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At dawn fifty years ago today, Jose Isaias Constante Laureano was shot in Saltillo, Coahuila for murder — the last application of capital punishment in Mexican history. Laureano, an infantryman, died under military law for getting drunk and shooting dead two of his comrades in arms. (Spanish link; here’s another) Though only formally abolished in 2005, capital punishment in Mexico simply dwindled away in the middle part of the century. The last civilian execution was all the way back in 1937. Mexico’s closest engagement with the death penalty these days has been protesting the dozens of cases of Mexican nationals...

>H4>WHAT WAS CLAIMED The Covid-19 vaccines contain graphene oxide. OUR VERDICT The MHRA ( Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency ) has told us that none of the Covid-19 vaccines in current use contain graphene oxideA widely shared Facebook post claims that vaccines contain “Graphene Oxide Nano Particles” and that these can reassemble on command and travel to any part of the body. Nanoparticles are a generic term for very small particles which are found in nature, or can be man-made. They are used in medicine, and a particular type called a lipid nanoparticle is used in both the Pfizer...

The so-called bipartisan “infrastructure” bill, backed by Senate Democrats and 18 Senate Republicans, would reward blue states with federal money for driving up immigration levels to the United States. The bill, among other things, includes the Digital Equity Act that would help expand broadband to American communities that currently lack access to the internet. Slipped into the legislation are provisions allocating federal funding based on the number of newly arrived immigrants in a state or region — a design that rewards blue states who tend to have the largest foreign-born populations in the nation. As the legislation states, the Department...

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is at the top of every Democrat’s public enemy list, and that’s certainly true for all of them who work over at CNN. Jim Acosta, who was demoted to flailing weekend host following the Trump presidency, took his shots today. In doing so, he managed to set a new bar for cringe.In a scene reminiscent of the classic “Seinfeld” episode where George responds to a co-worker by telling him the “jerk store called and they’re running out of you,” Acosta dropped the sickest burn in his arsenal — calling COVID variants the “DeSantis variant.”Dead on suggestion...

It was inevitable. Hollywood types and the tech crowd, after advocating and voting in their idea of what a progressive utopia should look like, realize that they are not going to be exempt from its effects. So, what do they do? They move on to greener pastures, leaving the regular folks to live with the consequences.Look out, Austin: Hollywood and tech are converging on you like locusts.Should read Hollywood “stars” ascend upon Austin #Texas to ruin it like they did to #California https://t.co/M7qSOP0YWq— Will (@warr1979) August 8, 2021From the Hollywood Reporter:The Texas capital has undergone a pandemic influx unlike anywhere...

Records obtained by Just the News provide unprecedented glimpse into human adjudication of thousands of ballots, where marks for candidates like Trump were sometimes removed so ballots could count for Biden. A day after the November election, as Donald Trump and other Republican candidates clung to evaporating leads in Georgia, vote counters in Atlanta were confronted by a paper ballot known only by its anonymizing number 5150-232-18. A Dominion Voting machine had rejected the ballot on election night because the voter had filled in boxes for both Trump and his Democratic opponent Joe Biden, an error known as an "overvote."...

Join together with Fellow FREEPERS to Pray for AMERICA: For those in Authority in Government, Family, Military, Business, Healthcare, Education, Churches, and the Media.'I Urge, then, First of All, that Requests, Prayers, Intercession and Thanksgiving be Made for Everyone: for Kings and All those in Authority that we May Live Peaceful and Quiet Lives in All Godliness and Holiness.' 1 Timothy 2:1-2Religion Forum Threads Labeled [Prayer] are Closed to Debate of Any Kind.Psalm 16:7,8'I will Bless the Lord Who Counsels me; He Gives me Wisdom in the Night. He Tells me what to Do. I am Always Thinking of the...

Fourteen Israelis have been diagnosed with COVID-19 despite having been inoculated with a third COVID-19 vaccine dose, according to Health Ministry data reported by Channel 12 news on Sunday. According to the network, two of those infected after receiving the booster shot have been hospitalized.

In a new study, scientists from the CNRS, Aix-Marseille University, and the French Blood Establishment (EFS) have examined the previously sequenced genomes of one Denisovan and three Neandertal females who lived 100,000 to 40,000 years ago, in order to identify their blood groups and consider what they may reveal about human’s evolutionary history. Of the 40-some known blood group systems, the team concentrated on the seven usually considered for blood transfusion purposes, the most common of which are the ABO (determining the A, B, AB, and O blood types) and Rh systems.The findings bolster previous hypotheses but also offer new...

Planned Parenthood and the Center for Reproductive Rights said they will continue to fight the waiting period. “The forced delay requirement has nothing to do with patient health,” Ashley Coffield, president and CEO of Planned Parenthood of Tennessee and North Mississippi, said in the News Channel 5 report. The abortion industry argued that Tennessee’s policy harms “low-income and communities of color” even as pro-life advocates point out that while black Americans account for about 14 percent of the child-bearing population in the United States, 36 percent of abortions are black babies. “Abortion is health care and we at Planned Parenthood...

