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...attacker had scouted the location before launching the stabbing, Castex said. And witnesses heard the attacker shout "Allahu Akhbar,"... France, which is home to 5 million Muslims -- many of whom live in poorer areas and are often marginalized in politics and media. The vast majority of France's Muslims do not support Islamic extremism... October 29, three people were stabbed to death at a church in the French city of Nice. A 21-year-old Tunisian national was charged in their murder, and President Macron said the country was under attack by "Islamist and terrorist madness." Prosecutors said the suspect had photos...

Russian troops began pulling back to their permanent bases Friday after a massive buildup that caused Ukrainian and Western concerns. On Thursday, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu declared the sweeping maneuvers in Crimea and wide swaths of western Russia over, and ordered the military to pull the troops that took part in them back to their permanent bases by May 1. At the same time, he ordered their heavy weapons kept in western Russia for another massive military exercise called Zapad (West) 2021 later this year. The weapons were to be stored at the Pogonovo firing range in the southwestern...

The African American Reach and Teach Health Ministry (AARTH) is a vaccine provider in Washington state. Eligible recipients can sign up for vaccines using their online scheduler. But if you’re white, you’re not able to access any open vaccine appointments.

Equity = getting rid of advanced math classesBy Daniel Alman (aka Dan from Squirrel Hill)April 23, 2021In the name of what progressives refer to as “equity,” Virginia is planning to eliminate all accelerated math courses before 11th grade.On a personal level, as a person who always took the highest level math classes that were available during my entire schooling, and who always scored in the 99th percentile on standardized math tests, I think this is a horrible idea.On a practical level, as a person who wants bridges that don’t fall down, I think this is a horrible idea.And on an...

Joe Biden has come under fire yet again. This time for making potentially racist comments. A recently resurfaced video shows Biden during a December conference call with fellow Democrats discussing the issue of racial equity. Things took a turn while addressing a panel of minority activists. Biden made a series of remarks critics have called inflammatory and divisive, even going so far as to predict America is “doomed.” His full statement: “…this country is doomed. It is doomed. Not just because of African Americans, but because by 2040, this country is going to be minority white European. You hear me?...

Russia is reportedly withdrawing troops from the Ukraine border after successfully strong-arming Joe Biden into direct talks. On Thursday, the Russian Defense Ministry said its military drills in the Crimean Peninsula and the Donbas region have concluded. Officials confirmed all excess troops are leaving those areas. This came after Vladimir Putin and Biden took part in so-called climate talks with Biden also promising to have a separate summit with the Russian president later this year. Critics have said Biden has validated Putin’s actions in Ukraine by agreeing to talks.

A Facebook executive is now on record telling a whistleblower that “state-sponsored” (government-funded) disinformation meant that she had job security. Facebook allowed authoritarian governments (including the United States) to use the platform to generate fake support for their regimes for months despite warnings from employees about the disinformation campaigns. An investigation from The Guardian revealed this week that Facebook has helped keep governments intact, and the slavery of humanity ongoing. According to a report by Business Insider, a loophole in Facebook’s policies allowed government officials around the world to create unlimited amounts of fake “pages” which, unlike user profiles, don’t...

(President Trump's Operation Warp Speed Update) (Cases now heading downward at the National level - FDA/CDC meeting today on J&J vaccine pause - 2/3rds of those 65 or older now fully vaccinated) Total Vaccine Doses Delivered: 286,095,185 (17,641,150 J&J) Administered: 222,322,230 (8,040,727 J&J) People Vaccinated, At Least One Dose: 137,234,889 Fully Vaccinated: 91,175,995

Toilet paper; now chicken wings? The owners of Nuby’s Steakhouse in Pocahontas, Illinois, and E. L. Flanagan’s in Highland, Illinois, said they haven’t been able to serve chicken wings like usual in their restaurants. The owners said they’ve been dealing with a chicken wing shortage from their suppliers. Owner Connie Richardson said in her 30 years of business she’s never seen this. “We had started stocking up about a month ago a little here and there and we’ll just deal with it – if we run out of boneless, we have the option to do bone-in,” she said. Ketchup shortage?...

The anti-gun lobby is loud, well-funded, and a darling of the mainstream media. If someone were to awaken from a long coma and begin paying attention to the gun conversation in the American MSM, he or she would undoubtedly believe that most Americans are overwhelmingly in favor of much stricter gun laws or even abolishing the Second Amendment altogether. That’s not really what is going on in the real world, which is a place that the MSM doesn’t travel to very often. The anti-gun lobby is just one of the many puppet masters pulling the strings of the empty vessel...

