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  • Rand Paul: Latest COVID variant 'sensationalized' by White House

    07/14/2022 7:50:52 AM PDT · by RandFan · 19 replies
    Fox ^ | July 14 | By Charles Creitz
    White House adviser Dr. Anthony Fauci and Health & Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra are warning of the latest COVID-19 variant, but are declining to specify key facts about the newest iteration of the virus, Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., told Fox News on Tuesday. Paul, an ophthalmologist, told "Jesse Watters Primetime" that amid warnings and renewed pressure on Americans to submit to another round of injections, the administration is noticeably mum on the severity of the new variant, or other key characteristics like transmissibility and potential for hospitalization. In recent remarks, Fauci called for the virus to still be "taken...
  • The Semiconductor Problem The military relies on advanced semiconductors. The U.S. doesn’t make any.

    07/14/2022 7:49:04 AM PDT · by daniel1212 · 61 replies
    NY Times ^ | July 14, 2022 | David Leonhardt
    The most advanced category of mass-produced semiconductors — used in smartphones, military technology and much more — is known as 5 nm. A single company in Taiwan, known as TSMC, makes about 90 percent of them. U.S. factories make none. The U.S.’s struggles to keep pace in semiconductor manufacturing have already had economic downsides: Many jobs in the industry pay more than $100,000 a year, and the U.S. has lost out on them. Longer term, the situation also has the potential to cause a national security crisis: If China were to invade Taiwan and cut off exports of semiconductors, the...
  • Former CIA engineer convicted in WikiLeaks espionage case

    07/14/2022 7:47:28 AM PDT · by aspasia · 18 replies
    Reuters ^ | July 13, 2022 | Jonathan Stempel
    NEW YORK, July 13 (Reuters) - A former CIA software engineer was convicted on Wednesday of leaking classified information to WikiLeaks from the spy agency, in one of the biggest such thefts in CIA history.
  • Yet Another new way To Hurt the Average Person: The Tyre Extinguishers

    07/14/2022 7:41:27 AM PDT · by harpolemond · 42 replies
    Fox News ^ | 07/14/2022 | dave s
    The U.K. climate group whose members deflated tires on an estimated 40 vehicles in New York City last month recently announced similar actions in cities nationwide. The Tyre Extinguishers, which encourages activists to deflate tires of parked sports utility vehicles (SUV) to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, said it has already spread to Chicago and the San Francisco area this month. Individuals affiliated with the group have deflated the tires of 20 SUVs in Chicago, another 20 SUVs in Scranton, Pa., and 12 SUVs near San Francisco this month, according to the group.
  • MICHAEL BARONE: WHY NOT THE WORST?

    07/14/2022 7:38:37 AM PDT · by Rummyfan · 7 replies
    Powerline ^ | 14 July 2022 | Scott Johnson
    I asked over the weekend if there has ever been an administration with a less impressive cabinet than President Biden’s and posited that Michael Barone might be able to come up with one. It occurred to me to ask him. For background he cites his column on the Harding administration here (September 2, 2015). Mr. Barone writes:Here’s my take, based in part on a recent visit to the Warren G. Harding Museum and Home in Marion, Ohio. Harding is often rated one of the poorest presidents — quite wrongly in my view, as I have written on other occasions.He did...
  • MSNBC’s Atkins Stohr: Trump’s Radicalization of Americans ‘Exact Same’ as Al-Qaeda Tactics

    07/14/2022 7:33:39 AM PDT · by SoConPubbie · 32 replies
    Breitbart ^ | 13 Jul 2022 | PAM KEY
    MSNBC contributor and Boston Globe columnist Kimberly Atkins Stohr said Wednesday on MSNBC’s “Deadline” that former President Donald Trump’s radicalization of Americans with propaganda is the “exact same” way groups like Al-Qaeda and ISIS build their following.Atkins Stohr said, “I don’t know what the Justice Department will do. As an attorney, I feel like there is so much basis for an investigation if not moving forward with chargers, but I do know that Merrick Garland is meticulous and careful and thoughtful, so these things will move more slowly than we want.”She added, “One thing that I’ve really come away with...
  • The Morning Briefing: A Thank You Note to DOCTOR Mama Jill Biden for Being an Idiot

