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4 Rejoice in the Lord always: and again I say, Rejoice. Philippians 4:4 King James Version God saved Portland from being decimated by one of the deadliest fires Oregon has ever seen. If not for the winds miraculously changing from easterly to westerly and soon bringing the rains it is very possible much of Portland would have burned to the ground. It is inconceivable why the Lord saved Portland other than he will not take the righteous with the wicked, but there is no other explanation than God for how this miracle happened. Oregon has over a half a million...

On this date in 1823, American Revolution veteran Abram/Abraham Antoine was hanged in Madison County, New York, for avenging the execution of his daughter by murdering the man whose testimony hanged her. Antoine was a Native American — presumably, although I have not seen it explicitly stated, Oneida. This was the very springtime of American continental expansion, a project well-understood to entail the removal and, uh, “chastisement” and of the peoples lately occupying that continent. Some more sensitive or scholarly souls of the time noticed, as this one does, that “[t]ime is advancing, by rapid strides, towards the extinction of...

The Big Ten’s month of mayhem amid the coronavirus pandemic could be on the verge of a stunning conclusion. The possibility of a fall football season starting sometime in October has grown ahead of a scheduled Saturday meeting between medical experts and campus leaders, a person with knowledge of the situation confirmed to NJ Advance Media. ESPN first reported the medical subcommittee of the Big Ten’s return to play committee will present updates on testing capabilities and other issues to a subcommittee of the league’s council of presidents and chancellors. If the leadership council signs off on the proposal made...

SARATOGA SPRINGS — David Peterson, an art professor at Skidmore College, says it was "civic interest and curiosity" that led him and his wife to attend a pro-police rally in Congress Park in late July. The Petersons arrived at a little after 7 p.m., watched from the edge of the crowd as "Back the Blue" supporters and counter-protesters traded barbs, then departed to get dinner after about 20 minutes. Neither thought much of it. But that brief and quiet presence at the rally infuriated some student activists at the Saratoga Springs school. They're demanding that Skidmore College fire a professor...

Russia's Health Minister Mikhail Murashko stated on Saturday all regions of the country will receive the new coronavirus vaccine Sputnik V by Monday. "The first batches of the vaccine to test the supply chain have already been sent [to all regions]. The first vaccine samples will be delivered by Monday," the minister told reporters.

Disturbing video shows CEO Jeffrey Previte abusing 4-month-old dog A business CEO was caught on horrifying video violently tossing around and slapping his 4-month-old pup — and cops have now launched an investigation into the incident, reports say. Jeffrey Previte, the 46-year-old head of a California environmental-consulting firm, was caught on the disturbing surveillance footage grabbing his pitbull Beachy by the ear and neck as he dragged the pooch into a hallway off the parking garage at his Santa Monica condominium building Aug. 22, the Daily Mail said. A worker manning the front desk said he heard the dog crying,...

Another giveaway in 2018. Old white guy Steve Pearce would be a shoo-in but didn't know his limitations, giving up this seat twice in statewide runs for Senate and Gov. Xochiti Small filled the vacuum in 2018. Close call but a loss. Now there's a rematch. Our candidate lost last time due to dirty tactics but Trump won the WH in spite of them. Will Trump's coattails work? He won by 10% and Xochiti won by only 1.8%. Pearce is bald. That doesn't count? He lost to a young pretty boy(Senate). Tried governorship of a blue state. I'm just saying...

The equation "racial disparities = systemic racism" has achieved axiom status in the science of social justice. Recently, Michelle Obama upped the ante of racism's reach by lowering the bar for its detection even farther. Her recent podcast interview detailing the many racist blows and jabs she's absorbed and the pain inflicted thereby should evoke pity for her — and also for all who must contend with the societal fallout Michelle's particular brand of "suffering" portends. Consider the white racist attacks Michelle recounts. "Daily slights. People talk over you." Buckle up. There's more. "People will come up and pet my...

The aspirational athletic-wear maker Lululemon, famous for its expensive leggings sported by young urban professionals, is facing vigorous criticism for promoting a yoga workshop billed as an opportunity to “resist capitalism”. The Canadian-headquartered international company, valued at $45bn, suggested participants will be able to learn how “gender constructs across the world have informed culture and the ways violent colonialism has erased these histories to enforce consumerism”.

