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[Catholic Caucus] Francis’ Humiliation (of) Saint Peter’s Chapter Enters New StageFrancis’ “transitional rules” for St Peter's Chapter (founded in 1053) took effect on October 1 in view of a feared “reform.”The canons will no longer assist the Pontifical celebrations and are reduced to “liturgical animation” with a “pastoral function.” This is how Francis has been humiliating the canons:• May 2020: With the excuse of Covid, he forbad their choir prayer.• March 2021: He banned Mass celebration in Saint Peter’s which affected most canons.• May 2021: The canons were forbidden to enter Saint Peter’s during a ceremony with Francis.• May 18...

What’s it pay to work for Biden? Here are the salaries of Jen Psaki, Susan Rice and others. There’s a new president in the White House. And a whole new staff working for him. The initial list of employees in Joe Biden’s White House has 560 names, some of whom you see every day in press conferences and other high profile events. That’s more than one-third higher than the 412 employees during President Donald Trump’s last full year in office. Of those appointed during the Biden’s presidency, almost 60% are women and 44% are members of communities that are racially...

Federal workers given until Nov. 9 to get COVID vaccines or face consequences Employees who refuse to be vaccinated or provide proof of vaccination can be fired, OPM says. The Office of Personnel Management is giving federal workers until Nov. 9 to comply with President Biden’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate or face consequences that could include firing. “Employees who refuse to be vaccinated or provide proof of vaccination are subject to disciplinary measures, up to and including removal or termination from federal service," OPM Director Kiran Ahuja wrote in a memo Friday. "The only exception is for individuals who receive a...

The Modern Survivalist LIVE STREAM NOTIFICATION - Host Fernando Aguirre. Not sure if Matt will be on today. Join us today as we talk about current events and how to be better prepared! Make sure to join early and leave your questions in the chat section. Always a fast-moving show. Wide-ranging discussions include emerging global issues, US military degradation, national cultural instability, attacks on freedom from the left and recent news stories. A good resource for ideas to prepare for possible events and for equipment evaluations and suggestions. Subscribed listeners can ask questions in the comments section. The show starts...

Senator Ron Johnson, R-Wisc., claimed that the U.S. still doesn't have an FDA-approved vaccine as he exposed what was really approved by the government agency on "Fox News Primetime."SEN. RON JOHNSON: We do not have an FDA-approved vaccine being administered in the U.S. The FDA played a bait and switch. They approved the Comirnaty version of Pfizer drugs. It’s not available in the U.S. They even admit it. I sent them a letter three days later going "What are you doing?" What they did is they extended the emergency use authorization for the Pfizer drug vaccine that’s available in the...

After two days of testimony by our military commanders on the Biden administration’s disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan, here is what we have learned: Joe Biden is (as the president once termed a skeptical town hall attendee) “a lying, dog-faced pony soldier.” In an interview with ABC News’s George Stephanopoulos last month, Biden said none of his military advisers had recommended leaving a residual force of 2,500 troops in Afghanistan. But Gen. Mark A. Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Gen. Kenneth F. McKenzie Jr., head of US Central Command, both testified that they had advised Biden —...

“If we say that we have not sinned, we make Him a liar, and His word is not in us” (1 John 1:10). Confession is the first step toward defeating sin. It is often true that the hardest part of dealing with a problem is admitting that you have one. Beginning with Adam and Eve (Gen. 3:11-13), people have denied responsibility for their sins, and our generation is no exception. To acknowledge that one is a sinner, guilty of breaking God’s holy law, is not popular. People call sin by a myriad of other names, futilely hoping to define it...

A Muslim mob in northern Nigeria’s Kano state hacked to death a church leader and burned down his home, church and a Christian school to avenge the murder of a woman allegedly committed by a young man falsely believed to be a Christian convert, according to reports. The Rev. Yohanna Shuaibu of New Life Church, who was the chair of the Christian Association of Nigeria in the Sumaila Local Government Area and lived in Massu village, succumbed to multiple machete wounds last Friday, Morning Star News reported. “The Muslims felt the young man who killed the woman in a fight...

New South Wales Treasurer Dominic Perrottet is set to become the state's next Premier. Mr. Perrottet has secured a deal that will see the Minister for Western Sydney, Stuart Ayres, become the deputy Liberal leader, with Environment Minister Matt Kean becoming Treasurer. The ABC has been told Mr. Perrottet has the numbers to win a Liberal leadership ballot which has been scheduled for Tuesday...

