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Republicans say Haley never stood a chance in 'Trump Country' Nevada

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© Mark Rightmire/The Orange County Register/APRepublican presidential candidate Nikki Haley at a campaign stop at the Wild Goose Tavern in Costa Mesa, California • Feb. 7, 2024
The campaign of former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley explained away a disappointing finish in the Nevada primary on Tuesday, noting that she had not spent an "ounce of energy" in the state.

But Republican supporters of Donald Trump say Haley never had a chance, with the former president poised to be awarded Nevada's delegates in the GOP caucuses Thursday night.

Trump is expected to dominate the contest, in which he and relatively unknown candidate Ryan Binkley are the only options for voters. Haley won't be on the ballot, as her campaign claimed the race was "rigged" for Trump.

The state's 26 Republican delegates are apportioned solely by the caucuses and not the state-run primary that took place Tuesday.

"I travel Nevada pretty regularly, and this is Trump country here," Nevada Lt. Gov. Stavros Anthony said.

In fact, he didn't recall any Republicans being upset by her choice to ignore the state, saying, "The people that I talked to are all supporting Trump, and they've been supporting him for a while."

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Five Marines aboard Navy helicopter that crashed in San Diego mountains are confirmed dead

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© U.S. MarinesThe CH-53E Super Stallion is the heavy-lift chopper most commonly used by the Marines to transport troops and equipment.
Five Marines who were aboard a Navy helicopter that crashed in the southern California mountains during a storm on Tuesday night have been confirmed dead.

Gen. Michael J. Borgschulte, commanding general of 3rd MAW remarked:
"It is with a heavy heart and profound sadness that I share the loss of five outstanding Marines from 3d Marine Aircraft Wing and the 'Flying Tigers' while conducting a training flight last night. These pilots and crewmembers were serving a calling greater than self and were proud to do so. We will forever be grateful for their call to duty and selfless service. To the families of our fallen Marines, we send our deepest condolences and commit to ensuring your support and care during this incredibly difficult time."
The identities of the Marines will not be made public until 24 hours after all next of kin are informed, per Marine Corps policy.

Several agencies launched a desperate search early on Wednesday after the chopper was reported missing.
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© DailyMail.comNavy helicopter took off from Nevada to San Diego on Tuesday night.
Efforts to recover the remains of the five have begun and an investigation into the crash is underway, according to the statement.

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Ireland women's basketball team REFUSE to shake hands after Israeli team calls them 'anti-semitic' for considering boycott

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Ireland stood by their bench - as opposed to the centre of the court - for their national anthem before the match
Ireland women's basketball team refused to shake hands with Israel before their EuroBasket 2025 qualifier in Riga.

Israel player Dor Saar said on Wednesday that the Ireland team is "quite anti-Semitic".


Comment: Apparently that slur applies to anybody who objects to genocide.

Note that the BBC seems to have twisted the order of events - likely intentionally - because it appears that, days before the game, Ireland's team had voiced concerns about playing against Israel; a day before the game, the Israeli team slandered them by calling the entire Irish team anti-semitic, and it was only then, the day of the game, Ireland's team refused to participate in the usual arrangements.


Comment: One would imagine that if the Israeli players had voiced their objections to their government waging genocide in Gaza, which is being done in their names, Ireland's team may not have had to make such a stand.

Whilst western governments want to support and facilitate the slaughter of women and children, that doesn't mean the general public has to, nor do businesses or governments elsewhere across the planet: Firms in Japan and Belgium cut ties with Israeli weapons manufacturer


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Best of the Web: Tom Luongo: The Great Reset is dead, long live the Great Reset

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"The Babylon Project was our last, best hope for peace. It failed."

- Susan Ivanova, Season 3 Opening Sequence, Babylon 5

When the World Economic Forum rolled out their advertising campaign for The Great Reset it was supposed to be the victory lap for Globalism. Coupled with the COVID-19 pandemic, the subsequent global financial crisis unleashed a flood of government funny money that was supposed to buy our way to their perpetual prosperity.

