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For months, Bill Gates has warned of a new pandemic looming on the horizon. And according to the Microsoft co-founder, one country has already laid out a blueprint for successfully mitigating it. “If every country does what Australia did, then you wouldn’t be calling [the next outbreak] a pandemic,” Gates, a health philanthropist who has dedicated billions of dollars to vaccine research, said at the annual Munich Security Conference earlier this month. Keeping a new outbreak from becoming a pandemic would almost certainly prevent many of the global consequences caused by Covid-19. But, Gates noted, it’ll likely require much stricter...

“Open rebuke is better than secret love. Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful. The full soul loatheth an honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet” (Proverbs 27:5-6).

The infamous hacking group Anonymous appeared to declare an all-out digital war against Russia late this week, indicating the opening of a hacking front against Russian president Vladimir Putin amid his country's invasion of Ukraine.Anonymous is a loosely federated collective of hackers who regularly carry out digital sabotage of targets they claim deserve to be hacked. On Friday, a Twitter account purporting to represent some members of Anonymous issued a broad call for hackers to target the Russian government. "Hackers all around the world: target Russia in the name of #Anonymous," the account posted. "Let them know we do not...

The financial director for Gazprom, the largest publicly-listed natural gas company in the world and the largest company in Russia by revenue, has been found dead by suicide in St. Petersburg. SOURCE TRANSLATION FROM RUSSIAN TRANSLATION FROM RUSSIAN The circumstances of the death of the Deputy General Director of the Unified Settlement Center of Gazprom for Corporate Security, whose body was found in the prestigious village of Leninskoye in the Vyborg District of the Leningrad Region, are being established. A note was found nearby, law enforcement officials told 47news. A month earlier, in the same village, the body of a...

Tesla's CEO was challenged on Twitter by Ukraine's Vice Prime Minister Mykhailo Fedorov. "@elonmusk, while you try to colonize Mars - Russia try to occupy Ukraine! While your rockets successfully land from space - Russian rockets attack Ukrainian civil people! We ask you to provide Ukraine with Starlink stations and to address sane Russians to stand," Fedorov wrote on his Twitter account. excerpt- Several hours after the post, Musk replied directly to Fedorov,... "Starlink service is now active in Ukraine. More terminals en route," Musk replied. excerpt- ...by allowing Ukrainians access to Starlink, one of the fastest, most robust satellite...

Washington-Former U.S. President Donald Trump is assailing Canada as a country of "left-wing fascists" for the way it cleared protesters out of Ottawa last weekend. Trump's remarks at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference in Florida marked the first time in nearly a month he's publicly acknowledged the protests. He said protesters in Canada were "slandered" as Nazis, racists and terrorists, charged with what he called "phoney crimes" and accused of being loyal to foreign powers. The comments prompted a passionate standing ovation from the crowd... "The tyranny we have witnessed in Canada in recent weeks should shock and dismay...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) announced that he would force a vote on his resolution to repeal travel mask mandates on public transportation. This vote will take place when the U.S. Senate returns to session. “Since March 2020, unelected bureaucrats have incessantly declared that we should ‘follow the science.’ But the same bureaucrats continue to defy science by imposing an ineffective and restrictive mask mandate for individuals traveling on public transit and airplanes. As the entire world is learning to live with COVID, the federal government still uses fear mongering to stubbornly perpetuate its mandates, rather...

Scientists discovered an absolutely massive bacterium that can be seen without the aid of a microscope and lurks among the mangroves of Grande-Terre in the Caribbean... The single-celled organism can grow up to 0.78 inches (2 centimeters) long and resembles a thin string, according to a report describing the discovery, posted Feb. 18 to the preprint database bioRxiv. The bacterium carries all its DNA inside a membranous pouch, unlike most bacteria, whose genetic material floats, unbound, within their cells. This feature not only sets the newfound microbe apart from other bacteria, but also distinguishes it from other prokaryotes — a...

Ukraine landed a significant blow on Russia Saturday after it allegedly killed a large group of bloodthirsty Chechen special forces dispatched to assassinate the country's president Volodymyr Zelensky. The armed group - famed for their barbaric violence and human rights abuses - are said to have been obliterated after their convoy of 56 tanks was blown to smithereens near Hostomel, just northeast of Kyiv, by Ukrainian missile fire on the second day of the Chechens' deployment. It is unclear how many died - but the number is likely to run into the hundreds. Their deaths were announced as officials in...

The Ukrainian border is more important to nearly 6 of 10 Democrats in America than the United States' own border with Mexico.That's confirmed by a poll from Rasmussen Reports, which said 57% of responding Democrats said the Ukrainian boundary is more important to protect than the American border.It is Paul Bedard in his Washington Examiner column who detailed the survey results.As Russian President Vladimir Putin this week was dispatching tens of thousands of soldiers into Ukraine to attack and kill its citizens, a full 57% of Democrats said protecting Ukraine's border is a priority.The poll also showed even though Joe...

