Free Republic

Health officials condemned ivermectin as a useless and even dangerous treatment for COVID-19. The media smeared the well-known and commonly used anti-parasitic drug as a “horse dewormer,” even though it has always been a human medicine as well. They mercilessly mocked people who thought the drug might help them. But it turns out ivermectin can actually help certain people fight off COVID-19, according to science writer Scott Alexander.In a lengthy blog post , Alexander took a deep dive into all available studies on ivermectin and whether it works against COVID-19. It’s worth reading in full, but I’ll highlight his main...

In Low Key Move, Singapore’s Central Bank Adds 26 Tonnes To Its Gold Reserves It has just come to light that Singapore’s central bank, the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), added 26.35 tonnes of gold to its official monetary gold reserves over a 2 month period between May and June this year, in the process boosting its strategic gold holdings by 20% to a claimed 153.76 tonnes. This addition to the monetary gold holdings of the Monetary Authority of Singapore was first pointed out by the World Gold Council’s Krishan Gopaul in a 25 November tweet, following an update to...

Bishops 'embittered' as Catholic politicians order lockdown for churchesBRATISLAVA, Slovakia (ChurchMilitant.com) - The prime minister of Slovakia, a devout Catholic, has ordered a ban on the public celebration of Holy Mass and other church services, blaming a rise in China virus infections. Slovakia's bishops said they were "very bitter" that the ban beginning Thursday "should happen again in a situation in which many other areas of life remain open," as Slovakia became the first European nation to reintroduce a ban on public worship. "The re-lockdown is a great disappointment," the bishops lamented. "Since the beginning of the pandemic, the Bishops'...

Google whistleblower Zack Vorhies Explains how Google was initially started and funded by the CIA, how they took over "Search" and how they gathered employees together to go after Trump when he won in 2016 and shut down conservative speech.

I’ve seen this claim on both the left and the right. It is wrong. Kyle Rittenhouse is no hero. Not at all. He did nothing heroic. Not. One. Thing. At least on that fateful night when he shot three people. One might rightfully grant him kudos for his testimony in court and his subsequent statements after the trial. However, it certainly appears to me that so many are determined to label his actions on the night for which he was tried and acquitted for as heroic. I strongly disagree. Kyle Rittenhouse defended his life. End of story. Whatever else one...

Cases against the administration's vaccine mandate have been filed in a number of states, alleging that the president overstepped his jurisdiction because such a policy requires congressional approval under the US Constitution. A US court in Louisiana blocked the Biden administration's COVID-19 vaccination mandate for all healthcare employees on Monday. Judge Terry Doughty of the Western District of Louisiana stated in the ruling that the plaintiff state's motion to halt the mandate implementation is granted. "Therefore, the US Department of Health and Human Services and the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services, along with their directors, employees, Administrators and Secretaries...

We Are Church International urges Pope Francis to make the Church participatory in the spirit of the Second Vatican Council An international group of Catholic laypeople have urged Pope Francis to replace the upcoming Synod on Synodality with an assembly of Catholics to make the Church participatory. We Are Church (WAC) International, a global coalition of national church reform groups, made the appeal as Catholics across the world participate in diocesan and regional consultations leading to the Synod of Bishops at the Vatican in October 2023. Pope Francis kicked off the two-year global consultation in Rome on Oct. 10. For...

The system of the surcharge is based on the previous compensation payments: Depending on the effort and number of Covid 19 patients, this surcharge is 360, 560 or 760 euros per hospital day. The hospital can now multiply this sum by 0.9 and 13.9 (currently the average length of stay of Covid-19 patients) and bill it. The care surcharge is only paid to clinics that treat Covid patients for more than two days. In addition, the payments must be offset against Corona-related revenue declines for full compensation of the 2021 pandemic year. Criticism in this regard comes from large clinics....

~ Freeper Canteen ~--Canteen Mission Statement--Showing support and boosting the morale of our military and our allies' military and family members of the above. Honoring those who have served before. Today We Want You To Take The.....Guess The Right First Name Of These 60s Songs Quiz Click HERE to take the quiz! Have fun! Please remember that The Canteen here to support and entertain our troops and veterans and their families, and is family friendly.

The ruling National Party of Honduras conceded defeat on Tuesday The ruling National Party of Honduras is conceding defeat in Sunday's presidential elections, a senior party figure said Tuesday, leaving leftist candidate Xiomara Castro poised to become Honduras's first female leader...

