Kamala Harris on Tuesday tested positive for Covid-19 and went into isolation.
Kamala Harris is fully vaccinated and received her second booster shot on April 1.
“Today, Vice President Harris tested positive for COVID-19 on rapid and PCR tests. She has exhibited no symptoms, will isolate and continue to work from the Vice President’s residence,” the statement read.
Harris’ office said the VP has not been in close contact with Joe or Jill Biden.
“She has not been a close contact to the President or First Lady due to their respective recent travel schedules,” the statement said. “She will follow CDC guidelines and the advice of her physicians. The Vice President will return to the White House when she tests negative.”
Recall, Kamala Harris’ husband Doug Emhoff tested positive for Covid-19 last month.
I was OutdoorLife.com’s new online editor at the time and interviewing a conservation officer about electrocuted deer was my version of high-profile news. The officer had never seen anything like it before, but after filing his report, he and his team found cases of lightning-struck deer in Texas and Iowa.
Since then, there have been a few other similar cases, including the 2016 incident in which a lightning strike killed a herd of more than 300 reindeer in Norway (Side note: the New York Times wrote a masterpiece of a lede for this story, starting the article with: “Somewhere Santa is mourning.”)
According to the Times’ story, a single bolt of lighting could have hit one or two animals directly, but the majority of the deaths were likely caused by ground current. When lightning touches down it spreads out in search of places to travel. The reindeer, with their hooves on the wet grass, presented pathways where electrical current could flow.
“The electricity would go up one leg of the body and stop the heart and go down and out another leg,” John Jensenius, a lightning safety specialist with the National Weather Service told the Times. “In an instant, of course.”
My takeaways from Jensenius are twofold: 1) It’s good to know that the caribou (and those deer from Wisconsin) likely died instantly, without suffering; 2) lightning is not to be trifled with.
Whitetail carcasses scattered in a Wisconsin field. Wisconsin DNR
The original story: On March 22, DNR Conservation Officer Juan Gomez responded to a unique call: seven deer had been killed by lightning. The scene was a hay field in Kenosha County, Wisconsin. On the morning prior, thunderstorms rolled through the area and a lightning bolt hit a field where a small herd of deer had been grazing.
When Gomez arrived, all of the deer were missing their eyeballs. Wisconsin DNR
When Gomez arrived, he found that all of the deer’s eyeballs had popped out. It’s possible that birds could have plucked out the eyes, but Gomez’s theory is that they were popped out by the lightning strike.
This is the spot where Gomez thought the lightning had struck. Wisconsin DNR
He found one deer about 100 yards away from the others. He thinks that this deer was grazing away from the other six when the bolt hit. Because the field was wet, the electricity traveled across it easily and zapped this deer too. While it was the first time Gomez had seen anything like this in his career, it is not exactly an unprecedented incident. After Gomez filed his report, his team did some research and they found similar cases of deer being struck by lightning in Iowa and Texas.
Gomez found one deer about 100 yards away from the others. Wisconsin DNR
By the time Gomez got to the scene, coyotes had already torn into some of the carcasses. The DNR and the landowner decided to leave the deer in the field for the scavengers.
Senior Biden adviser Cedric Richmond will depart the White House to work for the Democratic National Committee (DNC) next month, Fox News has confirmed.
Richmond served as the director of the White House Office of Public Engagement, and also as a senior adviser to President Biden. He will take an advisory role at the DNC starting in May, a Biden adviser told Fox News.
“I am thrilled that the President has entrusted me with helping boost the robust work already being done at the DNC to make sure that Democrats grow their majorities in the House and Senate, and increase the number of Democratic governors in state capitals around the country,” Richmond said in a Tuesday statement.
Richmond’s departure comes one day after reports that he criticized Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y. and her fellow “squad” members as “f—ing idiots” after the 2020 election.
Recall, Joe Biden referred to Cedric Richmond, as “boy” during a press conference last August.
Imagine if Trump did this.
Cedric Richmond is a 47-year-old man.
“I’m here with — with my senior adviser and boy who knows Louisiana very, very well — man — and — and New Orleans, Cedric Richmond.” Biden said.
