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Our FRiend Windflier has passed. I've just gotten the news from his wife. He had been battling cancer for a while now. I'm sure the family would appreciate prayers,. Thanks.

MARYSVILLE, Ohio (WSYX/WTTE) - Honda announced it is suspending production of all North American automobile production plants due to COVID-19. The suspension will begin March 23 and last for six days. The plan as of Wednesday is to resume production March 31. "As the market impact of the fast-changing COVID-19 situation evolves, Honda will continue to evaluate conditions and make additional adjustments as necessary. In undertaking this production adjustment, Honda is continuing to manage its business carefully through a measured approach to sales that aligns production with market demand," said Honda in a release. The company says it “will continue...

From March 16 through March 31, the United States will conduct a calculated national experiment that leverages its residents' personal responsibility to combat a strategic threat that has transnational dimensions, the COVID-19/Wuhan virus. Local to global is a cliche, but during this 15-day period, Trump administration medical advisers, among them the distinguished epidemiologist Dr. Anthony Fauci, plan to use very local actions to achieve aggregate national effects that will have global impact. On March 13, President Donald Trump invoked the Stafford Act and declared the virus to be a national emergency. The act gives the White House and executive agencies...

You might immediately think, "Oh, SJW Marvel is making fun of SJWism, that's progress, right?" Oh, no my poor sweet naive babies. They're not making fun of it. They're celebrating it, embracing it. They called two characters "SafeSpace" and "Snowflake" to take those words back from the H8rz! Yes, "SafeSpace" and "Snowflake." I'm not making those up. Other characters: "Trailblazer," a healthy-at-any-size obese black teenaged girl. Marvel makes all black women lesbians (yeah it's weird, but they seem to be employing the "Why have a two-fer when you can have a three-fer" rule), so let's just guess she'll be gay....

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) will no longer run Facebook ads for his presidential campaign following Tuesday’s bruising losses to former Vice President Joe Biden, according to Axios.

Social distancing makes all the sense in the world in the pivotal early stage of a fast-moving outbreak like this coronavirus. We must prevent our hospitals and ICUs from being overwhelmed as Italy’s currently are, not only for those struggling with this particular bug, but for all others who depend upon them. We need to flatten the curve. We don’t want infections growing exponentially so that large numbers of vulnerable people get infected and some fraction of those people die. What I do not understand, and I’m worried nobody has thoroughly thought through, is how long we’re supposed to cancel...

When it comes to stepping up and letting go of partisan politics in a time of crisis, the country can always count on Hillary Clinton to… not do that: The president is turning to racist rhetoric to distract from his failures to take the coronavirus seriously early on, make tests widely available, and adequately prepare the country for a period of crisis. Don't fall for it. Don't let your friends and family fall for it. — Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton)

The Border Patrol apprehended 2,060 aliens from the People's Republic of China crossing the U.S.-Mexico border in fiscal year 2019, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection. The Border Patrol defines an "apprehension" as "the physical control or temporary detainment of a person who is not lawfully in the U.S. which may or may not result in an arrest." A Border Patrol datasheet lists the number of "total apprehensions" it made in fiscal year 2019 by both the citizenship of those apprehended and the border sector where the apprehension took place. In fiscal year 2019, the Border Patrol apprehended a...

In all of the hysteria we are seeing I think it behooves us to look back at two Pandemics that have happened in the last 65 years that were worse than this, worse than the Swine Flu, SARS, AND MERS in terms of people infected and deaths from it. 1957-1958 Pandemic (H2N2 virus) In February 1957, a new influenza A (H2N2) virus emerged in East Asia, triggering a pandemic (“Asian Flu”). This H2N2 virus was comprised of three different genes from an H2N2 virus that originated from an avian influenza A virus, including the H2 hemagglutinin and the N2 neuraminidase...

I know very little of these things. I'm an English teacher, and a mathematical cripple. But it seems to me our economy could shrink to a point where tying our money back to gold might be possible. I'm asking Freepers because most of you know more about this than I do. So... what do folks here think?

