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March 3 is the feast day of Philadelphia's own Saint Katharine Drexel. Katharine Mary Drexel was quite an unlikely candidate for sainthood. Though brought up in a devoutly Catholic family, Katharine's youth was one of wealth and luxury. Daughter of one of Philadelphia's elite families, she was expected to do what most girls of her age and status did which was marry the scion of another wealthy family. When she first revealed her inclination to the religious life, both her parents and her spiritual director, Father James O'Connor (later the first bishop of Omaha, Nebraska) were opposed. Katharine herself had...

Karma A waitress who attempted to have Milo Yiannopoulos removed from a restaurant in New Jersey for being “racist” was subsequently fired after Milo contacted the owners of the restaurant. Milo said he went for supper at The Fox & Falcon with his black husband and another black friend but that “it turned out our table was insufficiently diverse for the waitress.” The waitress tweeted that she had loudly asked near Milo’s table “why do we allow racist, sexist, antisemitic trash here?” Milo responded by emailing the PR company that represents the restaurant and drawing attention to her tweet while...

Let's stop arguing about Mitt Romney and argue about something else for a couple hours. I'm presently in a discussion with some friends about whether Isla Lund really wanted to end up with Rick Blaine or Victor Laszlo. If you need to Google these names, skip this post. I say she wanted to be with Rick. The explication here begins in the scene where she shows up at Rick's apartment holding a gun at him, and he says, "Go ahead and shoot; you'll be doing me a favor." Got it? Okay. When she got there, she demanded the letters of...

Stocks fell sharply in volatile trading on Tuesday as an emergency rate cut by the Federal Reserve failed to assuage concerns of slower economic growth due to the coronavirus outbreak. The decision to cut rates by half a percentage point came two weeks before the Fed’s scheduled meeting as the central bank felt it was necessary to act quickly to combat the effect of the virus spreading worldwide. It’s the first such emergency action coming in between scheduled meetings since the financial crisis. The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed 785.91 points lower, or nearly 3%, to 25,917.41; it rose more...

The Trump administration is considering using a national disaster program to pay hospitals and doctors for their care of uninsured people infected with the new coronavirus as concerns rise over costs of treating some of the 27 million Americans without health coverage, a person familiar with the conversations said. In natural disasters such as hurricanes, hospitals and medical facilities can be reimbursed under a federal program that pays them about 110% of Medicare rates for treating patients such as those evacuated from hard-hit areas. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has been in discussions about using that program to...

Democrats are afraid of Rep. John Ratcliffe, R-Texas, becoming President Donald Trump's next director of national intelligence because they are concerned about how he'll work on reforms of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, Rep. Jim Jordan said Tuesday. “I think they’re scared (Ratcliffe) is going to clean FISA up,” the Ohio Republican told Fox News' "America's Newsroom," pointing out that Ratcliffe identified issues with the FISA process three years ago. "It also shows that (Rep.) Adam Schiff was wrong," said Jordan. "They don't like the fact that Adam Schiff was wrong and John Ratcliffe was right." Republicans were vindicated by...

Katy Finds Support For Trump In Latino Community In California VIDEO AT LINK............... Katy Tur reports from East Los Angeles and finds support for President Donald Trump in the California Latino community, citing the strong US economy. Robby Starbuck ✔ @robbystarbuck MSNBC went to East Los Angeles to ask Latino people who they’re voting for. The first guy they featured said he’s voting for Bernie but doesn’t know why. The host asks if his daughter is the reason why... He says no his daughter is voting for Trump. 😂😂😂

This is a clip from the 1992 movie "Stalin," with Robert Duvall in the starring role. In this clip, Stalin meets with the peasants and informs them of his "solution" to their problem. Of course, Stalin has a different accent and personal style than Bernie, but his policy sounds very similar. Stalin with the Peasants BTW, Duvall does an excellent job in his portrayal of Stalin. If any of my fellow Freepers are interested in seeing the full movie, it is available for free on YouTube: "Stalin" full movie (2:52:33)

PARK CITY, Utah - - Since losing the 2016 election to Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton has released a memoir about that defeat, launched a political action committee and penned another book about “gutsy women” with her daughter, Chelsea. But Clinton’s most prominent return to the public eye has come in the form of a new candid four-hour documentary series. Some, Clinton is aware, thought she would slink away after 2016. “Yes, they did, didn’t they?”says Clinton. “Well, that was never an option.” Nanette Burstein’s “Hillary,” which Hulu will debut Friday, is a more direct and long-form portrait of Clinton than...

Al Hunt, Bloomberg News' former Washington editor and one of the organization's most visible faces in politics until his 2018 exit, was accused over the course of years by multiple women of giving unsolicited massages and verbally berating employees for minor infractions, Business Insider has learned. Despite at least two financial settlements with women who complained about the editor, he continued in his position for years, sources said. That's one of the findings in a weeks-long investigation conducted by Business Insider into the company's culture. The investigation involved interviews with more than 40 current and former Bloomberg LP employees and...

