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The latest tyranny to come out of Rutgers University in New Jersey involves requiring all remote learning students to be “fully vaccinated” for the Wuhan coronavirus (Covid-19).It was not enough for Rutgers to simply force the jabs on in-person students. Now, those who learn at home in isolation on their computers must also undergo experimental gene therapy in order to get an education.Junior Logan Hollar, who transferred to Rutgers in 2020, learned this the hard way. He currently takes virtual classes from his Sandyston home in Sussex County, which is located more than 70 miles away from the New Brunswick...

After the Labor Day weekend, Joe Scarborough sat on the set of "Morning Joe" and told the Democrats that to succeed in the midterms, it was essential that they somehow repeal "40 years of Reaganism" by passing a massive expansion of government disguised as an "infrastructure" package. "I remember hearing Biden's speech back in April and was shocked by how sweeping it was for this supposed moderate guy from Delaware," Scarborough proclaimed. "This will reverse 40 years of Reaganism, just like Ronald Reagan reversed 45 years of Roosevelt's New Deal." Now, believers in Reaganism would look at the last five...

In a specially constructed courtroom in the historic Palais de Justice on the Île de la Cité, 20 men will be judged for the jihadist Islamic State (IS) plot that led to 130 dead and hundreds of wounded that night, not just at the Bataclan but also at the Stade de France and on the café-terraces of the 10th and 11th arrondissements. The aim of the trial is not just to establish the guilt or innocence of the 20 accused, it is also to document the origins, planning and execution of the 13 November conspiracy: To accommodate the large numbers...

After years of warnings about state-sponsored hackers and the contentious end of the 2020 election, the federal commission that sets the standards for American voting machines has made a major change rather quietly: Going forward, vote systems cannot be connected to any digital networks, and wireless technology must be disabled too.The Election Assistance Commission’s Voluntary Voter System Guidelines 2.0 were released earlier this year without much fanfare and nominal media coverage, even though they were the first major revisions since 2015 and the first complete overhaul since VVSG 1.0 was issued 16 years ago.The last guidelines from 2015 permitted connectivity...

A group of “woke” liberal students at the University of Texas at Austin have filed a lawsuit against the school for creating a “hostile environment” by forcing members of its marching band to play in a separate group because they are refusing to play “The Eyes Of Texas” at football games.

Joe Biden doesn’t like being challenged. His response when challenged is often to lash out or to lie to cover up an unpleasant truth. During his visit to Manville, New Jersey to inspect flood damage, Biden was scolded yesterday — called out by multiple people — for leaving Americans in Afghanistan and his horrible withdrawal that resulted in the deaths of 13 service members and the wounding of many others. “You left Americans behind…we will leave you behind,” one man yelled. He then shouted out the name of a service member who died in Afghanistan, chastising Biden saying, “He lost...

San Francisco is the best city in the world right now, according to Time Out. The guide's 2021 World's Best Cities Index says that its combination of progressiveness, acceptance and sustainability earned it the coveted top spot, with the top five in the ranking rounded out by Amsterdam in second place, Manchester in third, Copenhagen in fourth and New York in fifth place.

Amyloid protein (orange) forms clumps among neurons (blue). Amyloid in the brain is one of the proteins associated with Alzheimer’s disease, but amyloid clumps in other parts of the body can cause other illnesses. _____________________________________________________________________________ New photo-oxygenation catalyst targets amyloid structure, recruits brain immune system cells. A small, light-activated molecule recently tested in mice represents a new approach to eliminating clumps of amyloid protein found in the brains of Alzheimer’s disease patients. If perfected in humans, the technique could be used as an alternative approach to immunotherapy and used to treat other diseases caused by similar amyloids. Researchers injected the...

Pelosi, blaming Trump for debt, vows to raise borrowing limit © Getty/Bonnie Cash Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) vowed Wednesday that Democrats will stave off a government default by raising the debt ceiling in the coming weeks. The Speaker did not specify what larger legislative vehicle, if any, Democratic leaders will tap to move the controversial measure amid threats of non-cooperation from Republican leaders. But she was terse in ruling out one potential avenue: "We won't be putting it in reconciliation," Pelosi told reporters in the Capitol. That redline is significant, since the Democrats' nascent $3.5 trillion reconciliation package is the...

President Biden’s reaction to Texas’s law protecting unborn lives shows that his Catholicism is little more than cynical political theater.Last week, President Biden vigorously defended allowing women to kill their inconvenient unborn children by denouncing the U.S. Supreme Court’s 5-4 refusal to block Texas’s abortion law from going into effect. He went on to accuse the court majority of fomenting “unconstitutional chaos” and to promise his administration would initiate a “whole of government” response to the Texas law.It’s remarkable that “Sleepy Joe” has worked himself up into such a lather over this. Other concerns might more legitimately qualify for a...

