To dispel some common COVID-19 vaccine myths: the vaccines don't contain microchips or magnets, they don't alter your DNA, they don’t give you COVID-19, and there is no evidence they have any impact on pregnancy or fertility. https://t.co/Kh2rg1tt5t

— Xbox (@Xbox) August 27, 2021

Friday’s tweet thread from Xbox’s marketing team is a good idea in a vacuum – indeed, all sorts of brands with loyal followings should be doing this sort of thing. But we say “in a vacuum” because you know – Xbox is owned by Microsoft, Microsoft was founded by Bill Gates, Bill Gates is controlling the minds of all vaccinated Americans via nanotech in the shots, so on and so forth. Maybe, just maybe, Xbox could’ve held off on this one and let Nintendo take the lead here.

And if they still felt like they had to do it, did they really need to mention “microchips”? That’s a big red flag to your typical InfoWarrior who did his own research, as denial tantamount to confirmation in their world. Xbox just did a whole shit ton of their “work” on “exposing the lies” for them.

Sirhan Sirhan, the man convicted of assassinating former US Attorney General and then favorite for the 1968 Democratic presidential nomination Robert F. Kennedy, has been recommended for parole after more than five decades in prison, the Washington Post reports.

Now 77 years old, Sirhan was deemed no longer a threat to the public by a two member parole panel for the California State Department of Corrections.  It was Sirhan’s 16th parole hearing.  Surviving members of Kennedy’s, including his sons Donald and Robert Jr., contacted the parole commission with messages supporting Sirhan’s release.

“Over half a century has passed,” Sirhan told the panel, “and that young impulsive kid I was does not exist anymore…Sen. Kennedy was the hope of the world and I injured, and I harmed all of them and it pains me to experience that, the knowledge for such a horrible deed.”

“Michael J. McClure, 43, of DeFuniak Springs, has been indicted by a federal grand jury on criminal offenses related to his activity on Kik Messenger, a mobile device application, announced Jason R. Coody, Acting United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida. McClure will make his appearance in federal court in Pensacola on August 31, 2021, at 2:00 pm before United States Magistrate Judge Hope T. Cannon. The indictment alleges that McClure was part of an ongoing child exploitation enterprise to produce, distribute, receive, and possess child pornography. McClure is also charged with the production of child pornography as well as its distribution, receipt, and possession. McClure faces a mandatory minimum 20 years up to a maximum of life imprisonment if convicted” says a press release from the Justice Department.

Public voting records list Michael J McClure, age 43, as affiliated with the Republican Party. While the listing shows a different city, it is still in Walton County, Florida. Sure is interesting how many members of the QAnon Party get caught committing vile crimes against children these days.

In a report released Friday, the agencies that comprise the US Intelligence Community have determined that the Chinese government not develop and release the coronavirus as a some sort of biological weapon, although the specifics of its evolution remain in doubt, USA Today reports.

“After examining all available intelligence reporting and other information, though, the IC (intelligence community) remains divided on the most likely origin of COVID-19,” a summary of the report released Friday reads. “All agencies assess that two hypotheses are plausible: natural exposure to an infected animal and a laboratory-associated incident.”

The USIC determined that the Chinese were unprepared for the outbreak of the virus, whatever its origin.  “These analysts give weight to China’s officials’ lack of foreknowledge, the numerous vectors for natural exposure, and other factors,” the report says.

Demonstrating that veterans don’t necessarily understand global politics, war crimes and respect for civilian populations, Rob O’Neill, a Fox News contributor and former member of Navy SEAL Team Six who claims to have been the person who assassinated Osama bin Laden, breaking a SEAL code of silence about their operations in O’Neill’s attempt to capitalize on his military service, called for killing everyone carrying a gun outside Kabul airport, even though the Taliban wasn’t the group responsible for Thursday’s attack.

“It seems to me it’s pretty simple:  Everyone outside the wire right now with Humvees and guns is Taliban,” says O’Neil.  “They’re all right there.  Why don’t we just kill ’em?  There’s a good idea.  We shouldn’t be negotiating with these guys.  They’re not a legitimate government.”

