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Vice President Kamala Harris reportedly did not want any part of facing the music on Sunday after the catastrophic collapse of Afghanistan. The U.S. humiliation on the world stage set off public demands to hear from the president; but in the absence of the Commander-in-Chief, any White House explanation about the disastrous finale in a two-decades-long war would have sufficed.According to multiple reports, Harris was asked to address the American people on Sunday about the unraveling situation in the war-torn country, but refused. As the Taliban threatened the lives of thousands of Americans and allies in Kabul, pressure mounted on...

Where is Pakistan? I just finished watching the fictional documentary of Charlie Wilson's War. I am also ashamed to admit that I have recently watched Rambo III. Ironically, both of these films have a few things in common. Not counting that both are being extremely stupid and idiotic. They both portrayed massive refugee camps in North Pakistan near Peshewar. Were they really just massive Taliban recruiting and training camps? Now that they got fundamental Islamic Extremist in there they saw no need to continue their so call humanitarian help? They have not offered any help to Americans or even pressure...

Senate Democrats are planning to investigate the Biden administration’s “flawed” American withdrawal from Afghanistan.The Senate Intelligence and Foreign Relations Committees — both chaired by Democrats — are planning to investigate the catastrophic withdrawal that resulted in roughly 10,000 American citizens and nearly 40,000 other allies left stranded in Afghanistan as the Talib take over the country, Axios reported.Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) and Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Mark Warner (D-VA) are vowing to investigate the crisis.“As the chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, I hope to work with the other committees of jurisdiction to ask tough but...

Days after giving two weeks’ notice that he would resign his office amid a serial sexual harassment scandal, Gov. Andrew Cuomo is using the unprecedented lame-duck period to grant clemency and pardons to 10 felons — including three convicts tied to killings. Cuomo, a three-term Democrat forced to resign to avoid impeachment, said, “One of the foundational promises of New York state is that of equal justice, and equal compassion, for all under the law.” “Today I’m proud to help fulfill government’s unique responsibility to harness the power of redemption, encourage those who have made mistakes to engage in meaningful...

Apple has removed a dating app for people who haven't had the vaccine for violating its policies for Covid-19 content. Unjected is a dating-and-community app for unvaccinated people. It was removed from the App Store this weekend and its Instagram was also disabled by the social media platform, in a move its owners likened its removal to censorship. The app was founded by two mothers from Hawaii Shelby Thomson, 27, and Heather Pyle, 37. In a video posted on Instagram on Saturday, Ms Thomson said: 'Apparently, we're considered "too much" for sharing our medical autonomy and freedom of choice. So,...

<p>ATLANTA—Georgia’s State Election Board appointed a panel to investigate past elections in Fulton County, taking a step toward a possible takeover of election operations in the state’s most populous county.</p><p>The move comes after a highly contentious election season in which Republicans lost key races in Georgia, including the presidency. After the losses, the GOP-led legislature passed voting law changes this spring that included a provision for the state to take over a county election board if it was deemed to have chronic mismanagement or fraud problems.</p>

Wang grew up in Jiangxi Province, a rural farming village 200 miles from Wuhan, before moving to the U.S. nine years ago. In January 2020, working remotely from her home in New Jersey, she assembled a team of field producers, camera operators and subjects on the ground of a heavily censored China to investigate what was going on in hospitals within Wuhan. In doing so, the director was able to reveal the Chinese dictatorship’s attempts to conceal early knowledge of the virus’ deadly potential. “I was never my intention to make a film about the virus or tracking the pandemic,”...

The Velikoretsky Procession of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker. Part 1The Velikoretsky Procession of the cross, with its 600-year-long history, the longest and the most renowned in today’s Russia, has held the status of an All-Russian Procession since 2000. For five days, the pilgrims walk a total of 150 kilometers across the Vyatka region, which is a little less than ninety kilometers from Kirov (formerly known as Vyatka and also as Khlynov) towards the Velikoretsky village in the Yuriansky District of Kirov Region, and then about sixty kilometers back. They walk along the traditional route carrying at the front of the...

Oh boy, Lara Logan appeared for an interview with Tucker Carlson [Full Article Here] and shouts a big trumpet. In essence Ms. Logan points out the current situation in Afghanistan is exactly the outcome those controlling the Biden administration want. There is a benefit to someone or some group in the current outcome; because if there wasn’t, the outcome would be different. I happen to agree with this perspective because there are so many options that could have been taken before this point in the crisis was reached. We have seen this play out before [Bathtub Principle] where a crisis...

ROME – With virtually no opposition leader left to imprison, the government of Nicaragua has moved on to its one remaining obstacle for securing reelection: The Church. According to Rosario Murillo, the country’s vice president, the bishops and priests of the Catholic Church are the “sons of the devil” who supported the months-long civil uprising that began in April 2018 that left at least 320 dead, thousands wounded, tens of thousands exiled, and deepened the political, social and economic crises in the Central American Country. “It was a diabolical interruption of a few weeks when they wanted to snatch everything...

