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The swedes just did a large vaccine study using 842,972 pairs of people (1.7 million total). each pair had one vaxxed, one unvaxxed. it’s currently a preprint for “the lancet.” you can grab it HERE. this was a retrospective study, but one in which the matching of cohorts was pretty good which improves the evidence quality quite a bit. it’s not a full RCT, but it’s a lot better than most of what’s getting published right now. Vaccines start off reasonably effective, but they fade very quickly. This has long been a criticism and a complaint about the shortness of...

Massive protest outside of the New York City Mayors mansion against vaccine mandates.https://twitter.com/TheMarieOakes/status/1453752609907544074 Anti vaxx protestors throw trash on DeBlasio’s lawn.https://twitter.com/ArtValley818_/status/1453769681051979778

From a Christian Biblical perspective. Ephesians 6: 11 Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. 12 For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places. 13 Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand. 14 Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of...

During an appearance on Friday’s broadcast of Fox News Channel’s “Hannity,” Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) alleged Biden health adviser Anthony Fauci lied about his agency’s role in so-called gain-of-function research that took place at the Wuhan Institute of Virology, where the COVID-19 virus is believed by many to have originated. Cotton called on Fauci to resign and suggested his next appearance should be in a courtroom, not Congress. “Speaking of people who should resign in disgrace, Tony Fauci should resign in disgrace,” he said. “He repeatedly lied to the American people and the Congress, saying that his agency did not...

Anyone remember the Obama Administration’s lugubrious “Life of Julia” slide show video, promoting their cradle-to-grave socialist vision for a single American woman? It seems to have been scrubbed from the internet, but my favorite part was the segment where Julia “decided to have a child,” with no mention then or after of a thing called a “father.” It seemed to be spontaneous procreation! Well now the Biden Administration has come out with the “Life of Linda,” showing us how great Linda’s life will be if we pass the Build Back Better plan. You have to see it, not to believe...

Santa Fe District Attorney Mary Carmack-Altwies has given an update on the details of the police’s investigation into the tragedy on the set of the independent film “Rust,” -snip- “Obviously, [Baldwin is] very important. He’s the one that pulled the trigger. He’s the one that was holding the gun. And so he’s very important,” Carmack-Altwies stated. “Does that mean that charges will be filed? Not necessarily. It also doesn’t mean that they won’t be filed.”

Defund Merrick GarlandYou won’t hear cries for accountability this time. In the wake of Attorney General Merrick Garland’s appearance before the Senate yesterday, I will wait patiently for cries of “Defund the Police” to issue forth across the country. But they won’t. It is charming to watch as the Left pivots from working to abolish law enforcement, to urging on a man who is, in effect, America’s most powerful cop.Garland’s Department of Justice recently issued a memo asserting that “there has been a disturbing spike in harassment, intimidation, and threats of violence against school administrators, board members, teachers, and staff.”...

The Biden administration’s questionnaire for evaluating requests for religious exemptions to vaccine mandates asks such detailed questions about faith and medical history that employees may find them intrusive and hostile. “How long have you held the religious belief underlying your objection?” is one question on the questionnaire, which originates from a “template” provided by the Safer Federal Workforce Task Force. The task force was created on day one of the Biden administration “to give the heads of federal agencies ongoing guidance” about “operating during the COVID-19 pandemic.” The template is being used by the Departments of Homeland Security, Commerce, and...

Feast of Saints Simon and Jude, Apostles Luke 6:12-16 Friends, today’s Gospel recounts Jesus selecting and appointing the Apostles. Bible scholar and theologian N.T. Wright has explained why Jesus commissioned twelve disciples as Apostles. Wright tells us that when a first-century Jew spoke of the arrival of God’s kingdom, he was taken to mean something very specific. He was announcing that the temple was going to be restored, that the proper worship of Yahweh would obtain, that the enemies of Israel would be dealt with, and that, above all, the tribes of the Lord—and through them, the tribes of the...

There is a battle in Illinois right now over a 1998 law called the “Health Care Right of Conscience Act.” That law, passed at the time by a Republican State Senate and a Democrat State House, contains wide-ranging and admirable protections for conscience rights when they intersect with medicine, including anti-discrimination protections. The law makes it public policy to “respect and protect the right of conscience of all persons who refuse to obtain, receive or accept” health and medical services. It also prohibits “all forms of discrimination, disqualification, coercion, disability or imposition of liability upon such persons” on account of...

