Anonymous ID: 762504 Nov. 20, 2023, 7:28 a.m. No.19947816   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>7999 >>8138 >>8248 >>8346 >>8470 >>8562

Democrats fear this one simple question will doom Biden

“Biden will flunk the question.”

 

I was speaking with two senior Democratic operatives last week about the upcoming election and more specifically about the suggestion from David Axelrod — CNN analyst and former senior adviser to President Obama — that President Biden may want to reconsider his reelection bid as former President Trump gets closer and closer to becoming the presumptive Republican nominee.

 

Axelrod logically voiced his fears after the New York Times and Siena College published pollsshowing Trump leading Biden in five of six key battleground states. In a social media post, Axelrod wrote, “It’s very late to change horses; a lot will happen in the next year that no one can predict & Biden’s team says his resolve to run is firm.” He then added: “Only @JoeBiden can make this decision. If he continues to run, he will be the nominee of the Democratic Party. What he needs to decide is whether that is wise; whether it’s in HIS best interest or the country’s?”

 

For daring to voice his honest opinion,Axelrod — as reported in Politico — was referred to as a “prick” by President Biden, who has been known to fire off profanities when upset. Being told to pack it in by a former Obama guy was clearly just the thing to push Biden’s buttons.

 

Regardless of that spat, the Democratic operatives were not interested in any of it. Nor were they interested in debating Biden’s age nor his cognitive ability.

 

“I don’t care about any of those things,” one of them said. “They honestly don’t matter in relation to the question. And Biden is going to flunk that question and lose.”

 

The question these Democratic operatives feared being: “Were you better off four years ago than you are now?”

 

This is a reverse of arguably the most important question ever asked in a presidential debate. During the final week of the 1980 presidential race between Democratic President Jimmy Carter and GOP nominee Ronald Reagan, the two candidates held their sole debate on October 28.

 

Reagan used his closing remarks to look into the camera and ask Americans the question — one that became the defining moment of the election: “Are you better off now than you were four years ago?”

 

He then followed with: “Is it easier for you to go and buy things in the stores than it was four years ago? Is there more or less unemployment in the country than there was four years ago? Is America as respected throughout the world as it was? Do you feel that our security is as safe, that we’re as strong as we were four years ago?”

 

Now, the reverse of that question is the one Biden should fear most: “Were you better off four years ago than you are now?”

 

There is no doubt that former President Donald Trump and independent candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will use variations of those questions to pummel Biden. And with good reason.

 

Tens of millions of Americans do believe they were much better off four years ago than now. Americans who know mortgage rates were at record lows; gasoline prices were well below three dollars per gallon; inflation was under control; our border was more secure; our major cities were not homeless encampments; crime was dramatically lower; and the world was more at peace.

 

To add insult to injury for President Biden, while confirming the worry of the Democratic operatives, the Financial Times just ran an article headlined “Only 14% of US voters say Joe Biden has made them better off.” Ouch.

 

Ultimately, some percentage of voters may care about Biden’s age or ability to govern effectively. But every single voter is concerned with quality-of-life issues that negatively affect them and their families.

 

Trump and Kennedy pounding on that question for the next several months will prove to be devastating for Biden.

 

https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/4315849-democrats-fear-this-one-simple-question-will-doom-biden/

Anonymous ID: 762504 Nov. 20, 2023, 7:47 a.m. No.19947858   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>7869

Yet Another Leftist Journalist Arrested On Child Pornography Charges

In the last 12 months alone, two senior producers for ABC and CNN were sentenced to prison for child porn.

We're starting to sense a trend.

On Monday, Slade Sohmer, 44, the former managing editor of CNN's now defunct BEME video sharing app and, until a month ago, editor-in-chief of the left-leaning video-driven news site The Recount, was freed on $100,000 bail after he was charged in a Massachusetts court with possessing and disseminating “hundreds of child pornography images and videos.” He has pled not guilty to two counts of possession of child pornography and two counts of dissemination of child pornography

 

Descriptions of the materials in question are indeed horrific, and prosecutors have hinted that Sohmer may have been involved in the production of some videos as well as the abuse of children. Court documents cited by the Berkshire Eagle earlier this week allege that Sohmer’s phone contained disturbing video clips showing boys believed to be as young as 3 years of age being raped and forced to perform sex acts by adults. Assistant District Attorney Marianne Shelvey said this was one of the most “egregious” cases of its kind she has come across.

