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Becerra’s comment sparked an online fury as people decried it as an encroachment on people’s freedom and likened it to how governments in China and Russia operate. Hours later, the Biden official walked back the comment, saying that it was being taken “wildly out of context.” “To be clear: government has no database tracking who is vaccinated,” Becerra posted on Twitter. “We’re encouraging people to step up to protect themselves, others by getting vaccinated....

The phrase has become popular among conservatives, particularly supporters of former President Donald Trump, as a euphemism for “F*** Joe Biden.” But Jared Schmeck has said that he meant “no disrespect” to Biden when he used the phrase during a call with the president and first lady as part of a North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) Santa-tracker broadcast. “I understand there is a vulgar meaning to ’let’s go Brandon,’ but I’m not that simple-minded, no matter how I feel about him,” Schmeck, 35, a father-of-four who works for an electric company, told The Oregonian newspaper....

Iconic Spanish midfielder Iniesta said he will decide on his future “this week” amid links with the CSL after scoring in Barca’s 5-0 rout of Sevilla in Madrid Saturday. Chongqing Lifan – led by former Portugal and Sporting CP head coach Paulo Bento – have reportedly reached an agreement to lure the 33-year-old to China. Barca boss Valverde, however, was tight-lipped on Iniesta’s future at the LaLiga giants as he insisted there was nothing behind the veteran’s withdrawal two minutes from the end of the match....

A hamstring injury kept Messi out of both Argentina matches during the international break, including a 6-1 thumping in Madrid at the hands of Spain. Messi took part in some of Thursday’s session, but with a Champions League quarter-final against Roma coming next week Valverde is prepared to give the forward time to prove his fitness. “We have to wait, we are taking care of him, like Argentina did,” Valverde told a media conference on Friday....

It’s incredibly easy to listen to whatever music you want these days. Our phones are MP3 players and streaming services like Spotify and Deezer mean we have millions of songs at our finger tips. However, none of these modern digital methods can recreate or match the feeling of removing a piece of vinyl from its sleeve, putting it on a record player and carefully placing the needle on. There are loads of different types of record player around with different features and prices....

The best washer dryers are ideal for smaller homes and apartments, as they effectively combine the best front load washers (opens in new tab) and the best dryers (opens in new tab) into one and take up half the space in your laundry room or kitchen. And, as you’re only buying one product, there’s also a possibility of making savings – depending on which model you buy, of course. Fortunately, the best washer dryer combos don’t force you to compromise on performance when compared to having a regular washer and dryer either....

Yes, then you are in the right place. Here we will discuss how to fix 169 IP address issues and the reasons responsible for 169 IP address errors. What is DHCP? To connect to a network and to go online the system needs a valid IP address and to attain it Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) is used. But when the PC is unable to communicate with the DHCP server, Automatic Private IP Addressing (APIPA) kicks in and an IP address that begins with 169....

All four teams will face each other twice in a round-robin format between July 4th, 2020 and July 11th, 2020. The top three teams at the end of the group stage will qualify for the playoffs of the BetBarter Zambia Cricket League T10 (Qualifier and Eliminator). The final and the playoff games will be played on Sunday, July 12th, 2020. All fifteen fixtures of the league will be played at the Lotus Sports Club Ground in Lusaka....

It’s been nearly 4 months since the release of Skyrim, and though fans just got a major uptick in the form of the game’s mod tools being released, console owners have been left to wander the world of Skyrim without anything as tantalizing as the game’s main quest lines. Hopefully Dawnguard will be that meaty content fans have been hoping for. It makes sense that Dawnguard could be DLC for Skyrim, and if it is that would mean a trademark filed for ‘Redguard’ earlier this year could actually be the first piece and Dawnguard would be the second....

Christopher Weaver is the founder of Bethesda Softworks and co-founder of ZeniMax Media. Although he no longer works in the gaming industry, he certainly had a large impact on games as a whole during his time. In a recent interview with Inverse, Weaver talked about the relationship between Microsoft and Bethesda, and the idea that the Bethesda games could be exclusive to Xbox moving forward. RELATED: Microsoft Bethesda Acquisition Isn’t a Monopoly, Says Legal Expert...

