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Pope Francis calls for ‘global governance’ and ‘universal vaccines’ in letter to globalist financial summit'There remains an urgent need for a global plan that can create new or regenerate existing institutions, particularly those of global governance, and help to build a new network of international relations for advancing the integral human development of all peoples.'VATICAN CITY, April 8, 2021 (LifeSiteNews) – Pope Francis has addressed the World Bank and International Monetary Fund at their spring meeting, calling for “global governance” in light of COVID-19, strongly advocating for universal vaccines, and bemoaning the “ecological debt” which is owed to “nature itself.”His...

The Los Angeles Police Department is facing a lawsuit after officers arrested a [b]lack man outside of his home during a search for a white suspect in 2019. In newly released video, officers can be seen detaining music producer Antone Austin outside of his Hollywood home in what his attorneys said is a case a racial profiling, excessive force and wrongful arrest. According to LAPD, officers initially responded to the call on Fountain Avenue March 24, 2019 for a man suspected of violating a restraining order.

Hey folks, I thought we could get a re-start on OFST, but after getting the last one I did (mostly) removed by one of the Mods, I don't know if it's worth the effort. Not blaming the Mods, of course...there are probable copyright issues I may have stepped all over. Anyway, let's be silly in random spots, because we need all the silliness we can get.

After years of struggle, Iranians finally gained the right to vote. Their first election was held in August 1906. However, one of the complaints Iranians had about the Pahlavi regime was that was the king would decide who would become prime minister or designated candidates for important government positions. After the Shah's fall in 1979, the Islamic Republic increased this election engineering. Iranians now call them "magical elections." This year, though, Iranians are done with magic — and even Biden lifting some sanctions may not help. Iran will hold a presidential election on June 18, 2021. As always, Ayatollah Khamenei,...

<p>Alabama’s Secretary of State said he will not seek a US Senate seat after he admitted to having an affair with a woman who released racy texts and audio describing their sexual encounters when he tried to break off the tryst.</p>

I was surprised to read (in The Los Angeles Times) that the Biden administration's "role model for America" is... California! He wants to "Make America California." That's is a terrible idea. Californians now rush to move out of California. Some hopeful folks still move there, but so many more leave that California now loses more than 10,000 citizens every month. In fact, the state will soon lose a congressional seat. Why do Californians leave? "Exorbitant tax rates, high crime rates, the failing public school systems, the exorbitant cost of living," says reporter Kristen Tate in my new video. So many...

“Biden-Harris Administration Announces Initial Actions to Address the Gun Violence Public Health Epidemic,” a “fact sheet,” released on April 7, cites an “historic spike in homicides, violence that disproportionately impacts Black and brown Americans.” Five times the statement decries “gun violence,” a formulation notably absent from pronouncements by Joe Biden when he was vice president to the composite character David Garrow described in Rising Star: The Making of Barack Obama. On November 5, 2009 at Fort Hood, Texas, Maj. Nidal Hasan, a self-described “soldier of Allah,” gunned down 13 unarmed American soldiers, including Pvt. Francheska Velez, who pleaded for...

Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant accepts the surrender of Confederate General Lee's Army of Northern Virginia. Lee is the third Confederate General to surrender his army to Grant.

VIDEOThe beeping lie detector went into overdrive during Joe Biden's gun control speech.

U.S. producer prices increased more than expected in March, resulting in the largest annual gain in 9-1/2 years, fitting in with expectations for higher inflation as the economy reopens amid an improved public health environment and massive government funding.

.. GABRIEL'S AMAZING NEWS . FOR MARY . L U K E .. 1 New International Version, emphases added Abrdgd: the complete text is in your Bible . Resources to CLICK: To read LUKE 1 in full To hear MAX McLEAN reading it To hear a DRAMATIZATION of it To see an ANIMATION of Matthew, Mark, Luke, or JohnHarmony of the Gospels 5 B. C. Bible Timeline. LUKE, Chapter 1 1 Many have undertaken to draw up an account of the things that have been fulfilled among us, 2 just as they were handed down to us by those who...

