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Rome (CNN)The Vatican said Monday that the Catholic Church would not bless same-sex unions, in a statement approved by Pope Francis that threatens to widen the chasm between the church and much of the LGBTQ community. Explaining their decision in a lengthy note on Monday, the Holy See referred to homosexuality as a "choice," suggested it is sinful and said it "cannot be recognized as objectively ordered" to God's plans; a combative stance that is certain to disappoint millions of gay and lesbian Catholics around the world. "The blessing of homosexual unions cannot be considered licit," the Vatican's top doctrinal...

The left-wing postmodern idea of “truth” as a mere pick-and-choose official narrative is now normal. any politicians at one point or another live by lies—if they can get away with them. Our supposed sentinels, the media—self-defined as independent, cynical, and skeptical journalists—are supposed to separate political fictions from truth. Legends As Facts Of course, sometimes they used to do that—if only selectively. There were Communist sympathizers in the Roosevelt Administration and holdovers in the 1950s deep state. But the Red Peril was not always what the demagogic Joe McCarthy claimed when shaking his lengthy, indiscriminate “lists” of “commie” names and...

She screamed “Allahu akbar” as she brandished the severed head. But never fear, psychiatrists have fixed all that. Gulchekhra Bobokulova horrified the world in February 2016 when she beheaded four-year-old Anastasia Meshcheryakova, whom she served as a nanny. Once Russian police got around to arresting her (she brandished the head and raved for fully twenty minutes), she was declared to be mentally ill. And now for the good news: psychiatrists have pronounced her cured, and she is set to walk free. The UK’s MailOnline reported Friday that after just five years in a psych ward, Bobokulova has been “cured” of...

In 1841, Charles Mackay wrote a 702-page book titled Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds. The book details investment hysteria and panic, but it’s really about human nature, something that doesn’t change throughout recorded history. I will show the reader, in this essay, how we are experiencing popular delusions and the madness of crowds, right now, with the current corona virus, COVID-19 hysteria and panic. Today’s social psychologists use the term “groupthink” to describe the modern versions of crowd madness. “Groupthink” represents the prevailing beliefs and rationalizations that influence the decisions of the general public as well as...

Editors' note: Below is a letter from the leaders of ZOA to the publishers of Obama's new book, “A Promised Land.” They point out all the falsehoods, lies and omissions about Israel in the book, and make a request for their correction.* BY EMAIL AND CERTIFIED MAIL Mr. Markus Dohle CEO, Penguin Random House 1745 Broadway New York, NY 10019 Ms. Madeline McIntosh CEO, Penguin Random House US 1745 Broadway New York, NY 10019 Re: Falsehoods, Misleading Statements and Material Omissions in “A Promised Land,” by Barack Obama Dear Mr. Dohle and Ms. McIntosh: We write on behalf of the...

There is no general price increase to report in the March monthly report What will be the results of a Pelosi/Biden government? Many think there will be inflation. Milton Friedman taught us that “Inflation is always and everywhere a monetary phenomenon, in the sense that it cannot occur without a more rapid increase in the quantity of money than in output.” The $2Trillion Covid relief plus the !5% minimum wage plus the forgiveness of college loans all pump money into the economy. Those actions are the very definition of monetary phenomena. The Bureau of Economic Analysis keeps us informed on...

A physical therapist died at her home just two days after she received a COVID-19 vaccine in January. 28-year-old Haley Link Brinkmeyer, of Evansville, Indiana, died January 21 after she received an mRNA vaccine believed to be either from Pfizer/BioNTech or Moderna. “My 28 year old daughter took the vaccine on a Tuesday and she was dead by Thursday,” Brinkmeyer’s mother Shauna O’Neill Link allegedly said in the COVID Blog that was shared to Facebook. “Autopsy shows no other red flags. Corner (sic) has assured us he will get to the bottom of this vaccine crap.” “Anything with Bill Gates...

The Testing of Eric Olthwaite

Some older relatives of mine struggled to get the COVID vaccine. No matter how many hours they spent on the phone, trying to set up appointments with the county government, the answer was always the same: "All our vaccines are gone now. Try again next time."Kind of like standing in a Soviet breadline. Then the grocery store down the street rushed in to help. They emailed us to report, “I called yesterday and made appointments for this morning. We're slightly sore, but very happy.” Like going through a drive-through at McDonald’s. Despite the success of the free market – under...

ROME — Pope Francis insists in a new book things will never be the same in a post-pandemic world, calling instead for the establishment of a “new world order.” In a book-length interview with journalist Domenico Agasso titled God and the World to Come, scheduled for release in Italian on Tuesday, the pontiff reiterates his case for the Great Reset with a shift away from financial speculation, fossil fuels, and military build-up toward a green economy based on inclusiveness.

