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Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, the 2016 Democratic Party nominee for president, said Sunday on NBC’s “Today” that during the 2016 presidential campaign that the people chanting lock her up “had no idea what they were talking about.” Anchor Willie Geist said, “You talked about after the 2016 election going to the woods for a while and being ready to come out at some point?”

The U.S. Treasury is reporting a record amount of taxes collected in the first two months of fiscal 2022 (October, November) — $565,135,000,000. The federal government also collected a record $282,094,000,000 in individual income taxes in the first two months of this fiscal year.

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Connecticut’s government will now let residents use a cellphone app to show their COVID-19 vaccination status, The Associated Press reported. Gov. Ned Lamont (D) said on Friday the new app will be available for residents at the end of the year, saying the app will give restaurants and stores to determine if restrictions need to be put in place. The state has not imposed a mask mandate unlike other surrounding jurisdictions.

n Absolute Best Tests, our writer Ella Quittner destroys the sanctity of her home kitchen in the name of the truth. She's seared more porterhouse steaks than she cares to recall, tasted enough types of bacon to concern a cardiologist, and ranked potatoes from “most forgettable” to “potatoes we’d like to marry.” Today, she tackles shrimp. Humankind’s first known shellfish feast occurred sometime around 163,000 B.C., in a cave on the southern coast of South Africa. Many millennia later, excavators found a bowl of roughly two dozen edible creatures, including mussels and at least one barnacle that had previously resided...

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, the 2016 Democratic Party nominee for president, said Sunday on NBC’s “Today” that if former President Donald Trump won the presidency in 2024, it “could be the end” of U.S. democracy. Clinton said, “If I were a betting person right now, I’d say Trump is going to run again. He seems to be setting himself up to do that, and if he’s not held accountable, then he gets to do it again. I think that could be the end of our democracy. Not to be too pointed about it, but I want people to...

Explanation: Comet Leonard is now visible to the unaided eye -- but just barely. Passing nearest to the Earth today, the comet is best seen this week soon after sunset, toward the west, low on the horizon. Currently best visible in the north, by late December the comet will best be seen from south of Earth's equator. The featured image of Comet C/2021 A1 (Leonard) was taken a week ago from California, USA. The deep exposure shows in great detail the comet's green gas coma and developing dust tail. The comet -- across our inner Solar System and only light-minutes...

Joy to the World... A Guadete Sunday message for everyone... and with a different kind of Wheel of Fortune to learn about... 14 min YouTube Video:Have You Found Joy?.

WASHINGTON — Two studies from overseas released this month contradict the mainstream narrative that the COVID-19 jabs are “safe and effective.” A study from the Queen Mary University in London (QMUL) showed that the U.K.’s data is misclassifying individuals who die within 14 days of being jabbed as “unvaccinated” creating an anomaly. It concluded that it’s “massively exaggerated” to call the shots effective under World Health Organization (WHO) and Centers for Disease Control (CDC) definitions, and people who submit to the experiment are an “increased mortality” risk. The study used data from the U.K.’s Office for National Statistics (ONS). The...

Imagine being so desperate to demonize the Jewish state that you use Palestinian children and members of the press to stage fake Israeli attacks against civilians. This is the sort of misinformation that not only perpetuates the conflict, but also fuels global antisemitism. pic.twitter.com/XsXqVx6mjV— Yoni Michanie (@YoniMichanie) December 4, 2021

CNN anchor Brian Stelter said Sunday on his show “Reliable Sources” that former Fox News anchor Chris Wallace’s departure “speaks volumes” about Fox News’ increasing radicalism. Stelter said, “This is a shock to the TV news business. Chris Wallace is one of the journalists that is at Fox who stands out like a sore thumb because the network has become more and more radicalized, both in the Trump years and now in the Biden years.”

