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On Good Friday, March 29, 2024, I I cut my hand and had to go to the nearby Urgent Care her in Phoenix. They stitched up my hand and scheduled me to come back in a couple of weeks to get the stitches removed. When I went back, the Urgent Care center got masky in the meantime. I told them I would wait outside, and "You do know that the studies now show that the masks don't do anything useful." When I came in, I did put the mask on over my mouth, but not my nose. When I was...

The advocacy group Republican Voters Against Trump announced a new six-figure campaign highlighting former Vice President Mike Pence‘s refusal to endorse former President Donald Trump in his 2024 campaign. The 15-second digital ad is set to run in five battleground states: Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin, while the billboard campaign will be featured in Phoenix, Atlanta, Detroit, Grand Rapids, Michigan, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, and Milwaukee. “This is someone who worked with Donald Trump all four years of his presidency. He saw Donald Trump up close and personal every single day,” said John Conway, the group’s director of strategy, in an...

I have a casual interest in AI, but most of my tests, which are NOT designed to trip it up, end in failure. Right now, it is way too unreliable for too many things to be a very useful tool except maybe in computer programming and IT support. Here I ask ChatGPT 3.5 (NOT the newest version) a simple question about the NFL. Dr. Sivana: Could you describe the history of the field goal in the NFL? ChatGPT: Certainly! The field goal has been an integral part of American football since its inception, including in the NFL. Here's a brief...

I decided to try a month of deluxe ChatGPT 4.0. I have been underwhelmed. Earlier, it claimed that the fictitious Rusterman's Steak House was named after Marco Vukcic. It was unable to explain details of Arizona regulations regarding storing things in residential attics. It does better when it is asked to describe how to code a certain routine, or how to execute certain features in a programming environment. I decided to come up with a fair test. Something that would take me a lot of time to come up with myself, but was based entirely on facts that are available...

In France, in these chaotic times, a group of Catholics are praying a Hail Mary on the street and a Muslim approaches with a stereo at full volume and stands next to them. One of those who are praying gets up and gives him a "laying on of hands" worthy of the greatest applause. https://twitter.com/i/status/1678566110319239169

The following is from the 16 complaints lodged againt James O'Keefe: The truth, from Jack Posobiec's Twitter:

I thought the Project Veritas board was supposed to meet today to consider disposing of Founder James O'Keefe. I have seen no outcome listed. Does any one know what, if anything happened?

A career-driven feminist determined to 'never depend on a man' has frozen some of her eggs so she can start a family by herself whenever she pleases. Amela Smailbegovic from Orlando, Florida, is a real estate magnate and entrepreneur who operates across the US, and has 'never depended on a man for anything'. Now 37, she fled the former Yugoslavia in 1994. 'I guess my main mantra has always been female empowerment and women succeeding in business,' 'I'm one of the few women in my position because it's always been led by men. 'All of my houses are paid off....

www.dilbert.com has been down for over two days. So has the syndicate website gocomics.com. I believe that it is likely that Scott Adams' is targeted for cancellation because he is an effective voice against wokeness. He has been "cancelled" in 77 newspapers already, and his website may have been targeted for his content, in my opinion.

The following is the "opening Ode" that has been sung by the Knights of Columbus Catholic men's fraternal organization at the start of every meeting right before the Pledge of Allegiance: (sung to the tune of "O Tannenbaum") Sing ye his praises loud and long, And let the unenlightened know, In every echo of your song, The great deeds done, tho’ long ago By Columbus of the valiant soul, Who first old Neptune has controlled, Despite of envy, intrigue, gold, In the dim past of long ago With vessels three o’er stormy sea, He thrilled the world of long ago,...

White House Hires 'This Is Fine' Dog As New Press Secretary Jul 29, 2022 - BabylonBee.com POLITICS WASHINGTON, D.C. — Citing the candidate's qualifications at assuring everyone that everything is fine even when entire rooms are burning down around him, the White House has hired the This Is Fine Dog as its new press secretary.While Karine Jean-Pierre has been doing a "fine" job of deflecting questions and telling everyone things are great when they are clearly not great, the White House said they wanted to make sure their press secretary "just straight-up lies about things being fine 100% of the...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_o6aHLSA4DY On the morning of November 29th, 1866, in the Yorkshire village of Middlesmoor, the following letter found its way to the home of one Mary Foster, sent by a local farmer named Simon Fallowfield. Mary declined his offer. Read by Taron Egerton on Friday 14th July 2017 at Union Chapel, London.

The word “abortion” has been “weaponized” by pro-lifers to “raise the emotions” of others, Rep. Kathleen Rice (D-NY) suggested, calling for an end to the use of the word in favor of one less “negative” in order to “have a real conversation” on the issue. Speaking in response to Dr. Christina Francis, an Indiana-based OB/GYN and chairman of the board of the American Association of Pro-Life Obstetricians and Gynecologists (AAPLOG), during a House Energy and Commerce Committee hearing on Tuesday, New York Democrat Congresswoman Kathleen Rice complained of constantly hearing the term “abortion” being used in a “negative” light when...

I run the coffee and doughnuts after the 9:00 AM Mass here in Phoenix, AZ. On Monday morning I go to our doughnut supplier, a Kroger-owned supermarket, and submit my order for 12 dozen doughnuts, describing how many and what kind. The ladies in the bakery apologized as they informed me that they would not be able to fill my order as described due to a "doughnut shortage". A doughnut shortage?! Is nothing sacred? Here we are fiddling with baby formula and right under our noses I am told that there will be no chocolate doughnuts, no cake donuts, and...

TraitorState/DistrictStatusTrump Endorsement Liz Cheney(WY‑AL)Primary 08/16/2022 [Hageman]Anthony Gonzalez (OH‑16)NOT RUNNINGJaime Herrera Beutler (WA‑3)Jungle Primary 08/02/2022 [Joe Kent]John Katko (NY‑24) NOT RUNNING Adam Kinzinger (IL‑16) NOT RUNNINGPeter Meijer(MI‑3) Primary 08/02/2022 [John Gibbs]Dan Newhouse (WA‑4) Jungle Primary 08/02/2022[Loren Culp]Tom Rice (SC‑7) DEFEATED IN PRIMARY [Russell Fry]Fred Upton (MI‑6) Primary 08/02/2022 [NONE]David Valadao (CA‑21) Passed jungle primary (26.1%)[NONE]

A pair of photos compares the former sanctuary and altar of St. Edward the Confessor to its new one. Courtesy Ernesto Ibarra By Jeff Grant, The Catholic SunPHOENIX — In the residential neighborhoods of southeastern Phoenix, just south of the commercial and industrial areas where Interstate 10 curves away from Sky Harbor International Airport, the faithful who worship with the Extraordinary Form of the Mass – the traditional Latin Mass – have a new home where they can celebrate their Catholic faith.St. Edward the Confessor, whose status as a parish was ended earlier this year by the Diocese of Phoenix...