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"The Five" slammed the Biden administration Tuesday for being "clueless" and ignoring and downplaying the needs of the American people on rising costs of food, oil, and other necessities due to worsening supply chain bottlenecks and rising inflation. [cut] Geraldo Rivera concluded that the Afghanistan debacle was indicative of a wider trend of the Biden White House – getting things done "a-- backward." "I think Afghanistan is very instructive because in Afghanistan, they had good intentions and they did it a---backward," Rivera said. "Instead of evacuating the civilians first, they evacuated the military [and] civilians [got] stuck … The same...

Amman (Agenzia Fides) - The bloody attacks on places of worship that host communities of faith gathered in prayer or while taking part in ritual acts, represent the "summit" of justified atrocities and violence by bringing up "religious" issues. Faced with the continuing of these phenomena, it is necessary to encourage the creation of an interreligious and inter-cultural "global network", which works to protect the sites of worship and all the believers who frequent them, as a contribution to the development of a "common human civilization" nurtured by the recognition and sharing of "common human values". This is the urgency...

With weather issues, supply chain breakdowns, pandemic unemployment worsened by overreaching vax mandates as first responders are put on unpaid leave, forcing firehouses to close, mass exodus of police, gas prices, food price spikes, all of which are contributing to shortages seen from grocery stores to retail shops, we are looking at a disastrous holiday season, which includes Thanksgiving and Christmas. Cities can burn for all these people care, as first responders are once again protecting Americans by standing up for all of our rights, which unfortunately has caused them to walk away until liberal leaders understand, the first responders...

The sea otters who call the Monterey Bay Aquarium home are rolling up their invisible sleeves to receive their COVID-19 vaccine. No sea otters at the Monterey Bay Aquarium have tested positive for COVID. However, a group of Asian small-clawed otters at Georgia Aquarium in Atlanta all tested positive for SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, back in April 2021. The aquarium says the animals all showed symptoms, including sneezing, runny noses, lethargy and coughing. There have also been deadly outbreaks among minks, who are cousins of the sea otter. Dr. Michael Murray, who is the Jane Dunaway Director of...

Never again will there be a man like George S. Patton. The four-star general wasn't just a great man on the field of battle, he was also an inspiring paragon of American values and civic virtue, a tale of man's will to overcome. George Smith Patton Jr. was born on what would become Veteran's Day, November 11, 1885 in San Gabriel, California. His father, George Smith Patton II, graduated from Virginia Military Institute on a scholarship but chose law over military service. Patton Jr. never seriously considered any other career path. Despite being an avid reader, Patton struggled to learn...

From the album "Ella At Zardi's (Live At Zardi’s/1956)". A Verve Recordings release. Ella Fitzgerald - "Ella Fitzgerald - "I Can't Give You Anything But Love" (Live At Zardi’s, 1956 - Louis Armstrong impersonation)

We know how this ends: Coronavirus becomes endemic, and we live with it forever. But what we don’t know—and what the U.S. seems to have no coherent plan for—is how we are supposed to get there. We’ve avoided the hard questions whose answers will determine what life looks like in the next weeks, months, and years: When are restrictions lifted? And what long-term measures do we keep, if any, when we reach endemicity?SnipHere are some answers I got from scientific experts: hospitalizations and deaths, but stratified by age and vaccination status; a combination of vaccination rate and local transmission; a...

The world presented to us by our woke masters is a world that is by turns tedious and terrify, both inane and insane, a world run by the inmates of a mental institution. Rod Serling made an entire career out of presenting nightmarish scenarios of a coming world devoid of rational thought in his hit series ‘The Twilight Zone’. Today we live in the twilight zone, and woke Microsoft is proof of that. “A fool also is full of words: a man cannot tell what shall be; and what shall be after him, who can tell him?” Ecclesiastes 10:14 (KJB)...

These wagers were too rich for the Department of Justice’s blood. A Los Angeles County casino was hit with a hefty fine for failing to properly alert financial regulators and the Internal Revenue Service when a “high roller” walked in with $100 million in cash to bet on games of baccarat. Federal prosecutors say the unnamed whale — who was described only as a Chinese national — made over 100 visits to the Bicycle Hotel & Casino over eight months in 2016, often arriving with duffle bags full of cash to bet on marathon sessions of the high-stakes card game.

