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“One who deceives will always find those who allow themselves to be deceived.” – Niccolo Machiavelli It’s likely true that since the beginning of human civilization, those who govern will use trickery to distract the governed from what really deserves their attention. It is certainly true in modern history, and it is true today. - The Warren Commission was established in November 1963, and concluded nearly ten months later in September 1964. Almost 60 years later, the public is still unsure who and what was behind the assassination of JFK. But the investigation and subsequent controversy unquestionably served one purpose:...

NEW DELHI—China has dismantled dozens of structures and moved vehicles to empty out entire camps along a disputed Himalayan border, where Indian and Chinese troops have been locked in a face-off since last summer, satellite images released on Wednesday show. The nuclear-armed neighbours last week announced a plan to pull back troops, tanks, and other equipment from the banks of Pangong Tso, a glacial lake in the Ladakh region, that became a flashpoint in the prolonged border dispute. Satellite imagery of some areas on the northern bank of Pangong Tso from Tuesday supplied by Maxar Technologies show that multiple Chinese...

The US Navy guided-missile destroyer USS Russell sailed through the Spratly Islands in the South China Sea on Wednesday, challenging China's demands that foreign military vessels ask for permission before sailing through the area, the Navy said. The Spratly Islands are contested territories in the South China Sea. China, which claims almost all of the 1.3 million-square-mile waterway, has built up its military presence in this area, constructing fortified outposts on artificial reefs. The Spratlys are also claimed by Vietnam, Taiwan, Malaysia, Brunei, and the Philippines, some of which put restrictions on the operations of foreign military vessels, as China...

The Chinese regime will face consequences for its human rights abuses, President Joe Biden said, when asked about Beijing’s repression of Uyghur Muslims in the far-western region of Xinjiang during a televised event on Feb. 16. The Chinese Communist Party (CCP), headed by Xi Jinping, has drawn international condemnation over its abuses in Xinjiang, where roughly a million Uyghur and other Muslim-practicing minorities are being detained inside concentration camps. Former U.S. Secretary of State Pompeo designated China’s abuses there as a genocide. “Well, there will be repercussions for China, and he [Xi] knows that,” Biden said at a CNN Town...

Dr. John Lott talked to Steve Gruber on the Michigan talk network about what Democrats claim is Trump’s “Big Lie” that instigated the January 6th riot at the US Capitol. They talked about Lott’s piece at Townhall.

President Biden is dismissing the genocide against the Uighur population in China, dubbing the mass internment a “different norm” — despite the State Department this month responding to “atrocities” in the camps, following reports of systemic rape and torture. The commander-in-chief made the remarks after being asked during his CNN town hall Tuesday evening about his recent conversation with his Chinese counterpart, starting his response by relaying Xi’s justification for the abuses. “If you know anything about Chinese history, it has always been, the time when China has been victimized by the outer world is when they haven’t been unified...

In San Antonio today, federal authorities filed a criminal complaint against an Iron Youth member for illegally possessing a machine gun, announced U.S. Attorney Ashley C. Hoff and FBI Special Agent in Charge Christopher Combs, San Antonio Division.Caleb Nathaniel Oliver, age 19 of Smiley, is charged with one count of unlawful possession of a machine gun. Upon conviction, Oliver faces up to 10 years in federal prison.The criminal complaint alleges that on February 5, 2021, Oliver purchased a fully automatic machine gun from an undercover officer for $1,000. According to the complaint, Oliver is a member of the group called...

Quick update from Trump lawyer Michael Van Der Veen. “We had a lot more than that happen to our home. We’re doing fine. I moved my children to a secretive location. We’ve hired armed guards to protect our places of living and working. And we’re doing fine. My family understands and my law firm understands that we fight on the side of right.” (video at link)

Fox News host and longtime conservative radio personality Mark Levin eulogized Rush Limbaugh Wednesday as someone who made it "cool to be a patriot" and spoke for tens of millions of Americans from behind his famed golden microphone. "We lost a tremendous patriot," Levin told Fox News host Harris Faulkner. "I've known Rush for 25 years. I want your audience to know how much he profoundly loved them ... An incredibly wise man, a very, very smart man. A dear person. If you thought somebody needed help, he would help them. Nothing like what the liberal media has tried to...

"Burn this mother down," he encouraged his fellow rioters, and then talked a cop into letting them into the Capitol. Which is supposedly the greatest crime of the past two centuries. Worse than the Holocaust, really. He was a professional coaching raw amateurs about how to riot. He was an architect of "the terror" Jake Tapper and the slightly-less-partisan AOC say happened that day. And CNN, and MSNBC, paid him a lot of money for that terror. They are terror-financiers. Maybe some drone strikes are needed? By the way, Politico claims the political affiliation of this Black Lives Matter activist...

