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SPECIAL DISPATCH FROM WASHINGTON. WASHINGTON, Tuesday, May 21. The event of to-day in Washington was the funeral of Col. VOSBURGH. At an early hour, it was determined to forward his remains by the 2 o'clock train. The funeral services were performed at the Navy-yard, in the presence of the President and members of his Cabinet; the Seventy-first, Twelfth and Sixty-ninth Regiments of New-York, the Rhode Island Regiment, the officers and men of the Navy-yard, and a large number of officers from the various Regiments in the neighborhood. The entire Seventy-first chaunted a hymn, composed for the occasion by a member...

Cancel culture has come back to campus! Cockburn was dismayed to learn that 1619 Project curator Nikole Hannah-Jones had been denied tenure at the University of North Carolina. Hannah-Jones had been announced as a Knight Chair in Race and Investigative Journalism last month. Her New York Times magazine supplement the 1619 Project had earned Hannah-Jones a Pulitzer Prize for commentary, despite garnering criticism for playing fast and loose with the facts of America’s founding from Bret Stephens in the New York Times Opinion section and several history professors in the New York Times Letters page. Who doesn’t love a heterodox...

(IRS-CI) agents arrested the alleged operator behind crypto mixing service Bitcoin Fog. An attached “Statement of Facts” helpfully explains how the feds tracked the operator down, but raises new questions about how exactly they uncovered this information. ...Not only does this action reinforce the idea that crypto exchange users give up much of their privacy when signing up, but it emphasizes the feds might hold onto that data for years. “While the identity of a Bitcoin address owner is generally anonymous (unless the owner opts to make the information publicly available), law enforcement can often identify the owner of a...

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government has begun preliminary internal discussions about reopening the border with the U.S., even as Canada remains well behind its neighbor in vaccinations. Senior officials have begun to formally talk about options for how to proceed, three people familiar with the matter said, speaking on the condition they not be identified. One question under consideration is whether to employ a two-track system in which quarantine and testing requirements would be relaxed for vaccinated travelers. The world’s longest international border has been shuttered since March 2020 to most non-essential travel, dramatically reducing land and air traffic between...

America's Frontline Doctors (AFLDS) today filed a motion in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama requesting a temporary restraining order against the emergency use authorization (EUA) permitting using the COVID-19 vaccines in children under the age of 16, and that no further expansion of the EUAs to children under the age of 16 be granted prior to the resolution of these issues at trial.The case will challenge the EUAs for the injections on several counts, based on the law and scientific evidence that the EUAs should never have been granted, the EUAs should be revoked immediately,...

For some time, expressing interest in unidentified flying objects, or UFOs, has been deemed mostly unacceptable in wider society. But attitudes appear to be changing in America this week, with luminaries from Barack Obama to the former NBA star Shaquille O’Neal sharing their thoughts. Marco Rubio urges US to take UFOs seriously ahead of government report Read more Obama was asked about the issue of UFOs during an interview on Tuesday, the former president confirming “footage and records” of unidentified objects exist. Much of the newfound, and newly sincere, interest in UFOs, this week appears to stem from a report...

Hillary Clinton’s 2016 running mate attacks Church teaching on Eucharist, marriageWASHINGTON, May 20, 2021 (LifeSiteNews) — A U.S. Senator who was Hillary Clinton’s 2016 running mate has written an opinion piece vilifying Catholic leaders for challenging President Joe Biden’s views on “abortion, contraception, marriage and gender,” and for considering “withholding of Communion to the president and other Catholic political figures.”Calling U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) President Archbishop José Gomez’s expression of pastoral concern an “ad hominem rebuke,” Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA) said he is worried that “even an unsuccessful effort to mandate the withholding of Communion from American public...

In a Friday decision, a judge in Georgia unsealed about 145,000 absentee ballots from the November election for review. According to Henry County Superior Court Judge Brian Amero, the ballots must stay with Fulton County election authorities after the investigation, and the findings of the investigation cannot influence the outcome of the November primary. According to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, the plaintiffs in the case agreed the conditions, stating that the investigation is still necessary after questionable actions by Fulton County election officials last year. According to the Journal-Constitution, “Friday's ruling came in a complaint brought by nine claimants, including Garland...

