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<p>UPDATE 3/9/21: Jeep has released a teaser photo of what looks to be a fully electric Jeep Wrangler concept. Called Magneto, this concept car will be revealed during the brand's Easter Jeep Safari, set to take place in Moab, Utah, from March 27 to April 4. It likely presages a production Wrangler EV that could arrive late this year or early in 2022.</p>

https://youtu.be/ZJZxiNxYLpc Extraordinary interview of Geert Vanden Bossche, Ph.d Internationally recognized vaccine developer. Worth every minute of time for those who want an excellent scientific explanation. Allan Farber: "Eye opening post mortem of public health policies -not to administer prophylactic vaccine in the midst of an already exposed population -harm to public health as virus becomes more robust -harm to individual as specific antibodies are not effective, compete with innate immunity Specific antibodies produced by the vaccine compete with non specific antibodies of the innate immune system. The individual who is vaccinated may loses secretory IgM function of the innate or...

The famous (well, I guess they’re infamous now) Looney Tunes were very much about teaching children moral and civil behavior. Bugs Bunny taught kids that keeping cool and using your brains was the best way to navigate life. Daffy Duck taught us that losing your temper always ends in disaster. Elmer Fudd taught us that violence doesn’t solve anything. Yosemite Sam taught us bullies eventually meet their match. Wile E. Coyote taught us the price of obsession. Porky the Pig taught us the virtue of earnestness. Foghorn Leghorn taught us the sin of bluster and ego and feuds. No one...

The dissidents use pseudonyms and turn off their videos when they meet for clandestine Zoom calls. They are usually coordinating soccer practices and carpools, but now they come together to strategize. They say that they could face profound repercussions if anyone knew they were talking. But the situation of late has become too egregious for emails or complaining on conference calls. So one recent weekend, on a leafy street in West Los Angeles, they gathered in person and invited me to join. In a backyard behind a four-bedroom home, ten people sat in a circle of plastic Adirondack chairs, eating...

A MAN goes to such extreme lengths to save money he even reuses his own mouthwash, with his wife branding him a total ‘cheapskate’. Kristina and Mason Roberts, from the US, live on a strict budget, with Mason watching every single penny - which includes keeping tabs on his wife’s spending. The pair appeared on TLC’s Extreme Cheapskates, with Mason revealing the shocking lengths he goes to to save 11p (15 cents). He shows off a giant bottle of mouthwash to the camera, and after taking a swig he spits it into another bottle to save for later. After doing...

Biotin is also known as vitamin H, named for the German words "Haar" and "Haut," which mean hair and skin. This was due to the fact that even slight deficiencies cause hair thinning, skin rash or brittle fingernails. New research, just published in PNAS, now shows that some forms of severe neurodegeneration, like the frontotemporal dementia seen in Alzheimer's and Parkinson's, can directly result from lack of sufficient biotin. The authors discovered this by looking at fruit flies with dementia. Now, before anyone chuckles, fruit flies actually make a nice model of Alzheimer's or other diseases when they are given...

Suspect claims it was regular candyA Florida man who nearly hit a gas pump pulled out a package of “Dank Gummies” instead of his driver’s license to show a deputy who was trying to help him, according to the Collier County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies said they were called to a gas station on Pine Ridge Road in Naples shortly before midnight on March 1 because witnesses said a suspicious man had nearly hit a gas pump and appeared to be under the influence. Records show Demecio Lopez saw the deputy and immediately asked for help calling AAA because his car...

Clyburn comments on several things. His 'excuse' for Biden's dementia starts at 4:30. Click here for video..

Central Pennsylvania’s Pride Festival has been canceled again this year, as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to ravage communities across the country. The nonprofit organization, Pride Festival of Central PA, said the event cannot be held due to the “uncertainties” that come with hosting a large-scale event. “There is no joy in our hearts or voices in making this ugly announcement so early in the year but the enormous amount of planning, work and preparations that go into every festival could not be done sufficiently due to the current COVID-19 public health crisis’ longevity and the mitigation orders issued by Governor...

A former Santa Clarita Panda Express employee who was reportedly required to strip to her underwear and was subjected to other forms of “psychological abuse” during a training seminar has filed a sexual battery lawsuit against the companies involved. The plaintiff in the case, a 23-year old woman, is suing Panda Restaurant Group, headquartered in Rosemead and ALIVE Seminars and Coaching Academy in Pico Rivera for sexual battery, a hostile work environment and intentional infliction of emotional distress.

