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The Social Security trust fund for retirement and survivors benefits is estimated to have its reserves depleted in 2033, one year earlier than previously projected, according to the trustees’ report released Tuesday. At the time of depletion, income flowing to the trust fund would be enough to pay 76 percent of scheduled benefits, the report said. Senior administration officials said on a call with reporters that the earlier projected depletion date was due to the coronavirus-related economic downturn, particularly a near-term decline in revenue.

On Tuesday afternoon, Joe Biden tried to “turn the page” from a month of chaos and death in Afghanistan and, more broadly, from 20 years of ultimately futile US attempts at occupation and nation-building. He spoke of the “extraordinary success” of the US evacuation mission over the past few weeks, with more than a hundred thousand Americans and Afghans airlifted out under extreme duress. At times he seemed defensive, noting that Americans were warned 19 times to exit Afghanistan before the August US military withdrawal. He accused Afghan leaders, allies on whom the US had depended, of “corruption and malfeasance”....

Following the rollout of COVID-19 vaccines, concerns quickly arose over whether they could increase the chances of deadly blood clotting events. Now, a huge study involving over 29 million people has found a slight increase in the risk of blood clots following both the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine and the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine – but that the risk of these events is far greater following infection with COVID-19. The study involved the patient data of over 29 million people between December 2020 and April 2021. The data was analyzed and compared based on the vaccine they received, whether they had COVID-19, and whether...

The pace of flights bringing Afghanistan evacuees to Philadelphia has dramatically accelerated, more than doubling the number of new arrivals to 2,386 in a day. After a first few planes landed over the weekend, eight came on Monday and six more are expected on Tuesday, ferrying people who escaped from a violent Kabul and now are living in camps in nations around the world. Mayor Kenney provided the new information on Tuesday, saying the city would welcome evacuees for “as long as it takes

House Republicans are holding President Biden accountable for stranding up to 200 or more Americans while abandoning U.S. military equipment in Afghanistan. House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) held a press conference to announce that House Democrats blocked a vote to “require” Biden to recover the military gear and Americans. “Democrats just blocked a vote to require a plan from President Biden to bring Americans home and to account for all the military equipment he left behind,” McCarthy tweeted. “Republicans will not stop until every American is home safely.”

America’s two most senior military leaders are expected to address on Wednesday the completion of the U.S.-led evacuation effort at Kabul airport and the end of America’s 20-year war in Afghanistan. Both Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin and Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, served combat tours in Afghanistan during their long military careers. “As we look back as a nation on two decades of combat and struggle in Afghanistan, I hope that we will do so with as much thoughtfulness and humility as we can muster,” Mr. Austin said in a statement released after the...

An octopus-inspired, origami robotic arm. Credit: Shuai Wu. A combined team of researchers from The Ohio State University and the Georgia Institute of Technology has developed a robot arm that moves like an octopus arm without the need for a motor. In their paper published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the group describes their robot arm, which moves in response to changes in a magnetic field around it. Noting that the need for motors and control units makes most robot arms big and heavy, the researchers set themselves the goal of building one that would not need...

The highest court in Virginia has rejected a request by the Loudoun County School Board to allow the suspension of a Christian teacher punished for criticizing a proposed policy requiring teachers to use trans student's preferred names and pronouns to take effect. In an order issued Monday, the Virginia Supreme Court granted an appeal to review the merits of a lower court decision in favor of elementary school teacher Byron Tanner Cross and agreed to keep an injunction reinstating the teacher in place. Cross, a physical education teacher at Leesburg Elementary School for the past eight years, recently sued the...

The New Testament's Demons Are As Real As It Gets. By JAG August 31, 2021 They are bodiless spirits of fallen angels. They strongly desire to get back inside a body ~ and the bodies of pigs will do just fine. How can we be certain they are bodiless spirits? Because if they had bodies of their own, they wouldn't be begging to be allowed to use the bodies of pigs. "The demons begged Jesus to let them go into the pigs." {Luke 8:32) (same in Mark 5:9-13} Once upon a time I was puzzled reading about demons ~ in...

Former President Trump slammed President Biden’s botched U.S. troop withdrawal from Afghanistan, telling "Varney & Co." during an exclusive interview on Tuesday that America has been "humiliated." He argued that "the single worst decision ever made in our country’s history" is for the U.S. "to go to the Middle East." Trump said that the Biden administration cannot do "a simple withdrawal from a country that we should have never gotten into in the first place." "The level of incompetence on this withdrawal is even far greater than the level incompetence at the southern border," Trump said, adding that "what’s happened...

