An image shared on Facebook claims “Harry Potter” author J.K. Rowling purportedly bought real estate in Moscow‚ Russia. Verdict: False The claim is false. Both Reuters and U.K.-based outlet Full Fact debunked the claim via April 27 and April 30 articles‚ respectively. Fact Check: Daniel Radcliffe‚ who played the titular character in the film adaptations […]

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Korn was formed in Bakersfield‚ California‚ in 1993.  Korn has released thirteen studio albums‚ with numerous tracks topping the charts and achieving multi-platinum status. The band has experienced several lineup changes throughout its history but has maintained a consistent presence in the music industry‚ influencing many bands within the genre. Korn’s distinctive sound‚ characterized by down-tuned guitars‚ a heavy rhythm section‚ and dissonant melodies‚ has garnered a large fan base and numerous awards. Jonathan Davis Jonathan Davis has been the lead vocalist and frontman for Korn since its formation in 1993. He is known for his unique vocal style‚ which The post Complete List Of Korn Band Members appeared first on ClassicRockHistory.com.

Are you in Paris in late May&;#63; Well make sure you stay around for Le Grand Pique Nique‚ or for those of you who chose German‚ Spanish‚ or Italian to learn in high school‚ “The Grand Picnic.” From the Arc de Triomphe to the intersection of Avenue George V‚ nine ephemeral kitchens will punctuate a journey […] The post Paris Will Soon Host the World’s Largest Picnic on the Champs-&;Eacute;lys&;eacute;es appeared first on Good News Network.

