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Colleges across the country are trying to decide whether they can reopen campus for the fall, and how long they can put off a final decision. Schools are mapping out different scenarios, depending on the seriousness of the coronavirus pandemic in the fall. Boston University, for example, has said that if the virus is still raging, it may not return to face-to-face instruction until January 2021. Another scenario projects some students on campus in the fall, and others taking classes remotely. “We need to do the planning so whatever comes we’re ready, so parents have a level of confidence students...

It may not have been her words, but Katie Couric quote tweeting a Charles Blow op-ed saying how airing President Trump’s Wuhan coronavirus pressers is journalistic malpractice is quite something. First, Blow hates Trump. Second, every registered Democrat that’s a member of the media—all of them—hates these pressers now because they’ve helped the president in the polls. They thought trashing the market would do the trick. It didn’t. The Dow is slowly recovering and the president’s response to this Wuhan coronavirus outbreak has been proactive and aggressive. Highlighting the negative has become some odd fetish by members of the media,...

“He that soweth iniquity shall reap vanity: and the rod of his anger shall fail . . . Cast out the scorner, and contention shall go out; yea, strife and reproach shall cease. He that loveth pureness of heart, for the grace of his lips the king shall be his friend” (Proverbs 22:8, 10-11).

With three conservatives and three liberals signing on to the originalist ruling in Ramos v. Louisiana, we see more evidence that the 'living Constitution' school of thought is in decline. The Supreme Court ruled Monday that for defendants to be convicted of crimes, juries must decide their guilt unanimously, not by a simple majority or any other fraction. If that seems obvious, it may be because in the federal judiciary and the courts of 48 states, this is already the law and has been for a long time. Oregon and Louisiana were, until this week, the only outliers. In applying...

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Exxon Mobil Corp (XOM.N) kicked off construction on Wednesday of its $10 billion petrochemical complex in south Chinese city Huizhou, state news agency Xinhua reported. The complex, which consists of a 1.6 million tonnes per year ethylene facility, is one of the few mega petrochemical projects in China wholly owned by a foreign investor.

I have instructed the United States Navy to shoot down and destroy any and all Iranian gunboats if they harass our ships at sea. 8:08 AM · Apr 22, 2020

The Pelosi fridge is a Subzero, sell for 2500-3500 not 25K, so easy to look up.

Across the country, state and local governments are clamoring for the federal government to rescue them from what could quickly become a fiscal catastrophe, saying that they may need in the ballpark of three-quarters of a trillion dollars as the coronavirus pandemic dries up many of their revenue sources. Though Democrats sought to include roughly $150 billion in funding to state and local governments in the latest coronavirus aid package, set to pass this week, it did not make it into the final bill. Already, Congress approved $150 billion in funding for state and local governments as part of earlier...

Hello Freepers, Just curious if anyone is experiencing the same issue as me. April 15th, entered my Direct Deposit information and I get the following message for the past week with no update. You are eligible for the payment. Once we have the payment date, we will update this page. We will deposit the payment in the account below. Bank Account ********XXXX Updates to your payment are made no more than once a day. We will mail you a letter with additional information on additional information.

This economic downturn is turning out to be far deeper and far more severe than most experts were originally anticipating. More than 22 million Americans have filed claims for unemployment benefits, and economists are telling us that the U.S. economy is contracting at the fastest rate that we have seen since the Second World War. We are already starting to see some high profile companies move toward bankruptcy, but the real story is what is happening to thousands upon thousands of small and mid-size businesses because of the lockdowns. Many of them were barely surviving even before this pandemic, and...

There are reasons major companies got massive loans from the Senate's 'small business' bailout while thousands of small businesses that applied immediately were told there was no money left. There are reasons major companies got massive loans from the Senate’s “small business” bailout while thousands of small businesses that applied the first day funds were available were told there was no money left. Who is to blame, however, is more complicated.Imagine bankers who won’t deliver you taxpayer assistance unless you already owe them money. Imagine bankers who will put you at the back of the line so that franchises worth...

