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....But in the “anti-racism” hysteria that has gripped education and other segments of society, because trees were once used for lynching, they now are worrisome symbols that might offend… somebody. Somebody with a very low IQ, it seems to me. I’m so old that I remember when environmental extremists were derisively called “tree huggers,” a term which now must be held by some in positions of authority to be vaguely racist. Consider this absurd worry from the Portland School Board, via the New York Post: A Portland high school delayed a vote to change its mascot to an evergreen tree...

EXCLUSIVE: The Democratic National Committee is hitting the road in its latest campaign to tout President Biden's $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief plan and call out Republicans who voted against it. The DNC will unveil billboards Monday in 20 states to thank Biden and Democratic senators for approving $1,400 stimulus checks. The monthlong ad campaign, targeted for high-traffic areas near airports, will also remind motorists that their GOP senators opposed the payments to 127 million Americans. In Orlando, Florida, for example, the new billboard on State Road 528 along the route to the airport shames GOP Sens. Rick Scott and Marco...

"The act of participating in our country's election process is our civic responsibility and instrumental to our country's foundation. We should promote increasing voter turnout as opposed to any measures that adversely impact the ability to cast a ballot. In November, the Marlins proudly set out to promote the vote with our Election Day Feed the Polls initiative, providing meals to voters as our local election officials conducted free and fair elections. We support the Commissioner's decision to stand up for the values of our game and not hold this year's All-Star Game in the state of Georgia."

A's for arthritis; B's the bad back, C's the chest pains, perhaps car-di-ac? D is for dental decay and decline, E is for eyesight, can't read that top line! F is for fissures and fluid retention, G is for gas which I'd rather not mention. H high blood pressure--I'd rather it low; I for incisions with scars you can show. J is for joints, out of the socket, won't mend, K is for knees that crack when they bend. L 'S for libido, what happened to sex? M is for memory, I forget what comes next. N is neuralgia, in...

President Reagan was famously optimistic. He will forever be remembered for “Morning in America,” the campaign ad that inspired his 1984 landslide re-election, and for his policies that revived American confidence at home and abroad. But the caricatured version of Reagan as a perpetually grinning and genial old man does him a disservice. He was multifaceted and just as capable of stern warning as of sunny optimism. Reagan first appeared on the scene politically in October 1964, campaigning for the doomed candidacy of Sen. Barry Goldwater. He delivered a powerful televised address called “A Time for Choosing,” that galvanized conservatives...

Hawaii is an American gem, a collection of island paradises that one can travel to in a reasonable period of time from most of the US mainland. Hawaii poses no issues with language, currency, or cell phone service. The climate is wonderful, with beaches, palm trees, and sea breezes. Under COVID however, visiting Hawaii is more like checking into prison with myriad rules and procedures, including monitored quarantine and GPS bracelets. Virtually all countries requiring a COVID test for admission allow the standard PCR test now available ubiquitously in any pharmacy, lab, or parking lot test center. But not Hawaii....

April 5, 2021Easter MondaySt. Thomas Church – New York City, NYReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: White.First readingActs 2:14,22-33 ©God raised this man Jesus to life, and all of us are witnesses to thisOn the day of Pentecost Peter stood up with the Eleven and addressed the crowd in a loud voice: ‘Men of Israel, listen to what I am going to say: Jesus the Nazarene was a man commended to you by God by the miracles and portents and signs that God worked through him when he was among you, as you all know. This man, who was put into your...

The lie that George Floyd was murdered by racist police officers in Minneapolis has made its way around the world several times over, leaving countless violent riots and more than $2 billion in property damages in its wake, but it seems that the truth is finally putting on its shoes. In June of 2020, 60 percent of surveyed adults deemed George Floyd’s death to be murder at the hands of police officer Derek Chauvin. As of last month, a little more than a third of Americans believe that. That’s a stunning near-reversal of public opinion. How did that happen? The...

It’s a real headscratcher – are these people dumb, or do they think we’re dumb, or is it a little from Column A and a little from Column B?Take Heidi Heitkamp – and you can take her since she’s not busy, the people of one of the Dakotas having fired her for being a crappy senator. This has-been was on with Bill Maher – his show is where C-list pols go to die – and they were talking about cancel culture and what happened next was illustrative. See, Heitkamp was supposed to be one of those moderate Dems from the...

