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White House press secretary Jen Psaki committed Monday to release a “comprehensive” report on President Biden’s health in the “near future.” “Absolutely,” Psaki said in response to a reporter’s question at her daily press briefing. “I don’t have a timeline but absolutely we will do that, and I’ll check and see when he is due to go back to the doctor.”

The Czech Republic’s richest man, billionaire investor Petr Kellner, was one of five people killed in a helicopter crash in Alaska, officials have confirmed. The 56-year-old founder of investment group PPF was among four passengers on a heli-ski tour who died alongside their pilot Saturday near Knik Glacier northeast of Anchorage, Alaska State Troopers said. “An unbelievable tragedy,” said Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis, who offered “sincere condolences” to Kellner’s wife, Renata, and his four children.

In a new first for genetic engineering, scientists have developed a single-celled synthetic organism that grows and divides much like a normal cell, mimicking aspects of the cell division cycle that underlies and generates healthy living cellular life. The achievement, demonstrated in an engineered unicellular bacteria-like life form called JCVI-syn3A, is the result of decades of genomic sequencing and analysis by scientists, exploring the roles individual genes play inside living creatures. This organism, called JCVI-syn3.0, only possessed 473 genes in total – shorter than any known self-sustaining, living organism in the natural world. But while JCVI-syn3.0's miniaturized genetic toolkit enabled...

Once you have the infrastructure, and public acceptance, of carrying around a card that gives you privileges, or penalties, based on your immunization status, the architecture will be routinely expanded to give you privileges or sanctions based on any other kind of status, such as your status as a Correct-Thinking Individual. Count on it. The passports are expected to be free and available through smartphone apps, which could display a scannable code similar to an airline boarding pass The Biden administration and private companies are working to develop a standard way of handling credentials -- often referred to as "vaccine...

Last week, Human Rights Watch quoted witnesses in the city as saying they saw bodies on the streets and that militants were firing indiscriminately at people and buildings. "Al-Shabab fired on civilians in their homes and on the streets in Palma, as they tried to flee for their lives," Dewa Mavhinga, Southern Africa director at Human Rights Watch, said. He called on Mozambique to protect civilians "and bring all those responsible for abuses to account." The Cabo Delgado LNG project has been a recurring concern due to the fragile security situation in the region. Paris-based Total had to shut down...

The nationwide eviction moratorium is being extended through June 30, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Monday. The protection was scheduled to expire in two days on March 31. The CDC says the COVID-19 pandemic has presented a historic threat to the nation’s public health. Keeping people in their homes and out of crowded or congregate settings — like homeless shelters — by preventing evictions is a key step in helping to stop the spread of COVID-19. Around 20% of adult renters said they didn’t pay last month’s rent, according to a survey published in March by the...

He's been around long enough to serve in World War II and in Korea, and on Sunday this local Marine celebrated his 100th birthday. It was a surprise birthday celebration for U.S. Marine Lt. Col. Robert Boeddiker. He was joined by family and friends as well as the color guard from the Naval Postgraduate School and the Defensive Language Institute. "I'm feeling really good. Right now, I'm honored. I feel good," said Robert. Robert turned 100 years old on March 28, with a military record going back almost as far. He first joined the Marines when he was 20 years...

Seven people have died after trying to escape a hotel in Mozambique, according to reports. Updated 3 hours ago An attack by Islamist militants in northern Mozambique has seen seven die after a siege on a local hotel and dozens more have lost their lives after hundreds of militants stormed the town. Militants believed to be linked to the Islamic State (IS) group are behind the attack which has also seen shops, banks and military barracks targeted. The BBC has reported how seven people were killed while trying to escape the Amaarula Hotel, including locals and foreigners working nearby. A...

Recorded deaths following the experimental COVID “vaccines” continued to soar this week as the CDC added more data today into the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS), a U.S. Government funded database that tracks injuries and deaths caused by vaccines. While the information contained in VAERS is publicly available information, the corporate media continues to censor it, and anyone who dares to publish publicly available information from the U.S. Government is labeled as “fake news” by the “fact checkers.” The data released by the CDC today goes through March 19, 2021, with 44,606 recorded adverse events, including 2,050 deaths following...

Matzo is an essential part of a Passover Seder. Besides being the afikoman, it's a reminder that when the Israelites fled Egypt, they didn't have time to let their bread rise. That's why during Passover Jews forgo eating leavened bread, which symbolizes pride, in favor of unleavened bread, which symbolizes humility. But matzo can be used in dishes besides Passover staples like matzo ball soup and kugel. And it can be used all year, not just during Passover. In honor of Passover starting on March 27, here are 12 surprising ways to cook with matzo.

Even with Easter less than a week away, America just isn’t into churches anymore. For the first time in eight decades, and likely ever, church membership for those in a country built on the freedom to worship has fallen below 50%. The latest Gallup survey on church membership — a data point the polling firm first asked about in 1937 — said just 47% of Americans belong to a church, synagogue, or mosque. The historic decline comes as fewer and fewer Americans are attending church, and more, especially younger adults, are claiming to have no affiliation with any religion. Every...

