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Obama's super-spreader birthday bash may have ruined the fall party scene in our nation's capital

FDA is pushing to approve Pfizer-BioNTech’s two-dose Covid-19 vaccine Monday, further expediting earlier timeline for licensing shots, according to people familiar with the agency’s planning. Regulators working to finish process by Friday but were still working through substantial paperwork and negotiation with the company. People familiar with planning, who weren't authorized to speak publicly about it, cautioned that the approval might slide beyond Monday if some components of the review need more time. An F.D.A. spokeswoman declined comment. The agency had recently set an unofficial deadline for approval around Labor Day. The approval expected to pave the way for series...

Transparency advocates have criticized the US Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) decision not to hold a formal advisory committee meeting to discuss Pfizer’s application for full approval of its covid-19 vaccine. Last year the FDA said it was “committed to use an advisory committee composed of independent experts to ensure deliberations about authorization or licensure are transparent for the public.”1 But in a statement, the FDA told The BMJ that it did not believe a meeting was necessary ahead of the expected granting of full approval. “The FDA has held numerous meetings of its Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory...

A 13-year-old Michigan boy died in his sleep three days after receiving the coronavirus vaccine in June and the Centers for Disease Control has opened an investigation into the death, a report said on Sunday. Jacob Clynick — who was preparing to enter high school in the fall — received his second dose of the Pfizer vaccine at a Walgreens in Zilwaukee, Mich. on June 13, his aunt told the Detroit Free Press. Jacob was healthy and had no underlying health conditions. In the two days following the second jab, the only side effects he had experienced were the same...

Security fencing around the Minnesota Capitol is going back up. The Minnesota Department of Public Safety confirmed to 5 EYEWITNESS NEWS that the fencing is going back up after the Minnesota State Patrol requested it out of an abundance of caution due to several events planned next week. According to Bruce Gordon, the director of communications for DPS, the increased fencing is supposed to help troopers protect the property and people without interfering with peaceful gatherings at the Capitol. DPS added that there will be an increased security presence at the Capitol next week to ensure safety at the events,...

President Biden is once again scheduled to head home to Delaware Saturday, as thousands of Americans and Afghan allies remain stranded in Afghanistan following the Taliban’s takeover last weekend. The White House announced that Biden would leave for Wilmington around midday

Join with fellow FREEPERS to pray for Those in Authority and AMERICA: Healthcare, Government, Family, Military, Business, Farmers, Sanctity of Life, Education, Internet Warriors, Churches, and the Media.This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. 1 JOHN 5:14Religion Forum Threads labeled [Prayer] are closed to debate of any kind.

Ibn Khaldun, one of the best known Tunisian historiographer and one of the leading Islamic Philosopher in 15th century summarized very well in his book Al-Muqaddimah the fallacy of the Arab Golden Age:“It is noteworthy how civilization always collapsed in places the Arabs took over and conquered, and how such settlements were depopulated and the (very) earth there turned into something that was no (longer) earth. The Yemen where (the Arabs) live is in ruins, except for a few cities. Persian civilization in the Arab 'Iraq is likewise completely ruined. The same applies to contemporary Syria. When the Banu Hilal...

When Mike Burton came down with a breakthrough case of covid-19 earlier this month, the infection posed a double threat to his family. At 73, the retired surgeon faced elevated risk of serious illness. His wife, Linda, has a suppressed immune system, the result of drugs she takes after two liver transplants that put her in greater danger of life-threatening illness. The Burtons, both vaccinated, moved to separate parts of their Mt. Sterling, Ky., home, masked up and hoped for the best. Then a friend called and insisted they ask their doctors about monoclonal antibodies - an effective, widely available...

The renowned French scientist and virologist Didier Raoult -- who promoted the hydroxychloroquine drug -- could lose his post as head of Marseille's infectious diseases institute after the head of the city’s hospital system said it was time to find a successor. Didier Raoult promoted the anti-malaria drug hydroxychloroquine as a cheap treatment for Covid-19 at a time when the method was also being advocated without evidence by former US president Donald Trump and his Brazilian counterpart Jair Bolsonaro.Several studies, including one by the World Health Organization, have found hydroxychloroquine ineffective in treating Covid-19.France banned use of the drug...

Mississippi health officials are warning people not to take animal drugs to protect them from getting COVID-19. "The Mississippi Poison Control Center has received increased calls due to livestock or animal formulations of ivermectin taken to prevent or treat COVID-19 infection. Animal drugs are highly concentrated for large animals and can be highly toxic in humans. Do NOT take drugs made for animals in any form," the Mississippi State Department of Health said on social media Friday. State Health Officer Dr. Thomas Dobbs was asked during a Wednesday briefing about reports of people becoming ill after ingesting the drugs, which...

