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Dick Schermerhorn said he is feeling pretty good at 100 years old. The World War II veteran's family, including five of his children, 12 grandchildren and 18 great grandchildren came together from all over the country for the big day. "It's great. The great part about it is you have a family that's willing to do this for you," said Dick Schermerhorn. Some of his military medals and patches were on full display inside the celebration, even sand from Normandy Beach where he landed during the D-Day invasion sat on a table. He said he went on to join another...

Wang Guan, a World Economic Forum (WEF) young global leader, is pushing for those who resist Klaus Schwab’s planned “Great Reset” to be thrown into communist China-style “reeducation camps.” Similar to the ones where Uyghur Muslims are forced to live in China’s Xinjiang province, Wang’s reeducation camps would be filled with people who support things like freedom, nationalism and the right to bear arms. Wang currently works as a chief political correspondent for a Chinese state-run media out that airs programming specifically for the United States. He is one of 112 young global leaders who was personally selected by Schwab...

Join 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.

A rampaging camel from a Tennessee petting zoo attacked and killed two men Thursday afternoon, authorities reported. The Obion County Sheriff's Office announced on Friday that it received reports of a camel on the loose that was attacking people at Shirley Farms in Obion. In audio obtained by CBS News, a dispatcher can be heard reporting 'two 911 calls of people being viciously attacked by a camel.' By the time deputies arrived on the scene, they found two unconscious victims, and the camel remained on the loose. The camel was later put down 'for the safety of everyone on the...

On March 4, my colleagues and I decided to publish for the first time a letter from our source, who, judging by the letters, is serving in one of the analytical units of the special services. We sincerely hoped that this publicity would draw attention to the war in Ukraine and the ongoing events and would allow the war to be stopped sooner. But we could not imagine that this letter and this publication would attract such attention around the world. We decided to continue publishing data from our source and we believe that this will give the world new...

With the elites poking at the Russian bear and trying to get us into World War III but in a way where they think none of us gets hurt, we are now facing food shortages. That could mean possible monthly grocery costs rising by $1,000. It’s the beginning of crop planting time. Crops need fertilizer. And through the brilliant mechanisms of globalism, guess where we get a lot of our fertilizer? Russia. They provide two-thirds of the world’s supply. And they’re temporarily shutting down their fertilizer exports. So there’s one more log being added to the out-of-control inflation fire. “We’re...

New rules announced late Thursday by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) reverse the agency’s previous requirements for cars to pass crash standards. The NHTSA said the updated regulations were meant to amend “wording that has or will become obsolete as applied to new design,” while still retaining comparable safety standards. Previous rules presumed vehicles would come equipped with a driver’s seat, steering wheel, and an accompanying steering column, however, the emergence of new classes of vehicles built specifically with automation in mind make these controls “logically unnecessary,” according to the NHTSA. The new standards could pave the way...

Yesterday, engineers and technicians at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida drove Crawler Transporter-2, which will carry NASA’s Moon rocket to the launch pad, to the doors of the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB). Soon, the 6.6-million-pound crawler will go inside the VAB and slide under the Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft placed on the Mobile Launcher. Technicians will finish up preparations to transport the rocket traveling at a top speed of 1 mph to Launch Complex 39B for a wet dress rehearsal test ahead of the Artemis I launch. This week, the Kennedy team also completed painting the...

"On Thursday morning, I was sitting at breakfast with my husband when I started having stroke like symptoms and was taken to the hospital," she wrote. "They found I had suffered a very small blood clot to my brain, which caused a small lack of oxygen, but my body had passed it on its own and I recovered completely within a few hours. Although this was definitely one of the scariest moments I've ever been through, I'm home now and doing well, and I'm so grateful and thankful to all the amazing doctors and nurses who took care of me!"

A massive homeless encampment in downtown Phoenix, Arizona, known as the "Zone," raises eyebrows as the shelter's population swells to more than 900 people. The Zone is located on 9th Avenue, Jackson Street, 13th Avenue, and Jefferson Street in Phoenix, down the street from the Arizona State Capitol complex. Vice News points out, "the camp more than doubling in size over two years may be a testament to how bad Phoenix's housing crisis has become." "People say, 'Are you surprised?' And I say, 'No, not really, because all of the housing forces in Phoenix and Maricopa County have been working...

Four of the eight highest-ranked U.S. cities in terms of overall happiness are situated in California. You will find more infographics at StatistaAs Statista's Florian Zandt details below, according to an analysis by WalletHub, only one city not located on the United States' west coast managed to break into the top 3 last year.The city in question is Columbia, Maryland, which ranks second on WalletHub's index of the 182 happiest U.S. cities. When looking at the individual scores for each of the three dimensions analyzed, the picture portrayed changes quite a bit. For example, Columbia is ranked as one of...

