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A Rule by the Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives Bureau on 04/19/2024 Document Details, Information about this document as published in the Federal Register. Printed version: PDF https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-04-19/pdf/2024-07838.pdf Publication Date: 04/19/2024 Agencies: Department of Justice Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives Dates: This rule is effective May 20, 2024. Effective Date: 05/20/2024 Document Type: Rule Document Citation: 89 FR 28968 Page: 28968-29093 (126 pages) CFR: 27 CFR 478 Agency/Docket Numbers: Docket No. ATF 2022R-17 AG Order No. 5920-2024 RIN: 1140-AA58 Document Number: 2024-07838

Wisconsin Democratic Sen. Tammy Baldwin on Thursday slammed the Food and Drug Administration for its ruling in favor of plant-based milk substitutes, signaling conflict ahead between the agency and a lawmaker representing the state synonymous with dairy farming. The FDA ruled this week that U.S. manufacturers will be able to continue calling certain liquids "milk" even though they come from plant-based sources such as almonds and soy. The ruling came over the protests of dairy farmers who seek to reserve the designation "milk" for true milk. The FDA said in its draft guidance that the "milk" label is "strongly rooted...

Don’t worry about a recession. The Biden administration looks to be planning to deny that one is underway, even if Thursday’s scheduled GDP report shows a second straight quarter of decline in economic activity. They will just reject the commonly held standard and rely on a “holistic” evaluation of economic activity.The commonly held definition of 2 straight quarters of falling GDP is so pervasive that even Google features it (for now) at the top of the page when searching for a definition of recession/Jacqui Heinrich of Fox News spotted the sign of the plan to define away the problem...

In September 2021, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) was caught stealthily changing the definition of the word “vaccine,” as well as what it means to be “fully vaccinated,” because the experimental mRNA jab was not meeting the well-established criteria under the old definition – and people were taking notice. Unfortunately for the so-called ‘experts,’ independent journalist Alex Berenson ensured the change did not fly under the radar, as reported by TGP’s Larry Johnson. For sounding the alarm on the CDC’s change, Berenson was suspended permanently from Twitter – but, following a court settlement earlier this month,...

On 11 April 2022, the Biden administration released the final version of a proposed rule which changes the definition of what is a firearm. The rule was signed by Attorney General Merrick Garland on April 10th. The final rule published in the Federal Register will be the definitive copy. In the last days of the Johnson administration, in 1968, President Johnson managed to push through an unpopular, ineffective, and costly bill: the Gun Control Act of 1968 (GCA 1968). Johnson’s legendary ability to twist arms and manage votes, supported by an all-out onslaught in the media, used the assassination of...

How did neoconservatives get their name?It started out as an insult. The founders of the movement were liberal intellectuals who became disenchanted with the direction of the American left during the 1960s and 1970s. Their original goal was to reform the Democratic Party from within. But mainstream leftists scoffed at these people who called themselves new, or neo-, liberals, saying it was more apt to call them neo-conservatives. The first neocons soon embraced the name. To them the prefix highlighted the fact that while they had once been leftists, they now had a new orientation. Irving Kristol, the godfather of...

White House pandemic adviser Dr. Anthony Fauci on Sunday said that despite his recent comments, currently two doses of the Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines, or one dose of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine, provide full vaccination.Several days ago, Fauci said that the definition of what it means to be fully vaccinated will likely change to include a booster shot, telling CNN: “It’s going to be a matter of when, not if.”But on Sunday, Fauci told ABC News Sunday that federal officials don’t yet factor a booster shot into whether one is fully vaccinated, and health officials will continue to...

To cleanse your neighborhood, town, state, or nation of: child rapers, murderers, grandma beaters, drunk drivers, rioters, looters and arsonists.

If you bet that the goalposts would never stop moving when it comes to being “vaccinated,” you can collect your winnings at the window.CDC Dir. Rochelle Walensky announced yesterday that they are looking to “update” the definition of what it means to be fully vaccinated. This follows a Biden administration trend of incoherence, making COVID-19 mitigation a continually moving target while promising people a return to normalcy — if they just do what they are told. There’s always another “one last thing,” though.CDC director Rochelle Walensky on COVID vaccine boosters: "We have not yet changed the definition of 'fully vaccinated.'...

Here is the American Medical Association definition of Coronaviruses.Coronaviruses = The Common Cold Here is a 30 second video showing you it.https://twitter.com/dare_to_tread/status/1441706842552340483

Matt Margolis over at our sister site PJ Media has picked up on a very interesting change on the CDC website when it comes to the definitions for “vaccine” and “vaccination.”The timing of the change is very interesting.He notes that it would appear that the CDC is trying to change how we understand the concept of vaccinations.He highlights the definition of terms on August 26, 2021.Immunity: Protection from an infectious disease. If you are immune to a disease, you can be exposed to it without becoming infected.Vaccine: A product that stimulates a person’s immune system to produce immunity to a...

