Month: May 2024

A recent episode of the beloved game show Wheel of Fortune has caused quite the uproar among viewers. With a grand prize of $7,250 at stake, the pressure was on for contestants to make strategic moves and solve the puzzle correctly. However, one particular contestant’s mistake has left fans seething with frustration.

In a jaw-dropping moment, the contestant made a crucial error that ultimately cost her the entire prize money. As the letters on the board began to reveal the puzzle, it seemed like victory was within her grasp. But then, in a split-second decision, she guessed the wrong letter, throwing away her chance at a substantial cash prize.

Wheel of Fortune blunder has contestant struggling with wedge as it get stuckhttps://t.co/UNMUwDxkyX pic.twitter.com/fPzjNtMNvb

— MirrorUSNews (@MirrorUSNews) February 23, 2024

The blunder was met with gasps and groans from the audience, who couldn’t believe what they were witnessing. And as the game show host, Pat Sajak, revealed the correct answer, the contestant’s pained expression spoke volumes. But it was the reaction of the fans at home that truly stole the show.

Within moments, social media was flooded with enraged viewers expressing their disappointment and disbelief. Many even went as far as to call the mistake “unforgivable” and “unfair” to both the contestant and the viewers. Some argued that the contestant should have been given a second chance, while others demanded a rule change to prevent similar incidents from occurring in the future.

This might be the worst Wheel of Fortune blunder ever pic.twitter.com/hXHTT1DeEa

— David Mendelson (@DMendy02) February 7, 2024

The controversy only intensified when the contestant’s interview segment revealed that she was a teacher who had been struggling financially. As fans sympathized with her struggles, they were outraged at the thought of her losing out on a significant sum of money due to one momentary lapse in judgment.

The backlash continued to pour in, with some even suggesting that the game show was rigged or that the contestant was purposely set up for failure. Despite the show’s officials clarifying that everything was done fairly and within the rules, fans were not convinced and continued to voice their frustration.

This incident has sparked a heated debate among Wheel of Fortune fans, with many questioning the fairness and integrity of the show. As for the contestant, she has since spoken out about the mistake, expressing her regret and thanking the show for the opportunity. But the damage has been done, and it seems like this blunder will go down in Wheel of Fortune history as one of the most controversial moments yet.

In the end, it’s safe to say that this episode of Wheel of Fortune has left a sour taste in the mouths of viewers. As for the show, it remains to be seen if any changes will be made in response to the backlash. But one thing is for sure – this unfortunate mistake will not be easily forgotten.

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Conservative champion Viktor Orbán, Prime Minister of Hungary, is the man liberal elites in the west love to hate.

Called autocratic, ‘far-right’, ‘Putin apologist’, and many other ‘bad names’ that the leftist and Globalist use to muddy one’s reputation, Orbán is unrelenting, speaking his mind and acting to back his words.

Now, Orbán has announced that Hungary will seek to ‘opt out’ of any NATO operations aimed at supporting Ukraine.

Orbán went as far as suggesting that the military alliance and the European Union want a more direct conflict with Russia.

Associated Press reported:

“Orbán told state radio that Hungary opposes a plan NATO is weighing to provide more predictable military support to Ukraine in coming years to repel Moscow’s full-scale invasion, as better armed Russian troops assert control on the battlefield.

‘We do not approve of this, nor do we want to participate in financial or arms support (for Ukraine), even within the framework of NATO’, Orbán said, adding that Hungary has taken a position as a ‘nonparticipant’ in any potential NATO operations to assist Kyiv.

‘We’ve got to redefine our position within the military alliance, and our lawyers and officers are working on … how Hungary can exist as a NATO member while not participating in NATO actions outside of its territory’, he said.”

Read: CONSERVATIVE CHAMPIONS: Trump Meets Hungarian PM Orbán at Mar-a-Lago – Populist Leaders Plan the Post-Biden World

Orbán mentioned the seemingly forgotten fact of NATO’s role as a DEFENSIVE alliance.

He doesn’t share the concerns of some neighboring countries of Russian continuing military aggression.

“’NATO’s strength cannot be compared to that of Ukraine’, he said. ‘I don’t consider it a logical proposition that Russia, which cannot even deal with Ukraine, will come all of a sudden and swallow up the whole Western world’.”

