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~The FReeper Canteen Presents~ Road Trip: Naval Support Activity Hampton Roads, VirginiaNaval Support Activity Hampton Roads is a United States Navy Echelon 4 regional support commander that is responsible to Navy Region Mid-Atlantic for the operation and maintenance of the installation of the same name that it is headquartered on. Most of the commands on the main campus are either force-level (Echelon II) or fleet level (Echelon III) commanders. It is the headquarters for four Echelon II commands -- United States Fleet Forces Command, Navy Reserve Forces, Operational Test and Evaluation Force and United States Marine Corps Forces Command,...

Media finally covering rise in heart problems, but blames it on Covid virus and ignores role of experimental jabs The propaganda machine is going to have to work overtime to hide the crisis ahead A recent study. revealing young Americans have seen a 30% increase in heart attack deaths since the spring of 2020 is puzzling mainstream media pundits who must have forgotten about the experimental Covid jabs forced onto the world right at that exact same time. NBC’s the Today show reported, “A national study from Cedars Sinai hospital shows the deaths related to heart attacks increased across every...

For the historians in the room... Free ebook Downloads in common formats at link. "The story of Lincoln's life told by himself in his stories, wit and humor of the War, the COurts, the BAckwoods and the White House." -- T.p "Illustrated with one hundred original outline drawings by special artists of scenes and characters in Lincoln's stories, and fifty phograph portraits of the famous men of Lincoln's time and their biographies." -- T.p "Copyright by Henry Neil, 1901." -- T.p

Earlier today I wrote that we live in stupid times.It’s true. In an era defined by apocalyptic warnings about how fossil fuels, agriculture, and breathing will cause the Earth to catch on fire, the one thing that has held the environmental movement together is an abiding faith that generating power with clean, renewable, and carbon-free nuclear energy is a terrible idea.The result has been a ridiculous draught in the commissioning of nuclear reactors. The US has closed nukes but hasn’t commissioned a new reactor in decades.We live in stupid times.Still, somehow this new reactor in Georgia managed to slip through...

If you were to believe Democrat Party puppet Harry Sisson, a young influencer who looks and acts like a Democrat AI-generated character, Gen Z is a generation of leftists.In fact, the running knowledge is that Gen Z is a giant voting well for the Democrats and one that they used to influence the midterm elections, helping prevent the prophesied “red wave” that was going to sweep the House and Senate. To be sure, a lot of that is true.However, something is happening in the younger parts of Gen Z that looks bizarre considering how that generation voted in the midterms....

Hunter Biden’s business partner Devon Archer sat for a transcribed interview with members of the House Oversight Committee and Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) on Monday.While the interview was still ongoing, Rep. Dan Goldman (D-NY) addressed reporters on a break to try and minimize the impact of Archer’s testimony, acknowledging that Hunter Biden frequently placed his father, then-Vice President Joe Biden, on speakerphone while meeting with business associates but attempting to handwave the significance away as just “talking about the weather” and other niceties.As the interview was drawing to a close on Monday afternoon, George Washington University Law Professor...

Protesters supporting military coup in Niger. CREDIT: YouTube The Niger military announced Wednesday that it had ousted President Mohamed Bazoum and taken power. The coup was led by the head of the Presidential Guard, General Abdourahamane Tchiani. Bazoum, popularly elected in 2021, has seen the shine wear off as drought, corruption, economic malaise, and an intractable war with the Islamic State in the Greater Sahara combined into a perfect storm of disillusionment. He remains under detention in the capital Niamey.Thursday, the removal of Bazoum and the installation of a new military government became formal as Tchiani announced he was...

"Liberty lies in the hearts of men and women; when it dies there, no constitution, no law, no court can save it; no constitution, no law, no court can even do much to help it." — Judge Learned Hand (1872-1961) Late last week, a judge on the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court revealed that he had had enough of the FBI and Congress trashing the Constitution. The normally secretive court and the normally secretive judge explained in a rare public opinion the unlawful behavior of FBI agents spying on ordinary Americans in violation of the Fourth Amendment. The FISA Court judge...

Join with fellow FREEPERS to pray for AMERICA: For those in Authority in Government, Family, Military, Business, Healthcare, Education, Churches, and the Media. This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. (1 John 5:14)Religion Forum threads labeled [Prayer] are closed to debate of any kind.Psalm 33:10-11 “The LORD foils the plans of the nations; He thwarts the purposes of the peoples. But the plans of the LORD stand firm forever, the purposes of His heart through all generations.”