Donald Trump, like Moses, tried to lead the people to the Promised Land but couldn't enter himself. Rush died and is no longer a voice to lead the people out of the wilderness. But the wilderness is still here and stronger than ever. The Land of the LIE is here and the Pharos are still in power. RINOs are their special eunuchs and handmaidens. But there is way out and that is a third party. The real exist means spiting ties to the party that shackles you down to the point that you don't even see the shackles. Cross the...

"I told the staff today that I have a deeply personal relationship with God that I do not proselytize about, but I do, and I've been working that relationship tremendously," ~ Rush Limbaugh Rush Limbaugh discusses his brother David's 'Jesus is Risen' book. Jesus Is Risen: Paul and the Early Church

Conservative talk show radio pioneer Rush Limbaugh, whose work influenced a generation of American politics, has reportedly died at the age of 70, succumbing to advanced lung cancer. Born with a booming voice and given a name made for showbiz, Rush Hudson Limbaugh III made his mark on America. He made his conservative case on the radio daily, boasting a broad vocabulary and command of the English language which he often used like a surgeon uses a scalpel. "They're tearing down the wall at the U.S. border and building a wall around the United States Capitol. Have you heard that?"...

Former President Trump joins Fox News to discuss Rush Limbaugh's media legacy. Limbaugh died at age 70 after a battle with lung cancer.

Name-Calling Anti-Creationist Fails on Facts Responding by Name-Calling to Those Challenging Darwinism: Lesson: Before Putting Pen to Paper, Do Your Research! by Jerry Bergman, PhD Here I examine a recent critique of Darwin doubters that was published on The Conversation on 4 Feb 2021. It was written by University of Glasgow Professor Emeritus of Chemistry, Paul Braterman. His claims begin off-topic with “the myth of the stolen U.S. election” (which could refer to either the 2016 or the 2020 election) as an example of a conspiracy theory that, in his opinion, Americans have a penchant for embracing. (Note: the U.S....

A federal judge on Tuesday said Citigroup Inc C.N is not entitled to recoup half a billion dollars of its own money that it mistakenly wired lenders of Revlon Inc, in what he called "a banking error of perhaps unprecedented nature and magnitude." U.S. District Judge Jesse Furman in Manhattan said the Aug. 11, 2020, transfers were “final and complete transactions, not subject to revocation.” Citigroup plans to appeal. “We believe we are entitled to the funds and will continue to pursue a complete recovery of them,” a spokeswoman said. The blunder was the latest misstep involving internal controls at...

A woman who created sexually explicit images of two children was sentenced on February 12, 2021, to 30 years in federal prisonGina Christa Urbain, age 37, from Dubuque, Iowa, received the prison term after an August 18, 2020 guilty plea to sexually exploiting children and possessing child pornography.At the guilty plea, Urbain admitted that she sexually exploited two minors, a 7 year-old female and 5 year-old male, by creating visual depictions of sexually explicit material involving both children. Urbain also admitted possessing visual depictions of child pornography.Urbain was sentenced in Cedar Rapids by United States District Court Judge C.J. Williams....

Indictment Expands 2018 Case that Detailed Attack on Sony Pictures and Creation of WannaCry Ransomware by Adding Two New Defendants and Recent Global Schemes to Steal Money and Cryptocurrency from Banks and Businesses while Operating in North Korea, ChinaA federal indictment unsealed today charges three North Korean computer programmers with participating in a wide-ranging criminal conspiracy to conduct a series of destructive cyberattacks, to steal and extort more than $1.3 billion of money and cryptocurrency from financial institutions and companies, to create and deploy multiple malicious cryptocurrency applications, and to develop and fraudulently market a blockchain platform.A second case unsealed...

I grew up listening to you in the 1990s. My parents were avid listeners. They adored you & Neal Boots & Sean Hannity. When I was picked up from school his show was on. When I went out to my parents workshed, his voice was blaring from inside. I silent a great deal of time with my parents listening to his show. He was never a doom & gloomer- he was a happy warrior. He just like my parents, influenced my conservative beliefs. God bless you Rush. Heaven gained another conservative angel! You will be greatly missed! ❤😘😘

The Democrats are pursuing a multi-prong strategy to cement a permanent majority. To accomplish the goal requires upending the constitutional design. Until the scope of this effort is seen in its entirety, it can proceed in the shadows. It has six astonishing elements: Enable Congress to determine who can run for President, Eliminate the Electoral College without amending the Constitution, Override the states' constitutionally mandated authority to determine presidential election rules, Grant statehood to the District of Columbia by statute, Rewrite the First Amendment to limit political speech, and Enable open border immigration through executive agreement instead of Congressional action....