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This madness needs to stop, lock down the border and turn away every illegal alien...
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Eagle Pass in Texas has been flooded with at least 10,000 asylum-seekers a day for weeks and the surge did not take a break for the holiday.
Families including young children waded across the Rio Grande from Mexico and scaled barbed-wire fences all through the night and more once the sun came up.
After immediately surrendering to border agents, once they could find the overworked officers to claim asylum, they were herded into pens by the hundreds.
Long lines of migrants were seen patiently waiting for their turn to be processed, and were wrapped in 'space blankets' - sheets of foil commonly seen after marathons that effectively reflect heat.
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Chaos in Eagle Pass as TEN THOUSAND migrants cross US border into Texas on Christmas eve after wading across the Rio Grande and wait to be processed
Thousands more immigrants spent Christmas Eve and morning crossing the border into the US at one of the busiest entry points.Eagle Pass in Texas has been flooded with at least 10,000 asylum-seekers a day for weeks and the surge did not take a break for the holiday.
Families including young children waded across the Rio Grande from Mexico and scaled barbed-wire fences all through the night and more once the sun came up.
After immediately surrendering to border agents, once they could find the overworked officers to claim asylum, they were herded into pens by the hundreds.
Long lines of migrants were seen patiently waiting for their turn to be processed, and were wrapped in 'space blankets' - sheets of foil commonly seen after marathons that effectively reflect heat.
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The march goes on: US border sees nearly 10,000 migrant crossings PER DAY in December - highest ever recorded - as massive migrant caravan continues to trek toward southern border that is already stretched to breaking point
US border officials reported the highest number of migrant crossings ever, with a seven days average of more than 9,600. The recent surge has been fueled by thousand of migrants showing up across the border in never-before-seen numbers, but specifically in three hot spots.
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US economist predicts 2024 will bring 'biggest crash of our lifetime'
"Since 2009, this has been 100% artificial, unprecedented money printing and deficits; $27 trillion over 15 years, to be exact. This is off the charts, 100% artificial, which means we're in a dangerous state," Harry Dent told Fox News Digital. "I think 2024 is going to be the biggest single crash year we'll see in our lifetimes.""I'm the guy that's praying for a crash while everybody else is not. We need to get back down to normal, and we need to send a message to central banks," he continued. "This should be a lesson I don't think we'll ever revisit. I don't think we'll ever see a bubble for any of our lifetimes again."
Dent, who spent the majority of his career analyzing proprietary research, credited his against-the-grain prediction to overvalued markets and excessive stimulus spending. While recent rallies have overwhelmingly provided investors with mild recession expectations, Dent remained firm that an "everything bubble" will burst next year.
Historically, market bubbles are characterized by a rapid rise in stock prices, before being met by a sharp fall.
The economist noted that this bubble actually started in late 2021 after the height of the COVID pandemic, with the first signs showing in 2022 when Nasdaq was down 38%. The new year will bring the "B wave" of the crash.
"The Roaring 20s bubble was not an everything bubble. [A] real estate barely bubble [in 2008], it was stocks and urban real estate that bubbled," Dent said. "This is the one time I'm telling you, do not listen to your financial adviser. Things are not going to come back to normal in a few years. We may never see these levels again. And this crash is not going to be a correction. It's going to be more in the '29 to '32 level. And anybody who sat through that would have shot their stockbroker."
"That's an 86% crash in the S&P and a 92% crash in the NASDAQ. And crypto, it's going to be 96%. So that is a big deal," the economist added. "And real estate, by the way, is only projected, by me, to go back to its 2012 lows... but that's a 50% crash for the average house, which went down 34% in the last crash, more than the Great Depression, more than any time in history. That is what's going to hurt people the most."
Criticizing investors who have played into a year-end market rally where the Dow Jones Industrial Average ended last week scoring its third record close after crossing 37,000, Dent encouraged Americans to "get out of the way."
