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July 16 , 2021Our Lady of Mt Carmel Mt. Carmel Church, Bandra, Mumbai, India Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green First readingExodus 11:10-12:14 ©The institution of the PassoverMoses and Aaron worked many wonders in the presence of Pharaoh. But the Lord made Pharaoh’s heart stubborn, and he did not let the sons of Israel leave his country. The Lord said to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt: ‘This month is to be the first of all the others for you, the first month of your year. Speak to the whole community of Israel and say, “On the tenth day...

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BREAKING NEWS For first time since March, 855 new coronavirus cases in Israel By JERUSALEM POST STAFF JULY 16, 2021 09:46 Twitter Email LinkedIn Whatsapp Facebook Some 855 new cases of the novel coronavirus were reported in Israel on Thursday, the highest since March, with 1.52% of tests returning positive, according to a Friday morning update by the Health Ministry. Of those infected, 52 were in serious condition and 17 were on ventilators. The death toll stood at 6,443.

Oil prices declined on Wednesday after data showed a drop in China’s half-year crude imports while expectations for a further tightening of US inventories offered support. Brent crude was down 38 cents, or 0.5 percent, at $76.11 a barrel by 0820 GMT. West Texas Intermediate was off by 46 cents, or 0.6 percent, at $74.79 a barrel. China’s crude imports dropped by 3 percent from January to June compared with a year earlier, the first such contraction since 2013, as import quota shortages, refinery maintenance and rising global prices curbed buying.

On Thursday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Andrea Mitchell Reports,” host Andrea Mitchell said that while she knows why people criticized Cuba’s regime, “COVID has, on top of the Trump sanctions, cratered their economy.”

Vaccinated Britons now make up almost half of Covid cases in the country, a symptom-tracking study suggested today — but there are signs the third wave may have already peaked. This does not mean the jabs do not work. Scientists have always been honest that they are not perfect and millions will still be vulnerable to infection even after getting both doses.

MSNBC military analyst Barry McCaffrey said Thursday on “Deadline” that while still in office, former President Donald Trump “was edging towards a coup” with strong parallels to the Nazis in 1930s Germany. Discussing recent books about Trump’s final days, anchor Nicolle Wallace, “Shocking to read that the ex-president had an affinity for Hitler, in some ways just as stunning to see the top military commander saw his supporters and the threat they pose as a very clear parallel to the threat posed by Nazis.”

The Biden administration's public signals that the jump in inflation come amid mixed signals from key White House officials, who huddled with former Treasury Secretary and inflation scold Larry Summers this week. Just days after the government revealed a 5.4 per cent jump in inflation in June compared to last year, it was revealed that top Biden economic advisors met with former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers, who has been loudly raising the alarm about inflation. He met at the White House with economic advisors Brian Deese and Cecilia Rouse – purportedly about infrastructure. The meeting came Tuesday, the same day...

Coronavirus patients who recovered from the virus were far less likely to become infected during the latest wave of the pandemic than people who were vaccinated against COVID, according to numbers presented to the Israeli Health Ministry.Health Ministry data on the wave of COVID outbreaks which began this May show that Israelis with immunity from natural infection were far less likely to become infected again in comparison to Israelis who only had immunity via vaccination.More than 7,700 new cases of the virus have been detected during the most recent wave starting in May, but just 72 of the confirmed cases...

President Donald Trump has issued a new statement in response to the explosive Maricopa audit hearing in Arizona, which revealed voting irregularities amounting to hundreds of thousands of votes.President Donald Trump put out a new statement in response to the damning Maricopa County audit hearing in Arizona earlier today, which revealed shocking voting irregularities and evidence of fraud that have cast further doubts on the legitimacy of the 2020 election.“Arizona Senate hearings on the Maricopa County Election audit is devastating news to the Radical Left Democrats and the Biden Administration. While this, according to the Senate, is preliminary, with results...

Today was a stressful day in the Rucker household. Life duties took me away from my computer during the press conference pertaining to the Arizona election audit, which meant I would not be able to cover it live. But I didn’t fret as I knew my fellow patriot journalists would be on top of it revealing to the masses the bombshells I expected to be dropped.A search through my extensive feed-reader just now told me just how wrong I was. Crickets. Granted, it has only been a few hours since it ended so there will likely be other stragglers posting...

