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When a COVID infection wave hit the most and least vaccinated states in 2022, the most vaccinated state had the higher COVID case rates and the higher relative death peaks. Whoops!Steve Kirsch 14 hr ago Executive summaryAccording to US News & World Report, Wyoming is the least vaccinated state (52.8%) and Rhode Island is the most vaccinated state.So just for fun, I thought I’d see how these states fared when there was a huge COVID infection outbreak at the start of 2022 that affected both these states.It turned out that the least vaccinated state had the lower rise in all-cause...

"Now while Paul waited for them at Athens, his spirit was stirred in him, when he saw the city wholly given to idolatry." "Then certain philosophers of the Epicureans, and of the Stoicks, encountered him. And some said, What will this babbler say? other some, He seemeth to be a setter forth of strange gods: because he preached unto them Jesus, and the resurrection. "Then Paul stood in the midst of Mars' hill, and said, Ye men of Athens, I perceive that in all things ye are too superstitious. 23 For as I passed by, and beheld your devotions, I...

The head of the US Environmental Protection Agency has said he would allow his own children to drink and bathe in public water near the site of a train derailment and chemical spill in Ohio, so long as it had been tested and deemed safe by officials. EPA Administrator Michael Regan visited the site of the East Palestine derailment on Thursday, seeking to reassure skeptical residents that the water is fit for drinking and the air is safe to breathe. Asked if he would allow his own children to drink the water, Regan said, as long as it has been...

... including over 250 nurses from Kaiser. My post on Twitter about him got over 1M views. Here's his story.Steve Kirsch 4 hr ago My Twitter post on Michael Huang generated over 1M views in just the first two days:Here’s the full 80-minute Rumble video interview of this courageous California physician: Why is he treating hundreds of Kaiser nurses for vaccine injuries? It’s because these nurses can’t get treated at Kaiser because they are gaslighted by Kaiser doctors. It’s really tragic.He remembers one day when he had 10 vax injured nurses in his office and 9 out of 10 had...

SALEM, Ore. (AP) — An armed takeover of a federal wildlife refuge. Over 100 straight days of racial justice protests that turned downtown Portland into a battleground. A violent breach of the state Capitol. Clashes between gun-toting right-wingers and leftist militants. The state Legislature is considering a bill that, experts say, would create the nation’s most comprehensive law against paramilitary activity. It would provide citizens and the state attorney general with civil remedies in court if armed members of a private paramilitary group interfere with, or intimidate, another person who is engaging in an activity they have a legal right...

Donald Trump: 42% Ron DeSantis: 36% Nikki Haley: 5% Mike Pence: 4% Mike Pompeo: 4%No other candidate tops 2 percent of the vote.

Amid growing criticism for the Biden administration — and specifically Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg — over the federal response (or lack thereof) to the train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, that released toxic chemicals into the air and water, Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) is calling for change at the top. In a letter to President Joe Biden, Rubio calls on the chief executive to "request the immediate resignation of U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) Secretary Buttigieg" for what Rubio describes as a "gross level of incompetence and apathy that is detrimental to the safety and prosperity of the American...

Vladimir Putin hosted Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko at his own residence near Moscow for a meeting. However, the Russian leader's odd and fidgeting body language sparked a swirl of speculation about his health. President Putin can be seen uneasily moving his legs throughout the entire duration of the public conversation with President Lukashenko. -snip- Anton Gerashchenko, an advisor to the Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine, tweeted a clip of the moment: "Putin's feet during his meeting with Lukashenko. Is this Morse code?" Tendar, which regularly monitors the conflict in Ukraine, added: "Putin’s continuing problem to control his legs and...

The Justice Department found no classified documents during a search of former Vice President Mike Pence's Washington D.C. advocacy office on Friday. Pence adviser Devin O'Malley said there was a 'thorough and unrestricted search' of the office of Advancing American Freedom, the nonprofit group launched by Pence in 2021. One binder - believed to be part of Pence's 2020 debate preparations - 'with approximately three previously redacted documents' was taken by agents.

