New video that showed law enforcement officials detaining far-Left climate activist Greta Thunberg this week at an anti-energy protest in Europe sparked allegations that the entire situation was &#8220;staged&#8221; for the media.
The 20-year-old and her cohorts were protesting the planned demolition of the coal mining town Lutzerath in western Germany to make way for an expanded coal mining operation. The demonstration comes as the continent deals with an energy crisis sparked by Russia’s war in Ukraine.
Thunberg was initially seen smiling as German police picked her up and carried her away. However, video later emerged that showed the moments before Thunberg was carried off by police.
The footage showed the police effectively allowing the media to take pictures and film Thunberg before they removed her from the area.
Several major Twitter accounts claimed that the situation looked &#8220;staged&#8221; for the media.
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LMFAO Greta literally staged being arrested for the cameras. <a href="https://t.co/qGNurU0lrO">pic.twitter.com/qGNurU0lrO</a>
&mdash; Greg Price (@greg_price11) <a href="https://twitter.com/greg_price11/status/1615472233715208193?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 17, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Yes, the Greta Thunberg arrest was staged for the establishment media. 
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&mdash; Ian Miles Cheong (@stillgray) <a href="https://twitter.com/stillgray/status/1615471758093725698?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 17, 2023</a></blockquote>
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This is how the fake arrest of Greta Thunberg was done.
Mainstream media will show only one photo where policemen are carrying her. Let me know if any mainstream media has covered this video!
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&mdash; Vijay Patel🇮🇳 (@vijaygajera) <a href="https://twitter.com/vijaygajera/status/1615597653689077760?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 18, 2023</a></blockquote>
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“Greta Thunberg was part of a group of activists who rushed towards the ledge,” a police spokesperson told Reuters. “However, she was then stopped and carried by us with this group out of the immediate danger area to establish their identity.”
“There is no reason to hold them for days,” the spokesperson added. “It might take hours or they will go immediately.”
Thunberg was eventually released by police.
&#8220;Yesterday I was part of a group that peacefully protested the expansion of a coal mine in Germany,&#8221; Thunberg tweeted Wednesday. &#8220;We were kettled by police and then detained but were let go later that evening. Climate protection is not a crime.&#8221;
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Yesterday I was part of a group that peacefully protested the expansion of a coal mine in Germany. We were kettled by police and then detained but were let go later that evening.
Climate protection is not a crime.<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/LuetziBleibt?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#LuetziBleibt</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/LuetziLebt?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#LuetziLebt</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/KeepItInTheGround?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#KeepItInTheGround</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ClimateJustice?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#ClimateJustice</a>
&mdash; Greta Thunberg (@GretaThunberg) <a href="https://twitter.com/GretaThunberg/status/1615618850711552000?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 18, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Germany has expanded its use of coal to the highest levels in more than half a decade after Russia clamped down on natural gas exports to Europe.
Part of the increased demand for energy comes from France, where nuclear reactor outages have caused issues.
Germany has had to extend “the lives of Germany’s nuclear power facilities” despite the country’s desire to move away from the clean energy source.
During a speech several years ago, Thunberg repeatedly condemned adults by dramatically saying, “how dare you!” as she complained about how the world works.
“My message is that we’ll be watching you. This is all wrong, I shouldn’t be up here, I should be back in school on the other side of the ocean,” Thunberg began. “Yet, you all come to us young people for hope, how dare you. You have stolen my dreams and my childhood with your empty words and yet I’m one of the lucky ones. People are suffering, people are dying. Entire ecosystems are collapsing. We are in the beginning of a mass extinction and all you can talk about is money and fairytales of eternal economic growth.”
“You are failing us but the young people are starting to understand your betrayal,” she said. “The eyes of all future generations are upon you and if you choose to fail us I say we will never forgive you. We will not let you get away with this. Right here, right now, is where we draw the line the world is waking up, and change is coming whether you like it or not.”
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/greta-snaps-change-everything-climate-crisis-about-colonial-racist-and-patriarchal-systems-of-oppression-fossil-fuel-literally" data-reader-unique-id="44">GRETA SNAPS: ‘Change Everything,’ ‘Climate Crisis’ About ‘Colonial, Racist, And Patriarchal Systems Of Oppression,’ Fossil Fuel ‘Literally’ Killing Us</a>

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New Video Of Greta Thunberg’s Detention Sparks Allegations Of A ‘Staged’ Incident

