The political right has been literally right about a lot‚ and Obamacare is no exception. When it first became a household name‚ Republicans believed it was going to make health care worse‚ prices would only continue to go up‚ and you weren’t going to be able to keep your insurance. The right has also been known to notice patterns — one of which is Americans being incentivized to depend on the government. “If they get a giant program that shovels money at them‚ eventually it becomes part of the culture and they depend on it‚ and they will never turn on it‚” Stu Burguiere explains‚ calling Obamacare a “fat piece of junk on our system.” While Republicans were initially right to reject Obamacare‚ it’s become so ingrained in our system at this point that Republicans are hardly voicing opposition any more. Donald Trump is one of the few who is continuing to speak out against Obamacare‚ recently posting to Truth Social that “the cost of Obamacare is out of control‚ plus‚ it’s not good Healthcare.” Trump continued that he is “seriously looking at alternatives‚” before calling out Republican senators who once opposed Obamacare and now disagree with terminating it. “It was a low point for the Republican Party‚ but we should never give up!” Trump added. President Joe Biden responded to Trump’s Truth Social post‚ telling America that Trump is threatening to “rip away health insurance for tens of millions of Americans on Medicaid.” “Joe Biden has always been an idiot. Joe Biden has always been bad at this‚” Stu comments. “If he’s on Obamacare‚ it ain't working.” Want more from Stu?To enjoy more of Stu's lethal wit‚ wisdom‚ and mockery‚ subscribe to BlazeTV — the largest multi-platform network of voices who love America‚ defend the Constitution‚ and live the American dream.

The United Nations wants Americans and other Westerners to eat less meat. Although the alleged purpose of the internationally requested diet is to futilely attempt to arrest global weather patterns‚ there appears to be more at play than just so-called distributive justice and climate alarmism. After all‚ the director-general of the specific U.N. agency expected to issue this demand during the COP28 summit next month happens to be a top Chinese Communist Party member whose nation‚ the number-one source of greenhouse gas emissions in the world‚ will likely be among the so-called developing nations exempted from the guidance.What's the background? Last November‚ the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization indicated it would develop a plan to make the world's food system more sustainable‚ telling sovereign nations how to change their respective food and farming industries in order to align with internationalists' goal of halting global weather patterns and somehow keeping warming at 1.5 degrees Celsius. Bloomberg reported that the FAO's guidelines‚ set to be published at the COP28 summit in December‚ will instruct developed nations whose populations allegedly consume too much meat — according to foreign metrics — to limit their intake. According the FAO‚ the average American reportedly consumes around 279 pounds of meat a year. By way of contrast‚ the average Nigerian reportedly eats 15 pounds of meat annually and the average Chinese resident consumes 133.6 pounds of meat‚ as of 2020. Under the guidance‚ developing countries‚ including the country with the world's second-biggest economy‚ will apparently be encouraged to improve their livestock farming. Not only does the forthcoming recommendation seem to be punitive for Western nations‚ it may also be counterproductive. House Agriculture Committee Chairman Glenn Thompson (R-Pa.) told Fox News Digital‚ "Regulating producers out of business in the U.S. will not effectively address global climate change‚ but export production to foreign countries with hostile regimes and worse emissions profiles while harming food security and affordability. Simply put‚ the world needs American farmers and ranchers more than the U.N." Guidelines for thee‚ but not for Xi China‚ which has all but indicated it will not live up to its Paris climate accord commitments‚ continues to claim it is a developing country. Chinese dictator Xi Jinping's nominal second in command‚ Han Zheng‚ claimed at the U.N. general assembly in September that despite its $18 trillion GDP at the time‚ China is "the largest developing country" and "will remain a member of the big family of developing nations." While it's presently unclear whether this self-categorization alone — which the U.N. entertains despite American criticism — would exempt China from the dietary recommendation‚ the director general of the FAO is unlikely to cross Beijing with his agency's road map. Qu Dongyu has previously been accused of using his position to advance the merciless Chinese regime's foreign policy agenda. Beijing has also been accused of bribing officials to get Qu the gig. Qu formerly served as vice minister of agriculture and rural affairs for the CCP. As FAO director‚ he has continued to cheerlead Chinese initiatives such as the communist regime's Global Development Initiative. "Nobody actually takes him seriously: It's not him; it's China‚" a former U.N. official told Politico. "I'm not convinced he would make a single decision without first checking it with the capital." Concerning Qu's promotion of the U.N.'s so-called sustainable development goals‚ Francesca Ghiretti‚ an analyst at the Mercator Institute for China Studies‚ said‚ "You need to be aware that these are policies that first and foremost are thought to advance China‚ either materially or in terms of international reputation‚ or in terms of diplomacy." The Washington Free Beacon reported that a reduction in global meat production could greatly benefit China‚ which is the world's largest meat importer. China's foreign supply could conceivably become more stable and secure if American producers find themselves facing less domestic demand. Such security would undoubtedly be welcome after last year's large-scale food shortages and the regime's promise of material improvement in living year over year.Concerning Qu's 2019 election to head of the FAO‚ Kristine Lee of the Center for a New American Security told Foreign Policy‚ "Chinese officials report back to Beijing and first and foremost serve the narrow interests of the [Chinese Communist Party]‚ rather than truly advancing multilateralism and strengthening transparency and accountability at the U.N." Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors‚ sign up for our newsletters‚ and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

