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Michael Osterholm, who was a member of the Biden Transition COVID-19 Advisory Board, gave a second opinion after Dr. Anthony Fauci said last week that doubling up on face masks “likely” provides more protection than wearing just one mask. "When we talk about double masking, remember what we're really talking about is just trying to prevent the virus from being excreted by me into the air or me inhaling the virus from someone else in the air, and it's both a function of face fit and face filtration," Osterholm said during an interview Sunday on NBC's Meet the Press. If...

“All of those skilled workers who are in the coal industry and transferring those skills to what we need to do in terms of dealing with reclaiming abandoned land mines."

On January 30, 2021, Pope Francis told the Italian Bishops' National Catechetical Office "Vatican II [not The Council of Trent which was declared to be infallible] is "the magisterium of the Church". Francis: “Either you are with the Church and therefore follow the Council, or you do not follow the Council or interpret it in your own way, according to your desire, you do not stand with the Church.” But if Trent, A.) in concert with four papacies, was declared to be infallible, B.) all the previous Councils that Trent agreed with, and C.) all popes after Trent who agreed...

LGBT activists are cheering Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s announcement that he will reverse an order from President Donald Trump and put up “pride” flags at U.S. Embassies around the world. Outfront magazine reported on the development: The Biden administration is off to a hopeful start, as Secretary of State nominee, Antony Blinken, has confirmed a recommitment to LGBTQ rights. In a memo from July 2020, former Secretary of Defense Mark Esper released a list of flags permitted to be displayed at U.S. military bases. Missing from the list was the LGBTQ pride flag, which Esper compared to the confederate...

The scattered reports from around the country can play like a cruel irony: Someone tests positive for the coronavirus even though they have already received one or both doses of a Covid-19 vaccine. Notable examples It’s happened to at least three members of Congress recently: Adriano Espaillat, Democrat of New York. Stephen Lynch, Democrat of Massachusetts. Lori Trahan, another Massachusetts Democrat. But it’s been reported in people in other walks of life too, including Rick Pitino, a Hall of Fame basketball coach, and a nurse in California. How can that happen? Experts say cases like these are not surprising and...

Senator Cruz is an example of a Republican who will never win a national election and especially moving forward after the 2020 election. Democrats BRAZENLY used EVERY TRICK in their bag to steal victory in November 2020. And they did it without a hint of shame. In this week’s video, Senator Ted Cruz accused President Donald Trump of spouting “overheated rhetoric” about the election and failing to present evidence of voter fraud. Starting at the 16:52 mark of the January 25th, 2021 episode of Verdict with Ted Cruz, Senator Ted Cruz states the following: Senator Ted Cruz: “President Trump’s rhetoric,...

Why do signature checks always move the electorate further to the GOP? Three months after the November general election one congressional seat in New York has still not been certified after the state supreme court justice Scott DelConte ruled that dozens of votes were invalid. Some of the biggest batches the court invalidated: 128 ballots from voters who voted in the right election district but wrong polling place, in addition to 20 ballots cast in the wrong county. 85 ballots from voters who were listed in the state voter database as “purged.” 51 ballots from voters who dropped their absentee...

President Biden has been part of the problem in Washington for a half-century. Yet, apparently, he just discovered China. “We want to approach this with some strategic patience,” White House flak Jen Psaki cautiously explained this week when asked about the president’s approach to the world’s most populous country whose communist government is hellbent on destroying America. “Strategic patience” is diplo-speak for “do nothing,” “ignore problem” and “pretend does not exist and hope goes away.” “Strategic patience” is usually followed by “need to learn to speak Chinese!” In the White House press briefing room, Ms. Psaki went on to say...

Olivia Newton-John said she has no plans yet to get the COVID-19 vaccine, despite being eligible in her home state of California, where they’re being offered to older adults. SNIP Newton-John didn’t elaborate on her decision, but her daughter, Chloe Lattanzi, explained in the interview her own take on vaccines, the Independent reported. “I’m not an anti-vaxxer. I’m anti putting mercury and pesticides in my body, which are in a lot of vaccines,” said 35-year-old Lattanzi, who has no medical qualifications and provided no evidence to back up her controversial reasoning.

