Fresno County Public Health Department assistant director Joe Prado said, "So there was over 800 different chemicals on site in different bottles of different acids. Unfortunately, a lot of these are being categorized under unknown chemicals."
Prado added, "There were some laboratory mice on-site at this location. What we heard from the business owner was that they were doing some type of testing with those mice to see whether or not their COVID test kits were actually effective in detecting COVID. So, that was one example of what they shared with the purpose of the laboratory mice were being on-site."
"A group of scientists have been exposed privately discussing signs COVID-19 may have been genetically engineered despite publicly insisting a laboratory leak was a conspiracy theory.
Senator Rand Paul has made an 'official criminal referral' to the Department of Justice regarding Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation's former top doctor
Referral relates to Fauci's previous testimony on the coronavirus and its potential origins from a Chinese lab with Paul suggesting Fauci lied under oath
Paul, a Republican from Kentucky, accuses Fauci of committing perjury during his testimony before a Senate committee in 2021...
"A nightclub security guard beaten to death in Hollywood by a mob of people early Sunday morning has been identified by friends and coworkers...the Dragonfly Hollywood nightclub in the 6500 block of Santa Monica Boulevard near Wilcox Avenue around 2 a.m. on reports of a group of 7 to 11 people attacking one person... “The victim was working at this nightclub, and a large group – for unknown reasons – confronted that security guard, causing him to fall into the street,” said LAPD West Bureau Homicide Division Detective Samuel Marullo.
“At which time the group advanced and kicked and stomped him to death.”...
There has been much opposition to the bill.
Republican Rep. Mary Miller of Illinois slammed the new law allowing non-U.S. citizens to become police officers on Saturday.
"At 5 p.m. yesterday, when no one was paying attention, Pritzker signed a bill to allow illegal immigrants to become police officers, giving non-citizens the power to arrest citizens in our state," Miller wrote on Twitter. "No sane state would allow foreign nationals to arrest their citizens, this is madness!"
...As Alodus Huxley once said, “Speed, it seems to me, provides the one genuinely modern pleasure.” And when you think about it, not too many years before his day, 40 mph on a horse was about it for most people.
Cars didn’t shape our existence; cars let us escape with our lives. We’re way the heck out here in Valley Bottom Heights and Trout Antler Estates because we were at war with the cities. We fought rotten public schools, idiot municipal bureaucracies, corrupt political machines, rampant criminality and the pointy-headed busybodies. Cars gave us our dragoons and hussars, lent us speed and mobility, let us scout the terrain and probe the enemy’s lines. And thanks to our cars, when we lost the cities we weren’t forced to surrender, we were able to retreat.
The surge of migrant apprehensions in the Arizona desert continues as Tucson Sector agents arrested 10,000 migrants during the past week. During that period, agents also carried out 430 migrant rescues and interdicted 21 human smuggling attempts.
Tucson Sector Chief Patrol Agent John Modlin tweeted a report indicating that agents in his sector apprehended approximately 10,000 migrants during the past week. This is up from 9,000 the week before.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is challenging President Biden for the Democrat nomination, and according to Real Clear Politics
RFK Jr. has about 14 percent support.
According to Kennedy, he requested Secret Service protection during his run for the nomination but says the Biden administration denied that request...
"Last week, the BBC reported that seawater along the tip of Florida had exceeded “hot tub” temperatures of 37.8°C (100°F) in recent days, “making it potentially the hottest ever measured”. The Guardian was in fine alarmist form noting that the Florida recording posed a threat to human food supplies and the livelihoods of those working in the water.
Similar hysteria was to be found across most of the mainstream media. Alas, curiously missing from all this excitable coverage was a note that just 48 hours later the temperature plummeted to around 85°F... Examining the ‘record’ on the climate site Watts Up With That?, the former ecology lecturer Jim Steele observed that water temperatures were being driven by dynamics other than rising CO2.
Steele noted that the Manatee Bay buoy measuring the water temperature was in a small embayment surrounded by landform, and this forms a natural hot tub.
Low winds and
a high pressure system further helped heat the bay,
while muddy waters darkened the water enhancing solar heating...
"Germany is facing several tough years due to a combination of transitioning to sustainable energy sources and the rising costs of energy, warned Germany’s Green Economic Affairs Minister Robert Habeck.
The federal minister, who has long called for a radical energy policy change, said that Germany faces “five tough years ahead” and revealed the country will have to borrow to support companies’ energy costs or lose their industry...
New York and California experienced the largest loss of tax income from migration of any states in the country as residents fled the deep-blue havens in droves, according to a new study that also found that Texas and Florida got the biggest IRS tax benefits from people moving in.
MyEListing.com, an online real estate portal, conducted a study of IRS migration data and found that California lost more than $340 million in 2021 IRS tax revenue due to residents moving.
