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One Watauga County sheriff's deputy has been killed and another wounded in an armed standoff near Boone, North Carolina, officials said in a release sent on behalf of the Sheriff's Office. The Sheriff's Office said a standoff with the suspected shooter is ongoing. ...Deputies responded Wednesday morning to a call for a wellness check because the homeowner did not show up for work or respond to telephone calls, according to the statement.

China's population grew last year, the statistics bureau said on Thursday (Apr 29), in an apparent bid to quash reports that it had fallen, but stopped short of saying from which year numbers had grown. On Tuesday, the Financial Times newspaper said that China was set to report that its population fell below 1.4 billion last year from 2019, in the first decrease in five decades, citing people familiar with the matter. Advertisement The National Bureau of Statistics has delayed publishing the results of last year's once-in-a-decade census, with no explanation apart from saying that more preparatory work was needed....

I notice most of the tickets for the events with Nigel are on EVENTBRITE. Go to: Eventbrite.com and search "Nigel Farage". A lot of them seem to be FREE or just $10-15. The events are sponsored by FreedomWorks. If you can see him live it's well worth it (and I am jealous!)

May 1st is recognized as International Labor Day by countries around ‎the world. On this occasion, trade unions in different countries usually ‎hold rallies in addition to celebrating this day, reviewing the ‎achievements of the past year and plans for next year to improve the ‎situation of workers. In Iran under Khamenei, however, for workers as ‎the most deprived class of society, who are experiencing their most ‎difficult conditions in the last 42 years after the anti-monarchist ‎revolution, this day is no different from other days.‎ While the poverty line for each family in Iran is estimated at more than...

Joe Biden entered the House of Representatives tonight, a fully-grown, adult vaccinated man, wearing a mask despite recent CDC guidance on those who have had their shots. Everyone in the chamber tonight had received a vaccine. What a crock. But Biden’s theatrics aside, here’s why his speech was a huge embarrassment to the United States. 1 – AMERICA IS AN IDEA? Joe Biden called America an “idea” tonight. The same thing the left have called Antifa. But America isn’t an idea. It’s a nation. And nations require borders. Biden never mentioned the border, tonight. Despite a triple-digit percentage rise in...

A SPECIALIST team has been recruited to probe eerie Skinwalker Ranch - where the Pentagon funded a top secret study into UFOs and alien life. The isolated spot is at the centre of some of America's most baffling mysteries including horrific cases of cattle mutilation and sightings of "bulletproof" shape-shifting creatures. ...The existence of the £15 million Pentagon study was first revealed in a story published by the New York Times in 2017 - which sent shockwaves around the world.... ...In the response, the DIA released 154 pages of test results that includes reports on a mysterious "memory" metal called...

April 29, 2021Thursday of the 4th week of Eastertide - Saint Catherine of Siena, Virgin, Doctor St. Joseph's Cathedral, Tianjin, China Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. First readingActs 13:13-25 ©God has raised up one of David's descendants, Jesus, as SaviourPaul and his friends went by sea from Paphos to Perga in Pamphylia where John left them to go back to Jerusalem. The others carried on from Perga till they reached Antioch in Pisidia. Here they went to synagogue on the sabbath and took their seats. After the lessons from the Law and the Prophets had been read, the presidents of...

Critics erupt on social media site for allowing 'racist attack from the left' to trend ---- "Uncle Tim" trended on Twitter Wednesday night as left-wing users flooded the site with the racial slur on Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C, following his rebuttal to President Biden's address to Congress. Scott, who is Black, declared the United States is not a racist country while noting he had encountered racism in his life. Some of it, he said, came from the left in the form of being called an "Uncle Tom," a derogatory phrase for Blacks who are viewed as too deferential to Whites....

Scientists at Wuhan lab were on massive project investigating animal viruses Documents obtained by The Mail on Sunday have revealed a nationwide scheme It was being directed by leading state body, which was launched nine years ago Its aim was to find new viruses and detect 'dark matter' of biology involved in spreading disease - alongside military officials, despite denials of any such links ...Documents obtained by The Mail on Sunday reveal that a nationwide scheme, directed by a leading state body, was launched nine years ago to discover new viruses and detect the 'dark matter' of biology involved in...

-snip- MARION, IL — At least 100 parents, students, and community members marched outside of Marion High School in southern Illinois Monday, demanding a track coach be fired. -snip- -snip- Amari told her family she and another Black athlete took off their shoes to run when Baker said Amari was a "Black, barefooted African from the third-world. -snip- more at link...

A very interesting documentary, about how Australia dealt with the Spanish flu pandemic.