Environment

Europe

Germany

Greta Thunberg

World

Archeologists believe they have discovered the “world&#8217;s oldest” runestone in Norway, dating back to between AD 1 and AD 250, archeologists <a href="https://www.khm.uio.no/english/news/found-the-world-s-oldest-rune-stone.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">announced</a> Tuesday. The find is considered one of the earliest examples of written words in Scandinavia.
The discovery was made during the excavation of a grave near Tyrifjorden, west of Norway’s capital Olso, in the fall of 2021. Researchers kept the find a secret for all this time to “analyze and date the runestone,” according to University of Oslo Professor Kristel Zilmer. Archeologists from the Oslo Museum of Cultural History and the University of Oslo were involved in <a href="https://www.khm.uio.no/english/news/found-the-world-s-oldest-rune-stone.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">investigating</a> the site.
&#8220;We thought that the first ones in Norway and Sweden appeared in the years 300 or 400, but it turns out that some runestones could be even older than we previously believed,” Zilmer told <a href="https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/worlds-oldest-runestone-found-norway-122519801.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">NTB</a>.
Runes are letters that were used by Germanic peoples and are the oldest form of writing in the region, according to the museum. They were used from the first century AD until the 1400s. Just 30 runestones found in Norway prior to this discovery were dated up to AD 550.
Archeologists also found charcoal and cremated human bones dating to AD 25-250 and a spur from between 0 to AD 500 in the cremation pit grave where the runestone was found. The radiocarbon dating of the grave, as well as the bones and charcoal, <a href="https://www.historiskmuseum.no/english/exhibitions/worlds-oldest-rune-stone/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">helped date</a> the stone&#8217;s inscriptions between AD 1 and AD 250. The museum says that cremation grave pits were a “common funerary practice from the late Bronze Age to the Roman Iron Age.”
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The runes were carved into a “reddish-brown” sandstone block measuring 31 centimeters by 32 centimeters. Zilmer spent the past year researching the inscriptions on the stone, which did not all make sense linguistically, according to the <a href="https://apnews.com/article/norway-oslo-31524a0dbb0405b08fb2fba6ffafdfaa" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Associated Press</a>.
The museum says “Idibera” is carved into the stone, which could be the name of the woman who might have been buried there. Zilmer admits there are a few possible variations to the name, or that it could have been a <a href="https://apnews.com/article/norway-oslo-31524a0dbb0405b08fb2fba6ffafdfaa" target="_blank" rel="noopener">family</a> name. “The stone has several kinds of inscriptions,” Zilmer said. “Some lines form a grid pattern and there are small zigzag figures and other interesting features. Not all inscriptions have a linguistic meaning,” she added, even speculating that it could have been someone learning how to carve the letters.
Zilmer says it’s difficult to interpret the inscriptions because of the constantly changing nature of language between the Viking age, the Middle Ages, and when this runestone was created. There are many examples of runestones from the Viking age, but one this old is very rare, according to the museum.
While this runestone is believed to be the oldest ever found on stone, there have been older runes not found on stone, the AP reports. The discovery will be <a href="https://www.historiskmuseum.no/english/exhibitions/worlds-oldest-rune-stone/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">exhibited</a> from January 21 to February 26 at the Museum of Cultural History in Oslo.

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‘World’s Oldest’ Runestone, Up To 2,000 Years Old, Found In Norway

'World’s Oldest' Runestone, Up To 2,000 Years Old, Found In Norway

Archaeology

History

Norway

Restoration of a Pompeii home thought to be owned by two former slaves turned wine traders has just finished after twenty years, and the home is now open for visitors to witness a snapshot of elite <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/italy" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Roman</a> life, circa 79 AD.
Known as the House of Vettii, it was discovered in the late nineteenth century, but constant pillaging, flooding, and bureaucratic neglect prevented the site from being restored until 2002, the <a href="https://apnews.com/article/entertainment-europe-4f7d78b61fb39b5fd3f71cd07ff3eded" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Associated Press reported</a>. Intense restoration has now been able to reveal the numerous frescoes — or watercolor paintings on walls and ceilings — in the home. The paintings depict many scenes from Greek mythology, which reflect the values and narratives common to elite Roman life.
“The House of the Vetti is like the history of Pompeii and actually of Roman society within one house,” Pompeii’s director, Gabriel Zuchtriegel, said. “We’re seeing here the last phase of the Pompeian wall painting with incredible details, so you can stand before these images for hours and still discover new details.”
The two owners of the house were named Aulus Vettius Conviva and Aulus Vettius Restitutus. Sharing the first two names while having different surnames is an indicator that the two likely had no biological relation and were slaves owned by the same man, likely named Aulus Vettius, <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jan/10/astonishing-pompeii-home-of-men-freed-from-slavery-reopens-to-public" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according to The Guardian</a>. It is believed that their substantial upward economic mobility after achieving freedom was thanks to wine trading.
Zuchtriegel said that the two men “had an incredible career after [slavery] and reached the highest ranks of local society, at least economically,” taking note of the impressive domus and garden. “They evidently tried to show their new status also through culture and through Greek mythological paintings, and it’s all about saying, ‘We’ve made it and so we are part of this elite.’”
A depiction of Hercules as a child crushing two snakes can be found in the living room. Aside from many frescoes, viewers can find marble baths and tables surrounding the garden.
Arianna Spinosa, Pompeii’s architect director of restoration, called the home “iconic,” saying that it “represents the Pompeiian domus par excellence, not only because of the frescoes of exceptional importance, but also because of its layout and architecture.”
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<a href="https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/pompeii" target="_blank" rel="noopener">According to National Geographic</a>, much of Pompeii was well-preserved thanks to the thick volcanic ash from the eruption of the nearby volcano, Mount Vesuvius, in 79 AD. The high quality of preservation has allowed archaeologists and historians to almost step back in time and study Roman life. About one-third of the city remains buried. However, the real challenge is not uncovering the rest, rather it is continuing to preserve what has already been uncovered, given it is exposed to weather, pollution, and tourists.

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Pompeii Home Of Slaves Turned Roman Elite Opens After 20-Year Restoration