"If I'm right, it is going to be the biggest crash of our lifetime, most of it happening in 2024. You're going to see it start and be more obvious by May," the analyst stressed. "So if you just get out for six to 12 months and stuff stays at the highest valuation history, maybe you miss a little more gains if I'm wrong. If I'm right, you're going to save massive losses and be able to reinvest a year or year-and-a-half from now at unbelievably low prices and magnify your gains beyond compare.
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Exciting footage! Criminal attacks judge. Fight ensues.
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQbEeRa6GOA
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Video shows Nevada man leap and attack Clark County judge after being denied probation
A Clark County, Nevada judge was in for a surprise when a man she denied probation did a flying leap over the bench to attack her on Jan. 3, 2023.
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No argument from me Agent Starling.
Jodie Foster: Gen Z can be 'really annoying' to work with
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By Charlotte GallagherCulture correspondent
Reuters
The Oscar-winning actor Jodie Foster has said Generation Z can be "really annoying" to work with.
In an interview with the Guardian, Foster said she had sometimes found the attitudes to work she had encountered difficult to understand.
"They're like, 'Nah, I'm not feeling it today, I'm gonna come in at 10.30am.'"
But she did praise one Gen Z star, Bella Ramsey, calling the 20-year-old an example of an actor emerging in a new "vector of authenticity".
Foster, who was a child star herself before going on to a glittering screen career, said she felt compelled to help young actors find their path "because it was hard growing up".
"They're like: 'Nah, I'm not feeling it today, I'm gonna come in at 10.30am.'
"Or, like, in emails, I'll tell them this is all grammatically incorrect, did you not check your spelling?
"And they're like, 'Why would I do that, isn't that kind of limiting?'"
Speaking about the advice she'd give to young people in the industry, she said: "They need to learn how to relax, how to not think about it so much, how to come up with something that's theirs.
"I can help them find that, which is so much more fun than being, with all the pressure behind it, the protagonist of the story."
Jodie Foster said Bella Ramsey was an example of an actor emerging in a new "vector of authenticity"
Foster singled out British actor Ramsey for praise, recalling how she first met The Last of Us and Game of Thrones star at Elle's Women in Hollywood celebration.
Foster described it as a "wonderful event" but noted that all of the attendees were "wearing heels and eyelashes".
"There are other ways of being a woman, and it's really important for people to see that. And Bella, who gave the best speech, was wearing the most perfect suit, beautifully tailored, and a middle parting and no makeup."
Foster added that when she was young she would not have been able to dress like Ramsey in a suit and no make-up at a showbiz event.
"Because we weren't free. Because we didn't have freedom. And hopefully that's what the vector of authenticity that's happening offers - the possibility of real freedom," she added.
Foster, who is tipped for another Oscar nomination for her role in Nyad, also spoke about her two sons and their attitude towards women.
She explained that while they are now "super feminist", at one stage her older son believed he needed to be unpleasant to women to be a boy.
The actor added: "And I was like, no! That's not what it is to be a man! That's what our culture has been selling you for all this time."
Jodie Foster: Gen Z can be 'really annoying' to work with
Jodie Foster: Gen Z can be 'really annoying' to work with
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By Charlotte GallagherCulture correspondent
Reuters
The Oscar-winning actor Jodie Foster has said Generation Z can be "really annoying" to work with.
In an interview with the Guardian, Foster said she had sometimes found the attitudes to work she had encountered difficult to understand.
"They're like, 'Nah, I'm not feeling it today, I'm gonna come in at 10.30am.'"
But she did praise one Gen Z star, Bella Ramsey, calling the 20-year-old an example of an actor emerging in a new "vector of authenticity".
Foster, who was a child star herself before going on to a glittering screen career, said she felt compelled to help young actors find their path "because it was hard growing up".
'Kind of limiting'
Speaking about Gen Z - a term generally used to describe those born during the late 1990s and early 2000s - Foster, 61, joked: "They're really annoying - especially in the workplace."They're like: 'Nah, I'm not feeling it today, I'm gonna come in at 10.30am.'
