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The silence of the sisterWhy haven't we ever heard from Cardinal Joseph Tobin's sister?March 8, 2021 (LifeSiteNews) – Now that Cardinal Joseph Tobin has been appointed by Pope Francis to the Vatican's Congregation for Bishops, journalist Phil Lawler has reminded us all that this is the churchman who several years ago inadvertently made public via Twitter a message that was clearly intended to be private and destined for just one recipient. The Cardinal tweeted the words, “Nighty-night, baby. I love you.” And when the diffusion of this tweet on the internet provoked widespread concern and indignation among Catholics, His Eminence...

A Democrat appointed ‘task force’ has issued a report recommending a permanent military security force be stationed around Capitol Hill. The task force, headed up by Army Lt. Gen. (Ret.) Russel L. Honoré, reported back to Nancy Pelosi, suggesting that a “quick reaction force” be formed and put on standby in addition to Capitol police. The report notes that DC is “a high-value target for foreign terrorists or domestic extremists, yet it has no dedicated QRF for response to crises.” It adds, “The USCP relies on augmentation from other civilian law enforcement agencies for emergency support, but we recommend establishment...

You might think that after a 12-month-stretch that has seen almost no cruising around the world, cruise lines would be cutting back on the number of new ships they have on order. But that hasn’t been the case. None of the world’s major cruise lines has canceled a single ship order since the coronavirus pandemic brought cruising to a halt in early 2020. Indeed, in what may seem counterintuitive, many major lines are plowing ahead with plans to grow cabin capacity significantly over the coming years — even as they contend with the lingering effects of a worldwide pandemic on...

March 8 (UPI) -- A federal judge ruled Monday that the self-described "QAnon Shaman" must remain in jail pending further proceedings regarding charges related to his role in the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol. Judge Royce Lamberth ruled that Jacob Chansley may still present a threat to members of the general public and that no conditions could be placed on him to ensure he would appear before the court in the future. In his opinion, Lamberth stated that Chansley exhibited "a detachment from reality" and "does not understand the severity of the allegations against him." "At hearing and in...

The campaign meant to empower the movement created heated debate within the framework of International Women's Day.It is not new that a brand tries to join a social movement, but that, due to the execution, the result is not what they expected. Within the framework of International Women's Day, the Panama footwear brand launched its “feminist” line. However, the image and texts published on social networks unleashed several comments and criticisms. "Facts are loves and not good intentions", as the saying goes, could be a good way to explain what happened. The intention of Panama, as explained in its networks...

Explosive allegations by Meghan, Duchess of Sussex that she faced racist attitudes from both the palace and the U.K. press have sent ripples of shock around the world. But they came as no surprise to many Black Britons. Whether it’s the disproportionate impact of COVID-19 on people of color or the lack of non-white faces at the top of British media and politics, ethnic minorities in the U.K. say racist attitudes and structures of discrimination are pervasive — and all too often denied by society at large. “This is a country that doesn’t want to have an honest conversation about...

Biden is more or less brain dead. So who is the Grand Wizard behind the curtain pulling the strings? It's not Kamala -- she has no gift for anything but sugar daddies. Somebody must be coordinating it all from governmental policy down to people pulling off the most massive election fraud in history. Most of this is behind the scenes so I'm wondering who is the power broker? Who is the person that deals with the Clintons, Soros, Pelosi, Schumer, state governors, big business, big tech, etc. as the leader in charge of making it all work? Who is the...

President Joe Biden’s top spokesperson said Tuesday that the first family’s German shepherds remained “beloved members” of the White House family amid reports that the two dogs had been relocated to Delaware following aggressive behavior from one of them. In an MSNBC interview Tuesday morning, White House press secretary Jen Psaki was asked about a CNN report from earlier in the day that the dogs, Champ and Major, were back at the Bidens’ family home after a “biting incident” between Major, the younger of the two dogs, and a member of White House security. “I don’t have any specifics. I...

