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In early March, when various plans of dealing with the coronavirus were being debated, the choices were shown to us via a curve. Two extremes were presented to us. In the first scenario, we could go on with business as usual and the curve would nearly immediately turn upward and would peak quickly. It would also fall as fast as it rose. The obvious disadvantage to this choice is that the hospitals would be crushed trying to provide care for such a huge influx of patients at one time. The second option, and the one the U.S. ultimately chose, was...

President Trump says the FBI is investigating ?hundreds? of protesters for defacing federal property including statues ? and that they face 10 years in prison for having ?fun one night.? Trump told reporters in the Rose Garden on Wednesday that a law already allows stiff penalties and that he will sign a ?very strong executive order? this week. ?The FBI is investigating hundreds of people throughout the country for what they?ve done to monuments, statues and even buildings,? Trump said at a press conference with Polish President Andrzej Duda.

hina has said it would respond if the United States deployed intermediate-range missiles to the Asia-Pacific region and warned U.S. allies not to accept such weapons. Chinese Defense Ministry spokesperson Senior Colonel Wu Qian told a press briefing Wednesday in Beijing that "China is firmly opposed to the deployment of intermediate-range missiles by the U.S. in the Asia-Pacific region." The Pentagon was long barred from deploying such weapons as a result of a 1987 treaty with Russia but President Donald Trump's administration left the deal last August and has since signaled a willingness to confront China, and China has threatened...

ATLANTA, Ga. (CBS46) -- A group of armed people set up an autonomous zone around the burned-out Wendy?s on University Avenue during the past week. ?We have to police our streets. ?PTP? police the police,? an organizer said.,,, ...Moore went on to say they have been working to clear the road and restore order using a phased approach. ?What I understand, there are various groups of people there because when I was there, they were arguing with each other which is when I left because you have armed people arguing with each other doesn?t turn into anything good,? Moore said....

China warned Japan against pursuing a new national security strategy following reports of discussions at Tokyo's National Security Council. Beijing foreign ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian said Wednesday at a regular press briefing that the "world knows" of hidden intentions, when asked to comment about reported developments in Japan. "People of the world know of the intentions of Sima Zhao," the Chinese spokesman said, referring to a military general who ruled during the Three Kingdoms period of China. According to chronicles of ancient Chinese history, Sima Zhao crushed internal opposition and took control of the state of Cao Wei, which had...

On Wednesday, BET Founder Robert Johnson mocked those who are destroying statues across the U.S. and who are trying to cancel television shows because they think that?s what black people want. During an interview with Fox News, Johnson said that those who are destroying statues across the country ?have the mistaken assumption that black people are sitting around cheering for them saying ?Oh, my God, look at these white people. They?re doing something so important to us. They?re taking down the statue of a Civil War general who fought for the South.'? ?You know, black people, in my opinion, black...

Following Trump's lead?and Lincoln's. Many conservatives did not see that Trump had framed the 2016 election as a choice between two mutually exclusive regimes: multiculturalism and America. What I call ?multiculturalism? includes ?identity politics? and ?political correctness.? If multiculturalism continues to worm its way into the public mind, it will ultimately destroy America. Consequently, the election should have been seen as a contest between a woman who, perhaps without quite intending it, was leading a movement to destroy America and a man who wanted to save America. The same contest is being played out in the midterm elections. I realize...

Park was set to reopen on July 17, but no new date was announced Disney said on Wednesday it will delay the reopening of its Disneyland resort and theme park and did not offer up a new date. ?The State of California has now indicated that it will not issue theme park reopening guidelines until sometime after July 4. Given the time required for us to bring thousands of cast members back to work and restart our business, we have no choice but to delay the reopening of our theme parks and resort hotels until we receive approval from government...

Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers activated the National Guard on Wednesday after protesters toppled two statues, vandalized buildings and a state senator was attacked outside the Capitol during a night of violence that erupted following daylong protests. The guardsmen will protect state properties and "make sure people can exercise their First Amendment rights while ensuring the safety of members of the public and state buildings and infrastructure," Gov. Tony Evers said. The unrest that unfolded Tuesday night began after 200 to 300 protesters marched through downtown Madison and escalated once they reached the state Capitol grounds. Some tried breaking into the...

