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María Elena Bottazzi doesn't forget where she comes from. Her face softens as she, in the midst of complex scientific terms, speaks of Honduras as if she had left Tegucigalpa, its capital, yesterday. “It never crossed my mind to look for a job at a multinational" company, she said with a broad smile in a video interview with Noticias Telemundo. "I am Central American and doing nonprofit projects is my way of giving back a little of what Honduras has given me.” Together with Dr. Peter Hotez, Bottazzi, 56, a microbiologist, led the team from the Texas Children’s Hospital Center...

A B.C. provincial court judge has ordered a father not to talk with his 11-year-old son about COVID-19 vaccination or to share any social media or other information about the vaccine and the disease with his child. In a decision released this week, Kelowna provincial court Judge Cathaline Heinrichs sided with a mother who wanted to have her son vaccinated over the objections of her ex-husband. B.C. judge orders vaccinations for 2 boys over their mother's objections Heinrichs followed the lead of other provincial court judges across the country in concluding that getting the vaccine is in the child's best...

A South Korean diplomat was punched in the face in New York City on Wednesday night during what police described as an "unprovoked" attack. Officers responded to a 911 call about an assault in the area of Fifth Avenue and West 35th Street in Midtown Manhattan at around 8:10 p.m. ET. Upon arrival, they found a 52-year-old man suffering from pain and swelling to his face. The victim was a diplomat from South Korea, *** After further investigation, the officers learned that an unknown man had approached the victim at the location and punched him in the face before fleeing...

ransomnote: The Expose is over the target and taking flak, banned and censored - even Paypal turned against them in an effort to deprive them of funding. Please pray that the Expose receive the funds it needs to keep serving the public.An investigation of official US Government data comparing the number of doses administered to the number of adverse events officially reported, has found that the Covid-19 injections are at least 49 times deadlier than the Influenza vaccines.The Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) hosted by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) contains historical data on adverse reactions reported against...

We're seeing the sudden pivot of "experts", politicians, and media away from the narrative that has been used to torment the population.Loss of jobs, people taking a serum under threat, ridiculous restrictions and diktats...the list goes on and on. Don't let them hide. Get in their faces, throw it back at them. They may have no shame, but they do fear punishment. They're going to try and rebrand, they're going to gaslight, they're going to continue to lie. They're going to threaten until they realize they have to retreat."Just kidding" or "nevermind" doesn't cut it. Not with the damage caused.Don't.Let.Them.Hide.Because...

The Belgian authorities have decided to ban the "freedom convoy" which was to connect Paris to Brussels to protest against health restrictions. The Belgian authorities decided Thursdsy to prohibit access to Brussels of the "Convoy of Freedom", a demonstration for which no authorization was requested, announced the burgomaster (mayor) of the Belgian capital, Philippe Close... Convoys also prohibited in Paris Thousands of motorists took to the road in Wednesday from Paris, Nice, Bayonne and even Perpignan to demonstrate peacefully against government policy and in particular the vaccination pass. In the same way, the prefect of Paris announced to prohibit in...

ransomnote: The Expose is over the target and taking flak, banned and censored - even Paypal turned against them in an effort to deprive them of funding. Please pray that the Expose receive the funds it needs to keep serving the public.The US Military Medical Database shows a huge rise in serious diseases and injuries in 2021 compared to the previous five-year-average, and with up to 93% of the military getting the Covid-19 injection, several doctors believe the jab is to blame.By Steve KirschThe letterOn February 1, 2022, US Senator Ron Johnson sent a letter to Secretary of Defense Lloyd...

WASHINGTON (AP) — States are getting the go-ahead to build a nationwide network of electric vehicle charging stations that would place new or upgraded ones every 50 miles (80 kilometers) along interstate highways as part of the Biden administration’s plan to spur widespread adoption of the zero-emission cars. The administration on Thursday announced the availability of $5 billion in federal money to states over five years under President Joe Biden’s infrastructure law, sketching out a vision of seamless climate-friendly car travel from coast to coast. Under Transportation Department requirements, states must submit plans to the federal government and can begin...

Leftist Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau endured a second day of intense heckling, insults, and accusations of prioritizing his political power over the health of citizens on Wednesday in a heated session of Parliament. Trudeau is currently under fire from both the left and right for his handling of the ongoing “Freedom Convoy” protests, which have made their biggest impact in the national capital, Ottawa, but have surfaced in multiple major cities and American border crossings. As of Thursday, truckers are blocking the largest crossing between the two countries – Ambassador Bridge between Detroit and Windsor, Ontario – and have...

