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  • ‘The Mysterious Benedict Society’ Is A Whimsical, Kid-Friendly Critique Of Media Panic

    07/23/2021 9:29:30 AM PDT · by Kaslin · 6 replies
    The Federalist ^ | July 23, 2021 | Josh Shepherd
    In a miniseries relevant for our times, four remarkable children must tune out media propaganda and seek truth to solve what’s causing a society-wide panic. “There is a place where truth matters, even if most people don’t pay attention to it.”“The Mysterious Benedict Society,” a streaming TV series on Disney Plus faithfully adapted from the original novel by Trenton Lee Stewart, slowly unravels a surprising and even sophisticated mystery with a talented ensemble cast and charming Technicolor style.Set in a vaguely British seaside locale circa the mid-1970s, the plot hinges on news media anxiously hyping a threat called The Emergency....
  • [Catholic Caucus] I attend the Latin Mass. My fellow attendees and I share the same concerns all Catholics should have.

    07/23/2021 9:27:00 AM PDT · by ebb tide · 9 replies
    LifeSite News ^ | July 22, 2021 | Matt Lamb
    [Catholic Caucus] I attend the Latin Mass. My fellow attendees and I share the same concerns all Catholics should have."Most of the sermons I have heard revolve around the Sacraments, types of sins and how to avoid them, and how to combat secular culture."Traditional Mass in Basilica of St. Pancras, Rome, 2016. Thoom/ShutterstockPope Francis has said that Summorum Pontificum has been “exploited to widen the gaps, reinforce the divergences, and encourage disagreements that injure the Church, block her path, and expose her to the peril of division.” He used this as one justification for severely restricting the freedom of priests...
  • Being Fundamentally Transformed Day By Day

    07/23/2021 9:26:07 AM PDT · by frnewsjunkie · 27 replies
    July 23, 2021 | Vanity
    A question for all of us. Do we realize what the "biden" administration is doing to this country? To the citizens? It looks like obama style: fundamentally transforming this great nation to a heap of ashes. I read through the posts on Free Republic and it's unbelievable what I see the left is doing to all of us. I don't see how we can go till 2022 to save our nation. They are on a high that will turn this nation into a hell hole.. From great to destruction. How can we do nothing. To say there is no way...
  • Prospects for Spread of Khuzestan Uprising to Other Parts of Iran

    07/23/2021 9:22:27 AM PDT · by Irannewswire · 8 replies
    Townhall ^ | Jul 23, 2021 | Cyrus Yaghobi
    ‎https://media.townhall.com/townhall/reu/ha/2020/9/7fd3a542-e177-4f24-b894-e7d2e813a2c0.jpg‎ As expected, the accumulated anger and dissatisfaction of Iranians, whose ‎patience with the current economic and political conditions has come to an end ‎and had manifested itself in recent months, first in the form of widespread ‎strikes and protest rallies and now in the shape of public uprisings in cities of ‎Khuzestan.‎ The people of Khuzestan province, in addition to facing skyrocketing prices, ‎unemployment and the coronavirus pandemic are suffering from power and ‎water outages in the scorching heat of this region, where the temperature is ‎above 120 degrees.‎ The water shortage and drying up of rivers are due...
  • Stanford University reports 7 breakthrough cases of COVID-19 among fully vaccinated students; All seven students were symptomatic, the university said.

    07/23/2021 9:17:15 AM PDT · by Tipllub · 26 replies
    ABC News ^ | 7/23/21
    Stanford University reports 7 breakthrough cases of COVID-19 among fully vaccinated students All seven students were symptomatic, the university said. ByMorgan Winsor July 23, 2021, 2:45 AM Stanford University reported at least seven confirmed cases of COVID-19 among fully vaccinated students this week. All seven students were symptomatic, according to the school. "As you have seen in the national news, cases of COVID-19 have been ticking upward," Stanford University officials said in a letter to students on Thursday. "We are seeing some of this in our own community, where we are experiencing an increase in the number of student COVID...
  • More Hurdles Than People at Tokyo’s Dystopian Olympics

    07/23/2021 9:12:09 AM PDT · by DUMBGRUNT · 38 replies
    WSJ ^ | 22 July 2021 | Jonathan Kolatch
    ...Since the initial rule book was issued in February, Tokyo 2020 has turned the restriction screws much tighter. Foreigners traveling to the Olympics must now have two negative PCR tests before boarding the plane to Tokyo. They must take a third test on arrival in Japan, which is officially called “Day 0,” and additional tests on days 1, 2 and 3. Saliva-sample spit boxes are positioned throughout the Olympic apron. There are no exemptions for those already vaccinated. Last week duty-free shops were ordered to examine customers’ passports to be sure they haven’t violated 14-day quarantine restrictions. To enforce Covid...
  • Democrat-Run Houston: Suspect Carjacks Ambulance at Gunpoint with Patient Inside

