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Marvel Comics has announced King Conan, their latest new project featuring the iconic barbarian hero. However, this story has a unique selling point. It's poised to finally shed light on the last and least known chapter of Conan's life. King Conan is written by Jason Aaron and drawn by Mahmud Asrar, the same team who launched Marvel's monthly Conan the Barbarian comic in 2019. This six-issue series picks up where their run left off in Conan the Barbarian #12, as an aging King Conan and his son, Prince Conn, sail west from Aquilonia and seek out new adventures in an...

The effectiveness of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine falls below 50 percent after five months, according to a new study published in The Lancet medical journal on Oct. 4. The study (pdf), which was funded by Pfizer, aimed to evaluate the overall variant-specific effectiveness of the companies’ vaccine against CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus infections and COVID-19-related hospital admissions over time. Researchers analyzed electronic health records of more than 3.4 million men and women who were members of the health care organization Kaiser Permanente Southern California between Dec. 14, 2020, and Aug. 8, and assessed the vaccine effectiveness up to six...

In response to a nationwide increase in threats targeting school board members, teachers, and staff, U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland is calling on the FBI and U.S. attorneys to investigate. The order comes after the National School Boards Association asked President Joe Biden for federal help. They said assaults, threats and acts of violence are increasing on public school campuses over COVID-19 policies, mask mandates and how classrooms address race and social justice issues.

Roughly one in three Americans questioned for a new poll say they support making expanded child tax credits permanent. The Politico/Morning Consult poll published on Wednesday also found 18 percent say they wish to see the per-child tax credits extended beyond next year. Twenty-four percent of respondents said they support the program, which provides payments of up to $300 a month per child to most families with children. Twenty-one percent, however, said they "strongly oppose" expanding the program and 17 percent indicated they "somewhat oppose" expanding the program.

The US Navy sold two old aircraft carriers for a cent each to a ship-breaking firm.The USS Kitty Hawk and USS John F. Kennedy had been decommissioned for years.They are due to be broken up by a firm in Texas, who can make money from the scrap metal.The US Navy sold two aircraft carriers to a ship-breaking company for 1 cent each after decades of service.The cut-price fee reflects the fact the company will profit from selling the ship metal for scrap, officials said.Naval Sea Systems Command, a US Navy sub-organization, said it had agreed to sell USS Kitty Hawk...

Do not adjust your screen, and do not reach for the soy sauce. What you see before you is a real, living, breathing marine animal currently on display in a Japanese aquarium – a creature that just happens to look exactly like a piece of salmon sushi. This snack of a sea creature is one of the most popular residents of Aquamarine Fukushima, a large aquarium on the east coast of Japan. In a Twitter post, aquarium staff identified the creature as an isopod – an order of long, flat, armor-plated crustaceans that are plentiful on land and in the...

n September 20, 2021, a group of several dozen physicians and pathologists held a day-long symposium at the Institute of Pathology in Reutlingen, Germany, to try and figure out why hundreds of thousands of people have died in Europe, alone, not to mention other parts of the world, soon after getting a Covid-19 vaccine shot. I present their data and conclusions, below. What you are about to see is an immunological catastrophe on a global scale. I was a prize-winning historian who taught for decades at an Ivy League university, plus I have 2.5 years of PhD-level training in molecular...

The first black woman to be elected mayor of Rochester, New York, on Monday completed her journey from groundbreaker to lawbreaker in a plea deal that requires her to resign by Dec. 1. Lovely Warren cut a plea deal that resolves election law charges against her as well as pending weapons and child endangerment charges that were not related to her job as mayor, according to the Rochester Democrat & Chronicle. The deal allowed Warren to escape with a misdemeanor conviction for knowingly violating campaign contribution limits in 2017. She could have faced a felony conviction if her election law...

Sen. Mitt Romney said Tuesday he planned to join the rest of his Republican colleagues in the Senate to filibuster a planned vote on raising the debt ceiling. “We’re not voting in any way to help raise the debt ceiling. As a group we are all together,” Romney told reporters.

As the deadline nears for Ochsner Health employees to get vaccinated or lose their jobs, the health system is also increasing pressure for employees' family members to get a shot. Ochsner, the state's largest health system, will now add a health insurance surcharge of $100 per pay period for employees with unvaccinated domestic partners or spouses who are covered under the system's benefits plan, according to a letter Ochsner leaders sent to employees. The “spousal COVID vaccine fee,” will begin in 2022 and could deduct up to $2,400 yearly from an employee’s bi-weekly paycheck. According to the letter, the fee...

