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A newly installed and dedicated statue of St. Bernadette outside St. Michael’s Catholic Church in Flushing in the Brooklyn Diocese was found vandalized Aug. 17. The incident occurred at about 3:30 that morning when a man jumped over the church fence and knocked the statue over, according to a diocesan news release. The damage to the statue was in the area of its left forearm and wrist. The statue of St. Bernadette and a statue of Our Lady of Lourdes were dedicated earlier this summer in remembrance of all parishioners who lost their lives to COVID-19. “St. Michael’s plays a...

Student employees at James Madison University in Virginia are receiving training to recognize that people identifying as male, straight, cisgender or Christian are "oppressors" engaging in the "systematic subjugation" of other social groups, Fox News reports. The training was part of work for incoming orientation, Fox News reported, citing documents it had obtained from the training sessions that included social justice and inclusion. According to a training video required to be viewed by student staff and hosted by coordinators Jessica Weed and Jennifer Iwerks, oppression is described as "the systematic subjugation of one social group by a more powerful social...

A group of about 100 evacuees who fled the Taliban takeover in Afghanistan are in hotel quarantine in Perth after arriving in Australia overnight. The evacuees were on a chartered aircraft that landed in Perth about 1:30am, following a 10-and-a-half-hour flight from Australia's military base in the United Arab Emirates... Dozens of police officers were on hand to manage the passengers transfer to the Hyatt Hotel in Perth's CBD for 14 days of quarantine. Many officers were seen wearing full PPE, including face shields and disposal overalls. A number of floors at the hotel had been set aside for their...

Robert Krebs served more than 30 years for 1981 robbery in FloridaAn 84-year-old man who spent most of his adult life behind bars for robbing banks was sentenced Tuesday to more than 21 years in prison for carrying out an armed heist at an Arizona credit union. Authorities say Robert Krebs carried out the January 2018 holdup in Tucson about seven months after he was released from prison as he was struggling to adjust to life on the outside. His attorney said Krebs wanted to go back to prison. Krebs, who was in a wheelchair and had difficulty hearing during...

-Obstructive sleep apnea has become a worldwide health concern. -Sleep apnea has associations with an increased risk of sudden and cardiovascular-related deaths. -Future research should focus on decreasing and preventing this serious sleep condition. Obstructive sleep apnea has become a globally prevalent health concern. Recent literature estimates that more than 1 billion individuals experience this chronic sleep disorder. A study by Penn State College of Medicine in Hershey, which appears in BMJ Open Respiratory Research, found that those who receive a diagnosis of obstructive sleep apnea are at a significantly greater risk of dying suddenly than those who do not...

About a month ago, Afghanistan's ministry of defense posted on social media photographs of seven brand new helicopters arriving in Kabul delivered by the United States. "They'll continue to see a steady drumbeat of that kind of support, going forward," U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin told reporters a few days later at the Pentagon. In a matter of weeks, however, the Taliban had seized most of the country, as well as any weapons and equipment left behind by fleeing Afghan forces.

Officials at the U.S. State Department declined on Aug. 19 to say why Secretary of State Antony Blinken “paused” a special evacuation unit formed by his predecessor, even as the firestorm of reaction to the bungled Afghanistan withdrawal intensified. In June, Blinken signed off on the department’s fiscal year 2022 budget justification request submitted to Congress that included a notation that, while $50.8 million was sought for the Crisis and Contingency Response (CCR) program, “the department has paused implementation pending a policy review.” When asked by The Epoch Times “Why was [CCR] paused, is that still State’s intent, and is...

Taliban Going Door To Door Seeking Christians, Searching Through Phones For Bible Apps: Report "Only God understands how much pain we have and how broken our hearts are." Afghan Christians are reportedly fleeing to the mountains in a desperate attempt to escape the Taliban who is going door to door trying to kill them. An underground church that partners with Frontier Alliance International (FAI) has reported that the Taliban are targeting Christians for death. According to FAI: The Taliban has a hit list of known Christians they are targeting to pursue and kill. The US Embassy is defunct and there...

With the eruption of left-wing has-been celebrities mewling for attention by comparing American conservatives to the Taliban, maybe it is time for a little perspective. Or perhaps a metric ton of perspective. Yes, a group of morons stormed the capitol on January 6. Get over it already. Stop looking in the mirror and telling yourselves that you were victims and that democracy hung in the balance. You are the very model of political autoeroticism. You are an embarrassment to yourselves and to your country. Stop with the emoting and the Reichstag tactics to paint anyone who believes something different from...

