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They really did think they could stop Brexit. They genuinely believed they had the right – conferred on them by their superior station and education – to overturn the 17.4million votes to leave the European Union. That is the loud, clear and chilling message of the Remoaner hissy fit that has greeted today’s announcement of a trade deal being struck between Brexit Britain and the European Union – that even now, four-and-a-half years after the people expressed their Eurosceptic will, the Remainer wing of the political and media elites thought that none of this would actually happen; that we would...

How a Trump announcement of election-related arrests in January would shake out (Or how Trump releases the Kraken)... The scene: The White House, January 6, 2021. On hand are President Trump, VP Pence, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, Acting Secretary of Defense Christopher C. Miller, Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Chad Wolf, White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, Acting Attorney General Jeffrey A. Rosen, General Anthony Tata, Ezra Cohen-Watnick, acting undersecretary for intelligence and retired Army General Michael Flynn. Also present is private attorney Sidney Powell. Conspicuously absent is Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, Gina Haspel; FBI Director...

In a major win for the LGBTQ community, Switzerland lawmakers approved the legalization of same-sex marriage last week. At the same time, the law also allowed transgender people to alter their legal gender at civil registry offices in the country and allows lesbian couples to conceive children using donated sperm, Reuters reports. Despite passing parliament, the same-sex marriage law may have to pass a national referendum in the coming year. However, activists expect a potential referendum to succeed, after a recent survey found support for marriage exceeding 80% in Switzerland. Campaign group Marriage For All posted a statement on their...

Another episcopal ordination after the renewal of the Sino-Vatican Agreement. But the bishop had already been designated by the Holy See for some time. The rite was "very sober and low-key".Hongdong (AsiaNews) - Msgr. Pietro Liu Genzhu was ordained bishop of the diocese of Hongdong-Linfen (Shanxi) this morning. His appointment was recognized by the Holy See and the Chinese government. Msgr. Liu had already been vicar general of Linfen since 2010. The diocese had no bishop since 2006, following the death of the then ordinary Msgr. Sun Yuanmo, although Msgr. Liu was the Holy See candidate for a long time....

San Rafael, Argentina, Dec 22, 2020 / 02:47 pm MT (CNA).- A priest of the Diocese of San Rafael has been suspended after he physically attacked Bishop Eduardo María Taussig during an argument over the closing of the local seminary. Fr. Camilo Dib, a priest from Malargue, more than 110 miles southwest of San Rafael, was called to the chancery to explain “his role in the events happened in Malargue November 21st,” according to a Dec. 22 statement from the diocese. On that date, Bishop Taussig made a pastoral visit to the town to explain the controversial closing of the...

Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump I saved at least 8 Republican Senators, including Mitch, from losing in the last Rigged (for President) Election. Now they (almost all) sit back and watch me fight against a crooked and vicious foe, the Radical Left Democrats. I will NEVER FORGET!

An investor in CD Projekt, the studio behind 'Cyberpunk 2077,' sued the company and its executives Thursday in federal court in Los Angeles, claiming that they hyped the game with false and misleading statements and cost him and other investors money. The game suffers from “an enormous number of bugs,” the lawsuit says, echoing the complaints of players. Eight million people pre-ordered copies of 'Cyberpunk 2077,' a sci-fi game set in a futuristic fantasy city with movie star Keanu Reeves as the basis of one character. But many players quickly soured on the game after it shipped this month, noting...

Moscow, December 22, Interfax - The Russian Orthodox Church has strongly spoken out about the proposal by United States President-elect Joe Biden to allow gender change for children from the age of eight. "In regard to Biden's decision about an eight-year-old child being entitled to change sex, I perceive such statements as being blasphemous. I think that people propagating such ideas should be locked up in prison because, from my standpoint, it is a crime to maim an eight-year-old child or an even a sixteen-year-old," the Synodal Department for External Church Relations' head Metropolitan Hilarion told the Church and the...

White House Coronavirus Task coordinator Dr. Deborah Birx admitted Sunday that she broke her own COVID-related travel guidance on Thanksgiving, gathering with three generations of family from two households. She was not “celebrating,” however, Birx assured the public in a statement, but “winterizing” one of her homes. Birx elaborated Tuesday during an interview with Newsy on the toll pandemic precautions, like the ones she doles out to Americans, have affected her family. The task force leader said her parents had become depressed and “stopped eating” over the isolation — isolation Birx has recommended time and time again. “My parents stopped...

BP agents said they were seeking warrant for raid, humanitarian workers sayJust before Christmas Eve, Border Patrol agents on horseback surrounded No More Death's humanitarian aid station south of Tucson and told volunteers they were pursuing a warrant to raid the camp, the group said.If agents do conduct a raid, it would be the third incursion into the camp near Arivaca, Ariz., in five months, coming near the end of a spike in the number of remains found in southwestern Arizona—a likely sign that a larger number of people are attempting to cross illegally, and are dying in remote stretches...