 

According to the Berkshire County Law Enforcement Task Force's Affidavit in Support of Probable Cause, Sohmer allegedly bragged about tricking a 14-year-old boy into sending nude pictures. He also allegedly fantasized about tricking a boy into rape, in which Sohmer and an unnamed accomplice would "Spitroast him for hours."

 

Sohmer's career history is replete with yellow journalism and attacks on conservatives. The Recount's bread and butter content for at least a couple years included a steady stream of hatchet job videos targeting “conspiracy theorists,” primarily people who stood against covid mandates and forced vaccination.

 

The arrest of the former editor comes not long after the arrest of CNN producer John Griffin for child sexual abuse, as well as the arrest of ABC producer James Gordon Meek on child pornography charges. Some critics argue that the growing list of leftist journalists caught in child pornography scandals helps to explain some of the strange behavior of media outlets where child abuse “networking” is concerned.

 

Their extreme hostility to stories like Pizzagate, their defense of movies like Cuties, as well as their attacks on the film The Sound Of Freedom make more sense if there is a trend of pedophilia hidden within media circles.

 

Sohmer, whose X handle is @Slade, was once praised by John Podesta for 'sleuthing out the origin of the sinkhole,' replying to a joke from Slade implying that a sinkhole around Mar a Lago was due to Trump's 'glowing orb' meeting.

 

Another unfortunate factor playing into the case is Sohmer's longtime involvement in a non-profit calledCamp Power, a summer campfor underprivileged children which Sohmer co-directed.Funding for Camp Power is mainly provided by an organization called Country Roads Foundation, of which there is almost no online information.

 

In a podcast from 2019, Sohmer described his 10 years co-running Camp Power as well as his involvement as a camp councilor through his college years, working with children from grades 5 to 11. He states that the event was the “best week of his year every year.”

 

Sohmer also mentions that the organization provided scholarship vacations in which kids from Camp Power could win a place in their college program and visit various schools. He noted that he “always drives the van” for the kids on such trips.

 

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/yet-another-leftist-journalist-arrested-child-pornography-charges

Anonymous ID: 762504 Nov. 20, 2023, 7:53 a.m. No.19947871   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>7882 >>7884 >>7894 >>7900 >>7901 >>7942 >>7999 >>8138 >>8248 >>8346 >>8470 >>8562

SAY THEIR NAMES: Matthew Perna, Jord Meachum, Mark Aungst, Chris Stanton — The J6 Defendants Who Died by Suicide Following the Merciless Harassment by Their Government

by Jim Hᴏft Nov. 19, 2023

On Friday, House Speaker Mike Johnson released the first batch of January 6th footagethat is accessible to the general public on the Committee on House Administration website.

 

“When I ran for Speaker, I promised to make accessible to the American people the 44,000 hours of video from Capitol Hill security taken on January 6, 2021. Truth and transparency are critical. Today, we will begin immediately posting video on a public website and move as quickly as possible to add to the website nearly all of the footage, more than 40,000 hours. In the meantime, a public viewing room will ensure that every citizen can view every minute of the videos uncensored,” Johnson wrote on X.

 

“This decision will provide millions of Americans, criminal defendants, public interest organizations, and the media an ability to see for themselves what happened that day, rather than having to rely upon the interpretation of a small group of government officials,” Johnson added.

The release of ALL J6 footage only led to one thing:There was no insurrection!

The January 6th footage shows protestors peacefully entering, leaving, and making police smile.

 

Following the release of new footage, it’s important to reflect on the individuals who faced severe distress after facing various charges and public scrutiny under false premises, leading to their tragic deaths. Among these were Matthew Perna, Jord Meachum, Mark Aungst, and Chris Stanton.

 

These names represent just a fraction of the defendants from the J6 incident who have succumbed to despair, leading to their untimely deaths.

 

The corrupt Department of Justice (DOJ), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the media, and the January 6th Witch Hunt Committee bear the responsibility for the mental and emotional strain placed on these individuals.

 

The intense scrutiny, public shaming, and legal pressures have created an unbearable environment for those awaiting trial or serving sentences, which contributed to a sense of hopelessness and isolation, ultimately leading to tragic outcomes….

 

Matthew Lawrence Perna (June 1984 — Feb. 2022)

 

Jord Meacham (June 2001 — August 2023)

 

Mark Aungst (May 1975 — July 2022)

 

Christopher Stanton Georgia (Died on Jan. 9, 2021)

 

53-year-old Christopher Stanton Georgia committed suicide on Saturday after he was charged in the Capitol riot, according to the Fulton County medical examiner. Chris was found with a gunshot wound to the chest and died by suicide

 

Georgia was charged with attempting to “enter certain property that is, the United States Capitol Grounds, against the will of the United States Capitol Police.”

