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Today’s News: November 01, 2023

WORLD NEWS

Child Trafficking, Ritual Sex Abuse & MK-ULTRA Are A Single Worldwide Operation, Run by the U.S., U.K. and AUS Secret Services

Article written by Fiona Barnett, surviving victim of the “elite” child sex trafficking ring that rules the world.

Child trafficking is run as a single, integrated world operation. This operation is coordinated by the CIA in collaboration with British and Australian intelligence services.

Retired NYPD Detective James Rothstein was appointed to the first US taskforce to investigate this child trafficking operation which, he found, went all the way up to the Whitehouse.

Detective Rothstein found that the CIA were behind a blackmail operation in which child prostitutes were used to honey-trap and compromise politicians, military brass, top businessmen, and key government officials.

Fact or fiction?

WEF Founder’s Son ‘Singing Like a Bird’ To Prosecutors in Crimes Against Humanity Case?

Pascal Najadi, the son of the co-founder of the World Economic Forum, is extensively co-operating with prosecutors in the crimes against humanity case against key figures of the global elite, sparking concerns in the World Economic Forum, the UN, and the WHO that their diplomatic immunity is about to be revoked and arrest warrants issued.

Iran-Backed Houthis ‘Declare War’ on Israel After Reported Killing of Saudi Troops

Ansar Allah, the Yemeni Shiite jihadist terror organization known more commonly as the Houthis, took responsibility on Monday for a “large number of ballistic and cruise missiles” as well as drone attacks against the nation of Israel.

The Iranian state outlet Mehr News reported that a spokesman for the Houthis formally “declare[d] war” on the nation of Israel in support of the Sunni genocidal terrorist organization Hamas.

Senate Approves Jack Lew, Who Backed Obama’s Anti-Israel Policies, as Israel Ambassador

The Senate confirmed former treasury secretary Jack Lew as the new U.S. Ambassador to Israel on Tuesday, filling the position with an argumentative partisan who backed President Barack Obama’s anti-Israel policies to the hilt.

Lew’s supporters point to the fact that he is an observant Jew and the highest-ranking official ever to hold the ambassadorial post. But Lew’s record on Israel includes support for the kinds of policies that arguably weakened Israel and helped lead to the current crisis.

Lew, a highly partisan official infamous for his inability to say “yes” to Republicans during budget negotiations, also defended Obama’s attempt to create distance with Israel, and his disastrous, one-sided nuclear deal with Iran. That deal allowed Iran to emerge as a nuclear power after roughly a decade. Moreover, Lew criticized then-President Donald Trump’s decision to move the U.S. embassy to Jerusalem — a decision that led to the Abraham Accords.

Lew’s role in backing the Iran deal is particularly important, as Obama’s Treasury Department unraveled the sanctions that had previously been applied to the Iranian regime and its vast range of terror and criminal activities.

Lew has also been critical of current Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who frustrated Obama’s policies.

Lew, if confirmed, would replace outgoing ambassador Tom Nides, who brought U.S.-Israel relations to a new low ,and was blamed for being the “arsonist-in-chief” for his role in encouraging recent opposition protests in Israel.

Iran has used the financial windfall of the Iran deal to fund the activities of its terrorist proxies throughout the region, including Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad.

Lew was confirmed by a 53-43 vote.

‘Free Palestine’ Protester Throws Box of Live Mice Into McDonald’s

A man wearing a Palestine flag bandana threw a cardboard carton full of apparently spray-painted live mice into a McDonald’s restaurant in Birmingham, UK, while shouting about Israel.

British police are investigating a “public nuisance” after a cardboard box of live mice was flung into a fast food outlet, with dozens of the rodents landing at the feet of customers.

U.S. NEWS, POLITICS & GOVERNMENT

Pentagon Sends 300 More Troops to the Middle East as Attacks on U.S. Bases Continue

The Pentagon on Tuesday announced it was deploying an additional 300 troops to the Middle East region, amid an increasing number of attacks against U.S. bases and the beginning of a new war between Israel and Hamas.

“I can announce the decision to deploy an additional 300 troops to the U.S. Central Command region from home stations in the continental United States,” Pentagon Press Secretary Air Force Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder said at a briefing.

NARA Locates 82,000 Pages of Joe Biden Emails Across Three Pseudonym Accounts

The National Archives and Records Administration has reported finding emails from three pseudonym accounts used by Joe Biden during his time as vice president.

President Joe Biden sent and received thousands of emails through pseudonym accounts during his eight year tenure as vice president under President Barack Obama.

