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This morning, the world has been greeted with headlines proclaiming that ‘Pope Francis blesses gay marriage’. It stems from hysteria related to use of older comments in a new documentary about the pope, entitled ‘Francesco’. As with many other similar instances of controversy in the papacy of Francis, such as the ‘Who am I to Judge?’ fiasco, a mix of Francis’s ambiguous speaking style and deliberate lies by the mainstream media are to blame, though this time there is the added aspect of the strange nature of Frances’s documentary. We must also lay some of the blame at the feet...

NEW: Senate Investigators seek Hunter Biden records, according to October 21 letter, addressed to team of lawyers. Deadline October 23. “According to recent reports that published emails allegedly from your client’s laptop, the Committees have identified your client as an individual involved in one or more of these business arrangements or financial transactions. As part of the ongoing efforts to validate + verify the information in those emails, the Committees request that your client provide all records related to any of your client’s business dealings—including, but not limited, to bank records, wire transfers, account balances, gifts, business transactions, travel records—with...

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia has granted U.S. whistleblower Edward Snowden permanent residency rights, his lawyer said on Thursday, a step towards Russian citizenship if he wants it. Snowden, 37, fled the United States and was given asylum in Russia after leaking secret files in 2013 that revealed vast domestic and international surveillance operations carried out by the U.S. National Security Agency where he was a contractor. U.S. authorities have for years wanted Snowden returned to the United States to face a criminal trial on espionage charges brought in 2013. “His (Russian) residency permit was expiring and we asked to extend...

Australian born, Florida based golfing Hall-of-Famer Greg Norman is backing Donald Trump in this election. The golfing legend noted that he admired the President in an interview with the Australian. “I admire how thick his skin is. I can only relate this in a way to my world to some degree and how the tall poppy syndrome in Australia can just really gnaw at you and take you down pretty hard, even though you’ve done nothing wrong. I actually admire Donald Trump for staying his course, getting the abuse whether it’s from the investigations into Russia and all that stuff,...

Anyone see Ms. Harris in Asheville, N.C. yesterday? Her audience was sparse and she put this POTUS down with untruths...apparently the phrase "he hasn't grown into the job...." has a focus panel's brilliant thumb print. I thik folks are pretty tired of the bitterness and hate, and Kam. didn't relieve them.... "The emails purported to be Hunter Biden’s on that abandoned laptop have been verified by one recipient. They’re real and they’re spectacularly damning, according to Tony Bobulinski, a former business partner of Hunter Biden."Another email begs for answers from Joe Biden’s vice-presidential running mate, Sen. Kamala

@PeterSchiffPres. @realDonaldTrump got off easy with 60 Minutes. It's nothing compared to what 60 Minutes Australia did to me. I only wish I had my own recording to show the interview that actually took place, rather than the one they pretended took place. My Youtube response is later today. ----------------------------------------------- A lesson learned, perhaps? Apparently Schiff walked out on them when they accused him of money laundering etc. This is what it's based on.. Article from the NYT (19th Oct). Likely a hit job (i've not read it all yet). Chasing Illicit Money, Global Officials Circle a Puerto Rico FirmPeter...

The greatest question of all concerning 2020 is whether we as a nation still have a desire to settle questions on their merits, by way of representative government, at the ballot box, or whether we wish to be a country where force and coercion rules—and where a permanent political class rules no matter who you vote for, and pulls out all the stops to make extra sure. The last four years have seen much of the bipartisan Washington establishment act as wild-eyed conspiracy theorists, while engaging in first a surreptitious, and now an open conspiracy to ensure the 2020 presidential...

NAILS controversially linked to the crucifixion of Jesus Christ have fragments of ancient bone and wood embedded in them, a bombshell new study has revealed. The nails were allegedly found in Jerusalem, in a first-century burial cave believed to be the resting place of Caiaphas - the Jewish priest who sent Jesus to his death in the Bible. At some point after the cave was excavated in 1990, however, the nails went missing. Years later, filmmaker Simcha Jacobovici claimed to have found the nails, even saying that they were used to crucify Jesus himself in the 2011 documentary, Nails Of...

