Free Republic

Remember not long ago when New York City had so much crime, violence, and disorder that it was labeled unlivable? I do. City residents were under siege by street thugs, hustlers, prostitutes, and drug dealers. Businesses fled to neighboring states. Why? Because the city officials and liberal politicians of that time created the deplorable conditions with their failed urban policies that abandoned societal behavioral norms, implementing soft on crime policies, all in the name of feel-good social engineering bluster. These failed experiments disregarded human behavior while sound empirical research and study told them not to do it.  Fortunately, in 1994...

“Get your facts first, then you can distort them as you please.” – Mark TwainRemember back in the olden days when Democrats both loathed and feared John Bolton? House Intelligence Chairman Adam B. Schiff of California…said at the time that Bolton’s arrival signaled the departure of serious and sober thinking in Trump’s circle of security advisers. “It’s hard to escape the disquieting conclusion that the mass exodus of the ‘adults’ from this Administration is putting our nation’s security at risk,” Schiff tweeted. “Ambassador Bolton’s hawkish and conspiratorial thinking will only make matters dangerously worse.” – Roll Call That was then;...

GIS Dashboard In response to this ongoing public health emergency, we developed an online dashboard (static snapshot shown below) to visualize and track the reported cases on a daily timescale; the complete set of data is downloadable as a google sheet. The case data visualized is collected from various sources, including WHO, U.S. CDC, ECDC China CDC (CCDC), NHC and DXY. DXY is a Chinese website that aggregates NHC and local CCDC situation reports in near real-time, providing more current regional case estimates than the national level reporting organizations are capable of, and is thus used for all the mainland...

"You OK?" the appraiser said as the man went down to the ground, heels over head. "Don't fall. I'm not done." An Air Force veteran fell backward to the ground in disbelief after learning a watch he purchased for $345.97 nearly a half-century ago could go for several hundred thousand dollars. The man, featured this week in PBS's popular show “Antiques Roadshow,” showed his virtually unworn 1971 Rolex Oyster Cosmograph to appraiser Peter Planes. The veteran, who has not been identified, explained he was stationed in southeast Asia in the 1970s when he became fascinated by Rolex watches after seeing...

BetMGM didn’t want to move the Super Bowl LIV line. But money talks. And it was a lot of money that moved the betting line. Jeff Stoneback, director of trading operations for MGM Resorts International, said a bettor put $550,000 on the Chiefs as a 1-point favorite to win $500,000. And with that, MGM moved the line to the Chiefs being a 1.5-point favorite over the San Francisco 49ers. “That forced us to move it,” Stoneback said.

Morning "When thou hearest the sound of a going in the tops of the mulberry trees, then thou shalt bestir thyself." 2 Samuel 5:24 The members of Christ's Church should be very prayerful, always seeking the unction of the Holy One to rest upon their hearts, that the kingdom of Christ may come, and that his "will be done on earth, even as it is in heaven;" but there are times when God seems especially to favour Zion, such seasons ought to be to them like "the sound of a going in the tops of the mulberry trees." We ought...

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Elizabeth Warren on Wednesday released a plan to fight disinformation and to hold tech companies accountable for their actions in light of the 2016 election. “Disinformation and online foreign interference erode our democracy, and DONALD TRUMP HAS INVITED BOTH [emphasis added],” Warren said in a Tweet Wednesday. “Anyone who seeks to challenge and defeat Donald Trump in the 2020 election must be fully prepared to take this on – and I’ve got a plan to do it.” Warren proposed to combat disinformation by holding big tech companies like Facebook, Twitter and Google responsible for spreading misinformation...

U.S. life expectancy has improved for the first time in four years, thanks to a sharp decline in the cancer death rate and to a drop in fatal drug overdoses. The new increase is small, but marks at least a temporary halt to the trend. (Jan. 30)

House Democrats on Wednesday introduced a plan to invest $760 billion over five years into maintaining and rebuilding U.S. infrastructure. The plan (pdf), called the “Moving Forward Framework,” aims to invest the money into roads, bridges, transit systems, railways, airports, ports, inland waterways, wastewater and drinking water systems, brownfields, and broadband. The framework aims to “create an estimated 10 million jobs, while reducing carbon pollution, dramatically improving safety, and spurring economic activity.” It is not a formal bill but serves to guide House committees seeking to eventually introduce legislation related to the country’s infrastructure. A factsheet (pdf) overview of the...

