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WASHINGTON (SBG) — Data from several states and the federal government suggests deaths among Americans fully vaccinated against COVID-19 rose sharply amid the nation’s most recent surge of infections, but experts say that is not unexpected as more of the population gets immunized.SOOOOOOOOO getting the JAB they are expecting you to get sick???

A lot of roadside signs for Virginia’s Democrat gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe include a special message: “Vote in Free and Fair Elections beginning September 17.”Odd. Shouldn’t “free and fair” go without saying? Why include it on a campaign sign?This is especially odd since the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors recently asked Virginia’s current governor, Democrat Ralph Northam, to waive the legally required witness signature for absentee ballots, as well as the last four digits of the voter’s Social Security number, both statutory requirements. They asked this about a month after voting began.For me, the gratuitous addition looks like an attempt...

National Institutes of Health Director Francis Collins “intentionally misrepresented” the conclusions of an August study on people with natural immunity from COVID-19 in violation of his agency’s scientific integrity policy, a watchdog group alleged in a complaint Wednesday.The watchdog group, Protect the Public’s Trust, alleged in its complaint that Collins violated his agency’s policies and procedures when he said on Fox News on Aug. 12 that the study, which reviewed infection rates among Kentucky residents during May and June, proved definitively that people who have natural immunity from COVID-19 are more than twice as likely to become reinfected than those...

It's open enrollment season for Medicare. Local TV stations and cable networks are flooded with ads for various insurance supplements. They promise "free" dental care, free transportation to doctors, free drugs, free dentures, and lots of other free stuff. Paid spokespersons speak of "benefits" and "entitlements." They say subscribers could receive as much as $100 a month back into their Social Security checks. Even the phone number to call to sign up is "absolutely free." Read the small print and you'll find that some of the plans vary by region, some by ZIP code. Sometimes there's a nominal cost, so...

Braves chief executive Terry McGuirk told USA Today that Trump called the league to request tickets to attend Saturday’s game against the Houston Astros. ”We were very surprised. Of course, we said yes,”

More than half of female clergy in the Presbyterian Church USA have reported experiencing discrimination on the basis of gender, according to a recently released survey.In 2019, PCUSA Research Services conducted a 110-question survey of 4,495 ministers, or nearly a quarter of the mainline Protestant denomination’s total number of clergy.In the “Discrimination, Opportunity, and Struggles of Leadership Report” based on the survey responses, researchers found that 58% of women reported experiencing gender-based discrimination in the denomination. By contrast, only 4% of male respondents reported the same.Additionally, 63% of female clergy reported experiencing any kind of discrimination, such as age-based or...

Sen. Mitt Romney is adding some pep — and a mustache — to the upper chamber, debuting a "Ted Lasso"-inspired costume for Halloween. The Utah Republican posted an image of himself on Thursday dressed as the Apple TV show's earnest protagonist, complete with a Lasso-ism or two, and a little "Friday Night Lights":

HILTON, N.Y. (WROC) — Officials from the Hilton Central School District say three people were arrested during Tuesday night’s Board of Education meeting. In a statement Wednesday, district officials said one person was arrested for trespassing and two others for refusing to leave school property. Officials say several meeting attendees refused to comply with the New York state masking mandate, and were repeatedly asked to comply. Eventually, district officials say, everyone did, except for the one person who was arrested for trespassing. Officials say before the public portion of the meeting, several attendees became disruptive. That’s when BOE President Brian...

Dr. Harvey Risch appeared on Life, Liberty, and Levin Sunday night and provided information that the health bureaucracy doesn’t want Americans to hear. Risch is a Yale epidemiologist who has published more than 300 original research papers cited over 40,000 times on Google Scholar. He has also served on the leadership staff of several prominent journals.During his appearance, he discussed early treatment and vaccinating children. Since early in the pandemic, Risch has been frustrated that the health bureaucracy won’t embrace any treatments. He wrote a paper advocating for the use of hydroxychloroquine after performing a meta-analysis of the available studies....

A controversial measure to change the Illinois Health Care Right of Conscience Act that would allow for health-related discrimination including the legal termination of workers who do not follow COVID-19 vaccine, mask or other health-related mandates heads to the House floor. House Sponsor Robyn Gabel said the proposed amendment doesn’t change the law, but clarifies it, “to protect all the people in this state.” The 1998 Health Right of Conscience Act bans discrimination against a person who declines to receive or participate in any form of health care services contrary to his or her conscience.

