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(Reuters) - The White House will propose raising taxes on people earning more than $400,000 and reduce what Medicare pays for prescription drugs in a bid to keep the program stable, the Washington Post reported on Tuesday. "The president's budget extends the life of the Medicare Trust Fund by at least 25 years," the report said citing the plan. The White House's proposal would raise the net investment income tax, created by the Affordable Care Act, from 3.8% to 5% for all Americans earning more than $400,000 per year, according to the report.

(Last Updated On: February 28, 2023) NATIONAL CROWN ROAST OF PORK DAY March 7th recognizes a delicious and elegant, savory dish on National Crown Roast of Pork Day. The menu calls for a beautifully set table ready to receive a feast worthy of royalty or a celebration. #CrownRoastOfPorkDay Crown roast of pork earns its name when a pork loin forms a circle with the ribs pointing upwards, creating the points of a crown. Often they are held together with twine. It is then seasoned, and usually stuffed, roasted and served, making a beautiful centerpiece on the table. The ends of...

There's a new type of farmers market in San Francisco, but instead of buying fruits and vegetables, customers get to buy a famous California crop that is best enjoyed smoked. This market is dedicated entirely to cannabis. The new monthly event takes place at one of two downtown San Francisco dispensaries: Moe Greens on Market Street and Barbary Coast on Mission Street. The showcases allow customers to learn about dozens of different cannabis strains directly from the farmers who grow them. The farmers market is the brainchild of Susan Tibbon, who teamed up with the owners of Barbary Coast and...

@ColumbiaBugle "There is some really strange behavior on those videos of people behind the police lines in plain clothes like touching them on the shoulder, talking in their ear, walking around boundaries as if they weren't even there. It's very odd." Segment... [2 mins 48 sec]

No one on the planet is vaccinated against COVID. No one. Those who received a shot (or two or three or four) are not vaccinated against COVID in the traditional – and accurate – sense of the word.

The narrative: The virus that caused the COVID-19 pandemic was naturally occurring and policymakers and the medical establishment acted only out of concern for our health. The truth: Still largely unknown at this point, but there are growing reasons to believe that it’s not even remotely related to the narrative. Almost every day the Story of COVID unravels, and we learn how much of it was a yarn used to tie us up in knots. Of all the narrative-changing reports that have surfaced, none illustrates this more than a weekend London Telegraph story, which reveals that former British Health Secretary...

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Pray For The Peace of JerusalemMark 99 And he said to them, “Truly I tell you, some who are standing here will not taste death before they see that the kingdom of God has come with power.”_______________________________________________________New International Version (NIV) Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV® Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.® Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.God Bless America.ML/LTOS

The aftermath of the pandemic-era tech boom has taken another San Francisco victim. Autonomous trucking software company Embark Trucks is laying off 230 workers and moving toward a total shutdown, the firm announced Friday, less than 16 months after it went public at a $5.2 billion valuation. Friday’s layoff round represented about 70% of the company, according to an email to employees from CEO Alex Rodrigues. Workers will receive severance pay through June 2, health benefits through the end of August and help figuring out visas, if needed, Rodrigues said. Embark is also shuttering offices in southern California and Houston....

Japan's new flagship H3 rocket lifted off Tuesday for the first time but was ordered to self-destruct minutes later after its second-stage engine failed to ignite, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency said, with the failure marking another blow to the country's aspirations in the space industry. The failure followed a string of delays to the development of the successor to the reliable H2A rocket, including a previous launch attempt on Feb. 17 that was aborted moments before blastoff at the Tanegashima Space Center on Tanegashima Island in the southwestern prefecture of Kagoshima due to malfunctioning electrical equipment. The second launch...

In pursuance of a call issued by His Honor Mayor OPDYKE and other prominent men of the City, an Immense meeting of loyal citizens was held last night at Cooper Institute, embracing some four thousand of our loyal citizens who are in favor of sustaining the Government in its efforts to suppress the rebellion, who are faithful to the Union and the Constitution, determined to preserve the integrity of the national laws and national territory and to maintain the power of our flag. The hour appointed for the gathering was 8 o'clock P.M., but by 7 o'clock the great hall...

Matt Hancock wanted to bring Covid-19 patients from France to the UK for treatment during the pandemic, it was reported last night. The former health secretary drew up the plan despite lockdown restrictions being in place to protect the NHS. In WhatsApp messages published by the Daily Telegraph, Mr Hancock hoped to offer ‘spare’ intensive care unit (ICU) beds to French President Emmanuel Macron. At the time, France was facing a major outbreak of the virus and Mr Hancock wanted to offer help. The exchanges reveal that the Health department created a secret plan to take Covid patients from the...

Clips aired during Tucker Carlson’s show on Monday night demonstrate how the January 6 select committee doctored surveillance video. Fox News host Tucker Carlson aired the first set of previously-unseen surveillance video captured by Capitol police security cameras on January 6, 2021 that undermines several aspects of the reigning narrative about what happened that day. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) last month gave Carlson’s team “unfettered” access to 41,000 hours of footage the government kept hidden from the American public and individuals charged in the Justice Department’s unprecedented and ongoing investigation into the events of January 6. Capitol Police and...

French state-backed media say American conservatives, not LGBT activists, are to blame for the “culture war” over drag queen events aimed at small children. France 24, a government-owned news organisation which produces English, French, Spanish, and Arabic content aimed at foreign audiences, was one of many outlets which published a pro-drag article acquired from Agence France-Presse (AFP), a news agency founded as a state enterprise and still deeply entangled with the French state. As output from a notionally impartial wire service, the article has been published by a huge number of media outlets, sometimes automatically — but it is far...

March 6 (UPI) -- Vice President Kamala Harris shared her optimism about the fight against climate change during an event in the Denver metro area on Monday. "I remain optimistic because of what we've been able to do -- that I really do believe is transformational," Harris said. "When you combine what we have accomplished with the Inflation Reduction Act, along with the CHIPS [and Science] Act that will put about $1 trillion on the street on the issue of climate. What an impact we can have to really fast forward what is long overdue on a number of issues."...

Facing pressure over rising concerns around foreign interference in Canada Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will be naming a new special rapporteur to investigate.

Researchers have produced a detailed "future flood map" of Britain - simulating the impact of flooding as climate change takes its toll. It has revealed that annual damage caused by flooding could increase by more than a fifth in today's terms over the next century. That could be reduced if pledges to reduce global carbon emissions are met. To create these flood risk maps, the research team from Bristol University and Fathom - a company that assesses flood and climate risk - simulated all types of flooding in the coming decades. The team is also currently modelling flooding in Northern...

Well now there's a problem. Tucker has released video that pretty-much blows a hole in the entire January 6th narrative. In fact, it blows it up, sets it alight and watches it burn to ash. This is a serious problem for a number of reasons, not the least of which is the number of people sitting in prison -- or convicted on connived, false claims with no ability for their defense to access the evidence proving that in many cases they were escorted. At worst most of these people are guilty of trespass, but even there you likely can't make...

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We all know how to sell something. We also know how to discredit an idea or action. All we have to do is ignore its benefits and inflate its costs. Are those lies exactly? A comedian can lie to us, but we don’t go to a comedy club to hear the truth. Here is how the mainstream media and anti-rights politicians teach us to hate guns and to despise gun owners ... and yes, they lie about it. Tell half the truth about armed defense. The easiest way for the media and gun-prohibition-politicians to blame gun owners is to...