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President Zelenskyy has consolidated all TV platforms in Ukraine into one state broadcast and restricted political rivals. Political opposition fears such civil liberty constraints could continue. JUANA SUMMERS, HOST: Ukraine has had to take extraordinary measures to fight Russia's invasion. Among them, the government has consolidated the country's television outlets and dissolved rival political parties. It says it needs to do this to maintain a united front in fighting Russia. NPR's Emily Feng reports from Kyiv.

Street art, Galway, Ireland 🔥

http://web.archive.org/web/20210922125540/https://www.fda.gov/media/150386/download Original text of 8/22 letter: “COMIRNATY (COVID-19 Vaccine, mRNA) is now licensed for individuals 16 years of age and older. There remains, however, a significant amount of PfizerBioNTech COVID-19 vaccine that was manufactured and labeled in accordance with this emergency use authorization. This authorization thus remains in place with respect to that product for the previously-authorized indication and uses (i.e., for use to prevent COVID-19 in individuals 12 years of age and older with a two-dose regimen, and to provide a third dose to individuals 12 years of age or older who have undergone solid organ transplantation, or who...

(excerpt) The training is part of a new program launched by the West Georgia agency meant to address some of these questions. The program, called "Shoot to Incapacitate," is challenging decades of police orthodoxy around use of deadly force. Instead of teaching officers to always aim for available center mass of the body — usually the chest, upper torso and head — the training is giving them another option if they must fire their weapons in the line of duty. The course is the first of its kind in Georgia and could well be a first in the nation. It...

Michigan Department of Health and Human Services Director Robert Gordon has resigned from his position at the head of the state department handling the state’s coronavirus response, he announced in a tweet on Friday afternoon.

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The Victory of Lepanto and the Most Holy Rosary by Rev. J.A. Rooney, O.P., 1892 Let us listen to the Angels of the Rosary. What do they say to us? “Take into your hands on this singular feast the joy-inspiring harp of the Rosary; play upon this harp to your Mother a new canticle; extol her power on earth and in Heaven, and repeat again and again the wonders of your loving helper (Responsory of the First lesson of the Rosary Office).” But why are the Angels of the Rosary so eager that we should play on the harp of...

OK, here I am again with another self-blog post. Again, too much to just quote my article, so I'm requesting people go travel to my free and very slow Azure WP site to go read it. It's still unmonetized, no ads, no begs for money. It's still not a caliber wars post; this is still the .380 ACP and not proselytizing to people who instead (or additionally) elect 9, .40, .45, 10, or whatever. Please enjoy; this is the end of this series unless an odd inspiration strikes.

Part 2 (or maybe 2.1, since the goal of thoroughly showing visualizations got sidetracked by a realization in one and where that led). This one has some meat in it, not just introduction. Again, yes, a blog post by me, but again not monetized, so have at it. This time I've tested the link so if it times out it's Azure being lame (this is their free server, not commercial).

After too long of a delay, I've finally started grinding out the words behind the study I've done of .380 ACP rounds, and posted part one. Yes, this is a bit of a blog pimping, but as I have no ads or monetization, one can hardly call it self-serving … it's just that there's too many words to make a good forum post. A short excerpt: ----- Our ideal round is not necessarily the same as the officer’s – but there are many similarities. If we’re forced to shoot in self-defense (presuming our threat doesn’t quit, run away, or hide)...

Every day, it seems, our lives become a bit less tangible. We’ve grown accustomed to photos, music and movies as things that exist only in digital form. But death? Strange as it sounds, the human corpse could be the next physical object to vanish from our lives.

The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Wednesday shows a new national leader in the race for the Republican Presidential Nomination. While enjoying an amazing surge, Mike Huckabee has earned support from 20% of Likely Republican Primary Voters nationwide. Three points back, at 17%, is Rudy Giuliani. That’s the lowest level of support ever recorded for Giuliani in the tracking poll and represents a seven-point decline over the past week. Huckabee has gained eight points during the same time frame (see recent daily numbers).

With "Children of Men," Alfonso Cuaron, who directed the last Harry Potter movie, has liberated himself from the demands of children's fiction, serving up a forbidding futuristic drama that offers only the faintest glimmer of hope.

I was surprised but pleased to see in my email box today: *************************** USMC 230th Birthday Salute *************************** You can view your message at: http://www.godaddy.com/gdshop/holiday/usmc/2005.asp?isc=gdg1110 Dear (my name removed by myself), For 230 years, November 10 has marked the birthday of The United States Marine Corps. Each year, all of us at GoDaddy.com(R) mark this November day with a salute, a thank you and special birthday tribute. Please join us as we celebrate the USMC with a special birthday "Ooh-Rah!" Semper Fi, Bob Parsons President & Founder GoDaddy.com

The British Library has unearthed readings by literary giants including JRR Tolkien, Virginia Woolf and Robert Browning for release on a CD. Tolkien can be heard reading from The Fellowship of the Ring, including a sample of one of the elf languages, or "Elvish", he created. Poet Browning's contribution is one of the world's earliest sound recordings, dating back to 1889, and is among other rare readings including those from Alfred Tennyson and Arthur Conan Doyle. Many of the recordings originate from wax cylinders, while others come from private and family recordings, rare radio broadcasts, acetates and 78rpm discs. Listen...

Rattled Democrats "There are Republicans taking to the streets in Miami, in Fort Lauderdale, in West Palm Beach, in Tallahassee, in Austin, in Washington, and who knows where else. In each place, they have been met by pro-Gore demonstrators, but there has been no comparison between the size and the passion of the two sides," the American Spectator's Byron York writes. "At this weekend's protests in Washington, for example, anti-Gore demonstrators greatly outnumbered pro-Gore forces at all times — even though The Washington Post pictured only the small Democratic contingent on its front page Sunday morning (some of the networks ...