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NEWS RELEASEEnvironmental Quality Commission votes to establish Climate Protection Program Date: Dec. 16, 2021New DEQ program will reduce greenhouse gas emissions in Oregon by 90% by 2050Statewide, OR — Today the Oregon Environmental Quality Commission voted 3-1 to establish the Climate Protection Program which sets enforceable and declining limits on greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuels used throughout Oregon. The limits apply to diesel, gasoline, natural gas and propane, used in transportation, residential, commercial and industrial settings.Along with other actions by the Oregon Legislature, this makes Oregon one of the few states in the nation with a comprehensive and...

The CDC’s Flawed Case for Wearing Masks in School The agency’s director has said, repeatedly, that schools without mask mandates have triple the risk of COVID outbreaks. That claim is based on very shaky science.The debate over child masking in schools boiled over again this fall, even above its ongoing high simmer. The approval in late October of COVID-19 vaccines for 5-to-11-year-olds was for many public-health experts an indication that mask mandates could finally be lifted. Yet with cases on the rise in much of the country, along with anxiety regarding the Omicron variant, other experts and some politicians have...

Wyoming Republican Rep. Liz Cheney went after former President Donald Trump in her prime-time performance on Monday claiming that private messages of the president’s staff revealed an apathetic leader complicit in the riot at the Capitol as the attack unfolded. “The violence was evident to all — it was covered in real time by almost every news channel,” said Cheney, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s hand-picked vice chair of the Select Committee on January 6. “But, for 187 minutes, President Trump refused to act when action by our president was required, indeed essential, and compelled by his oath to our Constitution.”...

Vice President Kamala Harris claims that she and President Biden have never discussed their plans for the 2024 election — despite Biden, his aides and allies insisting he will seek a second term. Biden, 79, already is the oldest-ever president and many Democrats doubt he will run again, sparking a mounting rivalry to replace him between Harris, 57, and Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, 39. But surprisingly, Harris told the Wall Street Journal in an interview published Thursday that she and Biden have never talked about 2024 as uncertainty about Biden’s plans fuels tension among Democrats.

Senator Chris Coons (D-DE) said Thursday on MSNBC that the accomplishments of President Joe Biden’s administration in his first year in office “dwarf the first-year accomplishments of many other administrations.” Coons said, “This is the first year of the Biden administration. And we have passed huge pieces of their legislative agenda. The American Rescue Plan put $1.9 trillion of investment that helped millions of families, of small businesses, of schools. There’s been 480 million vaccine shots in arms. A year ago this week, the very first vaccines were being delivered. We’re in a very different place from a public health...

It was the usual evening routine for Lyndsay Przybyl and her 13-year-old terrier, Roscoe. Przybyl, 39, who works as a bartender in downtown San Francisco, had just wrapped up her Tuesday night shift,... She clipped Roscoe’s leash to his collar and they went outside for a walk, heading toward 10th and California where her boyfriend, Tim Sowards, 41, lives. SNIP “Just like I’ve done a million times,” she recounted to SFGATE over the phone. “It’s something I’ll never do again.” There were four of them in total, and as they began to circle Przybyl, Sowards and Roscoe, the dog suddenly...

You’re hanging around a flagpole with your pals in the freezing cold, and one of them triple-dog-dares you to put your tongue on the pole to see if it sticks. Well, lo and behold, it did stick, so now how do you get it unstuck? I’ve thought about this scenario ever since I was a kid and first saw the cinematic classic A Christmas Story. For some reason I decided that this could happen to me one day and if it did, I needed to know how to get my tongue unstuck from a frozen flagpole without having to call...

BRUSSELS/BANGKOK, Dec 16 (Reuters) - Tens of millions of migrants may be denied COVID-19 vaccines from a global programme because some major manufacturers are worried about legal risks from harmful side effects, according to officials and internal documents from Gavi, the charity operating the programme, reviewed by Reuters.

Democrats are threatening hardball tactics as they try to break a blockade by Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) that has left dozens of President Biden’s State Department nominees in limbo. Democrats and the conservative firebrand are struggling to make progress toward an agreement that would trade votes on some of Biden’s ambassador nominees for a vote on sanctions related to the construction of the Russian Nord Stream 2 pipeline, a longstanding goal for Cruz, who has ensnared nominations across the State Department, the Treasury Department and the U.S. Agency of International Development (USAID). Absent a deal, Democrats are warning that they...

