On Thursday, Democrat Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi tested positive for Covid-19.
Pelosi is fully vaccinated and recently received her booster dose, but, as has been proven repeatedly, the experimental vaccine does little to nothing in protecting against the virus.
Over the past few days, the DC Swamp has been “pummeled” by a wave of Covid that has seen several other prominent officials also contract the virus, according to Politico.
The uptick in cases follows several large gatherings that were held in Washington over the past week.
Pelosi, in particular, tested positive just one day after the DC Swamp gathered to sign the postal reform bill – an event attended by both the current President, Joe Biden, and his puppetmaster, Barack Obama.
Despite being full-vaxxed and boosted, a spokesperson for Pelosi issued a statement crediting the vaccine with protecting her from the virus, and, of course, urged people to take their booster.
Because what better time to promote the jab’s efficacy than when it fails. That’s sCiEnCe for ya.
Unable to let the ridiculousness of Pelosi’s jab propaganda slide, Tucker Carlson absolutely blasted the House Speaker on Thursday for putting out such an asinine claim.
“In a statement, Pelosi’s spokesman explained that the vaccine is working ‘very effectively,’ Carlson said with sarcastic emphasis. Quote: ‘The Speaker is fully vaccinated and boosted, and is thankful for the robust protection.’”
“Except for the fact that she’s now infected again. It’s too great,” Carlson said with a laugh.
As Tucker also points out, Pelosi was very ‘hands on’ when she was at the event with Biden and Obama, which, he mocked, had sparked “fears of a super-spreader event” in the nation’s capital.
“On Tuesday, Pelosi was in the White House… kissing Barack Obama’s Hand… she rubbed it against her face, or licked it,” Carlson said with a shudder.
As previously reported, Fox News reporter Benjamin Hall was critically injured last month while covering the Ukraine-Russia conflict.
Details of the attack, which killed Hall’s colleagues, cameraman Pierre Zakrzewski and fixer Oleksandra “Sasha” Kuvshynova, are still unclear, but Hall updated the public on his injuries.
“Its been over three weeks since the attack in Ukraine and I wanted to start sharing it all. But first I need to pay tribute to my colleagues Pierre and Sasha who didnt make it that day. Pierre and I traveled the world together, working was his joy and his joy was infectious. RIP” Benjamin Hall said next to a photo of Pierre Zakrzewski.
Benjamin Hall said he feels ‘pretty damn lucky to be here’ after he lost limbs, one eye no longer works and his hearing is blown.
“To sum it up, I’ve lost half a leg on one side and a foot on the other. One hand is being put together, one eye is no longer working, and my hearing is pretty blown… but all in all I feel pretty damn lucky to be here – and it is the people who got me here who are amazing!” Hall said next to a photo of him in a stretcher.
Tiger Woods was back at the Masters today after being away from golf for 18 months. He shot a solid round with an exclamation point.
CNN reported:
Tiger Woods teed off in the first round of the Masters on Thursday as he embarked on a remarkable comeback following a car crash in February 2021 in which he sustained serious leg injuries.
Five-time Masters champion Woods played in Group 14, alongside South African Louis Oosthuizen and Chilean Joaquin Niemann, after the first round of the 2022 Masters at Augusta National Golf Club tournament was delayed due to inclement weather in Augusta, Georgia.
Wearing a pink shirt, Woods was given a resounding round of applause from the crowd as his name was announced. After hitting his opening drive, Woods received more cheers from fans…
…Woods displayed some of the fight he’s become so famous for over his illustrious career on the 16th hole, rolling in a tricky putt for another birdie — a trademark fistpump in celebration — to move to one under to the delight of the thousands watching on.
Despite a wayward tee shot on the 18th hole, Woods managed to salvage a par, meaning he carded a one-under par 71, which signaled a solid return to competitive golf after almost 17 months away.
Tiger was caught on camera during the round dropping an F-bomb.
Some people can relate to Tiger’s choice of words on the course.
Wireless sensor implants are now telling scientists—in real time—about the behavior and health of wild fish. Lab-on-a-Fish, which is the first device of its kind that can reveal a suite of vital and environmental stats, has been in development for a decade, according to the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. The device was born out of a need to ensure fish passage when developing hydropower projects. Now Lab-on-a-Fish helps researchers not only track fish passage, but how stressful that journey was for migrating fish—and where that stress occurred. The device has implications for everything from river restoration to managing species in the face of climate change.
