Daily Mail

The governor of New York on Friday declared a state of emergency as COVID transmission reached rates not seen since April 2020, while insisting that the troubling new variant of COVID that first emerged in Botswana is ‘coming’.

Her warning came as a leading epidemiologist told DailyMail.com the new strain was deeply troubling, urging tougher travel restrictions and saying the virus could spark ‘pandemic 2.0’.  Continue reading “New York Gov. Kathy Hochul declares a state of emergency and cancels elective surgery in response to new Covid variant Omicron”

RT

The World Health Organization’s (WHO) executive director for Europe has urged nations on the Covid-stricken continent to ponder compulsory vaccination.

Robb Butler told Sky News on Wednesday that it was “time to have that conversation from both an individual and a population-based perspective. It’s a healthy debate to have.” The WHO official said, however, that such “mandates have come at the expense of trust, social inclusion” in the past. Continue reading “Time to consider mandatory jabs in Europe, WHO official says”

Just the News

The Smithsonian Institution’s new FUTURES exhibit asks attendees when they think we will see a “single global government.”

The global government question appears on a screen inside the exhibit that allows visitors to wave their hands in front of a camera to select an answer to the questions that show up. Continue reading “Smithsonian’s new FUTURES exhibit asks visitors when we’ll see ‘single global government’”

Anti-War – by Matthew Hoh

The US supports nearly 75% of the world’s dictators, autocracies, monarchies, military regimes, etc., with weapons, military training and money. Please remember this the next time someone tells you the US should do X or Y because such and such a nation is bad…

Comparing Freedom House’s list of Not Free nations* to FY 2020 US overseas weapons sales, military training and financial assistance**, we find that of the 57 nations considered undemocratic, 42 receive weapons, training and/or money for their military and security services. This means 74% of the non-democratic nations of the world are supported militarily by the US. Interestingly, the remaining 15 nations are nearly all sanctioned. The world’s countries can be divided into two parts: those who buy/receive weapons from the US and those sanctioned. It seems like it’s a pretty simple arrangement. Continue reading “Nearly 3/4 of the World’s Dictators Receive US Weapons and Military Assistance”

The Federalist – by Spencer Lindquist

Old Dominion University has placed Allyn Walker, a transgender assistant professor of sociology and criminal justice, on administrative leave following the professor’s advocacy for the destigmatization of pedophilia.

Walker sparked outcry after arguing that the term pedophile should be replaced by the euphemism “minor attracted persons” or “MAP” in a talk with the Prostasia Foundation, a pedophile advocacy group that appears to have worked alongside and platformed a registered sex offender on at least one occasion.  Continue reading “ODU Professor Who Called For Destigmatizing Pedophilia Put On Leave After Backlash”

Law Enforcement Today – by Jenna Curren

MINNEAPOLIS, MN- According to reports, thousands of drivers are refusing to stop when police attempt to pull them over, with data showing that it happened more than 3,100 times in 2020. New research looks into what is behind the uptick in people not following the law.  Continue reading “Report: In police-defunded Minnesota, thousands of people are now just flat out refusing to pull over for cops”

South China Morning Post

China and Russia are edging closer to a de facto military alliance to counter growing pressure from the United States, with the Russian defence chief telling his Chinese counterpart that US aircraft activity near the country’s borders had increased.

In a video call on Tuesday, Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu and Chinese Defence Minister General Wei Fenghe agreed to expand cooperation through strategic exercises and joint patrols in the Asia-Pacific, including the Sea of Japan and the East China Sea, according to Russia’s defence ministry.

Continue reading “China and Russia move closer to de facto military alliance amid US pressure”

Williamsport Sun-Gazette

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden will require essential, nonresident travelers crossing U.S. land borders, such as truck drivers, government and emergency response officials, to be fully vaccinated beginning on Jan. 22, the administration planned to announce.

A senior administration official said the requirement, which the White House previewed in October, brings the rules for essential travelers in line with those that took effect earlier this month for leisure travelers, when the U.S. reopened its borders to fully vaccinated individuals. Continue reading “US to require vaccines for all border crossers in January”

RT

Top White House Covid adviser Anthony Fauci insisted his long career as a federal bureaucrat is far from over, saying retirement is simply out of the question as he looks to wrap up “unfinished business” in the world of medicine.

