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Numbers released this week by the Federal Bureau of Investigation paint a stark picture of the last year: A nearly 30% rise in the homicide rate across the country, with New York also recording an increase. The increase drove an overall increase in the violent crime rate — including assault, robbery and rape — by around 5%. Property crimes, meanwhile, continued to decline, falling by 8% since 2019. But the FBI numbers do not dive into why the murders spiked last year, coming amid a pandemic that disrupted nearly every facet of life. Republican lawmakers who have opposed changes to...

Thanks go to Tony Heller, who first collected many of these news clips and posted them on RealClimateScience. SUMMARY Modern doomsayers have been predicting climate and environmental disaster since the 1960s. They continue to do so today. None of the apocalyptic predictions with due dates as of today have come true. What follows is a collection of notably wild predictions from notable people in government and science. More than merely spotlighting the failed predictions, this collection shows that the makers of failed apocalyptic predictions often are individuals holding respected positions in government and science. While such predictions have been and...

(AP) – CLAIM: President Joe Biden has called for a “driving tax” that is estimated to be 8 cents per mile. AP’S ASSESSMENT: False. The administration has not proposed that tax. A provision in Biden’s $1 trillion infrastructure bill before Congress would establish a national study to assess how such a tax could be implemented. It would not actually enact that tax, nor it does not outline a rate of 8 cents per mile. THE FACTS: As members of Congress mull a bipartisan, $1 trillion infrastructure bill that was approved by the Senate in August, social media users are misrepresenting...

It’s just the flu, bro. Covid is a flu-like illness that has had a massive impact on society. This impact is due primarily to government intervention and not due to the disease itself. But government overreach for fake crises is nothing new. We have talked frequently on Freerepublic about the fake climate crisis, the fake systemic racism crisis, and the fake Covid crisis. The left needs fake crises because their demand for crises exceeds the supply - if there is no real crisis they need a fake one. My current thinking is that the world, especially Europe, will begin to...

I'm noticing that I have been having super slow uploads as well as downloading of files this morning. Anyone else have this problem?

The save America movement is alive. I have talked about this before but we continue to see a push back against the Biden agenda from Republican-led states and are even seeing it at the local level. This is in my opinion what will keep the country from completely falling apart until the midterms when we are able to send a strong message and give the Democrats a major loss in Congress. Yes, elections still do matter despite what happened in 2020.

A heartless neonatal ICU nurse has been fired for mocking a newborn with a birth defect by posting photos of the sick infant on social media and writing 'your intestines posed to be inside not outside baby'. Sierra Samuels, who had worked as a nurse at Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami since 2016, was fired Thursday following the outcome of a weeks-long investigation into a patient privacy breach, reported CBS Miami. Samuels had posted two photos on her Instagram of a baby in her care who had been born with a condition causing its intestines to be outside of its...

Biden on Saturday told reporters that "everybody is frustrated" after two massive pieces of legislation stalled in Congress, as well as a debt limit increase, amid infighting among a divided Democratic caucus. "Everybody is frustrated, it’s part of being in government, being frustrated," Biden told reporters on the White House lawn. Biden spoke to reporters on his way to Delaware for the weekend

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Magical US thinking of a Green agenda financed by endless amounts of printing-press money will only end in tears Prices for all energy commodities jumped during the past month, some by record margins, as a global energy shortage set off a scramble for gas, coal and oil. Brent crude has doubled in the past year, Newcastle coal has quadrupled, and Netherlands natural has risen seven-fold. There are many small reasons for the global energy squeeze, and one big one: Investment in hydrocarbons has collapsed under pressure from the Green agenda adopted by international consensus. Energy investment in the United States...

VIDEOYup! Liberals are in heavy hype mode for the "new" LUCRATIVE Merck Covid Pill. Remember, they are only concerned about you, The People... and their stock portfolios.

