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Prices of regular gasoline in the United States have risen to a new seven-year high, according to new data from AAA, as elevated crude prices and an uptick in gasoline demand put upward pressure on prices at the pump. As of Nov. 8, the national average price for a gallon of regular gasoline in the United States rose to a seven-year high of $3.422, up slightly from the previous day’s average of $3.421 and a penny more than the week-ago average of $3.402, according to AAA. Last week, gasoline demand rose from 9.32 million barrels per day to 9.5 million...

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) said Monday that he was “delighted” to hear Congress passed the $1.2 trillion so-called bipartisan infrastructure bill, granting President Joe Biden a significant legislative victory. “I was delighted to hear that the House finally found a way to pass the infrastructure bill last week,” McConnell, one of the 19 Senate Republicans to vote for the bill, said during an event in northern Kentucky.

An Australian Navy veteran who served in the Persian Gulf has given me his medals because he is disgusted with government terrorism in Australia. This is not "my country right or wrong" This is "If my country is wrong, I must try to set it right." Are there any messages of support for this guy from America? World War Two taught us totalitarianism doesn't work but freedom does. "One Minute’s Silence for SOTU – FREEDOM, DEMOKRASI AND CIVILISED HUMANITY" https://freedom-demokrasi-and-civilised-humanity.com/2020/02/07/one-minutes-silence-for-sotu/

DENVER (AP) — A North Dakota-based organization representing Native Americans sued Colorado this week for a measure banning American Indian school mascots which was passed last year amid a nationwide push for racial justice following George Floyd’s murder in Minneapolis. The lawsuit by the nonprofit Native American Guardian’s Association was filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court, naming Gov. Jared Polis, Attorney General Phil Weiser and Kathryn Redhorse, the executive director of the Colorado Commission of Indian Affairs. The firm is representing a John Doe, Jane Doe and three other Colorado residents who cite Native American heritage in the lawsuit. The...

Trucking industry groups issued warnings after President Joe Biden’s administration unveiled a COVID-19 vaccine rule targeting private businesses with 100 or more workers, saying the mandate would damage the industry. “As we made clear in our comments to the administration prior to the rule’s publication, drivers spend the vast majority of their workday alone in the cab and outside,” the American Trucking Associations President Chris Spear said in a statement last week after the rule was published in the Federal Register. On Nov. 4, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) released guidance stipulating businesses with 100 or more employees...

LAS VEGAS (KSNV) — Police suspect one driver got into three crashes on Interstate 15 in the central Las Vegas valley Monday morning, resulting in heavy traffic in both directions. Collisions on both sides of the interstate near Sahara Avenue had cars moving toward a crawl. On the northbound side, authorities were blocking at least three lanes for a crash. The scene has been cleared, though some residual backup is expected to continue. Southbound traffic was backed up past the Spaghetti Bowl and toward Lake Mead Boulevard. Lt. Jeff Dean with Las Vegas Metropolitan Police said a Toyota SUV was...

We should not damage America's economy by forcing citizens to choose between their jobs and their personal freedom.. American Airlines cancels 2,000 flights in four days while airline enforces vaccine mandate.. Laura Cox, a Texas resident and United airlines pilot, faces potential termination if she does not get the COVID-19 vaccine.. Imagine it’s Thanksgiving and you’re scheduled to fly home to celebrate the holiday with your family, but at the last minute, your flight is canceled. You try to get through to customer service to see if there’s another flight, but the recorded voice comes online to advise there will...

I just returned from being honored as a vet.

Phase 3 trial results by biotech company Regeneron showed its new drug provides long-term protection against COVID-19, KTLA sister station KRON reported. A single dose of the antibody cocktail reduced the risk of contracting COVID-19 by 81.6% during months 2-8, according to results released Monday. Previously published results already showed its effectiveness within one month of getting the injection. Regeneron said none of the participants who were injected with a single dose of the ‘REGEN-COV’ antibody cocktail were hospitalized with COVID-19 during the eight-month trial run in collaboration with the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. Meanwhile, six people...

The Swiss have their own way of protesting 5,000 Freedom Fighters converged on the small city of Fribourg on Saturday Restaurant owners arrested for serving the Unvaccinated… VIDEOS AT LINK........................

