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Every year, a lack of vaccination leads to about 1.5 million preventable deaths, primarily in developing nations. One factor that makes vaccination campaigns in those nations more difficult is that there is little infrastructure for storing medical records, so there’s often no easy way to determine who needs a particular vaccine. MIT researchers have now developed a novel way to record a patient’s vaccination history: storing the data in a pattern of dye, invisible to the naked eye, that is delivered under the skin at the same time as the vaccine. “In areas where paper vaccination cards are often lost...

When John McAfee was found dead in his cell last month, reportedly due to suicide by hanging, the Internet was quick to doubt that. McAfee died in his prison cell in Spain, not long after a court ruled he could be extradited back to the United States. There's been another update, though. The man who founded the anti-virus protection company, and was once a millionaire, died broke, as reported by Keith Griffith with the Daily Mail. The piece also points to McAfee's tweets. In fact, the pinned tweet to McAfee's account, from June 16 claims "I have nothing."The US believes...

Francis Pronounces Judgment on HimselfFrancis’ words at his July 18 Angelus sounded like a parody when confronted with his merciless Motu Proprio Traditionis Custodes, published two days earlier, through which he attempts to “forbid” the Roman Rite.“Jesus tenderly extends an invitation,” Francis said, while personally he doesn’t rely on “tenderness” but on tyranny and cruelty to the point that his tenure can be called the Stalin era of the Catholic Church.Francis evoked “compassion” adding that “God's style is closeness, compassion and tenderness.” Every time, he repeats these buzzwords, he puts a mirror in front of himself which reflects not “compassion”...

The forensic audit in Maricopa County, Ariz., is complete. The forensic audit in Fulton County, Georgia, is underway. Another forensic in Pennsylvania has just begun.And yet another forensic audit could be coming to Wisconsin—another battleground state just barely won by Joe Biden where there were allegations of election irregularities.“We need to create transparency and settle the debate of truth vs. conspiracy,” Rep. Timothy Ramthun (R-Campbellsport) said in a statement. “There is nothing of greater importance than ensuring that we uphold our constitutional rights to have a government of, by, and for the people.”Ramthun has called for a full forensic audit...

It seems the Biden administration will listen to the public when the rejection of their ideas is clear and loud. On April 19, 2021, the Department of Education (DOE) proposed a new regulation to promote culturally responsive teaching and information literacy skills under the American History and Civics Education programs. Under the first priority, the DOE proposal would give preference to grant applications for a curriculum that incorporates ideas laden with critical theories (emphasis added):American History and Civics Education programs can play an important role in this critical effort by supporting teaching and learning that reflects the breadth and depth...

Trump slams Biden on slowdown of COVID-19 vaccine distribution "He's not doing well at all," former President Trump wrote in a statement. Former President Donald Trump is a Sunday statement slammed President Joe Biden over the slowdown of the COVID-19 vaccine distribution.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) traveled to Tampa on Sunday to deliver a speech at Turning Point USA’s Student Action Summit where he said sales for his “Don’t Fauci My Florida” merchandise are “through the roof.” “Let me just give you a personal welcome to the free state of Florida,” DeSantis told the crowd of young conservatives. “Here in Florida, we believe in lifting people up, not locking people down. We believe in the rights of kids to get an in-person education, and the right of people to earn a living — the right of people to maintain their businesses....

Two of Wall Street’s top CEOs have differing views on inflation, but both diverge from the Federal Reserve’s predictions that price increases are transitory and will fade once supply shocks and other pressures ease. Larry Fink, chairman and CEO of BlackRock, the world’s largest asset manager, is convinced that inflation isn’t temporary, as he believes deglobalization will lead to “systematically more inflation” in the future. “It is my view that inflation is going to be more systematical,” Fink told CNBC on July 14. “I believe it is a fundamental, foundational change in how we navigate economic policy.” The focus that...

General Flynn, a self-proclaimed “old school Democrat” is emerging as a major organizing force for liberty-seeking groups, most of whom are on the right, supporting the US Constitution. Flynn’s unshakable defense of America, his support of Populist-Conservative President Donald J. Trump, and the ruthless persecution he went through for these things have endeared him to Americans on “both sides of the isle”. Key Point: Flynn came into national focus, after years of serving quietly behind the scenes, as a member of the administration of Barck Obama, when he crossed Obama over the ridiculous assessment of Obama’s that ISIS was the...

A California appeals court struck down as unconstitutional a state law that penalized elder-care workers for using pronouns inconsistent with elderly long-term care patients’ claimed gender identity. Gender identity is a disputed concept. A lack of linguistic clarity has clouded the issue in recent years as the concepts of sex and sexual identity, or gender, a politically and scientifically contentious concept whose definition isn’t universally agreed upon, have become difficult to separate. Despite the distinct meanings of the two words, many institutions and individuals use “gender” to mean biological sex, especially on fillable forms and documents. Failing to use gender...

