NYC Officially allows people to change there gender WITHOUT a note from a doctor…
January 1, 2019
New Yorkers who want their birth certificates to reflect a non-binary gender identity may now do so. The Health Department announced that the "X" option goes into effect today, January 1, 2019, adding, "Furthermore, transgender and gender non-binary New Yorkers will no longer need a letter from a physician or an affidavit signed by a licensed health care provider to change their gender on their birth certificate."
The third gender option was proposed by Mayor Bill de Blasio and City Council Speaker Corey Johnson in June, during Pride Month, and the measure was passed into law in October.
Trump Tax Plan Success: U.S. companies repatriate over half a trillion dollars in 2018…
January 1, 2019
The repatriation bonanza followed new regulations that allowed the U.S. government to tax profits accumulated overseas, regardless of where the money was held. Prior rules allowed companies to “defer” U.S. tax on worldwide profits unless they repatriated the money.
The change offered a powerful incentive to bring home some of the $3 trillion U.S. firms were believed to hold in jurisdictions ranging from Ireland to Switzerland, either in cash or in securities such as U.S. Treasuries.
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The current account data shows repatriation in all sectors.MAGA!
Scientists Just Melted a Hole Through 3,500 Feet of Ice to Reach a Mysterious Antarctic Lake…
January 1, 2019
While you were baking cookies and binging Netflix shows over Christmas, a team of about 50 scientists, drillers, and support staff was attempting to punch through nearly 4,000 feet of ice to access an Antarctic subglacial lake for just the second time in human history. And folks, they did it.
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“We’re knee-deep right [now] sampling the deepest standing water body humans have ever accessed beneath Antarctica,” Siegfried wrote. “[S]o it’ll take some time to process what the ‘most’ exciting part [is].”Jerry Brown Likens Global Warming To Fighting Nazis In WWII…
January 1, 2019
"I would point to the fact that it took Roosevelt many, many years to get America willing to go into World War II and fight the Nazis. Well, we have an enemy, though different, but perhaps, very much devastating in a similar way. And we've got to fight climate change. And the president's got to lead on that."
Both Jerry Brown and Al Gore share a common delusion about global warming, and the resultant radical alarmism that always seems to accompany it. By making Global Warming an enemy of humanity like Hitler, it makes Trump Derangement Syndrome more reason to be an entry in the dictionary.
Most Americans think gene-editing babies for health reasons is OK…
January 1, 2019
Most Americans say it would be OK to use gene-editing technology to create babies protected against a variety of diseases — but a new poll finds they’d draw the line at changing DNA so children are born smarter, faster or taller.
A month after startling claims of the births of the world’s first gene-edited babies in China, the poll by the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research finds people are torn between the medical promise of a technology powerful enough to alter human heredity and concerns over whether it will be used ethically.
Presidential Proclamation on National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month, 2019…
January 1, 2019
... Human trafficking and enslavement robs victims of these God-given endowments. Modern slavery in all its manifestations is a blight on humanity and an affront to our fundamental values. We will not rest until we eradicate this evil...IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this thirty-first day of December, in the year of our Lord two thousand eighteen, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-third.
Scarlett Johansson slams deepfakes, says she can’t stop the internet from pasting her face on porn…
January 1, 2019
Her face has been grafted into dozens of graphic sex scenes by anonymous online “creators," who are using free artificial-intelligence software to create convincingly lifelike videos. One fake video, described as real “leaked” footage, has been watched on a major porn site more than 1.5 million times.
“Clearly this doesn’t affect me as much because people assume it’s not actually me in a porno, however demeaning it is. I think it’s a useless pursuit, legally, mostly because the internet is a vast wormhole of darkness that eats itself. There are far more disturbing things on the dark web than this, sadly..."
Zuckerberg Funds Wireless Mind Control Using Brain Implant…
January 1, 2019
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his pediatrician wife, Priscilla Chan, have sold 29 million Facebook shares to raise $5 billion for an ambitious biomedical-research program called the Chan-Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI). Related to the CZI is the Chan-Zuckerberg Biohub, which employs top-notch scientists from Stanford University, UC Berkeley, and UC San Francisco. Researchers including a Biohub investigator are studying a wireless implantable brain device, called the "Wand" for short, in primates.
Published on New Year's Eve, their first study details how the Wand records, stimulates, and disrupts movement in real time.An Alabama sheriff pocketed more than $1 million meant to go to federal ICE detainees…
January 1, 2019
Since Etowah County Detention Center is the only Alabama jail that houses immigrant detainees, this means that any extra money left behind after feeding Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detainees must be split 50-50 between the county's sheriff and the county's fund.
Thanks to surpluses in 2016 and 2017, Todd Entrekin, the county's sheriff, legally collected $750,000. Earlier this year, Entrekin said he bought a $740,000 beach house with the money after Al.com, the online version of Alabama's largest newspaper, The Birmingham News, questioned him about it, according to the newspaper website
Statement From Acting Defense Secretary Patrick M. Shanahan
January 1, 2019
Under the direction of President Trump, the Department of Defense remains focused on safeguarding our nation. We have deep respect for Secretary Mattis’ lifetime of service, and it has been a privilege to serve as his deputy secretary.
As acting secretary of defense, I now look forward to working with President Trump to carry out his vision alongside strong leaders including the service secretaries, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the combatant commanders, and senior personnel in the Office of the Secretary of Defense.