Jeff Gundlach is the latest in a long line of asset managers that are moving operations to Florida.Gundlach's DoubleLine Capital LP has moved its principal office, according to a report from Bloomberg this week. Formerly located in Glendale, California, the move tp Tampa comes after Gundlach has publicly complained about quality of life and taxes in California. Gundlach isn't moving to Tampa, however. Regulatory filings this past week noted that “Key decisions impacting the policies and strategy of DoubleLine Capital” and board meetings will now all be made in Florida.Taxes and quality of life in California have been gripes of...

CommentaryThe warm glow of China’s support for Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and at the Beijing summit this month between Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping was defined by both leaders as the acme of the Sino-Russian relationship.At the summit, the leaders pledged to work together to address many issues. However, the flowery phrases, saccharine remarks, and modest agreement cannot mask some unpleasant considerations regarding their partnership. The two leaders pledged that their cooperation “has no limits” and “no forbidden areas of cooperation.” As the Ukraine crisis heats up, the Sino-Russian relationship seems stronger. But that is an illusion.Both Russia and China...

News analysisIf she is confirmed by the U.S. Senate and becomes the first black woman to serve on the Supreme Court, and if her judicial track record so far is any guide, Ketanji Brown Jackson will probably be a reliable member of the high court’s three-member liberal bloc.Jackson’s arrival would maintain the current ideological alignment of the court, which now consists of six conservatives–three of whom were appointed by then-President Donald Trump–and three liberals.Born Ketanji Onyika Brown, Jackson turns 52 this Sept. 14. She would replace retiring Justice Stephen Breyer, who will be 84 on Aug. 15. Jackson previously clerked...

(TrialSiteNews) — Imagine parents finding their teenage sons dead in their beds in the morning with no prior indications that they were seriously ill. Imagine the heartache of parents who bought into the coercion and propaganda to get their kids vaccinated despite all the CDC data showing little risk of serious health impacts from COVID for children. Now their kids have died in their sleep shortly after getting the shots.Note that an excellent article in June 2021 was titled: “If Covid-19 vaccines can cause heart inflammation, caution should be warranted in those at risk.” It said this: “Although most cases...

A longtime Forbes contributor claims he lost his job after he was pressured to stop his investigative reporting on Dr. Anthony Fauci, which revealed his looming $350,000 retirement package. Adam Andrzejewski, CEO and founder of OpenTheBooks.com, said that he was let go by the magazine he was “admonished” for his coverage of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases director. “Forbes couldn’t resist the pressure from the National Institutes of Health,” he told The Post in an email on Tuesday. “Forbes editors — in email and on the phone — admonished that I wrote too many columns on Fauci.”...

(LifeSiteNews) – A large German health insurer has raised concerns over what its data shows to be an excessive underreporting by government authorities of adverse events after experimental COVID-19 gene-based vaccine injections.Andreas Schöfbeck, a board member of BKK ProVita, addressed the company’s findings in a formal letter to the government’s Paul Ehrlich Institute (PEI), which had reported earlier this year that there were 244,576 suspected cases of side effects from the gene-based injections in the calendar year 2021.Speaking to this figure, Schöfbeck wrote, “The data available to our company gives us reason to believe that there is a very considerable...

The annual celebration of the iconic 'business in the front, party in the back' hairdo is back in full swing as Covid restrictions continue to ease. All hairy revellers can sing and dance while celebrating their favourite hairstyle at third annual Mulletfest at the Chelmsford Hotel in Kurri Kurri, Newcastle, on Saturday and Sunday. Mullet-enthusiasts of all ages were seen showing off their manes on Saturday. The annual celebration of the iconic 'business in the front, party in the back' hairdo is back in full swing as Mulletfest returns to Kurri Kurri, Newcastle The annual celebration of the iconic 'business...

We anticipated the main attack on Kyiv on Friday night and the likelihood that it might fall.But it’s day three, and the Ukrainians are still hanging in there, giving Putin far more difficulty than he ever expected, with Russians reportedlytaking heavy losses. Kyiv is still standing.We fought through this night. Good morning. Kyiv is ours— Anastasiia Lapatina (@lapatina_) February 26, 2022According to the British Defence Ministry, Reuters reports, they’re under fire but haven’t fallen yet.“Russian forces have continued their advance on Kyiv with the bulk of their forces now 30 km from the centre of the city,” the defence ministry...

As we reported earlier, the EU had come around to the idea of cutting Russia from the SWIFT system in a limited way as long as it was directed to Russia.Now, the European Commission, France, Germany, Italy, the United Kingdom, Canada, and the United States have issued a formal joint statement officially saying they are committed to cutting select Russian banks off from the SWIFT system.BREAKING: US And EU agree to remove select Russian banks from SWIFT, impose restrictions on Russian Central Bank, and more: pic.twitter.com/PnLFgXcYET— Jacqui Heinrich (@JacquiHeinrich) February 26, 2022As Russian forces unleash their assault on Kyiv and...

Parents of Russian conscripts who say they've lost communications with their loved ones are pleading with Kremlin officials for answers as to where family members have been sent amid concerns they have been forced to sign contracts to fight as part of President Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine, according to the report. Olga Larkina, the director of Russia’s Committee of Soldiers’ Mothers, spoke to Russian investigative news outlet Meduza, describing how Russian conscripts – those fulfilling military enlistment requirements – had been pressured, or at times even forced to sign contracts to become soldiers for the Russian military. "Mothers are...