India is discussing how to set up a rupee-ruble payment mechanism to enable it to trade with Russia, to circumvent the U.S. sanctions regime.India abstained from voting on the March United Nations (UN) General Assembly Resolution demanding an end to Russian offensive in Ukraine (General Assembly resolution demands end to Russian offensive in Ukraine).Since its Independence, India has tried to steer a neutral course between the U.S. and Russia (and previously, the USSR). During the 1950s, India’s first prime minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, was a prime architect behind the Non-Aligned Movement, under which developing countries tried to pursue their national interests...

For parents who are contemplating whether their child should receive a COVID-19 vaccine, Dr. Joseph Fraiman, an emergency medicine physician, says they should ask the following two questions to help them decide.“The first thing that you want to do for harm/benefit analysis [is to ask], is there a mortality benefit for these vaccines for your child,” Fraiman said at a roundtable discussion hosted by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis on March 7.Experts say that children are at much lower risk of severe disease and death from COVID-19 compared to other age groups.“The majority of studies haven’t been able to find a...

United Airlines plans to let workers who declined to get a COVID-19 vaccine return to work, according to a missive obtained by The Epoch Times.Unvaccinated employees can return to their positions on March 28, according to the memorandum, which was sent to workers on Thursday morning.Kirk Limacher, vice president of human resources at United, said the change was due to the plunge in COVID-19 cases and COVID-19-related hospitalizations across the country in recent weeks. Many states and cities are lifting COVID-19 restrictions, and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention dramatically eased its masking guidance, he noted.“These changes suggest...

Jim Hanson, a retired member of the U.S. Army Special Forces and president of the Security Studies Group, said in his assessment, Russian President Vladimir Putin’s plan in Ukraine is developing according to the Kremlin’s initial goals, except that the Russian military is floundering.“I’ve known what his ultimate goal was from the beginning, and it was to gain recognition for Crimea, to take official control of the two Russian-speaking provinces, and at that point, to use a further incursion into Ukraine proper as a bargaining chip to get sanctions removed,” Hanson told the host of NTD’s Capitol Report, Steve Lance,...

A clinic which receives NHS funding has been promoting prostitution as a way for transgender people to pay for their transition treatment, The Mail on Sunday can reveal. Being a sex worker ‘can be useful and sometimes empowering’, according to a guide produced by CliniQ, a sexual counselling service for transgender people at King’s College Hospital in London. It adds: ‘It can help us pay for parts of our transition.’ The booklet by CliniQ, which is part-funded by King’s College NHS Trust and three London local authorities, also suggests that transgender men – people born in female bodies but transitioning...

The Biden administration lacks an understanding of how the energy industry works, and its recent statement regarding 9,000 approved drilling permits reflects as such, said Rep. Garret Graves (R-La.).According to White House press secretary Jen Psaki in a March 7 press briefing, it’s inaccurate to say the Biden administration is not allowing companies to drill. She said, “There are 9,000 approved drilling permits that are not being used,” and she suggested reporters “ask the oil companies why they’re not using those.”“That statement represents just a lack of understanding of energy policy and energy resources in the United States,” Graves told...

A university lecturer has been stood down after accidentally screening pornography during an online lesson with his first-year students. The man and another teacher were conducting an online class called 'Introduction to essential skills for academic success' - a basic literacy course for students entering university - via Zoom on Wednesday. The lecturer took a break during the lesson and mistakenly forgot to pause the Zoom meeting for the 15 students present. A screen from a pornographic website with the title '18+ Cams with Sexy Cam Girls' soon popped up featuring a series of explicit images of young women. The...

Despite boasts about going after the 1%, they haven’t been the federal tax agency’s focus for some reason.It has become a tiresome, platform talking point over the past few election cycles – the rich are not paying enough taxes. Corporations have been accused of paying zero income taxes. The empty claim from Bernie Sanders was always “the millionaires and billionaires” needed to pay their fair share. (He quickly dispatched ‘millionaires’ from his cliche’ the day his personal wealth was revealed to place him in that particular bracket.) Recently Elizabeth Warren has been sniping at Elon Musk within her vapid claim...

There are reports in British papers that Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered the arrest of at least two senior officers in the Russian Federal Security Service or FSB. The FSB is the successor to the KGB but without the overseas portfolio. However, it does operate within the now-independent states that comprised the former Soviet Union, which by Russian law (lolol) is forbidden territory to the foreign intelligence service or SVR.A Russian spy chief is said to have been placed under house arrest in a sign that President Putin is seeking to blame the security services for the stalled invasion...