Police officers patrol a public transit station in the city center during a lockdown to curb the spread of coronavirus in Sydney, Australia, September 30, 2021. (Loren Elliott/Reuters) The dictatorial COVID protocols Down Under are providing an object lesson in how not to respond to the pandemic — or any crisis. NRPLUS MEMBER ARTICLE
Month: October 2021
After a summer of extraordinarily bad news on the exponential growth of China’s strategic nuclear forces, recent public statements by U.S. government officials indicate Beijing isn’t only building out its nuclear forces, but also diversifying it, by considering new, nontraditional weapons, as well as possibly reconsidering its nuclear deterrent doctrine. That’s an awful lot of
In this article 6758.T-JP Tom Hardy stars in Sony’s “Venom: Let There Be Carnage.” Sony There’s a new king of the pandemic box office. Sony’s “Venom: Let There Be Carnage” tallied an estimated $90.1 million in ticket sales domestically over the weekend, the best box office haul since the Covid-19 outbreak began. Marvel’s “Black Widow”
He is an amateur street artist-turned-professional who counts the Obamas, late comic book legend Stan Lee, and the Pope among his high-profile fans. Known as Mr Brainwash, he insists he is paying tribute to artists such as Banksy, Damien Hirst and Jeff Koons by reproducing their work. “You are kind of honouring them… because there
Former President Donald Trump is suing Twitter to get his account reinstated, the Washington Examiner reports. Trump was permanently banned from Twitter after the Jan. 6 attacks. For his part, Trump says Twitter should be liable for “its own actions.” “Defendant is liable for its own speech as well as its own actions. When Defendant
The Wall Street Journal noted that “If cleared by regulators, the drug would be the first oral antiviral for Covid-19.” They also described it as a “Tamiflu for COVID-19” that could be “dispensed to patients when they first develop symptoms, slowing the spread of the virus in the body and potentially preventing people from becoming
Summary: President Joe Biden won’t be doing anything today as he continues shirking his duties while chilling at his home in Delaware. President Biden’s Itinerary for 10/3/21: All Times EDT White House Briefing Schedule Keep an Eye on the President at Our President’s Schedule Page. We are providing former President Donald Trump’s schedule to compare
Michael Gandolfini and Alessandro Nivola in The Many Saints of Newark. (Barry Wetcher/Warner Bros. Pictures) As an obsessive fan of The Sopranos, I was eagerly awaiting the release of the full-length movie, The Many Saints of Newark, in a way that I had not looked forward to any movie in a long time. When I
Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) grilled Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra during a congressional hearing on Thursday over the Biden administration’s seeming refusal to recognize natural immunity against COVID-19. What happened? Paul began the tense exchange, which happened during a Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee hearing, by asking Becerra whether he was
Pitbull doesn’t hide his love for the United States. The rapper’s patriotism shined bright in a recent concert where he blasted anyone who doesn’t appreciate America’s greatness. As part of his 2021 “I Feel Good” tour, Pitbull recently performed at the North Island Credit Union Amphitheater in Chula Vista, California. In the middle of his
In a fiery exchange during Sunday’s This Week on ABC, former Republican Governor Chris Christie took on the liberal panel single-handedly as he called out President Biden for “capitulating” to the radical elements of his party just as he did the Taliban. And his bluntness left the host stammering and largely ineffective at quelling the
A Denver police officer who took the jab now cannot walk. According to the GoFundMe account created by his sister: Jose Manriquez is a 7 year veteran of the Denver Police Department and a 12 year veteran of the Army National Guard but his most important job is taking care of his 4 children and
A worker puts a cap to a pipe at the construction site of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline near Kingisepp, Leningrad Region, Russia, June 5, 2019. (Anton Vaganov/Reuters) The week of September 27: oil, gas, coal, climate, taxation, spending, a nod to the Reichenbach Falls, the contradictions within the Biden administration, and much, much more. After three weeks
A Senate Armed Services Committee hearing Tuesday put a bright spotlight on President Joe Biden’s imprudent withdrawal from Afghanistan. At one point, Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, asked Army Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, some simple yes-or-no questions about its consequences. “Has the military’s task to defeat terror threats from Afghanistan
Amazon’s new delivery van Amazon Rivian Automotive, a company developing electric vehicles, including commercial delivery vans for Amazon, filed for an initial public offering on Friday. The company aims to trade on the Nasdaq under the ticker symbol “RIVN.” Its paperwork shows a $994 million net loss on zero revenue in the first six months
