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History and common sense tell us that for a nation to survive, it must secure and control critical natural resources. In recent decades, Western nations have increasingly ignored this imperative in order to pursue dubious environmental goals dressed up as science, but more often the consequence of cultural ideals, political agendas, or profitable industries supported by government subsidies. The current rise in the costs of energy in the U.S. and Europe is a flashing red light warning us that irresponsible energy policies are threatening the global economy, with dangerous consequences for our freedom, security, and way of life. History provides...

(LifeSiteNews) — Facing growing skepticism from his voter base for promoting experimental COVID-19 vaccines developed through his much-touted “Operation Warp Speed,” former President Donald Trump spoke out against totalitarian vaccine mandates, saying Americans shouldn’t be “forced” to get the shots and that those who have natural immunity “don’t need the vaccine.”“People have to have their freedoms,” Trump told FOX News host Sean Hannity during an interview Thursday night. “Why are they forcing people to take the vaccine?”Characteristically referring to COVID-19 as “the Wuhan virus” and “the China virus,” quipping “we’ve got plenty of names,” Trump explained that anyone who has...

Politicians across the world routinely promise unprecedented reductions of carbon emissions but make little mention of the cost, often covering with vivid projections of green jobs. Yet the economic damage these policies would do is much greater than what most voters would tolerate, while the climate benefits are smaller than many would imagine. The annual cost of the promises to which President Obama signed on under the Paris climate agreement would have hit roughly $50 billion in 2030, or about $140 per person. Many studies show Americans are willing to pay a couple of hundred dollars a year to remedy...

Multiculturalism is meeting reality once again as Afghan refugees are making their presence known in the countries that welcomed them, and the fun is just beginning. One place that has experienced the richness and vibrance of diversity is Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England, which is a popular vacation spot. It’s easy to see why: It’s on the Yorkshire Coast in a beautiful area, and when its architecturally stunning Grand Hotel was built in 1867, it was the largest hotel in Europe. The hotel still boasts numerous attractions. It is described on Tripadvisor as “one of the town’s landmark features and...

With instability and political unrest roiling the world stage, it is more important than ever for America to have solid allies in the Middle East, a dangerous region historically rife with conflict and dysfunction. Americans know and understand almost innately that Israel's values are a mirror of our own: Israel champions democracy and the rule of law, has a strong judiciary and demonstrates freedom of religion and the press. However, our recent hurried withdrawal from Afghanistan and the ensuing chaos illustrates how quickly fortunes can change in this volatile region. The resulting pandemonium underscores how much we need a steady...

Big Tech company accused of 'leveraging its market power to silence its critics' Republican Rep. Ken Buck of Colorado sent a letter obtained by the Daily Caller News Foundation to Google chief executive Sundar Pichai on Wednesday, asking for an explanation as to why YouTube suspended the account of the American Principles Project, a conservative advocacy group. YouTube removed one of the American Principles Project’s (APP) accounts late Monday over “repeated violations” of the platform’s community guidelines, later reinstating it but deleting several of the group’s videos. Google did not provide the APP with an explanation at the time as...

<p>The Transportation Security Administration says 4-in-10 members of its workforce, including screeners, remain unvaccinated against COVID-19 as its deadline looms.</p><p>The deadline for civilian federal government workers to be fully vaccinated is Nov. 22 — the Monday before Thanksgiving, one of the busiest travel times of the year.</p>

After a crowd of disruptive protesters led to the postponement of an Executive Council meeting in New Hampshire in late September, Governor Chris Sununu and councilors returned to the table on Wednesday to discuss the focus of the outbursts: whether to approve vaccination contracts that included millions in federal funding. But in a scene emblematic of a larger debate over vaccine mandates brewing across the country — from vitriolic attacks against state and health officials to disorderly conduct at local school and town meetings — an unruly group again made an appearance, and the council rejected the funding in a...

SAUL'S CONVERSION ON THE ROAD TO DAMASCUS. ACTS 9New International Version, emphases added Abrdgd: the complete text is in YOUR Bible Resources to CLICK: To read ACTS 9 in full To hear MAX McLEAN reading it To hear a DRAMATIZATION of it To see an ANIMATION of it BIBLE TIMELINE 34 A.D. ACTS of the APOSTLESChapter 9, Verses 1-8 Meanwhile, Saul was still breathing out murderous threats against the Lord’s disciples. He went to the high priest and asked him for letters to the synagogues in Damascus, so that if he found any there who belonged to the Way,...

The Democrats are utterly panicking as the Trump-led Republican Party flips a blue seat and wins another special election in Iowa. This win was just par for the course in the Trump-GOP dominating a number of special elections over the last few months.

