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No, an army of liberal arts college grads haven’t invaded France. But like the last time the country was invaded, a politician wants to torpedo freedom of speech. Paris’s deputy mayor has triggered outrage by demanding that white people be banned from discussing racism. No, really. Left-wing Deputy Mayor Audrey Pulvar, 49, has clear views on the topic. “(White people should) be asked to keep quiet and be silent spectators during discussions around racism attended by Black and ethnic minority people,” Pulvar said. She added: “People who suffer discrimination for the same reasons and in the same way feel the...

After failed negotiations between South Dakota Republican Gov. Kristi Noem and the state's House lawmakers, the governor issued two executive orders Monday designed to limit participation on women's and girls' school sports teams to people assigned female at birth. Earlier this month, state lawmakers passed a bill restricting transgender athletes from playing on sports teams that align with their gender identity. After signaling support — even excitement — for the bill, Noem declined to sign it over concerns the law would not survive legal challenges. Instead, she asked lawmakers to revise the legislation's language. Major conservative backlash ensued and on...

Do This in Remembrance of Me......... “This is my body, the body given on your behalf. This you are all to do, for a remembrance of me.” (Lk 22:19) Thus a rather wooden and literal translation, which preserves the word order, and the oddities of the original language, clearly connoting something strange and mysterious. What does it mean? When I was a Protestant, I would hear that the Eucharist is solely a memorial, no different from the Washing of Feet, or Stations of the Cross, because Jesus said so: it was “for a remembrance.” Of course, it doesn’t follow. A...

In testimony before a congressional committee, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey admitted that his company made a mistake when it tried to suppress news accounts of illicit activity documented in Hunter Biden's abandoned laptop computer. However, he declined to name the person responsible for this "mistake." "Look, the New York Post story and tweet were based on evidence obtained without Hunter Biden's knowledge or permission," Dorsey said. "We felt it was an unfair invasion of his privacy for someone else to disclose contents that, in hindsight, he would rather have not seen in the media because of the damage it would...

BERLIN (AP) — Several German regions again suspended AstraZeneca shots on Tuesday for people under 60 after new reports of unusual blood clots, prompting Chancellor Angela Merkel to call an urgent meeting about the continued use of the coronavirus vaccine. The news is the latest blow to the vaccine, which is critical to Europe’s immunization campaign and a linchpin in the global strategy to get shots to poorer countries. It comes less than two weeks after the EU drug regulator said the vaccine does not increase the overall incidence of blood clots following a similar scare. The European Medicines Agency...

Just last week Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg floated a funding idea for President Biden’s upcoming multi-trillion-dollar infrastructure bill that would hit poor and middle-class Americans that hardest. Buttigieg suggested a mileage tax, which is based on what he called the “user pays principle—the idea that part of how we pay for roads is you pay based on how much you drive.” Drivers would thus be hit with this tax in addition to facing steadily climbing gas prices since President Biden took office. Now, however, he’s walking back that suggestion. In an interview with CNN’s Jake Tapper on Monday, the former...

Seeing the mind behind the universeScientific discoveries point to a strong evidential basis for theistic beliefStephen Meyer founded and heads the Center for Science and Culture at the Discovery Institute. He has a Ph.D. from Cambridge University in England and is the author of three books that are essential reading in the scientific debate about evolution. The first, Signature in the Cell, examines the role of DNA and the cellular-level evidence for intelligent design. The second, Darwin’s Doubt, shows how the explosive origin of animal life makes a case for intelligent design that even Charles Darwin would have trouble opposing....

A fed-up Floridian is calling for a million state residents to march on April 10 to “mark that date with a celebration of freedom.” “You are invited to the Million Maskless March and Mask Burning, Saturday April 10, 2021 at 3pm at the Corner of A1A and Las Olas in Ft Lauderdale!,” writes protest organizer Chris Nelson, who reportedly has “organized viral flash mobs at chain stores that re-popularized Twisted Sister’s protest anthem ‘We’re Not Gonna Take It.'” “April 10 marks one year of mask tyranny in Broward County and we will mark that date with a celebration of freedom!...

A series of embarrassing incidents in recent days shows that while the left may control the media narrative, it’s not fooling Xi Jinping or Vladimir Putin into thinking President Joe Biden is strong.Biden had a beyond-friendly interview with ABC’s George Stephanopoulos, former press secretary to President Bill Clinton, on March 16 in which he allowed Stephanopoulos to lure him into calling Russian President Vladimir Putin a “killer” with “no soul.” It would be one thing if there were some purpose behind Biden’s hostile utterance about his Russian counterpart, but it didn’t appear tied to any strategic foreign policy goal.Other than...

GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy knows Rep. Marianette Miller-Meeks (R-IA) is right where she belongs. Meeks won the race in Iowa's second congressional district by just six votes, but a bipartisan canvassing board certified her win. She was sworn into Congress and has begun her new job.But House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is leading Democrats in their mission to unseat her and replace her with Democratic challenger Rita Hart.GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy sent Pelosi a strongly worded letter that told her to back off and stop manipulating the election process. All votes have been counted, recounted, & certified. @RepMMM won her election...

