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UNRWA Teacher Held Israeli Hostage in Attic for Almost 50 Days
Free Beacon ^ | 11/29/23 | Charles Hilu

A teacher with the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) reportedly held an Israeli hostage taken captive by Hamas on Oct. 7 in an attic.

The teacher, a father of 10 children, kept the hostage for almost 50 days, barely provided food, and neglected the hostage’s medical needs, Israeli Channel 13’s Almog Boker reported Wednesday. A Gazan doctor also held another hostage, according to Boker.

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80 Seconds From Detection To Destruction: In Krynky, Russian Troops Have Just One Minute Of Safety From Ukraine’s Drones

Forbes | 11/29/23 |David Axe

Eighty seconds. That’s how long it took a Ukrainian team to detect a Russian fighting vehicle with one drone and then send a second drone to destroy the vehicle.

It was a new speed record for a drone kill-chain in Russia’s wider war on Ukraine, according to famed Ukrainian drone commander Robert Brovdi.

☑ Move to Krynky, so I can be known as a Krynky old man.

☑ Set aside eighty seconds.

☑ Establish a drone kill-chain.

☑ Become a famed drone commander.

Straight Line of the Day: Other Qualifications for Being a CIA Recruit: …

CIA Laptop Dancing and Other Follies
Powerlineblog | Nov. 20, 2023 | Lloyd Billingsley

“I used to struggle with impostor syndrome, but at 36 I refuse to internalize misguided patriarchal ideas of what a woman can or should be,” claims an unnamed CIA employee in a recent CIA recruiting video. “I am a woman of color,” the CIA star explains. “I am a mom, I am a cisgender millennial who’s been diagnosed with generalized anxiety disorder.”

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How Ghana’s Central Bank Lost $5Bn in One Year
BBC ^ | 10/6/23 | Thomas Naadi

This week, hundreds of protestors took to the streets in the capital Accra, calling on the governor of the Bank of Ghana and his two deputies to resign over the loss of about 60bn Ghanaian cedis ($5.2bn; £4.3bn) in the 2022 financial year.

Heck, Walrus and I lose more than that from IMAO every year. Are we supposed to resign too?

SI Swimsuit Madness : Round 2 Matches 63 & 64 ; Round 2 Match 61 Tie breaker results

Thanks to everyone for voting in the tie breaker. We finally have a winner with the results posted below. We finish up the winners second round with our 2 matches this week. Heading into the holidays there may be some time taken off for celebrating with family and friends but we will see what we will see, won’t we?

Tie Breaker

Lily Aldridge 170 Defeats Lorena Duran 156

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Who do you prefer?
79 votes

Round 2 Match 63

Natasha Barnard vs Paige Vanzant

Natasha Barnard

  • Round 1 Match 29 Defeated Naomi Osaka 189-22

VS

Paige Vanzant

  • Round 1 Match 30 Defeated Paige Spiranac 146-79

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Who do you prefer?
86 votes

Round 2 Match 64

Robyn Lawley vs Sailor Brinkley-Cook

Robyn Lawley

  • Round 1 Match 31 Defeated Rose Bertram 109-81

VS

Sailor Brinkley-Cook

  • Round 1 Match 32 Defeated Saje Nicole 206-16

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Who do you prefer?
82 votes