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Biden administration singles out China
as 'biggest geopolitical test' for U.S.

President Joe Biden singled out a "growing rivalry with China" as a key challenge facing the United States, with his top diplomat describing the Asian country as "the biggest geopolitical test" of this century.

It's about time.  And this from the guy who said just last year "China is not our problem." Took him damn long enough.

Blinken has said he agrees with his predecessor Mike Pompeo's determination that genocide against Muslims is underway in Xinjiang, but did not use the term in his speech.

How long will this last...?

China tells Biden
to reverse 'dangerous practice' on Taiwan

China’s foreign minister warned the Biden administration on Sunday to roll back former President Donald Trump’s “dangerous practice” of showing support for Taiwan, the island democracy claimed by Beijing as its own territory.

This coming from a nation building 'islands' in the middle of international waters in an attempt to take the whole South China Sea?

The claim to Taiwan, which split with the mainland in 1949, is an “insurmountable red line,” Wang Yi said at a news conference during the annual meeting of China’s ceremonial legislature.

Though THAT was part of a Civil War and mainland China's government was not the original government. Taiwan's (ROC established in 1912) is what remains of the original.

“No one cares more about the development of democracy in Hong Kong than the central government,” Wang said. He said the changes will protect the “rights of Hong Kong residents and the legitimate interests of foreign investors.”

*COUGH!* Who just arrested lawyers and activists of Hong Kong independence and broke the 1997 deal?

“The so-called existence of genocide in Xinjiang is absurd. It is a complete lie fabricated with ulterior motives,” Wang said. He blamed “anti-China forces” that he said want to “undermine the security and stability of Xinjiang and hinder China’s development and growth.”

 Suuure...  And Covid came from bats, and not your lab...

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Back in August 2020 we've learned that...

Dentists say 'mask mouth' can cause serious health complications, including strokes

Dentists are warning about the health issues tied to prolonged use of a mask to stop the spread of the coronavirus.
They said dental problems associated with "mask mouth," including gum disease, could lead to serious complications.
“Gum disease — or periodontal disease — will eventually lead to strokes and an increased risk of heart attacks,” Marc Sclafani, a dentist and co-founder of One Manhattan Dental, told the New York Post about “mask mouth,” which is increasingly causing inflammation and gum disease among patients.
Another dentist and co-founder at One Manhattan Dental, Rob Ramondi, said 50% of his patients are suffering from negative health issues due to mask-wearing.
“We’re seeing inflammation in people’s gums that have been healthy forever, and cavities in people who have never had them before,” Ramondi said. “About 50% of our patients are being impacted by this, [so] we decided to name it ‘mask mouth’ — after ‘meth mouth.’”
"Meth mouth" is a term used to describe poor oral hygiene typically associated with chronic meth users.
The dentists said that the face coverings increase mouth dryness and contribute to a buildup of bad bacteria.
“People tend to breathe through their mouth instead of through their nose while wearing a mask,” Sclafani said. “The mouth breathing is causing the dry mouth, which leads to a decrease in saliva — and saliva is what fights the bacteria and cleanses your teeth.”

Recommendations for those that still need to wear masks

Sclafani suggested those who have no choice but to wear masks can drink more water, cut down on caffeine, snag a humidifier to moisten the air, use an alcohol-free mouthwash, scrape their tongue, and refrain from smoking.

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We’ll Have Herd Immunity by April

Covid cases have dropped 77% in six weeks. Experts should level with the public about the good news.

February 2021

Amid the dire Covid warnings, one crucial fact has been largely ignored: Cases are down 77% over the past six weeks. If a medication slashed cases by 77%, we’d call it a miracle pill. Why is the number of cases plummeting much faster than experts predicted?
In large part because natural immunity from prior infection is far more common than can be measured by testing. Testing has been capturing only from 10% to 25% of infections, depending on when during the pandemic someone got the virus. Applying a time-weighted case capture average of 1 in 6.5 to the cumulative 28 million confirmed cases would mean about 55% of Americans have natural immunity.

But who's Dr. Makary?

Dr. Marty Makary practices surgical oncology and advanced laparoscopic surgery at Johns Hopkins Hospital and is a professor of Health Policy and Management at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

Even so Facebook blocked the Wall Street Journal post because his article didn't pass the fact checkers' review.
Oh really?
He might be a bit optimistic here, which isn't that bad at all, but he's a professional with a good reputation. Even if the immunity could take a bit longer than expected, it might still happen this year.

