After the disastrous reign of the Harris-Biden administration, you would think Harris would back off the failed economic policies, but no, she is revving them up. When Harris proposes new ideas, they are bad, more of the same, and unwelcome. She fully supports Bidenomics and wants to continue it and make it worse. Harris’s economic […] The post Harris’s Economic Spox Eviscerated on CNBC by a Democrat appeared first on www.independentsentinel.com.

Drew Barrymore and Jimmy Fallon are reliving their Fever Pitch days. Drew released a clip of her new upcoming episode of The Drew Barrymore Show in which she and Fallon spent some time reminiscing. The dynamic duo shared secrets about some behind-the-scenes moments from this epic film. Drew Barrymore Shares Some Behind-The-Scenes Moments From “Fever Pitch” In an Instagram clip, Drew Barrymore and Jimmy Fallon discussed the end of the movie. Apparently, the ending we all saw, where the two share a romantic kiss on the field after the Red Sox win, was not the original ending. View this post on Instagram A post shared by The Drew Barrymore Show (@thedrewbarrymoreshow) PEOPLE Magazine shared the original ending of the film. “The Red Sox were supposed to lose since they hadn’t won in real life…The film was initially meant to conclude with the stars’ characters dressing as old people in the future when the Sox finally win.” However, while they were filming the strangest thing happened. Jimmy Fallon recalled that while they were at the Red Sox game, they witnessed baseball history. Although the Red Sox hadn’t won in 86 years, their luck was about to change. He said, “This is baseball history; as we’re filming this film, they make it into the wild card. Then they make it into the playoffs.” Jimmy Fallon described it as “the most magical year.” Even More Hilarious Moments Along with revealing that the ending was different, Drew Barrymore also shared some secret information about how Fever Pitch affected her personal life. When chatting with Jimmy Fallon, she recalled all the cameras at the game. She said, “And we happen to have cameras at every single one of these games.” She continued explaining how Fox Sports allowed them to use their cameras to film because they didn’t want movie cameras on the field. Although Jimmy Fallon asked them not to air any footage because no one knew of the movie yet, someone dropped the ball. Barrymore explained, “My boyfriend at the time, Fabrizio Moretti, is watching the series finale of the Red Sox, and there we are on the field kissing.” What a sight to see that must have been! Don’t worry, Drew! We’re sure it all made sense once Fever Pitch premiered. This story’s featured image is by Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images for Variety. The post Drew Barrymore Makes Sweet Admission While Chatting With Former “Fever Pitch” Co-Star Jimmy Fallon appeared first on InspireMore.

'A sound dollar'

'She is wholly unqualified to be President'

