Category: Opinion

Doesn’t it seem strange that every problem with the voting system always helps the Democrats? I don’t think it’s a coincidence, even if it is amazing. My not-so-humble opinion is that the bias, like the bugs, is not random or an accident. A new glitch has shown up in Dallas, Texas.

After Dallas’s polls closed, election workers noticed something very strange. After they were done, the numbers on the poll pads went up by a lot.

In the background, you can hear the poll workers talking about how the numbers are going up so quickly. Now, why would those numbers go up so much, or even at all, after everyone had checked in? I can think of only one reason. Each precinct’s number of votes must match the number of people who check in on the poll pads. So, if you try to change the votes, you need to change the poll pads, too. Obviously, there was no cheating if the numbers on the poll pads are much higher than the number of votes.

From The Gateway Pundit

In a shocking video that seems to confirm many of the things we knew but couldn’t prove, poll workers in Dallas, Tx captured the number of checked in voters on their poll pads jumping higher and higher right before polls closed.  The poll pads are used to check in voters and are the electronic version of the paper “voter roll”, which also keeps a running tally of the number of voters who have been “checked-in” on that particular device.  While we only have confirmation of this one precinct because of the video, The Gateway Pundit is told by an individual present that his happened county wide in Dallas County.

As you can see in the shorter of the videos, the poll pad in the screen jumps from 1,080 voters to 1,139 to 1,191 and finally to 1,259.  No one or nothing is touching the poll pad as it is doing this.  The poll pad displays “Poll Closed” to the left of the count.  For full screen video, visit Rumble.com/CannCon or click here and here. Be sure to turn the Quality up to 720 so you can read the numbers in real time.

The group claims that they have been working with poll watchers and workers in another state with evidence of the same phenomenon occurring in several counties.  The poll pad voter check-in numbers suddenly jumped right before the polls closed.

The Gateway Pundit will be exclusively covering this story and case as it progresses.

Vladimir Putin asserted that Moscow wants to negotiate in a state television interview on Sunday, despite the fact that Ukrainian cities had been bombarded with missiles over the Christmas holiday.

“We are ready to negotiate with everyone involved about acceptable solutions, but that is up to them – we are not the ones refusing to negotiate, they are,” Putin said.

The claim was rejected by Mykhailo Podolyak, an adviser to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who stated that “Putin needs to come back to reality.”

“Russia single-handedly attacked Ukraine and is killing citizens. There are no other ‘countries, motives, geopolitics,’” Podolyak tweeted. “Russia doesn’t want negotiations, but tries to avoid responsibility.”

Kherson, which was bombarded on Christmas Eve and left with at least 10 dead and numerous others injured, was taken over by Russia in the early stages of the invasion but was freed by Ukrainian forces last month.

In recent months, shelling has also targeted other Ukrainian cities and the nation’s energy infrastructure.

Zelenskyy urged Ukrainians to pay attention to air alarms in the upcoming days during his speech to the U.S. Congress this week in Washington, D.C.

“There are only a few days left this year. We must be aware that our enemy will try to make this time dark and difficult for us,” Zelenskyy said on Christmas day. “Russia lost everything it could this year. But it is trying to compensate for its losses with the gloating of its propagandists after the missile strikes at our country, at our energy sector.”

After Zelenskyy’s visit, the $45 billion aid package for Ukraine was approved by both chambers of Congress, and President Biden received the bill.

Putin, on the other hand, claimed on Sunday that the West was attempting to undermine Russia.

“Actually, the fundamental thing here is the policy of our geopolitical opponents which is aimed at pulling apart Russia, historical Russia,” Putin said.

In what authorities described as “a disastrous mess,” a train derailed in Tennessee on Tuesday after crashing through a semi-truck carrying a large concrete beam. Two train employees were hurt.

The Norfolk Southern freight train was passing through Collegedale when the truck carrying a 134-foot concrete truss bridge beam was parked on the tracks, according to a statement from the Hamilton County Office of Emergency Management.

The Tri-Community Volunteer Fire Department said the truck had been waiting for the light to turn green and was attempting to clear the tracks when the crossing arms were raised.

Hamilton County officials said the three locomotives and ten railroad cars derailed. Two Norfolk Southern Train employees were hospitalized with minor injuries. According to news sources, the truck driver was unharmed.

As the freight train’s horn honks, the semi-truck can be seen on scene video attempting to move clear of the tracks.

The train is seen slamming through the beam, but the truck is unable to completely clear the tracks in time. Railcars pile up and slide off the tracks, leaving flames in their wake.

Some Hamilton County officials believed the accident could have been a lot worse.

“Collegedale has dodged a huge bullet,” said the former chairman of the National Transportation Safety Board. “That is a tragic accident that could have taken many lives.”

The collision blocked the crossing, and an investigation is ongoing. A team to remove hazardous materials like leaking diesel fuel from the locomotives was among the agencies that responded.

London’s iconic Museum of the Home is renaming its traditional Christmas exhibit in an attempt to be more inclusive to other holidays.

“Britain’s museum sector has been completely captured by the woke cult,” said Toby Young, the founder of the U.K.’s Free Speech Union.