A woman called Laura Jordan posted Facebook Live videos where she discussed a “Let’s Go Brandon” sign that had seemingly triggered her. In her first video, she says: “On my way to work, and I have the freedom to go to work just whenever, whenever I feel like it,” she said. “So, it’s Wednesday morning, on my way to work and on the corner of Beaver Avenue, Beaver and Lovington Drive, just over here by the intersection there was a sign that said ‘Let’s Go Brandon.’ And I drove for a few more blocks and I decided I’m not going...

A COVID-fighting coalition heavily funded by Bill Gates has awarded $4.3 million for development of an Israeli variant-proof vaccine in tablet form. The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is a founder of the Oslo-based Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations, and last October committed $20 million to it. CEPI now has a $200 million program to advance vaccine development, and has just announced its first funding awards. MigVax, a poultry vaccine that is being adapted for humans in the Galilee, is one of the two recipients.

The European Commission has accused Belarus's authoritarian leader of luring migrants with the false promise of easy entry to the EU as part of an "inhuman, gangster-style approach". At least 2,000 migrants are now at the Belarus border with Poland. "Upon arrival they are being pushed to the border and forced to make an illegal entry into the European Union," said Commission spokesman Peter Stano. Belarus's leader Alexander Lukashenko denies orchestrating the problem. EU and Nato members Poland, Lithuania and Latvia have all seen a surge in the number of people trying to enter their countries illegally from Belarus in...

European federalists seeking to transform the 27-member European Union into a European superstate -- a so-called United States of Europe -- have revived a decades-old proposal to build a European army. The call for a supranational army, part of a push for Europe to achieve "strategic autonomy" from the United States, is being spearheaded by French President Emmanuel Macron, who, as part of his reelection campaign, apparently hopes to replace outgoing German Chancellor Angela Merkel as the de facto leader of Europe. Macron claims that Europe needs its own military because, according to him, the United States is no longer...

A source close to Gavin Newsom told The Defender the governor experienced an adverse reaction to the Moderna COVID vaccine he received Oct. 27. A source close to California Gov. Gavin Newsom today told The Defender the governor experienced an adverse reaction to the Moderna COVID vaccine he received Oct. 27. The source, who asked not to be identified, said Newsom’s symptoms were similar to those associated with Guillain–Barré syndrome (GBS), a known side effect of many vaccines. GBS is a neurological disorder in which the body’s immune system mistakenly attacks part of its peripheral nervous system — the network...

To be precise, we’re living in BLAZING SADDLES. Biden is President LePetomaine. Merrick Garland is Hedley Lamar. His gang of Dimwits, Nitwits, Halfwits etc., are the current government. The rest of us are the good people of Rock Ridge, waiting for Sheriff Bart to show up and rescue us. Vamanos Brandon!

Asking for a friend.

After an exhaustive study into the details surrounding the oil used to anoint the Kohen Gadol (High Priest) and kings of Israel, the Sanhedrin is moving forward to prepare enough to anoint the Messiah from the House of David who, when he returns, will rule over Israel in the Messianic era. The anointing oil was described in the Bible to be used in the consecration of the Tabernacle: Make of this a sacred anointing oil, a compound of ingredients expertly blended, to serve as sacred anointing oil. Exodus 30:25 (snip) Rabbi Hillel Weiss, the spokesman for the Sanhedrin, announced the...

On Jan. 19, 2021, Pres.-Elect Biden announced that he will seek the appointment of Rachel Levine, a man that wears a bra and identifies as a woman, to serve as Assistant Health Secretary in his administration. It was reported that the nominee, Richard “Rachel” Levine, is a father of two who divorced his wife in 2013 after 30 years of marriage. The father of two children does not become a woman by divorcing his wife, wearing a bra, and letting his hair grow long, but he can become an abomination to God and be given over to a reprobate mind...

The last time anyone outside of Washington noticed alleged Vice President Kamala Harris it was probably on the side of a milk carton. I exaggerate, but not by much. On the rare occasions that Harris does make the news, it’s for all the wrong reasons, like when she unleashes her Kraken cackle when asked even mildly challenging questions. The rest of the time the bootlicking media is happy to keep Vice President AWOL under wraps because what else are they going to do? It’s been a long way down for the woman once touted by her own boss as one-half...

Portland has 1.2 officers per 1000 people. National average in 2020 was 2.4 officers per 1000 people PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — The number of Portland Police Bureau sworn officers is the fewest it’s been since 1989. There are currently 788 sworn members combating record shootings and murders, confronting anarchists breaking windows and property, dealing with far left and far right groups squaring off in the city, crime in homeless camps and a rash of stolen cars. Portland, which once proudly called itself “The City that Works” is struggling to keep up with crime. Police staffing numbers in Portland have dwindled...