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The following article, Why Has The World Suddenly Gone Completely Nuts?, was first published on Conservative Firing Line. Chaos is starting to erupt all over the planet.  Martial law was just declared in South Korea, civil unrest is raging in the streets of Georgia, and civil war threatens to topple the Assad regime in Syria.  It is almost as if someone decided to flip a switch and now vast hordes of people are … Continue reading Why Has The World Suddenly Gone Completely Nuts? ...

Jon Stewart used the latest episode of his “Weekly Show” podcast (via The Daily Beast) to criticize the media for getting Americans scared about Donald Trump‘s second term as president before it’s even begun. “The Daily Show” host said America is in a “transitional period where we are not sure about whether the ground we are standing on is solid” and noted how the media is only stoking more fear by being “convinced that we are the Roadrunner and the Coyote and the Coyote has run over the cliff...

On Wednesday, a shocking assassination occurred in New York City, and the Left celebrated. Brian Thompson, the CEO of UnitedHealthcare’s insurance arm, was fatally shot outside a hotel in Midtown, the center of Manhattan’s business and tourist districts. Police said it was a targeted attack. The video footage makes it seem clear this was a professional hit. Thompson walked past the shooter, who appeared to emerge from the shadows. The shooter shot Thompson, shot him again, then calmly walked by...

President Biden and his administration consistently denied that he would pardon his son Hunter, but Biden has now done exactly that. And of course, liberals are defending his decision to do so. “I respect it as a parent. I understand why he would do it, but I wanted to understand why [he lied] about it for so long,” Alyssa Farah Griffin said in a segment on “The View.” “For the part of this country, half of it that doesn’t support Biden, doesn’t know him personally,” Griffin continued, ignoring...

The U.S. government is set to close down a woman's prison known for abuse issues and will idle six other facilities. The Bureau of Prisons announced Thursday plans to close the Federal Correctional Institution in Dublin, California, and deactivate minimum-security prison camps in Wisconsin, Minnesota, Colorado, Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Florida. According to the agency, staff and inmates are being relocated to other facilities.

Economists anticipate a rebound in US hiring in November following devastating hurricanes and a major strike in the previous month. Nonfarm payrolls probably rose 220,000 last month after a meager 12,000 increase in October, according to the median estimate in a Bloomberg survey of economists.

OpenAI and Microsoft (MSFT)’s multibillion-dollar partnership is one of the most significant and envied in A.I. But, despite its mutually beneficial rewards, the relationship between the two tech players has been occasionally strained by the rapid pace of A.I.’s development, according to OpenAI CEO Sam Altman. “I will not pretend there are no misalignments or challenges, obviously there are some,” conceded Altman yesterday (Dec. 4) during The New York Times’ Dealbook Summit, where he also...

Dec 5 (Reuters) - California Governor Gavin Newsom stressed the importance of trade with Mexico and immigrant labor at a press conference near the border on Thursday, striking a contrast with President-elect Donald Trump’s threat of tariffs and mass deportations. Newsom, a Democrat, portrayed the Republican president-elect’s planned 25% tariffs on goods from Mexico and Canada as a tax on Americans who could see increased prices if the plan moves forward when Trump takes office on Jan. 20. Trump...