The day after Rune 2 went live, Human Head Studios announced it was closing down. This came as a surprise for invested players, who expected the studio to continue to support the game, but it also came as a surprise to Ragnarok Game LLC, Rune 2’s publisher. According to Ragnarok Game, Human Head only disclosed its imminent closure a few days before release. From there, things only got stranger as lawsuits began to be filed....

Bethesda Sunsets Bethesda.net Launcher Following the official announcement on Bethesda.net, the company responsible for top-titles such as The Elder Scrolls, the (modern) Fallout series, Rage, Doom, Dishonored, and Prey, revealed that from April 2022, the official launcher will begin shutting down. Bethesda has answered several questions on its official page (linked above), covering some of the more common questions Bethesda Launcher users are likely to ask. Interestingly, Bethesda notes that “many games will have their saves migrated,” although a few will require you manually transfer your saved games....

BetMGM Maryland will launch on Wednesday and you can sign up today with our BetMGM Maryland bonus code for a great offer. Players who sign up this week will receive up to $1,000 in first bet insurance. Any new user who signs up for a BetMGM account in the Old Line State will not need to manually enter a BetMGM Maryland bonus code. Our links will instantly activate the $1,000 first bet insurance offer....

Texas local election officials have been quoted in media outlets in recent days saying ballots have been returned to voters for corrections. However, some officials have expressed concern that many flagged vote-by-mail ballots will be sent back to voters too late for them to fix before the upcoming March 1 primary. The primary is the first major election held in Texas since the controversial Senate Bill 1 was signed into law by Abbott....

RELATED: Better Call Saul: Best Saul Quotes Considering how successful and acclaimed the show is, it wouldn’t be a surprise if another spin-off show is on the horizon. There are a handful of excellent characters in Better Call Saul that could get their own show in the future. This list will feature spoilers for Breaking Bad, El Camino, and Better Call Saul up to season 6, episode 11. 5 Nacho Varga When the major characters of Better Call Saul were established, fans had a common question for every one of them that didn’t appear in Breaking Bad: will they survive?...

Trichomoniasis and HPV are just part of what the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention calls a “hidden epidemic.” The number of people infected with genital herpes has risen by 30 percent since the late 1970s. And though syphilis and gonorrhea have declined sharply in recent decades, they remain more prevalent in the United States than anywhere else in the developed world. The medical cost of the STD epidemic tops $8 billion a year–and that doesn’t include out-of-pocket expenses or lost wages....

The White House is gingerly backing away from Falwell, and this week denied Falwell’s claim that President Bush had endorsed his appeal. But the larger conservative movement has done little or nothing to repudiate the founder of the Moral Majority, and he’s still in business. Talk about double standards. In case you missed it, here’s part of Falwell’s “Blame America” message of Sept. 13: “When we destroy 40 million little innocent babies, we make God mad....

Stef Wertheimer is a gruff, 74-year-old, self-educated multi-millionaire who escaped the Nazis when he was a boy. He founded ISCAR Ltd., a large toolmaker, served in the Israeli parliament and was a close friend of the late Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin. Here’s an example of how his mind works: In 1967, French President Charles de Gaulle put an embargo on sales of all French weapons to Israel. So Wertheimer started manufacturing engine blades....

THE OTHER HALF–the part that advocates “preemption” and explains the demise of such long-held concepts as “containment” and “deterrence”–will, after a period of uncomfortable adjustment, hold up under scrutiny and reorder the world for the new century. In other words, the Bush Doctrine manages to be both dangerous and visionary at the same time. First, the dangers. White House aides told The New York Times that President Bush edited the new “National Security Strategy of the United States” heavily “because he thought there were certain sections where we sounded overbearing and arrogant....

Over the past decade the Emirate has moved at warp speed, with fantastical project after project competing for headline space around the world. Upcoming developments include Falcon City, a mixed-use mega-property that re-creates some of the Seven Wonders of the ancient world, and the Snowdome, which promotional materials describe as “a gigantic indoor ski dome project that will comprise a ski dome, residential towers, hotels, a shopping mall, restaurants, coffee shops and other retail outlets....