Everyone knew some husky chap in college who smelled like onions and called himself a libertarian. He may or may not have worn a fedora. He wasn’t cool enough to do drugs but he figured that, if he never stopped talking about how much he wanted to legalize them, he’d get a bit of second-hand cool.
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Covid-19: What’s the harm of ‘funny’ anti-vaccine memes?
Covid-19: What’s the harm of ‘funny’ anti-vaccine memes?
Memes, often in the form of humorous images and videos, are a major part of how people communicate on the internet, but they can also be used to spread disinformation.
We’ve been looking at how these memes can present false and misleading information about Covid-19 vaccines, feeding into concerns about their efficacy or safety.
This is a serious piece by the BBC.
The Last American Glovemaker
Decades of offshoring have decimated American manufacturing. One baseball glove factory remains to preserve a community and a culture.
Baseball may be America’s pastime, but in Nocona, Texas, it’s a way of life. That’s a common refrain in small-town America, but here of all places it’s true. Noconans craft their identity on more than ephemeral high school seasons or the glory of a former star. Known as the “Leather Goods Center of the Southwest,” generations of its residents have worked at Nokona, the eponymous company that’s made baseball gloves in the city for nearly a century. Yet behind the craftsmanship and storied legacy, Noconans like Kim York recognize the somber truth: Nokona is the last glovemaker in America. “It still really shocks me,” York said. “We think about it all the time.”
FBI Requests Fraud, Disenfranchisement Evidence, Researcher Says
The FBI has reached out to an election integrity researcher for evidence of crimes in the 2020 election, said the researcher, who is also a former Trump campaign official.
The evidence was collected by the Voter Integrity Project (VIP) led by Matt Braynard, former data and strategy director for President Donald Trump’s 2016 election campaign.
Tell them you have a copy of the Pee Pee tape if you want them to actually do something.
More than $47,000 in fines issued following house party in Mississauga
Police broke up a house party in Mississauga on Sunday that resulted in more than $47,000 worth of fines being issued to some of those attending.
The event was taking place at a short-term Airbnb rental unit in the area of Ninth Line and Deepwood Heights that saw 60 people in attendance, according to Peel Regional Police.
Deputy Chief Marc Andrews said in a tweet published on Sunday that some guests fled upon the arrival of police and bylaw officers at approximately 12:30 a.m.
‘Pet Psychic’ Says She Communicated Telepathically With Biden’s Dogs. The Daily Beast Runs With It.
The Daily Beast published a lengthy story on Friday about Beth Lee-Crowther, a so-called “pet psychic” who claims to have communicated telepathically with Democratic nominee Joe Biden’s two pet dogs.
GOLDSTEIN: Karma’s a glitch, eh Prime Minister?
Proving yet again that what goes around comes around, the Trudeau Liberals, having accused the Conservatives all last week of spreading fake news about COVID-19, finished off the week on Friday by spreading fake news about the Conservatives and COVID-19.
That occurred when the Prime Minister’s Office issued a release just after 4:30 pm.
Mohsen Fakhrizadeh: What were the motives behind his killing?
Unknown to most Iranians until Friday, when he was assassinated, the nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh was well known to those who followed Iran’s nuclear programme. Western security sources regarded him as instrumental in it.
Iranian media downplayed Fakhrizadeh’s importance, introducing him as a scientist and researcher involved in the search for “homegrown test kits for Covid-19” in recent weeks.
Mark Fitzpatrick, an associate fellow with London’s International Institute for Strategic Studies who follows Iran’s nuclear programme closely, also tweeted: “Iran’s nuclear program is long past the point when it is dependent on a single individual“.
Yet we know that when he was attacked Fakhrizadeh was accompanied by several bodyguards, indicating how seriously Iran took his security.
More than half of UK adults say Black Lives Matter movement INCREASED racial tensions – poll
The majority of UK adults believe that recent anti-racism Black Lives Matter (BLM) protests actually deepened the nation’s racial divisions and increased tensions, a newly released poll has revealed.
Some 55 percent of Britons think that the BLM wave of anti-racist demonstrations backfired and exacerbated racial tensions, a newly released poll conducted in October by Opinium found, based on a survey of more than 2,000 people.
Amistad Project Director: 2020 Election One of the Most Lawless in US History
A former state attorney general whose group is involved in election-related litigation in battleground states said Saturday that he believes the 2020 election was lawless.
“I think that this was one of the most lawless elections in U.S. history,” Phill Kline told The Epoch Times. That lawlessness has made it difficult for people to have faith in the election results, he added.
Kline, the former Republican Kansas attorney general, serves as director of the Thomas More Society’s Amistad Project, an initiative that works to preserve civil liberties.
The Otherness of a Closet Collectivist
All through his brief political career, Barack Obama, the 44th President of the United States, has mused about what he sees as his “otherness”. In his latest book, A Promised Land, he claims that people saw him as someone “from everywhere and nowhere, a combination of ill-fitting parts like a platypus or some imaginary beast.”
However, even if that were true, Obama’s “otherness” could be found elsewhere. To start with, he was the first person to win the US presidency after a brief stint in public office as a junior senator. (His successor Donald Trump didn’t have even that). Obama was also the first person to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize without having done anything for peace or war.
What? Dr. Fauci Recommends COVID-19 Vaccination for Those Who Recovered From COVID-19
In yet another move that seems to indicate that COVID-19 is unlike any virus that has ever existed, Dr. Anthony Fauci told McClatchy DC that people previously infected with and recovered from COVID-19 should get the vaccine anyway…
Trump on Election Fraud: The DOJ and FBI Are ‘Missing in Action‘
President Donald Trump said during a phone interview on this week’s broadcast of Fox News Channel’s “Sunday Morning Futures,” the FBI and the Department of Justice was “missing in action” on claims of massive fraud in the 2020 election.
Bartiromo said, “You have laid out some serious charges here. Shouldn’t this be something that the FBI is investigating? Are they? Is the DOJ investigating?”
Trump said, “Missing in action, can’t tell you where they are.
New Lawsuit Asks Wisconsin Supreme Court to Declare All Drop-Box Ballots Illegal and Block Certification
A new lawsuit filed with the Wisconsin Supreme Court seeks to block the state from certifying the election results, arguing that all ballots cast via drop boxes are illegal and should be discarded, and if such ballots cannot be reliably identified for rejection, then the state legislature should nominate its own slate of presidential electors.
The lawsuit complaint, filed on Nov. 27 on behalf of Wisconsin voter Dean Mueller (pdf), argues that the Plaintiff’s right to a “safe, free, secure and transparent presidential election” was violated “in that his vote has been diluted by the counting of thousands of illegal votes placed in illegal ballot drop boxes across the State of Wisconsin.”
Here Are Some More Troubling Questions About the Election Numbers
Folks on the left and in media have been downplaying or mocking any questions about the legitimacy of the election.
This despite sworn affidavits as to a variety of issues in multiple states.
You would think that media would want to report on some of the allegations. But in large measure, the national media has mostly turned a blind eye, any of the actual affidavits from witnesses. The only coverage has been from conservative or local media.
But the results of the election themselves raise questions.