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Gov. Phil Murphy said Monday people should not leave their homes between 8 p.m. to 5 a.m. to help stop the spread of the coronavirus. The only exceptions, according to the governor’s recommendation, would be emergency or essential travel. While not an order under Murphy’s declaration of a state of emergency, the governor said he is “strongly discouraging non-essential travel.” The measure was announced during a joint conference call with New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont. The governors also jointly announced all movie theaters, gyms, and casinos in the three states will be ordered closed at...

The decline in the stock market (as measured by the S&P 500 Index) since the top on February 19 exceeds 20%, a circumstance which by convention defines the end of the prior bull market. The advance from the previous bear market low (March 9, 2009) saw the index rise from 676.53 to its peak of 3,386.15, an increase of 400.52%. This second bull market of the 21st century lasted nearly eleven years, far longer than the 6.09-yr. average during the ten bull phases of the post- World War II era, and longer than any prior bull market during that period...

Reporters on Capitol Hill are being asked to stay at least six feet away from senators this week to reduce the possibility of spreading the coronavirus while the Senate remains in session to work on stimulus legislation. The Senate sergeant at arms has asked the media galleries to urge members to maintain six feet of distance from senators and from fellow journalists during their daily activities. At least three senators have self-quarantined themselves in recent days because of possible contact with people suspected of being infected by coronavirus. “Leadership has expressed concerns about the nature of ‘walk-and-talks’ and large scrums...

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The First amendment to the United States Constitution says: "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances" Now I know this will get shot down by everybody who (for the children or for the elderly or for whoever) BUT this does not say you only have the mentioned rights IF YOU ARE HEALTHY. That's my opinion. My first thought was the Churches. Shoot...

Holy moley! I have a bit of a cold or something. I am out of Kleenex for my constantly runny nose (yeah, I know *yech* TMI -- but it is important to the story). I always get up early, so I ran to the nearby Ralphs which purpotes to be open 24 hrs. I encounter a hand-written sign "open from 8 AM to 8 PM." Well, dangit! OK, I go back at 8 AM. There is a HUGE LINE to get in!! There was a clerk at the door managing the line so she says I have to wait until...

Washington Post columnist Jennifer Rubin speculated on Sunday that more Republicans will die of coronavirus than Democrats. Appearing on MSNBC’s “AM Joy,” Rubin blamed media consumed by supporters of President Donald Trump, including Fox News, for downplaying the threat and keeping their “core viewers” from taking precautions. There is a particular cruelty/irony that it is their core viewers, the Republican older viewers, who are the most at risk,” Rubin said. “And when you think about it, which party immediately canceled all of their rallies? Which party immediately started having their political figures really portray and use their lies as an example?...

Arnold Schwarzenegger is enlisting a pair of petite animals to urge the public to "stay the F home" and to "ignore the morons" in order to stop the spread of the coronavirus. The "Terminator" star and former California GOP governor tweeted a video on Sunday showing him chowing down with two pets, Whiskey and Lulu. "The important thing is that you stay home, because there's a curfew now," Schwarzenegger, 72, told his more than 4 million Twitter followers. SNIP Schwarzenegger, Whiskey, and Lulu

Before you look up my account and call me a noob I have been here since Clinton was President, just under a different user name. I haven't posted in a week or so, I've just been reading and lurking. It has really been an awakening recently to say the least. I am surprised and maybe even a little shocked by my fellow Freepers. I really kind of thought we were all kind-of like minded (ya, I know, conservatives). We have the "FluBro's" who are in total denial of what is happening world-wide. It reminds me of the other party and...

Extinction Rebellion (XR) activists, increasingly overshadowed by the coronavirus, have been discussing new and ever more desperate ways to grab attention for their next big publicity stunt. Mooted tactics include: committing suicide in public (perhaps at the UN’s next climate summit in Glasgow later this year); hunger strike to the death; painting parliament green; spraying traffic lights black; blocking every station, airport, and motorway in Britain; and “scare the f**k out of people”.

