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China’s agriculture ministry on April 5 reported an outbreak of African swine fever in the Xinjiang region, marking the third occasion the region spotted cases since February. The outbreak occurred on a farm with 599 pigs under Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps, a state-owned economic and paramilitary entity under U.S. sanctions over human rights abuses in the region. Thirty-three pigs were infected and six died, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs said in a statement. Local authorities have culled the remaining live pigs in the affected zone and halted transports of hog or related products in and out of...

After initially supporting corporate boycotts against Georgia, activist and failed gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams seems to have done an about-face. After the state’s Republican leadership enacted voting laws, several corporations including Major League Baseball and Delta Airlines have responded by engaging in the usual empty virtue-signaling to pander to Democrats who are pretending the legislation is a return to Jim Crow.Last week, the voting rights activist argued against boycotts in a released statement.“I respect boycotts,” she said, “although I don’t want to see Georgia families hurt by lost events and jobs. Georgians targeted by voter suppression will be hurt as...

Dr. Anthony Fauci is not what the media claim he is. That much has been obvious since the beginning of the pandemic. While presenting himself as a world-class epidemiologist, Fauci has managed to botch everything from mask-wearing to lockdowns, to vaccine efficacy. You likely could have had your dog making COVID policy and gotten a better mitigation strategy than the good doctor decided on.But worse than just being wrong, Fauci has been wrong while exhibiting a completely unearned sense of arrogance driven by the fact that the left-wing worship him. He’s been on magazines, he does YouTube shows, and he...

The Arkansas House and Senate have overridden Gov. Asa Hutchinson's veto of the anti-trans SAFE act. The bill is now law, making it the first anti-transgender law in the United States. It's now a felony in Arkansas to prescribe trans youth puberty blockers, hormone-replacement therapy, or gender-affirming surgeries. Arkansas on Tuesday passed the first anti-trans law in the United States, despite the governor's veto on Monday. The Arkansas House and Senate voted Tuesday to override Gov. Asa Hutchinson, who said the state's anti-trans bill, which bars minors from receiving life-saving medical care, was "extreme." The House voted 72-25 on Tuesday...

The assignee is the “United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy” The inventors are: Rayms-Keller; Pearl; (Fredericksburg, VA) ; Lowry; Michael S.; (Fredericksburg, VA) ; Barker; Stacy R.; (King George, VA) http://appft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-adv.html&r=1&p=1&f=G&l=50&d=PG01&S1=20210090752.PGNR.&OS=dn/20210090752&RS=DN/20210090752 Abstract: “A low energy nuclear reactor (LENR) is provided for producing thermal energy. The LENR includes first and second vessels and an ignitor. The first vessel defined a first chamber containing LENR fuel. The second vessel disposed inside the first vessel defines a second chamber containing exothermic material. The ignitor initiates the exothermic material by sparking. The LENR fuel reacts to produce the...

ROME (Reuters) - There is a link between AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine and very rare blood clots in the brain but the possible causes are still unknown, a senior official for the European Medicines Agency (EMA) said in an interview published on Tuesday. However, the EMA later said in a statement that its review of the vaccine was ongoing and it expected to announce its findings on Wednesday or Thursday. An AstraZeneca spokesman declined to comment on the matter. “In my opinion, we can now say it, it is clear that there is an association (of the brain blood clots) with...

The United States is considering a boycott of the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, according to the U.S. State Department. In the Biden administration’s most direct comments yet connecting human rights abuses in China to the upcoming Beijing Games, State Department spokesman Ned Price told reporters Tuesday that a boycott is “something that we certainly wish to discuss” in coordination with U.S. allies. He was not clear on what that boycott might entail, or whether it would involve athletes themselves.

Vatican media honors traitor as a recipient of 'the scandal of mercy'VATICAN CITY (ChurchMilitant.com) - In a ringing endorsement of the world's best-known traitor, the Vatican's most prestigious publication has dedicated its Maundy Thursday Italian edition to rehabilitating Judas Iscariot through word and art. L'Osservatore Romano's cover page features a painting of a naked Jesus by an unnamed artist bending over a dead Judas who has a blood-red loincloth around his waist. The tree on which Judas has hung himself is in the background. In the front-page editorial titled "Judas and the Scandal of Mercy," which accompanies the illustration, the...