“The Lab-on-a-Fish offers something needed in conservation and aquaculture—a cost-effective way to monitor fish health and behavior,” said Daniel Deng, a laboratory fellow and mechanical engineer at PNNL, whose sensor development team collaborated with a battery team at PNNL. “If we want to know what stresses a fish out, we need to use tracking data and link that with detailed environmental, health and behavior data.”
The small, lightweight device uses multiple sensors to wirelessly document all kinds of data for up to eight months. The sensors can simultaneously record heartbeat, tail movement, location, calories burned, water temperature, pressure, and magnetic fields. The unit’s biosensor is surgically inserted under a fish’s skin behind the dorsal fin. As the fish swims, a wireless receiver picks up the sensor’s signal providing data for scientists.
Deng and other researchers at PNNL had to develop a unit that is small enough to not affect a fish’s behavior or swimming ability, but large enough to carry enough sensors to track all the necessary data. Traditional fish tags have typically been too heavy to carry so many sensors, but Lab-on-a-Fish weighs just 2.4 grams and is about the size of a pen cap. So far the device has been successfully used on rainbow trout, white sturgeon, and walleyes, with other fish species and applications soon to follow.
A federal appeals court voted on Thursday to reinstate Biden’s unconstitutional executive order to vaccinate federal employees against Covid-19.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit dismissed the injunction issued by Judge Jeffrey Vincent Brown of the Southern District Court in Texas by a 2-1 vote. The White House and Justice Department did not respond to Reuter’s request for comments.
It can be recalled that Judge Brown protected medical freedom and blocked Biden’s last vaccine mandate on federal employees last January.
“The motion is GRANTED as to Executive Order 14043. All the defendants, except the President, are thus enjoined from implementing or enforcing Executive Order 14043 until this case is resolved on the merits,” Brown said in his ruling.
President Joe Biden’s requirement that all federal employees be vaccinated against COVID-19 was upheld Thursday by a federal appeals court.
In a 2-1 ruling, a panel of the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a lower court and ordered dismissal of a lawsuit challenging the mandate. The ruling, a rare win for the administration at the New Orleans-based appellate court, said that the federal judge didn’t have jurisdiction in the case and those challenging the requirement could have pursued administrative remedies under Civil Service law.
The administration argued that the Constitution gives the president, as the head of the federal workforce, the same authority as the CEO of a private corporation to require that employees be vaccinated.
Twelve of 17 active judges at the 5th Circuit were nominated to the court by Republicans, including six Trump appointees.
Judges Carl Stewart and James Dennis, both nominated to the court by President Bill Clinton, were in the majority. Judge Rhesa Barksdale, a senior judge nominated by President George H.W. Bush, dissented, saying the relief the challengers sought does not fall under the Civil Service Reform Act cited by the administration.
Last February, the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals said they would not reinstate Biden’s Covid-19 vaccine mandate to federal workers.
“A federal appeals court said Wednesday it would not reinstate President Joe Biden’s Covid-19 vaccine mandate for federal employees while it reviews a lower court’s order putting the requirement on hold — potentially setting the stage for the case to go to the Supreme Court,” CNN reported.
“The 5th US Circuit Court of Appeals did not explain its reasoning in the unsigned order that said the court was expediting its review of the case. The court said the Biden administration’s request to put the lower court’s ruling on hold was being “carried with the case,” signaling that the appeals court would not rule on the request until it had conducted a fuller review of the case,” according to the report.
America is no longer a place of freedom and justice for conservatives. President Trump proves it.
President Trump released a statement this evening about the obvious. Monsters have taken over our country. They certainly have taken over our Department of Justice. America has a justice system that is crooked and two-tiered.
Democrats like Obama can give billions of taxpayer dollars to terrorist leader Iran and guns to cartels on the Southern border. The Taliban can be gifted billions in arms, airplanes and ammunition. Millions of instances of voter fraud go unpunished. Nothing happens to the villains on the left who disregard our laws while destroying this great country.
We have no idea who is running the current government. Those in power keep this hidden. They’re all a bunch of liars. Everyone around the world knows Joe Biden can’t find his way to the bathroom. Who is running America? Whoever it is is doing it illegally. Will they be punished for their crimes? Obama, Soros or China? Are all three running this country?
