Author: Freedom Watch
Will we soon rewrite textbooks on our place in the universe? By Rear Admiral (ret.) Tim Gallaudet, Ph.D., and Avi Loeb, Ph.D., opinion contributors TheHill December 21, 2021 Over the last century, we have seen an exponential increase in the understanding of the physical universe. International observatories on Earth and in space have produced magnificent images spanning the full range from the small scale of black holes to the large-scale structure of the entire observable universe. Now, we are in the midst of a discovery of even greater magnitude, but few are even acknowledging it. And incredibly, it…
PGA TOUR grants Saudi International conflicting-event releases PGATour December 21, 2021 With conditions, the PGA TOUR has granted all conflicting-event releases to players for the Saudi International, Feb. 3-6, 2022. The tournament will be played the same week as the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, so players will be required to support that TOUR staple going forward. The memo announcing the decision went out to the membership on Monday. Players who have played in the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am at least once in the past five years were granted a release on the condition that they commit to play…
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New California laws going into effect in 2022 By Katie Dowd, SFGATE SFGATE December 20, 2021 In October, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed 770 bills into law, ranging from speed limit reductions to major police reforms. Some of those do not go into effect for years, but we took a look at legislation that may begin impacting your daily life in California starting Jan. 1, 2022. Here are a few of the most high-profile and wide-reaching new California laws: The very contentious bacon law Proposition 12 seeks to improve living conditions for farm animals in California, and some say…
By David H. Freedman Newsweek December 20, 2021 If armed violence erupts in 2024, the fate of the nation might well be decided by a simple fact: a big subset of one of the two parties has for years been systemically arming itself for this very reason. “I hope it’s just too crazy to happen here,” says Erica De Bruin, an assistant professor of government at Hamilton College, who studies coups around the world. “But it’s now in the realm of the plausible.” Continue Reading…..
By Martin Pengelly the Guardian December 20, 2021 The analysis by Barbara F Walter, a political science professor at the University of California at San Diego who sits on the Political Instability Task Force, is contained in a book due out next year and first reported by the Washington Post. At the same time, three retired generals wrote in the Post that they were “increasingly concerned about the aftermath of the 2024 presidential election and the potential for lethal chaos inside our military.” Such concerns are growing around jagged political divisions deepened by former president Donald Trump’s refusal to…
Sen. Blumenthal expresses regret for attending Communist awards show By Timothy Nerozzi Fox News December 20, 2021 Democratic Connecticut Sen. Richard Blumenthal said in an interview on Friday that he regretted attending a communist award show last week. The senator spoke at the Amsted Award ceremony on Dec. 11, where he honored the recipients with an honorary certificate. Speakers at the event regularly encouraged attendees to register with the Communist Party. “My understanding was that this ceremony was strictly a labor event,” Blumenthal said Friday in a telephone interview with the Hartford Courant. “If I had known the…
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White House lights up Manchin after he crushes Biden’s megabill By Burgess Everett, Nicholas Wu, Jonathan Lemire POLITICO December 19, 2021 Joe Manchin struck a decisive blow to President Joe Biden’s sweeping social and climate spending bill, igniting a bitter clash with his own party’s White House. Biden left negotiations with Manchin this week thinking the two men could cut a deal next year on his sweeping agenda. Then the West Virginia Democrat bluntly said he is a “no” on the $1.7 trillion in an interview on “Fox News Sunday.” “If I can’t go home and explain to…
Manchin says he will not vote for Build Back Better: ‘This is a no’ By Alexander Bolton TheHill December 19, 2021 Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) announced on “Fox News Sunday” that he will not vote for President Biden’s “mammoth” climate and social spending bill, essentially killing the White House’s top legislative priority. “I cannot vote to continue with this piece of legislation. I just can’t. I tried everything humanly possible. I can’t get there,” he told guest host Bret Baier. “This is a no on this legislation.” “I have tried everything I know to do,” he added, closing…