by Rowan O’Malley Imagine that it’s the apocalypse everyone has been warning you about. You’re running for your life with nothing but the clothes on your back. You could say that the manure has hit the rotating ventilator‚ and you’re in the path of it. As you’re running‚ you notice an edible plant. You stop only long enough to shove a few handfuls of it into your pockets. Please note: If you cannot identify at least four common edible wild plants in your area‚ STOP reading this article right now. Find a good plant identification guide online focused on the area where you live. (This series is very popular because each book is region-specific.) Order the book. Read this great article on urban foraging from The OP‚ which could give you a start while you wait for your book to arrive. Are you getting me here&;#63; Plants could save your life. Why weeds&;#63; If the apocalypse comes and you have the resources to plant a garden‚ that will be great. But will you have the resources to DEFEND your garden&;#63; And what about if the apocalypse happens rather inconveniently‚ and you’re forced to be on the run and can’t keep a garden&;#63; Or what if your seeds are stolen at gunpoint&;#63; Or your entire harvest is stolen&;#63; (My goodness‚ that would be quite a plan‚ wouldn’t it&;#63; Allow your neighbors to grow a great garden for you‚ and then grab it all at harvest time. If you don’t think stuff like that could happen‚ I recommend you read a few of Selco’s articles.) Another huge apocalyptic factor would be whether the time and energy would even be available to keep a garden at all. You don’t want to be out weeding if you can be picked off by a shooter in that nearby stand of trees…do you&;#63; By this point‚ you might be sayin’ “Get to the point‚ you freakin’ eejit&;#33;” Well‚ say away. Here’s my point: It may not matter how great your BOB is if you don’t have a few edible weeds packed away in that noggin’ of yours. As long as you are alive‚ those weeds could be helping you survive. There are many circumstances where you may end up without any seeds and/or harvest. I’ve tried to suggest a few. However‚ this I know: wherever you are (except maybe the desert and then good luck to you&;#33;) there are likely to be some weeds growing. Is That a Garden&;#63; From the roadside‚ my garden looks abandoned. Full of weeds‚ grass‚ and cardboard boxes lain flat here and there‚ it gives the appearance of being completely abandoned. Old plastic sheeting and a tarp lie on a couple of rows. Discarded manure bags collect in a corner. An old plastic owl on a stick has face down onto the ground. Considering a number of apocalyptic scenarios‚ having a weedy garden that looks like this could be an enormous advantage. Run of the mill gangs out in search of food would walk right by it. However‚ take a closer look: in amongst the grass and garbage are several edible weeds‚ many of them also medicinal. What appears to be nothing useful is actually a stealth pharmacy. It Might Benefit Your Soil These days we are learning more and more about how soil works. It turns out that endlessly plowing and allowing our topsoil to blow away isn’t that good for it. As well‚ growing one crop intensively also can deplete the soil. Allowing for more biodiversity‚ even in a relatively small garden plot can help the soil stay healthy. There’s a lot more information out there these days about alternative methods and edible weeds. In my own garden‚ I have seen that edible weeds are the first up (food&;#33;) in spring‚ and they often do better than “traditional” garden vegetables in the severe heat we are getting in our local summers. If you’re not sure where to start‚ why not reach out to your local Extension office&;#63; Here’s a great blog post on foraging for creasy greens: [LINK: https://extension.wvu.edu/lawn-gardening-pests/news/2024/03/01/creasy-greens] One Example: Stinging Nettles I did not have these in my garden‚ so I moved some in from my friend’s farm. I took and transplanted two bunches. One survived‚ and the other didn’t. They are now taking over the garden&;#33; I really don’t mind‚ as I drink nettle tea daily. I prefer small‚ tender plants‚ so I don’t want them to grow too big. While the leaves sting when fresh‚ gently cooking is one way to safely prepare them. What are the benefits for me&;#63; I find that nettle tea seems to help me get a fresh start in the spring. My allergy symptoms are almost gone when I drink my daily nettle tea. I have shared my nettle plants with friends‚ and one experienced a big reduction in her tendonitis by stinging the area twice daily with her nettles. I recently suffered a scratch that was bleeding profusely‚ even after applying pressure. A bit concerned‚ I ground up a couple of dried nettle leaves from last year and applied the powder on the scratch. It stopped bleeding almost immediately. Wondering what else nettles can do&;#63; Here’s a good article. PLEASE NOTE: This article is for information purposes only. Make sure to consult your own doctor before you try anything stupid with weeds that might lead you to blame someone else for your misadventure and sue&;#33; Weeds On the Move With more and more geographic areas facing severe weather events‚ your perfect bug-out location could become uninhabitable at some point. What if your well runs dry‚ for example‚ and you can no longer order a water delivery&;#63; Or‚ you could be “ousted” from your perfect homestead by a powerful local gang. (If you’re confident that you can defend any number of hostile intruders‚ I simply tip my hat to you&;#33;). However‚ for someone like me and my hubby who has a mobility issue‚ it’s realistic to recognize that we may not have the resources to defend against all challengers…in which case….we will be on the run (slowly‚ too&;#33;). Knowing how to recognize even four or five wild edibles could be a lifesaver in that case. Think it’s easy or that you could eat anything on the run without knowing much&;#63; One of the wild plants that grows in my garden is deadly Nightshade. Sure glad I checked my book to properly identify that one&;#33; A good plant identification book will also show you images of similar plants that are poisonous or potentially harmful. It’s especially good to memorize how to distinguish these‚ too. Don’t Weed ‘em…Eat ‘em&;#33; With some study and practice you can turn your local landscape into a lunchscape. Do you have your own list of edible weeds already PREPared&;#63; Do you allow any edible weeds to co-exist in your garden&;#63; Please tell us all about it in the comments section&;#33; About Rowan Rowan O’Malley is a fourth-generation Irish American who loves all things green: plants (especially shamrocks)‚ trees‚ herbs‚ and weeds&;#33; She challenges herself daily to live her best life and to be as fit‚ healthy‚ and prepared as possible. The post Here’s Why Weeds Are a Good Prep appeared first on The Organic Prepper.

