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Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine said on CNN's "State of the Union" Sunday that it would not surprise him "at all" if schools in his state did not reopen this school year due to the coronavirus outbreak. The big picture: DeWine on Thursday became the first governor in the country to announce that all public and private schools in his state would close for three weeks or more. There are currently at least 26 reported cases of coronavirus in Ohio.

In May 2019, a group of 40 leading experts from a range of religious backgrounds wrote to the government warning it against adopting a proposed definition of Islamophobia. Although various people have since spoken out in solidarity, including former Home Secretary Sajid Javid, confusion over the definition and its consequences still exists. That’s why we’ve created this helpful new resource, a briefing on the definition of Islamophobia, to help breakdown what the problems are with the proposed definition and suggests what should be done instead. The resource is free to download and print off, and can be sent to local...

Fr. Allawi ate only Holy Communion during a life-threatening illness BEIRUT (ChurchMilitant.com) - A Maronite Catholic priest has taken to the skies with the Blessed Sacrament to "bless and protect" his homeland as the coronavirus spreads across Lebanon. With his monstrance, crucifix and and a statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Fr. Majdi Allawi Haqq Qurban hired a private plane and flew over Beirut and other parts of Lebanon last Saturday "pleading with the Lord to protect Lebanon" from the virus. The French and Arabic speaking priest, who spoke briefly to Church Militant from Armenia, said that the purpose of...

LONDON - The coronavirus panic is jolting stock markets, with steep drops in major indexes grabbing the public’s attention. But behind the scenes, there is less understood and potentially more worrying evidence that stress is building to dangerous levels in crucial arteries of the financial system. Bankers, companies and individual investors are dashing to stock up on cash and other assets considered safe in a downturn to ride out the chaos. This sudden flight to safety is causing havoc in markets for bonds, currency and loans to a degree that hasn’t been seen since the financial crisis of a dozen...

Berkeley, CA, Takoma Park, MD and other cities; California, Connecticut, New York, Virginia and other states; Germany, England and other countries; the European Union – all plan to banish oil, natural gas and coal within 10, 20 or 30 years. A number of US states have joined Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiatives and proudly say We Are Still In ... the Paris climate treaty, no matter what President Trump says or does.   Forget the headlines and models, and look at hurricane, tornado, sea level and other historic records. There is no crisis, no unprecedented warming or weather events, certainly nothing...

Pray For the Peace of Jerusalem (Music in The Bible) Psalms Psalm 125 A song of ascents. 1 Those who trust in the Lord are like Mount Zion,     which cannot be shaken but endures forever. 2 As the mountains surround Jerusalem,     so the Lord surrounds his people     both now and forevermore. 3 The scepter of the wicked will not remain     over the land allotted to the righteous, for then the righteous might use     their hands to do evil. 4 Lord, do good to those who are good,     to those who are upright in heart. 5 But those who turn to crooked ways     the Lord...

During a press conference on Friday, Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) criticized the federal government’s response to the coronavirus and the “inconsistent” messaging from the federal government. She called on President Trump “to step back and appoint one of our public health officials to be the spokesman” and suggested Dr. Anthony Fauci serve as the spokesperson and give daily briefings on the virus. Collins said, “We are making progress at the federal level, but I am not satisfied with the response. I think that the messaging at the federal level has been inconsistent. And when you’re dealing with a novel virus...

On March 1, the day after the first coronavirus death in the United States was announced, brothers Matt and Noah Colvin set out in a silver SUV to pick up some hand sanitizer. Driving around Chattanooga, Tennessee, they hit a Dollar Tree, then a Walmart, a Staples and a Home Depot. At each store, they cleaned out the shelves. Over the next three days, Noah Colvin took a 1,300-mile road trip across Tennessee and into Kentucky, filling a U-Haul truck with thousands of bottles of hand sanitizer and thousands of packs of antibacterial wipes, mostly from “little hole-in-the-wall dollar stores...

As Wuhan Flu™ has become an evolving and uncertain public health issue affecting people globally and here at home, MOTUS’ bunker is in Summit County, where the first “community spread” case was confirmed yesterdaythe team at MOTUS A.D. wants to reassure you, our valued guest, that your health, safety and well-being are of the utmost importance to us.We are closely monitoring the situation and are in contact with state and local government and health officials to assess this evolving situation. MOTUS A.D., along with our parent company, Dewey From Detroit, are also closely monitoring Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and...