Young’s comments come as the Museum of the Home in London announced that it will “celebrate Diwali, Hanukkah, Christmas, Lunar New Year and learn how they are marked at home,” according to the Sun.

A “celebration of the winter solstice through a Black, queer lens” will be featured in the museum’s Rooms Through Time collection.

The museum, which was founded in 1914, has long featured displays that examine home life from 1600 to the present. Its holiday exhibit, which explored family living rooms from the Tudor era to 2010, has proven to be a popular draw.

The museum, which had been known for over a century as the Geffrye Museum, changed its name to the Museum of the Home last year after undergoing a significant renovation in an effort to distance itself from the slave trader Robert Geffrye of the 1600s.

“Because Robert Geffrye didn’t create the museum, it was an easier decision,” Sonia Solicari, the museum’s director, said. “It’s not his collection, [and] he may or may not have liked the idea of a museum in his almshouses.”

The building’s former rear entrance still has a statue of Geffrye atop it, but the museum has expressed a desire to move it from its current prominent position.

“We believe there is potential to retain the statue on site but in an alternative and less prominent space, where we can better tell the full story of the history of the buildings and Robert Geffrye’s life, including his involvement in transatlantic slavery,” the museum said in a statement last year, according to a BBC report. “We are confronting, challenging and learning from the uncomfortable truths of the origins of the museum buildings, to fulfill our commitment to diversity and inclusion.”

Officials near Maui report that a 60-year-old woman from Washington was most likely killed by an “aggressive” shark while she and her husband were snorkeling 50 yards from the shore.

The woman’s husband admitted to investigators that he and his wife were not snorkeling side by side and that he could only occasionally see her. He claimed that he kept looking for his wife and believed that she might have been diving toward the ocean floor as a shark circled him.

He claimed that the shark swam away as he kept poking his head out of the water to scan the surface for his wife. The shark returned after he had seen something in the distance, and he could see something red around its gills. He claimed that at that point, people on the beach started shouting at him to exit the water because a shark was feeding nearby.

An eyewitness on the beach confirmed the husband’s account, according to a report from the Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources. The witness is the one who reported the incident to 911.

Eyewitnesses said they “saw the shark’s large mouth continuing to feed on something in the middle of the red cloud in the water.”

According to the release, the incident was determined to be a “tragic accident” that was “exacerbated not only by not having their loved one’s body recovered, but also by false information that spread quickly on social media platforms, suggesting that this was something other than what it was,”

The woman’s identity has not been made public, but the U.S. Coast Guard reports that the active search off of south Maui has been suspended after 17 searches totaling 40 hours and 306 miles were conducted.

A Royal Thai Navy ship built in the United States sank in the Gulf of Thailand on Monday, sparking an hours-long search with helicopters still trying to find at least 30 missing sailors.

Seventy-five crew members of the corvette HTMS Sukothai, which was originally built in Tacoma, Washington, have since been rescued. According to reports, the gulf experienced waves that were over 3 meters (10 feet) high. Despite warnings of bad weather and waves of up to 4 meters, the ship continued to sail in the conditions, according to The Associated Press.

One rescued sailor claimed to have floated in the water for three hours before being rescued, according to Thai media.

Rescuers claim that because of the high waves, lateral searches for sailors are all but impossible and must instead be conducted from the air using spotlights.

According to reports, the ship’s electrical system was destroyed when water from high waves and strong winds was sprayed onto the deck. According to the AP, when the ship’s power was cut off, sailors were unable to pump water out of it, which caused the ship to list violently before sinking.

The Sukothai, which was put into service in 1987, was 252 feet long and could carry 959 tons of water. After the rescue operation is over, Thai authorities intend to salvage what they can from the ship.

Amber Heard has agreed to pay Johnny Depp $1 million to end their legal dispute over her alleged defamation, according to a source close to the situation.

Heard will pay the seven-figure sum to put an end to their contentious legal wrangling, which started soon after their 2016 split.

“After a great deal of deliberation, I have made a very difficult decision to settle the defamation case brought against me by my ex-husband in Virginia,” she wrote on Instagram.

“It’s important for me to say that I never chose this. I defended my truth and in doing so my life as I knew it was destroyed,” the statement explains. “The vilification I have faced on social media is an amplified version of the ways in which women are re-victimized when they come forward. Now I finally have an opportunity to emancipate myself from something I attempted to leave over six years ago and on terms I can agree to.”

Heard added that the agreement places no limitations on her ability to discuss the case or the breakdown of her marriage.

“I have made no admission, this is not an act of concession,” she stated. “There are no restrictions or gags with respect to my voice moving forward.”

She compared the trial to Depp’s lawsuit against the Sun for labeling him a “wife-beater.” In that case, which he lost, Heard testified on behalf of the publisher, and her allegations of abuse were corroborated.

“When I stood before a judge in the UK, I was vindicated by a robust, impartial and fair system,” she said.

“Even if my US appeal is successful, the best outcome would be a re-trial where a new jury would have to consider the evidence again,” she wrote. “I simply cannot go through that a third time.”

Amber admitted that the emotional and financial burden of a second trial would be too much to bear.

