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Growing veggies, making clothes from scratch and ditching the office job to stay at home. For many women in the tradwife subculture, life is as simple as that. The tradwife or "traditional" wife subculture is made up of heterosexual females from around the world, advocating traditional values of the past. They revere being stay-at-home parents and housewives, while their husbands work outside the home. Division of labour is clear. Devotion to family is paramount. But there's a complex spectrum within the subculture, and at its extreme end, a loose thread appears in an otherwise tightly knit image of wholesome family...

The U.S. Military conducted a drone strike on ISIS terrorists on Sunday in Kabul, “eliminating an imminent” threat to the airport, according to officials. The strike was reportedly on a car that was carrying “multiple suicide bombers” who were en-route to the airport. “We are confident we successfully hit the target. Significant secondary explosions from the vehicle indicated the presence of a substantial amount of explosive material,” U.S. Central Command spokesman Capt. Bill Urban said in a statement. “We are assessing the possibilities of civilian casualties, though we have no indications at this time. We remain vigilant for potential future...

During a press conference, Presidential Press Secretary Jen Psaki admitted that "the last year and a half has taken its toll on people's health and sanity. But it has also enabled the government to pioneer new ways of governance. Things that might not ever occurred to us have been done with resounding success." "Among these things was a realization of how liberating a declared emergency can be," she said. "Normally, there are months or years between the origin of an idea for making the country better and getting it enacted by Congress. The emergency allowed the president, the state governors,...

Research from Hebrew University points to some promising channel blockers that could be studied as antiviral treatments for SARS-CoV-2.New research by Prof. Isaiah (Shy) Arkin of the Department of Biological Chemistry at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem suggests that several existing drugs should be studied as promising treatments for Covid-19. Arkin and his team looked for antiviral drugs that exploit a weak link in many viruses – proteins called ion channels. New research by Prof. Isaiah (Shy) Arkin of the Department of Biological Chemistry at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem suggests that several existing drugs should be studied as promising...

The dignified transfer just ended and the mortuary vans drove off. As Biden lowered his arm from saluting, he looked at his wrist watch. I am fuming.

So far, the Biden regime’s decision to cut and run from Afghanistan with no real plan has resulted in the loss of 13 beloved military members and an untold number of deaths and injuries to individuals who were blown up by suicide bombers as they waiting desperately outside the Kabul airport on Thursday to be airlifted out of the Islamic hell-hole nation. As a result of their reckless withdrawal, the Biden regime has deserted over 1,500 American citizens tens of thousands of Afghan allies, who can no longer get to the only operating airport in Afghanistan. Billions of dollars in...

I made lots of people mad last year when Kanye West ‘got saved’ and proceeded to hold his Sunday Service ‘church meetings’, pointing out that the whole thing was fake, he didn’t get saved and he’s not a Christian. But what Kanye West did do was use gullible Christians to support his ‘worship’ album, making $400 million in the process. So what’s Kanye up to these days, you ask? Preparing himself for an eternity in Hell by setting himself on fire at the listening party for his upcoming album ‘Donda’ with Marilyn Manson. “Little children, it is the last time:...

Prayer of St. Michael update: ‘Fr. Emanuel wishes to state that he misspoke…’This report and video caused a stir on social media over the last 24 hours.On Saturday the pastor of the church, Fr. John Trout, issued a statement: Dear Parishioners,The faithful are always welcome to gather in Church for personal prayer as individual or as a group. At the same time, in accord with sound liturgical practice and in keeping with archdiocesan norms, which I personally confirmed with the Cardinal, the recitation of prayers must never interfere with, interrupt or distract from the public liturgy of the Church. Nor...

...It is time to fight. Do not be naïve: This isn’t going away. No amount of homeschooling or self-segregation, religious or political, is going to save you. Our enemies have accomplished enormous victories, and they will not stop pressing for more. The first step to winning a war is to realize that you’re in one. The second is to know yourself. The third is to understand the enemy...... But this is not, as yet, a battle of flesh and blood. This is a war for hearts and minds. It is a spiritual war. And that is where our enemy is...

ROME, Italy — Over 750,000 Italians have signed a petition for a public referendum on legalizing euthanasia, guaranteeing its presence in the next national elections, local media reported this week. The three-quarters of a million signatures collected so far comfortably surpass the 500,000 needed to force an Italian referendum on the issue, and observers suggest the referendum could be voted on as early as next year. Italy, which has the oldest population of any country in Europe and the second oldest population in the entire world, may soon legalize an escape chute for those wishing to unburden family members or...

The FDA approved the Pfizer COVID-19 jab for those 16 and older. Now to be known as Comirnaty, the FDA says the shot proved effective in a clinical trial of some 44,000 people. FDA’s acting commissioner Dr. Janet Woodcock, stated, “As the first FDA-approved COVID-19 vaccine, the public can be very confident that this vaccine meets the high standards for safety, effectiveness, and manufacturing quality the FDA requires of an approved product. While millions of people have already safely received COVID-19 vaccines, we recognize that for some, the FDA approval of a vaccine may now instill additional confidence to get...

