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First, what exactly was going on in Wuhan that led to the initial emergence of Sars-CoV-2? If the virus originated from a bat at one of the disgusting “wet” markets (where wildlife intended for human consumption is sold alongside chicken and beef), which your regime inexplicably has not shut down, that is bad enough. But if it originated because of sloppy practices at the Wuhan branch of the Chinese Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, that is worse. It is insanity for research on potentially lethal zoonoses such as coronaviruses to be going on in the heart of a vast...

Thanks for defining coronatyranny! Editors reviewed your definition and decided to publish it on Urban Dictionary. It should appear here within the next 24 hours: https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=coronatyranny ----- coronatyranny The taking advantage of a global pandemic to enforce illegal and unconstitutional edicts. Los Angeles County Sheriff Villanueva has closed gun shops along with a bunch of other leftists in other states during the pandemic -Showing their true colors and their coronatyranny.

A 12-year-old girl was shooting hoops alone outside her home near Little Rock, Arkansas. Then city officials sent a crew out to take down the hoop. It violated their social distancing orders. A 12-year-old girl was playing basketball alone on a court near her family’s home when city officials arrived and removed the hoop as part of “social distancing” enforcement. The girl’s mother, Laura Vandercook, wrote about the episode at The Federalist (where I also have a byline). She said her family lives on “a small mountain in a suburb of Little Rock, Arkansas,” which butts up against a city...

FRONTRUNNER: Amy Klobuchar Enlarge ImageAmy Klobuchar endorses former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden. Amy Klobuchar endorses former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden.Reuters The Minnesota Senator surprised many Democrats with her scrappy and tenacious 2020 campaign effort. “She could be No. 1” on Biden’s short list, the insider said. Klobuchar’s decision to end her campaign before Super Tuesday allowed Biden to consolidate the moderate/establishment wing of the Democratic party and set the groundwork for his eventual triumph over Sanders. A Senate insider told The Post Klobuchar had standout “political skills” and was also the favorite of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee....

Dak Prescott and Ezekiel Elliott working out with Dez Bryant while the country is supposed to be observing social distancing was bad enough. But hosting a dinner party with reportedly up to 30 guests? The Cowboys stars may have some explaining to do. Prescott threw a birthday party for one of his friends at his house in Texas on Friday night, according to TMZ, and as many as 30 people, including Elliott, attended at a time when the state is under stay-at-home orders because of the coronavirus pandemic.

Ancient artifacts from the Nigerian city of Ife can give observers insight into the history of its culture, dynasties and many deities. Art objects from the once-powerful Yoruba kingdom are prized by collectors and considered cultural treasures of the African nation, but a bronze sculpture that recently had been reported as stolen from the area proved to be something else. On Feb. 25 Mexico seized what was thought to be an ancient bronze sculpture from the southwestern Nigerian city after a buyer, whose identity was not revealed, attempted to smuggle it into the country via Mexico CityÂ’s main airport, Mexican...

Former vice president Joe Biden, now the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, amassed a diverse slate of new endorsements Wednesday from former primary challengers to friends-turned-foes of President Trump. The list includes Sen. Michael F. Bennet (D-Colo.), who was a contender in the Democratic primary; Anthony Scaramucci, onetime Trump champion and short-lived White House communications director; and the Lincoln Project, a group of anti-Trump Republicans led by George Conway.

Bill Gates and Elites want to reduce the population by 90%. They believe that 500 million is about all the population that planet earth can support. Their proof text is the Malthusian doomsday book written by John Holdren (Obama's Science Czar), Paul Ehrlich, and Anne Ehrlich entitled, "Ecoscience: Population, Resources, Environment." The Coronavirus pandemic has become a convenient, or manufactured, excuse to enact their plans. Yet it was God gave man a mandate to procreate and fill the face of the earth. God said be fruitful and multiply in Genesis 1, 9, and Psalm 127. Psalm 127:3 Lo, children are...

A judge in Lyon County has ordered a weekly motel to pay $2,500 in damages to a tenant the business locked out in the days following Gov. Steve Sisolak’s moratorium on evictions. The ruling, issued Wednesday in Lyon County Justice Court in favor of the tenant and against the Extended Stay Suites in Fernley, appears to be one of the first instances in which a Nevada court has enforced the order Sisolak issued on March 29. In addition to the statutory damages, the judge ordered the motel to pay $299.13 in actual damages to the tenant and immediately allow him...

