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Christmas might be a dive bar lover's (DBL, for short) favorite season. Think about how great the Christmas lights always look in a dive bar! Or the way that proprietors always manage to make Christmas drink specials — usually involving Baileys or peppermint schnapps — that fill you with holiday cheer without taking all of your shopping money? Needless to say, DBLs around the world probably leapt for joy when Miller High Life announced its latest holiday endeavor, and you'll be delighted to hear that it's not fruit cake-flavored beer. Rather, the brewer has decided to add gingerbread construction to...

Outgoing German Chancellor Angela Merkel, alongside successor Olaf Scholz, announced Thursday that unvaccinated citizens will be prohibited from entering nonessential public places, according to BBC News. Those who are unvaccinated will be barred from places such as restaurants, shops, bars or events, with the exception being if they have recently recovered from a case of COVID-19. "Culture and leisure nationwide will be open only to those who have been vaccinated or recovered," Merkel saidin announcing the lockdown.

The Supreme Court on Wednesday heard oral arguments for and against a Mississippi law that would ban abortions after 15 weeks. The arguments -- pro and con -- are familiar, but there is a greater argument to be made for upholding the law and, should a majority of justices decide to do so, overturn Roe v. Wade. That greater argument begins with several questions that may be connected to abortion. They include: Why is there so much looting? Why the indiscriminate destruction of property? Why are there so many shootings in our major cities? Disrespect for and devaluing babies yet...

A three-year study found that the risk of delayed intracranial hemorrhage and death following head trauma was significantly higher for adults taking older blood thinning medications including clopidogrel (Plavix) and warfarin (Coumadin), according to research. Taking aspirin concurrently with any blood thinner may increase the risk of delayed hemorrhage. Intracranial hemorrhage occurs when blood vessels within the brain rupture, releasing blood into the brain tissue. In a delayed traumatic intracranial hemorrhage, bleeding in the brain occurs after the initial trauma, usually within 48 hours, after an initial negative head CT. High blood pressure, head injury and the use of blood...

Dr. Anthony Fauci has been the target of criticism due to his handling or rather mishandling of the coronavirus. As the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Fauci has flip-flopped his stance on the efficacy of using masks and has voiced warnings about using Ivermectin to treat COVID, while other doctors and also other countries have proof that it is effective against the virus and reduces the mortality rate. Fauci has also been a proponent of the vaccine amidst controversy that the vaccine has not been tested enough to fully understand its efficacy and possible...

COPENHAGEN (AP) – At least 50 people in and around Norway’s capital have been infected with the omicron coronavirus variant and the cases are connected to a Norwegian company’s Christmas party in an Oslo restaurant, officials said Thursday. “More cases are expected. Effective tracing is being done to limit transmission routes and prevent major outbreaks,” the Oslo Municipality said in a statement.

As I’ve grown older, I’ll often hear people my age say things like “they just don’t make good music like they used to.” Why does this happen? Luckily, my background as a psychologist has given me some insights into this puzzle. We know that musical tastes begin to crystallize as early as age 13 or 14. By the time we’re in our early 20s, these tastes get locked into place pretty firmly. In fact, studies have found that by the time we turn 33, most of us have stopped listening to new music. Meanwhile, popular songs released when you’re in...

In last week's column, I provided examples of damage that the left is doing to America and forcefully pleaded with patriotic Americans to fight for their country, including sending a powerful message in next year's midterm elections. Some felt this was insufficient. One disgruntled reader commented, "So, you present us with a nauseating litany of the kinds of evil and destruction that our now clearly communist government and every miserable, disgusting and depraved loser who can crawl from under their rock or out of their cesspool feels free to commit. And then you say the answer is to vote. Are...

The Tesla and SpaceX founder Elon Musk believes that septuagenarians are too old to run for high office. In what could be a dig at President Joe Biden or his predecessor Donald Trump, Musk said that there must come a point when a politician's time is up. "Let's set an age limit after which you can't run for political office, perhaps a number just below 70..." said his tweet which as of Thursday morning had been liked more than 76,000 times. Musk did not specify whether he was referring to the U.S. presidency, which has a lower age limit of...