A top aide to President Joe Biden described the coronavirus as “the best thing that ever happened to him,” according to a recently released book. The book, Lucky: How Joe Biden Barely Won the Presidency, details how Biden adviser Anita Dunn made the remark in private to a campaign “associate.”

Media Contact: Cara Coleman ccoleman@risc.maricopa.gov 602-372-0297 Recorder Richer Statement on 2020 General Election Ballots Since Saturday, I have been working to get to the bottom of the accusations recently leveled against the Recorder’s Office and the Maricopa County Elections Department. On Friday, two individuals visited the Maricopa County Tabulation and Election Center (“MCTEC”) during working hours to ask for voter registration forms and to take pictures from the outside. On Saturday, one of these individuals returned, accompanied by two others. Camera footage shows that those three attempted to unlawfully pry open our warehouse doors, but were unsuccessful. They did, however,...

Three passengers are caught on camera verbally harassing an Uber driver and assaulting him when they rip his mask off and steal his phone. The driver gets his phone back, but then the women threaten to beat him up. He clearly has the patience of a saint, because I don't know how he didn't lose his mind at this point. Reporter Dion Lim was able to get some information about the incident and reported, "Uber driver Subhakar told me he picked up 3 women in the Bayview yesterday & after asking one to wear a mask was subject to slurs,...

Algorithms are meaningless without good data. The public can exploit that to demand change. Every day, your life leaves a trail of digital breadcrumbs that tech giants use to track you. You send an email, order some food, stream a show. They get back valuable packets of data to build up their understanding of your preferences. That data is fed into machine-learning algorithms to target you with ads and recommendations. Google cashes your data in for over $120 billion a year of ad revenue. Increasingly, we can no longer opt out of this arrangement. In 2019 Kashmir Hill, then a...

Meghan Markle’s father Thomas told UK television viewers Tuesday he did not think the royal family or the British public were racist before calling Prince Harry “snotty” and pointing to him dressing up as a Nazi.

South Carolina Republican Senator Lindsey Graham called former President Donald Trump a cross between Jesse Helms, Ronald Reagan and P.T. Barnum. During an interview on Sunday with Axios on HBO, Graham spoke about Trump's role in the Republican Party and mentioned that he thinks the former president is similar to Helms, the former North Carolina Senator who was a leading name in the conservative movement, Reagan, who served as the 40th president and Barnum, who was a member of the Connecticut House of Representatives, but most notably known for founding the Barnum and Bailey Circus.

That gasp heard after this ruling dropped comes from every college and university with a “free speech zone” and policies that impose heckler’s vetoes. Plaintiffs suing over restrictions on speech and religious expression on campus only need to establish “nominal damages” to gain standing, the Supreme Court ruled in an 8-1 decision, not necessarily actual damages. That opens up a vast new field of litigation that attorneys all across the country will rush to meet. The 8-1 ruling in Uzuegbunam v Preczewski from Justice Clarence Thomas does not actually settle the case in favor of the students, but the writing...

Yes, this is a vanity, because in these times we all need a break, and thats why I come here sometimes. So...who do you choose?

Hillary Clinton says the 'cruelty' the British press showed to Meghan Markle was 'outrageous' and has slammed the Royals for failing to support a 'young woman who was just trying to live her life'.

On Wednesday, the court will hear a motion by defendant Jennifer Van Laar to strike the lawsuit, claiming it is an attempt to silence speech that is protected by the 1st Amendment. Van Laar, a former GOP campaign operative and journalist, published provocative pictures of Hill on a conservative website and shared them with a British tabloid. Hill contends that the two media companies, Van Laar and Kenneth Heslep, Hill’s ex-husband, violated California’s revenge-porn law by distributing and/or publishing images including photographs that showed her nude while brushing another woman’s hair, holding a bong and sunbathing. The 2013 statute makes...

<p>A 13-year-old student has confessed to spreading a false story about French history teacher Samuel Paty — which set off a horrific chain of events that led to him being beheaded last year, reports said Tuesday.</p><p>The girl, whose name has not been released, admitted that she had “lied” about a classroom incident at the school west of Paris in order to please her father, the Independent reported.</p>