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Philippine authorities have begun to evacuate thousands of people Thursday after the alert status for Taal volcano, located near capital Manila, was raised following a “magmatic intrusion.” “At 3:16 p.m., the Taal volcano’s main crater generated a short-lived dark phreatomagmatic plume 1 km-high with no accompanying volcanic earthquake,” the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said in a statement. LOOK: Phreatomagmatic eruption of #Taal Volcano from 3:16 PM to 3:21 PM today (July 1, 2021), as viewed from the Main Crater station. | Courtesy of @phivolcs_dost This afternoon, the agency raised Taal’s Alert Level to 3 (magmatic unrest). Stay safe...

First Lady Jill Biden — who is featured on the August cover of Vogue after the fashion magazine broke a decades-long tradition by snubbing former First Lady Melania Trump during her four years in the White House — says people can “breathe again,” now that former President Donald Trump is out of office. Mrs. Biden said President Joe Biden came in and “heal[ed] this nation.” “During the campaign, I felt so much anxiety from people — they were scared,” Jill Biden told Vogue. “When I travel around the country now, I feel as though people can breathe again.”

Former U.S. Senator from Minnesota Al Franken is going back on the road for a national comedy tour. Pantages Theatre in Minneapolis just added a second show in October because of high demand. More than three years ago, Franken resigned from the Senate amid sexual misconduct allegations. Jane Kirtley, a professor of media ethics and law at the University of Minnesota, said as time has passed and other scandals have dominated the headlines, some will look at Franken through a different lens. "People's memories can be long, but they also can be very short," Kirtley said. "There is that kind...

Alberta lifted almost all its remaining COVID-19 restrictions Thursday, but many businesses said they are taking a more cautious approach as things start to return to normal. There are no more limits on indoor and outdoor social gatherings, no more capacity limits on restaurants, stores and places of worship. Weddings and other celebrations are back on. Alberta is also lifting its mask mandate. The exception is in Calgary, where the city has decided to revisit its mandatory mask bylaw on Monday. Shoppers in grocery stores and diners at restaurants are free to go maskless, although it is up to individual...

Who's Next?The Biden Administration's Domestic Terrorism Strategy is an announcement that they're coming for you.The Biden Administration’s National Strategy for Countering Domestic Terrorism is, by its own admission, the first of its kind. The authors call it “America’s first government-wide national Strategy” to eradicate internal opponents of the regime—that is, not only to deter “violent extremism,” but even, in the words of Biden’s opening memo, “to root out the hatreds that can too often drive violence.”This unprecedented state intervention into every level of American life is justified, the Administration claims, by the unrest that occurred at the Capitol on January...

Regardless if it is acknowledged or not, everyone is a servant to someone or something in one way or another. Every single person has a driving force in their life. Whether that force is God, strange gods, or a godless belief or an agenda, there is something at the foundation in the heart of every human being that moves that person to action. The innate catalyst of action can even take the form of a selfish nature, in which case, a person becomes a slave to their own natural impulses of body and spirit. When such is the case, one...

In 1933, Herbert George Wells wrote another seminal science fiction book titled, The Shape of Things to Come, about what he thought the future world would look like in the year 2106. Of note, he predicted a coming world war, the rise and superiority of airpower and space travel, the abolishment of religion, holography, smart devices, helicopters, and a great deal many other things. While HG Wells had some predictions come true (World War II, the aerial bombings of cities, etc.) his vision also had some major blunders as well. He envisioned the abolishment of Islam by 1979, as well...

--(There is no such limit in the U.S. Constitution.) “Now, I have some questions for these freedom haters. When are you going to call on the chief executive, the basement dweller, to hold his own son accountable for his gun crimes?” Boebert said. She proceeded to note that Hunter Biden lied on a federal firearms application, and pointed out that this is punishable by up to 10 years and a $250,000 fine. “Of which, ten percent will not be going to the ‘big guy,'” Boebert quipped. “Rules for thee, but not for my crackhead, parmesan smoking, gun criminal son.” The...

A prominent Indigenous leader in the B.C. Southern Interior is condemning the acts of possible arson after four Catholic churches burnt down on First Nations land in six days. Chief Clarence Louie of the Osoyoos Indian Band, who is also the tribal chair and spokesperson of the Okanagan Nation Alliance, said there is no doubt in his mind the fires were intentionally set. “I wouldn’t call it suspicious, I’d call it what it is, it’s a criminal act, it’s vandalism. It’s arson,” he told Global News on Sunday. Obviously, it’s the same group of people. Why did they do it...

Blahblahblahblah Republicans didn't want to spend like drunk sailors and raise taxes, so they defunded the police. We need to re-think policing and empower the FBI.

Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) on Wednesday issued a lengthy statement highlighting the historic ties between the Black and the Jewish communities after she caused an uproar when she said in an interview on CNN that Jewish Democrats are not “partners in justice.” “I am someone who has survived war and experienced injustice firsthand, who is alive today because I was welcomed into this country as a refugee,” she wrote on Twitter. .....

While Texas Senator John Cornyn claims to be a Republican, he is neck-deep in DC trying to help Democrats pass Amnesty for millions of illegals which would give Democrats full and permanent control of all future national US elections. ALIPAC.us believes Texans will rise up against Cornyn's Amnesty plans and push back with the help of activists from across the nation. "Sen Cornyn is completely out of sync with his home state of Texas by supporting Amnesty deals with Democrats for millions of illegals," said William Gheen, spokesman of ALIPAC. "It is time for everyone to get on the phones...

'The only thing tragic about Donald Rumsfeld’s death is that it didn’t take place in a prison cell,' progressive journalist writes Liberals pulled no punches in rejoicing over news of his death. "For those too young to know, Donald Rumsfeld was an atrocious human being whose legacy is engineering unlawful, disastrous & unnecessary wars that continue to traumatize generations. He had no remorse or contrition for his role in the bloodshed. May he kick rocks for eternity," The Daily Beast columnist Wajahat Ali reacted. "Bye, bi---," The Nation's Washington correspondent Aída Chávez replied. "The only thing tragic about Donald Rumsfeld’s...

The Russian president issued the stark warning during a televised Q&A on Wednesday, during which he also boasted that even if Russia had sunk HMS Defender it would not have caused World War Three. The Russian leader suggested the U.S.' dominance was over A warplane dropped bombs in the path of British destroyer HMS Defender last Wednesday to force her out of an area near the Crimean Peninsula Putin boldly claimed his navy could have attacked the ship in the Black Sea because the West knows "full well that they can't win in that war". During his annual “Direct Line”...

Are Novus Ordo Catholics Being Exploited?In the years following Vatican II, it became evident to a relatively small number of Catholics that the architects and implementers of the Council were attempting to destroy the Church. Even Pope Paul VI identified the destruction, though he failed to identify the real cause:The Church finds herself in an hour of anxiety, a disturbed period of self-criticism, or what would even better be called self-demolition. It is an interior upheaval, acute and complicated, which nobody expected after the Council. It is almost as if the Church were attacking itself.Until the papacy of Pope Francis,...

President Joe Biden traveled to Miami, Florida to appear with Gov. Ron DeSantis and local officials on Thursday to signal support after the disastrous Surfside condo collapse. “Again, this is your show, we just want to make sure that whatever you need, including… anyway, I’m talking too much…” Biden said in his opening statement before turning the rescue and recovery efforts briefing over to local officials for comment.

As liberal America freaks out over the Delta variant, there really isn’t much to worry about. It’s more transmissible—that’s it. Also, this isn’t the first variant that had this characteristic. Like the others, it’s not more lethal and it doesn’t make you sicker. All the vaccines available are effective against it. So, what’s the worry. Oh, the people who haven’t been jabbed. That’s their decision. For the rest of us who have been vaccinated or have recovered from the infection, live your life. Return to normal living. Go outside. This pandemic is over—and no, you don’t have to wait for...

June 30 (Reuters) - Berkshire Hathaway Inc (BRKa.N) Vice Chairman Charlie Munger praised China's move to impose a sweeping restructuring on Jack Ma’s Ant Group, the fintech giant whose record $37 billion IPO was derailed by regulators in November. The 97-year-old told CNBC in an interview alongside Berkshire CEO and billionaire investor Warren Buffett that the United States should take a leaf out of China's book and "step in preemptively to stop speculation". "I don't want the, all of the Chinese system, but I certainly would like to have the financial part of it in my own country," he said...

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Thursday named Republican Rep. Liz Cheney and seven Democrats to a new select committee to investigate the violent Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol. -snip- Cheney, R-Wyo., said in a statement that she is “honored” to serve on the committee and that “Congress is obligated to conduct a full investigation of the most serious attack on our Capitol since 1814.”

Meghan McCain announced live on air Thursday that she is resigning from ABC's The View DailyMail.com had revealed earlier on Thursday that the 36-year-old was stepping away from the daytime talk show with two years still on her contract Her co-hosts, Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar, Sara Haines and Sunny Hostin, were not aware prior to Thursday that McCain had resigned, a source said McCain will be finishing up on the show at the end of July McCain addressed her resignation during the The View's opening segment, saying: 'I'm going to rip the bandaid off'