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<p>The New Yorker did a 9,000-word profile on Dan Bongino. It's not what he says that bothers them. It is what he does.</p><p>What Bongino has done is become self-reliant in an era when Maoists run every corporation in America. He cannot be stopped by boycotts and denials of service.</p>

***** Tunes For Our Troops ~ The Freeper Canteen Music Dedication Presents: Happy New Year! *****~ Support The Artists You Hear Throughout The Canteen ! ~ ***** Warning: Not all music may be appropriate for children! Please click with caution. Thank you! Tunes For The Troops This music is provided for the entertainment of our Troops, Veterans, Allies & their families! Enjoy the variety of musical selections that the Canteen DJs provide throughout the thread. Please ping any DJ with your requests for the Troops! All music is removed on Monday.Thanks to all the DJs for their time &...

Two surfers were recently chased by a shark while surfing along North Salmon Creek Beach, just north of Bodega Bay, the Press Democrat reported. The incident took place Dec. 22, just a few days before the fatal shark attack that happened off the coast of central California on Christmas Eve. “Holy crap, we were terrified because it was not backing off,” Sebastopol resident Timothy Reck told the newspaper. He says he and the other surfer escaped the shark aggressively pursuing them, but only after it bit onto the leash of one of their surfboards. Experts, however, say violent shark encounters...

A COVID-19 vaccine mandate for domestic flights is not currently being considered by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), CDC Director Rochelle Walensky confirmed on Tuesday.“Certainly, domestic flights has been a topic of conversation but that is not something we’re revisiting right now,” Walensky said on NPR when pressed on the issue.Walensky also elaborated on the CDC’s decision to cut its recommended isolation time for infected Americans in half—from 10 days to five if they are asymptomatic.“We are standing on the shoulders now of two years of science,” Walenksy told NPR of the new rules, explaining that “the...

U.S. troops are being encouraged but not required to get COVID-19 vaccine booster shots, according to a newly published memorandum.Troops were told earlier this month in the memo, published by the military on Dec. 28, that “receipt of a COVID-19 vaccine booster dose is not mandatory.”The memo, from Gilbert Cisneros, undersecretary of defense for personnel and readiness, also states that a vaccine booster shot isn’t required for a person to be considered fully vaccinated.Cisneros noted that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended in November that all adults aged 18 and older get a vaccine booster because of the...

Biden never had a COVID plan! pic.twitter.com/LYvfVmkjS1— Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom) December 28, 2021

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), in a policy reversal, announced on Dec. 28 that it would start enforcing its COVID-19 vaccine mandate to facilities in half the U.S. states, where the mandate hasn’t been judicially enjoined.CMS modified the compliance dates for the vaccine mandates. Facilities that receive Medicaid or Medicare funding must comply with the mandate’s first phase, meaning that all health care staff has to have received the first dose of the Pfizer or Moderna vaccine, or the single-shot Johnson & Johnson vaccine by Jan. 27, 2022—or 30 days after the CMS memorandum (pdf) was issued.Those...

Then-Democratic candidate for president Joe Biden’s main pledge throughout the year last year was that he was going to “shut down the virus.” He said it on campaign stops, during interviews, on social media, at debates, and the like that he would do what he claimed President Donald Trump wouldn’t and couldn’t do – comprehensively deal with the Wuhan virus pandemic. His eventual vice presidential nominee Kamala Harris made similar claims about what they would do about the coronavirus if they won the election.Prior to Election Day, though, they had an odd way of proving their supposed commitment to shutting...

CNN has a problem, and it’s not just their abysmally low ratings. As RedState reported some weeks ago, one of Chris Cuomo’s producers was arrested for allegedly raping a 9-year-old and grooming other little girls. Cuomo was eventually fired over his own set of scandals, but that wasn’t the end of the pedophile problem at the liberal network.Less than two weeks ago, a producer for Jake Tapper’s show was exposed by Project Veritas for soliciting nude pictures of a child and making other lewd comments via text message. The source of the texts went to Project Veritas after they feared...

Here's a tip for all you soon-to-be-centenarians out there: If you want to make headlines, have a good answer locked and loaded for the secret to your longevity. Not something boring like love and happiness; something wild and fun. Examples that have worked in the past: a daily Guinness, Hershey's chocolate, and Johnnie Walker. (Another tip: Plugging a specific brand is a good way to get free stuff!) Of course, Betty White – who turns 100 on January 17 – doesn't need any help making headlines. And clearly, the lifelong actress knows a thing or two about entertaining answers for...