 

It’s important to note that many of the non-violent January 6 men and women who have become targets of their own government have no criminal history; many are pillars of their communities, they are business owners, US veterans, moms, dads, and grandparents, yet they have been treated worse by the media, the Left, and by their own government than a serial criminal.

 

How many will have to suffer before our politicians stand up to Biden’s tyrannical Justice Department and the Jan 6 Witch Hunt Committee, whose only purpose is to destroy Trump and his most ardent supporters?

 

Rest in Peace, Patriots.

 

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/11/say-their-names-matthew-perna-jord-meachum-mark/

Anonymous ID: 762504 Nov. 20, 2023, 8:01 a.m. No.19947900   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>7999 >>8138 >>8248 >>8346 >>8470 >>8562

>>19947871

Matthew Perna was 37 years old when he put a rope around his neck and took his own life.

From his obituary:

Matthew Lawrence Perna died on Feb. 25, 2022, of a broken heart. His community (which he loved), his country, and the justice system killed his spirit and his zest for life. Matt was an amazing man! In his 37 years, he experienced more than most people do their entire lives. He graduated from Sharpsville High School in 2002, then went on to graduate from Penn State University.

Matt loved to travel and lived in Thailand and South Korea during his life, teaching English to school children. He traveled extensively throughout Europe, Asia, South America, India, and the United States of America making lasting friendships everywhere he went. He went on a mission trip to Haiti, and also took many trips with his parents and brother Steve. Matt enjoyed conversing with all walks of life, especially the elderly. It was not unusual for him to strike up conversations with complete strangers, always eager to learn from others.

He attended the rally on Jan. 6, 2021, to peacefully stand up for his beliefs. After learning that the FBI was looking for him, he immediately turned himself in. He entered the Capitol through a previously opened door (he did not break in as was reported). He didn’t break, touch, or steal anything. He did not harm anyone, as he stayed within the velvet ropes taking pictures. For this act he has been persecuted by many members of his community, friends, relatives, and people who had never met him. Many people were quietly supportive, and Matt was truly grateful for them. The constant delays in hearings, and postponements dragged out for over a year. Because of this, Matt’s heart broke and his spirit died. Matt did not have a hateful bone in his body. He embraced people of all races, income brackets, and beliefs, never once berating anyone for having different views.

Matt attended Central Community Church in Transfer, PA. He was a Christian who read his Bible daily. Matt’s family stood by him during this devastating ordeal and are extremely proud of his passion for life and his pursuit of many dreams. His actions last year are not looked down upon, instead his family is grateful and humbled by his courage. They say God never gives anyone more than they can handle. That statement is not Biblical, nor is it true. Rest Easy Matt, you are finally FREE!

The last thing Matthew Perna told his Aunt Geri before he died was, “I love you too Aunt Geri and I’m sorry you lost all of your friends because of me.”

Matthew then took his life after the Biden regime threatened him with jail time and court dates after he walked into the US Capitol on January 6.

 

Jord Meacham (June 2001 — August 2023)

22-year-old Nejourde Meacham died on August 28, 2021, two weeks after the Biden regime charged him with four misdemeanor crimes for walking inside the open doors of the US Capitol on January 6, 2021. The young man committed suicide and shot himself in the head.

From his obituary:

Nejourde Thomas “Jord” Meacham, age 22, of Pleasant Valley, passed away August 28, 2023. He was born June 16, 2001, in Pleasant Valley, Utah, to Thomas and Kelli Yardley Meacham.

Jord worked on the family’s ranch, and enjoyed riding horses, hunting, fishing, and doing anything out doors. He was a big history buff and was a good cook – soup being his specialty. Listening to music was a big part of his life and young kids were drawn to him. He spent the summers working at Leader Creek Fisheries in Naknek, Alaska and cherished the time he spent there and the many friendships that he made.

 

Mark Aungst (May 1975 — July 2022)

January 6 defendant Mark Aungst, 47, from Williamsport, Pennsylvania committed suicideon July 2022. Aungst pleaded guilty last June 2022 to parading in the Capitol and was facing up to six months in prison and a $5000 fine.

From his obituary:

Mark R. Aungst, 47, of Williamsport, passed away unexpectedly on Wednesday July 20, 2022. Born May 18, 1975, in Landstuhl, Germany he was a son of the late Luther R. Aungst and Cheryl (Morehart) Aungst of Lancaster.

