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South Dakota Republican Gov. Kristi Noem called on President Joe Biden to rescind all federal COVID-19 mandates after he said on Monday that, “There is no federal solution,” to the pandemic. “After a year, we finally agree @potus. The federal government isn’t the solution. That’s why from the start, SD took a different approach by trusting our citizens to be responsible and make the right decisions for themselves & their families. Now rescind all the federal mandates,” Noem tweeted on Tuesday. The post followed Biden’s comment on Monday during a virtual meeting with the nation’s governors. Joe Biden, who ran...

Royal Caribbean’s Allure of the Seas Cancels Two Caribbean Ports of Call Royal Caribbean's Allure of the Seas was denied at the Caribbean cruise ports of St. Thomas in the US Virgin Islands and at St. Kitts. Aruba, Bonaire, and Curacao cancelled ship visits in the last week for Royal Caribbean and Carnival Cruise Line ships, now Allure of the Seas has been forced to cancel to St. Thomas and St. Kitts. Increased awareness and fear of the spread of the Omicron variant seems to have all Caribbean islands on edge despite cruise lines having protocols and procedures to deal...

Donald Trump cut into Democrats' traditional advantage with Hispanics during his four years in office, though Joe Biden still won a majority in the 2020 election among America's fastest growing and largest minority population. But America's 46th president and his Democratic Party has been losing Latino support ever since, with new polling showing Republicans now dead even among Hispanic voters headed into the pivotal 2022 elections that will determine control of Congress. Last month's stunning GOP victories in Virginia only further highlighted Democrats' losses, with one exit poll suggesting Republican Gov.-elect Glenn Youngkin captured a majority of the Hispanic vote...

Steve Bannon Interviews Jared Schmeck, The Guy Who Pranked Biden With "Let's Go Brandon" [4 minute video]

Rapid tests causing grief in state with highest vaccination rate. Emergency rooms in Vermont are being overwhelmed with people who have tested positive for COVID but have no symptoms, bolstering the criticism that mass testing amid a pandemic is counterproductive. Vermont, with about 77% of the population vaccinated, has the nation's highest rate.. Vermonters who take the rapid tests and test positive for COVID-19 are "clogging up emergency rooms." Dr. Rick Hildebrant, medical director of the emergency department at the Rutland Regional Medical Center, said people should go to the ER only if they have a positive test and are...

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In the final row of graves in an obscure cemetery in southern Spain, is a tomb dedicated to William Martin - a British officer killed during the Second World War. Except that Martin wasn't real. He was invented by British spies as part of a daring and successful plot to fool Hitler about the invasion of Sicily, using the corpse of an unknown man dressed up like an officer and carrying a case full of fake documents. Now, ahead of the release of new film Operation Mincemeat which documents the mission, calls are growing to exhume the grave so the...

Finnish Christians were not allowed inside the church this year unless they had taken the mRNA vaccination for the coronavirus.So they stood outside and sang their own Christmas songs.What a sad but lovely moment. How awful for the priests and pastors to be so hateful on this blessed holiday. Several churches this year designated sections for vaccinated and unvaccinated. That was a better answer.According to Henna Maria this church is in Oulu, Finland.Commenter Rita added: it was never about an outer temple or figure anyway… the living temple is within our hearts – the greatest light, music and warmth are...

WASHINGTON, Friday, Dec. 27. REPORTED ADJUSTMENT OF THE TRENT AFFAIR. It is reported and generally credited that the Trent affair has been adjusted. Mr. SEWARD gave a large dinner party this evening, at which were present Lord LYONS and other eminent diplomatists, and members of the Senate and House Committees on Federal Relations. This is a significant reunion, and needs no comment. Mr. CORWIN has made no treaty with Mexico' and therefore there is nothing of the kind before the Senate. At the time the English Minister in Mexico' Sir CHARLES WYCK, was endeavoring to negotiate a treaty with the...

Masks failed. They do not stop covid, masks never stopped covid, could not stop covid, and were known for 100 years not to stop respiratory viruses. the data from schools is outlandishly strong. Sorry to all the talismanic adherents out there who want to feel like they “did something” and visibly show tribal affinity and signal virtue, but you have all been had. The studies supporting this pseudoscience are all junk (mass gen, Kansas, Bangladesh, 200 silly droplet models) and the high quality studies all show inefficacy and have for generations. . . . . . . . . ....