President Joe Biden on Sunday celebrated national ice cream day by posting an image of himself grabbing a large cone and posing for a selfie.

A 'extremely privileged' man has been slammed on Twitter over the weekend for complaining that his parents give him tens of thousands of dollars. Qiaochu Yuan wrote a 35-tweet thread on Thursday detailing his resentment towards his parents for always financially supporting him, even though he has not had a job in three years. He started off the viral thread by saying he took 'a medium dose of acid' a few days prior, and 'admitted some things to myself' about his financial situation, including admitting to himself that he resented his mother after she gave him $100,000 for his birthday...

07/18/21 Joe Biden kept talking about how good of a job he's doing on the distribution of the Vaccine that was developed by Operation Warp Speed or, quite simply, the Trump Administration. He's not doing well at all. He's way behind schedule, and people are refusing to take the Vaccine because they don't trust his Administration, they don't trust the Election results, and they certainly don't trust the Fake News, which is refusing to tell the Truth.

U.S. top officials issued a stark warning regarding Communist China, according to The Daily Wire. “This idea that it’s only a Taiwan scenario vs. many other areas where the Chinese are being highly assertive, coercive, is a failure in understanding complexity, because it’s not that simple.” “’Too late,’” Mike Studeman stated. “Too late in comprehending the deadly purpose of a potential enemy.” “Too late in realizing the mortal danger. Too late in preparedness.” “Too late in uniting all possible forces for resistance.” China is developing “nuclear-powered underwater drones and nuclear-powered cruise missiles.

Last week, Time magazine’s online version featured a story headlined The Conservative Case Against Banning Critical Race Theory. Oddly enough, its author was a law professor at the University of Chicago, Aziz Huq, who is neither conservative nor terribly sympathetic towards America or American values. The story did not feature anything about “banning” CRT or the conservative case against it. The article is largely balderdash. It claims that different states that have forbidden the use of Critical Race Theory (CRT) as a tool for indoctrinating school children have described that pernicious philosophy differently that the critics of CRT don’t understand...

Richard Grenell, the former Acting Director of National Intelligence, says the Washington media are not just in bed with Democrats. They're not just covering for Democrats. They're not just using Democrat talking points. They're actually "shilling" for them. He wrote recently at the American Center for Law and Justice, with which he now is affiliated, that the mainstream media are facing a "growing list of news stories" about the 2020 election that members got wrong. Significantly, he said, "The series of erroneous stories not only consistently helped Joe Biden’s campaign or covered up Biden’s mistakes but they also criticized Trump’s...

Hannah-Jones said Cuba has the least inequality between Black and White people 1619 Project writer Nikole Hannah-Jones said in a podcast that she believes Cuba is the most equal country in the Western hemisphere and could serve as a model for its integration agenda. In a 2019 podcast with Ezra Klein of Vox and The New York Times, Hannah-Jones was asked whether there were candidates or places that she thought had a "viable and sufficiently ambitious integration agenda." Hannah-Jones responded that while she is not an expert on race relations internationally, she believed the most "equal" and "multiracial" country in...

Explanation: What does the Andromeda galaxy look like in ultraviolet light? Young blue stars circling the galactic center dominate. A mere 2.5 million light-years away, the Andromeda Galaxy, also known as M31, really is just next door as large galaxies go. Spanning about 230,000 light-years, it took 11 different image fields from NASA's Galaxy Evolution Explorer (GALEX) satellite telescope to produce this gorgeous portrait of the spiral galaxy in ultraviolet light in 2003. While its spiral arms stand out in visible light images, Andromeda's arms look more like rings in ultraviolet. The rings are sites of intense star formation and...

Chinese leader Xi Jinping changed his “wolf warrior” tone to “cooperation” and “fusion” with other countries at a July 16 virtual conference with U.S. President Joe Biden, Russia’s Vladimir Putin, and other world leaders of the Asia-Pacific trade group APEC. “We should tear down the walls [barriers between countries], instead of building walls. We should open up the borders instead of isolating. We should fuse [with each other], instead of decoupling,” Xi said. “Cooperating and achieving win-win results are the unique right way.” In this latest speech, Xi didn’t mention the topics previously mentioned almost every time when he delivered...

The British government on Monday lifted pandemic restrictions on daily life in England, scrapping all social distancing in a step slammed by scientists and opposition parties as a dangerous leap into the unknown. From midnight (2300 GMT Sunday), nightclubs were able to reopen and other indoor venues allowed to run at full capacity, while legal mandates covering the wearing of masks and working from home were scrapped. Prime Minister Boris Johnson—who is self-isolating after his health minister was infected—urged the public to remain prudent and for any laggards to join the two-thirds of UK adults who are now fully vaccinated.