Right, Dr. Fauci's daughter works in Facebook... What a coincidence!

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Even so Facebook blocked the Wall Street Journal post because his article didn't pass the fact checkers' review.
Oh really?

Don't forget that Facebook adopted a practice that they block any content that contradicts information from the WHO (World Health Organization).  If anyone thought that this would stop, they were kidding themselves.


On another Facebook note....

CALIFORNIA'S LARGEST TEACHER'S UNION
TOLD DON'T POST VACATION PICS

It is hard to argue that it is unsafe for in-person instruction,
if parents and the public see vacation photos and international travel,

A user of a private Facebook group for members of California’s largest teachers union cautioned teachers to not post about their vacations on social media because it could hurt the union’s argument that schools are unsafe for return, Fox 11 reported, based on leaked posts.

The 'follow the science' phrase was thrown out when the CDC said Teachers did not need to be vaccinated

White House refuses to call Mexico border rush,
child detainee tripling a ‘crisis’

White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki on Tuesday refused to characterize the spiraling situation at the US-Mexico border as a “crisis,” even as the number of detained children has surged and Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas has resorted to asking for volunteers to help hold the line.

There's not enough people to do the job, so they need volunteers?

The number of children detained in cramped federal facilities along the border has more than tripled in the past two weeks to more than 3,250, the New York Times reported Tuesday, with more than a third of those kids held past the 72 hours they’re legally allowed to be kept before being transferred to shelters.

I would encourage you to go back to them and ask them again. We’re not gonna confirm them from the White House. It’s not our program. We certainly encourage transparency, but what I also think is important is to talk about the root causes here.

It's not your program? Look at the root cause?  It is your program, and the program is the cause.

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Virus tolls similar despite governors’ contrasting actions

Nearly a year after California Gov. Gavin Newsom ordered the nation’s first statewide shutdown because of the coronavirus, masks remain mandated, indoor dining and other activities are significantly limited, and Disneyland remains closed.
By contrast, Florida has no statewide restrictions. Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis has prohibited municipalities from fining people who refuse to wear masks. And Disney World has been open since July.
Despite their differing approaches, California and Florida have experienced almost identical outcomes in COVID-19 case rates.
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California and Florida both have a COVID-19 case rate of around 8,900 per 100,000 residents since the pandemic began, according to the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. And both rank in the middle among states for COVID-19 death rates — Florida was 27th as of Friday; California was 28th.

So how are Fauci, the CDC and the state governors gonna justify their restrictions and lockdowns?
They simply don't work at all!
Still, they don't care if many businesses close permanently!

China urges WHO to let it run the Global vaccine passport database

The Communist Party launched its domestic “vaccine passport” system Wednesday, despite W.H.O. officials urging countries not to implement such a system due to unequal access to vaccines and the variety in the quality of the available offerings around the world. The “vaccine passport” — A digital certification that confirms a person has received a coronavirus vaccination — joins China’s larger “social credit system,” which judges every citizen and awards them numerical “scores” based on how much the Party approves of their behavior. The behavior judged can vary from littering and volunteering, which result in respectively lower or higher social credit scores, to the display of public opinions either in favor or against the Communist Party.

Yeah... As if we could ever trust China about our private information.

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There is a crisis at the Mexican Border, and W.H. Press Secretary Jen Psaki said it!
Then she quickly walked it back!

She later seemed to walk it back when reporters asked if her phrasing was indicative of a change in how the White House viewed the situation. She reverted back to using the phrase "challenges at the border" and maintained there is no change in administration messaging.

Ah...  I suspect this was a true freudian slip.

So far in 2021, the numbers have been higher than in 2019, indicating the crisis or "challenge" could be significantly greater this year, and the administration has made moves to indicate it recognizes that. It has opened up migrant centers to deal both with family units and UACs and has looked at a Virginia military base and other sites to house child migrants.

  Yes, it is now worse than what it was in 2019. And Democrats called 2019 a crisis.

Sherrifs want the border secured!
Half of the migrants caught HAVE COVID!

In one of the more shocking concerns raised in the resolution, the sheriffs said, “Estimates are that between 5% and 50% of the persons crossing without documentation are COVID positive. In any other construct, infection rates that high would be cause for alarm by public health officials. Yet, we are currently engaging in policies that have potentially opened, rather than restricted, undocumented traffic into the U.S.”

