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I was finishing up breakfast in town when I overheard one WWII veteran tell another WWII veteran to put his money away because he'd already picked up his check. When the man in line to pay protested, his friend said matter-of-factly, "You saved my life too many times. I wouldn't have been here all these years if it weren't for you. I owe you everything and certainly breakfast." I didn't know the gentlemen, and I don't know their story, but as a silent witness to the looks of tender understanding visible on both men's faces, I would say that those...

There was a time in this country when sports figures were heroes and titans. They stood for the anthem, they huddled and prayed before the big game, they fought like men on the field or court, and whether they won or lost, they always remembered to thank God at the end of the battle. They were the epitome of the strong and masculine all-American man. Men cheered for them, women swooned, and little boys wanted to be just like them when they grew up. And part of the reason why many great sports heroes from the past were so awe-inspiring...

As lawless individuals rage against authorities and powers, they are totally oblivious to the demonic hypnotic state of mind which they are under and possess (Rom. 1:18-32; Eph. 2:1-2; Jude 1:10). We can see this demonic rage and mindset now more than ever here in America with all this super-abounding anti-American sentiment; a nation which was founded on the Laws of Nature and Nature's God. The lawless are held prisoners of themselves by their own delusional subjective narcissistic world of victim status and burning rage. These have reaped their OWN lawless doings and need a scapegoat to destroy and to...

It’s just the flu, bro. https://www.cato.org/commentary/are-lockdown-orders-constitutional Old article on the constitutionality of lockdowns. Basically states can do whatever they want, although equal protection clauses could be used to strike down a law if, for example, one law was stricter on one type of business over another. Federalism is one of the many great things about the US. When one state like New York or Michigan enacts stupid laws, their citizens can move from that state to one that has better laws, such as Florida and Texas. - https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3953038/posts This article discusses how deaths are BELOW normal levels now. Who are...

Staples and its affiliated arena in Los Angeles that hosts the Lakers have been silent on LeBron James' outrageous tweets threatening a police officer. Gabe KaminskyBy Gabe Kaminsky APRIL 22, 2021 National office supplies retailer Staples, which owns the naming rights to the arena that hosts the Los Angeles Lakers, refused to denounce Lakers star Lebron James’ targeted attempt to incite violence against a police officer who saved the life of a black teenage girl. James has once more stirred up racialized political controversy. James has since deleted a tweet in which he posted a picture with the caption “YOU’RE...

Media trust is at an all-time low, a majority of Americans believing that, “Most news organizations are more concerned with supporting an ideology or political position than with informing the public.” An Axios commissioned survey found that only 46 percent of Americans trusted traditional media, the lowest number ever recorded in the 20 years of this survey. Gallup found similar distrust of the media, with only 40 percent of Americans having “a great deal” or even “a fair amount” of confidence that the media reports the news “fully accurately, and fairly”. The low point was a 32 percent level of...

How can America unite again to do great things if we are led by people who believe America suffers from a great sickness of the soul, an original sin that dates back to her birth as a nation? Consider. After his long night of prayer for "the right verdict" to be pronounced -- Derek Chauvin was convicted on all three counts -- Joe Biden stepped before the White House cameras to tell us what it all meant. George Floyd's death, said Biden, "was a murder in the full light of day, and it ripped the blinders off for the whole...

While racist Leftists (and I repeat myself) are still scrambling to justify their support of stabby murderers like Ma’Khia Bryant, House Democrats shoved through HR51 to grant the District of Columbia statehood.Of course, Constitution-hating Democrats accuse anyone that opposes D.C. statehood of being RAAAAACIST WHITEY WHITE WHITE supremacists. Clown nose on: Debate over statehood got particularly heated on the House floor Thursday when New York Democrat Rep. Mondaire Jones accused certain Republicans of being against D.C. statehood because the district was not White enough in their minds to qualify for self-rule. […]“One of my House Republican colleagues said that D.C....