[ransomnote: Additional proof the publisher has made the document free to use and read will be in Post #1. Note in the 4th line of text below, Wiley specifies that it is 'Open Access'. The PDF is available from Wiley Publishing Here: Informed consent disclosure to vaccine trial subjects of risk of COVID‐19 vaccines worsening clinical disease (wiley.com)] PERSPECTIVEOpen AccessInformed consent disclosure to vaccine trial subjects of risk of COVID‐19 vaccines worsening clinical diseaseTimothy Cardozo Ronald VeazeyFirst published: 28 October 2020 https://doi.org/10.1111/ijcp.13795Citations: 1 SECTIONSPDFTOOLS SHARE AbstractAims of the studyPatient comprehension is a critical part of meeting medical ethics standards of...

Source: Screenshot via CNNRep. Michael Waltz (R-FL) started his interview with CNN's Pamela Brown by interrupting her first question to challenge CNN's narrative on COVID restrictions. "I can tell you very quickly, Disney World in Florida has been open for months, with no major breakouts...our statistics are good," Waltz said from Orlando. "Our schools have been open since last August. So we all want to follow the data, but I would suggest a lot of these lockdown states are not doing that." He noted that plenty of Californians have been visiting Florida because Disneyland remains closed. Then the conversation shifted...

During a March 2 news conference on the covid-19 pandemic, President Joe Biden claimed that former President Donald Trump’s administration did not ensure there would be enough vaccines for the American public.“When I came into office, the prior administration had contracted for not nearly enough vaccine to cover adults in America,” said Biden. Operation Warp Speed Contracts FDA’s ProcessAs part of Operation Warp Speed, the Trump administration entered into contracts with multiple drugmakers. The contracts were generally signed while potential vaccines were still in clinical trials. Here’s what Trump contracts called for drugmakers to supply to the U.S. government:Pfizer-BioNTech: 100...

A children's graphic novel from the immensely popular "Captain Underpants" series will no longer be found in library and book store shelves after the publisher deemed it to contain "passive racism." The book in question is 2010's "The Adventures of Ook and Gluk" by Dav Pilkey, who has apologized for the work saying it "contains harmful racial stereotypes" and is "wrong and harmful to my Asian readers." The book follows a pair of friends who travel from 500,001 B.C. to 2222, where they meet a martial arts instructor who teaches them kung fu and they learn principles found in Chinese...

The Pfizer and Moderna vaccines were 90% effective at preventing Covid-19 infections in real world conditions in a study conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released Monday. The study of 3,950 healthcare workers, first responders and other essential workers found that the risk of infection fell by 90% two weeks after participants got their second vaccine shot. The risk dropped by 80% two or more weeks after the first shot. The study was conducted between December 2020 and March 2021 and did not distinguish between the effectiveness of each vaccine. Most infections were identified before symptoms arose....

EXCLUSIVE: Kelly Tshibaka, Alaska's Commissioner of Administration, is expected to announce a Republican primary challenge to incumbent Sen. Lisa Murkowski in the 2022 midterms, Fox News has learned. Tshibaka, who is set to announce her candidacy Monday, describes herself as a candidate to represent "a new generation of Alaska conservatives" and says she'll portray herself as the candidate to rebuild the Alaskan economy, defend and rejuvinate small businesses and fight to protect the jobs of Alaskans in the energy industry. Tshibaka will also campaign as a strong opponent to illegal immigration, a staunch defender of the Second Amendment and an...

“We now have an intelligentsia which, though very small, is very useful to the cause of Hell.” -C.S. Lewis, The Screwtape Letters A masterful piece of religious prose disguised as satire, C.S. Lewis’s The Screwtape Letters is a series of messages from senior devil Screwtape to his protégé Wormwood on how best to corrupt mortals. Originally released during World War II, its tight 175 pages provide charming, timeless wisdom. In an addendum released shortly before the author’s death in 1963 – Screwtape Proposes a Toast – Lewis pivots from dispensing universal wisdom to directly criticizing social trends of his day,...

The days of the old black phone connected to the wall, or sitting on table connected by a cord are almost over. Even if you still have a dial up phone, it's probably working off a main station with a cordless phone. I would guess that 99% of Americans today have cell phones. Those of us old enough to remember those days may be able to relate to this story.When I was a young boy, my father had one of the first telephones in our neighborhood. I remember the polished, old case fastened to the wall. The shiny receiver hung...

New Jersey boy. Pro wrestler. Republican candidate in Nevada. Dan Rodimer has led many lives, but his latest - a cowboy-hat-wearing, Southern-drawling bull rider - might be the most extreme transformation to date. In his first ad as a candidate for Texas's 6th Congressional District, "Big Dan" Rodimer speaks in a gravelly, indistinct Southern accent, throws jabs at Democratic policies and compares House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., to a bull. The bull he's supposedly riding in the ad. But the New Jersey native did not have the twang last year when he ran for Congress in Nevada. In one of...