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Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson says downtown Ottawa is "out of control" as the trucker convoy protest and occupation is now in its 10th day. Hundreds of trucks remain parked on Parliament Hill and through the Parliamentary Precinct this morning. Police and city officials are urging people to avoid the downtown core, and warn roads and interprovincial bridges could be closed again today to slow the flow of vehicles into the downtown core.

There’s something idiosyncratically American about Joe Rogan. Maybe it’s his frat-boyish persona. His passions for hunting and extreme sports. Perhaps, most of all, Joe Rogan embodies some whimsical notion of the American Dream: a college dropout turned stand-up comedian, who worked his way up to become one of the world’s media titans....Last year, it was Spotify’s most-streamed podcast globally, in the US and the UK. Rogan is, anyone would have to admit, quite the big deal. And yet, he is a polarising figure. A staunch libertarian, Rogan has faced accusations of sexism and transphobia over remarks made on the podcast....

The skeletal remains of a man buried 1,400 years ago near a headless horse have been discovered at an ancient cemetery in the town of Knittlingen in southern Germany. He likely was the horse's owner/rider when he was alive. The man was buried at a time when the Merovingian dynasty (A.D. 476–750) flourished in the area, ruling a giant swath of territory in what is now France and Central Europe. During his lifetime, the man likely served the dynasty's kings. "He stood in a 'chain of command' with the Merovingian kings on its top, which meant he was obliged to...

Comedian Heather McDonald fell hard during a show in Tempe, Arizona, but it was no joke ... it was a medical emergency. Eyewitnesses tell TMZ ... the former "Chelsea Lately" star was headlining the show, when she delivered her second joke ... "I'm vaxxed, double vaxxed, boosted ... and flu shot, and shingle shot, and haven't gotten COVID and Jesus loves me most."

A substitute teacher was caught on camera as he berated a teenage student who is the son of two California police officers for wearing a Blue Lives Matter American flag face mask in support of cops. Lucas Lillar, 13, who is in the eighth grade at Lyman Gilmore Middle School in Grass Valley, near Sacramento, was filmed by another pupil as the unidentified substitute teacher reprimanded him in front of the class for wearing the cloth mask, which features a thin blue line. 'That's not the American flag, that's the new confederacy flag,' the teacher can be heard yelling while...

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A "lost" Oxford University college has been unearthed during the construction project for new student flats. The former St Mary's College was founded in 1435 but had already fallen into disrepair 100 years later. A team from Oxford Archaeology discovered a massive limestone wall foundation, butchered animal bones and decorated floor tiles. Construction firm Beard is developing 30 student flats at Brasenose College's Frewin Annexe. The ill-fated St Mary's College was to be a base for Augustinian canons studying in Oxford. A two-storey college chapel and library was built, but construction was very slow. Cardinal Thomas Wolsey tried to speed...

On January 31, 2022, a friend of mine here in Italy sent me an email with a short video clip, taken on January 28, 2022, of a Receipt of the Application of the third dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. Below you can see this video clip as well as four images that I exported from this video clip, which indicate that the microchip of the first dose, with the code 049269018, is linked to the 5G network. This means that each person who has taken the vaccine can be located, identified, blocked on the Internet and even eliminated using the...

Secretary of State Antony Blinken's team is "working ... to prevent" Russia from establishing military bases in Latin America as the crisis in Ukraine is widening the diplomatic disputes between the former Cold War rivals. "We, as a hemisphere, do not accept provocations," State Department Assistant Secretary Brian Nichols, Blinken's top lieutenant for the Western Hemisphere, told the House Foreign Affairs Committee. "And those types of prodding by forces from outside our hemisphere are unacceptable." Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov gestured toward such a deployment earlier this month, when he said he could "neither confirm nor exclude" whether Moscow...

But history shows the denuclearization to have been a chaotic upheaval that shook with infighting, reversals and discord among the country’s government and military. At the time, both Ukrainian and American experts questioned the wisdom of atomic disarmament. The deadly weapons, some argued, were the only reliable means of deterring Russian aggression. Today Ukraine has no easy path to producing or acquiring the materials to build a bomb. Even so, the nuclear genie is once again stirring as Russian troops encircle the nation and wage a shadow war in its easternmost provinces. “We gave away the capability for nothing,” said...

