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WASHINGTON - By the time President Donald Trump first spoke publicly about the coronavirus, it may already have been too late. Interviewed at Davos, a gathering of global elites in the Swiss Alps, the president on Jan. 22 played down the threat posed by the respiratory virus from China, which had just reached American shores in the form of a solitary patient in Washington state. “We have it totally under control,” Trump said on CNBC. “It’s one person coming in from China, and we have it under control. It’s going to be just fine.” In the 11 weeks since that...

The Army of Northern Virginia passes into the History of our Country. From an account by General Joshua Chamberlain "The arrangement of the soldiery was as follows: The Third Brigade on one side of the street in line of battle; the Second, known as Gregory's, in the rear, and across the street, facing the Third; the First Brigade also in line of battle. "Having thus formed, the brigades standing at 'order arms,' the head of the Confederate column, General Gordon in command, and the old 'Stonewall' Jackson Brigade leading, started down into the valley which lay between us, and approached...

The Burning Man 2020 festival has been canceled -- the latest large-scale event to fall victim to the coronavirus pandemic. Organizers of the Burning Man Project, the group that brings the annual arts and music festival to northern Nevada's Black Rock Desert, made the announcement on its website and social media accounts. The week-long event was scheduled for Aug. 30 through Sept. 7. It will now move online only, organizers said.

It’s just the flu, bro. Happy Easter! Something different today - a video of a confrontation between a jogger and police on a Corona- restricted California beach. Apologies to those who don’t have twitter - you can read the spoiler below. Turn the SOUND ON. https://twitter.com/iamisjp/status/1248697625991397376?s=12 : : : SPOILER The slow jogger is approached by police to the tune of the pink panther. The jogger, not wanting to get arrested, sprints away from police to the tune of Rocky. Is this jogger the Flubros’ Rosa Parks? Our Tienmneman Square guy who stood in front of a tank? Maybe I...

LEWES, Del.- The Lewes Police Department is using new technology in this new normal. The police department has a drone that flies over bike trails and the beach. If it sees people walking too close, it broadcasts a message reminding them of the state of emergency and social distancing guidelines.[snip]

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, a name frequently floated as a potential running mate for presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden, has extended her stay-at-home order in response to the coronavirus pandemic to include a ban on individuals traveling between two residences. Starting Saturday, Michigan residents will no longer be permitted to visit friends or relatives or their second homes or vacation rentals inside the state, with few exceptions such as caring for a relative, an elderly friend or pet, visiting a nursing home, attending a funeral with no more than 10 people, or complying with a court order related to...

The incident happened late in the evening when the hiker encountered a sow with a cub at close range according to Fish Wildlife and Parks. The hiker shot the grizzly with a pistol after it attacked and bit him in the thigh. After the injured bear moved off, the hiker walked back to his house in Dupuyer. FWP says the grizzly’s behavior indicated it attacked to protect her cub from a perceived threat posed by the hiker. The injured grizzly was found the next morning and euthanized by FWP personnel.

Our gospel tune today, appropriately, is Easter Morning by Gene Autry (1954). THE WESTERNER https://thewesterner.blogspot.com/

Democrat governors and mayors are starting to become drunk on power. – In Kentucky, the Democrat governor has police recording the license plate numbers of church parishioners and issuing them $500 tickets for being parked in the church parking lot. In Philadelphia, the Democrat governor has police arrest a man for attempting to board an empty subway car without his mask on. In California, the Democrat governor has police arresting a lone Santa Monica man on an empty beach for the crime of attempting to swim in the ocean. In New York City, the Democrat Mayor not only orders churches...

THIS is the sinister truth behind Wuhan's research labs - Wuhan Institute of Virology and the Wuhan Centre for Disease Control - which created man-made coronaviruses and where scientists were sprayed with bad blood. Last week, it emerged that the British government is "no longer discounting" theories Covid-19 was leaked from a laboratory in China - and the killer bug's former epicentre has two obvious candidates. https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/11340023/wuhan-labs-coronavirus-outbreak/

Mr. President, I'm one of your biggest supporters. Few have worked harder or longer to elect, support and reelect you. Every day I praise you in speaking to my large and growing audience on national radio and TV, and through my nationally syndicated newspaper column. My audience loves and supports you. We have your back! Do you know who doesn't have your back? The Ivy League eggheads; the Washington, D.C., swamp-dwelling politicians and bureaucrats; and the deep-state doctors surrounding you. No one elected Dr. Anthony Fauci president. No one elected Dr. Deborah Birx, Surgeon General Jerome Adams or hapless...

