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Celebrities and politicians were caught maskless at the Super Bowl on Sunday, despite the indoor mask mandate in place until Feb. 15. LeBron James, Jennifer Lopez, Charlize Theron, Ellen DeGeneres, Ben Affleck, and Jay-Z were among those captured enjoying themselves without a face covering. Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, who was called out for not wearing a mask at a recent game, also ignored the rules. Last time he claimed to be holding his breath when he removed his mask for a photo. Critics point out that these adults flouting the rules come as California schoolchildren have no such option,...

PM looking at "further actions the government can take" Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has told the caucus he will invoke the never before used Emergencies Act to give the federal government extra powers to handle the protests across the country, according to sources. Those sources, who were not authorized to speak publicly, said the prime minister will inform the premiers of his decision later today. In a meeting with the Liberal caucus Monday morning, Trudeau said there were no plans to deploy the military, the sources said...

Ontario plans to lift its vaccine-certificate system March 1, Premier Doug Ford announced Monday, while allowing the removal of current capacity limits for restaurants by Thursday. Masking rules are to remain in place. Businesses will be free to continue using the province’s proof-of-vaccination system if they choose. “Given how well Ontario has done in the Omicron wave, we are able to fast track our reopening plan,” Mr. Ford said in a statement released ahead of a news conference on Monday. “This is great news and a sign of just how far we’ve come together in our fight against the virus....

WASHINGTON (AP) — Trevor Noah, the host of “The Daily Show” on Comedy Central, will be the featured entertainer for the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner on April 30. It will be the first time the event, usually held annually, will take place since the start of the coronavirus pandemic. Although former President Donald Trump skipped the annual dinner during his term, the association suggested that President Joe Biden will be there.

Joe Kaufman is a Shillman Journalism Fellow at the David Horowitz Freedom Center and the Chairman of the Joe Kaufman Security Initiative. He was the 2014, 2016 and 2018 Republican Nominee for U.S. House of Representatives (Florida-CD23). On March 18th, the South Florida Muslim Federation (SoFloMuslims), an umbrella group for the vast majority of South Florida’s radical Muslim institutions, will begin its two-day First Annual Conference, titled ‘Our Collective Strength.’ The group has been advertising the event’s featured speakers, since early November. One of these speakers is Khalid Griggs, an anti-Semite who has used his social media to glorify Hitler...

Raymond Ibrahim is a Shillman Fellow at the David Horowitz Freedom Center. Another piece of evidence has emerged to indicate that the Muslim man who recently stormed and held a Texas-based synagogue hostage was not just acting in accordance with jihadist ideology, but following an ISIS directive. On Jan. 15, 2022, Malik Faisal Akram, a 44-year-old British Pakistani armed with a gun, took four people hostage at the Congregation Beth Israel synagogue in Colleyville, Texas, during Sabbath service. Akram repeatedly demanded the release of his “sister” (in Islam), Aafia Siddiqui, aka “Lady al-Qaeda,” another Pakistani national imprisoned for attempted murder...

I am planning on flying into Palm Springs in a couple of weeks. And I have not gotten any of the recommended shots for the virus.I checked the California's website as well as Palm Springs and they say they are following the CDC's guidelines.CDC is saying I'll need to get a viral test as close to the time of departure as possible (no more than 3 days) before you travel.I plan on being in Palm Spring about 5 days so my initial test would expire. I don't want to chance a test in Palm Springs and be told I have...

Creating the most buzz with your Super Bowl ad isn't easy. Brands and companies try a lot of different things to capture the attention of their audience during the most high-profile advertising event of the year. Advertisers pull out all of the stops, hoping to get people talking. Sure, there's a football game happening, but, let's be honest, most people stick around for the ads. This year, the most-talked-about ad was a simple QR code that changed color as it bounced around the screen for 30 seconds. The ad was for Coinbase, a cryptocurrency exchange, and when you scanned the...

In the most consequential appointment since the Roman emperor Caligula made his horse Incitatus a senator, Old Joe Biden’s handlers have appointed one Sam Brinton (“they/them”) to be the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Spent Fuel and Waste Disposition in the Office of Nuclear Energy in the Department of Energy. But in our American version of late imperial decadence, Brinton is not a horse, but a dog: Brinton is also involved in “puppy play,” which apparently involves grown men putting on dog masks and behaving like animals for sexual kicks. Some people think Caligula was playing an elaborate practical joke...

