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There is no evidence currently that COVID-19 vaccines are linked to an increase in sportspeople collapsing or dying due to heart issues such as myocarditis.Numerous montage videos showing sports stars collapsing or suffering chest pains during matches are circulating on social media (here, here).One clip shared on Facebook (here) shows several incidents of football players collapsing on the pitch. It also includes news headlines about similar cases from around the world of sport, both professional and amateur.Another post (here) includes a link to a blog (here) which strongly suggests the incidents are related to COVID-19 vaccines.Reuters presented the posts to...

WASHINGTON, Saturday, Dec. 28. THE SETTLEMENT OF THE TRENT DIFFICULTY. The settlement of the Mason-Slidell case by the surrender of the prisoners to-day, is the universal theme of conversation in Washington. In army and Administration circles, the result gives great satisfaction. Government forbade the transmission of a single line on the subject by telegraph last night, although the entire correspondence was in the office of the National Intelligencer, set in type, to be published to-day. The reason assigned was that this was a more signified mode of giving expression to a National decision than the hot haste of the telegraph...

One of the world's best soccer players recently and inadvertently issued a frightening warning to the world, though neither he nor the world probably recognize it as such. Argentina's Sergio Aguero announced his retirement Dec. 15 after suffering a heart attack six weeks earlier during a game. While playing for FC Barcelona on Oct. 31, Aguero bent at the waist, experienced breathing problems, grabbed his lungs, lay on his back and received treatment from trainers before going to the hospital, where doctors diagnosed him with an irregular heartbeat. Aguero -- who played for Argentina in three World Cups and...

A certain Dr. Science was quite enthusiastic about Provasic, I mean, Remdesivir. This 9 minute video is worth watching. It takes place in the White House with President Trump in attendance.

Here is the full schedule for Wednesday’s bowl games with information on how to watch each game live. Wednesday, Dec. 29 Bowl Matchup Time (ET) Channel New Era Pinstripe Bowl Maryland vs. Virginia Tech 2:15 p.m. ESPN, fuboTV Cheez-It Bowl Clemson vs. Iowa State 5:45 p.m. ESPN, fuboTV Valero Alamo Bowl Oregon vs. Oklahoma 9:15 p.m. ESPN, fuboTV Maryland vs. Virginia TechMaryland quarterback Taulia Tagovailoa has had a big season, passing for the 12th-most passing yards among FBS players at 3,595 with 24 touchdowns and 11 interceptions. With the sophomore signal-caller at the helm, the Terrapins have averaged the 33rd-most...

ACalifornia woman is facing federal assault charges after attacking another passenger on a Delta Airlines flight on December 23rd, as reported by CNN. The incident took place on a flight from Tampa, Florida to Atlanta, Georgia. The woman in question, 51-year-old Patricia Cornwall, was leaving the lavatory to return to her seat when she found the aisle blocked by a beverage cart while the flight attendants were serving drinks to other passengers. Cornwall asked the attendants to move so she could pass, with one of the attendants telling her to instead find an open seat until they were finished serving....

While Tariq Ramadan is still waiting for his trial in Paris, following the accusations of violent and repeated rape by four women, he appears to be holding up well. He’s still receiving, thanks to the Emir of Qatar, about half a million dollars a year; he and his wife have bought two luxury apartments in Paris; he continues to flog his books on Islam on the Internet. But he is no longer a member of the Oxford faculty. He has a pseudo-job — a sinecure – holding occasional classes at the Al-Khalifa University in Qatar. Ramadan is no longer...

India’s federal government has announced it will block foreign donations to a Christian missionary group founded by Mother Teresa amid a rise in attacks on religious minorities in the country. On Christmas Day, India’s Ministry of Home Affairs said they found “adverse inputs” when reviewing the Missionaries of Charity’s renewal application. As a result, the faith-based nonprofit no longer meets eligibility requirements under the Foreign Contributions Regulation Act. Founded by the famed Roman Catholic nun in 1950 in Calcutta, the charity runs orphanages, schools for abandoned children as well as soup kitchens and other charitable operations. The organization is dedicated...

Bassem Eid is a Palestinian living in Israel who has had an extensive career as a human rights activist. His initial focus was on human rights violations committed by Israeli armed forces, but for many years he has broadened his research to include human rights violations committed by the Palestinian Authority (PA), and the Palestinian armed forces, on their own people. He founded the Palestinian Human Rights Monitoring Group in 1996, which closed in 2011, for lack of any cooperation from the Palestinian Authority. He now works as a political analyst for Israeli TV and radio. Bassem Eid is...

