Free Republic

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles City Council is scheduled to vote Wednesday on whether to end a requirement that many indoor businesses and large outdoor events verify that customers have been vaccinated against COVID-19. The motion proposed by council President Nury Martinez would make vaccination verifications voluntary at such establishments as restaurants, bars, gyms and personal care businesses. The measure needs at least 12 votes to pass to meet the council’s “urgency” threshold and so it could go into effect quickly. A simple majority would also approve the measure, but it wouldn’t go into effect for several weeks...

It is the apology that drives cancel culture, because it encourages more acts of electronic subjugation, re-education, and humiliation. Ah, the cancel culture apology -- for the Twitterati who have foisted this nightmare upon the world, the apology is the goal, the dopamine fix they need to get through the day, to prove to themselves that they have a proper place in the world, and that they are always right. In other words, the apology is the automatically dispensed food pellet micenized humans crave. It is the apology that drives cancel culture, because it encourages more acts of electronic subjugation,...

Two rescued koalas treated for a life-threatening disease will be released back into the wild by Queensland researchers as part of a project to help protect the threatened species and improve genetic diversity. The Living Koala Genome Bank project aims to address the increasing threat of local koala extinction due to habitat loss and disease. Dreamworld Wildlife Foundation General Manager and University of Queensland Adjunct Associate Professor Al Mucci said he was pleased to see successful results from the conservation effort. “Two animals have been cleaned, treated for chlamydia infection and vaccinated, and will be released back into the wild...

Where has pandering to the freaks and sickos gotten us? On April 10, 1899, while serving as the governor of New York, Theodore Roosevelt gave a speech titled “The Strenuous Life.” Roosevelt correctly identified and spoke on an objective truth: “To pander to depravity inevitably means to increase the depravity. It is a dreadful thing that public sentiment should condone misconduct in a public man; but this is no excuse for the public man, if by his conduct he still further degrades public sentiment. There can be no meddling with the laws of righteousness, of decency, of morality.” Now, in...

Germany is experiencing the highest level of inflation since the country was reunified in 1990 after the fall of the Berlin Wall and economic growth projections have been cut in half amid the ongoing war in Ukraine. On Thursday, Germany’s federal statistics agency Destatis revealed that inflation has risen by 7.3 per cent over this time last year, up from 5.1 per cent in February.

The legislature has cooked up a plan to arrest anyone who makes politicians or certain groups feel 'uncomfortable.' Vermont’s social justice legislators have launched a transparent and illegal assault against free speech liberties. Vermont’s Senate has amended the state’s assault statute mightily. S.265 seeks to heighten penalties for threatening with the intent to terrify, intimidate, or unlawfully influence the conduct of a candidate for public office, public servant, election official, or public employee in any decision, opinion, recommendation, vote, or other exercise of discretion taken in capacity as a candidate for public office, public servant, election official, or public employee,...

A CBS News executive told staff earlier this month that the network was hiring more Republicans as analysts because he believed there would "likely" be a Democratic wipeout in the 2022 midterm elections, The Washington Post reported on Wednesday, citing a leaked recording it obtained. Neeraj Khemlani, a CBS News copresident, made the remark just before the announcement that the network had hired Mick Mulvaney, who briefly served as President Donald Trump's chief of staff, as an analyst. The decision sparked internal backlash, The Post reported. In February 2020, Mulvaney accused journalists of exaggerating the impact of the coronavirus to...

It seems as though Ukraine is getting more supplies from the UK and other nations, as they have now pledged a new round of supplies, and some of the supplies appear to be of a higher price tag. Meanwhile across all fronts in Ukraine the counterattacks have made massive progress in pushing the Russians back and liberating the Ukrainian villages once occupied by the invaders. Join me as we discuss the past 24 hours of events, and see if there is anything we can take from it.

After almost a century, in the former Christian basilica - then museum - of Saint (Hagia) Sophia, which was converted into a mosque by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will once again hear the Islamic prayer for Ramadan. The tarawih, which every devout Muslim recites every night in the holy month of fasting and prayer, will be celebrated inside the building, as confirmed yesterday by the country's highest religious office. The powerful Ali Erbas, head of the Diyanet, already leading the first Islamic Eid prayer in the disputed place of worship, said that "thank God for the first time in...