Joe Biden's gaffes, plagiarisms, fantasies, brain farts, inchoate gibberings, and meltdowns about himself are well known, but there's also his propensity to lie about others -- calmly, matter-of-factly, and quite outrageously. He's using that creepy ability to lie repeatedly on the campaign trail, spreading a string of false information about President Trump. Based on his recent behavior, Biden wouldn't have any trouble telling us the sky is yellow or water is dry, given the size of his whoppers. It's most obvious in his nakedly false claims around the coronavirus crisis, something whose supposed nonpartisanship is something Biden makes a mockery...

An acclaimed research professor in France revealed successful results of a potential treatment for COVID-19, the coronavirus, The Connexion reports. Professor Didier Raoult, who works for the infection hospital l’Institut Hospitalo-Universitaire (IHU) Méditerranée Infection in Marseille, published a new video in which he explained that the COVID-19 patients who were treated “with the drug chloroquine had seen a rapid and effective speeding up of their healing process, and a sharp decrease in the amount of time they remained contagious,” according to The Connexion, an English site for French news.

This aviation record flew beneath the radar. On Saturday, Air Tahiti Nui set a record for the longest-ever scheduled passenger flight — 9,765 miles from Papeete, the capital of French Polynesia, to Paris. Flight TN064 usually stops-over in Los Angeles — but thanks to US travel restrictions put in place due to the coronavirus pandemic, it just flew straight from Tahiti to France. Even though it was a one-off occurrence due to COVID-19, it was still a planned journey, and therefore broke the distance record previously held by Singapore Airlines’ 9,534-mile flight between Singapore and Newark.

The New York Times spent an estimated $2 million on an advertisement during the Oscars broadcast in February. Glamorous singer and actress Janelle Monae stood on the seashore selling The Times' "1619 Project," which dramatically insists that America began 400 years ago when a ship carrying slaves from Africa landed at Hampton, Virginia. The commercial closed with the on-screen messages "The truth can change how we see the world" and "The truth is worth it," followed by The New York Times logo. But on March 11, The Times felt pressed to publish an "update," a "clarification" on this grand, brand-building...

Published on Feb 29, 2020 In this episode, Rick & Bubba visit with the award-winning journalist and author Christopher Sign. They discuss his new book, "Secret on the Tarmac," revealing new details about the hush-hush 2016 meeting between former President Clinton and former Attorney General Loretta Lynch. This explosive meeting cast a negative light over the FBI's investigation into Hillary Clinton's use of a private email server. There is so much that just doesn't add up.

The offshoring of American manufacturing that occurred when China entered the World Trade Organization damaged U.S. national security. Now, the coronavirus outbreak and its rapid worldwide spread has thoroughly disrupted global supply chains and provided a stark reminder that industrial capability is a component of any nation’s security. America is dependent on China’s non-market-based economy for most of our pharmaceutical supply. Masks used by all medical professionals to protect themselves from contagions were blocked from export by China. In addition to these, add the necessary numerous parts and supplies required by the U.S. military that are sourced through China to...

The bill, known as the Fairness in Women’s Sports Act, or HB 500, will now head back to the House, where lawmakers will vote on a Senate amendment, and will then be delivered to the desk of Republican Gov. Brad Little. “We are not trying to do anything except save women’s sports for girls and women,” state Sen. Mary Souza said during the closing debate. “It is in the state’s interest. ... There is a third-party group that has been working with us on this bill, and it will be responsible for any legal defense fees.”

Nothing makes government grow like a crisis. People get scared, politicians respond to that fear with promises that the state will step in and make everything better, and government ends up larger and more powerful. The pandemic of COVID-19 coronavirus threatens a world-wide wave of sickness, but it's the healthiest thing to happen to government power in a very long time. As it leaves government with a rosy glow, however, our freedom will end up more haggard than ever. During Senate testimony, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Robert Kadlec, who coordinates the department's COVID-19 efforts, floated the...

Join with fellow FREEPERS to pray for PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP/VICE PRESIDENT MIKE PENCE and AMERICA: Healthcare, Government, Family, Military, Business, Farmers, Sanctity of Life, 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.

I don't like it. The left just may enjoy this too much but never admit it. A lot of old(unproductive) people die off-death panels. Then they start demanding money for those 'affected'. Opportunists who pronounce that the sky is falling. To the right news the 'public gatherings' in public schools will play into our hands. Drive our own cars rather than take public transportation like the left wants us. You tell me.