Fuller Theological Seminary can hold students to its Biblical beliefs about marriageA federal appeals court last week upheld a California seminary’s expulsion of two students for violating the school’s sexual standards policy that forbids gay marriage. The judges ruled that a religious exemption to Title IX, written to ensure gender equality in education, allows the seminary to enforce its Biblical standards. Joanna Maxon and Nathan Brittsan, both students at Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, sued the school in 2019 after it asked them to leave because they entered into same-sex marriages. Fuller’s sexual standards policy, which all students agree to...

Pope: migration is today’s social scandalIn his address, the pontiff noted that, “Migration today is a reality to which we cannot close our eyes. It is a social scandal of humanity.” So many people “set out on” the “road to be free, [but] so many [. . .] end up on the street or in the sea”, becoming “victims of adverse circumstances: be they political, historical or personal circumstances.”

Joe Rogan was set to attend his long anticipated Vancouver show scheduled for April 20, which has long been sold out, but on Wednesday The Hill is reporting it's been canceled due to the Canadian government barring him from entry for the event. "Ticketmaster Wednesday on its website confirmed that Rogan’s Vancouver show had been canceled and ticket holders would receive a refund," The Hill reports. However, the event has been pushed to a much later date in 2022, though it's unclear whether Canada will relax its vaccine requirement to cross the border by that point (at the rate things...

If the pandemic’s been good for anything, it’s Legos. With people spending more time at home, the pandemic has led to a buying boom for the building bricks. David Hall, a Virginia-based collector, told The Post that, in May 2020, he sold a “Star Wars” Republic Dropship — which originally bought in 2010 for $250 — for $1,250. “Hype and nostalgia play into how much you can get for reselling old sets,” Hall told The Post. “The biggest drive is when adult fans want to maybe get that expensive set they never got as a kid.” In fact, discontinued Legos...

Regardless of what happens in society, the Church must never become a place that is segregated based on vaccination status, the Russian Patriarch told the clergy of Moscow yesterday. The annual diocesan meeting of the clergy of the city of Moscow was held under the chairmanship of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill yesterday. Many are concerned about the topic of vaccination and there are strong disagreements about both it in society and in the Church, the Patriarch noted. Speaking for himself, he said: “This is a purely medical issue, a matter of personal choice and responsibility,” reminding the clergy that he...

Saying it wants to correct four years of inaction by the Los Angeles Unified School District regarding denial of federal Title I services for historically eligible low-income students attending Catholic schools, the Archdiocese of Los Angeles is suing the nation’s second-largest school district. In the Los Angeles Superior Court petition brought Thursday, the archdiocese stated it had no choice but to pursue a legal remedy on behalf of students and families who have been harmed in communities such as Watts, South and East Los Angeles. In 2018, a disagreement arose between the LAUSD and the archdiocese over how to calculate...

The Netherlands has ordered 12 million doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine that may be the first to be adapted to the omikron variant. That is what the Ministry of Health says after questions from the NOS. The vaccines will be delivered in the second quarter of 2022 and will be enough to give 85 percent of all over 18s a new booster shot. Outgoing minister De Jonge said in a corona debate in the House of Representatives yesterday that a new vaccination campaign with the modified vaccine will be launched in the foreseeable future. "We expect to have that at...

A new opportunity for Gulf Catholics to celebrate after the cathedral in Bahrain. The parish of St. John the Baptist in Ruwais has a capacity for 800 and upstairs a multipurpose center with a capacity for one thousand. Mass will be celebrated every night of the week, three on Fridays. A point of reference for the region's 2,500 faithful, most of whom are migrants. Abu Dhabi (AsiaNews) - Having recently archived the celebrations for the inauguration - in the presence of the Prefect of Propaganda Fide Card. Luis Antonio Tagle - of the Cathedral of Our Lady of Arabia in...

You probably didn’t hear this in medical school, but the next time you write a prescription, maybe you can make it for “nature.” Pediatrician Robert Zarr, MD, MPH, founded Park Rx America and is its medical director. The nonprofit’s official mission is to decrease the burden of chronic disease, increase health and happiness, and foster environmental stewardship, by virtue of prescribing nature during the routine delivery of healthcare by a diverse group of healthcare professionals. [ Watch: Video: Timeline for Residents and Fellows ] The website has a plethora of free, downloadable resources for those professionals—pediatricians appear to be the...

Florida state surgeon general: 'The federal government is actively preventing the effective distribution of monoclonal antibody treatments in the U.S.' Asks why Biden administration is limiting such an important Covid treatment. From @jayobtv: pic.twitter.com/9MyVKqRdXE— Byron York (@ByronYork) December 29, 2021