According to an Oct. 30 federal filing in an Atlanta Court, the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) has identified 82,000 pages worth of private email exchanges across President Biden’s three pseudonym accounts, Robin Ware, Robert L. Peters, and JRB Ware.

“NARA has completed a search for potentially responsive documents and is currently processing those documents for the purpose of producing non-exempt portions of any responsive records on a monthly rolling basis,” the filing said.

Pro-liberty nonprofit the Southeastern Legal Foundation has been pressing NARA for information about President Biden’s emails since 2021, when it initially filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request. A second request was sent in June of 2022.

According to the legal advocacy group, the email accounts were used by President Biden to “forward government information and discuss government business with his son, Hunter Biden, and others.”

FBI Director Christopher Wray warns Congress of terror threats inspired by Hamas’ attack on Israel

FBI Director Chris Wray warned Congress Tuesday that Hamas’ terror attacks on Israel could motivate threats similar to those posed by ISIS in years past, according to law enforcement assessments, but he cautioned there is no indication Hamas itself intends to or has the capacity to conduct attacks in the U.S. 

“We assess that the actions of Hamas and its allies will serve as an inspiration, the likes of which we haven’t seen since ISIS launched its so-called caliphate several years ago. In just the past few weeks, multiple foreign terrorist organizations have called for attacks against Americans and the West,” Wray told the Senate’s Homeland Security Committee during a hearing on worldwide threats.

“The reality is that the terrorism threat has been elevated throughout 2023, but the ongoing war in the Middle East has raised the threat of an attack against Americans in the United States to a whole ‘nother level,” Wray said.

Wray said of the threat landscape in the U.S., “It is a time to be concerned. We are in a dangerous period.” He said Americans should not alter their lives, but should be watchful.

“This is not a time for panic,” he said. “But it is a time for vigilance.”

Oregon Rep. Earl Blumenauer retiring after nearly three decades in Congress

Blumenauer, a Democrat, was first elected to represent Portland in Congress in 1996. He became known for his colorful bicycle pins, which reflect his long advocacy for climate and transportation issues.

Supreme Court to Look Into Whether Public Officials Can Block Citizens on Social Media

A key issue is whether the First Amendment rights of citizens are violated when public officials block their criticism online.

Authoritarians Drunk on Power: It’s Time to Recalibrate the Government

Commentary by John Whitehead  – We have arrived at the dystopian future depicted in the 2005 film V for Vendetta, which is no future at all.

Set in the year 2020, V for Vendetta (written and produced by the Wachowskis) provides an eerie glimpse into a parallel universe in which a government-engineered virus wreaks havoc on the world. Capitalizing on the people’s fear, a totalitarian government comes to power that knows all, sees all, controls everything and promises safety and security above all.

Concentration camps (jails, private prisons and detention facilities) have been established to house political prisoners and others deemed to be enemies of the state. Executions of undesirables (extremists, troublemakers and the like) are common, while other enemies of the state are made to “disappear.” Populist uprisings and protests are met with extreme force. The television networks are controlled by the government with the purpose of perpetuating the regime. And most of the population is hooked into an entertainment mode and are clueless.

With Vendetta, whose imagery borrows heavily from Nazi Germany’s Third Reich and George Orwell’s 1984, we come full circle. The corporate state in V conducts mass surveillance on its citizens, helped along by closed-circuit televisions. Also, London is under yellow-coded curfew alerts, similar to the American government’s color-coded Homeland Security Advisory System.

Sounds painfully familiar, doesn’t it?

Report: NJ Democrat Gov. Phil Murphy Spent Taxpayer Money at Taylor Swift Concert, Other Events

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy (D) reportedly spent taxpayer funds at stadium events that included a Taylor Swift concert.

Public records Politico obtained apparently show he dipped into his taxpayer-funded expense account to buy approximately $12,000 worth of food and beverages during the outings, the outlet reported Monday

Mayor Eric Adams Warns Again: Illegal Immigration ‘Devastating’ New York City

New York City Mayor Eric Adams (D) is yet again warning that illegal immigration is “devastating” the city and will “hurt” New Yorkers as a result.

During a town hall meeting, Adams said New York City, a sanctuary jurisdiction that refuses to cooperate with the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency, is “at a breaking point” because of illegal immigration; more than 160,000 border crossers and illegal aliens have arrived since the spring of 2022.

Prosecutors: Man Found with 62 Pounds of Cocaine at Chicago Airport Freed Until Trial

A man allegedly caught with millions of dollars’ worth of drugs at a Chicago airport on October 24 was let off fairly easy for the time being.

