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Friday, MSNBC “Morning Joe” host Joe Scarborough continued his fight against misinformation and people choosing not to get vaccinated amid rising coronavirus case numbers. Scarborough said his friends and family members send him conspiracy theories from “Chinese religious cults” and other websites which question the facts of the number of cases. He added that those who don’t trust the facts they are given regarding the coronavirus “have the right to be an idiot.”

MACUNGIE, PA—In a rally at the Mack Truck facility in Lehigh Valley this week, President Biden boasted that he made the Kessel run in less than 12 parsecs back in the days when he was a hard-working interstellar freight driver. "Yeah, these Mack Trucks are impressive, real impressive," said Biden, "but I gotta say, these are nothing compared to the Correllian light freighter I used to drive around smuggling contraband while avoiding Imperial patrols. That's no joke!" The audience of union workers who had been forced to attend clapped politely, but seemed confused as to the meaning of Biden's odd...

Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey’s (R) office says the state is “moving forward” following new guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) which recommends that individuals, regardless of vaccination status, wear face masks indoors in certain areas. “The American people, Governor Ivey included, are understandably frustrated with the changing goal post and whiplash over the CDC’s covid-19 [Chinese coronavirus] guidance,” said Gina Maiola, Ivey’s press secretary, in a statement to Breitbart News. “Governor Ivey has been crystal clear on her position that there will be no mandates from the state level.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis vowed Friday that he'll bar any local school district from requiring students to wear masks even as the nation fights a resurgence of coronavirus. The Sunshine State's chief executive said he disagreed with guidelines issued Tuesday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which recommends that all students in kindergarten through 12th grade wear coverings when they return to classrooms this fall.

The $715 billion infrastructure bill that passed the U.S. House of Representatives earlier this month includes a $6,550,000 earmark aimed at stopping people from committing suicide by jumping from the Golden Gate Bridge, which is in Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s congressional district. […] “The Golden Gate Bridge, Highway and Transportation District is in the process of constructing a Suicide Deterrent Net System (SDNS) to deter suicides at the Bridge by placing a physical barrier between a person and the water below,” it says. “The SDNS consists of marine grade stainless steel netting attached to structural steel net supports placed 20 feet...

Today we are thanking a woman known as "The Cookie Lady" in her Idaho Falls neighborhood.

SAN DIEGO, CA—According to sources, Democrats in Washington really want people to get vaccinated. When it comes to undocumented immigrants, however, Democrats don't really seem to care as much. This led local man Damien Cooper to pose as an illegal immigrant so politicians won't bother him about getting vaccinated all the time.

White House principal deputy press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said Thursday that the Biden administration will continue to "listen to the scientists" when it comes to potential future lockdowns and school closures. -snip- Doocy pressed Jean-Pierre on future closures, asking if the administration would support new lockdowns if the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended it. "Well, like I said, we listen to the CDC and the experts and their guidance," she responded. "The CDC is a body that is very well respected, and again, we follow their guidance."

One sunny morning this spring, a Chevy Suburban pulled up to a sizable Mediterranean-style house in a gated community on the west side of Fort Worth. Inside the SUV, Ernie Tarut was recalling how the warm welcome he’d received at the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo, held in Arlington last December, had influenced his decision to move his Old Gringo Boots company from San Diego to Cowtown. “It was a great feeling that all these people were excited to have Old Gringo maybe coming here,” he said. “I was like, ‘Why do I want to stay in California? Here it seems...

Britney Spears is continuing to assert her right to go topless on social media after a series of racy posts just last week. On Thursday the 39-year-old pop star shared a video this time of herself clutching her breasts wearing tiny daisy duke shorts. Sealing the post with 'three kisses' she tilted her head back while baring her chest amid her continued conservatorship war against father Jamie Spears. The Toxic hitmaker's post comes just one day after documents filed in a Los Angeles Superior Court on July 28 showed that her medical team supported efforts to remove Jamie as conservator...

Pennsylvania logged 1,110 new COVID-19 infections on Friday, according to state-run COVID ALERT PA. Pennsylvania’s seven-day average of new cases reached 815 as of Wednesday — more than five times higher than on July 4, according to tracking by Johns Hopkins. The number severely ill with COVID-19 in Pennsylvania also rose, with 473 hospitalized Friday morning, up 13 from Thursday. The number of people in the hospital with COVID-19 has increased by more than 200 in less than two weeks. The number in intensive care, 101, is up 14 from a day earlier, according to Pennsylvania’s tracking dashboard. Pennsylvania registered...