But one man stands up to the goons aligned with the DOJ, the Democrat Party, dishonest Big Media, Big Tech, the World Economic Forum, and China, and he’s punished. To hell with the American people, freedom, free and fair elections, and love for country, this man must be punished.
This man is President Trump. The monsters who deny freedom, justice, God and the beauty of mankind are after him. He shows the world that we are the majority and we are free and we will never give up our freedom. Like William Wallace in the movie “Braveheart” we scream for freedom.
After years of attacks and the bastardization of our court system, the corrupt and grotesque Attorney General in New York is using her position to continue the attacks on this President. Her actions are criminal, not the President’s.
Today New York’s Attorney General Letitia James made another action in her attack on President Trump. This isn’t about justice. This woman should be in jail and not prosecuting anyone.
President Trump shared in response to another abuse of our legal system with the following:
This is just a continuation of the greatest Witch Hunt of all time, by a failed Attorney General, who continues to use her office for political gain following a disastrous and embarrassing attempt to run for Governor, in which she only received a 3% approval rating, and was forced to drop out of the race by her own party, in disgrace. This Democrat prosecutorial misconduct began the second I came down the escalator in Trump Tower, and has continued in an attempt to silence a President who is leading in every single poll. Never before has this happened to another President, and it is an absolute violation of my civil rights. As President I had two jobs—to run our Country well, and to survive. I’ve been investigated by the Democrats more than Billy the Kid, Jesse James, and Al Capone, combined. This has been going on for years, and in all cases, I have been innocent. After having survived so many investigations, numerous people have said to me, “You must be the cleanest person alive. Nobody else could have survived this.” But how do I get my reputation back as this unfair persecution endlessly continues?
Letitia James is no longer working as Attorney General, she is an operative for the Democrat Party in a political prosecution. New York has been through hell, and she is an embarrassment to our legal system. James uses her office for political gain, while New York crime is up over 50 percent, a bigger increase than any other place in the Nation. Much of it is violent crime—murder, rape, and drug trafficking (which is at the highest level ever).
When will the Witch Hunt against a popular former President, who had our Country Energy Independent, with no Inflation, a strong Southern Border, and no Wars (such as that which is now raging uncontrollably in Ukraine), who rebuilt our Military (including Space Force), cut Taxes, Regulations, and so much more, ever end. When will horrible and unfair political harassment and persecution in our Country finally be over. Instead, MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!
Hats off to you President Trump. We have never seen a person go through more abuse than you have since announcing your run for office. Your strength gives us hope and faith that we will bring these criminals to justice and save this country.
Irvine, California – Three severely decomposed bodies discovered in a SoCal home by police this week may have been there more than a year.
Police believe it may be a case of murder-suicide after bodies of a mother, father, adult son and a handgun were found in the home.
Canadian authorities called the Irvine Police Department after family members living in Quebec couldn’t get a hold of their relatives who lived in the OC home.
Irvine police did a welfare check this week and that’s when they discovered the decomposed bodies.
Officials in Irvine are investigating what they believe may be a case of murder-suicide after police found three decomposed bodies in an Irvine home.
Irvine Police Department says officers performed a welfare check at 58 Riverboat around 10:30 a.m. Wednesday. According to the department, extended family reported to Canadian authorities that they’d been unable to reach the residents of the home — a father, mother and adult son — for more than a year.
Officers entered the home and found what they described as “three severely decomposed” bodies in the house, and that all appeared to be adults. Police say there were no signs of forced entry into the home, and that there are some indications that it’s the result of a “domestic related incident that resulted in a murder-suicide.”
Police say they’re not searching for suspects, but are seeking more information on the case. Anyone with information is asked to call detectives at (949) 724-7168.
The number of internet users worldwide will soon reach the five billion mark. Great photos can spread like wildfire, but the story and the necessary context sometimes gets left behind. Not in TFB’s Photo Of The Day, where we will always accompany the images with a background and credits to the maker – Sgt. Hannah Hawkins in this case.
Below: A U.S. Army Green Beret assigned to the 10th Special Forces Group instructs Latvian National Guard soldiers on ambush fundamentals.
