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Anthony Fauci, the nation's top infectious diseases expert, said on Friday that racial disparities in COVID-19 vaccination are "very disturbing." Fauci made the remark during an interview on MSNBC's "The ReidOut." He and host Joy Reid were discussing data that showed white populations were getting vaccinated at higher rates than communities of color. "They're getting a double whammy against them. Not only do they have the propensity because of their jobs out in the community to get infected; they have the underlying conditions that make them more likely to get a serious outcome," Fauci said of the underserved populations. "The...

President Joe Biden on Friday rejected the “America First” policies that started no wars and brought about Middle East peace agreements, objectives that had not been achieved for decades under either political party. Biden’s G7 speech drew praise from foreign nations. “Biden gave exactly the speech that many Europeans wanted to hear – an America that pats you on the shoulders, that doesn’t criticize or demand,” Germany’s influential Der Spiegel magazine wrote. Biden assured the participants, including French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, the United States is “determined to reengage with Europe,...

Barney Frank - "Banking Queen" w/ caption This is a parody of Rep. Barney Frank (D) and the song "Dancing Queen" by ABBA performed by Paul Shanklin with added captions. The parody of the self-described "left-handed gay Jew" has been featured on Rush Limbaugh's talk radio show. Don't get me wrong, I'm a fan of Rep. Frank, but this is funny. Come on.

This week, Trump met with his former campaign manager Brad Parscale to discuss online fundraising components and how he can leverage social media despite Twitter’s “Orwellian-like” censorship tactics. According to reports, Trump also met again with House Minority Whip Steve Scalise (R-LA) and his eldest son, Don Jr. “We are in the process of putting together a more formal schedule for candidates who want to come get his endorsement,” senior Trump adviser Jason Miller said, noting Trump’s meetings so far have been limited to golf friends, Mar-a-Lago members, and “folks with the ability to contact him themselves.” Sen. Lindsey Graham...

Rush Limbaugh: Sometimes You Just Gotta Laugh "Rush Limbaugh is more than just a successful entertainer and wry social commentator: He's a way of life for millions of devoted fans. Every night, this 'Harmless little fuzzball' with 'talent on loan from God' provokes and persuades friends and enemies alike with his no-holds-barred and outrageously entertaining take on America and the world. Now for the first time on video, the most hilarious moments from Rush's show are here in this special collector's edition. Rush takes us on an A to Z tour as only he can, blasting off on the issues...

The 14th-century prayer book is part of a larger collection of rare books going to auction this spring.15th-century Book of Hours is expected to fetch as much as $2.5 million when it goes to auction this April. The medieval illuminated manuscript is part of a collection of 17 medieval and Renaissance illuminated manuscripts and 200 printed books that belonged to Elaine and Alexandre Rosenberg. Proceeds from the auction, which will be held by Christie’s in New York on April 23 will benefit the rare book department of designated museums, reported Medievalists.net.According to the Medievalists.net, the highlight of the auction will...

When activists successfully legalized assisted suicide in California, they persuaded the California Medical Association to shift from opposition to neutrality with the promise that no doctor would be forced to participate. But here’s the thing with assisted suicide: Such promises are made to be broken. Now that assisted suicide is well-ensconced in California culture, a bill has been filed that would destroy medical conscience for doctors who oppose assisted suicide. From SB 380 (new text in italics): (3) If a health care provider is unable or unwilling to carry out a qualified individual’s request under this part and the qualified...

The Australian Ambassador to the Holy See has been criticised by Catholic women’s groups over the lack of women speakers in an event her embassy is hosting to mark International Women’s Day. The embassy has organised a webinar on the topic, An Equal Future in a Covid-19 world: Champions of Change Choosing to Challenge to mark the 110th anniversary of International Women’s Day on 8th March. A “save the date” notice was sent out on Wednesday informing invitees that the line-up would include three high-ranking prelates, Cardinal Reinhard Marx, Coordinator of the Council of the Economy; Cardinal Mario Grech, Secretary...

