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On 5/14, the Philadelphia Board of Health updated the Emergency Order Concerning COVID-19 Vaccine Information Statements to allow individuals 11 years of age and older to consent to his or her own immunization with a COVID-19 vaccine under an Emergency Use Authorization (EUA), without the approval or consent of a parent or guardian. In this case, an EUA Fact Sheet for Recipients and Caregivers would substitute for a Vaccine Information Statement.Currently, the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine is only authorized for 12 years of age and older. The language 11 years and older in the Philadelphia Board of Health order aligns with...

Reports coming out of Israel claim hospitals are being filled with vaccinated people, 95 percent of whom are suffering serious illness being fully vaccinated.“I understand that most of the patients are vaccinated, even ‘severe’ patients. Exactly. Naturally occurring. Old people, most of them are vaccinated,” Israeli Dr. Kobi Haviv told News Israel 13 Thursday.“Most of the population is vaccinated, and 90%… 85%-90% of the hospitalizations here are ‘Fully vaccinated’ people.”Dr. Haviv claims the infections mean the vaccines’ “effectiveness” is fading, possibly setting up a scenario where booster shots emerge as a necessary treatment.The news out of Israel coincides with similar...

Students in Tennessee standing up for themselves against mask mandates. https://twitter.com/_Mrtdogg/status/1425442121054662663

President Joe Biden’s “average” approval rating on August 11 sunk to a 49 percent record low, according to Real Clear Politics’s average of multiple polls. The group of polls includes the Economist/YouGov poll that marked Biden at 47 percent on August 7, tying Quinnipiac for the lowest rating in the bunch. The best polling for Biden was performed by The Hill/HarrisX, which gave Biden a 55 percent approval rating on August 4.

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White House press secretary Jen Psaki said Wednesday that she’s “not aware” of any plans for President Biden and first lady Jill Biden to attend an upcoming New York gallery event with potential buyers of his son Hunter Biden’s artworks. The first son is asking as much as $500,000 for his novice pieces, which ethics experts say are inflated prices based on his dad’s official position. “I’m not aware of plans for them to attend,” Psaki said at her daily press briefing. The question came from New York Times reporter Zolan Kanno-Youngs, who noted that the gallerist “tasked with ensuring...

The U.S. is becoming less white.The population of whites in the United States has fallen below 60% for the first time in the country’s history, the latest census results will reveal. The 2020 Census is due out Thursday.Another finding shows a majority of people under 18 are non-white. The white population has dropped in 26 states. The decline in the white population, if confirmed on Thursday, has happened about eight years sooner than predicted, said Brookings Institute demographer William Frey, The Washington Post reported."Twenty years ago if you told people this was going to be the case, they wouldn’t have...

The state of Hawaii will be re-implementing limits on social gatherings and restrictions on businesses in order to stop the spread of coronavirus cases, Democratic state Gov. David Ige announced Wednesday.“Social gatherings will be limited to no more than 10 indoors, 25 outdoors. Patrons in restaurants, bars, establishments must remain seated with parties maintaining six feet of distance. No mingling, and masks must be worn unless actively eating,” the governor said in a statement posted to Twitter.“All high-risk activities, such as bars, restaurants, gyms, and social establishments will be set to 50% indoor capacity,” the governor continued. “Counties will review...

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Hunter Biden claimed during a post-coital conversation with a woman identified by the Daily Mail as a prostitute that Russian drug dealers stole his laptop (not the one abandoned to a Delaware computer repair shop) during a Vegas bender where he nearly drowned in a hotel hot tub, according to footage unearthed by the tabloid.

The past six months of auditions only served to reinforce Trebek’s subtle mastery behind the lectern, and illustrate the big shoes the next host will have to fill.“Jeopardy!” officially selected a new permanent host – two new hosts to be exact. The show’s current executive producer, Mike Richards, will take over as host of the daily syndicated program and actress Mayim Bialik of “Big Bang Theory” will host “Jeopardy!” primetime and spinoff series.As one might expect given the long, drawn-out search, fans of other hosting candidates immediately responded on social media with snap reactions. Some questioned why “Jeopardy!” selected a...

The Taliban fighters we meet are stationed just 30 minutes from one of Afghanistan's largest cities, Mazar-i-Sharif. The "ghanimat" or spoils of war they're showing off include a Humvee, two pick-up vans and a host of powerful machine guns. Ainuddin, a stony-faced former madrassa (religious school) student who's now a local military commander, stands at the centre of a heavily-armed crowd. The insurgents have been capturing new territory on what seems like a daily basis as international troops have all but withdrawn. Caught in the middle is a terrified population. Tens of thousands of ordinary Afghans have had to flee...