   Americans must test and prove they do not have Covid for travel, but this?  Unconscionable.

Children packed into Border Patrol tent for days on end

Despite concerns about the coronavirus, the children are kept so closely together that they can touch the person next to them, the lawyers said. Some have to wait five days or more to shower, and there isn’t always soap available, just shampoo, according to the lawyers.

It is pretty surprising that the administration talks about the importance of transparency and then won’t let the attorneys for children set eyes on where they’re staying. I find that very disappointing.

   It is clear, the White House made this a humanitarian crisis that endangers the lives of children.

Rand Paul Slams Fauci
You’ve Been Vaccinated and You Parade Around in Two Masks for Show

Sen. Paul repeatedly asked Dr. Fauci to cite any evidence that people who have been vaccinated against the virus still need to wear a mask because they’re still at risk of contracting the virus again. Dr. Fauci did not respond, other than to say that the threat of presumed “variants” of the virus might still possibly be able to infect the vaccinated.

You can't get it again. There is virtually zero percent chance you're going to get it, and yet you are telling people who have had the vaccine, who have immunity, you're defying everything we know about immunity by telling people to wear a mask who have been vaccinated.

    It doesn't sound like Dr. Fauci is following the science. Mind you, he's been wrong from the start like saying there was no human-to-human contact.

Putin responds to Biden comment that he’s a killer:
‘I know you are, but what am I?’

It’s clear that [Biden] doesn’t want to normalize relations with our country. This is what we’ll be guided by from now on.

Moscow then took the unusual move of temporarily recalling its ambassador to the United States, Anatoly Antonov, in what’s believed to be the first such instance in more than 20 years.

   As if we don't have enough problems...

Yaphet Kotto,
Magnetic Actor With A Long And Varied Career,
Dies At 81

With his stout frame and imposing glare, Kotto was often called on to smolder and intimidate, playing villains like Dr. Kananga, a.k.a. Mr. Big, in Roger Moore's debut as Bond in 1973's Live and Let Die. But his ability to rattle off rapid-fire dialogue with Shakespearean fluency, even while summoning an infectious grin, brought an intelligence and depth to his roles that the material Kotto was working with sometimes lacked.

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Carcinogen found in hand sanitizers sold during pandemic

The pharmacy, Valisure, tested numerous hand sanitizer products for chemicals including benzene, formaldehyde and others, finding higher levels of the cancer-causing benzene in nearly two dozen products sold in the U.S.
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The analysis went on to suggest that while only a fraction of the market had been tested, few of the products containing high levels of benzene appeared to be manufactured in Mexico; most came from the U.S. or China.

 Keep in mind some of the hand sanitizers they tested include eye catching pictures like the famous "Baby Yoda" from The Mandalorian.

The Corona-politics remind former figure skater Katarina Witt of the times of the GDR
Corona-Politik erinnert Ex-Eiskunstläuferin Katarina Witt an DDR-Zeit

Former figure skater Katarina Witt does not want to be an openminded thinker. Still, the meetings of Angela Merkel and the German prime ministers took her back to the GDR. The decisions taken by a small circle has a parallelism with sozialism.
Due to the corona-resolutions of the federal government and the states, the former figure skater Katarina Witt recalls the times of the GDR. "The similarity is amazing, what they did in the name of "the will of the people" as a small group can easily achieve in such a collective manner, first in socialism and nowadays in capitalism" posted the fifty-year-old woman on her Facebook page. "I don't like to voice it but a small devil on top of my shoulder whispers in my ear mischievously "Welcome back to the GDR!"

Yeah, the GDR is the former East Germany.  It doesn't feel good to suddenly recall it after 30 years of freedom.

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Judges are banning some Capitol riot suspects from the internet

The story of a 52-year-old salon owner who charted a dark path of disinformation to the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, where she allegedly grabbed a bullhorn and urged rioters to take up weapons, is backed by one social media post after another embedded in the Department of Justice filing.
There is Bisignano in her Louis Vuitton sweater, filmed in front of the Capitol talking about her business and hometown as the riot was getting underway. There she is again, addressing rioters with a rant about globalists, George Soros and stolen votes. And again, calling for weapons and gas masks moments before a rioter attacks an officer with what appears to be a baseball bat.
Now, Bisignano has gone silent online. She is not allowed on the internet. Not because social media platforms banned her, but because a federal judge did. If Bisignano goes online while awaiting trial, she risks being jailed.

