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A restaurant owner struggling to find staff asked Joe Biden at a town hall this week how he plans to encourage people to re-enter the workforce and leave behind their large COVID unemployment checks: During a Wednesday town hall, John Lanni, the co-founder and owner of the Cincinnati-based restaurant group Thunderdome, asked the president, “How do you and the Biden administration plan to incentivize those that haven’t returned to work yet?” Biden’s retort to the restaurant owner was both arrogant and authoritarian: Biden, who was speaking in the auditorium of Mount Saint Joseph University, responded, “One, if you noticed, we...

Tropical Storm Nepartak in the Philippine Sea could put some events at risk of being delayed again... AccuWeather forecasters say the system is expected to remain the equivalent of a tropical storm by the time it makes landfall along the eastern coast of Japan (Tuesday)... Water sports could potentially become very dangerous if any tropical event brings a rough surf to the coast, which could arrive a day or two before the actual storm and remain along the coast for up to two days after the storm has passed.

A Golden Valley Menards shut down Thursday amid protests over an employee’s work-related death. According to the Golden Valley Police Department, a male employee died Thursday morning when a pallet of lumber struck his forklift. He was dead by the time first responders arrived. A woman who identified herself as the decedent’s sister and a group of protesters later arrived at the location and were angered that the store was still open. “This needs to close down. Look at all these workers. Look at all these workers and nobody gives a flying f*** my brother just died working the job,”...

“One of the main reasons why we established the Space Force was to go fast and to stay ahead of a growing threat," Raymond said, according to the Washington Examiner. "The best way we know how to deter conflict from [the] beginning or extending into space is to do so from a position of strength,” he continued. “We're prepared to protect and defend our capabilities today. We will remain prepared to protect our capabilities into the future.” China has already established itself as an aggressive space power after using a rocket to destroy one of its own weather satellites in...

In addition to the kickoff of the Olympics, does Friday also mark the unofficial beginning of the liberal media's campaign against the presidential candidacy of Ron DeSantis—or any Republican who might carry the Trump flame in 2024? Morning Joe featured a segment focused on NBC international correspondent Keir Simmons's interview with Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, in which Suga, in careful diplomatic language, seemed to express a preference for President Biden's style compared to that of Trump. Mika Brzezinski and substitute host Jonathan Lemire [of whom we observed yesterday that his role as liberal MSNBC pundit is fundamentally incompatible with...

Biden admin has take tough stance against Chinese company, labeled national security threat The Chinese telecom giant Huawei is hiring Washington lobbyist Tony Podesta – the brother of former top Obama aide John Podesta – in an effort to help improve its ties with the Biden administration, Politico reported. Podesta, who Politico reports will serve as an all-purpose lobbyist for the company in Washington, will have his work cut out for him. The president has taken a hardline stance against the controversial Chinese company. Huawei was designated a national security threat by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) last year because...

An electric bus manufactured by Proterra caught fire while charging in a southern California city that is now considering taking the electric buses off the road, according to government records.

I explore the testimony of David Wood, and debunk some popular misconceptions surrounding Islam and its relationship to paganism.

In Santa Cruz County, 11 people have tested positive for the delta variant. Four are in the hospital, all of them are unvaccinated. Health officials from seven different administrations held a news conference Thursday. Their message is simple: Getting people vaccinated as quickly as possible is the fastest, most effective way out of this pandemic. At the beginning of this pandemic, there was a rush on vaccines that led to a shortage. Now, the opposite problems: plenty of supplies but fewer people getting inoculated. Santa Cruz County Health Officer Dr. Gail Newel reminded the community: "The news here is the...

* A study involving nearly 500,000 people finds that drinking coffee significantly lowers the risk of developing liver disease. * The health benefit applies to all kinds of coffee, including caffeinated, decaffeinated, ground, and instant coffee. * The study finds that drinking 3–4 cups per day provides the greatest benefit. For many, coffee is their favorite — some might say indispensable — part of each day. Yet there is also a constant stream of often contradictory research offering evidence for both coffee’s benefits and risks. A large new study has now found that coffee of all kinds lowers the risk...

