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KENOSHA -- The judge in the Kyle Rittenhouse case denied more prosecution motions Monday at the last scheduled hearing before the trial is set to begin in a week. Assistant District Attorney Thomas Binger said he's concerned the defense will try to make the case about the police, by saying they encouraged Rittenhouse to wander around with an assault-style rifle in some sort of private law enforcement function, and that that would explain why Rittenhouse thought it was reasonable to shoot three people.

Several religious denominations have seen memberships fall in recent years, including among young adults and teens. A new survey suggests that many young people perceive a disconnect between themselves and the houses of worship that need believers to sustain their congregations. Half of young people ages 13 to 25 surveyed said they don’t think that religious institutions care as much as they do about issues that matter deeply to them, according to a report released Monday by the Springtide Research Institute, a nonpartisan nonprofit. Those issues include racial justice, gender equity, immigration rights, income inequality and gun control. Springtide tracks...

Japanese researchers showed that a low protein diet can accelerate brain degeneration in mouse models of Alzheimer's disease. More importantly, they found that Amino LP7—a supplement containing seven specific amino acids—can slow down brain degeneration and dementia development in these animals. Dr. Makoto Higuchi explains, "In older individuals, low protein diets are linked to poor maintenance of brain function. Amino acids are the building blocks of proteins." First, the researchers studied how a low protein diet affects the brain in mouse models of Alzheimer's disease, which generally demonstrate neurodegeneration and abnormal protein aggregates called "Tau" aggregates in the brain. They...

Moderna booster shot.

[H/T Fractal Trader] KanekoaTheGreatForwarded from CRAIG KELLY MP - Leader United Australia Party - keeping the bastards honest. Narrative destroying UK data released overnight.Yet again the data shows the exact opposite of lies of Big Govt, Big Pharma & Big Media.Adults over 30, are MORE LIKELY to have Covid if they’ve been ‘double dosed’.And in the 40, 50, 60 and 70 year-old age bracket, you are more than 100% MORE LIKELY to have Covid if you’ve been ‘doubly dosed’.On this data, we need ‘non-vaccinated passports’ because it’s the unvaccinated that are less likely to have Covid.And I wonder if our...

Once an infection is under control, the body normally uses a biochemical messenger known as TGFβ to downgrade its immune response. In severe COVID-19, however, this messenger is released at the very beginning of the infection, thus blocking the early control of the pathogen by the innate immune system. The early production of the immune-dampening TGFβ messenger appears to be a hallmark of COVID-19 and has not been observed in other types of pneumonia. Correction of the immune system's faulty timing may therefore offer a new strategy for preventing severe disease. The innate immune response is the first line of...

The Higher Regional Court in Munich found the woman, identified only as Jennifer W., guilty of crimes against humanity for "enslavement resulting in the death of another" as well as being a member of a foreign terrorist group, the court's spokesperson Florian Gliwitzky told CNN. Jennifer W. was living in Iraq with her ISIS fighter husband in 2015 when he purchased a Yazidi woman and her five-year-old daughter as slaves. Gliwitzky said the husband, who is facing a separate trial in Frankfurt, subjected the Yazidi woman and her daughter to "daily abuse."

Keeping blood insulin levels within strict, healthy parameters is a daily goal for people with diabetes. But now, researchers from Japan have found that regulating blood insulin levels may even help lower the risk of getting COVID-19. In a study published this month in Diabetes, researchers from Osaka University have revealed that a protein called GRP78 helps the virus that causes COVID-19 bind to and enter cells. GRP78 is a protein that is found in adipose tissue (i.e., fat). Older, obese, and diabetic people are all more vulnerable to COVID-19 and, while the reasons for this are still not completely...

Somali migrant Abdi Fitah's bid to cross into Poland from Belarus ended with him barefoot and freezing after he lost his shoes in a river and wandered for days in the woods along the border. The 23-year-old is one of thousands of people, including children, from the Middle East, Africa and Afghanistan who have tried to enter Poland from Belarus in recent weeks, with charities saying they face harrowing conditions on the border. Jakub Sieczko, a medical doctor and coordinator of the Medycy na Granicy (Medics on the Border) aid group, said he feared there would be more deaths as...

