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Joe Biden is determined to wipe out Donald Trump’s legacy in both foreign and domestic policy. Biden made it clear just how far he intends to go in catering to the swamp. And Joe Biden made a promise about a new world order that has all hell breaking loose. Biden spoke from the White House via video conference to the Munich Security Conference. In his remarks Biden made it clear that his agenda was putting globalism first and America last. “I’m sending a clear message to the world America is back … we are not looking backward, we are looking...

Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies are all the rage right now. Of course, the rise of non-government, decentralized, encrypted electronic currencies like bitcoin has been going on for years. But in recent months it has surged to the forefront of the national conversation as major figures like Elon Musk have bought in and bitcoin has hit record valuation levels. Many Americans may not have followed the trend closely, and are seeking to understand it. So, to help readers better understand the novel technological trend, FEE interviewed Will Luther, an economics professor, director of the American Institute for Economic Research’s Sound Money...

"Georgia senators pass bill to require ID for absentee voting."So how does the Associated Press feel about that? In the old days when AP attempted to maintain a dry neutrality in its reporting, that could have been a tough question to answer. However, in recent years, with their policy of editorializing right in their stories, AP slams its readers in the head with their viewpoint sledgehammer.

Poster's note: This is a warning from someone who has probably seen, first hand, more civil wars than any other living person. Michael Yon writes in a "stream of consciousness style". Probably developed through writing while being fired upon. Please consider this before calling the Writing Police. The communists kicked me out of Hong Kong in 2020. Then the CCP pandemic blanketed the world and I read tons of books in 2020. I even re-read 1984, Animal Farm, Lord of the Flies, and others in genre. Those books are amazingly “now.” (I did not re-read Atlas Shrugged. Maybe I should.)...

The Allegheny Institute for Public Policy is reiterating its long-standing call for the state Legislature to repeal Pennsylvania’s Prevailing Wage Law. “Many studies over the years involving many states have demonstrated the higher construction costs … that are caused by prevailing wage laws that require ‘prevailing wages and benefits’ be paid to employees on projects using government funds,” says Jake Haulk, president-emeritus of the Pittsburgh think tank. The prevailing wage and other compensation are the union wage in most states. But repeal has not been entertained in the Keystone State “because of the political power of the law’s supporters,” the...

A recent story from Florida should direct policymakers’ attention to a glaring strategic problem in American defense. In the city of Oldsmar, a small community in the Tampa metro area, an unknown hacker gained access to the chemical controls of the municipal water treatment system. Fortunately, an operator at the facility observed the breach in real time, watching as the intruder set the level of sodium hydroxide, commonly known as lye, to 100 times its normal level. The operator was able to immediately undo the change, so no one was harmed. But what if that instant detection hadn’t happened? As...

Originally Posted June 12, 2013 (The Omega Letter) ''But you, Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book until the time of the end; many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall increase.'' Daniel 12:4 Imagine if you will that one-day scientists abandon the flawed and completely illogical theory of Darwinian Evolution. Imagine all that science could accomplish without having that biased monkey hanging on their neck like a dead albatross? For many of these men and women, it would revolutionize the way they analyze a problem. Rapid advances in our civilization came because men like Isaac Newton,...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The House approved a $1.9 trillion pandemic relief bill in a win for President Joe Biden, even as top Democrats tried assuring agitated progressives that they’d revive their derailed drive to boost the minimum wage. The new president’s vision for flushing cash to individuals, businesses, states and cities battered by COVID-19 passed on a near party-line 219-212 vote early Saturday. That ships the massive measure to the Senate, where Democrats seem bent on resuscitating their minimum wage push and fights could erupt over state aid and other issues. Democrats said the still-faltering economy and the half-million American...

Say what you will about the personal and political failings of Donald Trump, at least he was an optimist. Along with being a cheerleader for America, he talked positively, sometimes when he shouldn't have, and he could always see the sunshine. resident Biden is the exact opposite. In a month he has not said anything that has uplifted the spirits of a single American who's not a member of the teachers union. For Biden and the left-wingers he's been appointing to his Cabinet, there's no such thing as sunshine now or in our future, just pitch darkness and gloom. They...

The Great Barrington Declaration The Great Barrington Declaration – As infectious disease epidemiologists and public health scientists we have grave concerns about the damaging physical and mental health impacts of the prevailing COVID-19 policies, and recommend an approach we call Focused Protection. Coming from both the left and right, and around the world, we have devoted our careers to protecting people. Current lockdown policies are producing devastating effects on short and long-term public health. The results (to name a few) include lower childhood vaccination rates, worsening cardiovascular disease outcomes, fewer cancer screenings and deteriorating mental health – leading to greater...

Interesting. Just as Fox News walks away from conservatives in the USA... Al Jazeera, launches a new "Right" network, in America. -- Al Jazeera Media Network (AJMN) today announced the launch of Rightly, a new US based digital platform that will generate content for audiences currently underrepresented in today’s media environment. Rightly will soft launch with its first show, “Right Now with Stephen Kent,” on February 25th. The show, hosted by one of the rising stars in Millennial political circles in the United States, will stream on Rightly social media and podcast platforms. Additional Rightly programming will be announced in...

