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In a city overflowing with useless people, agencies and institutions, one of its most worthless figures is (finally) leaving his government post. While John Kerry is not quite going away, he is closer to the exit than the entrance. This is good for the country. At some point this spring, Kerry will leave his billet as the administration’s climate envoy (see what we mean by “useless”?). He will reportedly join the re-election campaign of President Joe Biden, who was for decades useless but eventually became destructive, as the last three years have shown. If voters act rationally, Kerry, an insufferable...

The Chinese state-run newspaper Global Times urged the world on Monday, shortly before the beginning of the Iowa primary caucuses, to “prepare for the possibility of Donald Trump being re-elected as president.” Trump, who served as president from 2016 to 2020 and maintained an aggressive anti-communist foreign policy, decisively won the Iowa caucuses hours later by the largest margin in the history of the Republican contest. As a candidate running against incumbent leftist President Joe Biden, Trump has prioritized challenging the Chinese Communist Party’s espionage efforts in America and seeking redress for the Party’s role in causing the Wuhan coronavirus...

President Donald J. Trump, 45th President of the United States of America, will deliver remarks ​at the Atkinson Country Club in Atkinson, New Hampshire, on Tuesday, January 16, 2024, at 5:00​ p.m. ET. RSBN will be live at 3:00 p.m. ET

The solitary swan lost its mate last yearA widowed swan has been crossing a road every day so it can stare at its own reflection in the windows of a Telford school following the death of its mate last year. The solitary swan was snapped waddling across Grange Avenue outside Telford Park School in Stirchley on Thursday [Jan 11] by construction worker Spencer Clayton. Commuters sat bemused and watched as the wildfowl stopped traffic and used the zebra crossing to make it safely to the other side. But locals in Stirchley have said that the swan has been making the...

President Donald Trump scored the greatest Republican caucus win in history on Monday night defeating the next closest Republican, Governor Ron DeSantis, by 30 points. On Tuesday morning, Tucker Carlson weighed in on Trump’s historic win in the Hawkeye state. Tucker Carlson, Episode 65. Tucker Carlson: What would happen if we held an election the way that Americans used to do it just a few years ago? We should try that sometime. Here s how it would work. Everyone would vote on the same day in person. You would show up and present an id, just like you do at...

"I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman. Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit." "Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God." "Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded. Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your...

All the news reports are chronicling how cold it's going to be when Iowans caucus on Monday. It could be -30 degrees — BRRRR! But you know what? Iowans are going to vote anyway, because they know it's January, and it gets cold in January. This is not a big deal. On the other hand, I'd like to enlarge the "Iowa Cold" story. The Washington Post is running a story on how "severe cold weather could break hundreds of records this weekend." Really? A blast of arctic air will freeze the western and central U.S. with temperatures in some places...

Electric vehicle owners in the Chicago area have not been able to charge their overpriced method of transportation in the bitter cold this week, leaving scenes of dead electric cars littered across public charging stations. It turns out buying a worthless car to virtue-signal for the environment has unintended consequences. Fox Chicago reported Monday the charging stations have turned into electric car graveyards over the past two days as temperatures in the Windy City and its suburbs have dipped to the negative double digits. One man, Tyler Beard, to the outlet he had been trying to recharge his Tesla at...

Emergent BioSolutions was awarded a 5-year, $235.8 million contract with the U.S. Department of Defense to supply the anthrax vaccine BioThrax to the various branches of the military. Under the terms of the deal, Emergent is guaranteed a purchase minimum of $20.1 million, with future orders estimated to be worth at least $20 million for each following year. Beyond the initial 5-year term, the contract has a 5-year option that could extend the deal to 2033. In all, the procurement pact could be worth up to $235.8 million, the company said in a Jan. 11 release. “Emergent is proud to...

Explanation: Do you recognize this constellation? Although it is one of the most recognizable star groupings on the sky, this is a more full Orion than you can see -- an Orion only revealed with long exposure digital camera imaging and post- processing. Here the cool red giant Betelgeuse takes on a strong orange tint as the brightest star on the upper left. Orion's hot blue stars are numerous, with supergiant Rigel balancing Betelgeuse on the lower right, and Bellatrix at the upper right. Lined up in Orion's belt are three stars all about 1,500 light-years away, born from the...

