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As we look at events surrounding the "COVID-19 pandemic," various questions remain unanswered. On Oct. 18th of 2019, only weeks prior to ground zero being declared in Wuhan, China, two major events took place. One is "Event 201," the other is the "Military World Games," held in none other than Wuhan. Since then a worldwide push for vaccines & biometric tracking has been initiated. At the forefront of this is Bill Gates, who has publicly stated his interest in "reducing population growth" by 10-15%, by means of vaccination. Gates, UNICEF & WHO have already been credibly accused of intentionally sterilizing...

Despite word going out that we are not allowed to talk about influenza afflictions and deaths, let’s look at that and the poor souls who died anyway. The week of April 4 was the last week for estimates of the flu season. The weekly cumulative estimates for the United States from the CDC are: 39,000,000 to 56,000,000 were afflicted with the flu; 18,000,000 to 26,000,000 flu medical visits; 410,000 to 740,000 flu hospitalizations; and 24,000 to 62,000 died of the flu.

For most players and teams, the baseball season ends basically at the end of September. Play 162 games and go home. The Yankees' season, however, is like a run-on sentence; it just keeps going. The Yankees, of course, like it that way. George Steinbrenner pays them well enough to cover the overtime, and if they win 11 games in October (and, for this year only, maybe November), they are champions. They reached the requisite number each of the past three years and four years in the past five. It was that odd year when they fell short of 11 victories...

The latest théorie du complot making its way around the Twitterverse has to do with the data modeling the government is using to track the coronavirus, including forecasts for deaths and the impact on hospitals across the country. The Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation at the University of Washington publishes models for the United States. It’s used by Drs. Anthony Fauci and Deborah Birx in conjunction with their roles in advising the president and taking part in the daily press briefings. The institute receives substantial funding from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Microsoft founder Bill Gates was out...

They concluded that “all identified outbreaks of three or more cases occurred in an indoor environment, which confirms that sharing indoor space is a major SARS-CoV-2 infection risk.” On Tuesday, leading German virologist Hendrik Streeck, director of the Institute of Virology and HIV Research at the University Bonn, said, “There is no significant risk of catching the disease when you go shopping.” He is involved in major studies for the German government and noted that “staying inside for a longer time can lead to weakening of our immune system.” He warned we must “make sure that decisions are taken based...

Vote yes or No at link (no pop ups that I know of) Do you think the extended severe restrictions to prevent the spread of COVID-19 are too extreme?Yes - too extreme: the long-term unemployment and lack of activity, and fear of others will do more harm than a more moderate or shorter period.No: long-term outlawing of most sports, recreation, many businesses is necessary to stop this deadly virus. Yes: a moderate response of wearing masks in mass transit, work and crowds instead of isolation, except for those in need of care, would be better.No: if anything, the most severe...

The judge wants answers from the government about "serious and disturbing" claims of misconduct. Loughlin's attorneys argue federal agents entrapped her and her husband, Mossimo Giannulli, and that the case should be thrown out. Loughlin's defense team also claims the prosecution withheld evidence, citing notes of consultant William "Rick" Singer they say prove the government's interference. Singer is a key witness. "During the course of their investigation of defendants, the government offered Singer the opportunity to cooperate and Singer agreed to a consensual wiretap of his phone," the judge writes. "Subsequently, he made rehearsed calls to the defendants designed to...

The Chinese Communist Party hasn’t let scientists from around the world into the Wuhan Institute of Virology, which is being probed by American officials as a possible source of the CCP virus, according to U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. “We know that they’ve not permitted the world’s scientists to go into that laboratory to evaluate what took place there, what’s happening there, what’s happening there even as we speak,” Pompeo said during an interview with radio host Hugh Hewitt. “We still have not had Western access to that facility so that we can properly evaluate what really has taken off all across the...

Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden called for “a return to the kind of big ideas approach that FDR used to revive the economy during the Great Depression. We can’t afford to wait around for the private sector to make the investments that will be needed to turn things around from the wasteland Trump has inflicted on America.” “Look at what’s happened during this pandemic,” Biden urged. “The private sector that Trump praises on a daily basis is where all the economic carnage has taken place. It’s there we find shuttered businesses and laid off employees. Compare this to the...

The Yankees maintained their pre-eminence in New York last night, finishing off the Mets in the Subway Series by rallying in the ninth inning of Game 5, and established their place among the greatest baseball dynasties by winning their third consecutive title. Luis Sojo slapped a rolling single off the Mets' starting pitcher, Al Leiter, with two outs in the top of the ninth to score Jorge Posada with the tie-breaking run, and when the throw home bounced off Posada and rolled into the Mets' dugout, Scott Brosius also scored. The Yankees won, 4-2, at Shea Stadium, finishing off a...

