COVID hits one of the last uninfected
places on the planet
Posted By: Ribicon, 1/28/2022 10:41:04 AM
Wellington, New Zealand—When the coronavirus began spreading around the world, the remote Pacific archipelago of Kiribati closed its borders, ensuring the disease didn’t reach its shores for nearly two full years. Kiribati finally began reopening this month, allowing the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to charter a plane to bring home 54 of the island nation’s citizens.(Snip)Officials tested each returning passenger three times in nearby Fiji, required that they be vaccinated, and put them in quarantine with additional testing when they arrived home. It wasn’t enough. More than half the passengers tested positive for the virus, which has now slipped out into the community
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Three teens charged after shooting inside
Brooklyn’s Kings Plaza mall sends shoppers scrambling 10 replies
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Three teens—two of them already facing gun raps from recent arrests—have been charged after a gang-related shooting inside Brooklyn’s Kings Plaza mall sent shoppers scrambling for cover, police said Tuesday. The shooting wounded two boys. Timothy Briggs, 19, Jaheim Covington, 19, and Omarion Harvey, 18, were captured fleeing the Kings Plaza Shopping Center on Flatbush Ave. and Avenue U in Mill Basin after shots rang out inside the Laced Up sneaker store, cops said. The three teens had two guns on them, one of which Briggs allegedly had just used to blast away at a group of six teens he and his friends were arguing with.
Portlanders are more negative than ever about their quality of life in the far-left Oregon burg, according to a newly released poll.
The Portland Business Alliance’s annual survey, released Friday, shows record-high dissatisfaction among registered voters in the tri-county area, with a whopping 88% saying their quality of life is declining, far higher than the 49% who said so in January 2020.
The poll conducted by DHM Research “reveals voter pessimism is at an all-time high, and approval of the city council at a historic low,” the business alliance said.(Snip)The survey found that voters’ biggest concerns were homelessness (45%), followed by crime (24%) and politics
The United States, China and North Korea are among only six countries that allow abortion on demand throughout the entirety of pregnancy, according to research comparing America to the rest of the world. Canada, Vietnam and South Korea are the other three outliers, according to a study released last week by the Family Research Council, an evangelical Christian advocacy group.
Overall, 69 nations permit elective abortion and 58 of those countries restrict it after 14 weeks of gestation, just after the first trimester, the study found.(Snip)The study found that 99 of the nearly 200 nations surveyed ban abortion from the moment of conception or allow abortion only
It’s a Dutch re-treat. Manhattan’s elite Collegiate School set up a special task force and spent three years debating its “Dutchman’’ mascot and motto—then issued a 400-page report that’s a lesson in wokeness-run-amok, critics say. The Herculean effort at PC reform led the $60,000-a-year Upper East Side school to not only drastically alter its winking playful mascot image—but also toss “God” from its motto and even “A.D.” from its seal, considering both potentially offensive.(Snip)The K-12 school—which counts John F. Kennedy Jr. and David Duchovny as former students—began probing its “history and symbols” in 2019.
Lockdowns in the U.S. and Europe had little or no impact in reducing deaths from COVID-19, according to a new analysis by researchers at Johns Hopkins University. The lockdowns during the early phase of the pandemic in 2020 reduced COVID mortality by about 0.2%, found the broad review of multiple scientific studies. “We find no evidence that lockdowns, school closures, border closures, and limiting gatherings have had a noticeable effect on COVID-19 mortality,” the researchers wrote. But the research paper said lockdowns did have “devastating effects” on the economy and contributed to numerous social ills. “They have contributed to reducing economic activity, raising unemployment, reducing schooling, causing political unrest,
President Joe Biden spoke spoke about desperate migrants who would sell everything they have to unscrupulous coyotes to get across the border in remarks to the nation's governors Monday–while Vice President Kamala Harris focused her own remarks on voting rights.
It was a shift from 2021, when Harris was closely identified with her role of focusing on 'root causes' of the border crisis. This time, with both of them seated in the East Room of the White House, it was Biden who took ownership of the controversial issue.(Snip)'It's not like people sit around and say and in Guadalajara, "I got a great idea.
