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After fifteen months of assiduous reading, study, observation, and research, I have come to some conclusions about what is called COVID-19. I would like to emphasize that I have done this work obsessively since it seemed so important. I have consulted information and arguments across all media, corporate and alternative, academic, medical, books, etc. I have consulted with researchers around the world. I have read the websites of the CDC, the World Health Organization, and government and non-government health organizations. In other words, I have left no stone unturned, despite the overt or covert political leanings of the sources. I...

Despite having their weapons seized and pleading guilty to charges in connection with pointing guns at Black Lives Matter rioters on their private property during the summer of 2020, Mark and Patricia McCloskey appeared defiant Saturday, posting a picture of a new AR-15 the St. Louis couple intends to buy. Twtter Link"Checking out my new AR!" Mark McCloskey tweeted along with two pictures: one with McCloskey at a gun store with the owner, and another with him and his wife, Patricia. In both, he is holding an AR-15 rifle. The picture came just two days after the McCloskeys pleaded guilty...

Father's Day 2022, 2023 and further: View below the dates for (among others) Father's Day 2022 and Father's Day 2023. snip- June 19, 2022 Father's Day 2022 Sunday June 18, 2023 Father's Day 2023 Sunday

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Ok, I know this a vanity, but what is the difference between a bacterium(plague) which can be treated with antibiotics, and a virus(covid, flu) has to be eradicated by a vaccine?

June 21 , 2021 Memorial of St. Aloysius Gonzaga Church of St. Aloysius Gonzaga, Oxford, UK Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: White Readings for the feriaReadings for the memorialThese are the readings for the feriaFirst readingGenesis 12:1-9 ©'Leave your country, your family, and your father's house'The Lord said to Abram, ‘Leave your country, your family and your father’s house, for the land I will show you. I will make you a great nation; I will bless you and make your name so famous that it will be used as a blessing.‘I will bless those who bless you:I will curse those who...

Meet Blondie the parrot, who sadly lost most of his feathers (and his ability to fly). Still, hasn't kept his spirit down. Video, 3 minutes & 6 seconds

Adam Bielan has formally announced the creation of a new political party that will become part of the governing United Right coalition. Bielan, a former member of Agreement, a junior member of Poland's United Right ruling coalition, broke the news at a congress in Warsaw on Sunday. "We are establishing the Republican Party as a representation of citizens who value the idea of freedom... individual and national freedom... socially sensitive economic freedom," he said. "We are, and will remain part of the United Right, the most successful political project of the Polish right in history," he added.

A Philadelphia food festival was condemned for banning an Israeli food truck on 'safety' grounds after telling the small business owners they feared its presence would trigger violent protests. The city's A Taste of Home event, organized by local food group Eat up the Borders, announced the food truck - Moshava Philadelphia - was no longer welcome to attend just a month after Moshava launched its business at the very same event. Moshava's cancellation triggered a huge backlash, with supporters insisting that A Taste of Home would have happily hired security to protect any other nationality that had received such...

Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms blamed the city's crime wave on state Republicans lifting COVID-19 restrictions too early and lax gun laws. In an interview with MSNBC's Stephanie Ruhle on Friday, the mayor attributed a 50 percent increase in homicides, in part, to lax gun laws, teenagers having too much free time on their hands and the state lifting its COVID-19 restrictions back in April. 'Remember, in Georgia, we were opened up before the rest of the country, even before the CDC said that it was safe for us to open,' Bottoms explained to Ruhle.

Dr Anthony Fauci has again claimed that people who criticize him for his COVID-19 'flip-flopping' are actually condemning science itself. The White House coronavirus tsar struck a cranky tone in an upcoming New York Times podcast interview, where he claimed any changes in his recommendations were solely based on evolving data as the COVID crisis continued. Fauci said: 'It is essential as a scientist that you evolve your opinion and your recommendations based on the data as it evolves...

The company scrapped 123 flights on Saturday and 178 flights on Sunday, with 97 more canceled for Monday. All airlines are dealing with staffing issues connected to the coronavirus pandemic; in March 2020, when air travel all but stopped, thousands of employees were laid off or accepted buyouts, and now that people are flying again, there aren't enough workers. American Airlines said its catering contractor and wheelchair operators also aren't fully staffed.

After a year of COVID-19, it is easy to hit the panic button when it comes to mini-outbreaks. But such brief surges are “completely expected,” and it is not yet time to raise a red flag, health experts told The Jerusalem Post. The audience at a performance in Beit She’an last Thursday was asked to enter quarantine after discovering that an attendee was coronavirus-positive, raising concerns. In addition, there were outbreaks – some large – at several schools.

The Internal Revenue Service denied a Christian nonprofit group tax-exempt status because the Bible's "teachings are typically affiliated with" the GOP and its candidates. “Specifically, you educate Christians on what the Bible says in areas where they can be instrumental including the areas of sanctity of life, the definition of marriage, biblical justice, freedom of speech, defense, and borders and immigration, U.S. and Israel relations,” read a letter from IRS Exempt Organizations Director Stephen Martin to Christians Engaged, a nonprofit group seeking tax-exempt status. “The Bible teachings are typically affiliated with the [Republican Party] and candidates. This disqualifies you from...

New York mom Tatiana Ibrahim and Virginia teacher Lilit Vanetsyan join Dr. Sebastian Gorka to discuss racially-charged education and what they're doing to stop it in its tracks. - via The Gorka Reality Check, Sundays at 7PM ET on Newsmax

“I can't in good conscience allow the U.S. government to destroy privacy, Internet freedom, and basic liberties for people around the world with this massive surveillance machine they're secretly building... the NSA specifically targets the communications of everyone. It ingests them by default... they are intent on making every conversation and every form of behavior in the world known to them.” –Edward Snowden Edward Snowden might not yet be a historical figure, but he certainly is a hero. He is the whistleblower of all whistleblowers, the American who blew the lid off of Washington's spying on private citizens. But Snowden’s...

“The horse is prepared against the day of battle: but safety is of the LORD” (Proverbs 21:31).

om July 6, 2022, auto manufacturers will be obliged to fit new models destined for the European market with a kind of “black box" for recording technical data — data that can then be used in the event of an accident. But what data is involved, and who will have access to it? The European Union intends to have all new cars fitted with new data recording systems similar to the famous “black boxes" used on aircraft. The idea is to gain access to a set of specific technical data relating to the seconds preceding collisions, of varying degrees of...

Russian workers who do not get vaccinated can be suspended from work... Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin says some who have been vaccinated have developed the "Delta Variant" of COVID-19... In Israel that "Delta Variant" cited in connection with a school outbreak... A member of Uganda's Olympic team testing positive for COVID-19 upon arrival in Tokyo for the Summer Olympics... Armenia's election today... French Regional Elections Low voter participation reported in the first round of French regional elections today... The news tonight as reported by major media is that "Les Republicans" (LR) the traditional party of the "Right" ran strong. Its...

Singer Chloe Bailey put out a rendition of Nina Simone’s famous song “Feeling Good” for Juneteenth.It caused some controversy, because some thought it overly sexualized the song in the video. But, Simone’s granddaughter, RéAnna Simone Kelly, came to Bailey’s defense, saying her grandmother would have loved the rendition.thank you so much. your grandmother!! what a legacy!!! i will forever x always love Ms. Simone. she has always inspired me 🖤🤎 https://t.co/kfANrRy1ZX— Chlöe (@ChloeBailey) June 19, 2021But, there was a surprising reaction from Simone’s granddaughter in the back and forth about her grandmother on Twitter. Someone asked about who was behind...