Hungary has refused to supply Ukraine with military aid.

Read: ‘The EU Leadership Has Got to Go’: Hungarian PM Orbán Kicks off Campaign for European Elections With a Call to ‘Occupy Brussels’

Politico reported:

“‘Now a new term has been invented to describe the Hungarian position in NATO, it is called non-participation. We are not a participant now’, Orbán said in an interview with Kossuth Radio, according to a report by Hungarian news portal Telex.

‘There is the term opt-out. If we were opt-outs, our participation in NATO’s military structure, our position, would change’, Orbán was quoted as saying.”

He said lawyers are working out a way for Hungary to exist as a member of NATO and not have to participate in the alliance’s action outside NATO territory.

“‘There’s no question of NATO getting involved in wars outside its territory, with non-NATO countries’, Orbán was quoted as saying.”

Orbán has been a frequent dissident voice in EU votes that require the consensus of the bloc’s 27 countries.

“‘How many more weapons will we send? How much more money will we send?’ Orbán asked in the interview. ‘This gives rise to the darkest visions’, he said.

‘What is happening today in Brussels and Washington — perhaps more in Brussels than in Washington — is a kind of mood of preparation for a possible direct military conflict; we can safely call it: preparation for Europe to go to war’, Orbán warned in the interview.”

Read more:

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Even China puppet LeBron James couldn’t stay silent on the apparent mistreatment of WNBA rookie sensation Caitlin Clark.

On the “Mind the Game Pod” with JJ Redick, James didn’t mince words about the rookie sensation from the Indiana Fever, who has faced nothing short of a cold shoulder from the WNBA players.

The National Women’s Basketball League was blessed when the best player in history ended her career at Iowa, breaking virtually every scoring and assist record in NCAA women’s basketball history.

Caitlin Clark, despite breaking NCAA scoring records and setting herself up as the greatest to ever play women’s basketball, one would expect her entry into the WNBA to be celebrated. Instead, it seems envy and bitterness are the welcome mats laid out by her fellow players.

American sports columnist and former football player Jason Whitlock warned about the attacks Clark would receive for being white, Christian, and straight. He predicted, “She’s going to walk into an extremely hostile environment.”

And he is right. Ayesha Wilson for the Las Vegas Aces implied that race played a role in the industry’s reception of talents like herself compared to newcomers like Clark.

“I think a lot of people may say it’s not about Black and white, but to me, it is,” she told the AP.

“It really is because you can be top notch at what you are as a Black woman, but yet maybe that’s something that people don’t want to see.”

This sentiment was echoed by ex-ESPN host Jemele Hill, who controversially suggested that Clark’s race and sexuality have contributed to her popularity.

“We would all be very naive if we didn’t say race and her sexuality played a role in her popularity,” the host of the Jemele Hill is Unbothered podcast and ex-ESPN personality said.

“While so many people are happy for Caitlin’s success — including the players; this has had such an enormous impact on the game — there is a part of it that is a little problematic because of what it says about the worth and the marketability of the players who are already there.”

In his conversation with Redick, LeBron James took a surprising stand in defending WNBA newcomer Caitlin Clark against the unjust treatment by veteran players.

“The one thing that I love that she’s bringing to her sport is that more people want to watch, more people want to tune in. I saw for the first time that they had a chartered plane, for the first time in their league history. They flew private. That should be celebrated in its own right. For anyone that’s in sports, who has flown commercial or charter, that should be celebrated. It’s because of Caitlin Clark. Don’t get it twisted. Don’t get it f—ked up. Caitlin Clark is the reason why a lot of great things are going to happen for the WNBA,” said James.

James then attacked Indiana Fever’s coach Christie Sides.

“People need to realize the Indiana Fever, this is the second year in a row they had the number one pick. Do you all know what that mean? That means they’re not that good. They had back-to-back years as the number one pick,” James said.

“I am a realist. Because not only are people just crazy about why she should be doing this, and they should be doing that, but also, if she’s so great, remember—it’s still a team game, people. It is still a team game. But I’m rooting for Caitlyn because I’ve been in that seat before. I’ve walked that road before. I hope she kills it. I hope Aliyah Boston does amazing. I hope they do great,” he added.

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Missouri state Rep. Ben Baker’s daughter and son-in-law were fatally shot by gang members in Haiti while serving as missionaries.