The California Department of Fish and Wildlife arrested nine men tied to a large sturgeon poaching operation. The arrests came after the conclusion of a year-long wildlife investigation that uncovered individuals unlawfully killed and sold sturgeon and other wildlife.
California lists both white and green sturgeon as species of special concern. This status means fishermen can only take white sturgeon while in possession of a state-issued report card and permit. Individuals may only bag one per day and three per year, and the fish must be within 40-60 inches. Green Sturgeon are not allowed to be taken or possessed under any circumstances.
In May 2021, CDFW officials began investigating Andrew Chao, 31, and Ay Pou Saechao, 35, for illegally catching sturgeon, removing their eggs, and selling them to a family in San Francisco. Officials suspected the Petryanik family of processing the sturgeon roe into caviar and selling it on the black market.
Wildlife officials renewed their investigation of Chao and Saechao in January, believing the duo illegally poached sturgeon from Knights Landing on the Sacramento River. On March 14, law enforcement found Chao in possession of an 85.5-inch white sturgeon.
“They found this giant behemoth sturgeon in the back of the guy’s hatchback,” Foy told Rolling Stone. “Because it was so big, the head of the sturgeon was pushed up against the driver’s seat. The whole fish was bent so it could fit into the trunk.”
This 91-inch sturgeon was discovered in the back of a suspect’s vehicle. The fish was still alive, and officers returned it to the water after quickly taking evidence photos. CDFW
Officers arrested Chao on possession of an oversized sturgeon and suspicion of poaching. The fish was still alive when the officers discovered it in Chao’s vehicle. They were able to return it to the water unharmed. During the investigation, officers discovered a link between the two poachers and seven other suspects in a different ongoing poaching case.
On March 30, officers served eight search warrants. The investigation implicated another suspect for suspicion of selling red abalone and Dungeness crab on the illegal market. Officials believe the suspects poached at least 36 sturgeon, caught and used juvenile salmon as bait, poached and sold abalone, and sold sport-harvested crabs on the illegal wildlife market. Wildlife officers also discovered five unlawfully possessed deer, illegal firearms—including one without a serial number—illegal narcotics, and counterfeit currency.
“I am proud of the dedicated wildlife officers who spent countless hours investigating this wildlife trafficking case to protect our native sturgeon population,” said David Bess, CDFW deputy director and chief of the law enforcement division. “We take it seriously when poachers commercialize our wildlife, and we will continue to do everything we can to bring these individuals to justice.”
None of the suspects have been officially charged as of this time.
Known throughout the world for their breathtaking size and length, sturgeon are highly sought after. Viral images of the species can be found across the internet, including fish that have been caught in sizes above 500 hundred pounds and greater than 10 feet long.
The International Union for Conservation of Nature lists sturgeon as one of the most endangered species groups in the world. Poachers sell these massive fish on the illegal wildlife market for the high value of their meat and roe, which can be processed into caviar. The species cannot pass fish ladders, making sturgeon susceptible to changes in river flow or hydrology. The current drought conditions in California further complicate this issue. Sturgeon also mature late and have a long reproduction time, so changes in the environment pose additional issues.
“We are experiencing a historic-level drought, and it’s creating huge problems for both our salmon and our sturgeon populations,” CDFW wildlife officer Patrick Foy told Rolling Stone. “And we have poachers on top of the drought pressure creating miserable conditions for the sturgeon.”
Recent efforts from states to stop poaching and illegal wildlife crime, including Oregon, which recently hired its first anti-poaching prosecutor, are positive steps toward combating this global issue.
Estimates of illegal wildlife crime total $12 billion in lost revenue to governments. This criminal activity also perpetrates species loss and introduces invasive species into the environment. Stopping illegal wildlife trade operations will help protect the future of wildlife and the environment in the country.
Atlantic Firearms has introduced the DIY Zastava M70 that you can add whatever M70 stock, pistol grip, and handguard set to, which allows the user to customize their rifle right off the bat. AKM rifles have become much more modular in recent years, including lots of options when it comes to furniture. The ability to start off with the shooter’s desired stock set may save some money if they can pick out which stock set they’d like, as well as not having to add to the unused gun accessory pile from the stock set they didn’t want.
