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Neptune, however, is quirky. This gas giant has surprisingly few satellites — only 14 compared to, say, the nearly 70 moons of Jupiter — and most of them are extremely small. One of Neptune’s moons is an exception to this, however: Triton, which contains 99.7% of the mass of Neptune’s entire satellite system!Triton’s orbit has a number of unusual properties. The orbit is retrograde — Triton orbits in the opposite direction as Neptune’s rotation — which is unique behavior among large moons in our solar system. Triton’s orbit is also highly inclined, and yet the moon’s path is nearly circular...

Yes, the ends justify the means. Nothing but the ends can justify the means. Perhaps better put, the ends justify means proportioned to certain ends.Being born in equality, we are all equally obliged to defend the rights given to us by God. It is for this purpose, the defense of rights, that men form government. Security in our rights is the end. Government is the means. Our Founders drew the following conclusion when government becomes disconnected from, or hostile to, its designed end.“That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of those ends, it is the Right of the People...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has a message for anyone considering taking ivermectin to treat or prevent COVID-19: Don’t. The FDA said ivermectin is not an antiviral drug, meaning it isn’t used for treating viruses. It’s only approved for use in humans to combat certain internal conditions caused by parasitic worms and external parasites like headlice. Certain forms of ivermectin are given to animals to prevent heartworm disease and other parasites. Even so, some people have experimented with the version of the drug intended for horses. They ended up being hospitalized. "It’s important to note that these products are...

China could soon be emboldened to try to "forcibly change " the existing order in the western Pacific, the head of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command said. As its rapidly advancing military approaches "overmatch " with the United States in the region, and absent a convincing deterrent, China could make a move this decade. "Make no mistake about it, China seeks a new world order—one with Chinese characteristics as they have often said where Chinese national power is more important than international law, " Adm. Phil Davidson said during an American Enterprise Institute forum Thursday. The United States established an Asia-Pacific policy...

Gab has now been banned from four banks in as many weeks, with CEO Andrew Torba stating that the company is “seriously considering buying our own bank.”Last month, Gab CEO Andrew Torba revealed that the New Tech site had been banned from three different banks in the space of three weeks. On Friday in a statement posted online, Torba confirmed that yet another bank had banned the site from its services. “It’s getting to the point where we are seriously considering buying our own bank,” Torba said. “Funny how this started happening right when Biden got into office,” he added.We...

The Senate on Saturday continued with their vote-a-rama, where they pulled an all-nighter to vote on the Democrats' $1.9 trillion pork-filled COVID relief bill, dubbed the American Rescue Plan. Republicans offered a number of common-sense amendments that Democrats shot down. These are just a few of them. Hold States Accountable for Nursing Home DeathsSen. Tim Scott (R-SC) offered an amendment that would have held states accountable for nursing home deaths. His amendment comes after New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo's (D) administration was caught altering the number of nursing home deaths that took place under his watch."What my amendment does is...

To: Jim Robinson; All How about this idea for a challenge to wrap it up? One freeper from each state pitches in $50. 50 x $50 = $2,500. I’ll represent AZ and throw in $50. One down and 49 to go. Jim, can you ping the entire board with my challenge post? Come on freepers, I was a long-time freeloader and saw the light. It’s good to have some skin in the game when you’re mouthing off here at FR. Thank YOU! And YOU! And YOU! And YOU! And YOU! And YOU! 8 posted on 3/6/2021, 11:31:48 AM by freepersup...

INITIAL REPORT FINDS:Planned Parenthood’s quiet relationships with many faith-based schools flies under the radar of many engaged at colleges and universities. Schools partner with Planned Parenthood by listing them as a student resource, publicizing internships and careers with the abortion giant, and more. “There is an unholy partnership between a number of Christian schools and the abortion industry,” said SFLA’s Kristan Hawkins, “but Students for Life is mobilizing pro-life advocate nationwide to cut ties with the nation’s number one abortion vendor.” WASHINGTON D.C. (3-3-2021) Students for Life of America (SFLA) is working to identify and document every Christian school in...

Dr. John Macarthur recently spoke in opposition to religious freedom. As a pastor in California and a graduate of The Masters Seminary, this is a very rare instance where I disagree profoundly with Dr. MacArthur. The essence of his argument seems to be as follows: False religion is bad. Religious liberty promotes false religion. Religious liberty is therefore bad and should not be supported by Christians. The keen observer will notice an immediate problem with the soundness of the middle premise: Religious liberty does not, in fact, promote false religion. Religious liberty does not promote religion any more than gun...