Baker’s daughter, Natalie, and her husband, Davy Lloyd, were living in Haiti and serving as full-time missionaries when they were fatally attacked on Thursday.

Baker announced the tragic news in a post on Facebook.

“My heart is broken in a thousand pieces,” Baker began. “I’ve never felt this kind of pain. Most of you know my daughter and son-in-law Davy and Natalie Lloyd are full time missionaries in Haiti. They were attacked by gangs this evening and were both killed. They went to Heaven together. Please pray for my family we desperately need strength. And please pray for the Lloyd family as well. I have no other words for now.”

The New York Post reports that Natalie and Davy were with Missions in Haiti Inc., founded by Davy’s parents, David and Alicia Lloyd, in 2000.

Missions in Haiti Inc. detailed the attack in a post on Facebook:

This evening when Davy, Natalie and the kids were coming out of Youth at the church they were ambushed by a gang of 3 trucks full of guys. Davy was taken to the house tied up and beat. The gang then took our trucks and loaded everything up they wanted and left.

“Another gang came after to see what was going on and if they could help, so they say,” the organization continued. “No one understood what they were doing, not sure what took place but one was shot and killed and now this gang went into full attack mode.”

“Davy, Natalie and Jude was in my house at the end of the property using the star link internet to call me,” the post continued. “So they are holed up in there, the gangs has shot all the windows out of the house and continue to shoot. Their lives are in danger. I have been trying all my contacts to get a police armored car there to evacuate them out to safety but can’t get anyone to do. I also am trying to negotiate with the gang so how much $ to stand down and let them leave and get to safety. PLEASE PRAY- Going to be a long night. The phones have all died I can’t get a hold of anybody for the past several hours now to know what was going on.”

Two hours later, the organization posted an update that read, “Davy and Natalie and Jude were shot and killed by the gang about 9 o’clock this evening. We all are devastated.”

News of the murders was shared by former President Donald Trump, who called for the killers to be found.

“God bless Davy and Natalie. Such a tragedy. Haiti is totally out of control. Find the killers NOW!!!” Trump wrote.

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Another day, another Biden gaffe — and this time, it was a rapid-fire of Biden blunders. Shortly after he was asked questions about Kenyan soldiers being sent to Haiti to quell the violence, Joe couldn’t even remember the question, which leads us to a bigger question — does Joe even know where he is anymore?

Elijah Schaffer gets into all this and more on today’s Beyond the Headlines! 

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Asks if Americans finally have ‘had it’ with Scranton Joe

Victor Davis Hanson is a name that draws both recognition and respect.

He’s an American classicist, military historian and political commentator. While he often adopts conservative perspectives, his work has been acknowledged, and used, by leftist publications include the New York Times, Wall Street Journal and more. His style is markedly reserved, and he seldom throws “bombs” in his writing.

He’s the Martin and Illie Anderson senior fellow in resident in classics and military history at the Hoover Institution, and a professor at California State-Fresno.

But now he’s written at FrontPageMag questioning whether Americans finally have “had it” with Joe Biden.

He explains Biden’s approval ratings are at historic lows, he trails President Donald Trump in most of the swing states, and “now he lies serially even to sympathetic interviewers. In short, finally Biden has been exposed for what he always was and represented.”

That would be, he said, a “sort of a buffoon. He is by nature a grandstander who handsomely profited from his office while posing as good ole Joe from Scranton.”

But he’s really a “a blowhard meddler, one who proverbially has been ‘wrong on nearly every major foreign policy and national security issue over the past four decades (Robert Gates),’ from dissenting on the Bin Laden raid to his trisection of Iraq scheme.”

Hanson points out Biden routinely misleads people – he’s repeatedly and wildly claimed that inflation was 9% when he took office. It was 1.4%.

He slurs people, calling them “semi-fascists,” “fat” and “lying dog-faced pony soldiers,” among the nicer.

“He is a confessed plagiarist. And he has also invented much of his biography, from would be star, college-scholarship athlete and brilliant law student to semi-truck driver and jailed civil rights activist. His uncle, we are instructed, was eaten by cannibals. Joe assures us that he was the first in his family to go to college,” Hanson wrote.

His racism, “boy,” “you ain’t black,” “Put y’all back in chains,” never is far below the surface.