Corrosion resistant hard nickel molly steel bolt carrier
Stamped receiver 1.5 mm with Bulged trunnion
Cold hammer forged barrel Chrome Lined barrel
Threaded 14 x 1 left hand with removable slant brake
Accepts detachable AK-47 type mags and drums
Bolt hold open notch on safety selector
AK47 type Adjustable front & rear iron sights
Traditional left side rail for AK47 Optic mounts
1 30 Round Magazine
Zastava Arms USA M70 DIY Furniture Ready AK47 Rifle ZR7762BA. This is a complete semi automatic 7.62×39 rifle, all you need to do is add your favorite stock set to make it your own! This M70 model has an impressive list of features like Hammer Forged Chrome Lined barrel, Forged barrel trunnions, properly heat treat matched fire control & bolt carrier groups and more.This AK47 Rifle also has the thicker 1.5 mm receiver with Bulged Trunnion so you know it is built to last. Grab this M70 Furniture Ready rifle today and give it that personal touch with your favorite wood or polymer stock set all while saving yourself some money!
The following video is from Atlantic Firearms, where they go over the details of the DIY Zastava M70 rifle.
Image credit: Atlantic Firearms
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What do you think about Zastava’s DIY M70 rifle? Which stock option would you go with?
A new COVID variant has been found in Israeli travelers returning home. The polymerase chain reaction tests (PCR tests) allegedly picked up the BA.4 variant.
This variant is said to be spreading through South Africa. Health Minister Nitzan Horowitz said the fact that the new variant was discovered in the airport indicated how important it is to keep the testing center there open. “This indicates the importance of the tests we do at Ben-Gurion Airport,” he said in an interview with KAN Reshet Bet. “We are following [the situation] and checking” into the meaning of the discovery.
Unfortunately, we did not get rid of the coronavirus – neither we nor the world,” he warned. “We passed the Omicron, not the coronavirus. If we need to take new steps, we will take them.”
“There are several such cases that we discovered during testing at Ben Gurion Airport. So far we have no details on its dangerousness or any other characteristics. We are following this development. For now, there is no reason to worry,” he told Kan radio according to The Times of Israel.
WHO said there was no evidence thus far that the new sub-variants spread any differently than the original Omicron variant. These new variants are right in time, as we are warned that “vaccine” sales are plummeting, but expected to “rebound” later this year.
This scamdemic is not over yet. In fact, China continues to amp up the tyranny and expands lockdowns far beyond Shanghai. People are locked in their homes and treated like prisoners on this slave planet and until we wake up and stop acting like slaves and voting for our masters to rule over us, we will be treated as slaves.
INFLATION IS RUNNING AT 40-YEAR HIGHS!
NEGATIVE INTEREST RATES ARE TAXING SAVERS,
CREATING FOOD SHORTAGES
AND MAKING LIFE MISERABLE IN THE UNITED STATES!
There’s Little Time Left Before the REAL DISASTER occurs!
As reported earlier — On Thursday The New York Times investigative reporters Jonathan Martin and Alex Burns released passages from their latest book “This Will Not Pass: Trump, Biden, and the Battle for America’s Future.”
In the book the two claimed that GOP House Leader Kevin McCarthy told Liz Cheney on a January 10, 2021 call that he would counsel Trump to resign before the end of his term.
When the claims within the book broke early in the news, McCarthy’s spokesman Mark Bednar refuted them saying, “McCarthy never said he’d call Trump to say he should resign.”
McCarthy himself called the claims about his conversations “totally false” when The New York Times reported on them earlier in the day.
Kevin McCarthy released a statement on Twitter following the NY Times report. He insisted the claims were false.
Then he got caught.
Rachel Maddow leaked the private phone call on her show on Thursday night of House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy with Trump-hating lunatic Liz Cheney on January 10, 2021.
During the call, McCarthy told Liz Cheney that he would counsel President Trump Trump to resign. This is exactly what the book reported. Liz Cheney released the call to the authors. And now Kevin McCarthy was caught in a lie.
From the call:
Kevin McCarthy: “I think [impeachment resolutions] will pass, and it would be my recommendation you (President Trump) should resign… What he did is unacceptable. Nobody can defend that and nobody should defend it.”
McCarthy also indicated that he believed Twitter and Facebook should delete the accounts of lawmakers who were supporting Trump’s claim of a rigged election. “We can’t put up with that,” he said. “Can’t they take their Twitter accounts away, too?”