A judge has ordered a new runoff election for Ward 1 alderman in Aberdeen, Mississippi, after evidence of fraud and criminal activity. In a 64-page order, Judge Jeff Weill ruled that of the 84 mail-in absentee ballots cast in the June runoff election, 66 of them, or 78 percent, were not valid and should never have been counted, according to local CBS affiliate WCBI. The declared winner in that election won by a mere 37 votes. “An election in which 66 ballots have been handled erroneously and in which the winner led by only 37 votes is an election in...

The House Armed Services Committee chairman railed at the expensive F-35 Joint Strike Fighter on Friday, saying he wants to “stop throwing money down that particular rathole,” ― just days after the Air Force said it too is looking at other options. “What does the F-35 give us? And is there a way to cut our losses? Is there a way to not keep spending that much money for such a low capability because, as you know, the sustainment costs are brutal,” Rep. Adam Smith, D-Wash., said a Brookings event. Air Force officials recently said they are conducting a study...

ours after 13 undocumented migrants were killed in a collision on a desolate stretch of California's Imperial Valley, Hugo Castro said a prayer and planted small crosses on the sandy, rocky edge of the cordoned off highway.

deputay [YouTube uploader]“The NFL in the 1950’s was a completely different world for players, their families, and fans than what would arrive a little over a decade later.This is a great documentary featuring many players who are sadly no longer with us. HBO Sports documentaries are hard to find about a year after their original run, so I thought I’d share...”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQqurzLCEmI

Antivirus pioneer John McAfee, 75, is charged with money laundering and fraud for 'using Twitter to promote cryptocurrencies that he was secretly invested in to inflate their value then sell them for a profit' McAfee, 75, is still in Spain where he was arrested in October last year at the request of US authorities Now, he has been hit with 7 counts of fraud and money laundering by the DoJ They say he was involved in two cryptocurrency schemes between 2017 and 2018 He is accused of using Twitter to tout cryptocurrencies he was secretly invested in to drive up...

The kids were filmed tossing masks into a fire while shouting “destroy them!” Several hundred people attended the mask burning protest on the Capitol steps. The kids were all smiles as they gleefully tossed the masks into the barrel to burn Children and teens have likely been the hardest hit psychologically by the pandemic and subsequent mask mandates, lockdowns and school shut downs. Child psychiatrists have been warning of increased suicide risk among youths during these awful times. NPR reports that along with a spike in suicide, “many suicidal children have been showing up in hospital emergency departments, and more...

Maryland lawmakers advanced a bill Monday that would prohibit stores from providing plastic bags to customers starting July 2022. An iteration of this legislation passed the House and was voted out of the Senate Finance Committee last year, but it did not reach the Senate floor due to the abbreviated legislative session. With an amendment from Del. Brian Crosby (D-St. Mary’s) that would allow orchard farmers to provide plastic bags to customers for its fruits and vegetables, the Plastic Bag Reduction Act, sponsored by Del. Brooke Lierman (D-Baltimore City) and Sen. Malcom Augustine (D-Prince George’s), moved out of the House...

Trump adviser Jason Miller says the former president is not weighing replacing Vice President Mike Pence if he seeks the White House in 2024. In an interview with Mediaite’s The Interview podcast, Miller addressed a Bloomberg News report alleging that Trump is thinking about dumping Pence if he seeks a re-match against President Joe Biden. “I wonder who was pushing this story? Could it maybe be the supporters of Governor Noem?” Miller asked, before clarifying that he was not attempting to “take anything away” from the South Dakota governor, who has seen her political star rise for taking an anti-lockdown...

We explore the meaning of ‘super straight’ as the term resurfaces on Twitter. ‘Super straight’: Meaning The term ‘super straight’ means when one is attracted towards the opposite gender on the condition that the person is cisgender. Cisgender is defined as “being a person whose gender identity corresponds with the sex the person had or was identified as having at birth.” ‘Super straight’ peoples predilection for cisgender relationships has led to outrage and debate online, with accusations of transphobia emerging. ‘Super straight’ Twitter debate The topic of sexuality never fails to highlight divisions, and the ‘super straight’ issue has proven...

Two Republican congressmen, Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) and Ken Buck (R-Colo.) made a renewed request to Twitter for documents related to its internal moderation policies. They asked for “an accounting of all content moderation decisions” made by Twitter over the last year, and documentation on the decision to apply “fact check” notations to posts made by then-President Donald Trump about mail-in ballots and the “autonomous zone in Washington, D.C.”

Arab man picks out religious Jews, in Detroit...demanding they say 'Free Palestine.' Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6yEgZfS8ko&t=25s