A Newly Restored Pompeii Home Owned By Elite Is Now Open

Italy

Andrew Tate was <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/andrew-tate-arrested-after-clue-in-video-to-greta-thunberg-tipped-police-off-that-he-was-in-country-report" target="_blank" rel="noopener">recently arrested</a> on charges including rape and human trafficking in Romania, but is he really an alleged rapist? Or were the girls involved just willing to sell their bodies in exchange for money and a life of luxury?
Before we answer <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/episode/ep-70-is-andrew-tate-a-rapist" target="_blank" rel="noopener">that question</a>, let’s look at another story where women allegedly agree to trade debased sexual favors in exchange for a life of glam.
There is a website out there called <a href="https://tagthesponsor.com/about-us/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">TagTheSponsor.com</a>. Essentially, what the people behind this site do is claim to trap these young, promiscuous girls on Instagram who pretend to be successful “models” by throwing out outlandish sexual offers — all entirely lewd, crude, and crass that go far beyond conventional norms — in exchange for luxury travel, gifts, and more. That happens in real life and the site nicknames the men who support these “models” as “Sponsors.”
Shockingly, these Instagram “models” go along with mortifying propositions. The folks at TagTheSponsor post the conversations online and show how fraudulent their lifestyle really is. It’s disgusting stuff, but this is the price “models” are willing to pay so they can travel to foreign lands and get high-end jewelry supported by “sponsors.”
The point behind the site is to prove that these “sponsorettes” —  as TagTheSponsor calls them — are essentially participating in the world’s oldest profession, though they hide it from their followers.
To secure a life of fame, material, wealth, and fortune, these women readily agree to the most ridiculous, provocative made-up fetishes from TagTheSponsor.com. They’re not models — far from it. That’s just a euphemism for something I don’t need to spell out anymore.
Why does any of this matter? Well, as noted, internet personality Tate has been accused of some very bad crimes against women.
The question again is: Is Tate actually guilty, or did these girls who got involved with him know what they were getting into — similar to the sponsorettes and other “models” around the world?
Now, I’ve actually met Tate. I met him during a group dinner at the Ritz in London. He was the friend of a friend of my then-budding love interest and now-husband. Tate was very nice to me, and for that dinner, I have nothing bad to say about how he treated me. I didn’t speak to him that much — I was literally too busy falling in love with my husband.
Interestingly, at the time I had an assistant who happened to be Romanian. This girl was not the brightest, to put it bluntly, and was also obsessed with Instagram. She would post a lot of seductive photos online and spout dumb comments in real life. She wasn’t a very good assistant.
Needless to say, she isn’t working for me anymore, but she did spend a lot of time talking to Tate that night in England.
At the end of dinner, my former assistant told me that she thought Tate was a pimp in Romania. This seemed crazy because he wasn’t from Romania and I didn’t take her seriously at the time. Then the arrest happened and Tate was accused of being just that and more.
So what do I think now?
Well, based on the evidence I have seen, I don’t think Tate is a rapist. He is exactly what he tells us he is.
Tate openly admits that he expects women to submit to his demands — sexual and otherwise. He has never hidden who he is. In private and public communication, Tate states explicitly what he does to these women and what can be expected if they enter into a relationship, professional or not, with him.
In short, he is really a modern Hugh Hefner of sorts.
To be clear, I do not support Tate’s lifestyle at all. As a Christian, I could never support it, but that doesn’t mean I can’t look at it objectively.
I believe that Tate was always upfront with these women in the same way the Playboy Mansion is upfront with Playboy models as to what is expected of them: Wearing scantily clad clothing and bunny ears for Hugh Hefner.
Unlike Hefner’s smut in America, the risk of doing something like in Romania is that it is a <a href="https://www.balcanicaucaso.org/eng/Areas/Romania/Romania-plagiarism-a-gateway-to-corruption-222223">notoriously corrupt country</a>. It has been for quite some time. Perhaps Tate did whatever he was doing there for legal reasons while taking the risk Romania could trump up charges against him.
It isn’t a stretch to wonder whether or not the Romanian government simply brought charges against Tate so they could seize his assets.
Legacy Media, for its part, has done everything in its power to condemn Tate as guilty.
They hate him. Why? Well, he’s an outspoken anti-feminist. He may not exactly have the right idea about true masculinity, but the internet and media hate anybody who speaks out against feminism or goes against it for whatever reason.
Now, the media keeps revealing private convos that he has had with women — presumably in order to provide evidentiary support behind the claims against him. 
For example, in one conversation he <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11604945/Young-women-working-Andrew-Tate-allegedly-branded-tattoos-said-owned-Tate.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">demanded</a> that a woman get a tattoo with his name. Allegedly all the girls in Tate’s posse have to get a tattoo. To paraphrase, Tate is saying those are the rules if they want to work for him or be connected to him.
Again, that does not mean he is a rapist necessarily. In other conversations, he speaks very degradingly and assertively and dominates these women. 
Yet we know that there are many women who are into this kind of BDSM fetish. For some people, this sort of talk is a sexual kink. Most people don’t want to believe that there are women who are into this, but there are.
Now, anybody who has listened to Tate for more than a minute knows that he has been honest about his views of women. There is no mystery that he believes women should submit to him and that they should not expect his loyalty. 
It isn’t outlandish to suspect that the women who were engaging in conversations with him knew what they were getting into when they DMed him. 
That raises another point. It makes me sick that we have to pretend that in every situation the woman is the victim. Society wants you to believe that women never have any power.
The “Metoo movement” disempowered women, but the truth is that women take advantage of men, too, in order to get what they want.
How so? Well, women around the globe know that the easiest way to get what they want — especially from rich men who are well-connected — is to sell sex. This isn’t anything new. 
Sex is a power that women have and they tend to wield it heavily. They use it for greedy purposes — as evidenced by the sponsorette page.
All that being said, I want to emphasize that I do not agree with the way Tate lives his life, but two things can be true at once. 
You can condemn Tate and his business and personal life, while also entertaining the idea that the women who involved themselves with him knew what they were getting into. Perhaps they did it for money, perhaps it was for fame — it likely was for a certain lifestyle that he provided.
But that is what you call an exchange.
There is going to be a lot more to this story, and so far, I have not been surprised by anything that I have seen.

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Is Andrew Tate A Rapist?

Candace Owens

Human Trafficking

Readers Pass

U.S.