BREAKING: GiveSendGo fundraiser for Canadian truckers fighting for freedom reaches $2 MILLION A single donor gave $215,000 as the world rallies behind the Canadian truckers fighting for freedom. Despite some attempts to DDoS GiveSendGo and prevent the crowdfund from working, the site has managed to provide stable hosting for the crowdfund which has now received over $2 million in donations. As detailed by Human Events host Jack Posobiec, donors are contributing large amounts of money to support the movement, with one donating as much as $215,000. A single donor just gave $215,000 to the Truckers fundraiser Never seen anything like...

With all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love; He that followeth after righteousness and mercy findeth life, righteousness, and honour. Proverbs 21:21 (King James Version) Our cleaning lady’s son committed suicide last week. I blame his death on President Obama and Governor Brown. The lockdowns, masks, vaxes, job losses and general hopelessness has led to massive increases in depression and suicides especially in young men. Suicide is up over 40% since the beginning of the lockdowns and nobody in power cares in the slightest, they only care about power and controlling your life, nothing else. Put...

Senate Democrats in Washington state have once again passed a bill that creates a pathway to early release for a variety of incarcerated people serving long sentences or even life without parole, including those sentenced for aggravated murder and murder in the first degree. The bill doubles the membership of the Clemency and Pardons Board, and requires certain representation on the board to ensure equity. The board would consider petitions for early release for incarcerated people who have served 15, 20, or 25 years of their sentence, depending on the crime they’re serving time for. “This bill is about understanding...

Just as the investigation into the “terror attack” of January 6 was in full swing in the autumn of 2021, court proceedings in the alleged 2020 plot to kidnap of Governor Gretchen Whitmer began in Michigan. When 13 men allegedly tied to militia groups were arrested on October 7 of this year on federal and state charges for planning to kidnap Whitmer from her Michigan vacation cottage, Team Biden and Whitmer herself made the most of the timely political gift. “There is a through line from President Trump’s dog whistles and tolerance of hate, vengeance, and lawlessness to plots such...

WASHINGTON, Wednesday, Feb. 5. In expectation that a vote would be had to-day in the Bright case, the galleries of the Senate Chamber were filled at an early hour, and all the available space in the Chamber was occupied by those entitled to the privilege of the floor. The interest in the proceedings was intense, and for five hours the vast concourse sat with enchained attention, awaiting the final issue. Speeches were delivered by several Senators, and Mr. BRIGHT himself, who made a most ingenious and impressive defence, in a more temperate spirit than was to have been expected. It...

Apparently, nobody told Chris Wallace that rats are supposed to jump from sinking ships, not onto them. After leaving Fox News for the nascent CNN+ streaming service (and watching ratings soar for his old show, Fox News Sunday, once he was gone), Wallace now finds himself abandoned by the person who lured him away, Jeff Zucker. Radar Online reports:

For those times when you’ve got someplace to be, and you’ve also got a craving for kimchi. Just about every train station platform in Japan has a vending machine or two on it, stocked with all sorts of tempting options. Some of the most common are canned coffees and teas, often in both hot and cold varieties, but today we’re visiting a vending machine that’s a little different. OK, so the machine itself is the standard type. The inventory, though, is anything but, because this vending machine is stocked with kimchi! You can find this unique machine at Keikyu Kawasaki...

Pray For The Peace of JerusalemEphesians 6The Armor of God 10 Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power. 11 Put on the full armor of God, so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes. 12 For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms. 13 Therefore put on the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your...

In the moments before the Ottawa police's Friday morning briefing on the ongoing anti-vaccine mandate protest on Parliament Hill, officers — both in uniform and plain clothes — and media alike awaited the arrival of the chief and deputy chiefs. Meanwhile, a few folks were passing around a news release on tougher police measures coming in the days ahead, including one man who was not with the police services, but with the chief's office, CBC was told. That man was Matthew Barnes, a senior consultant for Navigator — an elite and expensive crisis management firm. Police chief Peter Sloly's office...

A Navy SEAL candidate died Friday and another was hospitalized in San Diego after completing a training phase known as "Hell Week." Naval Special Warfare Command said in a statement that the cause of the SEAL candidate's death is currently unknown and is under investigation. The injured candidate is in stable condition at Naval Medical Center San Diego. The sailors, who were not named, were not "actively" training when they began suffering symptoms, according to the statement. NBC first reported on the incident. They began suffering symptoms "several hours" after the sailors' Basic Underwater Demolition SEAL (BUD/S) class had completed...