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About 66 million years ago, an estimated 6-mile-wide (9.6 kilometers) object slammed into Earth, triggering a cataclysmic series of events that resulted in the demise of non-avian dinosaurs. Now, scientists think they know where that object came from. According to new research, the impact was caused by a giant dark primitive asteroid from the outer reaches of the solar system's main asteroid belt, situated between Mars and Jupiter. This region is home to many dark asteroids — space rocks with a chemical makeup that makes them appear darker (reflecting very little light) compared with other types of asteroids. "I had...

The largest teachers’ union in the country has filed a lawsuit against a Rhode Island mom to block her numerous requests for public records regarding her school district and Critical Race Theory, prompting her to fire back, “I just got served with a lawsuit from the teacher union NEARI. Throwing down the gauntlet, are we? Game on.” I just got served with a lawsuit from the teacher union NEARI. Throwing down the gauntlet, are we? Game on. pic.twitter.com/9WSpEO14Zy — Nicole Solas (@Nicoletta0602) August 4, 2021 Nicole Salas, who started her odyssey in challenging the school district back in April, continued...

In the wetlands of the west coast of North America - from Alaska to California - there lives a herb-like plant that has just been discovered to have the occasional taste for flesh. While the plant – called Triantha occidentalis – employs insects to pollinate its very normal-looking flowers, it also has sticky hairs just below these flowers for trapping small insects to munch on. This sounds a bit like a conflict of interest. When it comes to imagining carnivorous plants that eat insects, spiders, or even small animals, the Venus flytrap (Dionaea muscipula) tends to be our stereotypical mental...

ransomnote: Fantastic 6 minute Twitter video at the link. In it, Dr. Dan Stock of Indiana addresses the Mount Vernon Community School Corporation.After 18 months of lies from the CDC/NIH/Fauci, it was utterly shocking to hear a medical professional make bold statements to a school board which accurately describe the CDC, and NIH as providing bad, counter-factual advice.I hope you have a chance to watch the video before it is deleted. The transcript is below the video.il Donaldo Trumpo on Twitter: "This Doc came in so hot he even brought back suspenders!!!" / TwitterBegin transcript"To adress your comment, 'Gee ,...

One of the most striking characteristics of ‘lockdownism’ – though one which, seen in the cold light of day, is hardly surprising – is that support for it has been generated through confluences of interests. The most obvious example of this is the way in which the aims of public health bodies (preventing excess deaths) have aligned so closely with those of certain big, incumbent market actors, such as supermarkets, social media giants, and online marketplaces (that is, profit). Lockdowns appear to suit those with self-consciously virtuous motives; they also very often suit those who want to make money. When...

Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards (D) on Monday began a three-day period of fasting during lunch time with his wife in honor of the state's health care workers. Taking to Twitter, Edwards urged other Louisianans to join him and his wife in fasting and prayer. "Join me and @FirstLadyOfLA in praying & fasting during lunch time August 9-11 for our health care workers & all those affected by COVID-19," Edwards wrote. "In addition to prayer, I urge all Louisianans to protect their neighbors & themselves by getting their vaccines & wearing masks."

The United States military, under the direction of Biden regime Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, is moving to require all service members to be injected with the COVID vaccine by September 15, according to a report from the Associated Press. Refusal to be injected could be treated as failure to obey an order, and unvaccinated soldiers may be subject to punishment under the Uniform Code of Military Justice.“I will seek the president’s approval to make the vaccines mandatory no later than mid-September, or immediately upon” approval by the Food and Drug Administration, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin declares in a memo...

SEATTLE, WASHINGTON: A 22-year-old photographer is calling out for help after being brutally robbed and assaulted in Seattle on July 31. The freelance photographer, who goes by the name Caliber Visuals was in the city visiting a friend when he was beaten viciously by another man, who robbed Caliber of his iPhone and wallet. Suffering from a fractured eye socket and brain hemorrhaging, Caliber has been left with massive medical bills and is looking to raise $10,000.

On Monday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “MTP Daily,” Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA) stated that by embracing “using growth projections to pay for some portions of the bipartisan bill,” Republicans have given Democrats a tool to argue the reconciliation bill is paid for. Kaine said, “I want to pay for this bill. Now, just remember, Garrett, there [are] a couple of different ways you can pay for a bill like this. So, first, is you raise revenues. And the Finance Committee is given the instruction that basically says, raise at least, I think it’s a billion dollars, and they’ll likely do that...

MIAMI, FLORIDA – Coast Guard Cutter James’ crew offloaded approximately 59,700 pounds of cocaine and 1,430 pounds of marijuana worth more than $1.4 billion, at Port Everglades, which is the largest offload in Coast Guard history. The Coast Guard’s strong international relationships, with key partners like Canada and the Netherlands, along with our specialized capabilities and unmatched authorities, allow for a unity of effort to disrupt transnational crime organizations, which threaten America and our partner nations. “Today’s offload is a result of our combined efforts of our inter-agency partners and a dedicated international coalition,” said Vice Adm. Steven Poulin, Commander...