    07/23/2021 9:11:36 AM PDT · by ChicagoConservative27 · 16 replies
    Breitbart ^ | 07/23/2021 | Awr Hawkins
    A suspect carjacked an ambulance with a patient inside it around 3 a.m. Friday morning in Democrat-run Houston, Texas. The Washington Examiner reports an EMT was also in the ambulance when it was stolen KHOU-11 notes the carjacking occurred after a man fired shots at the ambulance, forcing the driver to stop. The man then climbed into the driver’s seat, taking control of the ambulance. The EMT was in the back with the patient and suspected something was wrong “because they were no longer heading in the right direction.” Police were able to track the ambulance via GPS and take...
  • The FBI’s Other Sexual Scandal

    07/23/2021 9:08:00 AM PDT · by Heartlander · 19 replies
    American Greatness ^ | July 22, 2021 | Adam Mill
    The FBI’s Other Sexual Scandal For those who do not benefit from the FBI’s selective use of its power, the consistent tolerance of child predators (even within its own ranks) calls into question its legitimacy. Cruising the streets of Moscow in his car, Lavrentiy Beria would occasionally direct his driver to stop so he could abduct a girl. As the head of Soviet Russia’s secret police, the NKVD, Beria savored his power to kidnap countless victims who he would rape in a specially constructed soundproof room. In 2011, workers excavating a common grave holding some of his victims found children’s...
  • Joe Biden Says He Wants to Push to Ban 9mm Pistols

    07/23/2021 9:06:20 AM PDT · by Impala64ssa · 54 replies
    You Tube ^ | 7/22/21 | Colion Nior
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  • A Word About the Anti-Vaxxers…

    07/23/2021 9:04:39 AM PDT · by jimjohn · 42 replies
    self | J.Johnson
    Notice how the narrative has changed once again? A few weeks ago it was "we need to reach 70% to reach herd immunity". Now, the newest fear porn: "If we don't get everyone [vaccinated], we'll have more lockdowns" – you know, those lockdowns that didn't work the first (or second) time. Now, in an act of total desperation, "let's all blame the [vaccine] hesitant!".Among the craziest I've heard (paraphrasing): "… due to the unvaccinated spreading the virus. It has mutated and is now infecting the vaccinated, and… and… and…"Hogwash.(Children may be reading).In their ongoing desperation, they are tripping over their...
  • How the 2021 New Orleans Jazz Fest pulled off a Rolling Stones surprise: 'Mick said yes' - 'It's the biggest band in the world doing an American tour that nobody knew about'

    07/23/2021 9:02:05 AM PDT · by a fool in paradise · 33 replies
    New Orleans Times-Picayunne ^ | PUBLISHED JUL 22, 2021 AT 6:45 PM | UPDATED JUL 22, 2021 AT 8:59 PM | BY KEITH SPERA
    ...the announcement that Jagger and company will try again, at the postponed 2021 Jazz Fest, caught just about everyone by surprise — even members of the Jazz Fest staff and board. Until Thursday, the Stones organization managed to keep secret not just the Oct. 13 New Orleans appearance but the band's entire 13-date fall stadium tour. “There may never have been anything that was so big and so quiet,” said Quint Davis, the Jazz Fest's longtime producer and director. “It’s the biggest band in the world doing an American tour that nobody knew about. And they’re playing Jazz Fest.” ...an...
  • VIDEO: Covid-19 Vaccine Program Director Admits Injection Destroys Immune System

    07/23/2021 8:50:56 AM PDT · by RandFan · 44 replies
    banned.video ^ | July 21 | banned.video
    Covid-19 Vaccine Program Director Admits Injection Destroys Immune System Video...
  • New Zealand-Australia travel bubble bursts

    07/23/2021 8:48:59 AM PDT · by ChicagoConservative27 · 13 replies
    CNN ^ | 07/23/2021 | Angus Watson and Paul Devitt
    Sydney (CNN) — Quarantine-free travel from all Australian states and territories to New Zealand will be suspended, New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and Covid-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins announced on July 23. The news comes as Australia continues to grapple with a Covid outbreak spreading through multiple states despite lockdowns. "Given the high level of transmissibility of the Delta variant, and the fact that there are now multiple community clusters, it is the right thing to do to keep Covid-19 out of New Zealand," Hipkins said.
  • Covid-19, Coronavirus, is there a difference?