Mark was a gas field well service technician in the area. He was a member of Messiah Lutheran Church. A loyal and dedicated man, Mark showed tremendous pride for God and his country. Above all else, Mark loved his daughter and anytime they spent together, as she was truly his world.

 

Christopher Stanton Georgia (Died on Jan. 9, 2021)

53-year-old Christopher Stanton Georgia committed suicide on Saturday after he was charged in the Capitol riot, according to the Fulton County medical examiner. Chris was found with a gunshot wound to the chest and died by suicide

Georgia was charged with attempting to “enter certain property that is, the United States Capitol Grounds, against the will of the United States Capitol Police.”

Anonymous ID: 762504 Nov. 20, 2023, 8:10 a.m. No.19947942   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>7960 >>7999 >>8138 >>8248 >>8346 >>8470 >>8562

>>19947871. NEVER FORGET!

Beware Trump supporters: Kamala Harris and the Democrats have a list, and that’s a fact

The thirst for pay-back

 

Saturday, November 14, 2020

 

By Everett Piper

This quote is apparently not accurate about Kamala. It seems to have originated in a satirical piece written in 2019.

 

But here’s the thing, this “statement” from Ms. Harris is so close to the numerous verified comments from other key playersin the Democratic Party and their corresponding “useful idiots” in the media (but I repeat myself) that, at first blush, it didn’t even strike me as odd or out of order.

 

Comments such as the following:

“Any Republican now promoting rejection of an election or calling not to follow the will of voters or making baseless allegations of fraud should never serve in office, join a corporate board, find a faculty position, or be accepted into ‘polite’ society. We have a list.” — Jennifer Rubin, The Washington Post

 

“Is anyone archiving these Trump sycophants for when they try to downplay or deny their complicity in the future? I foresee decent probability of many deleted tweets, writings, photos …” — Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez, U.S. Congress

 

“Yes, we are … Every Administration staffer, campaign staffer, bundler, lawyer, who represented them — everyone.” — Michael Simon, The Trump Accountability Project

 

“When this nightmare is over, we need a Truth and Reconciliation Commission. It would … name every official, politician, executive and media mogul whose greed and cowardice enabled this catastrophe.” — Robert Reich, former Labor Department Secretary to President Clinton and adviser to President Obama

 

“The most humane and reasonable way to deal with all these people, if we survive this, is some kind of truth and reconciliation commission.” — Chris Hayes, MSNBC host

 

“So, let us brace ourselves … the terrorist Trump must be defeated, must be destroyed, must be devoured … and then he, and his enablers, and his supporters, and his collaborators … must be prosecuted and convicted and removed from our society … [T]he fight is not just to win an election, but to win it by enough to chase — at least for a moment — Trump and the maggots off the stage and then try to clean up what they left, Remember… the fight does not end November 3, but in many ways, will only begin that day.” — Keith Olbermann, former ESPN and MSNBC commentator

 

“We should keep and publish a list of everyone who assists Trump’s frivolous and dangerous attacks on the election. Name and shame forever.” — Evan McMullin, former CIA operative and 2016 independent candidate for the presidency of the United States

 

“Me-first capitalists … are going to be the first people lined up against the wall and shot in the revolution. I’ll happily provide video commentary.” — Dick Costolo, former CEO of Twitter

 

“I think killing the little Romanov children was justified [for the sake of the revolution].” — Bhaskar Sunkara, founder of Jacobin magazine, the top publication among democratic socialists

 

Or this from Joe Biden himself who, in a 2018 speech to the Human Rights Campaign, described conservative Christians and Jews who live by the 4,000-year-old moral teachings of the Bible as “virulent people, some of them the dregs of society …”

 

The “quote” I posted concerning Kamala Harris may not have been accurate. But all these other comments are. And here’s something else that is entirely true, Sen. Harris’ silence.

 

https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/nov/14/beware-trump-supporters-kamala-harris-and-the-demo/

Anonymous ID: 762504 Nov. 20, 2023, 8:18 a.m. No.19947992   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>8058 >>8138 >>8146 >>8248 >>8346 >>8470 >>8562

It's Simple Why No Arab Countries Are Taking Palestinian Refugees. They Know Better.

Matt VespaA

When Israel began conducting airstrikes in Gaza, everyone knew there was going to be displacement. The military operation comes after Hamas invaded Israel on October 7, murdering 1,200-1,400 civilians in a coordinated assault involving well over 1,000 terrorists. The level of barbarity was unprecedented, leading to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu forming a unity government that aims to destroy Hamas. On October 28, the ground invasion began, leading to scores of Palestinians attempting to make their way south to safety. Hamas shot some who tried to flee.

