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I could spend all day, every day, dissecting the garbage that gets published by the CDC. This paper was a doozy. Fortunately, I get by with a little help from my friends.Steve Kirsch13 hr ago article imageSometimes, the crap coming out of the CDC is too egregious to ignore and litigation is required to fix it.This is one such case. And credit goes to Del Bigtree, ICAN, and Aaron Siri for both doing the analysis and threatening legal action if they don’t withdraw the paper. This is what I meant in the headline about getting by “with a little help...

Steve Kirsch2 hr ago 18478 Multiple studies (such as the Harvard study) showed the more you vaccinate, the worse it gets. This is why mandating vaccination drives us deeper into a hole.You can see it for yourself: vaccination drives hospital admissions.For more info, see the full Analysis by Joel SmalleyMy survey of healthcare providersAlso, see my survey of healthcare providers where I asked the same question. Click the image below to get the full PDF, including what they said about myocarditis rates. In short, we’ve been lied to. Here are just two of the questions. :

The U.D. has a long and proud history, being published in Linn since 1866. The Unterrified Democrat has one of the greatest names in the newspaper business. How the paper got its name is an interesting story. Lebbeus Zevely, the founder of the Unterrified Democrat, was a Democratic member of the Missouri State Senate. He had moved to Missouri from North Carolina and had many southern friends from North Carolina and southern sympathizer friends from Missouri. Zevely himself was unquestionably very loyal to the union. On April 8, 1865, the Missouri legislature approved what was called the Drake Constitution and...

SNIP Emerging science shows that a human’s microbiome – their constellation of gut microbes – has a far greater effect on health than anyone previously imagined. This enormous ecosystem we host in our bodies includes bacteria, fungi, viruses and more. The collective genetic material in the microbiome performs myriad functions that affect our mood, our immunity, and our physical and mental health. Crappy western diets and antibiotics are depleting our microbiota. And in some cases, a person’s microbiome is disordered enough that it needs a little boost from someone else’s. “We’re showing that you can actually reimagine a food system...

Rep. Adam Schiff, the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, said Sunday he believes it is “very likely” that Russia will invade Ukraine as President Biden prepared for another call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky about the tense standoff. “I fear that Putin is very likely to invade. I still, frankly, don’t understand the full motivation for why, why now he’s doing this. But he certainly appears intent on it unless we can persuade him otherwise,” Schiff (D-Calif.) said on CBS News’ “Face the Nation.”

The antioxidants in mushrooms likely help to prevent against various mental illnesses. Mushrooms could reduce the risk of depression substantially, a study suggests. People who eat around 5 g per day of mushrooms, on average, have a 31 percent lower risk of developing depression symptoms. → Access these member-only articles by joining PsyBlog: The Personality Trait Linked To Looking Younger What Modern Life Is Doing To Our Brain Health A portion of mushrooms is around 80 g, suggesting that eating them once a week is all that is required to gain the benefit. The researchers found no additional benefit to...

Sir Frank Atherton, the chief medical officer, said it will be preferable for people to say home and get better when they have a cold in futureWales' top doctor has warned that anyone with a virus in the future, even after the pandemic ends, should self-isolate for a few days. Sir Frank Atherton, who was knighted in the Queen's New Year's Honours, admitted it will be difficult for everyone to do it but said it would be safer for society going forward. Speaking to Times Radio on Sunday he said: "Looking beyond the current wave [of the Omicron variant] we...

Goldman Sachs said Sunday that it will join other major banks in encouraging employees in the U.S. to begin the new year working from home. JPMorgan Chase, Citigroup and Bank of America have also asked staffers to work from home as the country endures a major uptick in COVID-19 cases fueled by the omicron variant.

An Ohio high school football player who says coaches forced him to eat a pizza covered with pepperoni grease in violation of his religious beliefs is suing his former district and the ousted coaches. The former Canton McKinley High School athlete and his parents filed a federal civil rights suit this week seeking millions of dollars in damages and alleging violations of his religious freedom and constitutional rights. The athlete says in the lawsuit that coaches were notified he doesn’t eat pork or pork residue as a member of the Hebrew Israelite religious faith, but that they ordered him to...

Dr. Peter McCullough is an internist, cardiologist, epidemiologist, a full professor of medicine at Texas A&M College of Medicine in Dallas, USA. He also has a master's degree in public health and is known for being one of the top five most-published medical researchers in the United States and is the editor of two medical journals.McCullough et al. Reviews in Cardiovascular Medicine, 2020McCullough et al. 2020In this Sept 14, 2021 interview with Peter Breggin MD, author of Talking Back to Prozac, Dr. Peter McCullough discusses the routine use of diluted (1%) Povidone Iodine mouth wash in the dental office as...

