Free Republic

Members of the gun control group Moms Demand Action are threatening DoorDash with an organized boycott campaign, simply because the company does not have a policy requiring their contracted drivers to be disarmed in their own vehicles while on the job

Two people died after a massive explosion set off by fireworks at an Ontario house rocked a residential neighborhood Tuesday, prompting a large response from firefighters and law enforcement. Ontario Fire Chief Ray Gayk said in a news conference that commercial-grade fireworks set off the fire at a roughly 1-acre residential lot. The Ontario Fire Bomb Squad is clearing the area, and several agencies, including the FBI, are investigating the incident. “They are commercial grade,” Gayk said, “like you would normally see in the fireworks show.” Gayk said a horse was also injured in the explosion. Video from ABC-TV Channel...

Heretofore ignored by the legacy press and mainstream media, in February, federal authorities invaded a neighborhood in the Flathead Valley with militarized police and terrorized its occupants with what appears to be Waco-level tyrannical overreach. In 1992, a federal siege occurred in Boundary County, Idaho, at a location known as Ruby Ridge. The eleven-day siege lasted from August 21-31 and resulted in the deaths of one U.S. Marshall, and the wife and son of Randy Weaver, the target of the siege. This event captured the attention of the nation. To secure the land around this seven-person home composed of three...

Traces of Earth’s early magma ocean identified in Greenland rocks New research led by the University of Cambridge has found rare evidence – preserved in the chemistry of ancient rocks from Greenland - which tells of a time when Earth was almost entirely molten.It’s astonishing that we can even hold these rocks in our hands – let alone get so much detail about the early history of our planetHelen WilliamsThe study, published in the journal Science Advances, yields information on an important period in our planet’s formation, when a deep sea of incandescent magma stretched across Earth’s surface and extended...

Russian President Vladimir Putin knew of and likely directed a Russian effort to manipulate the 2020 U.S. presidential campaign to benefit former President Donald Trump with "misleading or unsubstantiated allegations" against challenger Joe Biden.That's according to a report released Tuesday by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence.The report underscored allegations that Trump’s allies were playing into Moscow’s hands by amplifying false claims about Biden in the run up to the November 3rd election.

A Michigan judge ruled last week Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson (D) broke state law when she unilaterally issued rules related to absentee balloting, legitimizing a key claim made by the Trump campaign in its legal challenges to the 2020 election. Benson issued several unilateral orders during the 2020 election including sending absentee ballot applications to all registered voters. She also issued “guidance” on how to evaluate absentee ballots, a move Michigan Court of Claims Chief Judge Christopher Murray held violated the state’s Administrative Procedures Act. In the guidance, Benson said “slight similarities” in signatures on absentee ballots should lead...

A New York City judge has removed a 6-year-old girl from her mother because she did not wear a mask while dropping her off outside of the school. In a shocking and egregious move, the court also told Dr. Epstein that in order to get short supervised visits with her child — she will have to wear a mask inside her own home. It was a normal day for Dr. Micheline Epstein, a family physician, when she went to drop her daughter off at the Birch Wathen Lenox School on the Upper East Side last week — until her entire...

Don't be afraid. This is what fear is doing. Fitting Pink Floyd in the background of this short video.

When Governor Mike DeWine announced March 4 that Ohio’s COVID related restrictions would be lifted based on a specific case rate, it didn’t take long to get people talking. The announcement came on the same day that Connecticut set a date to lift capacity requirements on most businesses and organizations. Two days prior, Texas and Mississippi had announced an ending plan to mask mandates, as well as opening businesses without capacity restrictions. And the Friday after DeWine’s announcement, West Virginia and Arizona declared they are reopening all businesses. But for Ohio, DeWine had already stated that masks would continue at...

A man went outside of his country home and amazingly a bear started to chase him! He yelled for his wife and she looked out the open window and to her amazement saw the scene unfolding. The husband, panting and straining as he raced ahead of the bear, hollered and screamed “open the door honey”. She said “I can't, there's a bear behind you!” The wife remembered seeing a segment on the NEWS when Joe Biden declared that all you need is to do was to “take a double barreled shotgun, stand on the balcony and fire two blasts into...