Ben Bacon, a furniture conservator out of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/london" target="_blank" rel="noopener">London</a>, took it upon himself to figure out the meaning behind 20,000-year-old markings in caves in Europe.
“As we probe deeper into their world, what we are discovering is that these ancient ancestors are a lot more like us than we had previously thought,” Bacon <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/jan/05/amateur-archaeologist-uncovers-ice-age-writing-system" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>.
Researchers have been aware of markings that appear beside paintings in caves, with some looking like dots, but they didn’t now what they meant. Over 600 Ice Age drawings on walls of caves and other items throughout Europe have had the patterns next to them, but until now, the markings were a mystery.
Bacon examined the inscriptions next to the paintings and tried to figure out the “proto-writing” system, which is reportedly <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/jan/05/amateur-archaeologist-uncovers-ice-age-writing-system" target="_blank" rel="noopener">considered</a> to have come before other similar recording practices by at least 10,000 years. &#8220;Proto-writing&#8221; systems <a href="https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/8/4/1876467/-Human-Origins-Proto-Writing" target="_blank" rel="noopener">refer</a> to written communication that consists of symbols.
Bacon thought that the markings could be referencing a lunar calendar. He took his ideas to a research team and they told him that he should keep going with his efforts. He worked with a group of professors and published a paper in the Cambridge Archaeological Journal.
“The results show that ice age hunter-gatherers were the first to use a systemic calendar and marks to record information about major ecological events within that calendar,” Professor Paul Pettitt said, noting that he was “glad he took it seriously” when Bacon reached out to him.
The team discovered that the dots next to the drawings were a note of their mating timelines recorded using the lunar month.
“We’re able to show that these people — who left a legacy of spectacular art in the caves of Lascaux and Altamira — also left a record of early timekeeping that would eventually become commonplace among our species,” Pettitt said.
They also believe that a “Y” shape indicated “birthing.”
“What we are hoping, and the initial work is promising, is that unlocking more parts of the proto-writing system will allow us to gain an understanding of what information our ancestors valued,” Bacon said.
“The ability to assign abstract signs to phenomena in the world—animals, numbers, parturition, cyclical phases of the moon—and subsequently to use these signs as representations of external reality in a material form that could be used to record past events and predict future events was a profound intellectual achievement,” the study <a href="https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/cambridge-archaeological-journal/article/an-upper-palaeolithic-protowriting-system-and-phenological-calendar/6F2AD8A705888F2226FE857840B4FE19" target="_blank" rel="noopener">noted</a>.
Not everyone is on board with the findings and the discovery that the dots were written in order to keep track of animals’ mating practices.
Melanie Chang, a paleoanthropologist at Portland State University who did not participate in the study, <a href="https://www.livescience.com/ice-age-cave-art-proto-writing-claim" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> Live Science over email that she agrees with the study that &#8220;Upper Palaeolithic people had the cognitive capacity to write and to keep records of time.&#8221;
But, she said, their “hypotheses are not well-supported by their results, and they also do not address alternative interpretations of the marks they analyzed.&#8221;

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Mystery Of 20,000-Year-Old Ice Age Drawings Finally Solved

London

Archeologists believe they have discovered the remains of a thousand-year-old Viking hall in Denmark, the Historical Museum of Northern Jutland said in a December <a href="https://nordjyskemuseer.dk/vikingehal-fra-harald-blaatands-tid-dukket-op-ved-hune/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">press release</a>.
The remains were discovered as archeologists excavated the area before <a href="https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/article270472347.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">constructing</a> a house in Hune, a small village in northern Denmark. Archeologist Thomas Rune Knudsen says the discovery is the biggest Viking Age discovery in over a decade.
&#8220;This is the largest Viking Age find of this nature in more than ten years, and we have not seen anything like it before here in North Jutland, even though it has only been partially excavated,&#8221; Knudsen, who is the excavation leader for the museum, said in the press release.
Knudsen believes that the hall was once a “prestigious building” that could have been used for political meetings and Viking guilds. The hall is 130 feet long and 33 feet wide, according to the museum. There are 10 to 12 oak posts that once helped support the roof. The posts, which measure 90 by 50 cm, are rectangular cross-sections.
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Based on the style of the hall, archeologists believe it is from the time of King Harald “Bluetooth” Gormsson, who <a href="https://www.britannica.com/biography/Harald-I-king-of-Denmark" target="_blank" rel="noopener">ruled</a> Denmark and Norway from AD 958-985. The press release says “for this reason the hall can tentatively be dated to the late Viking Age, i.e. last half of the 9th century or the very first part of the 11th century.”
Today’s Bluetooth, the wireless technology used to connect devices, is actually named after the Danish king. “Bluetooth” got his name from a dead tooth that appeared dark blue, according to the <a href="https://www.bluetooth.com/about-us/bluetooth-origin/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Bluetooth website</a>. During a 1996 meeting between Intel, Ericsson, and Nokia to standardize the technology, Jim Karach of Intel pitched the name Bluetooth as a temporary solution.
“King Harald Bluetooth…was famous for uniting Scandinavia just as we intended to unite the PC and cellular industries with a short-range wireless link,” Kardach was later quoted as saying. Beyond uniting Denmark and Norway, “Bluetooth” is also known for <a href="https://www.britannica.com/biography/Harald-I-king-of-Denmark" target="_blank" rel="noopener">converting</a> the Danes to Christianity.
Knudsen believes that there are likely more structures and houses within the vicinity of the hall, saying “a hall building of this nature rarely stands alone.” In addition to the discovery of the Viking hall, researchers believe they even know who the plot of land might have belonged to. The museum says they had previously found a raised stone measuring one and a half meters high. The stone, dated AD 970-1020, has an inscription, reading &#8220;Hove, Thorkild, Thorbjørn set their father Runulv den Rådnilde&#8217;s stone.”
&#8220;It is difficult to prove that the found Viking hall belonged to the family of Runulv den Rådsnilde, but it is certainly a possibility,” Knudsen said. “If nothing else, the rune stone and hall represent the same social class and both belong to society&#8217;s elite.&#8221;
Only half of the hall has been excavated, but archeologists have plans to resume operations in the new year when the weather improves. They will also use more scientific dating and are expected to release those results closer to the end of the year.

