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Melinda Gates said in an interview with BBC Radio this past week that she and her husband, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, had been storing food in their basements for years in anticipation of a pandemic or other disaster. "A number of years ago, we had talked about, you know, what if there wasn't clean water? What if there wasn't enough food? Where might we go? What might we do as a family?" she said. "So I think we should leave those preparations to ourselves. But absolutely we had prepared and had, you know, some food in the basement in case."

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio told New Yorkers Saturday that they can snap smartphone photos of social distancing violations and text them to authorities and “enforcement will come” as the coronavirus shutdown remains in place across the Big Apple. “Now it is easier than ever,” he said in a video posted to his official Twitter account. “When you see a crowd, when you see a line that’s not distanced, when you see a supermarket that’s too crowded — anything — you can report it right away so we can get help there to fix the problem.” […] How...

I lost my beloved Maine Coon girl Bijou quite suddenly April 4. After a perfectly normal day, she curled up next to me on my couch that Friday night for a cat nap. A bit after midnight, I got up to retire for the evening, very carefully, so as not to disturb her. I came looking for her at 8:30 a.m. Saturday morning, as it was uncharacteristic for her not to wake me up to feed her. I found her in the exact same position on the couch as I'd left her. I knew from 10 feet away that she...

A new health order in Contra Costa County requires anyone working at or visiting an essential business, such as a grocery store or gas station, to wear face coverings to help reduce the spread of COVID-19. The order, effective Wednesday, April 22, also requires public transit and government workers to wear masks when they come close to others, or where the public is likely to be present. Members of the public must mask when they: work at an essential business are inside an essential business, such as a grocery store visit a healthcare provider or facility wait in line for...

A California mayor who recently said he would resign over social media posts comparing Trump supporters to members of the Ku Klux Klan was killed in a plane crash Saturday, according to a report. Auburn Mayor Bill Kirby was identified as the person killed when a small plane went down near Auburn Airport just after 11 a.m. local time, FOX 40 Sacramento reported. The other person on the plane apparently survived but there was no immediate information about that person’s identity or medical condition. Kirby, who was also a physician, took heat from Auburn residents earlier this week during a...

Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders, who is threatening to defeat Joe Biden in the 2020 Democratic primary, has been offered an exorbitant advance in a book deal that puts to shame the meager $575,000 vacation home he had bought after conceding to Hillary Clinton in 2016, sources say. Tentatively titled Das Krapital, the book is going to be a compilation of inspiring speeches that candidate Sanders had delivered in 2016 when he ran against Clinton, and then in 2020 while running against Biden. Senator Sanders's speeches have been, in turn, inspired by quotes from the classics of Marxism-Leninism that had shaped...

here we go again....same as last Sunday..

EXCLUSIVE: The U.S. is conducting a full-scale investigation into whether the novel coronavirus, which went on to morph into a global pandemic that has brought the global economy to its knees, escaped from a lab in Wuhan, China, Fox News has learned. Intelligence operatives are said to be gathering information about the laboratory and the initial outbreak of the virus. Intelligence analysts are piecing together a timeline of what the government knew and “creating an accurate picture of what happened,” the sources said. Once that investigation is complete -- something that is expected to happen in the near-term -- the...

April 19 2020 Second Sunday of Easter, Divine Mercy Sunday Reading 1 Acts 2:42-47 They devoted themselves to the teaching of the apostles and to the communal life, to the breaking of bread and to the prayers. Awe came upon everyone, and many wonders and signs were done through the apostles. All who believed were together and had all things in common; they would sell their property and possessions and divide them among all according to each one’s need. Every day they devoted themselves to meeting together in the temple area and to breaking bread in their homes. They...

The "Definitive" movie channel. Watched Cool Hand Luke the other day and True Grit today.

We are whipping our enemy right now! Then we are going to come back bigger and greater than ever before! We will be celebrating soon! Do not listen to traitors and try to discourage us otherwise. They are attempting to destroy our morale!

Under the umbrella of "Things You Run Across on YouTube"... Tony Clifton in a one-off 30min. pilot as Judge Clifton. This curio is shrouded in mystery but here it is for your amusement: https://youtu.be/5ueiKIb74KE

Think you want to fall in love with a princess? On this date in 1314, the French crown dissuaded the fantasy by butchering two Norman knights who had sheathed their swords where they oughtn’t. In the Tour de Nesle affair (English Wikipedia page French), French princess Isabella — then Queen of England, where she is known as Isabella of France or any number of less-flattering sobriquets — noticed that some purses she had once given her brothers’ wives as gifts were being sported by a couple of (evidently metrosexual) dudes in the court. Let their fate be a warning against...

Exclusive: Jack Cashill chronicles journalists' 'widespread suppression' of information Although the media are perversely keen on documenting every death from coronavirus, they are equally keen on shutting down all inquiry into the death of young DNC data analyst Seth Rich, murdered by unknown assailants in Washington, D.C., on July 10, 2016. As recent events have revealed, the FBI apparently shares the media's disinclination to explore the cause of this one untimely death. The Gateway Pundit reports "that the former Assistant U.S. Attorney related to the case admitted that Rich's computer was inspected by the FBI and that there would be...

President Donald Trump suggested on Saturday that he would re-evaluate the United States’s relationship with China after the outbreak of the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus, commonly known as novel coronavirus. “Our relationship with China was good until they did this. Look, we just made a trade deal with China to buy $250 billion a year our products, $40 to $50 billion from the farmers. Then all of a sudden you heard about this,” he told the press during a White House Coronavirus Task Force briefing. “The question was asked: Would you be angry at China? The answer might be...

China and Iran have both reported a tiny number of coronavirus cases compared to other affected nations, and on Saturday President Trump asked if anyone actually believes the rosy situations both those dictatorships are describing. "You see what's going on over there," Trump said about the outbreak in Iran, gesturing at a bar graph showing different countries' affected populations. "Does anyone believe [Iran's] number? Does anyone believe [China's] number?" "We saw more bags on television than that," he added. Dr. Deborah Birx, who is on Trump's coronavirus task force, said she placed China on the graph to show how its...

FINALLY, Virginia went live with its link/site where those who are self employed or gig workers or 1099 filers can apply for Pandemic Unemployment assistance. You will first need to appy traditionally, you will then about a week later get one letter giving you a pin number and a second letter saying you have been DENIED unemployment. At that point you can click on the link and file for the $600/week- very very easy.

The coronavirus pandemic, which began in China and has sickened over 2 million people globally, is threatening to derail one of the country’s most ambitious projects yet — the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) — dealing a major blow to Beijing’s aspirations to become a great power. The outbreak that has claimed more than 140,000 lives worldwide is prompting delays and disruptions at BRI projects which rely heavily on Chinese labor and supplies, as lockdowns and other sweeping measures to contain the virus prevent workers and supplies from reaching building sites. Projects worth billions have been hit in Indonesia, Cambodia,...

Here's a couple of kittens, one of whom likes ice. Video, 4 minutes & 19 seconds.

Recently, and not for the first time, the comedian’s public persona has appeared to be at odds with her private actionsEllen wants everyone to ‘be kind’ – maybe she should rethink what that means “Be kind” Ellen DeGeneres says at the end of every episode of her eponymous show. There’s a BE KIND Ellen hat. A BE KIND wine tote. A BE KIND subscription box. There are even BE KIND face masks – so you can try killing the coronavirus with kindness. Shockingly, it seems that DeGeneres might not always practice what she preaches: crew members on her talkshow are...