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~The FReeper Canteen Presents~ Road Trip: Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New JerseyJoint Base McGuire–Dix–Lakehurst (JB MDL) is a United States military facility located 18 miles southeast of Trenton, New Jersey. The base is the only tri-service base in the United States Department of Defense and includes units from all six armed forces branches. The facility is an amalgamation of the United States Air Force's McGuire Air Force Base, the United States Army's Fort Dix and the United States Navy's Naval Air Engineering Station Lakehurst, which were merged on 1 October 2009. It was established in accordance with congressional legislation implementing...

Los Angeles County remained on track Monday to lift its outdoor mask-wearing requirement by mid-week thanks to another drop in the number of COVID-positive patients in local hospitals. According to state figures, there were 2,054 COVID-positive patients in county hospitals, down from 2,086 on Sunday. The number of those patients being treated in intensive care was 437, down from 439 on Sunday. Hospitalizations had climbed to over 4,800 in mid-January at the height of the Omicron-variant-fueled winter surge in cases. Under guidelines announced this month by county Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer, if the hospitalization number stays below 2,500 for...

OTTAWA—Freedom Convoy organizers say they will continue to protest on Parliament Hill despite the federal government’s declaration of a state of emergency. “We are not afraid. In fact, every time the government decides to further suspend our civil liberties, our resolve strengthens and the importance of our mission becomes clearer,” organizer Tamara Lich said on Feb. 14 in anticipation of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau invoking the Emergencies Act over the protests demanding an end to COVID-19 mandates. “We will remain peaceful, but planted on Parliament Hill until the mandates are decisively ended. We recognize that there is a democratic process...

The 78-year-old comedian finally addressed claims that he was very difficult to work with on the sets of “Saturday Night Live” and the TV series “Community.” In an interview with “CBS Sunday Morning,” Chase explained how it didn’t bother him when he heard that his former co-stars had bad experiences working with him. “I guess you’d have to ask them. I don’t give a crap!” he laughed. “I am who I am. And I like where — who I am. I don’t care,” he continued. “And it’s part of me that I don’t care. And I’ve thought about that a...

For a second year, Jill Biden decked out the White House in celebration of Valentine’s Day. On the North Lawn, a giant red heart displayed the quote “Three things shall last forever — faith, hope, and love — and the greatest of these is love” from 1 Corinthians 13:13. Cartoon renderings of the Bidens’ puppy, Commander, and their cat, Willow, stood on either side of the sign, wearing heart-shaped tags.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) holds a double-digit lead over Democrat Robert Francis “Beto” O’Rourke in a hypothetical head-to-head gubernatorial poll from the Texas Politics Project at the University of Texas at Austin. The poll found that 47 percent of the registered Texas voters said they would vote for Abbott, 10 percent more than the Democrat primary candidate.

Everyone understands the concept of self-defense. When one person is attacked by another, he or she may fight back to protect himself or herself from harm. For most people this is self-evident. It is a natural instinct to fight back when attacked. It is also virtuous and just to resist aggression. This applies to countries as well, of course. When one country attacks another, the country being attacked will inevitably respond with military force, even if facing overwhelming odds. Due to current and forthcoming federal policies, Alberta needs to see itself as a community under attack and act accordingly. The...

According to a study by renowned cosmetic surgeon Julian De Silva, Bella Hadid holds the crown for the most beautiful woman in the world. De Silva compiled his list of top 10 women by using what is referred to as the Golden Ratio theory. This "divine proportion" was theorized in Ancient Greece, then used during the Renaissance by esteemed artists to create perfect works of art. Relishing in modern-day time, the cosmetic surgeon has made completely different use of the rule in order to reveal which women are mathematically close to physical perfection. To calculate this golden number of beauty,...

[Catholic Caucus] NFL Star Speaks Out in Defense of the Traditional Latin MassHarrison Butker, an NFL kicker for the Kansas City Chiefs, is an altar server at Traditional Latin MassesSuper Bowl Sunday is a day of great tradition for many Americans, but for Super Bowl champion Harrison Butker, the tradition he wanted to bring attention to that day was one of eternal significance: the Traditional Latin Mass and his frustration with new Vatican rules restricting its use.Butker, 26, is the starting placekicker for the Kansas City Chiefs. His 2020 Super Bowl ring is a symbol of great accomplishment. But during...

The corrupt Biden administration is reportedly working on a billion-dollar deal with Ukraine. The Biden Administration is reportedly working on a billion-dollar economic deal with Ukraine. The U.S. is considering offering Ukraine up to $1 billion in sovereign loan guarantees to help Ukraine’s economy amid pressures from the Russian military build-up, a senior Biden administration official said on Monday.