It failed.

Don't take my word for it. Take the word of one of the chief architects of the Great Reset, Klaus von Commie Schnitzel's right hand man, Yuval Noah Harari.

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China's food prices fall at fastest rate for 15 years, despite Western media spin 'deflation' is good news for profits

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© Andy Wong/APA giant dragon lantern greets tourists near the frozen Houhai lake in Beijing. China will usher in the year of the dragon for lunar new year on 10 February.
China's consumer prices fell at their fastest pace in 15 years in January, as the world's second-largest economy sank deeper into deflation amid weakening demand.

Data released on Thursday showed that China's consumer price index tumbled last month, falling by 0.8% compared with a year earlier. It marks the fourth consecutive month of declines, as well as the sharpest drop since September 2009, when the global economy was still grappling with aftershocks from the 2008 banking crisis.

Food prices were the biggest drag on the headline inflation figure, having fallen by 5.9% on an annual basis, due in part to a 17% slump in pork prices. Fresh vegetables fell by 12.7%, while fruit dropped by 9.1%.


Comment: It's obviously a complicated issue, made worse by Western media spin, but, for further insight into the implications into the deflationary issue, Asia Times reports:
So-called China deflation is good news for profits

To gauge price behavior, rather than the overall index number, economists look at so-called "core" consumer price inflation that excludes volatile food and energy prices - except when it comes to China.

"China sinks deeper into deflation as prices fall at fastest rate in 15 years" was CNN's headline this morning. But the 0.8% January drop in China's consumer price index reflected a 17% drop in pork prices. Core CPI rose by 0.4% in January. That's 4.7% core inflation at a compound annual rate - hardly consistent with deflation.

Besotted with the notion that China's economy is collapsing, the Western media interpret every economic report from China with that bias - even if it means turning common sense and causality inside out. A simple examination of China's recent price data tells a different story.

The Producer Price Index (PPI) — the cost of wholesale goods - continued to fall while core consumer prices rose. That's a problem for producers of nylon fiber (for example) whose prices have fallen by 12% year-on-year, but it isn't necessarily a problem for the overall Chinese economy.

The good news is that rising consumer prices and falling producer prices boost corporate profits. Industrial enterprises are charging higher prices to consumers - and paying lower prices to suppliers.

China's PPI isn't exactly a proxy for industrial input costs, and core CPI isn't exactly a proxy for final prices, but industrial profits have risen with a falling PPI and a rising core CPI during the past dozen years.

A linear regression equation (using breakpoint analysis) shows that year-on-year changes in core CPI and PPI explain about 76% of the variation in year-on-year industrial profits. The predictive variables are significant after correction for serial correlation.

Broad measures of price performance conceal opposing trends. Auto prices are falling in China due to rising productivity and ferocious competition among automakers, and that's a good thing.

Housing prices are falling, and that's a mixed thing: It's bad for older Chinese who have most of their savings in property and good for young families looking for a home.

But econometric analysis strongly supports the notion that falling producer prices and rising consumer prices are good for industrial profits.



Bizarro Earth

Five 'trans women' dominate female college volleyball game

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© Rebel News/YouTubeVolleyball players on Canadian women's teams 4
A video allegedly showing five trans players taking part in a Canadian women’s volleyball game has sparked outrage
Just when you thought transanity couldn't get any worse...

Last Wednesday, Rebel News was tipped off that the Centennial Colts were hosting the Seneca Sting in a female volleyball contest in Toronto. But not all the players were actually biological females...

Indeed, we were stunned to find out that no fewer than FIVE men were pretending to be women (three on Seneca; two on Centennial.)

At times it was hard to watch. The men were definitely the dominant players on the court - especially when it came to spiking the ball. Indeed, our volleyball insider told us that the situation is so dire that it is no longer safe for biological women to compete.

