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Whether or not Planned Parenthood and the mainstream media ignore them, there will ALWAYS be busloads of students ready to head to March for Life protests, even when getting back home means getting through the generation’s worst blizzard. Miracle searchers don’t have to delve into the long ago past searching for miracles from Above. They only have to go back to Sunday past when a ‘Miracle in the Snow’ proved that not even the worst blizzard of a generation can blow out the candle of faith. With high winds driving 30 and more inches of snow, Winter Storm ‘Jonah’ blew...

Donald Trump's rise this election season has been historic, amounting to something heretofore unseen in the annals of American politics. Given this, it's perhaps not surprising that many are still befuddled by the phenomenon. Pundit Charles Krauthammer is bewildered, saying that "for some reason" Trump "is immune to the laws of contradiction." (In reality, Democrats get away with contradiction continually; the only difference is that the media actually report on Trump's.) Also in the news recently is that some find his appeal among evangelicals "inexplicable." Of course, it's all quite explainable. In an earlier piece -- which I strongly urge...

"These all died in faith, not having received the things promised, but having seen them and greeted them from afar, and having acknowledged that they were strangers and exiles on the earth" (v. 13). -Hebrews 11:8-22 God's self-revelation in Scripture does not come to us as just one book or one genre of literature. Scripture contains sixty-six different books and many literary genres that together give us a rich and multifaceted depiction of our Creator and the life of faith. For a realistic explanation of how faith works itself out in the lives of ordinary sinners, few portions of the...

[snip] Dr Adam Perkins [is] a lecturer in the neurobiology of personality at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience at King's College London. [snip] Over the past five years, he has accumulated a mass of evidence about the personalities of welfare claimants and concluded that individuals with aggressive, rule-breaking and anti-social tendencies - what he calls the 'employment-resistant personality profile' — are over-represented among benefit recipients. He also found that their children are likely to share those traits, which helps explain why poverty has a tendency to be passed down from one generation to the next. Now, none of...

The FBI "temporarily" halted efforts to process denial appeals on background checks, thereby leaving up to "7,100" Americans in limbo as to whether the federal government will allow them to buy a gun. According to USA Today, FBI Assistant Director Stephen Morris said the halt in processing appeals, which went into effect on January 20, became necessary because the number of Americans buying guns has overwhelmed FBI background check examiners.

Speaking at a summit in Switzerland last week, Facebook Sheryl Sandberg claimed that little children are now facing a "toddler wage gap." "We have a toddler wage gap," Ms. Sandberg said. "The boys are taking out the trash, it takes less time than cleaning the dishes and they get bigger allowances. We start out in our homes with these very different expectations and the time spent on these tasks is incredibly important." She continued, "Mothers will systematically overestimate their sons' crawling, and underestimate their daughters.'" Biases toward specific genders is like racism, Ms. Sandberg continued. "Men are promoted based on...

Sen. Ted Cruz, it turns out, has friends in Washington after all, and he's ready to put them on display. The Republican presidential candidate has built a reputation as one of the members of Congress most unloved by fellow lawmakers - an image he cultivates as part of his outsider persona. His Senate colleagues have denied him procedural courtesies, like getting votes on the Senate floor, and have blamed him for forcing them back to Washington for weekend votes. Mr. Cruz says the slights show that he is a true outsider who has the courage to fight what he calls...

“Irregular migration” is illegal immigration dressed up in United Nation’s progressive euphemism and bureaucratic-speak The International Organization for Migration (IOM) is expressing today its support for the meeting in Niamey, Niger, January 25-26, 2016, of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Commission Heads of Immigration on “irregular immigration and roll-out of the National Biometric ID Cards.” The International Organization for Migration (IOM) project called “Support to Free Movement of Persons and Migration in West Africa (FMM) is funded by the European Union (EU). According to the IOM news release, the meeting focused on “high mobility from and within...

The head of Russia's Security Council said in a newspaper interview published on Tuesday that the United States wanted a weakened Russia so as to gain access to its vast mineral resources. The attack on the United States by Nikolai Patrushev came against a background of anti-Western rhetoric by Moscow following imposition of sanctions by Washington and the European Union over Moscow's role in Ukraine's crisis. In an interview with BBC Panorama aired on Monday night, Adam Szubin, acting U.S. Treasury secretary for terrorism and financial crimes, accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of amassing secret wealth by corrupt practices over...

