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A long-awaited study addressing the role of ivermectin in the battle against SARS-CoV-2 has just been published in the peer-reviewed American Journal of Therapeutics.According to the study’s abstract, Dr. Tess Lawrie (MBBCh, PhD), a medicinal evidence expert, and her team “assessed the efficacy of ivermectin treatment in reducing mortality, in secondary outcomes, and in chemoprophylaxis, among people with, or at high risk of, COVID-19 infection.”**IVERMECTIN NEWS**We cannot emphasize enough the global significance of this newly published paper.It provides the highest possible systematic review and meta-analysis for #ivermectin that leaves NO doubt whatsoever that IVM’s global adoption must be immediately implemented....

Built and trained at a two-decade cost of $83 billion, Afghan security forces collapsed so quickly and completely — in some cases without a shot fired — that the ultimate beneficiary of the American investment turns out to be the Taliban.

The utterly nauseating and unnecessary abandonment of Afghanistan to its fate recalls a similar humiliation at the hands of Islamist radicals in the Jimmy Carter administration. President Biden’s profligate spending policies are unleashing inflation that is sparking voter distrust so noticeable that even NPR is sounding the alarm. He is begging OPEC to come up with more oil while interfering with US production. He announced barely a month ago, with great confidence, “The Taliban is not the South — the North Vietnamese army. They’re not — they’re not remotely comparable in terms of capability. “There’s going to be no circumstance...

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Strategic incompetence in the fall of AfghanistanLike many Afghan war veterans, I have watched the rapid Taliban seizure of Afghanistan with much deep emotion. I left my wife and three young children for a 15-month combat mobilization as an infantry officer adviser to Afghan National Security forces fighting the Taliban. I was fully prepared to give my life, as were the other veterans who served there. Some did not return, and many returned with wounds seen and unseen. During my time there primarily as the senior United States military adviser to Helmand Province, many of our Afghan allies were killed...

Two days after sweeping into Kabul, the Taliban — known for barbaric acts across Afghanistan — on Tuesday declared an “amnesty” and urged women to join their government in an attempt by the insurgents to lure women into politics while posing as more moderate than that of their brutal predecessors. But many Afghans remain skeptical, with older generations recalling the Taliban’s Islamist rule, which included severe restrictions on women as well as amputations and public executions before they were ousted by the US-led invasion after 9/11. Many residents have stayed home since the Taliban seized Kabul and remain fearful after...

WASHINGTON, Aug. 16, 1861. By the President of the United States of America: Whereas, On the 15th day of April, the President of the United States, in view of an insurrection against the laws, Constitution and the Government of the United States, which had broken out within the States of South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Florida, Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas, and in pursuance of the provisions of the act entitled an act to provide for calling forth the militia to execute the laws of the Union, suppress insurrections and repel invasions, and to repeal the act now in force for that...

Tut, a centuries-old forgotten language used by enslaved Black people, has found its way to social media. In Tut, every letter in the English alphabet becomes a distinct sound. Tut, according to McIlwain's website, may have originated from the word "talk." It’s also been referred to as “Tutnese” and “King Tut.” For a number of African Americans, learning Tut has built a connection to their ancestors and community. However, with the resurgence of Tut, some say the language should remain underground. When a user on Facebook shared the Tut alphabet, commenters called for the post to be taken down. “This...

White House press secretary Jen Psaki interrupted her vacation this week to address President Joe Biden’s Afghanistan disaster. Psaki will brief reporters on Tuesday afternoon, according to the White House schedule. Psaki was previously expected to take a week off for vacation, according to an auto-reply notice from her email account informing reporters she would be on vacation between August 15th through the 22nd. She was reportedly back at the White House on Monday, as Biden addressed reporters about the humanitarian disaster unfolding in Afghanistan.