McCarthy was caught. He can’t deny it. In an interesting twist, FOX News refused to report on this story on Kevin McCarthy. They protected him following this embarrassing and explosive development.
Bill Melugin: “I want to switch gears a bit, you are looking to be Speaker again if Republicans win. And to that point, you know what’s out there, the New York Times has released audio of you, where days after January 6th you are on a call with House Republican leadership, and you are heard on the audio saying quote, you have had enough with President Trump and you would tell him to his face, it would be your belief he should resign. Do you still stand by those comments?”
McCarthy dodged the question.
Kevin McCarthy: “Look, I never told the president to resign… It was a conversation that we had about scenarios going forward. But that’s not really what critical what happened 15 months ago, what’s happening is what is happening on this border right now, our border is not secure. 160 different countries of people are coming across.”
Remember that .22LR X95 conversion that Dylan made? Well, that is not the extent of his DIY skills. He made his own Modernized Sten 2.0. If you recall, I posted about a modernized Sten over three years ago. Funny enough, Dylan says that build inspired him to make one with his own twist.
Dylan has actually built a Sten before but it left him desiring more. More gun and more challenge. You can see some progression above. After seeing the other modernized Sten, Dylan decided to tackle his own Modernized Sten 2.0.
It was a modern sten built with “modern” tools lol. I cad/cam a bunch of the parts. Then cnc cut them out
Look at his receiver tube below. Looks like the makings of a lightsaber.
Photo by Dylan T.
Below you can see the bolt handle and firing pin.
Photo by Dylan T.
Here is the bolt with his custom CNC bolt handle.
Probably the most intriguing feature of Dylan’s Modernized Sten 2.0 is he was able to use an AR-15 FCG in this Sten build.
He trimmed the trigger bow and hooked up a linkage to the Sten 2.0 trigger.
Here is a video he shared with me.
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/0L2Y1civ79w
From the top photo, you can see he added a free-float handguard and Picatinny at the top as well as the back of the receiver for adding a brace or stock if he SBRs it. I like the resto-mod approach to his Sten 2.0. It has a Star Wars vibe to it, probably since the Sten looks similar to a Sterling. I am eager to see what else Dylan comes up with next.
Eric Greitens joined The Joe Hoft Show on Monday and discussed the implications to free speech with the sale of Twitter to Elon Musk. The two also discussed the movement to replace RINOs in DC with politicians who will make America Great Again.
Former Governor Eric Greitens, who is running for US Senate in Missouri was on the Real Talk Radio Network yesterday and he shared the following.
The Constitution is fundamental. The first amendment is everyone’s God-given right and what have we had in this country? We’ve had Big Tech working hand in hand with radical leftists and RINOs to suppress true patriotic voices. It’s happened to The Gateway Pundit. It’s happened to Steve Bannon. It’s happened to you and everyone who’s dug into election integrity. It’s happened to me, and so of course that’s what we see. We’ve got this great news.
Greitens next discussed shooting guns with Donald Trump Jr – see tweet below:
Unfortunately, Big Tech just flooded this tweet with Big Tech negativity.
The good news is that people are going to places like your show Joe. They’re reading pieces at The Gateway Pundit. They’re going out to get the real truth about what’s happening in the United States of America, because they’ve seen how Big Tech and the propaganda press are always lying to us…
…They don’t attack people because they disagree with their policies. They attack people viciously and personally why, because the left can’t win on the facts. Their agenda is insane. All of it is insane. The whole leftist agenda…
…The left is actively trying to destroy this country…There can be no illusion.
Freedom of speech vs. tyranny and censorship – Will America and the world follow Elon Musk’s vision of Twitter or Barack Obama’s call for more censorship?
Frank Gaffney released his Secure Freedom Minute this morning. Today’s minute discussed the long-term highway that humanity will travel. Will America and the world follow Barack Obama and censorship of free speech or will it follow free speech as espoused by Elon Musk during his efforts to purchase Twitter? Which way will we go? Will the first amendment die or thrive?
Last week Obama was at Stanford where he discussed his ideas for censoring free speech. He argues that whatever he doesn’t like is disinformation and he wants this stopped. This is not free speech.