Pitting one race or one ethnic group against another is a game the Left has been playing for a very long time. In my 2014 documentary film, There’s No Place Like Utopia, I explored the rarely told history of Leftist exploitation of race and ethnicity, a practice that dates back to the 1930's. Soviet leader Josef Stalin focused his American propaganda efforts not on fomenting a workers’ revolution - unlikely given America’s free market history - but on discrediting the very idea of America both to its own citizens and the world. The Soviets decided the easiest way to discredit...

Portland has become a political football, with Donald Trump essentially running his presidential campaign against Democratic mayors like Wheeler, tweeting that “Portland will never recover with a fool for a Mayor. He tried mixing with the Agitators and Anarchists and they mocked him. He would like to blame me and the Federal Government for going in, but he hasn’t seen anything yet. We have only been there with a small group to defend our U.S. Courthouse, because he couldn’t do it.” Both sides are getting their information through purposely bottlenecked media reports, and the results are predictably distorted and dangerous....

The inability of the mainstream media to accurately cover any of Joe Biden’s foibles is truly astonishing. If it was not already obvious by now, there is simply nothing Biden can say or do, no matter how incoherent, offensive, or alarming that would cause the current crop of “objective journalists” in the mainstream media, to even consider asking whether or not he has the mental capacity to be president of the United States. It is not a stretch to say that Biden has received the most favorable press coverage of any modern presidential candidate in history, and it’s not even...

Pray For the Peace of Jerusalem Lambs, Sheep, and Shepherds. Genesis 3 Cain and Abel 4 Adam[a] made love to his wife Eve, and she became pregnant and gave birth to Cain.[b] She said, “With the help of the Lord I have brought forth[c] a man.” 2 Later she gave birth to his brother Abel. Now Abel kept flocks, and Cain worked the soil. 3 In the course of time Cain brought some of the fruits of the soil as an offering to the Lord. 4 And Abel also brought an offering—fat portions from some of the firstborn of his flock. The Lord...

On Friday’s broadcast of HBO’s “Real Time,” host Bill Maher stated that there is a belief “on the far left,” that property destruction “is sort of a justifiable way of protesting and it’s a form of reparations.” And warned that while the belief exists on the far left, beliefs have a tendency to migrate. Maher said, “When lululemon is saying ‘resist capitalism’ and there’s a book called ‘In Defense of Looting’ and then we had a primary where there was a candidate, Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren were talking a lot about a wealth tax and a lot of wealth...

Boris Becker has been slammed by tennis fans after “creepy” comments about a female chair umpire at the US Open. “I have to say, the umpire is extremely pretty,” Becker said, according to tennis journalist Petra Philippsen. “You eat with your eyes.” Needless to say fans were far from impressed by Becker’s comments, with many describing them as “creepy” and “disgusting”.

This year’s RNC featured some of the strongest and most powerful pro-life voices in American politics. From Abby Johnson’s moving testimony, to Nicholas Sandmann’s pro-life speech and Sister Deirdre Byrne’s religious witness, the Republican Party in 2020 exhibits the courage to unabashedly defend the rights and the dignity of the unborn. Pro-life Americans need to pay attention. In this November’s election, the right to life is very much at stake. Our votes will determine whether more preborn lives are lost or saved. This position may be unpopular with many of America’s professional pundits who muddy the waters. But electoral politics have always played...

A Democrat bureaucrat finally said what we all have known to be the truth: the Wuhan virus limitations that Democrat politicians and bureaucrats have imposed on Americans will go away after the election because that was the plan all along. As 2019 ended, the Democrats knew that Trump was cruising to re-election. He'd kept his base because he kept his promises about the wall, trade deals, the military, abortion, and our Second Amendment rights. Best of all, he'd supercharged the economy with tax and regulation cuts. The surging economy enticed other Americans who had not voted for Trump in 2016...

Joe Biden has one thing in common with his running mate, Kamala Harris. He says whatever he thinks he needs to say, on any given issue, depending on who he is talking to at the time.

From the Chicago Journal of Saturday Evening. The steamer Lady Elgin, Capt. JOHN WILSON, associated in thousands of minds with memories of pleasant hours and pleasant friends; of music and moonlight; of voyages out of sultry and breathless Summer into the clear, cool regions of Lake Superior; of everything but the cares of business, and anything but sorrow, went down last night, off Waukegan, with hundreds on board, and -- for we must write it -- hundreds that did not see the reluctant dawn of this dark morning. Last evening a gay party of excursionists from Milwaukee, 250 in number,...

A neighbor has been posting on a blog that the President has defunded First Responders / Fire Dept.s Does anyone have info on this? Thanks