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Exclusive: Samples From Early Wuhan COVID Patients Had Genetically Modified Henipah, One of Two Types of Viruses Sent From Canadian LabSamples from early Wuhan COVID-19 patients show the presence of genetically modified Henipah virus, an American scientist has found. Henipah was one of the two types of viruses sent to China by Chinese-born scientists from a Canadian laboratory at the centre of a controversy over the firing of the scientists and collaboration with Chinese military researchers. It is not clear whether the virus found in the Chinese samples is related to the virus samples sent by the Canadian lab, which...

A man who committed two robberies aboard CTA trains was arrested after police learned that he used his real name and home address to order a ski mask with one of the victims’ Amazon accounts during July, prosecutors said.Kywan Lee, 19, was ordered held without bail during a bond court hearing Tuesday.Around 8:35 p.m. on July 12, Lee sat down next to a man on a Blue Line train near the UIC-Halsted station and said he had a gun, Assistant State’s Attorney Darryl Auguste said.Lee then ordered the victim to hand over his belongings. After getting the man’s iPhone, AirPods,...

[Catholic Caucus] The "Roman Rite" of the Costa Rica Bishops (Video)The Costa Rica bishops were among the first to “forbid” the Roman Mass after Traditionis Custodes. The video down below shows what they “allow” in their churches.The liturgical clown in the video is Father Sergio Valverde Espinoza of Cristo Rey del Universo Parish in San José. He is an example of what the Costa Rica bishops consider a legitimate expression of their “Roman Rite.”(Click on article link to view video)

A conservative watchdog group on Friday filed ethics complaints against three Democratic congresswomen, saying they failed to properly disclose their financial transactions. The Foundation for Accountability and Civic Trust said Reps. Kathy Castor of Florida, Lori Trahan of Massachusetts and Debbie Wasserman Schultz of Florida violated federal law and House ethics rules that require reports within 45 days of financial transactions exceeding $1,000. The group lodged the complaints with the House of Representatives’ Office of Congressional Ethics.

Abortion activists are trying to indoctrinate younger and younger children with the notion that aborting an unborn baby is ok.Along with celebrity endorsements, entertainment and social media, they are creating children’s books that deceive impressionable young minds with claims about abortion being “normal” and notions that pregnancy does not involve an actual baby.Two “abortion doulas” recently (published a children’s book about abortion). Now, a mother-daughter team plan to do the same.

New York Governor Kathy Hochul revealed 12,000 more people died of COVID-19 than was reported under her disgraced predecessor, making good on her promise for greater transparency on just her second day leading the state.The state is now reporting a total of 55,400 people died in New York from coronavirusThat's an increase of 12,000 over the 43,400 reported https://www.governor.ny.gov/news/governor-cuomo-updates-new-yorkers-states-progress-during-covid-19-pandemic-229 by Andrew Cuomo as of his last day in office before resigning in disgrace amid a sexual harassment scandal."We're using CDC numbers, which will be consistent. And so there's no opportunity for us to mask those numbers," Hochul told National Public...

Concerns about security around Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul have increased based on "a very specific threat stream" from ISIS-K about planned attacks against crowds outside the airport, a US defense official has told CNN. The US believes ISIS-K, which is a sworn enemy of the Taliban, wants to create mayhem at the airport and has intelligence streams suggesting it is capable and planning to carry out multiple attacks, according to the official. The US Embassy in Kabul advised US citizens at a number of gates at the airport to "leave immediately," noting "security threats outside the gates." ......

Event: Because of security threats outside the gates of 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 to do so. U.S. citizens who are at the Abbey Gate, East Gate, or North Gate now should leave immediately.

Sirhan B. Sirhan, convicted of the 1968 assassination of Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, will face a California parole board for the 16th time Friday in a prison outside San Diego. But unlike the first 15 times, no prosecutor will stand to oppose the release of Sirhan, who is now 77. Sirhan was arrested at the scene of Kennedy’s shooting in Los Angeles on June 5, 1968, convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to death for the slaying of a U.S. senator who appeared headed for the Democratic presidential nomination. *** When California abolished the death penalty, Sirhan’s sentence was reduced...

The head of Dominion Voting Systems, John Poulos, revealed he broke down in tears as he watched Rudy Giuliani's infamous 'sweaty' press conference, where the former mayor of New York accused the company of rigging the 2020 election. As a bead of sweat mixed with hair dye dripped down his face, Giuliani, working as a personal attorney for former President Trump, said in the November 2020 news conference that Dominion 'specializes in voter fraud.' Oh, my God!' Poulos screamed as he heard the accusations, according to an interview he gave to the New York Times Magazine. 'I can't believe what's...

