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On April 13, AD 585, the Visigothic prince, Hermengild, was slain while in prison. His crimes were multitudinous. To begin with, he had rebelled against his father, King Leovigild. He made alliances with his father’s enemies, the Seuvi and the Byzantines, both of whom had strong presences on the Iberian peninsula and sought gains at the expense of King Leovigild. Hermengild was subsequently betrayed by the Byzantines who made a separate peace with Leovigild in exchange for a tribute in gold. The young prince and his remaining forces were soon defeated by the king and he was made prisoner. His...

Back in April 2016, the Wall Street Journal published an interesting article entitled “CERN Is Seeking Secrets of the Universe, or Maybe Opening the Portal of Hell”, regarding the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), a 17-mile subterranean loop beneath the France-Switzerland border near Geneva that smashes particles at nearly the speed of light. CERN is “The European Organization for Nuclear Research” that operates the world’s largest particle physics lab, and the LHC is an “atom smasher” to generate antimatter which is invisible. However, in 2012 CERN scientists were able to trap antimatter and observed the Higgs boson or “god particle”, which...

California Governor Gavin Newsom's political future is yet to be decided as the recall effort against him mounts, but he's already a loser when it comes to his COVID restrictions surviving review by the United States Supreme Court. Newsom's disregard for the rights of his fellow citizens amid the Wuhan coronavirus pandemic set up a series of legal showdowns that saw California's governor lose five times in recent months when his restrictive limitations were struck down by SCOTUS. Three of those five losses came at the hands of one group: the Center for American Liberty. "These wins have been in...

Two men have been arrested in connection with the disappearance 25 years ago of the California college student Kristin Smart, the authorities said on Tuesday. Paul Flores, who was the last person to see Ms. Smart on the day she disappeared in May 1996 and whom the authorities had declared in recent months to be a “prime suspect” in the case, was taken into custody at his home in San Pedro, Calif., on Tuesday, Ian Parkinson, the San Luis Obispo County sheriff, said at a news conference.

This year’s Legislature puts Floridians’ rights at risk more than most. A fundamental right is threatened, your voting rights. Specifically, the Republican-controlled Legislature is set on causing inconvenience and confusion for Florida voters about mail-in-voting. These changes will result in voter suppression. Senate Bill 90, sponsored by Republican Sen. Dennis Baxley of Central Florida and already approved by two committees, would force voters to submit vote-by-mail requests more often, which is an inconvenience and also an unnecessary expense for supervisors of elections. Worse, once it takes effect it would cancel voters’ current vote-by-mail ballot requests. This cancellation means voters who...

Neoconservative House Republican Conference Chair Liz Cheney (R-WY) has slammed President Joe Biden’s reported plan to remove the remaining 2,500 U.S. troops from Afghanistan by September. “Withdrawing our forces from Afghanistan by September 11 will only embolden the very jihadists who attacked our homeland on that day twenty years ago,” Cheney declared Tuesday in a statement obtained by National Review. “By declaring that this withdrawal is not based on conditions on the ground, the Biden Administration is sending a dangerous signal that the United States fundamentally does not understand—or is willfully ignorant of—the terrorist threat.”

By Christopher Chantrill The question confronting us Neanderthals during the present leftward lurch is: who exactly is the man behind the curtain pulling the levers of the Biden operation? Barack Obama and his ideologues (who took over the DNC) are now completely in control over the leftist policy execution. Today, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki, the former spokesperson for Obama’s State Department, essentially admitted that Obama’s network was in charge, and Biden receives his instructions from the crew. In a way, I’m encouraged, because I don’t think the Obama crew is that smart. I think that if President Obama,...

President Biden on Tuesday insisted that the feds have enough COVID-19 vaccine supply to blanket the country — after officials put a “pause” on Johnson & Johnson’s one-dose shot. “My message to the American people on the vaccine is, I told y’all. I made sure we have 600 million doses of [Pfizer and Moderna’s vaccines] … not of either Johnson & Johnson and/or AstraZeneca,” the commander in-chief said to reporters at the White House. “So there is enough vaccine, that is basically 100 percent unquestionable for every single solitary American.” Biden’s comments came hours after the FDA and CDC issued...

Greg Gutfeld on new show 'Gutfeld!' (Credit: 'Gutfeld!')CNN’s Brian Stelter is always pushing this fight between CNN and Fox, while knocking Fox at every opportunity. Indeed his show’s whole reason for existence seems to be to bash Fox, not report real news. So here’s a little information we have for Brian — perhaps he’ll cover it, since it has Fox in it? CNN’s most popular show, “Cuomo Prime Time,” has taken a huge nosedive in ratings, according to Fox. For the week of April 5, it was down 45% compared to what it was the week of Jan. 25, before...

In recent days, Black Lives Matter co-founder Patrisse Khan-Cullors has been facing a severe backlash “after news broke of a real estate ‘buying binge,’ that saw the high-profile racial justice activist ‘snagging four high-end homes for $3.2 million in the US alone,’ just as questions mount about how national Black Lives Matter spent the tens of millions it collected in 2020.” As The Daily Wire reported on Sunday, Khan-Cullors splashed out millions on four homes “totaling upwards of $3.2 million.” In response, the Black Lives Matter movement released a statement on Twitter on Tuesday, saying that “Patrisse Cullors is the...

