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It was unnerving coming back to my country to be made to file one after another with Chinese guards keeping us in line and directing us. After seeming to walk a mile we ended up at 3 Booths each with 2 Chinese guards. The top was surrounded by glass with a small cut to pass papers through. I had an emergency medical appointment due to an accident that effected my disability. I was in great pain and the Doctor was willing to see me for special circumstances. I had to come home immediately.… Then I stood up and said please ticket me and let me go. Oh no. Then a male nurse with the three police came around me. He obviously saw I was in distress, shaking and sweating and I was on the verge of tears again. I’m not usually like this but I was in a bad way. This was just abusive now.…

"McGregor and Mitchell's recent story about Fan's murder and the cult's possible connection to the Chinese Communist Party landed in Indian media perhaps because Canadian officials and its media are naive about what China is up to -- on Canadian soil and worldwide."

…The study, which has not yet been peer-reviewed, indicated that the B.1.351 variant of the virus was found eight times more in individuals who were vaccinated—or 5.4 percent against 0.7 percent—against those who were not vaccinated. … The study looked at 400 people who received at least one shot of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine and had contracted the COVID-19 variant and compared them to the same number of people who were infected and unvaccinated. Moderna’s vaccine is also used in Israel, but it was not included in the study.…

The leaders of over 100 major corporations spoke via Zoom on Saturday about how they could combat election integrity laws similar to the one passed in Georgia… Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, a Yale School of Management professor who helped organize the meeting, told The Washington Post that the corporate leaders on the call “felt very strongly that these voting restrictions are based on a flawed premise and are dangerous.” … In response to corporate criticism, Kentucky Sen. Mitch McConnell slammed the use of “economic blackmail to spread disinformation and push bad ideas that citizens reject at the ballot box.”…

There is every reason in the world for Republicans and conservatives to vigorously uphold voter access. Any attempt to limit minority participation is a violation of original Republican principles as well as human decency. We will be standing on firm ground when we expose Democrat lies about our supposed racism. Not only are the facts on our side in supporting legislation like Georgia’s new election reform law, but our hearts and emotions are as well. We need to show our heart and our love, things that cannot be faked, and trust these to communicate what only heartfelt commitment can.

…Our principal institutions have been overtaken by the left. However dysfunctional and disturbed they may be, leftists rule us, and they grow more authoritarian and imperious as we speak.… The over-the-top reaction to the Georgia legislation was merely a prelude to the passage of the "For the People Act" (H.R. 1 and S. 1), in which Democrats at the federal level, engaging in typical doublespeak, seek to nationalize election law and enshrine the changes they engineered in 2020 in perpetuity, thus ensuring a one-party nation under Democrat rule forever.

How should conservatives respond?

It is up to the states.…

It is time for red states to pass "anti-bullying" legislation against the left and its corporate minions. Any company, sports entity, and individual athlete or celebrity who disrespects our nation and flag or threaten to or implement a boycott of a red state for passing entirely legitimate legislation should be banned from all future and existing state contracts, tax breaks, set-asides, anti-trust protections (where appropriate), and further business dealings with the state.…

Some of the protesters who demonstrated against the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) on Sunday after they erected a three-walled chain link barrier around GraceLife Church in Alberta, Canada, attempted to rip down portions of the barricade.

RCMP responded in force, decked out in riot gear and masks…

“I was there when the fence came down at GraceLife. It wasn’t a false flag. It wasn’t done by the church. It was outside agitators that did it against the wishes of congregation who wisely met elsewhere. The congregation could have pulled it down at any time.”

After the Christians tore down the fence that the government had built around the Edmonton church, the police sent in 200 heavily-armed riot police. That’s the church building you see there. This is China stuff, Iran stuff. But it’s happening in Canada. pic.twitter.com/jYs8E1oXGh

— Ezra Levant (@ezralevant) April 11, 2021

Last week, readers were one of the first to know about a rare 1955 Porsche 550 Spyder found in an old shipping container in a remote area of Orange County, California. The last time a 550 Spyder of this type went to the auction block, it sold $4.5 million three years ago.

As limited antique production cars or other forms of rare vehicles become more valuable (thanks Powell), people have been on a quest across the country searching for the next big find.

The latest barn find was reported by Hagerty Classic Cars of a man who stashed thousands of classic motorcycles in 12 barns.

5000 motorcycles? Plus rare Vincent Rapide & Velocette Venom | Barn Find Hunter - Ep. 95
Hagerty, YouTube, Apr 2, 2021 (17:23)