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Physician complicity in, and indeed responsibility for, certain Nazi crimes against humanity has been well documented in books and treatises by historians and other scholars. The Nuremberg Doctors’ Trial provided the first public examination of these acts, but has subsequently been criticized for its narrow focus on a relatively small number of defendants. For the better part of 50 years, mainstream medical literature all but ignored this subject (a notable exception being the article by Leo Alexander, a physician consultant at the Nuremberg trial, which appeared in the New England Journal of Medicine in 1949. Part of this agnosia was...

President Donald Trump’s border reforms are helping the Department of Homeland Security to eject most southern migrants in just 96 minutes, according to a report in the Washington Post. “Migrants who cross into the United States illegally are being expelled to Mexico in an average of 96 minutes under emergency coronavirus measures now in force across the U.S. southern border, according to three U.S. officials with knowledge of the latest government statistics,” the newspaper reported Monday.... The fast-exit rules do not yet apply to migrants from outside America, such as African and Indian immigrants. They comprise roughly 15 percent of...

The NFL’s owners have voted to expand the playoffs to include 14 teams and will add postseason games on Nickelodeon and NBCUniversal’s new streamer Peacock. The changes — which had been agreed to in the league’s latest collective-bargaining pact with players — will take effect for the coming 2020 season, NFL Network insider Ian Rapaport said per sources. The moves were approved today during a conference call among owners that replaced the league’s annual meeting that was canceled amid the coronavirus crisis. AFC and NFC Wild Card games now will feature each conference’s 2-seed hosting the 7-seed, the 3 hosting...

Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva, who was sued by gun-rights groups after trying to shut down firearms dealers in the wake of coronavirus concerns, is abandoning the effort. The sheriff said Monday he's heeding a federal Department of Homeland Security advisory issued on Saturday that listed gun and ammunition dealers as “essential critical infrastructure workers." Villanueva called the non-binding memo “persuasive" and announced that his department won't order or recommend closing businesses that sell or repair firearms or sell ammunition in the nation's most populous county.

Isn't it time for W to come off the sidelines, forgive the nickname for Jeb! and help Trump manage the politics of the moment, the hatred and vitriol aimed at him by, in some cases former members of his administration? Much like 9/11, this is a moment when the Nation must come together. We already know the left will never relent. Where are you, Mr. President?

CENTRAL — A Central pastor who has defied government orders to limit crowds to 50 people or fewer, was arrested on six counts of violating the governor's order, after authorities say he's continued to hold large services. Pastor Tony Spell’s arrest on Tuesday follows weeks of city and state leaders urging that he suspend services at Life Tabernacle Church in Central amid a surge in fatal coronavirus cases in Louisiana and East Baton Rouge Parish. "He will be held responsible for his reckless and irresponsible decisions that endangered the health of his congregation and our community," said Central Police Chief...

Police are now stepping up patrols in business areas to ensure merchants don't become victims during the pandemic See video

The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic that originated in China, or as some experts hold was created was created as a bio-weapon as intuitively written in Dean Koontz’s 1981 novel The Eyes of Darkness, in one way or another has benefited the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in its aggression against the U.S.-led free society. As foreign policy commentary for the Washington Examiner Tom Rogan wrote, just as it was with Mao Zedong’s ‘Great Leap Forward’ -- an economic and social campaign by the CCP from 1958 to 1962 to reconstruct China from an agrarian economy into a communist society --...

As we reported on Sunday, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) attacked President Donald Trump on CNN’s “State of the Union” with Jake Tapper, claiming that Trump was fiddling while denying the Wuhan coronavirus and that was “deadly.” The reality is that while Trump was addressing the problem in January by activating the CDC, forming a task force on top of all the assets already in place, and cutting travel with China, the Democrats were concentrated on pursuing a fruitless impeachment, calling the task force “too white” and claiming that cutting travel was “racist” or “xenophobia.” Here’s a sample of what...

All official Chinese government propaganda is the official voice of the ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP). By following the propaganda lines with regime actions in chronological order, we can trace how the Xi Jinping regime responded to the coronavirus outbreak and weaponized it to attack the United States and divide its leaders. We can then push back against Chinese propaganda, break through the regime’s disinformation and censorship inside China and here at home, and devise ways to hold the Communist Party responsible for the pandemic. The following timeline by Dr J Michael Waller, our Senior Analyst for Strategy, is a...

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial distracted the federal government from the novel coronavirus as it reached the United States in January, despite warnings at the time from public health experts and members of Congress about the spread of the virus. McConnell, a Kentucky Republican, told conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt on Tuesday that the deadly virus “came up while we were tied down on the impeachment trial. And I think it diverted the attention of the government, because everything every day was all about impeachment.″ […] McConnell said Republican Sen. Tom Cotton of Arkansas...

