Crackpots

The Jakarta Post reports: Health Minister Terawan Agus Putranto has reiterated the importance of praying amid the country’s ongoing battle against China’s coronavirus (COVID-19), saying that the weary public should use religion as a guiding principle in turbulent times. Speaking to reporters on Monday, Terawan answered questions regarding his previous statements in which he suggested that prayers were among reasons …

The Washington Post reports: White House counselor Kellyanne Conway said Monday that the impeachment process gave a boost to Sanders’s presidential candidacy — which she suggested is helpful to her boss. Appearing on Fox News, Conway said Sanders’s ascent amounted to “payback” for the proceedings that resulted in Trump’s impeachment by the House — and ultimate acquittal in the Senate …

Media Matters reports: During the February 21 episode of his radio show War Room: Pandemic, former White House adviser Steve Bannon hosted Guo Wengui, a Chinese billionaire and fugitive who employs him, without disclosing their business relationship. In the episode, Guo claimed, without evidence, that he has “no doubt” the coronavirus is “man-made” and that it’s “ridiculous” for people to …

The BBC reports: A US daredevil pilot has been killed during an attempted launch of a homemade rocket in the Californian desert. “Mad” Mike Hughes, 64, crash-landed his steam-powered rocket shortly after take-off near Barstow on Saturday. A video on social media shows a rocket being fired into the sky before plummeting to the ground nearby. Hughes was well-known for …

“It’s Trump Derangement Syndrome. It’s literally anything Trump mentions is racist. At this point, blinking will be racist, smiling, using hand gestures is somehow racist. It’s horrible. Gone With the Wind is a great piece of American cinema and the most successful film of all time. “I got no problem with an American movie winning best picture, I loved Parasite, …

Will Sommer reports at The Daily Beast: It’s not unheard-of for members of Congress to resign their seats because of serious legal trouble. Now Republican House candidate Danielle Stella is trying to achieve the inverse: getting elected to Congress while being wanted by the law. Stella, one of the five Republicans competing for the right to take on Rep. Ilhan …

A reminder via the New York Times: To coordinate coverage of President Trump’s trip to the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, the White House provided press credentials to the usual mix of American news organizations, including Fox News, Reuters and The New York Times. One media outlet stood out: TruNews, a website aimed at conservative Christians whose founder, a …

From the far-right Washington Times: George Zimmerman wants a day in court against two of the leading Democratic presidential contenders, accusing them of defamation. In a lawsuit filed Tuesday in Florida, the man who killed Trayvon Martin in self-defense in 2012 accused Pete Buttigieg and Sen. Elizabeth Warren of “maliciously defam[ing]” Mr. Zimmerman, using the killing “as a pretext to …

The Daily Beast reports: Conservative talk radio host Rush Limbaugh on Tuesday addressed the controversy over his homophobic attacks on Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg, revealing that President Donald Trump called him and advised him to “never apologize” for the remarks. On the Tuesday edition of his radio show, the right-wing talker insisted that he was entirely unaware of the …

From fired former Fox News host Todd Starnes: Why were so many Pajama Boy Snowflakes and Mexican Man Shoe Feminists so bothered by the Daytona 500? Could it be that the race started with an invocation that included a preacher praying in the name of Jesus? Or was it the fact that no one took a knee during the singing …

This one takes the cake in cultist victimhood: Former San Francisco Giants player Aubrey Huff on Tuesday claimed that team management had informed him he was not invited to a reunion and celebration of the 2010 Giants team that won the World Series over his support for Trump. Huff in a tweeted statement said Giants CEO Larry Baer told him …

USA Today reports: Gun rights activist and Kent State graduate Kaitlin Bennett was greeted by a crowd of screaming protesters when she visited Ohio University Monday. Bennett came to internet fame for taking a celebratory stroll around campus carrying a semi-automatic rifle after her graduation from Kent State University in 2018. A video she posted on Twitter, referring to it …

Kathy DeGraw writes for Charisma News: How can we pray differently—not better—to increase our prayer time and communication with the Lord? Praying in the Spirit should be a daily practice for us as Christians. Praying in the Spirit is the Holy Spirit releasing the perfect prayer that He knows needs to be prayed and released on your behalf. Praying in …

“OK, I’m going to address this one last time. Viruses, a lot of viruses have what are called hyper variable regions. This helps the virus find a new host, it’s a survival advantage. Everybody’s looked at these sequences. “If there was something definitely there, there’d be a rash of scientists speaking out about it. There’s not a rash of scientists …

Bert Farias writes for Charisma News: In the name of progressivism we now have a male presidential candidate who has a husband whom he publicly introduces and even kisses without shame, while millions of Americans applaud and approve. And perhaps worse yet is that the shock effect has been so reduced that the rest of us are numb and desensitized …

“The left has made it impossible to say the N-word any longer. That’s disgusting, it’s a farce. It’s the only word that you can’t say in the English language. The left runs the culture. The Republicans have the Senate and the presidency and that’s very important. But the culture? “And the more the left controls the more totalitarian it is. …

Mediaite reports: CNN’s Jake Tapper fired back at Rush Limbaugh‘s rant against 2020 Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg Thursday, blasting the radio kingpin with a singeing barb about the radio host’s multiple marriages. Tapper framed the mini segment by stating, “just days after being awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, Rush Limbaugh, who has a decade’s long record of bigotry, …

Hemant Mehta reports at The Friendly Atheist: Televangelist Jim Bakker has long claimed his “Silver Solution” can get rid of “all venereal diseases.” As of yesterday, the product is also an apparent cure for coronavirus (in under 12 hours, no less). But did you know it also cures SARS and HIV?! After telling the audience that he uses this silver …

NBC News Des Moines reports: Stakeholders and lawmakers went back and forth today over a House bill that some are calling “anti-LGBTQ” legislation. The bill would require schools to notify parents about any lesson or curriculum related to sexual orientation or gender identity, in case parents want to excuse their child from class. Some say it comes down to a …

“What if there is a demonic spirit that accompanies the visual of the pornography? What if that opens up, what do they call it? A portal? A threshold? What if sitting there, watching that soft pornography dance across our TVs, what if there’s a spiritual component to that? “What if there is something that comes out of my screen? What …