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Sen. Joe Manchin on Wednesday angrily shouted at reporters to go away — telling one, “You are ********!” and “I’m done!” after he was peppered with questions about his reluctance to support President Biden’s mammoth social spending bill. “I’m not negotiating with any of you, OK?” the West Virginia Democrat said as reporters followed him around Capitol Hill. Manchin added, raising his voice: “You guys, let me go. This is ********. You are ********! OK? I’m done! I’m done! God Almighty.” The centrist senator appeared to be swiping at journalist Arthur Delaney of the Huffington Post when he said “you...

Is it time to resurrect hydrogen airships – not to carry passengers, but as fast, cheap and convenient cargo carriers?H2 Clipper VIEW 5 IMAGES California startup H2 Clipper wants to bring back hydrogen-filled airships, claiming they can unlock completely green intercontinental cargo operations carrying 8-10 times the payload of any cargo plane over 6,000 miles, at a quarter of the price. The H2 Clipper would carry payloads up to and beyond 340,000 lb (150,000 kg), says the company, and would offer up to 265,000 cubic feet (7,530 cubic metres) of cargo space. It wouldn't travel as fast as a plane,...

Representative Eric Swalwell (D-CA) said Wednesday on CNN’s “New Day” that the House Select Committee investigating January 6 could send the Department of Justice a “criminal referral” for former President Donald Trump. Swalwell said, “We want to know what is Donald Trump thinking, what is he doing, not doing. We now know that concerned Fox News hosts, concerned family members, concerned legislators who were with me in the chamber are all aiming their concerns at the White House, and Trump is doing nothing. And this is just one witness who is only giving us a very little amount of information,...

U.S.—In a heated exchange on Twitter, a powerful white man viciously attacked Elizabeth Warren—a noble Cherokee squaw and Senator from Massachusetts. "This violent verbal attack on me was literally a hate crime," said Warren as a single tear slowly rolled down her cheek. "The white man continues to oppress my people by resisting the government's efforts to tax them into oblivion and waste all their money on spending bills that we write to pay off our campaign donors. This basically makes him a freeloader." The white attacker—named Elon Musk—simply responded with cruel memes showing Elizabeth Warren wearing eagle feathers and...

'One of the most artificial and calculating human beings on the planet' The White House is illuminated in gold light in recognition of Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, Thursday, Sept. 23, 2021. (Official White House photo by Erin Scott) Twice-failed Democrat presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton went on television just days ago to explain she thinks President Donald Trump will run for the White House again in 2024. And, she threatened, if voters put him in the Oval Office again, it "could be the end" of American democracy. In an interview on NBC she said, "If I were a betting person, right...

President Joe Biden was greeted with “Let’s go, Brandon!” chants in Kentucky on Wednesday as he arrived to view the damage caused by last week’s deadly tornadoes.

President Joe Biden’s energy chief extended an olive branch to the oil industry Tuesday, telling executives a crude export ban is not under consideration, while assuring them that the administration was “not a bogeyman.” Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm made the virtual remarks Tuesday to an outside advisory group with members including executives from such companies as Exxon Mobil Corp. and Royal Dutch Shell Plc. Her conciliatory tone comes as the administration’s policies on energy production, which included a temporary halt to oil leasing on federal lands and the termination of a permit for the Keystone XL pipeline, have drawn the...

Tucker Carlson had economist Peter Schiff on his show to discuss the current state of Biden’s economy.Trending Politics reported:Tucker leads the conversation by noting that CPI rose by nearly 7% year over year in November, the highest inflation in decades. While that’s bad enough, Schiff responded by noting that CPI probably isn’t even the right measure of inflation, with the true inflation number being far, far higher. In his words:In fact, one of the ways the Fed has been able to justify creating more inflation is because they claimed we didn’t have enough of it. But the only reason we...

One person has died in North Carolina due to influenza complications, the state’s first reported flu-related death of the 2021-22 flu season. The person, an adult in western North Carolina, died during the second week of December, state Department of Health and Human Services officials said Tuesday. The person tested positive for influenza and negative for COVID-19, according to the state. “This is a sad reminder that flu can be a serious illness and can lead to complications and even death in some cases,” State Epidemiologist Dr. Zack Moore said in a statement. “With flu cases increasing and the ongoing...

Question Is L-α glycerylphosphorylcholine (α-GPC), a choline analogue, associated with stroke after long-term use? Findings In this cohort study of matched cohorts including more than 12 million individuals aged 50 years or older without underlying stroke, Alzheimer disease, or cerebrovascular disease, α-GPC use was significantly associated with a 10-year incident stroke risk in a dose-responsive manner. Individuals using vs not using α-GPC had a 46% higher risk of stroke. Meaning The results of this cohort study suggest that the decision to use α-GPC must be carefully weighed with the consideration of potential stroke risk associated with α-GPC. Abstract Importance L-α...