AP: “Republicans who control the Wisconsin Legislature are seeking approval to spend up to $680,000 in taxpayer money on an investigation into the 2020 presidential election in the battleground state won by President Joe Biden. Party officials were to circulate a ballot on Friday to approve the expenses, Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, who ordered the investigation, said in an interview. A GOP-controlled committee will vote on the spending by Monday without holding a public hearing. The investigation is in addition to one underway by the nonpartisan Legislative Audit Bureau. That review was also ordered by Republicans.”

“Biden defeated then-President Donald Trump by just under 21,000 votes in Wisconsin. The result withstood numerous court challenges and a recount in the Democratic strongholds of Milwaukee and Dane counties. However, Republicans have called for investigations and pursued numerous law changes since then designed to toughen election laws. Vos originally hired former Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Michael Gableman to do the election probe for $44,000 and hired three investigators at an additional cost of $28,800. But Gableman’s new budget will be more than nine times bigger. Details on what the money will be spent on will be released Monday after the funding is approved, Vos said. He said Gableman will use the money for a variety of purposes, including hiring investigators. Gableman has already traveled to Arizona to speak with Republicans working on an audit there and attended an event in South Dakota hosted by MyPillow founder Mike Lindell.”

Retract that false and defamatory label ass hat. Or see you in court. Not once have I ever supported “white nationalism” you lying scum. https://t.co/H0iQzIWJtF

— Paul Gosar (@DrPaulGosar) August 27, 2021

“A longtime member of the Wayne County Sheriff’s Office has died after a short battle with COVID-19, according to Sheriff Chuck Moseley. Capt. Joe Manning died Wednesday at the age of 57, Moseley announced” WTOC reports, omitting that as recently as thirteen days ago Manning posted on Facebook that a local feed store had horse dewormer ivermectin in stock.

**Active Police Situation at Hough High**

Please avoid the Bailey Road area at this time. Parents are being directed to Bailey Road park.

— Cornelius Police Department (@CorneliusPD) August 27, 2021

UPDATE 4:40 p.m. ET:  The hazard at the high school was reportedly a bomb threat, which prompted the evacuation of the school.  Police searched the school and no device was found.

Weather.com: “Ida has now become a Category 1 hurricane in the Caribbean Sea and is forecast to hammer the US Gulf Coast as a major hurricane this weekend with life-threatening storm surge, dangerous rainfall flooding, potentially devastating winds and tornadoes. Winds have ticked up to 75 mph according to Hurricane Hunters currently flying inside Ida, making the storm a hurricane. This increase means that Ida is already rapidly intensifying since winds increased from 30 mph Thursday afternoon to 75 mph Friday afternoon, an increase of 35 mph in less than 24 hours.”

“The National Hurricane Center has just upgraded parts of western Cuba to a hurricane warning, including the Isle of Youth and the provinces of Pinar del Rio and Artemisa. A hurricane watch continues in effect from Cameron, Louisiana, to the Mississippi-Alabama state line, including the New Orleans metro area. Hurricane watches are typically issued 48 hours in advance of when tropical storm-force winds are expected to arrive since these conditions make it difficult to make preparations for a hurricane, once they begin. A storm surge watch is also in effect from the Texas-Louisiana state line to the Alabama-Florida state line, including Vermilion Bay, Lake Borgne, Lake Pontchartrain, Lake Maurepas and Mobile Bay. This means dangerous flooding from storm surge is possible within the next 48 hours. Finally, a tropical storm watch has been issued near the Alabama coast, where tropical storm conditions are possible within 48 hours.”

“A Texas woman who claimed to have a long romantic relationship with Republican U.S. Senate candidate Herschel Walker told police in 2012 that he threatened to ‘blow her head off’ and then kill himself when she tried to end the relationship. The woman, Myka Dean, detailed the alleged threats made by Walker to authorities in the Texas city of Irving in a January 2012 police report obtained by the Journal-Constitution. No charges were filed against Walker. His campaign spokeswoman said Friday he ’emphatically denies these false claims’ and that he only recently learned about them.”