.. OLD TESTAMENT REVIEW, Part 1: GENESIS thru EXODUS TO HELP US TIE EVERYTHING TOGETHER, HERE IS ONE PICTURE FROM EACH OF THE MAJOR BIBLE STORIES WE’VE SEEN Note: I’ve omitted the usual attributions and sources, in order to focus solely on the Scripture’s story-telling ..Genesis 1GOD CREATES THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH..Genesis 2GOD CREATING ADAM ..Genesis 2GOD CREATING EVE ..Genesis 3ADAM & EVE BEING TEMPTED .. Genesis 3ADAM & EVE BANISHED FROM EDEN ..Genesis 4 CAIN MURDERS ABEL ..Genesis 6-8GOD'S FLOOD & NOAH'S ARK ..Genesis 11THE TOWER OF BABEL ..Genesis 12GOD CALLS ABRAM ..Genesis 16BARREN SARAI GIVES HAGAR TO...

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He's on-the-air, and on-fire. Chris Plante from WMAL, 105.9 FM, in DC, is rated in America's Top 10 Talk Radio Show Hosts. His show is the "prep work" for many other shows. And, unlike the others, he pulls no punches, tells it like it is and doesn't take any BS from liberal, demonKKKrat, leftist, commie, socialist, fascist, marxist and anarchist callers. He's the guy we'd all like to sit down with and have a dbl-cheeseburger and a cold one, while talking about the state of America, and the crazies who are pulling the strings, behind-the-scenes. Get a fresh refill of...

The Outrage of the Week. – It is a simple fact that the Biden administration and Democrat Party activist groups are currently encouraging thousands upon thousands of Central Americans to flood our border with Mexico with COVID-positive illegal aliens. Doing this during the midst of a global pandemic is possibly the single most despicable thing the Democrat Party could possibly do, so we obviously should have expected it to happen since Democrat politicians are always searching for ways to become more despicable than they already are. Even more outrageous than coordinating efforts with human traffickers and drug cartels to actively...

Georgia Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan (R) on Sunday decried former President Trump’s “divisive tone and strategy” while criticizing a bill in the battleground state that would end no-excuse absentee voting. Last week, Duncan refused to preside over a session of the state Senate amid lawmakers considering a bill that would sharply restrict absentee ballot voting. The legislation survived a key procedural step, with the Georgia Senate voting to advance the omnibus election legislation. Duncan, who refused to play along with Trump’s election fraud falsehoods amid the then-President’s refusal to concede, argued that Republicans aren’t in need of election reform to...

Left-wing journalist Matt Taibbi has noticed it too and knowledgeably expounds on it in a must-read article. Matt Taibbi is that rare breed – an honest leftist journalist. And make no mistake about his leftism, for this is a man who thinks Noam Chomsky is a great thinker. Despite that serious ideological confusion on his part, Taibbi understands something profoundly important in American politics; namely, that our media has become completely corrupt, and more closely represents the media in Soviet Russia than the media in a free country with a First Amendment. If you haven’t yet, you must read his...

Feeling a bit stabby today are we? Perfectly understandable, it is the Ides of March after all. On this day in 44 BC Caesar was assassinated on the steps of the Roman Senate by a coalition of friends and foe. Here we are, nearly 2100 years later, and nobody’s learned nuthin’. Following the Left’s virtual stabbing of President Trump we find ourselves in a situation not dissimilar to Rome’s:The men who murdered Caesar considered themselves as “liberators” of the republic. Whatever may have been their motives, they seem to have taken little thought as to how Rome would be governed...

It is no secret that Joe Biden is not in charge of the executive branch. Nor does it come as a surprise. The only observable difference between 2020 presidential hopeful Joe and 2021 President Joe, is his change of address. He moved from a basement somewhere in Delaware to a basement at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. In fact, a benign question from a pathetic journalist today as to what type of ice cream Joe is eating would be received with a standing ovation.What is surprising, however, is how effective and advantageous his non-presidency has been for the Democratic Party. His mental...

In light of recent events, it is worth wondering whether there was some hidden wisdom in the old interdiction on British royals marrying American divorcees. And yet Edward VIII, when faced with a choice between the monarchy and the woman he loved, at least chose to abdicate rather than throw the British government into crisis.In the modern day, it is impossible to imagine Meghan Markle showing such grace or dignity. And so an uneven battle is pitched: Markle can appear on television and claim anything she wants, her account accepted uncritically by Oprah Winfrey and most of the American public,...

Walmart has completed the sale of Asda Group Ltd. to the Issa brothers and investment funds managed by UK private equity firm TDR Capital. The deal had an enterprise value of £6.8 billion (approximately $8.8 billion) on a debt-free and cash-free basis. The Issa brothers are the founders and co-CEOs of EG Group, a global, U.K.-based convenience store retailer, which has more than 6,000 locations. (In 2019, EG Group completed its acquisition of U.S. c-store chain Cumberland Farms, bringing its U.S. footprint to 1,680 c-stores and gas stations across 31 states.) As previously reported, under the new ownership structure, the...