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Hundreds of thousands of people in China have been given a coronavirus vaccine despite the fact it has not been finally approved by regulators. The move has prompted concerns among onlookers that China is pushing ahead to gain an edge in the race to develop a successful vaccine without following proper safety measures. Chinese companies Sinopharm and SinoVac have given vaccine shots to more than 350,000 people in recent months and that number is likely set to rise. The inoculations have been performed under an emergency use designation that was approved in June. SinoVac has also provided tens of thousands...

The Mind of a Conservative Woman by Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) is an insightful commentary for all women regardless of their political affiliation. Blackburn delves into maintaining the traditions of family, freedom, faith, a free market, and respecting those with differing opinions. She exclaimed, "Nearly a decade ago, I wrote the book, Life Equity. My literary agent told me I should write a second book. I laid out the premise of the new book. I thought how women in the public eye elevated to office told me that conservative women are treated differently than liberal women. The mainstream media will...

China Evergrande, mainland China’s largest property developer by sales volume, has been under pressure lately from investors dumping its stocks and bonds on fears that the company—a bellwether for China’s real estate sector—is in dire financial straits.The developer is highly indebted, and its ongoing troubles could signal upcoming pain for other highly levered Chinese companies as the world’s No. 2 economy suffers from a prolonged economic growth slowdown.Evergrande’s woes—its common stock fell 9.5 percent and the price of its $1.2 billion offshore bond due June 28, 2021 dropped 4.1 percent to $87.51—on Sept. 25 were the result of a document...

(CNN)China gained the "understanding and support" from the World Health Organization before starting a controversial emergency use program for its Covid-19 vaccine candidates, a Chinese health official said Friday. China has been administering experimental coronavirus vaccines to hundreds of thousands of people since July under an emergency use program approved by the Chinese government, before their safety and efficacy have been fully proven by clinical trials. Some experts and vaccine developers in the West have warned against the premature authorization of coronavirus vaccines before last-stage trials are completed. Zheng Zhongwei, an official with China's National Health Commission, said Friday that...

Thank Dems for the Barrett Nomination Among the reasons President Trump has reportedly decided to appoint Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court is that the Democrats already attempted to “Bork” her, but failed, and disgraced themselves in the process while elevating her public profile.Think I exaggerate? Check out this Tweet from Center for American Progress far-leftist Ian Millhiser:You can expect a lot of news reports over the next few days to re-run Sen. Dianne Feinstein attacking Barrett’s Catholic faith in Barrett’s confirmation hearings to the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals three years ago. It will not be a good...

KHARTOUM — Sudanese officials will discuss the removal of their country from a U.S. list of state sponsors of terror with U.S. officials during a visit to the United Arab Emirates this week, the ruling council said on Sunday. Sudan's transitional government, in charge since the toppling of Omar al-Bashir last year, has been pushing to get off the U.S. list, which hinders its ability to access foreign loans to tackle an economic crisis. In August, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo raised the issue of Sudan establishing ties with Israel during a visit. Sudanese Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok told him...

You knew they would try to pivot off the draconian COVID policies and use climate change as the pretext to deploy the same rigid controls over our lives. Now, perhaps a trial balloon is being floated for a “climate lockdown.” The noxious idea is that we are at (yet another) tipping point, and that unless government radically seizes centralized control of the economy, it will be shutdown time. From, “Avoiding a Climate Lockdown,” by Mariana Mazzucato, Founding Director of the Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose: Under a “climate lockdown,” governments would limit private-vehicle use, ban consumption of red meat,...

WASHINGTON – It’s evening rush hour in the nation’s capital, and the McPherson Square Metro station on a September Tuesday is all but empty. Thousands once squeezed at this time onto the trains departing from the heart of downtown Washington, two blocks north of the White House. Now, the descending escalator steps carry only the shards of a broken bottle of Power Malt. Above ground the scene is no less eerie: No honking horns or screams from sprinting commuters trying to flag down the Circulator bus. In what seven months ago would have seemed a suspension of the laws of...

"This would be a great time in the world for some man to come along that knew something."-Will Rogers Now that's funny, I don't care who ya are. Republican, Democrat, Independent...Americans just want someone in the White House who knows something. In the days leading up to Election Day, let's not forget to laugh together. It's the shortest distance between people and Heaven knows this nation needs to come together again. Will Rogers knew that. Born in 1879 in Cherokee Nation, Wikipedia describes Rogers as an "American stage and film actor, vaudeville performer, cowboy, humorist, newspaper columnist, and social commentator."...