PARIS (AP) — Harry’s Bar in Paris is celebrating the 100th birthday of the bloody mary, the vodka-tomato juice cocktail believed to have been invented at the iconic watering hole in 1921. The centenary events this week bring a welcome respite from winter gloom and worries about the omicron variant of the coronavirus. The bar is carefully checking COVID-19 health passes as foreign visitors gather to sample the drink closely associated with Harry’s Bar, whose patrons over the past century have included writers Ernest Hemingway and F. Scott Fitzgerald. According to the history of Harry’s, bartender Fernand Petiot invented the...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Nannies, house cleaners, gardeners and other San Francisco domestic workers must be given paid sick leave under a groundbreaking law approved by city leaders this week. The city’s Board of Supervisors on Tuesday unanimously passed the legislation, which the San Francisco Chronicle said is the first of its kind in the U.S. The measure would affect 10,000 people in the city who work in private homes cleaning, cooking, tending children, garden or providing non-medical care for seniors or disabled residents. Supporters of law said that workforce is typically low-paid with many women and immigrants. “I think...

In a bid to push more of its workers to get vaccinated against COVID-19, Kroger will eliminate paid pandemic-related leave and charge $50 per month to employees that haven't gotten shots.

The Fed statement and economic projections saw the central bank double the pace of its asset purchase tapering to USD 30bln per month (consisting of USD 20bln Treasuries, USD 10bln MBS – this will be doubled again in January, with similar reductions likely be appropriate each month thereafter), which puts it on course to conclude asset purchases by March, from the prior landing zone of around June, although this could be adjusted if warranted.Its updated projections now see three rate hikes in 2022, revising up its view from one hike pencilled in at the September FOMC (recall that September, the...

The Biden team has been trying to blunt the criticism of Joe Biden not doing interviews and not being accessible to the press by having him do some things in very controlled or friendly settings We saw him do a very friendly softball session with Jimmy Fallon on “The Tonight Show.” Then he made a few remarks to CBS’s Rita Braver who was doing a longer interview with his wife — and that was about as fawning of an interview as you can get. Yesterday, he did a virtual interview with a WHIOTV 7 reporter John Bedell. Now remotely, you...

An LGBT club for kindergarteners, 'two-spirit' sexuality, and a radical leftwing understanding of sex were all promoted in the nation's second largest school district.The Los Angeles Unified School District’s Office of Human Relations, Equity and Diversity hosted a 10-week online club for LGBT elementary schoolers, down to four-year-olds. It also prepared a series of presentations that promoted leftwing gender theory and deviant sexualities including the “Two Spirit” sexuality. The club was called “Rainbow Club,” and met once a week for 10 weeks. It was advertised to students from preschool to fifth grade as a “virtual club for LGBTQ+ elementary school...

The Tehran Times published on Wednesday a front-page article with a map threatening Israel with missile attacks, The Jerusalem Post reported. The article in the state-affiliated paper headlined "Just one wrong move!" stated that "an intensification of the Israeli military threats against Iran seems to suggest that the Zionist regime has forgotten that Iran is more than capable of hitting them from anywhere," adding it "doesn’t need to remind the illegitimate regime of Israel of Iran’s defense capabilities." The article ended with a quote by Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei from 2013 that Tehran would "destroy Tel Aviv and Haifa"...

French citizens ages 65 and older will lose their health pass if they have not yet received their Wuhan coronavirus booster shot, outlet France 24 reported Wednesday.The health pass, which was introduced over the summer, makes full vaccination against COVID-19, recovery from a recent infection, or a recent negative COVID-19 test obligatory to visit any restaurant, cafe, inter-city train transit, and visit movie theaters and museums. Beginning Wednesday, France 24 reports, people ages 65 and up will have the QR code on their health pass deactivated if they have not received their booster shot. “The government says some 400,000 people...

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer is reportedly planning to put President Joe Biden's multi-trillion dollar Build Back Better spending spree on the back burner, dashing White House hopes the monster legislation would pass before Christmas. Despite Biden's best efforts, he hasn't convinced West Virginia Democratic Senator Joe Manchin to vote for the package. Schumer is still holding out hope for action on voting rights this year, multiple sources tell us. They are hoping for agreement on a rules change between four moderates who have been meeting - Tester, Kaine, King and Manchin 2/— Leigh Ann Caldwell (@LACaldwellDC) December 15, 2021Sen....

[H/T Countrecount]In a stunning admission, virologist Dr. Andrew Hill acknowledged in a zoom call that publication of his study could lead to the deaths of at least a half million people.In defending his reversal on the effectiveness of ivermectin as a treatment for COVID-19, he discussed his “difficult situation” and said, “I’ve got this role where I’m supposed to produce this paper and we’re in a very difficult, delicate balance.”The incident is recounted in Robert Kennedy Jr’s New York Times Bestseller, The Real Anthony Fauci: Bill Gates, Big Pharma, and the global war on Democracy and Public Health.Andrew Hill, PhD,...