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For decades, Americans have not needed to be concerned about food prices. Yes, prices would always go up by a little bit each year, but in general we have been extremely blessed for a very long time. Our supermarkets have always been packed with food, and we could always count on the fact that prices would be about the same a month or two down the road. Unfortunately, things are now changing, and not in a good way. A massive wave of inflation has hit agricultural commodities, and food producers have felt forced to pass those cost increases along to...

Americans overwhelmingly agree that Big Tech has become too powerful, especially in politics w surveys by pollster Scott Rasmussen show U.S. voters' changing views on Big Tech companies, including that they have become too powerful. According to the results for one poll, 68% of voters believe "it is more important to ensure that social media companies operate fairly rather than protecting the companies from government interference." That figure fits hand-in-glove with the results of a second poll in which 78% of respondents said they believe Big Tech companies like Twitter, Google and Facebook could swing the results of an election...

In his new memoir “Trejo,” the “Machete” star, 77, writes of meeting — and being hypnotized by — Charles Manson in 1961 while they were both locked up in the Los Angeles County Jail. Trejo remembers that a “greasy, dirty, scrawny” Manson was “so poor, he didn’t have a belt, and instead used a piece of string to keep his pants up.” The “Heat” star says he felt sorry at the time for Manson, who was so small, he needed protection. A couple of days after they met, the notorious criminal told Trejo and his pals that he had hypnotic...

The Soviet-era ‘long-con‘ of destroying America through division and self-hatred, as described by in 1985 by former KGB agent Yuri Bezmenov, continues to bear yet more fruit. Let’s review: “Marxism-Leninism ideology is being pumped into the soft heads of at least three generations of American students, without being challenged or counter-balanced by the basic values of Americanism and American patriotism … The demoralization process in the United States is basically completed already … Most of it is done by Americans to Americans thanks to lack of moral standards.” –Yuri Bezmenov, 1985 Fast forward 36 years – as the left seethes...

The researchers explain that the development involves a new and very strong biological material, similar to collagen.....has many potential applications in medicine, including harvesting clean energy to operate devices implanted in the body (such as pacemakers) through the body's natural movements, eliminating the need for batteries. It is a tripeptide—a very short molecule called Hyp-Phe-Phe consisting of only three amino acids—capable of a simple process of self-assembly of forming a collagen-like helical structure that is flexible and boasts a strength similar to that of the metal titanium. In the study, the researchers created nanometric structures of the engineered material, and...

*China can send mammoth machines into space which travel for years then deflect problematic rocks *Same devices have been criticised recently because one plummeted back to Earth in uncontrolled re-entry China’s space programme could one day save the world, with massive rockets travelling for years to defend the planet from huge asteroids capable of wiping out entire cities, according to a government-backed study. This saviour role is unexpected given these are the same machines seen as a threat by many, including the United States, just weeks ago; the main 20-tonne section from one such rocket fell back to Earth in...

The 53-year-old was blasted for his deemed sexist comments about Hungarian tennis player Marton Fucsovics’ fiancée during his match against Novak Djokovic in the Wimbledon quarterfinals. Co-commentator John Inverdale veered away from the topic of on-court play to point out Fucsovics’ fiancee, Annett Boszormenyi, to joke that “If you’re a tennis player, it’s always good to have a partner called Annett.” “They do say they have the most beautiful women in Hungary. I wouldn’t know that, but she’s certainly very pretty,” Becker replied.

Did you know that NASA is going to send a spacecraft on a suicide mission in an attempt to change the trajectory of a massive space rock? The good news is that the space rock that NASA will be crashing this spacecraft into is not on a collision course with Earth. It is only a test. But why has NASA suddenly become so concerned with figuring out how to defend the Earth from giant asteroids? Could it be possible that there is something heading toward Earth in the future that they haven’t told us about yet? According to NASA, there...

Six months after a violent mob stormed the U.S. Capitol on the day Congress certified the November election results, South Carolina’s U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham told reporters he hopes all the offenders are prosecuted. “I was there. It was shameful, it was despicable, and the people who did it need to go to jail,” the Seneca Republican told reporters Tuesday ahead of a meeting of the Easley Rotary Club. -snip- “The people who breached the Capitol committed a crime. They defiled their Capitol. That was not a peaceful protest, and I hope they all get prosecuted,” Graham told reporters Tuesday....

