Lockdowns Produced a New Generation of Child Soldiers

In Colombia, armed groups have treated the pandemic as a recruitment opportunity.
"TUMACO, Colombia—On a dusty, unpaved street in one of Tumaco’s troubled neighborhoods, children dressed neatly in white and blue uniforms push through the door of a two-room schoolhouse to take their seats. 

...“The moment when we stop teaching is the moment when recruitment into the [armed] groups starts,”...Read all.

We've failed our children!

 

Judge holds hospital in contempt of court for refusing ivermectin to COVID patient on ventilator, ignoring court order - TheBlaze

Judge holds hospital in contempt of court for refusing ivermectin to COVID patient on ventilator, ignoring court order - TheBlaze: 

A Virginia hospital was held in contempt of court Monday after refusing to administer ivermectin to a woman who has been battling COVID-19 since early October. What are the details? Kathleen Davies, a 63-year-old northern Virginia woman, became severely ill with COVID in October, and she has been on a ventilator since Nov. 3. Davies was prescribed ivermectin by her family doctor, but she could not complete her regimen upon being admitted to the Fauquier Hospital in Warrenton. That's because the northern Virginia hospital refused to administer the drug, "citing medical, legal and practical concerns," the Fauquier Times reported.

Ben Shapiro: The Death of California | The Patriot Post

Why does California keep embracing ever-more-radical policy?

"...as California sinks into the mire, it embraces ever more radical social policy. 

• 
  This is a state that currently houses — no pun intended — some 162,000 homeless people, a number that increased approximately 24% from 2018 to 2020. About a quarter of all homeless people in the United States currently reside in California.
• Meanwhile, crime in California has become endemic, with smash-and-grabs roiling major cities and even wealthy residents murdered in their homes...Even former LA Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa laments, “Rome is burning.”
• And California’s economy trails the nation’s, too. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, California is tied for the worst unemployment rate in the nation, at 7.3%...Read all.

AM Fruitcake

 

Michigan News links--Updated often. 12-16-2021

 Michigan News links--Updated often. 12-16-2021

• You live in Michigan? 
• Lot's of stuff goin' on! 
• Most of it aimed at your wallet, your work, your home. 
• And your kids!

Michigan lawmakers vote to allow bus drivers, lunch aides to serve as substitutes

Duh!--10 years of strict teacher evaluations haven’t boosted learning in Michigan

$1,400 checks are coming in the new coronavirus relief bill. Here's who will get them, and who won't.

Oxford School Lawyers Say District Is Immune From $100-Million Shooting Lawsuit

Must gin up fear. No evidence...YET!--No, there is no evidence that deer transmit COVID-19 to humans

Kidnappers release remaining hostages from US missionary group in Haiti

Don't drink and shoot!-- MUSKEGON Man shot and killed at Norton Shores bar

Squatters rule!--Wrongfully-evicted Detroit woman sues city, police

Wacko story of the day--She Met a Guy on Facebook. Then Mowed Him Down Outside Her House, Cops Say.

Always think of GOVERNMENT MONEY FIRST!--Michigan legislature approves tax cut that could cost local governments in the future

Always trust experts, experts say--Oxford school officials could have legally stopped alleged shooter, experts say

'It was very scary': Woman travels to Muskegon for heart surgery because hospitals are at capacity

Snowflake alert or systemic RACISM in local education?--Student exposes apparent culture of racism at Rockford Public Schools, leaders respond

New crisis as "crisis" being replaced by "dire".--Michigan COVID hospitalizations dip; situation still dire

Say again how education is important?--Reeths-Puffer HS closed Thursday after bullet found in bathroom

Supreme Court considers legality of redistricting commission’s move to keep legal memos secret

Woman dies at hospital after shot multiple times in Flint

Oxford schools counselor says Fieger erroneously named him in lawsuits, getting death threats as a result

Fake "study". Kids=<21, includes gang/cop shootings, suicides--High Gun Sales And More Time At Home Have Led To More Accidental Shootings By Kids

Experts concerned as word "crisis" becomes "same old scare tactics"--More omicron cases confirmed in Michigan as hospitals face 'crisis'

Free money to rich folks!-- Michigan companies will receive $618,000 to speed EVs

Yes, Whitmer still suing the company that brings us fuel!-- Enbridge moves state's second Line 5 closure suit to federal court

Effective Jan. 1, 2022, Hobby Lobby stores will raise their minimum full-time hourly wage to $18.50 per hour.

History for December 16

History for December 16 - On-This-Day.com

George Santayana 1863

• 1773 - Nearly 350 chests of tea were dumped into Boston Harbor off of British ships by Colonial patriots. The patriots were disguised as Indians. The act was to protest taxation without representation and the monopoly the government granted to the East India Company.
• 1838 - The Zulu chief Dingaan was defeated by a small force of Boers at Blood River celebrated in South Africa as 'Dingaan's Day'.
• 1944 - During World War II, the Battle of the Bulge began in Belgium. It was the final major German counteroffensive in the war.
• 1950 - U.S. President Truman proclaimed a national state of emergency in order to fight "Communist imperialism."
• 1995 - Many U.S. government functions were again closed as a temporary finance provision expired and the budget dispute between President Clinton and Republicans in Congress continued.
• 1996 - Britain's agriculture minister announced the slaughter of an additional 100,000 cows thought to be at risk of contracting BSE in an effort to persuade the EU to lift its ban on Britain.
• 1998 - Eric Michelman filed the earliest patent for a scroll wheel for a computer mouse.

