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The gun handed to Alec Baldwin before the fatal shooting on the "Rust" movie set was loaded with a live round ... according to a warrant from the ongoing police investigation. The warrant says an assistant director handed the gun to Alec and told the actor it was safe to use before the deadly incident ... according to the warrant obtained by the Associated Press. The warrant says the assistant director didn't know the gun was loaded, but it doesn't mention who actually loaded the gun ... which may become the central issue. Alec's blood-stained costume from the movie has...

An assistant director on the set of the film Rust—at the Bonanza Creek Ranch in Santa Fe County—retrieved a “prop gun” from a rolling cart and handed it to one of America’s best-known actors on Thursday afternoon. “Cold gun,” the assistant director shouted. Moments later, Alec Baldwin fired a shot that struck cinematographer Halyna Hutchins in the chest and director Joel Souza in the shoulder. -snip- Magistrate Judge John Rysanek signed off on Cano’s request early Friday morning to gather film, video and cameras; live and prop weapons and ammunition, plus documentation of ownership of weapons and ammunition; clothing worn...

The Pontifical Council for Culture and the German Embassy to the Holy See host a one-day symposium starting on Thursday looking at "The Challenge of Artificial Intelligence for Human Society and the Idea of the Human Person".The symposium on Artificial Intelligence – or AI – organized by the Pontifical Council for Culture, in cooperation with the German Embassy to the Holy See, will open in Rome on Thursday. The theme for the gathering is, “The Challenge of Artificial Intelligence for Human Society and the Idea of the Human Person". The aim of the meeting is to promote a better awareness...

The National Institute of Health is in the midst of a massive coverup to protect evil bureaucrat Anthony Fauci and themselves from backlash regarding the development of Covid-19. This is being revealed a day after they admitted that Fauci and outbound NIH Director Francis Collins lied to Congress about funding gain-of-function research through EcoHealth Alliance. Until October 19, a section on gain-of-function research appeared on their website. But that section has been stealth-edited to now focus on “ePPP” research. They are actively and deceptively distancing themselves from the very scientific practice that almost certainly resulted in the development of Covid-19...

Those responsible claim as their own the land where the historic cemetery stands. The authorities have not yet intervened. However, Christians in Banawali received support from Muslims fellow villagers.Sialkot (AsiaNews) – Some Muslims destroyed Christian graves with tractors Sialkot, a district in north-western Punjab. “They demolished my father’s grave,” said Baba Gulzar Masih. His father, Rakha Masih, “told me before he died that he wanted to be buried close to his parents.” The cemetery in the village of Banawali is older than Pakistan itself, locals note. Christian residents, backed by Muslim neighbours, took their case to the authorities, but their...

SÃO PAULO – A São Paulo state legislator sparked outrage among Catholics in Brazil after a speech in which he insulted an archbishop, the Brazilian episcopate as a whole and even Pope Francis. State legislator Frederico Braun D’Ávila, a supporter of President Jair Bolsonaro in the São Paulo State legislature, attacked Archbishop Orlando Brandes of Aparecida during a legislative session on Oct. 14. Two days earlier, on the feast of Our Lady of Aparecida, Brandes had criticized Bolsonaro’s pro-gun stance and the dissemination of fake news in the country. The archbishop’s remarks came just a few hours before the president...

Agroup of 10 Chinese and Russian naval vessels is conducting a joint patrol along a route that increasingly suggests it might take them all the way around Japan's Home Islands. Even if none of these ships ultimately sail a full loop around the Japanese archipelago, this operation is still a significant display of the ability of these two navies to work together. This all follows a number of major maritime exercises in the Pacific involving the U.S. Navy and its allies and partners — including Japan — this year, as well as multiple instances in which Chinese and Russian naval...

Vaccination: As of October 22, 2021, 96.1% of Seniors (65+) have received at least one dose of vaccine and 84.6% are fully vaccinated. More than three-quarters (79.3%) of Adults (18+ years old) have received at least one dose of vaccine and 68.8% are fully vaccinated. 57.2% of the total US population has been fully vaccinated (190 Million), a +0.5 Percentage point increase from last week. Reported Cases: The current 7-day moving average of daily new cases (73,079) decreased 15.1% compared with the previous 7-day moving average (86,046). New Hospital Admissions: The current 7-day daily average for October 13–October 19, 2021,...

According to experts, the Australian study which claimed that mandatory masks stopped the second wave of coronavirus is total crap.A “world-first” Australian study which Victoria’s government has held up as proof its mandatory face mask policy worked is riddled with basic errors and should never have been published in a major journal, medical researchers and experts say.Victoria first made face masks mandatory outside the home in Melbourne during its second coronavirus wave in July 2020, but the Department of Health has been unable to provide any scientific research or studies upon which the decision was made.Instead, the Department of Health...