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(video) Link to VideoStory 1 | Prominent Indian Physician Talks Impact Of Ivermectin In Home Medicine Kits in IndiaTrialSite News chronicled closely the use of ivermectin-based home medicine kits in India’s largest state, Uttar Pradesh, and other states during the second wave of the pandemic starting in March and running through April. TrialSite News shared that by June cases plummeted to what is today’s far more contained situation.Article Link | https://trialsitenews.com/prominent-indian-physician-verifies-huge-impact-of-ivermectin-in-curbing-second-delta-variant-wave-in-india/Story 2 | FDA Approves First COVID-19 Vaccine: Why Are they Rushing?The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the first COVID-19 vaccine. The vaccine has been known as the...

New research found that natural immunity offers exponentially more protection than COVID-19 vaccines. _____________________________________________________________________________________ A newly published medical study found that infection from COVID-19 confers considerably longer-lasting and stronger protection against the Delta variant of the virus than vaccines. “The natural immune protection that develops after a SARS-CoV-2 infection offers considerably more of a shield against the Delta variant of the pandemic coronavirus than two doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, according to a large Israeli study that some scientists wish came with a ‘Don’t try this at home’ label,” the Scientific American reported Thursday. “The newly released data show people...

When Dr. Anthony Fauci first elbowed his way to the podium and took the national stage — tiptoeing and reaching up to the microphone — he had an air of authoritarianism about him, a persona of arrogance. When he spoke about separating people by six feet, and shutting down their lives — motioning for governments and corporations to follow suit — his fearful and controlling ways became evident, on display for all the world to see. But not everyone saw this man for the abusive deceiver he truly is. The bioweapon being replicated in human cells through mRNA vaccination is...

Sen. Mazie Hirono (D-HI) appeared on CNN to blame former President Trump for the botched withdrawal from Afghanistan. According to her, it’s been a tough process to get Afghans out of the country since Trump was in office. The senator called in from Honolulu. “Let’s be clear, though, that there are a lot of Afghans who were applying for the special immigrant visas, and the Trump Administration slow walked these visas to the point where it was not even happening,” Hirono said. “So the development of a lot of our Afghan partners and their families who are not able to...

Robert David Steele, a former CIA officer turned conspiracy theorist who claimed to be the first person to call COVID-19 a hoax, has died from COVID-19. Steele, who was among the earliest QAnon promoters and helped the conspiracy theory move from the fringes of the internet into the mainstream, was hospitalized with symptoms of COVID-19 earlier this month. But he continued to spread anti-vaccine and COVID-denial conspiracy theories until the end. “I will not take the vaccination, though I did test positive for whatever they’re calling ‘COVID’ today, but the bottom line is that my lungs are not functioning,” Steele...

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), failed presidential candidate and claimer of Native American heritage, broke New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham’s (D) strict mask mandate by attending the wedding of Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland over the weekend. Haaland married her longtime partner Skip Sayre on Saturday at Santa Ana Pueblo’s Hyatt Regency Tamaya in New Mexico, and Politico Playbook reported “guests were required to be vaccinated and wear masks” despite the pictures showing the exact opposite.

"I have 180 days to turn them [students] into revolutionaries … Scare the f— out of them." In a Project Veritas report released on Tuesday, they expose Inderkum High School AP government teacher Gabriel Gipe for politically indoctrinating students, and stating that he is turning his students into "revolutionaries." In an undercover interview with a Project Veritas reporter, Gipe revealed that his intention is to radicalize students with Marxist ideas, giving extra credit for students that go to protests and "community events." "I have 180 days to turn them [students] into revolutionaries … Scare the f— out of them," said...

I would appreciate prayers for my FIL. He’s in his 80’s and has had dementia (vascular) for many years. Otherwise, he has been very healthy, fit, and active. He walks a mile/day. His main issues up have been memory loss and confusion. He is in memory care and we’ve been told many times he is sweet and cooperative. We visit him 2-3 times a week and he’s been happy - he says he likes the caregivers, food, and the other residents. He has been very engaged in activities and with other residents. But 2 weeks ago, he punched a resident...