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Washington State is prioritizing the “Black, Indigenous & People of Color” and denies vaccines to white people in a race-exclusionary system they claim creates equity and removes barriers. It does neither.At the African American Reach and Teach Health Ministry (AARTH) website, white people are currently not eligible to book a vaccination appointment. They are instead directed to join a waiting list and advised they will be notified when there is a “vaccine surplus available” at a clinic.Vaccine appointment slots at the four sites available via the AARTH website are currently targeted for “Black, Indigenous & People of Color.”The AARTH website...

One of the joys of coaching little kids’ sports is watching them express delight and satisfaction when they do something well. I remember a particular little girl a few years ago who played on my daughter’s tee ball team. This child was tiny. She was hardly larger than the trophy. All the bats were way too big for her - she might as well have been trying to swing a telephone pole. Then, one day she managed to get the bat around and hit a little dribbler in front of home plate. We all shouted “Run to first, run to...

"I was going to swing by Castle Rock Studio to search for Joey but GhostEzra suggested I head to this location. Is Ghost trying to tell me something???" "I waited in this room for several minutes but still no Joey." "Nope. Joey is not here." Lin Wood

A man in Tennessee was filmed being yelled at by a group of teenagers while one of them prompted him to make fun of a boy wearing a prom dress. For this, he was doxxed, harassed, and fired from his job.

Poll: What do you think of the New York State Board of Regents eliminating the requirement for new teachers to pass a literacy test?The New York Times wrote:“The Board of Regents on Monday eliminated a requirement that aspiring teachers in New York State pass a literacy test to become certified after the test proved controversial because black and Hispanic candidates passed it at significantly lower rates than white candidates.”Source: https://web.archive.org/web/20181112191532/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/13/nyregion/ny-regents-teacher-exams-alst.html?_r=0What do you think? I strongly agree with the New York State Board of Regents. I somewhat agree with the New York State Board of Regents. I have mixed feelings /...

Cardinal Pell: ‘The duty of the German bishops is to uphold the teachings of Scripture’Pell said: “The duty of the German bishops is to uphold the teachings of Scripture, to uphold the teachings of the Church. We stand under those teachings. They’ve got no power to change them -- none of us do.”“What is important is what is in the Word of God, what is in the apostolic tradition. And I don’t think that when push comes to shove they’ll -- and I cross my metaphors -- cross the Rubicon.”The cardinal followed the situation of the Church in Germany through...

(President Trump's Operation Warp Speed Update) (Over 300 million doses have been delivered from the factories - 43% of the total population has at least a first shot, 54.5% of adults, 82% of those 65+) Total Vaccine Doses Delivered: 301,857,885 (17,664,000 J&J) Administered: 234,639,414 (8,124,392 J&J) People Vaccinated, At Least One Dose: 142,692,987 Fully Vaccinated: 98,044,421

This thread post is long because it contains hundreds of records of Data from VAERS at the bottom. If you want to read the comments, it's probably best to return to the forum and click on 'replies' under the thread's title.Below is a VAERS export of all persons under the age of 18 who received the Covid-19 vaccine. These are mostly reported not for an adverse event, but because the vaccine was not supposed to be given to those under 18.My remarks below pertain to only those records which I reviewed; I have not reviewed all of them.Those reporting said...

In a rare, fascinating and far-reaching interview broadcast on the Al-Arabiya, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman sent a not-too-subtle signal to Pres. Biden that if the White House turns away from Riyadh, the Saudis are cultivating other options. MBS seemed to send a not-so-subtle warning to Biden and his team that the U.S. is not the only game in town, that the Saudis were working hard to diversify their portfolio of global allies. “We’re also working on strengthening our alliances with our partners throughout the world,” not just with the U.S. but with “the UK, France, Europe, other countries…such...

PLEASANTON, CA — A man who was arrested on Friday in connection with numerous shots fired near homes on Arroyo Court was identified Tuesday by Pleasanton police. Justin Michael McDaniels, 39, was booked into Santa Rita Jail and is being held without bail on charges of discharging a firearm at an inhabited dwelling and discharging a firearm in a grossly negligent manner which could result in injury or death, police said.

