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It’s just the flu, bro. I have finally come to accept that lockdowns and masks and vaccines will be pushed by governments for at least the next several years. How do I know this? Governments, and many people, try to find ways to encourage things that provide a communal benefit, even if this benefit is fake. So if governments currently ban plastic straws, ban plastic bags, tax cow farts, and tax large SUVs all in the name of trying to reduce the global temperature by a quarter degree over the next 100 years, then why wouldn’t they similarly enforce massive...

"All these died in faith, without receiving the promises, but having seen them and having welcomed them from a distance, and having confessed that they were strangers and exiles on the earth. For those who say such things make it clear that they are seeking a country of their own. "And indeed if they had been thinking of that country from which they went out, they would have had opportunity to return. But as it is, they desire a better country, that is a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God; for He has prepared...

“[God] said, ‘My Presence will go with you, and I will give you rest.’ Then [Moses] said to Him, ‘If Your Presence does not go with us, do not bring us up from here’” (Exodus 33:14-15). Moses knew it was God’s presence among them that set them apart from all other nations. The same is true of God’s people today. The only thing that sets us apart from nonbelievers is God’s presence “with us,” leading us, guiding us, working his will in and through us. His presence drives out fear and confusion. Moses’ attitude was essentially, “We operate on one...

After four years of attacking President Donald Trump as "illegitimate," "fascist," "Nazi," "tyrant," "dictator," "racist," "anti-Semitic," "Russian stooge," "traitor," "grifter," "xenophobe," "sexist," "homophobe," "ignorant," "fat" and "lazy," former Vice President Joe Biden, the presumptive president-elect, now says, "Let's heal." In his "victory speech," Biden said: "And to those who voted for President Trump, I understand your disappointment tonight. "I've lost a couple of elections myself. But now, let's give each other a chance. "It's time to put away the harsh rhetoric. To lower the temperature. To see each other again. To listen to each other again. "To make progress, we...

Perhaps there is something few have thought about. First, it is obvious that there was massive cheating in this election. As I have posted before: 1. A friend took his family on a 48 state tour just prior to the election. He said he saw almost NO Biden signs on the entire trip, not on lawns, not on cars. That indicates very little public support across the entire nation. 2. The Democrats went ballastic on Amy Coney Barrett's nomination and she had impeccable credentials. They expected this election to end up being contested in the Supreme Court. Why? 3. The...

Mainstream media outlets are all too happy to interview Dr. Anthony Fauci as an “infectious disease specialist.” They find his big government solutions that cancel Thanksgiving and Christmas most pleasing. He wants us to wear masks forever, even though he once said they weren’t any good back in the spring. It’s true that Fauci plays a doctor on these TV shows. But we have good reasons to believe that he is only acting rather than actually being a responsible physician. And it is only a low-information public that allows the MSM to get away with pushing his advice. To set...

A petition circulating at Harvard University to prevent Trump administration officials from stepping foot on campus is getting mixed reviews from a range of students, showing that not all those attending the prestigious college are in line with the progressive agenda of the petition's organizers, FOX Business has learned. Despite apparently getting the thumbs up by most of the liberal arts school, students at the Kennedy School and the renowned Harvard Business School were less enthusiastic. The petition organizers then changed the wording of the document from an outright ban of Trump administration officials speaking, teaching or attending the university...

I have to choke back laughter every time I hear some leftist whine about the country needing “unity” now that the election is over. I have a two word answer, though not the two words I’d like to use (which start with “f” and “y”): no thanks. Listening to Democrats pretend to care about everyone, or as Joe Biden regularly reads off a teleprompter, “I will be President of all Americans,” really does make me sick. Given how these people have acted for at least the last 20 years, I’m down for anything Republicans do to oppose and thwart everything...

Republicans decide to fight back in Wayne County, Michigan. – Don’t look now, but the two GOP members of the Canvassing Board in Wayne County, Michigan – home to the communist Democrat-run city of Detroit – reversed course once again in the wee hours of this morning, refusing to certify the obviously-fraudulent election results from their county. Board Chairwoman Monica Palmer and fellow GOP member William C. Hartmann, who had been shamefully bullied into changing their original “no” votes to “yes” by the despicable Democrat members of the Board on Tuesday night, notified the board via sworn affidavits that they...

[Note: this piece contains heavy video content.] Governor Andrew Cuomo held one of his Fidel Castro-like press events yesterday, ostensibly designed to provide the public with useful information and comfort about the draconian new shut-down restrictions he is imposing on them yet again. Instead, the Central American dictator-in-training went completely off the rails, blaming his citizens for the problems with the China Virus, and haranguing one reporter who simply asked whether or not the state’s schools would be shut down.

False and misleading election-related claims, already running rampant on social media in the wake of this year's race, were given an exponential boost in exposure after they were shared by Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump, a new analysis commissioned by ABC News has found.The eldest sons of President Donald Trump repeatedly disseminated unfounded allegations around the improper handling of ballots, including that they were burned or stolen, by sharing videos or pictures of the baseless allegations on social media, according to Storyful, the social media intelligence agency that conducted the analysis.The brothers, who have over 10 million followers combined...

