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As evidence mounts and even former naysayers begin to take more seriously the possibility (probability) that COVID-19 was intentionally created a the Wuhan Institute of Virology, the World Health Organization has announced it has created a new naming system for “the most troubling” COVID “variants of concern,” as well as the second-level “variants of interest” — to “avoid stigmatizing nations where they were first detected.”What’s in a name? WHO revising naming system for COVID variants to avoid stigmatizing nations where they were first spotted https://t.co/XLCr0zFD7w— CBS News (@CBSNews) June 1, 2021The WHO announced on Monday, as reported by CBS News,...

Does Joe Biden have it in for Kamala Harris?It would seem so. He seems intent upon assigning her jobs that are guaranteed to fail, based on how the Biden team approaches the questions.First, he assigned her responsibility for the border, as we reported, which is a complete and utter mess. Now, if they had just left President Donald Trump’s policies in place, they would have been in pretty good shape. But they blew all those up and created a disaster. Kamala, of course, did nothing to solve it. She didn’t even go to the border, that’s how interested she was...

The online retail giant Amazon.com Inc said on Tuesday that it will stop requiring jobseekers to take a cannabis test in the US, in line with laws in a growing number of states. Amazon will continue to check for other drugs and will keep on screening people for job positions that are regulated by the Department of Transportation, according to the company’s consumer boss Dave Clark. “In the past, like many employers, we’ve disqualified people from working at Amazon if they tested positive for marijuana use,” Clark said. “However, given where state laws are moving across the US, we’ve changed...

The National Institutes of Health announced Tuesday it has started an early stage clinical trial looking at what happens when an adult who is fully vaccinated with one type of Covid-19 vaccine, like Pfizer’s, is boosted with a different shot about three to four months later. The trial will include about 150 adults who have received one of the three Covid vaccine regimens currently available under the Food and Drug Administration’s emergency use authorization: Johnson & Johnson’s, Moderna’s or Pfizer’s. Federal health officials said people who have not yet received an authorized vaccine are also eligible to enroll in the...

In Part I of this analysis, I concluded there is a criminal conspiracy afoot among government, medical, media and corporate actors to convince, and if that fails force, every single American to be injected with the experimental, not-really-approved, mischaracterized and mislabeled COVID “vaccines.” Just one example of this has been the ruthless intimidation used to silence nurses who reported debilitating adverse vaccine reactions they experienced. In Part II, I conclude the COVID injections could soon kill more people than the virus itself – the treatment is worse, likely far worse, than the disease. 1) To comprehend what the vax cabal...

Prosecutors on Tuesday revealed that they want to drop the charges against a New York man who participated in the Jan. 6 demonstration at the Capitol.Christopher Kelly would be the first of more than 450 people who face charges in connection with the events of that day to have the charges dropped, according to the Washington Times.Kelly, of New City, N.Y., was charged on Jan. 20 based on information supplied by a confidential informant. He faced charges of unlawful entry, obstruction of an official proceeding, and other offenses.“The government and defense counsel have discussed the merits of the case, and...

Join with fellow FREEPERS to pray for AMERICA: For those in Authority in Government, Family, Military, Business, Healthcare, Education, Churches, and the Media. This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. (1 John 5:14)Forum threads labeled [Prayer] are closed to debate of any kind.

We’ve documented (read here & here) this spring of a “megadrought” sweeping through the western half of the country and could be one of the worst in decades. This is troubling news because major water reservoirs have already dropped to dangerously low levels, cutting off access to farmers. The latest US Drought Monitor map shows nearly the entire western half of the nation is experiencing some level of drought at this moment. Parts of the Southwest could be undergoing their second Dust Bowl as conditions continue to deteriorate. According to Reuters, for farmers like Joe Del Bosque, located in Firebaugh,...

This bill would have been very hard on the working class, says Tim Benson, a policy analyst at The Heartland Institute.“It might be hard for some people to believe, but California is the still the seventh-largest oil producing state in the country, and more than 150,000 Californians work in the industry,” Benson said. “Banning fracking would have put most of these people out of work.“Thanks to the state’s other ridiculous energy policies, California’s electricity prices are already 60 percent higher than the U.S. average and banning fracking would cause those costs to rise,” Benson said.Even some die-hard climate-alarmist California legislators...

Democrat Melanie Stansbury defeated her Republican opponent Mark Moores in the special election to represent New Mexico's 1st congressional district, a House seat vacated when Deb Haaland was confirmed as President Biden's Interior secretary, per AP. Why it matters: Stansbury's victory Tuesday night will grow Democrats' thin majority in the House to nine seats.

