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AN Olympic gold medallist and vaccine sceptic has died from Covid aged 51 - just weeks after agreeing to get jabbed to keep his coaching job. Hungarian Szilveszter Csollany, a gymnastic rings hero, took the vaccine shortly before he became ill, so had not built up enough antibodies for full protection.

Editor's note: This piece was authored by Andrew DonaldsonStereotyped slogans and lazy data analysis are nothing new, but when rhetorical tropes become the foundation for regulatory policy, real world consequences quickly happen. Add this mix of laziness and bias to something as impactful to the overall economy as the commercial truck driver shortage, and you have preventable folly inevitably turning into full blown disaster. The push back against a pilot apprenticeship program in resident Biden’s recently passed infrastructure package has all those factors converging into a frustrating mess where a policy solution ought to be. Signed into law in November...

The surgeon general of the United States believes Joe Rogan's top-rated podcast should be censored because of its interviews with prominent health scientists who come to conclusions based on assessments of data and studies that contradict some of the evolving stances of the Biden administration. A day after vintage rocker Neil Young told Spotify to choose between his music and Joe Rogan's podcast, Surgeon General Vivek Murthy lamented Tuesday that social media platforms are not doing enough to "stop the spread" of misinformation." Prefacing her question for Murthy, MSNBC'S Mika Brzezinski said Rogan's podcast, "The Joe Rogan Experience," has "promoted...

Pray For The Peace of JerusalemGalatians 11 Paul, an apostle—sent not from men nor by a man, but by Jesus Christ and God the Father, who raised him from the dead— 2 and all the brothers and sisters[a] with me, To the churches in Galatia: 3 Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ, 4 who gave himself for our sins to rescue us from the present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father, 5 to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen._______________________________________________________God Bless America.ML/LTOS

Natural immunity as protective as vaccine induced immunity https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/71/w...

When resident Joe Biden was sworn in on Jan. 20, 2021, the federal government's debt stood at $27,751,896,236,414.77. When his first year in office ended on Jan. 20, 2022, it stood at $29,867,021,509,573.92. That means that during Biden's first 12 months in office, the federal debt grew by more than $2 trillion -- or $2,115,125,273,159.15 to be exact. How do you put that in perspective? The United States of America had existed for 210 years -- and 40 presidents had served as this nation's chief executive -- before the debt first topped $2 trillion in 1986. On Jan. 1, 1790,...

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At this current crazy moment, most of the “Western” world (Europe, the U.S., Canada, Australia) is hell bent on achieving a “net zero” energy system. As I understand this concept, it means that, within two or three decades, all electricity production will be converted from the current mostly-fossil-fuel generation mix to almost entirely wind, solar and storage. On top of that, all or nearly all energy consumption that is not currently electricity (e.g., transportation, industry, heat, agriculture) must be converted to electricity, so that the energy for these things can also be supplied solely by the wind, sun, and batteries....

The family of four that froze to death while trying to secretly walk into the United States from Manitoba during a blizzard were already waiting at the drop-off point in Canada when other Indian citizens arrived for the night hike across the border. The father and mother were the oldest by a decade of the 11 migrants who gathered near Emerson, Man., on Jan. 19, for the organized illegal crossing. Their children were the youngest by far. Most of the group were issued identical cold weather clothing by unknown smugglers: new winter coats with fur-trimmed hoods, gloves, ski masks and...

There's nothing petty about petty crime. Tolerate it, and society descends into disorder. You're standing in line at Starbucks and watch a freeloader go to the front, pick out a sandwich and walk out without paying. No one says a word. Or you pay your bills, then find out thieves have robbed the blue USPS box to abscond with your checking information and empty your account. That happened to me last week. The thieves fish mail out of the box or use stolen USPS keys sold on the internet. This crime is surging, but the police and banks shrug their...

London (AFP) – Climate change is threatening the future of the Winter Olympics, reducing the number of suitable venues for the event around the globe, a report warned ahead of the Beijing Games. The Olympics in China, which start on February 4, will be the first Winter Games to rely almost 100 percent on artificial snow, according to the study. The authors say it is an energy and water-intensive process frequently using chemicals to slow melt, but also delivers a surface that many competitors say is unpredictable and potentially dangerous. "The risk is clear -- man-made warming is threatening the...