Where has the coronavirus gone? Nowhere. The pandemic has gained a second wind, even as it is mysteriously scarcer in post-election headlines. If anything, COVID-19 seems more contagious as cold temperatures arrive, people stay in indoors and perhaps their vitamin D levels taper off. Whatever one's views on the virus -- whether it remains an existential threat or, contrarily, prompts overreactive lockdowns that are more harmful and maybe even deadlier than the virus itself -- nothing much has changed since Election Day. Or did viral perceptions suddenly change? The pandemic certainly no longer serves as an election lever to demagogue...

Dominion Systems voting software is in the headlines this week, riveting the attention of anyone who is following this 2020 presidential election outcome. What’s becoming clear is that we’re watching a vast, long-planned scheme, rather than just the impulse of a bizarre year. Dominion Systems voter software is supposed to tabulate electronic votes automatically. It is used in at least 28 states – not in Texas, though, because the governor’s office concluded that Dominion was too flawed to secure voter integrity. Other experts have agreed. Even Dominion’s vice president, Eric Coomer, admits the system is vulnerable. SNIP Second, for four...

Michael's Dispatches Dispatch 46: Revolution, Insurgency, and Civil War – we are there 1 CommentDetails Published: Wednesday, 18 November 2020 18:31 Am about to drive from D.C. to Atlanta – this dispatch is unedited stream:---18 November 2020Washington, D.C.The big step into insurgency warfare comes when average, intelligent people see the government as illegitimate. And are willing to do something. Actively or passively. This means, among other forms of war being waged from different corners, we face insurgency, civil war, and revolution.Our situation is no longer is ‘a possibility,’ or ‘at some point if we are not careful.’ We are there....

Executives from Fortune 500 corporations say they are planning to intervene if Democrat Joe Biden is not inaugurated into office by January 20, 2021. A report by CBS News states that in a conference call late last week, Fortune 500 executives were planning to step in on behalf of Biden to pressure Republican lawmakers if President Trump holds up the former vice president’s transition. CBS News reports: But if Mr. Trump tries to undo the legal process or disrupts a peaceful transition to Biden, the CEOs discussed making public statements and pressuring GOP legislators in their states who may try...

Current and former Trump administration officials have privately reached out to President-elect Joe Biden's transition team even as President Donald Trump continues to refuse defeat and falsely claim victory, according to sources familiar with the matter. Two Biden transition officials said Wednesday that it was only a few current and former Trump administration officials, and they described it as "not a big deal." However, it suggests there are people in Trump's orbit who believe Biden will be the next president even if Trump refuses to concede and his legal team mounts meritless lawsuits to challenge the results in several states....

Leftist threats and doxxing didn't work. Why this stunning turnaround is so consequential. The item in this “Just the News” update is huge. In an extraordinary turnabout that foreshadows possible legal action, the two GOP members of Wayne County's election board signed affidavits Wednesday night alleging they were bullied and misled into approving election results in Michigan's largest metropolis and do not believe the votes should be certified until serious irregularities in Detroit votes are resolved. It’s what is necessary for Trump to win Michigan. And if this holds up, that’s a good bet. Here’s the brief chronology, a real...

I’m a strong supporter of the idea that a theoretical President Badfinger should decree that $50,000 in student loan debt just vanishes for everyone tried of the hassle of paying back what they owe. Chuck Schumer, who apparently never saw that “I’m Just a Bill” cartoon on Saturday morning in the ‘70s, thinks the desiccated old weirdo could do it if he is actually inaugurated. I just hope our newly Roberts-irrelevant Supreme Court doesn’t nix such a constitutional atrocity should the stars align and Mr. Stumbles tries it. It’s not that I want to reward the knuckleheads who spent way...

Federal prosecutors marched deeper into House Speaker Michael Madigan’s inner circle Wednesday, charging longtime confidant Michael McClain and ex-ComEd CEO Anne Pramaggiore in a bribery scheme designed to curry favor with the powerful Southwest Side Democrat. Also named in the 50-page indictment are ex-top ComEd lobbyist John Hooker and Jay Doherty, the former president of the City Club, who was accused of helping to funnel hundreds of thousands of dollars to three people with ties to Madigan’s 13th Ward. All four are charged in a document that also makes frequent references to ex-ComEd executive Fidel Marquez, who has already pleaded...

The Special Air Service’s troubled 2 Squadron — in which Australia’s most decorated soldier, Ben Roberts-Smith, served — will be disbanded after being singled out amid the damning findings of the Afghanistan war crimes inquiry. The heavily redacted Brereton report does not detail offences by soldiers from the squadron, known as the Bushrangers, but at least two of its Afghanistan veterans are likely to face prosecution as alleged war criminals. Chief of Army Rick Burr told SASR members in Perth on Thursday that 2 Squadron — one of four in the regiment — would be “struck off” the Australian Army’s...