Free Republic

Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) launched an effort to prevent forced vaccinations in the military after a massive outreach by troops. In a tweet on Monday, Massie said Democrats have attacked his recent proposal to ban forced vaccinations of U.S. troops. The congressman added he introduced HR 3860 to outlaw vaccine mandates in the military, which has been already back by 24 lawmakers. This came after reports claimed Joe Biden’s Pentagon might require vaccination for U.S. troops by September. “They want everybody to get vaccinated, even those who don’t need vaccinated,” he asserted. “If you followed the science, the Moderna trial...

Three mutations in the Epsilon coronavirus Spike protein dampen the neutralizing potency of antibodies induced by current vaccines or past COVID infections. The mutations give this coronavirus variant of concern a means to totally evade specific monoclonal antibodies used in clinics and reduces the effectiveness of antibodies from the plasma of vaccinated people. To better understand the exact immune escape strategies at work here, the scientists visualized this variant’s infection machinery to see what is different from the original configuration of the pandemic coronavirus, and what the implications of these changes are. The international project was led by David Veesler’s...

BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 2,027, May 13, 2021 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: The explosion of mass violence by Israeli Arabs against their fellow Jewish citizens is nothing short of a religious war and has to be treated as such. When synagogues and religious seminaries are torched, it is a religious war. When Torah scrolls are desecrated, it is a religious war. When cars are torched only after verification that they belong to Jews, it is a religious war. When Jewish drivers and passengers are dragged from their cars to the shouts of “Allah Akbar” and beaten up, it is a religious...

JACKSON, Miss. — Dr. Anthony Fauci says Mississippians who are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 might want to keep wearing a mask. The nation's top infectious disease specialist made the suggestion because the state's vaccination rate is the lowest in the nation.

Legislatures are often very unrepresentative of the people at large, and they pass special-interest legislation that inflicts great harm. One way to make them more representative would be to add a third, randomly-selected house to state legislatures: a “House of the People” consisting of members selected by lot. If random selection is good for juries, and worked for ancient legislative bodies like the Athenian Council of Five Hundred, why not use it for our legislatures? All states except for Nebraska currently have two houses in their state legislature, both elected by state voters. Although these houses are elected, they are...

According to MedicineNet, informed consent is defined as:“The process by which a patient learns about and understands the purpose, benefits, and potential risks of a medical or surgical intervention, including clinical trials, and then agrees to receive the treatment or participate in the trial.”There are four parts to informed consent:You must have the ability to make a decision.The provider must give you ALL information on the treatment/procedure including benefits and all risks.You must be able to understand the information being given.You must voluntarily give consent to proceed WITHOUT feeling coerced.Patients have the legal and ethical right to obtain enough information...

KENNESAW, GA — Police continue to search for a suspect and a motive in the triple homicide that ended with the shooting death of a golf pro. "The suspect is currently outstanding and has not yet been identified," a Cobb County Police statement said. Police were called to the Pinetree Country Club in Kennesaw on Saturday afternoon after a shooting was reported. According to police reports, officers arriving found that golf pro Eugene Siller had been fatally shot in the head on the green of the 10th hole.

The Dog Whistles of July 4thBy J. JohnsonLike clockwork, the haters have come out in full force this Holiday season; spewing all the dogma that many already suspected. Bottom line: they hate this country and all it stands for. If we reply with STFD, STFU, or GTFO, they will of course wrap themselves in the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution – which they also hate. Since we know this will probably be the standard for all things American going forward, perhaps our side should employ a different strategy.It is this author’s opinion, the haters’ strategy has the following objectives:...

Subtitle: John Adams Reconsiders Republican Government. The American Revolution wasn’t a simple colonial rebellion against English imperialism. It was first and foremost a social revolution. We can hardly imagine today the leap in men’s minds from a stratified social order in which all honors were gifts from a King, to that of free and equal republican citizens. In his 1776 Thoughts on Government, John Adams viewed politics as a straightforward struggle between rulers and the people. Cast off monarchy, and indeed all executive authority, and let a virtuous people govern themselves. The Articles of Confederation reflect this reliance on public...

