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What should a proper Covid-19 stimulus bill look like? Well, the one thing we know for sure is that the current one isn’t it. After nine to ten months of partial to complete shutdowns, $600 per person isn’t enough to provide much help. President Trump is right to press Congress for a higher figure. Government caused this problem, so it makes sense for government to do something to help solve it. That being said, however, what is the right “something”, both short term and long term? Short term, an infusion of cash in the form of a tax credit for...

“Cake Boss” Buddy Valastro and his family are telling the story of the grisly bowling accident that impaled his hand in September. In the upcoming TLC special “Buddy Valastro: Road to Recovery,” the Hoboken baker, who is currently on the mend, revisits the traumatic event that took place at a bowling alley in his home. The special includes home security footage from that day, when his hand became lodged in a bowling pinsetter. Of course, Valastro, 43, has often invited cameras into his space at work as the star of the reality series “Cake Boss,” which premiered on TLC in...

Many experts believe that Vice President Mike Pence has the duty to throw out electoral college recommendations in the 2020 election that are based on fraud. This will then force these states to have their legislatures choose the set of delegates they believe will best represent the state’s election results. Ivan Raiklin has studied the Constitution and found some absolutely fascinating information. He is reporting that a peaceful and Constitutionally lawful resolution to the situation we are in is at hand and may begin today. page 1

Dear friends, the Lord Jesus' first coming overwhelmingly confirms the Rapture and His GLORIOUS Second Coming (Gen. 22:18; Isa. 7:14; 9:6-7; 11:1; Jer. 23:5-6; Matt. 3:1-3; Mark 1:14; Luke 3:1-6; John 1:14; Gal. 4:4; Heb. 10:4-9; Rev. 12:1-5)! If ALL of the prophecies of old, ALL came to pass at Christ's birth and first coming; then it should be a great comfort and overwhelming witness to all, that ALL of the prophecies of the Rapture and Second Coming will indeed also come to pass as well! Yet how many so-called Christians reject outright these two crucial teachings of what will...

Beloved, I love Christmas and all the wondrous Bible verses of hope! Just before the birth of the Lord Jesus Christ despair was an epidemic and hopelessness super abounding! For those who trusted in the Lord is such oppressive days, their hope was a burning fire within their hearts that kept them fresh and vibrate! Anna and Simeon and the Wise men of old were great witnesses of hope in such dark days (Matt. 2:12; Luke 2:25-40)! Anna and Simeon and the Wise men of old were great witnesses of hope in such dark days! Today is no different! Our...

U.S. Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) has got a lot of problems with you people. And today, you’re gonna hear about them. Paul posted his annual online salute to government waste as part of today’s Festivus celebration. He issued a 139-page “Festivus Report” that airs his grievances about $54 billion of federal spending he sees as “totally wasted money.” Festivus, for the uninitated, was a noncommercial holiday made up by Frank Costanza (played by Jerry Stiller) on the classic Seinfeld sitcom. Each December 23, Costanza, rejecting the crass commercialism that has built up around the Christmas holiday, opted for a Festivus...

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From his presidential podium at the White House, President Trump on Tuesday night vowed to continue pursing "every legal and constitutional option available to stop the theft of the presidential election," insisting Joe Biden did not win on Nov. 3. "It did not happen. He did not win. We won by a landslide," said Trump in a video posted on Facebook. Trump met Monday with about a dozen House Republicans who plan to object to certification of Electoral College votes in battleground states when Congress meets Jan. 6. On Wednesday, Trump is scheduled to meet with Republican members of the...

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The Supreme Court on Wednesday docketed an appeal filed by President Donald Trump’s campaign that seeks to reverse cases by a state court but did not immediately act on the campaign’s request to expedite the case. Instead, the top court’s docket shows a Jan. 22, 2021. deadline—two days after the presidential inauguration day—for when the state is required to respond to the request for appeal. The campaign filed the suit on Monday challenging three Pennsylvania Supreme Court rulings that “illegally changed” the mail-in ballot laws “immediately before and after the 2020 presidential election,” the legal team said. The team argued...

The report by an Australian newspaper, which drew on documents from Australia’s financial crime regulator, did not detail where the money was dispersed.ROME — The Vatican and its associated financial entities transferred a total of $1.7 billion (AUS $2.3 billion) to Australia since 2014 apparently without the knowledge of Church leaders in Australia, The Australian newspaper reported on Tuesday. The transfers increased from $54.1million in 2014 to $103.6 million in 2015 before doubling again to $223 million in 2016 and peaking at $439.3 million in 2017, The Australian disclosed. The article drew on official documents from Austrac, Australia’s financial crime...

