Enduring Lawlessness in Our Cities - Crime continues to plague the American urban core at much higher levels than before the pandemic.
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City Journal ^
| 30 Apr, 2024 | Jeffrey H. Anderson
Americans are worried about crime on their streets, but President Biden and the mainstream press corps don’t think that they should be. ABC
News claims that “violent crime is dramatically falling.” NBC News asserts that “the drop in crime does not appear to be well understood by large majorities of Americans.” And in his State of the Union address, Biden bragged about a purported drop in crime that was allegedly a result of his efforts. While the administration and its allies are trying to convince Americans that the crime spike that they think they’ve seen in recent years has been...
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The Plague That Besets Our Schools Is Extensive
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American Greatness ^
| 27 Mar, 2024 | Larry Sand
Armpit licking, condoms, transgenderism, and socialism are on full display. The
year, now a quarter old, reveals that the country’s rapid slide into educational purgatory is moving apace. Leading off the grossness parade is a school in Oklahoma where students lick and suck the armpits and toes of their fellow students in the name of charity. (This may garner a shrug in San Francisco, but Oklahoma?!) While no district personnel were directly involved, video footage from Deer Creek High School in Edmond, OK, showed mid-teens participating in and watching the disgusting events unfold. Getting caught with their pants down—so to...
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Giant plague grave discovered in Nuremberg could be the largest mass burial site EVER seen in Europe with as many as 1,500 people buried there
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Daily Mail ^
| 11 March 2024 | Jonathan Chadwick For Mailonline
Scientists may have uncovered what is the largest mass burial site in Europe. The site in Nuremberg, Germany, contains the bodies of at least 1,000 people who died of the bubonic plague, which killed up to 60 per cent of Europe's population. Described
as a 'nationally significant' discovery, experts think the bodies were buried at the first half of 17th century following a ruthless wave of the disease. The bubonic plague is spread by the bite of a flea that's been infected with a bacterium called Yersinia pestis. Those afflicted died quickly and horribly following a bout of high fever,...
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US patient dead from bubonic plague as concerns rise over ‘ongoing risk’ of rodent-borne disease
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NY Post ^
| 03/11/2024 | Ben Cost
A New Mexico man has died of complications from the bubonic plague as state health officials scramble to assess the ongoing risk in the region. The
unidentified Lincoln Country resident had been hospitalized recently with the bacterial affliction, although the details surrounding how he contracted it and how his health deteriorated remain unclear, the state Department of Health (NMDOH) announced Friday. Despite medics’ best efforts, the patient succumbed to his symptoms, marking New Mexico’s first recorded case of bubonic plague since 2021. This was also the state’s first BP-related fatality since 2020; the state recorded four cases of the disease...
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Vanguard, one of our top investment firms, shuns crypto 'like the plague.' That's good for its customers
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www.latimes.com ^
| Michael Hiltzik
After Jan. 10, when the Securities and Exchange Commission approved the first bitcoin exchange-traded investment products, the biggest investment firms jumped into the pool with both feet, jostling one another to offer their clients, big or small, access to bitcoin funds. All,
that is, except the second-biggest private investment management fund on the planet, Vanguard Group. The firm has made clear, most recently in a Jan. 24 message to its clients, that it has no plans to offer a bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) or any other cryptocurrency-related products. Nor will it allow any such products from other firms to be...
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'Wolf of Wall Street' says college a 'complete waste of time' for most students: 'Avoid it like the plague'
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Fox News ^
| February 20, 2024 | Kristine Parks
New analysis finds 1 in 4 students in college programs earn less than high school graduates, ten years after enrollment ... Famed former Wall Street broker Jordan Belfort commented on the diminishing value of a college education, after a new report found some college students learned less than high school graduates a
decade after their enrollment. College is a "complete waste of time" for most students, ... "If you want to be a professional, a doctor, a lawyer, an accountant or something that really requires a degree then yes, you should go to college ... "But all of these other...
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First case of deadly bubonic plague in eight years found in US - and it came from a cat
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Daily Express ^
| Mon, Feb 12, 2024 | Karl Holbrook
The first case of a deadly bubonic plague in eight years in the US state of Oregon is believed to have come from a cat. According
to health officer Richard Fawcett, the patient got "very sick" after catching the disease from her pet. The illness starts as something that seems like the flu with symptoms such as tiredness and a headache, but in this case, it led to an unusual abscess known as a "bubo". The good news is that antibiotics can successfully treat the bubonic plague if caught early enough. The woman is now believed to be in recovery...