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Online personality Andrew Tate was detained Thursday by Romanian law enforcement on suspicion of rape, human trafficking, and organized crime. Reports initially appeared to indicate that authorities were able to confirm Tate’s presence in the country because of region-specific pizza boxes featured in a video he sent to far-left climate activist <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/greta-thunberg" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Greta Thunberg</a>.
According to a report from <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/romania-detains-ex-kickboxer-andrew-tate-human-trafficking-case-2022-12-30/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Reuters</a>, despite speculation over the video tipping police off to Tate’s location, an “anti-organised crime unit representative said it was not the case that Tate&#8217;s arrest had been made as a result of the pizza boxes.”
Reuters <a href="https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2022-12-29/romania-detains-ex-kickboxer-andrew-tate-in-human-trafficking-case#:~:text=Dec.%2029%2C%202022%2C%20at%206%3A58%20p.m.&amp;text=BUCHAREST%20(Reuters)%20%2D%20Romanian%20prosecutors,forming%20an%20organised%20crime%20group." target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> that investigators found six women who had allegedly been sexually exploited by Tate, his brother Tristan Tate, and two other men.
&#8220;The four suspects &#8230; appear to have created an organized crime group with the purpose of recruiting, housing and exploiting women by forcing them to create pornographic content meant to be seen on specialised websites for a cost,&#8221; prosecutors said. &#8220;They would have gained important sums of money.&#8221;
The women were then allegedly subjected to “physical violence and mental coercion’ and were ‘sexually exploited by group members by forcing them to perform pornographic demonstrations […] for the purpose of producing and disseminating through social media platforms,” the Daily Mail <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11583711/Andrew-Tates-luxury-villa-Romania-raided-police.html?ns_mchannel=rss&amp;ns_campaign=1490&amp;ito=social-twitter_dailymailUK">reported</a>.
Semafor <a href="https://www.semafor.com/article/12/29/2022/andrew-tate-detained-in-romania-for-human-trafficking-allegations">suggested</a> that police were tipped off about Tate&#8217;s presence in the country after he sent a video on Twitter to Thunberg that contained pizza boxes from a restaurant inside the country.
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Andrew Tate’s video in response to Greta Thunberg allowed Romanian authorities to confirm he was in the country, and arrest him in human trafficking investigation, due to the pizza chain shown in the 2-minute rant. <a href="https://t.co/RJzwJvZVaP">pic.twitter.com/RJzwJvZVaP</a>
&mdash; Pop Base (@PopBase) <a href="https://twitter.com/PopBase/status/1608586308880039936?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 29, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Tate tweeted at Thunberg earlier this week about his extensive car collection.
&#8220;Hello @GretaThunberg,&#8221; Tate said. &#8220;I have 33 cars. My Bugatti has a w16 8.0L quad turbo. My TWO Ferrari 812 competizione have 6.5L v12s. This is just the start. Please provide your email address so I can send a complete list of my car collection and their respective enormous emissions.&#8221;
&#8220;Yes, please do enlighten me,&#8221; Thunberg responded. &#8220;Email me at smalld***energy@getalife.com.&#8221;
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yes, please do enlighten me. email me at smalldickenergy@getalife.com <a href="https://t.co/V8geeVvEvg">https://t.co/V8geeVvEvg</a>
&mdash; Greta Thunberg (@GretaThunberg) <a href="https://twitter.com/GretaThunberg/status/1608056944501178368?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 28, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Tate responded in a video trolling Thunberg, which contained the pizza boxes.
A spokesperson for Tate <a href="https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/boxing/andrew-tate-arrested-suspicion-abducting-28839106" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> The Daily Mirror: &#8220;We cannot provide any details at the moment regarding alleged reports that they have been detained; however, Andrew and Tristan Tate have the utmost respect for the Romanian authorities and will always assist and help in any way they can.&#8221;
Tate faced <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/andrew-tate-detained-in-romania-in-human-trafficking-investigation-report" target="_blank" rel="noopener">allegations</a> of human trafficking in Romania in April 2022.
However, Tate claimed the accusations stemmed from a swatting incident where authorities accused him and his brother of obtaining large sums of money with which they bought houses, luxury cars, and cryptocurrencies, according to reports.
“I was not arrested,” Tate <a href="https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/real-life/news-life/andrew-tate-brother-tristan-arrested-amid-human-trafficking-probe/news-story/248458ec593bf1bc76ce70f8250abf88" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>. “What happened is I suffered from a case of swatting. It’s very popular with people who are large on the Internet.”
“[Police] turned up, they investigated, they realized nobody was in the house against their will, there was no crime committed […] we had to go to the police station for 45 minutes for pieces of paper, we filled them in, and we were let go,” Tate added.
Brandon Drey contributed to this report.
Editor’s Note: This article has been updated to reflect new information.

