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The United States will reach a level of herd immunity to COVID-19 that will allow for a return to normal by April, according to Dr. Marty Makary, a professor at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and Bloomberg School of Public Health. In a Wall Street Journal op-ed, Makary noted that the number of COVID-19 cases is down 77% in the last six weeks. He claimed this is due to natural immunity among people who have been previously infected and the 15% of the population already vaccinated. Depending on the estimate, herd immunity to the coronavirus is thought to be...

"Oh crap!" That's what I wailed when my friend of almost seventeen years, "Gigi" mentioned in an email that she's considering getting the Covid-19 vaccine. "Oh crap!" Gigi is in her early 80s, healthy as a horse, just won her battle over cancer but is sick and tired of eleven months of lockdown! I get it!! I really do. But I also get that the jab isn't a vaccine at all. It's bad rewiring of your RNA and it'll probably kill Gigi, if not immediately, within five years...max. I love Gigi too much to not jump up-and-down screaming, "Don't do...

In an opening scene, Magnum PI has Thomas Magnum dreaming about yet another machine gun attack against him (Season 3, Episode 7, February 5, 2021). Given the number of machine gun attacks against Magnum in the series, this is an entirely reasonable concern on his part. As the Crime Prevention Research Center has pointed out many times, television crime shows seem to think criminals are constantly using machine guns to shoot people. In real life, despite claims frequently made in the news media, none of the mass public shootings have involved machine guns. Of course, the show was also able...

The US Supreme Court is set to consider President Trump’s voter fraud cases in Pennsylvania, Georgia and Michigan on Friday. These three cases are on the Supreme Court docket for Friday. Here is more on today’s Supreme Court cases.

A white woman vying to become Wisconsin’s schools superintendent shut down her Twitter account amid backlash over her sharing a story of being called the N-word — with critics calling her post tone deaf. The controversial post late Tuesday by candidate Deborah Kerr came in response to a tweet from the co-host of a podcast called Race Through Education. “When was the first time someone called you the N-word?” Madison Payton tweeted to his 6,400-plus followers. “I was 18.” Kerr wrote in response, according to screenshots: “I was 16 in high school and white – my lips were bigger than...

On Friday, February 12th, Utah’s Governor Spencer Cox signed a bill making Constitutional Carry the law in Utah. On Thursday, February 18th, Governor Greg Gianforte’s first priority for this legislative session has been signing a Constitutional Carry/eliminating gun-free zone, and it is now on his desk. That might not be all this year. Tennessee Governor Bill Lee has also announced that Constitutional Carry is a priority for him this year.

Tyree Moorehead spent 18 years in prison for second degree murder which he committed when he was 15 A Baltimore convict and community activist has come up with what he says is solution to the city's soaring murder rate - paying killers not to shoot people. Tyree Moorehead spent 18 years in prison for second degree murder which he committed when he was 15. He was released from prison in 2012 and has since devoted his time to trying to work with criminals in Baltimore to reduce crime rates. He told FOX 45 this week that he believes the way...

In this day and age, this essay cannot be written and the words spoken; otherwise, the wrath of the woke crowd is aroused. Too bad. Let’s talk about what the Bible says about depravity. Leviticus 18 is a forbidden chapter by anyone who desires to live according to the gospel of self and not the Word of God. The practices spoken of here are either perverted or ignored. After all, according to the cognoscenti of today, i.e., those who are the smartest and most informed people on the planet, the Bible is either a dead letter that has no relevance...

Harrisburg, PA - As significant winter weather continues to impact much of the country, the Pennsylvania Department of Health was alerted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) that vaccine sent to providers by Moderna and Pfizer will be delayed. The department wants Pennsylvanians to be aware that these delays could impact their scheduled appointments. “Weather this week has been challenging in terms of getting vaccine delivered from manufacturers directly to vaccine providers in Pennsylvania and across the country,” Acting Secretary of Health Alison Beam said. “As we have been emphasizing, we are working with our vaccine providers...

CASA GRANDE, Ariz. (AP) — Arizona police said a man who claimed he had been kidnapped later confessed during an interview that he made up the story up to avoid work.

