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The first men of the Russian contingent arrived in Bergamo to work to support the coronavirus emergency began to work this morning. Supported by the men of the Italian army, the Russian military carried out sanitization work inside a residence for the elderly in Alzano Lombardo, one of the centers most affected by Covid-19.

The AP’s statement has no basis in reality. There is currently no body of research that demonstrates people are less likely to take their lives in time of economic hardship. The pace of information during the COVID-19 crisis has been extraordinary. Last week President Trump said thousands could die by suicide as a result of the economic crisis created by the coronavirus.The Associated Press (AP) immediately released a “fact check” on the president’s prediction, saying it was false. Over the weekend, The Federalist’s Tristan Justice reported more people died from suicides in east Tennessee than from the coronavirus. In the...

"Do not lead us into temptation, but deliver us from evil" (Matt. 6:13). Don’t let your trials turn into temptations. When we hear the English word temptation, we usually think of a solicitation to evil. But "temptation" in Matthew 6:13 translates a Greek word that can refer either to a trial that God permits to refine your spiritual character (James 1:2-4), or a temptation that Satan or your flesh brings to incite you to sin (Matt. 4:1; James 1:13- 15). Both are valid translations. I believe "temptation" in Matthew 6:13 refers to trials. Even though we know God uses trials...

What are the Democrat governors in Nevada and Michigan going to do now? – The Food and Drug Administration issued an emergency use autorization on Sunday, approving hydroxycholoroquine and chloroquine for use in treating the Wuhan Virus, COVID-19, after numerous successful studies and test cases emerged over the past three weeks. Democrat politicians and corrupt media outlets who are hoping this crisis lasts as long as possible in order to damage President Trump have been despicably down-playing the use of this safe, well-known, inexpensive and plentiful malaria treatment for the past two weeks. Two Democrat hack governors – Steve Sisolak...

If there’s something positive to come out of the COVID-19 pandemic, perhaps it’s a turning point in the national discussion over the value of human life. This would be a marked change from recent years in our national dialogue and politics, to be sure. Individual lives and their value have been treated as very much “none of our business” until recently. Fifteen years ago this month, the debate over Terri Schiavo gripped the nation. She spent half her life in a long-term care facility after suffering a cardiac arrest, severely damaging her brain and leaving her unable to survive without...

Well, well, well…. After the media went bananas trying to refute President Trump several weeks ago after he spoke optimistically about the potential for a malaria medication called chloroquine or hydroxychloroquine to be used to combat the coronavirus, today the FDA has approved its use.

Even before the global and national coronavirus outbreak here in America, we could see our nation falling into the lawless and immoral abyss, amazingly many are wondering how these things can be? In days of EXPONENTIAL prosperity and abundance, in all facets of life via our EXPONENTIAL technological advances, Americans are even the more UNFULFILLED than ever, and they turn to the destructive base elements and practices of life and this fallen world; EVER seeking to fill the ETERNAL God void and vacuum within their heart and soul (Eccl. 3:11; 3, Rom. 1:18-32). Sodom and Gomorrha had GREAT riches, wealth,...

Sunday on CNN’s "State of the Union," Jake Tapper asked NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio if his comments telling people to go about their normal lives during the early stages of the coronavirus pandemic could have contributed to the massive outbreak in New York. (snip) "Jake, we should not be focusing, in my view, on anything looking back," he replied. "This is just about how we save lives going forward... This was a very different world just a short time ago." "Mr. Mayor, weren’t your actions in this outbreak also far, far behind the curve?" Tapper stated. "I think the...

Remember, we have to believe all women…except when it’s a liberal like Bad Touch Biden who is doing the grabbing, in which case she’s either a lying tramp who wanted it or she simply doesn’t exist. You know, all these differing rules about how we are supposed to react to #MeToo stuff seems really complex and difficult, since they change based on the ideology of the alleged pervert, but it’s really simple if you just understand one simple thing. The liberal outrage is all a lie and a scam. They don’t give a damn about women getting treated like garbage....