Investigators will need to secure testimony from Strzok, fired two years ago from the FBI, to be certain of the exact meaning and intent of his one paragraph of notes, which were made public in court on Wednesday. But they appear to illuminate an extraordinary high-level effort by outgoing Obama-era officials during the first weekend of January to find a way to sustain a counterintelligence investigation of Flynn in the absence of any evidence of wrongdoing. The Justice Department says the notes were written between Jan. 3-5, 2017, the very weekend the FBI agent who had investigated Flynn?s ties to...

Two black guys expose Noosegate as everyone should be able to. video at link.

According to a report on Fox News, Judge Emmet Sullivan has canceled the scheduled July 16 hearing for General Flynn. According to the Fox reporter, this is the first step in dismissing the case.

~ The FReeper Canteen Presents ~ ~ Remembering Our Troops!! ~ BREAK TIME Camden Archbold, age 5, takes a break next to his father from the day?s festivities during the Arctic Thunder Special Needs and Family Day at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, July 29, 2016. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Valerie Monroy Canteen Mission Statement Showing support and boosting the morale ofour military and our allies' militaryand family members of the above.Honoring those who have served before. SUNSET OPERATIONS The aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis conducts helicopter operations at sunset during Rim of the Pacific 2016,...

HELENA, Mont. (AP) ? President Donald Trump wrote Friday he plans to campaign in Montana in support of Republican U.S. Sen. Steve Daines? reelection bid. Daines is running against Democratic Gov. Steve Bullock in a key battle that could help determine the majority party in the U.S. Senate. Daines, writing on Twitter, thanked voters for their support in Tuesday?s primary election and added: ?Let?s win this in November!? ***

So bunches of young folks are bragging that they used TikTok to scoop up blocks of tickets to Donald Trump?s big rally and depress attendance. Including the daughter of onetime John McCain campaign strategist, if one can grant such a loser that much credit, Steve Schmidt. Well, isn?t that hilarious? Here?s something more engrossing yet: There?s one word for what these perps claim to have pulled off ? fraud. Under case law in Oklahoma, ?the elements of a common-law action for fraud are: 1) a material misrepresentation, 2) knowingly or recklessly made, 3) with intent that it be relied upon,...

The Church of England has again apologised for its links to slavery, after a report revealed nearly 100 clergymen were paid compensation after its abolition. The state church said on Thursday that its ties to slavery were a ?source of shame? after a University College London report revealed that 99 of its clergy had received compensation for lost property and earnings in slave colonies. The money was paid out in accordance with the Abolition of Slavery Act of 1833 when the UK government bought the freedom of every slave in the British Empire, and banned the practice. However, the compensation...

...Anyone who belongs to a ?protected? group is seen as a perpetual victim and must not be judged at all. That may seem like a better position but ironically it doesn?t provide any protection at all. It treats the person as an infantilized adult. If one is robbed of personal responsibility, one can never be truly free...

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The statue of King St. Louis IX stands outside the St. Louis Art Museum in Missouri. Creative Commons photo.Catholic laity in St. Louis have formed a group dedicated to visiting, protecting and praying for the safety of the city?s monument to King Saint Louis IX, a statue that some residents have recently called to tear down, calling the former French king an anti-Semite and Islamophobe. The group, St. Louis Forever, formed June 21 with an informal email sent out to local Catholics asking them to attend a rosary prayer group at the base of King Saint Louis IX?s statue. ?This...

The new book will serve as a manual for implementing environmental and social change. Five years after the release of Pope Francis? environmental encyclical, ?Laudato si?,? the Vatican has renewed its call to action, imploring Catholics to divest themselves from all fossil fuel-related investments. The directives were published in a new book, Journeying Towards Care for Our Common Home, which will act as a manual for implementing the pope?s environmental initiatives. Gerard O?Connell of America Magazine reports that the book was announced by Archbishop Paul Gallagher, Secretary for Relations with States, in a June 18 press conference. The prelate described...