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March 13 2020 Friday of the Second Week of Lent Reading 1 Gn 37:3-4, 12-13a, 17b-28a Israel loved Joseph best of all his sons, for he was the child of his old age; and he had made him a long tunic. When his brothers saw that their father loved him best of all his sons, they hated him so much that they would not even greet him.One day, when his brothers had gone to pasture their father’s flocks at Shechem, Israel said to Joseph, “Your brothers, you know, are tending our flocks at Shechem. Get ready; I will send...

Amid the first signs that the novel coronavirus was spreading in the Seattle area, a senior officer at the University of Washington Medical Center sent an urgent note to staffers. “We are currently exceptionally full and are experiencing some challenges with staffing,” Tom Staiger, UW Medical Center’s medical director, wrote on Feb. 29. He asked hospital staff to “expedite appropriate discharges asap,” reflecting the need for more beds. That same day, health officials announced King County’s — and the nation’s — first death from the coronavirus. Now as cases of virus-stricken patients suffering from COVID-19 multiply, government and hospital officials...

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I think it's time we start praying for all these Bishops, Archbishops who are either canceling or continuing with Sunday Masses.

Maryland Governor Larry Hogan announced that all public schools in Maryland will close for two weeks to prevent the spread of Coronavirus. The school closures will begin Monday. State officials say public schools will be closed from Mon. March 16 to Fri. March 27. Hogan said in a press conference Thursday afternoon the number of cases are expected to dramatically rise. Hogan laid out the following other steps being taken. - The Maryland Emergency Management Agency has been moved to it's highest activation level. - Executive Order signed activating the National Guard. - All state government is raised to elevated...

Yesterday the World Health Organization officially declared Covid-19 a pandemic (like we didn’t already know this.) As well, President Trump addressed the nation, closing American borders to all flights from Europe and announcing some ways he intends to help the people of the United States financially. In unofficial terms, this is sh#t getting real. Things are going to get worse – possibly much worse – before they get better. Illness completely aside, this will cause financial problems that many folks will feel for years after the pandemic is over. The biggest question people are asking now is, “When?” When will...

What is the silver lining of this one that's hanging over us? I'll start with a few... 1. Less traffic on the roads 2. Cheaper gas 3. In a couple of months (or sooner) there will the the mother of all buying opportunities in stocks 4. Mortgage and refi rates are the lowest in decades if not ever 5. When normal times return again people will have a better appreciation of them 6. This may spell the death knell of unfettered globalism and globalists Feel free to add yours....

Sorry for the vanity. I dont know anything about the futures market but wow that was a fast turn around. Could it be we hit a bottom and it caused programmed bugs to kick in?

Mild symptoms, a very weak runny nose, a slight fever, no headache, no cough, and very mild and isolated muscle aches. I work as a shuttle driver at the DFW airport. My two possible exposures could be a group of 14 elderly Japanese tourists returning from Costa Rica two weeks ago and staying the night before their departure back to Japan or an American caucasian couple in their 60's and live in the DFW area and had a 40 day cruise in the South Pacific and stated about 1/3 of the passengers were Chinese and that was last friday.

...True liberals are leaving the authoritarian left in droves. We are witnessing a movement in real time of people who used to consider themselves to be part of the left leaving it and becoming politically homeless. They have varying reasons for this, but it’s primarily because the authoritarian left has lost the plot. Many in the #WalkAway movement leaving the left find themselves politically homeless because they don’t see our side as any better. Focusing on pragmatic populism only works for a little while, then many start questioning where we are going. This is why we need to have a...

This post is a heads up. There are investments called ETNs (exchange traded notes) which are sort of like mutual funds, but are listed like stocks. UBS has listed many of these. Well, down in the details of the prospectus that no one reads is a clause that if the value of the security goes below $5, they get liquidated. Due to the stock market correction, there are several close to being liquidated, and UBS has announced one issue, MLPQ, is being liquidated. I wrote this because if people are searching around for good deals, these look great. They aren't....

As you may know, Garry Kasparov isn't exactly a fan of President Trump to say the least. I was wondering why is that? Is it because he swallowed all that "Trump/Russia" bullcrap from Hillary? Is it personal prejudice? What do you think it is?

The White House scrambles to clarify key details from Trump's speech announcing his coronavirus response Three crucial components of President Donald Trump's nationally televised Wednesday-night address on the US response to the novel coronavirus were quickly walked back or contradicted. After Trump announced a 30-day ban on travel from most of Europe to the US, the Department of Homeland Security clarified that it would exclude US citizens and permanent residents.

...[I]n February, as the first cases of coronavirus were being recorded in Italy, Nardella launched an anti-racism hashtag campaign which translates as “hug a Chinese.”...The Mayor even released a Twitter video of himself hugging an awkward-looking Chinese person to promote the campaign, which was launched to “stem the hatred” and “express solidarity with the Chinese community.” Suffice to say Nardella is a member of the left-wing Democratic Party in Italy.

I am not familiar with the author or the site but this came from a family member who is a high level academic physician. It is the most compelling assessment I have yet seen. We are about a week behind Italy. Public Health Authorities are dithering behind platitudes. President Trump should lock the country down now.

The “Donald Trump/Mike Pence Prayer Vigil” and “Heroes and Nation Prayer Thread” have combined to form the AMERICA PRAYER VIGIL prayer thread! Join with fellow FREEPERS to pray for our President and Vice President and for AMERICA: Government, Family, Military, Business, Education, Churches, and the Media. This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. 1 JOHN 5:14 Religion Forum threads labeled [Prayer] are closed to debate of any kind. Purim 2020 For Such a Time as This - Liberated Wailing Wall For if you remain silent...

Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) is poised to hit the late-night TV circuit next week in the midst of the nonstop 2020 election- and coronavirus-related news cycle. The California Democrat is booked as a Wednesday guest on "The Late Late Show," CBS announced Thursday. The sit-down will come the night after Democratic presidential primaries are held in four states: Arizona, Florida, Illinois and Ohio. News of the "Late Late Show" appearance also came as Congress weighed a House Democratic bill on Thursday aimed at providing paid sick leave and other safety-net aid to people affected by the coronavirus. SNIP

Dr. Robert Redfield, director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said cases in 30 or more states were linked to cases in Europe. During a House Oversight Committee hearing Thursday discussing the coronavirus response, Redfield said the "real risk in general right now, and this is why the President took the action he did last night, within the world now, over 70% of the new cases are linked to Europe. In the United States … 30 states or more were linked actually to cases in Europe." Redfield reiterated, “Europe is the new China.” Dr. Anthony Fauci, director...

U.S.—Parents across the nation have expressed their worry, fear, and shock at having to raise their own children now that government schools have temporarily shut down. Those who send their children to public schools registered their displeasure at the government for not doing its main job of indoctrinating their children, even temporarily. "Raise, educate, and parent my children?" said one exasperated mother as her teen sat at home, bored and with nothing to do. "But that's the government's job! What am I supposed to do? Teach them things? Instill them with my values? Train them up in the way that...

...Bernie is a poor debater. Not as much as Biden, but close enough. All he can do is respond to every question with an angry rant about corporations and medical care. That's not going to win anything. After Biden's victory speech, it's clear that the current brains behind his campaign have been able to get him to memorize his own speeches and deliver them in an angry tone that passes for energy...