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Young adults today are likely unfamiliar with the term “misery index.” But they could soon learn about it the hard way, thanks to President Joe Biden’s economic incompetence. The misery index, a measure started under President Lyndon Johnson, is a simple measure combining the unemployment rate and the inflation rate. The idea being that joblessness and a fast-rising cost of living produces palpable misery in the country. The index has long been forgotten because it’s been so low for so long. It hit a high of 21.9 under Jimmy Carter way back in 1980, but by the end of President...

Sen. Joe Manchin (W.Va.), a crucial centrist vote in the Democratic caucus, is signaling to colleagues that he won’t derail a $3.5 trillion budget resolution that contains many of President Biden’s legislative priorities. Senate Democrats say Manchin has indicated he will not stand in the way of the measure moving forward and will be generally supportive as long as he’s kept in the loop on his top concerns: how to pay for the bill and a clean energy provision. Manchin told colleagues Wednesday where he stood at a caucus luncheon attended by Biden, where Democrats discussed their plans for passing...

The political scene is evolving so quickly that I presume to offer some advice to President Trump: He can now win in 2024 by being the potential candidate of calm and moderation. The Democrats have become a Babel of contending extremists, suddenly and implausibly blaming the Republicans for defunding police forces and miraculously discovering the virtues of voter identification, after having denounced it for six months as the resurrection of Jim Crow. The utter moral bankruptcy of many elected Democrats was captured in the Texas state legislators fleeing the state in private planes, excitedly taking selfies of themselves unmasked and...

VIDEOHow hard is it to manipulate a bunch of complete losers especially if you have access to almost unlimited funds? Could this explain the real story behind the kidnapping plot of Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer? Watch the video and decide for yourself.

The gospel today portrays the Lord Jesus as preacher and prophet, but even the greatest preacher in the world, Jesus, can find His powerful and precious words falling lifeless on the rock-hard surface of many a soul. Yes, even His words can meet with resistance and hostility, indifference and ridicule. Indeed, the gospel today shows the ruinous result of rejection. My formal homily notes begin with the red text below, but first I’d like to provide some background reflections that may prove helpful.We sometimes think that if only Catholic priests were better preachers, all would be well, but that is...

.22 ammunition available at Yuma Walmart on 9 July, 2021 This correspondent was in a Walmart in Yuma, Arizona on 9 July 2021. Visits to Walmart have been regular, but sparse, about one every two to three weeks.When in Walmart, a quick look at the ammunition display is taken to see if there are any significant changes. There has been very little ammunition displayed for over a year. Common calibers have been in short supply, especially .22 rimfire.It was with considerable surprise these four boxes of .22 ammunition, 2 – 325 round boxes of Federal and 2- 333 round boxes...

The most common cholesterol-lowering drugs may improve hospitalized COVID-19 patients’ chances of survival and reduce their risks of progressing to more severe disease, a new study suggests. An analysis of more than 10,000 people admitted to more than a 140 hospitals across the nation found that a class of medications called statins, together with blood pressure drugs, reduced in-hospital COVID-19 death by 40% among those who took them prior to being admitted. The same held true of COVID-19 patients’ odds of severe disease: those only taking statins benefited from a 25% lower risk of developing severe disease and those taking...

LOS ANGELES — A rapid and sustained increase in COVID-19 cases in the nation’s largest county requires restoring an indoor mask mandate even when people are vaccinated, Los Angeles County’s public health officer said Thursday. Dr. Muntu Davis said at a virtual press conference that a public health order requiring masks indoors will go into effect Saturday. “This is an all-hands-on-deck moment,” he said. Davis didn’t fully detail what he said would be some exceptions but said for example, people could still go out to eat and take off their masks only while eating and drinking. The county has been...

President Biden denounced socialism during a Thursday press conference with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, taking a swipe at the ideology that an increasing number of fellow Democrats embrace. “Communism is a failed system, a universally failed system. And I don’t see socialism as a very useful substitute, but that’s another story,” Biden said in the White House East Room. Biden denounced the left-wing ideologies in response to a question about Cuba, where the largest anti-government protests in decades erupted Sunday. He separately slammed “phony populism.” With extremely narrow margins in Congress, Biden’s legislative agenda has relied on a delicate balance...

