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The Roman philosopher Cicero once said that gratitude is the parent of all virtues. It’s not difficult to see how this would be true. Gratitude is a virtue which contains many other virtues. In order to be truly grateful to someone, or for something, you must also be humble, prudent and kind. Gratitude is the sister of generosity — the latter in the giving, the former in the receiving. If one is present in an interaction but not the other, there is a risk that soon both will be lost. Anyone who has ever tried to be consistently generous to...

So, my wife and I were looking at moving back to NE Alabama after a year displaced by COVID. We had a place lined up that fell through due to some septic issues. We've been checking out listings as they pop up and today saw a 4 bed, 2 bath come on the market with 1,911 sq. ft and 3.4 acres, that noted, "Plus Fenced in Area for Farm Animals!" So, I'm checking out the pics, and there's some kind of critter that looks like a mix between a hyena and a pig with mange. WTF is that?

[Catholic Caucus] ‘Evil is real’: US bishop urges Catholics to pray St. Michael’s PrayerBishop Strickland encourages the faithful to live as children of God, in simplicity, innocence, and holiness.June 23, 2021 (LifeSiteNews) — Bishop Joseph Strickland calls on Catholics to pray now more than ever to combat the dark spiritual forces in the world. In this episode of The Bishop Strickland Show, His Excellency also encourages the faithful to live as children of God, in simplicity, innocence, and holiness. Bishop Strickland says that with June being named “pride” month, celebrating homosexuality and transgenderism, Christians must “turn to Saint Michael and...

If this weekend's heat wave sends temperatures soaring well above 90 degrees in king county as meteorologists expect, some communities are likely to suffer much worse than neighbors mere miles away. That takeaway comes from a new map of temperature data thorough King County collected during a scorching day last July +++++++++ They hid this article online after people called the Bush guy who authored this on his G.W. bs

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley may have an impressive service record on and off the battlefield but I wouldn’t send him out on a reconnaissance mission right now to determine the numbers, strength and intentions of any adversary right now if he considers the likes of Anna Morgan Lloyd a threat to the republic. Lloyd, a 49-year-old grandmother from Indiana, was the first person to be sentenced for charges linked to the Jan. 6 breach of the Capitol. The unarmed tourist spent two days in the custody of the Harris-Biden DOJ for the crime of...

Scene: The Managing Director’s Office inside Philadelphia’s Municipal Services Building in the Year of our Lord 2017. Seated around a conference table are a handful of city officials touting the first Office of Violence Prevention, and its mission to evaluate the effectiveness of tens of millions in taxpayer-funded violence prevention programs. A grand endeavor, they boast. Long overdue, sniffs the salty columnist seated among them. And so it shall be done! declares the bullish band of bureaucrats. Fast-forward four-plus years, three managing directors, a revolving roster of six-figure violence prevention experts, 1,787 homicides and counting — and a drumbeat of...

Video captured outside a forced detainment facility at Heathrow for travelers returning to England from region declared 'red zones' (high Covid rates). Detained travelers are not allowed to leave until quarantined here at their own cost of 1750 pounds. They are watched by security and treated like prisoners.Heathrow Airport - "Red List Country" Return "Prison Camp". Forbidden to speak to people. - YouTubeAutogenerated Transcript:driver describing fenced area: "and they come out here it's like aprison camp this is where they exercise have their half-hour free time that's insanethey can't leave. driver: excuse me is this your time out from thered...

Epstein committed suicide McAfee committed suicide Biden won the election COVID came from a wet market Conservatives are all terrorists Ivermectin doesn't work HCQ doesn't work Biden doesn't have dementia The jab isn't making anyone ill Fauci was consistent Masks work COVID passports Cuomo didn't kill old people Dominion systems were secure Hunter Biden is an artist Trump colluded with Russia Jan 06 was an insurrection Transwomen are real women BLM is mostly peaceful Trump had a pee pee tape Antifa is an idea George Floyd didn't overdose Advanced coursework is racist 1619 is real history Hunter Laptop was not...

---SNIP--- Some of the Democrat's most reliable political contributors — including unions, wealthy executives and Democratic Party officials — say they still plan to give money to his expected campaign for a fourth term in office. The governor is planning a $10,000 per-person fundraiser for June 29 in New York City. It will be one of his first big, in-person events to raise money for his campaign since the coronavirus pandemic began. He’s also hosting a $25 per-person virtual fundraiser in July.

"There's an old saying. When the law is on your side, pound the law. When the facts are on your side, pound the facts. If neither the facts or law are on your side, pound the table." So Adam Schiff summarized a quip that has been evolving for at least a century. And so the Democrats did in the Ohio State House when Ohio State Representative Jena Powell proposed an amendment to protect women's sports. It's hard to believe this ruckus took place in what is supposed to be the deliberative, rulemaking body for the state of Ohio. Where do...