Texas legislators will return to Austin on Thursday to finalize work on some of the most controversial conservative priorities that have emerged in states across the country this year. Gov. Greg Abbott (R) said in a statement Wednesday that the legislature would tackle a major package of election overhauls that failed at the last minute in May when House Democrats staged a surprise walkout, denying a quorum and killing the bill. Republicans had pledged to revive the legislation, which makes changes to rules related to early voting and curbside voting, bans round-the-clock voting centers and eliminates straight-ticket voting. It would...

Because any desired mRNA sequence can be synthesized in massive quantities, one of the biggest hurdles in a variety of mRNA therapies is the ability to package those sequences into the lipid nanoparticles that deliver them into cells. The researchers' advance stems from their design of a proof-of-concept microfluidic device containing 128 mixing channels working in parallel. The channels mix a precise amount of lipid and mRNA, essentially crafting individual lipid nanoparticles on a miniaturized assembly line. This increased speed may not be the only benefit; more precisely controlling the nanoparticles' size could make treatments more effective. The researchers tested...

Ronald Reagan nailed it long ago when he aptly said that the most terrifying words in the English language are “I’m from the government and I’m here to help.” Here in 2021, an announcement by Joe Biden brings that statement to chilling new heights of fear and dread. Starting tomorrow, the Biden administration will be sending out ‘government officials’ to the homes of unvaccinated Americans to pressure them into receiving the Mark…ummm, wait, I mean receiving the COVID-19 vaccine jab. This is where we are people, just as we told you from the beginning it was going to go. Now...

Three people died and four others were injured Tuesday when an explosion tore through an oil pump structure and pipeline transporting crude oil from Cheshmeh Khosh to Ahvaz, according to a report by the official Iranian SHANA news agency of Iran’s Oil Ministry. The Central Iranian Oil Company said a 20-inch pipeline exploded while transporting oil to Ahvaz. The explosion occurred during the start of an overhaul of the pipeline, the news agency said. “As a result, three employees of the company were killed and four were injured,” the company said, adding that the fire “was contained and secured,” and...

Sen. John Cornyn, a Texas Republican, wants the Senate to permit people brought to the U.S. as children to stay in this country permanently. Cornyn joined Sen. Thom Tillis, R-North Carolina, in a letter this week asking Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Dick Durbin, D-Illinois, to consider a bill that would give permanent legal status to temporary residents allowed to stay in the U.S. under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals policy. -snip- Cornyn’s proposal of “permanent legal status” is vague and could refer to a number of things from green cards to full-blown citizenship. Cornyn’s office did not clarify what...

This article is taken from the Pre-Tribulation Prophecies Prophetic Documentary. (Watch the trailer below this article). Presently, many people have become disenchanted with the fake news that influences the secular world view. They are also becoming genuinely concerned by the unchecked Internet censorship that is beginning to shape the global narrative and frankly, they don't know which mainstream media outlets or social networks to trust anymore. If you identify with these concerns, then you will be pleased to know that you do not need to rely upon the secular world view, but can learn and understand world events from a...

Washington DC’s highest court suspended former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani’s law license on Wednesday. The decision was made based on New York state’s decision to suspend his law license last month. New York state claimed Rudy’s statements about the 2020 election deemed it necessary to suspend his license. The left and the fake news media to this day routinely denies President Trump won the 2016 election. That’s OK. But you are not allowed to criticize basement Joe’s impossible and unlikely “win” in 2020.

White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said Wednesday that the Biden administration will not mandate vaccine passports, but it will encourage private businesses to use them as they see fit.

In a speech during the current Senate recess to Kentuckians in LaGrange, Kentucky, Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) criticized Dr. Anthony Fauci's response to the COVID-19 pandemic as National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Director. Video...

Summer is on the horizon, but it is not just the students who are excited at the thought of spending months away from school. Teachers from around the world have taken to anonymous secret-sharing app Whisper to reveal how they spend their summer holidays - and the revelations range from the shocking to the depressing. One teacher from the US revealed she spends her vacation working as a dominatrix and earns 'way more' than she does from her day job. Another admitted he takes advantage of the lack of routine and stays up all night 'getting high'. A third said...

These days, Vance’s persona is more right-wing provocateur than establishment darling. But it’s his stance toward Trump that seems destined to dominate his campaign in a primary that could be a bellwether for the post-Trump GOP. As his rivals strain to outdo one another with displays of fealty to the former President, Vance’s past opposition has been cited as proof of an all-too-convenient conversion. Vance admits it took him time to come around, but points to his book and commentary as evidence he understood Trump’s appeal before most. “I sort of got Trump’s issues from the beginning,” Vance says. “I...