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According to a common saying, “Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.” When it comes to the coronavirus vaccines, it has become clear that they have not put a dent in the pandemic numbers. On the contrary, as of October 2021, the number of people who died with or because of Covid after the vaccines were rolled out for the general population in late March 2021 had surpassed the 2020 number of Covid-related fatalities sans shots. Dr. Rochelle Walensky, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the agency ultimately...

Michigan Republican and former state senator Patrick Colbeck has published his latest book, The 2020 Coup: What Happened. What We Can Do. He describes it as a compilation of all the election fraud evidence amassed since November 2020 and recorded in documentaries like Mike Lindell’s Absolute series, Dinesh D’Souza’s 2000 Mules, Mollie Hemingway’s Rigged and Patrick Byrne’s The Deep Rig. What he adds to the mix is a list of practical solutions in order to secure future elections. As a certified Poll Challenger in Detroit, he personally witnessed fraud taking place. As former vice chair of Elections and Government...

Dick’s Sporting Goods will pay up to $4,000 toward the “travel expenses” of any employee who “needs” to go out of state to get an abortion. This company isn’t alone, either. More than 25 big businesses crafted such policies in the run-up to the June 24 Dobbs decision overturning Roe v. Wade. Meanwhile, corporate America is encouraging wide-scale immigration and using work visas to replace Americans with foreigners. And some say this is no coincidence. Dick’s $4,000 “death benefit” (or killing benefit) will also cover the travel of one “support person,” for “employees who live in states with abortion restrictions,...

Help Build Support for Reproductive Freedom! Reproductive rights are under attack. The anti-choice supermajority on the Supreme Court is poised to overturn Roe v. Wade and unleash a wave of anti-choice laws across the country. Every person should have the freedom to make their own decisions about their life, body, and family; Abortion care gives people that freedom. This summer, we’re building the support and resources needed for groups like The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), NARAL Pro-Choice America, and Planned Parenthood to pass laws and help elect leaders who will protect the right to abortion nationwide. Get paid...

Kevin McCarthy went on Fox News’ hit show, Jesse Watters Primetime, and issued a warning to Dems Reps Adam Schiff and Eric Swalwell. Kevin told them when he is Speaker, after the red wave in 2022, he will send them packing from their prized positions on the Intel Committee. It was reported that McCarthy told Jesse that a crew from the Late Show with Stephen Colbert that had been arrested for unlawful entry at the Capitol complex had been let in by a former Schiff aide. Home Political Kevin McCarthy Just Made A Bold Warning To Members Of The Jan...

The market's view of these travel and leisure companies is growing more pessimistic. What happened The terrible week for cruise line stocks continued on Thursday. Not only is the broader market's decline dragging down their share prices, but there are also fears that the companies are seeing pricing pressure for tickets. So what On Wednesday, Morgan Stanley analyst Jamie Rollo said in a report that he was worried that cruise line companies could ultimately face insolvency if their business conditions don't improve soon. And on Thursday, Citi leisure and travel sector analyst James Hardiman said during an interview on Yahoo!...

USC and UCLA, two of the Pac-12's flagship programs, are planning to leave the conference for the Big Ten as early as 2024, and a move is considered imminent, sources confirmed to ESPN on Thursday. There is still a formal notification process, as the two schools have to let the Pac-12 know their intentions to leave. USC and UCLA also have to formally apply to the Big Ten. According to a source, that process is underway.

*** Two Bay Area cities ranked poorly in a recent study by WalletHub that examined the operating efficiency of 150 U.S. cities and identified which are run well and which are not. The personal finance website looked at metrics related to a city's operating budget and the quality of the services it provides — everything from public school to transit — to quantify who's at the top of the list and who's at the bottom. San Francisco came in at No. 149, making it the second-worst-run city in the country, according to WalletHub's metrics. Only our nation's capital, Washington, D.C.,...

My review of 2000 MulesBy Daniel Alman (aka Dan from Squirrel Hill)June 30, 2022In 1993, I graduated from the University of Pittsburgh with a bachelor’s degree in math, and a minor in computer science. Sometime during my four years at the school, I attended a speech by Dinesh D’Souza. The thing that I remember most about his speech was that he said he immigrated to the United States because he “wanted to live in a country where the poor people are fat.”On the one hand, I did not vote for Trump. I voted for Libertarian Gary Johnson in 2016, and...

Toronto police are concerned for the safety of a missing 27-year-old woman who disappeared downtown around 3:00 a.m. on Saturday. Isobella Degrace, 27, was last seen in the area of Ryerson Avenue and Bathurst Street, which is about one mile northeast of the famous CN Tower. "She is described as 5’10", with a thin build, shaggy blonde hair, and a full goatee," the Toronto Police Service said. "She was last seen wearing a black t-shirt and grey pants."

“The rest of the world is moving rapidly despite the inability of Congress to get this finished,” said Gelsinger on a panel at the Aspen Ideas Festival. Congress passed the CHIPS Act as part of the National Defense Authorization Act in 2021 but never appropriated a budget for its programs. The money for subsidies is currently stuck in negotiations as the House and Senate attempt to reconcile differences on a broader package of policies to help the U.S. tech industry compete with China. Last week, Intel said it would delay the groundbreaking ceremony of a new $20 billion facility in...

Kum & Go CEO Tanner Krause took to Twitter to express his disappointment over the overturning of Roe v. Wade. “Women’s rights >>> State’s Rights and any other rationale for overturning Roe. This court has set women’s rights and healthcare back 50+ years,” Krause wrote. “I’m sorry to my mother, my wife, my daughter and all the females out there who lost autonomy over their bodies. I will continue to be your ally for equal rights,” he finished. WOMEN’S RIGHTS >>> STATE’S RIGHTS AND ANY OTHER RATIONALE FOR OVERTURNING ROE.THIS COURT HAS SET WOMEN’S RIGHTS & HEALTHCARE BACK 50+ YEARS.—...

The brutal horror of the Battle of the Somme is unveiled in colourised photos released ahead of the 106th anniversary of World War One, with July 1st marking the start of the battle. The battle was one of the most bloody of World War One which saw such figures as JRR Tolkien, British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan, Otto Frank - the father of Anne Frank - and Adolf Hitler fight in the battle. Over three million men fought in the battle which saw over a million killed or injured, scarring the earth in one of the deadliest battles in human...

European natural gas inventories rose by +115 BCF over past 7 days. EU nat gas storage 58% full. Current inventories at 2215 BCF. 24.3% higher than 1 year ago. EU goal is at least 80% full by Nov 1st for winter.

A woke California school board member is calling for people to boycott the Fourth of July, claiming 'there is no reason to celebrate' America's Independence Day. AnaMarie Avila Farias, a third-generation Contra Costa County resident and member of the county's board of education, shared a fading blue and white image of the United States flag on June 28, along with the words 'BOYCOTT 4TH OF JULY,' on Facebook. 'I haven't celebrated 4th of July since 2016 and I don't think it's a holiday to celebrate' Farias wrote in a Facebook post. 'What do you think?' The elected official's stance on...

You know how bad Cassidy Hutchinson’s testimony bombed the other day? It bombed so bad that the left is blaming misogynist men for the fallout!

Abortions in Florida and Kentucky may temporarily resume after judges barred the states from enforcing abortion bans on Thursday. Kentucky and twelve other states implemented a trigger law which would outlaw abortions in the instance of a ruling to overturn the 1973 landmark, Roe v. Wade. Kentucky Judge Mitch Perry granted a temporary restraining order on Thursday to halt the state from enforcing a ban triggered by the Supreme Court's 6-3 vote - the state passed the trigger law in 2019. 'We're glad the court recognized the devastation happening in Kentucky and decided to block the commonwealth's cruel abortion bans,'...

The “independent state legislature” (|SL) theory claims that only state legislatures have proper authority to make the rules for federal elections in their states. Article I, Section 4 of the Constitution:

Moore v. Harper focuses on a new North Carolina voting map created by court-appointed experts after earlier maps proposed by the Republican-led state legislature were struck down. The North Carolina Supreme Court in February ruled that the maps offered by the state general assembly were partisan gerrymanders, violating free speech, free assembly and equal protection provisions of the state constitution. But the state legislature appealed that decision to the U.S. Supreme Court, which has agreed to take up the issue of redistricting and possibly restore the Republican-drawn map. Central to the petitioners' argument is the so-called "inde­pend­ent state legis­lature" theory...

Desiderio Desideravi - Another Liturgical Stink Bomb It was just released today, the Feast Day of Sts Peter and Paul. Courtesy of Rorate Caeli, I can link to the English text as it appears on the Vatican site. The first 30 sections are basically fluff, but then the real poison becomes apparent in Section 31. He said, "I do not see how it is possible to say that one recognizes the validity of the Council — though it amazes me that a Catholic might presume not to do so — and at the same time not accept the liturgical...