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CORONAVIRUS UPDATE: Excellent information as of Sunday, March 8, 2020 [9:59] – Dr. Anthony Fauci is a member of the coronavirus task force, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, and a sane, sober voice.

The Pentagon reports that three American service members have become infected. One is in South Korea, one is in Italy, and one recently returned to Virginia from overseas. Another who is deployed to Kuwait is being observed.

• https://www.foxnews.com/us/us-marine-tests-positive-coronavirus-virginia

MEDIA MALPRACTICE: [9:00] – The Democrat B.S. Machine is pimping “we’re all gonna die from coronavirus” because they hope it will hurt Trump.

BERNIE or BIDEN: There’s an interesting analysis of the Democratic presidential nomination by Stu Cvrk at Red State.

“There is no way that the Democrat Establishment will let either Bernie or Biden lead the Democrat ticket in November for the reasons cited above, and the selection of an outsider candidate in a brokered convention has been their strategy all along.”

• https://www.redstate.com/stu-in-sd/2020/03/06/here%e2%80%99s-why-it-won%e2%80%99t-be-either-biden-or-bernie/

DEMENTIA BIDEN: Giuliani video is worth watching [8:44] – These quotations are from the same rally … “We cannot re-elect – we cannot win this re-election. Excuse me. We can only re-elect Donald Trump.” AND “If you want to nominate a proud Democrat, a lifelong Democrat, an O’Biden Bama Democrat, join us.”

ABORTION: [4:40] – Comparing protests outside the Supreme Court while the justices hear arguments about the constitutionality of states requiring that abortionists have hospital privileges.

SEXUAL ABUSE: Children who are sexually abused are many times more likely to be raped as adults.

So which political party of sexual predators has been systemically creating a culture of damaged adult victims by messing with our society in a way that is sexually abusive to children?

Who cheers for child drag queens? Who tells kids as early as kindergarten that they can choose their gender? Who passes laws criminalizing normalcy and chastity, all the while passing out birth control to minors, then arranging for their abortions when those methods fail?

ONE CLUE: It isn’t Republicans.

• https://www.dailywire.com/news/klavan-leftist-culture-is-rape-culture

HAPPINESS: Scientists have discovered that people who strongly believe in God are more than twice as likely to report being happy as those who do not believe in God.

There is an even strong correlation between those who merely profess faith and those who practice their faith. For example, people who go to church weekly are significantly more likely to feel good about their lives and significantly less likely to suffer from intense negative feelings such as depression.

• https://www.catholic.com/magazine/print-edition/religion-does-it-help-or-hinder-happiness

EMPTY PEWS: Some dioceses in Japan and all of Italy have suspended celebration of public Mass to help stop the spread of coronavirus.

The pastor of “Sanitary St. Mary’s” in Pine Bluff, Wisconsin, issued an amusing coronavirus bulletin. See the gloria tv link (third one down).

• https://www.catholicworldreport.com/2020/03/04/japanese-dioceses-suspend-masses-amid-coronavirus-epidemic/
• https://churchpop.com/2020/03/08/italy-suspends-all-masses-due-to-deadly-coronavirus-outbreak-a-painful-choice/
• https://gloria.tv/post/rccJzAKPF1cV19saD4oMRft18

POPE FRANCIS: For some time, the media has been spinning the idea that he doesn’t get along with U.S. bishops. But bishops from across the United States have returned from their recent ad limina visits full of praise for Francis.

An Ad Limina visit is an obligatory visit made by all bishops to Rome during which they pray at the tombs of St. Peter and St. Paul and meet with the current pope and Vatican officials.

• https://www.catholicworldreport.com/2020/03/06/analysis-pope-francis-diplomatic-triumph-with-us-bishops/
• https://www.cathdal.org/home/whats-an-ad-limina-visit-here-are-10-things-you-need-to-know