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Kyle Dishman can't afford to shop at the local grocery store anymore. Instead he goes to Dollar General, where he can make $40 stretch into a week's worth of groceries and the occasional can of motor oil for his Chrysler 300. He sticks with pasta, frozen pizza and canned vegetables, fully aware that "any food you can buy for only $1 is not the greatest for you." But Dishman says prices have gone up so much that he's started rationing his food. "When you only have a certain amount to spend, it's like, why not just go to the dollar...

Stephanopoulos released the full transcript of his interview with Joe Biden and it appears the network edited out portions that made Joe Biden look completely incoherent. Advertisement - story continues below Tucker Carlson blasted the network for covering for Joe Biden. “ABC News appears to have chosen to edit out portions that made Joe Biden look, how to put it, not Presidential, incoherent, confused,” Tucker said. Tucker Carlson read a portion of the transcript where Joe Biden was confused about his own son Beau. "Look, that’s like askin’ my deceased son Beau, who spent six months in Kosovo and a...

On April 29, 1975, Nguyen did something that could have been ripped from the script of a “Mission Impossible” movie. He was fleeing from the North Vietnamese army with his wife and their three young children as communist soldiers crashed the gates of Saigon “We couldn’t figure out how he did it; he was a Houdini,”. “Unless somebody shoots at us, we ain’t shooting,” Jacobs told his crew. He radioed the Kirk that he would hover just above the deck. Then he would order his wife and three children to take their chances by jumping out of the helicopter, into...

Some Jamaicans are beginning to actively demand the removal of the rainbow “pride flag” from the US Embassy in Kingston. A TV news report out of the Caribbean island nation features interviews with protesters who object to the flag as a symbol of cultural imperialism, specifically as a hostility to Christianity and the Jamaican way of life. “You have to understand what that multicolored flag represents,” said a spokeswoman for the Jamaica Coalition for a Healthy Society. “It represents normalizing perverse sexual behaviors and lifestyle choices, behaviors and lifestyles that lead to disease and death. Our Christian duty is to...

Taliban fighters allegedly set a woman on fire for "bad cooking," as other women in Afghanistan go into hiding and reportedly being forced into sex slavery. "They are forcing people to give them food and cook them food. A woman was put on fire because she was accused of bad cooking for Taliban fighters," activist and former Afghan judge Najla Ayoubi told Sky News. Ayoubi fled the country when the Taliban began taking more control of Afghanistan, and said she has since received multiple reports of violence against women. She added that she has also heard many female activists are...

The FBI’s investigation of the January 6 riot at the Capitol concludes that “it was neither an insurrection nor a coup attempt. There is no evidence that anyone organized the incursion. The absence of firearms among the riot participants negates the theory that this was a planned coup. Coups and insurrections are typically better organized. The insurgents bring guns, take hostages, and seize control of important government agencies. That didn’t happen. In fact, the only persons carrying and deploying firearms were the Capitol Police.” These findings sparked bipartisan outrage. Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill) complained “the FBI has neglected to do...

Ok, kinda funny. But if it works, it works. Link only - https://www.forbes.com/sites/brucelee/2021/08/21/more-mississippians-using-ivermectin-for-livestock-against-covid-19-then-calling-poison-control/?sh=125ee64f50fa

How long will it be until China, sensing Biden's obvious weakness, makes their move to annex Taiwan?

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) has updated its cruise ship travel notice for travelers at high for COVID to avoid all cruise ship travel. The update impacts all U.S. cruise operations. CDC Updates Cruise Travel Notice The CDC updated its cruise travel notice on August 20, which impacts travelers who are more at risk of catching severe illness regardless of vaccination status. The summer says, “People with an increased risk of severe illness should also avoid travel on cruise ships, including river cruises, regardless of vaccination status.” Those under the increased risk of severe illness from COVID include...