The suspect, Terrence Slaughter, 55, is accused of having $3.5 million worth of cocaine in his bags at Chicago Midway International Airport, CWB Chicago reported Tuesday.

Jan. 6 Prosecutor Will Rollins Runs for Congress Pledging More Censorship of Political Views

A Democrat who helped prosecute January 6 participants is running for election to Congress against an incumbent Republican in a southern California seat, on a platform promising more tech censorship.

Will Rollins, former assistant U.S. attorney in California, promises that if elected, he will tackle big tech platforms and media outlets that are “profiting by spreading division based on lies” and “erode our democracy.” Rollins is running for California’s 41st congressional district, currently held by incumbent Republican Ken Calvert.

ECONOMY & BUSINESS 
And this is one of the reasons we had a homeschooled graduate on the show! (Institutions of higher learning, take notice!  These students are more focused and likely to ignore your liberal drivel!)

Home schooling’s rise from fringe to fastest-growing form of education

Home schooling has become – by a wide margin – America’s fastest-growing form of education, as families from Upper Manhattan to Eastern Kentucky embrace a largely unregulated practice once confined to the ideological fringe, a Washington Post analysis shows.

The analysis – based on data The Post collected for thousands of school districts across the country – reveals that a dramatic rise in home schooling at the onset of the pandemic has largely sustained itself through the 2022-23 academic year, defying predictions that most families would return to schools that have dispensed with mask mandates and other covid-19 restrictions.

The growth demonstrates home schooling’s arrival as a mainstay of the American educational system, with its impact – on society, on public schools and, above all, on hundreds of thousands of children now learning outside a conventional academic setting – only beginning to be felt.

US home sellers win $1.78bn over inflated buyers’ commissions

Federal jury rules against National Association of Realtors and some units of Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway

A US jury on Tuesday found the National Association of Realtors (NAR) and some residential brokerages, including units of Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway, liable to pay $1.78bn in damages for conspiring to artificially inflate commissions for home sales.

The verdict by a federal jury in Kansas City, Missouri, could upend decades-old practices that have allowed real estate agents to boost commissions as home prices and mortgage rates rise, hurting consumers by making housing transactions more expensive.

Plaintiffs in the class action included sellers of more than 260,000 homes in Missouri, Kansas and Illinois between 2015 and 2022, who objected to the commissions they were obligated to pay buyers’ brokers.

Bud Light Suffers Fresh Sales Blow

Bud Light’s parent company Anheuser-Busch InBev recorded a 14 percent revenue fall in the United States from July to September, according to its latest quarterly results.

Conservative campaigners have been boycotting Bud Light, until recently America’s most-popular beer brand, in response to its collaboration with transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney earlier this year. On April 1, Mulvaney shared video of herself drinking from a personalized Bud Light can, which had been sent to celebrate her “Day 365 of Girlhood,” as part of a promotion with the company.

Elon Musk’s X/Twitter Has Lost 55% of Its Value in One Year

Elon Musk’s is now valued at a paltry $19 billion valuation, just one year after the Tesla and SpaceX tycoon paid $44 billion to take the platform private. The value is based on the company’s own calculations for an employee equity plan.

Fortune reports that Elon Musk’s X/Twitter has unveiled a new equity plan for employee that rewards them with restricted stock units (RSUs), pricing each share at $45. This calculation results in an overall valuation of the company at just $19 billion, a drop of about 55 percent from Elon Musk’s initial purchase price of $44 billion.

WeWork plans to file for bankruptcy over massive debt pile and losses

Co-working firm, once valued at $47bn, struggled to recover from founder Adam Neumann’s exit and shift to remote work

Tesla wins first major US autopilot lawsuit over 2019 fatal crash

The case was filed in California by two passengers who survived a 2019 crash, in which the driver died

HEALTH

Trans Fat to Be Banned: What This Means for Your Health

Learn about the impending ban on trans fats in the U.S. food supply, and the impact, risks, and steps to stay healthy.

The Incredible Health Benefits of the Humble Pumpkin

Beyond Fall decorations, pumpkins have a diverse array of health benefits—from protecting us from cancer to cleansing us of intestinal parasites.

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 

SURVEILLANCE STATE 

Your ‘Smart Home’ Technology Spies On You Day And Night

International researchers are issuing a dire warning of security and privacy concerns lurking within smart homes. Led by IMDEA Networks and Northeastern University, scientists were able to demonstrate a variety of security and privacy threats due to the local network interactions of Internet of Things (IoT) devices and mobile apps.

