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Pope Francis: A True Believer in Castro-CommunismIt should have surprised no one when the Vatican’s political police removed a Cuban flag from a kneeling parishioner who was quietly praying for Cuba’s freedom during the October 24 Sunday Mass at St. Peter’s Square. The papacy under Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio has witnessed a seismic shift in the Holy See’s relationship with pagan political religions such as socialism since 2013. Castro-Communism, however, appears to have a special place in the heart and soul of Pope Francis.The first Jesuit bishop of Rome has taken up the common cause on a host of issues...

The Santa Fe County sheriff on Wednesday said the gun discharged by actor Alec Baldwin during a fatal shooting on the set of "Rust" fired a "suspected live round." Investigators believe they have recovered the "lead projectile" and shell casing from the ammunition that struck and killed the film's director of photography, Halyna Hutchins, 42, and injured director Joel Souza. "The facts are clear: a weapon was handed to Mr. Baldwin. The weapon is functional and fired a live round, killing Ms. Hutchins and injuring Mr. Souza," Sheriff Adan Mendoza said at a joint news conference between the Sante Fe...

Virginia Democratic gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe's campaign raised eyebrows by spending nearly $60,000 to hire a high-profile attorney known for masterminding election-related legal challenges. When Fox News sent the campaign a request for comment, the McAuliffe campaign scrambled to "kill" the story, according to emails mistakenly sent to Fox News. Less than a month before Election Day, McAuliffe's campaign spent $53,680 on the services of the Elias Law Group, a firm that Marc Elias started earlier this year, Fox News previously reported. Elias had formerly worked as a partner at the law firm Perkins Coie, which the Hillary Clinton campaign...

McDonald's is faced with higher food and labor costs, is raising menu prices at a much faster pace than historical rates, focused on preserving profits. The problem with higher-priced menu items is that they will diminish the buying power of the working poor who frequent the Chicago-based burger giant. Famous for the Big Mac burger, the company is paying more for food, packaging, and other supplies, CEO Chris Kempczinski told investors Wednesday. He said commodity costs are up 3.5% to 4%, up from the 2% increase earlier this year. On top of that, labor costs are up at least 10%....

This is the feast date (in Christianity’s western tradition) of Saint Jude. Possibly one of the bit players among Jesus’s original 12 apostles — “Jude”/”Judah”/”Judas” was a common name among first-century Israelites, so there’s some confusion about the identities among various texts talking about various (?) Judes — St. Jude is aptly-for-this-blog considered the patron saint of “lost causes” or “situations despaired of”. He’s traditionally supposed to have knocked around the eastern Mediterranean after the Nazarene‘s crucifixion, introducing Christianity (along with St. Bartholomew) to Armenia, which eventually became the first officially Christian kingdom. (Jude is also a patron saint of...

Florida’s Chief Financial Officer, Jimmy Patronis, suggested that In-N-Out Burger should move to the Sunshine State after several In-N-Out locations were shut down by California officials.Patronis appealed to In-N-Out CEO Lynsi Snyder to move to the state, arguing that Florida has a superior business climate—noting the state has no personal income tax, low corporate taxes, and no mandates.“I’m writing you today not only as Florida’s Chief Financial Officer, but as a small business owner who grew up in a family-owned restaurant and worked there for more than 30 years,” his letter reads. “I know how hard it is to turn...

NEW YORK -- Los Angeles Rams owner Stan Kroenke might be trying to back away from his promise to cover tens of millions of dollars in legal expenses related to his team's 2016 departure from St. Louis, a revelation that angered many NFL owners when they learned of it Tuesday, sources told ESPN

(Basically an anti-Biden song) Thanks to Cernovich, who posted a twitter thread from CCG Bryson. :) (Maybe someone can post the Twitter link? I am on my phone) Here's some background: https://www.abc4.com/news/digital-exclusives/lets-go-brandon-heres-where-the-viral-meme-comes-from/

The MU School of Medicine has joined a nationwide, at-home clinical study, ACTIV-6, to test how repurposed medications can be used to treat mild-to-moderate COVID-19 symptoms. The medications in the study are fluticasone, fluvoxamine and ivermectin, all previously approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to treat other conditions. Those interested in participating in the study must be 30 years old or older, have tested positive for COVID-19 within the past 10 days and have at least two COVID-19 symptoms for seven days or less. You can find more information or enroll in the study through activ6study.org, or by...

Chinese Communist Party (CCP) leader Xi Jinping will not be attending the upcoming United Nations climate summit. Experts say factional infighting among top CCP officials prevent Xi from traveling abroad. And securing his leadership is top priority.The United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) will be held in Glasgow, Scotland, from Oct. 31 to Nov. 12. The news that Xi will be skipping the event was first noted in the Western media through comments made by the event’s host, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, to The Times on Oct. 15.It’s been almost two years since Xi traveled abroad, the longest time...