Prague, Czech Republic (CNN) Czech President Milos Zeman called transgender people "disgusting" in an interview on CNN affiliate CNN Prima News on Sunday, during a discussion of a controversial new law in Hungary. The Hungarian law bans all educational materials and programs for children that are considered to promote homosexuality, gender reassignment and the concept of sexuality deviating from the one assigned to a person at birth. It has been met with fierce criticism from other members of the European Union. Zeman said interference in internal affairs of any EU member country is a gross political mistake, and he defended...

Fr. Altman slams Vatican II, Bishop Barron for ambiguity on salvationAltman traced Bishop Barron’s declaration that Jesus is the ‘privileged way’ of salvation to ‘some sketchy stuff’ in Lumen Gentium.WHITE BEAR LAKE, Minnesota, June 28, 2021 (LifeSiteNews) – Father James Altman, known for his fearless admonitions to Catholic laity and clergy alike to live in accordance with their faith, has ripped the Second Vatican Council as a source of teaching error, including one proclaimed by Bishop Robert Barron.During a speaking engagement in White Bear Lake, Minnesota, Altman confronted head-on what he sees as problems with Vatican II.“You can look at...

Okay, I am looking at the 2021 Congressional CALENDAR and I see only three more days that Congress (House) is in session before it goes into recess until the middle of July when it goes back into session for 9 days until the end of the month. . Then the House is in recess for ALL of August and does not come back into session until September 20. Remember the House has to pass the Reconciliation Pork Package FIRST before it goes to the Senate.Since the DEADLINE to pass in the Senate is September 30, just how can this be...

About 20 years ago, I wrote in an opinion piece for an online magazine: “Liberals are the self-righteous, led by the self-important, for the benefit of the self-interested.” I still believe this to be true. But I also believe: Republicans are the complacent, led by the content, for the benefit of those concerned only about taxes. As a case in point, I would like to present Critical Race Theory, transsexuality, and the Loudoun County (Va.) School Board. Until these issues received heightened attention recently, the parents of the Loudoun County School District were content to elect politically and socially liberal...

EUGENE, OR—In a move many are hailing as both "stunning" and "brave", hammer-throwing athlete Gwen Berry turned her back on the flag as the national anthem played after she qualified to represent America in the Olympics. "America stinks, and it has oppressed me my entire life," said Berry. "My qualification for the U.S. Olympic team is just another example of the long string of systemic injustices I have suffered at the hand of systemic white systems of Western cis-patriarchal oppression and the systems of hetero Christian male dominance and the... what was I talking about? Oh yeah-- America stinks and...

The Vatican offered clarification of its granting communion today. Comrade Pope Francis stated the it is the policy not to grant communion to church members who have not received their COVID 19 "Jabs" or church members in Climate Change Denial. Church members who have not received their "Jabs" must be allowed to attend mass but must sit in the designated "Demons & Devils" quarantine area and must wear the Bio-Hazzard emblem. Those will be denied communion and must be shunned by the priests and congregation. Climate Change Deniers will also be denied communion and will be segregated in the "Demons...

Cy Vance's team plans to bring narrowly focused charges in its probe of the Trump Organization, says Ron Fischetti. Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance has indicated he does not currently plan to charge the Trump Organization with crimes related to allegations of "hush money" payments and real estate value manipulations, according to a personal lawyer for Donald Trump. Ronald Fischetti, a New York attorney who represents the former president, said on Monday that in a meeting last week, he asked Vance’s team for details on charges they were considering. According to Fischetti, members of Vance’s team said they were considering...

Now, do understand, I realize that we cannot drop the dollar with the garbage politicians that we have in office. Inflation would go Venezuela and everybody would suffer. I totally understand that we cannot do that at all. So, I realize that we can't do this, so I don't want to discuss about how our politicians cannot be trusted and all that, because I know that. However, my thought is what if we cleaned up the deficit financing and dropped the dollar to pay a bunch of debt back. Then we tightened up the federal financial policy until the dollar...

Explanation: It may look like a paper Moon. Sailing past a canvas Sun. But those are not cardboard clouds. And it's not make believe. The featured picture of an orange colored sky is real -- a digital composite of two exposures of the solar eclipse that occurred earlier this month. The first exposure was taken with a regular telescope that captured an overexposed Sun and an underexposed Moon, while the second image was taken with a solar telescope that captured details of the chromosphere of the background Sun. The Sun's canvas-like texture was brought up by imaging in a very...

"Our country was attacked by China. The election was hacked and we're gonna have a cyber-symposium," Lindell vowed during a press conference outside a Washington federal court. The MyPillow CEO said that his "cyber experts" would show "packet captures" that are "100 percent non-subjective evidence."