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It looks as though the CNN plan to make itself less of a less of a joke by replacing its circus clowns is moving into action. The network has new owners and has signaled that it intends to return to a straight news organization as it once was, back when it was popular. Here's their first affirmation of it.According to Fox News:"Fox News Sunday" anchor Chris Wallace announced his resignation from Fox News after 18 years on Sunday and teased "a new adventure.""After 18 years — this is my final Fox News Sunday," Wallace said on his final airing Sunday....

As states across the Midwest and South pick up the pieces after a spate of tornadoes believed to have killed dozens of people, the top US emergency management official warned Sunday that such cataclysms will be the “new normal.” “The effects we are seeing of climate change are the crisis of our generation,” FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell told CNN’s “State of the Union.” Criswell added that while it was “not unusual” for tornadoes to strike in December, “at this magnitude, I don’t think we have ever seen one this late in the year.” “Even the severity and the amount of...

Georgia Governor Brian Kemp, a so-called Republican who is known for being anti-Trump, is in deep trouble according to a new GOP poll. Many are speculating that former Georgia GOP Senator David Perdue will be mounting a campaign to challenge Brian Kemp in the Republican primary for governor in 2022. The GOP poll obtained by the Washington Examiner indicates that, with former President Donald Trump‘s endorsement, Perdue would beat Brian Kemp in the primary 41% to 34%, with Democrat-turned-Republican Vernon Jones receiving 11 percent of the vote. If Jones was taken out of the race, the poll shows Perdue leading...

CHICAGO -- Chicago weekend violence has left 27 people shot, four fatally, police said. A man was fatally shot Saturday morning while standing on the porch of his friend's house in Palmer Square on the Northwest Side, police said. Suraj Mahadeva, 26, was found with a gunshot wound to his head by his friend who heard a loud sound about 3:25 a.m.. A man was found fatally shot Sunday afternoon in South Shore on the Far South Side. The man, 40, was found shot to death about 3:35 p.m. near a gangway of a residence in the 7500-block of South...

MEXICO CITY — Vicente Fernández, an iconic and beloved singer of regional Mexican music who was awarded three Grammys and nine Latin Grammys and inspired a new generation of performers, including his son Alejandro Fernández, died on Sunday. He was 81. Fernández was known for hits such as “El Rey,” and “Lástima que seas ajena,” his command of the ranchera genre and his dark and elegant mariachi suits with their matching wide-brimmed sombreros.

Questions about her husband's current mental fitness are "ridiculous," Jill Biden says in an interview

From the CO2 Coalition – December 12, 2021 President Joe Biden wasted no time in politicizing the recent tornado tragedy that claimed nearly 100 lives in Kentucky, Illinois, Arkansas, Tennessee, and Missouri. Speaking less than 24 hours after the devastation of communities and lives, Biden linked the storms to man-made climate change. “All I know is that the intensity of the weather across the board has some impacts as a consequence of the warming of the planet and climate change,” Biden said. “The fact is that we all know everything is more intense when the climate is warming. Everything. And...

A Christmas Story House, now restored to its movie splendor, is open year round to the public for tours and overnight stays. Directly across the street from the House is A Christmas Story Museum, which features original props, costumes and memorabilia from the film, as well as hundreds of rare behind-the-scenes photos. Among the props and costumes are the toys from the Higbee’s window, Randy’s snowsuit, the chalkboard from Miss Shields’ classroom and the family car. After reliving A Christmas Story at Ralphie’s house don’t forget to visit the museum gift shop for your own Major Award Leg Lamp and...

President Biden is signing an executive order on Monday intended to cut back on the bureaucracy around government services for the public such as renewing their passports, applying for loans or changing their name. The order, which Biden will sign on Monday afternoon on camera, affects 36 "customer experience improvement commitments" across 17 federal agencies. The order targets various government services dealing with travel, retirement, business, health and updating personal information, according to a White House fact sheet. For example, the order will call for a streamlined enrollment experience for retirees looking to enroll in Social Security, and it will...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo on Monday announced 60 finalists for $1 billion in economic development grants tied to the Biden administration’s coronavirus relief package and aimed at improving job training and regional industry partnerships. There were 529 applicants for the grants. That means roughly 11% of submissions made it to the next round, which will ultimately choose 20 to 30 regional coalitions for up to $100 million in grants that could shape manufacturing, clean energy and life sciences hubs around the country. Twelve of the finalists were from places tied to the coal industry. The finalists were...

Do you want a new car? Specifically, a Lamborghini? You got it. But what size will you get? Take a chance at your luck and purchase MrBeast + MSCHF Everyone Gets A Car packs, now further price-dropped at 20% off for the Green Monday Sale. MSCHF, a rising art collective based out of New York, has teamed up with YouTuber, entrepreneur, and philanthropist MrBeast — whose most recent Squid Games-inspired video gained the attention of millions and gained quite the following — for a unique opportunity. This sweepstake gives individuals the chance to win the car of their dreams, with...