An 82-year-old grandmother has been fined £60 for attending a seven-person lockdown-breaching 70th birthday bash — even though every person there was fully vaccinated. Maureen Hogg, from Eaglesham, East Renfrewshire, was given the notice for antisocial behavior after police broke up the celebration. All seven attendees received a fine for £60, even though each one of them had both doses of the COVID-19 jab. Ms. Hogg’s granddaughter Daisy Hogg, 17, said her grandmother questioned “why she needs to shield if she has the vaccine”. Scotland’s current lockdown rules say gatherings of up to four people can only happen outside. Indoor...

Blessing of Same-Sex Couples. That Time the Holy Office Washed Its Hands of ItIn this phase of growing, thunderous rejection - especially on Germanic ground - of the “Responsum” of the congregation for the doctrine of the faith against the blessing of homosexual couples, it is startling to know that in Rome “five centuries ago there were marriages between men in church”, As Settimo Cielo documented in a previous post.In effect, same-sex unions have always speckled the history of the Church, which has always condemned them. But that such unions should aspire to be recognized as good and legitimate by...

Believe it or not hurricane season starts in less than 50 days in the Atlantic. So what’s in store in the tropics here in 2021? Will it be a repeat of 2020? Will it be quieter? Enter Colorado State University (CSU) and their 2021 hurricane season outlook -- one that may not be what you want to hear. Researchers at CSU are once again predicting an above average hurricane season this year. The main driver behind that prediction is the likely absence of El Niño, according to the release. Other factors include near-normal tropical Atlantic sea surface temperatures and much...

Sign, Sign, Everywhere a Sign Because many believers reject the idea that we live in the last days before the events of the seven-year tribulation sweep over the earth, they fail to identify the many ways that make today radically different than any previous time in history. The purpose of this series is to present evidence of why we live in the last moments of human history as we know it. In part 1, I discussed how the rebirth of Israel is the key to identifying this day as the last moments in human history as we know it. This...

The Rebirth of Israel Opens the Door Most Christians do not believe that we live in the last moments of human history before the events of the tribulation sweep over the earth. The reasons for this vary. Many belong to churches that have long since rejected beliefs in the pretribulation rapture, a seven-year tribulation, and the millennial reign of Jesus. Others remain unaware of how so many signs point to the nearness of Jesus’ appearing, either because their pastors do not teach biblical prophecy or when they do, they dismiss it as something irrelevant to the lives of those listening....

Kamala Harris on Tuesday said black women in the US are more likely to die from pregnancy-related complications because of “systemic racial inequities.” “Black women in our country are facing a maternal health crisis,” Kamala said. “Black women are 2-3 times more likely to die in connection with child birth than other women. “We know the primary reasons why—systemic racial inequities and implicit bias—and the consequences are both very real.”

A funny thing happened in the small town of Augusta, Georgia on Sunday evening. For the first time ever, a Japanese golfer won the prestigious Masters golf tournament. And the thousands of fans in attendance gave a full-throated roaring ovation. And this occurred in Georgia. But, wait. I thought Georgia was a horribly racist hell-hole. That is, if I believed the mainstream media. For the past few weeks, we have been inundated with non-stop media coverage of the overt racism that apparently runs rampant in Georgia. First, we were told that a Georgia man recently went on an anti-Asian murder...

Mick Jagger minced no words when sharing his thoughts on anti-vaxxers and conspiracy theorists in a new interview. The Rolling Stones singer just released a new solo single, the raucous, Dave Grohl-assisted “Eazy Sleazy.” Jagger rails against the difficulties and tragedies of the COVID-19 pandemic, including canceled tours, virtual-songwriting sessions and steadily rising infection numbers. He also pokes fun at vaccine skeptics and flat-earthers in one tongue-in-cheek verse: "Shooting the vaccine / Bill Gates is in my bloodstream / It’s mind control / The earth is flat and cold." "It just seems to be that even people you know that...

COVID-19 Response Coordinator Jeff Zients told reporters in the White House briefing room that the “pause” would not have a significant effect on the national vaccination effort, because Johnson & Johnson provides a small percentage of vaccines. That overlooks the likely impact of the FDA’s announcement on the public’s willingness to risk the shot. It also ignores the fact that 15 million Johnson & Johnson doses were ruined by a production error — on the administration’s watch. Biden has claimed, falsely, that he “turned around a slow-moving vaccination program” he inherited from President Donald Trump. That was always a lie:...

A GoFundMe page set up by the family of Minnesota police shooting victim Daunte Wright has raised more than $400,000 in one day. The Daunte Wright Sr. Memorial Fund, set up by Wright’s aunt, Kelly Bryant, seeks to raise funds to pay for the 20-year-old shooting victim’s funeral and burial expenses, and for “mental health and grief counseling” for his family.