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The new "chroniclers" of America's past would transform our history to paint the United States a systemically bigoted state founded on racism in 1619. The most fraudulent aspect of this dishonest scheme is that it fails to address the salient characteristic of slavery in the United States and Europe: the near elimination of slavery in the West by the mid-19th century. This means that slavery as an institution was carried on in Europe for about three centuries from the beginning of the Enlightenment and then, in the blink of a historical eye, banned and made illegal. Within less than a...

A billboard critical of Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer has dubbed her "Indiana Business Person of the Year" because of restrictions the state had imposed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Steve Swift, CEO of Swift Broadcasting Company, put up the graphic on a digital billboard that he owns near Interstate 69 and Interstate 80/90 toll roads in Angola, Indiana, according to The Detroit Free Press. When the billboard first appeared on Friday, it displayed the words "Indiana Chamber of Commerce" but the chamber later asked that the phrase be removed and it had not given permission to use its name. "The...

In Britain, soldiers and politicians who came out of the world wars with enhanced reputations were said by their peers to have “had a good war.” Similarly, in coronavirus America, some politicians have had a “good pandemic.” But no politician in the country turned in as Churchillian a performance over the past year as New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo. Cuomo became a hero to Democrats across the country last spring, his stature on par with President Barack Obama, with live-streamed daily press briefings that projected steely resolve and paternal authority in the face of a deadly menace. The New York...

John Kerry has repeated his claim the upcoming COP26 talks have to produce results..."international talks this year are the “last, best hope” of avoiding catastrophic global heating". With his repeated last chance claims, John Kerry has added his name to the hilarious and very long list of last chances to save the world from climate change. The list stretches all the way back to the 1980s, so clearly some of the last chance claims were a little exaggerated.

On September 17, 1862, Corporal Henry Wilber of the 108th New York Volunteer Infantry was wounded, shot through the hand charging the "Sunken Road" near Antietam Creek, outside of the town of Sharpsburg, Maryland. He was recovered from his wound in time to once again be even more seriously wounded on July 3, 1863, in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, during what became known as Picket’s Charge. Corporal Wilber also fought at the Battle of Fredericksburg in December of 1862, and at Chancellorsville in May of 1863. His unit was involved in nearly every major battle from its inception until the very end...

The Left has created a slew of terms such as “white guilt” and “white privilege” to collectively judge Americans by race. So is there actually systemic racism in our country? Carol Swain, Former Professor of Political Science and host of Be the People Podcast, and Candace Owens discuss.

“It’s not law, she’s going to phone the police over a policy.”... British supermarket Morrisons called the police on a disabled man who was medically exempt from wearing a face mask after attempting to make him wear a yellow sticker. Yes, really. The clip shows the man involved in a confrontation with a security guard and staff as they try to make him wear the sticker. The man calls them out by asking how a sticker could stop the spread of coronavirus. When he refuses to wear the sticker, he is asked to leave the store as staff claim they...

When he was talking about his daughter’s boyfriend, or making meatballs for the family dinner, or yukking it up with his brother on CNN, it was easy to forget Gov Cuomo’s prickly side. But when the criticism cascaded with allegations that his administration was covering up the number of coronavirus deaths in nursing homes, the shine began to wear off. The bully was back. To hear Cuomo — who faces a federal investigation over the crisis — tell the story, he’s just a Queens tough guy, forged in the outer borough fire of political and personal survival. But his detractors...

When God sent Moses to the children of Israel in the book of Exodus, He gave him miraculous signs to perform so that the people would believe that God truly sent him. In the same way, when Elijah the prophet spoke to his unbelieving nation, he called down fire from heaven to prove that God had really spoken through him. Yet Jesus said to His disciples that it was by our love for one another, not by our miracles, that the world would know that we were His disciples. Isn’t that striking?To be sure, signs, wonders, and miracles were and...

SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON - THE IMPORTANCE AND ADVANTAGES OF PERSONAL WORK MORNING WORSHIP - THE WORD OF GOD, NOT BROKEN AND NOT BOUND – Part 1 SUNDAY EVENING MESSAGE - THE WORD OF GOD, NOT BROKEN AND NOT BOUND – Part 2

At a CNN town hall on Tuesday night, President Biden was asked if he supported the idea of forgiving up to $50,000 of student loan debt for individuals. His answer: No. He supports cancelling $10,000 in debt, he explained. But he said he is wary of erasing big chunks of loans for people who went to Ivy League schools: "The idea that ... I'm going to forgive the debt, the billions of dollars in debt, for people who have gone to Harvard and Yale and Penn ..." Instead, he explained, he'd rather use that money for other priorities, like early...