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The $2M NYC Housing Authority bribery scandal hall of shame: 'Heroes' to zeroes

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© Michael Nagle for NY PostDefendants charged in the widespread NYCHA extortion and bribery case are loaded onto a police bus on Tuesday.
The NYCHA workers charged in the largest single-day bribery takedown in Justice Department history include a father who boasted about lavish globetrotting vacations, an administrator named a "hero" by his local project, a superintendent selected to partake in a "leadership academy" — and even an employee once suspended for appearing naked in bed with a woman during a staff video call.

In total, 70 current and former employees of the nation's biggest public housing authority were charged Tuesday in a "classic pay-for-play" corruption scheme, which saw superintendents and administrators pocketing a collective $2 million in bribes over 10 years to secure work contracts at their properties.

The charges, brought by the US Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York, represent the largest number of federal bribery raps brought in a single day in Department of Justice history.

Comment: Nice to see the SDNY do some actual work. Unfortunately, this folks are small fry. If you're rich and/or politically powerful, that's another story


Arrow Down

US military offering free castration to any soldier who wants it

Does that sound disturbing? Revealing? Unbelievable?
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Can you imagine any modern army instituting such a policy? What country's population would support it? How could the population fail to riot in the streets?

"Soldier, if you think you can serve the nation better by having your balls cut off, let us know. We'll help you."

Where, on the scale of ultimate insults (and self-destruction), would you rank THIS ARMY'S OFFER TO ITS OWN FIGHTING FORCE?

Do you think Biden's string pullers and the current leadership at the Department of Defense understand the real meaning of their offer? "We cut the balls off our own men."

I think they understand. Full well. And they're making the offer with that full understanding. With the aim of destroying the ability and morale of the Army in the most shocking and unthinkable and blunt way possible: physical castration.

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"This is not friendly" - Bret Weinstein shows Tucker Carlson how the UN are driving the invasion of America

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"...I came away with the sense that it's probably literally both [a migration and an invasion]..."
Those are the chilling words that renowned biologist Bret Weinstein uses to describe what he found when he visited the Darien Gap in an attempt to understand just what is behind the sudden and overwhelming flood of migrants at the southern border of America.

The Darien Gap is a crucial yet perilous passage for migrants traveling from South America to North America that acts as a natural barrier (where, for 60 miles, the Pan-American highway ends and deadly jungle begins) that saw over half a million migrants traverse its challenging terrain last year alone.

"The jungle in the Darien Gap is some place that one does not go without careful preparation. It is quite dangerous... They're sleeping on the ground, and so they get hypothermia. It's extremely slippery."

In this chilling interview with Tucker Carlson - about a topic that apparently no actual reporter is willing to investigate and write about - Weinstein explains that his journey to the Darien Gap was spurred by his interest in the unexplained aspects of mass migration, and the findings of Michael Yon, a former Green Beret turned investigative journalist.

Comment: For more on this story listen to Michael Yon who accompanied Weinstein on the trip:




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IDF troops filmed 'cheering Gaza destruction' - NYT

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© AP / Tsafrir AbayovFILE: Rubble from buildings destroyed in Israel's ground operation in Gaza, February 1, 2024.
Hundreds of videos filmed and shared by Israeli soldiers in Gaza show troops bulldozing houses and mocking Palestinian victims, according to research by the New York Times. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has distanced itself from the content, some of which violates its code of conduct.

The NYT said it reviewed hundreds of videos, including more than 50 clips of Israeli engineering troops using bulldozers, excavators, and explosives to destroy homes, schools, and other civilian structures. Some footage reportedly shows soldiers "vandalizing local shops and school classrooms" and "making derogatory comments about Palestinians."

In one video posted to TikTok, a soldier is seen giving a thumbs-up while driving a bulldozer in northern Gaza. The caption accompanying the clip reportedly says "I stopped counting how many neighborhoods I've erased."

Comment: Psychopathic soldiers mimicking their psychopathic leaders.