WASHINGTON -- Can science lead to dumb panic? It's a question I've been asking as the stock market cannibalized itself in response to the coronavirus outbreak, academia shuttered classrooms and other interests did their utmost to convince their customers that they could get along just fine without them. There is no question the coronavirus is a health threat to millions of Americans, especially the elderly and people with chronic illnesses. We have to protect them. What's disconcerting, though, is how many enterprises with no reported cases in towns with no community spreading were so fearful that they shut everything down....

This is good intereview with Ted Nugent about Coronvirus and the Deep State.  Every Freeper should love this interview. Enjoy! https://banned.video/watch?id=5e6d37d5310556002ae72717   

Ross Peters, in Wisconsin, has created a hybrid 3D printed functional cartridge revolver, with metal components. It has been demonstrated on Youtube.  The design is an interesting hybrid pepperbox, with rifled barrels. The video gives a good explanation and documentation of this six shot pepperbox. Peters designed the handgun to fire .22 shorts. The barrels for the revolver are made with .22 barrel liner, which is easily available by mail order. One of the reasons to use barrel liner is it is commercially rifled. This meets the requirements for a rifled barrel, to have the firearm classified as a...

I watched the bottom scroll on the television Friday about the area I live virtually shutting down - including Houses of Worship. There was even a news report with a highly known man of faith in the community promoting his ability to broadcast the message online this Sunday. But as I recall, even in the worst of times, Christians came together on the Day of Our Lord and Savior to receive his blessings. From the Bubonic Plague, the to Spanish Flu, to countless wars; Our Fellowship never stopped. My wife had already planned to go with her sister today to...

After years of urging its terrorists to attack major European cities, ISIS is now telling them to steer clear due to the coronavirus. Any sick jihadists already in Europe, however, should stay there — presumably to sicken infidels, according to a ‘sharia’ directive printed in the group’s al-Naba newsletter, the Sunday Times of London reported. The “healthy should not enter the land of the epidemic and the afflicted should not exit from it,” the newsletter advised. The newsletter instructs jihadists that the “plague” is a “torment sent by God on whomsoever He wills.”

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In Iran, official estimates of the infection rate and death toll from coronavirus keep accelerating. But even after recording 54 deaths on Tuesday alone, the regime's narrative of the local epidemic is still nowhere near reality. According to the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) – a coalition leading the push for a democratic alternative to the clerical regime – more than 3,000 deaths can already be attributed to an outbreak that has encompassed 139 cities across every Iranian province.This information comes from intelligence-gathering by the NCRI’s main constituent group, the Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK). The MEK maintains an elaborate network...

Wuhan Corona Virus (COVID19) is a legitimate health concern, but it is no cause for panic or irrational hysteria. It is not the 21st Century equivalent of the Black Death.’ At least not in our country, we have state of the art medicine and hospitals as well as a team of doctors that are well trained. But in third world countries, it could be totally different. Especially in the middle-east where Muslim leaders call for their followers to rely solely on God for the treatment of diseases. As the New Arab reported Iraqi cleric Muqtada al-Sadr has been mocked online...

This is yet another act of war. How can anyone seriously think that these “refugees,” fresh from throwing Molotov cocktails at Greek police, will pass peacefully into Europe and become loyal citizens of secular states? In the face of this invasion, however, we have the usual complacency and Leftist idiocy: “Greece has announced that it would not accept any asylum applications for one month. The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees criticized their decision.” “Greece: Migrants attack border police with firebombs, Turkish police help,” by Michael Lord, Voice of Europe, March 12, 2020....

LAS VEGAS - Cirque du Soleil, creator of many of the most popular shows in Las Vegas, said Saturday that it is temporarily suspending its productions in the city as well as around the world because of the new coronavirus outbreak. In a statement, the company said it made the decision based on public health authorities calling for people to limit their social interactions to stop the spread of the virus. The shows that will be cancelled effective Sunday are “O” at the Bellagio, “KA” at MGM Grand, “The Beatles LOVE” at the Mirage, “Mystere” at Treasure Island, “Zumanity” at...