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A Chinese scientist who is the one of the world's leading experts on coronaviruses was 'muzzled' after unravelling the genetic composition of the new disease, which is crucial for developing diagnostic tests and vaccines. The revelation will fuel fresh concerns over China's cover-up of the pandemic after it erupted in the city of Wuhan. Critics argue that Communist Party chiefs frustrated efforts to contain the outbreak before it exploded around the world. At the centre of the new claims is Shi Zhengli, known as China's 'Bat Woman' after years spent on difficult virus-hunting expeditions in dank caves that have led...

Happy Easter - He has Risen! What are your Easter Plans Today? My Best Wishes to All! Today I am going to watch services both local and distant. I will be meeting via Computer Video with a client with emergent issues I will be talking to all my beloved family, the two children and my brother. I will be spending time via computer link with a good friend. and I will spend time here with you. Sometimes it is amazing to me that I have been here 22 years and have no real connections here. Says a lot about me....

The Talk Shows Easter Sunday, April 12th, 2020 Guests to be interviewed today on major television talk shows: FOX NEWS SUNDAY (Fox Network): Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser; Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban; Dr. Tom Inglesby, director of the Center for Health Security of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Panel: Ari Fleischer, Gillian Turner and Juan Williams.MEET THE PRESS (NBC): Stephen Hahn, Food and Drug Administration commissioner; Dr. David Nabarro, special envoy to the World Health Organization. Panel: Yamiche Alcindor, Lanhee Chen, Jon Meacham and Kristen Welker. FACE THE NATION (CBS): Gov. Phil Murphy, D-N.J.; Chicago Mayor...

In 2004, deep in the wilderness of China’s Yunnan province, a group of scientists from the Wuhan Institute of Virology discovered a cave full of wild bats carrying hundreds of SARS-related viruses. Their work, published in a draft paper in 2005, unearthed the link between SARS (severe acute respiratory syndrome) and bats for the first time. Now the virologist who led that study, Shi Zhengli, has revealed one of the strains found in that cave — the exact location of which is a closely guarded secret — is almost identical to the 2019-nCoV coronavirus which has so far killed at least...

Over the course of the last few days, a number of people have reached out to me to say: “If ever there was a time for people to read about your little story and vision regarding the Resurrection of Jesus Christ, it is now.” The story to which they are referring is titled: The Forty Days – A Vision of Christ’s Lost Weeks. I feel it important to stress that I did not take a dime for the book and believe the only thing you do with a spiritual project such as this, is help charities in need. For me,...

A day after the Tennessee Democratic Party voted to remove Memphis Rep. John DeBerry from the party's Aug. 6 primary ballot, the legislator hit back at the party, saying it no longer valued a diversity of ideas. “The so-called party of inclusion is everything but inclusive. It’s all about thinking with one brain, marching in step and following the company line, sitting there like a brainless idiot and letting them tell you what to do,” he said in an interview Thursday morning. In recent years, DeBerry, who represents District 90 - a gerrymandered district that weaves from north of Interstate...

As the world battles against the coronavirus, humanity is still sharing hope this Easter season. With egg hunts cancelled and large family gatherings postponed, people are finding new ways to celebrate this year, from delivering flowers to their neighbors to surprising children with visits from a social-distancing Easter Bunny. In their efforts, they reveal a piece of the true Easter story – that of God’s unconditional love. Here are five stories of the kindness that others are exemplifying worldwide this Easter, as reported by local and national media:1. Pennsylvania Homeless Shelter Offers To-Go Easter DinnersBethesda Mission in Harrisburg hosts a...

PING LIST Some of you have asked to be placed on the COVID-19 Update Ping List. Those who give me a request, will be placed on the list before the next Update is posted. If a person has expressed an appreciation for the data I'm presenting, I may add that person to the Ping List. Some folks don't like to be on ping lists, and I won't mind if you would rather I remove your name from the list. COVID-19 Update As of 04/11/2020 20:48 PDST (taken at 23:59) Good morning everyone. Thank you for stopping by to check out...