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An independent advisory panel of infectious disease experts, doctors and scientists voted unanimously to recommend the COVID-19 vaccine from Johnson & Johnson for emergency use authorization from the Food and Drug Administration, a step closer to making a third COVID-19 vaccine available to Americans. The recommendation paves the way for official emergency authorization by the FDA, allowing the vaccine to be provided to Americans while the company continues to study it. If that happens Friday night or over the weekend, some 4 million doses would be expected to start shipping as early as Monday. "If the FDA [authorizes] the use...

The same folks to bring you “Abrahamism”—the idea that Judaism, Christianity, and Islam are intricately connected—have narrowed their sights on promoting Mary, the mother of Christ, as “a Jewish, Christian and Muslim woman,” in the words of Catholic priest Fr. Gian Matteo of the Pontifical International Marian Academy. In a ten-week webinar series titled “Mary, a model for faith and life for Christianity and Islam,” the academy will seek to present Mary as a bridge between the two religions. This may be easier said than done — at least for those still interested in facts. For starters, the claim that...

Amazon has shown its true colors, once again, when it comes to celebrating and appreciating diversity: if your ideals don’t align with the team-left narrative, you will not be celebrated. In the midst of Black History Month, Amazon pulled a critically acclaimed and popular documentary on conservative Justice Clarence Thomas, the only black justice currently serving on the Supreme Court, from its streaming platform. The documentary, “Created Equal: Clarence Thomas in His Own Words,” is “currently unavailable to watch in your location,” the website reads when the title is clicked. The outage appears to be nationwide, as reported by Breitbart.Amazon...

On Feb. 22, the Wall Street Journal quoted insiders who said that China’s Boyu Capital, a private equity firm founded by former Chinese leader Jiang Zemin’s grandson, Jiang Zhicheng, has moved part of its business from its Hong Kong headquarters to Singapore. Two co-founders of the company have also relocated to Singapore. The transition was mainly driven by concerns over the weakening influence of the elder Jiang, which will likely leave his family and allies more vulnerable to political purges in China, according to the sources.

Conversation Kevin McCarthy @GOPLeader Democrats just scheduled a vote for 2am tonight. They are so embarrassed by all the non-COVID waste in their bill that they are jamming it through in the dead of night.

The Washington State Supreme Court effectively legalized drugs in a stunning and dangerous decision. Thousands of violent felons, like child rapists, could be released as a result.The misguided court’s split ruling declares the state’s felony drug possession law is unconstitutional. Consequently, police departments across the state, including in Seattle and Tacoma, will no longer arrest individuals for simple drug possession.The court’s claim makes little sense. It’s driven by ideology. And the only way to correct this egregious ruling is through the Legislature. But state Democrats were already actively pursuing drug legalization, making a fix unlikely.The state Supreme Court argued that...

‘Great Reset’ without God is nothing but a hoax: Polish archbishopKrakow Archbishop Marek Jędraszewski quoted an historian in a homily who said globalists' ideas are opposed to Christianity.KRAKOW, Poland, February 26, 2021 (LifeSiteNews) — The Metropolitan Archbishop of Kraków preached against the “Great Reset” envisioned by globalists, saying there is no renewal without Christ.“It is in Christ that we must achieve 'a great reset,’ a great renewal, and a reordering of our lives,” said Archbishop Marek Jędraszewski in Kraków’s Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church on Wednesday. Jędraszewski (pronounced yen-dra-SHEF-ski) is the third successor of the late Cardinal Karol Wojtyła...

Priest weeps at irreverence for Eucharist, tells people to receive on the tongue. Wherein Fr. Z rants.From ChurchPop comes a video and article about a priest who, clearly reacting to some act(s) of irreverence in regard to the Blessed Sacrament, had enough of the sacrilege. There is a video of him literally weeping and then explaining in Spanish that from now on Communion would be distributed on the tongue, while kneeling.I have little doubt that this priest was immediately attacked by some parishioners who then probably complained to the chancery. I have little doubt that great pressure and even threats...

Donald Trump Jr. used his speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Orlando on Friday to rail against President Biden’s first moves in office and criticize establishment Republicans like House GOP Conference Chair Liz Cheney (Wyo.). Former President Trump’s eldest son mocked Cheney as "Lincoln Project Liz," referring to the anti-Trump GOP group, after Cheney was one of the House Republicans voted to impeach his father on a charge of inciting the Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol. -snip- “Who would have thought within 33 days we’d be bombing the Middle East again,” Trump Jr. said. “Speaking of...