LOUISVILLE, Ky., Saturday, Jan. 25. The report which has prevailed that Col. FRY was killed is false. The wounds of Lieut. BURT and Col. MCCOOK are not serious. WETMORE's Battery, attached to the Twelfth Brigade, Gen. CARTER, did most essential service in the field, and in front of the enemy's intrenchments. On Sunday evening, the rebels in retreating burned four gun-carriages at Monticello, but their cannon and guns are scattered all over their track. Gen. THOMAS' forces have not yet been heard from. It is supposed that he will occupy Monticello. Louisville, Ky., Friday, Jan. 21. The bodies of Gen....

Washington school board removes ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ from curriculum due to racial sensitivity A school board outside of Seattle voted to stop requiring students to read an iconic novel about racism and injustice in the Jim Crow-era Deep South. The Mukilteo School Board approved a resolution to remove “To Kill a Mockingbird” from its 9th-grade curriculum after complaints it was racially insensitive, according to Fox News. The move reportedly had the support of the district’s superintendent. The 1960 Harper Lee novel about a black man falsely accused of raping a white woman would still be found in the school...

Excellent discussion about how Biden's corruption and the cold war deep-state mentality has put us on the edge of war with Russia Video Link[W]hat if Moscow is actually defending itself from what it sees as hostile forces? For nearly a decade, Joe Biden and the party he leads saw Ukraine as an instrument to destabilize the Russian government—and that of the United States. From the 2013–14 Ukrainian protest movement to Russiagate and the impeachment of Donald Trump, Biden and other U.S. political officials have tied their personal interests to Ukraine. The U.S. media has hidden the true accounting of events...

In sum, the federal government wants us sick, vaccines are highly problematic, and tyranny is easy when you keep people sick and afraid. The way I prepare for writing is to read everything I can and then line up the tabs that strike me as “story possibilities.” Today, I have multiple tabs about vaccines, COVID treatments, and some governments’ responses to COVID. Taken together, the reports create a very powerful narrative: In America, the government continues to block COVID therapeutics; as people warned when mRNA vaccines came out, they are dangerous; and governments at home and abroad continue to use...

The military court in the Salam camp held a hearing this morning on the case of the murderer of Esther Horgan. The prosecutor is seeking to impose a life sentence on the terrorist Muhammad Maruh Kabha. The Horgan family demanded that the court exhaust all severity of the law with Kabha and all concerned, including Prime Minister Bennett and Defense Minister Gantz, to enforce the law and also come to terms with PA leaders inciting the murder of Jews and rewarding terrorists. They also demanded significant compensation from Kabha. Kabha said at the hearing, "The family says it is incitement...

With their obsessive need to be perceived as nice, Republicans never play the game right. The big news on Monday night was that Joe Biden, in response to a perfectly appropriate question from Fox News White House correspondent Steve Doocy, not only refused to answer but openly and into the mic called Doocy a “stupid son of a b****.” Biden then called Doocy, ostensibly to apologize. In fact, he didn’t apologize at all but Doocy seemed happy to be the nice guy who accepted a private non-apology in exchange for a public insult. In other words, Doocy handled the whole...

Arizona made $4 billion in "overpayments to ineligible claimants" and likely won't be able to recoup the funds, according to federal pandemic relief watchdog report. A fraudster used the same Social Security number to apply for unemployment benefits in 50 states and was able to successfully collect jobless payments worth $222,532 in 29 states, according to the federal government's pandemic oversight monitors. "State workforce agencies that are a part of the National Association of SWAs Integrity Data Hub could have the ability to crossmatch UI data with other states," read a report from the Pandemic Response Accountability Committee (PRAC). "But...

January 26th, 2021 Saints Timothy and Titus St. Anthony Church, Bhandup, Mumbai, IndiaReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: White Readings for the feriaReadings for the memorialThese are the readings for the feriaThe following reading is proper to the memorial, and must be used even if you have otherwise chosen to use the ferial readings.First reading2 Timothy 1:1-8 ©Fan into a flame the gift God gave youFrom Paul, appointed by God to be an apostle of Christ Jesus in his design to promise life in Christ Jesus; to Timothy, dear child of mine, wishing you grace, mercy and peace from God the Father...

With Democrats' multitrillion dollar Build Back Better initiative hitting a wall in the U.S. Senate, resident Joe Biden has suggested that components of the bill be advanced separately. One of these components is a plan for government funded universal pre-K schooling. It would fund school for some 6 million children ages 3 and 4. Federal funds would be provided for six years, the first three funded 100% by the federal government, with the share provided by states increasing up to 40% by year six. Total cost estimate generated by the bill's sponsors is $200 billion. But like the entire Build...