A group of Taliban fighters released a collection of propaganda footage this past week including a photo appearing to mock the famed World War II picture of soldiers raising the American flag on Iwo Jima. In the original 1945 photograph, a group of six Marines are depicted hosting the flag on Mount Suribachi. The Taliban's Badri 313 Battalion recreated the image this week.

New studies conclude that vitamin D can reduce your risk of developing COVID-19 as well as decrease the severity of the illness. Experts say vitamin D boosts the immune system, which can help fight off ailments such as COVID-19. The best way to get vitamin D is through sunshine and healthy meals, but supplements can also be used. All data and statistics are based on publicly available data at the time of publication. Some information may be out of date. Visit our coronavirus hub and follow our live updates page for the most recent information on the COVID-19 pandemic. Vitamin...

For most of the past week, in the fires of the worst foreign policy crisis of his young administration, the president who won the White House on a promise of competence and compassion has had trouble demonstrating much of either. The chaos in Kabul and his own conflicting messages have left Joe Biden struggling to assert command over world events and seemingly more intent on washing his hands of Afghanistan than expressing concern over the humanitarian tragedy unfolding on the ground. The tumultuous endgame of Biden’s withdrawal has undercut some of the most fundamental premises of Biden’s presidency — that...

U.S. FDA @US_FDA You are not a horse. You are not a cow. Seriously, y'all. Stop it. https://www.fda.gov/consumers/consumer-updates/why-you-should-not-use-ivermectin-treat-or-prevent-covid-19

"The Biden Administration's objective is always optics." "Now...they're trying to keep the optics that this is not a combat mission. It's the optics that are going to put people in further danger. "

The White House confirmed that the U.S military used three military helicopters to rescue 169 Americans outside Kabul Airport who were trapped at a nearby hotel. Pentagon spokesman John Kirby confirmed that on Thursday three U.S. CH-47 Chinook helicopters were dispatched to rescue Americans at the nearby Baron Hotel, near Hamid Karzai International Airport. The group of Americans were initially going to walk through the gate of the hotel but a large crowd gathered in front of the hotel and it wasn't deemed safe, defenseone.com reported. Further details on the nature of the crowd - and whether it was comprised...

Grand Rapids, Michigan — General Motors is recalling all Chevrolet Bolt electric vehicles sold worldwide to fix a battery problem that could cause fires, expanding a previous recall. The company last month told owners of 2017-2019 model year vehicles to park outdoors and not charge them overnight after two vehicles repaired in the earlier recall caught fire. The recall and others raise questions about lithium ion batteries, which now are used in nearly all electric vehicles. Ford, BMW and Hyundai all have recalled batteries recently. President Joe Biden will need electric vehicles to reach a goal of cutting greenhouse gas...

More than 250 Australian residents were apprehended by police Saturday amid the country's anti-lockdown protests. People across several Australian cities defied the coronavirus stay at home orders and were arrested following altercations with police officers. At least cops endured injuries from the protests and Melbourne saw the most violent demonstrations, according to the Associated Press. More than 4,000 people protested the COVID measures in Melbourne while police released pepper spray into the crowds to stop demonstrators from crossing police lines. Police said in a statement that they had no choice but to unleash the pepper spray as altercations hospitalized six...

President Joe Biden will not spend the weekend at his home in Delaware after the situation in Afghanistan continues to devolve with Americans warned not to travel to Kabul airport. -snip- The White House did not provide a reason as to why the trip was cancelled nor did it indicate whether the president planned to travel on Sunday. -snip- 'Because of potential security threats outside the gates at the Kabul airport, we are advising U.S. citizens to avoid traveling to the airport and to avoid airport gates at this time unless you receive individual instructions from a U.S. government representative...

“Maybe it is true that there was no grand conspiracy to send armed militias to disrupt the election certification. But that just means Donald Trump is even more responsible for everything that happened that day—and since,” says Mehdi Hasan.

Forest Service News Release Dixie Fire Update for Saturday, August 21, 2021 714,219 Acres 36% Containment 5,670 Total Personnel