Atlantic magazine contributing writer Quinta Jurecic did not use the f-word but used the phrase "weirdly static" as a stand-in for "flopped" when writing about the failure of the congressional January 6 Committee investigation. Of course, one problem is that none of the supposed insurrectionists has actually been charged with insurrection. Jurecic explained how the January 6 Committee investigation flopped on Saturday in "Why the January 6 Investigation Is Weirdly Static."

President Joe Biden continues to get poor ratings from the American people on his presidency, prompting the president to blame misinformation and coronavirus anxiety. A CNBC poll released Friday showed Biden with only a 41 percent approval rating with Americans giving him only a 46 percent approval rating on handling the coronavirus, and only 37 percent approving of his handling of the economy.

As war threat looms, the Ministry of National Defense (MND) in Taiwan has warned that Beijing may use military drills as a pretense to launch an attack on the self-ruled democracy. The People's Liberation Army (PLA) will launch various missiles and destroy Taiwan’s air defense sites, radar stations, and command posts, said a report by Taiwan News. These observations were made by MND in the legislative report titled "Strengthening the military’s combat effectiveness in response to an all-out Chinese invasion of Taiwan in 2025." According to the report, China will also suppress or destroy Taiwan’s main battle forces and key...

MILWAUKEE -- Harley-Davidson will take its electric motorcycle division public through a blank-check company, valuing the enterprise that has been part of the Harley for 10 years at $1.77 billion. The news gave a jolt to long-suffering shares of Harley-Davidson, which jumped 12% before the opening bell Monday.

Scanning electromicrograph of an HIV-infected H9 T cell. Credit: NIAID NIH scientists developed vaccine platform. An experimental HIV vaccine based on mRNA—the same platform technology used in two highly effective COVID-19 vaccines—shows promise in mice and non-human primates, according to scientists at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health. Their results, published in Nature Medicine, show that the novel vaccine was safe and prompted desired antibody and cellular immune responses against an HIV-like virus. Rhesus macaques receiving a priming vaccine followed by multiple booster inoculations had a 79% lower per-exposure risk...

Abstract and Figures Background: Ivermectin has demonstrated different mechanisms of actions that could potentially protect from both COVID-19 infection and COVID-19-related comorbidities. Based on the existing literature and safety profile of ivermectin, a citywide program of prophylactic use of ivermectin for COVID-19 was implemented in Itajai, a Southern city in Brazil in the state of Santa Catarina. The objective of this analysis is to evaluate the effects of the use of ivermectin for prevention of COVID-19 infection, risk of dying and mortality, compared to non-users. Materials and methods: This is a retrospective analysis of registry data from the medical based...

THE SISTINE CHAPEL'S WALLS. Special Warm Thanks To FReeper Spaceman49 For Suggesting This Thread TWO HELPFUL LINKS:VATICAN MUSEUM"SISTINE CHAPEL" Wiki EXTERIOR & WIDE-ANGLE 1 Source2 Source3 Source4 "Diagram of part of the vertical fresco decoration" THE NORTH WALL 5 "NORTH WALL"6 "LUNETTES [and WEBS, next]: the Forefathers of Christ, the forerunners of his coming and therefore of the Redemption: Matthew 1:17"7 "WEBS or SPANDRELS"8 "PONTIFFS"9 "6 STORIES OF CHRIST [see below]"10 "DRAPES"11 PIETRO PERUGINO 1. "The Baptism of Christ"12 SANDRO BOTTICELLI 2. "Temptations of Christ"13 DOMENICO GHIRLANDAIO 3. "Calling of the First Apostles"14 COSIMO ROSSELLI 4. "The Sermon on...

Pray For The Peace of JerusalemMark 2Jesus Questioned About Fasting 18 Now John’s disciples and the Pharisees were fasting. Some people came and asked Jesus, “How is it that John’s disciples and the disciples of the Pharisees are fasting, but yours are not?” 19 Jesus answered, “How can the guests of the bridegroom fast while he is with them? They cannot, so long as they have him with them. 20 But the time will come when the bridegroom will be taken from them, and on that day they will fast. 21 “No one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth on...

, $5,000 in one-dollar bills was dumped onto a carpet in the middle of the ice as 10 local teachers readied themselves to shovel up as much of it as they could. When the competition began, the teachers — all wearing hockey helmets — crawled into the pile of cash, frantically stuffing the bills into their shirts as an arena of spectators hollered and cheered until every dollar was snatched up. In the end, Barry Longden, a teacher at a local high school, snatched the most cash — $616 Alexandria Kuyper, a fifth-grade teacher, managed to grab $592