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IDF reservist and medic Jonathan Justin Lewis, who made Aliyah from America, took to Facebook on Tuesday to discuss a bizarre reason for him to be called up to reserve duty.
According to Lewis, the IDF will be going door to door to have children submit blood samples for Covid-19 serological tests. Continue reading “IDF to go door to door taking blood samples from children”
There’s a Catch-22. There’s also the Taylor Swift song “22.” But what the heck is “Covid-22,” and why the heck is it trending on Twitter?
As you may know, Covid-19 is short for coronavirus disease 2019, a disease caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). It’s got the “19” at the end of it not because there have been 18 other Covids as Ted Nugent may have thought, which I covered previously for Forbes. It’s also not because the virus is now 19 years old and old enough to legally drink in Canada and gamble in Alabama and Nebraska. No, the 19 has been there because the SARS-CoV-2 was first was first detected in December 2019. Continue reading “Why Is Covid-22 Trending On Twitter? Here Are Misconceptions About Coronavirus Variants”
National Interest – by Cheryl Bernard, 2017
In 2014, when waves of refugees began flooding into western Europe, citizens and officials alike responded with generosity and openness. Exhausted refugees spilled out of trains and buses to be met by crowds bearing gifts of clothing and food, and holding up placards that read “Welcome Refugees.” Continue reading “Flashback: I’ve Worked with Refugees for Decades. Europe’s Afghan Crime Wave Is Mind-Boggling.”
Campus Reform – by Haley Worth
Vanderbilt University is asking its diversity training participants to journal their emotions using a “Feelings Wheel” as a reference.
The exercise occurs on Day 1 of Vanderbilt’s 10-day training program. Continue reading “Vanderbilt uses ‘Feelings Wheel’ for diversity training”
Hollywood elites including Steven Spielberg, Jeffrey Katzenberg, Rob Reiner, and Barbra Streisand are pouring money into California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s (D) effort to beat the state’s recall election. The race is shaping up to be a nail-biter that could see voters removing the incumbent governor — who is beloved among showbiz leftists — and replacing him with a Republican.
Other entertainment figures backing Newsom with big checks include Netflix’s co-CEO Reed Hastings, Casey Wasserman, and Byron Allen. Continue reading “Hollywood Elites Steven Spielberg, Barbra Streisand Throw Mega Cash Behind Gavin Newsom Ahead of Recall Election”
Dr. Anthony Fauci said he respects Americans’ freedoms, but the current public health crisis has convinced him “enough is enough” in a conversation with CNN about public and private vaccine mandates.
Following the Food and Drug Administration’s approval of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine this week, CNN’s Anderson Cooper asked Fauci Monday how much of a difference it would make if public and private employers began mandating vaccinations. Fauci acknowledged the FDA approval would be an incentive for companies and institutions to begin mandating the shot, adding he believes it would be a “good thing.” Continue reading “Fauci on vaccine mandates: ‘I respect people’s freedom, but’ this is a public health crisis”
NEW YORK — The Senate’s top Democrat says federal law enforcement officials need to crack down on fake COVID-19 vaccination cards being sold online.
Sen. Chuck Schumer’s announcement Sunday comes after The Associated Press reported how people are cheating the system and buying counterfeit COVID-19 vaccination cards online, worrying officials at colleges and universities across the country that are requiring proof students received the vaccine to attend in-person classes. Continue reading “Schumer calls for federal crackdown on fake vaccine cards”
The U.S. provided an estimated $83 billion worth of training and equipment to Afghan security forces since 2001. This year, alone, the U.S. military aid to Afghan forces was $3 billion.
Putting price tags on American military equipment still in Afghanistan isn’t an easy task. In the fog of war – or withdrawal – Afghanistan has always been a black box with little sunshine. Continue reading “Staggering Costs – U.S. Military Equipment Left Behind In Afghanistan”
Military personnel at a base in the south are now being segregated and forced to wear red armbands to signal that they have not been vaccinated against Covid-19.
According to multiple military sources, a Joint Readiness Training Center at Fort Polk, Louisiana, has implemented red armbands for unvaccinated troops and green armbands for vaccinated troops. Continue reading “Biden’s Military Takes A Page From Nazi Germany — Now FORCING Troops To Wear Red Arm Bands If They Are Unvaccinated”
Legal Insurrection – by Mary Chastain
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi is okay with DC police arresting people who do not wear masks on the House side of Congress.
