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“Remember that California children are forced to wear masks in schools all day and that California extended their indoor mask mandate through February,” radio host Ari Hoffman tweeted, posting a picture of California Gov. Gavin Newsom, maskless with Magic Johnson Sunday at the Los Angeles Rams’ home playoff game. Newsom, of course, is no stranger to COVID hypocrisy — remember his trip to the French Laundry? — but, like so many politicians, is seemingly without shame. So we have AOC dancing maskless with drag queens in Florida, Nancy Pelosi getting her hair done when shops are closed, UK Prime Minister...

Special election tax report! Fort Smith citizens are fighting their city leaders who are trying to schedule another special election tax increase. Joey McCutchen is leading the fight against after defeating the Marshal Museum tax! https://www.facebook.com/joey.mccutchen.3 ____ Garland County tax increase/extension February 8th Early voting starts Feb 1st only at Election commission at 649 Ouachita St in Hot Springs and Community Baptist Church on Hwy 7 close to HSV west gate and across from Walmart. Please get the word out. Garland County Tax Alliance is fighting this. https://www.facebook.com/groups/GCTaxAlliance/__ Fountain Lake School District going for more millage February 8th as well....

Thousands of trucks, thousands of cars, and thousands of pedestrians too, have descended upon downtown Ottawa, Ontario, the national capital of Canada, in what is now being called the Freedom Convoy of 2022. As often happens in the United States, the counts will vary widely from news outlet to news outlet, perhaps based on the political affiliation of the speaker. With tens of thousands of trucks in different processions all meeting this week, it seems certain that the total number of protesters will be at least six figures, a truly stirring figure for a nation of only 38 million people...

Join together with fellow FREEPERS to pray for AMERICA: For those in Author-ity in Government, Family, Military, Business, Healthcare, Education, Churches, and the Media.I urge, then, first of all, that requests, prayers, intercession, and thanksgiving be made for everyone: for kings and all those in authority that we may live peaceful and quiet lives in all godliness and holiness. ~ 1 Timothy 2:1-2Religion Forum Threads labeled [Prayer] are closed to debate of any kind.

Hospitals in multiple countries reportedly declined to treat a 3-year-old boy with a serious heart condition because his parents weren't vaccinated against COVID-19. Hospitals have faced criticism for prioritizing transplants for vaccinated individuals and some health care workers have expressed frustration in having to treat influxes in unvaccinated people. For a boy in Cyprus, the inoculation made it more difficult for his parents to find a hospital to treat him. The boy was hospitalized due to his heart condition, according to Politico, and hospitals in Cyprus were unable to perform the surgery. So, the health ministry arranged for the boy...

Joe Rogan apologized for his Spotify show over the weekend, which was bad enough, but he managed to make things far worse in his Instagram statement.Rogan’s in the spotlight because singer Neil Young — he of “Rockin’ in the Free World” fame — pulled his music from the streaming service because Rogan’s COVID-19 discussions were not deferential enough to the government. It’s that free speech guy or me, said Mr. Stick-It-to-the-Man, Anti-War, four-dead-in-oh-HI-oh to Spotify. Spotify’s CEO couldn’t handle the heat and even though he let Young walk and sided with his 100-million-dollar man Rogan, he announced that from here...

Dr. Sona Pekova explains that “vaccine” mandates are a ”purely political decision” not based in science.A Czech Molecular Biologist reveals that based on publicly available data, the vaccinated are more likely to get sick from the Omicron variant. Further, Dr. Sona Pekova explains that certain batches of Covid vaccines “kill” while others are “benign.”Pekova’s explosive remarks took place in a video presented at Czech Independent News and translated exclusively for RAIR Foundation USA.Pekova was highly critical of vaccine mandates imposed by the government, as foreign data from Scotland and Australia clearly indicates that the Covid vaccine causes harm. The molecular...

In many grocery stores across the country, there are shortages of certain items, and food supplies have become scarce globally. Many farmers will find it impossible to plant corn this year due to dramatically increased fertilizer costs, according to a new report. Below is an excerpt from an email from an insider in the industry. “Things for 2022 are interesting (and scary). Input costs for things like fertilizer, liquid nitrogen and seeds are like triple and quadruple the old prices. It will not be profitable to plant this year. Let me repeat, the economics will NOT work. Our plan, is...

Click here to view the full articleActor Michael Rapaport returned to his neighborhood Rite Aid on Sunday only to find shelves empty just days after he saw a brazen thief calmly walk out of the store with two shopping bags full of stolen goods.‘Back in my Rite Aid,’ he said in a video posted to his Instagram on Sunday. ‘And there’s nothing to steal because this Rite Aid like so many other Rite Aids is closing down because everybody stole everything. And the workers here don’t know if they’re getting jobs.‘Congratulations, losers,’ the 51-year-old actor concluded in the video, which...