Larry David and Alan Dershowitz reportedly got into a verbal altercation in a Martha's Vineyard general store over the lawyer's ties to the Trump administration, according to Page Six. "We can still talk, Larry," Dershowitz, an opinion contributor at The Hill, reportedly told the comedian and "Curb Your Enthusiasm" star after the two ran into one another. "No. No. We really can’t. I saw you. I saw you with your arm around Pompeo!" David retorted. "It’s disgusting!" Dershowitz replied that Mike Pompeo, the former Secretary of State under former President Trump, was a student of his at Harvard Law, where...

AUSTIN — Three Democrats broke ranks and returned to the Texas House on Thursday, giving Republicans enough members needed to resume work on a controversial elections bill and ending a weeks-long standoff. A silence fell over the chamber as Houston Reps. Garnet Coleman, Armando Walle and Ana Hernandez walked into the chamber together. In a statement, the three said they were proud of the work they had done to bring the “fight for voting rights” to Washington D.C. “Now, we continue the fight on the House Floor,” they said. Their presence shocked many in their own party, who just hours...

A new study on the effects of natural infection by the coronavirus suggests that there may be little to no benefit for recovered SARS-CoV-2 patients in receiving vaccines against the coronavirus. According to the study, conducted in Cleveland, Ohio and published in the MedRxiv journal last month, people who were infected with the coronavirus enjoy significant long-term immunity from the virus, which is unlikely to be increased by being injected with one of the coronavirus vaccinations now on the market. The study followed 52,238 employees of the Cleveland Clinic Health System, monitoring infections among vaccinated and unvaccinated workers, and the...

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[H/T CheshireTheCat ]The plastic barriers that shot up at sales counters and order windows across America during the COVID-19 pandemic may actually be facilitating the spread of the virus, not protecting people from it.Multiple studies have now shown that the plastic barriers, common everywhere from grocery stores to restaurants to schools, impede air flow and redirect germs from one person to another. Several experts told The New York Times that, in many cases, the barriers provide no protection from COVID-19 and instead make it more likely to spread.Robby Soave on Twitter: "More pandemic theater: The plastic barriers are worse than...

A classified State Department cable from July suggests that Secretary of State Antony Blinken was warned that Kabul would fall into Taliban hands by the August 31 troop withdrawal deadline, a report from the Wall Street Journal on Thursday revealed’ The Wall Street Journal reported: About two dozen State Department officials serving at the embassy in Kabul sent an internal memo to Secretary of State Antony Blinken and another top State Department official last month warning of the potential collapse of Kabul soon after the Aug. 31 troop withdrawal deadline, according to a U.S. official and a person familiar with...

Editor’s Commentary: It does not take a conspiratorial mind to come to the conclusion that all of the craziness we’re seeing around us in America today is being driven by something unlike anything we’ve dealt with in our lifetimes. For those of us who recognize certain realities that are being dismissed by the masses, it’s often challenging to understand how so many people can be so blind. There are two explanations for this, though they’re likely the same thing seen from different perspectives. One is scientific and is properly demonstrated in Dr. Joseph Mercola’s article below. The other is supernatural....

The United Kingdom's Parliament on Wednesday held President Joe Biden in contempt for his withdrawal of American troops from Afghanistan, calling the move "catastrophic" and "shameful."Members of Parliament, including some who served alongside U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan, accused Biden of "throwing us and everybody else to the fire" with his decision to withdraw. They also attacked Biden for his "shameful" criticism of the Afghan National Army and said it was "dishonourable" to blame Afghanistan's fighting force for the Taliban's takeover

President Donald Trump criticized the next phase of vaccine distribution as a scheme by biotech giant Pfizer to make more money. Video...

The Federal Aviation Administration has restricted airspace over Wilmington, Delaware — suggesting the Bidens could be headed home for the weekend amid the chaotic situation in Afghanistan. The temporary flight restrictions for “VIP movement” go into effect Friday evening and are set to last until around 1:30 a.m. Monday, according to an FAA alert issued Thursday. The possible trip comes after he President Joe Biden faced intense backlash for being at Camp David in Maryland last weekend as the Taliban rapidly swept through Afghanistan, taking the capital of Kabul on Sunday.

STEPHANOPOULOS: I-- I think a lot of-- a lot of Americans, and a l-- even a lot of veterans who served in Afghanistan agree with you on the big, strategic picture. They believe we had to get out. But I wonder how you respond to an Army Special Forces officer, Javier McKay (PH). He did seven tours. He was shot twice. He agrees with you. He says, "We have to cut our losses in Afghanistan." But he adds, "I just wish we could've left with honor." BIDEN: Look, that's like askin' my deceased son Beau, who spent six months in...