Friday – December 17, 2021

This week’s Pure Opelka podcasts

Earlier this week, Dr. Roizen gave us an amazing update on COVID, omicron and the possibility of he country hitting “herd immunity.”

THIS DAY IN HISTORY

1843 – CHARLES DICKENS “A CHRISTMAS CAROL” IS PUBLISHED

1892 – “VOGUE” MAGAZINE IS PUBLISHED1903 – NEAR KITTY HAWK, NC — ORVILLE AND WILBUR WRIGHT TAKE WING…


1944 – THE U.S. APPROVED THE END OF INTERNMENT OF JAPANESE AMERICANS

1948 – THE SMITHSONIAN ACCEPTS THE WRIGHT BROTHERS’ PLANE ‘KITTY HAWK’ 

1965 – THE NY TIMES PUBLISHED A HUGE 946 PAGE EDITION

News and The Politics out of D.C.
A BAD DAY FOR DEMS… 

BUILD BACK BETTER LOOKS LIKE ITS SLIPPING INTO THE NEW

SENATE PARLIAMENTARIAN SAYS DEMS’ IMMIGRATION PROVISIONS ‘OUT OF ORDER’

THE ENTIRE BUILD BACK BETTER AGENDA IS IN SERIOUS DANGER  (GOOD)

6TH CIRCUIT COURT CHIEF RIPS BIDEN’S VAX MANDATES FOR PRIVATE COMPANIES

MAXINE WATERS GOES MASKLESS ON CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT AFTER BUMPING SOMEONE FROM A WINDOW SEAT

BIDEN ADMIN ENDS PAYMENT TALKS WITH SEPARATED IMMIGRANT FAMILIES

THE PRESIDENT ALSO WARNS THE VIRUS COULD BRING ‘A WINTER OF ILLNESS AND DEATH’

KAMALA ASKED ABOUT HER PLANS FOR 2024… SHE SAYS THEY HAVEN’T TALKED ABOUT IT

General News
AIRLINE CEOS START QUESTIONING THE VALIDITY OF MASK MANDATES

FRANCE RESTRICTS TRAVEL WITH BRITAIN OVER OMICRON SURE

CDC ADVISORS BACK PFIZER, MODERNA OVER J&J VACCINE

OMICRON IS 70xs MORE CONTAGIOUS THAN PREVIOUS VARIANTS

FAUCI WARNS THE OMICRON VARIANT WILL SOON OVERWHELM THE HOSPITALS

BROADWAY SHOW CANCELLED WITH AUDIENCE IN THE SEATS, THANKS TO COVID

AZ GOV QUIETLY BANS ALL PUBLIC WORKER VAX MANDATES

EXPERTS REFUTE EFFORTS TO LINK DEADLY TORNADOES TO CLIMATE CHANGE

PARENTS OF UPENN WOMEN SWIMMER TEAM DEMANDS NCAA CHANGE RULES

‘SATC’ STAR CHRIS NOTH ACCUSED OF SEXUAL ASSAULT – HE DENIES IT(IS THAT WHY THEY KILLED OFF HIS CHARACTER?)

SEARCH WARRANT ISSUED FOR ALEC BALDWIN’S PHONE OVER ‘RUST’ SHOOTING

GM MAY BE STUCK WITH THE BOLT, EVEN THOUGH IT’S STOP MAKING THEM

DOZENS FEARED DEAD IN OSAKA BUILDING FIRE

TWO CALIFORNIA TEACHERS ACCUSED OF COACHING YOUNG GIRL INTO IDENTIFYING AS TRANS

WHERE DO THE CRYPTO-RICH LIVE? WHY, PUERTO RICO, OF COURSE

Other News Catching My Eye

FLORIDA MAN KICKED OFF UNITED FLIGHT FOR WEARING WOMEN’S UNDERWEAR AS A MASK

ELON MUSK TURNS HIS PHASERS ON MSNBC’S JOY REID… ‘LOBBYIST FOR SENATOR KAREN’

AND THEN JOY REID CLAIMS ‘KAREN’ IS A RACIST TERM

THE NEW MISS AMERICA… MISS ALASKA IS CROWNED (AND NOBODY WATCHED)

THE ‘MOST-SEARCHED-FOR’ NAME OF 2021 WAS _______

CHEVY’S CHRISTMAS AD… I’M NOT CRYING, YOU ARE.