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IN 2013, SCIENTISTS were stunned to find microbes thriving deep inside volcanic rocks beneath the seafloor off the Pacific Northwest, buried under more than 870 feet of sediment. The rocks were on the flank of the volcanic rift where they were born, and they were still young and hot enough to drive intense chemical reactions with the seawater, from which the microbes derived their energy. Now, however, another team of researchers have discovered living cells inside exceedingly old, cold oceanic crust in the middle of the South Pacific. It isn’t yet clear how these new microbes are managing to survive—and...

Midori Ito, born 13 August 1969, is a Japanese former figure skater. She is the first woman to land a triple-triple jump combination and a triple Axel in competition. At the 1988 Calgary Olympics, she became the first woman to land seven triple jumps in an Olympic free skating competition. Midori Ito, 1988 Calgary Olympics ...1988, and still skating at 50 in 2019.

EXCLUSIVE: Republican Rep. Devin Nunes on Friday threatened to escalate his concerns about Intelligence Community Inspector General Michael Atkinson’s handling of the Ukraine whistleblower complaint to the Justice Department unless Atkinson complies with congressional requests for information and documents. In a letter obtained by Fox News Friday, Nunes, the top Republican on the House Intelligence Committee, issued the stark warning to Atkinson, giving him a Feb. 14 deadline to comply with past congressional requests.

President Donald Trump has used emergency powers during the coronavirus pandemic to implement the kind of strict enforcement regime at the U.S. southern border he has long wanted, suspending laws that protect minors and asylum seekers so that the U.S. government can immediately deport them or turn them away. Citing the threat of “mass, uncontrolled cross-border movement,” the president has shelved safeguards intended to protect trafficking victims and persecuted groups, implementing an expulsion order that sends migrants of all ages back to Mexico in an average of 96 minutes. U.S. Border Patrol agents do not perform medical checks when they...

[Catholic Caucus] Viganò on 2020 Pontifical Yearbook: Did Pope Francis abandon the title 'Vicar of Christ'? “YOU HAVE SAID SO”“Truly, I say to you, one of you will betray me.” And they were very sorrowful, and began to say to him one after another, “Is it I, Lord?” He answered, “He who has dipped his hand in the dish with me, will betray me. The Son of man goes as it is written of him, but woe to that man by whom the Son of man is betrayed! It would have been better for that man if he had not...

This video is hilarious! Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez blames “elected officials” for not doing enough about COVID-19, while she herself – who is an “elected official” – makes margaritas in her kitchen! If I didn’t know any better, I’d say that Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is not aware of the fact that she herself is one of the “elected officials” that she criticizes in this video.Ocasio-Cortez criticizes “elected officials” for not doing enough about COVID-19.But while Ocasio-Cortez is saying this, she herself isn’t doing anything about COVID-19 either. Instead, she’s making margaritas in her kitchen.Ocasio-Cortez is herself an “elected official.” She is a member of...

President Trump and Coronavirus Task Force News Conference 4/4/20 – 3:30 P.M. (Eastern) I will be holding a News Conference at 3:30 P.M. at the White House. Thank you!— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 4, 2020 The White Househttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8f-QjnmXXQ RSBNhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=otddg1S-5R0 Diamond and Silk - RSBN coveragehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mbw7ysU7VaU Golden State Timeshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GxwFJQlugSI FOX Newshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dmpbWUt338I C-SPANhttps://www.c-span.org/video/?470970-1/white-house-coronavirus-task-force-briefing Because the “Ratings” of my News Conferences etc. are so high, “Bachelor finale, Monday Night Football type numbers” according to the @nytimes, the Lamestream Media is going CRAZY. “Trump is reaching too many people, we must stop him.” said one lunatic. See you at 5:00 P.M.!— Donald J....

Marine Gunnery Sgt. Kevin Meyer does his best recruiting face-to-face. He can look people in the eye, read their body language and get insight into whether they would make a good Marine. But coronavirus quarantines have shut down most recruiting stations. So Meyer and other recruiters have turned increasingly to social media. And that has its drawbacks. “They usually won’t run away if you’re talking to them in person,” said Meyer, noting that if they are online or on the phone, they can just hang up. “They just stop responding, and the conversation just ends without a conclusion.” As the...

William Wordsworth restored vitality to the stuffy English literature of his lifetime with fresh down to earth language. In the current madness I have turned to Wordsworth this weekend to restore my faith in what is right about humanity. I have found myself rewriting his classic lines written above Tintern Abbey to direct them more to God and a little less at The Self. (Correcting the mistakes of “the Poms” – a.k.a. the British - is a national pastime in Australia.”) https://tujuhbelasan.com/2020/04/04/literary-tujuhbelasan-2-tintern-abbey-revisited/ What do Freeepers have to say about this?

