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WASHINGTON, Friday, Nov. 1. The country will not be surprised to learn that Gen. SCOTT has resigned, and that Gen. MCCLELLAN is now in absolute command of the army. Gen. SCOTT leaves Washington for New-York to-morrow morning, on a special train, via Harrisburgh. He will be accompanied by Gen. CAMERON. Public opinion here is about equally divided as to the probability of an advance of the grand army. On the one side it is alleged that the troops are being prepared for Winter quarters, and that the military leaders are not prepared for battle. Others allege that there is a...

Pharisees Question Jesus, by J. Tissot (1886-94) Hillel the Elder, sometimes referred to as Rabbi Hillel, was a Jewish religious leader who lived shortly before Jesus’ time. There is a famous story told of him in which he was challenged by a potential convert to teach him the entire Torah while “standing on one foot.” In other words, can you distill the essence and present it succinctly?That same theme may be behind the question that is raised today by the scholar of law, who asks, “Which is the first of all the commandments?”In answering while “standing on foot,” Jesus recites...

"Colossal Stakes as Leaders Meet to Talk Climate," ran the headline. "The Last Best Hope," ran the subhead, which turned out to be a quote from resident Joe Biden's climate czar John Kerry. But these alarmist headings were not atop an editorial. They topped the lead news story in Sunday's New York Times, the opening line of which set the tone for Glasgow: "The future is on the line." Somini Sengupta, climate reporter, then laid out the "colossal stakes" of the summit. "As presidents and prime ministers arrive in Glasgow this week for a pivotal climate summit, the outcome will...

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Communist leader Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov, aka Vladimir Ilyich Lenin, is reputed to have said, "The capitalists will sell us the rope with which we will hang them." Whether Lenin said this or not, the message is prophetic. For the sake of cheap labor, some large corporations in America are selling the United States down the river, and they have the cooperation of President Joe Biden's administration in doing so. This is the 2021 version of "The Devil and Daniel Webster," except, this time, "Old Scratch" is not Satan; it's the People's Republic of China. For years, the PRC has been...

The Bible says, “Thou shall not steal.” Yet stealing – in the sense of robbing Peter to give to Paul – is what every government in the world does, on a daily basis. They have been doing it for a very long time. H. L. Mencken once said that elections are an advance auction on the sale of stolen goods. Watching the tax-and-spend circus on Capitol Hill right now brings Mencken to mind. Have you ever seen a good argument for stealing? I don’t mean taking property that isn’t yours to save a life in an emergency. I’m talking about...

HONG KONG (AP) — Yahoo Inc. on Tuesday said it plans to pull out of China, citing an “increasingly challenging business and legal environment.” The company said in a statement that its services will no longer be accessible from mainland China as of Nov. 1. “Yahoo remains committed to the rights of our users and a free and open internet. We thank our users for their support,” the statement read.

A good friend who owns a major auto dealership in the Dallas area recently told me he typically has about 500 to 1,000 cars and trucks on his lot. Now, he has 15. That's how severe the supply chain problem has become. He said people are buying cars over the sticker price. You usually haggle down the price for a new car. Now, you haggle up the price! Welcome to Bidenflation. But now, the Commerce Department has reported that the high-flying U.S. economy with a 6.5% growth rate for the first half of this year has crash-landed in the third...

NEW YORK, NY—In his new six-episode limited series on Netflix, Colin Kaepernick proudly proclaimed that no NFL slave owner will ever enslave him no matter how many times he tries out to be a slave. After being emancipated from his former owner the San Francisco 49ers in 2016, Kaepernick has worked tirelessly to become a slave again. "I try out for NFL slavery every year, and they keep rejecting me. The NFL is oppressive, and it's also oppressive that they refuse to oppress me," he said. In May 2017, he visited the brutal Seattle Seahawks Plantation hoping to become a...

On Jan. 29, 2019, the world got a first-hand glimpse into just how devastating the effects of cancel culture can be and its glaring hypocrisy for Black, queer people. On this day, Jussie Smollett, award-winning actor and former star of Empire reported his assault to the Chicago police, citing racist and homophobic slurs being hurled at him while being physically beaten. Prior to this incident, Smollett, an openly queer and Black man, would captivate audiences week after week in his role as fictional musical legend Jamal Lyon on Empire. Slowly making his rounds to becoming a legend in his own...