Dr. Aaron Kheriaty reacted to the COVID-19 pandemic like many other medical experts. He worked long hours as the United States tried to grapple with the new disease. He had too many conversations with family members whose loved ones were dying from it.But as time wore on, he started noticing a pattern in public health decisions that seemed to diverge from traditional medical ethics, including an insistence that people at little risk from COVID-19 get a vaccine.Kheriaty is now on suspension from the University of California, Irvine, (UCI) and challenging the school’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate in court.“I had to stand...

Let’s face it.Joe Biden is not a rocket scientist, and he has a long history of being wrong on virtually everything he touches.But someone is going to have to help me understand his latest move that just makes absolutely no sense to me.Biden previously said he was going to try to solve the supply chain crisis.His first move — saying that the Port of Los Angeles was going to operate 24/7 – hasn’t been achieved yet and hasn’t seemed to do much of anything to change the situation. Indeed, after he said that, there were a record number of ships...

Grinning away: The quantum Cheshire cat effect takes its name from a character in Lewis Carroll's novel Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. (Courtesy: Larissa Kulik/Shutterstock) Since its inception, quantum theory has presented us with many strange and seemingly paradoxical phenomena. One of the oddest examples is the quantum Cheshire cat effect, in which properties of quantum objects become disembodied from the objects themselves. Now, two of the researchers who predicted the effect have shown that it is even weirder than they first thought: not only can quantum properties become detached from their parent objects, these properties can also move of...

Jonathan Moseley, defense attorney for Philadelphia Proud Boys chapter president Zach Rehl, expressed determination to confront the FBI with a subpoena in response to National File’s report that a second man – Sean Michael McHugh – was caught on camera trying to incite demonstrators to storm the Capitol Building. That report followed a comprehensive article by Revolver News breaking down considerable evidence that Ray Epps was acting as an FBI informant when he repeatedly urged Pro-Trump rally-goers to enter the Capitol. Neither McHugh nor Epps have been charged with conspiracy. Moseley’s client Zach Rehl, however, is set to stand trial...

Research by the Center for Information, Intelligence and Terrorism awaits the links between Palestinian society and Nazism By Assaf Gibor --- [Palestinian protest near Eviatar. Photo: Photo: Nasser Ishtia - Flash] More and more Nazi symbols are seeping into the Palestinian street. The Center for Information, Intelligence and Terrorism investigates incidents in which such is used. The arson of a Star of David emblem containing a swastika by Palestinians from the village of Beta once again marked the attitude towards Nazism in Palestinian society. Last August, as part of the struggle to establish the settlement of Eviatar in Samaria, Palestinians...

With all of the issues going on in the world you can always count on PETA to tackle the biggest problems. They're at it again, this time incensed over the simple baseball term 'bullpen.' Apparently the cows have been up in arms about where relievers warm up before entering games and it's time to hear their voice. Cows. The Cows are upset. Long as it been discussed how insensitive baseball is towards cows and enough is enough.

"The Five" panel ripped President Joe Biden and the Democrats Thursday for pushing an agenda that no Americans want and warned of the political fallout of the mounting failures under the administration. The panel discussed Democratic infighting between moderates and progressives that was halting the infrastructure bill from moving forward. Most Americans, Jesse Watters said, would not be positively affected by the provisions in the trillion-dollar "monster" bill. He said the bill "does nothing" for the border, inflation, the supply chain, and job growth. The effect of that, Watters continued, is that Democrats are going to "own" their failures, i.e....

[Catholic CaucusTRADITIONIS CUSTODES: More Facts Emerge (What the Bishops of the World Actually Told Francis)Author’s Note: In the print-edition of my 2021 CIC talk, titled “Traditionis Custodes: Separating Fact from Fiction” and published online at The Remnant on October 7, 2021, I wrote that “the premises and conclusions of Traditionis Custodes are not the same as those presented in the detailed main report produced by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF),” on the basis of a consultation of the world’s bishops. “Traditionis Custodes was not consistent with what the main report recommended or revealed.”Regarding the CDF’s detailed...

He and his hunting partner killed the attacking bear, but only after the bear tore his thumb from his left hand. Dickson said he almost always sees grizzlies when he hunts along the North Fork of the Shoshone River — just not that close. He and his hunting partner, a man named John, were even scanning for bears while hunting elk — just in case. . On the day of the surgery, the couple was told there was an equal chance of losing the thumb or keeping it. “He said, ‘Don’t get attached to it, but it could stay,’” When...

A cheap antidepressant reduced the need for hospitalization among high-risk adults with COVID-19 in a study hunting for existing drugs that could be repurposed to treat coronavirus. Researchers tested the pill used for depression and obsessive-compulsive disorder because it was known to reduce inflammation and looked promising in smaller studies. They've shared the results with the U.S. National Institutes of Health, which publishes treatment guidelines, and they hope for a World Health Organization recommendation. The pill, called fluvoxamine, would cost $4 for a course of COVID-19 treatment. By comparison, antibody IV treatments cost about $2,000 and Merck's experimental antiviral pill...