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Scientists are seeing signals that COVID-19′s alarming omicron wave may have peaked in Britain and is about to do the same in the U.S., at which point cases may start dropping off dramatically. The reason: The variant has proved so wildly contagious that it may already be running out of people to infect, just a month and a half after it was first detected in South Africa. “It’s going to come down as fast as it went up,” said Ali Mokdad, a professor of health metrics sciences at the University of Washington in Seattle. At the same time, experts warn...

Assistant Secretary Dawn O’Connell from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on Tuesday revealed 50 million coronavirus tests are sitting in warehouses. As the Biden administration purchases $190 million worth of testing kits in January, Sen. Richard Burr (R-NC) asked O’Connell during a Senate committee hearing if she could assure him that Biden’s testing kit purchases are not originating from Communist China. O’Connell responded by admitting HHS has millions of unused tests in warehouses, which are in addition to the outstanding tests out for delivery to the warehouses. “So is what you’re telling me they’ve got 50 million...

The vaporous predication for the FBI’s opening of its “Crossfire Hurricane” investigation of “Russian collusion” is often attributed solely to anti-Trump bias, with no more to learn from its study. But sustained examination shows it to be not only pretextual but also designed to conceal American history’s most insidious governmental treachery since Benedict Arnold. According to the FBI, the “Crossfire Hurricane” investigation was opened on July 31, 2016, because lowly Trump aide George Papadopoulos had been told by one Professor Joseph Mifsud that Russia had emails harmful to Hillary Clinton. Two weeks later, Australian (FFG) diplomat, British-connected Alexander Downer, pried...

A suggestion by House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) that he may seek to limit lawmakers’ ability to trade individual stocks if the GOP takes the majority this November is going over like a 500-point Dow drop among his members. McCarthy told Punchbowl News that he is considering a range of ideas, from restricting members to only holding professionally managed mutual funds to barring lawmakers from owning stocks of companies overseen by their committees. He added that deliberations are still at an early stage and no final decisions have been made.

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Tuesday expressed his support fellow GOP Sen. Mike Rounds (S.D.), who earlier this week was attacked by former President Trump after saying the 2020 presidential election was fair. "I think Sen. Rounds told the truth about what happened in the 2020 election," McConnell told CNN. "And I agree with him."

Steve Kirsch19 hr ago Here’s a link to Margaret Anna’s letter to the Washington State Board of Health which meets on January 12, 2022 to discuss issues like Proposed Policies to Involuntarily Detain People in a Quarantine Facility & Mandate COVID Vaccination in Schools.Her letter is long and comprehensive.You can adapt it to your local situation. Or you can simply use it to educate yourself on the key arguments so you are prepared.A caution about pitching to policy makersIt’s important to keep in mind that policy makers have very short attention spans, so long and comprehensive doesn’t necessarily translate to...

When quarterback Joe Montana found Dwight Clark in the back of the end zone for a game-winning touchdown in the 1981 NFC Championship Game, it marked significant turning points in the history of the NFL and the city of San Francisco. During the 1981 season, the 49ers had been surprising juggernauts. Even the most ardent of fans couldn’t have predicted the team, which was 6-10 a season earlier, would suddenly become one of the league’s most talented squads. But the 49ers compiled a 13-3 record in 1981, won the NFC West and defeated the New York Giants in the divisional...

Elvis Costello has announced he’ll no longer perform his 1979 hit song “Oliver’s Army” is concert. The rocker explained his decision during an interview with The Telegraph, noting that it stems from the lyric, “Only takes one itchy trigger / One more widow, one less white n_____." “If I wrote that song today, maybe I’d think twice about [the lyric],” Costello admitted, before noting that the slur was historically accurate. “That’s what my grandfather was called in the British army — it’s historically a fact — but people hear that word go off like a bell and accuse me of...

The Washington Post reports:In a sweeping speech on the pandemic and other global issues, Pope Francis on Monday called for widespread vaccination in all countries and suggested the global coronavirus response was being complicated by “baseless information or poorly documented facts.”Countries that have widely used vaccines, the pope noted, have seen a reduction in severe cases.Seriously?!?!Did he even spend one nanosecond talking with anyone qualified with an opposing view before making that determination? Which experts did he ask? Did he talk to Robert Malone? Peter McCullough? Of course not!! If he had, my phone would have lit up.Perhaps he had...

