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Mr. Potato

Ricky Gervais faces sticks and stones for questioning transgender ideology

Robert Bridge
RT
Sat, 28 May 2022 16:55 UTC
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© RODIN ECKENROTH / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / GETTY IMAGES VIA AFPRicky Gervais at the 2020 Golden Globe awards.
This week, comedian Ricky Gervais rattled liberals with a routine that took aim at transgender ideology. America needs this sort of comic relief to start discussions on controversial issues, but the left can't take a joke.

There's a rule of thumb that goes, "If you're going to tell people the truth, you better make them laugh or they'll kill you." (The quote is usually credited to Bernard Shaw, but its origins are disputed.) The same rule applied hundreds of years ago when court jesters told the king painful truths nobody else would dare while trying to keep him laughing at the same time. This underscores one of the unspoken purposes of humor, which is to allow serious topics to be broached while blunting the pain the conversation may otherwise invoke. Yes, we may disagree on a particular subject, but at least we are adult enough to poke fun at those differences. Those healthy attitudes are long gone, at least for one half of the American populace.

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NPC

Why are the Detroit Tigers funding gender-transition surgeries for minors?

Nate Hochman
National Review
Fri, 27 May 2022 12:38 UTC
tigers detroit
© Bruce Kluckhohn/USA TODAY Sports via ReutersDetroit Tigers shortstop Harold Castro celebrates his first solo home run of the day against the Minnesota Twins in the sixth inning at Target Field. May 25, 2022; Minneapolis, Minnesota.
On June 1, the Detroit Tigers will host a special "Pride Night" game dedicated to "celebrat[ing] our Pride community partners, friends, and families" at Comerica Park. It's not the first time the team has hosted a Pride Night — it began hosting a "Pride Pack Day" in 2018, originally scheduled on June 26 to commemorate "the 4-year anniversary of the Supreme Court decision legalizing same-sex marriage and the 6-year anniversary of the decision declaring the Defense of Marriage Act unconstitutional in the case of Windsor v. United States," Outsports reported. But what's noticeable about this year's event is that the Tigers website offers "a chance to support a local Pride organization of your choice" when users purchase tickets at the checkout page for the event:
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Bad Guys

Finland will 'guard NATO's new land border with Russia' with first fleet of US F-35 fighter jets in Arctic Circle in 2026

Thomas Nilsen
The Barents Observer
Sun, 29 May 2022 22:43 UTC
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© Torbjørn Kjosvold / ForsvaretTwo Norwegian F-35 jets at Keflavik Air Base, Iceland.
The announcement to base the first F-35 multirole aircraft up north was made by the Finnish Air Force on Friday.

"The Air Force's F-35 fleet will be commissioned first to the Lapland Air Force in Rovaniemi in 2026," Air Force Commander Brigadier General Juha-Pekka Keränen said.

The airbase is located on the Arctic Circle, seven kilometers north of Rovaniemi City Centre, and is Finland's northernmost base with fighter jets.
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Bizarro Earth

3 people shot at graduation ceremony in Hawaii, 18-year-old arrested


Hawaii News Now
Sun, 29 May 2022 05:01 UTC
Thomas Square
© Hawaii News NowShooting at Thomas Square on Thursday night left four people injured.
Honolulu police have arrested an 18-year-old man on attempted murder charges in connection with a shooting Thursday night near Thomas Square that left four people injured.

The suspect, Tony Paleafei, is now believed to have shot three people in the attack.

Officers arrested Paleafei on Friday at 3:50 p.m.

Comment: See also: Texas terror: 18-year-old shoots own grandmother, slaughters 19 children and two teachers in elementary school

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Hourglass

UK halts coal plant shutdowns, tells bosses to prepare for possible winter energy shortages

Rachel Millard
Yahoo
Sun, 29 May 2022 20:25 UTC
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© Jon Super/Jon SuperWest Burton power stations
Kwasi Kwarteng has asked National Grid to bolster electricity supplies using coal this winter amid concerns Russia's supply of gas to Europe will be cut off.


Comment: Russia hasn't cut Europe off yet, despite them supplying the neo-Nazi's military in Ukraine with endless shipments of weaponry and tens of billions of dollars for their proxy war; what makes the UK think that it would cut them off come winter?


The Business Secretary has instructed National Grid's electricity system operator (ESO) to work with the industry to make sure extra generating capacity not fuelled by gas is available.

Last month Mr Kwarteng wrote to the owners of the UK's remaining coal-fired power stations to ask them to stay open longer than planned.


Comment: This may reveal that many in the UK energy business had been expecting to rely on Russia fuel for years, because there was no chance the green energy would ever have been able to cover the shortfall.


In a letter to Fintan Slye, executive director of the ESO, this week, Mr Kwarteng warned of "high levels of uncertainty and volatility expected in energy markets over the winter".

He said: "While we are in no way dependent on gas from Russia, I am mindful that a shortage of gas in Europe could put considerable pressure on the European gas market and suppliers of liquefied natural gas, with the potential for additional, consequential impact on electricity markets."


Comment: Experts the world over, and the facts on the ground playing out right now, prove that Europe is pretty much dependent on Russian fuel supplies, evidently the West hadn't really though through the consequences of their belligerence nor their malinvestment (such as 'green energy') through.


