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If China invades Taiwan, Tokyo may interpret the move as a "threat to Japan's survival" and deploy the Self-Defense Forces to exercise collective self-defense, Deputy Prime Minister Taro Aso said Monday. "If a major incident happened [in Taiwan], it would not be strange at all if it touches on a situation threatening survival," Aso said during a speech in Tokyo. "If that is the case, Japan and the U.S. must defend Taiwan together." Aso, who also serves as finance minister, is one of four cabinet members who sit on Japan's National Security Council. Japan's deputy prime minister noted that "the...

Chicago’s Bloody 4th of July Weekend: 92 Shot, 16 Fatally, 6 Children Among Injured By Cristina Laila Published July 5, 2021 at 9:45pm 87 Comments Share Tweet Gab Share TelegramTelegram Clouthub Share Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot Meanwhile in the Democrat hell hole of Chicago… 92 people were shot, 16 fatally in a bloody 4th of July weekend in Chicago. 6 children were among the injured in Chicago’s deadliest and most violent weekend of 2021. The Chicago Sun-Times reported: In the deadliest and most violent weekend this year in Chicago, 92 people have been shot over the long Fourth of July...

Just wondering if anyone has current legal information.

Scientists fear that a highly contagious new COVID-19 variant that is ravaging Peru may be resistant to vaccines. The Lambda mutation, or C.37, appears to have emerged in Peru last August — and is now being blamed for the country having the highest pandemic death rate in the world. The concerning strain has since spread to around 30 countries, mostly in Latin America — but also as far as the UK, which has recorded at least eight cases, according to government figures. There are no known cases of the Lambda strain in the US, according to the Centers for Disease...

Pfizer CEO's Israel Visit Postponed Due to Covid-19 Vaccination Related Concerns?The visit was canceled after it turned out that Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla and members of the delegation have not received the second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine(or neither 1st dose)!Pfizer CEO's expected visit to Israel has been canceled after it was found that he hasn't yet received the second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine.The head of the company, Albert Bourla and other members of the delegation that was meant to accompany him during his visit to Israel, have not yet received the second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, reported...

US streets were bathed in blood over Independence Day weekend with 142 killed in 379 separate shootings, with Chicago and Philadelphia among the locations worst-hit. Chicago suffered the greatest bloodshed, with at least 92 shootings over the long weekend. That saw 16 killed and 76 injured. National Guard soldier Chrys Carvajal, 19, is the only victim so-far named. He was shot while attending a house party after coming home to visit his family for the Independence Day celebrations. 'My brother. He was all of life. He had a bright future in front of him,' Carvajal's sister Jennifer Ramirez told ABC...

From Washington to Hollywood, the left thumbed its nose at the United States on its 245th birthday. Stolen. Racist. Unfree. Unfair. From Hollywood to Washington, liberals used the occasion of America's 245th birthday to continue their relentless assault on the greatest democracy the world has ever created. "Reminder: The United States was founded on the unjust treatment of Native Americans, Africans and other people of color," actress Alyssa Milano crowed in a TikTok video. Rep. Cori Bush, a Democrat from Missouri, challenged the notion of the land of the free. "When they say that the 4th of July is about...

DeAnna Price (Middle above), the US Olympic Gold medal winner during the Women's Hammer Throw on June 26, 2021 - reacts to the actions from teammate Gwen Berry and more - via 'Wake Up America' on Newsmax. We all know who Gwen Berry is, but we want to change the conversation now to the lady who actually WON the Hammer Throw competition to represent our country to the Tokyo Olympics. DeAnna Price broke the American Hammer Throw record twice, all while standing tall and proud while our national anthem was playing. She was interviewed by NewsMax TV. The Gold Medalist...

Shock: Retiring monsignor announces plans to marryDetails: The Rev. Monsignor Howard Lincoln, who celebrated his final mass at Sacred Heart Church in Palm Desert last week after leading the Catholic congregation for 20 years, has informed members of the church community that he plans to marry a woman as he moves into retirement, church leaders said this weekend.In a letter dated Saturday and posted on the church’s website, Pastor Gregory Elder and Parochial Vicar Tyler Tripp wrote: “It is with mixed emotion that we share with you the following message: On Wednesday, June 30, at the end of our farewell...

Attorney Matt DePerno reported this morning on the Bannon War Room that there was a security breach of the registration servers in Arizona on November 3, 2020. The corrupt Secretary of State Katie Hobbs knew about this as well as the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors but they kept it hidden. Some big news dropped this morning regarding the security of the election in 2020 in Arizona. According to Attorney Matt DePerno, there was a security breach of the registration servers in Arizona on November 3, 2020 (Election Day). This breach was known by Secretary Katie Hobbs but to date,...

On June 29, the Georgian Orthodox Church issued a statement strongly opposing the LGBTQ events that are currently being held in Tbilisi, warning against attempts to normalize sin against the wishes of the population. Seeing that its plea was ignored, the Church issued another statement on Saturday, denouncing Western governments’ interference in the public and spiritual life of Georgia, and announcing a prayer service to be held this evening to “show the world that we are defending our dignity and that any attempt to degenerate our people is utterly unacceptable to us.” The statement reads in full: In the statement...