Within minutes of Hamas jihadists breaching the Israeli border on Oct. 7, 2023, and commencing the largest slaughter of the Jewish people since the Holocaust, Western leftists and other defenders of the genocidal Palestinian-Arab cause rallied around a talking point: “This did not occur in a vacuum.” The claim—blithely offered by armchair revolutionaries without even acknowledging the many hundreds of butchered babies, sadistically tortured families, raped women, and young music festivalgoers taken hostage—was that Israel had somehow impelled the horrific rampage on its own civilians. Those with a functioning moral compass recognize this as obvious terrorist apologia. Reflecting back one year later on the Hamas massacre and the current Middle East imbroglio, in which Israel is now fighting a seven-front war, however, I wonder whether the terrorist apologists may have had a point. That is not to suggest that these moral monsters were in any way whatsoever correct to justify, defend, or praise a pogrom so barbaric that it would have made Heinrich Himmler blush. But the mini-jihadists were correct to suggest there was a broader geopolitical context to the massacre—just a totally different one than what they had in mind. The actually relevant context was the weak, failed, and Iran-emboldening foreign policy of former President Barack Obama, President Joe Biden, and Vice President Kamala Harris. As Americans get ready to select our next commander in chief, the stark contrast between the failed foreign policy of successive Democratic administrations and the successful foreign policy of the interregnum Republican administration, that of former and perhaps future President Donald Trump, is instructive. The basic Obama-Biden-Harris foreign policy doctrine is simple: Reward America’s enemies and punish America’s friends. Obama famously sought to create “daylight” between the U.S. and Israel, America’s most dependable and national interest-aligned Middle East ally. He removed a bust of Winston Churchill from the Oval Office—a symbolic slap in the face to the United Kingdom, with which America has (had?) a “special relationship.” He emboldened the Islamist fanatics in Tehran, bamboozling a skeptical American public with his wretched nuclear accord and even secretly sending $400 million in wooden pallets of cash to the mullahs. The Biden-Harris administration has doubled down on every count: It has been the most anti-Israel administration since Israel’s founding in 1948; it has lavished the mullahs with billions in ransom payments and sanction waivers; and it has continued the Obama-Biden administration’s mollycoddling of America’s Chinese Communist Party civilizational archfoe. The results of the Obama-Biden-Harris foreign policy doctrine have been catastrophic. Across both Democratic administrations, we have witnessed unprecedented Islamist fanaticism and murderous jihadism across the Middle East, Russian President Vladimir Putin invading Ukraine twice (in both 2014 and 2022), a Chinese military that feels free to brazenly intimidate core American allies like Japan and the Philippines, and the emergence more generally of a breathtaking Chinese global footprint—from the sprawling Eurasian “Belt and Road Initiative” to Beijing’s menacing military presence in our own hemisphere. This is an abominable track record. The basic Trump foreign policy doctrine is equally simple but the opposite: Reward America’s friends and punish America’s enemies. Trump was by far the most pro-Israel president in American history: He moved the U.S. Embassy to its rightful home in Jerusalem, recognized Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights, defunded anti-Israel U.N. bodies, and much more. Trump was also, by just as far, the most anti-Iran president since the Islamic Revolution overthrew Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi in 1979. His secretary of state, Mike Pompeo, bankrupted the mullahs, isolating and sanctioning them for all their malign activities. He restored America’s warm relations with the nationalist, non-Islamist Sunni Arab states, such as Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Bahrain. He was, notwithstanding Russia collusion hoax-induced hysteria to the contrary, very tough on Russian President Vladimir Putin. He became the first president since Richard Nixon’s fateful 1972 visit to Beijing to fundamentally reorient U.S.-China relations—for the better. The results of the Trump foreign policy doctrine were tremendous. The Iranian regime was contained and, due to oil export sanctions, near the brink of insolvency. There was transformative, generational Middle East peace in the form of the Abraham Accords between Israel and the UAE, Bahrain, Morocco, and Sudan. European nations paid their fair share toward NATO, and Putin was kept at bay. American relations with Japan and India thrived, while Chinese President Xi Jinping was restrained. The contrast could not possibly be clearer. I saw Trump speak Monday evening in Doral, Florida, on the anniversary of the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas massacre. Trump emphasized that the massacre would never have happened if he were president. He is correct on that score. And to that extent, it is thus true that the pogrom “did not occur in a vacuum.” The American people could not ask for a clearer electoral contrast. Choose wisely. COPYRIGHT 2024 CREATORS.COM We publish a variety of perspectives. Nothing written here is to be construed as representing the views of The Daily Signal. The post How Oct. 7 Underscores Stark Foreign Policy Choice Voters Face appeared first on The Daily Signal.

Kamala? Don't Worry. She's 'In Excellent Health'

