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The Coronavirus isn’t the only thing that’s spreading. Hysterical leftists can’t let go of the delusion that Donald Trump is president because of sinister machinations by unspecified Russians -- the same Russians that Sleepy Joe Biden believes are messing with his electioneering. Biden -- who got badly clipped in the Iowa caucuses by Bernie Sanders, told “Face the Nation” that “The Russians don’t want me to be the nominee…” because “they like Bernie,” the Fidel-snuggler from Vermont. Channeling his best third person Tricky Dick, Biden added: "They spent a lot of money on bots on Facebook and they've been taken...

Last summer, when Elizabeth Warren was bringing out thousands of people at mega rallies who would wait long into the night in seemingly never-ending selfie lines, progressive groups were torn. They saw both Warren and her fellow presidential candidate Bernie Sanders as allies for their causes. Sanders had inherited goodwill from his 2016 run against Hillary Clinton. But Warren was the charismatic star on late night TV who had fought the big banks during the recession, and, notably, the politician progressives had initially tried to draft into the 2016 primary as an opponent to Clinton before Sanders entered the race....

DENVER -- Colorado has joined four other states in banning natural hair discrimination after Gov. Jared Polis signed the CROWN Act into law Friday evening. The governor signed House Bill 1048 at Cleo Parker Robinson Dance, a studio and performing arts school based in African-American traditions. California was the first pass a law banning this type of discrimination as part of the CROWN — Create a Respectful and Open World for Natural Hair — movement, a coalition co-founded by Dove and other organizations to end this type of discrimination.Rep. Leslie Herod and her co-sponsors brought forward the bill because of...

There is a constant stream of books and articles telling us, often strenuously and at great length, that the American Founders got the ideas they used for the Founding from the British philosopher John Locke. The Founders would be puzzled by this ongoing effort. They knew different. Locke's Two Treatises of Government appeared in 1690. The articles by Hamilton, Madison, and Jay that became The Federalist began appearing in American newspapers in 1787. Quite a lot had happened during that intervening century. The greatest development of all during that time was the onset of the American Enlightenment, that explosion of...

Did Pope Francis just encourage the communist regime in China? In the context of the current situation in China, the pope’s message is truly stunning. March 6, 2020 (CatholicCulture.org) — “Today, the Church in China looks to the future with hope,” Pope Francis said in the video message communicating his monthly prayer intentions. Yes, but that hope looks increasingly forlorn, as Chinese authorities continue to close down Catholic churches that do not accept the leadership of the government-backed Patriotic Association. “The Church wants Chinese Christians to be truly Christians, and to be good citizens,” the Pope said in his video message, adding...

America, in both its ideal and in its actuality, stands on two feet. Under those feet is a foundation of Biblical wisdom and a knowledge of history that taught the founders what worked and what didn’t. With enormous care, those great men designed a nation with a stable underpinning of a constitutional rule of law and the right of each individual to have a say in how that rule would be implemented –- in other words, the right to vote. We’ve all been busy hooplaing over the impeaching of a president, hyperventilating over the coronavirus, and watching the Democratic frontrunners...

Former Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden said Friday that his campaign had raised $22 million in five days amid a surge in support following his South Carolina and Super Tuesday wins. Biden's victory in 10 of 14 states that voted Tuesday not only resurrected a campaign that had been left for dead just weeks ago but vaulted the former vice president ahead of Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) in the race for delegates for the Democratic nomination. The former vice president shared his fundraising update on Friday during a call with supporters at a Bethesda, Md., fundraiser while...

There was cheer in the ITBP camp in Chhawla on the outskirts of Delhi as nearly half of the Indian citizens under quarantine were told that they were free to go, with a certificate of health provided by the medical team. The Indian government had evacuated 650 Indians and seven Maldivians from Wuhan after the outbreak of the deadly coronavirus. Since then, for 409 of them a make shift camp created by the ITBP had been their home. But on Monday, nearly 200 residents were given okay to leave the camp. One of the youngest of the lot is two-year-old...

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Pundits of all political stripes are taking note of the fact that the 2020 election is bringing to the fore just how deep and bitter are the cultural divisions within our nation. The glaring decline in political comity rivals that of the days leading up the Civil War. While the political divide is obvious and bitter, the growing religious divide is also increasingly obvious, and, perhaps, this development has been a stronger factor in the social and cultural divisions of the American public than has been previously acknowledged. It has been little noted in the mainstream media, but the percentage...

