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Important news of Turkey's invasion into Syria, assisted by Russia, and the danger to Kurds, Yazidis, moderate Muslims, and Christians in that area. A group called AANES is fighting the attempted takeover and probably slaughter if it is not stopped. Pastor Steve of Grace Chapel Leipers Fork Tennessee tells us how we can help. At the beginning, a discussion of corona and how it affects Israel and the rest of the world. A message of faith in a time of trouble. Imagine if He hadn't told us, how much more frightened we would be! Love and peace of mind to...

The Italian government has confirmed 3,497 more infections with the new coronavirus on Saturday. That's the highest daily increase in the country. The number of infections has reached 21,157, mainly in the northern region of Lombardy. The figure topped 20,000 in about three weeks since a slew of infections were first confirmed late last month.

Jerry Wayne teamed up with the National Rifle Association (NRA) to challenge former Vice President Joe Biden after a video of their meeting in Michigan went viral. Wayne, a union auto worker, asked Biden last Tuesday about his gun control plan — and Biden responded by telling Wayne that he was “full of s**t,” claimed that he only meant to take “machine guns” like the “AR-14s” and threatened to “take him outside.” On Friday, the NRA released a new video featuring Wayne firing a custom “AR-14” with Biden’s profile and the words “full of s**t” on the magazine well along...

Friday night's deal includes every Democratic wish except taxpayer-funded abortion and not a single Republican proposal. Those will come later, we're told. We're always told that, and it almost never happens. WASHINGTON, DC — Washington politicians appear poised to fail the country once again, agreeing Friday evening to a one-sided and partisan coronavirus bill disguised as compromise. It’s not a shock to any conservatives in Washington and probably isn’t surprising to Republican voters either. They’re used to betrayal. But the suffering men and women who run America’s small and mid-sized businesses might have hoped they wouldn’t be abandoned in a...

The White House is no place for on-the-job training — Donald Trump's handling of the coronavirus has made that even more clear. We need a president who is ready to clean up his mess, take responsibility, and lead us forward on day one.— Joe Biden (Text Join to 30330) (@JoeBiden) March 14, 2020

Joe Biden has long complained about the crowded debate stage and a restrictive format that doesn’t allow enough time for candidates to speak. Now, in his one-on-one debate Sunday with Bernie Sanders, he finally gets the debate terms he wanted - and an opportunity to convince Democrats the race is effectively over. Expectations aren’t high for the former vice president after a series of mediocre debate performances during primary season. The Sanders campaign, among other Biden detractors, views the debate as a chance for him to fall flat on his face, reviving questions about the durability of his candidacy just...

123 countries affected 145,374 confirmed cases Over 5,429 deaths Recovered 71, 712 Most likely to spread within the first 3 days of symptoms, less infectious after 7 days. Containment and eradication are expensive Doubles about every 5 days China 8 new cases yesterday 80,000 + confirmed cases, 115,000 x 67 = 7.7 million 3 weeks earlier number of cases reduced by 95% Locking down, social distancing, contact tracing More new daily cases than China at the peak of their outbreak Countries must take a comprehensive approach Testing Contact tracing Quarantine Social distancing Do it all Any country, “that won’t happen...

There was a blonde who just got sick and tired of all the blonde jokes. One evening, she went home and memorized all the state capitals. Back in the office the next day, some guy started telling a dumb blonde joke. She interrupted him with a shrill announcement, "I've had it up to here with these blonde jokes. I want you to know that this blonde went home last night and did something probably none of you could do. I memorized all the state capitals." One of the guys, of course, said, "I don't believe you. What is the capital...

Earlier this week Iranian backed militia killed two US soldiers and a female UK soldier at Taji military base in Iraq. Last night the US responded killing at least 18 militia members in Iraq including Iranian Revolutionary Guard commander General Siamand Mashhadani. The US launched strikes in Iraq against Iranian-backed militias after the militia’s attack earlier in the week killed two US and one UK soldier in Iraq.

The reason the democrats are proposing that public gatherings be limited to 100 people or less, is so that Trump's MAGA rallies are constrained while Biden's continue unabated.

False teacher and televangelist Kenneth Copeland would like people to believe that coronavirus can be cured through their TV sets, so long as those televisions are tuned into his show. End times heretic and false teacher Kenneth Copeland has decided to cast his healing power on the coronavirus, from the safety of his television study, just in case his prayer don’t get through. And just to make his fake faith healing complete, he holds up a hand dripping in some sort of ‘holy oil’, in a hideous misapplication of James 5. Regular readers of NTEB will recall back in 2018...