NewsGuard‚ a for-profit company that provides news websites with "reliability ratings‚" is selling its "Misinformation Fingerprints" tool to Microsoft and other private companies after it was awarded a grant from the federal government to develop the technology.The company developed its rating system to rank various media outlets based on nine allegedly "apolitical criteria‚" providing a score of zero to 100. NewsGuard's website states that it aims to help readers "counter misinformation" using its "transparent tools."Critics have accused the company of attempting to censor and undermine the credibility of conservative-leaning news outlets while masquerading as a so-called independent fact-checker.According to the Federalist‚ NewsGuard previously received $750‚000 in taxpayer funding in the form of a federal grant through the Small Business Innovation and Research program to help with the development of its Misinformation Fingerprints technology. The tool is "the most comprehensive dataset of provably false narratives online‚" the company's website states."NewsGuard's global team of misinformation analysts maintains the internet's most complete‚ machine-readable catalog of top false claims circulating online‚" it adds. The company notes that the tool can be used to "search for content containing mis- and disinformation‚" "understand mis- and disinformation risks‚" "help government agencies and intelligence teams evaluate real-time disinformation narratives‚" and "keep abreast of the evolving landscape of brand-related misinformation that could harm client reputation."It is unclear how the company determines whether the content contains disinformation.NewsGuard explains that the "misinformation" tool is "different from fact-checking" because it generates machine-readable formats that can be "ingested by large language models." The tool also assesses the "risk of harm" level of the so-called "false claim" while providing information about how the information is spreading online. The tool is now being sold to a number of private companies‚ the Federalist reported. Microsoft purchased the Misinformation Fingerprints "to train Bing Chat.""Microsoft trusts the fingerprints as ethically reported‚ responsible‚ and unbiased data to train Bing Chat's large-language models (LLMs) to provide accurate responses to prompts on topics in the news and reduce their propensity to spread false claims‚" NewsGuard stated.Social media app Ethos Network is using the tool to allow "users to verify the content of their posts before publishing them." Giphy has integrated the tool into its online search engine "to quickly identify and address content that risks spreading misinformation through its platform."In 2020‚ the company won a Pentagon and Department of State contest for "detecting COVID-19 misinformation and disinformation."In a statement to the New York Post‚ NewsGuard stated‚ "Our ratings are based on apolitical journalistic criteria‚ and we publish them transparently and publicly.""For example‚ this is why the New York Post and FoxNews.com get a higher rating than MSNBC.com‚" NewsGuard continued. "We also contact publishers being rated to provide a chance for them to comment or rectify any issues we've raised. And our ratings are designed to equip users with added context about source reliability – without blocking any access to content."NewsGuard's general manager‚ Matt Skibinski‚ confirmed to the Post that its Misinformation Fingerprints tool had been sold to private companies."Like most businesses‚ we don't comment on the specifics of our agreements with our licensees‚" Skibinski said.Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors‚ sign up for our newsletters‚ and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