Nearly half of all Canadians say high food prices are keeping meat off their tables, according to a study at Dalhousie University in Halifax. Of the 10,000 Canadians the school surveyed in September, nearly 50 per cent said they’d bought fewer meat products in the previous six months because they cost too much, says the study released Wednesday. Canadians were asked for their opinion of food prices, including if they’ve noticed any changes, and what they’re doing to cope with any increases. The study didn’t give examples of higher meat prices, but Statistics Canada collects such data. For example, from...

The wild footage obtained by KNBC shows at least two thieves going on a shoplifting spree late Saturday at a Marshalls in Hemet, where one even used a wire cutter to slash security leashes on several pricey purses. Another shopper at the store, Lindsey Rodriguez, said one of the audacious thieves brazenly grabbed all the clothing he could carry before walking out without paying for anything. The Hemet resident said she saw three people in all stealing from the store within a 10-minute span. “People shopping there were just kind of standing there watching,” Rodriguez told the station. “The only...

Prime Minister Jean Castex yesterday (September 30) announced a series of ‘price protection’ measures to counter rising energy prices in France. In October, the regulated rate for gas is increasing by 12.6%. This rate is set by the Economy and Energy Ministries and the Commission de régulation de l’énergie (CRE) and applied by Engie, while other providers may use it to inform their tariffs. Certain formulas are used, linked to factors like the cost of supply and prices on the world markets. Nearly three million Engie customers on regulated tariffs will be affected by the increase. All households not on...

Bill Cosby he believes disgraced singer R Kelly was 'railroaded' during his sex trafficking trial, according to his rep. The comedian blamed racism for Kelly's conviction on several counts on Monday, and said any appeal the singer made would likely be successful. In an interview with the New York Post, Cosby's spokesman Andrew Wyatt said the 84-year-old felt Kelly 'got railroaded' and 'wasn't going to catch a break' in his month-long trial. 'The deck was stacked against Robert,' Wyatt told the paper, using Kelly's first name. The Cosby rep also criticised lawyer Gloria Allred who represented victims in both Kelly...

A shocking new poll from the Center for Politics at the University of Virginia reveals that over half of Trump voters surveyed, and 41% of Biden voters, are in favor of blue and/or red states seceding from the union. Yeah, it’s gotten that bad.The idea that the nation’s political divide has become so toxic that we should prepare from some sort of “national divorce” has largely been left to clever thought experiments best left for dinner parties and ironically detached columns. However, we’ve now arrived at a point where more than half of Trump voters “somewhat agree” that the time...

A College Democrats of America leader is facing pressure to resign after her anti-Semitic tweets resurfaced. Just one day before Nourhan Mesbah was elected vice president of the College Democrats' executive board, the national student club's Jewish Caucus released a screenshot of a 2016 tweet where she blamed Jews for sabotaging Hillary Clinton in a debate against Donald Trump. "I blame this debate on the yahood," Mesbah tweeted. "Yahood" is the Arabic word for Jews. In her tweet, Mesbah tagged Dima Jubara, an acquaintance with a long history of anti-Semitic statements—including one 2016 tweet where she prayed that "God will...

My father in law is a very healthy 87YO. He's an italian immigrant who came to America, legally, in the 50's, with $20 in his pocket. He worked night and day, owned businesses, bought real estate and is now worth millions, though he and my mother in law live humbly. He's also a staunch Conservative who loves President Trump and came here to be American, not to exploit America. The dude still works every day- and even goes to his nursey on Christmas Day out of habit. Except for bypass surgery about ten years ago he's a healthy dude and...

The cycling world has patiently awaited one of the most historical moments in cycling's history, and the day has finally arrived, with the first-ever women's Paris-Roubaix to be held on October 2 in France. The Hell of the North has been the most celebrated Monument on the men's racing calendar...

There are multiple arguments about why the problem is as bad as it is. Everyone agrees that the Covid pandemic and chaotic changes in consumption habits have caused inevitable short-term price hikes and shortages. As people go on vacation less and do outdoor sports more, the price of, say, airline tickets should drop, and the price of bicycles will go up. But some point to government spending and money printing at the Fed as worsening the problem, while others suggest it is temporary and will resolve on its own. Both arguments have merit. But what we’re experiencing is also the...