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The name Brandon might be appearing more often in the news and on bumper stickers lately, but that doesn’t seem to be the case with birth certificates. On Friday, the U.S. Social Security Administration released its list of the most popular baby names in 2021, along with broader data about the relative favorability of thousands of other names. The name Brandon is declining in popularity. Between 2020 and 2021, the name Brandon fell 15 places, from the 166th most popular baby name for boys to No. 181 ― its lowest ranking on the annual list since the year 1969. This...

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) warned Americans on Monday that as COVID-19 restrictions are dropped, there is an increased risk for “acts of violence” such as mass shootings. “The United States Remains in a heightened threat environment fueled by several actors, including an online environment filled with false or misleading narratives and conspiracy theories,” the DHS warned. “As COVID-19 restrictions continue to decrease nationwide, increased access to commercial and government facilities and the rising number of mass gatherings could provide increased opportunities for individuals looking to commit acts of violence to do so, often with little or no warning,”...

BRANDON, Minn. (Valley News Live) - The small town of Brandon, Minnesota has gone viral after someone attached the word “Let’s Go” to the city sign. “Let’s Go Brandon” has become popular on social media as an expletive anti-Biden phrase, but the sign has brought mixed reactions. Brandon city officials say there were six city signs that had the additional wording attached. The Douglas County emergency management director stated some were pieces of cardboard taped up on the sign while others were nailed down with plywood. One resident says she looked at these actions as a simple joke. “I think...

Prince Charles claims a "vast military-style campaign" is required to marshal a "fundamental economic transition." against climate change

Russia must accelerate Covid-19 vaccinations, Russian President Vladimir Putin reiterated on Tuesday as the country recorded its highest daily death toll since the start of the pandemic. Addressing newly elected lawmakers of the State Duma -- Russia's lower parliament house -- Putin urged the deputies who had gathered in the Kremlin to convince the Russian public to get vaccinated as the situation continues to worsen across the vast country. "You know that the number of infections is growing in many regions and medical specialists are working in difficult conditions. We all know well that vaccination can save us from the...

It’s happening everywhere. Real America is fed up and they’re telling those “in power” in so in not so subtle, or gentle ways. The chants of “F-Joe Biden” are erupting in stadium venues, concerts, and raceways from coast to coast. It’s organic, it’s real, and it's scaring the hell out of the elite who desperately hoped they could keep it muzzled. Perhaps the most crystallizing and emblematic event to illustrate just what’s happening was seen at Talladega’s NASCAR track at the conclusion of last week’s race. The winner of the weekend was a first time champion named Brandon Brown. At...

Ric Ocasek, founding member and lead singer of The Cars, has died in New York City, the NYPD confirms. He was found unresponsive at his East 19th Street residence in Manhattan and pronounced dead at the scene, according to police.

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Michelle Obama, Keep Your Fat Ass Away From Me And My Family -a sarcastic (but informative) look at healthy eating as prescribed by Nurse RatchedBe It KnownIn the interest of civil discourse, this is NOT, nor should it be construed as, a personal attack on Michelle Obama, but rather a treatise on her completely wrong views, total lack of credentials, stupid policies, radical politics, obvious hypocrisy… and ever increasing junk in the trunk. Any similarity to a personal attack, is purely coincidental. No fruits or vegetables were harmed in the writing of this post. Promise. Didn’t eat a one.First Lady,...

CAPE CANAVERAL: Experts in the effects of space travel on the human body have told a presidential commission that there were challenges but no "showstoppers" in building a permanent moon base, then sending astronauts to Mars. Aerospace medical experts Stanley Mohler and Mary Ann Frey, both longtime researchers in the field, identified a number of health risks future astronauts could face, from radiation poisoning to meteoroid collisions, but said NASA was developing plans for every known contingency. "From the medical standpoint, there is further research to be done, but we don't see any. . . showstoppers out there," Mohler told...

New York - A senior Iraqi official tipped off the CIA, telling Washington where Iraqi President Saddam Hussein would be sleeping on the eve of the war, Newsweek magazine reports. After months of US intelligence groundwork, the magazine quoted an unnamed "knowledgeable intelligence source" as saying Delta Force, the secret commando group, "managed to tap Saddam's underground phone lines in Baghdad. "The real break came when the CIA managed to recruit an asset, a senior Iraqi official in a position to know Saddam's greatest vulnerability: where he sleeps each night," the news weekly added in its report due on news...

<p>WASHINGTON - President Bush said, "Let's go" as he ordered a surprise first strike against Saddam Hussein at 7:12 p.m. Wednesday - just three minutes before the deadline to decide, the White House revealed last night. There were no plans for action that night when Bush signed off on the overall war plan at 8 a.m., speaking to nine commanders linked by video. He asked them one by one if they were comfortable with the strategy and had all they needed to win.</p>

WASHINGTON (AP) - Uttering a simple "God bless the troops," President Bush gave the final OK for war in Iraq after his military commanders assured him, one-by-one, that they were ready to strike.The president's decision to wage war was made around 8 a.m. Wednesday, 12 hours before the deadline Bush had given Saddam Hussein to either flee Iraq or be overthrown, according to a White House briefing Thursday on the run-up to war."For the peace of the world and the benefit and freedom of the Iraqi people, I am hereby giving the order to execute Operation Iraqi Freedom," Bush told...

WASHINGTON, March 20 (Reuters) - President George W. Bush had only three minutes left to decide when he gave the order to start a war on Iraq with an attack on senior Iraqi leaders, believed to include President Saddam Hussein. "Let's go," Bush told his war council, as recounted by senior White House officials on Thursday. CIA Director George Tenet and Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld had sought an urgent meeting with Bush on Wednesday to discuss last-minute intelligence that they believed showed they had a fix on the Iraqi leadership in Baghdad. Bush gathered his war council in the...