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It’s not always better to love the one you’re self-isolating with. The Department of Health issued guidance Saturday on ways to stay COVID-19-free when the birds and bees beckon amid the coronavirus pandemic. First and foremost: self love is the best — and least dangerous — kind of love. “You are your safest sex partner,” the document reads. “Masturbation will not spread COVID-19, especially if you wash your hands (and any sex toys) with soap and water for at least 20 seconds before and after.” But the agency did not entirely throw cold water on the idea of bumping uglies...

Governor Northam is DETERMINED to break America and all of her Constitutional Rights, replacing them with Progressive Democratic Platform principles. He officially closed Virginia churches and made it a crime punishable by up to 12 months in jail and/or a $2,500 fine. Conservative author Charlie Kirk tweeted a few moments ago: Ralph Northam just officially closed Virginia churches and made it a crime punishable by up to 12 months in jail and/or a $2,500 fine This is Anti-American. A governor can’t punish someone for attending church. What happened to the First Amendment? Where is the outrage? RT! Two days ago...

The success or failure of Australia's coronavirus fight relies to a remarkable degree on just one thing, new modelling has found. And that thing is whether individual Australians now follow official advice — and just stay home. The data comes from a complex model of how COVID-19 could spread in Australia, which finds: Coronavirus will continue to spread virtually unchecked unless at least eight in 10 Australians stay home as much as possible. If that slips even slightly — to seven in 10 people — the fight to 'flatten the curve' will be lost. It also suggests that school closures...

At least four people were killed when gunmen and suicide bombers attacked a Sikh temple in the Afghan capital of Kabul, according to a Sikh politician. Within hours, the Islamic State (IS) group claimed responsibility for the attack. Those killed included a child whose body was brought to a Kabul hospital, emergency services said. At least 15 people were wounded.

The U.S. Army has awarded $524 million to Southwest Valley Constructors for design and build of a section of wall along the U.S. Mexico border, the Department of Defense announced. The deal modifies an earlier contract, originally awarded in May 2019, for design build replacing the section of the wall near Tucson, Ariz... The project has an estimated completion date of Sept. 7, 2021.

But Speaker Pelosi has no urgency whatsoever because she doesn’t care about the American people suffering. Pelosi delayed the vote on the Senate’s stimulus bill until Thursday because the Democrats have to review the provisions in order to make their decision. “House Democrats will now review the final provisions and legislative text of the agreement to determine a course of action,” Pelosi said. According to reports, the House was only in session for 3 minutes Wednesday morning and gaveled out.

Emotions ran high at the packed Resources and Development Committee meeting at Piñon Chapter last Wednesday over the issuance of the new 10 sheep unit grazing permits for residents of the Dzil Yijiin Navajo Partitioned Lands, per a resolution that was passed by the previous RDC. Black Mesa area livestock owners, who have testified several times in the past year, are tired of waiting for answers from officials, they say. “We hoped people would realize how devastating this is to us,” said livestock owner Dorothy Yazzie. “For over 40 years, we’ve been impacted by the Navajo-Hopi Land Settlement and they’re...

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How a handful of Democratic activists created alarming, but bogus data sets to scare local and state officials into making rash, economy-killing mandates.

The Senate stimulus compromise package aimed at helping Americans cope with the economic woes caused by the coronavirus crisis includes millions for the arts. The inclusion in the Senate bill follows an outcry from conservatives over a host of provisions in the House Democrats' coronavirus proposal earlier this week, which critics said addressed liberal priorities rather than the coronavirus pandemic. The appropriations text, released Wednesday along with the draft bill itself, includes $25 million in funding for the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington D.C. That is down from the $35 million that was included in...

A popular, but pricey, spice called saffron may be able to improve sleep quality in adults who often experience unrestful nights, according to a new study. The research comes from the same team that previously linked saffron with an antidepressant effect, at least in people who have up to moderate depression and who are also taking a prescription antidepressant medication. Saffron is a popular spice derived from the flower best known as ‘saffron crocus.’ The spice resembles a crimson-colored thread; it is plucked from the crocus flowers, meaning that unlike other spices, this one hard to gather in large quantities....