Last week, CBS Saturday Morning ran a glowing profile of far-left activist and celebrity Jane Fonda. This week, it was former Bill Clinton strategist James Carville’s turn as co-host Michelle Miller claimed he “laid aside party loyalty” to urge President Biden to drop his re-election bid and viewed winning as his "religion."  Miller, whose husband was the former Democratic mayor of New Orleans and is the current president of the National Urban League, began in studio by declaring that, “James Carville is a one-of-a kind personality full of candor and political force for decades. But now, he's bringing viewers behind closed doors in a deeply personal new documentary for CNN just in time for another presidential election.”     In the featured report, she elaborated, “His wicked wit and combative style... have made him one of the most outspoken voices of our time.” Miller further described Carville as “a progressive pit bull, some say helped form the tone of cable news talk.” However, “earlier this year, James Carville laid aside party loyalty and sounded the alarm for President Biden to drop out.” That’s not what “laid aside party loyalty” means. If Carville really laid aside party loyalty, he would’ve endorsed Donald Trump. Instead, he simply wanted another Democrat with a better chance of winning. Still, Miller told him, “You seem to have predicted what we've seen this entire summer,” to which Carville replied, “Well, I guess it's fortunate sometimes to make a big call right in the middle of the film.” In a voiceover, Miller explained, “That film, Carville: Winning is Everything, Stupid also recounts his four decades in politics.” Again substituting statements for questions, Miller declared, “Someone said of you ‘that the path to victory is his religion. That's what he cares about: winning.’” Carville answered, “Right. I was obsessed with winning because you would hear this -- there were a lot of Democrats and kind of progressive people that wanted to feel good about themselves. ‘Oh, we were just way ahead of our times, and no one could appreciate us.’ That doesn't do any good. That's [bleep]. If you don't win, you've nothing.” If a Republican said “winning is everything,” we would be subject to lectures about misinformation or about the decline of morality in politics. When the former Clinton operative says it, it is deemed to be part of his charm, “We first saw that fervor in The War Room, a film chronicling Carville's 1992 presidential campaign to elect a relatively unknown governor from Arkansas, a victory that put Democrats back in the Oval Office for only the second time in 24 years.” It would have been nice if Miller asked Carville if he had any regrets about this “religion,” but this is CBS, and asking left-wing guests those types of questions is frowned upon. Here is a transcript for the October 12 show: CBS Saturday Morning 10/12/2024 9:09 AM ET MICHELLE MILLER: James Carville is a one-of-a kind personality full of candor and political force for decades. But now, he's bringing viewers behind closed doors in a deeply personal new documentary for CNN just in time for another presidential election. JAMES CARVILLE [1992]: And President Bush has been a do-nothing president, and now he's a do-nothing candidate. That's the way a political strategist thinks. MILLER: His wicked wit and combative style. CARVILLE: Go ask them what they think about it. I'm a political strategist. MILLER: Have made him one of the most outspoken voices of our time.  Mr. Carville, how are you? CARVILLE: Mister? I like that.  MILLER: A progressive pit bull, some say helped form the tone of cable news talk. CARVILLE [2004]: Iraq is getting more violent by the day, and we've been there forever and the thing is going to hell in a handbasket. MILLER: But, earlier this year, James Carville laid aside party loyalty and sounded the alarm for President Biden to drop out. CARVILLE: Somebody better wake the [bleep] Up. He's going to come to the conclusion that this is just not a good idea. MILLER: You seem to have predicted what we've seen this entire summer. CARVILLE: Well, I guess it's fortunate sometimes to make a big call right in the middle of the film. MILLER: That film, Carville: Winning is Everything, Stupid-- CARVILLE: Hey, give me a call when you get a chance. MILLER: Also recounts his four decades in politics. Someone said of you “that the path to victory is his religion. That's what he cares about: winning.” CARVILLE: Right. I was obsessed with winning because you would hear this -- there were a lot of Democrats and kind of progressive people that wanted to feel good about themselves. “Oh, we were just way ahead of our times, and no one could appreciate us." That doesn't do any good. That's [bleep]. If you don't win, you've nothing. MILLER: We first saw that fervor in The War Room, a film chronicling Carville's 1992 presidential campaign to elect a relatively unknown governor from Arkansas. CARVILLE [1992]: Let me tell you what's at stake in this election. MILLER: A victory that put Democrats back in the Oval Office for only the second time in 24 years. CARVILLE: Talk about things that matter to people. It's the economy, stupid. MILLER: Carville's simplicity and turning of phrase struck a chord with voters, and today, remains one of the most quoted slogans in politics.

“Call Her Daddy” is a widely successful podcast geared toward young women, which is why it’s so important that Vice President Kamala Harris sat down with the host, Alex Cooper, for an interview full of propaganda and lies. “She doesn’t really know what she’s talking about at all,” Allie Beth Stuckey of “Relatable” says of Cooper. “It’s not just that she has a valley girl voice, but underneath all of that is some scholarly, really deep, and wise person. No. She is very superficial.” But that’s not all. “I mean, who knows how many hearts have been broken, how many bodies have been harmed, how many relationships have been severed, how much mental stability and peace have been robbed from women because of Alex Cooper’s podcast,” Stuckey says. “So, you have the authority to talk about this in the same way that Satan has the authority to talk about righteousness,” she adds, noting that it didn’t take more than 20 minutes for Harris and Cooper to start talking about abortion. The pair, of course, wholeheartedly agreed in a textbook display of “toxic empathy” that “the woman is actually the victim in the abortion scenario” and that “these laws restrict a woman from being able to exercise her bodily autonomy.” Cooper brought up the case of rapes prior to abortions, which make up less than 1% of all abortions in America. “The rapist should get the death penalty,” Stuckey says. “Not the baby who did nothing wrong.” Harris also made the case for abortion in the interview by saying that “the government shouldn’t be telling people what to do.” She of course seems to have forgotten the mandates her administration imposed on Americans for the COVID-19 vaccine, which many got under threat of job loss and ostracization from society. “Kamala Harris understands that. She actually believes that the government should be able to tell you a lot of things that constitutionally they can’t do,” Stuckey says, adding, “She was completely behind requiring nurses, frontline workers, to take an experimental vaccine that led to the laying off of many nurses when there was already a shortage.” Harris also went after late-term abortions, telling Cooper that the idea that women are seeking them out is “a bold-faced lie.” “We remember Governor Northam a few years ago on the radio saying that if a baby survives an abortion, the baby will be put off to the side. And then the parents and doctor can decide what to do with that baby,” Stuckey explains. “And under Governor Walz’s watch, at least eight babies were born alive during botched abortions between 2019 and 2021. All eight of them died. None of them received any care attempting to save their lives,” she adds. Want more from Allie Beth Stuckey?To enjoy more of Allie’s upbeat and in-depth coverage of culture, news, and theology from a Christian, conservative perspective, subscribe to BlazeTV — the largest multi-platform network of voices who love America, defend the Constitution, and live the American dream.