As smart homes continue to evolve, they encompass a wide array of consumer-focused IoT devices, including smartphones, smart TVs, virtual assistants, and CCTV cameras. These devices come equipped with cameras, microphones, and various sensors that can perceive activities within our most intimate spaces – our homes. However, can we truly trust these devices to handle and safeguard the sensitive data they collect?

ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT

GM Backtracks on Joe Biden’s Green Energy Agenda After Investing Billions

After investing billions to adhere to President Joe Biden’s green energy agenda, General Motors (GM) is backtracking on all fronts when it comes to Electric Vehicles (EVs).

As GM was the last of the Big Three to strike a tentative agreement with the United Auto Workers (UAW), the automaker’s green energy dreams — championed by the Biden administration — have come crumbling down.

Expert: Triumvirate of Asset Managers, Banks, Insurers Pushing Far-Left ESG Agenda

Will Hild, the executive director of Consumers’ Research, said on Breitbart News Daily that a triumvirate of asset managers, banks, and insurers are leading the far-left Environment, Social, and Governance (ESG) movement.

GARDENING, FARMING & HOMESTEADING

Homeowner Turns Shoddy Yard Into Incredible Tropical ‘Jungle’ Garden—Here Are the Photos

A green-fingered dad says he has “no need” to take overseas holidays after creating an incredible “jungle” in his back garden—in Yorkshire, England.

Kris Swaine, 41, was snapped beneath the shade of the 45-foot tall eucalyptus trees in his suburban paradise as he basked in temperatures of 77 degrees over the weekend.

The dad-of-four started his amazing horticultural project around five years ago after picking up a small hardy banana plant from his local garden center.

2ND AMENDMENT

Gretchen Carlson’s Ignorant Tweet About the AR-15 Sets the Internet Ablaze

The ignorance of people on the left about guns is sometimes mind-boggling. 

Joe Biden has said some real whoppers, including that a bullet from an AR-15 “blows up inside the body.”

Ben Shapiro made a post that highlighted some of that cluelessness from Joe Biden. It’s just astonishing how Biden sits in such a position of power and is always spouting off about guns yet knows next to nothing. He attacked “semi-automatic weapons,” saying they had no socially redeeming value — without realizing that most everyday handguns are semi-automatic. The people who protect him every day carry them, but that’s allowed because Joe is special. You ordinary Americans would not allowed to protect yourselves with those same weapons if Joe Biden had his way.

But what added to the overall ignorance was “journalist” Gretchen Carlson’s response to Shapiro’s post about the AR-15. Carlson has worked for CBS and Fox, yet that doesn’t mean that she knows anything. This may be one of the dumbest posts about the AR-15 that you’re likely to see. 

Carjackers Made a Deadly Mistake When Trying to Steal an Armed Citizen’s Vehicle

In a harrowing turn of events, an attempted car theft ended with one assailant dead and the other facing multiple criminal charges, including second-degree murder. The incident occurred when the two assailants made the mistake of trying to carjack an armed citizen who decided he would rather hold on to his vehicle.

The encounter took place on October 28 in the parking lot of HotShots Bar & Grill in Webster Groves, Missouri, a suburb of St. Louis.

COVID RELATED NEWS

Nearly 1 in 3 COVID-19 Vaccine Recipients Suffered Neurological Side Effects: Study

The people included in the study suffered from headaches, tremors, muscle spasms, insomnia, sleepiness, vertigo, and difficulty in concentration.

FDA responds to calls for Pfizer vaccine recall over DNA fragments.

The U.S. Food ‌and Drug Administration (FDA) is standing firm in its ⁣decision not to​ recall Pfizer’s COVID-19‍ vaccine, ⁤dismissing worries about the presence of an undisclosed DNA sequence that ⁣leaves behind fragments.

According to ⁣an FDA spokeswoman, the agency has administered over a billion ⁣doses of mRNA ⁢vaccines without identifying any safety concerns‌ related to residual⁣ DNA. The available scientific evidence supports the conclusion ‌that these vaccines are safe and effective.

REPORT: ESPN Broadcast Feed Appears to Cut-Off After Aaron Rodgers Starts Talking About Vaccine

Viewers of an ESPN feed for the Pat McAfee show reported their screen suddenly went dark when the hosts started using the words “vaccine” and “spike protein” during an appearance of New York Jets QB Aaron Rodgers on Tuesday.

In a video of the incident, Rodgers started talking about his Halloween costume, and co-host AJ Hawk asked if Rodgers’ costume was Anthony Fauci. McAfee then chimed in to ask if he was dressed as the coronavirus vaccine.

