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Emails show Dr. Anthony Fauci was advised by Erik Nielsen, a physicist and CEO of Bio-Signal Technologies, in March 2020, that two drugs could possibly help battle the coronavirus pandemic, but Fauci ignored it, claiming the email was “too long” for him to read. Nielsen, in the email, said he had instructed members of his family to get “Alvesco (ciclesonide) for emergency use only.” He claimed that his “colleagues on the front-line in Japan, China, and Korea found several pre-print papers, that it is an effective treatment for late-stage COVID-19 patients.” The physicist continued, “Some patients on ventilators who were...

On Day 118, Biden, test-driving an electric car on Rep. Rashida Tlaib’s home turf, joked that he’d run a reporter over if she asked about Israel.Ask About Israel And I’ll Run You Over. Well, that’s a first: President Joe Biden said he’d run a reporter over with a truck if she asked a question about Israel. The president test-drove a Ford F-150 Lightning at a Ford Motor Co. plant in Dearborn, Michigan, at a very high rate of speed, commenting to reporters, “This sucker’s quick,” and indicated that he was about to demonstrate how fast the car could go. “Mr....

The Metaphysics of FacebookHow Facebook's Censorship Engine Became Anti-ChristianAfter a string of high-profile news stories in 2016 about ways disinformation had been promoted on Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg declared that his social networking company was working to “improve our ability to classify misinformation.”In the five years since Zuckerberg’s announcement, Facebook has gradually been amassing an army of content moderators. 15,000 people now decide what should and should not be seen.At a time when the worldview of millions of people is mediated by digital information, content moderation is no trivial matter. These content moderators—some employed directly by Zuckerberg, but most working for...

Huntington Beach Mayor Pro Tem Tito Ortiz announced his resignation from the City Council effective immediately Tuesday night, June 1, saying “character assassination” by the media and leaks from City Hall prompted the decision. “This job isn’t working for me,” Ortiz said during the first in-person council meeting of the year. Ortiz said he made the decision on behalf of his family. His two sons recently made national news when they were sent home from school after arriving without face masks, as required of all students and teachers at Ocean View School District schools. In public appearances and on social...

In the March 7th, 2020 issue of The Lancet, a group of scientists from around the world wrote a letter, condemning “conspiracy theories” regarding the origins of COVID-19. In the letter entitled “Statement in support of scientists, public health professionals, and medical professionals of China combatting COVID-19,” the scientists are quick to push the narrative of a natural zoonotic (a natural viral mutation) event that led to the initial outbreak of SARS-CoV-2. The letter was initially published online on February 18th, 2020, nearly two weeks before the first known US case of COVID-19. We certainly knew a lot about where...

Of all the problems facing our nation right now, there are two that rise above all the others, and, therefore, two imperatives that if not resolved, Americans will lose the ability to change the trajectory of our country and retain our freedoms. Of all the problems facing our nation right now, there are two that rise above all the others, and, therefore, two imperatives that if not resolved, Americans will lose the ability to change the trajectory of our country and retain our freedoms. Imperative One The first imperative is that the 2020 presidential and senatorial elections must be corrected....

How does a country alleviate poverty and segregation? Denmark is attempting to improve societal integration of “non-Western” citizens. We look at how that’s working. Hans Christian Andersen was born in Odense, the third-largest city in Denmark, and a museum complex dedicated to him sits near the city center. Across town to the northeast lies the country’s largest ghetto – an official term used to designate disadvantaged areas with a majority of “non-Western” residents. And today, in a turn that could come from one of Mr. Andersen’s fairy tales, the residents of the neighborhood of Vollsmose face the prospect of having...

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A proposed Chinese wind farm in Texas poses national security concerns, warned China-watcher and hedge fund manager Kyle Bass. The Blue Hills Wind development in southwest Texas’s Val Verde County has attracted heightened scrutiny in recent months, with lawmakers and experts signaling concern that the Chinese project could be used as a cover for espionage and to disrupt the state’s power grid. The proposed wind farm site is about 30 miles from the U.S.-Mexico border and near the Laughlin Air Force Base, the U.S. Air Force’s largest pilot training facility. The land for the wind farm is owned by a...

The US Military is under fire after a training incident gone awry. According to a recent report, a group of soldiers were engaged in a training exercise in Bulgaria when a mistake sent them off course. The group was assigned the task of clearing and securing multiple structures on the US airbase in Cheshnigirovo when they inadvertently strayed from the designated area and onto private property. Task and Purpose said the soldiers with the 173rd Airborne Brigade then accidentally stormed the operating factory next door, seizing and clearing the premises of the company’s bewildered and, no doubt, terrified employees. Some...