TOKYO – Japan aims to place Tokyo under a new, month-long “quasi-emergency” state to combat surging COVID-19 case numbers, a minister said on Friday, less than a month after the capital and host of the Summer Olympics lifted a broader state of emergency. In a meeting with experts, Economy Minister Yasutoshi Nishimura proposed a month of targeted restrictions in Tokyo, like reduced business hours for bars and restaurants, along with 24 days of curbs for Kyoto and Okinawa, starting on April 12. That would take the period of restrictions through Japan’s annual “Golden Week” holiday season from April 29 to...

CHARLESTON, Monday, April 8. Everything is now prepared for action. All vessels have been ordered to keep out of the range of fire between Fort Sumpter and Sullivan's Island. The famous Floating Battery is expected to sail at 7 o'clock P.M., for a point somewhere near Fort Sumpter. A house has just been blown up near the five-gun battery. Business is entirely suspended, and the most intense excitement prevails. JASPER. CHARLESTON, Sunday, April 7. Gen. BEAUREGARD, this morning issued an order, and sent a special messenger to Major ANDERSON, giving him an official notification that all intercourse between Fort Sumpter...

Take note, says a former top White House official: The odds are in favor of former President Donald Trump running for office again. Mark Meadows, who was Trump's chief of staff at the end of his administration, offered some insight into what to expect of his former boss as attention gets turned to 2024 and a potential rematch against President Joe Biden. "I'm feeling great about President Trump's willingness to serve once again in the Oval Office," Meadows said this week on the radio show hosted by Sebastian Gorka, another alumnus of the Trump White House. Meadows didn't get into...

Amazing images have been leaked from a secretive Pentagon investigation of UFOs. The UAP Task Force has been gathering evidence for a comprehensive report for Congress which is due in June that includes photographs and videos of UFO encounters with U.S. military assets, including Navy destroyers off the southern California coast. Part of the report is to educate other military and intelligence officials about the nature of the UFO mystery. The new images were gathered by the Task Force and obtained by investigative filmmaker Jeremy Corbell, who confirmed their authenticity. Mystery Wire has independently confirmed that the visual materials are...

Headline photograph in Puerto Rico today. A policeman stands by a dying traffic accident victim.

Former President Donald Trump, in an announcement made through the Save America PAC Friday, gave Sen. Marco Rubio his endorsement for the Florida Republican's 2022 Senate bid for reelection. "It is my honor to give U.S. Senator Marco Rubio my Complete and Total Endorsement," Trump said in the statement provided to Newsmax Friday morning. "Marco has been a tireless advocate for the people of Florida, fighting to cut taxes, supporting our Second Amendment, our Military and our Vets, a strong national defense, and all of the forgotten men and women of America." He added that Rubio "worked with me to...

Authorities ordered mandatory evacuations on the island of Saint Vincent after closely monitoring the activity of the island's volcano and declaring that residents could be in danger. Saint Vincent is a volcanic island located in the Lesser Antilles of the Caribbean and is home to La Soufrière, the island's largest volcano. The University of the West Indies Seismic Research Center, which officially monitors seismic activity in the Eastern Caribbean, noticed gases spewing from the dome of the volcano on Thursday morning. As seismic activity continued and became more intense, with magma visible near the surface later on Thursday, the country's...

Vaccine advisers to the federal government tell CNN they don't foresee AstraZeneca's Covid-19 vaccine being used in the United States, and even if it were offered, they personally wouldn't take it, given the other available options. At one point, hopes had been high for AstraZeneca's vaccine, with the US pledging to invest up to $1.2 billion in the vaccine. But questions arose about the accuracy of AstraZeneca's data, and even more significantly, on Wednesday, European drug regulators said there was a possible link between the AstraZeneca vaccine and rare blood clots. Some countries -- more than 70 have authorized the...

My mind is overflowing like a pothole in the spring rain. I need to talk about Gov. Tom Wolf. Actually, I need to talk to him. Dear Governor, As I’ve noted here before, I admire the way you’ve handled this whole COVID thing. It came at you like a fastball in a Major League ballpark, except play began without rules. So, you made some. What astounds me is that after all these innings, a whole lot of the crowd resents them. One wrote that your game plan “is to make just living difficult.” Why anyone would think a governor would...