Zero Hedge – by Tyler Durden

Update (1302ET): Moments ago, Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards spoke with reporters at a press conference. He said following Hurricane Ida, it may take upwards of 30 days to restore power to parts of the state. He said he wasn’t “satisfied” with the timeline to restore power, adding that the situation is very dangerous, and requested that those who evacuated don’t return home.

Here’s part of the governor’s press conference where he also went on to say that “many of the life-supporting infrastructure elements are not operating right now.” Continue reading “Louisiana Governor “Not Satisfied” After Told 30 Days To Restore Power”

Daily Mail

A Washington state public high school has been condemned for forcing student athletes to wear ankle bracelets to help with COVID track and tracing efforts.

Eatonville High School bought the monitors, made by a company called Triax, for both coaches and students in high-contact and moderate-contact sports. Continue reading “Washington school is blasted for making student athletes wear ANKLE MONITORS so they can be alerted if another player tests positive for COVID”

CNN

People ordered to evacuate the city of South Lake Tahoe and the southern portion of the lake ahead of the raging Caldor Fire were stuck in gridlocked traffic Monday.

All residents of the city were ordered to evacuate Monday as the fast-moving blaze continues to ravage parts of Northern California. Continue reading “South Lake Tahoe residents ordered to evacuate as Caldor Fire threatens the area”

Yahoo Finance

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?”

RAIR Foundation – by Amy Mek

French judges have taken action against President Emmanual Macron’s oppressive and discriminatory coronavirus vaccination requirements. This past week, judges in two different French departments overturned Macron’s decree’s making the health pass compulsory in several shopping centers. Instead, the judges ruled that it prevented access to essential goods to people who do not have them. Continue reading “Victory in France: Judges Overturn Macron’s Decree to Deny Food to the Unvaccinated”

MSN – Newsweek

Another variant of COVID-19 detected in nine countries is causing concern among scientists because it is more transmissible and resistant to vaccines than other variants of the virus.

A pre-print study that emerged last week said the C.1.2 variant, which was first detected in South Africa in May, has since been found in Botswana, China, Democratic Republic of the Congo, the United Kingdom, Mauritius, New Zealand, Portugal and Switzerland. Continue reading “C.1.2 Variant, Most Mutated COVID Strain So Far, Detected in Nine Countries”

Fox News

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”

Daily Mail

Louisiana residents have reported cases of alleged looting in the wake of Hurricane Ida amid fears crime could spiral in New Orleans and other cities after energy suppliers warned that power will be out for around three weeks as utility crews work to restore more than 2,000 miles of downed energy lines across the state.

New Orleans’ mayor also announced that the death toll from the storm has officially risen to two after a driver drowned in their vehicle in the city. On Sunday, a 60-year-old man died when a tree fell on a home just outside Baton Rouge. Authorities have not released any information about the identities of the victims.  Continue reading “New Orleans is hit by LOOTING in wake of Hurricane Ida”

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RT

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”

Breitbart – by John Binder

Afghans are arriving in the United States despite having “no documents whatsoever” after having been screened and approved by President Joe Biden’s federal agencies, CNN reported.

Sources with knowledge of Biden’s massive refugee resettlement operation out of Afghanistan to the U.S. told CNN that many Afghans are arriving at Dulles International Airport in Virginia without having any paperwork on them. Continue reading “CNN: Biden’s Agencies Bringing Afghans ‘With No Documents Whatsoever’ to U.S.”