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Sept. 20 (UPI) — Dozens of homes have been destroyed in the Canary Islands and thousands of people evacuated danger zones after a volcanic eruption sent lava flows to the surface on what’s typically a popular tourist destination, authorities said Monday.
The eruption began Sunday on the island of La Palma and glowing hot magma broke through fissures and reached the surface. Continue reading “At least 100 homes destroyed after volcano erupts in Canary Islands”
All people are equal before “the scienceTM“, but some unions are more equal.
We previously noted that in an unspoken footnote to Biden’s bombastic “no jab, no job” speech, various labor unions had quietly (and not so quietly) voiced their displeasure to the now official mandatory vaccinations including NYC teachers, California’s largest public sector union and of course, the US Postal Service. And now we know that while Biden was eager to frame his new vaxx policy as all inclusive and with no exception, that was not really true. Continue reading “Biden Exempts Over 600,000 USPS Workers From Federal Mandatory Vaccination Order”
Republicans clapped back over the Biden administration’s unprecedented ‘jab or your job’ Executive Order for federal workers and contractors, and a ‘jab or test’ mandate for corporations with over 100 employees. 600,000 postal workers are oddly exempt.
The sweeping new vaccine requirements, which completely ignore tens of millions in America who have recovered from Covid-19 and have natural immunity, will affect as many as 100 million Americans.
Continue reading ““Not Now, Not Ever”: RNC To Sue Biden Over Vaccine Mandate As GOP Governors Go Ballistic”
A tense school board meeting in Missouri on face masks resulted in a brawl in the parking lot of a high school that included “several people” throwing fists, a report said.
The meeting took place on Tuesday night at the Pleasant Hill High School auditorium, and included a tense debate on the topic, KMBC reported. The board voted unanimously to require the masks, the report said. Continue reading “Missouri school board meeting on masks ends with parking lot brawl”
The Epoch Times – by Isabel van Brugen
The Biden administration has forced out nearly a dozen Trump administration appointees from their positions on the advisory boards of U.S. military service academies, the White House confirmed on Wednesday.
White House press secretary Jen Psaki told reporters at a press briefing that the administration was seeking to ensure that the advisory board members were “qualified to serve” and “aligned” with President Joe Biden’s values. Continue reading “Biden Forces Out Trump Appointees From Military Academy Advisory Boards”
Ask questions or post content about COVID-19 that runs counter to the Biden administration’s narrative and find yourself censored on social media.
That’s precisely what data analyst and digital strategist Justin Hart says happened to him. And so last week the Liberty Justice Center, a public-interest law firm, filed a suit on his behalf in California against Facebook, Twitter, President Joe Biden and United States Surgeon General Vivek Murthy for violating his First Amendment right to free speech. Continue reading “Federal government using social-media giants to censor Americans”
Zero Hedge – by Michael Maharrey
The Federal Reserve is helping corporate real estate investors evict poor people from mobile home parks.
NPR highlighted the growing number of mobile home part evictions. According to the report, real estate investors continue to buy up mobile home parks across the US. They then raise lot rents and fees, and evict residents who can’t pay. Continue reading “The Fed Is Helping Facilitate Trailer Park Evictions”
Inquiring minds are diving into the latest report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.
Please consider the Climate Change 2021 Report, the Physical Science Basis. Continue reading “Investigating the Mass Hysteria Over 1 Degree in Climate Change Since 1850”
Police officers and firefighters are suing Gov. Kate Brown (D) over Oregon’s vaccine mandate for state workers.
The big picture: The Oregon Fraternal Order of Police along with troopers from around the state and firefighters are asking a judge to declare Brown’s executive order “unenforceable,” according to the complaint. Continue reading “Police, firefighters sue Oregon governor over COVID-19 vaccine mandate”
The gun maker being sued by families who lost loved ones in the Sandy Hook shooting is seeking school records for some of the first-graders killed in the massacre, court filings show.
