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The lead prosecutor in Derek Chauvin’s murder trial admitted in an interview aired on Sunday that he “felt a little bad” for the convicted former Minneapolis police officer. Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison was asked on CBS’ “60 Minutes” about his reaction when the jury came back with a guilty verdict in the high-profile case last week. “Gratitude — humility — followed by a certain sense of, I’ll say satisfaction. It’s what we were aiming for the whole time,” Ellison responded, according to a transcript of the interview. “I spent 16 years as a criminal defense lawyer, so, I will...

Over 50 percent of new COVID cases involve people who have already been vaccinated, [as reported on The Gateway Pundit earlier, according to a Yale epidemiologist]). Now, a startling new report in *Microbiology and Infectious Disease* finds the mRNA vaccines could trigger Alzheimer’s disease, ALS, and other neurological and cognitive degenerative diseases....

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Scientists at Wuhan lab were on massive project investigating animal viruses Documents obtained by The Mail on Sunday have revealed a nationwide schemeIt was being directed by leading state body, which was launched nine years ago Its aim was to find new viruses and detect 'dark matter' of biology involved in spreading disease - alongside military officials, despite denials of any such linksScientists studying bat diseases at China's maximum-security laboratory in Wuhan were engaged in a massive project to investigate animal viruses alongside leading military officials – despite their denials of any such links.Documents obtained by The Mail on Sunday...

Here are the latest figures for euthanasia in the Netherlands, drawn from the 2020 annual report. * With 6938 deaths by euthanasia, this accounted for 4.12% of all deaths. (If the estimated 15,000 extra deaths from Covid-19 were put aside, the rate would be 4.52%) * There were two cases of euthanasia for Covid-19 in 2020. * With one more case of child euthanasia (a boy aged 12-16), a total of 16 children aged 12-17 have been euthanised since 2002. * The Supreme Court's decision allowing surreptitiously sedating a person with dementia in order to ensure non-resistance to euthanasia "requested"...

The Diocese of Fargo and the Fargo Police Department are investigating an incident of vandalism outside the cathedral last weekend. A statue of Jesus in front of St. Mary’s Cathedral in Fargo was defaced with black paint on its face. The diocese said it did not know exactly when the vandalism occurred overnight between Friday, April 16, and Saturday, April 17. By Monday, the paint had been removed, however. The diocese said it did not know who removed the paint, and would look for any permanent damage done to the statue. The marble statue was originally sent to the cathedral...

A massive fight broke out at Miami International Airport in Florida on Sunday afternoon, leading to one arrest, authorities said. Video of the incident, shared on Twitter by documentary film director Billy Corben, shows two small fights in gate D-14's waiting area outside of retailer Urban Decay. Witnesses can be heard telling the individuals to stop fighting and airport employees can be heard calling for security. A bystander can be seen ushering a group of individuals attacking one victim away, while the other altercation is broken up by a security officer, who repeatedly tells one of the individuals beating up...

A Delaware police officer is fighting for his life after he was seriously hurt early Sunday morning while responding to a fight at a housing subdivision, according to FOX 29. Police said Cpl. Keith Heacook suffered a traumatic head injury after he responded to a call shortly after 5 a.m. for a fight in progress at the Yorkshire Estates Community in Delmar. Delmar police Chief Ivan Barkley said Heacook, a 22-year police veteran, responded to the call alone. "Keith is fighting for his life right now and he needs your prayers along with the elderly couple who were also injured,"...

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A Daily Mail investigation has uncovered additional evidence that the COVID-19 coronavirus may have originated in a military virus lab in Wuhan, China, despite denials from the Chinese Communists that the military was involved. In February, the World Health Organization concluded that there was no evidence for the lab origin theory, and that the team investigating the virus’s origins should stop pursuing that theory. Hundreds of scientists around the world were outraged and demanded the WHO continue looking into the Wuhan lab hypothesis. The Wuhan Institute of Virology project began nine years ago and was tasked with studying bat viruses....

Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich rejected calls by Democrats for an investigation into possible irregularities in the newly begun Senate audit of the 2020 Maricopa County ballots. Soros-funded Secretary of State Katie Hobbs cited media reports to push for an investigation into security lapses. This was just the latest attempt by panicked Democrats to delay the forensic audit of the Maricopa County ballots. Democrats have fought this process every step of the way. What could they possibly be afraid of?

Zhang Weili, who lost her UFC strawweight championship to Rose Namajunas at Saturday's UFC 261, was targeted with a chorus of boos from the Florida crowd, apparently for no other reason than she hails from China. The UFC's first fight card to take place in front of a capacity crowd in more than a year was worth the wait. From title changes, to upsets, to stunning one-shot knockouts... and, well, whatever it was that happened to Chris Weidman's leg, but one element from the evening which may have left a bad taste in some fight fans' mouths was the not-so-warm...

Well, it’s not looking all that good for the folks trying to take down Matt Gaetz. What started out as a scandal that looked and sounded like it might actually become *something* has fizzled into nothing. Now, I’m not saying that the fake news did a good job, but Matt didn’t handle things well out of the gate, he got a bit weird and a tad frazzled – and the story about the extortion sounded so convoluted and wild. But it was real. But we’re nearly a month into this thing and so far not one single “accuser” has come...

In Turkey, the coronavirus pandemic weighs on an already ailing economy. The Turkish lira plunged to almost record-levels after President Erdogan fired his third central-bank chief in two years … to install a like-minded critic of high interest rates. A rate decision is due today. Restaurant manager Rengin Atac is at his wits end. The lockdown forced him to shut his business with its 15 employees for months, and now into Ramadan as well – because of rising coronavirus infection numbers. To make matters worse, inflation is running at a rate of 16 percent per month. A lot of Turks...

As humans, we know we are conscious because we experience and feel things. Yet scientists and great thinkers are unable to explain what consciousness is and they are equally baffled about where it comes from."Consciousness — or better, conscious experience — is obviously a part of reality," said Johannes Kleiner, a mathematician and theoretical physicist at the Munich Center For Mathematical Philosophy, Germany. "We're all having it but without understanding how it relates to the known physics, our understanding of the universe is incomplete."With that in mind, Kleiner is hoping math will enable him to precisely define consciousness. Working with...

Taking a knee during the Tokyo Olympics or lifting a fist in support of racial equality will be punished as the International Olympic Committee on Wednesday maintained its ban on athletes' protests inside stadiums, at ceremonies and on podiums. The IOC's Rule 50 forbids any kind of "demonstration or political, religious or racial propaganda" in venues and any other Olympic area and the Games body concluded the rule should be maintained following an athlete consultation. Against the backdrop of the Black Lives Matter movement protesting racial injustice, calls have increased in recent months for a change to that rule that...

===== I'm now a major in the Marine Corps Reserve and a member of a formerly all-male infantry battalion.* This past weekend we had our monthly drill period. A few days before drill, the command told us that all scheduled training on Sunday morning was canceled and replaced with a "stand-down to address extremism in the ranks." It was left-wing political programming, as direct as it sounds. We were instructed that there is a Taliban-like threat in the United States called "domestic terrorism." These terrorists are characterized in part by "anti-government," "anti-authority" or "abortion-related" extremism and various "supremacist" ideas. None...

Hollywood is full of anti-border wall celebrities. But on Tinseltown’s biggest night, ten-foot security fences have been erected around Union Station in Los Angeles, California, to keep celebrities safe and the public out during Sunday’s 93rd Academy Awards. The perimeter around Union Station is cordoned off by security fences and the entrances to the building are blocked by similar structures. Signs posted to the fences bear a stark warning: “This property is closed to the public. No entry without permission.” The security fence runs completely counter to the anti-border wall mantras which flood out of Hollywood.

"Love Is Like Oxygen" is a song by the British band Sweet, co-written by the group's guitarist Andy Scott and Trevor Griffin, and released in January 1978. The song was a departure from earlier recordings by Sweet, which were more guitar-driven and featured high vocal harmonies. The extended album version of the song (6 minutes 57 seconds) appeared on their album Level Headed, incorporates strings and has some disco elements. The Sweet - "Love is Like Oxygen" (1978, Full Version)