Tabasco, Mexico, Apr 6, 2021 / 02:59 pm MT (CNA).- A modern day reenactment of the Way of the Cross held Good Friday in southern Mexico drew criticism in local media for its depiction of militant feminists beating Christ, who had fallen to the ground. The ceremony was organized and broadcast on Facebook by Life Online Oficial, an evangelization platform with ties to Saint Joseph’s parish in Ciudad Pemex, Mexico, which is under the jurisdiction of the Diocese of Tabasco. Life Online Oficial members describe themselves as “young Catholics” who are interested in “talking about many topics that help us...

The U.S. Supreme Court today denied review in Elim Romanian Church v. Pritzker, (Docket No. 20-569, certiorari denied, 3/29/2021). (Order List). In the case, the U.S. 7th Circuit Court of Appeals rejected a church's challenge to Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker's COVID-19 orders which restrict-- or in their latest form urge restriction-- on the size of worship services. (See prior posting.)

Dementia Joe climbs stairs

Pope Francis highlights the importance of joint, concerted efforts to fight the global phenomena of climate change and poverty during an online forum on Biodiversity organized by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization.Pope Francis sent a message to the participants at the recently-held UNESCO Forum on Biodiversity organized to discuss ideas to shape and fuel a dialogue on environmental challenges and their implications for the world. The virtual event which took place on 24 March, also marked the official launch of the 50th-anniversary celebrations for the UNESCO Man and the Biosphere (MAB) programme. The forum was attended by...

I'm on the right side of history, and my political opponents are on the wrong one. How do I know this? I know this because every major corporation in America agrees with me. From Oreo and Coca-Cola to Delta Airlines and Disney, they all have come around to my point of view on every major social issue. This means I am correct.

A group of about 10 Milwaukee Black Panthers intimidated an Asian nail salon’s employees during an aggressive confrontation captured on video, and now the Milwaukee small business has closed for good. You can watch two videos of the intimidation tactics later in this article. They accused an employee of disrespecting Black Lives Matter and a black woman.

A pursuit ended after about two hours when the driver crashed into a big rig in Pomona Tuesday evening. The chase went through Riverside and Jurupa Valley, then made its way through the San Gabriel Valley and Diamond Bar. The vehicle was going through Pomona around 6:15 p.m. as Sky5 arrived above the chase. At least six sheriff’s patrol units were chasing the pickup truck. The car was going in the opposite direction of traffic in the area of Holt Avenue, driving through red lights. The driver got into at least one collision on surface streets in Pomona, then continued...

ATLANTA, GA—Spokespeople for Major League Baseball announced today that the All-Star Game this summer will be moved from Atlanta, due to its egregious voting laws, to a Uyghur prison camp yard, where there aren't any bad voting laws at all. The game will be held in the spacious prison yard, which features a tall barbed-wire fence and a modest outfield. The venue features lots of free labor, so every role from the ball boys to the concession vendors won't cost the league a dime. In fact, the workers are already happily chalking the baselines and tending the grass, since if...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Monday that normal household cleaners and soap are adequate to use to clean indoor surfaces and disinfectants are only necessary if someone in the home has been sick with the virus. “In most situations, regular cleaning of surfaces with soap and detergent, not necessarily disinfecting those surfaces, is enough to reduce the risk of COVID-19 spread,” said CDC Director Rochelle Walensky said at Monday’s White House coronavirus briefing. “Disinfection is only recommended in indoor settings—schools and homes—where there has been a suspected or confirmed case of COVID-19 within the last 24 hours,”...

This defense lawyer guy does a great wrap up after each day's testimony. He leans pro-defense but is fair. You have to lean pro-defense in this sham trial. https://legalinsurrection.com/

Biden may restart border wall construction

Democrats certainly have an interest in weaker election laws, but is that what their frenzy in Georgia is really about? Or is there another agenda at work -- a more sinister, dangerous motive for the Left? According to Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), this isn't about the Peach State at all. It's about every state. "This disinformation has a purpose," he warned. And the only way to stop it is for every American to understand exactly what it is. "These people literally have been lying about what's in [our] legislation to drive an agenda," Governor Brian Kemp (R-Ga.) insisted on...