The same article claims only pedophiles, even as suspects, are cut off of the internet by judges. Now based on so called terrorism pretty much anybody could be banned from the net.

I know, there are hundreds or even thousands of criminals like...
   
(OK, they're just too many of them out there! )
...that deserve such "harsh" punishment but depending on the  judges' verdicts, that could end up including the average joe as well.

Obviously the very first thing you might recall right now would be that social media are NOT the internet, even if we love them or depend on any of them to interact with friends or even your boss.

A general ban doesn't look like the right choice here. I would be better to ban their social media alone unless they are used for normal and legitimate business purposes.

Much-feared asteroid Apophis won't hit Earth for at least 100 years, Nasa says

Chunk of space rock was once the ‘poster child for hazardous asteroids’ but it will be a while before humans need to worry about it again.
Nasa has given Earth the all clear on the chances of an asteroid called Apophis hitting our planet any time in the next century, having worried space scientists for over 15 years.
The 340-metre (1,100ft) chunk of space rock hit the headlines in 2004 after its discovery led to some worrying forecasts about its orbit. It became a “poster child for hazardous asteroids”, according to one Nasa expert.
It was supposed to come frighteningly close in 2029 and again in 2036. Nasa ruled out any chance of a strike during those two close approaches a while ago, but a potential 2068 collision still loomed.
But new telescope observations mean that collision has been ruled out and Apophis has been officially taken off the US space agency’s asteroid “risk list”.

Well, we can't be 100% sure about this but it seems there's nothing to worry about the  Apophis the evil asteroid.
So what are your plans for the next century?
Now it seems you got no excuse not to finish playing or developing your games  anymore.

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All the talk of Joe Biden wanting to eliminate Guns, he might want to look to his own...

Hunter May Have Lied
On Gun Background Check Form

Secret Service agents approached the owner of the store where Hunter bought the gun and asked to take the paperwork involving the sale, according to two people, one of whom has firsthand knowledge of the episode and the other was briefed by a Secret Service agent after the fact. The gun store owner refused to supply the paperwork, suspecting that the Secret Service officers wanted to hide Hunter’s ownership of the missing gun in case it were to be involved in a crime, the two people said. The owner, Ron Palmieri, later turned over the papers to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, which oversees federal gun laws.
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Hunter responded “no” to a question on the transaction record that asks, “Are you an unlawful user of, or addicted to, marijuana or any depressant, stimulant, narcotic drug, or any other controlled substance?” Five years earlier, he had been discharged from the Navy Reserve after testing positive for cocaine, and he and family members have spoken about his history of drug use.

Lying on an ATF Form 4473 is a felony that can carry a 10-year prison sentence with a $250,000 fine. And Hunter had lied about NOT being charged with a felony, NOT the unlawful user of drugs and NOT being dishonorably Discharged.

When Hunter Biden was asked if he was doing drugs or drinking, Hunter Biden responded by saying that Hallie Biden was concerned about him being mentally unstable, saying that she was concerned that he was going to commit suicide.

   Joe should start looking at his own house.

Biden staffer blocks Ted Cruz
from taking video at migrant facility

Cruz led delegation of Republican senators to Donna, Texas, to tour migrant holding facilities

The post includes video footage that cannot be disputed.

Both Senators Cruz and Corwyn, Texas Republicans, led a delegation of other senators to tour the Donna Texas facility, and a Biden Administration Staffer blocked him while filming within.

So you work for the commissioner, you’re a senior adviser, you were hired two weeks ago and you’re instructed to ask us to not have any pictures taken here because the political leadership at DHS does not want the American people to know it.

  The staffer, however, eventually found that all the other Senators were recording and could not do anything.  Note that, to this day, the Biden administration still has a complete press blackout of the facilities, never heard of during the Bush, Obama or Trump administrations.

We sent a photographer along to document it. He was banned. He was told "You're not coming." When the Senators tried to take cell phone pictures and video, they too were hassled.

Last month, the month of February, we had over 100,000 illegal aliens crossing over, roughly 30,000 of them unaccompanied minors. Kids. And just today, the Biden administration has 16,000 children in custody. We went and toured the Biden cages. You know for four years we heard Democrats and the media talking about 'kids in cages' under President Trump. Joe Biden has build more cages, the cages are bigger and more full.

