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It wasn’t long after Matthew Reed shoplifted a $63 set of sheets from a Target in upstate New York that the coronavirus pandemic brought the world to a standstill. You can see where this article is going.

On this date in 1956, the Argentine military junta crushed a Peronist revolt with the summary execution of its leader, Juan Jose Valle. Gen. Pedro Eugenio Aramburu had overthrown the populist Juan Peron government in 1955, and now ruled Argentina as President. General Valle was shouldered out for his affiliations with the former regime: throughout the months following the coup, the Peron party was systematically proscribed and its leaders barred from politics. In exile, Peron urged radical action by these disenfranchised followers, and Valle attempted to mount a revolt in June 1956.* This operation was well-scouted by the government, and...

1. Historically high valuations are bad news To begin with, the widely followed S&P 500 is pricey...really pricey. As of the close on June 7, 2021, the Shiller price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio for the S&P 500 hit 37.5. The Shiller P/E, also known as the cyclically adjusted P/E (CAPE) ratio, is based on inflation-adjusted earnings from the previous 10 years. This reading of 37.5 is well over double the average Shiller P/E ratio of 16.8, which dates back 151 years. 2. History says we're in trouble Looking back 61 years, there have been nine bear markets. In the previous eight bear...

Three ranking Republican members urged President Biden to stop China’s nuclear arms expansion in a joint letter earlier this week, warning that failure to act could lead to “a degree of nuclear parity” between China and the United States by 2030. In the letter, Reps. Mike Rogers (R-Ala.) of the House Armed Services Committee, Michael McCaul (R-Texas), of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and Devin Nunes (R-Calif.) of the House Intelligence Committee, noted that China’s rapidly developing nuclear forces pose a growing threat and that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is unwilling to engage in a good-faith arms race and...

FBI Director Christopher Wray told lawmakers at a hearing Friday that the agency has noted “quite a number” of instances of individuals deeply indebted to Mexican criminal organizations entering the United States, adding that there’s “no question” cartel activity is spilling over the border.

Former President Donald Trump will make a special appearance Saturday at “MAGA Frank,” a free speech rally hosted by MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell in New Richmond, Wisconsin. Other guests who will be speaking include, media personalities Diamond & Silk, former Milwaukee Sheriff David Clarke, filmmaker Dinesh D’Souza, and Turning Point USA CEO Charlie Kirk, among many others. Trump will give remarks virtually at the event sometime between 11:30 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. CT on Saturday, June 12. Gates will open at 9:00 a.m. at River’s Edge Apple River Concert Venue. “The President will be visiting with us in real time...

Senator Mike Lee introduces three bills to repeal and reform the Passenger Vessel Services Act. The Passenger Vessel Services Act of 1886 has long been a thorn in the side of the Cruise Industry operating in the United States and has offered neighboring countries the chance to take full advantage. While the law was intended to protect US shipbuilding interests, the law directs increased traffic to countries like Mexico, Canada, and the Bahamas, meaning the US is losing millions of dollars every year. Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) introduced three bills to repeal and reform the Passenger Vessel Services Act of...

Social media video shows passengers helping get control of the man on Flight 1730 Friday night. A video from the incident on Saturday morning shows passengers scrambling to restrain the man during his attempt to open the cabin door mid-flight. The man had repeatedly shouted that he would “take the plane down” and assaulted two female flight attendants, a spokesperson for Oklahoma City Police Department told Insider. At one point, flight attendants called for able-bodied men on the flight to come help subdue the passenger. “Thanks to the crew and passengers of Delta Flight 1730 (LAX to ATL) who assisted...

An election assessment conducted in a Pennsylvania county months ago and quietly released to the public in recent weeks uncovered five errors, including three linked to Dominion Voting Systems, whose election management system is used in the county, the assessing firm said. Wake Technology Services Inc. (Wake TSI), a Pennsylvania-based firm, conducted the assessment in Fulton County. Workers visited the county’s offices late last year and about a month later, on Feb. 9. The assessment was meant to review the mail-in ballots in the county and explore whether conduct relating to absentee ballot requests, distribution, receipt, and counting were in...

[ransomnote: Good series of Tweets re myocarditis. I don't think she's aware that the CDC has withheld from publishing most of the reports they've received for Covid-19 'vaccines' which means the actual number reported to the CDC is likely 3 to 5 times higher. She does know that the total number of reports to the CDC is usually 1% of actual adverse events experienced by the vaccinated.] Alex Berenson on Twitter: "1/ @cdcgov has now analyzed the VAERS data on #Covid vaccine myocarditis in teens and young adults. It is terrible. Based only on received reports - and remember, most...