Pope Francis plans to restrict priests from celebrating the Traditional Latin Mass, according to the Italian website MessainLatino. In a story about French priests facing expulsion from an archdiocese due to their refusal to concelebrate Mass, National Catholic Register’s Edward Pentin reported Pope Francis aimed to limit the celebration of Mass in the Extraordinary Form, aka the Traditional Latin Mass. Francis told the bishops the new document would change Pope Benedict XVI's 2007 apostolic letter Summorum Pontificum, which made Traditional Latin Mass widely available. ..... The Register said Francis claimed Benedict's letter was meant only to meet the needs of...

Top Biden allies including former Treasury secretary Jacob Lew and National Security Council official Kurt Campbell have done work for a nonprofit funded by companies like Facebook and Disney that is known for working closely with Chinese officials and Communist Party front groups. Campbell, whom President Joe Biden tapped to run Asia policy at the National Security Council, was a director at the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations through May 2020. Lew, who served as Treasury secretary during the Obama-Biden administration, took over in January as chairman of the National Committee, which bills itself as an educational nonprofit that seeks...

I am in the process of uploading all my outlines and notes for the Gospel According to Matthew. In the process I must first convert my word files to pdf, while editing them to be more presentable. Converting them to a pdft makes it easier to get the file to work in the blog. Not all of the outlines will be the same, since the original files were created over a span of a couple of years from 2006 to 2008 using a couple different programs. I originally did them as I prepped for my Study Nights and Sermons I...

Check this out. Surprised it is still up on Youtube. You can pause on each screen, read the case number and verify it whether it is accurate on the VAERS site. Remember these numbers represent anywhere from 1% to 10% as most cases do not get reported into the VAERS system.

“The president’s disgraced son added that those who need these unions the most are the “typical traditionally uneducated minority.” In a March 2, 2019, conversation with an employee from Los Angeles’s Chateau Marmont, obtained by the Washington Examiner, Biden said prostitutes need to organize more. “You organize without even organizing in any traditional way,” Biden said.....Whomever does this first will be running the largest union in the country.” Excerpt

As the government steadily assumes responsibility for services previously provided by the private sector, small businesses shutter. It is hard for enterprising individuals to compete with widespread, “free” (i.e., taxpayer-funded) government offerings. The latest example of this is in Chicago, where the city’s universal public pre-K program is destroying private child care businesses–many of which are owned by women and people of color. An in-depth Chicago Tribune article this week, details the struggle that many small daycares are confronting as the city’s government preschool program expands. “Private child care owners say universal pre-K leaves many families with little choice where...

On this date in 1731, Jose de Antequera had his head cut off in Lima for leading a comunero rebellion against the Spanish crown in Paraguay. Antequera, a judge, began his revolution legally in 1721 by affirming an impeachment the city council of Asuncion (Paraguay’s present-day capital) against the unpopular Spanish governor. Antequera, conveniently, also happened to be the guy who would succeed the unpopular territorial governor. The conflict between the two would-be governors spiraled into a wider revolt for local autonomy pitting criollo settlers against the crown, though it would likely be overstating matters to call this a true...

Afghan locals started hawking contraband after looters ransacked Bagram air base over the weekend Bicycles, helmet, laptop computers, and other pieces of scrap were sold after the looting over the weekend Massive base includes 50-bed hospital and giant hangar size tents filled with supplies such as furniture Americans also left a fleet of SUVs without the keys to start them as well as hundreds of armored vehicles Since 2001, Bagram airbase north of Kabul has served as a linchpin for the US war in Afghanistan At its peak in 2012, Bagram saw more than 100,000 U.S. and NATO troops pass...

July 5 (Reuters) - Luxembourg's Prime Minister Xavier Bettel is in a serious but stable condition after contracting COVID-19 and will remain in hospital for the time being, the government said on Monday. When Bettel was admitted to hospital on Sunday due to persistent symptoms, an insufficient oxygen saturation was diagnosed, according to a statement by the state ministry. "The prime minister's current medical condition is considered serious, but stable," the ministry said.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is eight points ahead of George P. Bush. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton leads state Land Commissioner George P. Bush in the state attorney general race, according to a recent poll by The Dallas Morning News and the University of Texas at Tyler. In a poll asking voters who they would support in the Republican primary, the results show Paxton leading Bush by eight points at 42%, with Bush at 34%.