A contestant of a popular Afghan talent contest TV show Salam Maftoon looks a lot like Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his fans and followers are surprised at the resemblance. Several pictures of Salam Maftoon have gone viral on social media since he started contesting for the title in the talent quest TV show ‘Afghan Star’. His fans and followers call him ‘Salam Trudeau’ and ‘Afghan Trudeau’ while several others have suggested that the singer would look exactly like the Canadian Prime Minister if his traditional hat is removed and dressed in formal suit. Some other social media users...

MARCH March 24, 2020 Mexico suspends refugee and asylum requests until April 20 as coronavirus cases begin climbing throughout the country. A 31-year old Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detainee in Bergen County, NJ tests positive for Covid-19, becoming the first person in ICE custody to contract the disease. March 23, 2020

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz is expected to announce a shelter-in-place order during Wednesday's daily coronavirus news conference, according to sources close to the situation. The order is not likely to be as extensive as the "Safer at Home" order put in place by Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers. The governor's briefing will be streamed live on KSTP.com at 2 p.m.

Since it was first discovered in August 2019, astronomers have been awestruck by interstellar Comet 2I/Borisov. But recent observations of the space object suggest that it could be breaking apart. A group of researchers from Poland have noted that the object has brightened up twice this month. “The total brightness increase is thus about 0.7 mag in 5 days between UT 2020 March 4.3 and 9.3,” the researchers wrote in a note published March 12. “This behavior is strongly indicative of an ongoing nucleus fragmentation.” In September 1019, the International Astronomical Union confirmed that the object was from another solar...

There has been quite a bit of talk in the past couple of days about when we might get back to normal. The president is hoping that might happen as soon as Easter while others are saying it could be 3-4 months. But some people aren’t interested in going back to normal. On the contrary, they see the crisis as an inflection point that presents and opportunity for some significant changes to the country. On the left there are a lot of people who see the crisis as an opportunity to push forward some of the socialist agenda they’ve had...

On March 24, 2020, Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf (D) augmented his list of “life-sustaining” businesses to include gun dealers, allowing them to remain open as long as they adhere to certain restrictions. The new language was added under Trade, Transportation, & Utilities, in the subsection Sporting Goods, Hobby, Book, & Music Stores. It says: Firearms dealers may operate physical businesses on a limited basis to complete only the portions of a sale/transfer that must be conducted in-person under the law, subject to the following restrictions: 1) all such sale/transfers will be conducted by individual appointment during limited hours only so...

The coronavirus martial law lockdown has turned into a real-life version of Groundhog Day, as we’re stuck inside and hearing pretty much the same news every day. Wash your hands! Don’t touch your face! Orange man bad! Anthony Fauci for president! ESPN hosts getting ready to stab each other for lack of any sports news to talk about. Meanwhile, I hear rumors that there are supertankers full of toilet paper anchored offshore waiting for the black market price to soar even higher. Or was that the oil rumor from 1979? I can’t remember. I’ve been inside for six years now...

Straw Poll Create a Poll Do you think the extended severe restrictions to prevent the spread of COVID-19 are too extreme? Yes - too extreme: the long-term unemployment and lack of activity, and fear of others will do more harm than a more moderate or shorter period. No: long-term outlawing of most sports, recreation, many businesses is necessary to stop this deadly virus. Yes: a moderate response of wearing masks in mass transit, work and crowds instead of isolation, except for those in need of care, would be better. No: if anything, the most severe and extensive restrictions - from...

PC idiocy in the form of feminism and the destruction of freedom and of freedom's economy in the name of unattainable safety are hard to ignore and hard to beat. Maybe humor has a chance. In the past FReeepers have had trouble with my comic character Jim Cousen's Aussie dialect. Do the subtitles help?