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Democrats Dedicated To Proving America’s Best Years Are Behind Us: Case File #548,391:In case you’re wondering why the Senate adjourned yesterday without approving additional funds for small business loans: Pelosi and Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer say they favor more money for small businesses but also want more coronavirus response funds for state and local governments and hospitals, as well as food assistance for the poor. [etc. etc. etc.] As the saying goes, “it ain’t rocket science.”In other news: Is it just me or does it seem like everyone needs a haircut these days? And some of us could really,...

Anthony Fauci, the top US infectious diseases expert, has warned that baseless “conspiracy theories” are swirling around the coronavirus crisis following claims that America’s official death toll from Covid-19 has been overstated. Fauci, who has been director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases since 1984, said he had seen unfounded conjecture attach itself to previous crises and dismissed the emerging idea, largely promoted by high-profile figures in rightwing media, that the US’s Covid-19 death toll is being inflated by unrelated medical conditions. “There is absolutely no evidence that that’s the case at all,” Fauci told NBC on...

The Biden campaign has committed one of the biggest blunders since Michael Dukakis rode in that tank. No, I don’t mean running with dementia in the first place: rather it is the “Team Joe” avatar where you can upload your own photo and slogan for the campaign. People are having lots of fun with this. We’re only including a few here. I am sure someone—maybe even Joe in his few lucid moments—is wondering whose dumb idea this was. Either that or it is genius, as it provides an alternative to the coronavirus for diverting amusement under martial law. And there...

Like many people of faith, Virginia governor Ralph Northam spent last weekend bearing witness to his convictions. On Good Friday, he signed the Reproductive Health Protection Act (RHPA) into law, which, among other things, waived the 24-hour waiting period, pro-adoption counseling, and mandatory ultrasound that had been previously required for women seeking abortions. On Holy Saturday, Northam signed the Virginia Values Act, a bill recognizing sexual orientation and gender identity as protected categories under Virginia’s anti-discrimination law. As has happened in other states with similar laws, the bill imperils the conscience rights of people of faith, as well as those...

VIDEO It was like a MIRACLE! Last month Senator Amy Klobuchar's husband caught a severe illness that seems to be in the news. He went into the hospital and despite being severely sick, he walked out five days later perfectly healthy. So what treatment did he use? Many people are asking that question but for some mysterious reason, Senator Klobuchar won't reveal the answer. An oatmeal cookie for the first REAL reporter brave enough to ask her that question directly whose truthful answer could halt her political advancement.

Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation's top expert on infectious disease, on Friday, rejected a conspiracy theory that the novel coronavirus escaped a Chinese lab. "A group of highly-qualified evolutionary virologists looked at the sequences in bats as they evolve. The mutations that it took to get to the point where it is now is totally consistent with a jump of a species from an animal to a human," Fauci said at the daily White House press briefing in response to a question from a reporter on the theory, which has been pushed by President Donald Trump's allies in recent days....

White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows Nobody said the job was easy. Former North Carolina Congressman Mark Meadows, just weeks on the job as President Trump’s chief of staff, has already been brought to tears at work on several occasions, according to a report in the New York Times. The waterworks took place at least twice during meetings with White House staff and in at least one case was witnessed by Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner. The burst of emotions resulted from meetings discussing internal staffing changes. Though he was long known for an emotional style in Congress, reps for...

Unfounded speculation, mystery and online rumour making, this isn’t a true crime series -- it’s people’s attempts to figure out the origins of COVID-19. Theories circulating online is that the virus keeping most of the world in isolation was created in a lab in Wuhan, China, where the first cases of COVID-19 was recorded. Debate has increased in recent days: the Washington Post reported leaked intelligence cables in 2018 raised safety concerns of the lab in question; and US President Donald Trump was asked about the rumour following a Fox News story containing unverified claims the virus was created in...

Pelosi showed off her kitchen during an appearance on a late-night comedy show, while Americans form food lines across the country. Pelosi appeared on Monday’s episode of “The Late Late Show” with James Corden, where she slammed President Donald Trump’s handling of COVID-19 and then showed off her ice cream collection. During her interview with host James Corden, Pelosi attempts to show the rest of country that she’s getting through quarantine the way we all are: with a giant freezer full of expensive ice cream. In fact, as Trump campaign rapid response director Steve Guest noted, the speaker is “eating...

President Trump asked if he plans to resume rallies in states that open up from the Coronavirus Crisis. He hopes to, but it will depend on how things progress. I would say Trump will go to some of the wide-open states, like West Virginia to start with. Also Montana, Wyoming etc. Of course, get ready for the Democrats and their minions in the Media to howl if Trump has any rallies between now and November. . . .

