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Gov. Evers wants to expand background checks on guns through budget proposal; Here's what data shows for rejected gun purchases in Wisconsin Ricardo Torres Milwaukee Journal Sentinel President Joe Biden traveled to Monterey Park, California on Tuesday, where a gunman killed 11 people and injured nine others in January, to announce he signed an executive order to increase the number of background checks during gun sales. The executive order does not call for universal background checks, but a proposal at the state level is being evaluated by lawmakers to expand handgun background checks. Gov. Tony Evers is proposing in the...

The quote above comes from Ralph Waldo Emerson but there are variations on the theme. The character Omar Little in "The Wire" put it a little differently: When you come at the king, you best not miss. In the Truth Social post, Donald Trump says he's learned he is to be arrested on Tuesday by the galactically stupid Alvin Bragg, Manhattan DA. When Bragg took office he made clear that a good number of crimes were not going to be prosecutedAmong the crimes Bragg said his office would not prosecute: marijuana misdemeanors, including selling more than three ounces; not paying...

It’s a strange time in the United States, where one political party is actively engaged in a series of actions to keep as many people as possible ignorant. Ignorant not of one particular event, study, or story, but of so many topics that reality itself” is what they’re ultimately attempting to obscure. It’s evil, honestly, and it begs the question "What are Democrats so afraid of?” The only answer is simple: an informed public. Communists in the old Soviet Union were terrified that their citizens would discover how well people in the free west were living. There were no bread...

According to a recent New York Times report, the Republican National Committee (RNC) is actively in talks with left-leaning networks like CNN, CBS, and NBC as prospective sponsors for its 2024 presidential primary debates. Could the RNC possibly be more out of touch with its voters? “In an intriguing show of détente, the Republican National Committee has asked several major TV networks—including CNN, a regular Republican boogeyman—to consider sponsoring debates,” the report states. “Party officials are also in talks with executives from ABC, CBS, NBC, and Fox News.” Those same networks’ handling of the Republican primary debates for the 2016...

Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro said he sees fighting climate change as a top priority for the Navy as the Biden administration proposes shrinking the fleet by two ships and worries grow about how the U.S. Navy stacks up to China’s. "As the Secretary of the Navy, I can tell you that I have made climate one of my top priorities since the first day I came into office," Del Toro said March 1 in remarks at the University of the Bahamas. Del Toro said he met with Bahamas Prime Minister Philip Davis during his visit and spoke...

A new report auditing Boston’s 911 system outlines several concerning issues, including an increase in callers not getting through to police.”Democrats in Washington are obsessed with climate change and Boston Mayor Michelle Wu is no different. Wu is advancing a plan that would drop the use of fossil fuels in new buildings in the city.Everything has to be green, no matter the cost, efficiency, or choice of the people involved....Boston is pushing forward with plans to discourage the use of fossil fuel in new buildings....The thing that makes this even more annoying is that the city of Boston is struggling...

President Donald Trump said Saturday he expects to be arrested on Tuesday based on “illegal leaks” from the Manhattan district attorney’s office, which is investigating Trump’s alleged role in hush money paid to Stormy Daniels. Trump, who is running for president again in 2024, made the prediction on Truth Social, writing that “THE FAR & AWAY LEADING REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE & FORMER PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, WILL BE ARRESTED ON TUESDAY OF NEXT WEEK. PROTEST, TAKE OUR NATION BACK!” Read the full statement from Trump below: ILLEGAL LEAKS FROM A CORRUPT & HIGHLY POLITICAL MANHATTAN DISTRICT ATTORNEYS OFFICE,...

The recognition honors Kaiser Permanente for demonstrating business integrity through best-in-class ethics, compliance, and governance practices. OAKLAND, Calif., March 15, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Kaiser Permanente is again one of the World's Most Ethical Companies, according to Ethisphere, an independent group that monitors business ethics

In a Phase II trial, adding ipilimumab to a pre-surgical combination of nivolumab plus platinum-based chemotherapy, resulted in a major pathologic response (MPR) in half of all treated patients with early-stage, resectable non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). New findings from the NEOSTAR trial provide further support for neoadjuvant immunotherapy-based treatment as an approach to reduce viable tumor at surgery and to improve outcomes in NSCLC. The combination also was associated with an increase in immune cell infiltration and a favorable gut microbiome composition. The current study reports on the latest two arms of the NEOSTAR trial, evaluating neoadjuvant nivolumab plus...

