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I began writing a reply to a post in the forum and decided to make it a standalone thread given both the level of effort expended and the frequency I encounter the issue at hand.FReeper assertion seen in the forum: There are convincing analyses showing that VAERS is only reporting 1/4 of events (including deaths). That’s still almost 4,000 deaths that should be in VAERS, essentially matching what we see in VAERS. If those assumptions are true, it is entirely coincidental deaths. If you take issue with an assumption please specific.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~51% of events published to VAERS [5/21 data] were reported...

I recently purchased a new computer, and over the last few weeks I've been transferring files from the old one to the new one. While doing this I've been combing through some of these files and checking to ensure that they will work with new versions of various applications I commonly use. One of the things that caught my eye was the "Play Count" number for each of the MP3 and MP4 files I am moving from one computer to the other. As I went through these tracks on iTunes, I decided to rank them in the order of their...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Following a recent exchange on the possible origins of the Coronavirus at a Health, Education, Labor, and Pension (HELP) Committee hearing with Dr. Fauci, U.S. Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) introduced an amendment that would ban the funding of gain-of-function research in China. “We don’t know whether the pandemic started in a lab in Wuhan or evolved naturally,” Dr. Paul said. “ While Washington bureaucrats deny funding gain-of-function research in Wuhan, experts believe otherwise. My amendment will ensure that this never happens in the future.” Senate Amendment 1707 bans National Institutes of Health and any other U.S. agency...

PORTLAND, OR—In a dark cave outside Portland, a burglar has reported that he spotted local liberal man Greg Frederic sitting on a rock in the middle of a pond, whispering sweet nothings to his mask. "It is my own, my precious," he whispered to himself, having been locked in the cave since last March. His eyes have adjusted to the dark, dank cave, causing them to grow into large green orbs. Since he's too scared to get DoorDash, he eats fish from the cavern's pool, causing him to evolve sharp teeth and slippery, wet, fish-like skin. The man reportedly grows...

BILLUND, DENMARK—Hot on the heels of the company's new "Everyone is Awesome" playset and genderless blocks without male or female connectors, the LEGO group revealed its commemorative Pride Month playset: a new Sodom and Gomorrah set. The entirely flammable, destructible set includes dozens of pagan minifigs plus a bonus Lot and his wife, who is, of course, a pillar of salt. Children can press a button on the set and the whole thing explodes in flames, and they can even participate in the carnage using the included brimstone launcher. "Hooray! The wrath of God is being revealed from heaven against...

“Fox & Friends” co-host Brian Kilmeade said Monday he believes that Dr. Anthony Fauci has known from the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic that it was created in a lab in Wuhan, China after the nation’s lead immunologist refused to dismiss the possibility over the weekend. Earlier this month during an event sponsored by the Poynter Institute, Fauci, who is also the Biden administration’s chief coronavirus medical adviser, was asked about whether he was confident COVID-19 developed naturally. “No actually. I am not convinced about that. I think we should continue to investigate what went on in China until we...

This month we celebrate Asian Pacific American Heritage and those who came to America in search of better lives. They have made this country better. America is a stronger nation thanks to the contributions and successes of Asian Pacific American immigrants. Republicans want to ensure that America continues to be the land of opportunity for future generations, just as it has been for Asian Pacific American immigrants. We fight for policies that keep our nation free, our people prosperous and the American Dream alive. The United States shines brightly as a beacon of freedom for the rest of the world....

Promoting mass immigration is the standard for journalists across the liberal media. No wonder, then, that the New York Times has published a major front-page story about the problem of falling birth rates, suggesting that salvation lies in -- you guessed it -- promoting immigration! Damien Cave, lead author of that Times article, was a guest on today's Morning Joe. His conclusion was that the countries that will do the best in the future are those that are "friendlier" to immigration.Financial Times editor and Morning Joe regular Ed Luce took things a step further, suggesting that the solution is to...

Florida Gov. DeSantis on WSJ report that COVID may have originated in Wuhan lab: “Even Fauci admits that this may be something that very well is the case. Are they going to now censor Fauci and pull him down off social media?”