Coca-Cola’s new motto was unveiled last week: “Have a Coke and some bile!” Or maybe “It’s the zeal thing!” “Things go better with woke?” 1989’s official slogan can also be modified to fit the times: “The official soft drink of summer (riot season).” And when can we get some Woke Zero?? And what’s all this about Mr. Potato Head going genderless? Mr. Coffee is going to be very upset. Meanwhile, if governors were corporate bonds, Cuomo would be downgraded to junk status, and Newsom would be put on the watch list. But then the Fed would buy them out—that’s what...

People who are vaccinated against COVID-19 shouldn’t be told to continue wearing masks and social distance, Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) said Friday. “For 100 years almost, since we’ve been developing immunity capability, people have always known if you survive smallpox, you don’t get it again. You get chickenpox, you don’t get it again. You get a vaccine; you stop worrying about polio, etc. For the first time ever, here is a series of vaccines, safe and effective, 95 plus percent effective, and what’s happening? They’re telling us to leave our masks on, to continue social distancing. That’s absurd,”

Initially released in December 1967 and described latterly by Rolling Stone as "THE WHO's finest album," "The Who Sell Out" reflected a remarkable year in popular culture. As well as being forever immortalized as the moment when the counterculture and the "Love Generation" became a global phenomenon and "pop" began metamorphosing into "rock."The new Super Deluxe Edition of "The Who Sell Out" features 112 tracks, 46 of which are unreleased, an 80-page, hard-back, full-color book, including rare period photos, memorabilia, track-by-track annotation and new sleeve notes by Pete Townshend with comments from the likes of Pete Drummond (Radio London DJ),...

OUR WASHINGTON DISPATCHES. WASHINGTON, Tuesday, Feb. 26. MOVEMENTS OF MR. LINCOLN -- HIS VISITORS. Mr. LINCOLN, accompanied by his son ROB ERT and his Private Secretary, NICOLAY, took a long walk to-day, shortly after sunrise, that there might be a physical stratum on which to rest the mental labors of the day. JOHN BELL was one of the earliest callers on Mr. LINCOLN this morning, and after a brief and satisfactory interview, an appointment for tomorrow was made. Gov. HICKS, of Maryland, called and congratulated Mr. LINCOLN on the fact that he was here in safety, and that his coming...

Many activists, politicians and regulators are convinced our Earth and its wild kingdoms are threatened by fossil fuels, conventional farming, modern living standards, and catastrophic climate change resulting from the aforementioned human activities. They promote these fears to gain ever-greater control over energy and economic systems, circumscribe personal freedoms, and silence questions and dissent. Few of them could likely hunt, gather or grow sufficient food for their families, or be a lucky protagonist in an episode of the Weather Channel’s Could You Survive? series – much less endure Mary Draper Ingles’ harrowing 800-mile walk through the 1755 wilderness to escape...

Minimum wage laws appear to me to be unconstitutional because I do not find the legislative power in the constitution for Congress to legislation wages. Setting that concern aside something about minimum wage laws puzzles me. Some workers increased their value to the job market to earn more than the min wage. An example of what puzzles me is a person who worked hard and increased their job skills is now earning $15/hour. This person has several people working for him who is doing the job he used to do when he was paid min wage. He likely is working...

Law enforcement calls hire 'slap in the face' Los Angeles's Democratic district attorney elevated a close political ally who has referred to the city's police as "barbarians." Law enforcement officials are now criticizing D.A. George Gascón for hiring someone they say is unqualified for her position. Gascón, who became the California city's district attorney last December, confirmed this week that he hired campaign aide Tiffiny Blacknell to be a high-ranking deputy district attorney. Blacknell worked as a public defender and has no experience as a prosecutor, and her hiring has sparked immediate pushback by law enforcement members who view the...

Gascón ban on 'three strikes' charges and gang enhancements breaks state law, deputies say The union representing Los Angeles's deputy district attorneys is suing their boss, progressive prosecutor George Gascón, seeking to overturn orders that would constrain the charging of serious offenders in a way it says violates state law. In a lawsuit filed last week, the Association of Deputy District Attorneys for Los Angeles County charged that several of Gascón's "special directives," implemented after he unseated the city's first black D.A. in a closely fought race last year, were "not merely radical, but plainly unlawful." The rules implement a...

“The heavens are telling of the glory of God, and their expanse is declaring the work of His hands” (Psalm 19:1). God’s glory is the radiance of all He is. In Isaiah’s vision of Heaven, angels called out, “Holy, Holy, Holy, is the Lord of hosts, the whole earth is full of His glory” (Isa. 6:3). What exactly is the glory of God? It encompasses all that He is, the radiance of His attributes and divine nature. Moses said to God, “I pray Thee, show me Thy glory!” (Ex. 33:18), and the Lord answered, “I Myself will make all My...