Make a pot of coffee. Get yourself a nice‚ straight-backed chair with no cushioning -- something you might find at the DMV. Keep the lights on‚ fluorescent if possible. Play some machine gun sounds on a loop at maximum volume. Take a seat‚ close your eyes‚ and relax. That's how legendary sprinting coach Bud Winter taught a bunch of Navy pilots to fall asleep during World War 2. It took them six weeks of practice to get to this level‚ but once they did‚ it worked every time. And Winter's technique is something we can apply in situations even more hostile to peaceful slumber than combat. Flying coach from Philadelphia to Tampa‚ for example. Here's the technique‚ often called the "Military Method‚" as described in Winter's book "Relax and Win." It has two parts: relaxing the body‚ followed by relaxing the mind. Relaxing the body Start in a chair (no need for coffee and sound effects). Feet flat on the floor‚ knees apart‚ hands limp in your lap. Close your eyes and drop your chin until it rests on your chest. Keep breathing‚ slowly and deeply. Relax your forehead and your scalp. Relax your jaw. Let your mouth go slack. Relax your face‚ your lips‚ your tongue. "Get that brook trout look on your face‚" writes Winters. Relax your eyes. They're controlled by eight muscles — try to feel each go limp. (Winters claims this can improve vision and that he once saw a Finnish Olympic coach throw out his glasses after mastering eye relaxation. Not sure about that.) Drop your shoulders as low as you can. This is important‚ as it relaxes the back of the neck‚ which Winter calls "one of the headquarters for tension for your whole body ... a saboteur of your strength and energy." Relax your chest: Take a deep breath‚ hold it‚ then exhale. Feel your chest collapse. Repeat this‚ each time feeling more and more tension release. Imagine you are a blob sinking into your chair. Relax your arms (the key to getting your whole upper body to relax). Start with your right bicep. Tell it to relax. Then the forearm‚ followed by the hand and the fingers. Repeat on the left side. If you feel a tingling in your hands‚ that's good — it means your capillaries are dilated and easing blood flow. Your entire upper body should now be relaxed. With this should come a sense of secure‚ confident well-being. Associate this state with the word "calm." Now the same process for the lower body: thigh‚ calf‚ ankle‚ foot. One side‚ then the other. Imagine your legs without bones — just heavy‚ dead weight. You should be fully relaxed. Just to make sure‚ take three deep breaths and exhale‚ feeling any remaining tension leave your body. The first few times you do this‚ it might take longer than you want‚ maybe up to ten minutes. That's fine. With practice you'll become more efficient. And once you perfect this technique‚ you should be about ten seconds from falling asleep. Mental relaxation If you can clear your mind of active thoughts for ten seconds‚ you should fall asleep. Winter has three different tricks to achieve this (just see whichever works best for you): 1. Imagine you are lying in the bottom of canoe floating on a very calm lake on a warm spring day‚ looking up at the blue sky. Hold this picture for ten seconds‚ or 2. Imagine you are in a big‚ black velvet hammock‚ and everywhere you look is black. Hold this picture for ten seconds‚ or 3. Simply repeat the phrase "don't think" for ten seconds. You could easily substitute your own scenario for either of the above images. The key is to avoid any movement in the image — you shouldn't be running or skiing or bouncing a ball‚ as just picturing activities can cause the relevant muscles to contract. Willing yourself to sleep requires a certain paradoxical concentrated relaxation — anyone who plays golf or tennis knows the disastrous results that can come from trying to "kill" the ball. Butler's larger theme is how to apply this effortless effort to all aspects of our life: sports‚ work‚ even courtship. As befits the topic‚ Winter's tone is casual and chatty‚ while packing in much useful information. Best of all‚ his techniques don't require a yoga mat or a ponytailed hipster shaman to guide you.

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Sons of the Forest is back with some exciting news‚ as Endnight says the 1.0 release is just on the horizon. The indie developer first dropped its highly anticipated sequel to The Forest in early access in February‚ with regular content updates since. The full release sounds like it'll be pretty big too‚ with Endnight revealing the addition of an iconic actor and new story content. If you've been searching for more Timmy lore since the first game‚ 1.0 has a lot in store for you. Continue reading Sons of the Forest gets full release date‚ casts beloved X-Men star MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Sons of the Forest system requirements‚ Sons of the Forest early access review‚ Best Sons of the Forest base locations

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