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New book fights popular narrative on radical leftists.. Andy Ngo fell to the concrete, bleeding from his ear. Vessels in his brain had burst, doctors later told him, and blood pooled on his brain. Ngo, a journalist, had been attacked by members of Antifa while covering one of the "antifascist" group’s demonstrations in Portland in 2019. "No hate, no fear," Ngo recalled the group shouting around him. The Portland native learned early on, however, that hate and fear are bedrocks of this radical movement. Ngo began covering Antifa for the Portland State Vanguard, where he went to graduate school, taking...

Fewer Chinese means less domestic consumption at a time Beijing has prioritized more consumption-led growth as part of its recently announced “dual circulation” policy. Moreover, the ratio of young-to-old will be dramatically imbalanced by the soon surging ranks of the elderly, putting unprecedented strain on the ties that hold society together. The latest data from Shanghai’s Statistics Bureau reviewed by Asia Times indicates that there are now half a million more senior residents aged 65 or older than young aged below 35 in China’s most populous and reputedly most vibrant city. Only 92,000 babies were born in 2019 in Shanghai,...

The Slovakia Republic’s Minister of Health has formerly registered Ivermectin as an approved prophylaxis and treatment for SARS-CoV-2, the virus behind COVID-19. In breaking news, the authorization occurred yesterday as doctors received the news that they could proceed with formally authorized prescriptions both in hospitals and outpatient. On January 26, Health Minister Marek Krajci granted a permit for the unregistered drug as the drug has already been in use on a compassionate basis over the past half year. TrialSite interviewed Ondrej Halgas, a researcher from University of Toronto and originally from Slovakia. Halgas has been actively involved with a network...

For what it's worth. Very interesting video.

A man was left bleeding from his penis and unable to have sex for a month after he said his hi-tech internet-connected chastity belt was taken over by greedy hackers. Sam Summers, the unfortunate owner of a Cellmate digital chastity belt, ended up paying the hackers a $1,000 ransom to free his manhood from the device, only to have the unscrupulous cyber-pirates demand even more money. Fed up with the shakedown, Summers and his partner took matters into their own hands and employed brute force - and a sturdy pair of bolt cutters - to crack the chastity belt, leaving...

Money Talks VI and the Global Lawsuits Status PCR lawsuit at LG Berlin PCR test lawsuit filed in New York Portugal and Ecuador show Germany who is the real banana republic Canada files first class action for damages that become international class action More: Annulment action against vaccination authorisation against the EU Commission, constitutional complaint against the measures by a German judge Ladies and gentlemen, despite and because of everything, we wish you all a Happy New Year and only the very best for 2021. Before we inform you about the status of the Corona litigation, in particular the class...

Here is very, very strong evidence from Steve Hilton that the United States National Institutes of Health, run by Francis Collins and Anthony Fauci provided funding for the Communist Chinese to conduct "gain of function" research on deadly viruses, that resulted in what we have now. Essential viewing: Part 1 video link: https://video.foxnews.com/v/6225847837001Part 2 video link: https://video.foxnews.com/v/6227902415001#sp=show-clips

Rising frustration over Gov. Gavin Newsom’s (D-Calif.) response to the COVID-19 pandemic has prompted a growing number of California Democrats to renounce their support for the liberal leader. Newsom, who first came under fire for dining with unmasked guests at an upscale restaurant while advising citizens to stay home, is now being condemned for his hypocritical actions towards businesses. A number of small business across the Golden State have suffered under Newsom’s restrictive stay-at-home orders. “All the businesses that are going under, we need your help,” Angela Mardsen, owner of Pineapple Saloon and Grill said. “We need somebody to do...

Saturday Night Live completely avoided parodying Joe Biden and Kamala Harris in its first episode since the pair were sworn into office. Hosted by John Krasinki, the first SNL of 2021 managed to not feature either the president or vice president in its skits. Instead it featured special 'appearances' from Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, Mark Zuckerberg and Tom Brady. The move was blasted online by some viewers who described the show as a 'snoozefest' which is 'too scared of getting canceled'.

The defining photograph of the attempted insurrection on Jan. 6 was that of a man strolling through the broken halls of our national Capitol, amid the smashed windows and assorted rubble of the failed coup, proudly brandishing a Confederate flag on his shoulder and hoping to overturn an election decided largely by Black voters. It’s an image that tells the story not only of Jan. 6 or of the Trump presidency, but also of all the steps that led to that moment — the whole history of hate in America captured in one frame. This deadly connection between white supremacy...