COVID-19 has us all thinking about public health, but looking back, there have been many pandemics before, and we persist in spite of them. As of April 15, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) has reported 605,390 cases of COVID-19 in the United States. These have occurred across all 50 states and have resulted in 24,582 deaths. We are all feeling the effects of the pandemic. Schools are closed, businesses have shut their doors, and nobody knows what’s coming next. While COVID-19 is one of the largest pandemics of the 21st century, you might be wondering how it stacks up...

For months now, it has been clear that Biden family corruption will be a campaign issue. The impeachment focused attention on ties between the vice president’s son, Hunter, and the corrupt Ukrainian oil and gas giant Burisma. But Hunter had equally close, equally profitable ties to Chinese state-owned banks. Those connections were formed when Joe Biden was leading the Obama administration’s policies toward both China and Ukraine. Cozy, profitable, and possibly corrupt connections with the Chinese government are the last thing Americans want to hear about their politicians right now. Those voters are closeted at home, worried about their future,...

Bill Gates may have legally separated himself from Microsoft, but since both entities are engaged in exactly the same mission, a separation of purpose certainly has not taken place. While Bill Gates has been pounding the pavement, telling people that a global vaccine for everyone on earth will take place within 18 months, his old company Microsoft has created a device that interacts with the pulse, temperature and brain waves of the human body in order to engage in the buying and selling of cryptocurrency. Now let’s see, where else have I seen that talked about before? Oh, right, here...

“When the wicked cometh, then cometh also contempt, and with ignominy reproach . . . It is not good to accept the person of the wicked, to overthrow the righteous in judgment” (Proverbs 18:3, 5).

More than 1500 years ago, rabbis discussed many signs that would precede the coming of the Messiah and the inauguration of the messianic era. Last week, Jewish activist and founder of the Israel Dog Unit Yekutiel Ben Yaakov (Mike Guzofsky) delivered a talk in which he connected many of these ancient signs to current events. 1 Young will shame the old 2 The passing of Biblical scholars 3 Costly sustenance 4 Sudden Poverty 5 No government in Jerusalem 6 The face of a dog 7 Waves of trouble 8 Haste 9 Forgetting the Bible 10 When God exacts revenge

" We may or may not have flattened the curve," Fox News's Brit Hume said recently, "but we've certainly flattened the economy." With that, Hume captured the fundamental dilemma of the nation's response to the coronavirus crisis. The methods federal and state officials chose to reduce the spread of infection — stay-at-home orders, closing "nonessential" businesses, limiting the size of gatherings — have involved enormous damage to the economy. After a period of early optimism in which some believed the disease could be conquered and then — presto! — the economy quickly turned back on, a more sobering reality has...

Screenshot from C-Span video, cropped and scaled by Dean Weingarten David Chipman is a former ATF agent. He found a new gig as a spokesman for those who want the population disarmed. David Chipman's latest attempt at scaring Americans away from exercising their Second Amendment rights seems rather ham-handed. From cheddar.com: David Chipman, Senior Policy Advisor at the Giffords organization said hopelessness, anxiety and fear might cause people to try to use firearms to control some aspect of their lives as they are inundated with concerning news about COVID-19, “but there are risks to that choice.”“They might think that they’re...

‘Gretchen Whitmer Is A Ghoul’: Tucker Wonders Why ‘People Rotting In Wheelchairs’ Is Allowed But Abortion Is ‘Essential’ “We’ve all been told we must sacrifice for the sake of the country, but is there a good reason these people are suffering?” the Fox News host said before questioning the logic of banning surgeries like joint replacements that can keep people from being immobilized. “People don’t get joint replacements lightly,” he said. “Every joint replacement is essential by definition. This isn’t Botox. When joints go bad, bone grinds on bone. People can’t walk. They wind up in wheelchairs, which frequently leads...

Adding a city the size of Philadelphia in just one year hardly means we are on the cusp of a decline in population, as The New York Times article suggests. A recent news article by Sabrina Tavernise in The New York Times warned U.S. population growth has slowed so much that the Wuhan virus might tip the country into population decline this year. It is the latest in a string of articles, editorials, and columns recently that mislead the public about the nation’s demographic future. Like other writers, Tavernise anchors her warnings by pointing out that the rate of U.S....

The Weekly Gardening Thread is a weekly gathering of folks that love soil, seeds and plants of all kinds. From complete newbies that are looking to start that first potted plant, to gardeners with some acreage, to Master Gardener level and beyond, we would love to hear from you. If you have specific question about a plant/problem you are having, please remember to state the Growing Zone where you are located. This thread is non-political respite. No matter what, you won’t be flamed, and the only dumb question is the one that isn’t asked. It is impossible to hijack the...