Is the 'Don't tread on me' spirit that built this country is long gone?. On Sept. 9, resident Biden declared, “the Department of Labor is developing an emergency rule to require all employers with 100 or more employees, that together employ over 80 million workers, to ensure their workforces are fully vaccinated or show a negative test at least once a week.” So, Mr. Biden believes the federal government, under the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), has the purview to mandate COVID-19 vaccinations. Interestingly, a few months ago, Mr. Biden believed the federal government did not have the authority...

Ohio’s prison authority, the largest government agency in the state tasked with overseeing the 43,000 inmates in its custody, is the least vaccinated entity in Ohio’s government, according to state data based on employee-submitted records. About 28% of employees within the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction are vaccinated against COVID-19 and have submitted proof of it, according to data released Wednesday by the Ohio Department of Administrative Services. In comparison, about 66% of Ohio adults statewide have received at least one dose of the vaccine, as have about 79% of American adults. Employees are not required to seek or...

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Dr. Scott Gottlieb practised internal medicine, and is a venture capitalist with “longstanding ties to the pharmaceutical and biotech industries.” He worked at the FDA for three years under George W. Bush, and was FDA commissioner for less than two years under Donald Trump.Gottlieb resigned from his position as FDA commissioner in April 2019, and two months later joined Pfizer’s board of directors in a move Senator Elizabeth Warren said “smacks of corruption.”Despite having no qualifications to do so, Gottlieb has repeatedly offered televised predictions on potential COVID outbreaks, peaks, and plateaus in the U.S. – predictions which were often...

Daily Wire Editor Emeritus Ben Shapiro announced on his show Friday that the company has signed former ESPN sports reporter Allison Williams to lead a special sports series that will be available exclusively for Daily Wire members. As The Daily Wire previously reported, Williams left her post as a college basketball and football reporter for ESPN last Friday after being sidelined in September for refusing to abide by the network’s COVID-19 vaccination mandate. “The Daily Wire is one of America’s fastest-growing media companies and I am thrilled and honored to join them. I am proud to be a part of...

NO RELIGIOUS EXEMPTIONS? (The Pfizer/Abortion Connection)We've dropped a few clips from the recent Vatican conference on health and vaccines into one of the recent Project Veritas videos on the connection between the Pfizer vaccine and abortion.Why? Because Pope Francis had the CEO of Pfizer speak at that Vatican conference, along with Tony Fauci and Chelsea Clinton. Is Francis ignorant of the Pfizer/Abortion connection? Is he malicious? Why would he not be calling for a religious exemption for the world's 2 billion Catholics? Just how pro-life is this guy?We're in YouTube Jail for the next two weeks. Please help us spread...

Like many who collect and assimilate an ecclectic mix of music for listening throughout the day, I long ago chose to include "Polk Salad Annie" by Tony Joe White in my ever-shuffled audio from Brian Eno to Jerry Mathers, with classical, jazz, and rock in between. A month or two ago it crossed my mind to see if Tony Joe White had any live performances worth checking out. This evening there was time and opportunity, and what an eye opener it has been! Below I will post a couple links to his live performance of 1980 in Austin, TX. For...

Anyone who may still be skeptical about the assertion that today’s college students are taught to hate America should take three minutes to watch this video from filmmaker Ami Horowitz, in which he asks students at the University of California, Berkeley to pledge money to the Taliban so that the jihad terror group can strike inside the United States and kill Americans. “We’re trying to raise money for the Taliban,” Horowitz tells student passersby, and as if that wasn’t hard enough in itself to believe, he piles on more absurdities.... Those who stand there and take all that seriously get...

The U.S. government recorded more than 1.7 million interdictions of migrants along the southern border during the past 12 months, the highest figure of any fiscal year in history, according to Department of Homeland Security data released Friday. A massive increase in migration to the U.S.-Mexico border that peaked during the hot summer months led to a record-setting number of migrant apprehensions in fiscal year 2021, which ended in September. Roughly 61% of the migrants encountered during the past 12 months were quickly expelled to Mexico or their homeland under a pandemic-era emergency policy known as Title 42, which U.S....

A retired Oakland Police captain is recovering after being shot during an attempted robbery. On Thursday, authorities confirmed Ersie Joyner had undergone surgery and is in stable condition in the ICU. Officials said Joyner was pumping gas at a Chevron station when he was approached by three individuals who tried to rob him at gun point.

Riccardo Bosi Said It Best [Transcript: "No consent. No consent. No consent"]We know the problem. We have the answer. We must refuse to comply with the overthrow and destruction of the United States, and freedom around the world. Our children are their next targets.Strategy is needed. We saw what happened to innocent protestors lawfully protesting on January 6. They are now in Biden's Gulag, and Biden has many of those.As Australia and Canada and other countries are openly assaulted by their governments, America's government is getting bolder in its attacks on its people.REFUSE TO COMPLY or die. Those are our...