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Rodney Scott, a James Beard Award-winning pitmaster and the founder of Rodney Scott's Whole Hog BBQ, says there are a few key red flags to keep an eye on when you're looking for a quality barbecue restaurant to satisfy your craving. The cookbook author told Insider that spotting the difference between a true barbecue spot and a place serving barbecuelike food is as simple as using your senses — just look around. If there is no visible pile of wood or pit area, that's your first red flag "If you could see if they've got wood, or if you could...

Over the last year we have had long-awaited adaptions of classic science fiction and fantasy stories finally reach our screens, from Dune to Foundation to Wheel of Time. And the good times are set to continue with a tidal wave of big sci-fi and fantasy stories set to hit our screens in 2022. This handpicked list of upcoming highlights doesn’t include a few big adaptations that we touched on in last year’s list but are still yet to reach our screens. So check our 2020 rundown for a look at titles including The Lord of the Rings, Sandman, Halo and...

Before venturing into a New York hospital, listen to this message from triple-vaxed Nurse Brittney.Check out the TikTok video here (and yes, she IS a nurse)

“They mutated, become worse. It’s entertainment for them.” Now, investigators are exploring the possibility that a violent cell that had pistol-whipped and fired shots during a streak of robberies over the past two months is now even more dangerous. Just two weeks ago, the same source told us, “It’s a pretty quick trip from firing into the air and beating someone with a pistol to shooting someone in the leg, or worse.” But the hold-up activity stopped after one of those vehicles slammed head-on into a CPD unit on the West Side. But none of the car’s occupants were charged...

Remember back in the halcyon days of 2019 when the Democrats impeached then-President Donald Trump over the dubious claim he offered the president of Ukraine a quid pro quo in which military funding would be exchanged for an investigation of Hunter Biden’s time with Burisma? If that whole kerfuffle feels like it took place two decades ago, it’s probably because a) it was a (pardon the pun) trumped-up excuse for an impeachment and b) Joe Biden seems to have mentally aged two decades in just two years. Oh, and that pandemic thing, too. That might have had something to do...

"If science can't be questioned it's not science anymore it's propaganda & that's the truth" ~@AaronRodgers12#PatMcAfeeShowLIVE pic.twitter.com/8PHGdTgYmc — Pat McAfee (@PatMcAfeeShow) December 28, 2021 “I do know, behind the scenes, there are many teams who are recommending the same treatments that I got for their players. If science can’t be questioned anymore, then it’s just propaganda. It’s not science.’ Full segment — Rodgers mentions Dr. Peter McCullough VIDEO AT LINK...........................

VIDEOThis controversial video reveals that air fried plantains are actually much tastier than bananas and can be used as an aid in suppressing the desire for unhealthy junk food. Just air fry them at 380 or 390 degrees for about 15 minutes total and you will have an incredibly tasty snack that both I and Ray Eppstein enjoy.

Watch this video of the Pfizer 6 month data which shows that Pfizer’s COVID-19 inoculations cause more illness than they prevent. Plus, an overview of the Pfizer trial flaws in both design and execution. (click link for video) (a pdf link is also provided)

In December, hundreds migrants landed at Pennsylvania’s Wilkes-Barre Scranton International Airport. After arriving, they were reportedly loaded on buses and sent to unknown locations. According to GOP lawmakers, the Biden administration did not make anyone aware of the transfers, leading some to classify them as “ghost flights.”

The Biden administration will wait until 2022 to sign contracts for the highly in-demand 500 million coronavirus test kits, according to White House coronavirus coordinator Jeff Zients. After not acting on his promise to order enough testing kits ahead of the omicron variant, the White House has still not executed the purchase order for 500 million testing kits that Biden announced American taxpayers would purchase last week, Reuters reported. “I’ve ordered half a billion of the … test kits that are going to be available to be sent to every home in America if anybody wants them,” Biden told ABC...