Former Trump press secretary Stephanie Grisham said Tuesday on CNN’s “The Lead” that former President Donald Trump attempted a “coup” and she will cooperate with the January 6 congressional select committee. Grisham said, “There are citizens out there who don’t realize what a 2024 Donald Trump presidency can look like. And I’m just hoping against hope that I, by being completely honest, can help people just understand what the consequences could truly be.”

Moderate Sen. Joe Manchin’s (D-WV) political future may hinge on his “continued defense of the filibuster,” according to a poll released by Honest Election Project on Tuesday. A majority of Manchin’s supporters are against ending the filibuster, something far-left Democrats are keen on and have been pressuring both Manchin and fellow moderate Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ) to support. According to the poll, 56 percent of West Virginians (including 59 percent of Manchin supporters) would be less likely to support him for reelection if he votes to eliminate or weaken the filibuster.

Whispered first, then shouted from the dust and wreckage of that September morning in 2001 came the words that have become a mantra: Never forget. And in the two decades since the attacks of 9/11, there is much we never did forget: the deaths, the despair, the fire, the fear, the photographs of the missing. But this 20-year anniversary has revealed that there is, too, much we tragically, dangerously, lost track of along the way: our commitment to democracy; our dedication to the American ideal; our defense of the Enlightenment values of the West; and our devotion to their survival....

Jessica Berg Wilson’s obituary described the Seattle woman as “an exceptionally healthy and vibrant 37-year-old young mother with no underlying health conditions” who “died unexpectedly on Sep. 7 from COVID-19 Vaccine-Induced Thrombotic Thrombocytopenia (VITT).” The obituary on Legacy.com continued: “Jessica fully embraced motherhood, sharing her passion for life with her daughters. Jessica’s motherly commitment was intense, with unwavering determination to nurture her children to be confident, humble, responsible, and to have concern and compassion for others with high morals built on Faith.” “Jessica’s greatest passion was to be the best mother possible for Bridget and Clara. Nothing would stand...

Defenders of capitalism argue that it's conducive to creating wealth, encouraging innovation and promoting individual freedoms. Advocates for socialism counter that it reduces inequality and improves access to basic rights such as health and education. But what about the effects of these systems on sex? In her book, "Why Women Have Better Sex Under Socialism”, Prof. Kristen Ghodsee says socialist policies improve women’s economic independence... and their sex lives. Video at link.

Joe Oltmann: Now they want to murder people for not getting the vaccine. I think you need to share this and let them know what you think ... respectfully. 222 comments

The Premier has served up an ultimatum to tennis superstar Novak Djokovic to get vaccinated or miss out on January’s Australian Open. pic.twitter.com/Z3yAIOfLIe — Wittgenstein (@Kukicat7) October 5, 2021 20-time Grand Slam winner Novak Djokovic will miss the Aussie Open if he doesn’t get Vaccinated. Djokovic has been vocal in his stance against mandatory Vaccination. Dan Andrews issues ultimatum: VIDEO AT LINK

Brian Laundrie used Gabby Petito’s bank card in Wyoming just three days after the slain 22-year-old Long Island native was last seen alive, her family’s lawyer said Tuesday. Petito was last spotted at a Wyoming restaurant on Aug 27, while Laundrie, 23, returned home alone in her van on Sept. 1 — and the boyfriend has since gone on the run from the feds. “You can look at his state of mind by his actions,” Petito family attorney Richard Stafford said on the “Dr. Phil” show on CBS-TV. “He ran, he stole her credit card, he used her credit card...

A Colorado-based health system says it is denying organ transplants to patients not vaccinated against the coronavirus in “almost all situations,” citing studies that show these patients are much more likely to die if they get covid-19. The policy illustrates the growing costs of being unvaccinated and wades into deeply controversial territory — the use of immunization status to decide who gets limited medical care. The mere idea of prioritizing the vaccinated for rationed health resources has drawn intense backlash, as overwhelmingly unvaccinated covid-19 patients push some hospitals to adopt “crisis standards of care,” in which health systems can prioritize...

Former Vice President Mike Pence said after January 6th, "the president and I sat down a few days later and talked through all of it." Former Vice President Mike Pence said Monday that he has a “strong relationship” with former President Donald Trump and added that the two had sat down and “talked through” their differences in the days after the deadly Jan. 6 riot at the US Capitol. “Look, you can’t spend almost five years in a political foxhole with somebody without developing a strong relationship,” Pence told Fox News’ Sean Hannity. “And, you know, January 6 was a...