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The Biden-Harris regime can do a lot to harm businesses with vaccine mandates, but Capitol Hill can do far worse damage with their spending bill. Editor’s Commentary: A common question asked here as well as on social media whenever the Democrats rear their ugly authoritarianism is, “Where are the Republicans?” I’ll go ahead and ask the question again because tucked in the massive spending bill is a de facto vaccine mandate that would generate harsh fines on businesses that dare to allow their employees the freedom to choose which medical procedures are conducted on them. We’ve heard many complaints from...

Traditional names such as Nigel and Carol are dying out in England and Wales amid a rise in popular Eastern European names beginning with K, official data has shown. Nigel and Carol could now be officially extinct as names for new-borns, while Jonathan, Gordon, Sally and Sue are also falling out of favour, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS). The ONS only records data where three or more children have been called a single name, meaning no more than a maximum of two babies were named Nigel or Carol in 2020. The downturn in usage is understood to...

The net cost of non-western immigration to Denmark, after tax contributions have been deducted, has been revealed to be nearly $5 billion a year.Yes, really. The Danish Ministry of Finance revealed in its annual report that the cost amounted to DKK 31 billion ($4.8 billion) in 2018, a figure that leader of the opposition Danish People’s Party, Kristian Thulesen Dahl described as “astronomical.” “The figure is based on state spending for public services related to immigration and welfare benefits received by immigrants and included state expenditures on healthcare, child care, education, and culture,” reports Sputnik. “By contrast, tax contributions were...

According to a member of the FDA’s vaccine-advisory panel who voted in favor of the plan, the FDA approved the introduction of Moderna mRNA booster shots based on “a gut feeling” rather than “really truly serious data,”From The Wall Street Journal, “Moderna Booster Shot Backed by FDA Advisory Panel”: Vaccine experts advising the Food and Drug Administration voted 19 to 0 Thursday to recommend authorization of an extra dose of Moderna Inc.’s MRNA Covid-19 shot, a key step in making booster doses available to millions more people.A vaccine-advisory panel voted in favor of giving a Moderna booster shot at least...

“But thanks be to God that though you were slaves of sin, you became obedient from the heart to that form of teaching to which you were committed, and having been freed from sin, you became slaves of righteousness” (Romans 6:17-18). True freedom comes from being a servant of Jesus Christ. I once knew a man who, though intellectually convinced that the gospel was true, balked at committing his life to Jesus Christ. When I asked him why, he replied, “Because I don’t want to give up my freedom.” He understood clearly that genuine saving faith requires submission to Christ’s...

The first book of scripture tells us of a man who should inspire our walk with God. “So all the days of Enoch were three hundred and sixty-five years. And Enoch walked with God; and he was not, for God took him” (Genesis 5:23-24, NKJV). Our brother Enoch had no Bible, no songbook, no fellow members, no teacher, no indwelling Holy Spirit, no rent veil with access to the Holy of Holies, but he knew God! “But without faith it is impossible to please him, for he who comes to God must believe that he is, and that he is...

WESTVILLE — Dr. Deborah Birx stressed the need for cooperation, a sense of community and continued research and learning in addressing this pandemic and future ones. Birx, who served as White House coronavirus response coordinator, gave an overview of the pandemic from her insider’s perspective Sunday as part of the Purdue Northwest Sinai Forum speakers series. Birx’s lecture, and the question-and-answer period afterward, showed she is still concerned about learning lessons from the response to the pandemic, both during the Trump administration and now in the Biden administration. “I think I can read between the lines and realize how totally...

CNN political analyst Carl Bernstein said Monday on “Anderson Cooper 360” that he believed former President Donald Trump was a “rogue criminal president.” According to Bernstein, Trump was perpetuating the lie that he won the 2020 presidential election, which is undermining American democracy. Discussing former President Donald Trump’s lawsuit to block the January 6 select committee from getting documents citing executive privilege, Bernstein said, “This is clearly not a legitimate exercise of executive privilege.”

A group of around 100 anarchists caused substantial damage to businesses and government buildings in downtown Portland Tuesday night.On October 12, 2021, at about 9:00p.m., Central Precinct officers learned that a group had gathered in the area of Chapman Square Park, and some participants were blocking Southwest 3rd Avenue. Some fencing from the park was used to barricade the street. Some illegal aerial fireworks were set off, as well as graffiti to buildings. At about 10:00p.m., the group began to march. Mostly within a time span of about 10 minutes, participants broke numerous windows and bank ATMs (photos). Officers were...

