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A civilian contractor was killed and a US service member was injured along with five other contractors when rocket fire landed on coalition forces near Erbil International Airport in Iraq, said Col. Wayne Marotto, the spokesman for Operation Inherent Resolve. "Initial reports that Indirect Fire landed on Coalition Forces in Erbil tonight. There was 1 civilian contractor killed, 5 civilian contractors injured and 1 US service member injured. More information to follow," Marotto wrote on Twitter. According to initial reports, four of the five injured contractors are American citizens, a defense official told CNN.

February 9, 2021 28 min readIn my humble tale thus far, I sought to stick to what I saw, what I heard, and what I knew. In this final chapter I will cover what I think. That means I will be less rigorous and more given to speculation (which I openly concede here) than in previous chapters, as I skim across a number of subjects.PRESIDENT* JOSEPH BIDEN“You must never confuse faith that you will prevail in the end—which you can never afford to lose —with the discipline to confront the most brutal facts of your current reality, whatever they...

GRAHAM: “I thought the impeachment trial was not only unconstitutional. I condemn what happened on January the 6th, but the process they used to impeach this president was an affront to rule of law. He is the first president to ever be impeached without a lawyer, without a witness. Without an ability to confront those against him in the trial record. It was a complete joke, hearsay upon hearsay and we’ve opened Pandora’s box to future presidents and if you use this model, I don’t know how Kamala Harris doesn’t get impeached if the Republicans take over the house, because...

It’s easy to amend the Constitution. It’s been done dozens of times since WWII. Send the right case with the right litigants at the right time to an adequately Leftist-leaning Scotus and voila’, amend the Constitution. Pretty slick, eh? Through their silence, this is the end-run around the Constitution that Article V Opponents defend.When did We The People, through Article V, ensconce abortion and homosexual marriage as rights? We The People never empowered the early Administrative State and later the Deep State which threaten our republican existence. Since the 1950s we’ve witnessed the detrimental effects of Christianity’s absence from the...

With millions now vaccinated, Panorama investigates the scare tactics of anti-vaxxers – who are they, and what are their motives for trying to deter people from getting the jab? Reporter Marianna Spring reveals the scale of a social media blitz that has targeted vulnerable people and is now reaching young generations yet to be called for their vaccination. We witness the reaction of a test group exposed to one anti-vax video, all under the watchful eye of one of the UK’s most respected doctors. Will they be influenced by disinformation, or will their plans to be vaccinated remain unchanged?

The mainstream media posted a lot of fake news about the Capitol riots, for some of them there wasn’t even a retraction. The last one who issued a correction was the NY Times. The New York Times issued a correction on Sunday after it was revealed that the Capitol police officer who they reported had been killed by supporters of former President Donald Trump after being bludgeoned with a fire extinguisher actually died of a different cause. “UPDATE: New information has emerged regarding the death of the Capitol Police officer Brian Sicknick that questions the initial cause of his death...

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. ( John 3:16)Why is it that Jesus, in John 3:16, doesn’t say that “God Loves the World…”, rather, even the English version of the Bible (rightly) speaks of God’s love in the past tense…? “For God so Loved the World…”.Does God love the World? Obviously the gospel of Jesus Christ crucified as a sacrifice for our sins, and resurrected, is still being offered to the World, so yes it is legitimate to say that God...

Germany is expected to become the first country to ban mass culling of male chicks in the poultry industry, the government said after approving a draft law ending the controversial practice. The measure passed by the cabinet envisages a ban on mass chick killing from 2022 in “a significant step forward for animal welfare”, the agriculture minister, Julia Klöckner, said in a statement on Wednesday.

It's clear that China manufactured the Corona virus. I think it was intentional an intentional act, but that's not the point. The point is that every person in every county in the world got the royal screw and now they're talking about new variants which is leading to a never ending BOHICA for everyone. Why isn't the developed world forming an alliance against China to get them to pay up for the damage they've done or bomb the hell out of them so they can't do this again. YES, this is worth going to war over. Why isn't the GOP...

The crown teachers once put on Shakespeare now lies uneasy upon his head as the English playwright comes under assault from teachers who fault his un-woke attitudes regarding race, sexuality, gender and class. For the new breed of teachers, William Shakespeare is seen less as an icon of literature and more as a tool of imperial oppression, an author who should be dissected in class or banished from the curriculum entirely.