The woman once again shows she does not care about anyone but herself. Continue reading “Pelosi Parties Maskless With Democrat Big Wigs in Napa”
Prior to 2018, special interest groups demanding the dismantling of the rapidly growing nationalist movement in the name of stopping “white supremacist domestic terrorism” struggled to name a group that could justify a crackdown.
In response to this, the FBI, in conjunction with intelligence services around the world, invented one.
Update (1100ET): The Pentagon’s press secretary has just confirmed that – as expected – the DoD will now require all troops across the armed services to get the vaccine. Continue reading “Pfizer Jab Receives Full Approval From FDA, Pentagon Mandates Vaccinations For All Troops”
Video messages from Australian truck drivers have surfaced in some of the alternative social media sites in recent days stating that they are going to take their country back, by going on strike and creating a blockade that will choke the supply chain.
They are warning Australians to prepare, and stock up on food and basic necessities while they do this. They claim to have widespread support among “truckies” and also among military veterans. Continue reading “Australian Truckers Warn Citizens to Stock Up on Food as They Prepare to Take Over the Country”
WAVERLY, TENN. – At least 22 people were killed, and rescue crews searched desperately Sunday amid shattered homes and tangled debris for dozens of people still missing after record-breaking rain sent floodwaters surging through Middle Tennessee.
Saturday’s flooding in rural areas took out roads, cellphone towers and telephone lines, leaving families uncertain about whether their loved ones survived the unprecedented deluge. Emergency workers were searching door to door, said Kristi Brown, a coordinator for the health and safety supervisor with Humphreys County Schools. Continue reading “22 Dead, Many Missing After Record Rainfall in Tennessee”
Gov. Greg Abbott took to Twitter late Saturday afternoon to announce that he is now testing negative for COVID-19.
“I am told that my infection was brief and mild because of the vaccination I received,” Abbott said in a video announcement posted to the social media service. Continue reading “Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announces negative COVID-19 test after Regeneron antibody treatment”
The State Department is the latest to fall victim to a cyber-attack and notifications of a possible serious breach were made by the Department of Defense Cyber Command, a source told Fox News Saturday.
It remains unclear if any department operations were affected by the breach, but a source familiar with mass evacuation of thousands of Americans and Afghans from Kabul said Operation Allies Refuge has “not been affected”. Continue reading “State Department hit by cyber attack, source says”
Former Navy SEAL Rob O’Neill, who shot and killed Osama bin Laden, claims he and nine guys could rescue those stranded behind enemy lines in Afghanistan by killing every Taliban member they see while grabbing Americans.
O’Neill appeared on Fox News’ “Primetime” with Will Cain on Friday who explosively kicked off the segment asking, “I want to start with this, a report out today, it’s in the Washington Examiner. It’s by Tom Rogan and it says that major general Christopher Donahue of the United States military has said to his British counterpart ‘Hey, could you stop what you are doing? You are beginning to embarrass the United States of America.’ In other words, stop kicking ass, stop going forward and saving your people because you are making us look bad. What’s your response, Rob?” Continue reading “Ex-Navy SEAL wants to rescue Americans: ‘Give me 9 guys … We don’t ask the enemy for permission. We kick their ass, that’s it’”
The Rev. Jesse Jackson, a famed civil rights leader and two-time presidential candidate, and his wife, Jacqueline, have been hospitalized after testing positive for COVID-19, according to a statement Saturday.
Jesse Jackson, 79, is vaccinated against the virus and received his first dose in January during a publicized event as he urged others to receive the inoculation as soon as possible. Continue reading “Fully Vaccinated Rev. Jesse Jackson Hospitalized for COVID”
Former President Donald Trump was booed by his own supporters during a rally in Cullman, Alabama Saturday night after he encouraged the crowd to get vaccinated against COVID-19.
“I believe totally in your freedoms, I do, you gotta do what you gotta do, but I recommend take the vaccines. I did it. It’s good,” he said, drawing boos from the crowd of supporters. Continue reading “Donald Trump Booed at Alabama Rally After Encouraging Crowd to Get COVID-19 Vaccine”
Information Liberation – by Chris Menahan
Floyd Ray Roseberry, the mentally disabled “patsy” behind the conveniently-timed bomb threat to the Capitol on Thursday, said repeatedly during a Facebook livestream that someone “in the military” built the (inoperable) “bombs” he was threatening would automatically go off if he was shot and he was “chosen” to “talk” on behalf of those military experts. Continue reading ““Patsy” Behind Capitol Threat Told Feds His “Bomb” Was “Built by Y’all’s People,” “The People Y’all Had in The Military””