Residents of the social housing estate have complained that care packages sent by friends and relatives have been searched before they are delivered. “They are searching all bags and things coming into the building … They confiscated a series of gifts. So things like bottles of spirits, we weren’t allowed to have those and we still (aren’t),” Common Ground resident Robin Elhaj said. Residents are allowed to receive a ration of one of the following: six beers or pre-mixed drinks, one bottle of wine, or one 375ml bottle of spirits. Excess alcohol is being confiscated until lockdown rules are lifted....

The courts have one job, and when they don't do it, we all suffer.Another day, another “masks required” sign on a business in Dane County, Wisconsin, thanks to a sweeping mask mandate handed down from the unelected health bureaucrats on high — and now thanks also to the Wisconsin Supreme Court, which just refused to do anything about it.Despite the seven-day death average for the county remaining steady at zero since the middle of May, Janel Heinrich, the director of public health in Madison and Dane County, decreed that masks were once again mandatory. This wasn’t just for the unvaccinated...

For all the delays and the drama, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott's signature on his state's GOP-backed voting reforms came with relatively little fanfare on Tuesday. While much of the action has been quiet, it's striking to see how much of the political landscape continues to be shaped by the "big lie" told by former President Donald Trump and his supporters, a full 10 months after Trump lost. Including Texas, 17 Republican-controlled states have new voting restrictions in place in time for 2022 -- via bills at least partly inspired by the mistruths told by the former president. The so-called "audit"...

A passenger is giving an American Airlines flight crew praise for the way they handled a belligerent passenger on the flight from Los Angeles to Salt Lake City. The hostile behavior was documented by one of the passengers and was posted to social media on Monday. The flight typically lasts an hour and a half, but for passengers on American Airlines flight 1802, it likely seemed much longer. Video from the incident, which occurred during a flight from Los Angeles to Salt Lake City, shows a man growling like an animal as he struggles to put on a mask. According...

In 2003 then President George W. Bush signed into federal law the Prison Rape Elimination Act, i.e., PREA, passed by the US Congress with unanimous bi-partisan support. This federal law has been widely seen as a big advance forward in protecting the human rights and dignity of those who, despite their criminal violations of law and subsequent incarcerations, are entitled to serve their time free of rape, sexual abuse and sexual coercion by other inmates or compromised officers and staff. One major provision of PREA is a mandate for the US Department of Justice to "make the prevention of prison...

This story is developing… Captain Seth Keshel revealed info of the impossibility of Biden, and Democrat wins down ticket in Maricopy County, AZ today on War Room Pandemic. Concerned citizen Liz Harris from Maricopa County followed his presentation with a provocative report detailing a private canvass conducted by her citizen-led team. “We the People in Arizona set up our own canvassing operation since December.” Harris outlined her in-depth training and selection process for the all-volunteer effort. Major Findings: 34.23% of people canvassed were reported as not having voted – but told canvassers they did vote. These were categorized as ‘lost...

DES MOINES, Iowa — Cora Smith walked out of Winterset's High School Tuesday with a bisexual pride flag draped over her shoulders. The 10th grader was among more than 100 students who walked out a in protest over the school district placing seventh-grade literacy teacher Lucas Kaufmann on leave. Kaufmann was placed on leave last week following a presentation about himself to his class featured the LGBT Pride flag, according to a www.change.org petition. When asked by students, Kaufmann said he was bisexual. Nearly 1,500 people have signed the online petition. "We're hoping that this will help Mr. Kaufmann," Smith...

Hillary Clinton was arguably one of the people most affected by the affair between her husband President Bill Clinton and former White House intern Monica Lewinsky, and the subsequent scandal that broke out when the then-commander-in-chief lied under oath about his sexual relationship with Lewinsky. But in the Tuesday premiere of FX’s “Impeachment: American Crime Story,” Hillary Clinton (played by Edie Falco), then the first lady of the United States, is seen only once and has just one line, “Hello,” which she says to White House employee Linda Tripp (Sarah Paulson) while they are both washing their hands in the...

Facebook has introduced a feature that effectively allows media companies to turn off comments on their Facebook pages. Australia’s highest court found that newspapers and television stations that post articles on Facebook Inc.’s FB -1.07% platform are liable for other Facebook users’ comments on those posts, a ruling that could prompt traditional publishers to rethink how they engage with social media. “We are obviously disappointed with the outcome,” said a Nine Entertainment spokesperson. “It will have ramifications for what we can post on social media in the future.” A reform of Australia’s laws, aimed at giving media companies stronger defenses...

FEAST OF THE NATIVITY OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY MATTHEW 1:1–16, 18–23 Friends, today as we celebrate the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary the Church gives us the very beginning of St. Matthew’s Gospel. It is desperately important for Matthew to show that Jesus doesn’t just appear out of the blue. Rather, he comes out of a rich, densely textured history. St. Irenaeus tells us that the Incarnation had been taking place over a long period of time, God gradually accustoming himself to the human race. Look at this long line of characters: saints, sinners, cheats, murderers, poets, kings,...