading Sweden’s investigation will announce a halt to the probe soon. “I will take a decision tomorrow and what that decision will be, I cannot tell you now,” Swedish Prosecutor Mats Ljungqvist told Reuters on Tuesday, declining to elaborate. “It’s being coordinated for various reasons...

Here is what they had to say: “He is known for telling the truth.” “He is the bravest and most courageous American journalist today.” “I deeply admire his courage.” “His rationality, logic, and understanding of good and evil, are qualities worthy of respect.” “He provides a very good presentation of information with a good sense of humor.” “I am delighted that he came to Russia.”

This is on her Twitter account and she is allegedly sharing letters from a fan that loves her. You can see it is from her own computer because it has a lit up send button. She will probably erase this tweet in a few minutes because a lot of people are calling her out already. Bird brain indeed.

OnlyFans’ billionaire owner, Leonid Radvinsky, and his wife reportedly pledged $11 million to the powerhouse pro-Israel lobby American Israel Public Affairs Committee, or AIPAC, last year, according to an internal donor list obtained by The Lever. Radvinsky has denied making or pledging the donation. According to confidential internal documents reviewed by The Lever, AIPAC reported a massive $90 million fundraising haul in the month following Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack against Israel. One contribution stood out: an $11 million pledge from a “Mr. Anonymous Anonymous” and Katie Chudnovsky, the largest listed contribution in the documents. The Lever was able to confirm...

Virtually no one cared that Joe Biden was shuffling around the restaurant. He didn’t receive a rock star welcome as he walked into the establishment. At one point Biden approached diners sitting in a booth and told them to ‘vote Trump.’

She says we must strike the leaders "inside their country. and infrastructure inside Iraq and Syria. Our special operations can do this. That will send a message. That will send a message."

Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) is quickly becoming the biggest surprise from the 2022 cycle. It was a source of embarrassment for the Republican Party regarding their inability to defeat a man who was not healthy following a near-fatal stroke that year. Those feelings are now forgotten. Why? Because Mr. Fetterman has become the bane of liberal America’s existence. For progressives, they’re through with him. Lately, we have written a daily story about a new way Fetterman is shocking us with his good policy stances. Tonight, he basically became a hero especcialy for the pro-Israeli supporters. Fetterman has been one of...

The high-profile criminal defence lawyer, firearms advocate and ordained rabbi plans to make the world's largest porn site a force for good. Solomon Friedman is not someone readily defined: He’s a defence lawyer and an organ donor; a firearms advocate and an ordained rabbi; an investor, philanthropist, and pornography magnate. Born into an Orthodox family in west-end Ottawa, Friedman grew up in a household with nine siblings. His father, Barry, was a Nortel contractor and software developer whose work sprawled through the house. “I was raised in a house with more computers than kids,” Friedman says. “My first computer was...

I just got back from Ukraine, where I was visiting some friends. Everything we have heard about what’s happening in Ukraine is a lie. The reality is darker, bleaker, and unequivocally hopeless. There is no such thing as Ukraine "winning" this war. - By their estimates, they have lost over one million of their sons, fathers and husbands; an entire generation is gone. - Even in the Southwest, where the anti-Russian sentiment is long-standing, citizens are reluctant or straight-up scared to publicly criticize Zelensky; they will go to jail. - In every village and town, the streets, shops, and restaurants...