ALBANY — A Cohoes man charged with second-degree manslaughter and felony assault in the methamphetamine overdose death of a 6-week-old baby was ordered released from the Albany County jail on Tuesday under supervision of probation officials. Anthony Ojeda, 38, a native of Mexico, who had been jailed without bail after initially being held on $100,000, cannot leave Albany County and must attend substance abuse counseling. He will be subject to electronic monitoring of his whereabouts and must surrender all passports, County Judge William Carter told the defendant. “Although the possibility is remote, there is still a possibility that he could...

Box 500 Apartments — built out of shipping containers stacked six stories high and locked together like LEGO bricks — is set to open in July at 543 S. 500 West in Salt Lake City. The 83 units were awarded city incentives to be affordable and rents will range from $829 to $1,204 a month, said Amanda Best, a specialist in the housing development program. Tenants have to qualify to rent them by earning 60% or less of the city’s median income, said builder Rod Newman. Best said maximum income levels depend on household size, but will initially range from...

A joke about Mets pitcher Marcus Stroman’s du-rag has landed an MLB broadcaster in hot water and led to him apologizing for the “insensitive” remark. During the second inning of the Mets-Diamondbacks game on Tuesday, former Arizona manager Bob Brenly, who currently serves as a broadcaster for Bally Sports Arizona, attempted to joke about Mets pitcher Marcus Stroman’s du-rag. “Pretty sure that’s the same du-rag that Tom Seaver used to wear when he pitched for the Mets,” Brenly joked. The joke, however, failed to make Stroman laugh. After hearing the comment, Stroman took to Twitter to blast the “racist undertones”...

Biden calls out moderate Democratic senators, urges 'action' President Biden this week took the rare step of calling out two Democratic moderates — Sens. Joe Manchin (W.Va.) and Kyrsten Sinema (Ariz.) — in a sign of growing frustration over stalled legislative priorities. Congressional aides say Democratic lawmakers have been reaching out to the White House in hopes that Biden would be more actively involved in efforts to convince Manchin, a key swing vote, to get behind the Democratic agenda.

The federal probe into New York Gov. Cuomo’s office allegedly fudging the numbers on nursing homes in the state during the coronavirus pandemic combined with multiple sexual harassment charges reportedly stand at about $2.5 million currently. And, it’s a cost that could be paid for by taxpayers. This is a possibility is according to an Associated Press story on Tuesday. “Taxpayers are set to foot the bill for a $2.5 million contract for lawyers representing Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s office in an ongoing federal investigation over his administration’s handling of COVID-19 data in nursing homes, the governor said Wednesday,” the Associated...

Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III has said there is little that the department does that isn't impacted by climate change. The President's Fiscal 2022 Defense Budget Request reflects that reality. Droughts, wildfires, sea level rise, increasing numbers of destructive storms and more are concerns for DOD. "If you think about what generates missions, we know that extreme weather events … are affecting conditions on the ground in lots of places around the world," Joe Bryan, DOD's senior climate advisor, said. The Defense Department must take climate change under consideration in forming strategy, conducting operations and buying equipment and...

In January 2018, Elon Musk kickstarted several years' worth of speculation that he was going to enter the restaurant business, and of course he did it in less than 140 characters. "Gonna put an old school drive-in, roller skates & rock restaurant at one of the new Tesla Supercharger locations in LA," he tweeted at the time. In subsequent tweets, he hinted that his Teslafied drive-in would also show clips from the "100 best" movies, and that Tesla drivers may be able to see the restaurant's menu on their cars' touchscreens as soon as they pulled into the joint. Later...

Washington D.C. police are offering $10,000 for any information about 42-year-old Maryland resident Kenneth Miles Davis' whereabouts Police say Davis shot a woman in a road rage incident on May 19 while her two kids were in the car The driver was struck in the shoulder and a 5-year-old was hit by the shattered glass while the 11-year-old was traumatized Surveillance footage from the event shows Davis getting out of his car and approaching a gray sedan that he starts shooting He then turns back and begins to shoot the car behind him, before getting into his Maserati and making...

Arizona is taking steps to use hydrogen cyanide, the deadly gas used during the genocide perpetrated by the Nazis at Auschwitz and other extermination camps, to kill inmates on death row. Corrections officials have refurbished a gas chamber that hasn’t been used in more than 20 years and have procured ingredients for the lethal gas, also known as Zyklon B, according to partially redacted documents obtained by the Guardian. Invoices show that the state purchased a brick of potassium cyanide, sodium hydroxide pellets and sulfuric acid, and a report details the considerable efforts taken to deem the gas chamber at...

During a sit-down interview that aired Thursday on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) revealed that her greatest accomplishment in the political realm is the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare. Pelosi touted the legislation signed into law during President Barack Obama’s time in the White House, saying it “enabled millions of people to have access to quality, affordable care.” According to Pelosi, the Affordable Care Act is a “pillar” along with Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid