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A physician and preparedness advocate discusses ways to decrease your chances of becoming a victim. On July 4, 2022, parade spectators in Highland Park, Illinois were exposed to an active shooter. This time, it was a 120-pound, 22-year-old man who calls himself "Awake the rapper." Dressed in women's clothing, he fired more than 70 rounds into the crowd from a nearby rooftop. When the perpetrator was done, 7 were dead and 38 injured. The event caused a dozen nearby municipalities to cancel fireworks displays due to the tragedy and concerns about further shootings. Is there a way to increase the...

Officers in rural areas cannot find charging points on patrol and are having to switch to petrol or diesel vehicles. Electric police cars are struggling to reach crime scenes and emergencies without running out of power Electric police cars are struggling to reach crime scenes and emergencies without running out of powerCredit: Alamy Chris Nelson, Police and Crime Commissioner for Gloucestershire, said his force got 66 Nissan Leafs and nine Nissan NV200 vans in Februrary 2020. He added: “I’ve heard lots of problems with officers driving around in electric vehicles trying to find recharging facilities, running out of puff and...

PORTLAND, Maine — A group of pro-abortion rights protesters descended on the Eastern Prominade in Portland Monday prior to the city's July Fourth fireworks celebration in an effort to keep abortion rights on the mind, and to highlight what they believe is the loss of independence for women on Independence Day. “We have less rights than my mother," said protester Tracey Falla. "My daughter has less rights than her grandmother had. It's ridiculous. We are going backwards and it's not OK.” The protest was not organized by a specific group, but a grassroots network of advocates. Organizers say there is...

To honor the #1 movie of the weekend, a rare 2010 snap interview with Martin Sheen and the impact of Elvis on his life. it starts with "I love Elvis", and Martin goes om an 8 minute study / fanboy rant of his life. Revealing that he states James Dean and Elvis had very big impressions on his life..

One of the many assurances we are given by our corporate overlords and their minions in the liberal press is that we should be more like Europe. By that they mean we should accept a social welfare nanny state and surrender our rights to our betters in the elite. The Dutch don’t seem to have gotten that memo. About a week ago the government of the Netherlands announced it was declaring war on the nation’s farmers. In order to reduce what it considers nitrogen pollution the government has adopted a policy of drastically reducing herds, forcing many farmers out of...

CNN attempted to fool Americans into believing the reason the U.S. economy isn’t officially considered in a recession is because eight “white economists” didn’t say so. Confusingly, CNN also wrote that if leading economists do end up declaring the U.S. to be in recession, it’s also because those economists aren’t racially sensitive. CNN senior markets reporter Nicole Goodkind published a story with an insane, racist headline that needs no explanation: “Who decides if the US is in a recession? Eight White economists you've never heard of.” What does race have to do with anything? Goodkind complained liberal economists like Moody’s...

The process of turning water, carbon dioxide, and sunlight into oxygen and energy helps plants to grow naturally – and it's a process that scientists are looking to harness and adapt in order to produce food, fuel, and more besides. In a new study, scientists outline an experimental artificial photosynthesis technique, which deploys a two-step electrocatalytic process to turn carbon dioxide, water, and electricity generated by solar panels into acetate (the main component of vinegar). This acetate can then be harnessed by plants in order to grow. In fact, the system that the researchers have designed here is intended not...

The Ukrainian army systematically is demolishing Russian ammunition supplies. The strategy could have big implications as Russia’s wider war in Ukraine grinds into its fourth month. Firing new, American-supplied GPS-guided rockets—plus a few old, ex-Soviet ballistic missiles—the army in just the last two weeks has targeted no fewer than a dozen Russian ammo dumps.

President Joe Biden has pushed the presidency to a place it hasn't been in nearly 50 years. In the latest Gallup poll, less than a quarter of those surveyed have “confidence” in the presidency, worse than during the Trump presidency and nearly as bad as the end of the George W. Bush presidency. Going back to 1975, Gallup has never recorded a confidence reading as low as Biden’s 23%. “The largest declines in confidence are 11 percentage points for the Supreme Court — as reported in late June before the court issued controversial rulings on gun laws and abortion —...

