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I don’t care if the football’s on, we’ll have to watch whatever the TV wants us toSOMETHING FOR THE WEEKEND, SIR? My television wants me dead. It’s doing this by playing dead itself. Only one of us will get out of this alive. The remote control isn’t working, you see. And now the TV set is having a private little chuckle at my expense behind its resolutely blank screen as I grope blindly behind the fascia edges hoping to locate an elusive power button. Why can’t I find the bastard thing? Surely there must be a…? Or did I...

Unfortunately, more often than not, the environmental consequences of a healthy diet are disastrous, particularly in the case of avocados.Guacamole, or so BBC has claimed, is “undoubtedly one of Mexico’s most popular dishes,” dating back to the times of the Aztecs. Thanks to Pancho Villa and Old El Paso’s spice mix, guacamole has conquered European lunch and dinner tables from Norway to France, from Switzerland to Spain. Served as an appetizer or a side dish, guacamole is a versatile culinary delight. The basis of guacamole is smashed ripe avocados. Most of the avocados sold in European supermarkets originate from a...

An epidemiologist and professor at the University of Stanford said Friday that Dr. Anthony Fauci’s credibility "is entirely shot" after revelations from his emails show a reversal on the subject of mask wearing to prevent COVID-19. "I think he's been all over the place on masks," Jay Bhattacharya, a professor of medicine at Stanford said on "The Ingraham Angle." "There are emails you can find in the treasure trove of emails that have been released where he acknowledged the virus has been aerosolized -- well the cloth masks people have been recommending, they're not particular[ly] effective against aerosolized viruses. "I...

<p>A pursuit came to an end when a Florida man bailed out of the car he was driving and tossed a 2-month-old baby at deputies, according to the Indian River County Sheriff’s Office.</p><p>Deputies said they spotted a Nissan Rogue that failed to maintain its lane on 20th Street around 6:30 p.m. on May 26 and when an unmarked vehicle attempted to conduct a traffic stop, the driver of the Nissan refused to pull over.</p>

The lines are long for this.....heard some say they can't wait to have dinner with Pres. Trump....more dressy attire. This is the only link I have.... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-LwdxF5Sm4U

Groups of scientists tasked with identifying pandemic-prone microbes were stretched too far and thin -- Rohit Chitale, an epidemiologist at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, says the explosion of COVID-19 reflects a global failure to adequately invest in prevention. “There’s too much emphasis on treating infectious diseases after the fact,” argues Chitale, who is program manager of DARPA’s surveillance effort, called Preventing Emerging Pathogenic Threats (PREEMPT). Early detection efforts, in contrast, “are very poorly funded,” he says. Olival notes that PREDICT received approximately $200 million dollars over its decade-long life span—which is a tiny fraction of the $2 trillion...

I come from a very competitive family composed of 7 brothers and 3 sisters. Each of us loved to win, and it didn’t matter which game. We competed fiercely at Jungle Volleyball, Risk, Kick the Can, Monopoly, Roofball, Baseball, Basketball and Football. Winning at all costs was the objective and losing was simply not a viable option. Win or lose, we competed honestly and considered cheating contemptible behavior. However, my brothers were not gracious losers. One brother (victorious) chased another brother (loser) down the street with a pipe wrench because apparently someone reneged on the exact specifications of the anticipated...

The George H.W. Bush Foundation for U.S.-China Relations agreed to accept $5 million from a group with ties to the Chinese Communist Party and China's international propaganda efforts, according to a report Saturday. The group, which was founded by Neil Bush, a brother to former President George W. Bush and former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, goes by the name Bush China Foundation for short. Its goal, according to its website, is to build "a constructive relationship" between the U.S. and China. But a written agreement published by Axios reveals that the Bush China Foundation agreed in 2019 to accept $5...

Georgia Governor Brian Kemp spoke today at the GOP State Convention on Jekyll Island. But before he spoke Kemp was greeted with screaming boos from the Trump-supporting, freedom-loving crowd! Apparently, the crowd is not pleased that Kemp blocked forensic audits and certified an election ripe with fraud. According to Georgia reporter Maya T. Prabhu, Kemp was speaking for 30 seconds before it was quiet enough in the convention hall to hear him!

Big Blue has now released Qiskit Runtime, which enables a significant acceleration of quantum calculations carried out over the cloud.Using a combination of tweaked algorithms, improved control systems and a new quantum service called Qiskit Runtime, IBM researchers have managed to resolve a quantum problem 120 times faster than the previous time they gave it a go. The simulation was run entirely on the cloud, through IBM's Qiskit platform – an open-source library of tools that lets developers around the world create quantum programs and run them on prototype quantum devices that IBM makes available over the cloud. The speed-up...