Liberty University president Jerry Falwell Jr., the son of the late televangelist, endorsed Donald Trump on Tuesday, giving Republican front-runner the blessing of one of the evangelical community’s biggest names just days before the Iowa caucuses. In a statement announcing his endorsement, Falwell called Trump “a successful executive and entrepreneur, a wonderful father and a man who I believe can lead our country to greatness again.”

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This is one of those ah-ha moments when several political variables seem to reconcile simultaneously. For those who doubted the Earlier Tripwire, here's the evidence. There is a Super-PAC called "Stand for Truth" registered out of Lexington Kentucky headed by a guy named Eric Lycan. .. Mr. Eric Lycan was Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's lawyer during his re-election campaign against Matt Bevin. Lycan also has deep tentacles within the entire GOPe apparatus, including the Chamber of Commerce. You can confirm identity from the filing paperwork and the reported contact information which is the same as THIS LINK to the...

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Donald Trump has slept with a lot of married women. Don't take my word for it, take his. Trump wrote that he once considered an open marriage with his first wife, and in his book "The Art of the Comeback" he said: "If I told the real stories of my experiences with women, often seemingly very happily married and important women, this book would be a guaranteed best-seller." Not only did he commit mass adultery, but he bragged about it. Should such an immoral man be elected President? But it is a private affair, you may say. His private life,...

Some New Hampshire primary voters may be trying to decide between John Kasich and...Bernie Sanders? That's what a story in the Boston Globe claims is happening with independents as New Hampshire's open primary on February 9 approaches:

BAGHDAD, Jan. 24 (UPI) -- Last week, fighting between security forces and Islamic State militants in Iraq's Anbar province continued alongside clashes across the border in neighboring Syria -- where the United States and Russia could be setting up new air bases. Syria Russia is reportedly establishing a presence in more air bases across Syria besides the currently used Hmeimim air base in Latakia province. Russian forces are also expanding the al-Shayrat air base, located in the countryside southeast of the capital of Homs province, according to SOHR. The facility will reportedly by used by Russian warplanes in operations around...

A snowstorm does bring out the essence of humanity. The picture below comes via Moonbattery and iOTW Report, where Big Fur Hat observes: When You're a Collectivist You Simply Wait For Someone Else Do To the Hard Work

Republican leaders are growing alarmed by the ferocious ways the party's mainstream candidates for president are attacking one another, and they fear that time is running out for any of them to emerge as a credible alternative to Donald J. Trump or Senator Ted Cruz of Texas. Leaders of the Republican establishment, made up of elected officials, lobbyists and donors, are also sending a message to the mainstream candidates, such as former Gov. Jeb Bush of Florida, that they should withdraw from the race if they do not show strength soon. The members of the party establishment are growing impatient...

ISIS jihadis eradicated from Western Syria as Russia batters militants with bombing raids KREMLIN defence chiefs have claimed victory over Islamic State in western Syria after 24 hours of intense bombing raids meant Syrian troops could wrestle vast swathes of territory from the jihadis. By Tom Batchelor PUBLISHED: 12:00, Tue, Jan 26, 2016 | UPDATED: 12:40, Tue, Jan 26, 2016 Russian warplanes defeated ISIS militants who were held up in Latakia province, which is home to Russia's airbase on the Mediterranean coast. More than 35 square miles of jihadi land have been regained by the Moscow-backed anti-extremist coalition. Strategically vital...

......movie is basically a flop, bringing in only $19 million over the three-day holiday weekend. This is especially disappointing for those who were rooting for this film, because January is, for whatever reason, a good month for movies that pander to military worship and pro-war "patriotism," with previous years seeing movies like "American Sniper" and "Lone Survivor" cleaning up with these crowds. But this movie, which has the hook of the word "Benghazi" - which Fox News viewers are supposed to recite 100 times a day like a rosary - just isn't taking off. What gives? Part of the problem...