Meat is now in competition with engineered and natural alternatives like insects, which could become a major food source in the future. – Photo: LikeMeat/Unsplash, via AFP Alternatives to meat are increasingly prevalent in today's stores. Some imitate the taste and texture of meat, while others feature adventurous new ingredients like insects. Is all this a foretaste of what we will be eating in the future? Would you care for more insects with your 3D-printed steak? Meat alternatives are increasingly in vogue. According to this year's report by the specialist consultancy DigitalFoodLab, in 2020, start-ups in the FoodTech sector attracted...

Not being mean, just asking…. Is Bill Gates transitioning? https://twitter.com/REMASCULATE/status/1396902353870082048

FOR THE first time since 1973, the Supreme Court will decide whether a broad abortion ban — not just a regulation restricting its availability, funding, or method — is legal. If a majority of the court upholds a Mississippi law banning non-emergency abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy, a key pillar of US abortion policy for the past half century will fall. Across the political spectrum, therefore, the case — Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization — is being seen as a watershed in the nation's long conflict over abortion. "This case is a direct threat to Roe v. Wade,"...

Left-wing songwriter and singer Richard Marx shared his disdain for Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) in a social media post on Sunday, telling his 302k Twitter followers he would love to hug Rene Bouche, Paul’s neighbor who attacked him. Marx said he’d buy Bouche “as many drinks as he can consume.” “I’ll say it again: If I ever meet Rand Paul’s neighbor I’m going to hug him and buy him as many drinks as he can consume,” the Grammy award-winning 1980s pop star said.

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio will kneel during an event in Harlem marking the one-year anniversary of George Floyd’s death, according to a Monday report. The tribute will last for 9 minutes and 29 seconds, the length of time that then-police officer Derek Chauvin kneeled on Floyd’s neck while he was under arrest in Minneapolis.The event, which is hosted by the Rev. Al Sharpton’s National Action Network (NAN), will also call for the passage of the George Floyd Justice and Policing Act in the US Senate.

The investigation into Italy’s cable car disaster that killed 14 people will focus on why the lead cable snapped and why the emergency brake didn’t engage and prevent the cabin from careening back down the mountain until it pulled off the support line and crashed... Transport Minister Enrico Giovannini visited the site Monday and announced a commission of inquiry to investigate the “technical and organizational causes” of the disaster, while prosecutors will focus on any criminal blame. The transport ministry said a preliminary check of the cable line’s safety and maintenance record show that the whole lift structure underwent a...

“Kentucky is not a ‘red state,’” a recent fund-raising email from CharlesBooker.org starts off. We called that a “grabber lede” when I was a daily newspaper reporter. The claim is based on voter registration totals. Democrats outnumber Republicans by 82,250, according to the email. Even so, a slew of registered Democrats regularly vote Republican. Last November, Donald Trump, Mitch McConnell, and all five of the state’s GOP congressmen won big again. Republicans added to their super-majorities in the state House and Senate, to boot. The Republican Red tide in the Bluegrass State shows no signs of ebbing. That’s probably why...

After mocking an animated U.S. Army recruitment video that featured a young female soldier with two mothers, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz has filled his Twitter feed with recruitment videos that in his judgment are sufficiently badass, including one featuring a Marine recruit scaling a cliff and a World War II film featuring Air Force pilot Jimmy Stewart. Last week, Cruz caused a social media ruckus when he tweeted a video that contrasted a TikTok video of a Russian paratrooper with the true story U.S. Army Cpl. Emma Malonelord, who operates a Patriot missile battery, along with his comment, “Holy crap....

DANAOSHAN, China—On the outskirts of a village deep in the mountains of southwest China, a lone surveillance camera peers down toward a disused copper mine smothered in dense bamboo. As night approaches, bats swoop overhead. This is the subterranean home of the closest known virus on Earth to the one that causes Covid-19. It is also now a touchpoint for escalating calls for a more thorough probe into whether the pandemic could have stemmed from a Chinese laboratory. In April 2012, six miners here fell sick with a mysterious illness after entering the mine to clear bat guano. Three of...

Submitted by Nicholas Colas of DataTrek Research The inflation of the 1970s/early 1980s is a big topic just now, but a deep dive into the historical CPI data shows the world was very different then. The CPI peak in 1974 felt awful because food/clothing was 33 pct of the index and prices were up 8-12 pct. Those items are just 14 pct of CPI now. May 1980’s 13-14 pct CPI inflation was driven by high mortgage rates, no longer even used in CPI. Bottom line: look forward, not backwards, and consider energy stocks, gold, “B”, and even US stocks as...

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