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“Then the king ordered Ashpenaz, the chief of his officials, to bring in some of the sons of Israel, including some of the royal family and of the nobles, youths in whom was no defect, who were good-looking, showing intelligence in every branch of wisdom, endowed with understanding, and discerning knowledge, and who had ability for serving in the king’s court; and he ordered him to teach them the literature and language of the Chaldeans. . . . Now among them from the sons of Judah were Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael and Azariah” (Daniel 1:3-4, 6). Man values physical beauty and...

Mark 4:35-41 relates a story of Jesus and his disciples in a boat, being tossed about on a stormy sea. As we pick up the scene, Christ has just calmed the waves with a single command. Now he turns to his disciples and asks, “How is it that you have no faith?” (Mark 4:40, NKJV). You may think this sounds harsh. It was only human to be afraid in such a terrible storm, yet Jesus wasn’t chiding them for that reason. Look at what the disciples said to him as they awoke him. “Teacher, do You not care that we...

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White House press secretary Jen Psaki on Thursday called Dr. Anthony Fauci “an undeniable asset” despite emails that have exposed his knowledge of and efforts to tamp down the Wuhan “lab leak” theory to explain the COVID-19 pandemic’s origin. President Biden still has confidence in Fauci, who is his chief medical adviser and the government’s top infectious disease expert, Psaki said. “He’s been an undeniable asset in our country’s pandemic response,” Psaki said at her daily press briefing. “But it’s obviously not that advantageous for me to relitigate the substance of emails from 17 months ago.”

Former White House coronavirus testing czar Admiral Brett Giroir appeared on Fox News Thursday morning in what turned out to be a bombshell interview with Bill Hemmer.While discussing the virus’ origin and Dr. Fauci’s public statements, Giroir confidently said that “it is not outrageous to hypothesize that [COVID-19] could have been part of an offensive bioweapons program and leaked out accidentally”:"The most likely explanation is that it was gain-of-function mutation work that leaked out.The United States does not have an offensive biological weapons program. There are multiple open sources of intel that suggests that China has an extensive biological weapons...

Andrew Yang’s attempt to troll Bill de Blasio backfired Thursday, when the City Hall contender was chased away from the mayor’s gym in Park Slope by left-wing protesters before he could even speak. About 10 protesters hoisting signs that read “Hedge Fund Mayor,” “Yang = More Cops” and “Don’t Rank Yang” ambushed the entrepreneur outside the Park Slope Y before a planned press event, leading the candidate to abandon the presser about three minutes after arriving and duck into a nearby subway station. “I just wanted to acknowledge them and say hello, really,” the composed Yang said, when asked why...

“We need a Stacey Abrams in every state,” declared left-wing documentary filmmaker Michael Moore on his podcast, Rumble, during an interview with fellow leftist filmmaker Raoul Peck about the latter’s most recent TV series, Exterminate all the Brutes. Peck praised Abrams as a political pioneer in combating what he described as an American “machine” built on “genocide” and “slavery.”

As is now well known, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo is currently under investigation by so many different offices for so many different scandals that it’s truly difficult to keep track of them all. And since he has to defend himself against these accusations, he needs a legal defense team. He’s already employed some of the best in the business and is reportedly in talks with some more. None of that comes cheap, however, so his legal fees will be adding up quickly. Not to worry! Cuomo will be just fine. That’s because the taxpayers are footing the bill for...

Appearing Thursday on the Fox News Channel’s America’s Newsroom, Adm. Brett Giroir, former White House coronavirus testing czar, said there is “no data” to support Dr. Anthony Fauci’s claim of the coronavirus evolving from nature.

Neil Cavuto sternly criticized the president for his decision to take the drug. Tuesday on Morning Joe, co-host Joe Scarborough added: “Listen to Neil Cavuto. It will kill you.”

If you’ve been to the grocery store, or the gas station, or the building supply store, you know we have an inflation problem. Last month’s hotter than expected CPI confirmed what we already intuitively know. But the folks over at the Federal Reserve continue to tell us there’s nothing to worry about. They insist inflation is transitory.Their reassurances notwithstanding, people are worried. Searches for the word “inflation” hit an all-time high on Google trends in May. In this clip from a recent podcast, Peter Schiff talked about the growing public worry about inflation and why the Fed’s response is bogus....