Russia’s Orion drone destroyed new unmanned target helicopters built by Rostec-owned company Tekhnodinamika Holding. The next batch of helicopter simulators will be delivered to the Aerospace Forces in early 2022. The Orion, in the absence of other air defense systems identified and destroyed the helicopter which broke into the military airfield during the tests, Rostec said in a release today. An aerial target-simulator of a helicopter (VM-V) is a part of a complex with unmanned aerial vehicles - a simulator of air targets, developed and created at TsNTU "Dinamika". The helicopter is capable of staying in the air for at...

Republican gains among Hispanics in Reading mirror those in other parts of the country, but Democrats think they still have important advantages with this growing demographic!READING, Pa.—Joseph Nuñez at first didn’t like Donald Trump. “I couldn’t stand the guy. I didn’t like the way he spoke about Hispanics or people in general,” he said. But by 2020, Mr. Nuñez had become a fan of Mr. Trump’s style and priorities, and he voted in favor of giving the president a second term. So did many other Latino voters in this working-class city who had once backed Democrats or, like Mr. Nuñez,...

No one is safe. That’s the disturbing lesson of 2021, a year when every corner of the US was pounded by deadly weather disasters.

This is a government in which the Right, Left and Center are so out of sync when it comes to the Palestinians that they are keeping one another in check. The meeting between Defense Minister Benny Gantz and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas on Tuesday night and its aftermath highlight how inconsistent this government can be when it comes to relations between Israel and the Palestinians. This was the first time Abbas met a senior Israeli official in sovereign Israel in 10 years, which may sound like a breakthrough of some kind – but this government was not built for...

Even at the peak of their protection earlier in 2021, Covid vaccines barely reduced the risk of hospitalizations in vaccinated people who had “breakthrough” infections, new data show. Vaccinated people in a study published Tuesday had a nearly 1 in 200 chance of of requiring hospitalization for Covid in the first six months after being “fully vaccinated.” That stunning risk came even though the median age of people in the study was only 51, and most were relatively healthy. Deaths, ventilator use, and other severe outcomes also occurred regularly in vaccinated people. The data comes from a study of about...

In September, the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) announced it had developed a new asset class and listing vehicle aimed at “preserving and restoring the natural assets that ultimately underlie the ability for there to be life on Earth.” The vehicle, known as a natural asset company, or NAC, will enable the formation of specialized firms “that own the rights to the ecosystem services produced on a certain piece of land, such as carbon sequestration or clean water.” The natural assets that these NACs commodify will subsequently be maintained, managed, and grown by them.‘Maintained, managed, and grown’ — to suit...

Security agencies say wealthy clients are increasing protective measures: "They want someone who knows how to get them out of any situation."

Armed riot police in southern China have paraded four alleged violators of Covid rules through the streets, leading to criticism of the government's heavy handed approach. Four masked suspects in hazmat suits - carrying placards displaying their photos and names - were paraded Tuesday in front of a large crowd in Guangxi region's Jingxi city. Photos of the event showed each suspect held by two police officers - wearing face shields, masks and hazmat suits - and surrounded by a circle of police in riot gear, some holding guns. The public shaming was part of disciplinary measures announced by the...

Following Chief of Staff Ron Klain's logic, 1929 wasn't all bad if you somehow overlook the stock market crash that led to a 10-year global depression. And 1968 wasn't all bad if you overlook the assassinations of Martin Luther King Jr., and Robert F. Kennedy, the Tet Offensive in Vietnam, and riots in the streets all over America. Likewise, 2021 wasn't all bad if you overlook a plethora of problems. So who would write the latter article? None other than liberal shillmeister Al Hunt. And what is really funny is that Hunt's article, which was originally published in The Hill...

Detectives find body of John Swanigan in the BMW owned by Andrea Sanchez. The attorney for Andrea Sanchez, the woman who drove around Sebastian with a dead body in the trunk of her car, is challenging the prosecution’s case. “I have carefully analyzed the prosecutor’s evidence. I asked precisely worded questions of the lead detective and the medical examiner during their depositions. I do not see any evidence that my client did anything at all to this poor man’s body,” Attorney Michael Kessler told Sebastian Daily. On January 20, 2021, Sanchez was arrested and charged with Felony Abuse Dead Human...