Elon Musk, the CEO of Twitter, polled users on his site to determine whether he should step down from his position as company president. The majority of respondents are in favor of Musk’s resignation.

On Sunday night, Musk posted a poll to his Twitter account asking his followers if they thought he should step down as CEO of the social media network.

“Should I step down as head of Twitter? I will abide by the results of this poll,” Musk wrote on his platform.

As of Monday morning, the majority of respondents preferred that he step down. Over 17 million users contributed.

Should I step down as head of Twitter? I will abide by the results of this poll.

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 18, 2022

“As the saying goes, be careful what you wish, as you might get it,” Musk wrote in a tweet Sunday night shortly after posting the poll.

Musk said he will abide by the results of the poll, so he is expected to step down in the future if he can find a replacement he deems suitable to handle the job.

However, while Musk would resign as Twitter CEO, he will still have full ownership of the social media monster.

MySpace co-founder Tom Anderson said his support hinges on who Musk’s successor would be commenting, “Depends who you get to run it,” underneath Musk’s Twitter poll.

The poll follows Twitter’s controversial announcement on Sunday that users cannot promote their accounts on other social media networks, such as Facebook, Instagram, and Truth Social. Following a strong backlash from Twitter users, the rule and the thread announcing it were quickly removed.

“Going forward, there will be a vote for major policy changes. My apologies. Won’t happen again,” Musk tweeted hours after the initial policy was announced.

On Friday, a huge aquarium in a hotel in the heart of Berlin burst, spilling 264,000 gallons of water, 1,500 fish, and injuring two people.

According to a German official, “material fatigue” is what caused the 46-foot aquarium in Berlin to burst.

Iris Spranger, a top security official in Berlin, told the German media that “first indications point to material fatigue,” according to the authorities.

However, there is still no confirmed reason for the incident.

A representative from Reynolds Polymer Technology, a U.S. business that contributed to the construction of the enormous water tank, has traveled to Germany to conduct an investigation.

Just before 6 a.m. local time, the spill in the Radisson Blu’s lobby sent a wave of debris sweeping through the hotel. Rescue dogs are now searching the area to make sure nobody was buried beneath the debris.

The “AquaDom” tank, which was the largest cylindrical aquarium in the world and contained 80 different species of tropical fish, including blue tang and clownfish, is thought to have killed the majority of those fish.

The Radisson Blu had to order the evacuation of about 300 guests on Friday morning.

The tank was initially constructed in 2003 and modernized in 2020. It has since turned into a popular tourist attraction with a 10-minute elevator ride through it.

President Joe Biden’s critics slammed him for a couple of awkward racial remarks he made during a recent town hall address for American veterans in Delaware.

In his speech on Friday, Biden asserted that despite being Irish, “he’s not stupid,” and that his wife’s family is Italian, so he must have “a little Italian” in him. Nevertheless, many online users criticized the comments as being in bad taste.

He jokingly said, “I may be Irish, but I’m not stupid. I married Dominic Giacoppa’s daughter so, you know, I got a little Italian in me now.”

After a video of the speech went viral on Twitter, several well-known users commented, alleging that the president was repeating anti-Irish sentiment and, on top of that, misrepresenting his wife’s ancestry.

Hate crime https://t.co/VJg7d668dg

— Mary Margaret Olohan (@MaryMargOlohan) December 16, 2022

Conservative digital strategist Greg Price told users on Twitter what was behind Biden’s latest embellishment writing, “Jill Biden’s father’s name is Donald Jacobs,” and that, “Giacoppa is apparently the Italianized version of Jill Biden’s maiden name lol.”

Even though Jill Biden’s great-grandfather was the last member of her family to bear the name Giacoppa before immigrating to the United States, she does have Italian ancestry. Her maiden name is Jacobs.

A special advisor for communications for Ted Cruz, replied, “FACT CHECK: Giacoppa was actually Jill Biden’s grandfather, not her father.”

How do the Irish feel about this comment Biden just made?

"I may be Irish, but I'm not stupid." pic.twitter.com/QhhIQFLCP9

— Ian Miles Cheong (@stillgray) December 16, 2022

Businessman and conservative user Eoghan McCabe shot back at Biden, tweeting, “Irishman here. I feel neutral because I think he actually is stupid.”

Biden loves this Bidenism (he’s said it in the past before) — just casual old school anti-Irish stereotyping, but he thinks it’s a fun part of his gift of the gab because he considers himself Irish (his great-great-great grandfather moved to America from Ireland in the 1800s.) https://t.co/VJrcjdYzax

— Jerry Dunleavy IV 🇺🇸 (@JerryDunleavy) December 16, 2022

The Washington Examiner’s Jerry Dunleavy also commented on Biden’s comment, tweeting, “Biden loves this Bidenism (he’s said it in the past before) — just casual old school anti-Irish stereotyping, but he thinks it’s a fun part of his gift of the gab because he considers himself Irish (his great-great-great grandfather moved to America from Ireland in the 1800s.)”

Author Helena Morissey tweeted, “My Irish-born husband says: Biden is not Irish and he needs help.”