A “cohort” of Republican and Democrat House members reportedly intend to help extract evacuees from Afghanistan. “Multiple sources tell Fox that there is a cohort of House members, from both sides of the aisle, who are either trying to go to Afghanistan or intend to go to Afghanistan to help evacuate people,” a Fox reporter tweeted. “This comes despite an urging by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) not to do so,” he added. Pelosi issued a statement to that effect Tuesday: Member travel to the Afghanistan and the surrounding countries would unnecessarily divert needed resources from the priority mission of...

“Biden just can’t say anything bad about the Taliban,” he remarked. “It almost seems like he really is afraid of them, and he believes he has no leverage. He forgets he has the entire might the U.S. military at his disposal if the Taliban screw with us, and he just refuses to acknowledge that fact.” He concluded, “This has been a longstanding issue with Biden. The Democrats’ foreign policy in a lot of ways, which is … is the policy of appeasement, a policy of, ‘We’ve just got to treat them like they’re our peers and be nice to them,...

KOCO reported Tuesday the suspect, a 22-year-old male, allegedly pulled a gun on a 36-year-old man with intent to commit a robbery just before 10 p.m.KFOR notes the 36-year-old man and his wife were in a parking lot when the suspect allegedly approached. The 36-year-old husband pulled his own gun and shot the suspect multiple times.The suspect died from his wounds.FOX 25 reports the armed husband and his wife remained on scene and “cooperated with police.”Oklahoma is one of 21 states with constitutional carry, which means law-abiding citizens are able to carry a handgun on their persons for self-defense without...

Explanation: Does a ball drop faster on Earth, Jupiter, or Uranus? The featured animation shows a ball dropping from one kilometer high toward the surfaces of famous solar system bodies, assuming no air resistance. The force of gravity depends on the mass of the attracting object, with higher masses pulling down with greater forces. But gravitational force also depends on distance from the center of gravity, with shorter distances causing the ball to drop faster. Combining both mass and distance, it might be surprising to see that Uranus pulls the ball down slightly slower than Earth, despite containing over 14...

ransomnote: Please pray that God would bless and protect Alex Berenson for spreading the truth and share his work everywhere. [H/T Cathi, Grey_whiskers] Alex Berenson @AlexBerenson·1h 1/ Wow. New Israeli preprint shows natural immunity to #SARSCoV2 is FAR superior to the artificial kind - vaccinated people were 13x as likely to be infected and 27x to have symptomatic infections as a matched cohort that was previously infected. And this is with Delta dominant. Alex Berenson@AlexBerenson·2h 2/ The paper also shows that offering previously infected people one dose slightly reduced their infection risk (though not enough to outweigh side effects,...

Genome sequencing has given rise to a new generation of genetically engineered bioweapons carrying the potential to change the nature of modern warfare and defense. Introduction Biological weapons are designed to spread disease among people, plants, and animals through the introduction of toxins and microorganisms such as viruses and bacteria. The method through which a biological weapon is deployed depends on the agent itself, its preparation, its durability, and the route of infection. Attackers may disperse these agents through aerosols or food and water supplies (1). Although bioweapons have been used in war for many centuries, a recent surge in...

A 25-year-old Michigan man on Wednesday was sentenced to 75 months in prison, three years of probation and a $2,500 fine in the Governor Whitmer kidnapping plot. Ty Garbin was the only one out of a dozen men facing federal and state charges in the Whitmer plot who pleaded guilty. ..... Snip..... In October 2020, the FBI announced during a press conference that it thwarted a plot by a so-called “right-wing militia” to kidnap and kill Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer and overthrow the state government. The Whitmer kidnapping plot was in the media 24/7 and used to bludgeon Trump with...

The Supreme Court‘s ruling this week reviving a Trump-era border policy sent shock waves through the immigration debate, signaling that the justices will present major hurdles for President Biden as he tries to impose his more relaxed approach to immigration enforcement. Stephen Miller, an architect of President Trump‘s immigration agenda, had been anxiously awaiting the court‘s first encounter with a Biden policy. “My greatest fear was that we would wake up in a world in which all of the precedents that were built up over the last four years to enjoin President Trump‘s lawful actions would be suddenly forgotten when...

Meat wars: why Biden wants to break up the powerful US beef industry Both the planet and US politics have heated up in tandem over recent decades, but few sectors have stewed in controversy quite like America’s beef industry. Four super-powered meatpackers control more than 80% of the US beef market, an extraordinary concentration of market power that the Biden administration is not happy about. A recent executive action signed by the president aims to increase competition in the beef industry, with the White House noting that, over the past five years, “farmers’ share of the price of beef sales...

The Fall of Afghanistan and the Resurgence of Radical IslamAs I write this, the news is full of reports that Kabul has fallen to the Taliban, that the president of Afghanistan has fled, and that the new government will be named the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan. Meanwhile, it’s being reported that the U.S. Embassy has been evacuated, but it’s not yet clear if embassy staff have been able to leave the country.Up until yesterday [Aug. 15, 2020], many in the Biden administration were saying that none of this would happen, or — if it did happen — it wouldn’t happen...