In a second coronavirus outbreak in less than a week, 55 fully vaccinated crew members and passengers on Royal Caribbean’s Odyssey of the Seas ship that set sail Saturday from Fort Lauderdale have contracted the pandemic disease, the cruise line confirmed late Wednesday. The ship was denied entry to the island nations of Curacao and Aruba. It will remain at sea until its planned return Dec. 26 to Fort Lauderdale, a Royal Caribbean spokesperson said. The ship had docked on Sunday at CocoCay, Royal Caribbean’s private island in the Bahamas. The remaining two stops on the eight-day cruise were supposed...

Nostradamus prophecies credit him with foreseeing many important events. The seer asserted that the roots of the prediction that he published were based on judicial astrology which he explains is the astrology of judging or assessing the value of the event. He studied astrology along with a variety of occult sciences and put them together to make his predictions. Here are some of Nostradamus’ predictions for 2022: nostradamus 2022 1. The US Dollar Will Collapse According to Nostradamus predictions, in 2022, inflation will spiral out of control and the US dollar will collapse and gold, silver and bitcoin will be...

The Associated Press reported, "Outlets hurt by dwindling public interest in news in 2021." Given that AP's customers are the news media which pays for AP's services, one can hardly expect objectivity when AP reports on the media. The data in this report are grim. In the last 12 months, the Washington Post's online traffic is down 44%. The New York Times is down 34%. Prime-time viewership is down 38% at CNN, 34% at Fox, and 25% at MSNBC. Nightly news viewership is down 14% at NBC, and down 12% at both ABC and CBS. AP spun this as an...

If you’ve heard about Linux, you’ve probably heard terms like Fork, Derivative, and Flavor. They refer to different Linux distro types, so let’s learn more about them.These terms being used to distinguish one type of distribution from another and they are actually very helpful. In fact, they help you differentiate between how a particular Linux distribution will work from another one.If you don’t know what these terms means, don’t worry. In this article I’m going to break down this terms, explain what they mean and how you can use these terms to narrow down your options in picking the best...

The newly updated CDC guidelines don't require testing at the end of isolation because PCR tests can stay positive for up to 12 weeks, CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky tells @GMA.

The venerable South China Morning Post explained Monday that “so far China has reported nine Covid-19 cases caused by the omicron variant, including two who were infected by a man returning from Canada.”The United States is averaging about 235,000 cases per day, and in the most recent CDC analysis, almost 60% of new cases are from omicron. Assuming the accuracy of those numbers, the U.S. is currently averaging roughly 140,000 Omicron cases per day, while China, with five times the population, is averaging one omicron case per day. Yes, one. While the numbers in America aren’t totally accurate — folks...

A semitruck completed an 80-mile route in Arizona with no human on board and no human intervention during the trip using technology developed by TuSimple, the company said Wednesday. The nighttime trip earlier this month started at a railyard in Tucson, Arizona and ended at a distribution center in Phoenix with approval and supervision from the Arizona Department of Transportation and law enforcement. A lead vehicle scouted the route for unexpected obstacles about five miles ahead of the autonomous semi, and a trailing vehicle following about one-half mile behind the truck was prepared to intervene if necessary, along with several...

Fifth Day within the Octave of the Nativity of the Lord Luke 2:22-35 Friends, today’s Gospel tells the story of the presentation of Jesus in the temple. The temple was, in practically a literal sense, the dwelling place of the Lord. In the temple, divinity and humanity embraced, and the human race was brought back online with God. But the sins of the nation had, according to the prophet Ezekiel, caused the glory of the Lord to depart from the temple. Therefore, one of the deepest aspirations of Israel’s people was to reestablish the temple as the place of right...

FROM the death of a dictator to cataclysmic quakes, Nostradamus is believed to have predicted dire events for 2022. The French philosopher wrote 6,338 prophecies, suggesting when, where and how our world will dramatically end. Many of Nostradamus' predictions, such as the rise to power of Adolf Hitler, World War II, the September 11 terrorist attack, the French Revolution and the development of the atomic bomb have been interpreted as being accurate. Nostradamus also appeared to have predicted the start of the coronavirus pandemic of 2020, according to believers. According to Yearly-Horoscope, more than 70 per cent of his prophecies...

“We’ve turned the other cheek,” Trump said. “And I understand. I understand sort of the biblical reference. I understand the mentality. But it’s gotten us nothing, okay? It’s gotten us nothing.” “Enough is enough, because decency is out the window,” Trump later said.

Nostradamus was born in December 1503 in Southern France's Saint Rémy de Provence. Michel de Nostradame, better known as only 'Nostradamus', was a French prophet, astrologer, and reputed seer who made thousands of predictions in his book Les Propheties over 465 years ago. A huge number of prophecies have come true to make him the most renowned clairvoyant in the history of the world. As many of his predictions have been scarily accurate, people still closely observe and study the things he said in his lifetime. Nostradamus was born in Saint Rémy de Provence, southern France, in December 1503. His...