With Montana Governor Greg Gianforte signing HB 102 into law on Thursday, February 18th, 2021, 2021, Montana now allows to open carry, carry concealed without a permit, or carry concealed with a CWP, in a bank, a restaurant with a liquor license, or a bar. Thirty-four states now also allow people to carry concealed in bars.

ALASKAPublished 17 hours ago Brown bears are typically dormant during the winter – but they don’t go into a 'true hibernation' In the wilderness, you need to watch your butt sometimes. An Alaska woman camping with her brother near Chilkat Lake over the weekend nearly had to kiss hers goodbye when she encountered a bear in the outhouse, she told a local radio station. "I got in there and sat down on the toilet seat, and something just immediately bit me in the butt," Shannon Stevens told the Haines, Alaska-based KHNS Wednesday. "I jumped up and screamed." The commotion got...

Nearly 42,000 years ago, when Earth’s magnetic fields reversed, this triggered major environmental changes, extinction events, and long-term changes in human behavior, a new study reports. The findings, made possible by a new radiocarbon record derived from New Zealand’s ancient kauri trees, raise important questions about the evolutionary impacts of geomagnetic reversals and excursions throughout the deeper geological record, the authors say. “Before this work,” says author Chris Turney in a related video, “we knew there were a lot of things happening around the world at 42,000 years ago, but we didn’t know precisely how… For the first time, we’ve...

A Johns Hopkins doctor believes that Covid-19 will be “mostly gone” two months from now.In an op-ed for the Wall Street Journal on Friday, Dr. Marty Makary — a surgeon and a professor at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and Bloomberg School of Public Health — argues that there are actually many more than the 28 million confirmed cases of the coronavirus in the U.S., possibly as much as 6.5 times more than that number. Between that group, and the roughly 15 percent of the country which has already received one dose of the vaccine, Makary argues that much...

Democrats in the House of Representatives have introduced legislation that would prevent former President Donald Trump from having his name displayed on federal projects, buildings, statues, lands, or other type of commemoration. According to the bill’s text, which was provided late last month, the legislation would “prohibit the use of Federal funds for the commemoration of certain former Presidents.” While Trump is not mentioned by name in the proposed legislation, he is the only president to have been impeached twice by the House. The bill, dubbed the “No Glory for Hate Act,” was introduced by California Democrat Rep. Linda Sanchez...

One of the hottest stories on the Twitter machine right now and in media/left-wing circles is about how Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) was spotted at an airport Wednesday with his family as they waited for a flight to Cancun, Mexico. Read the full statement from Cruz. Below that is a photo of him returning back to the U.S.:New Statement from @tedcruz: pic.twitter.com/0WMni5O9R1— Vaughn Hillyard (@VaughnHillyard) February 18, 2021Senator Ted Cruz wheels his luggage at Cancun International Airport in Mexico before boarding a plane back to the U.S., while his home state of Texas grapples with a deadly deep freeze. Read...

Reince Priebus, a former White House chief of staff to Donald Trump, has called Republican donors and power brokers in Wisconsin to discuss a possible bid for governor or the U.S. Senate

Apparently during the COVID-19 pandemic, more than half of Americans have not used their vacation time. Jameson Irish Whiskey will encourage people to take time off to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day on Wednesday, March 17, 2021. Jameson will pay 1,000 people $50 each. You can enter by taking the Jameson pledge here. In addition to receiving $50, Jameson will make a $50 donation in each winner’s name to the Restaurant Workers’ Community Foundation.

A man from Sugarloaf Township charged with fleeing the scene after striking a construction worker who died on Interstate-81 waived his right to a preliminary hearing Friday. Zachary Gerbino, 27, appeared before District Judge James M. Dixon where he waived charges of accidents involving death and tampering or fabricating evidence to Luzerne County Court. Gerbino remains free on $25,000 bail. State police at Hazleton allege Gerbino was traveling north in a 2005 Hyundai Accent on I-81 when he struck Kevin DenDulk, 30, of Royersford, Montgomery County, at about 1:15 a.m. on Aug. 1. DunDulk was part of a construction crew...

Limbaugh Calls 12 Year Old Chelsea Clinton a Dog Rush: "A cute kid, let's take a look at the cute kid, see who is the cute kid in the White House..." Wait for it.