Albany—An upstate district attorney’s office is dropping its criminal investigation of sexual harassment allegations against Andrew Cuomo—shutting down the last of five criminal cases involving the disgraced ex-governor. But Oswego DA Gregory Oakes told The Post on Monday that while there’s not “sufficient legal basis” to bring charges based on allegations of unwanted physical contact by accuser Virginia Limmiatis, “this decision is not an exoneration.” “After a thorough review of the available evidence and applicable law, the Oswego County District Attorney’s Office has concluded that there is not a sufficient legal basis to bring criminal charges against former Governor Andrew Cuomo based upon the allegations of unwanted
The COVID-19 vaccination developed by Moderna has been fully approved by the Food and Drug Administration. “The vaccine has been known as the Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine, and will now be marketed as Spikevax, for the prevention of COVID-19 in individuals 18 years of age and older,” the FDA announced Monday in a statement. That vaccine has been administered tens of million times since it was cleared for emergency use in late 2020. The Pfizer vaccine was fully approved by the FDA in August. While vaccines don’t guarantee a person won’t become infected with the virus, people who have been vaccinated are far less likely
A Georgia district attorney investigating former President Donald Trump for possible meddling in the 2020 election has asked the FBI to provide extra security for her office in the wake of Mr. Trump criticizing prosecutors and suggesting he would pardon people involved in the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol. Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis told the FBI in a letter that “security concerns were escalated [last] weekend by the rhetoric of former President Trump … Mr. Trump made multiple references to investigations … including the criminal investigation underway in my office.” She asked that the FBI conduct “an immediate risk assessment” of the Fulton County Courthouse
The “OK” hand signal is no longer OK at the University of Nebraska.
Nebraska has updated the image of its mascot to avoid a connection with White supremacism. The mascot is now pictured holding up the “No. 1” instead of forming the “OK” signal with his hand. Herbie Husker, a cartoon mascot for the Nebraska Cornhuskers, had shown the “OK” hand sign for almost 50 years, but the university is making the revision after learning the same gesture has developed a connection in recent years to some far-right extremists. The change to Herbie Husker was first reported by the Flatwater Free Press on Friday. “That hand gesture could,
A journalist has been given police protection after presenting a documentary on the impact of radical Islam on a French town. Ophélie Meunier, 34, has received death threats for her part in Zone Interdite, a hard-hitting documentary aired on January 23 which focused on the poor northern town of Roubaix. The programme highlighted a restaurant with cubicles for women to eat in, without being seen by men, and a toy shop which sold faceless dolls for Muslims who follow the Islamic ruling which forbids the depiction of facial features of any kind.(Snip)'This is what happens when you show the French the Islamization of our country.
Vice President Kamala Harris came within yards of a pipe bomb during last year’s US Capitol riot–and was inside the Democratic National Committee building for about two hours before the device was discovered, according to a new report. Several sources told CNN that Harris drove just a short distance away from the explosive, which was lying next to a bench outside the DNC on Jan. 6, 2021. Her motorcade pulled into the headquarters garage about 11:30 a.m. and stopped at the parking deck near where the bomb was later discovered, according to the network. It has previously been reported that Harris was inside the DNC headquarters
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Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau spoke out against a growing truck convoy of vaccine mandate protesters at the nation’s capital on Monday, claiming Canadians are “disgusted” by their behavior.Trudeau released the post on Twitter just hours after announcing he had tested positive for COVID-19.“I know this pandemic is frustrating. It’s frustrating that, after two years, we’re not done fighting COVID-19. But over the past few days, Canadians have been shocked – and, frankly, disgusted – by the behaviour displayed by some people protesting in our nation’s capital,” the prime minister wrote.
Former Vice President Mike Pence is dropping anchor in South Carolina as he prepares to mount a 2024 White House bid.
Pence is headed back to the Palmetto State in April and May as part of a deliberate strategy to build support with conservative activists and Republican operatives in the state that hosts the third primary on the GOP nominating calendar — and first in the South. Leading this effort is the plugged-in national Republican strategist Chip Saltsman as well as Josh Kimbrell, a state senator described as an “ambassador” for Pence in South Carolina, with other party insiders quietly assisting.
President Biden said Monday that his administration is committed to improving the border crisis by trying to "figure out" why migrants are leaving their home countries for the U.S. in the first place.
"We’re working a lot with neighboring countries. A lot to do," Biden said during a meeting with Vice President Kamala Harris and the National Governors Association (NGA) at the White House. "I think one of the fundamental things we've got to do in addition to some of the changes we'll make, which we won’t get into it today, is that if we figure out why they're leaving in the first place," the president continued.
REPORT: Maddow Taking ‘Hiatus’ From MSNBC
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MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow is taking a “hiatus” from the network, according to a Monday report from Business Insider.
Maddow is expected to announce her hiatus to viewers of “The Rachel Maddow Show” tonight, according to Business Insider. The host will reportedly step away from her show to instead focus on movie and podcast productions.
Maddow’s hiatus is expected to start Feb. 7, Business Insider reported. The break is expected to be temporary and Maddow will still appear for coverage of special events, according to the outlet.
