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The UK government reportedly believes the coronavirus outbreak may have started in a Chinese laboratory. Most experts believe the outbreak began when animals passed COVID-19 onto humans in China. However, some scientists believe an accidental leak is a plausible alternative theory. UK officials are not ruling out the possibility that a laboratory close to Wuhan accidentally leaked the virus. A UK Parliament committee on Monday accused the Chinese government of spreading "disinformation" about the origins of the virus. "Perhaps it is no coincidence that there is that laboratory in Wuhan," one UK government official told the Mail on Sunday newspaper.

This guy should be locked up. Intelligence Community Inspector General (ICIG) Michael Atkinson left behind a trail of lies and corruption from his days at the DOJ and as ICIG. Even his wife is connected to the Deep State. On Friday President Trump announced that he was firing ICIG Atkinson because he could no longer be trusted. The President had lost all confidence in Atkinson. Here is the President’s letter to the US Senate announcing the move: https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/wp-content/uploads/trump-fires-atkinson-v2.jpg Atkinson was identified in the most recent FISA abuse report by the DOJ IG Horowitz as one of the individuals who was...

Today's Quotefall Puzzle features a quote by Fred Astaire. Click puzzle (or click here) for full size rendition, then use your browser's print command to print puzzle. Fred Astaire was an American dancer, singer, actor, and choreographer. He is widely considered the most influential dancer in the history of film. All hints, along with the answer, are provided in the first reply comment below, using filtered font to prevent accidental spoilers. Please refrain from disclosing the full answer in comments to prevent spoilers.To solve the puzzle: Enter the letters in the top half (letter columns) of the puzzle into the white squares...

LINK================= This showed up on my daily Weather Channel update this morning. Somehow, I think somebody's numbers must be a bit off.

Posted on April 5, 2020 by Msgr. Charles Pope Passiontide Chronology: Walking with the Lord on Monday of Holy Week According to Matthew 21:10-17, Mark 11:15-17, and Luke 19:45-46, Jesus returns to Jerusalem today. Seeing shameful practices in the Temple area, He cleanses it. The Gospels also recount His weeping over Jerusalem and His cursing of the fig tree. Matthew and Mark relate that He returned to Bethany that night.Prelude: The Scriptures record that Jesus went to Bethany on the Sunday evening after His triumphal entrance into Jerusalem (Palm Sunday):[Jesus] went into the temple courts. He looked around at...

* Government’s around the world are examining plans for so-called “immunity passports” that could allow people who have immunity to the coronavirus to return to normal life. * However, the UK is months away from identifying a test which works, a scientific advisor to Boris Johnson’s government has warned. * The tests the government have looked at so far do not work and that a large-scale solution would take ‘at least a month’ to develop, Professor John Bell warned. * The UK government ordered 3.5 million of them last week, but Health Secretary Matt Hancock said on Sunday: “We still...

The COVID-19 virus is a threat the United States, and the entire world, hasn’t seen in over 100 years. The speed at which the virus is spreading is the only thing outpacing the 24-hour news cycle. In less than three months medical professionals, starting with the World Health Organization (WHO), went from calling the coronavirus the flu to a global pandemic that has ground the country to a halt. This has forced healthcare providers onto the front lines of a war against an enemy they can’t see and have trouble tracking. The WHO, politicians, doctors, and news organizations have rapidly...

The premier of a Canadian province that sheltered thousands of stranded American airline passengers after the 9/11 attacks questioned the humanity of U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday after Trump banned the export of N95 protective masks to Canada. The conservative leader of another province compared it to one family member feasting while letting another one starve. And yet another premier said it reminded him of 1939 and 1940, when Canada was part of the fight against global fascism while the United States sat out the first years. Canadians across the country expressed hurt and disappointment that their neighbor and...

What’s up with Dr. Brix’s modeling? Check this out https://t.co/kgg2gXB7fv— Mark R. Levin (@marklevinshow) April 6, 2020 The IMHE model for the Wuhan coronavirus that the White House is relying on is garbage. It is using NY/NJ data and applying it to the rest of the U.S. It predicted that over 121,000 Americans would be hospitalized yesterday over the coronavirus. The actual number? 31,142. pic.twitter.com/vZCGXB5HLN— Sean Davis (@seanmdav) April 2, 2020

In the past 24 hours, hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) has been making news again. US President Donald Trump has once again promoted the use of this drug as a cure for the Coronavirus, or COVID-19. The US has also reached out to India to lift the ban on hydroxychloroquine exports, which India had imposed on March 26. It is not just Trump and the US who want India to lift restrictions on exports of what is believed to be the miracle drug to cure Coronavirus. Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, among other state leaders, is also believed to have reached out to the...

