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Show more sharing options Tucked into a state Senate bill revising aspects of the Medical Board of California is a brief but unambiguous clause undoing a controversial law that was intended to curb “dissemination of misinformation or disinformation related to COVID-19.”If the bill passes as expected this week, it will put an end to the saga of Assembly Bill 2098, a well-intentioned, poorly worded and ultimately doomed effort to curb the most flagrant cases of COVID-related falsehoods by people wielding medical licenses. “We are happy that the Legislature is attempting to address the defects in last year’s legislation,” said Chessie...

Joe Biden launched his candidacy for president in 2019 with the words “we are in the battle for the soul of this nation.” He was right. SNIP But I don’t think Biden and Vice President Harris should run for reelection. It’s painful to say that, given my admiration for much of what they have accomplished. But if he and Harris campaign together in 2024, I think Biden risks undoing his greatest achievement — which was stopping Trump.

Further to previous, I'm increasingly weirded out by the strange need of Conservative, Inc to pretend that what's going on is normal. I'm still on my Euro-sickbed, so I confess that American headlines break through the fog of medication only fitfully. Nevertheless, a few manage to make it. So: ~If you kill a teenager because you're worried he might be a "Republican extremist", you'll get five years in gaol with a year off because you've been under "house arrest" since last September - and anyway the media sob-sisters will happily finger the real perp. Moist but pointed headline from The...

VIDEOThe Biden impeachment inquiry in Congress has begun and, as expected, the Democrats are pretending there are no facts to warrant such an action. Unfortunately for them, there are tons of facts and documents especially in the form of offshore bank accounts and statements. Many liberals are now living in a fantasy land because they have been sheltered from the FACTS of Joe Biden's CORRUPTION but an impeachment inquiry will force them to face the FACTS. Right now Democrats in the know such as Senator Lurch are pretending there is nothing to worry about. However, expect Lurch and others of...

The California state legislature passed a bill Tuesday that would require large companies to disclose their estimated carbon emissions. It is the first bill of its kind, and could lead to similar legislation being passed in other states. The bill, SB253 by Sen. Scott Wiener, D-San Francisco, would make California the first state to require such disclosures from companies that operate in the state if their annual revenue exceeds $1 billion.

(Last Updated On: August 31, 2023) NATIONAL PEANUT DAY | SEPTEMBER 13 On September 13th National Peanut Day pays homage to mighty and tasty peanut. #NationalPeanutDay Likely originating in South America around 3,500 years ago, this legume is not a nut. They grow underground, like potatoes. Since they are an edible seed that forms in a pod, they belong to the family Leguminosae with peas and beans. When it comes to plants packing protein power, peanuts provide a whopping 8 grams per ounce, more than any other nut according to The Peanut Institute. And remember, it’s not a nut! Nuts...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — In what might be a stunning possibility of a development, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy finally announced he has greenlit a probe to determine whether or not there may be, at some point, the potential to investigate the possibility of considering having hypothetical meetings to maybe discuss having further discussions about perhaps thinking about launching impeachment proceedings against an alleged individual who may or may not be President Joe Biden at an undetermined date at some point in the future. "I can confirm that it is a solid possibility," McCarthy said when making the announcement. "There is absolutely...

Alabama Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R) is refusing to back down from his decision to hold up more than 300 nonpolitical military promotions, despite growing pressure from Senate Republican colleagues and leaders. Fellow Republican senators have criticized Tuberville’s strategy as a “mistake,” urging him to narrow his holds to Biden nominees who make policy decision and allow stalled nonpolitical military personnel to continue advancing in their careers. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.) voiced his misgivings about Tuberville’s aggressive tactics Tuesday. “I think holding these non-policymaking career military [officials] who can’t be involved in politics at all is a mistake, and...

An attack this weekend on a young girl and two men by an American bully dog has reignited debate over whether the breed should be banned in the UK. The largest type, the American bully XL, can weigh more than nine stone (60kg) and are strong enough to overpower an adult. This weekend's incident was the latest involving the breed, they have been involved in several fatal attacks. Owners, however, insist that despite their fearsome appearance and build, the dogs make loveable household pets. What is the American bully? American bullies are said to have originated in the US in...

As Americans this week remember the horrific terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, and honor the 3,000 people who perished at the hands of al Qaeda terrorists, several critical questions must be asked. First, 22 years after Osama bin Laden hit the U.S. so hard, has Washington done everything in its power to protect the American people from another wave of foreign terror attacks? Second, has Washington done everything in its power to prevent a “Nuclear 9/11,” that is, the detonation of nuclear weapons – smuggled into the homeland from abroad – on American soil? And third, if not, why...

