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SNIP Every generation seems to come up with new euphemisms for one of the oldest forms of gender-based oppression and the terms this generation seems to have adopted are “sugar babies” and “sugar daddies,” as if these very quaint terms can undo the reality of prostitution, buying sex. Prostitution consists of two very unequal halves. One half is selling sex; predominantly women and girls who usually are in some way lacking basic necessities in their lives, have dependants, or struggle with mental health or addictions. The other half is the men (over 90% of those who buy sex are men)...

The U.S. has a stockpile of tens of millions of doses of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine, but the shot has yet to be approved by American regulators. The White House is in the midst of a tense debate over whether or not to release the vaccine doses to other countries which have already approved the vaccine, according to The New York Times (NYT). About 30 million doses are ready at the company’s West Chester, Ohio, facility and enough vaccine for tens of millions more doses is reportedly ready in Baltimore, Maryland, at an Emergent BioSolutions facility. More than 70 countries have...

Five of California's top doctors in state government have received the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine, an act taken jointly in front of news cameras as officials seek to promote the most recently approved shot. Federal and state scientists have been focused recently on touting the benefits of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine, a single-dose shot that has provided virtually 100% protection against the kind of life-threatening COVID-19 disease that leads to hospitalization and death. Officials have been trying to boost public confidence in the vaccine because, at the time the clinical trials were conducted, the Johnson & Johnson shot...

If you've ever driven up the East Coast, you may have driven over the Tappan Zee Bridge. The span — north of New York City — was built in the spot that seems to make the least economic sense. Why?

The World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday granted emergency use listing to a single-dose coronavirus vaccine developed by Johnson & Johnson, marking the fourth jab cleared to rollout among developing countries through a global initiative called COVAX. The WHO will convene an advisory group of experts next week to form recommendations for use of the vaccine, Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO director-general, said during a briefing Friday. "We hope that this new vaccine will help to narrow vaccine inequalities and not deepen them," Tedros said. He added that the COVAX facility booked 500 million doses of the single-shot vaccine, and...

This St. Patrick's Day, don't go chasing pots of gold at the end of rainbows. Chase them instead to your nearest Krispy Kreme. Just in time for St. Paddy's Day green hysteria, Krispy Kreme announced their all-new Luck O' the Doughnuts Collection. The green-and-gold confection collection includes four doughnuts — Gold Coin Doughnut, Lucky Sprinkles Doughnut, Lucky Unicorn Doughnut, and Leprechaun Plaid Doughnut. So what do gold coins, lucky sprinkles, unicorns, and plaid leprechauns taste like? Good question. Krispy Kreme explains the flavors this way: Lucky Gold Coin Doughnut — An Original Glazed doughnut is dipped in white icing, decorated...

Low as our expectations were, President Biden still disappointed with his speech Thursday night. We’re supposed to hope that if all goes well, we can gather with a few others outdoors to celebrate Independence Day? Sorry, sir, we can do that now. And Americans by the tens if not hundreds of millions are. And in Texas, Florida and other states, they’ll be packing stadiums by Memorial Day — with precautions, sure. But half the country’s done with extreme cautions. Whether Biden knew it or not (and how would he?), the whole thing reeked of what another president, in a very...

Cuomo on air doing LIVE press conference. Adamant that HE WILL NOT RESIGN. Hiding behind the "investigation". The 7th person was a 25 year old reporter who he bad uncomfortable by his touching. She relocated to Florida. He is saying he takes lots of pictures with women. How many will need to come forward before Airhead Kristen Gillibrand gets upset? 7, 14, 40?

A majority of Americans support restricting the freedoms of people who have not taken a coronavirus vaccine, according to a Reuters/Ipsos survey released this week. According to the survey, taken March 8-9, 2021, among 1,005 respondents, 72 percent view it as at least somewhat important to know if the people around them have been vaccinated for COVID-19. The survey listed a series of scenarios for everyday activities — including traveling on an airplane, enrolling in school, working out at the gym — and asked respondents to indicate if they agree that individuals should be required to be vaccinated before engaging...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – Some doctors are calling an experimental drug a “game-changer” in the fight against COVID-19. Pharmaceutical company Merck recently released, along with Ridgeback Biotherapeutics, early trial results for Molnupiravir. The antiviral therapy would be a first of its kind capsule, taken twice a day for 5 days, to limit the effects of COVID-19. Central Ohio family physician Dr. Anup Kanodia explained Molnupiravir works for COVID-19 the way Tamiflu works for the flu. Both drugs stop a virus from reproducing. “If you catch it early on, it’s easier to fight off. Same thing with this,” he said. “So...

