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Mexico has acknowledged that the U.S. government has suspended all imports of Mexican avocados after a U.S. plant safety inspector in Mexico received a threat. The surprise, temporary suspension was confirmed late Saturday on the eve of the Super Bowl, the biggest sales opportunity of the year for Mexican avocado growers - though it would not affect game-day consumption since those avocados had already been shipped. Avocado exports are the latest victim of the drug cartel turf battles and extortion of avocado growers in the western state of Michoacan, the only state in Mexico fully authorized to export to the...

YONKERS, NY — The White Castle on South Broadway won't be hosting couples in the dining room for its one-of-a-kind, romantic Valentine's Day dinner experience this year, but there is another option for lovers not willing to forgo the tradition. The fast food restaurant famous for its oniony "sliders" has unveiled a new Valentine's Day "Love Cube" offering. The Love Cube is described as "the perfect, customizable Valentine's Day to-go meal for two." White Castle has chosen to forgo its customary in-Castle Valentine's Day dinner this year. The 101-year-old family business said it was a difficult decision. White Castles across...

The Santa Cruz County Sheriff's Office found around 30 grams of heart-shaped meth during a traffic stop Sunday night. Law authorities said the rock in the photo weighed about a half oz. and they aren't sure how that converts to carats. Whether it's chocolates, roses or rocks make sure your significant other feels loved today.

Former Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe said he believes that Justice Department special counsel John Durham's investigation will result in more indictments. A filing from Durham on Friday said Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign paid a technology company to "infiltrate" Trump Tower servers, and later the White House. The purpose of the infiltration was to establish a "narrative" of collusion between then-Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump and Russia. Fox News sources said Durham had completed his investigation of the CIA's role in the origins of the Russian probe and had turned his attention to the FBI. The sources added...

Former President Donald Trump suggested that operatives working for former Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton deserve the death penalty after reports that lawyers for her campaign paid a tech company to "infiltrate" Trump Tower and the White House. Trump has long insisted that he was unfairly smeared and targeted by Clinton's campaign and Democratic operatives who aimed to connect him and his campaign to Russian efforts to interfere in the 2016 presidential election. Special Counsel John Durham is currently investigating the origins of the FBI's probe into Russian interference. In a court filing last week, Durham and his team alleged...

Michael Sheen's ex-partner just ripped on the coolest flag in the worldWe use your sign-up to provide content in ways you've consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info What the heck, Sarah Silverman? We showcased to you our beautiful, fairytale surroundings, showed you sheep, that you loved, taught you how to swear in Welsh, gave you a hot and talented actor boyfriend and you turn around and take the mick out of the best flag in the...

"BREAKING: Trudeau has updated his schedule, and will likely invoke martial law at 4:30 local time. Military officials have been consulted by Trudeau's staff." TheRealKeean Twitter

POACHERS have killed a black rhino in Matobo district in Matabeleland South, police said. A carcass of a black rhino with its horns missing was found in the Makhothama Resettlement area which borders the Matopo National Park on February 7. “The carcass was scanned with a metal detector leading to the recovery of two wildlife sensors and a bullet in the animal’s forehead,” national police spokesman assistant commissioner Paul Nyathi said. The rhino horn is one of the most expensive commodities in the world by weight, fetching tens of thousands of dollars per kilogramme. Demand is mainly from Asia where...

A preprint in Cell finds vaccine-driven original antigenic sin is deeply powerful. Also: vaccine-generated spike protein circulates in the blood and vaccine mRNA persists for months in lymph nodes.mRNA from the Pfizer and Moderna shots can be found in lymph nodes for at least 60 days after injection.Free-floating spike proteins circulate at high levels in the blood after vaccination.Vaccinated people infected with variants of Sars-Cov-2 produce antibodies biased toward the original and now extinct variant - rather than the one that has actually infected them.Conspiracy theories from Dr. Kennedy-Mercola’s We Hate Vaxxxines Digest?No.Findings from a preprint in Cell, among the...

A federal judge said on Monday that he will dismiss Sarah Palin’s libel case against The New York Times, concluding that Palin’s lawyers had failed to show the publication acted with actual malice.