Amazon Sidewalk is a wireless standard that has advantages over a Wi-Fi or Bluetooth connection. However, there are privacy concerns, as it enables your smart home devices (such as Echo and Alexa speakers) to communicate with others outside of your home. Here’s how to disable and turn off Sidewalk.First, to opt-out of Sidewalk on your Echo speakers and smart displays, open the “Amazon Alexa” app on your iPhone, iPad, or Android device, and make sure it’s been updated to the latest version. Next, tap the “More” tab at the bottom of your screen.AT THE LINK, SCREEN IMAGES OF PROCESS TO...

Portland, Oregon, is waging war against people of color by defunding the police and allowing violent criminals to commit more murders: “37 people had died in Portland homicides this year, a more-than-sevenfold increase compared with the first five months of last year… the victims have disproportionately been people of color”In the year 2020, Portland, Oregon reduced its police budget by $15 million, and eliminated 84 positions in its police department.On May 31, 2021, the Seattle Times reported:“As of Sunday morning, 37 people had died in Portland homicides this year, a more-than-sevenfold increase compared with the first five months of last...

Joe Del Bosque is leaving a third of his 2,000-acre farm near Firebaugh, California, unseeded this year due to extreme drought. Yet, he hopes to access enough water to produce a marketable melon crop. Farmers across California say they expect to receive little water from state and federal agencies that regulate the state's reservoirs and canals, leading many to leave fields barren, plant more drought-tolerant crops or seek new income sources all-together. "We're taking a big risk in planting crops and hoping the water gets here in time," said Del Bosque, 72. Agriculture is an important part of California's economy...

China’s young people have coined yet another neologism to reflect their growing disillusionment with the country’s often oppressive work culture. Rather than trying to keep up with society’s expectations or fight them, many are resolving to simply “lie down.” The post was quickly embraced by others, and tang ping became an online buzzword. On Douban — a social platform combining the film and TV ratings of IMDb with the forum feel of Reddit — a group aptly named the “Lying Down Group” has nearly 6,000 members. One of its most popular posts, titled “A Guide to Lying Down,” lists seven...

Jesus commanded the 12 Apostles at the Last Supper to "Do this in remembrance of me." The "this" is the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass . . . i.e. the Catholic Mass, also called the Divine Liturgy for Eastern Rite Catholics. When Christianity was new, misunderstood, and outlawed, St. Justin Martyr, a philosopher and Christian convert, took it upon himself to give a powerful defense of Christian doctrine and practice before the secular power, arguing that Christians should not be persecuted. Enshrined in his defense, or Apology, is one of the earliest descriptions of the Catholic Mass. Today many non-Catholic...

Military-grade autonomous drones can fly themselves to a specific location, pick their own targets and kill without the assistance of a remote human operator. Such weapons are known to be in development, but until recently there were no reported cases of autonomous drones killing fighters on the battlefield. Now, a United Nations report about a March 2020 skirmish in the military conflict in Libya says such a drone, known as a lethal autonomous weapons system — or LAWS — has made its wartime debut. But the report does not say explicitly that the LAWS killed anyone. "If anyone was killed...

Amazon customers have one week to opt out of a plan that would turn every Echo speaker and Ring security camera in the US into a shared wireless network, as part of the company’s plan to fix connection problems for its smart home devices.The proposal, called Amazon Sidewalk, involves the company’s devices being used as a springboard to build city-wide “mesh networks” that help simplify the process of setting up new devices, keep them online even if they’re out of range of home wifi, and extend the range of tracking devices such as those made by Tile.But Sidewalk has come...

He was sentenced to death for four counts of first-degree murder in the 1986 slayings of Laura Camargo and three of her children in San Luis Obispo County. The parolee killed the woman first with a claw hammer, then suffocated her son, KPIX-TV said. He molested her two daughters for two days before also killing them with a hammer.

West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice announced on Tuesday that residents who receive the COVID-19 vaccine will be entered into a lottery that includes prizes of customized firearms and $1 million. The initiative, which aims to incentivize residents to get vaccinated against the coronavirus, will begin weekly drawings on Father’s Day, June 20, ending on Aug. 4. “To be eligible, you have got to get your first shot,” said Justice. “When I start through these prizes … there’s going to be a run on people getting their first shot. So go get ’em. Go get ’em so you’ll be eligible where...

[My translation- JA] Media in Iran have reported this evening (Tuesday) on an explosion and fire on a ship of the Iranian Navy, the Harj. The ship, which serves as a forward base for special forces, attack ships and the launch of drones, went up in flames in the Gulf of Oman. According to reports in Iranian media, the ship returned to an unidentified port, where local forces worked to extinguish the fire. They further reported that there were no injuries in the incident. In Iran they have denied reports on social networks that the Harj was making its way...