A 14-year-old Loudoun County, Virginia, high school student charged with two counts of sexually assaulting a schoolmate in a bathroom has been found guilty in an adjudicatory hearing in Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court. During opening statements of the two-hour hearing, Loudoun County prosecutor Barry Zweig said the two teens chatted daily on the Discord app, in the weeks leading up to the May 28, 2021, incident at Stone Bridge High School, in Ashburn. The teens had “sexually charged conversations,” and had engaged in consensual sexual relations twice in weeks prior, in a bathroom at the school. On May...

The Wisconsin Legislative Audit Bureau released its report on the 2020 election Friday, after receiving limited cooperation from officials. Auditors were able to interview 2 of 6 Wisconsin Election Commissioners. An additional commissioner provided written testimony, but the other three declined. Also, Auditors were not allowed to physically handle election-related materials from the City of Madison. Auditors tried to survey every municipal clerk in the state, but only 48% responded. Out of the 72 County clerks, 82% responded. Despite these barriers, the Auditors made several explosive discoveries. Among the most alarming problems identified in this audit is how WEC uses...

Join together with fellow FREEPERS to pray for AMERICA: For those in Authority in Government, Family, Military, Business, Healthcare, Education, Churches, and the Media. I urge, then, first of all, that requests, prayers, intercession, and thanksgiving be made for everyone: for kings and all those in authority that we may live peaceful and quiet lives in all godliness and holiness. ~ 1 Timothy 2:1-2 Religion Forum Threads labeled [Prayer] are closed to debate of any kind.

Once upon a time it was simple. Children went to sleep on a diet of bedtime stories that grew out of folklore, depended on magic or were just enchantingly simple: Little Red Riding Hood, Cinderella and Goodnight Moon. Not anymore, because these days bedtime is all about getting woke. Take a glance at the shelves of the children's department of any major bookstore. Teach Your Dragon About Diversity, sits next to 'Daddy & Dada'. Glance a few books along and you'll find, Joey, not a heartwarming tale about a baby kangaroo, but an illustrated hagiography of Joe Biden written by,...

"Old Glory" by Evangelo Morris

Click to skip to the bottom of this long post.BIGGER THAN YOU CAN IMAGINENo president or set of politicians can keep a nation from falling to communism if the people are willing to comply with tyranny and compromise with injustice.I believe President Trump and “The Plan” worked to get us on our feet before the time came that they would not be in a position to advocate action, because now those patriots would be portrayed as enacting a coup.Throughout the President Trump’s first term, we trained up. Yet when Biden took office, and the training wheels came off, Americans still...

A student at the University of California, San Diego was attending a party on the eighth floor of a residence hall when he fell to his death Friday night, officials said. Aaron Fan, 18, was at the party when campus police came to investigate the gathering at the university’s Tioga Hall. Fan went into the bathroom, and witnesses saw him fall out of the window “a short while later,” at 11:44 p.m., according to the San Diego County Medical Examiner’s Office. Fan was transported by paramedics to a nearby hospital, where he was diagnosed with multiple injuries, the medical examiner’s...

Originally signed by 41 state legislators from 15 states, open letter prompted by Maricopa County voting review has now been signed by 150 from 38 states. izona state Sen. Wendy Rogers, a Republican, published a letter to the American people following the release of the Maricopa County audit results on Sept. 24 calling for forensic audits of all 50 states' 2020 election results. Originally signed by 41 state legislators from 15 states, the letter has now, less than a month later, been signed by 150 lawmakers from 38 states. Claiming that "our representative republic suffered a corrupted 2020 election," the...

Houston Rockets owner Tilman Fertitta warned on Monday that the current inflation and supply chain crisis is taking a toll the U.S. economy. Fertitta, who also owns the Landry's restaurant group and other properties, told "Fox News Primetime" that the supply chain crisis coupled with inflation and a labor shortage is doing lasting damage to the United States, while separately urging Americans to be understanding of the hospitality and retail workers who continue to do their jobs during this crisis. "We have 4,000 openings right now," he said. "Between the Golden Nugget, all the restaurants and entertainment venues; people just...

Campaign Senior Advisor Reveals NJ Gov Phil Murphy to Impose COVID Vax Mandate AFTER Re-Election