Following a nationwide push back against the concept of vaccine passports – which the Biden administration urged the private sector to develop and then require – Royal Caribbean International announced it will reverse course, and will no longer require its cruise passengers to receive one of the controversial COVID-19 vaccines before boarding its ships. The move comes after Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis led the charge against vaccine passports, first banning them via an executive order, and then asking the Florida legislature to write a permanent law that would ban private companies, schools, and government agencies from requiring vaccine passports....

(President Trump's Operation Warp Speed Update) (The 300 Millionth Vaccine dose was administered - 63.4% of Adults have at least one shot, 86.3% of those 65 or older now do - Cases are dramatically low) Total Vaccine Doses Delivered: 371,520,975 (21,401,000 J&J) Administered: 300,268,730 (11,077,735 J&J) People Vaccinated, At Least One Dose: 170,272,150 Fully Vaccinated: 138,112,702

Interesting Timing – Obama Administration Lifted Block on “Gain of Function Research” Just Eleven Days Before President Trump Took Office, January 9, 2017Okay, straight talk. This discovery makes the suspicions of an intentionally released Pandemic virus, with a political intent, to “STOP TRUMP” look exponentially more plausible. SARS = Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome, the deadly consequence within COVID-19.With people beginning to recognize that U.S. government officials and the intelligence community have been less than honest, and in some cases downright lying, surrounding the origin of the SARS-CoV-2 virus; and when we overlay the political motives in the background of mass...

45th President Donald Trump released a short video this afternoon stating that the Republican Party will take back both chambers of the U.S. Congress and the White House “sooner than you think” and thanked supporters for their continued “love” and “affection” following his departure from Washington, D.C. on January 20, according to a video posted by Disclose.tv to the news outlet’s Telegram channel. “I want to thank everybody for the tremendous support you’ve shown. We’re going to take back the Senate, take back the House, take back the White House, and sooner than you think, it’s going to be really...

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) -- A Colorado Springs woman nearly died after receiving the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine, and she's now hoping more people understand the risks of getting the shot before making an appointment. Kendra Lippy is 38-years-old and has spent most of her life in Colorado Springs. She made an appointment to get the Johnson & Johnson vaccine in March because she says she wanted to protect her friends and family. Her vaccine experience was pretty normal for about a week. Then, she started to notice a headache and abdominal pain. From there, she started vomiting. She...

In a VIP column last night, I highlighted the complete puff piece Politico put out there on Dr. Anthony Fauci and referenced how one of his most prolific critics, Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY), has gotten death threats as of late. As the senator shared just last night during an appearance on Fox News' "Hannity," they continue to come. "But you know what the other danger is, I've had five death threats this week, just for being outspoken on it," Sen. Paul, who is also a doctor, said. "This week I've had five death threats. I don't know what the world's...

For the first time in the College’s history, students are studying during a summer semester, making this a momentous first as we celebrate Pride Month on campus. We are, however, four days into June, and we’ve heard little talk from student organizations, faculty, or the College about events to mark the occasion. In the town of Oberlin, there is a similar void of broadly-advertised Pride programming. While students are sure to observe the occasion on their own, it seems like a waste that this unique confluence of events will happen without official recognition. Oberlin can definitely be a great place...

Proponents of the federal government’s runaway spending and money-printing argue that the US data showing surging inflation are “transitory” outliers or otherwise not representative of a serious looming problem. But new data released by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) show that globally, inflation in advanced nations is hitting highs not seen since 2008. The OECD just revealed that prices across the advanced nations it monitors rose 3.3 percent from April 2020 to April 2021. Energy prices skyrocketed a shocking 16.3 percent, while food prices were less volatile, increasing by a more modest 1.6 percent. This graphic by...

The Democrat Party continues to sustain defections because of its increasing radicalism and blatant racism. On Friday, two local Democrat Party officials in Palm Beach County, Florida, jumped ship after they and two other Palm Beach County School Board members were censured for pushing back specifically on the party’s growing anti-white racism. Their censure was the brainchild of state Rep. Omari Hardy, a radical left-wing activist and racial essentialist who buys into critical race theory propaganda. The hubbub began last month when the board posted a statement vowing to eliminate racism and so-called “inequity” by “dismantling structures rooted in white...

Finally the weather has gotten warmer here in Southern Connecticut. Last weekend (Memorial Day weekend) was a total washout with temps never getting out of the 40s and pounding hard rains. That was also the weekend I decided to go camping with my brother and nephews up in New Hampshire! We made the best of it and fortunately had a lot of firewood and alcohol to get us through. But it was a bit disconcerting to get out of my sleeping bag last Saturday morning in my tent to and put my bare feet into about three inches of water....