I'm so furious that I'm about to throw a shoe at my TV screen. Right now, I'm watching the pre-show on Telemundo for the Miss Universe Pageant, which will be broadcast from Israel tonight at 8PM on FOX and on Telemundo.Since it's the 70th anniversary of the pageant, the hosts of the pre-show are reminiscing through the decades and analyzing all of the owners and host countries. When the got to Trump's tenure (1996-2015), one of the hosts, Lupita Jones (who was Miss Universe 1991, representing Mexico) went on full blast, saying that Trump offended and alienated all Latin Americans...

During an interview on this week’s broadcast of “Fox News Sunday,” anchor Chris Wallace asked Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) why Republicans were willing to “play politics” with raising the debt ceiling.

God has so much he wants to give you. “’And try me now in this,’ says the Lord of hosts, ‘If I will not open for you the windows of heaven and pour out for you such blessing that there will not be room enough to receive it’” (Malachi 3:10, NKJV). He stands in a full storehouse, saying, “I am a giving, loving God, but so few will receive from me. They won’t let me be God to them!’ Of course, we are to thank God for all he has done and given already, but we are not to be...

Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) said Sunday on ABC’s “This Week” that the January 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol “was driven from the top” by former President Donald Trump. Anchor George Stephanopoulos said, “It seems like every single day, Chris Christie, we’re learning more about what was going on inside the White House in those days leading up to January 6. Most recently this week, this PowerPoint presentation that was sent to Mark Meadows detailing all the ways the White House could interfere in the investigation. It may explain why the former president and his allies are...

“Therefore also God highly exalted Him, and bestowed on Him the name which is above every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those who are in heaven, and on earth, and under the earth, and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father” (Philippians 2:9-11). God will exalt the humble. Having plumbed the depths of Christ’s humiliation (Phil. 2:5-8), Paul now soars to the heights of His exaltation (vv. 9-11). Like Paul, the apostle Peter affirmed that the great theme of Old Testament prophecy was...

Make no mistake, this is 21st century media warfare, and we are fighting against horizontally integrated corporate-sponsored Global Tyranny. This is likely to be the first skirmish in what will be a long war, and we are outgunned and out capitalized by far. Fortunately, here in good-old USA, we have the example, lessons learned and wisdom of a little guerrilla revolution from a few centuries ago that threw off another form of Global Tyranny driven by the madness of King George. There are many parallels. And much to be remembered and re-learned from the revolutionary citizen-politician leaders of those days....

A U.S. Navy commander was relieved of his duties as executive officer of a warship for “failing to abide by lawful order,” officials said.The Naval service on Friday relieved Cmdr. Lucian Kins, the executive officer of USS Winston S. Churchill, said the Naval Surface Force Atlantic in a brief statement.“On December 10, 2021, Commander, Naval Surface Squadron 14, Capt. Ken Anderson, relieved Cmdr. Lucian Kins as executive officer of USS Winston S. Churchill (DDG 81) due to loss of confidence in Kins’ ability to perform his duties,” Lt. Cmdr. Jason Fischer said.A Navy official (USNI) that Kins was relieved of...

Booster jabs will be offered to everyone over 18 in England from this week, the PM has announced, as he declared an "Omicron emergency". "No one should be in any doubt, there is a tidal wave of Omicron coming," Boris Johnson said in a TV statement on Sunday evening. The target to offer a booster to all adults by the end of January will be brought forward by a month, he said. Some medical appointments may also be postponed to focus on boosters. Mr Johnson gave his update on Sunday evening - just hours after the UK's Covid alert level...

When the state-wide lockdown is lifted, Queensland will allow supermarkets and other businesses providing essential services to implement vaccine passports. The provision could deny those without a vaccine passport easy access to food and other basics. Queensland will reopen its borders this week. The Health Minister Yvette D’Ath said that once the borders reopen, new health directives will be released, which could be less strict on businesses that have implemented health mandates. “In the coming days, the Government will issue the guidelines required for business and industry as our border reopens,” she said in a statement. “This will include information...