President Donald Trump told major league sports commissioners in a conference call that he believes the NFL season should start as scheduled in September, ESPN's Adam Schefter and Adrian Wojnarowski reported on Saturday. On the call, Trump also said he wants fans back in sporting venues by August and September, according to the report. The August and September dates correspond with the kickoff to both college football and the NFL seasons. Medical experts have not yet publicly said if that timeline is a viable one. LSU football is supposed to open its 2020 season on Sept. 5 against UT San...

'An impeachable offense': Bill Maher rips Trump for federal response to coronavirus HBO comedian Bill Maher said Trump's handling of the coronavirus pandemic amounts to impeachment. While interviewing Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, the Real Time with Bill Maher host said it was "galling" that the president, in his view, was prioritizing the plights of some states over others during the coronavirus pandemic, calling it impeachable. "I find one of the most galling parts of this is that the president is favoring certain states over the others. Governors who are nice to him, as he calls it, get a lot of...

The huge "potentially hazardous" asteroid 1998 OR2 is just a few weeks away from its close encounter with Earth, and you can watch the giant space rock's approach online or with a small telescope.While asteroid 1998 OR2 is large enough to wreak havoc on Earth if it were to strike our planet, it won't come anywhere near a collision when it flies by on April 29. "On April 29, asteroid 1998 OR2 will safely pass by 3.9 million miles/6.2 million kilometers," scientists with NASA's Asteroid Watch program said in a Twitter update as they debunked a Daily Express report...

We can now add the coronavirus to the ongoing saga of "everything is racist." On her MSNBC show this morning, Joy Reid, speaking with failed presidential candidate Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, noted that the rates of coronavirus infections and deaths are disproportionately high among African-Americans.Replying, Gillibrand blamed it on "institutional racism," in both health care and our economy. Get the rest of the story and view the video here.

Singapore has announced a change of direction in its fight against the spread of the novel coronavirus. Schools will close and all but essential workplaces are ordered shut from next Tuesday. The high-tech island nation was one of the first outside China to discover virus infections. It had until recently been seen as a leading example of controlled and panic-free response to the pandemic. But in recent days the number of infections has leaped. In a TV address, Friday, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said that “food establishments, markets and supermarkets, clinics, hospitals, utilities, transport and key banking services will...

1. Trump's “Lies” and “Narcissism” Being “Paid In Human Lives” 2. “Blood” on Trump's Hands 3. Is Trump “Responsible for Deaths of Americans?” 4. Trump Culpable for “Fatalities... Every Few Minutes” 5. Tallying “Trump's Death Toll” 6. It’s “Crazy” to Keep Airing Trump’s “Dangerous” Corona Briefings 7. Interrupting the President for “Fact Checks” 8. Show the Briefings on Tape Delay? 9. How Far Will Republicans Let Trump Go? 10. Conservatives Are Culpable 11. Trump Using Virus to Become a “Monarch” 12. Cuomo’s “Inspiring” Leadership Is “What We Need” Instead of Selfish Trump

Surgeon General, Dr. Jerome Adams, shares ways to create your own face covering in a few easy steps.

On our new audio Mark Steyn Show, we've been memorializing some of those taken, day after day after day, by this stinking Coronavirus. As Gary Alexander, of Washington State's KLOI and of our Steyn Club family, has pointed out, Covid-19 has cut a particular swathe through the jazz world, in part because two of its grisliest American epicenters are New York and suburban New Jersey. Still and all, I was saddened to hear that the virus had claimed, at the age of 94, Bucky Pizzarelli. He was a maestro of the seven-string guitar, a mainstay of Doc Severinson's "Tonight Show"...

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear (D) on Friday vetoed a bill mandating residents of the state show a government-issued form of identification before voting. In his veto message, Beshear hammered Republicans for trying to push legislation that would “create an obstacle” to voting and tackle a “problem that does not exist,” referring to GOP-fueled claims of voter fraud. “I am vetoing Senate Bill 2 because the provisions of the law would create an obstacle to the ability of Kentuckians to exercise their right to vote, resulting in fewer people voting and undermining our democracy. Furthermore, no documented evidence of recent voter...

New York is poised to get over 1,100 ventilators from China and Oregon as it scrambles to line up more breathing machines for the sickest coronavirus patients, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Saturday. The Chinese government facilitated a 1,000-ventilator donation from billionaires Jack Ma and Joseph Tsai, the co-founders of the Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba, Cuomo said. He said those ventilators were due to arrive Saturday, and the state of Oregon had volunteered to send 140 more breathing machines. “It’s going to make a significant difference for us,” said the Democratic governor. Cuomo had said on Thursday that the state’s supply...

McDonald’s wants health care workers and first responders to know its lovin’ the crucial role they play in keeping Southern California safe during the coronavirus pandemic. The fast-food giant announced it will now give out free breakfasts to all health care workers, police officers and firefighters with a valid ID. “We’ve been inspired by the commitment of our first responders working tirelessly to keep our communities safe,” said McDonald’s franchisee Jamie Straza. During its breakfast hours, health care workers and first responders can get a free small coffee and Egg McMuffin sandwich.