The top ten most-hated states, as determined by Best Life, ranked as follows: 1 New Jersey 2 Texas 3 California 4 Oklahoma 5 Florida 6 Michigan 7 Kentucky 8 Indiana 9 Alabama 10Kansas

President Donald Trump released footage from the CBS 60 Minutes interview after White House chief of staff Mark Meadows said Stahl was acting "more like an opinion journalist." "Look at the bias, hatred and rudeness on behalf of 60 Minutes and CBS," said the president on social media. "Tonight's anchor, Kristen Welker, is far worse! #MAGA" The video starts with Trump saying he's looking for "fairness" during the interview, as anchor Leslie Stahl preps the president by saying she was going to ask "tough questions." "You don't ask Biden tough questions," said the president. "It's terrible, you know that." Stahl...

AN OnlyFans model wearing just a thong opened fire on two armed burglars who burst through her home. Ansley Pacheco, 26, was captured on home security cameras grabbing her own pistol to defend her son in the raid of her home in Miami. The Instagram model was in the bedroom of her Hileah home on October 4 when two masked men crashed through the door brandishing Uzis and began spraying her husband and his friends with bullets. Shocking footage shows Ansley scramble to grab her firearm before she began shooting at the crooks from her doorway. "Don't shoot! My son...

Billionaire Home Depot co-founder and Republican donor Ken Langone went on Fox Business to shred the false leftist logic behind Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden’s tax plans. During the October 21 edition of Mornings with Maria, anchor Maria Bartiromo asked Langone for his reaction to both Biden’s and President Donald Trump’s tax plans. Bartiromo noted that Biden, in particular, “wants to raise taxes by $4.3 trillion.” She also said that Biden “wants to take the capital gains tax and the tax on dividends” all the way “up to 43.6 percent.” Langone’s response to Biden in a nutshell? “[T]he middle class...

Check out the wall in El Paso, Texas https://youtu.be/j7YNSbz2LEI 

New hypersonic missiles could evade Taiwan's Patriot batteries during future invasion TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — China has reportedly deployed new hypersonic missiles across from Taiwan as it marshals forces in preparation for a future invasion.On Sunday (Oct. 18), the South China Morning Post, which is owned by Alibaba Group, cited an anonymous military source as saying that China's most advanced hypersonic missile, the DF-17, is being deployed to People's Liberation Army (PLA) bases in the provinces of Fujian and Zhejiang, which sit right across from Taiwan. The deployment of the missiles is part of a PLA pattern of a beefing...

"Gatherings are defined as social situations that bring together people from different households at the same time in a single space or place. When people from different households mix, this increases the risk of transmission of COVID-19," the CDPH said in a statement. All gatherings must include no more than three households, including hosts and guests, and must be held outdoors, lasting for two hours of less. Masks must stay on after eating and drinking Singing and shouting "strongly discouraged" "do so quietly (at or below the volume of a normal speaking voice)," and wear a face covering while engaged...

Hunter Biden, who has flown on Air Force 2 at least 411 times, was allegedly paid millions by Burisma, China Inc., and the richest woman in Russia, Elena Baturina, with half of all proceeds allegedly kicked up to Joe Biden. Details of the Joe Biden crime family have risen from the abandoned laptops of Hunter Biden, but it was old news for investigative reporter Peter Schweizer who wrote in 2018, “as both Joe Biden and John Kerry negotiated sensitive and high-stakes deals with foreign governments, Rosemont entities secured a series of exclusive deals often with those same foreign governments.” Business...

I'm listening to an author who has been banned by Amazon and YouTube, E. Michael Jones. He's big in the original thinking biz, really, just reading anyone who's anyone and collating the results. He talks about Oligarchs being in charge of what we think.At a certain video interview, culturewars.com/podcasts/logos-rising-on-the-friday-farcast, queued to about 19 minutes, you can't link, Jones is banned on YouTube. So, Dr Jones is talking about how science has co-opted ultimate reality. He's asking how Anthony Fauci still is in charge after some scandal or debacle he was apparently responsible for, foisting something called AZT onto poor AIDS...

Debate is scheduled for 8:00 PM Central, which is 9:00 PM Eastern. Not sure if Mountain and Pacific will show live or not.

Pence hosts 'Make America Great Again!' event in Indiana