“Biden has always had a mean streak that explains why for years he lied about the tragic, fatal auto accident of his first wife and child, using it to libel the truck driver, who was neither drunk nor culpable but smeared publicly for years by Biden as intoxicated and guilty. For years he ignored the pleas of the trucker’s family to please stop libeling an innocent driver,” he said.

A change came about recently, though, he said.

“Biden has reached a nadir and even the Left is resigned to him as a mere construct. After bragging after October 7 that his support for Israel was rock-solid he is now cutting off military aid as it attempts finally to end the Hamas murderous threat—a reversion to old Joe Biden who in his long past has previously threatened to cut off Israel while boasting later that anyone who did so was reprehensible. (Leveraging congressional mandated aid for political advantage is precisely the (false) allegation of politicking that the Democrats demagogued to impeach Trump—to the then cheers of Biden himself),” Hanson said.

So he’s a sellout on Israel, he’s drawing down the strategic petroleum reserve to lower gas prices – specifically to enhance his election changes, “he has illegally forgiven billions in student loan aid to regain the elite youth vote. And as the campaign season begins, so too Biden suddenly poses as a border enforcer—after letting in nearly 10-million illegal aliens.”

The Biden family’s lucrative schemes, including Hunter Biden’s “Burisma skullduggery,” shows he always puts his own interests ahead of the nation’s.

And then there’s the creepy: “Any other major politician who habitually invaded the private space of women and preteens to blow on their hair, gobble their necks, squeeze and hug far too long, and be accused of sexual assault would have long since been cancelled by the left,” he said.

“Add the old disturbing narrative of a naked Vice President Joe Biden exiting his pool in front of female secret service agents, the showering with his pre-teen daughter, the Frank Biden and Hunter naked selfies, and there seems something eerie among the Biden family.”

And Hanson blames Biden for the “entire lawfare scheme directed at Trump.”

He concluded, “If Biden makes it to and through the convention, he and his record remain indefensible. And so expect his campaign largely to be waged through lawfare against Trump, and massive infusions of leftist cash to ensure record mail-in and early voting.”

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Last week, the Prime Minister of Slovakia, Robert Fico, was shot by an “amateur poet and former security guard,” Juraj Cintula, in an assassination attempt with potentially wide-reaching consequences. According to pre-trial documents released on Thursday, the shooter was motivated by opposition to Fico’s opposition to giving Ukraine military aid. 

According to the court documents, Cintula viewed Fico’s government as “a Judas toward the European Union,” due to its opposition to military aid given to Ukraine and promotion of peace talks to end the conflict. Fico had halted military aid to Ukraine following his election in 2023.

Fico is the leader of Slovakia’s social democratic Smer-SD party, which was suspended by the EU’s socialist group in 2023 for its alliance with the right-wing Slovak National Party. Fico also served as Prime Minister of Slovakia from 2006 to 2010 and 2012 to 2018. Over the course of his career, Fico has had a long political development, beginning as a communist, becoming a social democrat after the Cold War, and more recently shifting towards a national conservative position. 

Though an early opponent of Orban and Fidesz over the issue of Slovakia’s Hungarian minority, the relationship between the two leaders and their governments has improved in recent years, with the Hungarian government congratulating Fico on his most recent electoral victory due to shared views on “war, migration, and gender issues.” According to Reuters, the assailant, Cintula, has expressed a desire to apologize to Fico for the shooting and has stated that he did not intend to kill the Prime Minister. Fico suffered an abdominal hemorrhage from the wounds and was put into an induced coma, but is now in a stable condition.

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House Speaker Mike Johnson announced Thursday that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will address Congress.

In a speech commemorating Israel’s independence at the Israeli Embassy, Johnson said, “Tonight, I’m happy to announce something else to you: that we will soon be hosting Prime Minister Netanyahu at the Capitol for a joint session of Congress.”

He continued, “This will be a timely and, I think, a very strong show of support to the Israeli government in their time of greatest need.”

Johnson had said he would proceed whether or not Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer of New York agreed to a joint invitation, who had on Tuesday been given a deadline to sign a letter welcoming Netanyahu to speak to Congress. In response, Schumer said on Wednesday that he would join the invitation since the U.S.-Israel relationship “transcends” the leadership of just one man.