A group of Food and Drug Administration experts green lighting the Johnson and Johnson COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use... The coronavirus crackdown in Israel for the Purim holiday. On the first night of an overnight curfew more than 100 parties broken up and over 25-hundred citations issued... Rush Limbaugh laid to rest at a cemetery in St. Louis on Wednesday in a private ceremony ... The only deadly act of violence at the US Capitol on January 6th was by a US Capitol police officer who killed Air Force veteran Ashli Babbitt.. "The new US administration should first and foremost...

Federal prosecutors have charged more than 300 people with taking part in the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol, the Department of Justice said Friday, and at least 280 of them have been arrested. "The investigation into those responsible is moving at a speed and scale that's unprecedented, and rightly so. Those responsible must be held to account, and they will be," acting Deputy Attorney General John Carlin said. On Thursday, acting U.S. Capitol Police Chief Yogananda Pittman told Congress of her concern that members of some of the same groups involved in last month's riot -- who said...

Nikki Haley was once a darling of the Republican Party, if not conservative movement. Now, she stands isolated after an attempt to distance herself from former President Donald Trump. In fact, the Conservative Political Action Conference opens Thursday and will not feature Haley, the former ambassador to the U.N. and South Carolina governor. -snip- "Haley has never understood the president and seems to not understand where the base of the party is," a source told The Hill. Trump declined to meet with her at Mar-a-Lago last week, per the report.

An avowed white supremacist was sentenced on Friday to 19-1/2 years in prison after pleading guilty months ago to a federal hate-crimes case stemming from a botched plot to bomb a historic Colorado synagogue in 2019. Richard Holzer, 28, appeared in a federal courtroom in Denver for a sentencing that capped an undercover FBI investigation of a plan to blow up Temple Emanuel in Pueblo, Colorado, the second-oldest synagogue in the state. Although the plot was thwarted, U.S. District Judge Raymond Moore said Holzer had sought “to terrorize the Jewish community” of Pueblo, a city of 112,000 residents about 100...

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Joe Biden had another disastrous day Friday in Texas. Of course, the liberal media once again hid this from their audience. Advertisement - story continues below Biden traveled to Houston, Texas with his handler, Dr. Jill, but she couldn’t save Joe from his mid-stage dementia. Joe was confused and lost and even admitted it during his brief speech. Joe Biden: Lizzie Panilli, uh, excuse me, Pannill, and uh, what am I doing here? I’m going to lose track here. And, uh… Mayor Turner… My family spent a lot of time here in Houston by the way. And, uh, hey John...

Here's a homily you aint gonna hear everyday..... https://fb.watch/3VoLH8JWc6 (Its worth a cut and paste)

he Coca-Cola bottling plant at 830 N. Sixth St. in Lafayette is laying off some of its employees and consolidating its operations to a new automated distribution center in Whitestown, Indiana, according to a recent letter the company sent to the Indiana Department of Workforce Development. The plant is owned by Coca-Cola Consolidated, which is the largest Coke bottler in the United States, according to its website. The company says in the letter the layoffs will happen over a two-week period beginning April 18. About 50 people who work at the Lafayette plant will be affected. A spokesperson for Coca-Cola...

Doorbell camera videos usually go viral for showing packages being stolen or critters running amok, but front porch footage from Florida last week was widely shared for capturing the heartwarming moment a good Samaritan returned a lost wallet. Debra Crosby was checking out at a Walmart in Jacksonville on Saturday when she realized she no longer had her wallet, she told NBC affiliate WTLV. It would turn out later that she dropped it in the parking lot. As she drove back to her home in Yulee, she wondered how she would replace the important contents that were in her wallet,...

Internet censorship by Big Tech companies is a big problem, a threat to our freedom of speech and our ability to organize politically. Just look at the lead-up to the 2020 U.S. election, in which Big Tech carefully managed the flow of information to favor one candidate. It’s interesting to see what the Central European nation of Poland is doing about it....

Tom Cotton at CPAC. Maybe he's not a total fantard of Ditch.