President Joe Biden vastly overpromised Americans that they can expect savings of $500 a month by transitioning to renewable energy, which the White House corrected by saying the savings would actually come over a year. In a fumble during his speech on gas prices on Thursday, Biden touted rebate programs for consumers switching to green energy but incorrectly cast how much would be saved. 'If your home is powered by safer, cheaper, cleaner electricity like solar or heat pumps, you can save about $500 a month on average,' Biden said. The White House corrected Biden's remark in a transcript, making...

Click on link

Officials announced Monday the arrest of an Oregon elementary teacher “for communicating with minors for immoral purposes” and allegedly trying to rape a child. Washington’s Redmond Police said detectives performed an undercover operation with decoy profiles on social media and dating apps to make contact with and meet the suspect in the case. Redmond Detectives arrested an Oregon elementary teacher on Friday, March 25 for communicating with minors for immoral… Posted by Redmond WA Police on Monday, March 28, 2022 The operation initially began in October when Andrew Hammond, 50, was told he was chatting with a 14-year-old girl, and...

Prince Andrew has become embroiled in a legal riddle over a £750,000 payment ($1m) from a Turkish millionairess. Nebahat Isbilen, 77, who claims to have been scammed out of fortune by a dishonest businessman, was allegedly tricked into giving the Duke of York money 'by way of payment for assistance' with her passport, a court heard. The prince has since repaid the cash after she alleged it was a scam. She said she had been hoodwinked by a middleman. Details of the extraordinary case, which have emerged at the High Court, come only a month after Andrew settled an alleged...

Let's have some fun!

The White House on Thursday welcomed transgender Jeopardy! champion Amy Schneider to the briefing room as part of their recognition of Transgender Day of Visibility. Amy Schneider stepped up to the briefing room podium after visiting the White House with Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff. Schneider did not meet with President Joe Biden, the White House confirmed. Schneider, a man who is living as a woman, took the crown for the highest earning female Jeopardy! contestant in December before losing his 40-game streak in January 2022. Standing in the briefing room, Schneider specifically condemned recent legislation passed in Republican state legislatures...

A Disney production coordinator has revealed that the company is working to promote transgender and non-binary characters, adding that the company has been 'really open to exploring queer stories.' Allen March was speaking at an internal Disney event as part of the company's 'Reimagine Tomorrow' initiative. The scheme, launched in September, is described by Disney as 'our way of amplifying underrepresented voices and untold stories as well as championing the importance of accurate representation in media and entertainment.' It vows that 50 percent of characters and content would be from underrepresented groups by 2022. March said he worked on the...

Russia has accused Ukraine of attacking an oil facility inside Russia, amid claims the Kremlin could stage a 'false flag' attack to justify a further escalation of the war. Vyacheslav Gladkov, appointed by Vladimir Putin in 2020, said two of Ukraine's military helicopters struck a fuel storage facility in the Russian city of Belgorod on Friday after crossing the border at low altitude. The resulting blaze injured two workers, Gladkov added, while some areas in the city, located close to the Ukrainian border, were being evacuated. Video shared on social media appeared to show the attack happening at 5.43am local...

The toll lanes for Florida’s I-4 Ultimate, a seven-year, $2.4 billion project, are now open, with 21 miles of rebuilt highway and new express lanes between Orange and Seminole counties. It is the largest road project in state history. Highlights of the project: Reconstruction of I-4 lanes and adding four new tolled I-4 Express lanes – two in each direction; Reconstruction of 15 major interchanges; Replacement of 74 bridges, widening of 13 bridges, and adding 53 new bridges. The I-4 Express lanes, the centerpiece of the project, are now open on the interstate’s center lanes and separated by concrete barriers....

Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) sparked outrage among a crowd of homeless Americans late last week when she told them to 'go home' during a tense confrontation in Los Angeles. The Los Angeles Times, which reported on the incident, claimed the the 83-year-old progressive congresswoman tried to stop the outlet from publishing the story by warning its investigative reporter they would 'hurt' themselves and the community. She then erupted at activist who confronted her on the failings of California's housing system, the video obtained by the Times shows. 'Excuse me, there’s nobody in Washington who works for their people any f***ing...

Police found five fetuses after raiding the home of a self-proclaimed 'anti-abortion activist' who was indicted the same day on federal charges alleging that she was part of a group of nine who blocked access to a Washington, D.C. reproductive health center in 2020. The Metropolitan Police Department said officers were responding to a tip about 'potential bio-hazard material' at the home of Lauren Handy, 28, in Southeast Washington on Wednesday when they located the five fetuses inside. Local WUSA9 captured the moment police searching the home walked out with red biohazard bags and coolers filled with evidence from the...