“The officer wrote that Dean grew ‘very reserved’ as she spoke and worried her statement would harm Walker, whom she described as the ‘love of her life.’ But the officer reported that he was so alarmed by her allegations that he wanted to document them. Dean died in 2019, and her family issued a statement supportive of Walker that said they were unaware of the threats. Dean is the second woman who was involved romantically with Walker to accuse him of making violent threats. His ex-wife, Cindy Grossman, has also said he threatened her life, and a recent Associated Press report unearthed documents that show a judge granted Grossman a protective order in 2005 after outlining his alleged threats to shoot her in the head” – Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

AP: “A judge has ordered a western Michigan couple to pay $30,441 to their son for getting rid of his pornography collection. U.S. District Judge Paul Maloney’s decision this week came eight months after David Werking, 43, won a lawsuit against his parents. He said they had no right to throw out his collection of films, magazines and other items. Werking had lived at their Grand Haven home for 10 months after a divorce before moving to Muncie, Indiana. The judge followed the value set by an expert. Werking’s parents also must pay $14,500 to their son’s attorney.”

Republican Florida Governor Ron DeSantis exceeded the legal authority of his office by demanding local governments and school boards not mandate masks be worn as a public health requirement to stem the spread of the coronavirus in the state, a Florida judge ruled Friday, Fox 13 reports.

DeSantis’s order violated Florida’s Parents’ Bill of Rights, which the Republican-dominated Florida legislature passed last year and became active this year. The law, which allows for parents to decide if their children should wear masks in schools, was the basis for DeSantis’ sweeping claim that he had the authority to ban mask mandates made by school districts.  Florida Judge John Cooper, however, noted that the law does not give DeSantis that power and in fact, supports local schools districts’ ability to determine their own paths forward.

The ruling bars the state government, particularly the state Board of Education, from punishing local school boards by withholding funding if they enact a mask mandate. Cooper ruled that the school boards would be subject to due process hearings to determine if their individual mask mandates were too burdensome on students and staff. Cooper cited two cases decided by the Florida Supreme Court in his opinion, which he took an hour to read in court Friday morning: a 1914 Florida Supreme Court case involving limiting rights so as not to injure others, and a 1939 Florida Supreme Court case affirming the 1914 decision. Cooper said that an individual’s freedom is limited by how exercising that freedom adversely impacts those around him/her. He saw no evidence that wearing masks harmed individuals. To the claim that forcing a child to wear a mask is akin to child abuse, Cooper said, “I’ve seen no scientific evidence of that.”

Officials have confirmed 169 Afghans and 13 US troops were killed in the blast Thursday at the Kabul airport, saying that there was only one suicide bomber involved in yesterday’s attack, not two as initially reported, according to NPR News.

Two military transports have landed at Ramstein Air Base in Germany carrying American civilians and military injured in the blast at the airport.  Officials clarified that there was no attack at the nearby Baron Hotel in Kabul.

In the previous 24 hours ending at 3 a.m. ET Friday, more than 12,500 people were evacuated from Kabul, despite the chaos caused by the attack.  Since large-scale evacuations began in early August, more than 111,000 people, including 5,100 Americans, have been airlifted out of the country.

In summary, this “Praying Medic” clown believes that, before the election, knowing he would lose to Biden, Trump set the conditions for the military’s withdrawal from Afghanistan so that it would be “botched” and the military would turn against Biden, remove him from office, upon which Trump would be either reelected in a new special election, or just re-inaugurated.

San Francisco Chronicle: “The campaign to recall California Gov. Gavin Newsom has a conspiracy theory problem, and it just might siphon off votes that could aid its cause. In an illustration of the fallout from Donald Trump’s ‘Stop the Steal’ lie that the 2020 presidential election was stolen from him, California recall supporters have unleashed streams of unfounded allegations on Facebook and other forums, suggesting the state will continue in mass voter fraud to keep Newsom in power.”

“‘We all know 2020s [sic] election was stolen from President Trump,’ a woman wrote last month in a private Facebook group run by the pro-recall campaign to rally support in Orange County. ‘If we can’t guarantee election integrity, the Dems will cheat again.’ ‘We can vote all day but if it’s in a corrupt voting system it’s not going to matter!’ a recall supporter from San Bernardino County wrote, also last month, in the campaign’s public Facebook group, which is statewide and has 25,000 members. These views are anything but isolated, according to a Chronicle analysis of two months of posts and comments on the recall’s official Facebook pages.”