It’s just the flu, bro. https://advances.sciencemag.org/content/6/30/eabc0927.full “In addition, the highest German administrative authority in the General Government, Governor General Hans Frank, alleged in 1943 that the genocidal murder of 3 million Jews in Poland “was unavoidable for reasons of public health” (16, 17).” “Public health” is an authoritarian concept that is used to strip freedoms, or worse. - https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20210401-belgian-police-clash-with-partiers-over-covid-19-restrictions Obviously these picnickers need to be gassed, in order to help with the Coronavirus public health crisis. - From January, 2020: https://twitter.com/asb_breaking/status/1220499377313271808?s=21 People randomly collapsing in the streets due to the deadly Coronavirus. Not a psyop!/sarc - https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3947885/posts Apparently odds of...

Art Acevedo will run the 1,400-person department in Miami and is the fifth police chief in the last decade... Art Acevedo, the Houston police chief who forged a national profile by calling for gun control, marching with protesters after George Floyd's death and criticizing former President Donald Trump, will be sworn in during a 9 a.m. event.

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Dominion has filed defamation lawsuits against several Trump allies for pushing election ‘radioactive falsehoods’ – could it triumph? David Smith David Smith in Washington @smithinamerica Sun 4 Apr 2021 07.00 BST 2,708 When Donald Trump and his allies pushed the “big lie” of voter fraud and a stolen election, it seemed nothing could stop them spreading disinformation with impunity. Trump 'money bomb' scheme raised millions from unwitting donors – report Read more Politicians and activists’ pleas fell on deaf ears. TV networks and newspapers fact-checked in vain. Social media giants proved impotent. But now a little-known tech company, founded 18...

Mexican-born TV personality Jorge Ramos says the American people cannot stop migration and must instead open their homeland’s borders to a huge and endless inflow of migrants. “They will keep coming; there is no other solution,” he wrote in an April 2 column for the New York Times. “All the other options — walls, detention facilities, family separation policies, forcing asylum seekers to wait in Mexico, expedited repatriations and mass deportations — have failed,” he claimed, without admitting that his favored president, Joe Biden, has been demolishing President Trump’s successful curbs of border immigration since January 20. Without economic data...

I have a feeling he's going to and perhaps will wait until after the mid-terms before deciding. Also, if the States pass election integrity bills like Georgia then this may encourage him as he will have a clear shot without the fraud. In fact he would be the favorite to WIN in my opinion against the pathetic Biden or Harris. I'm quite excited to see what happens in the near future... There is hope.

So what's happening with your eggs?' This was the question Sara Murray's oldest friend asked her recently during a phone catch-up. It's the same question she's been asking Sara ever since she decided to freeze her eggs back in 2015, aged 43. 'Normally when she asks me that, it reawakens my emotional dilemma of whether I should try to use my eggs or not,' admits Sara. 'But this time, as I sipped on my herbal tea, I felt a strange sense of peace. 'I'm turning 49 this summer, and after years of assuming I'll have children one day, I'm starting...

Sunday on New York WABC former Clinton adviser Dick Morris issued a warning about President Joe Biden’s $2 trillion infrastructure plan. According to Morris, the plan is “designed to collectivize the United States” and make it “controllable” as an economy. “Biden‘s infrastructure package is designed to collectivize the United States, to regiment us, to unionize us, and to make us controllable and tractable as an economy,” Morris advised. “The metaphor that comes to mind is when [Joseph] Stalin insisted that all the farmers go into collective farms. He killed 20 million people to do that, and Biden’s not going to...

When Biden initially announced her appointment, he said she would be in charge of working to return migrants to their home countries. "So this new surge we're dealing with now started with the last administration, but it's our responsibility to deal with it humanely and to – and to stop what's happening," Biden said month. "And so, this increase has been consequential, but the vice president has agreed – among the multiple other things that I have her leading – and I appreciate it – agreed to lead our diplomatic effort and work with those nations to accept re- –...

Two interesting articles providing info on Israel's vax program: Israel: Why Is All-Cause Mortality Increasing? https://swprs.org/israel-why-is-all-cause-mortality-increasing/ By early March, Israel had vaccinated about 90% of its 65+ population and about 50% of its entire population. Covid deaths had been decreasing since the end of January, as expected, although not any faster than in some other countries with a very low vaccination rate, such as South Africa. Concerningly, however, Israel has seen a renewed and continued increase in all-cause mortality since mid-February; in fact, by March 21, Israel reported the highest excess mortality of all countries participating in Euromomo (see figure...

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