Zebra mussels, those invaders that have wreaked havoc on the Great Lakes, have found a new way to further their damaging spread: pet shops. A citizen's report of an invasive zebra mussel found in an aquarium moss package from a Seattle pet store prompted a U.S. Geological Survey expert on invasive aquatic species to trigger nationwide alerts. That has led to the discovery of the destructive shellfish in pet stores in at least 21 states, from Alaska to Florida and including Michigan. A Seattle pet shop employee on Feb. 25 reported finding an invasive zebra mussel in an ornamental aquarium...

With the rise of gig economy jobs such as driving for Uber and other forms of independent work enabled by the digital era, more than 57 million Americans now work as freelancers in some capacity. But President Biden just endorsed a radical labor law that endangers their livelihood. House Democrats recently reintroduced the PRO Act, which, among many sweeping reforms, would make many commonplace forms of independent contractor (freelance) arrangements illegal. It’s based on a California law that was so dysfunctional even voters in the very blue state voted to change it. “The Administration strongly encourages the House to pass...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KY3) - The Missouri Attorney General’s Office filed numerous charges of abuse against the operators of the Circle of Hope Girls Ranch in Cedar County. Authorities arrested Boyd and Stephanie Householder. They remain jailed in the Vernon County Jail in Nevada, Mo. Attorney Eric Schmitt will detail the case against the Householders at noon news conference on Wednesday. You can watch that news conference LIVE here. State investigators removed about two dozen girls in mid-august from the facility outside Humansville. The state along with the Cedar County Prosecutor’s Office began outlining a case against the Householders. Four...

Two separate groups of researchers have suggested new theories as to how to make wormholes safe enough to be traversable by humans. Both papers were published today in the journal Physical Review Letters. If wormholes were to exist, any conventional matter would end up jamming the connection up as something travels from one side to the other. That’s why some theorists suggest using exotic matter to keep the wormhole open. But we may not even need exotic matter, as Jose Blázquez-Salcedo from the Complutense University of Madrid and his colleagues suggest. In their framework, matter is made up of fermions,...

......The Minneapolis Police Department squad car has been in storage at the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension garage pending this trial. One day a couple months ago, Nelson, along with the other defense attorneys and some staff members, went there to look over the car. Inside, Nelson said they spotted some chewed up pills and a full pill. And the state tested them. "They are in fact methamphetamine and fentanyl, and they contain the DNA of George Floyd," Nelson said. The implication is that the drugs were in Floyd's mouth, and he spit them out when the former officers were...

The Sommersett Case and the Slave Trade (1) It is said that some generous humane persons subscribed to the expence of obtaining liberty by law for Somerset the Negro.(2) It is to be wished that the same humanity may extend itself among numbers; if not to the procuring liberty for those that remain in our Colonies, at least to obtain a law for abolishing the African commerce in Slaves, and declaring the children of present Slaves free after they become of age. By a late computation made in America, it appears that there are now eight hundred and fifty thousand...

Vice President Kamala Harris had another call with a foreign leader Tuesday, independent of President Biden. Harris spoke with the prime minister of Norway, Erna Solberg, where Harris "affirmed her commitment to deepening the strong alliance between Norway and the United States." " The Vice President thanked the Prime Minister for Norway’s close security partnership with the United States and generous contributions to development and health security efforts around the world," according to a readout of the call. Harris previously took calls alone with French President Emanuel Macron and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau as well as Israeli Prime Minister...

McALLEN, Texas—As President Joe Biden rolled back several existing border initiatives, the number of people crossing illegally into the United States skyrocketed. In February—despite a week of freezing weather—Border Patrol apprehended 101,535 illegal border crossers along the southern border, according to Jaeson Jones, a former Texas Department of Public Safety captain. Another 26,000 people evaded capture, he said.

Alan Cartwright, Procol Harum's bassist from 1971 to 1976, died on March 4 at age 75. The musician, born Oct. 10, 1945, first met Procol Harum singer-keyboardist Gary Brooker in 1966, having grown up in the same region of Edmonton/Enfield, England. He joined the progressive rock band five years later, first appearing on their influential 1972 recording, Procol Harum Live: In Concert With the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra, and remaining in the group for three studio albums: 1973's Grand Hotel, 1974's Exotic Birds and Fruit and 1975's Procol's Ninth. Primis Player Placeholder "It is with great sadness that I heard of...

Details of a summer season will be announced later this month.The Globe is preparing to open again. Provided the conditions are met for Step 2 of the Government's roadmap for cultural reopening the Globe's guided tour of the theatre will return from 13 April and include welcoming schools back onsite with tours and workshops. The open-air theatre is preparing exciting plans for full reopening in preparation for Step 3 of the roadmap, sharing details of a summer season later this month. Last summer, the site was open to the public for a new guided tour of the theatre, with over...