In a bid to prevent the spread of coronavirus at large events, the coronavirus cabinet on Thursday adopted the “Happy Badge,” an outline for safely holding mass gatherings. On the heels of the third straight day with more than 750 cases, Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said the pass was necessary for “maximum protection.” Starting Wednesday, access to weddings and similar events with more than 100 guests will be reserved to individuals who are vaccinated, recovered or holders of a recent negative coronavirus test, Bennett, Economy Minister Orna Barbivay and Health Minister Nitzan Horowitz said in a joint statement. The Happy...

Marxism and the Magna Carta cannot co-exist. The Line is bright. The Choice is binary. Which will you choose for the future of your children? Choosing Marxism requires no courage. Choosing the Magna Carta requires every ounce of courage that one can contribute to this Higher Calling.

Even before he became President, Donald Trump was no stranger to courtrooms. And he continues to fight a barrage of lawsuits, many of which seem to revolve around the First Amendment.But maybe the weirdest lawsuit yet has just been resolved: the former POTUS was sued for retweeting a “fake news” meme on his account when he was President.This has resulted in a “first-of-its-kind” ruling by a New York judge.Trump made waves when he retweeted a video originally posted by social media personality CarpeDonktum. This meme slammed the mainstream media for being “fake news” and got a ton of circulation.The Hollywood...

This work is a collaboration between the University of Huddersfield, Delphian Records and EMAP (European Music Archaeologic Project). The information contained in the booklet is extremely detailed: from the musical history of Scandinavia through the centuries to the explanation of the musical instruments used for this recording, all reconstructed on the basis of archaeological sources. For space problems I limit myself to reporting only the first part of the booklet, the link to purchase the disc is at the bottom of the information.

College — the final frontier of your official academic exploration.What goodies might await, once you exit that premium educational institution known as high school?If you’re planning to enroll in secondary school in Davidson, North Carolina, the answer could involve abolition.Of law enforcement, that is.As reported by Campus Reform, those attending Davidson College will have the opportunity to get their skulls schooled via a scolding of cops.As announced on Davidson’s website, instructor Garcia-Rojas will teach the following course:AFR 222 – #Abolishthepolice: Race and Policing in the U.S.“This critical Black studies course,” the site explains, “explores the specific relationship between Blackness and...

You know the election audits are over the target when Democrats are screaming about them being a waste of time. As the Arizona audits continue and audits in Georgia show significant discrepancies, the left wing politicos have dropped all semblance of rationale as they hiss and boo about “big lies” and Donald Trump.As Tucker Carlson recently pointed out, if there’s no there there, what’s the big deal? One would think progressives would be excited to prove wrong those who think the election was fraudulent. One would think they’d be encouraging these audits, if for no other reason than to dunk...

Remember during all the election hullabaloo last year, when people were trying to figure out what had gone down in Georgia, the Republican Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger was infuriated that anyone would raise questions about the election in his state. The election in Georgia, Raffensperger assured us was “safe, secure, honest.”People questioned that at the time and now there are still concerns that Tucker Carlson raised last night on his show about Fulton County, Georgia. Carlson highlighted two of the major concerns: that ballot images showed votes were scanned twice and that seven audit tally sheets showed falsified totals....

Florida residents are using their own boats to attempt food and supply runs to aid pro-democracy protesters in Cuba..... ....“We are just bringing supplies. They are trying to create a group to take on water, food, medicine, whatever we can to take a Cuba,” Dennis Suayero told the outlet. “We are just waiting for the approval so we can enter and give it to them.” Boaters are attempting the trip despite a warning from the U.S. Coast Guard not to attempt unsanctioned trips to Cuba.

The Iron Age coins—known as potins due to the copper, tin and lead alloy used to make them—each measure about 1.2 inches in diameter. They show stylized images representing the Greek god Apollo on one side and a charging bull on the other. In England, potins have mostly been found around Kent, Essex and Hertfordshire. People in Britain may have begun making the coins around 150 B.C. The earliest versions were bulky disks known as Kentish Primary, or Thurrock, types. Comparatively, the newly discovered potins—now dubbed the Hillingdon Hoard—are of the “flat linear” type, which uses simplified and abstracted images....