Today the CDC, NIH and the FDA announced that they were acquiring mascots to represent their organizations. The CDC is currently negotiating with representatives for Bozo the Clown for rights to use his image. The CDC thinks Bozo best represents their goals and operations. Bozo will be especially effective when used in k1-12 and colleges. The FDA is currently negotiating with representatives holding the rights for Jason of Friday the 13th. The FDA thinks that Jason best represents their goals and operations. Jason will be especially effective in furthering the fear factor in low information adults, while reaping obscene benefits...

Have a look at this letter from RFK Jr. to Sanjay Gupta that first appeared on April 16, 2020 in which RFK Jr. defends his position on vaccines after being attacked as a misinformation spreader by CNN.It turns out that RFK Jr. was rightAt the time he wrote that article, he had no idea that a randomized controlled trial in children done in 2012 showed that flu shots increased fivefold the risk of acute respiratory infections caused by a group of noninfluenza viruses, including coronaviruses.Here’s the article that RFK Jr. missed, published in the BMJ before he wrote his letter...

What the Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla saidHere it is… an article in the mainstream media where the Pfizer CEO admits that the vaccine doesn’t work against omicron.He said a third shot will provide protection, but added that it wasn’t clear how long the protection will last.What the Pfizer CEO did not say (that you need to know)The booster protection lasts for around 30 to 60 days. Read the science. See this handy diagram and look at the green error barsAfter 60 days, the protection will wane and it will leave you more vulnerable than if you never had the vaccine...

PONTIAC, Mich. (FOX 2) - The Oakland County Sheriff's Office said Monday that a 31-year-old man choked his longtime boyfriend to death last week after the two got into an argument during a video game. Docquen Jovo Watkins, 31, was arrested in the January 6 death of his 28-year-old boyfriend, Rory Teasley, after the two argued while playing the videogame 'Overwatch'.

U.S. grocery stores look like Soviet Union.

CORVALLIS, Ore. (KVAL) — Compounds found in hemp "show the ability to prevent the virus that causes COVID-19 from entering human cells," Oregon State University says. New OSU research on hemp and COVID-19 was published Tuesday in the Journal of Natural Products. Richard van Breemen, a researcher with Oregon State’s Global Hemp Innovation Center in the College of Pharmacy and Linus Pauling Institute, led the study. According to OSU: Hemp, known scientifically as Cannabis sativa, is a source of fiber, food and animal feed, and multiple hemp extracts and compounds are added to cosmetics, body lotions, dietary supplements and food,...

President Joe Biden again referred to Vice President Kamala Harris as “President Harris” on Tuesday, apparently forgetting again that he was the president of the United States. “Last week, President Harris and I…” Biden began, referring to their speeches on Capitol Hill marking the first anniversary of the January 6 protests of the 2020 election.

The government of Quebec has ordered three Orthodox schools in Montreal, Canada to close for not following COVID measures. The government of Quebec has ordered three Orthodox schools in Montreal, Canada to close after they did not follow COVID measures, CTV News reported. The Quebec Ministry of Education sent formal notices to the three Jewish schools that were holding classes against a provincial order to close in-school learning...

A Pennsylvania dentist has been charged with murdering his wife during a 2016 African hunting safari as part of an insurance scam and to get out of his marriage to be with his long-term mistress. Dr. Lawrence Rudolph, 67, was charged in Colorado on charges of foreign murder and wire fraud, for allegedly shooting dead his wife Bianca during a trip to Zambia. In the criminal complaint filed against him that was unsealed last week, an FBI agent describes how he had been having an affair for years beforehand, and had seven life insurance policies against his wife which were...

A medical helicopter carrying a child patient crash landed outside Philadelphia Tuesday afternoon – but all four people on board are expected to survive in what one official called “an absolute miracle.” The medevac chopper crashed around 1 p.m. near Drexel Hill United Methodist Church in Delaware County on its way to the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia from Maryland, authorities said. Authorities said the passengers — the pilot, a crew member, a nurse and an infant patient — were able to pull themselves out of the wreck.

Novavax’s Covid-19 vaccine, already available for use in 170 countries and most well-known for being a non-mRNA vaccine alternative, could be approved for use in the U.S. in February and in up to 10 other countries within 90 days, CEO Stanley Erck told CNBC Monday. The Maryland-based biotechnology company submitted its final data packages to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on New Year’s Eve, but won’t be able to request emergency use authorization until January 31, after which the company expects a decision within one month, Erck said. Erck said the company expects its vaccine to be approved for...