    07/23/2021 8:45:14 AM PDT · by TheOldSchool · 24 replies
    Self | 7/23/2021 | Walt Hennessee
    I was in a discussion with a friend and he asked if there was a difference between the Covit-19 virus and the Coronavirus. If the two are not the same, which one is the target of the "vaccine?" Not knowing the answer, I said I would present the question to the best deliberators, The FreeRepublic.
  • Israel Finds Pfizer Jab Only 39% Effective At Stopping Delta Variant

    07/23/2021 8:44:22 AM PDT · by SeekAndFind · 27 replies
    Investor Village ^ | 07/23/2021 | Tyler Durden
    Over the past month, Israel, the world's most heavily vaccinated country (with leading mRNA jabs, no less) has seen the number of positive COVID tests has risen by more than 30x as the number of active infections in the country has surpassed 10K.Meanwhile, the Israeli Health Ministry, which has previously estimated the true efficacy of the Pfizer jab against the delta variant at only 64% (while still more than 90% effective at preventing serious illness and death), just released new data purporting to show that while the Pfizer jab is still 88% effective at preventing serious illness, it's only 39%...
  • POTUS, Trump to hold Rally, Saturday, 07/24/2021, Phoenix, AZ, Arizona Federal Theater, Capacity 5,000 people

    07/23/2021 8:39:47 AM PDT · by JLAGRAYFOX · 15 replies
    POTUS, Donald J. Trump will hold a rally in Phoenix,AZ, at the Arizona federal Theater, capacity 5,000 people, on Saturday, July 24th, 2021 commencing at 9AM to 5PM!!! Tickets are first come, first served. Thousands are expected to come to hear many speakers discuss the illegal election of Democrat Joe Biden and Kamala Harris. Be there by the tens of thousands....fill the streets surrounding the theater and support the honest and truly elected POTUS, Donald J. Trump!!! Save the USA Nation Republic!!!
  • The Social Justice Network: Facebook announces sweeping new restrictions on criticism of protected groups.

    07/23/2021 8:38:07 AM PDT · by karpov · 31 replies
    City Journal ^ | July 22, 2021 | Arthur Milikh
    The battle over permissible speech in American society was helpfully, and predictably, elaborated by Facebook last week in an update to its “hate speech” rules. The social media giant’s changes are a signal of the new limits being placed on political expression and the freedom of the mind. Other major American institutions are almost sure to follow its lead. Until recently, most online platforms largely defined “hate speech” as speech that could lead to imminent physical harm. But Facebook now demands that its users “not post” speech critical of “concepts, institutions, ideas, practices, or beliefs associated with protected characteristics, which...
  • Major League Baseball: Cleveland Indians to rebrand as Cleveland Guardians in 2022

    07/23/2021 8:34:49 AM PDT · by SeekAndFind · 98 replies
    UPI ^ | 07/23/2021 | Alex Butler
    July 23 (UPI) -- The Cleveland Indians will rebrand as the Cleveland Guardians in 2022, the team announced Friday on social media. The franchise said last summer that it would start conversations with local community members and Native American groups about a potential name change. In June, the Indians announced they formed a list of nearly 1,100 potential replacement nicknames and that they were in the process of making a selection. Friday's announcement featured several new logos, which accompanied the new name. Actor Tom Hanks narrated a video to announce the changes. The Black Keys, a band from Akron, Ohio,...
  • FBI Discovers Building Full Of Dangerous Extremists Organizing Acts Of Terror Across Country

    07/23/2021 8:34:29 AM PDT · by euram · 20 replies
    Babylon Bee ^ | July 22 2021 | Babylonbee
    WASHINGTON, D.C.—The Federal Bureau of Investigations has announced that it has uncovered a group planning to hatch terror plots all across the country. In a shocking twist, the organization is headquartered right in Washington, D.C., at the J. Edgar Hoover FBI building.
  • Biden DOJ Will Not Investigate Gretchen Whitmer Nursing Home Deaths

    07/23/2021 8:31:49 AM PDT · by ChicagoConservative27 · 24 replies
    Breitbart ^ | 07/23/2021 | Kyle Olson
    The Biden Department of Justice (DOJ) opted Thursday not to investigate coronavirus-related nursing home deaths in Michigan. Michigan, New York, and Pennsylvania enacted controversial policies to placing coronavirus-infected patients into nursing homes to recuperate, effectively spreading the disease among the most susceptible population. Last year, the Trump DOJ attempted to get nursing home death data from Whitmer’s administration, and the governor issued a joint statement with New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D). The pair argued there were partisan motivations for probing the large coronavirus-related percentage of nursing home deaths.