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President Joe Biden is moving to surrender to China U.S. patent and trade secret protections on America's COVID-19 vaccines. Two of those vaccines, made by American-based Pfizer and Moderna, employ revolutionary mRNA technology. Specifically, the Biden administration has agreed to support a request by India and South Africa for waivers that would permit members of the World Trade Organization to not enforce laws protecting patents and trade secrets covered under the Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights Agreement (TRIPs). "This is a global health crisis, and the extraordinary circumstances of the COVID-19 pandemic call for extraordinary measures," declared U.S. Trade...

Up-and-coming Brooklyn rapper Supa Gates has died nearly seven weeks after he was shot in the passenger seat of a Mercedes in Brooklyn. Supa Gates, whose real name was Aaron Williams, was shot multiple times in the front passenger seat of the luxury vehicle parked on St. John’s Place near Troy Ave. in Crown Heights April 11. He died Thursday at Kings County Hospital, where he had been treated since the shooting. The 25-year-old musician’s career had just started gaining momentum, with some of his tracks drawing tens of thousands of listeners on YouTube.com. “He was gonna bust big,” said...

More than 100 employees at Houston Methodist Hospital filed a lawsuit against their employer for requiring all staff members to receive a COVID-19 vaccine in order to keep their jobs.Saying the COVID-19 vaccines are experimental and they don’t want to be “guinea pigs,” the 117 employees argued in court that it’s unlawful for their employers to require them to take the shots.“Methodist Hospital is forcing its employees to be human ‘guinea pigs’ as a condition for continued employment,” their lawsuit (pdf) states. They wrote that the hospital’s COVID-19 vaccination mandate “requires the employee to subject themselves to medical experimentation as...

Do American Indians who join the Air Force have unique challenges?According to the military, yes.The same goes for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer/questioning recruits.Therefore, last month, the United States Air Force put together two focus groups to address barriers impeding airmen and Space Force Guardians.An April 26th announcement breathed official life into each:Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer/Questioning Initiative Team, otherwise known as LITIndigenous Nations Equality Team, or INETFrom the Secretary of the Air Force Public Affairs:The establishment of these two teams builds on the successes of the Department of the Air Force’s other teams and allows the Department...

The Texas Legislature on Sunday moved closer to approving a sweeping bill that curtails voting opportunities in the country's second most-populous state, as Republicans fast-tracked the measure before the legislative session closes. The state Senate voted along party lines to pass the bill. The measure, which follows Republican moves to impose voting restrictions in other states, now goes to the House, also dominated by Republicans, which has placed the bill on its calendar for late Sunday afternoon, with the legislative session due to expire at midnight. Republican Governor Greg Abbott has indicated he will sign the bill into law. The...

Some of the individuals facing charges for the Jan. 6 riots at the U.S. Capitol building are employing a bizarre but predictable defense in the hopes of drumming up sympathy for their plight. At least three defendants claim they participated in the assault on the Capitol building because they were misled by misinformation spread by – you guessed it – former President Donald Trump.The Associated Press reported:Lawyers for at least three defendants charged in connection with the violent siege tell The Associated Press that they will blame election misinformation and conspiracy theories, much of it pushed by then-President Donald Trump,...

We have lost a dear friend and an inspiring mentor. Oracle has lost an incredible leader, and the world has lost an amazing human being. Joel's warmth and enthusiasm was infectious and he inspired countless others across the globe to be the best versions of themselves. He was the fire that sparked Oracle APEX and his tireless contributions since day zero make it what it is today. He leaves behind a community that only he could have built, and a spirit that will always be at the heart of APEX. Joel has truly left the world a better place than...

Back on May 19, I wrote about a federal district judge in Texas who issued a temporary restraining order blocking the Biden Administration’s plan to prioritize the distribution of COVID assistance to women and minority business owners under the Restaurant Revitalization Fund.On Thursday, in a case where a federal district judge in Tennessee refused to grant injunctive relief regarding the same program, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals entered an emergency stay blocking the same Biden Administration plan.Let’s revisit for just a moment the comment by Chief Justice Roberts that “there are no Obama judges or Trump judges”.US District Court...

Thousands of demonstrators marched through London’s streets on Saturday in protest of CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus restrictions and “vaccine passports.” Demonstrators gathered at Parliament Square before moving through areas in central London including Oxford Street, Downing Street, Trafalgar Square, and Hyde Park. The protest was largely peaceful but police said that “a small minority” of protestors threw objects at officers and a group of demonstrators briefly occupied Westfield Shopping Centre. The “United For Freedom” March on Saturday was bigger than the previous protests against pandemic restrictions. Many have travelled from outside of London, with one group telling NTD News...

Dr. Soumya Swaminathan, the Chief Scientist at the World Health Organisation (WHO), was apparently served a legal notice by Indian Bar Association (IBA) on May 25, 2021, for her alleged act of spreading disinformation and thus misleading the people of India, in order to fulfill her own agenda, so the plaintiff’s action declares. It is reported that Dr. Soumya Swaminathan deliberately ignored and suppressed the FLCCC and BIRD Panel’s data regarding the effectiveness of the drug Ivermectin, with an intent to dissuade the people of India from using Ivermectin. Moreover, the nation of India has included ivermectin in their national...

