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Just when you may have thought that the low quality of political rhetoric in Washington could not get any worse, along comes Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) to prove otherwise. At a pro-choice demonstration outside the Supreme Court, which is considering a Louisiana law requiring doctors who perform abortions to have admitting privileges at nearby hospitals, Schumer delivered what sounded to many ears like a physical threat to two of the court's conservative justices: "I want to tell you, (Neil) Gorsuch, I want to tell you, (Brett) Kavanaugh, you have released the whirlwind, and you will pay the price."...

“She is loud and stubborn; her feet abide not in her house: Now is she without, now in the streets, and lieth in wait at every corner" (Proverbs 7:11-12).

Four GOP-held Senate seats are currently being led by Democrats, with at least a four-point margin, according to new polls from Public Policy Polling (PPP). The polling found Sara Gideon with a four-point lead over incumbent Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) at 47-43 in the Maine Senate race and Mark Kelly leading Sen. Martha McSally (R-AR) 47-42 in the Arizona Senate race. In the poll conducted in Maine, Collins’ approval rating sits at 33 percent, with 57 percent of voters expressing disapproval of her job performance. In the Arizona poll, PPP found McSally to have a 37 percent job approval rating...

Washington, DC - On February 27, 2020, I attended a White House Roundtable discussion that included other black influencers and leaders.   The meeting concluded in prayer which I was honored to lead. Following this rare opportunity came the black leftists’ ad hominem attacks to bully or dictate black thought in America and dampen support for the president.  This is a hard task on both scores and they now know it.  This president has demonstrably changed the lives of all Americans with record low unemployment created by 6.7 million new jobs so far. President Trump resuscitated our HBCUs by approving multi-year...

DETROIT, MI -- Michigan’s Democratic primary election is about Bernie Sanders’ revolution versus Joe Biden’s establishment politics, the Vermont senator told supporters at a packed rally in Detroit. Introduced as the next president of the United States by firebrand first-term U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Detroit, Sanders told an animated crowd of roughly 6,000 that his fight against the wealthy and corrupt is in its most important stage. Sanders said Biden can’t inspire the support needed to take on President Donald Trump, criticizing the former vice president’s past support of the Iraq War, the North American Free Trade Agreement and various...

Migrants on the Turkish side of the border at the Pazarkule border crossing try to move forward as the Greek army fires water cannons at them. IMAGES

Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts: And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting. Psalm 139:23-24 KJV What if the Marxists were to use their energy building this country up rather than tearing it down? What if all the Bernie Bros saw America as something good rather than evil? What would this country look like if they all worked together rather than tearing each other apart? What if they saw President Trump as the radical idea they are chasing and had positive energy...

Typically, when you walk into a Catholic Church there is a font for holy water. It's a sacramental, sacred sign meant to remind us of baptism. But one recent weekday, I dipped my hand into a familiar font in a prominent church in our nation's capital before morning Mass, and encountered it empty. Caffeine-less, I was confused. It was only later, when the sign of peace was skipped during Mass that I realized: coronavirus! What bothers me about this is not the empty holy-water fonts per se. What seems off is that the response of Christians and all religious believers...

Legend has it that St. Patrick drove all of the snakes out of Ireland and into the sea using the power of his faith. - Fox News A Dublin man is hoping for some of that power for himself after he reportedly fell victim of a venomous snakebite – believed to be the first time such an event has been recorded in Ireland. Curious, as Ireland is indeed known to be free of these slithery critters. Of course the “Dublin man” who was bit owned a puff adder “most commonly found in Morocco and Western Arabia, the puff adder...

Sen. Bernard Sanders says he is building a nationwide movement of people who back tuition-free college and government-run health care. But the wave bypassed the House, where Democratic leaders hope to prevent his plans from seeing daylight. Despite pressure from some rank-and-file members, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said she is not about to sink the Democratic majority by holding votes on bills that would expose the deep ideological split within the party. Instead, she has pursued legislation on gun control, election reform and prescription drug price reductions - what she called “mainstream and non-menacing” legislation that can guarantee near-unanimous votes...