"Asbestos particles are on average 5 microns, which are much larger than SARS-CoV-2, yet nobody in my field – industrial hygiene – would recommend that we could protect workers from asbestos exposure using a mask," said Stephen Petty, a certified industrial hygienist and hazardous exposure expert, on my podcast last week. "In fact, I would argue that you'd lose your credentials for saying such a thing." The notion that cheap cloth and surgical masks are considered proper protection, much less bona fide PPE, for a virus that is 0.1 microns – 1/50th the size of average asbestos fiber – was...

The Littleton City Council on Feb 2 enacted an unprecedented gun storage ordinance that requires both wholesale and retail firearms sellers, gunsmiths and pawnbrokers to obtain a “firearm retailer license” that claims to “mitigate the risks to the citizens of Littleton and the community at large by requiring certain safeguards to ensure that firearms do not illegally enter society.” The licensing and storage requirements appear to be the first in Colorado and are rare in other states. At least one impacted Littleton business calls the burdensome new rules unworkable. Littleton is a home rule municipality of roughly 44,000 residents that...

“It’s nice to have a president again.”

Steve Bannon: Number one, compare Joe Biden before with those blue Irish eyes and the glint, and last night, man, that thing is scary! What’s with the eyes? Is it medication?

VIDEOThe media has been gushing over the Biden speech on Covid including a movie trailer type promo by ABC News. Of course, we never saw any such a media introduction to a speech by President Donald Trump. However, the most bizarre of the media gushes came from CNN in which Anderson Cooper and Van Jones claimed that Biden did NOT attack his opponents during his speech. What? Did they not watch the very first part of the Biden speech?

The largest asteroid to pass by Earth this year will approach within some 1.25 million miles (two million kilometers) of our planet on March 21, NASA said Thursday. The US space agency said it will allow astronomers to get a rare close look at an asteroid. The asteroid, 2001 FO32, is estimated to be about 3,000 feet (900 meters) in diameter and was discovered 20 years ago, NASA said. "We know the orbital path of 2001 FO32 around the Sun very accurately," said Paul Chodas, director of the Center for Near Earth Object Studies. "There is no chance the asteroid...

Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) on Thursday introduced for the second time a bill that would guarantee full payment forgiveness on rent and home mortgage payments throughout the coronavirus pandemic. Under the bill, titled the Rent and Mortgage Cancellation Act, there would be no accumulation of debt for renters or homeowners, as well as no negative impact on a person's credit rating or rental history. The legislation also calls on the Department of Housing and Urban Development to establish and oversee a "Landlord Relief Fund," to cover any losses landlords would receive as a result of the payment cancellations. Omar, under...

The Tennessee State Senate unanimously passed the Lifetime Order of Protection Bill this week. The final vote will take place on Monday, March 15th on the House Floor. This bill is to help prevent victims of violent crimes from being re-victimized. My situation is only one example of why this legislation is needed here in TN. Unfortunately, there are other victims of horrific crimes in our state who need help also. On April 2, 2009, my life was turned upside down. Completely Shattered. My husband Ben was murdered in front of me by a man who was stalking me. This...

Last night, Joe Biden gave his first prime time address since taking office. Biden, who still hasn’t held a press conference and who still hasn’t delivered a State of the Union, reminded everyone who watched it just why the White House is so hell bent on hiding the President from the media: because he is an unmitigated disaster when he speaks. Even by Biden standards the speech was dismal. Biden rambled, looked lost, and delivered cringe-worthy attempts at “showing emotion.” It was more Saturday Night Live than Lincoln, but you wouldn’t know that if you didn’t watch the speech.

The corona pandemic continues to pose a global threat: To date, it has been possible to vaccinate only a small fraction of the total population. On top of that, there is acute danger from mutations of this virus. Against this backdrop, the DG-Nika AG research team has developed a solution for a new approach to protecting the population from serious illness: a pocket inhaler containing the active ingredient 2-DG (2-Deoxy-D-glucose). The DEGEGLUXID® pocket inhaler is effective both as prophylaxis and as therapy. The SARS-CoV-2 virus from the corona family is transmitted via the airways. The virus establishes itself in the...