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Comment And Analysis On Australia, New Zealand Political Developments The federal government in Australia, the Liberal-National coalition of Liberal Party Prime Minister Scott Morrison and National Party Deputy Prime Minster Barnaby Joyce, was clearly complicit in the coercion to vaccinate Australians. Mr. Morrison, along with other prominent Liberals including Treasurer Senator Josh Frydenberg, spread the "gospel" of "vaccination will make you free". In recent weeks though Morrison, considered a "Conservative" and "Christian" linked to the mega-church Hillsong based in Sydney, is changing his narrative criticizing restrictive proposals like the one being advanced by Victoria Labor Party Premier Dan Andrews to...

News AnalysisChina’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) is weakened by low morale and lack of combat experience. “Good steel does not become nails,” so goes the Chinese saying, which means good, talented people do not become soldiers.The one-child policy, a cultural lack of respect for soldiers, poor pay, a deficiency of combat experience, and a need to protect the borders makes the PLA much less effective than the U.S. military.Low MoraleJapanese and American military experts speculate the PLA troops suffer from low morale. This is partly due to the low status of soldiers in Chinese society. And also owing to the...

Join together with fellow FREEPERS to pray for AMERICA: For those in Authority in Government, Family, Military, Business, Healthcare, Education, Churches, and the Media. I urge, then, first of all, that requests, prayers, intercession, and thanksgiving be made for everyone: for kings and all those in authority that we may live peaceful and quiet lives in all godliness and holiness. ~ 1 Timothy 2:1-2 Religion Forum Threads labeled [Prayer] are closed to debate of any kind.

“Although we realize this virus is serious, we also believe that protecting the constitutional freedoms our citizens have is also something we take seriously”A town in California has declared itself a “constitutional republic,” independent of executive orders issued by the federal or state governments, in protest of lockdowns, mask mandates and compulsory vaccinations.Appearing on Fox News, Oroville California’s vice-mayor Scott Thomson outlined the move, noting “I was sitting at City Hall, and the mandates continue to come. As you know it started with ‘two weeks to stop the—slow the curve,’ and it just seems like a carrot keeps being dangled...

Summarizing of our post from last might (which we urge everyone to read) for those who are just now waking up to the global chaos resulting from the B.1.1.529 variant, which today got the Greek letter designation Omicron...Omicron sounds like the name of an 80s movie's evil Robot King. — Edward Snowden (@Snowden) November 26, 2021... skipping the widely expected letter Nu (and certainly the one following it, Xi), here is what we know, courtesy of Newsquawk, Credit Suisse and Citi.BackgroundRegarded as the most heavily mutated variant of the Coronavirus, thus far, as it has 32 mutations in the spike...

Delisa Tucker lost her brother to gun violence two years ago, and almost lost her 6-year-old daughter years before that. Early Wednesday morning, she was attending to yet another family tragedy, the weekend killing of her 14-year-old son Kevin Tinker just down the street from their home in Roseland. Friends say she was steps from a memorial to her son, intending to light a candle, when there was gunfire. Tucker was hit in the chest and died. "It's just sad that this whole family, basically, to be killed over time," said Pastor Donovan Price, who said he consoled Tucker at...

In case you haven’t heard, there is supposedly a new COVID-19 variant spreading in South Africa. Per reports, for what they are worth, it is far more transmissible than prior incarnations of the virus while also evading the current vaccines.I have my doubts about such wild claims given how invested governments and certain corporations are in spreading hysterical fear to justify draconian measures. Still, there’s no downside to being cautious, and that leads me to Dr. Anthony Fauci’s latest comments.When asked about the new variant, Fauci punted on banning travel from South Africa. That comes amid announcements from multiple European...

Prominent US bishop leads Catholic group prayerfully protesting Communion for pro-abortion politiciansBishop Joseph Strickland has regularly joined Catholics outside meetings of the USCCB, praying the rosary with them on his knees. Bishop Strickland praying in Baltimore BALTIMORE, Maryland (LifeSiteNews) – Faithful Catholics were joined by Tyler’s Bishop Joseph Strickland during the U.S. bishops fall meeting recently, as they gathered in the city to prayerfully protest against the “scandal” of the bishops not protecting the “integrity of Church teaching on worthy reception of the Eucharist.”While the United Sates Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) gathered in Baltimore November 15 through 18, for...

Golf reporter Teryn Gregson isn't going into the bunker after being fired by the Professional Golfers' Association of America. She's continuing to charge that she was fired for not complying with what she called the organization's attempt to "punish" her for not being vaccinated, noting the whole affair has strengthened her faith. ... Gregson, who had worked for the PGA Tour for five years and is over four months pregnant, said the tour fired her Nov. 12 after she asked for a religious exemption for the coronavirus vaccine . She had COVID-19 over the summer, she added. While the tour...

Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-Colo., apologized Friday after video emerged of her suggesting that fellow Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., was mistaken for a terrorist in an elevator both were riding in the U.S. Capitol. Omar, who is Muslim and wears a hijab, immediately criticized the video Thursday as "bigotry," adding that Boebert's description of the two members of Congress riding an elevator together never occurred. Boebert said she and a staffer were in an open elevator and noticed an alarmed Capitol police officer sprinting for the door as it closed. “What's happening? I look to my left, and there she is:...

Oil posted its worst day of the year on Friday, tumbling to the lowest level in more than two months as the new Covid-19 strain sparked fears about a demand slowdown just as supply increases. The leg lower came amid a broad sell-off in the market with the Dow dropping more than 900 points. The World Health Organization warned Thursday of a new Covid variant detected in South Africa. It could be more resistant to vaccines thanks to its mutations, although the WHO said further investigation is needed.

A pieta painting displayed at The Catholic University of America’s law school that some see as depicting George Floyd in the place of Jesus was stolen Tuesday night, the school announced. But in an email Wednesday, Nov. 24, President John Garvey said the artwork — which sparked a social media backlash and an ongoing petition drive demanding its removal — has been replaced by a smaller version of the same painting that previously hung in the school's campus ministry office. Titled "Mama," the painting, by artist Kelly Latimore, was installed in February outside the chapel at the university's Columbus School...

I have been fortunate to have great health most of my life with no prescriptions. I now have a prescription for a thyroid problem for the past few years and has never been a problem getting filled. Not life threatening. I have Medicare Part A and B, Wellcare Prescription coverage, private insurance through my employer and am told that my $13 a month prescription can't be renewed because it is being reviewed. I pay close to $5,000 a year for medical insurance. Is this normal?

'It is totally contrary to the Catholic Church’s Eucharistic ecclesiology to introduce division between the faithful — between the jabbed and un-jabbed — into the celebration of the Mass.'CHELSEA, Victoria (LifeSiteNews) – The Archbishop of Melbourne is demanding that priests in his diocese “discriminate between the vaccinated and the unvaccinated.” Archbishop Peter Comensoli is forcing priests to divide their congregations into two groups, with Masses for uncapped congregations of COVID “vaccinated” parishioners and severely restricted services for the un-jabbed. A letter from Father Kevin Williams to his parish of St. Joseph in Chelsea, Victoria, shows that priests have been forced...

The Council and Eclipse of God- by Don Pietro Leone: Installment XX - Chapter V: The ‘Church and the World.’ This last chapter of Part I deals with the Church's relations with the World. Don Pietro shows how the Council teaching here combines the errors of Ecumenism and Religious Liberty, and has the net result of constructing a sort of notional 'Church-World', an aberrant fantasy condemned By St. Pius X over a century ago, and now being re-proposed by the contemporary global powers as the Masonic 'One World-Order.' F.R. V THE CHURCH AND THE WORLD Now Catholic Tradition divides...

A new Department of the Interior (DOI) report on oil and gas leasing in federal lands and waters advises the DOI’s Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to raise royalties, rental rates, and other fees on oil and gas companies but has not moved to halt new leasing entirely. During his 2020 presidential run, President Joe Biden’s campaign website claimed that his climate plan would include “banning new oil and gas permitting on public lands and waters.” The DOI report (pdf), issued in response to Biden’s Jan. 27 executive order, was quietly published on Black Friday after months of delays. DOI...

This report from inside the Dept of Justice Office of Inspector General is very interesting; not just because of the ideology and agency attached to the issue they investigated, but also because of the recent timing this year – [ie. while the Rittenhouse and Arbery cases were being conducted.] The essential summary of the OIG issue is that someone inside the DOJ Civil Rights Division; someone in charge of the secretive internal agency known as the Community Relations Service (CRS); gave access to the computer database of Main Justice to employment applicants for the CRS. [OIG Report Link] We have...

On Saturday, November 13th, former National Security Advisor General Michael T. Flynn issues an emergency warning to the world! That Warning has now come true. https://banned.video/watch?id=61a198d9aaac246c59ab3d76

A person was shot and killed at a Marine Corps Recruit Depot entrance gate Friday after approaching base personnel with a knife in a hostile intent, Marine officials said. Just before noon, a vehicle attempted to enter the base at the gate 5 entrance. Base personnel asked the person to stop the vehicle. The person then got out of the vehicle with a knife and approached the personnel. After several warnings, the person was shot. Emergency services were called and they were later pronounced dead at the scene, said First Lt. Joshua Collins with MCRD.

Renovators Hope to Turn the Historic Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris into Woke Theme Park with Emphasis on Africa and AsiaFollowing the disastrous fire on April 15th, 2019, modern architects started making plans for the new and updated Notre Dame Catholic Cathedral in Paris, France. Proposed plans included a giant glass spire to signify secularism or an Islamic minaret to respect the growing Muslim population. Another idea included a glass swimming pool on the roof of the cathedral.This came after President Emmanuel Macron’s prime minister announced there would be a competition in design to rebuild the infamous cathedral.The alter Crucifix...