A shrinking California. Waves of companies relocating to Texas. The idea of a California exodus gained momentum over the years. But is it true? We dug into the data to separate fact from fiction

Senator Biden mentioned on ALF. Just a little light talk and thoughts reflecting on today's politics and how low we really fell.

Police officers allegedly stood by and watched for 15 minutes as a man who relapsed on heroin drowned in the Tennessee River after fleeing from them, according to a newly filed lawsuit. Kimberly Williams-Clabo claims her son, Mika Wheeler Clabo, would still be alive if it weren’t for the alleged negligence of the Knoxville Police Department, which encountered him “acting erratically” on the morning of July 25, 2022. Police said that when they approached Clabo, 30, who struggled with a heroin addiction, he ran from them and jumped into the river, where he got caught on vines and drowned. In...

Climate anxiety — [young people] are concerned about their future in almost a doomsday fear about what might be within a couple of decades of now. They're concerned about whether they should have children, whether they should even try to buy a home, because what does the future hold?"

TUSTIN, Calif. - Multiple people were arrested and dozens of cars impounded after police in Tustin busted a massive illegal street takeover Saturday night. According to police, an estimated 200 vehicles participated and were reportedly doing donuts and driving on the wrong side of the road. Fireworks were also being launched, authorities said. As a result of the raid, 18 people were arrested, 20 citations issued, and 51 vehicles impounded for various vehicle code violations.

The “Breaking Bad” grandma accused of running an international drug ring out of her California home is living life “as if nothing has happened,” and doesn’t even have an ankle monitor, pictures taken by The Post show. Joanne Segovia, 64, has been out on bail since charged with allegedly leading a double life dealing drugs, including deadly fentanyl, while working as the executive director for the San Jose Police Officers’ Association in March. Despite facing up to 20 years in prison, Segovia can be seen smiling and cheering at a park where she watched her grandson’s Little League game over...

[Catholic Caucus] Mexican Bishops Conference Submits 'Indigenous Liturgical Adaptations' for Approval; Holy See 'Favorable' The Mexican bishops' conference has submitted, for Vatican approval, "a series of Indigenous liturgical adaptations for the celebration of Holy Mass for the 'original peoples' of the country." The Vatican has reportedly received the adaptations 'favorably.' They include a layperson who will incense the altar in place of the priest; a "senior layperson" who will "lead community prayer," and ritual dancing. Here is what then-Cardinal Ratzinger said about liturgical dancing in his classic The Spirit of the Liturgy:Dancing is not a form of expression for the...

Communist China has inserted itself into America’s public school system, donating $17 million to influence students and now Republicans are demanding answers. Parents Defending Education has issued a report called “Little Red Classrooms” that shows how the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is coordinating with US schools to implement Confucius Classrooms which have, over time, included 143 school districts in 34 states and Washington, D.C. Seven of those contracts with the CCP are still active in states such as Kentucky, Minnesota, Oklahoma, Oregon, Texas, and Washington. CCP-connected financial institutions have funneled the donations into K-12 schools through Confucius Institutes and other...

The assistance that has been provided by the US and its allies to Ukraine is not enough, President Vladimir Zelensky told Brazil’s Globo News broadcaster in an interview last week. As long as Kiev’s conflict with Moscow carries on, no amount of help will be sufficient, he added. “As long as the war continues, nothing can be enough,” Zelensky told Globo, as reported by Russia’s RIA Novosti.

Law schools began as trade schools, training future lawyers to sell legal services as licensed providers. Modern law schools, however, have increasingly adopted the routines of political institutions. Even at more practical regional schools, the effect can be insidious, as faculty bring with them a progressive bias from their extensive academic exposure. Sometimes, this ideological emphasis is subtle and difficult to detect, because it can be integrated into the basic framework of how law is taught. At other times, the effect of ideological preoccupation in the legal academy is observable in how law students behave. Recent dramatic disruptions in such...

Getting along with a nation that has the world’s largest nuclear weapons stockpile is a good thing, former US President Donald Trump has said, as he reiterated his claims that he could defuse the Ukraine conflict in a matter of hours. “The fake news hates when I say I know [Russian President Vladimir Putin] well. They hate when I say I got along with him. You know, it’s good to get along,” he told supporters at a campaign rally in Erie, Pennsylvania on Saturday. “They have more nuclear weapons than us, or just about the same, but a little more...