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During the January 6, 2021 melee at the US Capitol, DC Metro Police Officer Lila Morris beat Rosanne Boyland to death with a steel baton and a large wooden stick at the entrance to the West Terrace tunnel. At the time, Boyland was lying unconscious on the floor. While the beating took place Justin Winchell, Boyland's traveling companion, pleaded with police to provide medical aid. Since the unconscious woman was not resisting arrest or posing a danger to anyone, the beating appeared unnecessary and cruel. The DC Metro Police conducted its own investigation of the incident and Capt. David Augustine,...

The Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) declared an unlawful assembly in the downtown area after Los Angeles Rams fans got out of control following the team's win against the Cincinnati Bengals in Super Bowl LVI. "We are seeing violent and destructive behavior by large crowds in the heart of the Downtown LA area. We have issued several dispersal orders and have a large police presence. Everyone that is part of those crowds, obey all dispersal orders and clear the streets immediately," LAPD tweeted. Videos posted on Twitter showed stores were broken into and looted with some vehicles also being damaged....

COMPARING TRUMP AND BIDEN ON COVID DEATHS The media went wild after the reported Covid death toll reached 400,000 on Trumps last day. Blood on his hands': As US surpasses 400,000 COVID-19 deaths, experts blame Trump administration for a 'preventable' loss of life On Trump’s Last Full Day, Nation Records 400,000 Covid DeathsUS Covid-19 death toll passes 400,000 on Trump’s last day in office As of 10Am EST February 14, 2022-The reported death toll from Covid now stands at: 919,694 according to Johns Hopkins Covid Tracker 943,411 according to Worldometer Covid TrackerBIDEN: 519 to 543 thousand reported COVID deaths TRUMP:...

While some of the recent energy price rises have been due to international market factors, part is the direct result of government policy. I mentioned the role of carbon pricing a few months ago in pushing up the cost of electricity. Since then carbon prices have jumped even higher to £84.50 per tonne. Two years ago they were trading at below £15/tonne (via the EU scheme). This increase has been deliberately engineered by government, in order to push up the cost of fossil fuel generation so as to make expensive renewables competitive. The policy is also to track EU carbon...

WHY IT WORKS Slicing shallots to the proper thickness with a mandoline ensures that they cook at an even rate and are able to crisp properly without becoming greasy. Removing the shallots from the heat and straining them when they're lightly golden keeps them from turning too dark and bitter due to carryover cooking. Gently blotting the shallots on multiple layers of paper towels keeps them from turning soggy and oily. Along with crispy fried shallots, this recipe produces an aromatic fried-shallot oil that can be used to make things like vinaigrettes, mayonnaise, or subsequent batches of fried shallots. If...

Stoneman Douglas High School shooting survivor and gun control activist David Hogg on Monday voiced his disappointment in President Joe Biden’s handling of gun reform. On the campaign trail, Biden promised he would go after gun manufacturers and the National Rifle Association.

OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will inform provincial premiers of his intention to invoke special measures to give the federal government extraordinary powers to deal with protests that have shut some border crossings with the United States and paralyzed parts of Canada's capital, CBC News said on Monday. Citing unnamed sources, CBC said Trudeau planned to invoke the Emergencies Act, a rarely used provision that allows the federal government to override the provinces and authorize special temporary measures to ensure security during national emergencies anywhere in the country. It has only been used once in peacetime -...

Congress is promoting a book club meeting in honor of Angela Davis, the radical communist activist who was involved in a California terrorist attack carried out by the Black Panthers. The Middle Eastern and North African Staff Association, "a bicameral and bipartisan Congressional Staff Organization," announced that its first in-person book club meeting would be on Davis's Freedom Is a Constant Struggle, a 2015 book that argues that Palestinians and black Americans are part of a global struggle against police violence.

EXCLUSIVE: Former Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe met with Special Counsel John Durham on more than one occasion and told him there was evidence in intelligence to support the indictments of "multiple people" in his investigation into the origins of the Trump-Russia probe, sources told Fox News. Fox News first reported on Durham's latest filing, which alleged that lawyers from Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign in 2016 had paid to "infiltrate" servers belonging to Trump Tower and later the White House, in order to establish an "inference" and "narrative" to bring to federal government agencies linking Donald Trump to Russia.