Pope at Angelus: ‘Complaining poisons’From Saint Peter's Square, Pope Francis calls for Christians to set aside complaining and to avoid the religiosity of appearances.hristians must avoid the risk of a religiosity of appearances, said Pope Francis. Pope Francis firmly denounced this attitude in his catechesis delivered at the Angelus on August 29, 2021. He asked Christians to stop complaining about the world and to purify first their own hearts.In his teaching delivered from the window of the Apostolic Palace, Pope Francis explained why Jesus allowed himself not to observe Jewish rituals before meals, much to the chagrin of the scribes...

Rep. Dan Crenshaw is a retired Navy SEAL who served and was wounded in Afghanistan’s Helmand province during his third deployment, in 2012. He lost his right eye and his left eye was badly damaged in an IED attack. Crenshaw is held in extremely high regard in the veteran and active-duty communities.Lara Logan is a long-time award-winning journalist now working for Fox News who has spent much of her career covering war zones including Iraq and Afghanistan. Between the two of them, Logan and Crenshaw have spent years in and around Afghanistan. Due to their experience there, both are likely...

The decision to proactively abandon Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan will do down as one of the most consequential choices the United States military has ever made. ... Bagram Air Base was situated about 30 miles outside Kabul, Afghanistan. It was within flight range of that entire country and depending on the aircraft, within range of parts of Iran, Pakistan, Russia, and China, to name a few. From Bagram, U.S. forces could be projected to attack, defend, protect, or rescue just about anywhere in Central Asia. Bagram was an extremely flexible and capable base. ... Bagram was built to be...

France and Britain plan to table an emergency UN security council resolution on Monday calling for the Taliban to back a civilian-run safe zone at Kabul airport that would allow the continued air evacuation of those who want to leave the country, the French president has said. “What we are trying to do is to be able to organize targeted humanitarian operations for evacuations that will not take place through the military airport in Kabul,” Emmanuel Macron told the Journal du Dimanche newspaper. “It is about protecting these threatened Afghans and getting them out of the country in the coming...

AUSTIN (Nexstar) — After a historic quorum-breaking effort by Texas House Democrats led to a nearly three-month stall on legislative action, House lawmakers debated and passed the elections bill that catalyzed the standoff. “We did all that we could do,” State Rep. Nicole Collier said at a Tuesday news conference in Washington, DC. Collier was among several Texas House Democrats who broke quorum and went to the nation’s capital to call on Congress to pass federal legislation that could block Republican-led state laws to tighten election laws. “We left Texas because we knew the fix was in,” Collier said of...

On this date in 1541, Cristóvão da Gama — “the most chivalrous soldier of a chivalrous age” — was beheaded in Ethiopia. This moment was the apex of Lisbon’s empire-building, most vividly symbolized by Cristovao’s famous dad, explorer Vasco de Gama. In the Age of Discovery, Caravels bore Portuguese colors from Brazil to Japan. Alas, Portugal’s global maritime empire of coastal colonies and remote ports was immediately menaced by rival powers like the also at-its-apex Ottoman Empire. Young Cristovao would be ground up in this conflict whose mixture of geopolitics and sectarianism overtly smacked of those old-time Crusades. After a...

In the midst of such a polarizing time in our nation, I keep coming back to the most unlikely of friendships: that of Supreme Court Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Antonin Scalia. Polar opposites of the political spectrum, they were each known for their razor-sharp wit, powerful prose, and an unshakeable certainty in their own rightness. Their families vacationed together, celebrated one another’s triumphs, and mourned one another’s losses. They even spent many holidays together. When asked about their friendship, they each admitted that part of it was their mutual appreciation for a good sparring partner, a worthy opponent with...

An FBI agent who helped ‘foil’ a conspiracy to abduct Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer may have used his knowledge of the case to give credibility to his private cyber intelligence company, recently filed court documents claim. Lawyers for five defendants accused of trying to kidnap the Democratic governor are seeking information about special agent Jayson Chambers after a BuzzFeed report claimed that the FBI agent may have published tweets about the undercover operation before it was published. The counterfeit kidnapping plot — allegedly hatched in retaliation for Whitmer’s Covid-19 measures — was originally used as evidence of the domestic threat...

One theory says the sensation distracts from other pains; another says we’re just showing off. Humans like to eat a lot of strange things—decomposed shark, Namibian warthog rectum, British food—yet among the strangest is our taste for chili peppers: a fruit that, ecologically speaking, specifically evolved to repel us. But whereas other berries have thorns to protect against seed-destroying predators, chilies have a defense mechanism in the form of the chemical compound capsaicin, the principal function of which is to cause pain for predators. The scientific term for this is “directed deterrence.” a habanero pepper or order your food “Thai...