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American-British media personality and former professional kickboxer Andrew Tate and his brother were <a href="https://nypost.com/2022/12/29/andrew-tate-brother-arrested-on-sex-trafficking-allegations-report/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">detained</a> in Romania in a human trafficking investigation Thursday along with a former policewoman, according to <a href="https://www.antena3.ro/actualitate/fratii-tate-perchezitii-vila-lux-tristan-cobra-661477.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reports</a>.
Romanian authorities allegedly detained Tate and his brother at their luxury villa after armed police raided his residence searching for evidence related to the case in which the brothers are accused of abducting two women.
Local media reported that sources close to the investigation said the former policewoman allegedly formed a criminal group. Romanian prosecutors said the group explicitly aims to recruit and exploit girls to create and distribute pornographic clips on sites like OnlyFans.
The raid was conducted by the Directorate for the Investigation of Organized Crime and Terrorism (DIICOT ), according to Romanian media outlet <a href="https://www.g4media.ro/noi-descinderi-diicot-la-cei-doi-frati-britanici-din-voluntari-acuzati-ca-au-sechestrat-fete.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">G4Media</a>.
According to Daily Mail, DICCOT said in a news release that Romania&#8217;s police, crime, and investigation unit had raided five homes with search warrants issued in connection to an ongoing investigation into an organized criminal group, human trafficking, and rape.
The alleged victims were &#8220;recruited by two British citizens&#8221; who were later transported and housed in buildings in Ilfov county, police said.
Authorities did not name the suspects.
The women were then allegedly subjected to &#8220;physical violence and mental coercion&#8217; and were &#8216;sexually exploited by group members by forcing them to perform pornographic demonstrations […] for the purpose of producing and disseminating through social media platforms,&#8221; Daily Mail <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11583711/Andrew-Tates-luxury-villa-Romania-raided-police.html?ns_mchannel=rss&amp;ns_campaign=1490&amp;ito=social-twitter_dailymailUK">reported</a>.
Authorities reportedly detained the two brothers for 24 hours.
Tate&#8217;s reported apprehension comes a day after he filmed a <a href="https://nypost.com/2022/12/29/greta-thunberg-and-andrew-tate-trade-barbs-in-twitter-spat/">video</a> criticizing climate activist Greta Thunberg, which included a pizza box from a national chain in Romania.
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BREAKING: Andrew Tate and brother Tristan arrested in Romania in human trafficking probe <a href="https://t.co/b5eaZrErAb">pic.twitter.com/b5eaZrErAb</a>
&mdash; BNO News (@BNONews) <a href="https://twitter.com/BNONews/status/1608578309981442051?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 29, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Tate faced allegations of human trafficking in Romania in April 2022.
However, Tate reportedly said the accusations stemmed from a swatting incident where authorities accused him and his brother of obtaining large sums of money with which they bought houses, luxury cars, and cryptocurrencies, according to reports.
“I was not arrested,” Tate <a href="https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/real-life/news-life/andrew-tate-brother-tristan-arrested-amid-human-trafficking-probe/news-story/248458ec593bf1bc76ce70f8250abf88">said</a>. “What happened is I suffered from a case of swatting. It’s very popular with people who are large on the Internet.”
“[Police] turned up, they investigated, they realized nobody was in the house against their will, there was no crime committed […] we had to go to the police station for 45 minutes for pieces of paper, we filled them in, and we were let go,” Tate added.
According to a report from <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/romania-detains-ex-kickboxer-andrew-tate-human-trafficking-case-2022-12-30/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Reuters</a>, though it has been speculated that authorities were able to confirm Tate’s location in part because of the pizza boxes featured in his response video to Thunberg, an “anti-organised crime unit representative said it was not the case that Tate&#8217;s arrest had been made as a result of the pizza boxes.”

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Andrew Tate Detained In Romania In Human Trafficking Investigation: Report

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/united-kingdom" target="_blank" rel="noopener">British</a> Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Tuesday announced a crackdown on <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/illegal-immigration" target="_blank" rel="noopener">illegal immigration</a> into the northwestern <a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/europe" target="_blank" rel="noopener">European</a> country.
Authorities detected nearly 40,000 irregular arrivals for the nine months between January 2022 and September 2022, surpassing numbers made through the entirety of last year, according to <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/irregular-migration-to-the-uk-year-ending-september-2022/irregular-migration-to-the-uk-year-ending-september-2022#about" target="_blank" rel="noopener">data</a> from the nation’s government. Sunak remarked in a <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/pm-statement-on-illegal-migration-13-december-2022" target="_blank" rel="noopener">speech</a> before the House of Commons that illegal immigration is “unfair” to those who enter the country legally.
“It is unfair on those with a genuine case for asylum when our capacity to help is taken up by people coming through, and from, countries that are perfectly safe,” he said. “It is unfair on those who come here legally when others come here by cheating the system. And above all, it is unfair on the British people who play by the rules when others come here illegally and benefit from breaking those rules.”
Sunak noted that the United Kingdom had welcomed refugees from Hong Kong, Afghanistan, and Ukraine in recent years as their nations descended into turmoil under the auspices of existing refugee laws. He asserted that present asylum seekers, particularly those who cross the English Channel via small boats organized by sophisticated criminal units, often come from safe countries and abuse statutes crafted out of the nation’s “generosity of spirit.”
The crackdown on illegal immigration across the pond comes as the United States experiences a surge in unlawful <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/new-staggering-numbers-from-bidens-border-crisis-show-record-highs-across-the-board" target="_blank" rel="noopener">border crossings</a>. The Biden administration has nevertheless overseen a 71% decline in deportations, according to a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/deportation-of-criminal-illegal-aliens-way-down-under-biden-report-says" target="_blank" rel="noopener">report</a> from the Center for Immigration Studies.
The United Kingdom is poised to launch a Small Boats Operational Command that will aid cooperation between various civilian and law enforcement agencies. “It will coordinate our intelligence, interception, processing, and enforcement,” he continued, “and use all available technology, including drones for reconnaissance and surveillance, to pick people up and identify and then prosecute more gang-led boat pilots.”
Sunak also established an objective of increasing raids on illegal work by 50% and relocating migrants from hotels, for which the nation’s government spends £5.5 million every day, to alternative locations such as discontinued student dormitories and military sites.
As many as one-third of migrants arriving on small boats, which constituted the majority of the immigration surge over the past year, are from Albania, which other nations in Europe consider fundamentally safe. Sunak said his government struck a deal with Albanian counterparts to embed officers in the country and raise thresholds for those seeking asylum. The premier will also introduce new legislation to make “unambiguously clear” that those entering the United Kingdom illegally “should not be able to remain here.”
“Instead, you will be detained and swiftly returned either to your home country or to a safe country where your claim for asylum will be considered,” he said, “and you will no longer be able to frustrate removal attempts with late or spurious claims or appeals.”
Sunak, who formerly served as finance minister under Boris Johnson, is the country’s first nonwhite prime minister, as his parents are of Punjabi Indian descent. His succession as leader of the Conservative Party comes after <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-next-british-prime-minister-decided-after-rivals-bow-out" target="_blank" rel="noopener">years of political chaos</a> within the faction, including the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/british-conservatives-cave-on-pro-growth-economic-agenda-prime-minister-might-be-ousted" target="_blank" rel="noopener">failure</a> of an economic growth and tax cut plan from predecessor Liz Truss that led to her resignation after <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/the-lettuce-won-truss-steps-down-as-british-pm-ending-stormy-45-day-run" target="_blank" rel="noopener">a mere six weeks</a> in power.
Beyond tumult in the Conservative Party, the nation has been enduring a severe energy crisis and persistent inflation. Truss had pushed for <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/strengthening-our-energy-resilience-britain-ends-fracking-ban-will-become-net-exporter-by-2040" target="_blank" rel="noopener">higher fossil fuel production</a> and set the goal of becoming a net exporter of energy by 2040.