The House select committee investigating the deadly Jan. 6 riot at the US Capitol issued a subpoena Wednesday to a former Justice Department official who allegedly aided former President Donald Trump in his bid to overturn last year’s election results citing voting fraud. In a letter to Jeffrey Clark, a former assistant attorney general in the DOJ’s Civil Division, Committee Chairman Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.) wrote that there was “credible evidence that you attempted to involve the Department of Justice in efforts to interrupt the peaceful transfer of power

Remember when Obama brayed about “fundamentally transforming America” and the Left cheered, as though he was the country’s savior? Inspired by the agitprop of Saul Alinsky, packaged for the millennial generationAnd transform he did: LA, San Francisco, Ferguson, Baltimore…One need look no further than BLM and the “White Supremacy” movement to see just how successful he was at this transformation. But as Obama himself told us, ‘he didn’t do that on his own, somebody else helped him do that.’ One of those “somebodies” was Bill Ayers, aka “just some guy in the neighborhood” who served as one of the behind-the-curtain...

Suicides in the U.S. Army's active-duty forces jumped 46-percent last quarter compared to the same period last year, according to a new suicide report from the Pentagon. In Q2 of 2021, 60 active-duty U.S. Army personnel members lost their lives to suicide compared to 41 the previous year. Pentagon: 46% spike in suicide among U.S.Army’s active-duty forces in Q2 compared tosame period last year https://twitter.com/LucasFoxNews/status/1448246020572385284Additionally, the number of U.S. military personnel both active and reserve who died from suicide in Q2 of 2021 was 139 compared to 130 during the same period last year.Comparatively, the total number of military personnel...

Gold. Credit: Robert von Bonsdorff/Aalto University Study shows new chloride-based process recovers 84% of gold compared to the 64% recovered with traditional methods. Gold is one of the world’s most popular metals. Malleable, conductive and non-corrosive, it’s used in jewelry, electronics, and even space exploration. But traditional gold production typically involves a famous toxin, cyanide, which has been banned for industrial use in several countries. The wait for a scalable non-toxic alternative may now be over as a research team from Aalto University in Finland has successfully replaced cyanide in a key part of gold extraction from ore. The results...

________Mar 2020:N. BENNET ACCUSED AIDA-TOUMA SULEIMAN OF BEING A LIAR AND A RACIST Naftali Bennett to MK Touma Suleiman: "You are a liar, antisemitic and...", Channel 7, Mar 13, 2020. The defense minister attacked MK Thomas Suleiman, who claimed that the IDF was spraying Palestinians with unidentified material. "It is unbelievable that Boogie and Gantz are ready to form a government with you." Defense Minister Naftali Bennett today (Friday) sharply attacked MK Aida Toma Suleiman from the joint list, who defamed the IDF and claimed that he was spraying "unidentified material" on Palestinians in the Qalandiya crossing. ''You're a liar,...

The relentless pursuit of the American Left to occupy more and more territory in American culture continues. Tucked away in the Democrat’s massive $3.5 trillion spending nightmare is a $450 billion provision to subsidize child care while also providing free pre-K for every American family. This measure may seem politically popular on its face. But it reveals a bias that, if enacted, will further marginalize families that opt to keep a parent at home rather than enroll in daycare. To get to the root of it, hear this statement Democrat Representative Bobby Scott (D-VA) made in defense of his party’s...

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) is calling for the breakup of Amazon after Reuters reported that the online retail giant created knock-off products and manipulated product searches in India. In response to the report, Warren tweeted that the documents at the heart of the news service's article “show what we feared about Amazon’s monopoly power—that the company is willing and able to rig its platform to benefit its bottom line while stiffing small businesses and entrepreneur." "This is one of the many reasons we need to break it up,” she added.

(CNN)A bow-and-arrow attack that left five people dead in Norway is being treated by police as an act of terror after officers revealed the suspect had converted to Islam and that they had concerns about his radicalization. The investigation, "will clarify in more detail what the incidents were motivated by," the Norwegian Police Security Service (PST) said Thursday in a statement. A 37-year-old Danish citizen who was living in Norway was arrested and charged over the attack in the town of Kongsberg, but police have yet to disclose what charges he is facing. "The police have previously been in contact...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCTV) - You may have been surprised to see bare shelves and product shortages in supermarkets, retail stores and even restaurants in recent weeks. The coronavirus pandemic has triggered a global supply chain problem. As of Sunday, an estimated 500,000 shipping containers were sitting on cargo ships off the Southern California coast. Ports in Los Angeles and Long Beach, California, recently broke records for the number of cargo ships waiting to dock. Those ships are carrying a variety of products for the American market, everything from sneakers to toys, to toilet paper. So, Florida is putting out the...

* Five dead and two wounded after 37-year-old Danish man launched attack in Norway with a bow and arrows * Man is a convert to Islam and had been flagged to police for radicalism, investigators have revealed today * Police say attack began at 6.12pm when man opened fire on locals at a supermarket with a volley of arrows, then fired on officers who arrived at 6.18pm - after which he escaped * Man then killed five people, four women and a man aged between 50 and 70, before being arrested at 6.47pm * Two people were hurt in the...