Why the hell did they waste their time cheating in California?
Via NBC Los Angeles:
A man who tried to run for mayor in Hawthorne is among two people charged in a voter fraud case in which thousands of fraudulent voter registration applications were allegedly submitted on behalf of homeless people, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office announced Tuesday.
Carlos Antonio De Bourbon Montenegro — also known as Mark Anthony Gonsalves — was set to be arraigned Tuesday in a downtown Los Angeles courtroom on 18 felony counts of voter fraud, 11 felony counts of procuring a false or forged instrument, two felony counts of perjury and one felony count of conspiracy to commit voter fraud, along with nine misdemeanor counts of interference with a prompt transfer of a completed affidavit, according to the District Attorney’s Office.
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Rob | November 17, 2020 9:05 pm | Comments
Via Dailywire:
Nestle is following up on its commitment in June to rename candies the company said evoked “stereotypes or insensitive cultural depictions.”
Fox News reported that two candies, Red Skins and Chicos, will be renamed to Red Ripper and Cheekies, respectively. The candies are sold in Australia under the Allen’s brand, which is owned by Nestle.
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Rob | November 17, 2020 8:27 pm | Comments
Via NY Post:
Dog owners who walk their pooches are 78% more likely to come down with COVID-19, a new study claims.
Researchers from the University of Granada surveyed 2,086 people about their daily habits during the pandemic to assess the risk of various activities, according to a paper in the journal Environmental Research.
They found that people who walked their dogs had a significantly higher chance of catching the virus — with an increased risk of 78% compared to the average person.
Meanwhile, owning cats or other types of pets didn’t appear to put someone at more risk for becoming infected with the virus, researchers said.
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Rob | November 17, 2020 8:00 pm | Comments
Via NPR:
President-elect Joe Biden has affirmed his support for erasing some student debt “immediately.”
Student debt forgiveness was a major campaign plank of some of his more progressive rivals for the Democratic nomination, but it remains controversial even among some Democrats.
In answer to a question at a Monday press conference, Biden repeated his support for a provision passed as part of the HEROES Act, which the Democratic-controlled House updated on Oct. 1. The provision calls for the federal government to pay off up to $10,000 in private, nonfederal student loans for “economically distressed” borrowers. Biden specifically highlighted “people … having to make choices between paying their student loan and
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Rob | November 17, 2020 7:29 pm | Comments
Via Breaking-911:
WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley today issued the following statement regarding exposure to COVID-19:
“I learned today that I’ve been exposed to the coronavirus. I will follow my doctors’ orders and immediately quarantine as I await my test results. I’m feeling well and not currently experiencing any symp
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Rob | November 17, 2020 6:33 pm | Comments
Via Dailywire:
An estimated 94% of Californians, or approximately 37 million people, now reside in areas under the state’s most restrictive reopening tier as rollbacks in several counties took effect on Tuesday.
According to the Los Angeles Times coronavirus tracker, California logged 13,412 new cases on Monday after Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom announced government officials were “pulling the emergency brake” in an attempt to slow COVID-19 transmission. It was the highest daily total in the state since the pandemic started.
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Rob | November 17, 2020 6:00 pm | Comments
Polio vaccine lasts your whole life, why wouldn’t this one.
Via NY Post:
Once a person develops immunity against COVID-19, it could last for years, a new study suggests.
The promising research comes on the heels of the news of two vaccines with potentially remarkable effective rates — all of which combine to offer significant hope to beat back the pandemic, experts say.
Scientists at the La Jolla Institute of Immunology in California found in the new study that eight months after the pandemic first surfaced in the country, most of their participant survivors still have plenty of immunity to fight off another bout of the coronavirus — indicating such a slow rate of decline in protection that it could last for years, the New York Times reported Tuesday.
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Anyone who voted for Joe Biden voted for this.
Via Daily Mail:
Toilet paper, disinfectant and groceries are once again flying off the shelves across the United States with states forced to impose stricter lockdowns and the number of new COVID-19 cases spiking to 166,000 Monday.
Pictures taken in recent days show stores in Washington, California, Virginia, Indiana, Ohio, New Jersey, New York, Michigan and Missouri have all been affected by the rush. It is the second time this year that shoppers appear to be panic buying; stores were left scrambling to restock shelves wiped out in response to COVID-19 back in March.
But experts say the run is likely to be less severe this time as stores and shoppers are more prepared. Subodha Kumar, a supply chain expert at Temple University, told The Daily Beast: ‘People have already hoarded a lot of this stuff in their basements.’