Chaos Theory is often associated with a quotation, something along the lines of “a butterfly flapping its wings in Tokyo leads to a storm in Manhattan”. I’ve always taken that to mean that if we had sophisticated enough models and data collection, we could determine that a butterfly flapping its wings in Tokyo would cause a storm in Manhattan. That despite this seeming like an unlikely correlation that no one could foresee, there is actually a cause and effect. We just don’t have the data or the models (currently) to link that butterfly to the storm in New York. I...

Read Romans 11:2-8 and Matthew 22:1-14. “First, they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out – because I was not a socialist. Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out – because I was not a trade unionist. Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out – because I was not a Jew. Then they came for me – and there was no one left to speak for me.” This quote or poem (at least one variation of it) was written by Lutheran Pastor Martin Niemoller at the...

At 2:40, the esteemed Dr Fauci deliveres the sad news

As COVID-19 continues to circulate around the world, it becomes increasingly clear it poses a threat to more than just global health. Governments all over the world have used the crisis to expand their power and trample individual liberty. As 2021 nears its end, governments are increasingly dividing the world into two camps – the vaccinated and the unvaccinated. For example, on September 9th, President Biden held a press conference in which he announced a series of new vaccine mandates potentially impacting more than 100 million Americans. Biden is authoring rules to require all employers with 100 or more employees...

Country star Jason Aldean said he was “unapologetic” after he defended his wife, Brittany Aldean, following the backlash over her anti-President Joe Biden post. “I will never apologize for my beliefs or my love for my family and country,” the 44-year-old country singer captioned his post on Instagram. The comments were noted by Fox News in a piece published Friday. “This is the greatest country in the world and I want to keep it that way,” he added. “#unapologetic #phoenixwasfire.”

On May 14, 2008, Barack Obama was running for Pres. of the U.S., and Michelle said, “We are going to have to change our conversation; we’re going to have to change our traditions, our history; we’re going to have to move into a different place as a nation.” People are trying to change our conversation today. If a man calls himself a woman, people want everyone to call him a woman. Those that say same-sex marriage is wrong are homophobes, etc. People are trying to change our traditions and history today. They hate America, destroy historical statues and monuments, say...

Protests broke out in the Romanian capital of Bucharest against new COVID-19 restrictions, The Associated Press (AP) reported Saturday. The AP reported that the new COVID-19 restrictions are set to include a requirement for mask wearing in public and will require shops to close by 10:00 p.m. Restaurants will be permitted to remain open but only at half capacity, with AP reporting that restaurant goers will need COVID-19 passes. The protesters, the majority of whom were not wearing masks, numbered at around 5,000 and were organized by the right-wing Romanian AUR party, according to AP. Marching through Bucharest, the protesters...

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Sunday he would not return to "uncontrolled immigration" to solve fuel, gas and Christmas food crises, suggesting such strains were part of a period of post-Brexit adjustment. At the start of his Conservative Party's conference, Johnson was again forced to defend his government against complaints from those unable to get petrol for their cars, retailers warning of Christmas shortages, and gas companies struggling with a spike in wholesale prices. The British leader had wanted to use the conference to turn the page on more than 18 months of COVID-19 and to refocus on...

After four years of arduous work, the solo recording of Herbert Croly's The Promise of American Life is now completed. From the viewpoint of "what is progressive ideology", this book explains it better than perhaps any other I could offer. This book is entirely free, it is in the public domain. This is NOT. for sale. The book can be downloaded from here, and using what I could find which was written by others, I wrote the following book summary: The book is said to "offer a manifesto of Progressive beliefs" that "anticipated the transition from competitive to corporate capitalism...

Pro-Trump attorney Lin Wood continues to promote conspiracy theories and misinformation at conservative events around the country, claiming at a Friday rally that no planes hit the Twin Towers or the Pentagon on September 11, 2001.

Country music rock star Aaron Lewis has released a music video to his hit single “Am I the Only One,” setting the anthem to a montage of patriotic Americana as well as images from Black Lives Matter riots and COVID-19 shutdowns. “Am I the Only One,” co-written by Ira Dean and Jeffrey Steele, is a rallying cry for patriotism, especially for U.S. military personnel. But the song also hits a note of despair over the country’s far-left turn, which has led to large-scale societal breakdown and attacks on America’s heritage. The single, which was released in July, takes aim at...