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On Wednesday, 12 May 2021, HB1927 came back from the Texas Senate to the House. The House had passed the bill with a good margin. Governor Abbot said he would sign the bill. The Senate just barely passed the bill, but included eight amendments. The question was: Would the House accept the amendments, and send the bill to the Governor’s desk for signature, or would the House send the bill to a conference committee. The conference committee could work out a compromise with the House. If they did, then the bill would have to go back to the Senate and...

Rescue workers frantically searched for survivors under the rubble on Sunday as Israel’s bombardment of the besieged Gaza Strip entered its seventh consecutive day. An hour-long rain of 150 rockets pounded the territory overnight on Sunday in what a Palestinian security source said was the “most intense” shelling since the second intifada, or uprising, that began in 2000.Rescue workers frantically searched for survivors under the rubble on Sunday as Israel’s bombardment of the besieged Gaza Strip entered its seventh consecutive day. An hour-long rain of 150 rockets pounded the territory overnight on Sunday in what a Palestinian security source said...

Happy Sunday, everyone, and thanks for joining our Bible study. Today we showcase the Divinely inspired, eternal wisdom of Paul. He was born a Jewish-Roman citizen in Tarsus (modern-day Turkey), and aside from Jesus, is most responsible for the explosive growth of early Christianity. Paul is credited with writing 13 of the 27 books that comprise the New Testament, all in the form of letters to his brethren. Since many of his verses have been incorporated into secular use, it is likely that people quote Paul without even knowing they are quoting the Bible. For background on how Paul was...

Hamas Rockets Are Killing Palestinians Too - Jonathan Sacerdoti Israel insists that the airstrikes on Saturday which destroyed the Al Jala tower in Gaza, which housed offices of Al Jazeera and the Associated Press, did not target a "media center" as was widely reported. Their intelligence revealed that the tower was used by Hamas, and to a lesser extent by Islamic Jihad, for three purposes. First, it housed the offices of their military intelligence, which were used for military purposes against Israel. Second, Hamas' research and development were undertaken there, with their experts operating to develop military weapons to use...

VIDEOCBS News and many other news outlets have a sleazy way of keeping you from finding out what is REALLY happening at the Maricopa County Ballot audit in Arizona. Their technique is to focus in on ultraviolet and bamboo and Q-Anon while conveniently avoiding the many shocking revelations that the auditors have already discovered. A REAL news report at the end of this video will update you on what the pathetic mainstream media is frightened to report.

EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen wrote on Twitter that she "condemns arbitrary attacks by Hamas against Israel." Josep Borrell, the EU's High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, said Thursday he had "confirmed EU support for Israel's security and condemned Hamas' arbitrary firing of rockets" in a conversation with Israeli Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi. French President Emmanuel Macron also expressed sympathy with the victims of attacks by Hamas and other terrorist groups in talks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Macron has said Israel had the right to defend itself.

I post this in the forlorn hope that I can make an informed decision regarding the Covid vaccine choices available to me. Like many on this forum, I planned to hold out for the J&J vaccine until the world came clotting down. After reading the following article snippet, I have severe doubts about getting ANY vaccine until I understand just what the, pardon my French, phuck is going on. So I put letter references to my questions in the thread, looking for specific answers from the collected intelligence here. When you get the Johnson & Johnson vaccine, the modified adenovirus...

I’ll admit, I’m not getting the “vax.” No amount of fear porn, “it’s my patriotic duty,” publicly shaming me, or telling me that “I’m protecting other people” will convince me that I should get it. Anti-Vaxxer, I believe I’m called. Many people evidently feel the same way. Since fear, pride, shame, and concern for others didn’t work, the machine is now using the best of all human traits to coerce us to get vaccinated: Greed. Here are just a few examples to appeal to our greedier side: The Cincinnati Reds offer discounted tickets for those who received the “vax.” The...

Pro-Palestine demonstrators clashed with pro-Israel supporters at Toronto’s Nathan Phillips Square during an event calling to “commemorate the 73rd year of the Palestinian catastrophe.” Twitter LinkVideo footage shows pro-Palestinian activists beating pro-Israel counter-demonstrators during a protest in Toronto on Saturday afternoon. Several pro-Israel protesters were violently assaulted and injured by pro-Palestinian protesters at a counter-demonstration in Toronto on Saturday afternoon. Video footage on social media filmed close to the site of the demonstration at Nathan Philips Square in downtown Toronto showed a gang of pro-Palestinian demonstrators violently attacking an elderly man. A number of them were masked. While attacking, the...