We’ve been here before, and the direst predictions have not come to pass. Not so politicians and the media. They love playing to the gallery, as they do after every health scare and terrorist incident. Front pages are outrageous. No BBC presenter seems able to avoid the subject. Wash hands to save the nation. The BBC must be sponsored by the soap industry. It is always hard to reflect balance and perspective in news. In this case, it is surely essential. It would help if Hancock was handed back the virus brief by Downing Street. It would also help if...

The Democratic National Committee changed the qualifying criteria for presidential debates again, eliminating Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-Hawaii). The committee (DNC) said Friday that participants in the next debate must have at least 20 percent of the pledged delegates. Gabbard, 38, has earned only two delegates so far. Under the new rules, the March 15 debate in Phoenix, Arizona, will feature Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), 78, and former Vice President Joe Biden, 77. Gabbard is the only Democratic candidate left in the race besides the men. Gabbard would have qualified for the debate under previous rules. She has not qualified for...

SHANGHAI - About 70 people were trapped on Saturday after a hotel being used for coronavirus quarantine collapsed in the Chinese city of Quanzhou in Fujian Province, the city’s authority said on its website. Video posted online showed orange-clad rescue workers clambering over mounds of rubble. It was not clear how tall the building had been before it collapsed, but there appeared to be commercial properties at street level. The building collapsed at about 7:30 p.m. (1130 GMT) and 34 people were rescued in the following two hours, the Quanzhou authorities said. The official People’s Daily said the hotel had...

A Bojangles’ manager is out of a job after a group of Trump supporters were locked out of a nearby restaurant following the president’s campaign rally in Charlotte, North Carolina. . . . “I walk up to the door and people are gathered around and stated they would not serve trump supporters,” Mr. Furick wrote.

Tensions are running high in the central Chinese city of Wuhan, which has been under total lockdown since the coronavirus epidemic emerged there more than a month ago, with local residents complaining of food shortages and rising prices. While health officials reported 38 new deaths from COVID-19 on Wednesday, there was a fall in newly confirmed cases for the third day running in mainland China. A total of 2,981 have died in mainland China, with more than 80,200 people infected in total, the National Health Commission said, citing 115 new cases in Hubei province, of which Wuhan is the capital,...

A map broadcast by CNN on the contagions of the coronavirus in the world indicates Italy as the main responsible e center of the outbreak of the infection. The image shows that a series of arrows leave the boot for all the countries where the virus has arrived. But no reference is made in the image to China, the country from which the epidemic started. “Coronavirus cases linked to Italy”, is the title which appeared on superimposed and reproposed on social media with indignant messages, which attack the US broadcaster. And controversy broke out on social media. “Good morning Italy...

The current fad of #Shout Your Abortion represents a real shift in the abortion mindset as “safe, legal and rare,” which has given way to a reality in which members of the U.S. Senate can’t agree to stop infanticide by abortion vendors. Add to that an unsettling vote this week in Minnesota where a city council went even further in celebrating abortion.  This week, Saint Paul Minnesota City Council met to discuss whether March 10, 2020 would be recognized as Abortion Providers Appreciation Day in Saint Paul to “honor” abortionists. During the public hearing, 1 RES 20-416 was unanimously passed,...

The printer installation bypassed my router's security. Essentially, it asked for a "User ID", the router name, but not the password: presumably, on the pretext of user convenience. It means, I could hijack my neighbors' routers and use them for printing without their ever knowing anything about it. I love Epson printers. I got 10 years' service from 2 printers. I only had to buy new printers when operating system upgrades could not use the drivers or I couldn't get ink. I tried to get a new printer that doesn't have color cartridges. The Epson printer I came up with...

When we talk about any Sanctuary state we can’t be surprised by the news. But when we talk about California they lead the pack. Hollywood, drugs, illegals, feces on the streets, and sexual predators. These are some of the things we have in California but it seems they don’t intend to change. A bill called the “LGBTQ Young People Nondiscrimination in the Sex Offender Registry Act” literally deletes the most vulnerable population — children, from the list of potential victims of homosexual sex offenders. “Under the legislation, a 24-year-old grown man would be able to sodomize a 14-year-old boy and...

Two of Saudi Arabia's top members of the royal family have been arrested in an alleged coup attempt, according to multiple reports. Prince Ahmed bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, brother of Saudi King Salman, and Prince Mohammed bin Nayef bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, the king’s nephew known as MBN, were taken into custody and accused of treason, sources told The Wall Street Journal. The details of the reported plot are unclear but the Journal's sources said that the alleged coup was to unseat King Salman and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, known as MBS. Both have been accused of treason. One...