CANCEL CULTURE

Teacher Put on Leave for Wearing Devil Costume and Greeting Students With ‘Hail Satan’

It’s that time of year again. A time for pumpkin spice everything, trick-or-treaters becoming their favorite Marvel characters, and teachers dressing up as the devil and greeting students by saying “Hail Satan.”

Yes, that last one actually happened, and an Arizona educator has been placed on leave after he took the Halloween spirit to a whole new level.

A Mesa High School teacher is being investigated after reportedly dressing up as a devil and saying “hail Satan” to students, according to one of the students in his class.

Sophomore Nathaniel Hamlet said last Wednesday he walked into class and noticed his teacher wearing devil horns and carrying a pitchfork.  Hamlet alleges the teacher waved the pitchfork over students’ heads as they entered and said, “hail Satan”.

“Some people thought it was funny, some people didn’t like it, some people were like ‘whatever,’ they just blew it off,” Hamlet said.

Country Singer Calls Out TikTok for Flagging New Song Mentioning Bible as ‘Sensitive,’ Banning Ads

Cody Webb is a country music artist who is a Christian—not to be confused with a Christian music artist, he says.

This simply means he makes country music and happens to believe in God.

It’s an important distinction because when he released his latest song in August, “If Daddy Didn’t Have a Truck,” he got a notification on TikTok pertaining to its “sensitive” religious content.

BREAKING: Cornell Student Facing Federal Charges for Online Threats to Shoot ‘Pig Jews’

The U.S. Attorney’s Office, Northern District of New York, announced Tuesday evening that Cornell junior Patrick Dai “was arrested today on a federal criminal complaint charging him with posting threats to kill or injure another using interstate communications.”

The charges stem from messages that were posted last weekend to a Cornell message board in which a user, now named as Dai, posted messages threatening to “shoot up” the campus’ kosher dining hall, located next to the Cornell Jewish Center, saying “jewish [sic] people need to be killed.” 

PET NEWS

Dogs have masters … Cats have staff!  This article was posted for the most popular car breeds!

(Don’t know about the pet insurance being that great as too many companies make all sorts of excuses why they don’t have to reimburse you … and you have to pay the vet in advance at the time of service! Be careful when choosing a pet insurance provider!)

Top 20 Most Popular Cat Breeds

GOOD NEWS

‘I Got $140 Pocket Money From Age 7’: Her Parents Taught Her Finance Skills as a Kid—Here’s How

An entrepreneur has told how she was given $140 a month pocket money from the age of just 7—but said it taught her how to budget for life.

Hannah Koumakis, 24, received this fund from her parents chore-free until she turned 14 when she was taught to make her own money by washing neighbor’s cars and walking their dogs.

But it came with a catch—she had to budget and record her finances in a book, buying almost everything she needed for herself.

For 11 years, she divided her “income” into separate categories—long-term and short-term savings, spending, and tithe donations for the local church.She said her friends assumed the family was rich—but actually, Ms. Koumakis and her two sisters had to use the money to pay for their own essentials like clothes, meals out with her family, and school trips.

Each month she would put $70 in long-term savings, $20 in short-term savings, and $14 to tithe—leaving her $36 to spend.

The 11 years of long-term saving Ms. Koumakis experienced, all went towards buying a house.

Self-employed podcaster and business owner Ms. Koumakis, from Auckland, New Zealand, said it taught her budgeting from a young age and she now feels independent in her business spending, with her own house and car.

ICYMI

Secretary of State Antony Blinken Dresses Son as Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky for Halloween

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken dressed his four-year-old son as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky for a White House Halloween party on Monday night.

“Biden gave the young ‘Zelensky,’ who wore a dark green sweatshirt, a box of M&Ms bearing the presidential seal — after asking Congress earlier this month to give another $61.4 billion for the real deal, on top of $113 billion already appropriated to help Kyiv resist Russia’s 20-month-old invasion,” noted the New York Post.

A whole host of reasons why people don’t like HOA’s … 

These Ridiculous HOA Rules Will Have Any Homeowner Rolling Their Eyes

Homeowners Associations, also known as HOAs, are organizations that make and enforce rules for a community. Once an HOA is created, anyone who purchases property within their jurisdiction automatically becomes a member and must pay their fees. At best, HOAs keep the neighborhood orderly and upkeep certain common areas and facilities.

At worst, HOAs confine the freedom of residents to an unnecessary and sometimes ridiculous extent. For example, getting fined for sharing a towel at the pool, having the wrong style of blinds, or backing into a driveway could be infuriating. Read on for more HOA rules that are so nonsensical, you might think twice before moving into the neighborhood.

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