The body of a missing student has been found just days after the prime suspect in her death killed himself. Miya Marcano, 19, was found in a wooded area near an apartment building in Orlando, Florida. She was reported missing on 24 September after she failed to catch a flight home to Fort Lauderdale and
White pro-lifers are racist hypocrites. That was the word on Tiffany Cross’s MSNBC show on Saturday. Cross played a clip from the recent congressional testimony of abortion rights advocate Loretta Ross. Referring derisively to white pro-lifers as “white saviors,” Ross said: “I’m tired of white saviors saying that black women aren’t smart enough to make
The government with a vaccine is like a three-year-old with a hammer. They want to jab anything that moves, like a toddler who thinks everything is a nail. Through all of this, they tell you, “Listen to the experts,” but not all experts agree, even within the government. Sometimes the experts don’t even agree with
Chinese warplanes made a record number of incursions close to Taiwan on Saturday, continuing their display of military might as Beijing enters a second day of celebrating the country’s founding. People’s Liberation Army aircraft conducted 19 flights near the territory overnight, adding to the 20 seen earlier on Saturday and 38 on Friday, Taiwan’s defense
Vice President Kamala Harris speaks in the State Dining Room at the White House in Washington, D.C., August 10, 2021. (Evelyn Hockstein/Reuters) Here’s Iranian-state television sharing a clip of the vice president of the United States, Kamala Harris, taking questions from a George Mason student to commemorate National Voter Registration Day: Student accuses US of
Former President Donald Trump has filed a lawsuit in Florida asking a federal judge to force Twitter to reinstate his account. In Friday’s filing, the 45th President of the United States argues that being banned from Twitter violates the First Amendment. Trump’s attorneys contend that Twitter “exercises a degree of power and control over political
A murder-for-hire plot that sounds like it is straight from a fictional crime drama was exposed this week. A Texas woman orchestrated an elaborate and “depraved” scheme to murder her husband by manipulating her secret lover, federal prosecutors say. Jennifer Lynne Faith, 49, was walking her dog with her husband near their Oak Cliff home
Virginia Kruta at the Daily Caller reported that Fox’s Dagen McDowell let loose on President Biden on Thursday’s edition of The Five. The quintet brought up Los Angeles Times reporter Chris Megerian asking Biden press secretary Jen Psaki why Biden’s poll ratings were cratering, and how that would affect his credibility in advocating for health
Democrat Rep. John Yarmuth is the chairman of the House Budget Committee. During a recent appearance on CNN, he claimed that the federal government can afford anything. Really? Is this what passes for the truth now? If the federal government can afford anything, why not just make every American a millionaire? Here’s a partial transcript
Detail of a photograph of Earl Warren, chief justice of the Supreme Court from 1953 to 1969 (Wikimedia) 1953—Less than one month after the death of Chief Justice Fred M. Vinson, President Eisenhower recess-appoints California governor Earl Warren as Chief Justice. In January 1954, Eisenhower nominates Warren to hold that office “during good Behaviour,” but
Drivers heading south on U.S. Route 183 in Austin, Texas, have become familiar with a billboard urging city police officers to relocate to Spokane, Washington, to become deputy sheriffs and collect a $15,000 bonus. The Spokane County Sheriff’s Office has targeted Texas’ capital city, already in a personnel crunch as the homicide rate reached a
In this article TSLA The logo of Tesla seen at one of its showroom. Tesla announced its Q1 2021 earnings today. Toby Scott | LightRocket | Getty Images Tesla delivered 241,300 electric vehicles during the third quarter of 2021, the company reported Saturday. The quarter’s deliveries topped expectations. Analysts predicted that Tesla would deliver around 220,900
Gabby Petito, a 22-year-old blogger whose body was found in a US national park, told police about a domestic dispute with her boyfriend the month before she disappeared. Ms Petito was found dead in Wyoming on 18 September and police are investigating her death as a homicide. Her boyfriend Brian Laundrie, 23, was charged last
Call it the liberal media “one word” game. All it takes is one word – one word ever so subtly and carefully placed in a news story. And with that the liberal media sets the liberal narrative about the topic of the moment. Take what is known as the Hyde Amendment. For those who came
Bill Maher is angering the left yet again. The erstwhile liberal icon — who’s criticized woke culture and defended Ron DeSantis this year — again delved into politics during his Friday night HBO show. The comedian/commentator perked some antenna by siding with Democrat Sens. Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema for defying their party’s $3.5 trillion