Tucker Carlson accused the Biden administration of 'having all the hallmarks of tyranny' over an FBI raid on Rudy Giuliani's Manhattan apartment, and claimed activist group The Lincoln Project were tipped off about the search. Giuliani's home was searched in a dawn raid, as part of an investigation into his work in Ukraine, and electronic devices were seized. No charges have been brought against the former New York City Mayor turned Donald Trump fixer. Last week, on April 24, the anti-Trump media group The Lincoln Project tweeted: 'Multiple sources confirming something BIG is coming this Wednesday.'

The hidden gems, which depict Ferdinando I and Cosimo II de Medici, were discovered during an expansion project. ...According to the museum, an unknown person “protected” the Cosimo II artwork before it was plastered over. “Maybe this unknown savior wanted it to be preserved for the future generations,” the spokesperson said. “Obviously our researchers are already trying to figure out the story behind this.” In addition, workers also found previously hidden ant motifs adorning the walls and ceiling vault in a nearby room. The decorative work was likely carried out during the 18th century, during the reign of Pietro Leopoldo...

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo's office allegedly spent at least five months trying to prevent the true COVID-19 nursing home death toll from being made public. Top Cuomo aides were engaged in the months-long effort where they repeatedly overruled and prevented state health officials from releasing the number of nursing home deaths, the New York Times reports. The efforts included stopping the publication of a scientific paper that included the true tally. Aides also stopped health officials from sending two letters to state legislators regarding the toll, according to the Times.

Joe Biden said during his first address to a joint session of Congress on Wednesday evening that the Capitol storming on January 6 was the 'worst attack' on democracy since the Civil War. The claim immediately led to major backlash, especially from those on right-wing Twitter, who pointed to a slew of other tragedies in America between the 1860s and 2021 – like the September 11, 2001 terrorist attack, Pearl Harbor, presidential assassinations and others. 'January 6 was worse than 9/11? Or Pearl Harbor?' Glenn Greenwald, a journalist and former attorney wrote in a Twitter thread.

Secret Department of Justice plans to arrest Derek Chauvin in court had he been cleared of murdering George Floyd have been revealed. Multiple sources told the Star Tribune federal prosecutors were ready to move in and charge the white ex-cop on federal counts moments after a not guilty verdict on charges of second and third-degree murder, as well as manslaughter, or in the event of a mistrial. Department of Justice prosecutors now also plan to bring civil rights violations charges - akin to hate crimes - against Chauvin and the three other cops on duty with him when Floyd was...

Rudolph Giuliani has authorized Robert J. Costello to release the following statement regarding the events on April 28, 2021: The Biden department of justice has completely ignored clear evidence (which the FBI has had for over a year) in texts and emails on Hunter Biden’s hard drive of failing to register numerous times as a foreign agent, child pornography, money laundering, and 30 years of the Biden Crime family taking millions and millions in bribes to sell his public offices. Instead, the Justice Department decided it was a higher priority to serve (at dawn) search warrants for electronics at the...

MacDailyNews presents live notes from Apple’s Q221 conference call Wednesday, April 28, 2021 4:45 pm MacDailyNews presents live notes from Apple’s Q221 Conference Call with analysts starting at 5pm EDT / 2pm PDT today, April 28, 2021. Apple's Q121 conference call. Image: Apple logoApple today will provide live audio streaming of its Q221 Results Conference Call. This stream is best experienced on an iPhone 7 or later, iPad (5th generation or later), or iPod touch (7th generation) using Safari on iOS 12 or later; or a Mac using Safari on macOS Mojave 10.14 or later. Streaming to your TV requires...

Join together with fellow FREEPERS to pray for AMERICA: For those in Authority in Government, Family, Military, Business, Healthcare, Education, Churches, and the Media. I urge, then, first of all, that requests, prayers, intercession, and thanksgiving be made for everyone: for kings and all those in authority that we may live peaceful and quiet lives in all godliness and holiness. ~ 1 Timothy 2:1-2 Religion Forum Threads labeled [Prayer] are closed to debate of any kind.

The mouthpieces at the CDC, however, were clearly opposed to Atlas’s thinking. During the 2020 lockdowns and reopening controversies, former CDC Director Dr. Robert Redfield said that “everything [Atlas] says is false.” Fauci also hinted that while most of the COVID task force seemed to be on the same page, there was an obvious “outlier.” The people lobbing these criticisms, Atlas said, are motivated by the attention they are granted by the media and are “simply used to groupthink and not to informed people who have a critical thought process.” “The CDC has many fine scientists, I am sure of...