Joe Biden on Saturday delivered remarks at an annual Memorial Day Service in Delaware. Biden slurred his way through a 9 minute speech. “I had a long conversation for two hours recently with President Xi, making it clear to him we could do nothing but speak out for human rights around the world because that’s who we are,” Biden said. “I’ll be meeting with President Putin in a couple weeks in Geneva making it clear that we will not stand by and let him abuse those rights.” 7,300 people tuned in to the White House’s YouTube channel to watch Biden...

There are now only two nations in the history of humanity that have successfully landed rovers on the surface of the Red Planet: The United States and the People’s Republic of China. You can expect this to be the dominant headline in all matters related to space for many years to come. After all, humanity is due for another round of great state competition and it seems that the two major contenders in this strategic competition will be the United States and China. For too long Western observers have downplayed China’s rapidly growing space technology industry. The Chinese Martian rover,...

Join together with Fellow FREEPERS to Pray for AMERICA: For those in Authority in Government, Family, Military, Business, Healthcare, Education, Churches, and the Media.'I Urge, then, First of All, that Requests, Prayers, Intercession and Thanksgiving be Made for Everyone: for Kings and All those in Authority that we May Live Peaceful and Quiet Lives in All Godliness and Holiness.' 1 Timothy 2:1-2Religion Forum Threads Labeled [Prayer] are Closed to Debate of Any Kind.

Here is Republican Establishment commentator Brit Hume complaining that Trump endorsed Ron DeSantis instead of Adam Putnam, who Brit thought had a better chance of winning.

Terrible News About the Horrible Arthur Roche – VoicesDamian Thompson, Twitter.com: “Terrible news that the horrible Arthur Roche will be prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship. One of the most ambitious, pompous and ruthless operators in the Catholic Church. Yuk.”“I've loathed Roche since I caught him playing all manner of tricks to kill off Summorum Pontificum in Leeds diocese. (Also, he's never forgiven me for revealing that in his youth he was a champion figure skater – surprising in view of his girth.)“Rocco Palmo, Twitter.com: “Given the eternal fury of the ‘Liturgy Wars’ in the English-speaking world, the naming...

It was one year ago on Friday that Minneapolis’ soy-boy mayor, Jacob Frey, issued the order to police to evacuate the Third Precinct and leave the station to be overrun by the mob and burned to the ground. Protests had quickly turned violent after George Floyd’s death under the knee of police officer Derek Chauvin three days earlier, and the police surrender only empowered the domestic terrorists who were whipping up the crowd. For the next four nights, criminals ransacked the city and terrorized its residents with little in the way of police intervention. Frey’s craven capitulation to the forces...

By Kelli Cook | May 27, 2021 at 10:07 PM CDT - Updated May 27 at 10:55 PM FORREST COUNTY, Miss. (WMC) - Just one COVID-19 case is considered an outbreak in a long-term care facility because of how easily it can spread in a community setting and the high-risk residents. Mississippi health officials are announcing two new outbreaks that are all tied to breakthrough cases. However, Thursday the Mississippi State Department of Health reported 10 additional cases of the highly infectious South African COVID-19 variant in nursing homes in Forrest and Covington counties. In all 10 cases, everyone was...

He tried, and he failed. But the worst part is he never got a chance to even start. And now he’s got a $200,000 debt to pay off. That’s the story of Jason Yu, a 30-year-old father of two who had the audacity to attempt to open up an ice cream shop in San Francisco’s Mission District. Unfortunately, the city got in his way. As reported by San Francisco Chronicle, Yu started his project – a shop that sold green-tea-flavored ice cream – in late 2018, and ultimately found a location in mid-2019 where he got to work. After committing...

Note: This video is from 2011. The car was sold years ago._________________________Description from the dealer...“Don’t be fooled by the large-by-huge chrome wheels it’s wearing today, this particular ‘57 Golden Rocket 88 is an authentic J2 car, and is extensively and thoroughly restored to original condition from top to bottom. Our documents suggest that this is one of only four Golden Rocket 88 2-door sedans in existence with the J2 engine.The two-tone bodywork on this car is spectacularly done and looks especially striking in black and white with a red stripe in the chrome trim that separates the two halves. Bodywork...

Turkey has not only violated the independence and integrity of Cyprus by ignoring resolutions of the United Nations and the European Union, but also has been steadily destroying the Christian artistic and cultural heritage of Northern Cyprus.When Turkish President, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, turned Istanbul’s famous Hagia Sophia Basilica back into a mosque in July 2020, many protests arose worldwide. Even Pope Francis, at his July 12, 2020 Angelus, said he was “very saddened.” But there is a country, not far from Turkey, where many churches—not just one—have been converted into mosques: Cyprus, the largest island of the Eastern Mediterranean Sea,...