President Biden’s job approval rating fell to a new low in a poll released Monday — but the news was even worse for Vice President Kamala Harris. The USA Today/Suffolk University survey showed just 37.8 percent of Americans approve of Biden’s performance in office. By contrast, 59 percent of Americans disapprove of the president, whose ratings have been plunging since August. Biden’s previous low job approval rating came in a Quinnipiac poll last month, which showed 38 percent of Americans approved of his performance, while 53 percent disapproved.

Vermont's Republican Party has scheduled a “Let’s go Brandon” rally — to be held in the city of Brandon, Vt. The chant has become popular among Republicans as an alternative to a profane change directed at President Biden, and Vermont's GOP is seeking to take advantage with the rally scheduled for Brandon’s Central Park on Nov. 13. The party plans to distribute hats, T-shirts, and bumper stickers to those in attendance to raise money for the state party. It also said portions of the proceeds of sales made from the rally would go to the Brandon area's Emergency Food Shelf.

Vice President Kamala Harris consistently receives lower approval ratings than President Joe Biden in public opinions polls, and a new USA Today/Suffolk survey continues that trend in startling fashion. According to the poll, conducted among 1,000 registered voters from Nov. 3-5, Biden has an approval rating of 38% and Harris has an even worse 28% approval rating. The poll found that Harris is more unpopular than both congressional Democrats (29% approval) and congressional Republicans (35% approval), which is pretty hard to do as members of Congress often receive low marks in public opinion polls (overall congressional approval is at 12%).

Russia’s ambition to remain the Arctic superpower is propelling its all-out effort to guard its economic interests there with broad territorial claims over waterways and a continued military build-up in a region the United States often ignored, an expert on Arctic defense and security said Wednesday.As a consequence of its vision of the Arctic as an economic engine for growth, Moscow “has done a better job of building out infrastructure,” from expanding its fleet of icebreakers to modernizing ports and ramping up military presence in specially-designed “Arctic Trefoils” military bases to back its claims over the Northern Sea Route, Bouffard...

New York Times senior economics correspondent Neil Irwin twisted himself into a pretzel to protect the failing Biden administration's economic agenda again — this time suggesting American furor over the poor state of the economy is more about perception than reality. Irwin’s recent article had a condescending headline: “Americans Are Flush With Cash and Jobs. They Also Think the Economy Is Awful.” He pointed to the decreasing unemployment rate, how workers allegedly have the “upper hand” in the labor market, and Americans “sitting on piles of cash” to cast doubt on the “scathing” resentment of the economy. He stated that...

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has officially filed his paperwork to run for a second term in 2022. The Republican governor’s statement of candidacy was filed on Friday, but didn’t become visible in the state’s public database until Monday. DeSantis said at a Monday morning press conference that a formal campaign kickoff will be forthcoming. “It’s more of a formality to open a campaign committee,” he said. “We won’t do any public announcements until after the Special Session but you have to prepare for these things.”

THIRTY-SECOND WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME LUKE 17:1-6 Friends, in today’s Gospel, we hear Jesus speak about faith. Faith is powerful, for it is a link to the reality of God, the power that made and sustains the cosmos. Sometimes, the power of faith is manifested in spectacular and immediately obvious ways. For example, there is a long tradition of faith healing stretching back to Jesus himself and through many of the saints. There is also the power of prayer. When some people ask in a spirit of trust, really believing that what they are asking for will happen, it happens....

Northern Ireland's health minister is suing singer Van Morrison for calling him "dangerous" over his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic.

US Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh says "President Biden's insistance that everyone be vaccinated is essential to restoring economic growth. Right now too many people are afraid to go back to work out of fear of catching COVID. Once everyone is vaccinated this fear will be eradicated. This is not a mandate. It is a reminder to do the right thing if you want to keep your job if you're an employee or be fined if you're an employer." Walsh dismissed emerging evidence of the vaccines' dwindling effectiveness as "beside the point. We're asking everyone to remember when they were...

Vulnerable countries at COP26 say rich nations are pushing back against their attempts to secure compensation for the damage caused by climate change. Poorer countries see it as critical that money for loss and damage be part of negotiations this week. Negotiators agreed in Paris in 2015 to address the issue, but there is no agreement on who should pay for it. Rich nations are said to be resisting any commitments as they do not want to accept liability and risk being sued. Developing countries argue that rich countries are responsible for most of today's climate change impacts because they...