MTV turns 40 this Sunday. Did any adult child not named Lizzie Borden ever disappoint the parents more than the three-letter network? “We’re the reason you have no attention span,” original VJ Mark Goodman quips in VJ: The Unplugged Adventures of MTV’s First Wave. “And you can pin reality TV on us too. You’re welcome.” Yet, those first years were glorious. From “Video Killed the Radio Star” as its prophetic opening to the evangelistic “I Want My MTV” crusade to spread the good news upon recalcitrant local cable companies to its giveaways of a little pink house, a lost weekend...

Police investigating a murder case in Washington state say they decided not to use a K9 dog in their search for the suspect after taking new reform laws into consideration. "A K9 officer was on scene within minutes, but because probable cause had not been developed for a particular individual, they decided not to track for the possible suspect since they could not use force to detain him."

n recent days, conservative media outfits have gleefully presented one of the least surprising headlines of modern times. Namely, that Joe Biden’s presidential approval rating has sunk below the waves. In the latest Rasmussen poll, Biden is now at a 47 percent approval rating, with 52 percent disapproval. Worse, his Strong Approval number is only 27 percent, compared to a Strong Disapproval of 42. That gives him a minus-15 in Rasmussen’s approval index numbers. Thursday’s numbers were one point better than Wednesday’s, which is likely statistical noise. The trend, however, is not Biden’s friend. Backing out a bit more data...

Australia will reopen its borders and end lockdowns when 80 percent of the population is fully vaccinated, Prime Minister Scott Morrison revealed Friday, sketching a long road out of "Fortress Australia" virus restrictions...

The organ of Corti, the hearing organ of the inner ear, contains rows of sensory hearing cells (green) surrounded by supporting cells (blue). Credit: Image by Yassan Abdolazimi/Segil Lab/USC Stem Cell ============================================================================================================================ Scientists from the USC Stem Cell laboratory of Neil Segil have identified a natural barrier to the regeneration of the inner ear’s sensory cells, which are lost in hearing and balance disorders. Overcoming this barrier may be a first step in returning inner ear cells to a newborn-like state that’s primed for regeneration, as described in a new study published in Developmental Cell. “Permanent hearing loss affects more...

MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell, one of Fox News' biggest sponsors, says he is pulling his ads "immediately and indefinitely" from the network. In an interview with Brannon Howse of Worldview Weekend TV on Thursday, Lindell said he made the decision because Fox News refused to run a commercial for a symposium he said would prove his voter-fraud claims involving the 2020 election. Election officials - Democratic and Republican alike - have found no evidence of widespread voter fraud.Lindell said his commercial would not have mentioned his claims of voter fraud, The Wall Street Journal reported.

INTRODUCTION The judgment by the war crimes tribunal at Nuremberg laid down 10 standards to which physicians must conform when carrying out experiments on human subjects in a new code that is now accepted worldwide. This judgment established a new standard of ethical medical behaviour for the post World War II human rights era. Amongst other requirements, this document enunciates the requirement of voluntary informed consent of the human subject. The principle of voluntary informed consent protects the right of the individual to control his own body. This code also recognizes that the risk must be weighed against the expected...

Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) took to the House floor (without a mask) and implied that our own government was behind the Jan. 6 false flag attacks on the US Capitol. Rep. Matt Gaetz: “…the 14,000 hours of tape could also show us who was animating that violence. Whether they were connected in any way, directed any way – by federal agencies. It raises great suspicion that we are unable to get access to this information as members of Congress.” Of course, Matt Gaetz is on to something. Video released by Bobby Powell showed violent hoodlums in all black smashing windows,...

As states battle a surge of the COVID-19 delta variant, an internal document from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has been leaked that shows that the variant spreads from fully vaccinated people at the same rate as unvaccinated people. CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky confirmed the authenticity of the document, which is a slide presentation, CNN and The Washington Post reported. The document states that officials must “acknowledge the war has changed,” the Post reported. “I think people need to understand that we’re not crying wolf here. This is serious,” Walensky told CNN. “It’s one of the most...