The Department of Defense continues to be one of our nation’s bedrock institutions. Our foundational strength lies in the remarkable men and women who volunteer to serve our country and protect our freedoms, while making immense personal sacrifice. It is an honor to work with such a dedicated team committed to the greatness of our nation.
Kim Jong Un’s New Year’s Day message: Make North Korea great again…
January 1, 2019
Above all else, what the North Korean leader wants is security. Nuclear weapons, even at a cost of crippling sanctions, provide that security. However, Kim knows that, long term, he can’t rule over his nation of 25 million people with an iron fist and prison camps forever; ...
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That’s why his speech largely focused on the economy, with lots of pictures weaved throughout the presentation to ensure the world did not miss his message. In effect, he shares the same goal as President Donald Trump: he wants to make North Korea great again. And Kim understands clearly that someday cashing in his nuclear weapons are the best way to do that.Eurozone could break up this year if it doesn’t reform, experts warn…
January 1, 2019
“Internal contradictions” would force the region to “integrate economically” or dissolve, the Centre for Economic and Business Research said in its annual predictions for 2019.
“It is possible to defer the confrontation for a year or two but the boil will have to be lanced at some point since the Italians have clearly reached the point of austerity fatigue.”
TRUMP’S NEW YEARS MESSAGE!…
January 1, 2019
HAPPY NEW YEAR TO EVERYONE, INCLUDING THE HATERS AND THE FAKE NEWS MEDIA! 2019 WILL BE A FANTASTIC YEAR FOR THOSE NOT SUFFERING FROM TRUMP DERANGEMENT SYNDROME. JUST CALM DOWN AND ENJOY THE RIDE, GREAT THINGS ARE HAPPENING FOR OUR COUNTRY!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 1, 2019
Migrants in Court for Trying to Hijack Thames Ship, Smearing Faeces on Bridge Windows…
January 1, 2019
Samuel Jolumi, 26, Ishola Sunday, 27, Toheeb Popoola, 26, and Joberto McGee, 20, are thought to have stowed away on the Grimaldi cargo ship Grande Tema in Lagos, Nigeria.
They were discovered by the ship’s crew partway into the journey — but escaped once it reached the iconic Thames Estuary which wends its way into London.
The would-be illegal migrants then armed themselves and tried to threaten the crew into bringing the ship closer to the shoreline so they could make a swim for it — potentially very dangerous, given its enormous size — and smeared faeces on the windows of the bridge after they refused and locked themselves in.
President Trump signs Ashanti Alert Act into law…
January 1, 2019
In one of his final tasks of 2018, President Donald Trump signed into law the Ashanti Alert Act, creating a nationwide alert system for missing, endangered adults between the ages of 18 and 64.
The law is named for Ashanti Billie, of Prince George’s County, Maryland, who disappeared from the Hampton Roads, Virginia, area in September 2017. Her body was found two weeks later in North Carolina.
Brazil’s New President Vows To “Fight The Marxist Trash” in 2019…
January 1, 2019
Bolsonaro is buoyed by a 75-percent approval rating that could help him push through the major reforms he promised for Latin America's biggest economy.
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He maintains that allowing "good" people to own guns will deter criminals, as well as bring down Brazil's record number of homicides, which reached nearly 64,000 last year.
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Forging on, Bolsonaro on Monday tweeted that he was going to direct the education ministry to "fight the Marxist trash that has been installed in teaching institutions" and lift Brazil's poor educational standards.Dear Mr. President @realDonalTrump, I truly appreciate your words of encouragement. Together, under God’s protection, we shall bring prosperity and progress to our people! https://t.co/dplAFNJGdA
— Jair M. Bolsonaro (@jairbolsonaro) January 1, 2019
Ron Paul On 2019: Rough Times Ahead, But Liberty Can Still Win…
January 1, 2019
Fortunately, the liberty movement continues to grow. This movement counters the authoritarian lies with the truths of Austrian economics and the non-aggression principle. While the years ahead may be tough, if those of us who know the truth work hard to educate others, the cause of liberty can prevail.
Chinese Admiral Wants To “Sink Two US Aircraft Carriers” Over South China Sea…
January 1, 2019
"We’ll see how frightened America is."
Earth closest to sun on January 2-3…
January 1, 2019
January 2, 2019 according to clocks in the Americas – we reach Earth’s closest point to the sun for this entire year. That closest point comes at 11:20 p.m. CST (central U.S.) on January 2. It’ll be the morning of January 3 for Europe and Africa … later in the day January 3 for the rest of the world (January 3 at 5:20 UTC; translate to your time zone). Astronomers call this special point in our orbit perihelion, from the Greek roots peri meaning near and helios meaning sun.
At its closest point, Earth swings to within 91,403,554 miles (147,099,761 km) of the sun. That’s in contrast to six months from now, when the Earth reaches aphelion – its most distant point – on July 4, 2019. Then we’ll be 94,513,221 miles (152,104,285 km) from the sun.
Marine dead after shooting at Marine Barracks in Southeast, DC…
January 1, 2019
Officials report that a Marine is dead after a shooting at the Marine Barracks in Southeast, D.C. The shooting was reported around 5 a.m. Officials say the Marine was shot and hospitalized but later died from a gunshot wound.
A Marine spokesperson did not identify the Marine but said no suspects have been arrested and that there is no threat to public.