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43-year-old Matt Doughty from Hertfordshire couldn't believe his eyes when he watched the footage back. Doughty, along with his friend Kevin, had been sitting at home watching the football on TV when he received an alert on his phone from his doorbell camera to tell him that someone was outside. When he played back the footage he expected to see a person standing on his doorstep, but was surprised to discover that the camera had instead been triggered by something in the sky. The object, which consisted of three bright lights in a triangular formation, could be seen slowly moving...

BERLIN (AP) — The Austrian government ordered a nationwide lockdown for unvaccinated people starting midnight Sunday to slow the fast spread of the coronavirus in the country. The move prohibits unvaccinated individuals older than age 12 from leaving their homes except for basic activities such as working, grocery shopping, going for a walk — or getting vaccinated. Authorities are concerned about rising deaths and that hospital staff will no longer be able to handle the growing influx of COVID-19 patients. “It’s our job as the government of Austria to protect the people,” Chancellor Alexander Schallenberg told reporters in Vienna on...

Cladosporium sphaerospermum could form a living shield around astronauts in space. The fungus not only blocks radiation but actually uses it to grow, through a process call radiosynthesis: It pulls energy from radiation, just as most plants pull energy from sunlight via photosynthesis. These radiation-loving fungi survive on Earth in extreme places, like the site of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine. In space, they do just as well. In 2019, researchers flew some of the fungi to the ISS, watching how it grew over a period of 30 days, and measuring the amount of radiation that passed through...

The others were already in Guyana. Stuck in the Miami airport, through no fault of my own, I paced. I was a journalist, a ghoul, with a desire to go where no sane man would wish to go. A smiling woman with large, syrupy eyes tried to pin a candy cane on my shirt. She explained that the Hare Krishnas were feeding people all over the world, and she had this record album and a book and a magazine – “Like, it’s rully ecstatic” – and would I like to cough up a donation. “Doesn’t this Jonestown stuff make you...

A Texas man has been denied monoclonal antibody treatment for covid because he is white. Earlier this year, the Texas Health and Human Services department (HHS) made monoclonal antibody treatments available to COVID patients following its Emergency Use Authorization by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in February. The state has issued tens of thousands of monoclonal antibody treatments over the past several months, but recently, thanks to a supply shortage spurred by the Biden administration, the agency has begun segregating who can receive the treatment based solely on the color of their skin. Now, the state is only providing...

At a press conference on Friday, Adams questioned why members of his party have not spoken out against BLM leader Hawk Newsome's calls to violence Newly elected Democratic mayor Eric Adams has already faced opposition from activist to his plans to reinstate the NYPD's plainclothes cop units Newsome told reporters 'There will be riots. There will be fire, and there will be bloodshed,' if Mayor-elect Eric Adams reinstates the NYPD's anti-crime units 'I think that this is an excellent moment for the local and state and federal Democratic Party to state: We could have justice without violence,' Adams said Newsome...

VIDEOReally? They are really claiming to not know who Ray Epps is. Really? Really?

‘The Council and Eclipse of God’ Installment XIX: The Council’s Failure to Condemn the Moral Evil of Communism - by Don Pietro Leone A. The Council’s Failure to Condemn the Moral Evil of Communism [1] John XXIII with Vitalij Borovoj and Vladimir Kotjarov. the two observers of the Russian Orthodox Church who partcipated at the Second Vatican Council.Historical Sketch Despite the claims to charismatic inspiration for the Council, the opinion of many of the Fathers that large parts of Europe would become overtly Communist, were later to be shown to be mistaken. Such an opinion led to the policy of...

Many people are choosing to make the switch to plant-based diets for many reasons – including as a way of cutting their climate footprint or to be healthier. Yet there’s long been the notion that plant-based diets are inherently more expensive than following a more traditional omnivore diet – which is why some people may be hesitant to make the switch. But it turns out that this isn’t entirely accurate. In fact, the recent research my colleagues and I published in Lancet Planetary Health found that eating a healthier and more sustainable diet (such as vegan, vegetarian, pescatarian or flexitarian)...

New Zealand bishops tell priests to ‘accompany’ Catholics who choose assisted suicideThe two letters were described as ‘appalling’ and appear to contradict previous Papal teachings.(LifeSiteNews) – New Zealand’s bishops have urged priests to ensure the “accompaniment” of those seeking to end their lives through assisted suicide, stating that it is a “sign of good intent” when such patients seek “spiritual accompaniment.”The document “Ministers of Consolation and Hope,” written by the New Zealand Catholic Bishops Conference (NZC), presents guidelines for clergy “to accompany those contemplating euthanasia or assisted dying.”An additional document, the pastoral statement “Bearers of Consolation and Hope,” was issued...