Utah’s House and Senate Republicans passed resolutions this week against using critical race theory (CRT) in schools. “The votes capped off a dramatic day on Utah’s Capitol Hill, where some lawmakers walked off the floor in protest and conservative activists demonstrated at a news conference of Black community leaders,” Fox 13 reported Wednesday. While the House voted on its resolution regarding CRT, every Democrat in the chamber walked out, which left Republicans to pass it on their own. In a social media post Wednesday evening, Christopher F. Rufo, the senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute, shared the “House Resolution on...

It just doesn’t stop. Today, up is down, black is white, and evil is good. Thus, I can’t keep up with the astounding stories I read daily, and my conclusion is always—I never thought I would see the day! So, I’ll keep writing just to keep my sanity. I hope I can help you keep yours as well! I never thought I would see the day when: A Presidential administration would undermine our allies and fund our enemies. Transgender illegal immigrants would be prioritized over the non-transgendered. Non-vaccinated soldiers would be considered “non-deployable.” Many good people (Christians and conservatives) would...

A winning ticket was sold in Pennsylvania for the $515 million jackpot! The winning numbers for the Mega Millions drawn on Friday were 6-9-17-18-48 plus the Mega Ball 8. The cash option is $348.6 million.

Glenn Greenwald, one of the few remaining classic liberals plying the trade of journalism – Matt Taibbi being the only other I can think of offhand – eviscerates the MSM for their lack of intellectual honesty. In a Substack article he notes how Biden, in a reversal of a Trump decision, has lifted sanctions hence allowing Putin to pursue one of his key goals: a new Russian natural gas pipeline to Germany. And he notes, in an endless replaying of the “What If Trump Had Done That” game that rather than praising the move the media would have ramped up...

Elon Musk is tweeting about blockchain and cryptocurrency again, and this time he is adamant about where he stands. In a thread started by Musk compared magic to computers, someone asked what he felt about people "who are mad at you because of crypto," Tesla Inc. According to CEO, the “true war is between fiat and crypto.” Overall, I choose the latter.”

Strong economic growth in the services and manufacturing sector is pushing prices up at an “unprecedented rate,” surveys of executives in both the manufacturing and services sector indicated Friday. The flash reading of the IHS Market U.S. composite purchasing managers index unexpectedly jumped to a record high 68.1 in May from 63.5 in April, according to survey data released Friday. Analysts had expected the index to move sideways or slightly downward after hitting records in April. The manufacturing component went from record high to new record high. The services portion was expected to see a modest gain after a stunning...

WASHINGTON -- President Joe Biden will host George Floyd’s family at the White House Tuesday to mark the first anniversary of his death at the hands of a white Minneapolis police officer.White House press secretary Jen Psaki said Friday the president would mark the anniversary of Floyd’s death, but offered no further details on his plans.

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JESUS AND THE WOMAN AT THE WELL . J O H N .. 4 New International Version, emphases added Abrdgd: the complete text is in your Bible . Resources to CLICK: To read JOHN 4 in full To hear MAX McLEAN reading it To hear a DRAMATIZATION of it To see an ANIMATION of Matthew, Mark, Luke, or John Harmony of the Gospels 2 6 A. D. Bible Timeline JOHN, Chapter 4 1 Now Jesus learned that the Pharisees had heard that he was gaining and baptizing more disciples than John— 2 although in fact it was not Jesus...

The Biden administration recently offered some straightforward advice to companies who are struggling to hire workers: pay them more. This suggestion, contained in a White House memo on the state of the economy, gets at a profound tension in an economy that is recovering to full health after the coronavirus pandemic. Steel, plywood, plastics, and asphalt are among the commodities whose prices are rising. Jobs, though, are no longer willing to tolerate low pay after a year of employment cuts, company closures, and social isolation.

The Weekly Gardening Thread is a weekly gathering of folks that love soil, seeds and plants of all kinds. From complete newbies that are looking to start that first potted plant, to gardeners with some acreage, to Master Gardener level and beyond, we would love to hear from you. If you have specific question about a plant/problem you are having, please remember to state the Growing Zone where you are located. This thread is a non-political respite. No matter what, you won’t be flamed, and the only dumb question is the one that isn’t asked. It is impossible to hijack...

Pray For the Peace of Jerusalem Psalm 72Psalm 72 Of Solomon. 1 Endow the king with your justice, O God, the royal son with your righteousness. 2 May he judge your people in righteousness, your afflicted ones with justice. 3 May the mountains bring prosperity to the people, the hills the fruit of righteousness. 4 May he defend the afflicted among the people and save the children of the needy; may he crush the oppressor. 5 May he endure[a] as long as the sun, as long as the moon, through all generations. 6 May he be like rain falling on...