 

As the Left rages against Israel, hurling antisemitic slurs and chanting for more Jews to die, some might want to consider why the civilians have nowhere to go. Okay, maybe these folks do know but don’t care, but liberals are historically illiterate, so who knows? It goes beyond geography. The Palestinians bring trouble and have a long, sordid history of fomenting mayhem and terrorism in other Arab nations.

 

Egypt is the logical destination for these Palestinians, but Cairo doesn’t want them, and for good reason: terrorism. The border crossing at Rafah remains closed, with tanks now deployed to ensure their border is secure. Egypt’s prime minister even said his country is willing to sacrifice millions to ensure no Palestinians ever enter Egypt en masse (via WSJ):

 

If Hamas cared about Palestinian civilians, it would encourage them to leave Gaza. But instead it is demanding that they remain. The terror group intends to use its own people and the hostages it abducted from Israel as human shields. Their hope is that either Israeli concern about causing collateral damage or global opprobrium will force Israel to scale back its counter-invasion.

 

Egypt is the only place to which Gaza’s civilians can flee for now. Yet Cairo insists on maintaining its strict quota for entries from Gaza via the Rafah crossing—with only 800 able to leave on Monday, and the crossing reportedly closed in recent days.

 

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al Sisi bears no warm feelings toward Hamas, which is allied with the Muslim Brotherhood that tried to impose an Islamist regime in his country not too long ago. He’s concerned that Hamas terrorists might slip across the border into Egypt with a tide of civilians.

 

The timing is bad for Mr. Sisi, but unless he budges Egypt will become partly responsible for what could become a terrible humanitarian crisis—and that’s if Israel succeeds in rooting out Hamas. If Hamas’s strategy succeeds and Israel is forced by international pressure to scale back its defensive operations, Egypt will have to live with an entrenched and emboldened Hamas on the other side of the Rafah crossing.

 

If Hamas and the Palestinians aren’t freely moving into Egypt, they’ll be okay with it. Also, Israel has resisted ceasefires and has continued to chip away at the terror group’s infrastructure in Gaza, but a humanitarian crisis could still emerge.

 

As the tweet above mentioned, thePalestinians tried to take over Jordanin the 1970s, leading to the late King Hussein declaring war on them and driving them out. Theywere booted from Kuwaitafter collaborating with Saddam Hussein’s forces before the Gulf War. They set off a powder keg in Lebanon, a nation that has yet to recover from its brutal civil war that lasted 15 years.No Arab country wants these people because they bring instability and trouble. They’re not importing terrorism; that’s what we’re doingwholesale.

 

https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2023/11/19/its-simple-why-no-arab-nations-want-palestinian-refugees-they-know-better-n2631386#google_vignette

Anonymous ID: 762504 Nov. 20, 2023, 8:31 a.m. No.19948053   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>8138 >>8248 >>8346 >>8470 >>8562

>>19948020

Her entire 100 pages of her ruling by the judge is a “Dicta Fest”. In other words it was crazy. Kek

 

dicta

/dĭk′tə/

noun

Plural of dictum.

 

dictum

/dĭk′təm/

 

noun

An authoritative, often formal pronouncement.

A side remark made in a judicial opinion that is not necessary for the decision in the caseand therefore is not to be regarded as establishing the law of the case or setting legal precedent.

A positive or judicial assertion; an authoritative saying.

Anonymous ID: 762504 Nov. 20, 2023, 8:35 a.m. No.19948068   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>8194 >>8248 >>8346 >>8470 >>8562

"The Breaking Of The Dam": Julie Kelly Reacts To Speaker Johnson Releasing 44,000 Hours Of Jan. 6 Footage

 

6:25

 

She must be the happiest journalist alive, since the videos have been released. She has covered J6 defendants from day 1!

 

https://rumble.com/embed/v3tyaiv/?pub=4

Anonymous ID: 762504 Nov. 20, 2023, 8:44 a.m. No.19948112   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>8138 >>8140 >>8145 >>8187 >>8248 >>8252 >>8346 >>8470 >>8562

Microsoft hires former OpenAI CEO Sam Altman / Greg Brockman, OpenAI co-founder, is also joining Microsoft to lead a new advanced AI research team.

(Microsoft just destroyed OpenAI KEK)

By Tom Warren, a senior editor covering Microsoft,

 

Nov 20, 2023 at 3:03 AM EST

Microsoft is hiring former OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and co-founder Greg Brockman.

