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Since the Cold War, it has been a foreign policy goal of Mao Zedong and his successors to get America to lower its defenses and do the dirty work of empowering the People’s Republic. While we bemoan the events of the past year, the 90-million strong Chinese Communist Party (CCP) can rightfully celebrate a good half-century. Since the Cold War, it has been a foreign policy goal of Mao Zedong and his successors to get America to lower its defenses and do the dirty work of empowering the People’s Republic. All we got in exchange were diplomatic smiles, successive presidential...

South Korea is sending military forces to respond to the seizure of one of its tankers by Iran, an endeavor in which it is seeking to work with other nations operating in the region Iran's elite Revolutionary Guard announced Monday that its Zulfiqar fleet had seized a South Korean vessel operating in the Islamic Republic's First Naval District in the Persian Gulf "due to a series of violations of marine environmental laws" after it departed from Saudi Arabia's Al-Jubail port. The ship, Hankuk Chemi, was said to be transporting up to 7,200 tons of oil-based chemicals, and carrying a crew...

You think that Chief Justice Roberts is going to stop the federal government from looting your IRA? One of the common memes in our racist-sexist-homophobe world is that Conservatism Inc. betrayed us. They never stood their ground, always caving to the libs, whether on race, on spending, on deficits, and now on election fraud, Chief Justice John Roberts. But this assumes that we Americans are actually in control of our fate. You think? SNIP And so the Democrat strategy is to pile on more government loot by administrative trickery and Lawfare in the courts; they have to because nobody is...

The European Union warned on Monday that Iran's move to enrich uranium to 20 per cent would be a "considerable departure" from Tehran's commitments under the 2015 nuclear deal. EU spokesman Peter Stano said Brussels would wait until a briefing from the director of the UN's IAEA nuclear watchdog later in the day before deciding what action to take. Earlier, an Iranian government spokesman said the Shahid Alimohammadi enrichment complex in Fordow had begun the "process for producing" uranium enriched to 20 percent. That would be well above the 3.67 percent cap set in the deal, known as the JCPOA,...

Mr Pottinger said that the latest intelligence points to the virus leaking from the top-secret Wuhan Institute of Virology, 11 miles from the market, saying: ‘There is a growing body of evidence that the lab is likely the most credible source of the virus.

House Democrats blocked a motion Monday that would have preserved a long-standing budgetary restraint on excessive government spending. Democrats eliminated the restraint for climate change proposals such as the Green New Deal. Rep. Jason Smith (R-MO), the House Budget Committee ranking member, offered a motion to commit on the Democrats’ rules package for the 117th Congress. The motion to commit would strike the Democrats’ provision that creates an exemption for climate-related legislation for the pay-as-you-go (PAYGO) restriction on spending. PAYGO mandates that new spending is either offset by a “payfor” such as tax increases or spending cuts. Democrats blocked the...

Eric Jackson Hall, 29 of Pulaski, was reported missing after his family had not heard from him since December 29. He has health issues, adding to the family’s concern, according to police. Hall stands 5' 8", weighs 135 lbs., with brown hair and blue eyes. He was last reported seen wearing jeans, a t-shirt and a denim jacket with a faux fur collar. He goes by the alias “Gamma,” according to the Pulaski Police Department. He has health issues, adding to the family’s concern. His mother reported that he sometimes says his name is Gamma. If he sounds like he...

Mayor Muriel Bowser has just activated 340 National Guard troops ahead of a gathering of Trump supporters in DC on Wednesday, anticipating potential unrest on the streets of DC. "We will not allow people to incite violence, intimidate our residents or cause destruction in our city," said Bowser in a prepared statement. Unfortunately, she didn't see fit to do so when DC was in full riots back in early June of this year, and people were getting hurt.

President Donald Trump criticized Democrat Senate candidate Jon Ossoff on Monday for his ties to China. “He is weak on China,” Trump said. “He promoted Chinese propaganda and then he failed to disclose his business ties to the Chinese Communist Party.” Ossoff’s documentary film company received payments from Hong Kong company PCCW Media Limited, which is connected to the Chinese government. He later amended his campaign finance disclosure to include the payments. Ossoff’s production company also produced a two-part report for Al Jazeera that praised China’s growing power in Africa. “Other than that, he’s a wonderful guy, right?” Trump continued...