Comment: See also: UK has more gas than it can handle and prices are lower than ever - but not for the consumer

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Sun

A hot, deadly summer is coming with frequent blackouts - if you live in these states prepare now


Truth Press
Thu, 26 May 2022 00:00 UTC
blackout
© UnknownCalifornia blackout
Experts warn that Americans should start preparing for huge swaths of the nation to succumb to power outages this summer as the left works to end coal plants and force us into "green" energies that are woefully inadequate to fuel our economy.

"At least a dozen US states from California to the Great Lakes are at risk of electricity outages this summer," Bloomberg reported Sunday.

The report cited a recent assessment from the North American Electric Reliability Corp. that much of the U.S. population is likely to suffer brownouts, blackouts and other disruptions in power during the hottest days of the year this summer.

While the eastern United States is largely expected to have sufficient operating reserves, most of the rest of the country is at elevated or high risk of power supply issues this summer, NERC said.
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Shopping Bag

Virginia budget deal includes middle class tax cuts, grocery tax cut

Tyler Arnold
Just the News
Fri, 27 May 2022 11:30 UTC
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© Steve Helber/APVirginia Governor Glenn Youngkin
After months of debate about Virginia's biennium budget, lawmakers reached a deal to provide an income tax cut for the middle class, a reduction in the grocery tax and a pay raise for teachers.

The deal earned approval from Republicans and Democrats in a joint conference committee, but still needs to pass the House of Delegates and the Senate and be signed by Gov. Glenn Youngkin. Republicans narrowly control the House and Democrats narrowly control the Senate.

Youngkin and legislative Republicans made a lot of headway on raising the standard deduction in the deal, which would provide broad tax cuts for the middle class. Per the agreement, the standard deduction would increase to $8,000 for single filers and $16,000 for joint filers, which is up from the current $4,500 for single filers and $9,000 for joint filers, according to a spokesperson for the House Republicans.

House Republicans initially hoped to double the standard deduction, but Senate Democrats sought to keep the standard deduction unchanged prior to negotiations. The agreement got Republicans more than three-fourths of the way there.
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Attention

Kevin Spacey faces new sex charges


RT
Thu, 26 May 2022 20:34 UTC
Spacey
Kevin Spacey
Actor Kevin Spacey is facing four counts of sexual assault in the UK, according to the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS). On Thursday, the CPS accused him of offences against three men in the UK between 2005 and 2013. The charges can't be applied until he is arrested in England or Wales.

In addition to the sexual assault accusations, the 62-year-old actor has been charged with causing a person to engage in penetrative sexual activity without consent in a 2008 incident in London during which he also allegedly sexually assaulted his accuser.

The Metropolitan Police began investigating the actor in 2017, with the agency's Complex Case Team in the US interviewing him in 2019 and passing the case on to CPS last year.

Spacey allegedly sexually assaulted his accusers in March 2005 (twice) and August 2008 in London and in April 2013 in Gloucestershire.
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Briefcase

Daily Beast makes formal apology to laptop repairman amid lawsuit after claiming Hunter Biden's laptop was 'stolen'

Joseph Wulfsohn
Fox NewsFox News
Fri, 27 May 2022 16:01 UTC
John Paul Mac Isaac
© gofundme.comJohn Paul Mac Isaac
The Daily Beast issued an apology to the laptop repairman who first obtained Hunter Biden's computer after the liberal blog erroneously alleged the device was "stolen."

John Paul Mac Isaac was swept up in the New York Post's bombshell reporting in October 2020 that shed light on the shady business dealings overseas of the son of then-Democratic nominee Joe Biden as the Delaware laptop repair shop owner came forward with Hunter Biden's laptop after being alarmed by its content in 2019.

However, a report published by The Daily Beast in December 2020, after it became public knowledge that Hunter Biden was the subject of a federal criminal investigation over his finances, alleged the laptop was "stolen."

That was until Wednesday when the left-wing outlet updated its report with an "Editor's note."

"An earlier version of this story mistakenly referred to Hunter Biden's laptop as 'stolen.' We have removed that word, and we apologize to Mr. Mac Isaac for the error," the Beast wrote.

Comment: Trump did his best to to highlight the sordid story during the presidential campaign, but media complicity buried the story:





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Pills

NYC health department's heroin-fentanyl poster sparks anger from top City Council Republican

Timothy Nerozzi
Fox News
Fri, 27 May 2022 14:39 UTC
new york city safe use heroin fentynal poster
© Darth Banish/Twitter"This sign is in the @MTA of NYC. They're encouraging you to use heroin and fentanyl SAFELY. "Get high with a friend!" "
The NYC Department of Health placed posters in city subway cars congratulating addicts for 'using safely'

Michael Gray and Ed Kobilis, who formed a fentanyl awareness coalition after losing children to the drug, discuss the detrimental mistake that continues to kill American teens and young adults.

New York City councilman Joe Borelli blasted the city's health department on Friday for describing "safe" drug use as "empowering."

"Don't be ashamed you are using, be empowered that you are using safely," a poster on the New York City subway quotes as testimony for overdose prevention. The poster, published by the NYC Department of Health, gives tips on using drugs safely.

Advice includes using drugs in groups and testing drugs for fentanyl.

Comment: What were the folks at NYC Department of Health thinking? The root of the current crisis can be laid at the feet of Big Pharma and the doctors they bribed to overprescribe opiods. When the backlash came, there were still millions of people addicted to painkillers, who were driven to find supplies elsewhere.

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