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How else would one interpret his presumptuous proclamation at his latest press conference? What in hell (no pun intended) would prompt NY Gov. Andrew Cuomo to exclaim, in a most haughty manner, that in regard to "flattening the curve" (man, do I despise that term) "We brought the numbers down. God did not do that, faith did not do that..."? I mean, I realize that he ranks very high (top three by my calculations) on the list of America's most narcissistic public figures, but this is the next level arrogance.  If you think that this is even too much...

Ammar Campa-Najjar now bills himself the “most conservative” candidate in California House race. Ammar Campa-Najjar is running for Congress in California’s 50th District and outpacing his Democrat rivals in fundraising. As the California Globe notes, Campa-Najjar received $1.972 million in the first quarter, while Democrats Alex Balkin and Marisa Calderon raised only a combined $150,000. Campa Najjar’s out-of-state funding of $462,816 nearly triples opponent Darrell Issa’s $167,730. The money gap is hardly the only unusual feature of the campaign. In his 2018 race against Duncan Hunter, Campa-Najjar billed himself as a progressive “Latino Arab-American.” In a January interview with the...

Crew members from Ellen DeGeneres’ long-running daytime talk show are distressed and outraged over their treatment from top producers amid the coronavirus pandemic, numerous insiders affiliated with the series told Variety. The core stage crew for “The Ellen DeGeneres Show,” consisting of more than 30 employees, received no written communication about the status of their working hours, pay, or inquiries about their mental and physical health from producers for over a month, said two sources, both of whom spoke on the condition of anonymity. Higher-ups in production would occasionally answer phone calls but reveal little, added one of the...

The country I thought I knew is distorted beyond all recognition. “Get your bloody heads up! Get your heads up! Hopkins, you have a face that could melt glass, but I still want to see it – get your head up now!” The Academy Sergeant Major at Sandhurst drilled this into us pretty hard. As the military knows well, if heads drop bodies do too, so they demand you keep your head up so the men you are leading will look to you and know it will be OK, that you have your eyes on the horizon. But right now...

A little silver-haired lady calls her neighbor and says, "Please come over here and help me. I have a killer jigsaw puzzle, and I can't figure out how to get started." Her neighbor asks, "What is it supposed to be when it's finished?" The little silver haired lady says, "According to the picture on the box, it's a rooster." Her neighbor decides to go over and help with the puzzle. She lets him in and shows him where she has the puzzle spread all over the table. He studies the pieces for a moment, then looks at the box, then...

The American coronavirus vaccine’s Phase 1 clinical trials are bogged down. They began on March 3 and are not scheduled to end until June 1, 2021.Why fifteen months for the first American vaccine’s clinical trials? The reason is simple. Dr. Anthony Fauci, the director of NIAID (National Institute of Allergy and Infections Diseases), is conducting them in Fauci Time.  (Fauci is also conducting the clinical trials to see if Remdesivir is effective against COVID-19 in Fauci Time – those trials are not scheduled to end until April 1, 2023.) Normally, during a health emergency, the U.S. gets out a...

The types of financial shocks hospitals currently face illustrate the problems inherent in Democrats’ proposed expansions of government-run health care. The coronavirus pandemic has inflicted such vast damage on the American economy that one damaged sector has gone relatively unnoticed. Despite incurring a massive influx of new patients, the hospital industry faces what one executive called a “seismic financial shock” from the virus. The types of shocks hospitals currently face also illustrate the problems inherent in Democrats’ proposed expansions of government-run health care. Likewise, the pay and benefit cuts and furloughs that some hospitals have enacted in response to these...

Military pensions are important, and it's natural that the agencies investing them would want to get them the best possible returns. But a new report from John Solomon's JustTheNews site suggests that something a little disturbing is going on: U.S. military and other federal pensions are apparently going to be invested Chinese entities if a new investment setup goes through. Christine Dolan of JustTheNews writes: In November 2017, FRTIB Chairman Michael Kennedy, who is Managing Director of Korn/Ferry International, and his board decided to change $50 billion in U.S. government retirement funds to a new global investment index known...

Covid County Map Dated: 04/16/20 The data for this map was pulled from: https://github.com/CSSEGISandData/COVID-19/tree/master/csse_covid_19_data/csse_covid_19_daily_reports I am validating data by comparing it with other sources: https://covidtracking.com/data/ https://infection2020.com/ https://coronavirus.1point3acres.com/en as well as various state .gov websites No claims of the use or accuracy of these maps is implied. Other parties may use these maps as their own.

“He that begetteth a fool doeth it to his sorrow: and the father of a fool hath no joy. A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones” (Proverbs 17:21-22).

MSNBC anchor Stephanie Ruhle suggested earlier this week that former Vice President and likely Democratic nominee in the 2020 race Joe Biden form “a shadow government” to counter President Donald Trump’s daily briefing on the White House’s response to the coronavirus pandemic.“Do they (the Biden campaign) need to do it in a bigger way? What did you just call it ‘the President’s daily clown show’? That’s his press briefing? Should Joe Biden be counter programming that? Should he be creating his own shadow government, shadow cabinet, shadow SWAT team? And gearing up there at a podium every night saying here’s...