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Archaeologists believe they have found the shipwreck of a possible medieval vessel in the largest lake in Norway, the Norwegian Defense Research Establishment <a href="https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/archaeologists-discover-700-year-old-ship-in-norway-180981201/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">revealed</a> earlier this month.
The shipwreck is <a href="https://sciencenorway.no/archaeoloy-medieval-history-ships/shipwreck-discovered-at-the-bottom-of-norways-largest-lake-possibly-700-years-old/2110769" target="_blank" rel="noopener">dated</a> sometime between 1300 and 1850, meaning it could potentially be from the Middle Ages. It was discovered by researchers who were searching for surplus ammunition and explosives previously dumped in the lake.
“Because this is a freshwater lake, the wood in such a ship is preserved,” Norwegian University of Science and Technology marine archaeologist Øyvind Ødegård <a href="https://sciencenorway.no/archaeoloy-medieval-history-ships/shipwreck-discovered-at-the-bottom-of-norways-largest-lake-possibly-700-years-old/2110769" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> Science Norway. “The metal may rust, and the ship may lose its structure, but the wood is intact. A similar ship to the one we now found would not have survived for more than a few decades if it had gone down on the coast,” he added.
Scientists had been mapping the bottom of the lake in search for explosives and ammo that had been dumped between the 1940s and 1970s by an ammunition factory. While analyzing sonar images, they spotted what they believe to be the stern of a ship. The wood ship was located 1,350 feet deep in Lake Mjøsa, and researchers believe it is 33 feet long.
Based on the observation that the stern of the ship was distinct from the bow, archaeologists believe that it would have been built sometime after 1300. Viking ships are much more likely to be identical on both ends and would have come from before 1300, the outlet notes. Other features distinguishing this ship from a Viking one include it having a central rudder, while a Viking ship rudder or steering oar would likely be on the starboard side of the hull.
Archaeologists also observed that this ship was built by overlapping the planks, which helped make it lighter. The result, according to the outlet, is what is referred to as a “clinker-built” ship, as opposed to “carvel-built,” which have smooth joints. This method of shipbuilding was <a href="https://www.britannica.com/technology/clinker-construction" target="_blank" rel="noopener">popular</a> during medieval and ancient times.
Prior to this discovery, archaeologists state that they had expected to make interesting finds in the project. Ødegård describes the lake as a “mini ocean,” adding that he believed “the chance of finding a shipwreck was quite high, and sure enough, a ship turned up.” The lake is about 60 miles north of Oslo, Norway’s capital, and has been a busy trade route since the Viking age.
Around 20 different shipwrecks have been found in Lake Mjøsa, but all of them were discovered at depths between 20 and 30 meters. This expedition, which began weeks ago, was the first time researchers have explored past those depths. Scientists have so far been unable to further examine the wreck or capture the site with camera equipment due to poor weather and limited visibility.

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Shipwreck Found At Bottom Of Norway’s Largest Lake Could Be 700 Years Old, Archaeologists Believe

Shipwreck Found At The Bottom Of Norway's Largest Lake Could Be 700 Years Old, Archaeologists Believe