The conservative news site I have operated for the last 15 years is undergoing persistent bot attacks which leave site unable to load and me unable to post news. Does anyone out there have experience with this?

Just reading through the senators twitter feeds and there appears to be a MASSIVE split. Some want to go all out and STOP the vaccine mandate including shutting down the government until the Demoncrats agree to stop funding it. Then you have McConnell going on Fox saying it's not happening! I wonder how many of those seeking to defund the mandate appreciate this! BIG move by Mitch because I'd say nearly half his members want to shut down the government including some reliable establishment types like Roger Marshall from Kansas (who is spearheading it, funnily enough). This could easily boil...

A Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals ruling has set a formidable precedent for judicial scrutiny of Biden administration policies concerning Covid, as well as constitutional questions in general. ================================================================================= It was with scorn and constitutional alarm that the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals on November 12 turned aside the Biden administration’s attempt to require Covid vaccinations for the nation’s workforce. The ruling has set a formidable precedent for judicial scrutiny of Biden administration policies concerning Covid, as well as constitutional questions in general. In order to avoid the drawn-out and detailed procedures, including public comment, required by executive-branch administrative law,...

Remeber how the FDA a few weeks ago did not want a federal Judge to let any of the Pfizer drug information out from the first few weeks when they started to do the injections back January? It is out and in the first few weeks alone thousands of people died and they knowingly covered it up. https://banned.video/watch?id=61a8154a5894057acfcf857d

December 7, 1941. "A date which will live in infamy," President Franklin D. Roosevelt called it. The attack's 80th anniversary is this month. Infamy. Webster's Dictionary defines infamy as: "evil reputation brought about by something grossly criminal, shocking, or brutal." From the U.S. perspective, the Japanese 1941 sneak attack on Pearl Harbor definitely fits that definition. The Japanese elites -- other than Adm. Isoruku Yamamoto -- thought the sneak attack would do two things. The semi-sane bean counters thought it would destroy America's Pacific Ocean fleet and make retribution (counterattack on Japan) impossible, or at least improbable. The total whack-job,...

Two brazen thieves were caught on surveillance video cornering a mother and her baby outside their gated Los Angeles home — before stealing a diaper bag and cooler. Police said the terrifying ordeal unfolded when the woman returned to her Hancock Park home last Sunday afternoon after she went out for a walk with her child. The surveillance video released by cops shows the woman waiting for the electric gates to open outside the home before she started pushing her baby’s stroller up the driveway. At the same time, the two suspects can be seen getting out of a car...

@ChadPergram On Fox, McConnell says "there's a decent chance the courts" will strike down vaccine mandates. "I don't think shutting down the government over this issue is going to get an outcome. It's only going to create chaos and uncertainty."

A homeless man from Miami has been arrested on allegations he murdered Ryan Rogers, the 14-year-old boy found fatally stabbed in Palm Beach Gardens. Semmie Lee Williams, 39, was taken into custody from Miami on Wednesday. Police officials in Palm Beach Gardens are scheduled to detail his arrest at a 10 a.m. press conference. His first appearance in court also is scheduled for 10 a.m. in Palm Beach County, records show. Palm Beach court records show he was arrested by Palm Beach Gardens police on a charge of first-degree murder with a weapon. The murder of Ryan, a freshman at...

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Illinois on Wednesday reported 6,119 new COVID-19 cases, the highest amount in a single day since January. The surge is largely fueled by unvaccinated residents, the Chicago Tribune reported. In the week ending on Wednesday, residents who were not fully vaccinated were being hospitalized due to COVID-19 at a rate of 38 per 100,000 residents, surpassing the peak rate during fall 2020, according to the Tribune. Nearly 1.9 million people in Illinois have received the COVID-19 booster shot, which is more than one in seven of the state's residents, the Tribune noted. The number is an increase from the 1.5...

Fauci said on Wednesday that annual COVID vaccinations may be needed