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Authored by Darlene McCormick Sanchez via The Epoch Times (emphasis ZeroHedge), Food prices—especially meat and poultry—have skyrocketed in the past four years and could be exacerbated further next year when new EPA rules for meat processors go into effect. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Price Outlook for September reported that beef and veal prices had increased for six straight months, and predicted they will rise 5.2 percent overall in 2024. Poultry prices also rose, although by a smaller percentage, and are expected to rise more before year’s end. The report traced the rise to factors including pandemic-related supply chain…

Alex Cooper, host of the Call Her Daddy podcast, has drawn an avalanche of rage and ire from angry fans after she sat down for a saccharine chat with Vice President Kamala Harris. Regular listeners of the podcast, known for its frank discussions about a range of subjects from human sexuality to advice for women, are accusing her of simply regurgitating propaganda for the 2024 Democratic Party nominee. The furore has erupted at the same time Harris has been called out publicly for agreeing to interviews with left-leaning hosts — from the cast of The View to Stephen Colbert — while avoiding any…

Six people were wounded – two of them seriously – in a mass terror stabbing attack in the central Israeli city of Hadera on Wednesday morning, police reported. The terrorist was later neutralized. The Jerusalem Post reports paramedics treated two men, ages approximately 30 and 50, in serious condition. Additionally, a third person, approximately 70 years old, was moderately wounded. All three were evacuated to Hillel Yaffe Medical Center in Hadera. The mass stabbing only ended when police intervened. The Post report details: According to the police, the terrorist attacked in four different locations, wounding two in the first, a…

Internet personality Jack Doherty, known for videos and streams where he interrupts the daily lives of regular people with pranks and confrontations, crashed his McLaren supercar during a livestream. The video of the incident shows Doherty using his phone while driving on a rainy highway moments before the accident. CNBC reports that Jack Doherty, a 20-year-old YouTuber and streamer known for his controversial prank videos and wealth flaunting, has found himself in hot water after crashing his $200,000 McLaren vehicle during a livestream on the Kick platform. The incident, which occurred over the weekend, has led to Doherty’s channel being banned…

CNN reporter Priscilla Alvarez said Wednesday on “Inside Politics” that Vice President Kamala Harris’s presidential campaign was having “flashbacks to 2016” when Hillary Clinton’s loss to Donald Trump. Alvarez said, “This has been a campaign that was described by multiple Democrats, allies, aides to the vice president as a good vibes campaign. But what’s also creeping in now is that anxiety. The reason for that is because these polls are not really moving despite multiple battleground blitzes, despite the opportunities she has had across media outlets. There is still not a lot of movement from voters who are moving more towards…

By Ankur BanerjeeSINGAPORE (Reuters) – Asian stocks got a lift on Thursday from Chinese stocks as China’s central bank kicked off its 500 billion yuan facility to spur capital markets, while the dollar lingered near a two-month high ahead of U.S. inflation data later in the day.The People’s Bank of China (PBOC) said it would start accepting applications from financial institutions to join a newly created funding scheme, a plan it announced on Sept. 24 as part of a series of stimulus measures that drove Chinese stocks higher.China’s blue-chip CSI300 index rose 1.7% in early trading, a day after dropping…

Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) said Thursday he will no longer voluntarily cooperate with a House Ethics Committee investigation into his conduct, calling the probe “uncomfortably nosey.” In a lengthy letter to the committee posted to social media platform X, Gaetz said he’s aware of a subpoena from the committee but that it has not yet been served to him. He “unequivocally” denied sexual activity with anyone under the age of 18 and said he had “not used drugs which are illegal, absent some law allowing use in a jurisdiction of the United States.” Gaetz has denied wrongdoing. The Justice Department conducted…

Billionaire Elon Musk will attend former President Donald Trump’s rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, on Saturday, the same location where Trump was shot in the ear in a near-miss assassination attempt during a July speech. Musk, who in recent months has become a key figure in Trump’s campaign and has increased his political spending for Republicans across the board, said on X (which he owns), “I will be there to support!” While Musk has hosted Trump during a virtual event on X and has said he’s donating $45 million monthly to a PAC that supports him, he has not rallied with…

Motorists should expect afternoon lane closures and detours as two high schools take over Elk Grove streets in celebration.Elk Grove High School, the city’s oldest, begins its homecoming parade through the streets starting at 12:45 p.m. Friday. The Thundering Herd’s varsity team will take to the field against the Laguna Creek Cardinals at 5 p.m.According to the city, drivers can expect lane closures along Elk Grove Boulevard and Elk Grove-Florin Road as students march in celebration of this annual tradition.The following streets will have lane closures:▪ Valley Oak Drive at Elk Grove High School to Vista Grande Way▪ Elk Grove-Florin…

Local users of the company’s services have recently reported problems while trying to register new accounts Google is planning to continue offering its free services in Russia, the company told the Moscow daily Vedomosti. The US tech giant added that it was working to resolve issues with creating new user accounts.Earlier this week, the Ministry of Digital Development, Communications and Mass Media warned that Russian Google users should create backup copies of their data, saying the tech giant’s parent company Alphabet had apparently started preventing them from registering new accounts in the country.The announcement came shortly after some Google users…