Gov. Ned Lamont Wednesday signed legislation that would end Connecticut’s religious exemption for mandatory school vaccinations beginning in the 2022 school year. “When it comes to the safety of our children, we need to take an abundance of caution,” Lamont said.

NOW bishops ask for ethical vaccines: too little, too lateBetter late than never? Not in this case.The US Conference of Catholic Bishops has announced a letter-writing campaign, urging Catholics to write to pharmaceutical companies and ask them to produce Covid vaccines that are not tainted by involvement with abortion. One year too late.This might have been a good idea, twelve months ago. In fact it was just twelve months ago that I made the point: “There is no scientific reason why we can’t have a morally acceptable vaccine. The question is: Will we demand it?”We didn’t demand it, and now...

Foghat released "I Just Want to Make Love to You" on their self-titled debut album in 1972. The song was also released as a single and it became their first hit, reaching number 83 on the Billboard Hot 100.Foghat - "I Just Want To Make Love To You" (1972)

On a recent walk, I came across a neighborhood littered with the yard sign in this photo. It seems the provocative platitudes we’ve seen on bumper stickers for a century have now taken root in our yards. And for the same reason: To tell the world that the sign-planter holds wonderful beliefs that he’s willing to impose upon and attribute to the rest of his family. It’s surely not because the sign-planter thinks he’s persuading anyone of the rightness of his position, as if the neighbors reading the sign will say to themselves, “Gee, ‘Democracy dies in darkness’ is a...

A judge denied a request by Arizona Democrats to halt a Republican-backed 2020 election audit in Maricopa County. Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Daniel Martin, who was assigned to the case on Monday after the first judge recused himself, also rejected on Wednesday a motion by Cyber Ninjas, the Florida-based consulting firm hired by the GOP-led Arizona Senate, to keep its audit policies and procedures under seal. The judge ordered that the documents be made public by noon on Thursday, barring action by a higher court.

A Torrance family is warning others after they were left feeling like they were living out a horror movie when hundreds of birds poured into their home last week. The avian invasion began last Wednesday, April 21, and lasted a few days, according to Kerri, the woman who lives in the home with her husband and child. She asked that KTLA withhold her last name. Kerri says the family came home from dinner to find the flock swarming around inside after swooping down their chimney, practically taking a scene out of Alfred Hitchcock’s “The Birds.” “It’s so hard to explain....

In what may be considered an extreme example of liberal permissiveness, a recent court case petitioned the Manhattan federal court to overturn the existing law in order to permit a parent to marry his/her child. One rabbi warns that the Torah explicitly describes the inevitable outcome of such unions; the Earth will vomit out all its inhabitants in extreme natural catastrophes. Earlier this month, a New York City resident filed a claim in Manhattan federal court seeking to overturn existing laws prohibiting a parent from marrying their grown offspring, a practice referred to as incest. The petitioner requested that all...

After Student Walkout, Medford Schools Become Latest To Lift Mask RequirementsRural, Suburban School Districts Across Wisconsin Have Loosened Mask RequirementsBy Rob MentzerUpdated: Wednesday, April 28, 2021, 5:05amAbout two dozen high school students in Medford walked out of class earlier this month as part of an effort to push district officials to say it was optional for students to wear face masks. The community is the latest Wisconsin school district to loosen or eliminate mask requirements.Following the Wisconsin Supreme Court's decision throwing out the statewide mask mandate [2], officials from the rural, central Wisconsin district voted to make face masks optional...

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell on Wednesday said President Biden’s “daydreams” of a “sweeping socialist legacy” will “never happen” — responding to the White House’s proposal for a $1.8 trillion social spending and tax hike plan. The “American Families Plan” would finance universal preschool for 3- and 4-year-olds and free community college, as well as subsidize child care and 12 weeks of paid sick and family leave.

A federal grand jury has charged three men with hate crimes and attempted kidnapping in the fatal shooting of Ahmaud Arbery in February 2020. Travis McMichael, 35; Travis’s father, Gregory McMichael, 65; and William Bryan, 51, have each been charged with one count of interference of rights and attempted kidnapping, while the McMichaels were each charged with using, carrying and brandishing a firearm in relation to a crime of violence