Meditations for each day of the novena. Day 1 (A Plea for Reparation), Day 2 (For the Conversion of Sinners), Day 3 (Devotion to the Immaculate Heart of Mary and World Peace), Day 4 (The Holy Rosary), Day 5 ( Purity and Modesty), Day 6 (Priests, Religious and Rulers), Day 7 (The Vision of Hell), Day 8 (The Errors of Russia), Day 9 (The Triumph of the Immaculate Heart of Mary)

When the United States Senate returned to work in early September after its summer recess, it faced a daunting in-tray. The nation’s coronavirus death toll has exceeded 1,000 people on several days this month and many of the emergency economic measures to deal with the crisis have expired. But with the parties divided over new economic stimulus, Senate Republicans have continued instead with the quiet task that has preoccupied them for much of Donald Trump’s presidency: placing young and reliably conservative judges on the federal courts.

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The worldview of the radical left offers many dizzying contradictions and fantasies. One of the strangest is the extent of indifference and even hostility with which radical leftists treat those who deliver on the very vision they so tirelessly advocate. There are myriad examples, some so obvious that articulating them seems like shaking the foundation of the postmodern reality (or anti-reality) in which we live. The most diverse societies in the word are those most often condemned for lack of diversity. The cultures and groups who've been most welcoming to outsiders — perhaps the most welcoming in all of human...

A LID HAS BEEN CALLED in Wilmington, via PBS NewsHour’s LISA DESJARDINS: “Biden will have two appearances via video. The campaign told us: ‘The VP is delivering pre-recorded remarks to the L’ATTITUDES Conference as well as a taped interview with Stephanie Ruhle which will air on MSNBC at 12:00PM ET. The VP is also speaking live at the US Conference of Mayors at 2:45PM ET.”

While a majority of American families have discussed Black Lives Matter and police brutality in the wake of ongoing protests about racial inequality, only a minority of them, regardless of political affiliation, see it as an important issue, according to a recent poll. The latest American Family Survey, released on Tuesday, was conducted between July 3 and July 14 for a partnership between the Deseret News and Brigham Young University’s Center for the Study of Elections and Democracy. The study explores several areas of family life, including relationships, economics, politics, health and culture. The market research and data analytics firm...

Live on the DC Mall www.thereturnsimulcast.com

Live broadcast of takeoffs of the large variety of aircraft used in WWII. "Approximately 100 World War II aircraft will take to the sky in historically sequenced warbird formations. These formations will fly over the Washington Mall in two minute intervals. The formations will represent the War’s major battles, from Battle of Britain through the final air assault on Japan, and concluding with a missing man formation." https://ww2flyover.org/flyover-formations/

Donald Trump Jr. and his girlfriend and conservative personality Kim Guilfoyle took to social media on Saturday morning to release a video reaction to the news that Hunter Biden was caught up in multi-million dollar foreign money schemes and linked to “prostitution or human trafficking ring” of Russian and Ukrainian women. Donald Trump, Jr.: One revelation this week is Hunter Biden. We get to get lectured about how these are such great people, the Bidens, tied to sex trafficking rings of Eastern Europeans, that’s wonderful.

Question: How should a person’s religious faith, or lack thereof factor into their fitness for office? As we anticipate President Trump’s nomination of a candidate to replace the late Associate Justice Ruth Ginsburg on the Supreme Court, this is a valid and relevant question to ask. Odds are high that the nominee will be a Roman Catholic, although at least one of the final five is an Evangelical. In the case of Judge Amy Coney Barrett, the question of her devout Catholic faith was raised rather infamously by Sen. Feinstein (D-CA) when she said, “Whatever a religion is” the “dogma...

Kyle Rittenhouse, the 17-year-old charged with fatally shooting two people and injuring a third during unrest last month in Kenosha, has become a cause célèbre among conservatives and some gun-rights groups. On Thursday night, his mother and lawyer got a standing ovation at a Waukesha County Republican event after their introduction by conservative commentator Michelle Malkin. The teen has even become a symbol in Europe; fans of a Bulgarian soccer team displayed a banner saying he "did nothing wrong ... he is a hero" at a recent match. His lawyers have talked widely about his case and even played a...