'The View' host Whoopi Goldberg claims
Holocaust wasn’t about race: ‘These
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Holocaust wasn’t about race: ‘These
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ABC’s "The View" co-host Whoopi Goldberg declared the Holocaust was "not about race" despite the systematic killing of an estimated six million Jews, leading to sharp criticism of the outspoken liberal. The daytime gabfest was in the midst of a conversation about a Tennessee school district voting to remove a Pulitzer Prize winning graphic novel about the Holocaust from its curriculum due to "inappropriate language" and an illustration of a nude woman. "Maus" by Art Spiegelman tells the story of his Jewish parents living in 1940s Poland and depicts him interviewing his father about his experiences as a Holocaust survivor.
Vice President Kamala Harris came within yards of a pipe bomb during last year’s US Capitol riot–and was inside the Democratic National Committee building for about two hours before the device was discovered, according to a new report. Several sources told CNN that Harris drove just a short distance away from the explosive, which was lying next to a bench outside the DNC on Jan. 6, 2021. Her motorcade pulled into the headquarters garage about 11:30 a.m. and stopped at the parking deck near where the bomb was later discovered, according to the network. It has previously been reported that Harris was inside the DNC headquarters
San Quentin death row - where California's most macabre and twisted killers were once caged - is being shuttered and converted into a 'positive, healing environment.'The prison ward is seeped in dark history dating back to March 3, 1893 when the first of 215 prisoners was hung. It has since housed notorious murderers including Charles Manson, Richard 'the night stalker' Ramirez, and William Bonin, a serial killer who killed at least 21 young men and boys.It's the current home of Scott Peterson, who was sentenced to death in 2005 for the murder of his wife Laci and their unborn son.
White House press secretary Jen Psaki mocked media outlets who focused on the consequences of 'soft-on-crime' policies during a surge in violence across the country and said some coverage is from an 'alternate universe'.
Psaki was speaking about a Fox News segment during an appearance on the Pod Save America podcast last week when she questioned what 'soft-on-crime consequence' even means and insisted Americans care 'more about what’s happening in their lives than what’s necessarily happening in every cable news chyron'.
Albany—An upstate district attorney’s office is dropping its criminal investigation of sexual harassment allegations against Andrew Cuomo—shutting down the last of five criminal cases involving the disgraced ex-governor. But Oswego DA Gregory Oakes told The Post on Monday that while there’s not “sufficient legal basis” to bring charges based on allegations of unwanted physical contact by accuser Virginia Limmiatis, “this decision is not an exoneration.” “After a thorough review of the available evidence and applicable law, the Oswego County District Attorney’s Office has concluded that there is not a sufficient legal basis to bring criminal charges against former Governor Andrew Cuomo based upon the allegations of unwanted
Veteran, 76-year-old rocker Neil Young was bad enough. Seventy-eight-year-old Joni Mitchell soon followed. In yet another “devastating blow,” 71-year-old Peter Frampton came next. Oh noes, how will Spotify survive?
But now, in what might prove to be the death blow to Spotify, the ex-royals of ex-royals — attention-craving Harry and Meghan — have announced that they too will join the Joe Rogan protest and boycott the audio streaming and media services provider. But first a bit of background.
The left has long accused Rogan, host of “The Joe Rogan Experience” — the most popular podcast in the world in 2021— of spreading COVID “misinformation” and “anti-vaccination rhetoric,”
President Biden threatened Russia with "swift and severe consequences" should Moscow choose to "walk away from diplomacy and attack Ukraine," maintaining that the United States and allies are continuing "to prepare for every scenario." During a meeting of the United Nations Security Council Monday to address the ongoing Russia-Ukraine situation, the United States "presented in detail the full nature of Russia’s threat to Ukraine's sovereignty and territorial integrity." "We made clear to the international community the full implications of that threat—not just for Ukraine, but for core tenets of the UN Charter and the modern International order," Biden continued.
Well, it turns out things haven't gone so good for wokester company, Penzey's Spices, which ran a 'Republicans are racist' campaign for .. I am not sure what purpose, it wasn't business.
According to Fox News:
A Wisconsin-based spice company that made headlines earlier this month when its CEO sent an email to customers accusing Republicans of racism is now asking people to buy gift cards after hemorrhaging tens of thousands of customers.
Earlier this month, Penzeys Spices CEO Bill Penzey renamed the extended Martin Luther King, Jr. Day weekend to be "Republicans are racist weekend" in a newsletter to customers.
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Maybe we each need to be provided with individual prison cells to keep us safe. Oh, and look once again at how well the vaccines do not work.