20220303-A-VU095-1009 – A Latvian National Guard soldier fires an M-240B machine gun during a nighttime field training exercise in the forests of Latvia, March 3, 2022. The bilateral training between Latvia and U.S. Army 10th Special Forces Group creates interoperability with NATO allies, improves military readiness, and strengthens joint confidence while promoting peace and stability within the region. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Hannah Hawkins)Latvian National Guard soldiers perform pre-combat checks and pre-combat inspections prior to the final event of their week-long field exercise in the forests of Latvia, March 5, 2022. The bilateral training between Latvia and U.S. Army 10th Special Forces Group creates interoperability with NATO allies, improves military readiness, and strengthens joint confidence while promoting peace and stability within the region.A Latvian National Guard soldier fires an M-240B machine gun during an ambushA U.S. Army Green Beret assigned to the 10th Special Forces Group instructs a Latvian National Guard soldier on terrain analysis and overwatch positions.A Latvian National Guard squad leader places his team in overwatch positions in the forests of Latvia.A Latvian National Guard soldier assumes an overwatch position on top of micro-terrain in the forests of Latvia, March 3, 2022.20220303-A-VU095-1013 – Latvian National Guard soldiers push through the objective during an ambush training exercise in the forests of Latvia, March 3, 2022. The bilateral training between Latvia and U.S. Army 10th Special Forces Group creates interoperability with NATO allies, improves military readiness, and strengthens joint confidence while promoting peace and stability within the region. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Hannah Hawkins)20220305-A-VU095-1003 – Latvian National Guard soldiers halt to confirm their route during a nighttime field training exercise in the forests of Latvia, March 5, 2022. The bilateral training between Latvia and U.S. Army 10th Special Forces Group creates interoperability with NATO allies, improves military readiness, and strengthens joint confidence while promoting peace and stability within the region. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Hannah Hawkins)20220304-A-VU095-1014 – U.S. Army Green Berets assigned to 10th Special Forces Group communicate with military aircraft to locate Latvian National Guard conducting hide site construction during a training exercise in the forests of Latvia, March 4, 2022. The bilateral training creates interoperability with NATO allies, improves military readiness, and strengthens joint confidence while promoting peace and stability within the region. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Hannah Hawkins)
Photo and Caption Source: U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Hannah Hawkins.
Ukraine is converting salvaged Russian PKT machine guns for ground use. There appears to be a car repair shop in Kyiv which is taking in captured and salvaged Russian tank machine guns and adapting them for ground use with an ad-hoc stock and pistol grip assembly. Fascinating ingenuity, but not without historical precedence.
The Kalashnikov designed PK machine gun is one of the most ubiquitous general purpose machine guns in the world. It was designed by Mikhail Kalashnikov and his team in the late 1950s. We’ve seen a number of PKMs in Ukraine already but another variant, the PKT, has popped up in a couple of interesting pieces of press footage.
The first piece of footage of the workshop surfaced on the 9 March and a France24 report was published on the 16 March. The PKT itself was developed in 1968 to replace the SG-43-derived SGMT. The PKT is primarily used as a coaxial gun on armoured vehicles including the MT-LB, BTR, BMD and BMP series and Russia’s T-72, T-89 and T-90 series of tanks. One thing the Ukrainians have not been short of is captured and abandoned Russian armoured vehicles. The adapted PKTs will probably be used to help equip the Territorial Defence Force battalions which have been raised across Ukraine.
The PKT is solenoid fired, with the gunner pushing a button to fire the gun. This means that it obviously has no pistol grip or trigger assembly but it also lacks sights and a bipod. So when the Ukrainians are salvaging these guns, they are essentially useless for immediate ground use. The footage from the workshops shows that they have developed a simple stock and pistol grip assembly. The stock slides into the trunnion at the rear of the receiver, where the solenoid firing unit normally fits. The pistol grip and trigger mechanism assembly are then pivoted up and secured by a cross pin. There appears to be a simple hook projecting up from the trigger mechanism assembly which trips the sear inside the PKT.
The stock appears to be from a standard PK and the pistol grip is a widely available aftermarket AK-pattern grip which seems to be held in place by a large nut and bolt. To get around the PKT’s lack of sights, the workshop have fitted a scope mount, welded to the left side of the stock assembly. The gun is seen here with what appears to be a thermal optic.
The PKT has a slightly longer barrel at 28.4in (compared to the PKM’s 25.3in), a slightly redesigned gas system and is also heavier at 23lbs. The PKT has a thicker barrel profile. The PKTM has a slightly reinforced receiver but few other differences compared to the PKT.
