Free Republic

Republicans are accusing Gov. Kathy Hochul supporters of “dirty tricks” for sending voters pre-filled applications for absentee ballots — with COVID-19 already checked as the reason for voting remotely — in what appears to be a tightening race against Rep. Lee Zeldin ahead of the Nov. 8 election. “No one should fill out that box, but the voter who’s requesting,” GOP state Chair Nick Langworthy said Monday about the voter outreach.

He wrote this song in 1955 and the record was released in 1956. A classic of the fifties doo-wop genre.

Robby Walker is lucky to be alive. After the 52-year-old father from Florida contracted COVID-19-related pneumonia, a ventilator wasn't enough. He needed Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO), a treatment in which blood is routed through a machine that purifies and oxygenates it, giving the patient's lungs a chance to recover. But no ECMO machines were available in Florida or nearby states because other ECMO patients were using them.

GlaxoSmithKline fired Moncef Slaoui — the feds’ former coronavirus vaccine czar — from one of its subsidiaries after an internal probe found he had sexually harassed one of the British drugmaker’s employees.GSK said Wednesday it booted Slaoui from his post as chairman of the board of Galvani Bioelectronics, a medical research firm that’s majority-owned by the pharma giant.

I'll post the Focus on the Family link below. Two remarkably similar videos, emphasizing the science, which is not a bad word but the factual basis of any discussion, or at least the start of it. There is no way for the RNA to affect our DNA because it never enters the nucleus of the cell. There are side effects to everything, including the virus, but nothing nearly as bad as the disease itself. The whole process was overseen by the FDA and nothing that we weren't told about could possibly have been done. And of course there is the...

U.S. action in Syria against Iranian militias, using Ninja missile that leaves no collateral damage. Turkey out of control, attacking Kurds in Iraq, wants to block gas pipe from Israel to Europe. Secret Turkish plans to take over Greece. Erdogan uses threat of releasing many migrants who are now in Turkey. The destruction of Israel is not the goal anymore in the forthcoming Ezekiel 38 war, just the fight over oil and gas, with Turkey and Iran having their own goals as well, Iran wanting to take over the Muslim holy sites from Saudi Arabia and Turkey wanting to restore...

Do not miss this inspiring message from Amir, one of his best presentations ever. Get your thoughts off COVID-19 for a while and look at the rest of the world and what we should actually be doing. The first part is a discussion of Netanyahu and what is going on politically in Israel. The middle section is probably the only lucid account of the confusing scene over there in the Middle East that you will hear. The third and best part is an inspirational and superbly well-informed explanation of Pentecost and what it means to us as believers, with a...

Iran using world attention on other issues to launch its first military satellite with North Korea's help. How ISIS has lost its territory but continues to come out of hiding in various places to cause trouble as the U.S. leaves only two bases in Iraq. Plummeting world oil prices may be quickening our approach to the Ezekiel war. And finally the coronavirus and how it has changed our world. Author and scholar Oklahoman Dr. Hitchcock gives a perspective on America and what the changes in society mean for us.

Very recent events in the Middle East with comments on the pandemic, Russia, oil, the future. What if the Rapture happened during the lockdown? The world wouldn't even know!

I am posting this on the News Forum because it seemed very newsworthy to me. The first few minutes are about Netanyahu and events in Israel. The important part follows, about U.S. troop movements, the virus in Iran, and what is happening in Syria. There may be some military action there, and it is possible our embassy in Baghdad will be destroyed. Only the last 10 minutes have a religious point of view, so the mods may choose to move this to the Religion Forum. I hope not. Everyone who chooses not to see religious content can just turn it...

What is happening now in the context of revelation of the future.

Important news of Turkey's invasion into Syria, assisted by Russia, and the danger to Kurds, Yazidis, moderate Muslims, and Christians in that area. A group called AANES is fighting the attempted takeover and probably slaughter if it is not stopped. Pastor Steve of Grace Chapel Leipers Fork Tennessee tells us how we can help. At the beginning, a discussion of corona and how it affects Israel and the rest of the world. A message of faith in a time of trouble. Imagine if He hadn't told us, how much more frightened we would be! Love and peace of mind to...

New York City transportation authorities have inflicted lots of bike lanes on locations where they are particularly inappropriate. But for sneering, arrogant disregard — make that contempt — for the surroundings, none can equal the plan for a “protected” bike lane along Midtown’s Sixth Avenue from West 35th Street to Central Park South this year. . . . . [T]he Sixth Avenue lane raises the bar for malicious streetscape tampering. A bike lane right on the doorsteps of Manhattan’s most vital office towers seems willfully spiteful — a thumb in the eye of profit-making capitalism with a slap at the...

Up to minute 17 or so is a good explanation, with map, of what is going on in Syria with Turkey, Russia, Syria, Israel. Amir really brings it to life with his direct and appropriately passionate treatment of the conflict. Then comes his take on the coronavirus, with reports from many countries, some of which many of us haven't heard. Last, an end times perspective on things and a call to prayer.

This whole video is just Amir and is just about the corona virus. He has studied the event well, as he does with everything he talks to us about, and he mentions all the factors that many on FR know about that make it dangerous, and repeats the 21-day incubation period, which is now up to 24 days on FR, along with the almost insurmountable problem of the virus being airborne. God bless you, Amir, for drawing attention to this, not to cause alarm but so that we call can do whatever we can to help ourselves and others. And...

This just went up on YouTube a few minutes ago. I watched the whole thing on Facebook, which has tens of thousands of views already. Really up-to-the-minute. Anyone watching FR already knows most of what Amir is saying about the virus. He gets it. As most folks on this site do. Also comments on the so-called Deal of the Century, which is really a plan for Israel, not any kind of give-and-take in the usual, historical sense of these agreements; military action in Syria; the new and possibly temporary friendliness of Sudan; the present position of Russia; and more. Economic...

The three of them are on in a split-screen setup, discussing Trump's plan for Israel. This does give a bit of current events but is mostly for believers--or those who are thinking about being believers, or being better ones. A lot of discussion of the unhealthy trends in the American churches, and thoughts about what will happen with the Israel plan. Be sure to stay tuned for Jack Hibbs's announcement of his forthcoming activities. Should be of interest to all. Be of good cheer! : )

A thorough analysis of the very recent events in the Middle East, with a historical perspective and some interesting detail. Why the events are probably not an omen of imminent war in the near future but have forestalled war rather than making it more likely right now. Some very wise and accurate comments about our president! And of course the Biblical relevance of all of this.

Changes in the growing conflict around Syria, with Iran withdrawing troops; Israel and the ICC; more support for Israel among the Sunni nations. A very nice blending of Hanukkah and Christmas messages, too. Don't be dismayed by what some see as the pagan aspects of Christmas. The true message is definitely there among the symbols if you see it.

This video begins with an important warning not to watch or subscribe to the YouTube channels that are using Amir's image, name, and video messages. They did not even ask for permission, could possibly monetize the videos, and worst of all could very easily distort the instruction or even add their own erroneous words to it. The heart of this video is the excellent roundup of growing belligerence in the Middle East, now peripherally involving Egypt, Cyprus, and Greece and the rest of Europe, as well as Israel, Iran, Iraq, Turkey, Libya, Sudan, and Saudi Arabia. And not least of...