CNN writes: Andaya said the sirens are primarily used to warn when a tsunami is approaching the area and if they had sounded, many residents would’ve gone to the mountainside, where the fire was at its worst.

the essence of Satan’s philosophy and the motivation for his Rebellion as John Milton sagely said

Now onto a widespread concern that at least for the time being appears to be overblown imagery surfaced on social media of a fire at a nuclear power plant in Ukraine that is under Russian control the photos understand sparked widespread concern at time of recording radiation levels are normal the plant has been in shutdown mode for a while and the Rumor Mill says the fire is actually from a bunch of tires obviously it’s a situation worth monitoring closely but it doesn’t appear at time of recording that you need to break out your Ki pills

Hotez uses the now-common technique of labeling disagreement as violence, railing against anti-science aggression . This gives latitude to call for more hardcore solutions. A fan of deplatforming, he suggested forming a federal task force whose actions could go beyond “amplifying pro-vaccination advocacy,” bringing in “Homeland Security, the State Department, the Justice Department and the Commerce Department,” to “give us some ideas.” Nothing like using criminal justice system to seek out pressure points in your business, your ability to travel, your Internet communications and more, as possible cures for hesitancy.

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This is Kamala Harris’s standard answer on Israel:

Vice President Kamala Harris: Well, let’s start with October 7. 1,200 people were massacred, 250 hostages were taken, including Americans, women were brutally raped, and as I said then, I maintain Israel has a right to defend itself. We would. And how it does so matters. Far too many innocent Palestinians have been killed. This war has to end

• I’d be happy to debate that anywhere any place with anybody.

On February 5th, 2020, as a small group of scientists were crafting a Nature magazine paper that would become the basis of years of reports insisting Covid-19 had natural origins, one of the co-authors, Tulane’s Dr. Robert Garry, wrote in group email:

Accidental release is a scenario many will not be comfortable with but it would be irresponsible to dismiss the possibility out of hand.