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Powerful bureaucrats sought to squash those who promoted alternatives to the government’s tyrannical coronavirus lockdown strategy.Outgoing National Institutes of Health Director Francis Collins lamented that the Great Barrington Declaration was getting “a lot of attention”. “There needs to be a quick and devastating takedown of its premises,” the NIH Leader told his colleagues Lawrence Tabak, Cliff Lane and Anthony Fauci in an email from October, 2020.For those who are not familiar, the Great Barrington Declaration sought to end coronavirus lockdowns, opting for an approach they dubbed “Focused Protection,” which would aspire to achieve “herd immunity” while protecting the most vulnerable....

President Biden defended the United States’ relationship with Australia on Tuesday following diplomatic drama originally stemming from the US’ botched withdrawal from Afghanistan — calling the Oceania nation America’s “closest and reliable” ally. Following his address at the UN General Assembly, Biden met with Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison at the Intercontinental Barclay Hotel, where the two stressed their commitment to working together. “The US and Australia are working in lockstep on the priorities I laid out today in my speech to the United Nations — ending COVID, addressing climate crisis, [and] defending democracies should be the role of the...

IT'S TIME. We need to stop talking and act. A march on Washington DC by We the People, the Trumpers, those of us that voted for him! I'm thinking in Early September--Labor day or there abouts.

In this weekend’s Nevada caucus, the first primary contest with a large percent of Mormon voters (26% of participants), Mitt Romney won handily by 50 percent of the total. But he strikingly won 90 percent of the Mormon vote. During the presidential campaign of Barack Obama, African-Americans were criticized for blindly following Obama because of race. Similar charges are not being leveled, at least not to the same extent, against Mormon voters for Romney. (snip) There is no question that anti-Mormon bias is going to be a factor among some Republican voters when it comes to Romney. But I’m also...

..................Some of us who have experienced the Mormon life firsthand would rather choose a messy, colorful America.While it's easy to be seduced by a church known for its practicality, its financial acumen and its commitment to both self-betterment and worldly outreach, I wouldn't buy the underwear just yet. Everything comes with a caveat.-SNIP-Mormons typically create their perfect world not by embracing the future, but by fetishizing the past. The very qualities America might want — prudence, thrift, even contentment — come at a price. The Mormon way is steadfastly patriarchal; women can't hold the priesthood, and are encouraged to be...

Republican pollster Jan van Lohuizen, in a memo written for RNC chairman Ken Mehlman, warns that if members of Congress try to drive a wedge between themselves and Pres. Bush, it'd be akin to adding weight to an anchor. GOpers are "W Brand Republicans" whether they like it or not. And van Louhizen, who has polled (often secretly) for the Bush White House under the RNC aegis for years, is worried about low turnout. Time Magazine first reported on the memo this weekend, but the full text is below.

Just a quick post to express my frustration and to see if there are others out there who agree. Why do we all march lock-step to the beat of the Republican Party? I have voted Republican all my life. I am now at the point where I am angry with what I see going on in this country today. Illegal Immigration, selling our troops out to the ICC, SOCIALIST PARTIES (D) and (R), the coming "Generational Storm", campaign finance reform that silences "we the people", and much more. I am tired of "Christians" who aren't registered to vote and who...

“With the benefit of minute hindsight, Saddam Hussein wasn’t the kind of extra-territorial menace that was assumed by the administration one year ago. If I knew then what I know now about what kind of situation we would be in, I would have opposed the war.” Those words are William F. Buckley’s, from an article in yesterday’s New York Times marking Buckley’s decision to relinquish control of the National Review, the flagship journal of the conservative movement he founded 50 years ago. Also out on the newsstands now, in The Atlantic Monthly, is an essay Buckley wrote describing his decision...

The government has decided unofficially to announce that it will endorse U.S. action against Iraq if Washington launches an attack, government sources said Thursday. The unofficial decision was made after U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell presented evidence to the U.N. Security Council suggesting Iraq has been hiding weapons of mass destruction. Most government officials allegedly believe the United States is highly likely to attack Iraq. "If Iraq doesn't cooperate with the inspections and doubts concerning Iraq's development of weapons of mass destruction aren't cleared up, as a U.S. ally our conclusion will be to endorse U.S. military action," a...

NYT M.E. Gerald Boyd's(Howell Raines' butt boy) memo re Augusta 12/4/2002 4:45:56 PM Posted By: Jim Romenesko Howell and I believe you should know The Times's response to questions that have been raised by some published reports in recent days about our coverage of the Augusta Golf Club story and our handling of sports columns on the subject. First, we are proud of our leadership in covering this story. Our sports staff, with help from many desks, is doing exactly what some "accuse" us of doing: asking questions that no other organization is raising, and pressing energetically for the answers...