    07/14/2022 7:30:13 AM PDT · by Rummyfan · 15 replies
    PJ Media ^ | 14 July 2022 | Stephen Kruiser
    To begin with, I would like to encourage everyone to read Megan’s update on the story she’s been writing about and follow that up with Paula’s deep dive on why work like this is important. They both handle it better than any synopsis I’d give you here.One of the more remarkable things that we’ve witnessed in American politics in recent years is the shift in party preference among Latino voters, a constituency that the Democrats long took for granted.From Kevin’s latest:If you think the line of Hispanic people crossing the southern border is huge, you should see the mob of...
  • 'Turkey teeth' trend leaves thousands of Britons with dead stumps, abscesses and serious dental issues: NHS paying for repairs of many who fly out for cut-price crowns and veneers fuelled by dream for perfect reality TV smile

    07/14/2022 7:29:59 AM PDT · by C19fan · 39 replies
    UK Daily Mail ^ | July 14, 2022 | Katie Feehan
    A dental trend known as 'Turkey teeth' that involves travelling abroad to get drastic cut-price treatment is leaving thousands of Britons facing painful complications. The latest cosmetic fad, made popular by stars like Katie Price and Love Island's Jack Fincham, involves filing down teeth to pegs then replacing them with crowns or veneers.
  • Draghi's Italian Government Faces Collapse After 5-Star Rebels

    07/14/2022 7:28:39 AM PDT · by JonPreston · 17 replies
    International Business Times ^ | 7/14/22 | Giuseppe Fonte and Angelo Amante
    Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi's coalition government risked collapse on Thursday after the 5-Star Movement, one of its members, failed to support a parliamentary confidence vote including measures to offset the cost of living crisis.The confidence vote has become a focal point for tensions within Draghi's broad coalition as its parties prepare to fight each other in a national election due by early 2023.The risks of a collapse of a Draghi government rippled through financial markets where Italian bond yields rose sharply, indicating investors demanding a higher premium to hold its debt, and shares fell.
  • Monkeypox meter (running total of cases world wide)

    07/14/2022 7:27:07 AM PDT · by dynachrome · 40 replies
    Monkeypox meter ^ | May 2022 | Global Health
    Real time Monkeybox tracker. Statistics, news, maps, graphs and cases count.
  • Trump Returning to Washington for First Time Since Leaving Office

    07/14/2022 7:23:26 AM PDT · by SoConPubbie · 21 replies
    Newsmax ^ | Thursday, 14 July 2022 08:26 AM EDT | Charlie McCarthy
    Former President Donald Trump plans to return to Washington, D.C., for the first time since leaving office in January 2021, according to Axios.Trump is scheduled to headline a July 26 event for the America First Policy Institute (AFPI), Axios reported Thursday.The former president is slated to deliver the keynote address at 3 p.m. ET on the second day of the AFPI's two-day, invitation-only policy summit. The event will be streamed live and open to the press.Two new GOP primary polls show Trump with a commanding lead over Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis in the race for the party's 2024 presidential nomination.The...
  • Trump: 'Radical Left Democrats' Causing Runaway Inflation

    07/14/2022 7:20:51 AM PDT · by SoConPubbie · 14 replies
    Newsmax ^ | Wednesday, 13 July 2022 01:26 PM EDT | Theodore Bunker
    Former President Donald Trump on Wednesday blamed “Radical Left Democrats” for rising inflation after Labor Department’s Bureau of Labor Statistics announced that the consumer price index in June rose to 9.1% from one year ago."Inflation just hit ANOTHER 40-year high of 9.1%, which is terrible for our Country," Trump said in a message released by his political action committee, Save America."Fuel prices up 60%, Airfare up 34%, Eggs up 33% — how can people survive this? How can businesses survive this? Our Country is so weak right now because the Radical Left Democrats have no clue what they are doing."All...
  • Bottle Of Wine? Strong US Dollar And Soaring Inflation Is A Brutal Cocktail For S&P 500 Firms (Will The Fed Pivot To QE Again?)

    07/14/2022 7:14:30 AM PDT · by Browns Ultra Fan · 11 replies
    Confounded Interest ^ | 07/14/2022 | Anthony B. Sanders
    The US Dollar keeps strengthening as inflation skyrockets. Good news? Bear in mind that a strong dollar is a two-edged sword. The US Dollar Index has risen 16% year-over-year, presenting a big hurdle for US firms with business overseas. That strength of the greenback will rise until the Fed makes a dovish policy pivot. And that pivot is forecast to occur at the Feb ’23 FOMC meeting. But will The Fed pivot? The Biden Cocktail.
  • Pope derides Biden's abortion views, Catholic self-identity as 'incoherence'