White House officials met with liberal activists to discuss boosting voting among prisoners and immigrants just four months after President Joe Biden signed an executive order on turning out the vote‚ newly released records show.  On July 12‚ 2021‚ White House officials held a “listening session” that included dozens of organizations‚ many known for turning out Democrat voters. Justin Levitt‚ who was the White House senior policy advisor for democracy and voting rights at the time‚ kicked off the event along with Jesselyn McCurdy of the Leadership Conference for Civil and Human Rights.  Keeda Haynes‚ legal adviser with the Sentencing Project‚ a legal assistance and training organization for prisoners‚ said the administration should assist “eligible voters who are incarcerated have been left out of voting‚” according to notes of the meeting. Haynes added‚ “Felony disenfranchisement is voter suppression.” The records were obtained from the Justice Department by The Heritage Foundation’s Oversight Project through the Freedom of Information Act. (The Heritage Foundation founded The Daily Signal.) That session with White House and other Biden administration officials included staffers from more than four dozen left-leaning groups including the AFL-CIO‚ the American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees‚ the Brennan Center for Justice‚ the Democracy Fund‚ the Al Sharpton-founded National Action Network‚ the George Soros-backed Open Society Policy Center‚ and the Southern Poverty Law Center. But only a few of the groups were participants in the meeting. Participants were sent a Zoom link.  The meeting and agenda were first discovered by the Foundation for Government Accountability‚ a government watchdog group in 2022. What’s new from the recently released batch of documents are details about what was said in the meeting‚ as well as Justice Department communications leading up to the conference. The records also show the email correspondence between the White House and the Justice Department for the weeks leading to the meeting. The documents showed that voting for certain incarcerated individuals was a priority.  Less than a month after Biden signed the order‚ then-associate White House counsel Larry Schwartztol emailed associate deputy attorney general Myesha Braden on April 1‚ 2021.  Schwartztol said the White House counsel’s office is working with the Domestic Policy Council and wrote about helping people in custody or under the supervision of the Bureau of Prisons and the U.S. Marshals Service to vote.  “Section 9 of the [executive order] directs the [attorney general] to take various steps to facilitate voter registration and voting for people in [Bureau of Prisons] and [U.S. Marshals Service] custody and to coordinate with the probation and pretrial services on providing similar resources and assistance to people under supervision‚” Schwartztol wrote.   The Daily Signal previously reported that the Bureau of Prisons partnered with left-leaning groups such as the League of Women Voters‚ the American Civil Liberties Union‚ the Campaign Legal Center‚ and the Washington Lawyers’ Committee to boost voting among eligible citizens who were incarcerated while awaiting trial or other circumstances‚ or in restoring their voting rights after serving their sentence. At the July 2021 meeting with White House officials and liberal groups‚ Nik Youngsmith‚ legislative staff attorney for the Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund‚ spoke to the gathering about “immigrants and noncitizens.” The public record showed Youngsmith wanted to be cautious. “We support registration efforts. We also want to make sure they are done in a careful way‚” the meeting notes paraphrase Youngsmith as saying. “All fed employees must be well trained in this. Need to trust people are acting in bounds of the law. Especially when there are language issues. Federal employees should know who should be properly registered and not. Don’t want someone to face charges for registering on bad info.” The Washington Examiner first reported on the Justice Department documents obtained by the Oversight Project.  Jose Morales‚ the deputy director of Fair Fight Action‚ an anti-voter ID group founded by twice-losing Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams‚ also spoke. Morales called for allowing federal employees to take the day off to vote. He also complained there are “based on experiences last year and this year‚ there are many new ID requirements” according to the Justice Department notes about the session.  Fair Fight didn’t get everything it wanted from Biden on federal employee voting.  While the administration did not give federal employees a whole day off to vote‚ The Daily Signal previously reported the Office of Personnel Management adopted a policy to give four hours of leave to federal employees to vote and volunteer to be election workers. Two staffers from the ACLU–Sarah Brannon and Ceridwen Cherry–told the gathering that the HealthCare.gov website‚ better known as the Obamacare exchanges‚ reaches 20 million people per year and should be used for signing up voters.  Demos‚ a liberal think tank that drafted much of the executive order after Biden was elected but before his inauguration‚ was also part of the gathering.  Laura Williamson‚ then associate director of Demos‚ said the Department of Housing and Urban Development should register voters at public housing units. It also called for the Fair Housing Administration to engage in voter registration when making loans to buy homes.  The Daily Signal first reported that under the executive order‚ HUD authorized targeting votes at public housing units.  The post Leftwing Activists Talk About Boosting Votes Among Prisoners‚ Noncitizens at White House Meeting appeared first on The Daily Signal.

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