For Unto You Is Born This Day... A Savior...Christ The LordMerry CHRISTmas, Troops!! LUKE 2:1-20 King James Version (KJV) 1..And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be taxed. 2..(And this taxing was first made when Cyrenius was governor of Syria.) 3..And all went to be taxed, every one into his own city. 4..And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judaea, unto the city of David, which is called Bethlehem; (because he was of the house and lineage of...

The Toronto Star published an excellent article on December 21, 2020 by Lisa Bendall, a disability leader and former editor of Abilities Magazine. Bendall’s article concerns Bill C-7, the bill to expand euthanasia in Canada, and its effect on people with disabilities. Bill C-7 is currently being debated by Canada’s Senate. Bendall explains: Senators are currently deliberating Bill C-7, which would allow assisted suicide for people who aren’t near death. Not all people, mind you; just people who happen to have disabilities. While many of us fear that this bill might steer vulnerable people toward an untimely death, others argue...

The pandemic has shown how much America has changed for the worse. Our American ancestors were incredibly courageous people but today, we live in fear—of illness, of our fellow neighbors, of intellectual diversity, of alternative ideas, of climate change, of dying from COVID. The world never stopped before because of a virus. How did Americans become conditioned to be so fearful? Dennis's column: When 2-Year-Olds Are Thrown Off Airplanes, You Know America Has Changed

(Sid Grauman stands behind Henry Fonda, Charles Boyer, Rita Hayworth, Charles Laughton, Edward G. Robinson at Grauman's Chinese Theater - July 24, 1942. Tales Of Manhattan premier)Perhaps the best pormanteau film from Hollywood’s Golden Age, beginning with Charles Boyer, Rita Hayworth and Thomas Mitchell trapped in a warped, noirish love triangle, and ending with Paul Robeson arms outstretched, in full voice – the stories all linked by the same increasingly bedraggled tailcoat. There’s a phenomenal collection of talent assembled here by Fox, both behind and in front of the camera, including director Julien Duvivier, writers Ben Hecht and Lamar Trotti,...

@RepThomasMassie speaks out on the cruel and unusual punishment inflicted on Ross Ulbricht by the criminal justice system. Join Rep. Massie and more than 370,000 people demanding clemency from @realDonaldTrum at http://freeross.org. Watch this Video...

ESPN announced on Christmas Eve the four finalists for the most-prestigious individual award in college football. There are four finalists for the 2020 Heisman Trophy. ESPN announced the four finalists shortly after 7:30 p.m. E.T.Alabama quarterback Mac Jones Alabama wide receiver DeVonta Smith Clemson quarterback Trevor Lawrence Florida quarterback Kyle TraskSmith is considered to be the favorite for the award. The Alabama Crimson Tide wide receiver has been leading most of the straw polls heading into bowl season. The four Heisman finalists are Mac Jones, DeVonta Smith, Trevor Lawrence and Kyle Trask — Ralph D. Russo (@ralphDrussoAP) December 25, 2020...

A powerful video can stir the emotions and prick the conscience, making one look at life from another point of view. Such is the case with a dynamic video posted by Focus on the Family as part of its effort to encourage people to sign the pledge to “love every heartbeat.” Youtube Video: See Life 2020 "Will I?"In the video, we hear a child’s voice saying, “Hello, world! Do you see me?” The video is blurry, with the child noting that, though hidden, she is here. Then, in a rush of energy, a life bursts forth from the screen, culminating...

The "Our Lady of Hausenborn" chapel is a popular place of pilgrimage: now much has been destroyed there. However, a witness may have observed something important. According to the police, a witness reported on the phone that three male youths noticed on Sunday near the Hausenborn pilgrimage church in the Neuwied district . They went in the direction of the chapel, roared and bumped into each other. One of the three wore a striking jacket, the three teenagers were all about the same size. It is not yet clear whether the three are responsible for the destruction in the chapel....

Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s top infectious disease expert, admitted in a new interview that he’s been intentionally moving the goal posts on his recommendations regarding herd immunity based on what he thinks the American people are ready to hear. Herd immunity, or the percentage of a population that acquires resistance to the coronavirus through infection or vaccination, has been widely estimated at roughly 60 to 70 percent for the coronavirus since the start of the pandemic.

On Christmas Eve in 1968, three astronauts aboard the historic Apollo 8 manned mission to the moon captivated the world by reading the opening verses of the Bible. The message was heard by an estimated 1 billion people on Earth. The Apollo 8 mission, which set forth into space on December 21, 1968, was critical in leading to an actual lunar landing just shy of seven months later. The three astronauts onboard – Air Force Col. Frank Borman, the mission commander; Navy Capt. James A. Lovell Jr., the command module pilot; and Air Force Major William A. Anders – were...