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“Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so doth the sweetness of a man's friend by hearty counsel. Thine own friend, and thy father's friend, forsake not; neither go into thy brother's house in the day of thy calamity: for better is a neighbour that is near than a brother far off” (Proverbs 27:9-10).

The hosts of ‘The Five' rebuked Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., Tuesday for blaming the rise in crime in Minneapolis on a "dysfunctional" police department and for "not fulfill[ing] their oath of office." "The police have chosen to not fulfill their oath of office and to provide the public safety they are owed to the citizens they serve," she said. "The Minneapolis Police Department is the most dysfunctional police department in our state and probably in the country." "She called the police dysfunctional, but as far as I can tell, none of them married their brother," "The Five" co-host Greg Gutfeld...

Delta Air Lines is testing new biometric technology that promises to speed you through the airport — or at the very least prevent you from repeatedly fumbling for your ID and boarding pass. The new technology will roll out in Atlanta and Detroit as soon as Nov. 3. It is only open to Delta SkyMiles members who have U.S. passports and are eligible for TSA PreCheck. They must first store their passport number in the Fly Delta app, and this new service is only open to those checking in via the app. The biometric information is pulled from a U.S....

U.S. federal investigators today raided the Florida offices of PAX Technology, a Chinese provider of point-of-sale devices used by millions of businesses and retailers globally. KrebsOnSecurity has learned the raid is tied to reports that PAX’s systems may have been involved in cyberattacks on U.S. and E.U. organizations.

We try our best to stay on top of the news that mainstream media tries to bury. It’s often like trying to capture water with cupped hands and some of it spills over, evading our radar. One such bombshell was dropped by the FLCCC Alliance a couple of weeks ago.Thankfully, Joe Rogan mentioned it and Star Political picked it up…According to Dr. Pierre Kory and the FLCCC Alliance, between 100-200 members of Congress have been secretly treated for Covid-19 with protocols that include Ivermectin. None of those treated required hospitalization, having successfully used the drug in early stages of Covid-19,...

One official with the National School Boards Association who penned a letter to President Biden likening some parental behavior at local school board meetings to “domestic terrorism” has been appointed to a federal post. The New York Post reports that Viola Garcia, the president of NSBA, was appointed by Education Secretary Miguel Cardona to the National Assessment Governing Board, established in 1988 during the latter stages of Ronald Reagan’s second term. The organization “oversees and sets policy for the National Assessment of Education Progress,” the paper reported. Known as “the Nation’s Report Card,” the governing examines student performance on a...

An earthquake of magnitude 4.0 on the Richter scale hit the Diglipur area of Andaman and Nicobar Islands on Wednesday morning. The National Center for Seismology (NCS) informed that the earthquake took place at a depth of 80 kilometres and 90 kilometres South-South-East of Diglipur. "Earthquake of Magnitude: 4.0, Occurred on 27-10-2021, 04:56:37 IST, Lat: 12.54 and Long: 93.36, Depth: 80 Km, Location: 90 km SSE of Diglipur, Andaman and Nicobar Island, India," tweeted NCS. More details are awaited.

Tokyo — Japan’s Covid-19 case numbers have plummeted to the lowest in nearly a year just as other parts of Asia are struggling with surging infections, leaving health experts perplexed and raising concern of a winter rebound. New daily cases in Tokyo dropped to 87 on Monday, the lowest tally since November 2, and from more than 5,000 a day in an August wave that hammered the capital’s medical infrastructure. The pattern is the same across the country. After a slow start, Japan has made rapid progress in its vaccination campaign and almost six months of emergency distancing restrictions have...

Jobs in Florida are growing much faster than the national rate, according to a September employment report.The office of Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) estimated the job growth at three times that of the nation. Florida has recorded 17 months of continued private-sector job growth.The Sunshine State gained 84,500 jobs in September, with 73,000 of those in the private sector, according to the governor’s office.The figures showed an increase of 5.6 percent compared to the same time last year.In a press release, the governor’s office said: “Florida’s labor force increased by 540,000 over the year, with 423,000 of that increase occurring...

One of the great misconceptions of our time is the belief that we can move away from fossil fuels if we make suitable choices on fuels. In one view, we can make the transition to a low-energy economy powered by wind, water, and solar. In other versions, we might include some other energy sources, such as biofuels or nuclear, but the story is not very different.The problem is the same regardless of what lower bound a person chooses: our economy is way too dependent on consuming an amount of energy that grows with each added human participant in the economy....

Huma Abedin has claimed in her forthcoming memoir that she was sexually assaulted by an unnamed US senator. The longtime Hillary Clinton aide and estranged wife of former congressman and convicted sex offender Anthony Weiner wrote in her new book 'Both/And: A Life in Many Worlds,' out next week, that she was able to put the incident out of her mind for years. It was not until Christine Blasey Ford was testifying about her alleged assault by Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh in 2018 that the memory resurfaced. She did not name the senator or his political party. Abedin wrote...