"Or, like, in emails, I'll tell them this is all grammatically incorrect, did you not check your spelling?
"And they're like, 'Why would I do that, isn't that kind of limiting?'"
Speaking about the advice she'd give to young people in the industry, she said: "They need to learn how to relax, how to not think about it so much, how to come up with something that's theirs.
"I can help them find that, which is so much more fun than being, with all the pressure behind it, the protagonist of the story."
Jodie Foster said Bella Ramsey was an example of an actor emerging in a new "vector of authenticity"
Foster singled out British actor Ramsey for praise, recalling how she first met The Last of Us and Game of Thrones star at Elle's Women in Hollywood celebration.
Foster described it as a "wonderful event" but noted that all of the attendees were "wearing heels and eyelashes".
"There are other ways of being a woman, and it's really important for people to see that. And Bella, who gave the best speech, was wearing the most perfect suit, beautifully tailored, and a middle parting and no makeup."
Foster added that when she was young she would not have been able to dress like Ramsey in a suit and no make-up at a showbiz event.
"Because we weren't free. Because we didn't have freedom. And hopefully that's what the vector of authenticity that's happening offers - the possibility of real freedom," she added.
Foster, who is tipped for another Oscar nomination for her role in Nyad, also spoke about her two sons and their attitude towards women.
She explained that while they are now "super feminist", at one stage her older son believed he needed to be unpleasant to women to be a boy.
The actor added: "And I was like, no! That's not what it is to be a man! That's what our culture has been selling you for all this time."
nivek
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This is astonishing, it's akin to saying 'why should I pronounce words correctly'...How could it be limiting to spell or speak words correctly so that people understand what you are trying to say or write?...
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pigfarmer
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We all make typos and misspeak once in a while, but in comparison I think my 20 y/o great-nephew is functionally illiterate and I'm not really exaggerating. Lousy school system that he was just shoved through due to covid, he's doing well for himself but communicating with him is a chore. A two-thumb endless texting with ebonics type. His girlfriend's FB page (that my wife surreptitiously monitors) is an embarrassment. That one's supposed to be in some sort of nursing program - good luck with that.
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'Mayday, mayday, we have an engine fire': Moment Atlas Air pilot frantically requests clearance to land as flames shoot from Boeing 747 after Miami take-off - as 'softball size hole' is found above engine
The dramatic moment when the engine of a Boeing 747 burst into flames over Miami Thursday night was caught on a camera by a terrified onlooker. The Atlas Air flight was forced to return to the airport just minutes after departure. In newly released audio, the pilot can be heard frantically telling the tower that the plane suffered an issue after take off with 'five souls on board.'
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I recently became aware of the existence of this book:
One Billion Americans - Wikipedia
I have not read it--only read a synopsis--but saw it cited in another article about demographics. The ideas in this book, which have existed since before the book was written, possibly inform a lot of liberal establishment thinking in America: that the US should try to maximize its population through mass immigration, both to ensure American hegemony into the future and to improve global welfare. i.e. the immigrants will be living better lives in America than if they remain in their home countries, even if it does not necessarily lead to an improvement of living standards of those already in America and their descendents. The elites, of course, will likely be above such mundane concerns.
I belive that the powerful in Britain and Europe have been in the grip of similar stupid ideas. They lie to us and tell us that immigration is good for the economy simply because it increases the headline rate of GDP, but actually leads to a fall in productivity. While we have record levels of immigration, we have simultaneous economic stagnation, declining living standards, and soaring housing costs.
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The insanity continues...Why aren't these idiots locked up and shipped off back to their country?...Instead New York releases them without bail and you see their responses after beating two NY policemen...This is a disgrace...
View: https://twitter.com/CollinRugg/status/1753116509600391262
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View: https://twitter.com/CollinRugg/status/1753116509600391262
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