Since the start of the pandemic, many 16- and 17-year-old Americans have proven that they possess the social responsibility and political maturity to help elect better leaders.

College football bowl games canceled by COVID-19 There have been a number of bowl games canceled due to COVID-19. Here's a rundown of the ones that have been called off so far in the 2021-22 bowl season. Dec. 24: Hawai'i Bowl — Hawai'i vs. Memphis Dec. 27: Military Bowl — Boston College vs. East Carolina Dec. 29: Fenway Bowl — Virginia vs. SMU Dec. 31: Arizona Bowl — Boise State vs. Central Michigan MORE: Hawai'i withdraws from its own bowl game amid COVID concerns So far, four bowl games have already been outright canceled. Central Michigan will now play Washington...

Feast of the Holy Innocents, Martyrs Matthew 2:13-18 Friends, today’s Gospel tells the story of Herod’s massacre of the innocents, which mimics, of course, Pharoah’s murder of the male children of the Hebrews at the time of Moses’ birth. John Courtney Murray commented that a major motif of the Gospels is the ever-increasing agon (struggle) that characterizes Jesus’ life. From the very beginning, he is opposed: Herod trembles in fear at his birth and then tries in the most brutal manner possible to stamp him out, forcing him and his family into exile. And from the first moments of his...

I just stepped outside to do some work, and I heard an enormously loud and enveloping "WHOOSH" with a slight low frequency hum that quickly subsided. It continued for about ten-15 minutes. It was so loud that my wife and I could not communicate without yelling at each other at 20 feet apart. It was clearly miles away. And the only thing I can think of is that in that exact direction, about ten miles away, is a large natural gas facility. Here it is: https://www.google.com/maps/@37.4138666,-85.3956611,855m/data=!3m1!1e3?hl=en&authuser=0 It literally sounded like a rocket taking off (but never leaving the ground). Anyone...

Russia’s Supreme Court ordered the country’s best-known human rights group on Tuesday to be liquidated for breaking a law requiring groups to register as foreign agents, capping a year of crackdowns on Kremlin critics unseen since the Soviet days. The shuttering of the group Memorial closes a year in which the top Kremlin critic was jailed, his political movement banned and many of his allies forced to flee. Moscow says it is simply enforcing laws to thwart extremism and shield the country from foreign influence. “This is a bad signal showing that our society and our country are moving in...

A producer for MSNBC’s “The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell” called China’s human rights abuses an “alleged” occurrence, despite the U.S. government declaring that China’s actions in Xinjiang amounted to a genocide.-snip- “It’s truly pathetic that a U.S. media outlet who pushed the Russian collusion hoax for 4 years, the phony Russian bounty story and believes Hunter Biden’s laptop is Russian disinformation doesn’t believe Tiananmen Square was real.”

The surprising polling results come from a poll in which just over 800 randomly sampled adults were interviewed by telephone between December 1st and the 16th. The purpose of the poll was to ascertain approval and disapproval for U.S Leaders.

NYPD kicks family out of restaurant for no vaccine card as child cries

Comrades, many American citizens stood jaw agape as they watched Australian metropolitan police departments begin cracking skulls and making arrests for violating COVID rules and restrictions. Yes, it always seemed like Australia, New Zealand and Europe were the beta testing ground to see if police would comply with jackboot arrests of their own community. Well, now we can see those same tactics being deployed in the U.S. New York City was the first large metropolitan area to require vaccination identification cards to enter restaurants, bars, dining establishments and various public and private venues. Now comes the enforcement part. Watch this...

For all the talk about institutional integrity, protecting our constitutional republic, and a return to norms, the far-left sure likes to disregard that when they lose. You all know this. The institutional rot never came from Trump. It was always the left-winger in the Democratic Party. The call was coming from inside the house—and the latest blow to Build Back Better is the latest example. Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) killed the trillion-dollar-plus spending bill that Biden and the Democrats desperately want to pass. The Biden administration needs to clinch a signature legislative win. And the Democrats need something to run...