Billionaire George Soros uses his political-philanthropic private foundations' global network to induce chaos to change the capitalistic democratic systems that prevailed since the end of WWII. Soros aims to reshape the world according to his purported wily Open Society philosophy, which evolved after the collapse of the Soviet Communist system. He tested his ideas in Eastern Europe before moving to the rest of the world, and on to his major target, the United States of America. Soros’s open-borders agenda and his efforts to create a global ‘open society’ have suffered a setback due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, but his...

A Florida man allegedly attempted to eat a stolen debit card when he was confronted by police officers after attempting to use the card to purchase goods at Walt Disney World. Orange County police deputies arrested Jose Herrera, 27, on Monday. He had been held by Disney security after being caught while buying gift cards and jewelry at Disney Springs, Walt Disney World's shopping center, with the stolen card, which is believed to have been taken from a deceased Ohio man. Herrera allegedly tried to eat the evidence of his crime, with officers witnessing him attempting to chomp down on...

After a series of disastrous video conferences demonstrating that what he lacks in brains, he makes up for with dementia, the presumptive Democrat nominee is already facing stiff competition from a guy who's not even a candidate for the presidency. That's right. There are all kinds of rumors that Andy Cuomo, the second Fredo of the Cuomo crime family, is emerging to give Old Joe a run for his ill gotten money. Imagine "D'oh!" Joe's utter confusion right now. He's walking around his Wilmington, Delaware mansion (which a lifetime of "public service" has somehow afforded him) without pants, wondering where...

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In the miasma of the Chinese Virus, at least I have my cat.Waking up is the unnerving part. Another day to dwell inside cut off from the world with only our screens slowly leaking information. Bagheera, my black cat seems confused. She is more attentive than usual and I have the sense she knows something is wrong, or maybe I’m just going crazy. What time is it? What day is it? Does anyone know? Does anyone care? I’ve always felt that time well spent feels like it goes by very quickly, but in retrospect it feels like it lasted for...

We lost Joe Diffie yesterday, reportedly from complications associated with the coronavirus. Here are 10 songs by Diffie that I enjoy. Eight are country tunes, and the last two are from his bluegrass album. 1. If The Devil Danced in Empty Pockets 2. Pickup Man 3. Prop Me Up Against the Jukebox 4. Good Brown Gravy 5. Hollow Deep As Mine 6. Third Rock From The Sun 7. The Grandpa That I Know 8. What Would Waylon Do (w. George Jones) 9. Stormy Weather Once Again 10. Somehow Tonight

Garage Door The boss walked into the office one morning not knowing his zipper was down and his fly area wide open. His assistant walked up to him and said, 'This morning when you left your house, did you close your garage door?' The boss told her he knew he'd closed the garage door, and walked into his office puzzled by the question. As he finished his paperwork, he suddenly noticed his fly was open, and zipped it up. He then understood his assistant's question about his 'garage door' He headed out for a cup of coffee and paused by...

Please FReep Mail me regarding the ping list for these reports. Thanks. COVID-19 Update As of 03/29/2020 23:08 PDT (taken at 23:59) Editor's note: The data source I was using bombed out on me for a good portion of a single day. When it did, it added in and deleted a number of reporting entities. The housekeeping to keep the data sound was pretty heavy for about five days. We're talking about them adding in seven accounts and deleting two or three per each report. And then there was the issue of their data being able to pass my check...

But there are other sources of doubt too, including how many coronavirus victims would have died of other causes if no pandemic had occurred. In a typical year, around 56m people die around the world — an average of about 153,000 per day.

When considering that possibility patterns in CDC’s regular ILI (Influenza Like Illness) surveillance data become interesting. I’ve taken their data, and applied my meager Excel skills to chart out some things that surprised me. Going into this, I expected to see mortality rates somewhere bump. Prior to January we weren’t looking for this virus. We’ve only had useful testing capability for a few weeks now. Given the information we have on disease progression, I assumed that there would be an upward trend in Pneumonia mortality as without looking for and testing for SARS-COV-2, victims should have been classified as deaths...

Rev_2:29  He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches. Hos_4:6  My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children. Num_24:14  And now, behold, I go unto my people: come therefore, and I will advertise thee what this people shall do to thy people in the LATTER DAYS. Deu_4:30  When thou art in tribulation, and all these things are come upon thee,...