In November of 2020, a freak wave came out of the blue, lifting a lonesome buoy off the coast of British Columbia 17.6 meters high (58 feet). The four-story wall of water has now been confirmed as the most extreme rogue wave ever recorded. Such an exceptional event is thought to occur only once every 1,300 years. And unless the buoy had been taken for a ride, we might never have known it even happened.

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Researchers are one step closer to making a multi-cancer early detection (MCED) test, that can detect over 50 types of cancer, available to select candidates: those who are age 50 and older, asymptomatic, and considered high risk for the disease.

Most of you would disagree but I watched knowing the NFL was going to fill us with all the touchy-feely stuff that kissed butt of all designated victims. Dwayne Johnson-I couldn't believe it. Was his speel necessary? I guess so if you want to see him outside of a movie theater. Commercials-cant remember any-that's good. The 'messages' did not register. Half-time show? Let's just say that most Americans would not pay to see Snoop Dogg perform but the NFL is willing to force woke guilt on all of us. They know where their bread is buttered. To show that I...

Forget the game and the all-Black (Eminem identifies as Black) halftime ‘show,’ I could write a book about the Super Bowl commercials. But what’s the point? They were certainly not targeting me. The Rams and the Bengals were both coached by Millennials who have taken over from the Old Guard. The game’s ad-spots were likewise created by Millennials for Millennials.Their market research now includes new age data mining that reveals that old Boomers like me are not likely to invest in cryto-currencies - even though I did rather like Crypto platform eToro’s CGI ad. A cryto-investor murmuration over a Post-Post...

This is a tale of two Beltway cities. One - Alexandria - resides on the freedom side of the Potomac River in the Commonwealth of Virginia. The other is the District of Columbia, our nation’s capital. These famous towns have many similarities but differ on COVID-19 mitigation efforts. Both are unfortunately run by progressive politicians. Both are situated in the DMV Metro Area. But one isn’t encumbered by suffocating policies anymore. The other is. Blue Alexandria, VA in Free Virginia Has No Mandates After January 15th, Governor Glenn Youngkin’s inauguration, any outstanding mask mandate in place —vaccine or mask—was lifted...

---SNIP--- Hawthorne Municipal Airport in Hawthorne, California, is just two miles from SoFi Stadium where the game will be held, and it is expecting hundreds of additional planes to fly in. According to Levi Stockton, who runs everything at the general aviation airport except the runways and taxiways, the event is preparing to handle 850-1,100 aircraft through Monday. Everything from helicopters and small turboprop planes to the huge G650 private jet are expected to make an appearance.

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After raising over $9 million for the Freedom Convoy movement and having their funds blocked and even seized by private banks, Christian crowdsourcing platform GiveSendGo has been hacked and taken offline. The news was initially reported by Human Events editor Jack Posobiec. BREAKING: @GiveSendGo has been hacked and taken offline — Honkmaster Poso 🎺 (@JackPosobiec) February 14, 2022 The hackers reportedly leaked personal information of those who donated to the Freedom Convoy. An S3 bucket run by GiveSendGo was found to be leaking pics of drivers licenses, military IDs, passports, & other sensitive docs just days ago. Source tells me...

The City Council of the City of Klamath Falls has directed the Parks Advisory Board to move forward with the renaming of Kit Carson Park process. The Council has tasked the Parks Advisory Board with soliciting feedback from the community on potential new names for the Park.

The Liberal government allowed a Chinese state-owned company to bid on a Canadian lithium mining operation without launching a formal national security review into the purchase. As reported by the Globe and Mail, Chinese firm Zijin Mining and Canadian Neo Lithium Corp. have agreed to an acquisition and are close to completing their business deal. The deal has been in the making since October when Zijin Mining first announced that it was looking at buying the Toronto company for a price tag of $960 million. In 2021, Canada categorized lithium as a critical mineral. Lithium is predominantly used to manufacture...