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Gov. Greg Abbott is appealing for out-of-state help to fight the third wave of Covid-19 in Texas. The Monday appeal comes as a county-owned hospital in Houston raises tents to accommodate their Covid-19 overflow. Private hospitals in the county already were requiring their staff to be vaccinated against the coronavirus. ...Abbott has directed the Texas Department of State Health Services to use staffing agencies to find additional medical staff from beyond the state’s borders as the delta wave began to overwhelm its present staffing resources. He also has sent a letter to the Texas Hospital Association to request that hospitals...

I'm not vaccinated against COVID-19. The decision wasn't a drastic one; I thought of it as a personal decision that every person should make in consultation with a trusted health professional... It didn't occur to me that this decision merited justification to others. But that was before the current climate of social and political pressure, before the Delta surge, and before unvaccinated people like me started getting blamed for vaccine-resistant variants. Now I feel that explaining my decision has become necessary. In explaining my decision, my hope is not to convince people to change their minds about whether to vaccinate...

PepsiCo and Sam Adams brewer Boston Beer are teaming up to create an alcoholic version of Mountain Dew. Boston Beer will develop and produce the drink, called Hard Mtn Dew, while Pepsi has created a new entity to sell, deliver and market the product. The beverage is expected to hit shelves in early 2022. Hard Mtn Dew will belong to the flavored malt beverage category and contain 5% alcohol by volume. Early images of the products also show that it will contain zero sugar. The first hint that Pepsi could enter the alcohol category came in October, when Pepsi CEO...

ASHBURNHAM (CBS) – Tyler and Kristen Stillings laugh when they talk about their college love story. “He always says he was friend zone for four years. We didn’t start dating until the last two months of senior year,” Kristen said. The Ashburnham couple got engaged in 2019 with dreams of a large rustic wedding. Then, the pandemic hit. “And I was like that girl that always wanted to get married. Like dreamed of the wedding dress, the wedding, like all of the above,” says Kristen. The two settled on humble vows in a backyard on August 9, 2020, but they...

AS Indian states deploy the cheap and effective anti-viral drug Ivermectin and wipe out COVID-19 infections and deaths, public health officers and premiers in Australia are persisting with their bogus and diabolical fear-mongering game of case counts and lockdowns.These bureaucrats and politicians who love the dramatic COVID coverage should wake up and realize the people of Australia are not only sick of it but disgusted by their lying, duplicitous and dictatorial behaviour. The same goes for the big media channels who are part of this charade.An example of their duplicity is that the same actors refuse to even mention Ivermectin...

Join 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 2:1-2 Religion Forum Threads labeled [Prayer] are closed to debate of any kind.

Would you wear a dress that signals to people that they're standing too close to you? Or how about a shirt that changes color when it senses a change in your mood? Those are actual creations Dutch fashion designer and engineer Anouk Wipprecht has been working on for 20 years. Her distinctive "fashion tech" designs combine couture, interactive technology and artificial intelligence. "So, on a day I am coding and designing, I am sewing and anything and everything that has to do with the body and technology and electronics," Wipprecht told Morning Edition. How it started Growing up in the...

At the end of July, the front page of Ukraine’s English-language newspaper The Kyiv Post read: “Betrayal. Global powers U.S. and Germany turn their backs on Ukraine and undermine European security as they strike a deal allowing the completion of Nord Stream 2, Russia’s controversial gas pipeline project.” The publication declared Angela Merkel Ukraine’s foe of the week and Joe Biden “a close second.” The shift was abrupt. Biden has long been considered Ukraine’s “big friend,” with Brian Bonner, the editor of The Kyiv Post, saying that prior to the 2020 U.S. elections, Ukrainians were “holding their breath and hoping...

Is it just my computer or is the Lindell broadcast at full stop? It hasn't moved or made a peep in about an hour. Anyone know what's going on? Thanks!!!

Bergoglio Gleeful About Marxist Takeover in Peru Pedro Castillo, representative of the Marxist-Leninist party Perú Libre, was sworn in as the new president. A sensation for the Andean state that Pope Francis seems to pleased by. (Lima) The political left is taking power in Peru. One of the well-wishers, which would have been astonishing just a few years ago, is the head of the Catholic Church.At the beginning of his pontificate, Pope Francis was referred to as a “sociologist on the papal throne” to draw an analogy to his predecessors: John Paul II (1978–2005) became “the philosopher” and Benedict...