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange secretly fathered two children with one of his lawyers while he was holed up at the Ecuadorean embassy in London and fighting extradition to the US, according to a report. Stella Morris, a South African-born lawyer, began a relationship with Assange, 48, in 2015, she told The Daily Mail, which broke the story of the couple’s secret romance and birth of their two sons on Saturday. Gabriel was born in 2017, said Morris, 37. Their second child, Max, was born last year. Both births were filmed with a GoPro camera and the footage sent to Assange,...

While some governors have declared that abortions are an “essential” service that must remain open during the shutdown, others have declared that abortion is a “nonessential” elective surgery. In an effort to overcome the ban on abortions in some states, Planned Parenthood is providing a “do-it-yourself” instructional video service. “In this time of pandemic it should be clear that getting an abortion is more necessary than ever,” said PP spokesperson Adora Slaughter. “Elective surgeries are procedures that can be postponed without harm. A postponed abortion, though, leads to irreversible harm. An unwanted baby will inevitably be born within a matter...

Kentucky’s largest city cannot halt a local church’s drive-in service planned for Easter, a federal judge on Saturday ruled. The ruling came as Republicans blasted Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear’s statewide plan to order people into quarantine if they attend mass gatherings, including religious ones. On Fire Christian Church had sued Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer and the city after Fischer announced drive-in style religious gatherings were not allowed on Easter.

Julie Bindel is widely known for her activism when it comes to women’s rights and gender equality. Still, when Bindel attempted through social media to push the idea of “Karen” as a form of misogyny, the internet was not having it. Many online often use “Karen” to describe white privilege. Dictionary.com defines Karen as a mocking slang term for an entitled, obnoxious middle-aged white woman. The term, which is generally featured in memes, gives the stereotype of a white woman with a blonde bob haircut who will ask to speak to retail and restaurant managers to voice complaints or make...

A photo shared widely on Facebook claims to show two healthcare workers holding signs that say “Don’t let the Democrats kill you” and “Ask for hydroxychloroquine, azithromycin and zinc!” (here, here ). This image is photoshopped.

Floyd Mayweather's daughter, Iyanna, was arrested early Saturday morning in Houston after allegedly stabbing another female at NBA YoungBoy's Houston home. She was taken to Harris County jail after being arrested at 1:30 a.m. on charges of felony aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. Days later, her mugshot surfaced on social media. "If they had been social distancing this wouldn't have happened," one individual tweeted in response to the mug shot. Others agreed with this sentiment and asked about Iyanna's disregard for self-quarantine recommendations. They felt that she should have been home trying to avoid the COVID-19 outbreak instead of...

A quick video guide on the basics of starting and driving a 1925 Ford Model T. This is exactly one step up from the horse in low tech transportation.

Today's Quotefall Puzzle features a quote by Robert Linder. Click puzzle (or click here) for full size rendition, then use your browser's print command to print puzzle. Robert Linder was a historian and Distinguished Professor of History at Kansas State University back in the 50's and 60's. Though he was liberal, his views were not much different than the conservative constitutional views of today. 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...

Dry Run: In October of 2019, Bill Gates and a group of world Elites met in New York, NY to simulate an eerily similar event to what we are experiencing today. It was called Event 201. In addition to the Gates Foundation, the cast of characters were the UN, WHO, Chinese CDV, US CDC, and the mainstream media. The goal was to simulate an escaped virus pandemic that goes around the globe starting in the Chinese Wuhan Market. What would it affect? What would it result in? How should the media react? What would they do in the aftermath? They...

Mike Adams, the Health Ranger, is a published food scientist, author of the popular science book Food Forensics, founder of ISO-accredited CWC Labs and patent holder for two U.S.-approved patents related to radioisotopes and heavy metals. He is banned on every tech platform for publishing lab results showing dangers of vaccines given to children.

As we reported yesterday, Chinese Doctor Shi Zhengli was part of a team that working on a coronavirus project jointly with US doctors in 2014 before it was shut down by the DHS for being too risky.  Dr. Shi Zhengli then moved to Wuhan, China. Today we have proof that the Wuhan Institute of Virology, where Dr. Shi worked was busy experimenting on live animals! https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/04/exclusive-dr-shi-zhengli-wuhan-institute-virology-connected-coronavirus-experimented-live-animals-proof/