South Carolina Republican Pressley Stutts died of pneumonia, kidney failure and blood clots after a month in the hospital with COVID-19 Stutts had been on the ventilator for a week before his death Thursday The US Navy veteran led a group loyal to former President Donald Trump to force resignation of several Greenville County GOP leaders Stutts previously met Trump and attended January 6 demonstration in DC Stutts was vocal opponent of vaccination and mask mandates ...Pressley Stutts succumbed to the illness at Spartanburg Regional Hospital on Thursday, a week after being put on the ventilator, according to party leaders...

Democratic officials in Arizona are sweating over the upcoming results of the 2020 election audit, and have launched a pair of preemptive strikes against a report that could come as soon as next week according to Politico.In a Thursday rebuttal, Secretary of State Katie Hobbs (D) tried to poke as many holes as possible in the audit - while also trying to reassure people that ballot equipment was tested before and after the election.Hobbs called the GOP Senate-led effort "secretive and disorganized," and claimed that they routinely failed to follow best practices for an audit."All credible audits are characterized by...

Spotting Jupiter is a breeze this week for the naked eye as it reaches its biggest and brightest moment in the night sky. Telescope-hunters will also get a treat looking for moons and atmospheric bands. The gas giant planet will be at opposition today (Aug. 19), meaning it is directly opposite the sun in Earth's sky. Jupiter also makes its closest approach of the year to Earth during opposition. The planet will appear at magnitude -2.9, well within naked-eye range and outshining any star in Earth's sky except, of course, for the sun. To spot Jupiter, look to the left...

Even as China’s markets wobble, they will view The Afghan Skedaddle as an opportunity to pressure the US. “When I have learnt what progress has been made in modern gunnery, when I know more of tactics than a novice in a nunnery, and when I’ve a smattering of elemental strategy, I am the very model of a modern Major-General.”China’s markets are under pressure from the widening Chinese Communist Party’s regulatory crackdown – which is likely as much about imposing party discipline and control as much as it was ever about consumer protection. But as investors fret about crashing China stocks,...

Osama bin Laden banned al Qaeda from assassinating Joe Biden because the Democrat would become an incompetent president and 'lead the US into a crisis' if jihadists were successful in killing Barack Obama. Bin Laden made the remark in a 2010 letter that was found in a trove of documents at the Pakistan compound where he was killed by US special forces in 2011. The document was first made public in 2012 but has been brought back to light and given new significance amid the chaotic US withdrawal from Afghanistan that has gifted the country back to the Taliban.

Batten down the hatches! Head for harbor. Dangerous storm surge and hurricane conditions expected to begin Saturday night and Sunday, in portions of Long Island, Connecticut, Rhode Island and Southeastern Massachusetts.

Chinese bad-debt assets management company Huarong just showed the world how the Beijing authorities save troubled state-run companies that it deems too big to fail.China’s top distressed assets manager, state-owned China Huarong Asset Management Co., said on Aug. 19 that five state-owned financial institutions would invest in it after the company announced a net loss in 2020 of 102.9 billion yuan ($15.84 billion) late Wednesday.In the same announcement, the Beijing-based company listed its debt-to-assets ratio as 90.3 percent at the end of June 2020, with total assets valued at 1.73 trillion yuan ($266.6 billion) and total debt at 1.56 trillion...

With the fall semester fast approaching, most Vermont colleges say they expect the vast majority of their students to be vaccinated against Covid-19, which experts say is particularly important in congregate living situations like dorms.Still, colleges that require Covid-19 vaccinations grant exemptions on medical and religious grounds. And rates of exemption vary widely across Vermont campuses — up to a high of 9% of students at Norwich University who have been allowed to forgo vaccinations — raising concerns about controlling spread in a college setting.The goal for colleges should be “as close to 100% [vaccination] as possible,” said Anne Sosin,...

A January 6th protester is facing the possibility of sitting behind bars once again after he violated the conditions of his pre-trial release by reading news and watching conservative videos on Rumble. Douglas Jensen was one of the first unfortunate citizens who was arrested in the Jan. 6th witch hunt. He was stripped of his rights and thrown into jail on January 8th. He was charged with a seven-count indictment and multiple felonies despite causing no harm or damage. His biggest mistake was having a pocketknife on him when he was inside, which predictably caused these bloodthirsty radicals to gleefully...