Daily Mail

Firefighters in the West are being stretched to the limit by the blazes ravaging the state, the US Forest Service said on Friday – adding that it is operating in crisis mode.

The roughly 21,000 federal firefighters working on the ground is more than double the number of firefighters sent to contain forest fires at this time a year ago. Continue reading “Forest Service is running out of firefighters amid West Coast wildfire chaos”

MSN – The Telegraph

People who are being tested for Covid are being asked to cough into their smartphones, in a bid to develop a new detection app.

Trials by the Department of Health are assessing whether recordings of coughs and breathing are enough to inform a diagnosis.  Continue reading “New Covid detection tool asks people to cough into smartphones”

Jerusalem Post

Israeli Air Force pilots flew alongside their counterparts from the United States Air Force Central Command (AFCENT) in the first-of-a-kind aerial drill on Tuesday.
Dubbed “Desert Eagle,” the drill  was led by the IAF’s 133rd Knights of the Twin Tail Squadron flying F-15s, along with the USAF’s 494th Squadron. Jets from the 115th Flying Dragon Squadron simulated enemy jets.

Continue reading “Israel, US air force hold first-of-kind aerial drill”

Mental Floss

There are plenty of fine Karens in the world. Karen Allen, who was winning in the role of Marion Ravenwood in 1981’s Raiders of the Lost Ark. American astronaut Karen Nyberg. Paleontologist Karen Chin.

Unfortunately, the rate of Karens may be in decline. Owing to “Karen” being used as pejorative, fewer and fewer parents are opting to name their child after a meme. Continue reading “Nobody Wants to Name Their Kid ‘Karen’ Anymore”

New York Post – by Betsy McCaughey

The infrastructure bill the Senate passed Tuesday discriminates against white people at every turn.

Americans are enthusiastic about spending money on physical infrastructure — bridges, roads, broadband. But this racist bill hands out jobs and contracts and locates projects based on race, not merit. Minority businesses and neighborhoods hold the inside track. If you’re white, you’re low-priority. Continue reading “Biden’s infrastructure bill is chock-full of anti-white racism”

Daily Mail

A former Loudoun County student was cut off after telling Loudoun County’s woke public school board that he was the victim of sexual abuse as a child and didn’t want his brothers to go through the same while protesting against a controversial transgender policy that the board will vote on tonight.

The policy would force staff at all of Loudoun County’s public schools to call students from elementary school upwards by their preferred pronouns, and let them use the bathrooms and locker rooms of the gender they assign with.  Continue reading “Loudoun County cuts mic of ex-student protesting trans policy”

The Guardian – by Hollie Golden

Oregon declared a state of emergency as the Pacific north-west prepared for triple-digit temperatures mere weeks after a deadly heatwave clobbered the region. People streamed into cooling centers and misting stations on Wednesday amid sweltering heat.

Governor Kate Brown said: “Oregon is facing yet another extreme heatwave, and it is critical that every level of government has the resources they need to help keep Oregonians safe and healthy.” Continue reading “Oregon declares state of emergency as another ‘extreme heatwave’ looms”

Daily Mail

Rand Paul‘s wife bought stock worth up to $15,000 in Gilead Sciences in February 2020, the senator’s financial disclosures revealed Wednesday.

The biotechnical company makes the antiviral drug remdesivir, which is used to treat COVID-19 and was a treatment Donald Trump was given when he was hospitalized with coronavirus at Walter Reed Medical Center in October 2020. Continue reading “Rand Paul’s wife Kelley bought up to $15,000 worth of stock in the makers of COVID treatment remdesivir in February 2020”

Zero Hedge – by Tyler Durden

A group of around a dozen Tyson Foods employees in West Tennessee took to the streets of Newbern on Wednesday to protest the company’s new vaccine mandate.

The employees say they’re risking their jobs to fight against the recent corporate decision to require all employees to take the Covid-19 vaccine, according to KFVS12.
Continue reading “Tyson Employees Walk Off Job To Protest Vaccine Mandate”

Neon Nettle – by Jay Greenberg

Mexico’s president has revealed that he held a recent meeting with Kamala Harris where the two leaders discussed “the complete opening” of the U.S southern border.

On Monday, Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said the top Democrat expressed interest in tearing down the roughly 2,000-mile border between the United States and Mexico to allow free passage between the two countries. Continue reading “Mexican President: Kamala Discussed ‘Complete Opening’ of Border During Meeting”

The Sacramento Bee – by Sam Stanton

A college professor suspected in a series of arson fires in remote forested areas of Northern California near the massive Dixie Fire has been charged in connection with one of the blazes in Lassen County and was ordered held Tuesday in the Sacramento County Main Jail.

Gary Stephen Maynard, 47, is believed to have worked at a number of colleges in California, including Santa Clara University and Sonoma State University, where a Dr. Gary Maynard was listed as a lecturer in criminal justice studies specializing in criminal justice, cults and deviant behavior. Continue reading “College professor held in wildland arson spree near California’s massive Dixie Fire”

Ammoland

U.S.A. -(AmmoLand.com)- Anyone tempted to think the gun control lobby couldn’t sink any further into disreputable tactics should sit down before reading any further.

Last week, Brady – one of the older, gun prohibition advocacy groups in the U.S. – teamed up with the government of Mexico to launch an assault against the American firearms manufacturing and distribution industry.  Continue reading “Gun Grabbers Collaborate with Foreign Regime to Undermine Constitution”

Gateway Pundit – by Julian Conradson

In a late night vote on Tuesday, the US Senate passed an amendment that prohibits federal funds from going to pre-K programs and K-12 schools that teach critical race theory. Every single Democrat, except one – West Virginia senator Joe Manchin – voted against the legislation, which passed 50-49.  Continue reading “Senate PASSES Anti-CRT Bill in Razor Thin Vote; Dems Now on Record Supporting the Marxist Propaganda”

CNN

Washington (CNN Business)Hackers have stolen some $600 million in cryptocurrency from the decentralized finance platform Poly Network, in what it says is the largest theft in the industry’s history.

A vulnerability in Poly Network allowed the thief to make off with the funds, the platform said Tuesday, begging the attacker to return the money.  Continue reading “$600 million gone: The biggest crypto theft in history”