Like many Trump supporters who agreed with President Trump’s decision to withdraw U.S. troops from Afghanistan, I knew it was possible this could result in the Taliban seizing control of the country. However, I was confident the Trump administration would avoid or at least postpone this horrible outcome because it would implement an orderly withdrawal in full cooperation with the Afghan government and military. Instead of an orderly withdrawal, President Biden ordered a sudden pullout of U.S. troops without a plan or any preparation. Biden blindsided the Afghan government, the Afghan military and America’s allies. The implications of Biden’s national...

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Fewer than one-third of voters casting ballots in last year’s U.S. presidential election did so at a polling place on Election Day as the coronavirus pandemic led states to greatly expand mail-in balloting and early voting, according to a federal report released Monday. The report by the U.S. Election Assistance Commission captures just how much the electorate embraced non-traditional voting methods despite repeated attempts by former President Donald Trump to undermine mail voting. While voting by mail has been on the rise in recent years, the 2020 election marked a major shift in the way people cast ballots, at least...

Joe Biden is a one-man trainwreck. He is a chronic pathological liar and now he's an old frail chronic pathological liar. This video has stuck with me for more then 30 years. Three lies in but a few seconds. https://youtu.be/D1j0FS0Z6hoThere is a reason former SecDef Bob Gates said“[Biden] has been wrong on nearly every major foreign policy and national security issue over the past 4 decades.” Now his mendacity is putting the United States into grave danger. Afghanistan has collapsed and he alone is to blame. Trump had wound down the military presence to about 2500 troops but the Taliban...

Watched this on Fox and Friends this morning.

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/08/16/washpost-80000-afghans-want-u-s-green-cards-citizenship/

Top health officials in the Biden administration are coalescing around an agreement that most Americans should get Covid booster shots eight months after becoming fully vaccinated, two sources familiar with the discussions tell CNN. The plan, which is still being developed, would involve administering third shots beginning in mid- to late September, one source added, pending authorization from the US Food and Drug Administration. Pfizer and BioNTech said Monday that the companies have submitted initial data to the FDA to support the use of booster doses for their Covid-19 vaccines. Given that health care workers and nursing home patients were...

There has been a USAF Boeing RC135W Stratotanker circling the Kabul airport for hours, indicating outgoing aircraft need to fuel while flying out of Kabul. About 45 minutes ago, a Qatar Air Force KC135 apparently heading for Kabul turned around, perhaps indicating problems at the Kabul airport. Live flight tracking at link.

European allies had hoped Joe Biden’s election to the US presidency would bolster Nato’s relevance after Donald Trump’s acrimonious years. Washington’s messy withdrawal from Afghanistan is prompting a rethink. After the fall of Kabul, EU defence and security officials have been strikingly critical of the US decision to send home its troops, arguing it has weakened Nato and raised questions about Europe’s security dependence on Washington. Their reaction marks a bitter end to the alliance’s longest-running mission, which shifted over two decades from combat to a training programme involving 10,000 personnel from 36 countries by the time it ended. “This...

Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev on Tuesday said that he believes that NATO and the United States had no chance of garnering success from entering Afghanistan. Gorbachev, who previously oversaw the withdrawal of Soviet forces from Afghanistan in 1989, said that while he now regards Soviet presence in Afghanistan as a mistake, Americans and NATO have mishandled their campaign in the country as well. "They should have admitted failure earlier," Gorbachev, 90, told RIA. "The important thing now is to draw the lessons from what happened and make sure that similar mistakes are not repeated."

The Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) on Tuesday launched joint live-fire assault drills in multiple locations off the coast of Taiwan. This is just what Jack Posobiec and The War Room said would happen next. China is emboldened with US weakness in the region, the historic collapse of Afghanistan, and the frail puppet installed in Washington DC. #BREAKING: #PLA Eastern Theater Command on Tue dispatched warships, ASW aircraft and fighter jets for joint live-fire assault drills in SW, SE areas off the island of Taiwan as response to recent moves by the US and Taiwan secessionists: spokesperson https://t.co/2lTfSmxxhW pic.twitter.com/dclmjwnlFM —...