 

Altman was fired from OpenAI on Friday after the board said it “no longer has confidence in his ability to continue leading OpenAI.” After a weekend of negotiations to potentially bring Altman back to OpenAI, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella announced that both Altman and Brockman will be joining to lead Microsoft’s new advanced AI research team. Altman will have the CEO title of this new group.

 

“We’re extremely excited to share the news that Sam Altman and Greg Brockman, together with colleagues, will be joining Microsoft to lead a new advanced AI research team,” says Nadella. “We look forward to moving quickly to provide them with the resources needed for their success.”

 

 

In a post on X (formerly Twitter), Altman acknowledged he was joining Microsoft by reposting Nadella with the message “the mission continues.” Nadella responded by providing some hints at how he sees Altman’s new CEO role at Microsoft. “We’ve learned a lot over the years about how to give founders and innovators space to build independent identities and cultures within Microsoft, including GitHub, Mojang Studios, and LinkedIn, and I’m looking forward to having you do the same.”

 

Microsoft typically only assigns a CEO title to leaders of separate or big businesses inside the software giant. Xbox chief Phil Spencer was named Microsoft Gaming CEO recently, with Microsoft using or continuing CEO positions for a number of its acquisitions, including GitHub, LinkedIn, Mojang, and Activision Blizzard. This could hint at bigger plans for Microsoft’s new advanced AI research team.

 

Brockman has also revealed that the new team at Microsoft will include some key OpenAI talent. Jakub Pachocki, director of research at OpenAI, will join an unnamed leadership position in Microsoft’s advanced AI research team. OpenAI research scientist Szymon Sidor and head of preparedness Aleksander Madry are also joining Microsoft in leadership positions, according to Brockman. OpenAI employees are also posting “OpenAI is nothing without its people” to X in a sign of more resignations to come.

 

Altman’s hiring comes just hours after negotiations with OpenAI’s board failed to bring him back as OpenAI CEO. Instead, former Twitch CEO and co-founder Emmett Shear has been named interim CEO. He will take over for Mira Murati, who was named interim OpenAI CEO following Altman’s shock firing on Friday.

 

Altman had been negotiating to return as OpenAI CEO, but OpenAI’s four-person board refused to step down and let him return, according to multiple sources speaking to The Verge. He had reportedly been pitching a separate startup to build custom, Nvidia-rivaling AI tensor processing unit (TPU) chips to investors recently, according to The New York Times. The TPU project was codenamed “Tigris,” attracting a number of prominent venture firms and even interest from Microsoft.

 

Microsoft’s new advanced AI research team, led by Altman and Brockman, comes just a week after Microsoft announced it has built its own custom AI chip that can be used to train large language models and potentially avoid a costly reliance on Nvidia. Microsoft has also built its own Arm-based CPU for cloud workloads. Both custom silicon chips are designed to power its Azure data centers.

 

Microsoft’s new custom AI chip.

Image: Microsoftnone

Altman and OpenAI had been working with Microsoft to refine and test the Maia AI chip. Microsoft was quick to downplay the chip’s impact on its close Nvidia partnership, but the Maia GPU is part of a series, and the company is already working on a second generation.

 

Microsoft still has a “multibillion dollar investment” in OpenAI, rumored to be worth around $10 billion. Microsoft is the exclusive cloud partner for OpenAI, and Microsoft’s cloud services power all OpenAI workloads across products, API services, and research.

 

“We remain committed to our partnership with OpenAI and have confidence in our product roadmap, our ability to continue to innovate with everything we announced at Microsoft Ignite, and in continuing to support our customers and partners,” Nadella said in his statement. “We look forward to getting to know Emmett Shear and OAI’s new leadership team and working with them.”

 

https://www.theverge.com/2023/11/20/23968829/microsoft-hires-sam-altman-greg-brockman-employees-openai

Anonymous ID: 762504 Nov. 20, 2023, 9:02 a.m. No.19948164   🗄️.is 🔗kun

>>19948140

This is big because, OAI only notified Microsoft leadership before announcing sacking Altman and Brockman, they whole team resigned that day. So microsoft gave payback to OAI board. Microsoft own ms 49% of OAI.

Anonymous ID: 762504 Nov. 20, 2023, 9:23 a.m. No.19948229   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>8247 >>8248 >>8346 >>8470 >>8562

Russia's Desperate Scramble To Stave Off Demographic Catastrophe

Isabel van BrugenNov 20, 2023

Russia has moved in recent weeks to push for the adoption of a number of measures to avert a severe demographic crisis that has been compounded by President Vladimir Putin's war in Ukraine.