The conviction of disgraced former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin on both manslaughter and murder charges ought to be, at least in theory, a seminal moment for a country hoping to foster a greater civic unity and recoil from the tumultuous brink of a half-century nadir in racially charged acrimony. Sadly, early indications point toward something closely approximating the precise opposite. Successful criminal prosecutions of police officers for use of lethal force in the line of duty are rare in America, reflecting both the statistical paucity of truly egregious police misconduct and a still-widely held understanding that policing is extraordinarily...

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Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin bucked his own party's political operation in 2020 by endorsing a Republican. Now, he's doing it again. The West Virginia senator is backing Alaska GOP Sen. Lisa Murkowski’s reelection bid in the face of a pointed challenge from former President Donald Trump, whom Murkowski voted to convict of inciting an insurrection.

New York Times Supreme Court reporter Adam Liptak recently sounded the alarm with a headline that read, "The Supreme Court's Increasingly Dim View of the News Media." Naturally, he was upset that some conservative judges aren't fond of the 1964 New York Times v. Sullivan decision, which makes it nearly impossible for public figures to sue media outlets for libel, since the mind-reading standard of "actual malice" must be established. Liptak began by complaining about Judge Laurence H. Silberman, who's not on the Supreme Court but the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. In a recent...

More content below Phil Helsel Thu, April 22, 2021, 11:38 PM·2 min read More content below George Floyd A George Floyd mural in Houston was defaced with a racial slur overnight Thursday, a little more than a day after the former police officer who kneeled on his neck was found guilty of murder in Minnesota. Someone spray-painted the slur followed by "lives don't matter," in a warping of the name of the Black Lives Matter movement. "Let me tell you something, and I want everybody to understand: Ignorant people with bad hearts and bad motivations — do not give them...

Hunter Biden says he’s “absolutely certain” he’ll be cleared of any wrongdoing as the Department of Justice continues to investigate his business dealings in China and elsewhere, but while he waits to find out, the globetrotting scion is cooling his heels canal-side in a two-bedroom, 2.5-bath Venice rental for the Presidential sum of $17,500 a month. Biden—who recounts spending time “living in $59-a-night Super 8 motels off I-95 while scaring my family even more than myself” in his new addiction memoir, Beautiful Things—has upgraded his accommodations. According to celebrity real estate news site Dirt, Biden’s 3,800-square-foot rental was purchased by...

When I occasionally complain about the left politicizing race, fellow conservatives often say to me, "Don't worry about this. They've lost all credibility on the issue, trivializing it by overuse. They're getting no traction with it." Oh? You'd have to be blind and deaf to deny that this tactic is working for the left politically and that it has caused great harm. Democrats and the left bring up race every five minutes to demonize Republicans and profit politically. It is nothing more than a raw power grab. Indeed, if you want to talk about shameful behavior on race, look no...

A year after 20-year-old U.S. Army Spc. Vanessa Guillen was reported missing from Fort Hood in Texas, her family appealed to President Biden on Thursday to make good on his campaign promises by joining in their fight to end sexual violence in the military and backing a newly introduced bill named for the slain soldier. Natalie Khawam, an attorney representing the family, contrasted how Guillen’s case and that of George Floyd were handled after former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was convicted this week for the murder and manslaughter of Floyd last May. "Our country stands today begging for Congress,...

The Post’s push to get New Yorkers to roll up their sleeves and get vaccinated against the coronavirus is drawing a big thumbs-up from Donald Trump. The former president is on board with the campaign to get more people immunized so the city can get up and running at full speed. New York Post cover for Thursday, April 22, 2021. “I’m all in favor of the vaccine,” Trump said Thursday. “It’s one of the great achievements, a true miracle, and not only for the United States. We’re saving tens of millions of lives throughout the world. We’re saving entire countries.”...

One juror: "I did not want to go through rioting and destruction again and I was concerned about people coming to my house if they were not happy with the verdict."