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No one could possibly be glad to see former House Speaker John Boehner (R-McCain) back in the arena, with the possible exception of his ideological kin such as Mitt Romney and Lisa Murkowski, but he is newly useful to the political and media elites, and so we are once again being treated to his leathery visage on the morning shows. Boehner, you see, has a new memoir out in which he viciously slams Trump and other Republican leaders, thus giving the media a new example they can trot out of what Republicans really ought to be: docile, submissive, supportive of...

Some of the most effective outreach has relied on existing community relationshipsLike others in her family, Mattie Pringle had doubts about taking the coronavirus vaccine. The 57-year-old Black woman from Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, feared that her high blood pressure and diabetes might heighten her chances of a severe reaction to the shot. The speedy development and approval of the vaccines also fed her skepticism. Then a member of Pringle's church, a local NAACP leader who has led a vaccination campaign targeting Black residents, urged her to reconsider. He shared a news story about Kizzmekia Corbett, a Black government scientist...

On March 17, American Thinker posted an article entitled "Mask Mandates Do Not Save Lives." By comparing COVID death rates in states with no mask mandate to states in which masking was mandatory, the article was able to show that, on average, states in which masking was voluntary had lower death rates than states requiring it. The difference was marginal, so the conservative conclusion was that required masking had not saved lives. Since that study did nothing to control for potentially confounding considerations like population density or age structure, more sophisticated studies of the question are in order. What it...

As districts across California prepare to welcome students back to classrooms after nearly a year of remote learning, school employees are seeking extra pay, safety measures and child care assistance to offset the challenges imposed by the coronavirus pandemic.

A British coroner has determined that an exiled Russian critic of President Vladimir Putin was strangled to death by "a third party" at his home in a southwest suburb of London. Self-exiled Russian businessman Nikolai Glushkov was found dead at his home in New Malden, England, in March 2018. Senior coroner Chinyere Inyama ruled that Glushkov was "unlawfully killed" after the West London Coroner's Court heard evidence suggesting his death was made to look like a suicide and that there had been "third-party involvement." Glushkov fled Russia after authorities accused him of fraud during his time as deputy director of...

Pray For the Peace of Jerusalem Psalm 31Psalm 31[a] For the director of music. A psalm of David. 1 In you, Lord, I have taken refuge; let me never be put to shame; deliver me in your righteousness. 2 Turn your ear to me, come quickly to my rescue; be my rock of refuge, a strong fortress to save me. 3 Since you are my rock and my fortress, for the sake of your name lead and guide me. 4 Keep me free from the trap that is set for me, for you are my refuge. 5 Into your hands...

As protests broke out across the country in the name of Black Lives Matter, the group’s co-founder went on a real estate-buying binge, snagging four high-end homes for $3.2 million in the US alone, according to property records. Patrisse Khan-Cullors, 37, also eyed property in the Bahamas at an ultra-exclusive resort where Justin Timberlake and Tiger Woods both have homes, The Post has learned. Luxury apartments and townhouses at the beachfront Albany resort outside Nassau are priced between $5 million and $20 million, according to a local agent. The self-described Marxist last month purchased a $1.4 million home on a...

Patrisse Khan-Cullors, the leader of Black Lives Matter and a self-described Marxist, recently purchased a $1.4 million home in an exclusive Los Angeles neighborhood where the vast majority of residents are white, according to reports. The home, which features three bedrooms and three bathrooms, is nestled in Topanga Canyon and has a separate guesthouse on the property, according to a celebrity real estate blog which reported the transaction last week. The property, which is about a 15 minute drive from Malibu beaches, features bamboo floors and vaulted ceilings, according to the listing.

Anthony Fauci, the nation's top infectious diseases expert, said he will allow his fully vaccinated neighbors into his house without masks but that he is staying away from crowded indoor spaces. "I don't think I would — even if I'm vaccinated — go into an indoor, crowded place where people are not wearing masks," Fauci told Business Insider during an interview published this week.

In addition to the snacks, study participants consumed their regular diets and did not eat any nuts or nut-containing productsDaily consumption of almonds may help reduce the severity of facial wrinkles and skin pigmentation in post-menopausal women with a skin condition, a study claims. The research, published in the journal Nutrients, confirms and expands on a 2019 study which found that a daily snack of almonds in place of other nut-free snacks improved measures of wrinkle width and severity in postmenopausal women. The new study involved 49 healthy postmenopausal women with Fitzpatrick skin type 1 or 2, which is characterised...

