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It’s just the flu, bro. https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/us/ Official, and by official I mean greatly exaggerated, Coronavirus case counts and death counts are plummeting. This is an important time. With cases and deaths falling, we could obey as politicians decide to give us tokens of our freedom back to us, but still retain the bulk of the lockdown rules. They are watching us and they only want to give us back the level of freedom back that we demand, and definitely no more. The founding of our nation was based on achieving freedom and liberty but to the modern politician all that...

The PRO Act would sharply limit who is legally allowed to work independently or as a freelance worker, destroying hundreds of thousands of jobs during a recession. When California enacted a first-of-its-kind law that proved to be so devastating that thousands of people and dozens of professions had to seek special exemptions within its first year, you’d think federal lawmakers would think twice before bringing it nationwide. But not House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. On Tuesday, she moved full steam ahead in passing the Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act, a bill that would do to the entire nation what...

If a child doesn't have to die to save grandma from coronavirus, why would we ever let that child die? A heartbreaking longread from ProPublica challenges the nation.One year ago, when lockdowns began, Americans were told we had to make a terrible choice akin to the climax of the superhero movies in which a villain threatens two things the hero loves, forcing him to choose which to save and which to sacrifice. We were told that millions of Americans were going to die from a Chinese supervirus, and the only way to reduce that death toll from inflating even higher...

Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina took issue with a proposed $5 billion fund for debt repayment that would benefit historically disenfranchised Black farmers in the $1.9 trillion coronavirus stimulus package, calling it “reparations.” if you’re socially disadvantaged, if you’re African American, some other minority. But if you’re [a] white person, if you’re a white woman, no forgiveness.

Pray For the Peace of JerusalemLambs, Sheep, and Shepherds Psalm 28Of David. 1 To you, Lord, I call; you are my Rock, do not turn a deaf ear to me. For if you remain silent, I will be like those who go down to the pit. 2 Hear my cry for mercy as I call to you for help, as I lift up my hands toward your Most Holy Place. 3 Do not drag me away with the wicked, with those who do evil, who speak cordially with their neighbors but harbor malice in their hearts. 4 Repay them for...

The Biden administration will not investigate the abortion giant’s transgender profiteering. State departments of health, medical boards, attorneys general, and legislatures must fill the void.As Democrats in the Senate prepare to advance the so-called Equality Act to enshrine transgenderism everywhere possible, whistleblowers have come forward to illustrate the horrifying realities of transgender “medicine.”Their stories also offer a peek into a dark network of institutions hoping to reap massive amounts of taxpayer and insurance company dollars sterilizing their victims, giving them heart attacks, and chopping off fully functioning body parts, all for financial and political gain. Many of the victims of...

President Biden speaks frequently and presumably with sincerity about his goal of national unity. His comparative invisibility, somnolent manner, and reluctance to interact even with the docile national political media (which conducted his campaign for him last year), assure a cooler temperature and calmer political atmosphere than was possible in the pyrotechnics and abrasions of the Trump era. This phenomenon is reflected in the heavy declines in viewership of the news channels-over 40 percent on CNN, similar drops on MSNBC, and rather less than that on Fox News. Trump was the great newsmaker, both for those who loved and those...

Democrats want as many Americans out of work and dependent on the government as possible — and one of their newest legislative pushes makes that an indisputable fact. Although President Joe Biden has been doing his best to depress the American economy by killing thousands of union jobs and plunging America into generational debt, it’s all a pittance compared to what the Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2021 could do if signed into law. The PRO Act, passed by the House of Representatives last month and endorsed by Biden this week, could obliterate as many as 57 million...

The big headline of Kayhan Daily on Saturday, February 27, 2021 read: "73% of the People Support the Parliament's Law to Lift the Sanctions." This is a quote from the University of Maryland's poll survey on the same page. Kayhan Daily (Ali Khamenei's Pravda) cites Western institutions only in cases where the issue is 100% in favor of the Iranian regime in terms of propaganda. The question is why such polls are not conducted by domestic centers and the credit of their research does not reach domestic institutions? Also, why does the University of Maryland conduct polls only when negotiations...

At the time Columbus discovered the New World , the great difference between the main Mexica god and the European God was that the European God would kill you for not being good, and the Mexica god would kill you for not being bad. Even when we had mischievous gods, we were better than the Mexica, the most dominant tribe of the Aztecs. Going all the way back to the Romans, God might throw an army under the bus because a general broke his word, and the Jews, the Muslims, and the Christians all believed that God is better than...