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Joe Biden knows nothing…Joe Biden on electric cars: "When you buy an electric vehicle, you can go across America on a single tank of gas figuratively speaking. It's not gas. You plug it in." 11:06 AM · Oct 28, 2021·TweetDeck 454 Retweets 825 Quote Tweets 1,325 Likes https://twitter.com/TheFirstonTV/status/1453754986253410305 Obama 2008 redux. Tax credits for solar and wind. Everything is a lie. Solar panels are toxic and become hazardous waste when discarded. Wind farms are a blight upon America and they don’t work. Lithium mines rape the earth, and you can’t drive an electric car across America without hiring consultants to...

The following is a very small number of indictments on racial grounds, out of so many attacks by Arabs on Jews. In Lod alone there were over 650 violent attacks on Jews reported by May 27, 2021. (See: Sara Ha'etzni-Cohen, "The prosecution's indifference is shocking," ILH, 05-28-2021) _________________________ ISRAELI POLICE ROUTINE: DISCRIMINATORY AGAINST JEWS IN RUSHING WITH 'RACIST MOTIVE' CHARGE Honenu: Racist motive... The Honenu organization claims that the police are in a hurry to attach a "racist motive" to the attack on Arabs... and rarely do so in the opposite cases. Shlomo Piotrkowski, INN, Oct 20, 2014. https://www.inn.co.il/news/285738 ________________...

How do you make a rock doc without any concert footage? In his electric portrait of the Velvet Underground, the film-maker Todd Haynes elegantly sidesteps this conundrum. Unable to rely on archive material of their gigs, he turns instead to the early films of Andy Warhol, their friend, publicist and one-time manager.

The president of a California school district was caught cursing on a hot mic during a school board meeting Tuesday, after a parent gave a speech knocking masks in classrooms and COVID-19 vaccination mandates for students. Lauren Roupoli, who called herself a concerned parent, addressed the Los Alamitos Unified School District Board of Education and spoke about the problems she perceives are involved with enforcing a mask mandate in children. Her belief is that any possible benefit is far outweighed by the risks. In her fiery speech, she accused one board member of criticizing parents for voicing their legitimate concerns....

Internal financial pressures will mount as the Alec Baldwin film lacked a completion guarantee. Who believes that Rust — the Alec Baldwin movie that suspended production a week ago after the fatal shooting of the film’s cinematographer on a New Mexico set — will eventually be completed and released? The question isn’t the most important one following the accidental tragedy. Yet, it does inform the calculus on what’s to come. -snip- But the choice to finish or abandon the film could very well play a role on how this all shakes out. All productions begin with several rounds of risk...

“Asad”, an Afghan-American who returned to Kabul to get his extended family out, including parents, brother, sisters and their families, was one of hundreds my group of Afghan SOF vets was helping escape. His immediate family, wife & young boys all had blue passports and had been offered the chance to board a shuttle to the Kabul International Airport terminal, but he refused to leave the remainder of his family behind. This was the decision Asad was facing, and I believed he only had hours left to make the call. I texted him the following, “Asad, you need to make...

When CBS News pointed incorrectly to a region in Murcia, Spain when trying to locate La Palma, an island in the Canaries, the internet did its thing. I know, geography can be SO confusing! The Cumbre Vieja volcanic eruption sits on the Iberian Peninsula of Spain, but when CBS gave this report on the catastrophe, they pointed to a region in Murcia, Spain, 2,219 kilometres away. To be fair, a La Palma does exist in the region of Murcia near Cartagena. When speaking about an island, however, it is not too difficult to see the mistake when CBS points to...

Facebook posted a "correction" which essentially said, Because we say so.Well, I responded;

Racine County Sheriff's office holds press conference [1:16 long] detailing massive felony vote fraud by the Wisconsin Election Commission in the 2020 "election" in Wisconsin. This investigation came about because of citizen complaints about their loved ones in elder care homes being "voted for" by unnamed others.