"Solar panels could take three times as long as previously reported to become carbon neutral, according to a July 2 report from Environmental Progress, a pro-nuclear activist group. Per the July 2 report, titled “Solar Panels Are Three Times More Carbon-Intensive Than International Panel on Climate Change Claims”:
The IEA (International Energy Agency) has admitted to Environmental Progress that its carbon footprint calculations do not account for three important factors in (global solar photovoltaic) production: silicon mining; toxic panel waste, which promises to overwhelm recycling infrastructure; and something known as the albedo effect. This is when the highly reflective properties of dark-coloured solar panels lead to an increase in the greenhouse effect...
Legal scholar Jonathan Turley explained Wednesday how U.S. Federal District Judge Maryellen Noreika identified the potential criminal charge against Hunter Biden the White House "most fears."
What is the background?
As Noreika quizzed prosecutors about the details of the plea agreement, she forced the government to admit the investigation into Biden remains ongoing.
CBS News reporter Weijia Jiang highlighted on Wednesday President Joe Biden's apparent hypocrisy on gun laws.
At the White House press briefing, Jiang noted that "Biden has spent most of his political career working on gun laws, on gun reform." As an advocate of more gun laws, then, Jiang asked whether Biden believes that "someone who is charged with possessing a firearm illegally should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law?"
"...When a fight kicked off between several men at the house party,23-year-old Macy Regan attempted to leave and walk to her home next door, the sheriff's office said in a news release.
It was then that Dixie Stiles, 18, confronted Regan and accused her of stealing vape pens and alcohol.
Regan allegedly pulled out a 9 millimeter gun from her waistband, which Stiles shoved out of the way. A physical altercation ensued where Regan bit the top of Stiles' ear off, the sheriff’s office said in the release.
The women received multiple bruises and lacerations in the fight and Stiles' ear was unable to be re-attached, the sheriff's office said...
Democratic Rep. Cori Bush of Missouri, fresh off another anti-Israeli boycott, has reissued her go-to smear, this time targeting Republican House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (La.).
Scalise touted the successful passage of House Republicans' first fiscal 2024 spending bill Thursday, allocating funding for military construction projects, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and other agencies.
"...The survey, from researchers at North Dakota State University, found that 74 percent of students overall supported reporting professors for offensive statements.
While a majority of students from all political persuasions agreed with reporting professors, a higher percentage of liberal students were in favor; 81 percent of liberal students supported reporting professors, while only 53 percent of conservative students supported it.
The survey also found that 58 percent of students, including 66 percent of liberal students and 37 percent of conservative students, agreed that fellow students who make "offensive" statements should be reported to university administrators...
"Why didn’t Trump fire Fauci when he had the chance?
That’s the question Florida governor and Republican hopeful Ron DeSantis has been asking on the campaign trail, hoping to dislodge Trump from the top of the Republican Primary leader board.
While it may be a good campaign tactic (certainly it’s getting people riled up), the answer is actually so surprisingly simple that either DeSantis knows what it is and is being disingenuous, or he doesn’t know and is therefore not fit to be President.
“Under federal law, Trump doesn’t have the power to directly fire Fauci, a career civil servant, and remove him from government. And while Trump could try ordering his political appointees to dismiss the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Fauci could appeal — a time-consuming process.”...
Americans will need a visa to visit Europe in 2024.
Meanwhile, Europeans who have been to Cuba are discovering they can't come to the U.S., because terrorism.
Once upon a time, citizens of the United States could travel to almost every country in the European Union for 90 days without asking any government for permission beyond showing a passport at the initial point of entry.
The plea deal reportedly consisted of two parts, the "plea agreement" and a "diversion agreement." A clause in the diversion agreement gave the younger Biden blanket immunity for potential charges that could be filed by the Delaware U.S. Attorney's Office. This appeared to include illegal foreign lobbying, felony tax evasion, and other drug charges.
"If you had no immunity from the government, perhaps even a different prosecutor and the government could bring a felony tax evasion charge or drug charges against you, would you still enter the plea agreement and plead guilty to these tax charges?" the judge asked.
1898 - "Scientific America" carried the first magazine automobile ad. The ad was for the Winton Motor Car Company of Cleveland, OH.
1942 - The WAVES were created by legislation signed by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt. The members of the Women's Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service were a part of the U.S. Navy.
1945 - The USS Indianapolis was torpedoed by a Japanese submarine. The ship had just delivered key components of the Hiroshima atomic bomb to the Pacific island of Tinian. Only 316 out of 1,196 men aboard survived the attack.
1956 - The phrase "In God We Trust" was adopted as the U.S. national motto.
1965 - U.S. President Johnson signed into law Social Security Act that established Medicare and Medicaid. It went into effect the following year.