There is a certain investment firm that has assets under management valued at nearly half the gross domestic product (GDP) of the United States. If you placed it on a list of the largest economies in the world, it would be number three, behind China and ahead of Japan. A significant portion of the funds managed by the firm belong to pension funds and other retirement plans. If you have a 401K, there is a big chance it has some of your money.The firm is called BlackRock, and every pay period when your monthly contribution goes into your retirement plan,...

Rittenhouse was win-the-lottery lucky to pull a legitimate, fair judge. In today’s America he was likely to wind up being railroaded by some Soros-sponsored, Woke judicial activist. As it is, anyone with an iota of intellectual honesty must concede that Rittenhouse did nothing wrong. The problem with Democrats is they’ve divorced themselves from any vestige of intellectual honesty.

Posted as VANITY as it is not a sourced story yet: School Board Member Sarah Leonardi @bcpsleonardi I was SO honored to be invited to chaperone @WiltonManorsES ’s field trip to the incredible Rosie’s! The students and I had a fun walk over and learned a lot about our community! A huge thank you to @RosiesBnG for hosting this special field trip every year!

Four of the Top 10 songs on iTunes all have the same title — “Let’s Go Brandon.” In No. 1 is “Let’s Go Brandon (feat. Tyson James & Chandler Crump)” by Bryson Gray, and in the No. 2 spot is “Let’s Go Brandon (Extended Version)” by Loza Alexander. The two songs have knocked out “Easy On Me” by Adele. In the No. 4 spot is another version of Alexander’s song, and a third version, “Let’s Go Brandon (Loza Alexander Remix)” by Godz Child, holds down the No. 7 slot. In the Alexander hit, the rapper “chants the iconic anti-Biden mantra...

How are we human beings going to be able to kick the butts of COVID creatures infinitesimally smaller than we are? Or are we going to be like Goliath, who fell to the Lilliputian David? It all depends upon whether we embrace science or continue to denigrate it. The powers that be are continually and boringly claiming to be the one side that embraces this discipline, while the other denounces it. Nothing can be further from the truth. What then are the relevant characteristics of the scientific method? First and foremost, we must hear from all sides in any scientific...

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot was mercilessly booed off a stage during a plumbers’ union fundraiser amid fallout over the city’s vaccine mandate for municipal workers, video shows. A 25-second clip posted to Twitter shows the moment the Democratic mayor was loudly jeered Sunday as she was introduced to Plumbers Union Local 130 – the Windy City’s first union to endorse her in the 2019 runoff election. “I knew that was going to happen,” one attendee said just as the crowd drowned out Lightfoot’s introduction.

The board of directors of the state-owned Alaska Railroad has voted unanimously to rescind the vaccination mandate it had imposed on employees just days earlier. According to the Anchorage Daily News, last Friday, it had emailed employees:“Over the last six weeks, we’ve carefully reviewed additional EO guidelines and our interactions with federal agencies to determine if the Alaska Railroad is affected. We are. As a federal contractor, ARRC must meet this standard,” The railroad stands to lose millions of dollars a year in federal contracts and grants, and possibly access to Forest Service land housing some facilities. This is no...

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KEY POINTS: The U.S. economy grew at a 2% annualized pace in the third quarter, its slowest increase since the end of the 2020 recession. Decelerations in consumer spending and residential investment helped keep the number lower. Weekly jobless claims fell more than expected last week to a fresh pandemic-era low of 281,000, below the 289,000 estimate. ___________________________________________________________________________ The U.S. economy grew at a 2% rate in the third quarter, its slowest gain of the pandemic-era recovery, as supply chain issues and a marked deceleration in consumer spending stunted the expansion, the Commerce Department reported Thursday. Gross domestic product, a...

Matt Gaetz last week on House floor — Someone is trying to kill me A different man who made different death threats was arrested 36 hours later SOURCE — POLITICO Eugene Huelsman left death threats in phone messages for Matt Gaetz. “Tell Matt Gaetz to watch his back, tell him to watch his children. I’m coming for him… I’m gonna f—ing kill him… I’m gonna put a bullet in you and I’m gonna put a bullet in one of your f—ing kids too.” The arrest came within two days of Gaetz taking to the House floor last week to complain...