China's Xiaomi Corporation has surpassed US rival Apple Inc by 33% in global smartphone shipments to become the second largest smartphone manufacturer. According to Canalys research, Xiaomi had a 17% share of global smartphone shipments during the second quarter 2021. Samsung had a 19% share. Apple came third with a 14% market share. Compared to Apple and Samsung, Xiaomi's average selling prices are around 40% and 75% lower respectively. Xiaomi's top priority this year is to increase sales of its high-end devices like the Mi 11 Ultra.

A new video has emerged in which a South African woman points out the irony of the only outlet in a shopping mall remaining completely untouched by looters being a bookstore. After showing electronics and clothing stores that have been completely cleaned out, the video cuts to a book shop that looks totally pristine.

NEW YORK CITY (WABC) -- The Yankees' post-All-Star break opener against the Boston Red Sox had to be postponed because of positive COVID-19 tests among six New York Yankees players. It's not yet known if Friday's game will be canceled too. Pitchers Jonathan Loaisiga, Nestor Cortes Jr., and Wandy Peralta tested positive, and later Aaron Judge, Kyle Higashioka, and Gio Urshela. All-star outfielder Judge had just played in an All-Star game in Denver on Tuesday before testing positive, raising concerns he may have exposed players on other teams. In fact, the Yankees were the first team to hit the MLB's...

In the face of mounting parent pushback to Critical Race Theory instruction and the lowering of standards in schools in Fairfax County, Virginia, an official of the local PTA and NAACP held an event to stay the course despite overwhelming opposition and concluded a tirade directed at the disgruntled parents by exclaiming, "Let them die!"

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URGENT: ANTI-SUMMORUM MOTU PROPRIO "Traditionis Custodes" -Note: Accompanying Letter below Motu Proprio:APOSTOLIC LETTERISSUED "MOTU PROPRIO"BY THE SUPREME PONTIFFFRANCIS“TRADITIONIS CUSTODES”ON THE USE OF THE ROMAN LITURGY PRIOR TO THE REFORM OF 1970Guardians of the tradition, the bishops in communion with the Bishop of Rome constitute the visible principle and foundation of the unity of their particular Churches.[1] Under the guidance of the Holy Spirit, through the proclamation of the Gospel and by means of the celebration of the Eucharist, they govern the particular Churches entrusted to them.[2]In order to promote the concord and unity of the Church, with paternal solicitude towards...

Klaus Martin Schwab is a German engineer and economist best known as the founder and executive chairman of the World Economic Forum. His wife and first collaborator, Hilde, co-founded the Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship with him. ============================================================================== Editor’s Commentary: Dr. Joseph Mercola tends to be a lot nicer than I am when it comes to people who want to tear the foundations of this nation and the globe, then attempt to rebuild it in their Neo-Marxist image. I’ll come out and say it: The World Economic Forum is driving the most dangerous ideology this world has seen since the...

The World Health Organization (W.H.O.) warned Thursday nobody should relax in the face of future coronavirus threats, cautioning the strong likelihood that further, possibly more dangerous variants still lie ahead. During a press briefing, Prof. Didier Houssin, who heads the W.H.O. emergency coronavirus committee, said the current disposition of the pandemic is “not good,” despite it being 18 months since it was officially declared a public health emergency.

“The one who loves his brother abides in the light and there is no cause for stumbling in him” (1 John 2:10). Loving other Christians gives assurance to your own faith. Loving fellow Christians is instinctive for genuine believers. Paul told the Thessalonians, “Now as to the love of the brethren . . . you yourselves are taught by God to love one another” (1 Thess. 4:9). He further encouraged them to “excel still more” in love (v. 10) because there is always room for believers to love one another more completely. Nevertheless, if we are truly saved we will...

Eric Clapton, Ben Stein and countless others sound the alarm on the severe and deadly side effects of the Russian Roulette Covid "vaccine". https://banned.video/watch?id=60ef0d68c63e855fe6a4e406

This country is creeping faster and faster toward fascism and then full out Communism under the guise of socialism. President Rutabaga is the front man for whomever is controlling the agenda but Biden is still the prick he always has been. There are a number of signs that are harbingers for the future. Biden refuses to condemn CommunismDoocy asked, "Do you think the people are leaving Cuba because they don't like communism?" Psaki's answer was, "We think people are leaving Cuba or protesting in the streets as well because they're opposed to the oppression, to the mismanagement of the government...