It’s the latest affront to the families as the landmark wrongful death lawsuit heads to a jury trial slated for later this year or early 2022, their attorney says. Continue reading “The Gun Maker Being Sued for the Sandy Hook Shooting Wants School Records for Some of the Children Who Died”
At least 18 people have been reported dead after historic rains linked to Hurricane Ida flooded northeastern states on Wednesday night.
Eight people were confirmed dead in New York City, including a 2-year-old boy, a 48-year-old female and a 50-year-old man who were all found inside a home in the Jamaica neighborhood of Queens as a result of the severe weather. In New Jersey, a 70-year-old man was reported dead and a 19-year-old man was found dead in Maryland. Continue reading “Ida flooding brings death, destruction to Northeast, days after storm slammed Gulf Coast”
Winston-Salem, NC – At least one student was shot at Mount Tabor High School on Wednesday afternoon and the suspected 15-year-old gunman is not yet in custody.
Dispatchers received the first call from school resource officers about the shooting at the high school located in the 300-block of Petree Road at about 12 noon on Wednesday, WXII reported. Continue reading “Manhunt For 15-Year-Old Gunman After At Least One Person Shot At NC High School”
The final US troops withdrew from Afghanistan on Monday leaving behind a stockpile of expensive military equipment that has been quickly claimed by a triumphant Taliban.
The group’s leaders, flanked by their elite Badri unit, walked across the tarmac at Kabul‘s international airport minutes after the last US Air Force C-17 transport aircraft departed. Continue reading “Afghanistan: What American equipment has been left for Taliban?”
Two people were killed and at least 10 others were injured when their vehicles plunged into a deep hole where a highway collapsed after Hurricane Ida blew through Mississippi.
Torrential rain may have caused the collapse, and the drivers may not have seen that the roadway in front of them had disappeared Monday night, Mississippi Highway Patrol Cp. Cal Robertson said. Continue reading “Ida aftermath: Mississippi highway collapses, 2 killed, at least 10 injured”
“This work was strictly voluntary, but any animal who absented himself from it would have his rations reduced by half.” ― George Orwell, Animal Farm
“There are three types of lies — lies, damn lies, and statistics.” ― Benjamin Disraeli
Continue reading “The Delta Scam”
At least seven children were killed in a Kabul drone strike, the UNICEF representative in Afghanistan told reporters. The Pentagon had said the strike eliminated an “imminent threat” by ISIS-K terrorists to the ongoing airlift.
“We have confirmation from open sources that seven children were killed” in the incident, Herve De Lys, UNICEF’s envoy to Afghanistan, told reporters on Monday. “We don’t know who is behind the strike,” he added. Continue reading “UNICEF says SEVEN children were killed in Kabul drone strike that US said targeted ISIS-K terrorists”
A total of 11 flights filled with Afghans evacuated from Afghanistan were flown to Volk Field Air National Guard Base in Juneau County, Wisconsin, late last week, according to local reports.
Officials at Fort McCoy, also in Wisconsin, where thousands of Afghans are set to be housed, confirmed to WMTV15 News that the 11 flights of Afghans had arrived in the state, though the total number of Afghans on board was not revealed. Continue reading “Report: 11 Flights of Afghans Flown to Wisconsin, 300 Land in Philadelphia”
BEND, Ore. (AP) — The death toll from COVID-19 in Oregon is climbing so rapidly in some counties that the state has organized delivery of one refrigerated truck to hold the bodies and is sending a second one, the state emergency management department said Saturday.
So far, Tillamook County, on Oregon’s northwest coast, and Josephine County, in the southwest, requested the trucks, said Bobbi Doan, a spokeswoman for the Oregon Office of Emergency Management. Continue reading “Oregon counties request trucks for bodies as deaths climb”
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis this week wrote to the Biden administration, asking it to stop resettling illegal immigrants in the state of Florida — and to either deport them instead, or send them to a state that supports the “flouting of our immigration laws.”
DeSantis wrote to Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, objecting to what he sees as a lack of action by the administration in enforcing immigration law or to “protect Floridians from the continued release of dangerous criminal aliens.” Continue reading “DeSantis requests Biden administration stop resettling illegal immigrants in Florida”