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Amazon's “The Lord of the Rings” Second Age series has been notoriously secretive...We have been able to verify most of today’s report as currently accurate per sources that are involved with the Production... Men, Elves and Dwarves have their own sequestered production units for the different Free Peoples [this intriguing bit rather suggests the narrative might be constructed across wide time jumps or told from pockets of different historical viewpoints, perhaps even an anthology approach rotating characters from the various Free Peoples all reacting to the same thing, but over what timelines we still do not know. Scripts are only...

The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ (USCCB) top administrative official has resigned after the organization became aware of allegations that the priest had visited gay bars and used the hook-up app Grindr. The USCCB said in a statement first shared by the National Catholic Reporter that it had accepted the resignation of Monsignor Jeffrey Burrill, who has served as the group’s general secretary since last fall. Archbishop José Gomez, the USCCB’s president, said in a Tuesday memo to all bishops that it was “with sadness” that Burrill had stepped down from his role, adding that the conference was notified Monday...

A columnist for the Washington Post admitted on Tuesday that Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) was correct in Tuesday’s heated back and forth between the senator and Dr. Anthony Fauci over the White House chief medical adviser’s denial of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) funding gain-of-function research in the Wuhan Institute of Virology. “Hey guys,@RandPaul was right and Fauci was wrong. The NIH was funding gain of function research in Wuhan but NIH pretended it didn’t meet their ‘gain of function’ definition to avoid their own oversight mechanism,” Josh Rogin, a columnist for the Washington Post, said Tuesday. “SorryNotSorry if...

On this episode of the Resistance Library Podcast, Sam and David discuss the corresponding rise of antidepressants, SSRIs, and mass shootings. According to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), a mass murder occurs when at least four people are murdered, not including the shooter, over a relatively short period of time during a single incident. Over the last 30 years, the United States has seen a significant increase in mass shootings, which are becoming more frequent and more deadly. Seemingly every time a mass shooting occurs, whether it’s at a synagogue in Pittsburgh or a nightclub in Orlando, the anti-gun...

"The View" co-host Joy Behar strongly defended Dr. Anthony Fauci Wednesday against criticism from Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., concerning the origins of the coronavirus and funding for gain of function research at the Wuhan Institute of Virology in China. During a discussion on the clash between Fauci and Paul at a Tuesday hearing on Capitol Hill, Behar praised the former's experience at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) with helping fight past diseases and claimed the latter should be thanking him instead of blaming him for coronavirus deaths. "Dr. Fauci … has been running the NIH for 36 years, okay?"...

Any eschatological view that either puts the church into the 70th Week or denies bible prophecy outright or in part, is heretical in nature. The reason it is heretical is that it purposely argues against what the Scriptures actually teach. Understandably, it is a serious thing to charge a position (or even a promoter of said heresy) with the charge of being heretical. But it's time to take off the kid-gloves and call things as they are. If something is heretical, we need to simply call it as such. Regarding biblical Christianity, what is heresy? Second Peter 2:1 says, “There...

The CIA is using a veteran of the hunt for al Qaeda terrorist Osama bin Laden to try and get to the bottom of a series of mysterious “directed energy” attacks against U.S. personnel serving at consulates and embassies around the world since 2016. The attacks cause a variety of bizarre symptoms that appeared out of nowhere to operatives and spies serving at U.S. facilities at home and abroad, The Hill reported Wednesday. The symptoms include hearing high pitched sounds, steady “pulses of energy” in the head, pain, nausea, dizziness, and several other “bizarre” sensations, the WebMD website said. The...

The Arlington County Board is voting Wednesday night on whether to create a civilian group overseeing police — and on just how much power such a body might have to launch independent investigations of misconduct by officers. The vote, more than a year after racial justice demonstrators nationwide called for greater scrutiny of police, particularly following the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis police custody, comes as other jurisdictions around the D.C. region and the country have taken similar steps to ramp up accountability. In Arlington, months of debate have centered on whether the civilian board should be able to...

As we discussed last week, "critical race theory" is a subtle philosophical construct where the answer to everything is: THAT'S RACIST! Teachers hawking this glop are being defended by their journalist allies, who sneer that CRT critics are too stupid to understand the nuances of the theory. The Aristotelian ideal of this sneer was Elle Reeve's "special report" for CNN -- pre-taped to eliminate any danger of Elle being contradicted by someone smarter, such as a 10-year-old. CNN's Brianna Keilar introduced the segment by asking her: "Do these vocal opponents of critical race theory actually understand fully what it is?"...

The law used by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer to issue emergency orders without legislative approval during the pandemic is getting repealed. On Wednesday, the Michigan House approved Unlock Michigan’s initiative to repeal the Emergency Powers of Governor Act of 1945, from which Whitmer drew authority to unilaterally extend a state of emergency during the COVID-19 pandemic until the Michigan Supreme Court determined it was unconstitutional in October 2020. The Unlock Michigan initiative does not impact another, more recent state of emergency law on the books that allows the governor to declare a state of emergency for 28 days, after which point...