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Oregon officials confirm first bubonic plague case in the state since 2015
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The Blaze ^
| February 11, 2024 | Collin Jones
A resident in Oregon has been infected with the state's first instance of bubonic plague since 2015, according to Fox News Digital. The report noted that the individual was likely infected with the plague by their pet cat. Dr.
Richard Fawcett, the Deschutes County health officer, said in a recent release that "[a]ll close contacts of the resident and their pet have been contacted and provided medication to prevent illness." Officials familiar with the situation said there was little chance that the infection could present an issue for the community since it was treated in the earlier stages of the...
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Oregon health officials confirm first human bubonic plague case since 2015
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Fox News via Yahoo ^
| 2/11/24 | Stephen Sorace
An Oregon resident has been infected with the state’s first case of bubonic plague since 2015, health officials said last week. The
resident was likely infected with plague by their symptomatic pet cat, Deschutes County Health Services said in a news release on Wednesday. "All close contacts of the resident and their pet have been contacted and provided medication to prevent illness," Dr. Richard Fawcett, the Deschutes County health officer, said in the release without identifying the infected resident. Officials said there was little risk to the community since the case was identified and treated in the earlier stages of...
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US Jobs In The Underworld! Mass Layoffs Plague Bidenomics For 2024
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Confounded Interest ^
| 02/08/2024 | Anthony B. Sanders
Like Offenbach’s “Orpheus in the Underworld,” the US economy under Joe Biden is going to hell. Like
the tech sector! Thanks to the massive hiring surge related to Covid and Covid spending, now trimming the bloat. In the real world labor market – in 2024... (not the one Biden, Yellen and Powell occupy) … companies are slashing jobs. 1. Twitch: 35% of workforce 2. Roomba: 31% of workforce 3. Hasbro: 20% of workforce 4. LA Times: 20% of workforce 5. Spotify: 17% of workforce 6. Levi’s: 15% of workforce 7. Xerox: 15% of workforce 8. Qualtrics: 14% of workforce 9....
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So Many Problems Continue to Plague the EV Industry
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Watts Up with that ^
| January 28, 2024 | Kristen Walker
The fourth quarter of 2023 was not good for Electric Vehicles (EV). Multiple manufacturers decided to curb or halt production. Ford
in particular decided to cut their F150 Lightening Truck series in half. Roughly 4,500 auto dealers signed on to a letter petitioning the Biden administration to “tap the breaks” on its aggressive EV push, on account of EVs stacking up on dealer lots. The new year is already off to a rough start and we’re not even through the first month. Hertz announced it will be selling off about one third of its EVs, which will amount to roughly...
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Blood libels against the Jews are spreading like an 11th plague
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Christian Post ^
| 01/26/2024 | Arlene Bridges Samuels
“Blood Libel” is not a familiar term for many of us Christians today since relationships have undergone warmth and cooperation between Christians and Jews, especially in the last two decades. However,
the modern versions of blood libels have spread like the eleventh plague globally.The Middle Ages version of blood libel, a fictitious accusation that Jews murdered non-Jews (such as Christian children) to use their blood in religious rituals, has intensified again since October 7, 2023. While the medieval phrase “blood libel” may not be used explicitly, the term’s insidious meaning has lurked for centuries traveling in and out of history,...
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Is This the End? Rumors of Suspension Plague DeSantis Campaign
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Florida Politics ^
| 12.29.23 | GRAYSON BAKICH
With just weeks away before the Iowa Caucus, the candidates in the 2024 Republican Presidential Primary not named President Donald Trump do not seem to be gaining any real traction. Governor
Ron DeSantis (R-FL), who is in a (distant) second to Trump, has been under the most scrutiny, and rumors of his campaign's suspension are swirling again. The Washington Examiner reported that Ryan Tyson, a long-time adviser of Gov. DeSantis, has supposedly said the campaign is in the "make the patient comfortable" stage, a phrase used for a person in hospice care. However, Gov. DeSantis's communications director, Andrew Romeo, denied...