A top <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/europe" target="_blank" rel="noopener">European</a> official reportedly blasted President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/joe-biden" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Joe Biden</a> and his response to the Russia-Ukraine War, saying that the U.S. has “profited the most” from the war. 
According to a <a href="https://www.politico.eu/article/vladimir-putin-war-europe-ukraine-gas-inflation-reduction-act-ira-joe-biden-rift-west-eu-accuses-us-of-profiting-from-war/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Politico report</a>, top European officials believe that while Europe has struggled following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, America has made money off of gas and weapons. 
“The fact is, if you look at it soberly, the country that is most profiting from this war is the U.S. because they are selling more gas and at higher prices, and because they are selling more weapons,” a senior official, who was not named, reportedly told Politico. 
The official added that the U.S. needed to realize that public opinion throughout Europe was changing, especially as the continent has faced skyrocketing energy prices, which are only expected to get worse as winter sets in. He said that many Europeans were becoming increasingly skeptical of the U.S. and <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/ukraine-russia-war" target="_blank" rel="noopener">the war</a>, which has dragged on since March. 
“We are really at a historic juncture,” the official said. “America needs to realize that public opinion is shifting in many EU countries.”
The U.S. has already provided billions of dollars in weapons to Ukraine with the Biden administration has signaled that it will keep on sending more, <a href="https://www.defensenews.com/congress/budget/2022/11/15/white-house-requests-38-billion-more-in-ukraine-aid/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">asking for</a> another $38 billion in the last week, including defense aid. 
When asked about claims the U.S. was responsible for high gas prices in Europe, a spokesperson for the National Security Council pinned the blame on Russian President Vladimir Putin. 
“The rise in gas prices in Europe is caused by Putin’s invasion of Ukraine and Putin&#8217;s energy war against Europe, period,&#8221; the spokesperson said, before adding that exports of liquified natural gas allowed Europe to become less reliant on Russia for energy. 
The comments <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/this-winter-will-be-bad-for-energy-prices-now-the-real-concern-is-next-winter" target="_blank" rel="noopener">come after</a> European nations were forced to scramble for new power supplies after Russia severed natural gas shipments and the Nord Stream pipeline system sustained <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/nord-stream-pipelines-see-unprecedented-damage-after-cia-warned-german-government-of-sabotage">unprecedented damage</a> from an unknown actor. 
Russia accounted for 40% of the European natural gas supply last year, a rate that had <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/european-union-social-market-economy-might-redistribute-fossil-fuel-profits">dropped</a> to 9% as of three months ago. Germany, the continent’s largest economy, has seen dependence on Russian natural gas decrease from 55% to 35%.
“I think it has been addressed for this winter,” BP CEO Bernard Looney said about storage levels, even though some spend up to half of their disposable income on energy. “It’s the next winter I think many of us worry, in Europe, could be even more challenging.”
Ben Zeisloft contributed to this report.

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This article is a companion piece to today’s Morning Wire Afternoon Update. To listen to the podcast version, click <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/podcasts/morning-wire/friday-afternoon-update-11-25-22" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.
Airline Travel Returns To Pre-Pandemic Levels, Still Below Record
If you’ve been traveling for Thanksgiving this week, you know that airline travel is back to pre-pandemic levels — but hasn’t quite hit 2019’s record of 2.9 million travelers on the Sunday after Thanksgiving.
The TSA is expecting to screen 2.5 million passengers a day across U.S. airports on the busiest days this week. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg celebrated the numbers.
&#8220;We are delighted that demand is returning like nobody thought possible with more and more passengers having the desire and the income to return to the skies,&#8221; Buttigieg <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aE58XuzIBfc" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>.
Mask Mandates Imminent? 
The Department of Health and Human Services is again <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/new-report-suggests-going-back-to-masks-social-distancing-because-of-long-covid" target="_blank" rel="noopener">saying</a> that the American public should partake in masking and social distancing to reduce the spread of COVID and guard against “Long COVID.”
The new report, sponsored by HHS and conducted by research agency Coforma, suggested that these policies should be either strongly encouraged or even mandated while calling for expanded government programs that offer financial support and benefits for COVID victims.
Home Purchases Decreasing
Rising interest rates and high home prices <a href="https://www.investopedia.com/investor-home-purchases-6831856" target="_blank" rel="noopener">have led</a> to a 30% drop in home purchases by investors in the third quarter.
The reduction means fewer homes being built or restored for future buyers. Home purchases by investors fell from 94,000 in the same quarter last year to 66,000 this year. Also driving the trend is the slowing of rent growth from 13% to just 10%.
EU Sends More Money To Ukraine
As Russian President Vladimir Putin’s assault rages on, the European Union <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/ukraine-receives-25-billion-euros-assistance-eu-2022-11-22/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">sent Ukraine another $2.5 billion in assistance</a> on Tuesday. The EU is expected to approve another $18 billion in 2023. So far, the EU has sent $6.7 billion total to Ukraine for a variety of necessities and supplies.
Bye-Bye, Fauci
Dr. Anthony Fauci’s final White House press conference went sideways this week after a reporter <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/no-surprise-faucis-final-message-is-a-lecture-on-masks-getting-the-latest-booster" target="_blank" rel="noopener">asked</a> a question about what Fauci has done to investigate the origins of COVID. White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre shut down the question.
&#8220;We have a process here,&#8221; Jean-Pierre <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/karine-jean-pierre-loses-control-of-briefing-room-and-herself-as-journalists-balk-at-her-skipping-conservative-reporter" target="_blank" rel="noopener">scolded</a>. &#8220;I&#8217;m not calling out on people who yell. And you&#8217;re being … disrespectful to your colleagues, and you&#8217;re being disrespectful to our guest. I will not call on you if you yell, and also you&#8217;re taking time off the clock because Dr. Fauci has to leave in a couple of minutes.”
“Avatar” Sequel Coming Soon
The much-anticipated sequel to the 2009 box office hit “Avatar” is due to <a href="https://www.dexerto.com/tv-movies/avatar-2-may-be-the-most-expensive-movie-of-all-time-1993407/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">release</a> December 16 and is projected to be one of, if not the most, expensive film ever produced. Director James Cameron has declined to state just how expensive the film’s budget was, but reports suggest that the production budget alone was $250 million.
Big College Football Weekend
And, in some sports news, the final weekend of the college football regular season promises some big rivalry matchups, including the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/michigan-vs-ohio-state-coach-schembechlers-final-speech-still-rings-true" target="_blank" rel="noopener">second-ranked Ohio State Buckeyes versus the third-ranked Michigan Wolverines</a>, and the seventh-ranked USC Trojans versus the 18th-ranked Fighting Irish. And, of course, my underrated Florida State Seminoles are facing off against the Florida Gators Friday evening.
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