Free Republic

Advice and consent for Supreme Court nominees is among the most important roles executed by the United States Senate. Those who are appointed to the federal bench have a generational impact on our society, and ensuring those individuals are respectful of our Constitution and the intent of the founders could not be more vital to our republic. In recent years, it has been a profound disappointment to see how Senate Democrats have politicized and denigrated this important confirmation process. They turned what used to be a nonpartisan duty into a partisan circus, attempting to defame and attack any individual nominated...

The largest bear reported was a 722-pound male taken with a shotgun in the extended season, on Dec. 4, in Letterkenny Township in Franklin County, by Wade Glessner, of Shippensburg. The heaviest bear ever taken in Pennsylvania was an 875-pounder harvested in 2010 in Middle Smithfield Township, Pike County.Bears were taken in 59 of 67 counties and 22 of Pennsylvania’s 23 Wildlife Management Units in the 2021 seasons.Lycoming County gave up 212 bears to rank first among counties for bear harvest. Potter County ranked second with 180, Pike County third with 167, Tioga County fourth with 166 and Clinton County...

Boise, Idaho – Governor Brad Little activated the Idaho National Guard today for the fourth time during the pandemic to alleviate the impacts of COVID-19 in Idaho.Governor Little activated 75 Idaho National Guardsmen to assist Primary Health and the Idaho Department of Correction, which are experiencing staffing shortages because too many employees are absent from work due to COVID-19.In addition, Governor Little said he secured 503 additional personnel through a state contract to assist Idaho hospitals overwhelmed by COVID-19.“I am proud of our men and women of the Idaho National Guard who have stepped up time and again to help...

Pfizer and BioNTech are reportedly close to submitting a request for emergency authorization for a COVID-19 vaccine that can be administered to children under the age of 5.

75 Swiss francs is all that it cost for one savvy Swiss individual to exploit a loophole in Swiss retirement regulations to retire one year earlier and receive even more lavish benefits than he would have received had he remained a male on paper. Thanks to a new law, Swiss citizens are allowed to change their sex on paper without needing to provide any documentation from a doctor or physician. All it takes is 75 francs and a desire to be referred to as a man or a woman. Well, as it happens, retirement benefits in certain Swiss states differ...

What if all nine Supreme Court justices were white women? Or black men? What if they were Hispanic? Or Asian American? Or Jewish? Would that rightly reflect our nation? Would it even feel right? Of course, if the only qualified justices were all white women or black men or Hispanic or Asian American or Jewish, we would have no choice. But assuming that was not the case, by our design and our intent, how diverse should the Supreme Court be? Speaking in favor of resident Biden’s promise to nominate a black female justice to the Court, Senator Lindsay Graham said...

Joe Theisman believes Washington football fans will embrace the new name coming on Wednesday: The Commanders. pic.twitter.com/itHSZQqnX3 — Damon Amendolara (@DAonCBS) January 31, 2022 Confirmed today by Joe Theisman, the new team name is Washington Commanders.

A passenger aboard a Spirit Airlines flight claimed he was forced to remove his electronic face mask featuring the glowing slogan, “Let’s go Brandon,” along with the letters FJB — the code for “F— Joe Biden.” Adam Radogna, a supporter of former President Donald Trump flying from Cleveland, Ohio, to Tampa, Florida, on Friday, posted a viral video showing him being handed a surgical mask to replace the one he was wearing. When he asks a flight attendant why, she is heard saying, “It’s offensive … it can be to some people, so we’re not going to go back and...

Pray For The Peace of JerusalemEphesians 1Thanksgiving and Prayer 15 For this reason, ever since I heard about your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all God’s people, 16 I have not stopped giving thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers. 17 I keep asking that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you the Spirit[f] of wisdom and revelation, so that you may know him better. 18 I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has...

Although the 2022 election promises to be the biggest bloodbath in a century for Democrats, there is a lot of cause to feel grim nowadays. Wokeness – a violent, godless religion – has permeated all levels of society, including traditional religious organizations that should know better. The Democrats have run our once-great cities into the ground with smiles on their faces. Our universities are communist madrassas. Corporate America has taken sides not just against the conservatives who always defended them, but – in selling out to China – against America too. However, as dark as things are looking, fate seems...

The Bible In Paintings 2 Engravings•Facades•Frescoes•Illuminations•Miniatures•Mosaics•Photographs•Reliefs•Sculptures•Tapestries•WindowsG E N E S I SCHAPTER 19:1-26 The two angels arrived at Sodom in the evening, and Lot was sitting in the gateway of the city. When he saw them, he got up to meet them and bowed down with his face to the ground. “My lords,” he said, “please turn aside to your servant’s house. You can wash your feet and spend the night and then go on your way early in the morning.” “No,” they answered, “we will spend the night in the square.” But he insisted so strongly that they...