Non-stop Truck horns (hilarious)

Surrounded and forced to make a difficult decision. Motion has passed, they are staying.Stay tuned.More at https://t.co/NxAr5V5Iko pic.twitter.com/kIyM8lGmTA— K2 (@kiansimone44) January 31, 2022🚨BREAKING: Look west. A group of truckers parked across the Canada-US border between Alberta and Montana have been given a police SWAT team ultimatum to move. They just voted to refuse. We have two reporters on site. Follow along at https://t.co/QBAE7LfY31. https://t.co/rjyQEFRxcj— Ezra Levant 🍁 (@ezralevant) January 31, 2022UPDATE: truckers speak after decision to stand their ground.More at https://t.co/NxAr5V5Iko pic.twitter.com/Ib1tpxEnT6— K2 (@kiansimone44) January 31, 2022A local was watching twitter for updates in her pajamas, shocked to see tactical...

A bill that would have created the nation's only government-funded universal health care system died in the California Assembly on Monday as Democrats could not gather enough support to bring it for a vote ahead of a legislative deadline. The bill had to pass by midnight on Monday to have a chance at becoming law this year. Democrats needed 41 votes for that to happen, a threshold that did not seem impossible given that they control 56 of the 80 seats in the state Assembly and universal health care has long been a priority for the party. But intense lobbying...

TWEET FROM THE PRESIDENCY OF SOUTH AFRICA Presidency | South Africa 🇿🇦@PresidencyZA· Jan 31, 2022 Replying to @PresidencyZABased on the trajectory of the pandemic and the levels of vaccination in the country, Cabinet has decided to make the following changes to Adjusted Alert Level 1 with immediate effect: • Those who test positive with no symptoms do not have to isolate. · If you test positive with symptoms, the isolation period has been reduced from 10 to 7 days.· Contacts do not have to isolate unless they develop symptoms.— Presidency | South Africa 🇿🇦 (@PresidencyZA) January 31, 2022 South...

Spotify’s market cap increased by billions of dollars on Monday, following a controversial week that has seen the streaming platform at the center of a culture war between the folk-rock star Neil Young and leading podcast host Joe Rogan over allegations that the latter has used his platform to spread misinformation concerning the CCP virus.The incident began last week, when Young issued an ultimatum to Spotify demanding they censor The Joe Rogan Experience, lest Young remove his music from the platform altogether.“I am doing this because Spotify is spreading fake information about vaccines—potentially causing death to those who believe the...

A Japanese conglomerate has found that the anti-parasitic drug ivermectin is effective and safe for the treatment of the coronavirus Omicron variant, according to a phase III clinical trial.Kowa Co. Ltd., a conglomerate with interests in trading, hospitality, and electronics, along with health and medical applications, issued a press release (pdf) on Jan. 31 stating that ivermectin has been found to be effective against Omicron.Kowa representatives didn’t respond to a request for comment by press time.The company, working with Kitasato University based in Tokyo, said that ivermectin has the “same antiviral effect” on all “mutant strains,” including Alpha, Delta, and...

Breitbart News senior contributor and Government Accountability Institute (GAI) President Peter Schweizer’s latest investigative exposé, Red-Handed: How American Elites Get Rich Helping China Win, reveals how 23 former U.S. senators and congressman have lobbied for Chinese military or intelligence-linked companies after leaving office. Many lawmakers cash in after leaving office by becoming lobbyists for corporations and other special interests. But one would hope that they would not become advocates for America’s primary economic and political adversary — communist China — by lobbying for outcomes that run counter to the United States’ long-term interests. However, Schweizer’s book reveals that many former...

Former South Carolina Senator Jim DeMint weighed in on pandemic-related government mandates, saying citizens should be allowed to make an informed decision as to whether they want to be vaccinated, instead of being subject to mandates from the federal government.“I think what we should do as a nation, (doctors, politicians, media) is give people the best information we have. Let doctors express different opinions, and let people make informed decisions about it,” DeMint told “Capitol Report” host Steve Lance in a Jan. 29 interview.DeMint’s comments come after the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) announced on Jan. 25 that...

Pluto is a dwarf planet. A dwarf planet travels around, or orbits, the sun just like other planets. But it is much smaller. Clyde Tombaugh discovered Pluto in 1930. He was an astronomer from the United States. An astronomer is a scientist who studies stars and other objects in space. Venetia Burney named Pluto that same year. She was an 11-year-old girl from England. Pluto is not very big. It is only half as wide as the United States. Pluto is smaller than Earth's moon. This dwarf planet takes 248 Earth years to go around the sun. If you lived...

Five months after the end of the US airlift stranded them in Afghanistan, some 156 dogs and 133 cats are finally on board an Il-76 chartered from a Russian transport company Aviacon Zitotrans, which departed Kabul on Sunday and is bound for Vancouver, Canada. “The plane is a total beast, an [Ilyushin] 76-TD, basically built for flying into Siberia in the middle of winter, so we do not expect winter weather to cause any delays or disruptions,” said Charlotte Maxwell-Jones of the Kabul Small Animal Rescue (KSAR), the charity organizing the airlift. The plane, tail number RA-76502, took off from...