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As people around the world canceled their trips because of fears of the new coronavirus, Ashley Henkel booked three. Henkel, 20, is taking advantage of cheap flights to see North America. She lives in California's Central Valley, but this summer she'll be in Vancouver, New York City and Portland, Oregon. A college student itching to travel, she's one of many people staring the deadly virus in the face and saying, "Whatever." As flight schedules are scaled down and airline stocks plunge, carriers are offering deals that have put air travel within reach for people who usually can't fly. It's a...

Before starting Rockstar, Weiner followed in the footsteps of his father, right-wing talk-radio star Michael Savage, and ran for California State Assembly in 1998. He lost the race, but his campaign caught the eye of his father's friend, Skyy Vodka founder Maurice Kanbar, who quickly hired him.

Britons, brace yourselves. The scenes I have witnessed unfolding here in Italy could, sooner or later, be coming your way. Soldiers and policemen patrolling the streets. Food stores with empty shelves and only three people allowed in at a time. Flights cancelled and police checks at railway stations to ensure your travel is absolutely necessary. Too late, some say. Too much, say others. Whatever your take, as of yesterday, this was the reality for 60 million people living in Italy.

The video taken at a San Francisco Walgreens is self-explanatory. But what it actually means for the city by the bay is dark — San Francisco is falling apart. In the video, three hooded individuals casually loot store shelves in full view of employees. No one stops them. And although a woman says, “Call the police!” it is unclear if anyone did and more unclear whether it would have mattered — police most likely would have simply filled out a report rather than chase anyone down.

In one small suburb on the outskirts of New York City, coronavirus cases jumped from one to more than 100 in less than 10 days. Now the state's governor is trying to catch up to the virus by setting up a containment area around New Rochelle and deploying the National Guard to assist with food deliveries and clean public spaces. "We'll go in, we'll clean the schools and assess the situation," New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said. "This will be a period of disruption for the community." New Rochelle is about 25 miles outside of New York City. The issue,...

Today's Quotefall Puzzle features a quote by James Clyburn. Click puzzle (or click here) for full size rendition, then use your browser's print command to print puzzle. James Clyburn is a long-time black congressman from South Carolina who is number 3 in the Democrat pecking order in the House. He recently gave an interview opining out loud what most Democrats are thinking silently, giving insight into a very telling trait of the current state of the modern Democrat Party. All hints, along with the answer, are provided in the first reply comment below, using filtered font to prevent accidental spoilers. Please refrain...

Since the coronavirus came on the horizon, media figures have been stoking panic, leading to mass shortages of basic health supplies, business travel cancellations, and market drops, all while the confirmed disease number hiked yesterday to around 0.000002 percent of the U.S. population.So far, U.S. cases of the basic seasonal flu outnumber coronavirus cases by a factor of 45,000 (using federal stats for this year’s flu and real-time tracking of coronavirus confirmations). The flu season has even been especially bad this year, with between 20,000 and 52,000 deaths, compared to 29 so far from coronavirus.According to infectious disease expert...

By any measure, Taiwan should have been the second-hardest-hit area of the coronavirus outbreak outside mainland China. Taiwan is less than 100 miles away from mainland China and receives an estimated 3 million mainland tourists annually. Furthermore, more than 1 million Taiwanese travel to mainland China each year.The expansive travel volume across the Taiwan strait reached its peak during the recent lunar New Year celebration in January, as it always has. Yet this densely populated island of 23 million people has only 44 confirmed cases of the virus to date, and just one death so far.Taiwan hasn’t experienced the...

The All-New Nissan Sentra commercial starring superhero feminist Brie Larson is on track to becoming the most disliked YouTube video on the platform. Nissan respond by disabling the comments. The commercial for Nissan’s new car was supposed to send a powerful message on International Women’s Day. “Don’t compromise,” Brie Larson tells a woman who feels oppressed by her male boss as he tells of, “we are going to promote you just yet.” “You went Gillette, never go full Gillette,” the liked comment reads on top of the behind the scenes video of the new Nissan Sentra commercial.