The deliberate panic created over the coronavirus is not victimless. Far from it. When the radioactive dust settles from this orchestrated panic-strategy, potentially hundreds of billions will have been lost, thousands of businesses closed, and millions of employees fired. When the coronavirus first reared its ugly head, many in the media instantly saw it as a cheap and easy way to increase clicks, newspaper sales, viewers, listeners, and most especially Ad revenue. In the guise of “informing the public,” they intended to run scare headlines and stories to spike attention to their sites. And run them, they did. One of...

This will be a weekly post. Count remains at 191 judges confirmed. 138 District Court judges 51 Circuit Court judges 2 Supreme Court justices This week a judge on the DC Circuit announced his retirement and the Senate Judiciary Committee reported out several judicial nominations to the floor.

The Pioneer City County Museum director who made a social media post saying all republicans should die has resigned from her position. Melonnie Hicks formally submitted her resignation to board members Friday, effective as of 5:00 p.m. Her resignation comes three days after she made a post to personal Facebook page during primary elections that reads, “I hope every single one of you pieces of s*** that votes republican, dies today.”

Pray For the Peace of Jerusalem (Music in The Bible) Psalm 119 Psalm 119[a] ש Sin and Shin 161 Rulers persecute me without cause,     but my heart trembles at your word. 162 I rejoice in your promise     like one who finds great spoil. 163 I hate and detest falsehood     but I love your law. 164 Seven times a day I praise you     for your righteous laws. 165 Great peace have those who love your law,     and nothing can make them stumble. 166 I wait for your salvation, Lord,     and I follow your commands. 167 I obey your statutes,     for I love them greatly. 168 I obey your...

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Once a hot degree, the MBA is now being questioned by more and more people. Wall Street Journal columnist Andy Kessler, for example, recently wrote that “the cost is prohibitive.” As a professor who teaches in the now questionable program, please allow me to provide some insight. Before I go on, here’s your disclaimer. I enjoy teaching my MBA students. If I was on the outside looking in, I could easily go scorched earth. Given that I believe teaching is my calling, I think I provide value. But, I’m also not naïve. There are many flaws with the MBA in...

The number of deaths caused by coronavirus infections in Iran rose by 21 over the past 24 hours to reach 145 on Saturday, Reuters quoted a health ministry official as saying. The number of people testing positive for the virus increased by more than 1,000 over the past 24 hours, reaching 5,823 on Saturday, he said in a televised briefing

Sen. Bernie Sanders may mix his ideas with love but—in the words of the late, great Sammy Davis Jr.— his expansive plans for government certainly won’t “make the world taste good.” On the contrary, the presidential candidate’s sweeping promises to provide “free” healthcare, “free” college, “free daycare and solve the so-called climate crisis are illusions that, if enacted, would devastate our economy.As Betsy McCaughey, former lieutenant governor of New York, says, “When it comes to health care, Democrats are selling snake oil.”Indeed, flesh out the Vermont Democrat’s platform and one sees he’s definitely not peddling gum drops. He’s proposing a...

Virginia Democrats agreed to a deal raising gas taxes in the state by a total of 10 cents over the next two years, a move party leadership said would give people "more time with their families." . . . "This is a historic agreement that will give Virginians more time with their families and less [time] stuck in traffic," Virginia House of Delegates speaker Eileen Filler-Corn (D.) said.

The Weekly Gardening Thread is a weekly gathering of folks that love soil, seeds and plants of all kinds. From complete newbies that are looking to start that first potted plant, to gardeners with some acreage, to Master Gardener level and beyond, we would love to hear from you. If you have specific question about a plant/problem you are having, please remember to state the Growing Zone where you are located. This thread is non-political respite. No matter what, you won’t be flamed, and the only dumb question is the one that isn’t asked. It is impossible to hijack the...