Sir Alexander Tytler was a Scottish advocate, judge, writer, and historian. Lord Tytler lived from 1747 until 1813; about the time of Washington, Adams, and Jefferson in America. Tytler was a professor at the University of Edinburgh. One of Tytler's most influential and proverbial historical writings was about the lifespan of countries operating under democratic republican governance. Tytler believed the life expectancy of a self-ruled nation was about 200 years. Tytler was very dismissive about who holds the real power in a democratic republic or even a pure democracy. He felt these types of government do not last, cannot sustain...

If you think our current nanny state is there to look out for you and make sure you are safe, you’ve got a problem. The actual message of our helicoptering elite is that we are not to be trusted; we are unreliable, discountable, and our “nannies” know better. We’re simply naive children who must be led, watched over, and protected — from ourselves. We must cede self-determination, and everything’s gonna be okay. We may not have anything anymore if we give up things like our self-respect, a way to earn a living, and our sovereign country, but it’ll be worth...

House Democrats have started the process of determining whether a Republican congresswoman was the legitimate winner of her race in Iowa — a process that could ultimately end with Democrats deciding to seat the congresswoman’s Democrat opponent. Democrats on the House Administration Committee have turned their attention to Democrat Rita Hart’s claims that Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA) was not the legitimate winner of November’s election in Iowa’s 2nd Congressional District. “The House Administration Committee gathered virtually Friday afternoon to finalize the process by which it will adjudicate Hart’s claim, which was filed under the Federal Contested Elections Act. The committee...

“Therefore do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ For after all these things the Gentiles seek” (Matthew 6:31-32). Jesus tells us that worry—about the future of our family, about jobs, about how we are to survive—is a heathen’s way of life. Jesus is talking here about those who have no heavenly Father. They do not know God as he wants to be known, as a caring, providing, loving Father in heaven. “Do not worry about tomorrow” (v. 34). In these plain words, Jesus commands us, “Do not give a...

Today, the four premier leaders of The Quad -- the U.S., Australia, India and Japan -- conduct their first summit, by teleconference. The Quad, or Quadrilateral Security Dialogue, is an informal strategy forum of the major Indo-Pacific democracies that some wish to see evolve into an Asian NATO to contain China, as NATO contained the Soviet Union for 40 years of Cold War. Next week, Secretary of State Antony Blinken and national security adviser Jake Sullivan meet their Chinese counterparts midway between Beijing and Washington -- in Anchorage, Alaska. The Chinese are said to have sought out the two-day meeting...

On Thursday night, a masked Biden tottered down a long, empty hall to a podium. He then gave the most bizarre presidential address in American history. *snip* Here, in no particular order, are the points that struck me: Biden was more alert than he’s been in many months. Given how frail and confused Biden’s been lately, well, let’s just say his verve was suspicious. Even his eyes, which are usually tightly squinted as he struggles to stay alert and read his teleprompter, were wide open, almost scarily so. *snip* The speech was both bizarre and boring. Despite the teleprompter, it...

“Walk . . . with all humility” (Ephesians 4:1-2). We are to walk as Christ walked. Our lack of conformity to His standard ought to make us humble. What was your most humiliating experience? Life is full of embarrassing moments, but the most truly humbling experience I ever had was preaching through the Gospel of John. For two years—eighty-eight sermons, about one hundred hours of preaching, between two and three thousand hours of study—I was constantly faced with the deity of Jesus Christ. Living with the deity of Christ day after day and comparing yourself continually to Him is one...

Lieutenant Colonel David Redman, former head of emergency management in Alberta presents a detailed explanation of where our country ( Canada) went wrong in dealing with the pandemic, how our government ignored previously developed emergency plans, how long-term care has been needlessly devastated, and how we can get out of this mess. Please watch and share!

In his primetime address on the pandemic’s first anniversary, Biden told Americans that if they do their part there's a possibility they can gather with friends and family members for barbecues by Independence Day. But in a nation deeply divided over how people should conduct their lives amidst COVID-19, the president's remarks quickly came under scrutiny amid the ongoing debate between advocates of a more robust nanny state versus those who are eager to return to pre-Covid normalcy. "This is a free people, this is a free country, how dare you tell us who we can spend the Fourth of...

March 12 2021 St. Paul's Cathedral, Tirana, Albania Lectionary 241Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Violet.First readingHosea 14:2-10 ©A call to conversion and promise of safetyThe Lord says this:Israel, come back to the Lord your God;your iniquity was the cause of your downfall.Provide yourself with wordsand come back to the Lord.Say to him, ‘Take all iniquity awayso that we may have happiness againand offer you our words of praise.Assyria cannot save us,we will not ride horses any more,or say, “Our God!” to what our own hands have made,for you are the one in whom orphans find compassion.’– I will heal their disloyalty,I...