1974 - The U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary Committee voted to impeach President Nixon for blocking the Watergate investigation and for abuse of power.
2003 - In Mexico, the last 'old style' Volkswagen Beetle rolled off an assembly line.
First reported by the Daily Caller, Biden told the judge during his first appearance in a Wilmington, Delaware federal court, in which his expected plea deal ultimately collapsed, that he was a member of the D.C. and Connecticut Bars.
According to the D.C. Bar website, Biden remains a member in "good standing," despite the rules of professional conduct stating that it is misconduct for a lawyer to "commit a criminal act that reflects adversely on the lawyer’s honesty, trustworthiness, or fitness as a lawyer in other respects."
"Lebron James’ I Promise School in Akron, Ohio is facing major backlash from Akron Public School Board members after it was reported that the school hasn’t had one student from its 8th grade class pass a state math test in over three years. Akron Public School board member Valerie McKitrick was shocked by the new revelation and stated “Not one? In three years?” after she was presented with data that showed not one single student in the school’s fall 8th-grade class could pass a Ohio state math proficiency test...
"WASHINGTON − Talking about mental health was seen as a "dark, dirty secret" in Hillary Schieve’s family."... Mayors are often the elected officials closest to their communities and have had a front-row seat as to how the COVID-19 pandemic amplified the challenges many face when it comes to mental health.
Struggling with increased demands, those leading America's cities are seeking a seat at the table to discuss the resources needed to address the problem at all levels of government...
The Supreme Court struck down a lower court ruling from earlier this month that blocked construction of the 303-mile Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) from proceeding.
In a short, unsigned order issued Thursday morning, the Supreme Court vacated the July 10 stay orders from the U.S. 4th Circuit Court of Appeals, in which the lower court sided with plaintiffs — environmental groups Wilderness Society and Appalachian Voices, which had sued to stop the pipeline construction. The 4th Circuit ruling was opposed by the Biden administration, bipartisan lawmakers and the fossil fuel industry.
"...There is no clearer evidence than the June 29, 2023, webinar presented by Colegas—an organization sponsored by the California Community Colleges (CCC) system—that the specter of white supremacy has transformed diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) into an insidious and unassailable ideology. The Colegas email promoting the webinar, “Equitable Counseling and Social Justice,” stated that “Our institutions and organizations are systematically infused with White supremacist bias” and that “...we also recognize the biased forces, beliefs and values deeply embedded within our structures, practices and ourselves.
These barriers hinder equitable access, delay success, and prevent inclusion in foundational quality education.” Purveyors of this sophistry have been emboldened by the new, legally binding DEI directives that were adopted in the California Code of Regulations—which are labeled “obligations” and include “competencies” and “criteria” related to hiring, evaluation, and promotion—providing the CCC system a justification for demanding loyalty and allegiance to this destructive ideology.
Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, on Thursday shared what he called "smoking-gun documents" proving Facebook censored Americans on behalf of the Biden administration in a lengthy social media thread.
Jordan wrote the all-caps message, "THE FACEBOOK FILES, PART 1: SMOKING-GUN DOCS PROVE FACEBOOK CENSORED AMERICANS BECAUSE OF BIDEN WHITE HOUSE PRESSURE," before diving into the lengthy thread reminiscent of the so-called "Twitter Files" used earlier this year to disclose once-internal documents given to journalists once Elon Musk bought the social media platform.
The education spending bill, which she celebrated as an investment in the life of every Michigan child, passed out of the state legislature in a bipartisan vote on June 28.
“This budget was written to help anyone and everyone be able to make it here in Michigan, with a strong academic foundation that starts early and continues through higher education and beyond,” Whitmer said.
The budget largely prioritizes investments in Michigan’s K-12 schools, starting with the largest ever per-pupil allocation at $9,608 a student — a $458 increase from the year prior...
The Genes That May Make You More Susceptible to COVID-19
"As time has passed, it has become increasingly clear that COVID-19 is not a cookie-cutter disease...
...If you were assigned male at birth, you might be at higher risk for serious illness from COVID-19.
...Another studyTrusted Source noted that Black people tend to have more variations in the genes that affect ACE2...
The study also noted that some of the genes they studied were also linked to ethnicity. This means that some symptoms may be more common in certain ethnic groups...
Here's just one of many articles mis-quoting what he said.
It shows that heat waves peaked 90 years ago and have been at a relatively low level (thankfully) since that time.
Since the government allows nothing good about our modern climate to be presented, the above chart has been replaced with the one below (Figure 2). It shows an alarming increase in frequency and intensity of heat waves.
As you have likely guessed, there is more to this story than first meets the eye.