Supposedly, HR 127 will pass committee and go to the House floor next week. When I read the bill's text I had to pause several times; once to get my blood pressure medication, another time to puke and lastly to rip off 20 rounds from my deck.Anyone voting for this bill needs to be placed on a special list. Let's call it the Communist Register.

A prominent, longtime Columbus lobbyist facing a charge in the federal bribery probe into the passage of House Bill 6 has died. Neil Clark was found dead with a wound to his head at 11:32 a.m. on Monday near Naples, Florida, according to an incident report from the sheriff’s office in Collier County, Florida. Michelle Batten, a sheriff’s spokeswoman, in a Tuesday afternoon email confirmed Clark had died. The report, redacted of identifying information but associated with Clark’s Florida home, said a handgun was recovered from the scene as evidence. The Naples Daily News reported a passing bicyclist called police,...

GE Steam Power announced today that it has designed and manufactured the largest-ever (75-inch) last-stage blade for its Arabelle low-pressure rotor. The blade will enable the Hinkley Point C nuclear power plant under construction in Somerset, England to produce 3.2 GWe of CO2 free power, GE said. Once completed, this Arabelle steam turbine will be the most powerful nuclear steam turbine in operation. It was tested at GE's factory in Belfort, France. "Hinkley Point C is key to the UK’s energy strategy to reduce the power industry emissions," said Frédéric Wiscart, senior executive of projects at GE Steam Power. "Once...

The U.S. Army is considering reversing its plans to set a gender-neutral fitness standard in the new Army Combat Fitness Test (ACFT), an Army official told Military.com last month.The ACFT was intended to be a gender-neutral test, and would have required soldiers to score 360 out of 600 possible points, but preliminary figures showed 54 percent female soldiers failing the gender-neutral standard, as compared to 10 percent of male soldiers, according to Army data shared with the Washington Post last fall. Female soldiers were also scoring 100 points lower on the test, on average, than their male counterparts.“We are currently...

Yevgeny “Eugene” Vindman, the brother of impeachment witness Alex Vindman, announced Tuesday that he been promoted to colonel despite being fired from the White House by former President Donald Trump, and urged the Democrat-controlled Congress to allow his brother — who retired — to allow him to be promoted as well. @AVindman’s turn to get his Eagles. Perhaps someone can sponsor a bill? — Yevgeny (Eugene) Vindman (@YVindman) March 16, 2021 His promotion comes amid controversies of whether the military has become politicized under the Biden administration. Recently, a number of military leaders took to social media to slam conservative...

Henry Darrow, the pride of Puerto Rico who starred as the charming Manolito Montoya, the son of a wealthy Mexican land baron, on the 1967-71 NBC Western The High Chaparral, has died. He was 87.

Fireworks cause Covid. No Rushmore display. Christy Noem: GFYS Joe Stolen. You're not the boss of me.

Retired Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, the career government employee who testified against President Trump during the Democrats' first impeachment of the president, says "right-wing" media outlets should be sued to curb their influence. Vindman, who was removed from his position on the National Security Council and escorted off White House grounds after Trump's acquittal a year ago, wrote in a commentary for the Lawfare blog that right-wing media have become radicalized. He charged they "fueled" the "Big Lie of 'stolen elections' and 'evil Democrats'" to rouse people to "insurrection." "The mob that attacked the Capitol was born of hatred fomented...

Explanation: In the constellation of the swan near the nebula of the pelican lies the gas cloud of the butterfly next to a star known as the hen. That star, given the proper name Sadr, is just to the right of the featured frame, but the central Butterfly Nebula, designated IC 1318, is shown in high resolution. The intricate patterns in the bright gas and dark dust are caused by complex interactions between interstellar winds, radiation pressures, magnetic fields, and gravity. The featured telescopic view captures IC 1318's characteristic emission from ionized sulfur, hydrogen, and oxygen atoms mapped to the...

The fastest way to get back to a safe, mask-free life is for everyone to get a Covid-19 vaccine. But just because you've gotten a shot of protection doesn't mean you should rip off your mask immediately. That could actually set you back and put your friends and family at risk. Here's why you should keep masking up in many cases -- and when it's safe to go mask-free: You're not fully vaccinated until two weeks after your last dose of vaccine, according the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. That means at least two weeks have passed since...