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Given the persisting waves of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) among Americans, it is recommended that children take the COVID-19 vaccines to reduce its transmission. However...uptake... among children continues to be low. A new study published in Preventive Medicine reports the results of a survey among parents in this country aimed at identifying the primary risk factors for parental vaccine hesitancy.... Female parents were more likely to refuse to vaccinate their children, especially if they were Black – possibly due to a lack of trust in the political and medical system. Those who favored Republican ideology were also six times more...

SAN DIEGO (KUSI) – Last week, Bill Walton partnered with The Lucky Duck Foundation to deliver a powerful and emotional speech about his personal experiences dealing with San Diego’s now out-of-control homeless crisis. Walton detailed how Mayor Gloria’s failed leadership has resulted in the destruction of “our once great city,” as he called on Todd Gloria to resign. Walton shared personal experiences of being assaulted by the homeless while riding his bike in Balboa Park, and even getting his property stolen from his house. Walton emotionally said he’s brokenhearted to “no longer say that my hometown of San Diego, is...

Plastic produce bags will soon be a thing of the past for California grocery shoppers. The state will effectively ban plastic produce bags from supermarkets after a new bill, SB 1046, was signed into law by Governor Gavin Newsom on Sept. 30 Alternatively, stores must replace the bags with either paper bags or compostable bags, according to the bill. California will be the first state in the nation to outlaw the produce bags after banning single-use checkout bags from supermarkets, pharmacies and convenience stores back in 2016. The ban will take effect starting January 1, 2025.

Crews have extinguished a fire that destroyed more than 70 vehicles outside Temple at a popular family attraction. "It looked like something out of a war zone," said John Bessick, a veteran who came to the pumpkin patch earlier and helped evacuate families. "Since I have PTSD, it's kind nerve-racking." Bessick said he and a friend were in their vehicle about to leave when they first noticed the fire — then vehicles started to explode. "We had a few babies and a few strollers trying to get out," Bessick said as he and his friend helped evacuate people trying to...

Usually we think of men of prayer and men of war as complete opposites. A monk in a habit—such as St. Francis—is a man dedicated to peace, a total contrast to one clad in armor brandishing weapons. Yet the Readings for this Sunday combine the imagery of war and prayer in interesting ways that provoke our thoughts about the nature and reality of supplicating God. 1. Our First Reading is Exodus 17:8-13: In those days, Amalek came and waged war against Israel. Moses, therefore, said to Joshua, "Pick out certain men, and tomorrow go out and engage Amalek in battle....

An unexpected alliance has formed between conservative parents and Arab-Americans in Dearborn, Michigan, after a school meeting turned to chaos. The groups have come together to stand up against the public school boards that are supplying their children with 'explicit' LGBTQ reading material. A school board meeting was disrupted this week when hundreds of protestors denouncing books with LGBTQ content poured into the Dearborn Public Schools administration building. Concerned parents from both camps were filmed chanting and holding signs against the decision to keep the books in school libraries. Some of the titles concerned parents are coming together to object...

On Newsdump Friday Night in France the government of President Emmanuel Macron brought in opposition politicians for consultations on "Pension Reform" Emmanuel Macron's plan to raise the retirement age in France in the coming years. The National Rally leader in France's legislature Marine Le Pen spoke to reporters outside her meeting at Hotel Matignon the home of French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne. Le Pen telling the media "Wanting to implement pension reform at all costs seems unreasonable to me." The Government lacking a majority in the National Assembly holding out the notion of President Emmanuel Macron implementing Article 49.3 of...

On this date in 1942, three captured American airmen who had bombed Japan in the Doolittle Raid were shot in Tokyo. The Doolittle Raid — named for its commander, Jimmy Doolittle — was America’s April 1942 retaliation for the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor a few months before. The mission: bomb the Japanese homeland. Later in the war, American advances in the Pacific would enable the Yankee to do this regularly. In 1942, it was all but a suicide mission. The plan involved launching 16 B-25s from an aircraft carrier — an unprecedented feat in itself — to fly light...

Dr Jane Kershaw from Oxford University, who is leading the dig, said it may have been used by the famous commander Halfdan to launch attacks on the Picts.A number of objects have been found there over the years, using metal detectors, such as lead gaming pieces and copper coins known as stycas.'Incredible finds'Volunteers are also working at the field, which Dr Kershaw believes could have been home to a "town of tents" in the 9th Century."They found some incredible finds that can really only belong to the Viking Great Army and their activities in the 870s ," Dr Kershaw told...