Former Obama adviser Valerie Jarrett said Friday on MSNBC’s “Andrea Mitchell Reports” that she supported coronavirus vaccine mandates. Jarrett said, “I’m all for mandating it. I know in this country, it’s hard to mandate things. I think what we can do is say, look, if you want them to make their own decision, fine, but we’re not going to let you come to sporting events or schools.”

A typhoon could wreak havoc on the Tokyo Olympics next week — only the latest worry facing the troubled competition. The potential storm may head dangerously close to Japan’s capital city Monday, just days into the Summer Games, according to the Joint Typhoon Warning Center. Forecasters warned that there’s a “medium chance” for “potential tropical development.” The storm is currently forming in the Philippine Sea and expected to travel west over the weekend, forecasters said. The storm warning is just the latest hurdle for Olympic organizers, who have been trying to keep athletes safe during the COVID-19 pandemic. Still, surfers...

The question every reporter asks Gov. Gavin Newsom these days is the one the hes most determined not to answer: Will California reimpose a mask mandate? Ask Newsom if hes contemplated a statewide solution, and the answer never varies: Get vaccinated and we wont have that conversation. The same applies to the prospect of vaccine passports. Beyond masks, Newsom has been adamant that we wont see reinstated social distancing rules that could upend kids return to classrooms in the fall. The political motive for his reticence isnt hard to decipher. Were less than two months out from the September 14...

A German television reporter has apologized after a video surfaced of her smearing mud on herself ahead of a broadcast from an area devastated by floods last week. RTL presenter Susanna Ohlen, 39, said it was a “serious mistake” to add mud to her clothes before reporting from the areas heavily hit by deadly floods in Germany. “As a journalist, this should never have happened to me. As a person who takes the suffering of all those affected to heart, it has happened to me. I’m sorry,” she wrote on Instagram. […] While the video apparently shows her also putting...

Sergeant Jerretta Sandoz slams California Gov. Gavin Newsom over his statement that crime is decreasing across the state. (45 second video at link)

An eight-week period between the first and second doses of the Pfizer vaccine is the “sweet spot” to produce a robust immune response against COVID-19, scientists said. Researchers in the United Kingdom have found that the larger gap between the two doses than the currently recommended three weeks generates higher antibody levels, which offer protection in fighting against infection, the Guardian reported. “The decision to put it to eight weeks is really balancing all the wider issues, the pros and cons – two doses is better than one overall,” the study’s lead, University of Oxford professor Susanna Duanchie, told the...

Video at https://twitter.com/NYPDnews/status/1418352658688057345The New York City Police Department is looking for suspects seen beating a 61-year-old woman with a kitchen pot before making off with several of her personal items, including her walker. Surveillance footage showed a woman slamming the victim into a metal railing before a second suspect began to beat her with a pan Tuesday at around 8 p.m. A third suspect can be seen kicking her while she struggled on the ground, while a fourth male stood by. The 61-year-old was eventually dragged across the street and punched in the back several times before the suspects made...

A former professor in Australia was convicted on Thursday of sending herself threatening letters after claiming to be the victim of threats. The Sydney Morning Herald reported that Dianne Jolley, 51, a former professor at the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) was found guilty on “10 counts of conveying information she knew to be false or misleading to make a person fear for the safety of another” and one count “of causing financial disadvantage by deception.” A jury of 11 came to the decision after three days of deliberation. Jolley claimed in 2019 that she received threatening messages, including some...

Perhaps you're reading this with your phone in one hand and a cup of coffee in the other, or while heading out from work to meet a colleague for work. If that's the case, we have some very good news -- although, perhaps with a small caveat. Over the past few years, a series of studies have come out showing that drinking coffee--in fact, drinking a lot of coffee--has significant health benefits. In fact, some suggested there could be big benefits in drinking copious amounts. The big unanswered question, however, has been whether there's any amount of coffee that's actually...

California's latest coronavirus surge is all anyone here can talk about — unless they're Gov. Gavin Newsom. Facing a recall threat, Newsom is trying to steer the conversation toward anything but Covid: shoplifting, homelessness, rent relief, broadband, wildfires and the drought. But that's become difficult after Los Angeles County shocked Californians last week with an indoor mask mandate and other large counties urged residents to mask up, regardless of vaccination status. “Get vaccinated. We could end this thing quickly if everyone just went out and got vaccinated,” Newsom said at a press conference Wednesday in Los Angeles focused on reducing...