Two United States senators unveiled a bipartisan blueprint for artificial intelligence (AI) legislation on Friday, Sept. 8, as Congress intensifies its endeavors to regulate the emerging technology. The framework put forward by Senators Richard Blumenthal and Josh Hawley advocates for mandatory licensing for AI firms and makes it clear that technology liability protections will not shield these companies from legal actions. In a statement on X (formerly Twitter), Blumenthal expressed that this bipartisan framework represents a significant step forward — a robust and comprehensive legislative plan for concrete and enforceable AI safeguards. It is expected to be a guide in...

Are you prepared for the sudden disappearance of millions of Christians from planet Earth? Believe it or not, the Feast of Trumpets among evangelical circles has increasingly become a high watch time for the appearing of Jesus in the clouds to collect his followers with the sound of the trumpet of God. This imminent event is called “the day or hour that no man knows.” The Feast of Trumpets is the only ambiguous date among the LORD’s seven appointed moedim due to the necessity of having to sight the new moon. Concerning his Second Coming, Jesus stated in Matthew 24:36,...

Barack Obama is a key player in the war in Ukraine. He handed over an advanced stealth drone for Iran to copy. In 2011 Iran somehow came into possession of an advanced RQ 170 US drone aircraft. At first Obama denied it. The White House has rejected a claim by Iran that it has captured an unmanned aircraft belonging to the United States.Iranian state media reported the drone was caught by the country's military forces after it violated its airspace.A spokesman for President Barack Obama said there was "no evidence" the claim was true. Not long after, though, Obama was...

BELLEFONTAINE, Ohio (WCMH) — A rural Ohio city may be voting in this November’s election on whether to ban drag queen performances in public or where children are present. Six Bellefontaine residents are seeking to place a proposed city ordinance prohibiting “adult cabaret performance” on the Nov. 7 ballot after collecting 796 support signatures and filing the petition with the Logan County Board of Elections. If passed, the measure would be enshrined as part of the city’s zoning code regulating adult entertainment. “Adult oriented exhibitions featuring male or female impersonators who provide displays and entertainment appealing to s**ual interest, shall...

State of Illinois tax incentives exceeding half a billion dollars are a comparatively small part of taxpayer money that will go to Gotion, Inc. for an electric vehicle (EV) battery factory in Illinois. Through federal tax credits alone, which so far are going mostly unreported, Gotion will be paid billions more than its construction costs. In other words, taxpayers will be paying many times over the cost of a new factory they will not own. It will be owned, instead, by Gotion, and Gotion is widely reported to have close connections to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Here are the...

Last week, former Vice President Mike Pence declared that there was a “fundamental” and “unbridgeable” divide between Reagan and Trump conservatives and that the new populist right could very well end the Republican Party as we know it.In reality, while Donald Trump’s hard-charging style is a departure from Ronald Reagan’s happy warrior approach, the ideas that underpin Trump’s campaign are building a blue-collar coalition reminiscent of the Reagan era – a development that could actually save the GOP as a national party, rather than destroy it.Similar to Pence, I am an outspoken evangelical from middle America who came up in...

The Bible In Paintings ~ Encouragement for Applying and Appreciating God's Word ~ •Drawings•Engravings•Facades•Frescoes•Illuminations•Miniatures•Mosaics•Photographs•Reliefs•Statues•Tapestries•Windows• WOMEN IN THE BIBLE WIDOWS SERVING GOD A STARVING WIDOW FEEDS ELIJAH IN FAITH 1 KINGS 17: The word of the LORD came to Elijah: “Go at once to Zarephath of Sidon and stay there. I have commanded a widow in that place to supply you with food.” So he went to Zarephath. When he came to the town gate, a widow was there gathering sticks. He called to her and asked, “Would you bring me a little water in a jar so I may...

Can we finally dump the phrase “to the right of Genghis Khan”? In Mongolia, Pope Francis, surely the leftiest pontiff ever, heaped praise on the terror of the steppes. “May heaven grant that today, on this Earth devastated by countless conflicts, there be a renewal, respectful of international laws, of the condition of what was once the Pax Mongolica, that is the absence of conflicts,” he said. It was an odd take on the man originally called Temujin. While Genghis Khan did indeed establish the Pax Mongolica across the largest contiguous empire in history, he did so by eliminating neighbors...

We have to go back to Obama and what Obama did rhetorically. The Pandora’s box he opened when Republicans took control of the House, and then particularly when they had control of the House and the Senate, and he said, “We can’t wait. We can’t wait for legislation to pass. We can’t wait for the good, ordinary workings of divided government to find consensus we can all agree on. I have a phone and a pen and I’m gonna do whatever I have to do to do the ‘right thing.'” And then, having said that he did not have the...

The Democrats are making a final push against Donald Trump, the culmination of their unrelenting efforts since 2016. But is their propaganda becoming so obvious that, rather than persuading voters, it finally opens their eyes to reality? The Soviet Union stands as an example of how “propaganda collapse” plays out and how that might happen here, too. I went to college back in the 1980s, when Communism was still perceived by most Americans as a bad thing—although not one of my political philosophy professors. He proudly characterized himself as “Somewhere to the left of Lenin.” When professing his love and...