Nancy Pelosi is a POS and a liar. There are other ways to describe her, but they're even less palatable. She lit into Donald Trump yesterday. She actually intimates that Trump's signing of the relief bill caused a 1000 increase in fatalities. Watch her nearly incoherent response: "As the President fiddles, people are dying" At the moment Trump is taking  actions, especially for the city of New York. Pelosi is attacking Trump for a reason- to distract from her own massive neglect, delay and failures. On January 30, Trump assembled a Corona Virus task force. On Jan. 31 Donald Trump...

A 68-bed makeshift hospital is expected to open in Central Park on Tuesday in an effort to ease some of the strain on the city's hospitals that have been bombarded with COVID-19 patients. The field hospital in New York City is comprised of 14 tents and will receive patients first from Mount Sinai Brooklyn and Mount Sinai Queens. Brooklyn and Queens have been the hardest-hit boroughs in the city's outbreak, according to data released by the city. Doctors, nurses and other medical personnel will be on site, according to the evangelical Christian organization Samaritan's Purse, which helped construct the makeshift...

Gov. Phil Murphy issued a warning Tuesday for residents of “lowest common denominator” states with lax policies and restrictions to address the coronavirus pandemic: You might have to stay away from New Jersey for a while once the outbreak slows here. Murphy said he can’t allow residents from states that “didn’t take this as seriously” and make decisions “not based on science and fact” to “start the fire again” in the Garden State after the outbreak finally dies down. The peak in cases could still be weeks away, health officials have said. “We’re not going to go through this pain...

Japanese conglomerate Fujifilm, most famous for its film and instant cameras, does more than sell point-and-shoots: it also makes medical equipment, anti-aging skincare, hair products—and now a potential coronavirus treatment. In late February, when the coronavirus had sickened 80,000 people worldwide—on Friday the total topped 530,000—and the World Health Organization had not yet declared a pandemic, shares in Fujifilm Holdings Corp soared after Japan's health minister said the government was considering using a drug called Avigan, also known as favipiravir, to treat patients sickened by COVID-19. More than a month later, favipiravir has showed promise in two trials involving coronavirus...

Member corps vote to cancel 2020 DCI Tour by Drum Corps International We know this is a difficult time for everyone as we all respond to the COVID-19 crisis. The events worldwide have impacted Drum Corps International as well, forcing cancellation of the 2020 Summer Tour as of Wednesday, March 25. DCI’s voting membership unanimously reached the difficult decision with great regret after thorough evaluation of numerous factors affecting participant health and safety, travel requirements, logistics, venue availability, and other associated issues. The membership also agreed that in order to preserve the opportunity for this year’s class of age-outs, performers...

AN OPEN LETTER TO VIRGINIA GOVERNOR RALPH NORTHAM ================================================= Dear Governor Northam, So, now it's official: Your earlier "suggestion" is today an "order". In other words, there really never was a choice in the matter. It was either your way or the highway. Well, I have some news for you. Virginians have never taken kindly to those who believe they ought, and have a right, to substitute their judgment for the judgment of free citizens. Virginians have a dislike of dictatorial mindsets, however well-meaning or apparently benevolent. Your notions are appropriate for other lands, where the peoples there are wards...

Amy Litz’s baby shower was cancelled due to the state’s stay-at-home order, but her family found a creative way to celebrate and surprise her.

The resurgence of Joe Biden and the inevitable defeat of Bernie Sanders led the pundits to declare that the Democratic Party is rejecting socialism -- a development all decent men would celebrate if it were true. Yet, in a supreme irony, the Land of the Free dangerously underestimates or underappreciates the ideological nature of the contemporary Democratic Party. Neither education nor life experience has prepared Americans for grasping the Party’s epochal ideological shift toward the ideology that signifies the total inversion of the Nation’s historical traditions and values. Every time the Democratic presidential contenders took the stage, whether it was...

Canadian pipeline operator TC Energy is moving forward with plans to build the controversial Keystone XL Pipeline, a project to move heavy crude oil from the tar sands region of Canada to Nebraska where it will then move on to refineries in Illinois and along the Gulf Coast. After years of legal battles, TC Energy confirmed Tuesday morning that the company plans to invest $8 billion on the crude oil pipeline project. The controversial pipeline project faced opposition and legal challenges from Native American groups, environmentalists and landowners. “We appreciate the ongoing backing of landowners, customers, Indigenous groups and numerous...