 

Valery Seleznyov, a member of the Russian State Duma, last week proposed releasing women convicted of minor charges from prisons so they can conceive. There have also been recent attempts to restrict abortion, which is at present legal and widely available in Russia.

 

"Russia really does have a demographic problem," the head of the Russian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Kirill, said on November 12 as he called for a nationwide ban on "encouraging women to have abortions."

 

"It's a vast country, but there are not enough people. Not even mentioning the economy…We really need more people, this is obvious, everyone admits it," he said. During a meeting with members of his Civic Chamber onNovember 3, Putin said Russia has an acute abortion problem.

 

In recent months, private clinics in Russian regions—including in the Chelyabinsk region in the Ural mountains and in Tatarstan in central Russia—have stopped offering abortions, according to authorities. The move is also being considered in Russia's Kaliningrad region.

 

Authorities have also started to restrict access to abortion pills and emergency contraception amid a surge in demand that followed the beginning of the war in Ukraine. In 2022, sales of abortion pills were up 60 percent, according to Nikolay Bespalov, development director of the RNC Pharma analytical company, the Associated Press reported.

 

Russia for decades has been experiencing a population decline, and this appears to have worsened amid the ongoing invasion of Ukraine, with high casualty rates and men fleeing the country to avoid being conscripted to fight. As of January 1, 2023, 146.45 million people were estimated to be residing on the Russian territory, marking a decrease of approximately 530,000 from the previous year, according to Statista.

 

It is estimated that Russia's population will fall to about 132 million in the next two decades. The United Nations has predicted that in a worst-case scenario, by the start of the next century, Russia's population could almost halve to 83 million, Newsweek previously reported.

 

State Duma member Sultan Khamzaev proposed in an appeal earlier this month to Tatyana Golikova, Russia's deputy prime minister for social policy, labor, health and pension provision, that authorities should offer payouts to Russian women who refuse to have an abortion. "The state must have a maternal protective function, and if a woman has already decided to have an abortion, then themost effective way to save the child is to take him into the care of the state," Khamzaev said.

 

https://www.newsweek.com/russia-population-demographic-catastrophe-abortions-children-1845110

Anonymous ID: 762504 Nov. 20, 2023, 9:27 a.m. No.19948242   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>8251

Cardi B Turns On Joe Biden

 

Nov 20, 2023 at 5:38 AM EST

 

Rapper Cardi B has turned on President Joe Biden after it was announced that there will be a 5 percent budget cut to public services in her native New York City.

 

The "WAP" hitmaker, who participated in Biden campaign promotion when he was a presidential candidate, took aim at the Democrat in a 10-minute live session on Instagram, and vowed that she would never endorse another aspiring president.

 

Bronx-raised Cardi B, whose real name is Belcalis Almánzar, posted the video following last week's announcement by New York City Mayor Eric Adams that there would be a 5 percent cut affecting several services in the Big Apple. The police, public libraries, schools, and sanitation are among the departments affected.

 

"For months, we have warned New Yorkers about the challenging fiscal situation our city faces," said Adams in a statement released on November 16. "To balance the budget as the law requires, every city agency dug into their own budget to find savings, with minimal disruption to services.

 

"And while we pulled it off this time, make no mistake: Migrant costs are going up, tax revenue growth is slowing, and COVID stimulus funding is drying up. No city should be left to handle a national humanitarian crisis largely on its own, and without the significant and timely support we need from Washington, D.C., today's budget will be only the beginning."

 

Responding to the news, an incensed Cardi B said on Instagram over the weekend: "I'm an angry b**** right now… I need y'all to spread this video, and if something happens to me, it's because I'm speaking the truth."

 

"In New York, there is a $120 million budget cut in New York that's going to affect schools, public libraries, and the police department… And a $5 million budget cut in sanitation," she went on. "B*, we are going to be drowning in f*** rats."

 

"I'm not endorsing no f** president no more," the rap star vowed, charging that while New York City is facing the cuts, "Joe Biden's talking about, 'Yeah, we can fund two wars."

 

The star was referring to the billions that the U.S. government has pledged to Israel and Ukraine military aid amidst their respective wars with Hamas and Russia.

Noting her own wealth, she said that she was "lucky" and "blessed," but added: "What's going to happen to my nieces? What's going to happen to nephews? What's going to happen to my cousins, aunts, and my friends that's living in the hood."

• She also suggested a solution to the international wars that the U.S. is providing military aid for, advising those in the government to "sit the f down with these people and find an agreement… We can't fund no f*** wars. We can't.