Back in March, Schumer had declined Netanyahu’s request to address Senate Democrats. Schumer has made his dislike for Netanyahu known, saying, “The Netanyahu coalition no longer fits the needs of Israel after October 7. The world has changed—radically—since then, and the Israeli people are being stifled right now by a governing vision that is stuck in the past.”

Johnson’s invitation to Netanyahu has angered many other Democrats who are frustrated with Netanyahu’s behavior.

Senator Chris Murphy of Connecticut told Punchbowl News, “If he’s going to come here and pick a fight with Democrats, I don’t know that that helps anybody. Netanyahu’s in the business of holding on to political power, not bringing peace.”

Johnson told reporters that he was working with Netanyahu to settle an exact date and that he would be extending a formal invitation this week. He is reportedly hoping to bring the Prime Minister to Congress before August recess. 

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Senior Hamas official Khaled Mashal officially thanked student protesters at American universities for their protests and anti-Israel encampments and for their participation in the “Al-Aqsa Flood” war.

Immediately following the October 7 Hamas terrorist attacks against civilians, Mashal, called for a global Muslim uprising in support of Palestine. He emphasized the need for Muslims to sacrifice and carry out Jihad, including a willingness to offer their blood and souls to advance the Palestinian cause.

He urged Muslims worldwide to display their anger, not just in Muslim countries, but also in diaspora communities around the world.

In a May 18, 2024, address to the Flood of the Free conference hosted by the Muslim Brotherhood in Istanbul, Turkey, Mashal made sure to thank anti-Israel protestors on college campuses for doing their part for Hamas.

A translation of his remarks was provided by the Middle East Media Research Institute.

Mashal said, “We thank the great student Flood, which emerged from the American, European, and Western universities, and has reached all the countries of our nation. We are grateful for the spirit that we have witnessed in our nation and in humanity as a whole. We are grateful to the free people of the world.”

“We have an opportunity to defeat Israel, Allah willing. We have an opportunity to dismantle the Zionist enterprise. We have an opportunity to change the world.”

Mashal then explained other steps that are “required” from anti-Israel protestors.

First, he tells protestors to “continue what you started immediately following October 7.”

”The activities and the programs that you have held throughout the past 8 months – you should continue. Continue your financial Jihad. We want a continuous financial Flood, in support of Gaza, to provide the people shelter, aid, and food, in support of the mujahideen, and in order to buy weapons for them.”

He then called on protestors to “siege” Israeli and American embassies.

”We want a flood in the form of a siege of the Israeli and American embassies. We want constant rage that will stop this aggression. We want a media Flood that will deliver its message. We want the truthful Palestinian narrative to reach far and to control all social media platforms and all forums. We want a legal Flood, like in the Hague. We should prosecute the criminal killers. We stand by South Africa and the countries that have now joined it – Turkey, Libya, and Egypt,” Mashal said.

”Today, we have a greater duty to do more than all we have done before. Indeed, on several fronts, there is blessed participation in the Jihad, and we are grateful to the people behind it. We want total integration in the battle on the ground. Today, we want a Flood of Jihad and resistance,” he said. “It is good for Mankind, because annihilating the Zionists is good for humanity as a whole.”

Watch:

Hamas Leader Abroad Khaled Mashal: We Thank the Great ‘Student Flood’ at American Universities; We Want a ‘Legal Flood’ in the Hague; Annihilating the Zionists Is Good for Humanity; Being Far Away Doesn’t Absolve Us from Jihad and Resistance #Hamas pic.twitter.com/fzWrM4f4Ox

— MEMRI (@MEMRIReports) May 21, 2024

At the same Flood of the Free conference, Indian Islamic scholar, Maulana Salman Hussaini Nadwi, called for Muslims worldwide to attack Israel, eliminate “this worm,” and destroy Tel Aviv.

Watch:

Indian Islamic Scholar Maulana Salman Hussaini Nadwi: Muslims in Turkey, Egypt, UAE, KSA and Elsewhere Must Attack Israel and Eliminate This ‘Worm’; You Should Destroy Tel Aviv and Every Town These Criminal Apes and Pigs Live In #Turkey #India #antisemitism pic.twitter.com/60IkTiSn3V

— MEMRI (@MEMRIReports) May 21, 2024

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