A couple of years ago, Julia Strand was trying and failing to replicate a study she’d published. At the time, she was an assistant professor without tenure, and the original study had presented her most exciting finding to date. But when she and her co-authors tried to replicate it, they got the opposite results. Then one night, Julia discovered why. In her original code, she’d made a tiny but critical error, and now, with her reputation and job on the line, she was going to have to tell the world about it. Science is often said to be “self-correcting”—through peer...

Amoris Laetitia: the Church accompanies fragile familiesIn 10 episodes — one each month — we bring you a video with the Pope’s reflections and first-hand testimonies of families from across the world on the theme of the family. The initiative, a joint collaboration between the Dicastery for the Laity, Family and Life, and Vatican News, and aims to ‘re-read’ Amoris laetitia, with the aid of downloadable material prepared for personal and community reflection. Because, as Pope Francis reminds us: being a family is always “primarily an opportunity.”AMORIS LAETITIA(n. 291-312)ACCOMPANYING, DISCERNING AND INTEGRATING WEAKNESS291. The Synod Fathers stated that, although the...

Magically offbeat...

A man from an opium-smoking village in Vietnam was imprisoned for more than two years not for drugs but because he converted to Christianity. Mission News Network reported that Thuan, not his real name, was arrested by the police a few months after he converted to Christianity. Thuan grew up in a village renowned for smoking opium and excessive drinking but was invited to the nearby village two years ago to have dinner with a local missionary named Pastor Dang, also not his real name. The leader of the said ministry, whose name was not disclosed, told Mission News Network...

He says he was just headed to Walgreens. But the expired registration on his car tag meant he could be pulled over. So there he is, sitting on the cold curb at night, cuffed by the Fresno County sheriff's deputies. Yes, the man tells CNN, he'd avoided getting a new registration, not wanting to spend the money. So now the 28-year-old is looking at a ticket on top of the registration and a late fee. Nothing comes cheap and easy for him -- except for methamphetamine. That's the lesson he says he got at the age of 13, when his...

So much for “Minnesota nice.” President Joe Biden received an ugly welcome in the Land of 10,000 Lakes Tuesday when his motorcade passed dozens of protesters who held vulgar signs dissing the commander-in-chief. Some of the demonstrators waved campaign flags for former President Donald Trump. One sign said “FJB” in an apparent abbreviation of -snip- The pool reporter also noted that other signs displayed various messages including “You Suck,” “High Gas – C’mon man,” and “Trump still president.” -snip- The large protest followed similar displays during recent Biden trips to other states he won in last year’s presidential election —...

The former Minnesota police officer charged in the April shooting of Daunte Wright, a Black man whose death prompted new protests against police brutality, will testify in her own defense, her attorney said on Tuesday as jury selection began in the manslaughter trial. Kimberly Potter, a white former officer in Brooklyn Center just north of Minneapolis, has pleaded not guilty to first- and second-degree manslaughter charges. Her lawyers have said Potter, 49, mistakenly discharged her handgun instead of her stun gun at Wright, 20, during a traffic stop. Her lawyers also have accused the prosecution of disregarding the conduct of...

August 11, nine Chinese workers were killed in a blast in Pakistan, the latest in the string of attacks targeting Chinese citizens. The incident highlighted the vulnerability of Chinese nationals and assets abroad and the need to improve protection and security for workers in foreign countries. As a solution, China has come to see private military companies (PMC) as an eminently necessary tool. PMCs and Chin Though first emerging in the 1990s, the need for Chinese PMCs became clearer from the 2000s onward. This is because threats to China’s international ambitions grew in tandem with the country’s economic impact and...

Beginning at 1:32:02 the black mother goes on to say her son who attends #OxfordHighSchool was aware something was happening today and he and his friends refused to go to school. Black mother of student says that several kids knew about the threat.

CommentaryMuch of the world is having an enlightening moment with China.Recall that China began the last decade by positioning itself as a global benefactor. Its Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) was supposed to be a beneficial foreign aid and development program. Other economic and cultural outreach efforts supplied nations with financing and cultural exchanges that have served Beijing well.The Shine Is OffBut foreign aid debt traps and spyware scandals certainly took some of the shine off China’s global reputation. The world started to open its eyes.Then the launch and spread of the CCP virus pandemic, along with the hoarding of...