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@RepThomasMassie If we blindly follow Joe Biden's impractical electric car policies, it will cause pain for middle class Americans Watch... [5 min exchange]

1957 flu pandemic, also called Asian flu pandemic of 1957 or Asian flu of 1957, outbreak of influenza that was first identified in February 1957 in East Asia and that subsequently spread to countries worldwide. The 1957 flu pandemic was the second major influenza pandemic to occur in the 20th century; it followed the influenza pandemic of 1918–19 and preceded the 1968 flu pandemic. The 1957 flu outbreak caused an estimated one million to two million deaths worldwide and is generally considered to have been the least severe of the three influenza pandemics of the 20th century.

Firefighters tackling blazes which have ripped through homes and buildings in London have described the conditions as "absolute hell" on what is the UK's hottest day on record. Residents were evacuated, people were taken to hospital and a major incident was declared by the London Fire Brigade (LFB) which was "under immense pressure" after a "huge surge" in blazes across the capital as temperatures topped 40C (104F) for the first time.

Much as I admire Jordan Peterson in the social/psychological/religious/cultural spheres, I wish he should stay the blazes out of American politics. He has no real understanding of what we’re dealing with in this Country politically and why Trump is the only politician who has made positive inroads into solving our problems. And Trump is the person who should be back in the WH in 2024. Like so many academics, JP is squeamish and snobbish about Trump, about his personality. Calls him a divisive figure. Well, Trump is divisive precisely because he’s countering the woke Left and the corrupt media and...

WASHINGTON - The Secret Service has no new text messages related to the Jan. 6 attack to hand over to the special House committee investigating the Capitol riot, a source familiar with the matter told NBC News on Tuesday. The news comes in the wake of an inspector general informing the committee that the Secret Service had deleted text messages from Jan. 5 and 6, 2021. The committee issued a subpoena for those records last week. The Secret Service plans to do a “forensic examination” of agents’ phones identified in the inspector general’s report, the source said, but added that...

In what is being called Russian President Vladimir Putin getting a “taste of his own medicine”, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan made the Kremlin leader wait for nearly a minute in Iran before their meeting could start. Both leaders were slated to meet in Tehran, where Putin arrived on Tuesday, the Russian President looked “frazzled” while waiting for Erdogan, who had to wait for at least two minutes for the Kremlin leader back in 2020 for similar bilateral talks. Erdogan’s “sweet payback” to Putin came at a time when Russia’s global position suffered a blow in the wake of the...

There is a growing sense that there is a crisis in science, with science being broadly defined to include the soft sciences. The reproducibility crisis, as pointed out by the statistician W. M. Briggs, is close to universal. Across the academy, there is a plague of faulty and fraudulent studies being produced. Worse yet, the systems for controlling fraud seem to be encouraging it. Peer review now means nothing more than politically acceptable in the soft science fields. Briggs offers one reason for what is happening. He notes that engineering is not having this problem. The reason is the bridge...

House Democrats blocked a resolution Tuesday condemning the violence that has targeted dozens of pro-life pregnancy centers and churches since May. Republicans on the U.S. House Rules Committee criticized Democrat leaders after the vote, saying they refused to even consider U.S. Rep. Mike Johnson’s House Resolution 1233. Johnson, a Louisiana Republican, introduced the measure to urge wide-spread condemnation of the arsons, vandalisms and threats against pro-life and religious organizations since a leaked draft ruling in May showed the U.S. Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade. The resolution also urged President Joe Biden’s administration to crack down on the escalating violence....

Several highly effective vaccines were developed at an unprecedented speed to combat the COVID-19 pandemic. During the phase 3 clinical trials, mRNA vaccines had vaccine efficacy of 94–95% in preventing symptomatic infections. After the rollout, real-world evidence showed that the mRNA vaccines provided ~90% effectiveness against infection. Then came the variants. The wave after wave of new variants, with ever-increasing transmissibility and capacity to escape existing immunity, challenge the ability of vaccines to prevent infection and transmission. Vaccines against other infectious diseases are given in multiple doses. Many of our childhood vaccines require multiple doses—5 doses for (diphtheria/tetanus/pertussis), 4 doses...

Army Vice Chief of Staff Gen. Joseph Martin told the House Armed Services Committee on Tuesday that the service branch's size at the end of the fiscal year will be more than 20,000 troops below their target. Martin confirmed that the Army told a House military personnel panel that it believes it will have between 445,000 and 452,000 troops by the end of September.If that comes to fruition, it would be a significant shortfall of between 21,000 and 28,000 soldiers because the target is 473,000. He said they believe they will “land at [466,000]” for the year. The service’s target...