Video at link. Can't vouch for thr truth of it, since I was looking for a corroborating source, but according to the videi, the Ottawa mayor was contacting tow companies to move the semi trucks, and the response was that they all had Covid.

The leftist ratings firm NewsGuard criticized a Media Research Center study of the site’s ratings, calling it “fundamentally flawed.” NewsGuard General Manager Matt Skbinski’s letter made multiple inaccurate claims about the study, which analyzed the NewsGuard ratings of media outlets. Skibinski claimed the study was “based on a tiny sample of cherry-picked data.” He continued: “NewsGuard has rated more than 7,500 news and information websites, but the NewsBusters analysis looked only at ratings of 24 websites it defines as right-leaning and 31 websites it defines as left-leaning--meaning the study examined a cherry-picked sample of just 0.7% of the websites we've...

Biologically, I’m black and white. As an adoptee with brown skin from a very diverse family, I’m grateful that my mother (who happens to have skin much lighter than mine) provided all kinds of books about black American history-makers. There are so many incredible stories that should be intertwined in an educational fabric that celebrates every thread from every hue of trailblazer. But we shouldn’t have separate months to teach fractured history based on color or gender. It's all American history. Frederick Douglass’ The North Star newspaper had a slogan that sums up how we should look at humanity: “Right...

I introduced my Jan. 25, 2022, Video Rant that appears on my website as follows: "Every MLK national holiday skin color pimps and harlots, as a means of fomenting hatred and lies, ask: 'How do we keep Dr. King's dream alive?'" The Video Rant title is "Dr. King's Dream Is Dead (Warning Graphic Truth)." I addressed theissue with hardcore unadulterated truth that was like being punched in the face by boxing champion George Foreman. As I said in the description of The Video Rant: "No one has ever dared speak the truth so boldly about so-called black people. I also...

Researchers from North Carolina State University have discovered that a particular molecular signaling pathway plays an important role in producing osteoarthritis (OA) pain. Using a mouse model of painful osteoarthritis, they show that blocking this signaling pathway eliminates pain and results in a return to normal limb use. This work is the first to find an association between this pathway and OA pain, and could lead to the development of new, effective pain treatments for human OA sufferers. Over 32.5 million U.S. adults suffer from painful OA, making it the most common joint disorder in the country. The incidence of...

Commons Speaker Lindsay Hoyle slapped down Boris Johnson today for using an “untrue slur” about Jimmy Savile and Sir Keir Starmer. The Speaker said the Prime Minister’s comments were not “disorderly”, but warned they would “inflame opinions and generate disregard for the House”. He added: “I am far from satisfied that the comments in question were appropriate on this occasion.” The flailing Prime Minister tried to associate Labour ’s leader with the notorious paedophile entertainer in a Commons outburst that was slammed even by his own MPs. Sir Keir led the Crown Prosecution Service when it decided not to prosecute...

The left image shows a knee joint in a healthy rat. (White indicates cartilage.) The second image from the left shows a joint with grade 2 untreated osteoarthritis. The third image shows a joint with osteoarthritis that has worsened from grade 2 to grade 4 after six weeks of placebo therapy. The right image shows a joint with osteoarthritis that improved from grade 2 to grade 1 (mild) after six weeks of combination therapy with alphaKlotho and sTGFbR2. Credit: Salk Institute ***************************************************************** A combination of two previously studied osteoarthritis drugs works better than either drug alone. People with osteoarthritis, or...

Is the territorial integrity of Ukraine a cause worth America's fighting a war with Russia? No, it is not. And this is why President Joe Biden has declared that the U.S. will not become militarily involved should Russia invade Ukraine. Biden is saying that, no matter our sentiments, our vital interests dictate staying out of a Russia-Ukraine war. But why then does Secretary of State Antony Blinken continue to insist there is an "open door" for Ukraine to NATO membership -- when that would require us to do what U.S. vital interests dictate we not do: fight a war with...

More than 40 people may have been involved in a brawl at a Golden Corral in Pennsylvania, police say. The fight allegedly broke out after a customer became enraged when the buffet ran out of steak. Investigators are trying to figure out who started the fight that broke out Friday night at a Golden Corral in Bensalem, Pennsylvania. Video of the incident shows punches being thrown and high chairs flying. Police confirm the brawl may have involved more than 40 people and happened following an argument among some customers. They did not say what caused the argument, as that is...