Forty-six GOP senators are warning that they will not vote to raise the debt ceiling, as Republicans ramp up pressure on Democrats to increase the nation's borrowing limit on their own. All but four members of the Senate GOP caucus signed onto the letter - addressed to "fellow Americans" and released Tuesday night - that warns that the 46 GOP senators won't support a debt hike, regardless of whether it's attached to another bill or brought up on its own. "We, the undersigned Republican Senators, are letting Senate Democrats and the American public know that we will not vote to...

Tropical Storm Fred developed in the Eastern Caribbean Sea. Tropical storm conditions are expected in portions of Puerto Rico Tuesday night, and in the Dominican Republic by Wednesday. The tall mountains of Hispaniola are expected to cause storm weakening. Interests in the southern Bahamas and Florida should monitor updates to the forecast for this system, but it is too soon to determine what if any impacts could occur there by late this week or this weekend given the uncertainty in the long-range forecast. Mash the graphics below to enlarge. All links and images are self-updating. GOES Satellite Floater NHC Public...

Andrew Cuomo was sworn in as governor of New York in 2011 and announced August 10, 2021 that he would resign from office in 14 days following multiple allegations of sexual harassment, according to NBC News. As governor of the great state of New York, he takes in an annual salary of $225,000 per year, according to Forbes. His salary is considered to be among the highest among his gubernatorial peers. However, most of his recent financial resources have come from the sales of his books. It has been reported he earned nearly $5 million from the sale of his...

This is an article from 2015 about disease evolution being driven by vaccines that are not highly effective. This may explain the origin of the different variants of SARS-CoV-2 we have seen since the beginning of vaccination. You might not want to read the whole thing, but the abstract gives you a good idea of why we have all these variants. When I had Covid-19 the Chief of Staff of a large hospital in our area, who is also a pulmonologist, told me there was only one strain. That was before the vaccines had been introduced. The doctor most likely...

Police say as part of new enforcement campaign, voted on by ministers earlier, officers will work to enforce mask and Green Pass mandates as well as mandatory quarantine; in some cases, drones will alert violators from above. Israel on Tuesday officially began its new campaign meant to enforce coronavirus rules and health restrictions, and it apparently includes deployment of over 1,500 police officers and even the use of drones... Police have identified three main tasks of the new enforcement campaign the first of which is enforcing the mask mandate. The police stressed the information campaign on the issue of masks...

Nuclear Fusion of Hydrogen Isotopes Induced by the Phason Flips in Pd and Ni Nanoclusters # Vladimir Dubinko1 , Denis Laptev2 , Dmitry Terentyev3 and Klee Irwin4 1 NSC “Kharkov Institute of Physics and Technology”, Kharkov, Ukraine 2 B. Verkin Institute for Low Temperature Physics and Engineering, Kharkov, Ukraine 3 CK•CEN, Nuclear Materials Science Institute, Mol, Belgium 4 Quantum Gravity Research, Los Angeles, USA #Email: vdubinko@hotmail.com Energy localization in bulk hydrides of Pd and Ni crystals manifest itself as discrete breathers (DBs), in which large amplitude atomic motion may result in time-periodic driving of adjacent potential wells occupied by hydrogen...

While the debate over mandated "vaccine passports" rages on, a growing number of employers, businesses and venues are demanding proof of vaccination. That's making it increasingly important for workers and customers to carry documentation that can be whipped out whenever the need arises.Here are some suggestions to ensure that vaccinated people are always covered.Old-fashioned paper cards Everyone who gets at least one inoculation gets one of these paper cards from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. However, at 4-by-3 inches they are larger than the average wallet, which means they're bound to suffer some abuse. The good news is...

Olympic gymnast and Catholic Simone Biles sparked a stir on Monday, Aug. 10, when she announced on her Instagram stories that she is “very much pro-choice.” Biles, 24, asked her Instagram followers to submit their “unpopular opinions,” which she would then comment on. One of her fans made the submission “abortion is wrong.” The gymnast - who won bronze and silver medals in the recent Olympic competitions in Tokyo - replied, “I already know this is going to start the biggest argument & may even lose followers BUT I’m very much pro-choice.” “Your body, your choice,” said Biles. Biles added...

The owners of Country Mill Farms in Michigan, who were banned from their local farmers market in 2016 over their biblical viewpoint on marriage, are having their case heard in a federal court this week. Steve and Bridget Tennes operate their orchard in Charlotte, and they host weddings on their farm. The Christian family used to set up a booth at the East Lansing Farmer's Market to sell their produce, but officials decided to punish them because they believe marriage is between a man and a woman. Attorneys with Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) say city officials in East Lansing have...