NBC's Julia Ainsley reports on new efforts from the Biden administration to create an intelligence-gathering cell at the Department of Homeland Security in order to track migrants who are heading the the southern border.

According to a new poll, nearly nine in 10 employers say some of their employees will quit when resident Biden’s federal vaccine mandate goes into effect. This ominous news comes at a time when employers are already extremely short-staffed and the U.S. economy has 11 million job openings, an all-time record. This past weekend, I experienced a labor shortage when I had to drive to three Dunkin Donut shops just to get a cup of coffee. The first two I stopped at were “closed” due to a lack of employees. The third location’s drive-thru was open, but it did not...

Pray For The Peace of JerusalemIsaiah 12Songs of Praise 12 In that day you will say: “I will praise you, Lord. Although you were angry with me, your anger has turned away and you have comforted me. 2 Surely God is my salvation; I will trust and not be afraid. The Lord, the Lord himself, is my strength and my defense[a]; he has become my salvation.” 3 With joy you will draw water from the wells of salvation. 4 In that day you will say: “Give praise to the Lord, proclaim his name; make known among the nations what he...

The Florida school district where a former student massacred 17 people in 2018 agreed on Monday to shell out $25 million to victims’ families. The Broward County school district will pay the sum in a legal settlement with 52 families of people murdered, hurt, or traumatized during the Marjory Stoneman Douglas school shooting. The district was accused of negligence for prevailing to prevent the attack by ex-student Nikolas Cruz, who stormed into the school and opened fire in February 2018. “It’s hard to talk about money because your daughter was murdered,” parent Andrew Pollack told The South Florida Sun-Sentinel, which...

Former Trump administration Surgeon General Jerome Adams said Monday on CNN’s “Cuomo Prime Time” that former Secretary of State Colin Powell died because some Americans were not vaccinated.

With former President Bill Clinton released from the hospital after a serious infection, hospital flamethrower crews have arrived on site to disinfect his hotel room. "This is just our standard procedure whenever Bill Clinton visits a hospital, but we've never seen anything like this," said pyro-disinfection Team Leader Chet Cordray. "He had every infection in the book. Three of our staff got chlamydia just walking into the room." "We have no choice but to torch the entire room before the deadly infections spread and threaten the rest of the world's populations." As soon as he finished speaking, an oozing cluster...

I’m 49, lift weights, run 50+ miles a month, and am currently recovering from post-COVID issues. The initial hit was over for more than a week and a half ago, but COVID was serious enough that it fully-triggered the lung damage I have from Iraq, and now I’m dealing with major upper airway inflammation and a ridiculous Eustachian tube dysfunction (ETD) that doesn’t allow my middle ear ways to pressurize normally. While all of that hasn’t been fun, the worst part was believing for more than a year and a half that I had any real control in preventing COVID...

The agency said that people, even if they’ve been vaccinated, should wear masks for festive activities in public indoor spaces or if they’re spending the holidays with someone who has health risks. “You might choose to wear a mask regardless of the level of transmission if a member of your household has a weakened immune system, is at increased risk for severe disease, or is unvaccinated,” the guidance said.

Florida’s COVID-19 response has been described as reckless, dangerous, and anti-science. Its Republican governor weathered months of scorn for loosening pandemic restrictions ahead of other state leaders. Its case counts, when on the rise, are often cited by critics as evidence that the entire Republican approach to managing the virus has failed. But drops in Florida’s case counts invite a fraction of the attention. New infections per 100,000 residents dropped to 12 over the past week, according to the New York Times coronavirus tracker. Over the past 14 days, cases dropped by 48%. Other states with far more expansive pandemic...

If you thought a religious exemption would prevent everyone from getting fired from their jobs, think again. As the vaxx-nannies push to segregate society completely between the vaxxed and unvaxxed, pesky religious rights are only speed bumps, not roadblocks. The latest victim of medical discrimination comes from Washington State University where head coach Nick Rolovich and four assistants were fired today for not complying. According to The Sun: Rolovich, Washington State’s highest-paid employee who applied for a religious exemption from the vaccine earlier this month, is expected to be replaced with defensive coordinator Jake Dickert as the interim coach, a...

Gov. Polis has really crossed the line. He’s telling children to lie to their parents, get the COVID-19 vaccine, and keep it a secret. Mr. Big Government is also encouraging spouses to get the vaccine and then lie to their partner to keep the peace in the family. We are not aware of divorce spikes over vaccines or an increase of social service reports on parents beating their children for begging to go to the doctor to get a shot. Maybe it’s a problem exclusive to Polis’s circle of friends. We’ve seen two slightly different versions of Polis’s quote last...