Opinion
“Los Angeles Races To Contain Wildfires Before Severe Winds Return”
Original article (via Reuters) Summary Wildfires devastate Los Angeles, 24 dead, 100,000 evacuated Red flag conditions of high winds returning All of L.A. County warned anyone could be ordered to evacuate Seven states, Canada and Mexico send firefighters to help LOS ANGELES, Jan 12 (Reuters) – Firefighters raced to contain …
“Breaking: The Lawsuit v Pfizer by TX Attorney General, Ken Paxton is Dismissed”
Originally posted on the author’s Substack (12/31/2024) PREP Act and EUA law pre-empt civil lawsuits. These suits are theater/political campaigning. AGs serious about prosecution should bring criminal charges, not civil complaints. Happy almost New Year to all my readers and your families! I hate to do this on the New …
“Which Dystopia Are We Living In?”
Originally posted on the author’s Substack Dystopian literature endures because it forces us to confront uncomfortable truths about ourselves and our society. In the English-speaking world, few works of this genre are more iconic than George Orwell’s 1984, Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World, and Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451. Each of these novels presents …
“The ‘Liberals’ Shrieking In Defense Of ‘Our Democracy’ Are Doing Far More To Crush It Than Trump Ever Did”
By barking endlessly about TRUMP’S Nazi playbook, the Democrats and “our free press” have freed THEMSELVES to use that playbook with impunity, and “liberals” to CHEER them for it “Eric Adams Tells Fox News Democrats Lost Election By Comparing Trump to Hitler: ‘What The Hell Are You Talking About?’” (link) “You …
“New York’s Highest Court Won’t Stop Trump’s Sentencing”
Original article © Steven Hirsch/New York Post/Bloomberg via Getty Images The highest court in New York said Thursday it would not prevent the sentencing of President-elect Donald Trump for his crimes, currently scheduled for Friday. A deputy clerk for Judge Jenny Rivera wrote in a two-sentence letter to Trump’s lawyer, Todd Blanche, …
“The Cost of Facebook’s Now-Repudiated Censorship”
Originally published by Brownstone Institute History will remember this era as the moment when America’s most sacred principles collided with unprecedented institutional power – and lost. The systematic dismantling of fundamental rights didn’t happen through military force or executive decree, but through the quiet cooperation of tech platforms, media gatekeepers, …
“MASK MANDATES RETURN AS EXPERTS WARN OF ‘QUAD-DEMIC’ OF VIRUSES” [Sponsored]
It’s winter, which means a surge of seasonal flu infections in the northern hemisphere. This year, however, Americans are just looking at a surge in seasonal flu infections, but a surge in the flu coupled with three other infections: A quadruple-whammy of viruses are hitting the US as millions go …
Meta: “More Speech and Fewer Mistakes”
Original Post (via Meta) Takeaways Starting in the US, we are ending our third party fact-checking program and moving to a Community Notes model. We will allow more speech by lifting restrictions on some topics that are part of mainstream discourse and focusing our enforcement on illegal and high-severity violations. …
“‘Big Win’ for Amish Farmer and Food Freedom in Raw Milk Case”
Original article The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania last week ruled that Amish farmers Amos and Rebecca Miller could continue to sell raw milk outside the state while a lawsuit filed by the state against them moves through the courts. Attorney Robert Barnes called the decision a “big win” for food …
“Why I’m Quitting The Washington Post”
Original article I’ve worked for the Washington Post since 2008 as an editorial cartoonist. I have had editorial feedback and productive conversations—and some differences—about cartoons I have submitted for publication, but in all that time I’ve never had a cartoon killed because of who or what I chose to aim my pen …
“The Pandemic Planners Come for Hoof and Hen…and Us Again”
On December 31, 2024, the world received a year-end parting gift from the good folks at NIAID, Anthony Fauci’s old fiefdom at the National Institutes of Health. NIAID – the same unaccountable and secretive agency that Fauci used to fund the gain-of-function research of Ralph Baric at UNC Chapel Hill …
“Professor Gets AI to Admit Unborn Children Are Human Beings”
Original article Philosophy professor George Matwijec got ChatGPT to acknowledge that the child in the womb is an unequivocally human, living organism at every stage of development and that abortion is the destruction of an unrepeatable human being. ChatGPT Chat with AI, Artificial Intelligence. (Shutterstock) (LifeSiteNews) — AI has captivated …
“January 6th: Trudeau Resigns!”
Originally posted on the author’s Substack Why does President Trump suddenly want to annex Greenland and Canada? In a shock move that will reverberate through the free nations of the world, the Prime Minister of Canada — the loathsome dictator Justin Trudeau — just announced his resignation on the same day …
“Mike Johnson Wins Reelection as House Speaker in Dramatic Vote to Open New Congress”
Original article What to know about the House Speaker vote Republican Rep. Mike Johnson of Louisiana won reelection as speaker of the House on Friday, emerging victorious after a pair of GOP members switched their votes to deliver him a majority and open the 119th Congress. Johnson needed 218 votes to …
“Judge upholds jury’s $7.8M verdict in BART COVID vaccine case”
Original article In October, a jury determined that BART owed $7.8 million to six former employees who were fired or forced into retirement after declining the COVID vaccine. (Paul Chinn/The Chronicle 2020) A federal judge on Monday blocked Bay Area Rapid Transit’s attempt to toss out a jury verdict …
“The Semmelweis Effect and The Great Barrington Declaration”
Originally published on the author’s Substack The story is often told in medical school about Ignaz Semmelweis, the Hungarian obstetrician who discovered that hand washing with chlorine reduced maternal mortality from puerperal fever. An intervention seemingly so simple and obvious but when first proposed in the 1840s, the experts of …
“EXCLUSIVE: FDA lab uncovers excess DNA contamination in COVID-19 vaccines”
Originally published on the author’s Substack Explosive revelations as a study conducted at FDA’s own lab found residual DNA levels exceeded safety limits by 6 to 470 times. Experts say it’s a ‘smoking gun.’ An explosive new study conducted within the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) own laboratory has …
“Biden Vetoes Once-Bipartisan Effort to Add 66 Federal Judgeships, Citing ‘Hurried’ House Action”
Original article President Joe Biden speaks at the Department of Labor in Washington, Monday, Dec. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis) WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Monday vetoed a once-bipartisan effort to add 66 federal district judgeships, saying “hurried action” by the House left important questions unanswered about the life-tenured positions. The …
“CALLS GROW FOR BIDEN TO AUTHORIZE NEW EXPERIMENTAL BIRD FLU VACCINE” [Sponsored]
Dr. Leana Wen, an enthusiastic supporter of the experimental COVID mRNA vaccine that has negatively impacted the lives of millions of Americans, is back, and – surprise, surprise – she is looking for another experimental vaccine to unleash on the American people. In response to a severe case of H5N1 …
“A Year in Review — 2024 Tech, Social Media Legislation”
Original article 14-year-old Henry, right, and Angel, 15, use their phones to view social media. (Rick Rycroft / AP) Landmark policy and legislation moved forward to regulate and monitor social platforms in the past year. While some bills have stalled, others have moved forward and are slated to make a …