Snopes, the left-leaning “fact-checking” website, sent Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) a note demanding to know if she was responsible for vandalizing her own home, the Republican lawmaker said on the Todd Starnes Radio Show. Mace announced on social media earlier this week that her Charleston home had been vandalized with vile graffiti along with Antifa symbols. “It's a very, very jarring experience,” she told me on my radio program. “And no one should feel like they've got to look over their shoulder every day. It doesn't matter what your political leanings are, Republican or Democrat or indifferent, everyone should feel...

More and more people and countries after countries are now refusing to believe in the theory of natural origin of Covid-19. Officially, the UK demanded an independent investigation to know how Covid-19 originated and turned into a pandemic. ... China did not give full access to the activities going on inside the Wuhan Institute of Virology. The WHO team that visited Wuhan in January this year was reportedly not allowed to see the files pertaining to the research undertaken by virologist Shi Zhengli... China’s “bat woman”... The researchers have based their theory on two broad counts: the absence of intermediary...

We knew he was a lowlife but as of today, Hunter Biden may be a lock for the scumbag hall of fame. Biden had said publicly and even written in his book that he had no idea who Lunden Roberts - who bore him a child - was. Now we know the truth. Lunden Roberts worked at Hunter Biden’s law firm. Of course he knew her. When she became pregnant in 2017 Biden not only ghosted her but took measures to toss her and her unborn child right out of his life, like so much trash. Lunden pleaded with Hunter...

Record charter rate highlights extreme vessel shortage — a major negative for cargo shippersIn a sign of just how frenzied the container market has become, a freight forwarder is reportedly paying $135,000 per day for a short-term charter of the S Santiago, a 15-year-old container ship with a capacity of 5,060 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs). “Charter rates for short employment … have gone out of control,” said Alphaliner in its new weekly report. “Depending on the sources, the ship would have obtained anything between $100,000 and $145,000 per day, an absolute historic high. The name of the charterer has not...

Unlike many Israelis, I am not spiking the ball or dancing in the endzone today (forgive the exclusive American cultural reference for those who don’t follow US football). Prime Minister Netanyahu, Bibi, is not public enemy No. 1. But his time to step down has passed, and that’s why this week Israel announced a new “unity” government, after four elections in two years. It gives me no sense of pride that we’ve come to this point, particularly how this has transpired. As Prime Minister, there’s no question that Bibi deserves enormous credit for many achievements, which many of his detractors...

A good guy with a gun stopped a bad guy. Miami Houstan of Texas shared a video on Instagram that shows him encountering a burglar when he returned home Memorial Day weekend. The brave man wrote this caption: I grew up in the hood …i made bad choices in my life i’m not proud of …i was given a second chance in life by a judge by joining the army where i started my career as a cop to make a difference in my community from the inside out …with everything happening in this world with my own race the...

A few weeks ago, Michelle Watson woke up to a deafening, steadily oscillating screech. “What the heck is that noise?” she wondered. She went outside to her yard and saw hundreds of beady-eyed insects enrobed in a thick shell of gold emerging out of the ground and crawling up the trees. What Watson was seeing was the emergence of thousands of Brood X cicadas, part of a billions-strong insect swarm that has lain dormant for 17 years before arising to “scream,” mate— all over about three thunderous weeks. Watson had spent the past 20 years in Las Vegas, but moved...

Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ) made her support for the Senate filibuster clear while touring the U.S. border facilities in Arizona with colleague Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) on Tuesday. "I've long been a proponent of the filibuster because it is a tool that protects the democracy of our nation,” Sinema told reporters at a press event. "Rather than allowing our country to ricochet wildly every two to four years back and forth between parties." "To those who say that we must make a choice between the filibuster and 'X,' I say, this is a false choice," she said. "The reality is...

Rising lumber prices have been a major source of inflation concerns. It’s one thing when the price of lumber doubles… and a whole other thing when it goes up 5-fold! Yep, that’s right. Lumber prices have rocketed higher over the past 18 months, surging 5 times the COVID crash price low. Something’s Gotta Give! Today’s long-term “monthly” lumber chart highlights why there is a potential for a reversal / pullback in lumber prices over the coming weeks/months. As you can see, the surge in lumber has price testing the 261% Fibonacci extension level, as well as the underside of the...