21 Can you feel the love? For the second year in a row First Lady Jill Biden has chosen Valentine’s Day as a time to adorn the White House with hearts and soft focus signs of loving affection featuring a puppy and a kitten. The former teacher had local Washington elementary school students design the motifs now hanging in the East Wing, AP reports.

A pack of wolves on the ice at Voyageurs National Park. A wolf just south of the park recently walked within 5 feet of a group of snowmobiles showing no signs of fear.Courtesy of Voyageurs Wolf Project file Share A wolf spotted close to Voyageurs National Park in northern Minnesota recently walked within 5 feet of a group of snowmobiles showing no signs of fear — behavior that’s “extremely abnormal,” researchers said Wednesday. “The wolf seemed unalarmed, did not appear to exhibit fear of people or the snowmobiles, and just sauntered/lingered in the area,” researchers with the Voyageurs Wolf Project...

MISSOULA, Mont. — A new study at University of Montana shows Yellowstone wolves change their behavior around bears. Biologists wanted to know more about how predators interact with each other. Research shows wolves hunt less when competing with bears but mountain lions hunt more. UM released the following on Feb. 4: If you are a wolf living in Yellowstone National Park, bears mess with you. They show up uninvited and steal kills from your pack. And when scavenging bears drive you away from tasty carcasses, you and your fellow wolves will – strangely enough – kill less often. The reasons...

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The Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) issued several dispersal orders and an unlawful assembly after the LA Rams took home a triumphant win in the Super Bowl LVI on Feb. 13, as “large, violent and destructive” crowds became uncontrollable in the heart of downtown, according to the LAPD. “There are a group of individuals that have refused to leave since the first dispersal orders were given,” LAPD spokeswoman Meghan Aguilar told The Epoch Times at approximately 11:25 p.m. “At this time we’re just trying to disperse the crowd and arrest anyone that committed criminal acts tonight.” LAPD first issued a...

Call this “The running of the Bull(ard)s mouth.” Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis President James Bullard said he supports raising interest rates by a full percentage point by the start of July — including the first half-point hike since 2000 — in response to the hottest inflation in four decades. “I’d like to see 100 basis points in the bag by July 1,” Bullard, a voter on monetary policy this year, said in an interview with Bloomberg News on Thursday. “I was already more hawkish but I have pulled up dramatically what I think the committee should do.” Bullard’s...

Welcome to another presentation from our Serenade Radio series of Steyn's Song of the Week. On the eve of Valentine's Day we tell the story of one of the classic love songs, one that over the decades has itself become one of those fundamental things that apply as time goes by. To listen to the show, simply click above.

A 35-year-old Asian advertising creative was knifed to death by a homeless serial criminal who was free on bail - with the victim's landlord blaming woke NYC DA Alvin Bragg's soft-on-crime policies for the killing. Christina Yuna Lee was named as the victim of the Sunday morning stabbing in Manhattan's Chinatown. She was a freelance advertising creative from New Jersey who has spearheaded campaigns for brands including Equinox and Google. Assamad Nash, 25, was arrested for the Sunday morning murder of Lee. Terrifying footage showed the man police say is him creep into the building behind Lee after she got...

Here’s a reminder as we see celebrities flaunt the SoFi Stadium mask mandate. . . . . .that kids in Los Angeles will have to wear masks “at all times” during the school day, including while outdoors: Attention Los Angeles Unified families: As a reminder, students will be required to wear a non-cloth mask with a nose wire at all times, including while participating in athletic activities. Schools will provide surgical-style masks for students and employees if they need them. pic.twitter.com/0uoDJ3xXvv — Los Angeles Unified (@LASchools) January 24, 2022

The email directive included prohibition against expression of any views “incompatible” with government vaccine mandates. It read: This message is also to remind you that Health Canada (HC) and Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) employees, like all public servants, are expected to maintain impartiality and objectivity of the public service. Regardless of your opinion on these events, as a public servant, you are expected to refrain from expressing opinions on social media or engaging in outside activities that can be seen to impair your ability to perform your duties in an objective and impartial manner. The values described in...

George Prescott Bush was just sixteen when he first took the political world by storm. The year was 1992, the setting the Republican National Convention at the Astrodome in Houston, where his grandfather would be nominated for reelection as president. On the third day of the convention, Barbara Bush, looking matriarchal and resplendent in a pearl necklace, invited her clan on stage, “all twenty-two of them.” There was P.’s uncle George W. Bush. His dad, Jeb, and his mom, Columba, who had met in her native Mexico when they were still in their teens. And a lot of young grandchildren,...