First-term Congresswoman Lauren Boebert, who earlier this week trolled Kamala Harris at the border with a cardboard cutout of former Democrat San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown’s lover, is not taking her foot off of the gas. On Friday, Boebert, who owns Shooters Grill in Colorado and gained prominence for her Second Amendment Rights activism, sent a tweet mocking “cackling Kamala” Harris for her recent statement in which she told illegal aliens, “Do not come.” SNIP In case you missed Lauren Boebert’s cardboard cutout stunt at the border, it’s a very effective one as Kamala Harris — the so-called “border czar”...

FORTRESS MONROE, Va., Monday, June 10. Last night about 2 o'clock quite a large force left camp, under command of Brig.-Gen. PIERCE, with the design of breaking up marauding expeditions on the part of the enemy, for the purpose of running off the negroes and white men to work on their batteries. The forces were transported safely over Hampton Creek in barges manned by the Naval Brigade, under supervision of Lieut. CROSBY, of the frigate Cumberland. The force had proceeded about three miles beyond the creek when they were fired upon by the New-York Seventh Regiment, who had marched down...

Russian President Vladimir Putin in an interview with NBC News ahead of his meeting with U.S. President Joe Biden next week, said U.S.-Russia relations are at their lowest point in years. This is reported by Reuters. Putin and Biden will meet in Geneva on Wednesday. The White House has said Biden will bring up ransomware attacks emanating from Russia, Moscow's aggression against Ukraine, the jailing of dissidents and other issues that have irritated the relationship. "We have a bilateral relationship that has deteriorated to its lowest point in recent years," Putin said in an interview broadcast on Friday. Putin praised...

And it came to pass on the morrow, that the evil spirit from God came upon Saul, and he prophesied in the midst of the house: and David played with his hand, as at other times: and there was a javelin in Saul's hand. 1 Samuel 18:10 How the Press Corpse can call anything the Big Lie when they are paid millions to propagandize is an even bigger lie. After they and their bedmates in the Communist Party spent four years undermining Trump with Big Lie after Big Lie, they have the nerve to label anyone who questions the integrity...

A group of pro-Palestinian protestors burned an Israeli flag outside of Rockefeller Center as they marched through the streets of midtown Manhattan while demonstrating over businesses with ties to Israel. The group carrying Palestinian flags and signs saying, 'None of us are free until all of are free,' 'Imagine justice,' and 'We will free Palestine within our lifetime.' They were also filmed chanting: 'From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free'.' Some critics claim that line is anti-Semitic because it appears to call for the destruction of Israel.

Pray For the Peace of Jerusalem Psalm 92 Psalm 92[a] A psalm. A song. For the Sabbath day. 1 It is good to praise the Lord and make music to your name, O Most High, 2 proclaiming your love in the morning and your faithfulness at night, 3 to the music of the ten-stringed lyre and the melody of the harp. 4 For you make me glad by your deeds, Lord; I sing for joy at what your hands have done. 5 How great are your works, Lord, how profound your thoughts! 6 Senseless people do not know, fools do...

The Indian Bar Association (IBA) sued WHO Chief Scientist Dr. Soumya Swaminathan on May 25, accusing her in a 71-point brief of causing the deaths of Indian citizens by misleading them about Ivermectin. Point 56 states, “That your misleading tweet on May 10, 2021, against the use of Ivermectin had the effect of the State of Tamil Nadu withdrawing Ivermectin from the protocol on May 11, 2021, just a day after the Tamil Nadu government had indicated the same for the treatment of COVID-19 patients.” Advocate Dipali Ojha, lead attorney for the Indian Bar Association, threatened criminal prosecution against Dr....

Countless new beer releases flood the United States each year, from craft IPAs to macro lagers. But small-batch to mass-produced brews alike owe a debt of gratitude to the establishments that paved the way long ago — or, in some cases, less than two decades ago. With nearly 9,000 breweries operating in the U.S. today, we ventured to independently verify each state’s longest-operating brewery. Exploring this data reveals Prohibition’s wide-ranging and inconsistent impact on American beer. Pennsylvania’s Yuengling, established in 1829, takes the crown for the oldest brewery in the U.S., while North Dakota’s Fargo Brewing Co., founded in 2010,...

Leo Tolstoy wrote that "war is always pernicious even when successful." The United States' ongoing withdrawal from Afghanistan demonstrates the truth of this claim. Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid announced on Twitter that Taliban fighters overran government security forces with ease this week in the Maidan Wardak Province, just west of Kabul. His posts included several pictures of booty from the conquest, which included American-made machine guns, rifles, carbines and armored vehicles. "The enemy fled on seeing the casualties, and a large number of tanks, heavy and light weapons and ammunition fell into the hands of the Mujahideen," he tweeted. News...

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