The results are “stunning ....” says Eric Topol, a cardiologist at Scripps Research … "If anybody ever thought that COVID was like the flu this should be one of the most powerful data sets to point out it’s not.” He adds that the new study “may be the most impressive Long Covid paper we have seen to date.” ... “This is clearly evidence of long-term heart and vascular damage. Similar things could be happening in the brain and other organs resulting in symptoms characteristic of Long Covid, including brain fog,” says senior author Ziyad Al-Aly, a clinical epidemiologist at Washington...

White House Council of Economic Advisers member Jared Bernstein on Thursday predicted the 40-year high inflation rates in the United States would “come down significantly in 2022.” Bernstein told CNN’s “At This Hour” that the economic outlook from the January consumer price index is not as “grim” as it appears.

See those seats? They're the luxury part. The sports part is the directional control system, and the red paintVon Mercier VIEW 7 IMAGES The humble hovercraft has been around since the 1950s, floating drivers over land, sand and water alike on cushions of air trapped under flexible skirts. While they're not a common sight, they're still out there – indeed, there are plenty of companies still making them both as pleasure craft and utility vehicles, and you can pick a small one up second-hand for less than 10 grand if you want to have a crack at it. Some hovercraft...

Media leftists never waste an opportunity to spin one of their disgraced allies as some kind of hero. Even when there’s demonstrable proof they’ve done wrong. Anti-Chevron activist and disbarred eco-extremist lawyer Steve Donziger is no exception. Donziger was convicted of fabricating evidence and engaging in “corrupt” practices to win a legal case against a major oil company. Still, many in the media have gone to bat for him. Outlets like The Hill, Democracy Now!, Axios, Bloomberg News and The Nation painted him as an environmental hero victimized by Big Oil interests. Bloomberg, in particular, fawned how “videos tagged #freedonziger...

It's a simple rule-of-thumb to follow when you have a rat problem, according to Corrigan, who has a Ph.D. in urban rats studies and advises cities, including the District. “The rats do not like to chew into bleach tasting anything,” he says. “If the outside of the can smells like bleach to that famous nose of theirs, they're like, 'Well, this ain't food.’”

The U.S. economy has fundamentally changed, and not for the better. There are numerous dynamics behind this decay, and I'll discuss a few of the more consequential ones this month. One consequential dynamic few mainstream pundits dare discuss is the "crapification" of the entire U.S. economy. That isn't my description, "crapification" is now in common use. If the word offends you, substitute terminal decay of quality, competition, utility, durability, repairability and customer service. One aspect nobody seems to notice is the transformation from a society that once drew its identity from producing quality goods and services to a society that...

A homeless San Francisco man said during an interview with author Michael Shellenberger that the city pays him to be homeless and boasted about having a cell phone with Amazon Prime and Netflix in a video posted Wednesday to Twitter. “If you’re gonna be homeless, it’s pretty xxxxx easy here” the homeless man, named James, said to Shellenberger during their interview. “I mean if we’re gonna be realistic, they pay you to be homeless here” he continued. “When you said that San Francisco pays people to be homeless, what did you mean by that? Did you mean that literally?” Shellenberger...

A self-proclaimed' old-school junkie' who moved from Texas to San Francisco because 'it's f*****g easy' to be homeless there claims he's being paid by the city government to live on the streets, getting $620 in cash per month and hundreds of food stamps while he sells Narcan and enjoys Amazon Prime and Netflix on his phone.

As provinces begin lifting COVID-19 pandemic restrictions, psychology experts expect stress and anxiety to run high among those who remain wary of letting their guards down.It will take time for many to adjust, they say, but the quick approach some provinces are taking could make the transition more jarring."I have every intention of still sending them to school with masks," she said. "With Omicron not gone yet... it's terrifying."Raissa Zukowski, a 33-year-old Calgary resident who was born with spina bifida, feels the same way.Zukowski said she's anxious about Alberta's swift reopening approach, and often feels people don't understand her trepidations.

In addition to the general price comparison of all-electric cars in the U.S., let's take a look at another metric - price per mile of range. There is no change in the first few places since we last checked in September 2021, but there are new models that are surprisingly high in the ranks. In this post, we compare the base prices (MSRP plus obligatory destination charge) and EPA Combined range - the only common metrics that we have for the U.S. BEV market. For reference, we include also the price per mile after applying the federal tax credit of...

Representative Adam Schiff (D-CA) said Wednesday on CNN’s “Anderson Cooper 360” that the House Select Committee on the January 6, 2021 Capitol riot was investigating claims that former President Donald Trump’s team attempted to seize voting machines. Guest host John Berman said, “There is reporting in The Washington Post tonight that Rudy Giuliani asked a Michigan prosecutor to give voting machines to Trump’s team in the weeks after the election. So is that something your committee is investigating or wants to investigate?”