Denmark has passed an emergency law that allows for the government to force people to take a vaccine for coronavirus. The emergency law gives authorities sweeping powers to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic and will remain in force until March 2021. Citizens who refuse to be tested for the coronavirus will face fines and potential prison time, and will be prevented from entering shops, grocery stores, public institutions and hospitals while also being restricted from using public transport. “As well as enforcing quarantine measures, the law also allows the authorities to force people to be vaccinated, even though there is currently...

Today's Quotefall Puzzle features a quote by Thomas Sowell. Click puzzle (or click here) for full size rendition, then use your browser's print command to print puzzle. Thomas Sowell is an American economist and social theorist who promotes private enterprise and conservative policies at all levels of the economy. All hints, along with the answer, are provided in the first reply comment below, using filtered font to prevent accidental spoilers. Please refrain from disclosing the full answer in comments to prevent spoilers.To solve the puzzle: Enter the letters in the top half (letter columns) of the puzzle into the white squares on...

Seven days after millions of Californians voted by absentee or in person, the hammer of the slow-counted millions of ballots fell on U.S. senator Bernie Sanders's "movement." He and his followers were convinced that millions of Californians would vote him into the Democratic nomination for president. They didn't. Sanders's followers thought they would clog the system with so many votes that Joe Biden's hopes for the nomination would be ended by a tsunami of California progressive votes. The hope was that San Francisco progressives would ruin Joe Biden's chances of recovering from his terribly underfunded and badly run third presidential...

Disney will not be adding the 1946 animation Song Of The South to its Disney+ streaming service because it is “not appropriate in today’s world,” the company’s executive chairman Bob Iger said this week. Iger made the remarks during Disney’s annual shareholder’s meeting on Wednesday when he was asked a question as to whether the full Disney library will be available on the service. “I’ve felt, for as long as I’ve been CEO, that Song of the South – even with a disclaimer – was just not appropriate in today’s world,” he said. “Given the depictions in some of those...

Drugs developed in the past to treat malaria, AIDS and other respiratory syndromes are showing promise against coronavirus. Antivirals and other medicines created for past outbreaks like malaria, AIDS, and Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) are being tested and showing early signs of success in treating the new coronavirus, experts say. If the progress continues, medical experts in the United States could have a new regimen from drugs that are readily available and generally cheap to treat the most seriously infected patients and provide prophylactic protection for healthcare workers. When the Chinese first reported the pneumonia cases to the World...

As most know I watch more than a bit of TV. I tried to give the new CBS show Tommy a chance. Plot is that she is the first female chief of police for LA. Well that makes for.......... many possible subplots. But the show is 99.99% political culture. Not so much about police subplots.:<((((( Shes divorced. Her ex is a big black guy. But now shes gay with on screen kissing. If shes so confused about herself how can she run the LAPD???? And then the last episode they threw shyt on my screen. If I had an old...

The Bear Mountain Bridge, which crosses the Hudson River about 50 miles north of New York City, opened in 1924. It was, at the time, the only highway bridge across the Hudson south of Albany. It also was, when it opened in November 1924, the longest suspension bridge in the world. Movietone's cameras visited the bridge earlier in 1924 while it was still under construction. There is no modern safety gear, of course, and the workers ham it up a bit for the camera. There are shots from above and below the decking, along with a dizzying ride up on...

A former McDonald’s employee in California was hit with a felony charge for allegedly spitting on a uniformed police officer’s burger and rubbing the bun on the floor. Tatyana Hargrove, 21, was arrested in 2019 and will stand trial on a felony charge of willfully poisoning food, according to court documents. The former Bakersfield McDonald’s employee is also accused of shouting, “Black Lives Matter,” and, “F--- the pigs!”

The Department of Health and Human Services experienced some form of cyberattack Sunday night related to its coronavirus response, administration sources confirmed to ABC News Monday. The attempt was to slow down operations, sources said. The attack was first reported by Bloomberg. “As federal state and local governments focus on handling the current public health crisis, national security officials are also tracking other threats -- in particular those posed by terrorist or extremist groups and foreign adversaries who may seek to take advantage of all of the attention being focused on the coronavirus and conduct an attack,” said John Cohen,...

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