PKT with craft-made stock assembly (via France24)
In the second piece of footage, we see some adapted PKTs with classic AK pistol grips attached to stock assemblies. The pistol grip no longer hangs free but is attached to the stock. The trigger mechanism also appears to have been redesigned. Now when the trigger is pulled an arm protrudes from the stock, it pivots from the top – rather than from the bottom as in the example we saw in the first video. This might suggest that the gun featured in the 9 March footage is the workshop’s initial prototype. If so, they have moved from a relatively crude design to a more sophisticated one in about a week. From the France24 report, it seems the engineers and mechanics had the benefit of some military experience and some technical drawings.
In terms of historical precedent – there is plenty. As long as tanks have had machine guns infantry have been salvaging their guns for ground use. Seen during both world wars and in conflicts around the world. In terms of ad-hoc weapons for home defence forces like the Ukrainian Territorial Defense Force, the British Home Guard during the Second World War were partially equipped with aerial Lewis Guns which were retrofitted with bipods and stocks. The adaptation of PKTs specifically was seen during the Chechen Wars and in 1992 the Nagorno-Karabakh War. Further adaptation have even been seen in Ukraine since 2014.
An early example of the workshops adaptation of a PKT
A kit was reportedly designed by Tula which allowed a PK stock with a rear sight and a pivoting pistol grip to slot into the rear trunnion of the gun. This provided a mechanism to fire the gun and a bipod with a front sight could be fitted. It is unclear if this has ever been fielded.
From the footage, it appears the workshop is also working on adapting NSVTs, the vehicle mounted variant of the 12.7×109mm NSV heavy machine gun. The mechanic lifts an NSVT without its barrel to show a workshop-made pistol grip assembly with some box steel projecting out the rear, perhaps for a stock to be fixed to.
Mayor Eric Adams heard an earful yesterday from angry New Yorkers. The Mayor was caught by furious protesters hurling obscenities at him as he got out of his limousine with his entourage heading to an upscale event at The Brooklyn Chop House in Times Square.
Demonstrators say they are frustrated that the NYC Mayor fired one of his own city lawyers because she had the audacity to confront him for forcing small children to be masked. People are also angry that Adams has not lifted workplace NYC vaccine mandates or the rule that toddlers must be masked.
This video captures New Yorker’s pure and unfiltered fury with Adams as he enters the event. They hurl explicit obscenities at the Mayor and shout “Lift the mandates!”, “Kneel before me Eric Adams” and “Kneel before me moth** f*****, as well as graphic barrages of other curse words. The mayor attempts to hold composure and stops to smile for photos in front of a ‘step and repeat’ before being hurried into the event by his security.
“Mayor Adams has lifted the vaccine mandates for wealthy sports teams (NY Yankees and NY Mets) and for Kyrie Irving (God bless Irving for being principled enough to stick to his guns and not submit to the vaccine),” said protester Jon Kopel. “Yet he has not lifted these mandates for city workers.”
See the video below of the Mayor leaving the event, where more protesters wait for him, yelling “You don’t care about your city!”, “Shame on you!”, “BOOOO!” and “You piece of Sh**”. Someone carries a sign reading “Don’t Step On My Liberty.”
As Adams gets in his vehicle and gives a thumbs up to the crowd with a smile they yell “Get in there you piece of sh**, you piece of garbage moth** fu****!” A man then runs to the car as it drives off with double middle fingers as more people shout “F*** you” and “BOOOOO” then chase his limo down the street.
“Apparently there are two sets of rules (not laws enacted by the legislature as required), one set of rules for Adams friends and supporters, and another set of rules for the lowly serfs,” said Kopel. “Maybe Adams wants free tickets to Yankees and Nets games?”
Earlier in the days city workers had held a demonstration at Madison Square Garden to protest against the same two tier rules requiring city workers to be vaccinated and toddlers be masked.
“If we don’t take a stand against the evil that has gripped New York City and the world we will lose our freedom, our health and our very lives,” said Kopel. “This is why we must fight now to protect our freedom here in NYC until every immoral and unconstitutional mandate is gone.”
Protesters swarm Mayor Eric Adams yesterday in NYC
A perturbed Adams is taken aback by protesters.
Protesters give Mayor Adams of NYC the middle finger as he drives off.