The wide receiver left following an outburst on the sideline Antonio Brown has left the building. In one of the strangest moments of the NFL season, the Buccaneers wide receiver abruptly removed his shoulder pads and undershirt and jogged to the locker room at MetLife Stadium during the third quarter of Tampa Bay's Week 17 matchup with the New York Jets. Here's video of the scene, which shows Brown stripping off his pads, throwing his undershirt and gloves into the stands, and running toward the locker room in the middle of the game while the Bucs were on offense. Brown,...

That's not Jonathan Capehart having a cold/flu/COVID moment in the screencap. It's the MSNBC host, who's also a Washington Post editorial board member, getting verklempt on his show this morning as he agonized over the alleged threat to American democracy posed by Donald Trump and his supporters. During a segment on the coming anniversary of the January 6th Capitol riot, Capehart got choked up, saying. "I'm trying to hold it together right now."Get the rest of the story and view the video here.

Greek divers have discovered the wreckage of an Italian submarine 80 years after it was sunk by the Allied Forces in the Aegean Sea during World War Two, Ekathimerini reports. She was discovered last month by Greek wreck hunter diver, Kostas Thoctarides and his team, south of the island of Mykonos at a depth of 337 feet. The stricken sub was located by the ROV Super Achilles. The Argonauta-class submarine Jantina, which had sailed from the Greek island of Leros under the command of C.C. Vincenzo Politi with 47 crew on board, was sent to the bottom on the night...

“There are guys that are going to work with crushing pains in their chests and heads.” – Pilot Greg PearsonPilot Greg Pearson shared his shocking story of rapid onset atrial fibrillation after being injected with the experimental Covid “vaccine”. Pearson reveals that his story is more common than leaders are telling us. As a result, many people are questioning whether vaccinated pilots are a flight risk.Passengers Could Have DiedPearson did not want to take the vaccine at first and never got a flu shot. But, since he lives in Hawaii and has family in California, states with strict travel restrictions,...

It’s just incomprehensible to me that we have a system that is so biased, so random, so unbelievably racially biased... ' The radical social justice movement to transform police officers into compassionate caregivers, and police departments into social service agencies, appears to have suffered a setback in what was already a tragic story. William Dorsey Jones Jr., a black police officer with the Los Angeles Police Department, on the day before Christmas Eve shot and killed an unarmed, 14-year-old Latino girl, Valentina Orellana Peralta. Jones was one of several officers who responded to a 911 call from a retail store...

New Jersey first lady Tammy Murphy tested positive for the coronavirus but is asymptomatic, Gov. Phil Murphy’s office said Sunday in a statement. “The Governor and First Lady tested themselves due to a recent known non-family contact in their home. Required procedures for reporting, case investigation, and contact tracing have been followed,” the statement said. The governor and their four children have all tested negative, according to North Jersey.com, and will continue to undergo testing in the days ahead.

Elon Musk is a pleasure to listen to for a number of reasons: he's down to earth, witty, often funny, and as the CEO & Chief Engineer of Space/X he can delve into the challenges of rocketing to Mars and make it somewhat understandable and interesting for the layman. I'm pretty impatient when it comes to podcasts, but I listened to the first 45 minutes of this 2.5 hour recording -- it was that interesting. Scan the subjects in the index below, then click to your subject of interest. Here's an excerpt from the podcast where he discusses what he...

There is no legislation authorizing this initiative, but Biden does not need congressional approval if nobody challenges him. Without approval of Americans through their representatives in Congress, the Biden team has formed the First Movers Coalition with the World Economic Forum. The effort includes major corporations such as Amazon, Apple, Bank of America, Boeing and others, who have pledged to *force* a demand for “green” products. There is no legislation authorizing this initiative, but Biden does not need congressional approval if nobody challenges him. As the Republican party looks in the opposite direction, the State Department website explains: …the First...

[Catholic Caucus] A Parody? Francis Prays For "Those Suffering Religious Discrimination"Francis’ prayer intention for January 2022 is "for true human fraternity."He writes, "We pray for all those suffering from religious discrimination and persecution; may their own rights and dignity be recognised, which originate from being brothers and sisters in the human family.”Alluding to Francis' persecution of Roman Rite Catholics, Scott Gauley wrote on social media that this prayer intention is “like a parody” while Francis "is persecuting his own faithful!”Tibor Székely, a Roman Rite Catholic, declares: “It seems that we are not among the brothers and sisters in the Church...

Video has emerged purporting to show a police dog mauling a man at an anti-lockdown protest in Amsterdam. The footage, which was published on social media by an account called Guerrilla Reporters, appears to have been filmed during an anti-lockdown protest held in the Dutch capital on Sunday. In the video, a police dog is seen apparently biting a man’s arm as other officers used batons against the surrounding demonstrators. At the time of this reporting, the local police have not confirmed the veracity of the video, however, a report from the public broadcaster Nederlandse Omroep Stichting (NOS) features an...