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Critical Drug Shortages Plague US Amid Unabated Reliance On China
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Epoch Times ^
| 12/28/2023 | Autumn Spedemann
The ongoing scarcity of critical medications has trapped Americans between a rock and a hard place.Active national drug shortages hit a 10-year high this year, leaving many health care providers, pharmacies, and hospitals without enough life-saving and supportive medications, according to data collected by the University of Utah Drug Information Service.A survey
by the same university in July found that 99 percent of the 1,123 pharmacists who responded—many of whom work in hospitals—reported shortages. One-third of the pharmacists listed the shortages as "critically impactful," which is defined as being forced to ration medication or delay or even cancel medical treatments.The...
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The Mystery Of The Village That Beat The Black Death | Riddle Of The Plague Survivors | Chronicle
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Chronicle ^
| 5/12/23
The Black Death’s reign of terror lasted for more than 400 years. By
culling up to 50% of the population of Europe, the Great Plague guaranteed its place in the history books. Yet while accounts of the Black Death have focused graphically on those who died, the stories of those who survived have gone untold. Until now. The Riddle of the Plague Survivors focuses on those who walked away unaffected. Could this village be the first example of quarantining to avoid disease? How could anyone survive in the face of what is described as one of the most pathogenic bacterial...
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Harvard identity-based graduations excluded Jews in now-deleted webpage as antisemitism claims plague school
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Fox News ^
| 12/16/23 | Adam Sabes
Harvard University hosted graduation celebrations for certain identity groups in 2023 but excluded Jews. The now-deleted "Affinity Celebrations for Graduates" page on Harvard's website boasts events for "Graduates with Disabilities," "Indigenous Graduates," "Latinx Graduates," "LGBTQ+ Graduates," "Arab Graduates," "Black Graduates," and more. "Affinity
celebrations are student-led, staff supported events that recognize and celebrate the accomplishments of graduates from historically marginalized communities," the web page stated. "These University-wide celebrations provide an opportunity for graduates to honor those who have helped them achieve their milestone while centering their cultural traditions and values." According to the website, the celebrations "are made possible by...
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A Plague of College Student Dishonesty: Young people nowadays seek admission to top schools with tactics that are at best questionable and at worst dishonest, and they succeed!
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American Thinker ^
| 12/04/23 | Robert Weissberg
This is not a good time for American higher education, but as bad as this may seem, matters are even worse. The
students themselves are part of the problem when they seek admission to top schools with tactics that are at best questionable and at worst dishonest. Dishonesty is rampant. Students will even misrepresent their race or ethnicity. This is hardly a surprise in today’s academic world that prizes diversity, and admissions officers willingly lower standards to achieve it. According to one study, some 34% of white students admitted lying about their ethnic identify for purposes of admission or financial...
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Is there really a new plague coming out of China, or is this a con job?
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American Thinker ^
| 27 Nov, 2023 | Andrea Widburg
In December 2019, right before a presidential election that seemed certain to reelect a president who was trying to corral China, we started seeing videos from China showing people crowding emergency rooms and collapsing on streets. By
the time COVID madness ended, it had almost upended the West, along with destroying Trump’s reelection and vastly increasing China’s reach. Now it’s December 2023, right before a presidential election that might reinstate a president who will again try to corral China, and we’re starting to see videos from China showing children crowding emergency rooms. Color me cynical, but I smell a rat....
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Black women most likely to die in medieval London plague (actual BBC article)
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BBC ^
| 11/21/2023
Black women of African descent were more likely to die of the medieval plague in London, academics at the Museum of London have found. The
study is the first archaeological exploration showing how racism influenced a person's risk of death during what was known as the Great Pestilence or Great Mortality. The research is based on 145 individuals from three cemeteries. The outbreak is believed to have claimed the lives of 35,000 Londoners. Data on bone and dental changes of the 145 individuals from East Smithfield emergency plague cemetery, St Mary Graces and St Mary Spital formed the basis of...
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Bedbug plague sees French families dump infested mattresses in the streets
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daily mail ^
The bedbug plague in France has seen families in Marseille dump their infested mattresses out into the streets in a bid to rid themselves of the pests. The
French government is battling to contain a bout of nationwide panic, after several schools were closed across the country due to the infestation. Footage shows residents walking past discarded mattresses in one of the streets in France's second largest city, with some of the items lying in the road and others propped up against buildings Government officials were holding an emergency meeting on Friday on how to tackle a crisis borne out...
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