CDC moving the goalposts again by changing definitions. Here is the current CDC web definition of vaccination: https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/vac-gen/imz-basics.htm Here is the side by side comparison which shows what used to be the definition: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E-o09owXsAIKQOz?format=jpg&name=large

You may not have heard of this man. You may wish you still haven't. Bishop Garrison is the Pentagon's new extremism czar, installing Marxist radical race theory, purging Donald Trump sympathies from military ranks, especially all officers, and a man with unprecedented new powers. He is leading CEWG, the Countering Extremism Working Group, with orders to change the Pentagon's definition of extremism, to stop Pentagon personnel from being recruited by "extremist" groups and to screen more aggressively to find hidden "extremists." If you are in any branch of the military, you can expect "Garrison Gangsters" to view your internet history...

I have been invited to be an advisor for a group of Koine Greek scholars who are translating a new Bible. My role is to be sure they do not lose the context of the passage as they translate from Koine Greek to English. My predicament today is the usage of two words, "faith and trust". I am currently in a debate with one of the Greek Scholars as to which word, "faith" or "trust". In order to properly understand where I am coming from, I must tell you that this Bible will be as close of a literal word...

In July, three unmanned missions blasted off to Mars – from China (Tianwen-1), the US (Nasa’s Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover) and the United Arab Emirates (Hope). The Chinese and American missions have lander craft that will seek signs of current or past life on Mars. Nasa is also planning to send its Europa Clipper probe to survey Jupiter’s moon Europa, and the robotic lander Dragonfly to Saturn’s moon Titan. Both moons are widely thought to be promising hunting grounds for life in our solar system – as are the underground oceans of Saturn’s icy moon Enceladus. Meanwhile, we can now...

WHAT IS GASLIGHTING? The term originates in the systematic psychological manipulation of a victim by her husband in Patrick Hamilton’s 1938 stage play Gas Light, and the film adaptations released in 1940 and 1944. In the story, the husband attempts to convince his wife and others that she is insane by manipulating small elements of their environment and insisting that she is mistaken, remembering things incorrectly, or delusional when she points out these changes. The play's title alludes to how the abusive husband slowly dims the gas lights in their home, while pretending nothing has changed, in an effort to...

On Thursday, June 4, 2020, a 22-year-old activist named Kennedy Mitchum reached out to the publishers of the Merriam-Webster Dictionary to express her frustration with their definition of the word "racist:" A belief that race is the primary determinant of human traits and capacities and that racial differences produce an inherent superiority of a particular race. Mitchum felt this was inadequate to fully cover the scope of systemic issues and unconscious biases that affect race relations in America. Growing up in Florissant, Missouri — just a few miles away from Ferguson — she'd grown tired of trying to explain to...

This is a story we touched on a few weeks ago, but it’s back in the news over at National Review raising even more questions. It deals with the lawsuit involving G. R. Harris Funeral Homes, a company that was sued by a male employee who announced that he was going to begin living life (and dressing) as a woman, but was told he could not do so at work. That case has made it all the way to the Supreme Court, where arguments will be heard in the upcoming term. John Bursch is an employee of Alliance Defending Freedom,...

The U.S. State Department recently revised its definition of anti-Semitism, in an apparent response to recent comments and actions by U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn. The previous definition of anti-Semitism, issued in May, listed 10 examples. The revised definition now lists 11 examples, adding that anti-Semitism now includes “(d)rawing comparisons of contemporary Israeli policy to that of the Nazis.” The leader of a U.S.-based pro-Israel organization praised the move last week. “Kudos to @SecPompeo and Special Envoy Elan Carr,” Adam Milstein, a philanthropist and co-founder of the Adam and Gila Milstein Foundation, wrote on Twitter. “It’s more clear now, the...

“Assault weapon” under proposed Florida ballot initiative. “Assault weapon” in New Jersey, 1990-2018. Banned in Australia. A political activist on twitter posted a non-argument about “assault weapons” on 4 August, 2019.  He got over 8 thousand retweets and 57 thousand likes. How many of those were bots is unknown. Jason Isbell wrote if you argue about the definition of an “assault weapon” you are part of the problem. He claimed his opponents know what an assault weapon is, and know they do not need one.The rifle pictured above has been one of the most popular hunting rifles in the...