More than 100 people protested Wednesday in downtown Sonora against health orders that are keeping small businesses closed in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic that has so far sickened three people in Tuolumne County. Some held signs stating “Honk if You’re Healthy” and “More Data Less Fear” and “Man Cannot Live on Walmart Alone” while they walked up and down Washington Street. As many as 75 people gathered in Courthouse Square between 12 p.m. and 1 p.m., raising concerns from other Sonora and Tuolumne County residents who opposed the protest, saying it endangered the entire community to congregate in...

While public officials continue to be browbeaten by public cries to “shut everything down,” driven by a relentless media in hyperdrive to cover every step of this “COVID-19 crisis,” more and more Americans are waking up to the notion that the current “crisis” might not quite fit current facts. Part of the skepticism derives from the fact that national policy and practice seems to have taken the Tesla Roadster approach of 0-60 in 1.9 seconds. February 29th: President Trump called his first press conference regarding COVID-19. Here, Anthony Fauci said, “the country as a whole still remains at a low...

On the pernicious legacy of Vladimir Lenin.Editors’ note: The following is an edited version of remarks delivered at The New Criterion’s inaugural Circle Lecture on September 25, 2019.Lenin was more severe.—Vyacheslav Molotov, the only senior official to work for both Lenin and Stalin, when asked to compare them. Lenin “in general” loved people but . . . his love looked far ahead, through the mists of hatred.—Maxim Gorky When we are reproached with cruelty, we wonder how people can forget the most elementary Marxism.—Lenin Beyond DoctrineAn old Soviet joke poses the question: What was the most important world-historical event of...

ROME — Both China and Taiwan have donated masks and medical supplies to the Vatican in recent days but while the Vatican thanked China publicly it has kept silent over Taiwan’s generosity. As Breitbart News reported, on April 9 the Vatican issued a glowing public statement thanking the People’s Republic of China for donations of medical supplies to combat the spread of the coronavirus, calling the gesture a sign of China’s “solidarity” with the Holy See. (snip) On April 14, Taiwan’s Embassy to the Holy See released a statement announcing they had donated 280,000 medical masks to the Vatican, the...

Selina Meyer might not have faith in Americans, but the woman who plays her, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, absolutely does. “The American people are go-getters,” she says in the new issue of PEOPLE. “When there’s a problem, they roll up their sleeves.” The star, 59, who is isolating in California with husband Brad Hall, 62, and sons Henry, 28, and Charlie, 23, has been watching the coverage and witnessing the determination shown by people as they power through the coronavirus pandemic. It’s one of the reasons she believes climate change can also be overcome. For example, she cites, simple changes make a...

Merriam-Webster Definition of life-sustaining: helping someone or something to stay alive: supporting or extending life Michigan’s Governor Whitmer, explaining why abortions are deemed essential under her house arrest rules but hip/knee replacements are not: “You know, we stopped elective surgeries here in Michigan, and some people have tried to say that that type of a procedure is considered the same, and that’s ridiculous,” Whitmer responded. “You know, a woman’s health care, her whole future, her ability to decide if and when she starts a family is not an election, it is a fundamental to her life.” Whitmer continued, “It...

Yep. This pretty much sums it up. The “Secretary of Health” in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is a literal madman, a person who just a few short decades ago would have been locked up in a mental hospital for his own protection. This is no exaggeration. This madman, Dr. Richard Levine, is a notorious sex pervert, who has now mutilated his body and wears women’s clothing. In the press he is referred to as “Rachel Levine”. THIS MADMAN IS HOLDING THE CITIZENS OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA UNDER HOUSE ARREST AND HAS SUSPENDED ALL RIGHTS UNDER THE CONSTITUTION BY HIS...

It is untenable to lock down much of the country until a proven-safe vaccine is available in a year or more. Thus, we need to adapt and prepare for life in the time of coronavirus. By the time we get back to normal, normal will be different. The Chinese coronavirus is a once in a generation plague, perhaps once in a century. Humanity is better equipped to respond to it than at any time in history, but there is still no easy way through this pestilence. A time of death and economic hardship was inevitable once the Chinese communists tried...

Pray For the Peace of Jerusalem (Music in The Bible) Hebrew Worship Words Tehillah Psalm 34:1I will extol the Lord at all times;     his praise will always be on my lips. Psalm 40:3 He put a new song in my mouth,     a hymn of praise to our God. Many will see and fear the Lord     and put their trust in him. Psalm 149:1 Praise the Lord.[a] Sing to the Lord a new song,     his praise in the assembly of his faithful people. New International Version (NIV)(End of Scripture Passage) . The plural of this word for praise "Tehillim", is...