A six-time deported illegal alien has been found guilty of murdering three individuals in the sanctuary state of Oregon. On June 27, 2016, illegal alien Bonifacio Oseguera-Gonzalez arrived at a housing unit where he had been living with fellow employees for a nearby blueberry farm. While in the kitchen of the residence, Gonzalez fired a loaded gun at Edmundo Amando-Bajonero before shooting Refugio Modesto De La Cruz, Katie Gildersleeve, and Rigoberto Reyes-Mendoza. While De La Cruz survived, Amando-Bajonero, Gildersleeve, and Reyes-Mendoza all died at the scene. Even as Gildersleeve tried to flee, Gonzalez chased her into the driveway, trying to...

Tantrum on aisle one! A Florida woman threw a massive 'hissy fit' in a Florida Walmart after she tried to steal a shopping cart full of groceries, claiming she had an 'employee discount.' Winter Haven Police Department is calling on the public's help to identify a woman - who was only described as having 'green hands and hair' - who hurled a Barbie doll at a store employee after she was caught trying to steal groceries on February 2 around 1 p.m. 'Pitching a hissy fit and throwing things at people because you got caught trying to steal?' the Winter...

Thirteen police officers in different parts of the country were shot during a 24-hour time frame last Friday. FOX News points out nine officers were shot in Phoenix, Arizona, Friday morning. Initial reports on the Phoenix shootings indicated five officers were shot. The first of the five was shot after responding to a home where gunfire was reported. The next four officers were shot trying to rescue a baby who placed outside after the initial shooting. Friday night CNN noted the number of wounded officers in the incident had risen to nine. FOX News observes two Maryland police officers were...

Lethal autonomous weapons systems demand careful consideration but nightmare scenarios of the future won't become reality anytime soon, says a UNSW Canberra military ethicist. The term 'killer robots' conjures up images of sci-fi scenarios where wars are being fought by Terminator-like soldiers, but according to UNSW Canberra military ethicist Deane-Peter Baker, it's not quite that scary or cinematic. In fact, killer robots, or lethal autonomous weapons systems (LAWS), may actually save lives on the battlefield. Associate Professor Baker's latest book, "Should we Ban Killer Robots?," draws from his experience on the International Panel on the Regulation of Autonomous Weapons (IPRAW)...

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau met with his cabinet Sunday night to discuss invoking the War Measures Act, renamed the Emergencies Act in 1988. According to reports from multiple media outlets in Ottawa, Trudeau told his caucus Monday that he now intends to do so. This would put Canada under a state of martial law used only three times in Canada’s history: the First World War, the Second World War, and the FLQ terrorism crisis. The Emergencies (War Measures) Act is an extraordinarily authoritarian piece of legislation, meant to combat violent enemies in an active state of war with Canada.

Two healthy high school basketball players died suddenly on the same day. Cameran Wheatley, a 17-year-old senior at Bremen High School, collapsed during a game with Chicago High School on February 8, 2022. ... Suppose it would take one million years to find two people by chance who happened to have the same fingerprints. In that case, we could expect to wait 625 thousand years [40 billion divided by 64 billion x one million years] to encounter a day where two high schoolers die of SCD naturally – assuming there were no hidden causes.

he U.S. has suspended imports of Mexican avocados—as the lucrative fruit continues to play a key role in the turf wars between drug cartels. Mexico's Agriculture Ministry said U.S. health authorities notified Mexico of their decision to suspend avocado shipments "until further notice" after a U.S. plant inspector working in Uruapan in Michoacán, a major producing region of avocados, received a threatening phone call. In a statement, the ministry said the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Services (APHIS) is carrying out an investigation "to assess the threat and determine the necessary mitigation measures to guarantee the...

A neighborhood home surveillance camera caught what appeared to be a USPS Letter Carrier dumping a stack of Texas voter registration cards in the garbage on Thursday. (Video at the link)

Centrist Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) on Monday said he would not support confirming another nominee selected by President Biden for the Supreme Court immediately before the 2024 presidential election, clarifying remarks he'd made earlier about the midterm elections. Manchin said he would prefer to wait until the country knows who will occupy the White House in 2025. Manchin walked back the comment he made earlier afternoon indicating that he would not support confirming a second Biden nominee to the Supreme Court if another vacancy occurs shortly before the Nov. 8 midterm election. Asked if the Senate should act if another...

Convoy Organizer Tamara Lich and Brian Peckford - Canada's only surviving signatory of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms hold a press conference in response to today's announcement that Justin Trudeau and the Liberal government will be moving to implement the emergency measures act upon peaceful Canadian men, women, children, elderly and disabled protesters. February 14th, 2022