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The church was built in 2000, with all the permits and praise of the local authorities. There are two reasons for the destruction: the land’s commercial value and erasing the "showy" symbolism of the religious building. The policy of "sinicization" launched by Xi Jinping and implemented in Zhejiang and Xijiang. 16,000 mosques were also destroyed or damaged. The appeal to the Pope and the Vatican.Yining (AsiaNews) - From today, 19 February, the Catholics of Yining (Xinjiang) must clear out everything of the Sacred Heart church. By order of the local authorities the church must be destroyed. "Perhaps – says one...

Former President Donald Trump will speak at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Orlando, Florida, next Sunday, according to a source familiar with the matter, while former Vice President Mike Pence declined an invitation to speak at the conference, two sources told CNN. One source said organizers still hope to change Pence's mind about attending, while another source said Pence is planning to stay under the radar for the next six months. Politico first reported that Pence declined the invitation. The divergence between the two former leaders, which comes as the GOP is grappling with its future in the wake...

The head of MI6 has apologised for the “misguided, unjust and discriminatory” ban on gay spies, 30 years after the restriction was lifted. In a message on Twitter, Richard Moore, the head of Britain’s Secret Intelligence Service, apologised for the treatment of LGBT staff and potential candidates before the government-wide security ban was lifted in 1991. Same-sex relationships were decriminalised in Britain in 1967. However, it took more than two decades before the security bar to LGBT individuals serving in any of the UK intelligence agencies was rescinded. Mr Moore said this was down to a “misguided view that they...

Several “national security experts” interviewed for an essay in The Root published on Thursday, attacked the Republican Party, claiming it behaves “like a terror group,” is rife with “terrorist sympathizers,” and should be viewed as “enemy combatants.” The essay, penned by senior reporter Terrell Jermaine Starr and titled “Democrats Are Stuck With a Republican Party Rife With Conspiracy Theorists, Anarchists and Terrorist Sympathizers,” begins by asserting that the GOP is “authoritarian” and only cares for whites. “[W]e have an entire political party that has converted into an authoritarian—albeit Americanized version—style of politics that cares nothing about U.S. democracy or anyone...

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Nearly 100,000 people in the United States died from the Chinese coronavirus during President Joe Biden’s first month in office. An estimated 99,763 people in the U.S. have died due to complications from the coronavirus during Biden’s first month in the White House, according to statistics provided by Johns Hopkins University. When Biden first took office, the nationwide coronavirus death toll was 397,611. Just one month later, that number is on the cusp of 500,000, as total numbers of coronavirus-related deaths in the United States reached 497,374 on Saturday. “There’s nothing we can do to change the trajectory of the...

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Writing in the Charleston Gazette, a retired teacher and former mentor of West Virginia’s only PBS News Hour Student Reporting Lab slammed charter and private schools, comparing them to Islamic schools from whence the terrorists who attacked America on 9/11 came. In a piece titled, “Charter schools, vouchers will erode what unites us,” Susan Johnson lauds public schools, writing, “The American public school is where we learn to be Americans.” In May 2020, Education Next reported that some public schools across the nation were adopting the 1619 project into their curriculum, noting, “Schools or school districts in Chicago; Newark, N.J.;...

Lot of truth in this 10 minute video. Those who were around in the summer of 1971 can relate.

The four members of Oakley Union Elementary School District Board had stepped down by Friday amid growing outrage that began with the board’s Wednesday meeting. Before the meeting officially began and unaware the public could see and hear them, they used profanity and made jokes about parents just wanting a babysitter or to smoke pot in their home. The incident garnered national attention and widespread condemnation. The district’s superintendent, Greg Hetrick, announced the resignation in a letter Friday and said that Contra Costa County education board members will replace them in an interim capacity, the Mercury News reported.

The next Sunday [after Zaccheus Sunday] is called the "Sunday of the Publican and the Pharisee." On the eve of this day, on Saturday at Vespers, the liturgical book of the Lenten season-- the Triodion-- makes its first appearance and texts from it are added to the usual hymns and prayers of the weekly resurrection service. The develop the next major aspect of repentance: humility. The Gospel lesson (Lk. 18:10-4) pictures a man who is always pleased with himself and who thinks that he complies with all the requirements of religion. He is self-assured and proud of himself. In reality,...