(The 5-minute video at the link is excellent, I highly recommend watching it) Explanation: Starting Thursday, there may be an amazing new robotic explorer on Mars. Or there may be a new pile of junk. It all likely depends on things going correctly in the minutes after the Mars 2020 mission arrives at its new home planet and attempts to deploy the Perseverance rover. Arguably the most sophisticated landing yet attempted on the red planet, consecutive precision events will involve a heat shield, a parachute, several rocket maneuvers, and the automatic operation of an unusual device called a Sky Crane....

Looking for links to sites that deal in REAL climate science. Thanks in advance!

Senator Ron Johnson (R-WI) said on WISN’s “The Jay Weber Show” that Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell’s (R-KY) speech saying former President Donald Trump was responsible for the deadly riot at the U.S. Capitol dose not reflect the majority of Republican lawmakers. The Johnson interview starts at the 53:00 timestamp. Johnson said, “You got Leader McConnell voting not guilty, not to convict but then just providing a scathing speech on the floor of the Senate that does not reflect, I think, the majority of our conference. I haven’t done a whip check to find out what exactly how everybody thinks...

Trump supporters held a huge President’s Day celebration in West Palm Beach, Florida today for President Trump. There were no celebrations planned for Joe Biden today but we’re expected to believe Dementia Joe got 81 million votes! The total is now up to 775,000 views on Right Side Broadcasting Network. Advertisement - story continues below Only 38,000 watched Joe Biden’s speech on President’s Day. Biden has 1,200 upvotes and 5,700 down votes on his speech on YouTube. There’s no way this guy won in November. You all know it. They know it.

People are calling for a boycott of Publix after the Wall Street Journal unmasked an heiress to the Southern grocery empire as the top donor to the Trump rally that led to the Capitol riots on January 6. Julie Jenkins Fancelli, an heiress to the Publix founding family's nearly $9 billion fortune, has previously donated millions to Republican causes and candidates. On January 30, the WSJ reported Fancelli as having contributed $300,000 out of the roughly $500,000 total raised for Trump's now-infamous "Stop the Steal" rally. Publix has a dedicated fanbase, but Fancelli's contribution to the rally was the last...

President Donald Trump made a surprise appearance at the President’s Day celebration organized near his Florida home, Mar-a-Lago, today. His motorcade was greeted by a crowd of at least 1,000 Trump supporters chanting “We love you” and “USA!” “USA, USA, USA” the crowd began to chant. One woman appeared to shout, “We know you won, everyone knows you won, even the losers!” Right Side Broadcasting reported live from the celebration, interviewing Trump supporters from all walks of life before the crowd quickly made their way to the sidewalks after hearing that President Trump may make a surprise appearance. JUST IN:...

After republican Senator Bill Cassidy voted to impeach President Trump the Louisiana leadership voted to censure the self-serving DeceptiCon. Today Bill Cassidy appears on This Week to explain his vote. In essence Cassidy voted to support the UniParty agenda because he feels the era of Trump is over…. the cocktail class republicans are looking forward to getting back to the corrupt system of Wall Street financed graft.“I think [Trump’s] force wanes. The Republican Party is more than just one person.”The GOPe fails miserably not only because they are just one wing of a UniParty bird, but also because at their...

It’s important to know both what we know about the new vaccines and what we don’t know. I’ve practiced for 35 years. I am always honest with my patients, even if conversations are difficult or confrontational. I will also be honest about saying “I don’t know.” This happens when a diagnosis is not readily apparent or when there are limits to the help I can give. With the passage of time, I’ve learned that what we don’t know about medicine outweighs what we do know. I’ve always been a proponent of older, more established vaccines. However, they are imperfect and,...

An interesting, insightful and accurate article from Christopher Bedford in The Federalist [SEE HERE] outlines how Mitch McConnell delivered his impeachment floor speech as a ploy to destroy the MAGA movement. Bedford notes how Senator Lindsey Graham even outlined how McConnell’s attack was purposefully written and delivered to give any Democrat opponent in 2022 ammunition against Republican senators up for re-election.However, what Bedford and Graham did not directly speak about is: (a) the historic pattern within exactly what Mitch McConnell did; and (b) the motive for him doing so.Several DeceptiCon senators have already announced they will not run for re-election...

In today’s cruise ship and travel news we hear about the Giant Ponzi Scheme going on with some of the cruise lines and customers that want a refund and can’t get one after months of trying. Jim Walker a Marine Lawyer based in the Miami area has called out the cruise lines for their poor handling of this multi million dollar issue.