The analogy with the present crisis in Ukraine and the story of the Chinese Tangut kingdom

The race is on to see who hits the green energy wall of impossibility first. California, Germany and the UK (the “Poseurs”) might seem to have leapt early into the lead positions. But New York is now making a strong sprint to catch and surpass them, so it can be the first to splatter its citizens’ flesh and blood all over the impenetrable barricade. The Poseurs accumulate vast green progressive virtue credits for ridiculous promises, but their promises all have dates so far in the future that today’s politicians will be long gone when the crash detonates. Germany promises 100%...

Entitled and delusional gets checked.........

The oligarchs are playing a dangerous game by pouring trillions into woke causes.Beware of plutocrats bearing gifts. The annual clown show at Davos epitomises how today, the global elites have embraced an unholy trinity of ‘progressive’ doctrines: climate-change apocalypticism, a belief in systemic racism and racial ‘equity’, and radical gender ideology. The super-rich hope that by genuflecting to these causes, they can buy themselves political protection and fend off the activists lurking in the ranks of their own companies. Yet, in the long run, this could end up fuelling their demise.The recent ‘Great Awokening’ of our elites reflects a long-standing...

VIDEOImagine this. For years liberals have been telling us that President Donald Trump is guilty of horrible horrible crimes. So after many years, they seem about to indict him for a... MISDEMEANOR? And not only that a misdemeanor based on testimony by someone who admits that he is a liar. This possible indictment illustrates the absurdity of the liberal charges against President Trump. If he was truly guilty of all that they claim then why charge him on a laughably weak MISDEMEANOR which is doomed to be easily overturned on appeal?

There’s something absolutely fascinating going on in the coverage of the current banking crisis. One of the two (or three? Four?) banks at the center of the story has a really prominent former congressman on its board of directors — a co-architect of how the federal government regulates banks. He’s known for his acerbic comments, and he’s doing a bunch of interviews right now in a hasty effort at reputation management. But you really have to look around to find anyone who’s casting this congressman as a villain in this story; he’s being treated as a mildly ironic bystander to...

Democrats have long portrayed themselves as the great guardians of the children. In truth, they are destroying the young. The harm they’ve done to children, teens and young adults has spiked in recent years, from scaremongering about global warming to pandemic lockdowns that have unnerved a generation to teaching them a divisive, politically charged curriculum. According to ​​an online medical journal, the University of Calgary has determined there was a spike “in emergency department visits for attempted suicide and suicide ideation among children and adolescents” during the period of “social isolation” that coincides with the pandemic lockdowns. The university conducted...

Oh isn’t this cute: the International Criminal Court has issued an arrest warrant for Vladimir Putin for his war crimes. I’m sure Russia will extradite him right away! Or Zelensky will arrest him when Ukraine sacks Moscow after we finally give him back the nuclear weapons we told Ukraine to give up to us 30 years ago in exchange for security guarantee. What’s that? Bank run you say? How can that be? Did Barney Frank stop looking at Freddie’s Fanny and start worrying about Fannie and Freddie again?

Sleeping less than five hours a night is associated with a 74% raised likelihood of developing peripheral artery disease (PAD) compared with seven to eight hours. More than 200 million people globally have peripheral artery disease (PAD), where arteries in the legs are clogged, restricting blood flow and increasing the risk of stroke and heart attack. The study included more than 650,000 participants and was conducted in two parts. First, the researchers analyzed the associations of sleep duration and daytime napping with the risk of PAD. In the second part, the investigators used genetic data to perform naturally randomized controlled...

The Weekly Gardening Thread is a weekly gathering of folks that love soil, seeds and plants of all kinds. From complete newbies that are looking to start that first potted plant, to gardeners with some acreage, to Master Gardener level and beyond, we would love to hear from you. If you have specific question about a plant/problem you are having, please remember to state the Growing Zone where you are located. This thread is a non-political respite. No matter what, you won’t be flamed, and the only dumb question is the one that isn’t asked. It is impossible to hijack...

No "friendly" Celt can this year complain of the way in which St. Patrick and his memory green were treated by the heavens above or the earth and all that are in Gotham. A finer day than yesterday the happiest Irishman never desired, and what with the smiling sun, the favoring breeze, the popular cheer, and the universal good nature that prevailed, it was within the power of every Green-Erinite to celebrate St. Patrick's Day, not only "in the morning" but all through the day and night, and far into to-day. The intention, announced by the moving spirits of one...