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As Coronavirus Deniers Katherine Stewart couldn’t be bothered to find out, as a good journalist would, what the Cornwall Alliance or plenty of other conservative, evangelical Christians think about the coronavirus. Slander sufficed. “Stop denying science!! … There is a special place in hell for you folks!! If any of your ilk get COVID-19 I hope you stick to your ‘non-science’ beliefs and let someone else have a ventilator.” These are examples of messages the Cornwall Alliance for the Stewardship of Creation received recently. What could stir up such anger?These and similar messages were prompted by Katherine Stewart’s March 27...

The University of California system has issued a set of guidelines directing students and employees how to speak about the coronavirus from Wuhan, China.The document directly tells students what names they should use for the virus.One student responded by pointing out that “The Chinese government has actively contributed to the spread of this deadly virus." The Council of Chief Diversity Officers at the University of California released a “guidance document” to announce “supportive positive and inclusive campus climates during the COVID-19 crisis.” The list begins by telling students to “reject racism, sexism, xenophobia and all hateful or intolerant speech, both...

“My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not. If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause” (Proverbs 1:10-11 KJV).

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While this shutdown has already done enormous damage, it is the uncertainty about when and how it will reopen that could prove far more destructive in the long run. Our leadership class responded to the outbreak of the coronavirus by shutting down the economy on a nationwide scale. While this will mitigate the loss of life the virus might otherwise have caused, it’s clear we’re also confronting a challenge no medical innovation can cure. We face an unprecedented situation — not a global pandemic, we’ve seen those before, but a modern capitalist economy that turned itself off for potentially more...

Marylanders already have faced penalties for violating Gov. Larry Hogan’s ban on gatherings and could face stiff consequences for flouting the stay-at-home order that went into effect Monday night. “A lot of it is just to ensure compliance. You have to have some kind of penalty to associate it with an order,” Mr. Hogan said Tuesday on CNN’s “New Day” of the $5,000 fine or one-year jail sentence that could come with violating his order. clip The stay-at-home orders direct residents to leave home only to get food or supplies, do essential work and travel, and participate in activities like...

Taipei, April 1 (CNA) Taiwan will donate 10 million face masks to countries that are being seriously affected by the new coronavirus disease (COVID-19), President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) said Wednesday. In a speech delivered at the Presidential Office, Tsai said Taiwan has increased its production of face masks, giving the country the ability to provide masks to countries that are experiencing major escalations in the COVID-19 contagion. On Tuesday, Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs announced Taiwan's daily surgical mask output has hit 13 million.

We messed up Monday and missed Tuesday. No Swingin' Monday so we'll have a Swingin' Wednesday with Sons of the West - Mama Inez. The tune was recorded in Dallas on Sept. 16, 1938. THE WESTERNER https://thewesterner.blogspot.com/

The Monthly Fiber Arts Thread is a monthly gathering of people that love yarn and fabric of all kinds. From complete newbies that are looking to start that first project, to experienced fiber artists and beyond, we would love to hear from you. It is impossible to hijack the Monthly Fiber Arts Thread. Knitting, crochet, quilting, weaving, general crafting - there is no telling where it will go, and that is part of the fun and interest. Jump in and join us! Send a Private Message to Diana in Wisconsin if you'd like to be added to our Fiber Arts...

U.S. stocks are poised to start a new quarter on a grim note Wednesday, with futures markets tanking after President Trump told the country to prepare for “a hell of a bad two weeks” as deaths from the novel coronavirus accelerate. “Stock investors are starting the second quarter bracing for a tsunami of terrible news on the health and economic fronts of the war against the virus,” Ed Yardeni, president of Yardeni Research, told The Washington Post. “The White House warned yesterday that the number of deaths will rise sharply over the next two weeks. The next batch of economic...

