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Walgreens closed 22 stores in San Francisco where thefts under $950 are effectively decriminalized...Shoplifter’s ParadisePlease note San Francisco Has Become a Shoplifter’s Paradise“Theft in Walgreens’ San Francisco stores is four times the average for stores elsewhere in the country, and the chain spends 35 times more on security guards in the city than elsewhere,” reported the San Francisco Chronicle. Earlier this year, a spokesman for CVS, which has closed at least two stores, told CNN that of its 155 locations in the Bay Area, the 12 in San Francisco account for 26% of all shoplifting incidents in the region.Much of...

<p>MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin judge laid out the final ground rules Monday on what evidence will be allowed when Kyle Rittenhouse goes on trial next week for shooting three people during a protest against police brutality — ruling that he will allow testimony from the defense’s use-of-force expert and he will allow evidence that police welcomed Rittenhouse and others carrying guns during the demonstration.</p>

Chinese leader Xi Jinping repeated calls for world peace and global cooperation on Oct. 25, in remarks that experts said were a veiled criticism directed at Washington and did little to dispel growing concerns over Beijing’s increasing assertiveness on the world stage.In a speech marking the 50th anniversary of the communist regime’s representing China at the United Nations, Xi said Beijing would always be a “builder of world peace” and a “defender of the international order,” according to a statement released by Beijing’s foreign ministry.His remarks came amid intensifying criticism in the West over a range of Chinese Communist Party...

Despite being promoted as safe and effective by legacy media, many health care workers are refusing to take the COVID-19 vaccines, and those who openly speak out about their concerns get censored by Big Tech companies or kicked off their platforms.Some nurses and doctors are refusing vaccine mandates even if means it will cost them their jobs.The Epoch Times reached out to some of these health care professionals to see why.‘Impossible to Give Fully Informed Consent’Emily Nixon is a registered nurse who has been working in the health industry for 18 years. When her employer, MaineHealth, announced that it would...

The University of Alabama (UA) and Auburn University (AU) announced on Friday that to keep federal funding, the colleges must comply with President Joe Biden’s Sept. 9 executive order on vaccine mandates for all employees.Employees must be vaccinated by Dec. 8 or be discharged.“Failure to comply will place The University of Alabama in jeopardy of losing hundreds of millions of dollars that we receive through federal contracts and awards, as well as thousands of jobs funded, in part, by those dollars,” UA said in press release to faculty, staff, and student employees.As part of his “Path Out of the Pandemic:...

There’s breaking news in the horrible case of the young girl who was sexually assaulted in the Loudoun County Public School system that drew so much public attention.A Judge ruled that the sexual assault that occurred on May 28 was “nonconsensual” and found the boy guilty on both charges that had been filed against him as to forcible sodomy and forcible fellatio by way of force, threat, or victim helplessness.🚨BREAKING via ⁦@EliciaBrand⁩ ⁦@ArmyOfParents⁩: Judge Brooks ruled the boy who raped Scott and Jessica Smith’s daughter engaged in nonconsensual sex. Sentencing will be next month. Lawyer says: “We are relieved that...

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This video is a compilation, first of Fauci telling us the vaccines are overwhelmingly effective. Next we're shown a series of headlines each of which reports the claims of effectiveness decreasing. 2 min. video. Worth watching and sharing. JonTronShow - Effective Vaccines (2 min video)

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...