Gov. Ron DeSantis was in St. Petersburg to discuss red tide on Wednesday, but took time to answer questions and address Florida’s recent spike in coronavirus cases and stress the importance of the COVID vaccine. “Here’s, I think, the most important thing with the data: if you are vaccinated, fully vaccinated, the chance of you getting seriously ill or dying from COVID is effectively zero,” DeSantis said. “If you look at the people who are being admitted to hospitals, over 95 percent of them are either not fully vaccinated or not vaccinated at all. These vaccines are saving lives. They...

Joe Biden nominated anti-gun, anti-constitution nutbag David Chipman as Director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. In a recent interview David Chipman labeled gun-owners “Tiger Kings” who need to hide their guns behind their “tuna and beef jerky” in their cabinets. Then he added they only need to bring out their guns if the zombies start to appear.

Pope Pachamama’s PrioritiesEvery time a high-ranking prelate is caught being a pervert, I can’t avoid thinking: 1) how many are they? And 2) Who protects them, who put them there? This does not seem a strange reaction to me: in fact, it should sound very natural to everybody whose mind has not been perverted by the strange notion that, suddenly, sexual perversion would be ok.You would think that I am not the only one thinking this. You would think that every right-thinking bishop or cardinal would have the same worry. You would think that a Pope would be most alarmed!...

Israel's battle against the delta variant of the coronavirus is expected to last many months, Health Minister Nitzan Horowitz warned on Wednesday. "We expect to see an increase in cases of infection in the coming weeks, and unfortunately also in the number of seriously ill patients," he said at a news conference. "We understand that the coronavirus won't soon disappear from the world. Our strategy is clear – living with the coronavirus," he said, adding that members of the public will have to demonstrate personal responsibility if restrictions that would affect daily routines are to be avoided. Israel has among...

A California judge on Wednesday cleared the way for conservative talk radio host Larry Elder to join the field of candidates for an upcoming recall election aimed at removing Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom from office. Elder scored a swift court victory in Sacramento, where he challenged a decision by state election officials to block him from the September recall ballot. In a tweet, Elder wrote, “Victory! My next one will be on Sept. 14 at the ballot box.” Superior Court Judge Laurie M. Earl disagreed with a state decision that Elder failed to meet requirements to qualify to run in...

President Trump has put the mainstream media on blast and has accused Democrats of leading America towards communism. On Tuesday, Trump was interviewed on the Michael Savage Show, where he blasted the media for protecting Joe Biden and his fellow Democrats. Trump went on to criticize Biden for allowing illegal immigrants to flood into the U.S., leading to a crime wave and COVID-19 infection surges in border states. The 45th president also discussed election integrity and the importance of securing U.S. elections against fraud.

Some 143 Israelis were hospitalized with COVID-19 as of Wednesday at 12 p.m., according to the Health Ministry. Fifty-eight percent of them were vaccinated, 39% were not and 3% were partially vaccinated, meaning they had taken one dose or a full week had not passed since their second shot. Only one patient was a child. Five were pregnant women or women who recently gave birth. Of the country’s 64 serious patients, including 17 in critical condition, there were 12 who were being invasively ventilated. However, while the percentage of vaccinated cases was high, the percentage of those who require invasive...

As I’m sure most people would assume, we get plenty of criticism at WTOP. Sometimes it’s constructive: We need to use better grammar; we need to add more details to our stories; or we made a mistake. Sometimes it’s about opinion: We are too left because we talk to liberals; or we are too right because we talk to conservatives. And that’s all OK. We’re not perfect. We strive to be accurate all the time. We aim to be unbiased. At WTOP, we are glad to get the feedback. It makes us better — negative, positive and in-between. Then there...

The Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Canada has issued a powerful statement against unnamed individuals it claims “worship” the communion spoon and refuse vaccines. The unusually strongly-worded statement was posted on the Archdiocese’s Facebook page on Wednesday, July 21. The post isn’t signed by an individual and doesn’t carry the signature of the Archbishop Sotirios of Canada. Do You Worship the Communion Spoon? Then You Are a Pagan. What a shame that you refuse to understand this. You continue to think that you are more orthodox than others. You shout in all directions that you possess the truth. Without realizing it,...

The Taliban appear to have “strategic momentum” in the fight for control of Afghanistan as they put increasing pressure on key cities, setting the stage for a decisive period in coming weeks as American forces complete their withdrawal, the top U.S. military officer said Wednesday. “This is going to be a test now of the will and leadership of the Afghan people — the Afghan security forces and the government of Afghanistan,” Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told a Pentagon press conference. The Pentagon says the U.S. withdrawal is 95% finished and will be completed...