President Trump's 2021 fiscal year budget proposal has created yet another firestorm of controversy. The proposal calls for a decrease in non-defense discretionary spending of 2 percent annually over the next decade and an increase in defense spending of 1.3 percent per year. This will set off another battle in Congress between Democrats, who support increased non-defense spending, and Republicans, who, generally speaking, want more defense spending. The likely outcome of this battle in Congress will be a so-called "compromise" similar to this year's budget resolution that boosted non-defense and defense spending above what the president proposed. What is unique...

Author Stephen King tried dunking on President Trump during his address at the White House on Friday, but it quickly backfired when his claim about the coronavirus response team was proven wrong. "Note that Trump’s coronavirus team is all male, all old, and all white," King tweeted during Trump's press conference. The president was in the middle of discussing the pandemic and his declaration of a national emergency. Behind him stood several members of his coronavirus task force, including Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Administrator Seema Verma, who is neither male nor white. Just minutes after King's tweet, Dr. Deborah...

[Catholic Caucus] MASSES CANCELED IN ARCHDIOCESE OF NEW YORK FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 14, 2020MASSES CANCELED IN ARCHDIOCESE OF NEW YORK(New York, NY) In light of the continued concern surrounding the coronavirus, and the advice of medical experts, all Masses in the Archdiocese of New York will be canceled beginning this weekend, March 14-15, 2020.This development follows upon today’s decision of Dutchess County to prohibit gatherings of more than 20 people.  It is also intended to provide clarity and consistency throughout the ten counties that comprise the Archdiocese of New York (Manhattan, the Bronx, Staten Island, Westchester, Putnam, Orange, Rockland, Sullivan,...

The Bernie Bros are vowing revenge. As the presidential campaign of Sen. Bernie Sanders continues to crash and burn, the socialist’s most hard-core supporters are vowing they will never vote for Joe Biden at the ballot box — even if that means handing Trump a second term. “We will never – NEVER boost or support Joe Biden or defend his abysmal record and terrible policy positions,” Henry Williams, executive director of The Gravel Institute, told The Post. “We will tell people, as we always have, to vote their conscience and to make decisions based on the interests of all the...

President Trump announced he took the coronavirus test on Friday night and is awaiting results. As the White House Coronavirus Task Force gave a press conference on Saturday, Trump told reporters that he decided to take the test in response to Friday's press conference where the president declared a state of national emergency. "By the way, I had my temperature taken coming into the room," Trump prefaced his statement to reporters. "I also took the test last night. And I decided I should based on the press conference yesterday." After declaring a national emergency to combat the pandemic on Friday,...

VANITY. Anecdotal but here it is: A friend in Miami area said food stores are running near empty. Asked the store manager about restocking and was told that shipping costs have increased quite a bit with the National Emergency. But the anti-gouging laws mean stores can't raise prices. So they'll just go empty because it's too expensive to restock. Stores can't pass any cost increase on to consumers. Anyone in those industries that can fill in more on this? Thank you. Anti-Gouging laws have long been criticized as they interfere with the market and might have unintended effects like these.

Does anyone know what the military is spraying right now in the skies over Mississippi? Locals are reporting (I've seen photos) numerous military helicopters, lined up in formation, flying in grid patterns, dropping a yellow liquid into the sky. This is in the area of Keesler AFB, Biloxi, etc.

Apparently having no shame when it comes to politicizing a crisis isn’t just reserved for House Democrats. The local ones are at it as well. The mayor of Champaign, Illinois has signed an EO which she claims grants her extraordinary power to curtail the rights of ordinary citizens. And while the banning of guns and ammunition are the eye catcher, it goes far beyond that. Katie Pavlich over at Townhall has the report. "The Mayor of Champaign, Illinois just signed a sweeping executive order giving her the ability to ban the sale of firearms and ammunition because of...Wuhan coronavirus? There...

Lee Boyd Malvo, half of the two-man D.C. sniper team that killed 10 people in 2002, has found his “soul mate” in a wealthy political activist who spent a short amount of time in jail herself following a Black Lives Matter protest. Malvo, 35, married Sable Noel Knapp, 30, in a low-key civil ceremony in Virginia’s Red Onion State Prison on March 6, according to a marriage certificate filed in the Wise County Circuit Court. Knapp, part of a prominent Iowa family of property developers and power brokers, has donated hundreds of thousands of dollars to political causes. However, the...