It’s no secret that our news and information sources have become overwhelmingly controlled by a handful of powerful corporations. These tech giants make their fortunes by monetizing your data, tracking your every click, and crafting search algorithms that shape how you see the world. In the process, your privacy vanishes, and your choices shrink. But what if it didn’t have to be this way? A new player, Freespoke, is offering an alternative, taking a stand against Big Tech with a bold vision for a fairer, more private internet.Freespoke is one company offering solutions to these problems and pioneering a path away from Big Tech/Google’s monopoly on information. Return sat down with Kristin Jackson of Freespoke to discuss her company’s solutions to these problems in today’s online information environment. 'Every dictator in our history has known that if they can control information, they can control their people.'The people at Freespoke noticed a considerable amount of media bias in mainstream search engines like Google. It is most likely impossible to eradicate this issue, so Freespoke does the next best thing: It labels media bias while also highlighting “multiple viewpoints.” Freespoke labels content “left, right, and middle,” but it also has alternative labels such as a “faith label” and an “independent label.” Freespoke seeks to level the media bias when you search for your news: “We've added an element to make sure you're getting different viewpoints in your search results.”It also makes it easy to find controversial topics on the search engine since the developers know that those topics may be the most skewed to one point of view. For example, they've made it very easy to find stories surrounding elections: “We focus [on election information] because we know election-related information is an area where people aren't sure Google is telling them the full story.”Another hallmark of Freespoke is that it “prioritizes American-made businesses” to give it a chance to fight against its biggest competitors. The developers want to support “that American ideal of a small business owner being the backbone of an economy.” They see this as a key to revitalizing the American economy from the bottom up: “We don't have strong national supply chains because we just haven't been supporting our small business owners and haven't been making sure they can get in front of a population and sell their goods.” This part of the search engine is beneficial for bringing American businesses to more people’s attention. That’s not all Freespoke has to offer. It is also a pornography-free search engine, making it safe for all ages. Jackson said they weren’t initially sure how they would make this a reality, but then they just decided, “Let's just not show pornography.” From “day one,” they did not have porn on their search engine. While these are all great search engine features, Freespoke “built a search engine based on privacy.” Privacy was the defining element of their vision for an alternative search engine. “I will tell you that as a company, we believe protecting your privacy is important to you — it’s important to us and should be important to you. And in Freespoke, you can know from day one, as long as we exist, that we are going to stand by that principle of protecting your privacy.”What sets Freespoke apart from other third-party search engines that offer privacy? Not only is it fully committed to protecting your privacy, but it also offers a bias labeling service that provides a more even playing field (not to mention being porn-free and emphasizing American companies). You get the best of both worlds with its service, as the website says: “Freespoke is here to show you what other search engines won’t and protect your privacy in ways they refuse.”Freespoke is offering an alternative vision for the future of search engines. It must offer bias labeling and data protection since both issues are important to address in today’s media environment. There is also a more pressing issue that the developers are trying to combat. Freespoke understands what happens when one person or group controls the information for a person, and it never ends well: “Every dictator in our history has known that if they can control information, they can control their people. And so we have to make sure one organization does not control our information.”

Turn-based strategy games and tactical RPGs come and go, but XCOM is forever. At least, it can certainly feel that way. It’s been more than eight years since Firaxis unleashed XCOM 2 on the world, and almost six since the arrival of its masterful War of the Chosen expansion. Since then, we’ve seen some excellent contenders in the space - the likes of Gears Tactics, Battletech, and Warhammer 40k Battlesector come to mind - but none have become quite the cultural phenomenon that XCOM is. In the wake of its own attempt, I asked Paradox deputy CEO Mattias Lilja about trying to compete with such established titans. Continue reading XCOM is “the one thing that works” in tactical games, Paradox executive says MORE FROM PCGAMESN: XCOM 2 tips, XCOM 2 DLC guide, XCOM 2 system requirements