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Nickarama | November 17, 2020 3:00 pm | Comments
Rules for thee, not for me.
Via Politico:
SACRAMENTO — The pandemic may have “canceled” 2020, but it did not derail an annual gathering of lobbyists and lawmakers on the shores of Maui that brought people from across the country to a luxury resort this week.
Roughly 100 people from four states converged at the Fairmont Kea Lani for a four-day legislative conference organized by the Independent Voter Project, said the group’s chair and executive director, Dan Howle.
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Rob | November 17, 2020 2:33 pm | Comments
Rules are for little people.
Rob | November 17, 2020 2:02 pm | Comments
Via NY Post:
Chinese residents think officials are barking up a wrong tree with a policy that bans dog walking – and threatens to confiscate and kill repeat offenders’ pets, according to a report.
Officials in Yunnan province said the ban, set to take effect Friday, is aimed at protecting people amid incidents in which unleased pets had bitten people, the BBC reported.
According to a circular, anyone caught walking their dog three times would have the pooch put down, the news outlet reported.
Owners who are caught walking their dogs in public will be issued a warning for the first offense.
If they are caught again, they face fines of between 50 to 200 yuan (about $7-$30), a third violation will lead to their pets being confiscated and killed.
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Rob | November 17, 2020 1:33 pm | Comments
So how many more cases of this were there?
Via Coosavalley News:
With members of both the local Democratic and Republican parties observing hand counting of presidential votes in Floyd County it appears that close to 3,000 ballots were not counted on election night.
According to Board of Elections Chairman Tom Rees, “the hand count added 2,631 more votes than were registered by computers.” That number was released on Monday after nearly 20 hours of hand counting over the weekend.
It appears that the votes did not come from day of voting or absentee, but rather early voting.
According to Luke Martin, Floyd County GOP chairman, “It is scary that this happened in Floyd County. Imagine what the numbers could look like in places like Fulton County.” Martin added, “It appears that our elections office did not misplace any ballots, rather it appears as if this is a computer software mishap with the Dominion system.”
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Nickarama | November 17, 2020 1:10 pm | Comments
Rob | November 17, 2020 12:34 pm | Comments
Via NY Post:
Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds has signed a statewide mask mandate amid soaring numbers of coronavirus cases — ending her months of unwavering opposition to what she dismissed as ineffective “feel-good” measures.
“If Iowans don’t buy into this, we lose,” Reynolds said Monday as she signed a proclamation requiring that everyone 2 or older must wear masks if they cannot keep six-feet apart when in indoor public spaces.
“Businesses will close once again. More schools will be forced to go online. Our health care system will fail and the cost in human life will be high,” she conceded in a rare evening televised address.
“So now is the time to come together for the greater good,” she said.
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Rob | November 17, 2020 12:00 pm | Comments
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Via NBC LA:
After two straight days of coronavirus case numbers exceeding 3,000, county health officials Monday were weighing possible new restrictions — such as a business curfew — in an effort to reverse a surge in infections they fear could overwhelm hospitals and lead to more deaths.
County’s public health director Barbara Ferrer said she remains hopeful that if residents get back to strict adherence to protocols such as avoiding gatherings, wearing face coverings and practicing social distancing, particularly over the Thanksgiving holiday, such steps may not be needed. But she said health officials will definitely making recommendations to the county Board of Supervisors “about what to do if we don’t get the pandemic back under control.”
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Nickarama | November 17, 2020 10:00 am | Comments
F**ked around and found out…
Via NY Post:
A New Yorker put his martial arts skills to use and thwarted an attempted baby-snatching in a Big Apple park last week, pinning the perp down for 15 minutes until authorities arrived, he said Monday.
Brian Kemsley, a 33-year-old Muay Thai coach, stepped in when he saw a man trying to grab a baby inside a stroller from a woman who was also holding another child in her arms last Monday in Madison Square Park.
“I was trying to get him away from the mother, and let her get away to safety… But toward the end of it, I was also trying to keep the guy safe from the mob,” he told The Post.
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Nickarama | November 17, 2020 9:33 am | Comments
Via Dailywire:
French President Emanuel Macron slammed the U.S. mainstream media in an interview with The New York Times for “legitimizing” violence, saying that it was a sign that the nation’s “founding principles have been lost.”
Macron’s interview comes after France was rocked multiple times last month with Islamic terrorist attacks that started with a teacher who was beheaded for showing cartoons mocking the Prophet Mohammed.
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Nickarama | November 17, 2020 9:00 am | Comments