"Deep vein thrombosis (#DVT), a blood clot in a deep vein, can travel to the lungs, leading to a pulmonary embolism (#PE). Symptoms of PE include difficulty breathing and chest pain. Contact your doctor if experiencing symptoms—this is no time to wait." https://mobile.twitter.com/pfizer/status/1493238623633870850

A combination of high taxes and constrained supply continues to push fuel prices ever upwards, with average prices at the pump reaching a dizzying new high in the United Kingdom, with petroleum selling on average for £1.48 a litre — $7.60 a U.S. gallon — for the first time. Britain’s Automobile Association (AA) has revealed that average vehicle fuel prices over the weekend had hit new highs, with petrol (gas) on sale at 148.02 pence a litre ($7.60 a U.S. gallon) and diesel at 151.57 pence ($7.76 a U.S. gallon). These are new historic highs, nudging out the previous high...

The Covid-19 figures for England are produced by the UK Health Security Agency (see here). Their latest data is available as a downloadable pdf here.Page 43 contains data on Covid-19 cases in England by vaccination status from 3rd Jan 22 to 30th Jan 22 and reveals that the majority of cases in January were among the triple vaccinated.The following chart shows the Covid-19 case-rates per 100,000 by vaccination status for each age group over the age of 18 in England, plus the average case rate per 100,000 for all adults in England –Concerningly the case rights have been highest among...

Crews are searching the ocean off North Carolina on Monday after finding a debris field where a small plane carrying eight people went down a day earlier, the Coast Guard said. Watchstanders received a report of a possible downed aircraft about 4 miles (6.4 kilometers) east of Drum Inlet from a Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point air traffic controller Sunday, the Coast Guard said. The air traffic controller reported that the aircraft was behaving erratically on radar, then disappeared from the screen. The single-engine Pilatus PC-12/47 crashed into the water approximately 18 miles (29 kilometers) northeast of Michael J....

After CPI came in hotter than expected yet again in January, Peter Schiff appeared on Fox Business along with Chief Investment Officer and Portfolio Manager of Solutions Funds Group Larry Shover. Peter said that the inflation tsunami is just getting started and the Fed is powerless to fight it. With the hot inflation print for January, the markets are now pricing in a 50 basis point rate hike in March. Peter said that won’t be enough. “If we still measured inflation the way we did 40 years ago, it would be 15%, not 7.5%. And the rate hikes they’ve proposed...

Former President George W. Bush wants President Joe Biden to accelerate the inflow of wealth-shifting migrants into the U.S. economy, and he also wants Republicans to rally behind GOP Senate leader Mitch McConnell. “The Biden Administration should exercise its unilateral power to … remove the arbitrary and harmful border policies under Title 42” that was imposed by President Donald Trump, said an op-ed in the El Paso Times by Laura Collins, the director of the George W. Bush Institute-SMU Economic Growth Initiative.

Geopolitical risks are on the rise in a system with no slack, and that, according to Goldman Sachs commodities research chief, Jeffrey Currie, strengthens his thesis that the case for commodities has rarely been stronger. While many commodities are fundamentally exposed to events in Ukraine, believes oil and gold provide the cleanest hedges for this geopolitical risk. First, there is clear upside skew in oil prices on both a tactical and strategic basis, with any geopolitical risk premia coming in on top of the tightest inventory levels in decades, low spare capacity and a much less elastic shale sector. If...

Capping an incredible, historic 2021-22 season, Los Angeles Rams wide receiver Cooper Kupp was named Super Bowl MVP on Sunday night, after he helped his squad to a 23-20 victory over the Cincinnati Bengals. ---SNIP--- Following the Lombardi Trophy and Super Bowl MVP presentation, Kupp was able to enjoy the moment on the field with his family — wife Anna, and sons Cooper and Cypress. He then spoke to the media with 1-year-old Cypress on his lap. And Kupp shared a vision he says God revealed to him three years ago as he was walking off the field after the...

The notion of antiracism now dominates at all levels of education, from infant to university. In a previous piece, I described how the 2017 President of American Educational Research Association (AERA) gave speeches to teachers instructing them that teaching math to kids poses a racist threat, playing a set of video clips to underline her theme that no matter what improvements in rigor, classroom debate, etc. may come about “We are still at incredibly high risk for the perpetuation of racism and marginalization as it seeps into our classrooms.” Many will be surprised to learn that math education has anything...

AOC blames crime surge on child tax credit ending, calls Congress ‘s–t show’ New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez whined about her job and blamed the expiration of the expanded child tax credit for fueling crime in a new interview where she claimed that parents are stealing baby formula to feed their kids. The firebrand socialist ignored the fact that a thriving, nationwide black market in stolen baby formula was documented more than five years ago and that the item was being pilfered from city stores long before the tax credit expired, with cops calling it a favorite of the alleged...