“Almost 20 years after being dubbed America’s Mayor, Rudy Giuliani says he knows that people think he’s gone off the rails. ‘I don’t care,’ he told NBC New York during a recent interview at the World Trade Center Memorial in which he discussed everything from the prospect of going to jail to allegations he is an alcoholic. Asked about the widespread perception that he’s changed and even squandered his 9-11 legacy in recent years, Giuliani said, ‘I am aware of that. And what’s happened is, our country has gone off the rails…I’m exactly the same person. They changed!'”

“If his reputation has taken a hit, the former mayor says it’s the fault of the media, and what he calls an irrational hatred of former President Donald Trump. The 77-year old former mayor also denies accounts from unnamed former White House coworkers in published reports that he has a drinking problem. ‘Never,’ he said. ‘I don’t think I’ve ever done an interview drunk. I mean, I drink normally. I like Scotch, I drink Scotch,’ he said. ‘I’m not an alcoholic,’ Giuliani insisted. ‘I’m a functioning, I probably function more effectively than 90 percent of the population'” – WNBC.

I love that #BringTrumpBack is trending. We could have used some mean tweets yesterday. He also would not have hesitated to strike back that same day.

— Carmine Sabia (@CarmineSabia) August 27, 2021

The hashtag “#BringTrumpBack” is trending on Twitter after Thursday’s deadly ISIS attacks in Kabul, a strange development considering the fanboys pushing it don’t seem all that concerned with the actual attack itself, just that they want their Orange Allah back now and the actual reason doesn’t matter. Nor does it seem to matter to them that it’s currently, at this juncture, about as likely for Trump to return to the presidency as it is for Disney to hire Lars von Trier to direct their next animated musical film. Maybe that’s even kind of overselling it.

Sure it’s theoretically possible for Congress to remove Nancy Pelosi, and replace her with Trump (the Speaker need not actually be a currently elected member of the House of Representatives, contrary to common perception and that every speaker in history was a member), then remove Joe Biden and Kamala Harris or compel them to resign. It’s just not actually going to happen.

Of course this Carmine Sabia dipshit isn’t going to let that pesky reality thing get in the way, given his reputation here on National Zero for having declared the infamous #Dumbkirk Texas Trump boat parade disaster of September 2020 was the work of terrorists.

“A Texas man who helped organize protests against pandemic restrictions is fighting for his life after being hospitalized for nearly a month with COVID-19, the San Angelo Standard-Times reported. His wife, Jessica Wallace, wrote Wednesday on Facebook that she had a ‘heartbreaking update’ about her husband, Caleb. ‘He’s not doing good. It’s not looking in our favor,’ she said. ‘His lungs are stiff due to the fibrosis. They called and said they’ve run out of options for him and asked if I would consent to a do not resuscitate. And it would be up to us when to stop treatments.’ ‘My heart just can’t. I can’t imagine my life without him'” Huffington Post reports.

“Caleb Wallace, a 30-year-old father of three, has been unconscious, ventilated and heavily sedated in the ICU at Shannon Medical Center in San Angelo since Aug. 8, the Standard-Times reported. His wife said on a GoFundMe page for household and medical bills that he was was intubated multiple times, had high fevers, infection and bleeding in his chest. In July, Caleb Wallace reportedly helped organize ‘The Freedom Rally,’ an event that billed itself as a protest against the ‘government being in control of our lives.’ He also founded ‘The San Angelo Freedom Defenders,’ which hosted a rally last year to ‘end COVID tyranny.’ He wrote a letter in April to the San Angelo Independent School District and published by a local news outlet demanding that the school district ‘rescind ALL COVID-related policies immediately.’ He falsely claimed that wearing masks had harmful effects on children and that there was ‘little evidence that masks worked for anyone.'”

Email newsletter from #WalkAway Campaign founder Brandon Straka, via JoeMyGod: “Dear Patriots, Freedom of speech must always be protected in America. We must never allow anybody who hates American freedom to opportunistically use a public scandal to chip away at our constitutional freedoms. I am being sued by 7 Capitol police officers for what appears to be allegations against me accusing me of saying things that incited others to commit crimes.”

“The accusation is that I said words. Words like ‘We are not going to take it’ and words like ‘never back down’. Allow this to sink in. I am being sued by police officers for saying words. I still back the blue – and always will. Even defending those who are suing me now. Patriots, I really need your help. This will begin a whole new legal battle for me. It’s disgusting, but beyond my control that this is happening. Please make a contribution to my legal support fund.”