• "Y'all [are] doing budget cuts on the biggest city in the United States… This s*** is getting out of hand. They don't want to say the word, but we're going through a recession right now."

• In an apparent attempt to explain why much of her self-described anger was aimed at Biden, Cardi B told her 169 million Instagram followers that they face similar budget cuts across the U.S.

"Little by little, it's gonna go [on] in y'all states," she warned.

• Calling out internet users' focus on "celebrity drama," Cardi B said "that's little compared [to] what's going on right now. The world is in f** shambles."

• "These leaders, they don't have our best interests [at heart]," she concluded. "I'm always gonna speak for the people."

• Video footage of Cardi B's rant was shared on X, formerly Twitter, where it has garnered more than 14 million views.

• This is not the first time that the star has spoken out about the economy. In February 2022, she commented on rapidly-increasing global inflation rates.

• "There's inflation not only in America, but everywhere in the world. It's really hard to get the economy back up," she said. "There's is so much…backed up. China's not really messing with us so a lot of things are behind. A lot of goods are behind."

• "And this s*** just made it way more complicated," she added. "I'm just really annoyed by this and I really wish that all world leaders right now just really come with a logical conclusion."

 

https://www.newsweek.com/cardi-b-turns-joe-biden-eric-adams-new-york-city-budget-cuts-1845108

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WATCH: Unseen Footage of Doctors Who Treated JFK Destroys ANOTHER Key Government Narrative Regarding His Assassination

Cullen Linebarger Nov. 19, 2023

The Gateway Pundit reported two months that 88-year-old John F. Kennedy assassination witness Paul Landis gave an exclusive interview where he exposed the Warren Commission’s “magic bullet theory” as a lie. Now another key part of the official story regarding the 35th president’s death has fallen apart thanks to first hand accounts of seven doctors who tried to save his life at Parkland Memorial Hospital in Dallas.

 

The Daily Mail on Sunday shared exclusive footage from a documentary airing Sunday evening in the United Kingdom called JFK Assassination: What Happened in the Trauma Room? which show these interviews. The medics first spoke out in 2013 but the interviews were kept hidden until now as the Mail notes so the filmmaker, Jacque Leuth, could interview Jim Jenkins, the only surviving member of the JFK autopsy team. She was able to do so in 2021.

 

The Warren Commission investigation concluded concluded that Kennedy was shot from behind by Lee Harvey Oswald after his motorcade passed the Texas School Book Depository, where the alleged assassin was an employee.

 

The report elaborates that Oswald acted alone and fired from a sixth floor window of the depository. The doctors say this government narrative is not possible based on science.

 

They based their conclusions off the extent of JFK’s horrifying injuries and the fact the bullet appeared to enter the FRONT of JFK’s head.

 

Dr. Robert McClelland, who died aged 89 in 2019 and was the assistant professor of surgery at the hospital in 1963,

stated bluntly there was more than one shooter and alleged a probable conspiracy to cover up the real truth.

 

In all probability there was a conspiracy. There was more than one shooter.

 

WATCH:

 

Dr Ronald Jones, who served as a senior doctor at Parkland also disputed the official government narrative.

 

The issue in retrospect is if Oswald was in the sixth floor depository, how could he have been shot from the front then? And so was there more than assailant?

 

Dr Joe Goldstrich, who was a fourth-year medical student at the time of the assassination noted this probable medical impossibility as well: “How could a gunshot from the rear peel the scalp from the front back?”

 

The late Dr. Kenneth Salyer, who passed away in 2020, served as a first-year resident at the hospital at the time of the shooting, got a look at the autopsy pictures and alarm bells started going off.

 

When I saw the autopsy pictures, I thought somebody had tampered with the whole thing and it made me very suspicious.

 

Dr Lawrence Klein, who was in his third year at medical school, had distinct memories of being in the operating room where doctors were desperately trying to save the president’s life. He said he knew the official story of the assassination was a lie.

 

Dr. Malcolm Perry and Dr. Charles Baxter had just walked into that room ahead of me and Dr Perry was standing on the right side of the cart the President was lying on. Dr Baxter was on the left side.

 

It was a lie, they really didn’t tell the truth about it.

 

America will never know the real truth regarding JFK’s assassination until all of the files are released. That is assuming some have not already been destroyed.

 

Link to video

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/video/news/video-3062865/Video-Unseen-footage-shows-doctors-treated-JFK-shooting.html

 

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/11/watch-unseen-footage-doctors-who-treated-jfk-destroys/