VIDEOSuddenly the Democrats are concerned about protecting the "sanctity" of the ballots scheduled to be audited in Maricopa County, AZ. Contrast that attitude with last November when the Democrats IGNORED a court order in Pennsylvania to allow election observers to observe the counting of ballots. Oh, and ANYBODY can watch live the auditing of the Maricopa County ballots online from a bank of overhead cameras.

Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont (D) will not say when he will lift the state’s mask mandate, suggesting Thursday that it may remain in place until “we have real herd immunity

Details for VAERS 1166062 Death, diet refusal, emotional distress, exposure via breast milk, failure to thrive, hepatic enzyme increased, pyrexia, rash, thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura Patient received second dose of Pfizer vaccine on March 17, 2021 while at work. March 18, 2021 her 5 month old breastfed infant developed a rash and within 24 hours was inconsolable, refusing to eat and developed a fever. Patient brought baby to local ER where assessments were performed, blood analysis revealed elevated liver enzymes. Infant was hospitalized but continued to decline and passed away. Diagnosis of TTP. No known allergies. No new exposures aside from...

It’s Official: German Bishops introduce Protestant CommunionPresiding Limburg Bishop Georg Bätzing wants to advance "unity" with Protestants, he said during an April 22 discussion (Katholisch.de).Therefore, the Protestant and "Catholic" services at the May 15 Ecumenical Kirchentag (church meeting) in Frankfurt will make this clear: "Anyone who is Protestant and comes to Communion can receive Communion," Bätzing believes.He adds that those believing that Jesus is "the inviter at the Eucharist" will not be turned away. Bätzing explains that this practice is followed “all over" and is "nothing new".Bätzing does not expect "any objection from Rome". There are Vatican reservations about the...

“I am a proven winner and the only outsider who can put an end to Gavin Newsom’s disastrous time as governor,” Jenner said in a statement. The Olympic gold medalist and transgender rights activist is a longtime Republican and joins a crowded field of conservatives hoping to unseat Newsom, who has been the state’s Democratic governor for the past two years. The petition signatures calling for a recall election are still being verified by California election officials, but if it passes, an election would be held “no earlier than Nov. 2 and as late as Nov. 30,” according to a...

This is beyond embarrassing. Joe Biden, who claims he is fully vaccinated, was the only one wearing a face mask during a virtual climate change meeting with world leaders. Interestingly, Biden also appears to be the only world leader who doesn't have their national flag on screen. (Video in story)

EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — A former Fort Bliss soldier accused of severely injuring his two children while high on LSD in 2019 accepted a plea deal last month, according to court records. Zakary Frampton, 27, pleaded guilty to two counts of Injury to a Child on March 17, and was sentenced to eight years in prison on each count, which will run concurrently.

Harvard economist Benjamin Friedman's book, 'Religion and the Rise of Capitalism,' provides an illuminating, if not always convincing, examination of how theology influenced modern economic thought.“One of the fundamental elements of the spirit of modern capitalism,” German sociologist Max Weber wrote in his landmark 1905 book, The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism, “of rational conduct on the basis of the idea of the calling, was born from the spirit of Christian asceticism.”Weber attributed the free-market success so prevalent amongst Protestant societies to its origins in Calvinist predestinarian theology: believers could never know for sure whether they had been...

A Catholic school teacher resigned last week from the Shrine of the Little Flower elementary school in Royal Oak, Michigan after being confronted for having a Harvey Milk poster in her classroom. The late Milk was a so-called gay icon and activist from California in the 1970s. School administrators confronted the teacher, who reportedly felt bullied and resigned. Another teacher resigned in support. A group of outraged parents and alumni organized a protest Monday, claiming the school is not respecting inclusivity and diversity. The Detroit Resistance group met them to counterprotest in support of faithful priests. Detroit Resistance member: "We're...

It's undeniable much was taken from enslaved black Americans, but forcing those uninvolved in slavery to pay reparations risks worsening racial tensions.After being first proposed more than 30 years ago by Rep. John Conyers, D-Michigan, the 116th Congress of the United States voted last week to advance H.R. 40, the Commission to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African-American Act. Aided by the Democratic Party’s control of the executive and legislative branches of government, the current sentiment in the country regarding racial justice and equity may provide the bill’s proponents the opening they seek. To start, it’s worth noting reparations...