Gaza (Agenzia Fides) - The provision by which a department of the Ministry of Religious Affairs in the Gaza Strip, governed by the Palestinian Islamist party Hamas, has given instructions to Muslims to limit their "interaction" with Christian Christmas celebrations, continues to cause concern. The directives, contained in an internal document of the ministry, have been released by the Israeli media (Jeurusalem Post). Such provisions include a special fatwa (Islamic ordinance) and a mobilization campaign through the media and preachers to remind Muslims of the need to refrain from directly participating in non-Muslim rites and celebrations. On the afternoon of...

'In my opinion,' Viganò writes, 'what we are witnessing represents the general rehearsal for the establishment of the kingdom of the Antichrist, which will be preceded by the preaching of the False Prophet, the Precursor of the one who will carry out the final persecution against the Church before Our Lord’s definitive and crushing victory. December 23, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) – Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò, in a new interview with LifeSite, comments on LifeSite’s report that since the first coronavirus lockdown in March, Pope Francis is not anymore using the papal altar in St. Peter’s Basilica for his public Masses, an...

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Every single member of the U.S. Senate deserves to be fired, vilified and run out on the proverbial rail except—alphabetically—Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), Mike Lee (R-Utah), Rand Paul (R-Ky.) and Rick Scott (R-Fla.). They were the only ones with the honor, the basic morality, not to vote for a wretched, pork-dripping from its mouth, “America-hating” (as Roger Kimball accurately called it on Parler), miserable excuse for a “COVID relief bill” that sends twenty-five million taxpayer dollars to Pakistan for something called “gender programs,” millions more for every liberal arts and humanities boondoggle imaginable (most of...

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- After more than 400 years of printing for popes, the Vatican typography shop has acquired a digital press to help reduce production waste, be more energy efficient and allow for on-demand publishing to avoid print overruns. The Vatican printing press, which is responsible for printing everything from official papal documents to Mass booklets and art books for the Vatican Museums, received the new press Dec. 13, Vatican News reported Dec 15. The latest generation press is 26 feet long and 15 feet wide (8 meters by 4.5 meters) and will save on energy costs and production...

Peter Navarro, a White House adviser to President Donald Trump, is calling Georgia officials to delay the Senate runoff election by a month to allow more time for widespread concerns in the state over election irregularities and alleged fraud to be resolved.The outcome of the two races currently scheduled on Jan. 5 will determine which party controls the U.S. Senate after a six-year Republican majority. Georgia Sens. Kelly Loeffler (R-Ga.) and David Perdue (R-Ga.) are facing Democrat challengers Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff, respectively.Navarro, who is also the Director of the Office of Trade and Manufacturing Policy, released a report...

If the past year was dominated by the huge human costs of COVID-19, the next few years will be about its economic aftermath, including the alarming rise of US debt. What’s needed is multilateral cooperation - a new 'Grand Alliance.'On Friday, Congressional leaders failed to secure a bipartisan deal on a $900 billion pandemic relief package. A government shutdown was avoided only with a 2-day extension.A protracted shutdown would amplify the risks for pandemic escalation and economic crisis, amid the long-awaited vaccine rollout. Bipartisan tensions are compounded by the impending Georgia Senate runoff races in January that will determine control...

Murdock, Minnesota's City Council voted 3-1 to grant permit allowing Asatru Folk Assembly (AFA) to gather at former Lutheran church AFA practices a pre-Christian, European spirituality that revolves around Norse gods; it only admits white people with northern European descent Southern Poverty Law Center has added AFA to its list of hate groups Critics of AFA have launched an online petition seeking to stop it, which so far has drawn more than 123,000 signatures Murdock officials said rejecting AFA's permit request could have violated its religious rights and led to an expensive legal battle

Figures announced by the CDC show the number of health-care workers, long-term care home residents and other "essential" personnel who have received doses of the COVID-19 vaccine has passed 1MM (the exact number is 1,008,025, with another 9,465,725 distributed to hospitals and providers around the country.We're one week in, and while 1MM is a huge number, we're still far away from the 20MM goal that Operation Warp Speed set for the end of the month. These data are accurate as of 0900ET.Moderna has only just started shipping and administering its vaccines this week (Dr. Fauci famously received a dose of...