Surveillance video captures the moment a Manhattan bodega worker allegedly stabbed a customer to death after the enraged man came around the counter and attacked him over a bag of chips. The worker is first seen on the shocking video tending to customers from behind the counter at the Hamilton Heights Grocery store on Broadway — when he is suddenly confronted by a younger man. The customer appears to yell at the store clerk, before shoving him into a shelf, the clip shows. After several moments, the worker reaches to the right, toward shelves displaying candy. He pulls out a...

This is an article that purports to describe a "new phenomenon," the freeing of guilty men by aggressively progressive prosecutors. Unfortunately, I can't describe the article as anything but a pack of lies. Mr. Hogan cannot be unaware that plea bargaining is a common method of conviction, in this country, and he must also know that, every year by this process, thousands are sent to prison who, if they had trials, would be walking free, and again, every year by this process, thousands walk free who, if they had trials, would be going to prison for long stretches. This is...

It is hard at this point to say exactly what Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre knows about the Biden White House. On Tuesday, she appeared to be broadsided by a question about America selling off the country’s ’emergency’ oil reserves. Watch: “There’s a Reuters report out this morning that says that more than 5 million barrels of oil that were released from the emergency oil reserves were exported to Europe and Asia last month, and some of it reportedly was actually heading to China,” the reporter asked. “Is the administration aware of those reports? And does the President mind that some...

Following the US Supreme Court's overturning of Roe v. Wade, CNN's Melissa Bell takes a closer look at life in Poland - where abortion has been restricted for 30 years. video is 5 minutes long

ELBERTON, Ga. — An investigation is underway at the mysterious Georgia Guidestones site after pictures show what appears to be rubble at the site and residents reported hearing a "boom."

‘Hypervitaminosis D’ is on the rise and linked to a wide range of potentially serious health issues. Doctors are warning that ‘Overdosing’ on vitamin D supplements is both possible and harmful after they treated a man who needed hospital admission for his excessive vitamin D intake. They reported their concerns in the journal BMJ Case Reports. They point out that ‘hypervitaminosis D,’ as the condition is formally known, is on the rise and has been linked to a wide variety of potentially serious health conditions. This particular case concerns a middle-aged man who was referred to the hospital by his...

Former White House counsel Pat Cipollone has reached a deal with the Jan. 6 committee to testify in a transcribed interview Friday, according to sources familiar with the matter. The deal comes after the committee issued a subpoena to Cipollone last week after talks to have him testify publicly were not successful. Cipollone was one of the few aides with former President Donald Trump the day of the Jan. 6 Capitol riot and has significant insight into events before, leading up to and after that day. The committee has frequently referenced Cipollone during public hearings, saying he was one of...

There was a 6/27 post about the National Guard:14,000 Army Guard Troops Could Be Axed Thursday for Refusing COVID Vax Since the deadline has passed, I have heard no update on this.So, Question: Are these soldiers still active?

BORIS JOHNSON is to be given his marching orders tonight by "the men in grey suits" led by 1922 Committee chairman Sir Graham Brady or risk being forced out of office in ignominy, sources have claimed. Members of the 1922 Committee are due to meet at 4pm today and decide on changing the rules to allow an immediate vote of confidence in the Prime Minister. A source has told Express.co.uk that they are likely to agree and the chairman Sir Graham will then meet with the Prime Minister and tell him he has to go.

This one act of war precipitated the slow destruction of our country. Yet government records regarding the assassination continue to be reclassified as secret by successive administrations.

There are times when defendants are forced to use strategies that expose others to wrongdoing. The case of Pfizer outing the U.S. government for their knowledge of wrongdoing is a doozy. ... the lawyer representing whistleblower Brook Jackson said Pfizer is arguing the court should dismiss Jackson’s lawsuit alleging fraud in Pfizer’s COVID-19 clinical trials because the U.S. government knew about the wrongdoings but continued to do business with the vaccine maker. A lawsuit filed by whistleblower Brook Jackson alleging Pfizer and two of its contractors manipulated data and committed other acts of fraud during Pfizer’s COVID-19 clinical trials is...