U.S. Congresswoman Maxine Waters, a Democrat from California, recently told a Los Angeles television station that the nationwide increase in COVID-19 transmission could result in some form of a vaccine requirement intended to save lives. During an interview with FOX 11 News anchor Elex Michaelson on Thursday, Waters said that more vaccinations are needed to curb the spread. Michaelson spoke to the congresswoman at a fundraiser he was emceeing, at which Waters served as a featured speaker. He shared part of the discussion on social media. “I think we’re moving toward a mandate. This is very dangerous,” said Waters. “And...

We've been studying how PCAPS are captured, but haven't come up with a plausible way that someone captured election intrusions in all the States in real-time. I imagine the CIA can do it and probably did, but how could someone else do it and give the data to Mike? Also does Mike have just the metadata from the PCAPs or does he also have the data, which surely was encrypted with TLS. The meta data would have everything need to prove an intrusion, but wouldn't have the election vote data. Do you think he is comparing the PCAP meta data...

"This is not an infrastructure bill, this is the beginning of the Green New Deal," Trump said in his latest email. "The bill I proposed, which Mitch McConnell couldn’t do anything with, was pure infrastructure. I want what is best for America, not what’s best for the Communist Democrat Party. This will be a big victory for the Democrats and will be used against Republicans in the upcoming elections."

Enlarge Image Secretary to the Governor Melissa DeRosa Secretary to the Governor Melissa DeRosa resigned Sunday night.AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File Governor Cuomo’s top aide Melissa DeRosa resigned on Sunday night amid a sex harassment scandal rocking Albany. The trusted aide, who allegedly helped try to bury sexual harassment allegations against her boss, released a statement saying the last two years have been “mentally and emotionally trying.”

Cardinal Cañizares Bans Immemorial Mass in Valencia Edit: we don’t know what the meeting was about as confirmed aberrosexual predator, Anthony Ruff said when he was excited about Cañizarez meeting with Bergoglio in 2014.Cardinal Antonio Cañizares forbade celebrations in the traditional rite in his Archdiocese of Valencia. Did the former "little Ratzinger" become a "micro-Bergoglio"? (Madrid) Under Pope Benedict XVI. he was called the "little Ratzinger", now critics refer to him as "Mini-Bergoglio". Antonio Cardinal Cañizares Llovera suspended the celebration of the traditional rite in his Archdiocese of Valencia because of the Motu proprio Traditionis Custodes. Antonio Cañizares Llovera,...

Video of a moose rushing a bystander in Colorado served as a reminder that the beautiful and bulky animals can be very swift and dangerous in the wild. A person walking in Clear Creek County, about 20 miles west of downtown Denver, happened to encounter a bull moose... ..At first it appears the moose is relaxed and eating leisurely behind a tree, but the animal then...

An IKEA employee from Scotland has fulfilled his childhood dream of building a “Hobbit House” in his back garden. Ali Hughson, 47, has been a fan of J.R.R. Tolkien since he was a teenager and loved the idea of having a Hobbit-themed workshop. Ali spent six months and 2,000 pounds (approx. US$2,800) building the 2-meter-tall shed, which even features the iconic round green door made famous in the Peter Jackson films. “When I was around 13 I read ‘The Hobbit’, and then watched ‘The Lord of the Rings’ movies when they got released,” Ali said. “I’ve been a fan of...

U.S. Sen. Todd Young, R-Ind., will be able to say on the campaign trail next year he voted for the $1.2 trillion bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act — before he voted against it. The Hoosier senator announced Sunday that despite backing the transformative legislation in multiple Senate test votes, Young intends this week to vote "no" on the plan that, if enacted into law, would bring Indiana $6.6 billion in additional highway funding, and hundreds of millions more for bridges, public transportation, water systems, and broadband internet access.

The economy of Lebanon is seeing a once-in-a-lifetime collapse amid hyperinflation and outages, according to a report from the World Bank. The small Middle Eastern country has seen inconsistent power supply and outages after the massive explosion in its capital, Beirut, last year. The country, which is also dealing with hyperinflation, is seeing one of the worst three economic depressions globally since the mid-1800s, according to the World Bank. “Lebanon’s GDP plummeted from close to US$55 billion in 2018 to an estimated US$33 billion in 2020, with US$GD/capita falling by around 40 percent,” said the organization in a recent news...

Vaccinated people infected with the Delta variant of the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus, which causes COVID-19, may be as infectious as their unvaccinated counterparts, early analysis from Public Health England (PHE) suggests. This coincides with a recent study from the United States, where similar results were observed in Wisconsin. “Some initial findings … indicate that levels of virus in those who become infected with Delta having already been vaccinated may be similar to levels found in unvaccinated people,” PHE said in a statement. “This may have implications for people’s infectiousness, whether they have been vaccinated or not,” it added....