A truck driver has lost control of his vehicle in Bavaria. The truck drove driverlessly in a serpentine way through a construction site, against crash barriers and over warning barges. The police tried to draw the driver’s attention with flashing lights. Without checking his tractor-trailer and in critical health, a truck driver left a more than 30-kilometer-long path of destruction on Autobahn 3. The 48-year-old had lost control of the truck late on Saturday evening “apparently due to a medical cause,” the police said. During the entire journey through Lower Franconia, the vehicle collided with the guardrail several times and...

Republican congressional candidates hold their largest lead in midterm election vote preferences in ABC News/Washington Post polls dating back 40 years, underscoring profound challenges for Democrats hoping to retain their slim majorities in Congress next year. While a year is a lifetime in politics, the Democratic Party’s difficulties are deep; they include soaring economic discontent, a president who’s fallen 12 percentage points under water in job approval and a broad sense that the party is out of touch with the concerns of most Americans; 62 percent say so.

Who was the former federal prosecutor named Michael something that was just on FOXnews that gave statements supporting conviction of Kyle Rittenhouse. Said his testimony was all scripted and the crying was a fake and he should be found guilty of murder in two of the shootings and that the guy that pointed his pistol and tried to grab his gun had a right to try to take his gun.... THIS WAS ON FOXNEWS AT 11:30 AM CT THIS MORNING 11/14/2021. The jury is not secluded and is home and may or may not be watching news and reading and...

California Governor Gavin Newsom has been located, In-N-Out Burger may be relocated, and Oregon is being dislocated. Good day, West Coast, Messed Coast readers, and welcome to other news besides Kyle Rittenhouse’s trial, although to read the finest coverage of said trial, you may do so here. As alert West Coast, Messed Coasters know by now, Gavin Newsom was finally located after being missing for days following his COVID booster shot. Speculation abounded as to whether Governor Hair Gel suffered adverse complications to the vaccine. Indeed, insider reports said he did. You’ll be happy to know, however, that Newsom recovered...

New data reveals the epidemic of car break-ins in San Francisco is worsening. Betty Yu reports it has gotten so bad tourists are being told not to rent cars in The City.

I consulted my Magic 8-Ball and the answer is: I am totally amazed watching the Biden juggernaut destroy Ameria in only 10 short months. I am an old guy and I thought that I had seen everything but I have never observed a sitting US president intentionally destroy his own country. Some US presidents made great decisions (Abraham Lincoln) and some made horrific decisions (LBJ-Vietnam) but all of them loved America. All presidents swear an Oath of Affirmation to the best of their ability, to preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States. Then, WRECK IT BIDEN slithered...

Friday night is a great night to go out with friends, drink, eat, play around, and generally goof off. It’s decidedly not a night that most Americans pay attention to the news. The government knows this, which is why they usually announce really bad news on Friday night. Such was the case this past Friday evening when the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services announced a shocking 14.5% increase in Medicare premiums for seniors. It’s OK, though, says the government. Social Security has increased its payments to seniors by 5.7%, so everything is going to be alright. Is it? Bideninflation...

It’s been a year of sacrifice, social distancing and skyrocketing stress. Can we at least enjoy holidays? In terms of risk, the timing of the holiday season couldn’t be worse. The coronavirus is raging across the country, setting new daily infection records. More than 300,000 Americans have died of Covid-19, and small gatherings are believed to be fueling much of the spread. While public health officials caution against family and friends gathering in each other’s homes, they know many people plan to spend the holiday together anyway. The solution? A scaled-back holiday celebration — with open windows, fewer people and...

The free ride is finally over for a Long Island man who went more than two decades without paying a penny on his mortgage — while courts failed to evict him. Guramrit Hanspal, 52, bought the three-bedroom, 2.5-bath East Meadow home in October 1998 for $290,000, with $58,000 down. He made the first mortgage payment of $1,602.37, and then never paid again. The house was foreclosed upon in 2000. Over the years, Hanspal filed four lawsuits and seven bankruptcies, cases which automatically pause any attempt to evict. He even claimed COVID-19 financial hardship, court records show. Other occupants of the...

Sheriff Joe Lombardo shows a commanding lead in the Nevada gubernatorial Republican primary roughly one year out from the midterm elections, according to polling done by a pro-Lombardo PAC. Lombardo currently shows a double-digit lead over his closest opponent, Dean Heller — a former senator and one-time Nevada Secretary of State — who he was trailing in the polls roughly four months ago. Thirty-seven percent of the respondents said they would vote for Lombardo, while 19 percent said they would vote for Heller. However, in July, Heller was in the lead with 27 percent, against Lombardo’s 22 percent. Meanwhile, the...