Russians left desperate for the loo as toilet exports are banned to 'punish' Putin Sinking to grimy lows, Russian troops are well-known for thieving lavatories out of Ukrainian homes to send back to their families as Western sanctions of "bidets, lavatory pans, [and] flushing cisterns" bite The EU included lavatories, bidets and flushing cisterns in its list of banned products The EU included lavatories, bidets and flushing cisterns in its list of banned products

The World Health Organisation (“WHO”), helped by the usual suspects, is building the narrative for another flu pandemic. This time it’s not a novel coronavirus but a novel bird flu virus. Because of a recent spillover of bird flu to mammals, WHO has warned that while the risk to humans currently remains low, it cannot be assumed that this will remain the case. So, WHO is working with manufacturers to ensure supplies of vaccines are available.It is claimed that in October 2022, the avian flu virus (H5N1) was detected in a mink farm outbreak in Spain’s Galicia region:A more detailed...

1,104,856 views Mar 27, 2022 Former President Nixon Predicts Modern Day Russia and Its Imperialist Behaviors towards Europe in 1994.

Some of the most beautiful moments can be found in the darkest times. A shining contrast in a survival horror story, here are 3 relaxing excerpts performed by ear from the year 2000 video game Resident Evil Code: Veronica. Take a vacation from your problems.

Let’s go over the catastrophic environmental events that occurred in the month of February, most of them just this week. FEBRUARY 3 - Bomb Train in Ohio spewing deadly chemicals into the air and water ... FEBRUARY 12 - Chemical fire at energy plant in Doral, Florida.. The toxic chemicals hit unsafe levels, according to the EPA. ... FEBRUARY 13 - Derailment in South Carolina, no known cause ... FEBRUARY 13 - Derailment in Texas after semi crashes into train ... FEBRUARY 15 - Chemical Fire at Catoosa Port Authority in Oklahoma.. Not only did they evacuate the area, but...

The case of a suspected spy at the Federal Intelligence Service (BND) is more explosive than previously known. According to SPIEGEL information, the Russian secret service FSB tried last fall to use BND employee Carsten L., who has since been arrested, to obtain position data on the Ukrainian army's artillery and air defense positions. According to the investigation, the FSB instructed the BND agent, through the intermediary Arthur E., to siphon off and hand over GPS data from the US-supplied Himars multiple rocket launcher and the Iris-T air defense system supplied by Berlin to the BND and hand it over...

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) is taking over an investigation into corruption allegations against Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R), a state prosecutor handling a separate case case against Paxton told The Hill.Kent Schaffer, the state prosecutor, confirmed the DOJ was taking over the case from federal prosecutors in the Western District of Texas.It’s unclear why federal prosecutors in Texas were removed from the case, which was opened after several of Paxton’s senior officials accused him of bribery and abuse of office in 2020, but The Associated Press reported Paxton’s attorney’s sought the change, claiming there was an “obvious...

Stella Stevens, the actress best known for her roles in The Nutty Professor and The Poseidon Adventure and starring opposite Elvis Presley in Girls! Girls! Girls!, died today in Los Angeles after a long battle with Alzheimer’s disease. She was 84. Stevens’ passing was confirmed to Deadline by her son, actor-producer Andrew Stevens, and her longtime friend John O’Brien. She won a Golden Globe as Most Promising Newcomer for her first film, 1959’s Say One for Me, which starred Bing Crosby and Debbie Reynolds. Stevens also appeared in Lil Abner that year. She went on to play Jerry Lewis’ dream...

Left-wing billionaire George Soros recently shared his hopes for the 2024 U.S. presidential election and the conditions he believes will lead to a "Democratic landslide." Speaking at the Munich Security Conference on Thursday, Soros said it is likely that Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis will challenge former President Donald Trump for the Republican nomination – and win. His hope is that Trump, pride wounded, will mount a third-party campaign for president that will split the GOP vote and hand Democrats another four years in the White House. "My hope for 2024 is that Trump and Gov. DeSantis of Florida will slug...

he two-year Treasury yield is about to break out, and the move is worth noting as it signals the Federal Reserve may not be near the end of its interest rate hikes. The two-year Treasury yield has risen to as high as about 4.7% in the past few days, and is settling at just below that mark for the moment. But it has had quite a run upward, as it has come from around 4.1% at its low point for this year. Now it is close to its recent multiyear high of about 4.73% hit in early November. That is...

Microsoft's fledgling Bing chatbot can go off the rails at times, denying obvious facts and chiding users, according to exchanges being shared online by developers testing the AI creation. A forum at Reddit devoted to the artificial intelligence-enhanced version of the Bing search engine was rife on Wednesday with tales of being scolded, lied to, or blatantly confused in conversation-style exchanges with the bot. The Bing chatbot was designed by Microsoft and the start-up OpenAI, which has been causing a sensation since the November launch of ChatGPT, the headline-grabbing app capable of generating all sorts of texts in seconds upon...