5th Circuit sharply rebukes Biden administration for illegally ending 'Remain in Mexico' policy - TheBlaze

5th Circuit sharply rebukes Biden administration for illegally ending 'Remain in Mexico' policy - TheBlaze: 

"We address and reject each of the Government’s reviewability arguments and determine that DHS has come nowhere close to shouldering its heavy burden to show that it can make law in a vacuum," he added.

Oldham made a point of sharply rebuking the government for skirting the administrative procedures enacted by Congress that the executive branch must follow to create or terminate policy.

Watch: Hero Travels to Kentucky with BBQ to Feed People - Louder With Crowder

Watch: Hero Travels to Kentucky with BBQ to Feed People - Louder With Crowder: 

When tragedy strikes, there are two kinds of people in this world: the Joe Bidens and the Jim Finches. The Joe Bidens in the world see something like the tornadoes that tore through Kentucky and think, "how can I shamelessly politicize this?" The Jims of this world buy a sh!tload of food, load their offset smoker in the back of a truck, and set up shop in the middle of the damage. Because the last thing people who lost everything they have need to worry about is eating.

The way we were-----That Time an Entire French Town Went Insane

Tucker: We need to stop using this term

Dozens of major cancer studies can't be replicated | Science News

Dozens of major cancer studies can't be replicated | Science News

• 
  A massive 8-year effort finds that much cancer research can’t be replicated
• Unreliable preclinical studies could impede drug development later on

"An effort to replicate nearly 200 preclinical cancer experiments that generated buzz from 2010 to 2012 found that only about a quarter could be reproduced. 
After eight years, a project that tried to reproduce the results of key cancer biology studies has finally concluded. 

And its findings suggest that like research in the social sciences, cancer research has a replication problem...Read all!!

November Producer Prices Rise Record Breaking 9.6 Percent Year Over Year, Biggest Single Month in History, as Massive Inflation Builds Within The Supply Chain - Again, No Signs of Slowing Down - The Last Refuge

"We said it was happening {Go Deep}, and it is.
...The “producer price index” is essentially the tracking of wholesale prices at three stages: Origination (commodity), Intermediate and Final.
...The November data shows a rate of wholesale final goods inflation at 9.6%, the largest single month comparative rate increase in history...Read all!

Joe Biden Blames Coronavirus Anxiety and Misinformation for Disastrous Polls

Joe Biden Blames Coronavirus Anxiety and Misinformation for Disastrous Polls: 

President Joe Biden continues to get poor ratings from the American people on his presidency, prompting the president to blame misinformation and coronavirus anxiety.

Smash-and-grab robbery hits Chicago business in broad daylight

Democrats Declare War On Big Meat

Democrats Declare War On Big Meat

• In a question regarding inflated price of everything, Press Sec Psaki blamed, “the greed of meat conglomerates.” Really.

...Far be it from the Biden administration to accept any responsibility for sky-high grocery prices, instead, they’re blaming Big Meat.

Don’t even get me started on the “supply chain” shortage.
But anyway, moving along… Sen. Elizabeth Warren has joined the Big Meat Bad bandwagon and is also blaming “greedy” farmers or as she calls them, “meatpacking monopolies.”...Read all.

Lunch video-----The True History Of Freedom Never Taught In Schools | Thomas Sowell

Noon-toon

 

AP seeks answers from US government on tracking of journalists | WWMT

AP seeks answers from US government on tracking of journalists | WWMT: 

The DHS investigation of U.S. journalists, as well as congressional staff and perhaps members of Congress, was reported by Yahoo News and AP on Saturday. It represents the latest apparent example of an agency created in the wake of the 9/11 attacks using its vast capabilities to target American citizens.

Frack-checked TRUE!

 

The Bullpup Shotgun Experiment - Lucky Gunner Lounge

The Bullpup Shotgun Experiment - Lucky Gunner Lounge
"With the release of the Smith & Wesson M&P12 earlier this year, it looks like bullpup shotguns are finally making their way into the mainstream. 

Is it a viable concept for home defense with legitimate benefits over conventional shotguns, or just a passing fad that will become meme-fodder in a few years?
Using the KelTec KS7 as a test platform (with the hope of side-stepping the mechanical complexity issues of the multi-tube models), we try to examine some of the pros and cons inherent to shotguns with a bullup configuration...Read all.

Months of media lies!

 

Oh yeah, what's next on the list?-----Toyota is going to make you pay to start your car with your key fob - The Verge

Toyota is going to make you pay to start your car with your key fob - The Verge

"Toyota is charging drivers for the convenience of using their key fobs to remotely start their cars. According to a report from The Drive, Toyota models 2018 or newer will need a subscription in order for the key fob to support remote start functionality.

As The Drive notes, buyers are given the option to choose from an array of Connected Services when purchasing a new Toyota, and one of those services — called Remote Connect — just so happens to include the ability to remotely start your car with your key fob.

THE KEY FOB’S REMOTE START FUNCTIONALITY IS TIED TO THE AUDIO PACKAGE THAT COMES WITH THE CAR

Buyers are offered a free trial of Remote Connect, but the length of that trial depends on the audio package that’s included with the vehicle.

#1 This day 1974-----Harry Chapin - Cats in the Cradle