Sunday, February 2, 2020 NFC: San Francisco 49ers vs. AFC: Kansas City Chiefs 6:30 pm Eastern on FOX Hard Rock Stadium, Miami Gardens, Florida

There is a combustible dynamic going on within the Democratic Party right now and it is centered directly along the fault line between the mainstream segment of the party represented by Joe Biden and Hillary Clinton, and the radical left of the party represented by Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren. And the fuse may be lit in Milwaukee. The Democratic National Convention to nominate their presidential candidate is being held in Milwaukee this year — Wisconsin being a state they desperately need to flip back from President Trump. As the party apparatus, which clearly includes much of the mainstream media,...

Russia has closed its border with China in a desperate bid to prevent the spread of the deadly coronavirus that has so far killed 170 people. The drastic measure was announced on Thursday after every corner of China was confirmed to have cases of the highly contagious disease. Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin said the drastic measure was necessary because the country 'had to do everything it could to protect its people'. He said it would come into effect immediately. As well as shutting off the Far East border, Russia has limited all railway links with China from January 31, leaving...

Some things the Dems didn’t want to come out to the public, that’s why they hate President Trump. Remember when Joe Biden bragged about how he coerced Ukraine into firing its top prosecutor Victor Shokin by threatening that the Obama administration would pull $1 billion in U.S. loan guarantees from them. While this type of interference in a foreign government by the then-Vice President of the United States is highly inappropriate in itself, what makes it even worse is that the prosecutor he got fired was probing a firm for which his son Hunter Biden worked. On Tuesday fired Ukrainian...

On Wednesday, after the Virginia Senate deadlocked 20-20 on a bill repealing several modest abortion restrictions in the state, Democratic Lieutenant Governor Justin Fairfax cast a tie-breaking vote to pass the legislation. Senate Bill 733 would remove Virginia’s requirement that only doctors may perform abortion in order to allow physicians assistants and nurse practitioners to perform abortions. The bill would also repeal the section of Virginia law requiring a woman seeking an abortion to receive the following information 24 hours before an abortion:

Republican Tennessee State Rep. Micah Van Huss filed a bill Wednesday in the state’s General Assembly that would explicitly label media outlets The Washington Post and CNN as “fake news” and condemn them for “denigrating our citizens.”

https://knewz.com/ Robert Murdock stats new web site

They’re the people Hillary Clinton called deplorable.  They’re the people Joe Biden and Pete Buttigieg call racist.  They’re the people CNN’s Don Lemon and Republican strategist Rick Wilson laugh at and name-call like mean high school girls on national television.  They are the reason for Trump rallies. Tens of thousands of people gathered in Southern New Jersey this week to see President Donald Trump in person.  Americans the political professionals and pampered media-types loathe.   Average, middle-class citizens who work hard and love their county shouldn’t be something to mock, but this is where we are.Do their critics ever take...

Trump Attorney Patrick Philbin NUKES Schiff For Making Up Bogus Charges of Bribery and Extortion Against Trump on Senate Floor (VIDEO) Cristina Laila by Cristina Laila January 29, 2020 141 Comments Patrick Philbin President Trump’s deputy counsel Patrick Philbin nuked serial liar Adam Schiff on Wednesday for making up bogus charges against President Trump on the Senate floor. Schiff is no match for Trump’s defense team. Mr. Philbin is brilliant and has been able to dismantle the Dems’ shampeachment while barely even looking at his notes. Impressive. Schiff smeared President Trump with allegations of bribery and extortion even though none...

Created Equal: Clarence Thomas in His Own Words Official Trailer 2 Coming to select theaters January 31st 2020 See if it's playing near you -- http://www.justicethomasmovie.com/#al... Although Clarence Thomas remains a controversial figure, loved by some, reviled by others, few know much more than a few headlines and the recollections of his contentious confirmation battle with Anita Hill. With unprecedented access, the producers interviewed Justice Clarence Thomas and his wife, Virginia, for over 30 hours of interview time, over many months. Justice Thomas tells his entire life’s story, looking directly at the camera, speaking frankly to the audience. After a...

Today’s CG is from yesterday’s Arkansas Gazette, and it's a goodon'. Before you get started, take a deep breath, look at the name of the author for a bit, esp the second word of the name…which should give you the last name, start your timer, and then you should be off to the races. Everyone should get this under 3 minutes, and most under 2. NAHIW WDUZNP IAH ZJW RJZH CF UVGSOPH, CSW CF I PHAUHP JY PVIOO WDUZNP CAJSNDW WJNHWDHA. --QUZEHZW QIZ NJND You can find this little fun word game, to combat early dementia and senility in us...