Mayor Lori Lightfoot on Friday announced she’s pushing back the deadline for bids to build a long-sought casino in Chicago as the city looks to lure more developers to the table. Proposals for the mega-casino had been due Aug. 23, but interested parties now have until Oct. 29, giving groups “more time to fully assess” the opportunity and “assemble more competitive bid packages,” according to Lightfoot’s office. “Extending the deadline for interested bidders will allow the City to collect as many robust, impactful and transformative proposals as possible,” the mayor said in a statement. “I look forward to seeing these...

The lawyer representing Christine Weston Chandler, the YouTube star also known as Chris Chan online, says it is important "not believe everything they learn on the internet" about his client and her case. Chandler was arrested on Sunday, August 1 and charged with one count of incest after the Green County Sheriff's Office received information about alleged "sex crimes against a family member, who resides in the Ruckersville area." In a statement issued to Newsweek, Chandler's attorney, David L Heilberg said much of the information being put out online in relation to the case needed to be "filtered by skepticism"...

COVID-19 variants do not derive from the vaccine. The vaccine cannot replicate the virus. Guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) explaining how mRNA vaccines only provide instructions to the cells in the human body on how to make a “spike protein” is visible here . Delta is one of four variants of the new coronavirus creating concern in the United States (here). Also called B.1.617.2, Delta originated in India and was identified in the United States in March 2021 (bit.ly/3rlcxAi). The Delta variant is a mutation of the original COVID-19 virus (SARS-CoV-2).

Controversial US senator Rand Paul has been blasted after insisting Americans should reject government-mandated regulations, including wearing masks, in a “dangerous” anti-Covid rant. In a 3 minute and 37-second long clip posted on his Twitter, the Republican senator, who represents the state of Kentucky, delivered a long and rambling speech encouraging people to ignore rules brought in to restrict the spread of the coronavirus. Paul posted the video on 8 August with the caption: “We are at a moment of truth and a crossroads. Will we allow these people to use fear and propaganda to do further harm to our...

A good friend of mine, Curtis, recently sent me a book–ANTICHRIST: How to Identify the Coming Imposter, by Pastor Charles Crismier. It’s an interesting and educational read so far, written by someone who has studied this material in depth over many decades. Its target audience is Christians, but so far I’ve seen enough fascinating material in the book to recommend it to anybody who is interested in “end times” prophesy, the “Antichrist,” and the history of past tyrannical leaders and systems (Note: I don’t make any money from the book link). History repeats itself, as we know, and… Those who...

Dr. Anthony Fauci on Sunday scolded Americans gathering in Sturgis, South Dakota, for the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally due to concerns about coronavirus, but has failed to offer any comment about former President Obama’s birthday bash and other large gatherings —a double standard social media users criticized him over. “I’m very concerned, Chuck, that we’re going to see another surge related to that rally,” Fauci told “Meet the Press” host Chuck Todd on Sunday. “It’s understandable that people want to do the kinds of things they want to do. They want their freedom to do that. But there comes a time...

Kasagi: Possible radiation from thin film metal surface with anomalous excess heat: Can we observe hot spots or Bremsstrahlung? J. Kasagi 1 , T. Itoh 1,2 and Y. Iwamura 1 1 Research Center for Electron Photon Science, Tohoku University, Japan 2 Clean Planet Inc., Japan In the ICCF21, we reported that no radiations with photon energy higher than 50 keV were observed associated with the excess heat generation in NiCuZr-H2 system. This means that the reaction does not produce energetic particles that undergo a secondary nuclear reaction with the material in the sample, nor does it produce radioactive nuclei. Then...

Barry Obama’s maskless, 60th birthday bash was the biggest **** you to Joe Biden in the history of **** yous. Here’s His Fraudulency Joe Biden running around trying to scare everyone back into masks and lockdowns, and here’s Barry saying, You know what? **** you, Joe. I’m 60. I’m not one of those peasants you want to stick in a mask. I’m Barry, *****! So I’m having my elite, maskless birthday party, and you’re just going to have to deal with it.What other explanation could there possibly be for Obama holding a maskless, high-profile, elitist soiree just as Slow Joe...

President Joe Biden issued a sweeping executive order Monday to target those in the Belarusian regime involved in the repression of human rights and democracy in the former Soviet state. The executive order was released on the one-year anniversary of Belarus' election, which was declared fraudulent by the United States and much of the international community and sparked widespread protests throughout the country.

A baby bear was caught on camera casually strolling down a Los Angeles grocery store Saturday morning. The bizarre scene happened at a Ralph’s grocery store in the Porter Ranch suburban neighborhood of Los Angeles. Actress Tisha Campbell posted a video of the bear, saying she just happened to walk into her local Ralph’s and see it. Other shoppers are visible in the video, seeming completely unfazed as the bear strolls down an aisle. Witnesses told FOX 11 that the bear had wandered into the store and was eventually shooed out by employees. The California Department of Fish and Wildlife...