After weeks of celebrity tryouts, leaks and heated speculation by game show fans, current executive producer Mike Richards and actor Mayim Bialik have been named permanent co-hosts of Jeopardy!, marking the first time two people will host one of television's most popular game shows. Richards will host the daily syndicated program, while Bialik hosts the primetime series and new spinoffs. The announcement was first reported by The Daily Beast. Widely circulated reports that Richard was first in line for the job provoked immediate backlash online. Critics described the choice as unadventurous and pointed to a lawsuit alleging toxic behavior in...

Disgraced outgoing Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s stain is even affecting the legacy of his late father, three-term Gov. Mario Cuomo. Some Democrats are entertaining a push to remove Mario Cuomo’s name from the new $4 billion Hudson River crossing in Rockland/Westchester — an idea unthinkable just months ago. It would be renamed with its original moniker — the Tappan Zee Bridge. Queens Assemblywoman Jessica Gonzalez-Rojas, a Democratic socialist, has signed on as a co-sponsor of the bill to rename the bridge.

U.S. Muslims are two times more likely to have attempted suicide compared with other religious groups, according to a study published last month in JAMA Psychiatry. Nearly 8% of Muslims in the survey reported a suicide attempt in their lifetime compared with 6% of Catholics, 5% of Protestants and 3.6% of Jewish respondents. "Anecdotally and in clinical settings, we're definitely seeing an uptick in suicides and suicide attempts," At the heart of these numbers are several issues Researchers attribute the high suicide attempt rate to two factors: religious discrimination and community stigma — both of which, they say, prevent Muslim...

President Joe Biden’s administration is attempting to block China’s efforts to establish a military base in the Middle East by warning regional powers that such a partnership with Beijing would jeopardize their security relationship with the United States. “There are certain categories of cooperation with the PRC that we cannot live with,” the State Department’s Mira Resnick, a deputy assistant secretary in the bureau of political-military affairs, told a Senate Foreign Relations subcommittee. “And we have made that clear.” Sen. Chris Murphy, the Connecticut Democrat who chaired the hearing, prompted that answer by emphasizing the paradox of Middle East governments...

China, dems and rino, plus other world leaders want Trump gone They plan to work together to steal the election via internet connected voting machines and useful democrats who will add/rerun ballots/remove destroy Trump ballots China also puts conditions on it because they want taiwain and south china sea area - you must weaken your people and create diversion/stall so it wont be discovered before its too late to do our plans they release bioweapon 1 thats been funded by fauci late 202 and it picksmup steam originally trump bashed for shutting down china flights as racist by democrats, who...

The GOP groups of two Wyoming counties have both voted to no longer recognize Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) as a member of the Republican Party, the latest moves against the congresswoman months after she voted to impeach former President Trump. Martin Kimmet, the chairman of the Park County Republicans, wrote in a Thursday letter to Cheney, “You will no longer be recognized as the official Republican Congressional Representative by the Park County Republican Party,” according to the Casper Star-Tribune. The Carbon County Republicans followed this move by voting unanimously to back a formal resolution denouncing Cheney. Carbon County GOP Chairman...

KANSAS CITY — The Yankees yet again have been impacted by coronavirus, as right-hander Clay Holmes was added to the COVID IL on Wednesday. Holmes reported symptoms and the team was awaiting test results. Brooks Kriske was activated to take his place on the roster before Wednesday’s game against the Royals at Kauffman Stadium. The Yankees already are without Anthony Rizzo, Gary Sanchez, Gerrit Cole and Jordan Montgomery, who were part of the team’s most recent outbreak. Asked Tuesday about the team’s troubles with COVID, which has now sidelined 12 players over the course of the season, Zack Britton said...

In an unusual occurrence, Pope Francis made an unknown phone call at the end of his weekly general audience on Wednesday. A livestream video of the Aug. 11 audience in the Vatican’s Pope Paul VI Hall showed the pope giving his apostolic blessing, then being approached by one of his assistants. The two could be seen speaking together for a moment before Pope Francis was handed a cellphone which he put to his ear. According to people present in the hall, the pope spoke on the phone for around two minutes, then gestured to the crowd that he would return...