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As cases of COVID-19 surge at Cornell, local health officials say every single student sample they tested was the omicron variant, underlining how quickly the highly contagious virus is spreading. Tompkins County health officials said late Friday they checked 115 samples from COVID-positive students ages 18-24 and every single one of them was the omicron variant, which was unknown to science less than a month ago. None of the students in question are severely ill, they added. At a community testing site at a local mall, 18 of 44 positive samples were omicron, suggesting community spread well off campus too…....

Six weeks ago, Revolver News published a blockbuster investigative report on Ray Epps — a man who, more than any other individual, appears to be the key unlocking the question of active federal involvement in the so-called “Capitol Siege” of January 6th. Out of all of the thousands of January 6’s protesters, and the thousands of hours of publicly available footage from that fateful day, Ray Epps has turned out to be perhaps the only person nailed dead to rights confessing on camera to plotting a pre-planned attack on the Capitol. On both January 5 and January 6, Epps announced...

The Biden administration is advocating for a "test-to-stay" policy in schools, aiming to reduce the number of absences and quarantines among students exposed to COVID-19. The strategy, announced by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Friday, will permit close contacts of those with confirmed COVID-19 to stay in classrooms if they test negative at least twice in the week after interacting with an infected person. "If exposed children meet a certain criteria and continue to test negative, they can stay in school, instead of quarantining at home," CDC Director Rochelle Walensky said during a briefing. The CDC...

There a component of Joe Biden's speeches that goes way beyond his decades-long penchant for verbal stumbles, fumbles and gaffes. The lies. It was on Friday at a commencement address at South Carolina State in Orangeburg that he claimed to have been the one going out to desegregate restaurants and movie theaters. During the civil rights movement. He said, "I got started in politics because of the civil rights movement. I noticed some of you were looking … thought you were wondering how does he know the black national anthem. Because I sat in a black church after going to...

John 3:16 - Sung to Silent Night Christmas Music Almighty God's unspeakable GIFT for ALL in RIGHTEOUSNESS! For God so loved the world that He GAVE His one and only Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not ETERNALLY perish but have ETERNAL LIFE - JOHN 3:16

For there to be slavery in any colony, laws had to be written making the practice legal. Prior to the slave laws, indentured servants were given the same contracts regardless of where they were from. Once the contracts were fulfilled, servants were free regardless of where they came from. There is a stubborn myth in American history that claims Virginia was the first colony to legalize slavery. If not Virginia, then some other southern colony. It was as if the northern colonies were completely untouched by the horrors of owning a person. The first colony to legalize slavery was not...

The Biden administration has walked away from legal negotiations in which it was considering paying $450,000 to each adult and child separated at the southern border during the Trump administration. The U.S. government “has ended negotiations over a settlement of the cases seeking monetary compensation,” according to the ACLU. Lead attorney Lee Gelernt told CBS News that the Biden administration’s decision not to pay affected families was the result of having “allowed politics to get in the way of helping the little children deliberately abused by our government.” Approximately 5,400 children were separated at the border and sent to HHS...

This holiday season finds the left very unhappy. Not only are their green energy stockings hung over their recycled-pellet stoves filled with an extra lump of coal to keep the lights on, but their secular saints Jussie Smollette, Andrew Cuomo, and Alec Baldwin have been laid low by the Scroogelike gears of American justice. And the Biden-Harris Administration can’t even deliver a cut-rate spending bill for their dancing elves of the left. Bah humbug! There’s always another COVID variant waiting around the corner for 2022! And you know who’s really having a happy holiday season: Elon Musk. And Elizabeth Warren...

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The Weekly Gardening Thread is a weekly gathering of folks that love soil, seeds and plants of all kinds. From complete newbies that are looking to start that first potted plant, to gardeners with some acreage, to Master Gardener level and beyond, we would love to hear from you. If you have specific question about a plant/problem you are having, please remember to state the Growing Zone where you are located. This thread is a non-political respite. No matter what, you won’t be flamed, and the only dumb question is the one that isn’t asked. It is impossible to hijack...

Within hours of taking office, resident Biden made the supposed “climate crisis” his central focus and elimination of fossil fuels his primary “solution.” To show he meant it, Biden undertook several radical measures right off the bat. First, he canceled the Keystone XL pipeline; then revoked leases and permits in Alaska and offshore areas; then he slowed or blocked leasing, drilling and fracking projects and pressured banks not to lend money to fossil fuel projects. His pick for Comptroller of the Currency (since withdrawn) wanted to nationalize our banking system, control energy and food prices, and bankrupt the petroleum industry....