Since the January 6 riot, increasingly strident voices from the political left have stigmatized Evangelicals as a threat to America. A recent article published in Foreign Affairs by Drs. Muhammed Fraser-Rahim and Melissa Graves, is yet the latest of these rising anti-Evangelical denunciations. This article was written by two tenured professors at my Alma Mater, The Citadel, and from the Department of Intelligence and Security Studies. As the conclusions are completely at odds with the cited evidence, this article demands response and refutation. The title provides insight into the bias involved: “The US Needs Deradicalization – for Christian Extremists”, and...

A few weeks ago, South Dakota’s Governor Kristi Noem tweeted, “In South Dakota, we’re celebrating International Women’s Day by defending women’s sports!” She was referring to the state’s “Women’s Fairness in Sports” bill, which would prohibit biological males from competing in female athletics. She then added, “I’m excited to sign the bill very soon!” As it turns out, she wasn’t so excited after all. After the legislature passed the bill, the Republican governor vetoed it. More specifically, she issued what’s known as a “style and form veto,” asking the legislature to modify the bill. The changes she requested not only...

I know the left does not want to hear this, but there is no right to vote. It is not a right enumerated in the Constitution. Despite that, voting is a powerful thing. It is more powerful than a firearm. The illegal use of a firearm can lead to loss of lives, but the illegal use of votes can undo the will of the entire country. That is why democrats have lost their minds. Only after 47 years in office is Joe Biden screaming about voting laws being "Jim Crow."He claimed the election changes “make Jim Crow look like Jim...

South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem signed four pro-life bills into law last week, including a bill that makes abortions performed in the state because of a prenatal Down syndrome diagnosis a felony. Known as House Bill 1110, the measure was signed into law last Friday and bans abortions for the sake of terminating a Down syndrome baby, with an exemption given for life-threatening medical emergency for the mother. “No person may perform or attempt to perform an abortion with knowledge that the pregnant woman is seeking the abortion because the unborn child either has been diagnosed with Down syndrome or...

Dozens of windows and doors in a San Francisco Bay Area church were smashed Monday by a vandal who was caught on surveillance video. Police in Antioch in the East Bay were investigating after the 4 a.m. attack at Cornerstone Christian Center. Steve Miner, the senior pastor, said that 36 windows and doors were damaged. “Looks like a single person came in. We have river rock as decoration all around the campus and he just picked up rocks and went to town,” Minor said. Surveillance video showed a man with a backpack tossing rocks into the tall glass windows, smashing...

Thank you to Fractal Trader for finding the article I review below while researching the content in the following thread.[UK] Number of Pregnant Women suffering Miscarriage after having Covid Vaccine increases by 483% in just 7 weeks3/29/2021, 12:45:33 PM · by Fractal Trader · Daily Exposer ^ | 28 March 2021I'm going to post some information from the article Fractal Trader found first, and decided not to post, while tracing the path back to the UK.GOV article linked above.I am not familiar with the the UK website, The Daily Expose, and 'expose' in the title of the blog doesn't ensure...

Two suicide bombers who blew themselves up at an Indonesian cathedral on Palm Sunday were newlyweds who belonged to a pro-Islamic State extremist group, police said Monday, as they raided the couple’s home. About 20 people were wounded in the powerful explosion outside the church in Makassar city on Sulawesi island while worshippers celebrated the start of Holy Week. Both suspects were killed instantly when they rode a motorbike into the compound of the church, setting off an improvised explosive device known as a pressure-cooker bomb, police said. On Monday, Indonesian authorities said the pair had been married for about...

Baylor Bears coach Kim Mulkey is taking stiff criticism for saying the NCAA tournament should stop coronavirus testing for the Final Four. Mulkey made her feelings known in a presser after her team was eliminated from the tournament on Monday, ESPN reported.

......President Trump and former first lady Melania Trump have launched a website meant to allow supporters to request their participation in events, submit letters and ask for personalized greetings. A brief statement from the former president's office Monday evening announced the launch of "the official website of the 45th President of the United States" and stated that the former first couple is "continually strengthened by the enduring spirit of the American people" and looks forward to "staying in touch." The website itself, 45office.com, is relatively small as of its launch and contains a page summarizing the Trumps' time in the...

https://www.instagram.com/p/CNBb0mmrFC6/ This young Massachusetts police officer and Marine veteran, Andrew Biggio, has completed his book, "The Rifle", and it is going to press. He has interviewed many WWII veterans and had them sign the rifle. He has taken several groups of WWII veterans to see the historic sites in Europe, including finding sponsors so they can travel at no cost, and organizing all logistics of their travel and itinerary. He is very active in endeavors to benefit our veterans, including founding and organizing the Boston Wounded Vets Run (motorcycle). Info is here: https://theyfoughtweride.com/ Please consider buying his book and/or following...