The video footage he made available, as press is still not allowed, shows children sleeping on the floor, covered in military light-weight foil blankets, with not even an inch between them visible. So crowded, you could not see any floor where they were kept except where others were forced to rest on fold-up chairs instead.

You know, Maria, eleven, twelve, thirteen year old girls are put on birth control pills before they come up because the odds are so high they'll get raped. That is not compassionate when the Biden administration has all these kids in the custody of traffickers

    And currently within the Donna Texas facility that Cruz and the other senators toured, the children are testing positive for Covid-19 at a rate of 10%.

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Jordan Issues Gag Order!

Audio Recording backs up Prince's claim during Palace Feud!

You come to me and tell me in my house what to do and who to meet with in my country and from my people? Are you threatening me? ... You come to my house and tell me you and security leaders are threatening me? Not to leave your house, only go to your family and don’t tweet?

On the recording, Gen. Yousef Huneiti, the military chief of staff, says the prince is being placed under a form of house arrest because of meetings he’s had with individuals who "started talking more than they should."
    Though Jordan has been rather stable, the Prince's recent criticism of the ruling elites may lend support towards those complaining about human rights abuses. And recent social media shows mounting support for Prince Hamzah.

CBS's "60 Minutes" Busted

DeSantis hits back at 'deceptively edited' hit piece

They tried to act like there was a conspiracy with Publix, ignoring the fact that other pharmacies were involved before Publix doing all our long term care facilities. And ignoring the fact I met with the county mayor who now, as a Democrat, said what '60 Minutes had done was bunk'.
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They don't believe in facts. It was a political narrative. It was done with malicious intent and a reckless disregard for the truth. They would not talk to the people who were most relevant to this because they know those key Democrats, Jaret Moskowitz, Mayor Dave Kerner, would blow up their narrative.

The link includes a Fox News video that shows the section of the interview that '60 Minutes' had altered and aired, followed by a much longer segment which clearly shows that the CBS TV show edited the content in an attempt to attack.
    This isn't the first time CBS deceptively edited footage for a desired narrative. Remember that the NRA busted Katie Couric's fake documentary, "Under the Gun", by having their own recording devices present.

North Korea Skipping the Olympics

North Korea will not participate in the Tokyo Olympics, citing coronavirus concerns

This year’s Tokyo Games were originally scheduled to take place in 2020 but were pushed back due to the pandemic. Organizers have have banned international spectators. Yet Japan’s rising caseload and slow vaccination program have raised questions about whether the Games should be held at all.

This is rather unfortunate as South Korea hoped the games would act as a bridge towards peace along the Korean peninsula as well as inter-Korean reconciliation.
   I wonder if they forgot that Kim Yo Jong (Kim Jong Un's sister) blew up the North/South Liason office in Kaesong just this past Summer.

Biden gets 'Four Pinocchios'

Washington Post says Biden's claims over Georgia Voting law is untrue

The Washington Post’s Glenn Kessler responded how Biden's assertion that voting was limited by the new law never existed.

On Election Day in Georgia, polling places are open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., and if you are in line by 7 p.m., you are allowed to cast your ballot. Nothing in the new law changes those rules. However, the law did make some changes to early voting. But experts say the net effect was to expand the opportunities to vote for most Georgians, not limit them.

While the Georgia law handles what hours that early in-person voting may be permitted, one wonders why the attack when Biden's own home state of Delaware forbads it last November. And recent polls show that the public overwhelmingly support voter ID laws to prevent theft, including nearly 70% of the black community which Democrats have been using to suppress and fight voter ID laws.

Human Smuggling on Facebook!

For travel to the Mexican/US border, Facebook ADs now flourish!

As of now, you can find Human smugglers openly advertising their services on Facebook, falsely telling Central Americans interested in crossing illegally into the United States that they can promise a "100 percent" safe journey.


on top of that...

Men on FBI Terror Watch List Caught At Border

One was caught in January, and one caught just last week!

Part of the Border Patrol’s mission states we will protect the country from terrorists. Today, like every other day, our agents did that. These apprehensions at our border illustrates the importance of our mission and how we can never stop being vigilant in our everyday mission to protect this great country.

Mind you, both the men mentioned here were from Yemen and also on the No-Fly list.  And the first had a cell phone and number of simm cards hidden underneath his shoe. Note that terrorists use multiple simm cards to hide their trace.