There are a lot of reasons to criticize New York City Mayor Eric Adams—but his wardrobe really shouldn’t isn’t one of them—according to Civil Rights leader Al Sharpton. A new story in the New York Times style section takes a deep dive into Adams’ tailored outfits and asks: How does he “maintain a collection of bespoke suits on a mayor’s salary?” Legendary civil rights activist Al Sharpton also chimed in on the bizarre and unfair scrutiny. “This nonsense about who pays for his suits and what kind of suits he wears . . . that’s the same game y’all played...

A trio lashed a 13-year-old boy with belts before ripping off his sneakers in a vicious Brooklyn mugging last week, cops said. The group – two men and a woman – approached the youngster around 3:15 p.m. Friday at 17th Street and Fourth Avenue in South Slope and struck him with belts multiple times before pulling his kicks straight off his feet, police said. The trio then fled into the nearby Prospect Avenue train station, where they hopped on a Manhattan-bound R train, authorities said.

Music lovers in the US, the world’s biggest music streaming market, listened to more music in other languages than English in 2023, according to a new report. The times sure are a-changin’… The days when global music artists had to sing in English to sell records internationally appear to be far behind us, if the latest streaming data is anything to go by. Listeners on music streaming platforms are increasingly embracing music in languages other than English, according to the 2023 Luminate Year-End Music Report. The genre known as “World Music,” once a niche label reserved for (Western) music snobs,...

Sterling Mosely 1/16/24 Last Thursday, a group of Navy SEALs, one of America's most elite groups of soldiers, carried out a risky nighttime operation in the Gulf of Aden to intercept a vessel carrying missile parts from Iran to Yemen as Houthi rebels continued to bombard international shipping in the area. During the operation, however, two SEALs went "missing." According to U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM), the operation was carried out amid rough seas, which led to one SEAL falling into the water. Following this, another member of the team, following military protocol, jumped in to save his fellow SEAL. The...

A strongly worded letter from the Department of Homeland Security to the State of Texas demands access to the U.S.-Mexico border on land seized by the State in Eagle Pass. DHS officials ordered the State to cease and desist its efforts to block Border Patrol’s access in and around Shelby Park “and remove all barriers to access” by the end of the day on January 17.

CNN — Former President Donald Trump’s huge win in the Iowa caucuses on Monday enshrines one of the most astonishing comebacks in American political history. Losing one-term presidents almost never mount subsequent successful primary campaigns, much less pull off landslides that demonstrate utter dominance of their party. Trump transformed the GOP in his populist, nationalist, nihilistic image in 2016. By claiming 50% of the vote in the biggest win in caucus history, putting him on course to his third consecutive nomination, he showed that eight years after his outsider presidential victory, the current GOP is entirely his party. “The big...

The virus, known as GX_P2V, could potentially infect humans China created a new deadly coronavirus-like virus that is fatal to mice, it has emerged. Doctors trained by China's military created their own version of the "pangolin coronavirus" and tested it on mice, a paper published on bioRxiv claimed. Studies found pangolins are the intermediate hosts that adapted the SARS-CoV-2 and represented a significant evolutionary link in the path of transmission of SARS-CoV-2 virus into Covid-19. The experts discovered that all four mice given the virus, known as GX_P2V, lost significant weight within five days of infection. The mice also became...

South Africa's Thungela Resources (TGAJ.J), opens new tab on Tuesday said it does not expect a derailment on the country's main coal export line to significantly impact its operations. State-owned freight rail operator Transnet was on Tuesday still working to clear the line to Richards Bay, South Africa's major coal export port, after two trains collided on Sunday, the utility said. It did not say what caused the accident or when services would be restored. Transnet said no serious injuries were reported after the incident, but that the disruption of services to Richards Bay would throttle mineral shipments already constrained...

Finnish start-up company Aircohol is pioneering the creation of a vodka-like spirit using carbon dioxide (CO2) extracted directly from the atmosphere. This ground-breaking approach has the potential to reduce the industry’s carbon footprint by an astonishing 50 per cent. As they say in their own words ‘Aircohol is about saving the planet in a cheerful way!’ At the core of the process is a bioreactor that converts CO2 into alcohol through a two-day fermentation process, all while avoiding the emission of greenhouse gases. The results can be distilled yet further to produce a vodka-like spirit with an alcohol content of...

Virginia is warning travelers that they may have been exposed to measles earlier this month at the two airports in the Washington, D.C., area. The Virginia Public Health Department said it was notified of confirmed cases of measles at Dulles International Airport on Jan. 3 and Ronald Reagan National Airport on Jan. 4. Health officials are especially urging those who are not fully vaccinated against measles to monitor for symptoms — which typically emerge seven to 14 days after the initial exposure. The health department also noted that there are two stages of measles symptoms.