Republicans are mad at Major League Baseball. The charge: Engaginginpolitics. A popular accusation on the right — that not capitulating to their particular ideology is pejoratively political. The intertwinement of sports and politics is well-documented . Taxpayer money put toward stadiums to house teams owned by billionaires, millions of dollars donated to predominantly Republican candidates by those team owners, the whole antitrust exemption and a congressional act protecting baseball’s right to underpay its minor leaguers. In the wake of the January 6th insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, MLB’s PAC suspended political donations to both parties, lest they continue to financially...

[ransomnote: Dr. Yeadon was formerly Chief Science officer of Pfizer's Respiratory and Allergy division.] Dr. Yeadon co-founded a company with 3 other former employees. Yeadon succeeded in obtaining licensing and funding from their former employer to build their company, which sold at a rumored 1 billion dollars.(Note: The author is the former president of Pfizer global R&D and served as an advisor to Ziarco in 2013 and 2014.)SNIPHaving access to the Pfizer compounds was a terrific accomplishment. But now Mike was faced with the daunting task of raising millions of dollars to run the R&D studies to convert these early-stage...

President Joe Biden’s infrastructure plan packs a huge amount of potential for Nevada to improve and enhance our roads and bridges, turbocharge our economy, blunt the worsening effects of climate change, fuel significant growth in long-term employment and improve the lives of working families in our state. Among its elements, the $2.3 trillion package provides $200 billion for traffic infrastructure and public transportation, $25 billion to upgrade airports, $174 billion to stoke the proliferation of electric vehicles, $213 billion to weatherize homes in middle- and low-income areas as well as building and preserving affordable housing, $300 billion for manufacturing and...

The world has officially gone MAD!! From the story: The government reminded those entering shelters to wear masks and said that anyone fleeing on a cruise ship or taking refuge in a hotel would need to show proof of vaccination against the virus. “We don’t want to have an outbreak of COVID,” Gonsalves said.

This is my absolute all-time favorite song about cannibalism and it was climbing the Top 40 charts exactly 50 years ago at this time. Written by Rupert Holmes, who would go on to become even more famous for the Yacht Rock classic "Escape (The Pina Colada Song)"

A HUMBLE SPIRIT It's always surprising to me when someone, in an honest and unguarded moment, confides that God could never use THEM. They may keep up appearances most of the time, but, down deep, they just don't feel worthy. Have you ever felt that way? If so, you're in luck; God places a high value on humility! In fact, your sincere recognition of your own need may just be the key that opens the door to a deeper, more genuine and rewarding spirituality. Isaiah wrote, "For thus says the High and Holy One Who inhabits eternity, whose name...

A federal grand jury in the Eastern District of Virginia returned an indictment today charging a citizen of Pakistan for allegedly leading a scheme to smuggle undocumented individuals into the United States from Pakistan and Afghanistan. According to court documents, between January 2015 and December 2020, Abid Ali Khan, 40, allegedly organized, led, and worked, with others in his Pakistan-based smuggling network to facilitate the travel of undocumented individuals to the United States. Khan allegedly disregarded the fact that the individuals did not have prior authorization to enter the United States and that their entry into the United States would...

A Washington state man pleaded guilty today to federal hate crime and conspiracy charges in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington.Cameron Shea, 25, a leader of the neo-Nazi group Atomwaffen Division, pled guilty to federal conspiracy and hate crime charges for threatening journalists and advocates who worked to expose anti-Semitism. Shea pleaded guilty to one count of conspiring to commit three offenses against the United States: interference with federally-protected activities because of religion; mailing threatening communications; and cyberstalking. He also pleaded guilty to one count of interfering with a federally protected activity because of religion.Shea and...

Australian pubs once had a reputation the world over as tough, brawling, hell for leather places where you could get into a fight at the drop of a hat. Please do not make any Crocodile Dundee references.

Lead us not into temptation… (Luke 11)God forgives sins. He is good and generous and has paid the price that we might be able to ask him for forgiveness and receive it by faith. Part of The Father’s agenda regarding sin is not only that we might be cleansed and forgiven, but that we might be a forgiving people. It is basic discipleship to learn that all sins can be forgiven and that we must love and forgive others as we have been forgiven. But the LORD wants to take us farther than those two steps, for it is his...