The White Coat Waste Project, a taxpayer watchdog group, has provided The Gateway Pundit with new examples of Dr. Anthony Fauci facilitating cruel and unnecessary taxpayer funded experimentation on dogs — this time in Tunisia. 1-Documents uncovered by the organization found that the National Institutes of Health division that is led by Dr. Fauci shipped part of a $375,800 grant to the lab in Tunisia to infest beagles with parasites. The grant money funded a study published last month that detailed the horror inflicted. 2- Dr. Fauci also spent over $16 million in taxpayer funds on disturbing “toxic brain injection”...

The average American needs their retirement savings to last them 14 to 17 years. With this in mind, Visual Capitalist's Carmen Ang asks (and answers below), is $1 million in savings enough for the average retiree?Ultimately, it depends on where you live, since the average cost of living varies across the country. This graphic, using data compiled by GOBankingRates.com shows how many years $1 million in retirement savings lasts in the top 50 most populated U.S. cities.Editor’s note: As one user rightly pointed out, this analysis doesn’t take into account interest earned on the $1 million. With that in consideration,...

Rachel Levine, a trans-identified nominee for Assistant Secretary in the Department of Health and Human Services, testifies at his confirmation hearing before the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee on February 25, 2021, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. Levine previously served as Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of HealthTwitter has suspended the account of a Republican congressman who posted a tweet noting that President Joe Biden's U.S. Assistant Secretary of Health, Rachel Levine, who identifies as transgender, is a man.Rep. Jim Banks, R-Ind., was suspended Saturday after posting a tweet in response to Levine — who went by...

On this date in 1666, a hapless French watchmaker was hanged at Tyburn for starting the Great Fire of London — his obstinate confession in the face of all other evidence making him the convenient fall guy for an accidental cataclysm. Of Robert Hubert Lord Clarendon would write, though the Chief Justice told the King, ‘that all his discourse was so disjointed that he did not believe him guilty;’ nor was there one man who prosecuted or accused him: yet upon his own confession … the jury found him guilty, and he was executed accordingly. And though no man could...

(LifeSiteNews) — Irish men are taking up the mantle of witnessing to the Catholic faith in public by praying the rosary in several towns and cities around the island. The men’s public rosary started last month in Derry, Northern Ireland, with organizers setting out to honor Our Lady by completing the Five First Saturday devotions in reparation for abortion and asking God to end the growing COVID tyranny seen throughout Ireland. Speaking to LifeSiteNews, Patrick McCrystal of Human Life International said men will pray in the five main towns of Northern Ireland in the coming months, and he expects towns...

Today marks 19.5 months since the institution of the infamous “Flatten the Curve,” AKA The Deep State’s Plot to Drive Us Crazy, Make Us Stupid, and Take Over the World (in order to make the world safe for China and/or the Deep State and/or New World Order cabal to take it over). Well, well, well. It may be that the worm is about to turn, or be turned on. I'm not talking about heart worms here. The worm I am talking about is one Anthony Fauci. Ironically, it may turn out that a literal worm may have something to do...

U.S. vaccine maker Novavax announced that it has applied to the World Health Organization (WHO) for emergency use approval of its COVID-19 vaccine. If approved, Novavax’s vaccine has the potential to help equalize global access to COVID-19 vaccines, but the firm still faces steep regulatory and manufacturing issues before it can contribute to the worldwide rollout. "Today's submission of our protein-based COVID-19 vaccine to WHO for emergency use listing is a significant step on the path to accelerating access and more equitable distribution to countries in great need around the world," Stanley Erck, president and CEO of Novavax, said in...

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on Oct. 26 voted unanimously to bar a leading Chinese state-owned telecommunication firm’s U.S. arm from operating in the country.China Telecom Americas, a subsidiary of China Telecom, now has 60 days to discontinue services after having operated in the United States for two decades.The FCC voted 4-0 to terminate China Telecom America’s license to provide domestic and international services within the United States. The regulator said the firm “is subject to exploitation, influence, and control by the Chinese government” and is “highly likely” to comply with Beijing’s orders.The decision concluded more than a year of...

Ben & Jerry’s is very proud of its hard-left stance on any given subject but now its latest virtue signal has resulted in some serious financial setbacks.As RedState reported back in July, the ice cream company decided it would no longer do business in what it called “Occupied Palestinian Territory” or as it’s more commonly known, “Israel.” The move was supposed to signal the company’s dedication to protesting in favor of the oppressed but behind the scenes, their Board chair was actually signaling their support for the terrorist group Hezbollah.Not long after, states began looking into divesting from Ben &...