Hard to get excited about April First when the whole year has felt like April Fool’s day.Still, pranksters gotta prank. Take Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer - aka Caitlyn Jenner – for example: she recently pranked her state.Separated at birth? Twin sistas of another mother?Here’s Gretchen doing her 100-meter dash: On Friday March 27th Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer threatened to revoke the medical licenses of doctors and pharmacists who prescribe hydroxychloroquine to treat coronavirus in Michigan.  Four days later, March 31st, the same governor asks the federal government to send her hydroxychloroquine to treat coronavirus patients. Go figure. – Treehouse Good...

Airline stocks were taking a dive in premarket trading Wednesday, as part of a broad stock market selloff in the wake of the White House's grim warning on the coronavirus pandemic. Analyst Joseph DeNardi at Stifel Nicolaus said the "near worst-case scenario" is playing out for airlines, with more stringent travel restrictions and quarantines being implemented are resulting in further demand weakness, and with concerns that COVID-19 will re-emerger later in the year. DeNardi expects airlines to suspend flying for a period this summer.

Morning "Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth." Song of Solomon 1:2 For several days we have been dwelling upon the Saviour's passion, and for some little time to come we shall linger there. In beginning a new month, let us seek the same desires after our Lord as those which glowed in the heart of the elect spouse. See how she leaps at once to him; there are no prefatory words; she does not even mention his name; she is in the heart of her theme at once, for she speaks of him who was the...

1524 patients treated with Hydroxychloroquine 1 death

The coronavirus has canceled April Fools’ Day. Countless businesses and websites have decided to forego pranks this year. Meanwhile, a handful of countries have even outlawed jokes related to the coronavirus. Such steps are arguably justified, seeing as how we’re living in a time of unprecedented panic and hysteria. However, canceling April Fools’ is sad indictment of how society, in an age of mass digital media, has lost the ability to separate fact and fiction.

Click above for a video excerpt from The Ecclesiastical History of Evagrius describing a personal encounter with the dreaded Plague of Justinian. The thought of pandemic troubles many souls these days. It is well to keep in mind that as bad as things may seem with regard to the deaths caused by the COVID-19 virus, we are not even within shouting distance of the type of utter and absolute societal devastation caused by the typical catastrophic historical plague. One of these epic pestilential events was the so-called Plague of Justinian of the mid-to-late 6th century AD. Erupting in AD 542,...

A pet cat has tested positive for coronavirus in Hong Kong, in only the second such case in the world. The city's Agricultural and Fisheries department said the cat was tested after its owner was confirmed as having the virus. 'The cat had diarrhoea, kept vomiting and had breathing difficulties. The researchers found the virus in the cat's faeces,' the country's top virologist said. It is the second cat to test positive after another feline was found to have the virus in Belgium last week. Two dogs have also tested positive, also in Hong Kong, although experts say there is...

On Monday in the Rose Garden, President Trump called on My Pillow owner Mike Lindell to say a few words. Lindell has committed his factory to manufacturing 50,000 medical grade face masks per day to help keep doctors, nurses, and American citizens safe during the coronavirus pandemic. After he made his announcement, Lindell asked to make his own statement, and said: "God gave us grace on November 8, 2016 to change the course we were on. God had been taken out of our schools and lives. A nation had turned its back on God. I encourage you to use this...

The World Health Organization says China 'set the standard' for outbreak response. Apparently, that standard includes disappearing doctors who tell the truth. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1a4Pq5GQBc&feature=emb_title  

For its role in helping Beijing cover up coronavirus.The deputy prime minister of Japan says that the WHO should be renamed the ‘Chinese Health Organization’ for its role in helping Beijing cover-up the severity of the coronavirus outbreak.Referring to a petition which now has almost 700,000 signatures calling on WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom to resign, Taro Aso tore into the organization for conspiring with China and failing to stop a global pandemic that could have been prevented.“People think the World Health Organization should change its name. It shouldn’t be called the WHO, it should be renamed the Chinese Health Organization (CHO). This...