When Patch Tuesday rolls around, we can usually expect a series of Windows problems to be fixed (and perhaps to see some new ones introduced), as well as new features added. But Microsoft also uses such updates to take things away -- and this is precisely what has happened with the latest updates for Windows 10 and 11.Microsoft, quite understandably, would like everyone to use its Edge browser, and has taken endless steps to ensure that it stays the default browser on as many computers as possible. With the latest operating system updates -- specifically the KB5008212 and KB5008215 updates...

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At the Los Angeles Auto Show this November, Dodge shocked the auto world when it announced the end of one of its iconic Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat. The V8-powered, 717-horsepower beast is revered by performance enthusiasts and has vaulted Dodge to the #2 best-selling sportscar behind the mighty Ford Mustang. Dodge’s huge fan base vented their disapproval on Internet forums. But, buyer be damned, Hellcat doesn’t fit into bureaucrats’ vision of what Americans should be driving. Hellcat’s emissions footprint isn’t sustainable under federal rules. Dodge will introduce an electric muscle car early next year as the US government imposes the...

@Breaking911 BREAKING: US health advisers recommend Pfizer or Moderna COVID-19 vaccines over J&J shot because of rare but serious blood clot side effect - AP

NBC’s evening news show had the gall to ignore a narrative-shattering statement on inflation by former “transitory” apologist and Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell during its evening broadcast last night. Powell stated during a press briefing Dec. 15 that “[O]ne of the two big threats to getting back to maximum employment is actually high inflation.” This is a seismic shift away from the Powell Fed’s repeated false assertions over this year that skyrocketing inflation would only be temporary. The Fed is expected to institute thee rate hikes in 2022, according to Bloomberg News. In response to Powell’s statement, Raymond James...

CRT ForeverRacial tribalism doesn’t have to be part of the curriculum to dominate education.“Please keep your cameras on: we’re watching to make sure you’re paying attention.”Our racial equity training is a 16-hour-long affair. It starts with denunciations of capitalism, the United States, and various aspects of “white culture.” You are encouraged to ask questions, but if anyone is brave or foolish enough to complicate the approved narratives, he will practically be laughed to scorn. How could you be so obtuse as not to see the centuries of racism you’re responsible for?On day two, before bringing things to a close, participants...

Of all the year’s political drama, the most surprising may be the U.S. government’s actions on unidentified aerial phenomena, or UAPs — better known as UFOs. The opening act came in June, when the Pentagon and the director of national intelligence delivered an astonishing report to Congress addressing UAPs. Most of these phenomena turn out to have prosaic explanations — such as weather balloons, space debris and atmospheric effects in the sky — with a small percentage exhibiting unusual flight characteristics that suggest advanced technology. The June report, however, found the opposite: It could account for only one of the...

My friends at the CCCA put together a superb slide deck showing the dangers of the Pfizer COVID vaccine. The Moderna and J&J vaccines are even worse.Steve Kirsch13 hr ago 20382 Please check out this superb presentation, more harm than good, assembled by the Canadian Covid Care Alliance (CCCA).Many highly qualified scientists and physicians contributed to and/or approved this. It is based on rock-solid scientific data. Most importantly, the core data set is Pfizer's own results from their recently published six-month update report on their clinical trial.As I have pointed out in my presentations as well, Pfizer tried to 'bury'...

A seventh Republican governor is asking Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin to reconsider COVID-19 vaccination requirements for National Guard members. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott sent a letter to the Defense Department on Thursday, two days after the governors of Alaska, Mississippi, Iowa, Nebraska and Wyoming sent a similar letter to Austin. The secretary has said that unvaccinated Guardsmen will be barred from participating in Title 32 training, including monthly drill weekends, and any pay for those days will be withheld. “The State of Texas will not enforce this latest COVID-19 vaccine mandate against its guardsmen,” Abbott wrote. “If the federal government...

A Virginia hospital can’t stand in the way of a family’s preference to be treated for COVID-19 with the drug ivermectin, which is not approved for treating the virus, a judge ruled. Kathy and Don Davies were rushed to Fauquier Hospital Oct. 9 suffering serious COVID-19 symptoms.

At a City Council meeting, Lightfoot introduced an ordinance that would prohibit Chicago restaurants from serving or marketing pop and other sugary drinks as the “default beverage” with kids meals. Parents would still be able to request sugary drinks for their children.Why can't parents have that SAME SAY for the VAXX????