It's now 5:34 ET and it hasn't started yet. What we've come to expect.

(AFP) – Hundreds of people demonstrated Saturday in cities across America against coronavirus-related stay-at-home rules — with the explicit encouragement of President Donald Trump — as resentment against prolonged confinement grew. An estimated 400 people gathered under a cold rain in Concord, New Hampshire — many on foot while others remained in their cars — to send a message that extended quarantines were not necessary in a state with relatively few confirmed cases of COVID-19, an AFP photographer reported. A similar rally outside Maryland’s colonial-era statehouse in Annapolis drew around 200 protesters. And more than 250 people showed up in...

As produce sales at grocery stores surge during the coronavirus pandemic, one item is selling particularly well -- mushrooms. During the last week of March, fresh mushroom sales were up 18 percent over the same time last year, compared to an 8 percent rise in overall fresh produce sales, according to the Chicago-based data and analytics firm IRI.

A man already facing over a dozen hate crime charges is facing new hate crime accusations after allegedly trying to burn down a church Tuesday in southwest suburban Palos Hills while out on bond. Osama E. El Hannouny is charged with one felony count of arson, hate crime, criminal damage to property, five counts of battery to peace officers and violation of bond, Palos Hills police said. He is allegedly seen on video looking through the doors of Sacred Heart Church, 8245 W. 111th St., and setting several leaves on fire near a gas main and air conditioning unit, police...

President Trump and Coronavirus Task Force News Conference 04/18/20 – 5:00 (Eastern) I will be having a White House Press Conference today at 5:00 P.M. Thank you!— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 18, 2020 The White Househttps://www.whitehouse.gov/live/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izZRs7rKRUk RSBNhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rw3dgk4YJiY Diamond and Silk via RSBNhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-FOWIbt5Aw Golden State Timeshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iq9ekrLkq6I C-SPANhttps://www.c-span.org/video/?471338-1/white-house-coronavirus-task-force-briefing Because the T.V. Ratings for the White House News Conference’s are the highest, the Opposition Party (Lamestream Media), the Radical Left, Do Nothing Democrats &, of course, the few remaining RINO’S, are doing everything in their power to disparage & end them. The People’s Voice!— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 10, 2020 RSBN...

One of the saving graces amid the devastating coronavirus pandemic is that while many of us are practicing social distancing by staying at home in a wide effort to lessen the spread of the novel illness, it has also allowed us to spend much-needed time with our families and reach out to those we maybe haven’t spoken to in a long time. Such was the case for “Growing Pains” star Kirk Cameron and his sister, fellow actress Candace Cameron Bure, who banded together to bring a benefit concert to Facebook that will see the likes of Gloria Gaynor, Mercy Me,...

Medal of Honor recipient Bennie Adkins of Alabama has succumbed to the coronavirus after a long battle. The Vietnam War hero was 86 when he died Friday. “We are deeply saddened to notify you that after a courageous battle with COVID-19, Command Sergeant Major Bennie G. Adkins departed this life today, with beloved family at his bedside,” according to the foundation that bears his name. Adkins had been hospitalized in critical condition at East Alabama Medical Center after being diagnosed with COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus, in late March, according to the Birmingham News. He spent 20 years...

The legend says that vanilla was introduced to Europe by Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés, who had seen the Aztec Emperor Montezuma drink his xocolatl (sort of a chocolate drink) with a bit of vanilla. The Mesoamerican flavoring gained massively in popularity in the 19th century, when botanists found a way to hand-pollinate it, which allowed for it to be grown around the world. Today, the vast majority of vanilla (some 60%-80%) comes from the African island of Madagascar, and it is the second most expensive spice (only behind saffron) in the world, mostly because it’s difficult to produce. However, at...

REMEMBER: WHO leader, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, fomented a global panic when he claimed the COVID-19 had a 3.4% mortality rate and then compared that number to the annual estimated seasonal flu mortality rate of 0.1%. A report by Justin Silverman and Alex Washberne on COVID-19 and featured in The Economist earlier this week found that the coronvirus is widespread in the US. The authors argue that 28 million Americans have or have had the coronavirus. If this study is accurate then the mortality rate of the coronavirus is 0.1%.

ISIS fighters discovered an ancient Assyrian palace under the ruins of Mosul, but unfortunately, they looted and sold off the tantalising treasures they discovered.Professor Peter Miglus, the archaeologist who has led work at the site, said that gold kept by Sennacherib may have been discovered by ISIS. He said: “We can presume many very valuable objects must now be on the black market." The archaeologists found gold objects littered within the tunnels that were discarded by ISIS. Gold from ancient Egypt, such as a gold scarab ring and a small sceptre with the ankh, the pharaonic symbol that represents...