Democrats know that it looks awful that Kamala Harris has not vacated her Senate seat, no matter how they try to redirect questions about it, or how they to gaslight Americans and make us feel crazy for asking about it, it is extraordinary that she has not stepped aside. **SNIP** The Democrat “Inaugural” Committee posted today, signaling to Democrats the chosen narrative is that she was”sworn in” 4 years ago”: Just in case anyone searched “Kamala sworn in”. We do not understand why she is clinging to her Senate seat, but the fact is that she is, a recently sworn-in...

We’re approaching that time of year when gun owners are wondering if Constitutional Carry legislation has any chance of passing in Texas. Here’s the answer: If enough people like you believe there’s a chance of passing Constitutional Carry, they will show up for it, and then we’ll have a strong chance of passing it. The inverse is also true. If most people don’t believe that Constitutional Carry has a shot, they will stay home. Too few people will show up, and the legislators won’t bother to work on it, so it will die. I first started working toward Constitutional Carry...

For those who are interested.....I monitor and track airplanes that fly over North Florida where I live, Civilian Passenger Planes, Military Planes and Private Aircraft, using a Raspberry Pi, ADS-B software from Flightaware.com, it's a hobby... Yesterday during a very busy day, all the traffic I was tracking just dropped off to almost nothing, I was convinced it was my equipment and started to investigate, changing cables, rebooting the Raspberry Pi, etc....nothing worked. I went on the Flightware Discussion boards looking for a solution and ran into an article just posted by someone else from Jacksonville who was reporting the...

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President Donald Trump said on Monday that he hopes Vice President Mike Pence will do more than just carry out a ceremonial role during the joint session of Congress to count Electoral College votes on Jan. 6. “I hope Mike Pence comes through for us. I hope our great vice president comes through for us. He’s a great guy. Of course, if he doesn’t come through, I won’t like him very much,” Trump told a crowd at a rally in Georgia. The president traveled to the Peach State to campaign for two Republican candidates—Sen. Kelly Loeffler (R-Ga.) and David Perdue—before...

“And thou mourn at the last, when thy flesh and thy body are consumed, And say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof; And have not obeyed the voice of my teachers, nor inclined mine ear to them that instructed me! I was almost in all evil in the midst of the congregation and assembly" (Proverbs 5:11-14).

<p>Former President Barack Obama spelled out the importance of the Georgia runoff elections in no uncertain terms on Monday.</p><p>If the Democratic challengers win both seats, the Senate will be split 50/50 and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris will receive the tie-breaking vote.</p>

January 05 2021 Memorial of Saint John Neumann, Bishop National shrine of Saint John Neumann, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA . Lectionary 213Readings at MassThe readings shown here are for places where the Epiphany is celebrated on Wednesday 6 January.If you are celebrating the Epiphany on Sunday 3 January this year, the readings are at the bottom after the text in maroonLiturgical Colour: White.First reading1 John 3:11-21 ©Our love is to be something real and activeThis is the messageas you heard it from the beginning:that we are to love one another;not to be like Cain, who belonged to the Evil Oneand cut...

EXCLUSIVE: The group of Senate Republicans led by Ted Cruz will object to the certification of presidential election results in at least one state on Jan. 6, with a source telling Fox News that it is not a question of "if" the senators will object, but one of "which" states, and "how many." "It’s not a question of if objections to disputed states’ electors will be raised, it’s a question of which and how many," the source told Fox News Monday. "The group is committed to pushing the electoral commission here to get the facts," the source said. Another GOP...

Describing President Trump’s phone call with Georgia’s top election official as “frightening,” an Illinois Republican congressman suggested that he now regrets his vote for the president and might even be open to a third party if his GOP colleagues continue to echo baseless conspiracy claims about a stolen election. In an interview with Yahoo News’ “Skullduggery” podcast, Rep. Adam Kinzinger also said he is worried about the prospects for violence around the Capitol on Wednesday, when tens of thousands of Trump supporters are expected to show up for protests aimed at pressuring lawmakers to block Joe Biden’s election. Those protesters,...