Asked whether he is thinking of leaving his long-held leadership post at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), the 80-year-old health official said he’s “not even remotely contemplating that right now.”  Continue reading “Fauci speaks of ‘unfinished business’ before he can retire”

Summit News – by Steve Watson

A report out of Military.com notes that House Democrats are aiming to pass legislation that would allow police to confiscate firearms from active duty troops.  Continue reading “Report: Democrats Want To Introduce Law That Would Allow Police To Confiscate Guns From US Troops”

RT

President Joe Biden, who just turned 79, intends to run for re-election in 2024. The White House confirmed the persistent rumors, discounting the recent polling showing the Democrat president at record lows.

Speaking to reporters on board Air Force One on Monday, White House press secretary Jen Psaki confirmed Biden’s desire to run for re-election. The president and the first lady were en route to Fort Bragg, North Carolina for a “Friendsgiving” event with US troops based there. Continue reading “Biden confirms 2024 plans”

CNN

Former President Donald Trump said he was recently visited at his Palm Beach, Florida, resort by Kyle Rittenhouse, the teenager who was acquitted last week on all charges after fatally shooting two people and wounding a third during protests in Kenosha, Wisconsin, last summer.

“He called. He wanted to know if he could come over, say hello, because he was a fan,” Trump said during an interview with Fox News’ Sean Hannity that aired Tuesday night. Continue reading “Trump says Rittenhouse visited him at Mar-a-Lago”

Jonathan Turley

The Aspen Institute has issued the results of its much heralded 16-person Commission on Information Disorder on how to protect the public from misinformation. The commission on disinformation and “building trust” was partially headed by Katie Couric who is still struggling with her own admission that she edited an interview to remove controversial statements by the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. The Aspen recommendations however are a full-throated endorsement of systems of censorship.  Continue reading “Fighting “Information Disorder”: Aspen’s Orwellian Commission on Controlling Speech in America”

Fox News

Black armed militias rallied outside the Georgia courthouse Monday where three White men are on trial for the fatal shooting of 25-year-old Ahmaud Arbery, an unarmed Black man – and a New Black Panther leader allegedly issued a threat.

“Ya’ll are in serious trouble because the wrath of karma is coming on America,” said a man who identified himself as the supreme commander of the New Black Panther militia. We’re not taking it no more.”  Continue reading “Ahmaud Arbery case: Black armed militias gathered outside the courthouse, issue warning”

Forbes

Andy Rivkin remembers going to the arcade in the early 1980s to play the iconic video game “Asteroids.” Later this month, the team he leads is scheduled to launch a satellite aimed at an asteroid 7 million miles away to prove that Earthlings can save themselves from an asteroid impact by shooting first, Atari-style.

The launch window for NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission opens next week. DART is an experiment to see if by crashing a spacecraft directly into an asteroid, the asteroid can be nudged off its trajectory. If intercepted and struck far enough away, even a slight alteration in the path of an asteroid could cause it to miss Earth, avoiding a potentially catastrophic impact. Continue reading “To Save Earth, NASA Is Testing Hitting An Asteroid With A Spacecraft”

Reclaim the Net – by Cindy Harper

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director Francis Collins has warned against “misinformation” online and suggested that those who spread misinformation should be “brought to justice.”

Collins made the comments in defense of his colleague Dr. Anthony Fauci, who he says has been subjected to harassment over “misinformation.” Continue reading “National Institute of Health director: those who spread “misinformation” online should be “identified” and “brought to justice””

Campus Reform – by Logan Dubil

The University of Pittsburgh recently published an article on the school’s website titled “What Pittsburgh students need to know before Thanksgiving break.”

The Nov. 17 article breaks down topics about Thanksgiving activities, what to do if you plan on staying on campus, and how to continue being COVID cautious over the holiday season.  Continue reading “Happy Thanksgiving? Students told to ‘avoid’ being inside ‘unmasked’ around ‘unvaccinated’ people during holiday.”