Tucker Carlson show, 7-19-22. It shows the huge changes in society that have come from American immigration policy, especially under Joe Biden.

WASHINGTON - An investigation conducted by The Washington Post revealed that a D.C.-based LGBTQ nonprofit has stopped providing critical services in the District. The company's founder is now missing in action and employees haven't gotten paid. Ruby Corado launched Casa Ruby in 2012 with a focus on helping members of the LGBTQ community in the District. The organization provided health, immigration, housing, and other assistance for D.C.'s most vulnerable for nearly a decade. Now, Casa Ruby has ceased all operations, closed its shelters, and employees say they haven't been compensated since May. Corado, meanwhile, can't be reached. … According to...

AOC is pretending to be Arrested! Lord Jesus ,Moses and Abraham take the Wheel (In case you missed it, Mr Terrence K. Williams gives an instant replay of the perp walk of AOC)

Russia is taking steps toward annexing parts of Ukraine it controls “in direct violation of Ukraine’s sovereignty,” a top U.S. national security official warned on Tuesday, including installing proxy officials expected to call “sham” votes on joining Russia and forcing residents to apply for Russian citizenship. “Russia is beginning to roll out a version of what you could call an annexation playbook,” the official, John Kirby, said at a White House press briefing, drawing parallels to Russia’s seizure of Crimea eight years ago. Mr. Kirby said that there was “ample evidence in the intelligence and in the public domain” of...

Federal authorities are investigating claims that former attorney general Eric Holder’s wife, an obstetrician, violated health privacy laws by misusing her former patients’ records to help promote her new menopause relief business. The Department of Health and Human Services's Office for Civil Rights opened the investigation in June into the alleged breach, which may have impacted up to 27,000 patients at Dr. Sharon Malone’s former medical practice, Foxhall Associates, according to HHS records reviewed by the Washington Free Beacon. Foxhall, which is conducting its own investigation and alerted HHS to the breach last month, claims Malone retained a list of...

A medical training exercise shifted into real-world application Monday for Fort Bragg soldiers as a passenger airplane crashed in front of them in Mogadishu, Somalia... They are part of the Maneuver Adviser Team 2231, which is working with the Somali National army’s Danab Brigade... ...[T]he soldiers were medically training a platoon of Somalia’s Danab commandos when a Jubba Airlines airplane with about 30 passengers crashed at about 10:30 a.m. Monday at the nearby Mogadishu International Airport. According to the news release, the soldiers were medically training a platoon of Somalia’s Danab commandos when a Jubba Airlines airplane with about 30...

Sesame Place in Philadelphia was accused of racism after a mother posted a video purportedly showing someone dressed as the Rosita character ignoring her two Black daughters during a parade. Ben Crump, the lawyer credited with winning the family of George Floyd the record $27 million civil settlement from the city of Minneapolis amid the trial for former police officer Derek Chauvin, reposted the video on Twitter and weighed in, writing: "This is absolutely HEARTBREAKING!" "These two young Queens did NOT deserve to be blatantly singled out and ignored by this #SesameStreet character!" Crump said. "@SesamePlace MUST address their staff's...

kraine is talking about using Western weapons to target Russia's Black Sea fleet amid the ongoing war, according to the country's deputy defense minister. Volodymyr Havrylov told The Times on Monday that attacking the fleet could help Ukraine take back Crimea, which Russia annexed in 2014. "Russia will have to leave Crimea if they wish to exist as a country," the British newspaper quoted Havrylov as saying. "We have a permanent threat from the Russian Black Sea fleet. Given the new technologies and capabilities we receive, we have to address this threat," he continued. "We are ready to target them...

A report that the House speaker will follow through on plans to visit the island will prompt ‘firm and forceful measures’ from China, officials in Beijing warn. China is warning the U.S. not to allow House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to proceed with a trip to Taiwan she has reportedly planned for next month, even signaling “military but also strategic” consequences for the island nation over which Beijing is becoming increasingly confrontational. Though the California Democrat herself has not confirmed the trip, the Financial Times reported Pelosi’s plans citing several anonymous officials. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian blasted the report...

Florida first lady Casey DeSantis hit out at California Governor Gavin Newsom after he explained why he attacked Ron DeSantis in a July 4 ad. Newsom paid for an ad to air in Florida during the July 4 weekend where he criticized Ron DeSantis' governing of the state. He urged Americans to move from Florida to California as he claimed their freedoms were under attack. He said they were under attack on issues like abortion, book banning and the easiness of voting. Over the weekend, Newsom spoke to the Sacramento Bee and gave his explanation for why he aired the...