First, the chart begins in 1961, near the end of a 33-year cooling period that had some of the coolest temperatures since the 1930s and conveniently omits the high temperatures of that decade of the "Dust Bowl".
Second, and more importantly, the charts above are not representative of America but, rather, areheat measurements in the 50 largest metropolitan areasin the Lower 48 states...
Tucker Carlson has been full of surprises lately, and his most recent antics do not disappoint.
Tucker, who was recently ousted from Fox News and began his own podcast that streams on Twitter, interviewed a guest his audience was not expecting: Ice Cube.
KALAMAZOO, Mich. — Kalamazoo is launching a pilot road project that would include a center lane shared by both directions of traffic. An Edge Lane Road design, or Advisory Bike Lake, also includes dashed prioritized bike lanes on the outside.
When a vehicle comes across another vehicle, both are expected to pause and move to the bike lane to pass each other, city officials said. If a bicyclist is actively in the prioritized bike lane, the vehicle on the occupied bike side should yield behind the bike and let the other vehicle pass before continuing in center lane, according to the city...
Beyond his work as a cultural commentator, a professor, and a bestselling author, Dr. Jordan Peterson has also made a name for himself as an accomplished clinical psychologist.
Following complaints — not by clients but by strangers — about some of Peterson's publicly-stated views unrelated to the practice of psychology, the Canadian governing body for psychologists in his home province of Ontario ordered him late last year to submit to mandatory media training at his own expense.
"As heatwaves, floods and wildfires ravage parts of the globe, Pope Francis called on political leaders from all countries to do more to combat climate change. "We are experiencing, here and in many countries, extreme climatic events," the leader of the Catholic Church told worshippers on Sunday after the traditional Angelus prayer in St Peter's Square in Rome. "And, please, I renew my appeal to the leaders of nations to do something more concrete to limit polluting emissions. It is an urgent challenge and cannot be postponed, it concerns everyone. Let us protect our common home!" Pope Francis told the roughly 20,000 faithful gathered in the square...
"Fixes to the federal student loan repayment program means 26,980 Michigan borrowers are eligible to get their debt erased. The U.S. Department of Education released state-by-state data last week on how many people will qualify for automatic debt discharge.
In Michigan, more than $1.2 billion of student debt could be cleared for thousands of people... U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona said the Biden administration is “fixing past administrative failures” by clearing $39 billion of debt for 804,000 people. Debt will be discharged within 30 days of the emails being sent out...
California, already struggling with an exodus of residents fleeing the state, will have about the same population in 2060 as it does now and fewer people than it had just three years ago, according to new government projections.
Parents Defending Education (PDE), a grassroots organization dedicated to fighting indoctrination in the classroom, says it has uncovered disturbing evidence linking Chinese Communist Party (CCP)-sponsored financial entities to American K-12 schools.
The findings are detailed in a new report dubbed "Little Red Classrooms," which was sent to 34 governors, key lawmakers and committee chairs on Wednesday. "The alarming evidence uncovered by our investigation should concern parents, educators, and policymakers alike. Families deserve to know who is influencing the American education system so that they can make informed choices about what their children are learning behind closed doors," PDE president Nicole Neily told Fox News Digital.
A new report casts doubt on the old “underfunded schools” trope.
"It is hard to think of a pathology in American urban life, from crime to poverty to fatherlessness, that is not blamed on “underfunded schools.”
Progressives conjure up images of a run-down schoolhouse with moldy walls, tattered decades-old textbooks, and musty blackboards to explain away the decades of academic underperformance and high drop-out, truancy, and delinquency rates in inner-city schools...
There were multiple studio collapses, including one in Pontiac (which required a bailout from the teacher pension system) and one in Allen Park (which nearly bankrupted the city).
The state film office approved a $1 million subsidy for a Michael Moore documentary...a movie that was about how those with connections took advantage of taxpayers...
Despite COVID having killed more than 1.13 million Americans as of mid-June 2023, and with a cost to the U.S. economy estimated to be $14 trillion — yes trillion — by the end of 2023, where is the united outrage among American citizens over the role of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in the pandemic?...
[T]he CCP has also been sending across America's southern border groups of single men of military age, with the apparent aim of sabotaging American installations on the first day of a conflict if the U.S. tries to counter a Chinese offensive on Taiwan...
Many American political, tech and business leaders are funding the China's military and seem casually indifferent about the deadly-serious existential threat from the CCP...
Many American political, tech and business leaders are funding the China's military and seem casually indifferent about the deadly-serious existential threat from the Chinese Communist Party. Pictured: DF-17 hypersonic missiles at a military parade in Beijing, China, on October 1, 2019. (Photo by Kevin Frayer/Getty Images)
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"WASHINGTON − Talking about mental health was seen as a "dark, dirty secret" in Hillary Schieve’s family."...
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