US Catholic Bishops Attend Conference Promoting Same-Sex ‘Marriage’Heresy on full displayFrom June 21–24, the Association of United States Catholic Priests ("AUSCP") held its annual assembly in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Participating in the conference were at least three Catholic bishops: Abp. John Wester of Santa Fe, New Mexico; Bp. Richard Pates of Crookston, Minnesota; and Bp. William Wack of Pensacola, Florida.The Lepanto Institute was on location for the duration of the assembly, holding two Rosary rallies of reparation for the heresies and sacrileges being promoted by the AUSCP while further monitoring the AUSCP's activities. While the AUSCP has vocally supported homosexuality in...

Filmmaker Richard Donner, who helped create the modern superhero blockbuster with 1978’s “Superman” and mastered the buddy comedy with the “Lethal Weapon” franchise, has died. He was 91. Donner died Monday in Los Angeles, his family said through a spokesperson. Donner gained fame with his first feature, 1976’s “The Omen.” A then-unheard-of offer followed: $1 million to direct 1978’s “Superman.” Donner channeled his love of the character into making the film, repeatedly facing off with producers over the need for special effects that would convince the audience that a superhero could really fly. In the title role, Donner cast Christopher...

Heresy on full displayFrom June 21–24, the Association of United States Catholic Priests ("AUSCP") held its annual assembly in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Participating in the conference were at least three Catholic bishops: Abp. John Wester of Santa Fe, New Mexico; Bp. Richard Pates of Crookston, Minnesota; and Bp. William Wack of Pensacola, Florida. The Lepanto Institute was on location for the duration of the assembly, holding two Rosary rallies of reparation for the heresies and sacrileges being promoted by the AUSCP while further monitoring the AUSCP's activities. While the AUSCP has vocally supported homosexuality in the priesthood and acceptance of active...

Torrential rain caused severe flooding in southern China’s Guangxi Province, affecting a population of more than a million. However, China’s state broadcaster CCTV shifted attention to what it called “golden waterfall.”Heavy rain swept northern and central Guangxi from June 27 to July 2, causing damage to a population of a million people in 46 counties, according to China’s outlets. The level of emergency response was upgraded from four to three. So far, 91,500 residents have been displaced, 16 killed, and 10 are missing, while direct financial losses reached 2.9 billion yuan (about $453 million).However, a July 3 report by state...

The executive director of the British Columbia Civil Liberties Association (BCCLA), Harsha Walia, is under fire for commenting on a story about the wave of church arsons sweeping Canada by saying “Burn it all down.” Walia, a Bahrain-born South Asian based in Vancouver and described as “a community organizer and campaigner in migrant justice, feminist, anti-capitalist, abolitionist, and anti-imperialist movements” in her profile at the left-wing Intercept, made the inflammatory intervention in response to a VICE report on two Roman Catholic churches being burned down in Alberta and Nova Scotia. Many churches have been burned or vandalised in recent days,...

Counterfeit products have been circulated in China’s electronics market for a long time. However, as the global chip shortage intensifies, a large amount of refurbished, substandard fake chips are flood the market, exposing major deficiencies in China’s quality control standards.China Economic Observer reported a chip agent revealed that to meet the growing demand, suppliers were no longer keeping their counterfeiting practices secret. Instead, they are openly creating separate production lines to expedite the sales of counterfeit or refurbished chips. Furthermore, businesses are no longer offering the shoddy products at half price. Many are being sold at full market value.The agent...

Harvard Law professor emeritus Alan Dershowitz says he believes federal tax fraud charges filed in New York City against The Trump Organization’s longtime finance chief will end up being dismissed.“You can’t get a city district attorney indicting somebody for failing to pay federal income taxes when the IRS hasn’t even gone after him,” Dershowitz said in a July 3 interview with Newsmax. “One of the charges, a major charge, is grand larceny against the United States government.“That shows the extent to which they are prepared to stretch existing law and the Constitution to give them authority over federal taxes. It’s...

As I’ve written recently, Republicans have made serious gains in the battle to stop Critical Race Theory from becoming engrained in public schools. Parents have spoken out at school board meetings, elections have been won on the local level, and state-level bills to ban the propagation of CRT have passed. Some of the stand-outs in taking this issue seriously have been Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and Texas Gov. Greg Abbott.The responses from the left provide evidence that they are on their heels. From claims that CRT isn’t being introduced into schools at all to the NEA pushing a plan to...

A violent July Fourth weekend featured at least 118 people shot in Chicago and New York City combined, according to reports. The historically violent weekend for Chicago saw 92 shot, including at least 16 fatalities, the most violent weekend of the year thus far, the Chicago Sun-Times reported. New York City saw 26 people shot, including two fatalities, Fox News reported.