Add train thefts to the long list of serious problems in crime-ridden, Democrat-controlled Los Angeles. Journalist Adam Housley, who previously worked for Fox News, alerted America to this issue (which also could perhaps add to supply chain woes) by tweeting out a dystopian-like image of what appears to be the remnants of ransacked materials left on train tracks. “Meantime…this is modern day train robbery. Modern day LA not far from Union Station…a few days ago. Unfortunately it is happening every day. As soon as the train stops, thieves start opening containers. It is quite well organized. This is the main...

Given the level of resistance within the Air Force to the vaccine mandate, there's reason to believe that it could affect national security. The Pentagon has issued a vaccine mandate for the military, and members of the Air Force have responded. Up to 12,000 service members have flatly stated they will refuse to be vaccinated against COVID. Air Force brass is threatening the service members with punishment up to and including dismissal from the service. The sheer number refusing the mandate brings up the problem of how to maintain readiness. More than 90% of Air Force personnel are already partially...

To most readers of this column, the question is absurd. The reason is not because the question is, in fact, absurd; it is because most readers of this column are conservative, and many are religious. Am I implying that most leftists do not believe stealing is wrong? Yes, I am. As incredible as this assertion is to just about all religious people and virtually all conservatives, most leftists do not believe stealing is wrong. Since I always draw a distinction between those on the Left and liberals, let me add that I suspect most liberals think stealing is wrong. But...

Tucker Carlson could have been describing exactly what’s going on in the public schools in Brevard County, Florida. "Whatever the left accuses you of is exactly what they are doing." —Tucker Carlson Beyond the current, attention-grabbing race hoax brought to us by leftist Democrats in Virginia, Tucker's maxim couldn't ring more true than in Brevard County, Florida regarding the leftist Democrats on the Brevard Public Schools (BPS) School Board. This goes particularly for board member Jennifer Jenkins. Given her recent spate of high-profile appearances, leftist Democrats are clearly priming Jenkins for higher office. But she's also curiously mirroring the Biden...

Explosive Press Conference event presenting shocking recordings of hospital executives discussing coordinated plans to restrict fluids and nutrition for hospitalized COVID patients, suppression of all visitation for COVID patients while in hospital, denial of vital medicines and more. Actual prisoners in America are given more rights than COVID patients in America’s hospitals.

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Not all of them, of course, but those who are constantly in our faces certainly are thugs. They didn't used to be, but they are now. "The first method for estimating the intelligence of a ruler is to look at the men he has around him." —Niccolò Machiavelli, The Prince Not all of them, but those who are constantly in our faces certainly are thugs. Schumer, Pelosi, the Clintons, the Obamas, A.G. Garland, CNN commentators, MSNBC, ABC, CBS and NBC, the execrable Terry McAuliffe, and of course Joe Biden. Thugs all. Not one of them can utter a word without...

It’s a mystery for the ages – how a never-was ended up becoming one of the most famous people in the country. This never-was once played professional football and had a couple of decent seasons, even making it to the Super Bowl once. He lost. Then he lost whatever limited ability he once had, fading into the oblivion back-bench players live in on their way out the door. But this was Colin Kaepernick, someone you’ve undoubtedly heard of by now, a guy reduced to finding new and creative ways to keep his name, his brand, alive so that gravy train...

November 2nd, 2021All Souls Day Powązki cemetary, Warsaw, Poland on All Souls Day Św Boromeusza, Powązki, Warszawa - Church of St. Charles of Borromeo, WarsawReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Violet / Black First readingWisdom 3:1-9 ©The souls of the virtuous are in the hands of GodThe souls of the virtuous are in the hands of God,no torment shall ever touch them.In the eyes of the unwise, they did appear to die,their going looked like a disaster,their leaving us, like annihilation;but they are in peace.If they experienced punishment as men see it,their hope was rich with immortality;slight was their affliction, great will...