Continuation of the thread. No 8 here. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3821104/posts?q=1&;page=1004#1004

How Deadly Is COVID-19? With over 90,000 cases of the novel coronavirus confirmed worldwide and over 3,000 reported deaths—seven of which have been in the U.S.—scientists are zeroing in on how deadly the virus is and who is most at risk. The latest research suggests the fatality rate is anywhere between 1.4 and 2.3 percent, but the true impact of the virus is actually more complicated—and likely less severe—than that. The ongoing COVID-19 outbreak is still in its early stages, having emerged in China at some point in late 2019 and spread to dozens of countries in early 2020. There’s...

Moscow (AFP) Russian President Vladimir Putin has submitted to parliament a number of new constitutional changes, including amendments that mention God and stipulate that marriage is a union of a man and woman. Putin in January unleashed a political storm by proposing an overhaul of the constitution, the first changes to the basic law since 1993. Last month the Russian parliament's lower house unanimously approved the constitutional reform bill in a first reading after less than two hours of debate. Ahead of a second and key reading set for next week, Putin submitted 24 pages worth of amendments, said State...

Democratic presidential contender Mike Bloomberg claimed Tuesday he “didn’t realize” Sen. Elizabeth Warren was still in the primary race, going so far as to ask a reporter if she was still running. Speaking to reporters while campaigning in the Little Havana neighborhood of Miami, Fla., the billionaire ex-mayor made the admission after being asked if a third-place finish in Super Tuesday states would be good. “If there’s only three candidates, you can’t do worse than that,” he told the reporter. “Well, there is Elizabeth Warren also,” the reporter replied. “I didn’t realize she’s still in. Is she?” he responded.

Asked by CNN reporter Cristina Alesci in Miami about how he would feel if he came in third place on Super Tuesday, Bloomberg said, “There’s only three candidates, you can’t do worse than that.” Alesci reminded Bloomberg that Warren is also in the race, to which he replied: “I didn’t realize she’s still in. Is she?” Bloomberg was campaigning in Miami ahead of Florida’s March 17 primary. Maybe he’s lost count of the candidates in the race after three dropped out in recent days: investor Tom Steyer, former South Bend, Ind., mayor Pete Buttigieg and Minnesota Senator Amy Klobuchar. Warren...

... Mr. Carranza’s focus on racial inequality in city schools has drawn ire from prominent conservatives across the country, many of whom are white. But the Mexican-American chancellor has faced his strongest critics closer to home, from some of those in the city’s Asian community. That rift, which is at the center of an emotional debate among families of color about merit and fairness in city schools, threatens to undermine the chancellor’s remaining two years as one of the most influential education officials in the country. “You have this chancellor and this mayor who have all these great ideas, but...

Donna Brazile tells Ronna McDaniel: ‘Go to hell’ Donna Brazile is very offended anyone would suggest DNC would rig the primary against Bernie. Ronna must be right over the target!”

It was the night before Super Tuesday, and Elizabeth Warren was hanging in there. Bernie Sanders had just held a massive Los Angeles rally with Public Enemy, Pete Buttigieg and Amy Klobuchar had just dropped out and endorsed Joe Biden, but Warren was doing what she always does: playing the same Motown-inspired soundtrack, handing out the same “Persist” signs, giving another speech that sounded like a history lecture. Six months ago, when this was all working, Warren was the candidate of the head as well as the heart. Back then, she was widely considered a Democratic frontrunner, and it all...

Appearing on MSNBC Tuesday morning to voice her 2020 support for Michael Bloomberg, daytime host Judge Judy Sheindlin blasted the socialist revolution being preached by Bernie Sanders as “a joke” and accused the far-left presidential candidate of trying to “fool the American public.” Anchor Stephanie Ruhle feebly attempted to defend Sanders and his supporters. Early in the interview, Ruhle asked: “You say that Senator Sanders’ revolution is a joke. Why?” Sheindlin replied with a patriotic defense of America as she slammed Sanders: “This is the greatest country in the world. Nobody wants to leave this country....Senator Sanders’ revolution is not...

The Minnesota Secretary of State's office has apologized after its Pollfinder tool started redirecting users to progressive websites when it couldn't handle the traffic from Minnesotans trying to find out where to vote on Super Tuesday. There were several examples cited of the Pollfinder on the Secretary of State's site becoming overloaded, and advising users that because of "heavy demand, you may be directed to a trusted external site to find your polling place information." Some users were then directed to Pollfinder tools hosted on sites including BoldProgressives.org, a PAC that has endorsed Elizabeth Warren and solicits donations, as well...