And another day of mutations, lies, bussing migrants, storms, disappearing plants and animals, banning women from working, reducing the risk of metastatic cancer, recalls, mosquitoes, minerals, and ‘deceptive’ movie trailers comes to a close:
“Greg Abbott isn’t a Christian—he’s a monster.” — Sawyer Hackett
Covid Deaths
US: 1,116,084
World: 6,686,052
Covid Cases
US: 102,236,095
World: 661,786,713
China’s COVID-19 surge raises odds of new coronavirus mutant. “China has a population that is very large and there’s limited immunity. And that seems to be the setting in which we may see an explosion of a new variant,” said Dr. Stuart Campbell Ray, an infectious disease expert at Johns Hopkins University.
Fox News' Sean Hannity says he knew all along Trump lost the election. Fox News star Sean Hannity – one of former President Donald Trump's strongest allies on the air and one of his closest advisers off it – admitted under oath that he never believed the lie that Trump was cheated of victory in the 2020 presidential election by a voting tech company. That stands in contrast to what played out on some of Fox's biggest shows – including Hannity's. On television, Fox News hosts, stars and guests amplified and embraced such wild and false claims, made by Trump, his campaign lawyers and surrogates, presenting them to millions of viewers. Hannity and a top Fox News executive who oversees prime-time programs told a different story about Trump's false claims of fraud under oath and in front of attorneys, during separate depositions in a $1.6 billion defamation suit. — Stop watching Fox News.
More migrants dropped off outside vice president’s home in freezing weather on Christmas Eve. Several busloads of migrants were dropped off in front of Vice President Kamala Harris’ residence in Washington, DC, on Christmas Eve in 18 degree weather late Saturday. An initial two busloads were taken to local shelters, according to an administration official. More buses arrived outside the vice president’s residence later Saturday evening. A CNN team saw migrants being dropped off, with some migrants wearing only T-shirts in the freezing weather. They were given blankets and put on another bus that went to a local church.
“If you're ok with this, then you can't call yourself a Christian. I didn't make the rules. Jesus did (or, you know, the dudes who wrote all the bible stories down did).” — The Rude Pundit
Frigid monster storm across US claims at least 34 lives. Millions of people hunkered down against a deep freeze Sunday to ride out the winter storm that has killed at least 34 people across the United States and is expected to claim more lives after trapping some residents inside houses with heaping snow drifts and knocking out power to tens of thousands of homes and businesses.
65% of Antarctica’s plants and animals could disappear, scientists say. Its iconic penguins are most at risk. The study published Thursday in the journal PLOS Biology found that 65% of Antarctica’s native species, emperor penguins top among them, will likely disappear by the end of the century if the world continues its business-as-usual ways and fails to rein in planet-warming fossil fuel emissions.
Taliban order NGOs to ban female employees from coming to work. Afghanistan’s Taliban-run administration on Saturday ordered all local and foreign non-governmental organizations (NGOs) to stop female employees from coming to work, according to an economy ministry letter, in the latest crackdown on women’s freedoms. The letter, confirmed by economy ministry spokesperson Abdulrahman Habib, said the female employees were not allowed to work until further notice because some had not adhered to the administration’s interpretation of Islamic dress code for women.
New Research: This Activity Can Reduce the Risk of Metastatic Cancer by 72%. According to recent Tel Aviv University research, aerobic exercise can significantly lower the chance of developing metastatic cancer by 72%. The researchers found that high-intensity aerobic exercise increased internal organs’ consumption of glucose (sugar), decreasing the amount of energy available to the tumor.
Target issues recall for more than 200,000 weighted blankets after 2 children die from asphyxiation. The girls, ages 4 and 6, died in Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, after they were trapped in the blankets in April, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission said in a news release.
High number of mosquitoes found with mutation that resists insecticides. The insecticides that target disease-spreading mosquitoes are running into nature's ultimate defense mechanism: evolution. Scientists reported Wednesday that mosquitoes in Cambodia and Vietnam increasingly carry a mutation that makes them resistant to a commonly deployed insecticide.
A 15-metric ton meteorite crashed in Africa. Now 2 new minerals have been found in it. Scientists have identified two minerals never before seen on Earth in a meteorite weighing 15.2 metric tons (33,510 pounds).
'Deceptive' Movie Trailers a Target For Legal Action. When two fans of Ana de Armas rented Yesterday after seeing de Armas in the trailer, only to realize at the end of the movie that her part had been cut, they were so unhappy that they went to court over it. And won. In a rather bizarre Free Speech case, a federal judge has ruled in favor of movie-goers over the protests of Universal Studios, saying that studios cannot release “deceptive movie trailers.”
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Until next time, my friends. Stay safe and stay sane. Good night.
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