Praying daily since 2015:Join with fellow FREEPERS to pray for AMERICA: For those in Authority in Government, Family, Military, Business, Healthcare, Education, Churches, and the Media. I urge, then, first of all, that requests, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for everyone: for kings and all those in authority that we may live peaceful and quiet lives in all godliness and holiness. ~ 1 Timothy 2:1-2 Religion Forum Threads labeled [Prayer] are closed to debate of any kind.

Ontario’s top doctor fears rising COVID-19 cases and the approach of winter could further jeopardize the province’s struggling health-care system, forcing the Ford government to potentially re-implement a mandatory masking policy if the situation worsens. In an interview with Global News, Dr. Kieran Moore, Ontario’s medical officer of health, urged people to get vaccines, boosters and wear a mask to avoid an unmanageable surge in hospital admissions. He said the rate of uptake for fourth doses by Ontarians aged 70 and older — around 16 per cent — was “not acceptable” and said public health measures like mandatory masking could...

“The Inflation Reduction Act has to do with your ability to get tax credits for buying — if you need a new coffee machine, a new washer, a new refrigerator,” Biden said. “And you buy an efficient refrigerator, efficient coffee machine, you get a tax credit for it.” Earlier in the speech, Biden appeared to blank on the name of Oregon Sen. Ron Wyden — calling him “THAT OTHER GUY I just talked about in the Senate” — just moments after warmly thanking the Democrat for helping to get the bill passed.

FETTERMAN CAMP ACCUSES DEM GROUP OF GRIFTING: Last weekend, Pennsylvania Democratic Senate nominee John Fetterman’s campaign issued a warning to donors about a purported scam. And for once, it wasn’t Fetterman’s Republican opponent Dr. Mehmet Oz, at whom they were leveling the charge, your host reports. — On Twitter and over email, Fetterman’s campaign manager Brendan McPhillipslaid into what he called a “scam PAC” that was “using John’s name and likeness for their own fundraising.” — “These people are only pretending that the money they raise goes to John and our campaign. In reality, they are tricking thousands of donors...

For the second time in a week, an MSNBC segment that was meant to condemn racism ended up with the segment’s participants spewing hateful and racist comments towards others. This time, the incident occurred on Saturday’s The Cross Connection as host Tiffany Cross and Prof. Tanya Hernandez reacted to the Los Angeles City Council racism scandal by lamenting that some Latinos try to be and are “white.” Cross declared that, “I’ve grown up in communities where the Latino community was very adjacent, and, you know, a lot of shared experiences. And, it does tend to, the common ground here is...

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But Eric Topol says there is "no evidence" that the vaccine causes harm. That's reassuring. So Eric, if it isn't the vaccine, what IS causing it? He blocked me. Can you ask him?Steve Kirsch2 hr agoWatch this exclusive 30 second video of Kimberly Biss, MD an OB/Gyn in Tampa Bay, FL explaining what they’ve observed in their large practice:ransomnote: Watch 30 second video clip on Rumble However, Dr. Eric Topol, who is an expert on the COVID vaccine, says this isn’t caused by the vaccine I’d love to know what IS causing it, but Dr. Topol blocked all of my...

A Catholic church in Lansing, Michigan, has released a security video that captured three hooded individuals vandalizing the church Oct. 8 with pro-abortion and anti-Catholic graffiti. The three individuals can be seen approaching the Church of the Resurrection on East Michigan Avenue on foot and spray-painting graffiti on the walkway, the doors, and the church’s sign before fleeing the scene. It happened just before midnight. Anyone with information about the vandalism should contact the Lansing Police Department. The graffiti contained hateful and vulgar messages that lashed out at the overturning of Roe v. Wade, the 1973 Supreme Court case that...

Oregon is typically known as a bastion of West Coast liberalism, where Democrats are easily elected and a Republican hasn’t served as governor since the early 1980s. But with an unusually competitive three-way contest for governor, the Democratic candidate’s success is hardly a guarantee this year. As mail-in ballots become available to voters next week, Oregon is becoming the unlikely site of one of the most competitive governor’s races in the country. The main reason for the race’s unpredictability is Betsy Johnson, a longtime former Democratic lawmaker with a fondness for salty language who is aiming to become the first...

https://www.newsweek.com/tulsi-gabbards-dem-decision-fuels-speculation-shes-trumps-vp-choice-1750971 -- Former congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard's decision to leave the Democratic Party has some wondering whether she could be former President Donald Trump's future running mate. Gabbard announced on Tuesday in a video shared to social media that she was no longer a Democrat, and said the party was being led by "an elitist cabal of warmongers driven by cowardly wokeness" who promote "anti-white racism." She went on to say that she was leaving the party to become an Independent in part because she believed Democrats were bringing the world "ever closer to nuclear war." -- Very interesting. Trump himself,...