The Democratic Party may have a serious problem on its hands. Podcast host Joe Rogan, who in January endorsed Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders’s 2020 primary campaign, says he would rather vote for President Trump in the fall if the only other option is former Vice President Joe Biden. Though Rogan’s remarks were not made as an explicit warning to the Democratic National Committee, which has long backed Biden for president against other 2020 primary candidates, including Sanders, who is still running, the organization probably should take it as such. That is, if someone like Rogan, who has a massive audience...

While the rest of us are doing our utmost to avoid human contact, prisoners don’t have that option. They are kept in open, close quarters that are conducive to spreading the coronavirus. Officials are trying to lower the risk by letting some inmates out of prison. U.S. Attorney General William Barr released a memorandum to the Director of the Bureau of Prisons encouraging the use of home confinement for vulnerable and low-risk inmates. He said the agency has 10,000 inmates over age 60 currently in custody (note one-third of those would not qualify since they were convicted of violent or...

Ohio state Rep. Tavia Galonski (D) said that she will make a "referral for crimes against humanity" over President Trump's promotion of the antimalarial drug hydroxychloroquine as a treatment for novel coronavirus, despite its unproven benefits and lack of Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval. "I can't take it anymore. I've been to The Hague. I'm making a referral for crimes against humanity tomorrow," Galonski tweeted late Sunday. "Today's press conference was the last straw," Galonski added. "I know the need for a prosecution referral when I see one." Trump has repeatedly promoted hydroxychloroquine, which is approved to treat conditions...

Just a couple weeks post-shutdown, the coronavirus talking points have settled in. “Listen to the doctors” is front and center, as journalists and elites obsessing over doomsday predictions beg us not to put “profits over people.” Citizens concerned about the economic fallout are not just asking for a cost-benefit analysis of “lives or livelihoods,” however, but a recognition that public health and the economy are deeply linked. Shutting down the latter may severely strain the former, and the concerns extend well beyond health insurance coverage.As zealous policymakers train every hose in the country on the COVID-19 fire, the lives...

What started as a catastrophe for China is shaping up to be a moment of strategic opportunity, a rare turning point in the flow of history. Suddenly, the protests in Hong Kong, carrying a mortal threat to political stability in the mainland, became a physical impossibility. More important, the pandemic set in motion a global competition, to contain the virus, for which China and the Chinese Communist Party seem uniquely prepared. As the virus spread to the whole world, it became apparent that Western societies — Beijing’s true rivals — did not have the ability to quickly organize every citizen...

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LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- A Los Angeles doctor said he is seeing significant success in prescribing the malaria drug hydroxychloroquine in combination with zinc to treat patients with severe symptoms of COVID-19. Hydroxychloroquine has been touted as a possible treatment for COVID-19 by President Trump among others, but it remains controversial as some experts believe it is unproven and may not be effective. The drug has long been used for treatment of malaria and conditions such as lupus and arthritis but is not technically approved by the FDA for COVID-19. The agency, however, is encouraging trials and has provided limited...

As Tony Stark (a.k.a. Iron Man) said to the alien invaders near the beginning of Marvel’s “Avengers: Infinity War,” “The earth is closed today!” The world continues to respond to the current novel coronavirus pandemic by closing everything from churches, to restaurants, to movie theaters and many other public spaces in order to limit person-to-person interaction. While my own family practiced “social distancing” this past Sunday by watching a livestream of our pastor, we reflected on current events and the changes we are all making. We talked about having peace in the midst of trouble and the fact that God...

Sleep experts report an uptick in lucid dreaming during the coronavirus crisis. I know what they meanJohn and I had just left a college party after some guy spilled a beer on me. I hadn’t seen John in a decade, since we were members of the same theater company. As we ran up a set of seemingly endless stairs towards his dorm room I asked how his brother’s restaurant was doing. Suddenly he said, “Almost there, you’ll know what to do.” A fast moving metal treadmill stood at a 45-degree angle to a bright sky. My feet gripped it and...

The findings are clear: A deadly virus that could kill untold numbers of people worldwide escaped from a Chinese research lab. Chinese health officials have confirmed four suspected cases of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), including one death, which appear to have been caused by a safety breach at a laboratory... It's the first SARS death reported since the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the initial SARS outbreak more than nearly a year ago. That's from BioSpace, 2004. The words may have changed over the past 16 years, but the song remains the same. There were also reports that...