An armed man was wounded in a police-involved shooting in east Raleigh early Tuesday evening, spurring an agitated crowd to travel to the Raleigh police chief’s home to seek answers. A large crowd later appeared in downtown Raleigh and marched through various streets, blocking the roads and continuing to chant well into Wednesday morning. A U.S. flag was taken from the Executive Mansion by protesters and later burned in the street. The shooting incident was first reported as a man with a gun around 6:45 p.m. in the 1000 block of North Rogers Lane near Rogers Farm Drive, which is...

Another day, another 1000 point drop for the Dow Jones Industrial Average after U.S. Senator for Iowa Chuck Grassley said that the U.S. should consider reducing the payroll tax but there’s no need for action as of yet. The stock market is unthrilled. The Dow Jones Industrial Average has tumbled 1,008.19 points, or 4%, to 24,009.97, while the S&P 500 has dropped 3.7% to 2777.79, and the Nasdaq Composite has fallen 3.3% to 8,072.83. The 10-year Treasury has slipped .05 percentage point to 0.71%. The real action is in the Vix, more formally known as the Cboe Volatility Index. The...

Just in per Mike Gallagher

I swim the Y 3/4 x's per week. looking for info on pools and Corona V Iam sure the locker room is worse than the pool but I will just by pass that and get in and get out Any one have any useful info please provide. I am in SW Fl and many geriatrics will be leaving soon which is a good thing, they have really "crappy" sanitary habits.

Harvey Weinstein sentenced to 23 years in prison for rape and sexual assault in landmark

One of the largest outside groups supporting President Trump’s reelection is releasing a new ad accusing former Vice President Joe Biden and his son Hunter Biden of corruption ahead of a Senate vote on Wednesday to subpoena records about Hunter Biden’s work in Ukraine. The Great America PAC, which has raised and spent more than $35 million in support of Trump, is putting six figures behind a new digital ad called “Quid Pro Quo Joe.” “Why is the U.S. Senate investigating Joe Biden’s family?” the narrator says in the ad. “Weeks after Joe Biden visits China as vice president, his...

Washington — The House is set to vote to reauthorize the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) on Wednesday after reaching a bipartisan deal that includes several reforms just days before the measure is set to expire. ...The White House has not said whether the president would sign the bill as currently written, but a senior Justice Department official told CBS News on Tuesday that the administration is "pleased with the direction that we're headed." ... The deal reached by House leaders would require officers overseeing FISA applications to certify that the Justice Department has been fully informed of any issues...

It looks like an act by a conservative trolling progressives, but a viral video of a college-age woman sobbing over the political demise of socialist presidential candidate Bernie Sanders no doubt reflects the emotional trauma of many in her generation.

Time to stay calm and continue on.... Yesterday's thread is here: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3823193/posts

Before Donald Trump was popular, his first supporter in the U.S. Senate was Alabama Senator Jeff Sessions. They had a meeting of the minds on the issue of immigration. Sessions was his wingman. Sessions was named Trump's attorney general and things went along fine until... Sessions cowered at the prospect of the Trump-Russian collusion fictions. Sessions recused himself from making any decisions respecting the investigation into the president. He was, in effect, neutered as an AG. In the light of day, after all the investigations into DOJ, CIA and FBI corruption, we found out the Trump-Russia collusion story was a...

Rep. Jim Clyburn, who effectively rallied the black vote in South Carolina on behalf of Joe Biden, turning his electoral fortunes around, now wants to protect his investment in Biden from public scrutiny as comes from public debates. According to Breitbart News: House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn (D-SC) is suggesting the Democratic National Committee (DNC) “step in” and cancel the remaining presidential primaries and debates if it appears Joe Biden is favored to win the nomination. Clyburn, who was instrumental in helping the former vice president revive his campaign with a win in the South Carolina primary, floated the idea during...