Almost 200 years ago, on 23 February 1821, the English poet John Keats died of tuberculosis in Rome at the age of 25. “I shall soon be laid in the quiet grave – thank God for the quiet grave,” he told his friend Joseph Severn, in whose arms he died. “I can feel the cold earth upon me – the daisies growing over me – O for this quiet – it will be my first.” Keats gave instructions for his headstone to be engraved with the words “here lies one whose name was writ in water”, and visitors to Rome’s...

On the first Sunday of Lent the readings have a baptismal theme. This makes sense, for it is common that on this day the catechumens report to the Bishop for the Rite of Election, who officially recognizes them as the elect of God in these final weeks before their baptism.In today’s readings there are actually many themes; they seem to form the spokes of a wagon wheel, with baptism being the central hub from which they emanate. Arching over it all is the image of the rainbow in the sky, the great sign of God’s love and mercy upon...

Criticism was rampant following comments by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (AOC) suggesting power outages in Texas due to a winter storm and accompanying low temperatures were evidence of why America needs her Green New Deal. “The infrastructure failures in Texas are quite literally what happens when you *don’t* pursue a Green New Deal,” she tweeted without evidence. “Long-term we must realize these are the consequences of inaction,” AOC (D-NY) added. Her comments come even as Texas governor Greg Abbott has placed blame on the power grid failures in-part on frozen wind turbines.

February 21 2021 First Sunday of Lent OSt. Mary's Catholic Church, Boise, Idaho Lectionary 23Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Violet.First readingGenesis 9:8-15 ©'There shall be no flood to destroy the earth again'God spoke to Noah and his sons, ‘See, I establish my Covenant with you, and with your descendants after you; also with every living creature to be found with you, birds, cattle and every wild beast with you: everything that came out of the ark, everything that lives on the earth. I establish my Covenant with you: no thing of flesh shall be swept away again by the waters of...

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Barry Goldwater, William F Buckley Jr., Ronald Reagan, Milton Friedman, and now, Rush Limbaugh. With Limbaugh’s passing, his name and legacy are indelibly etched among the great modern conservative icons. He was a radio pioneer that single-handedly created conservative talk radio which he dominated for 30 years. An astounding accomplishment since the medium itself dates back to 1920 when the first known radio news program was broadcast. That means, Limbaugh was at the top of his game for a third of the radio industry’s entire lifespan. A true G.O.A.T. who carved a path and spawned a progeny of...

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. . This thread is DEDICATED TO FreeperMeneMeneTekelUpharsin, who has kept alive here God's pointed rebuke of all tyrant kings who ignore Him. ... .. Ch. 1 Tributes to Daniel Ch. 2 Daniel, Dream Interpreter Ch. 3 Into the Fiery Furnace, 1 Ch. 3 Into the Fiery Furnace, 2 Ch. 4 God Humbles the Proud King Ch. 5 HANDWRITING ON THE WALL Ch. 6 Into the Lions' Den, 1 Ch. 6 Into the Lions' Den, 2 Ch. 6 Into the Lions' Den, 3 Ch. 7 Daniel's Vision of Four Beasts Ch. 8 Daniel's Vision of Ram & Goat DANIEL 5...

Joe Biden’s Covid advisor made more than $2 million advising corporations on coronavirus safety measures during the pandemic. Dr Vivek Murthy, who advised Mr Biden during the 2020 presidential campaign is now the White House nominee for surgeon general, was paid large fees to consult for Carnival Corporation’s cruise lines, Airbnb and other companies, according to the Washington Post. He also picked up hundreds of thousands of dollars in speaking fees, according to ethics documents filed earlier this month. “We didn’t have a full window into how enmeshed he was in the selling-advice process,” Jeff Hauser, of the Revolving Door...

Ensconced among the cherry trees ringing the Tidal Basin in Washington, D.C., rests the Jefferson Memorial. The rotunda of this stately edifice shelters a statue of the great man. Among his many inscriptions adorning the walls are these words:"I have sworn upon the altar of God eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man."With a craven cancel culture now in full sway, one can only wonder what the man who crafted the Declaration of Independence might say about it. Perhaps he would rehearse the Declaration’s self-evident truths:“That we are endowed by our Creator with certain unalienable...