    07/14/2022 7:13:43 AM PDT · by Tench_Coxe · 24 replies
    Pope Francis questioned President Biden's conscience on Tuesday in an interview during which he described the commander-in-chief's religious identity and views on abortion as incoherent."A month after conception, the DNA of the fetus is already there and the organs are aligned. There is human life," the pontiff said in the interview with Spanish-language outlet Univision.Asked about Biden — a self-professed "devout Catholic" who supports blanket legalization of abortion on the federal level — the pope dismissed the president as incomprehensible.
  • Some Consumers Are Giving Inflation the Bird—With a Whole Chicken

    07/14/2022 7:13:33 AM PDT · by DUMBGRUNT · 71 replies
    WSJ ^ | 12 July 2022 | Joshua Jamerson
    Rising prices for packaged chicken breasts, thighs and wings can leave a consumer squawking: Enough is enough. Egged on by the high cost of chicken parts, Simon Kirsch, a 33-year-old tech worker from Portland, Ore., decided to spring for the whole bird and take it apart himself. Whole bird “I couldn’t justify spending that money,” he says. Before inflation, he says, “I wasn’t, like, making soup on the weekends.” As of last week, the price for a whole chicken, on average, was $1.56 a pound, according to the Agriculture Department, up from $1.09 a year ago. Boneless, skinless chicken breast...
  • A Theory

    07/14/2022 6:55:57 AM PDT · by RinaseaofDs · 30 replies
    Vanity | 7/14/2022 | RinaseaofDs
    There was a story about revenge for Solemani's assassination. It occurred to me that one convenient exit for Democrats is to send out the current WH occupant and put him in a position to be the target of that revenge. They'll put the cackler in with him and they'll both go. Clean slate in time for the midterm. The more chatter the Mockingbird Media puts in the channel on Iranian revenge and assassination, the more I think this might be possible.
  • New pipeline from Greece to Bulgaria offsets Russian gas cut

    07/14/2022 6:51:03 AM PDT · by SpeedyInTexas · 39 replies
    ABC News ^ | 12-JUL-2022 | The Associated Press
    The leaders of Greece and Bulgaria on Friday marked the completion of a new pipeline that will supply natural gas from Azerbaijan to Bulgaria, whose vital supply of Russian gas was cut off in April amid the fallout over Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis stressed the importance of the new link as an alternative supply line for Bulgaria, as neighboring Greece jockeys to become a regional energy transport hub. Greece is also building a liquefied natural gas terminal off the northeastern port of Alexandroupolis, near Komotini, which Mitsotakis said would in the future provide additional gas...
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Policies: A Danger to Jews and All Americans-And the threat extends to schoolchildren.

    07/14/2022 6:48:41 AM PDT · by SJackson · 29 replies
    Frontpagemagazine ^ | Jul 11, 2022 | Adam Milstein
    Diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) offices, officers, policies, and"/>The David Horowitz Freedom Center Is Under Attack. Learn More Here.Frontpage Mag"Inside Every Progressive Is A Totalitarian Screaming To Get Out" @Horowitz39, David HorowitzThe PointAuthorsDavid HorowitzStoreWho We AreDH TV Mailing List DonateDiversity, Equity, and Inclusion Policies: A Danger to Jews and All AmericansAnd the threat extends to schoolchildren. Mon Jul 11, 2022Adam MilsteinThis article was originally published in the Jerusalem Post. Diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) offices, officers, policies, and programming are being increasingly embraced in American institutions, from government to the corporate workplace. This is particularly true in education, from...
  • Bannon’s War Room, 10am-Noon Eastern

    07/14/2022 6:48:05 AM PDT · by 4Liberty · 11 replies
    America’s Voice News ^ | 07/14/2022 | Steve Bannon
    Freep mail 4Liberty if you want On/Off this list. Alternative streaming websites - https://americasvoice.news https://rumble.com/BannonsWarRoom
  • Mullah Mischief in Latin America-Venezuela becomes a forward base for Iran against the United States.

    07/14/2022 6:46:16 AM PDT · by SJackson · 7 replies
    Frontpagemagazine ^ | Jul 13, 2022 | Joseph Puder
    Iran and its primary terror agent, Hezbollah, are a threat not only to the security of Israel and the Arab Gulf states -- their tentacles stretch across the globe. In Latin America, Iran is building a strategic response against the United States with a protected base in Venezuela under President Nicolas Maduro. Iran’s build-up of long-range ballistic missiles, and the Russian supply of the lethal S-400 missile system to Iran, pose a serious threat to the security of the United States. These Russian missiles will eventually end up in Venezuela. Russia is poised to retaliate against the U.S. supply of...