Police in Westport, Conn., said they will be testing a "pandemic drone" that can scan the body temperatures of residents to determine if they have fevers or other health symptoms in an effort to combat the coronavirus. Aerospace company Draganfly announced in a news release the drones will be equipped with a specialized sensor and computer vision systems that can display heart and respiratory rates. They can also detect people coughing in crowds, police said.

VATICAN CITY, April 22 (Reuters) - Pope Francis made an impassioned plea for protection of the environment on Wednesday's 50th anniversary of the first Earth Day, saying the coronavirus pandemic had shown that some challenges had to be met with a global response. Francis praised the environmental movement, saying it was necessary for young people to "take to the streets to teach us what is obvious, that is, that there will be no future for us if we destroy the environment that sustains us". The pope, who wrote a major encyclical in 2015 on the defence of nature and the...

Per Facebook post. I need someone in the media to pick this story up. I have done as much digging as I can do, but I am getting dead ends and literal roadblocks that someone with press credentials would not get. If this is true, this story would be national news. Virginia Governor Ralph Northam issued a stay at home order for Virginians where only necessary travel was allowed. Dare county in North Carolina is under a "residents only" ban where only residents who have proof of North Carolinian residence are being admitted onto the Outer Banks and Roanoke Island....

It’s just the flu, bro. A few things - 1. When is AG Barr going to start defending protesters? He seems to be all talk. At least his talk might deter some tyrants, but an actual defense of a person not compliant with a lockdown would do good and drive the left crazy. I would like to see Barr defend my favorite football player, and fellow Flubro, Tom Brady for his infraction. 2. Death Count - I am currently predicting a fake CV death count approaching 80k by the end of December. I have said 10% of the deaths are...

An Egyptian military aircraft of medical supplies was sent on Tuesday, April 21, to the US to help it in fighting the coronavirus pandemic, according to the spokesman for the Egyptian Presidency. In a statement he published on his Facebook official account, the spokesman said: "President Abdel Fattah Al Sisi directs to send medical aid to the United States." The video statement showed crates in wrapping that read in English and Arabic, "From the Egyptian people to the American people," being loaded into a military cargo plane. Dutch Ruppersberger, who leads a group in the US House of Representatives that...

Normally, in spring, middle school students do science experiments. These days, they often do them in honor to the 50th anniversary of the first Earth Day in April 1970, which will be held on April 22 this year. Here's an idea for one, which can even comply with social distancing rules as students can do this in their homes with a computer. All it involves are data and graphs. No additional supplies from stores are necessary. The purpose of the experiment is to support Democrat policies as they seek to stop people from using oil. The students would believe that...

Man, nobody could’ve seen this one coming. – Actually, anyone who didn’t see this one coming should be as embarrassed as Marxist New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio is this morning. On April 18, the Campaign Update discussed the nifty new snitch line de Blasio had set up for his loyal comrades there in the Five Burroughs, which allowed people to take a photo of any dangerious non-compliant subversives who stood within 6 feed of a head of cabbage to “enforcement” personnel. Well, anyone who has spent any time at all in New York City instantly understood how that...

“The COVID-19 death risk in people <65 years old during the period of fatalities from the epidemic was equivalent to the death risk from driving between 9 miles per day (Germany) and 415 miles per day (New York City)" This medical paper states:The COVID-19 death risk in people <65 years old during the period of fatalities from the epidemic was equivalent to the death risk from driving between 9 miles per day (Germany) and 415 miles per day (New York City). If this is true, then it seems to me that healthy children and healthy adults under 65, who live in...

Pritzker said, “I’m very disappointed with the rhetoric and messaging coming from the president. We should be pulling people together right now.” He continued, “That doesn’t seem to be the message coming from the president when he tweets liberate Michigan or liberate Minnesota or liberate Virginia. He’s fomenting protests, and I hate to say that is fomenting some violence. I’m very concerned about what that might mean for the country if he keeps doing things like that. We should be bringing people together, not dividing them now.” When asked what he thinks it could mean, Pritzker said, “I know what...