The Talk Shows May 16th, 2021 Guests to be interviewed today on major television talk shows:FOX NEWS SUNDAY (Fox Network): Anchored by Chris Wallass: Dr. Rochelle Walensky, Centers for Disease Control; Rep. Liz Cheney (RINO-Wyo.). Edwin Fountain, World War I Memorial Commission. Panel: Steve Hayes; Catherine Lucey, the Wall Street Journal; Juan Williams. MEET THE PRESS (NBC): Hosted by Chuck U. Toad: Dr. Rochelle Walensky, Centers for Disease Control; Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.); Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-Texas). Panel: Peter Baker, New York Times; Brendan Buck; former Rep. Donna Edwards (D-Md.); Kristen Welker. Or simply stated, another easily forgotten group of...

Iranian society is enduring hardships on many fronts under the reign of the mullahs. The spectrum is quite broad, including domestic, regional, and international matters, economic challenges for its citizens, and ethnic and religious inequalities. In all of these areas, the regime's report card reflects an atmosphere of disappointment and frustration. In this respect (according to the Iranian calendar year), the Year 1400 presidential election (to be held June 18) is being held during the most unprecedented public despair. There is even a boycott of public participation in the election compared with other elections in the last forty years of...

“We know that God causes all things to work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose” (Romans 8:28). We will be better prepared for what God teaches us through trials if we have a basic understanding of His providence. I believe it is vital that all Christians have an essential awareness of God’s providence if they want to be fully prepared to cope with life’s adversity. Providence is how He orchestrates, through natural means and processes, all things necessary to accomplish His purposes in the world. It is the most...

The biggest loser from the ongoing Hamas rocket barrage is not Israel. It’s Mahmoud Abbas. He was already losing before Hamas opened fire. He is now down and out. A totally irrelevant figure in the recent unrest. What was the spark that lit both the violence on the Arab street and the Hamas rockets? It was the decision of Mahmoud Abbas to, once again, call for a Palestinian election. What else is new? He has been doing it regularly ever since he lost the initial Palestinian election in 2006. Then, Hamas candidates won 44.45% of the vote and 74 of...

The Emergency Broadband Benefit, administered through the Federal Communications Commission, gives eligible households a $50-a-month subsidy that can be used to pay for broadband service, as well as a one-time $100 payment toward a device to connect to the internet.

In the coming utopia of viral genetic engineering vaccines will no longer require physical "jabs" at all. With COVID vaccination "rollouts" ongoing, it would seem the angelic host of Big Pharma has swooped in to avert the end of the world, triumphing in the nick of time over a super-lethal, super-contagious, super-pandemic...with a whopping 0.15% infection fatality rate. But if, for whatever reason, you still aren't sold on the whole COVID Vaccination Magical Mystery Tour, don't worry. You may get another chance at serum-based salvation quite soon — whether you want it or not. This is because COVID-19 may mark...

With COVID vaccination "rollouts" ongoing, it would seem the angelic host of Big Pharma has swooped in to avert the end of the world, triumphing in the nick of time over a super-lethal, super-contagious, super-pandemic...with a whopping 0.15% infection fatality rate. But if, for whatever reason, you still aren't sold on the whole COVID Vaccination Magical Mystery Tour, don't worry. You may get another chance at serum-based salvation quite soon — whether you want it or not. This is because COVID-19 may mark not the end, but the dawn of an age in which mankind will be constantly and inescapably...

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<p>GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip - My colleagues’ shouts awakened me, and the pounding of my heart drowned out the racing of my mind. What was happening? Had someone been injured on the streets of Gaza City, or worse?</p><p>It was 1:55 p.m. on Saturday. I had been napping on the upper floor of the two-floor penthouse that served as The Associated Press’ offices in Gaza City since 2006. This was not unusual in recent days; since fighting began earlier this month, I had been sleeping in our news bureau until early afternoon, then working through the night.</p>

There are millions of Americans dependent on government support who are trapped, addicted to government entitlements, and subsidies. This support keeps them from taking full responsibility for their own lives and taking advantage of the opportunities America provides for those willing to work hard to achieve their dreams of success. As with any recovery group, there are steps needed in order for recovery to be realized. Recovery is a slow process of personal empowerment that combines the power of admission, recognition, and peer group support with the reliance on a higher power outside ourselves. The Seven Steps of Victims Anonymous...

If the people can speak, history tells us that they’re not going to settle for another leftist revolution. Aging hippies have a penchant for recalling the 1960s as some amazing, idyllic moment in time. As Jonah Goldberg writes in Liberal Fascism, it’s “bizarre how many people remember the 1960s as a time of ‘unity’ and ‘hope’ when it was, in reality, a time of rampant domestic terrorism, campus tumult, assassinations, and riots.” Goldberg hits the nail squarely on the head when appraising why aging hippies feel that way. Their “liberal nostalgia” for the 1960s is more about a longing “for...