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Southwest Airlines CEO Gary Kelly told a Senate panel on Wednesday that the air in passenger jets' cabins is so clean that face masks "don't add much" additional protection against the spread of COVID-19 on planes. "The statistics, I recall, is that 99.97 percent of airborne pathogens are captured by the HEPA [high-efficiency particulate air] filtering system, and it's turned over every two or three minutes," Kelly told the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee during a hearing on airline oversight. “I think the case is very strong that masks don’t add much, if anything, in the air cabin,” he...

Many earnest but ill-informed Americans legitimately wonder how the economy could have done so well under former President Donald Trump yet go spectacularly south in such a short time under President Joe Biden. The answer to that question is straightforward. Trump doesn't believe that the government should run the economy. Biden and his puppet masters think the government should run the economy, and that they should run the government. They're wrong. There are at least two good reasons why no individual or small cadre of people should "run" the economy: First, people are frequently wrong, even in subjects they know...

WHO IS "etabeta"? The most art-knowledgable of all regular responders to these threads. Her contributions have been so entertaining and informative that I asked her to grace us with her favorite Christian artworks. After some persistent persuasion, she acquiesced and delivered these, grouped by artist, with this explanation: "There are so many more paintings I love but tried to refrain myself..." G I O T T O 1 GIOTTO "The Nativity"2 GIOTTO "Kiss of Judas"3 GIOTTO "Meeting at the Golden Gate (detail)"Mary's Parents FILIPPO LIPPI4 FILIPPO LIPPI "Annunciation and Nativity" FRA ANGELICO5 FRA ANGELICO "Annunciation"6 FRA ANGELICO "Deposition of Christ"7...

The UCLA men’s basketball game against Alabama State was canceled on Wednesday due to COVID-19 protocols, as sports leagues across the country face rising cases. UCLA initially announced that head coach Mick Cronin would not be at the game after entering COVID-19 protocols and associate head coach Darren Savino would be the acting head coach in his place. Hours later, the team said the game would be canceled altogether due to COVID-19 protocols.

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The CDC's latest count of deaths attributed to COVID-19 vaccines is nearly 20,000, but a study by researchers at Columbia University estimates the actual number is 20 times higher. The Vaccine Adverse Events Reporting System, or VAERS, reports 19,886 deaths, 102,857 hospitalizations and a total of 946,461 adverse events due to COVID-19 vaccines through Dec. 3. If the Columbia study's underreporting factor is correct, it would mean that there are nearly 400,000 deaths due to COVID-19 vaccines. In the study's abstract, the researchers note that "accurate estimates of COVID vaccine-induced severe adverse event and death rates are critical for risk-benefit...

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 students, their friends, and their grown-ups.”(“TK” stands for transitional kindergarten, for children who are four years old, or preschool age.)

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 16, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- MasterClass, the streaming platform where anyone can learn from the world's best across a wide range of subjects, announced today the launch of United States President Bill Clinton's class on inclusive leadership. In his class, Clinton teaches members his action-oriented and people-centered approach to leadership and how they can apply his philosophy to their personal and professional lives. A part of the "MasterClass Presents the White House" series, Clinton's class is now available exclusively on MasterClass, where subscribers get unlimited access to all 150+ instructors with an annual membership.

Approximately 168,000 of the 800,000 U.S. COVID-19 deaths could have been prevented by the Covid vaccines, a new analysis finds. The Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) analyzed Covid death data in the U.S., and found that tens-of-thousands of deaths over the past six months could have been prevented if people had gotten vaccinated. They used the death rate among fully vaccinated people - who do occasionally die from the virus despite the overall rarity - and calculated how many unvaccinated people would have lived if they had received the jab. September and October were especially brutal, with a combined 92,800 deaths...

After exiting "General Hospital" following almost two decades on the program, actor Ingo Rademacher joined "Tucker Carlson Tonight" on Fox Nation to discuss his new lawsuit against Disney subsidiary ABC over its coronavirus vaccine mandate. Rademacher, who was denied a religious exemption, told host Tucker Carlson that submitting to the injection would go against many of his beliefs, including religion.

Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., spoke at an awards event held by an affiliate of the Communist Party in his state, touting President Biden's Build Back Better plan as a promoter of "economic justice." The Democratic senator appeared Saturday at the Connecticut People's World Committee Amistad Awards to distribute certificates of recognition to the three recipients of the awards. Video by the communist group posted on Facebook shows emcee Ben McManus inviting members of the audience to "join the Communist Party in this epic time as we make good trouble to uproot systemic racism, retool the war economy, tax the rich,...

It’s Throwback Thursday! And Christmas is right around the corner!If we weren’t packing up for our trip to the mountain bunker for the winter I’d be making a batch of throwback Christmas cookies today. With a recipe from my throwback Christmas cookie recipe bookWith my old throwback cookie press.I’d probably not be using my old throwback spices, as we all now that they should be discarded after 6 months. Nobody told our Moms that; back before the great disposable society those rusty little suckers would be tucked away in a corner of the cupboard for decades on end. In fact,...

VIDEOLike Flounder in Animal House, Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal messed up by trusting them. Them in this case is Joe Biden as well as Senators Manchin and Schumer. After giving away whatever leverage she might have had by supporting the BIF infrastructure bill Jayapal paved the way for an almost sure loss for her beloved Build Back Broke Bill. Her big mistake, like Flounder, was trusting them. The hilarious GULLIBILITY of both was off the scale.

HONG KONG -- Four children died in Australia on Thursday when wind lifted the bouncy castle they were in about 32 feet into the air, local police said. Nine children were in the castle at about 10 a.m. local time when it fell to the ground, Tasmania Police said in a statement. The students at Hillcrest Primary School had been celebrating the end of the school year, the statement said.“On a day where these children were meant to be celebrating their last day at primary school, instead we are all mourning their loss,” Police Commissioner Darren Hine said. Two girls...

The videos and texts show a primetime producer at CNN fantasizing about sex acts with a child in graphic detail. The source, who obtained evidence for authorities, came to Project Veritas after she was uncertain proper action would be taken. The producer in question also solicited sexually explicit photos of the source’s underage daughter. The source told Project Veritas she “felt disgusted” and was compelled to come forward, because “these people with power seem to get away with it.” Project Veritas has reached out to CNN for comment and at this time we’re awaiting a response. [WASHINGTON, D.C. – Dec....

He is alive! Norman Podhoretz is alive, and he agreed to an interview with The Wall Street Journal's very perceptive Barton Swaim this weekend. He says that many of his peers are now deceased but not him, and he certainly did not sound deceased. Bill Buckley and Irving Kristol have given up the ghost, and American political commentary is the poorer for their passing, but Norman is still with us, and at 91 -- almost 92 -- he is full of fire. He went on for almost a full page of the Journal, and I agreed with every word. In...

contempt for truth is the hallmark of contempt for the people. it takes 10 seconds of research to demolish this. (of course, that’s probably well past the attention span of his fanbase) here, let’s look: huh, florida is not “one of the lowest case rates per 100k” it is THE lowest case rate in the US over the last 7 days. literally the best of all 50 states. any more questions mr kimmel? one of the ugliest parts of the propaganda complex is when they stop caring about facts or even plausibility altogether. that’s where the real contempt for the...

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Professional sports leagues across the U.S. are dealing with a COVID-19 crisis, as a rash of cases is forcing the NHL and NBA to postpone games, and NFL teams to scramble to fill roster spots for absent players. After multiple COVID outbreaks in 2020, the hope this year was that high vaccination rates and a strict adherence to protocols would stave off a surge in infections. Until this week, it seemed to be working.