In March, the Vatican launched a year of reflection on Pope Francis’ apostolic exhortation Amoris Laetitia (The Joy of Love) about family. To ensure that LGBTQ perspectives and dimensions are included in our church’s discussions of this document, Bondings 2.0 is publishing a series of theological reflections over the year. Today’s post is from Adam Beyt, who is a recent Ph.D. graduate of Fordham University where he now serves as an adjunct instructor. Adam researches political theology and queer theory, and is currently working on a book tentatively titled Violence and the Mystery of Humanity. For many LGBTQ+ Catholics, Amoris...

In the November 2020 general election, whose chaotic results have been vigorously disputed, almost 15 million mail-in ballots went unaccounted for, according to a good-government group that focuses on electoral integrity. The research brief by the Indianapolis-based Public Interest Legal Foundation (PILF) notes that as the nation dealt last year with the CCP virus (which causes COVID-19), various U.S. states “hastily pushed traditionally in-person voters to mail ballots while, at the same time, trying to learn how to even administer such a scenario.” PILF describes itself as “the nation’s only public interest law firm dedicated wholly to election integrity,” existing...

More than 900 child sex abuse claims were filed against the Buffalo Diocese in federal bankruptcy court by Saturday, the deadline for abuse victims to come forward if they want part of a potential settlement that could cost the diocese tens of millions of dollars. The number of claims was double the largest number ever filed in the more than 20 prior diocese bankruptcies in the U.S. since 2004. “The total count right now is 924,” said Ilan D. Scharf, attorney for the committee of unsecured creditors in the diocese bankruptcy case. “There are sometimes duplicate claims or amended claims...

U.S. Census Bureau computer servers uninvolved with the 2020 census were exploited last year during a cybersecurity attack, but hackers’ attempts to keep access to the system were unsuccessful, according to a watchdog report released Wednesday. The attack took place in January 2020 on the bureau’s remote access servers. According to the Office of Inspector General, the Census Bureau missed opportunities to limit its vulnerability to the attack and didn’t discover and report the attack in a timely manner. The statistical agency also failed to keep sufficient system logs, which hindered the investigation, and was using operating system no longer...

If your wanted to destroy the US, what would you do differently than what is now happening? They’ve destroyed the currency through these “infrastructure” bills. They’ve opened the southern border and are paying for the upkeep of these people. The’ve shut down our energy independence and are asking the Middle East to provide for us, They’ve destroyed the middle class through their lockdowns and mask mandates. They’re sending our best divisions to Kabul which will be a Stalingrad level disaster. If you were one of our senior political “leaders” and you were bought and paid for or blackmailed by the...

On the current airlift, Mr Johnson revealed that just 306 UK nationals and 2,052 Afghan nationals had been extracted so far - with thousands more still waiting.... ..He added: 'As for our Nato allies and allies around the world, when it came for us to look at the options that this country might have in view of the American decision to withdraw we came up against this hard reality. 'That since 2009, America has deployed 98 per cent of all weapons released from Nato aircraft in Afghanistan and at the peak of the operation – where there were 132,000 troops...

Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey, a Republican, announced he will not provide funds to school districts that attempt to impose mask requirements for students in the state. The governor said that district and charter schools in Arizona that follow state laws will be eligible for $163 million in grant funding that is intended to boost per-student spending.But Ducey, in a statement, said that schools that impose mandates that go against state laws—including mask mandates—won’t receive the funding. According to the governor’s website “Parents are in the driver’s seat, and it’s their right to make decisions that best fit the needs of...

Joe Biden gave an interview to Democrat operative George Stephanopoulos and opened up about his decision to withdraw from Afghanistan without a real plan in place to maintain stability while safely evacuating Americans. Joe Biden was visibly irritated when Stephanopoulos asked him if the US’s exit from Afghanistan could have been handled better. “The idea that somehow, there’s a way to have gotten out without chaos ensuing—I don’t know how that happens,” Biden said. Biden also snapped at Stephanopoulos when he was confronted about the Afghans who plunged to their death after chasing a military plane and clinging on to...

During a portion of an interview with ABC News on Wednesday, President Joe Biden said that he doesn’t think the exit from Afghanistan could have been handled any better and “the idea that somehow, there’s a way to have gotten out without chaos ensuing, I don’t know how that happens.” ABC host George Stephanopoulos asked, “So, you don’t think this could have been handled — this exit could have been handled better in any way, no mistakes?” Biden responded, “No. I don’t think it could have been handled in a way that — we’re going to go back in hindsight...

A Big Tech whistleblower said Google altered its algorithm in order to ensure that negative stories from the establishment media about former Present Donald Trump were what people saw when using the highest-trafficked website on the internet.Zach Vorhies, who previously worked for Google, said in an interview with The Epoch Times that the tech titan specifically tailored its news algorithm to harm the former president.Vorhies has written a book about his experience working at Google. He said he wanted to “take conspiracy theory and turn it into conspiracy fact” by sharing the practices he saw as a longtime former employee,...