The U.S. Postal Service announced Friday that it had reached a settlement in a lawsuit filed last year by the NAACP over mail delays and their effect on election ballots. In the settlement, the postal service agreed to take “extraordinary measures” to deliver ballots for the 2022 midterm elections, such as those used during the November 2020 election. “Consistent with the Postal Service’s steadfast commitment to fulfilling our vital role in the nation’s electoral process, we agreed to continue to prioritize monitoring and timely delivery of Election Mail for future elections,” Thomas Marshall, the USPS general counsel said in a...

It’a that time of year again — that very special season when you can’t walk into a grocery store without getting ambushed by “Jingle Bell Rock” or dive-bombed by Paul McCartney wishing you a “Wonderful Christmastime.” Every artist who ever sells more than two records eventually tries a Christmas tune. The amount of great Christmas music out there is staggering. But along with all that Yuletide goodness comes plenty of Yuletide dreck. Our list of the worst Christmas songs includes psychotic butcherings of beloved classics, horrific attempts at new standards, hideous novelty tunes, and more. At the family Christmas party...

The year 2021 saw new threats emerge in the cybersphere as malicious code was weaponized with devastating effects that reverberated throughout the American economy. It is becoming clear that cyberattacks are quickly becoming a great equalizer for militarily inferior countries seeking to attack America. This year the federal government also created several new initiatives that have so far shown inconclusive results, but the American cybersecurity posture was largely defensive, and as a result, millions of dollars in ransoms were paid to cybercriminals in 2021. So, with that said, here are some of the more notable cybersecurity events of 2021. January:...

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BREAKING: "Hezbollah is a dangerous terrorist organization, spreading its network all over France" Nziv Net 16:00 15 minutes ago Following reports that the operations of the Lebanese Hezbollah militia are expanding in France in several ways, a French Senator stressed on Saturday that there are gaps in the mechanisms for dealing with terrorism in Europe. In a statement to the Al-Arabiya network, he added that Hezbollah is a dangerous terrorist organization, noting that officials have repeatedly warned the government of the danger of terrorism on the part of this militia. He went on to say that Hezbollah is the only...

The map to which we devote the adjoining columns, affords the reader a topographical representation of the region traversed by and adjoining the system of railroads which extend from Lynchburgh, on the confines of Eastern Virginia, to Chattanooga, in Tennessee, not far from the point upon which the boundaries of Georgia and Alabama abut. The length of the railway connecting these distant points is 444 miles, the line being owned by three distinct Companies, as follows: VIRGINIA AND TENNESSEE RAILROAD. Lynchburgh to Bristol......................204 miles EAST TENNESSEE AND VIRGINIA RAILROAD. Bristol to Knoxville........................130 miles EAST TENNESSEE AND GEORGIA RAILROAD. Knoxville to...

101st Airborne veteran Earl Ervin McClung is remembered as an American Indian whose service during World War II was heroic, brave and memorable. As a paratrooper in the 101st Airborne Division, McClung jumped into battle on D-Day, and landed behind enemy lines amidst gunfire both in the air and on the ground. ... McClung has modestly explained, though, that the praise received by Easy Company, following the successful HBO series, could have easily been based on many other airborne companies. “They all went through the same things we did,” McClung said. “This was supposed to have what these men and...

TRENTON, NJ – Trenton liberal Democrats have completely lost their minds. First, let’s start with the left not even liking Christmas and wanting to cancel the entire deal. But, now since it can be used to push the vaccine agenda of the Murphy administration, the NJ DOH is paying, with taxpayer money to produce and run commercials of a boy with asking Santa for the COVID-19 vaccine instead of games and toys. “Dear Santa, I don’t want games. I don’t want toys. Just get me the COVID-19 vaccine,” the boy says. Many New Jerseyeans expressed their shock at the disturbing...

Pray For The Peace of JerusalemLuke 10At the Home of Martha and Mary 38 As Jesus and his disciples were on their way, he came to a village where a woman named Martha opened her home to him. 39 She had a sister called Mary, who sat at the Lord’s feet listening to what he said. 40 But Martha was distracted by all the preparations that had to be made. She came to him and asked, “Lord, don’t you care that my sister has left me to do the work by myself? Tell her to help me!” 41 “Martha, Martha,”...