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Oh that’s just great: a new COVID variant. A new variant is Christmas come early for the deviants in government. And the news broke so late Thursday that the memosphere hasn’t generated much new material yet in time for today’s gallery. We shall have to make do the best we can, with the usual targets.

Writing for NBC in October, Ashley Pratte Oates, communications strategist and board member, Republican Women for Progress, accused Trump of “hijacking” the GOP with his continued influence. “While it’s disheartening to see these elected officials lambasted and pushed out of a party they’ve desperately—and bravely—tried to fix, it also should serve as a final wake-up call for leadership: The GOP is no longer the GOP of the Bushes, Ronald Reagan, Mitt Romney and John McCain. It is now the party of Trump,” Pratte Oates said.

November 27, 2021 Saturday of week 34 in Ordinary Time Cathedral Sts. Virgil & Rupert, Salzburg Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green.First readingDaniel 7:15-27 ©His sovereignty will be an eternal sovereigntyI, Daniel, was deeply disturbed and the visions that passed through my head alarmed me. So I approached one of those who were standing by and asked him to tell me the truth about all this. And in reply he revealed to me what these things meant. “These four great beasts are four kings who will rise from the earth. Those who are granted sovereignty are the saints of the Most...

The former New Jersey governor and onetime Republican presidential candidate denounced “conspiracy theorists” during a September appearance at the Ronald Reagan Library in California. He followed up with a speech this month to influential Republicans in Las Vegas, warning that the party will only succeed if it offers a "plan for tomorrow, not a grievance about yesterday.”

PLEASE SEE THE A F T E R W O R D AT THE BOTTOM A FEW VISIONS OF HEAVEN. REVELATION 22 New International Version, emphases added Abrdgd: the complete text is in YOUR Bible Resources to CLICK: To read REVELATION 2 in full To hear MAX McLEAN reading it To hear a DRAMATIZATION of it To read J-F-B's COMMENTARY on it BIBLE TIMELINE 95 A.D. REVELATIONChapter 22, Verses 1-5 Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life, as clear as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb down the middle of...

WASHINGTON, Tuesday, Nov. 26. A LIVELY SKIRMISH WITH THE REBELS. This morning Capt. ROWLAND, while scouting near HUNTER'S mills with two companies of FRIEDMAN'S Cavalry, sent forward Lieut. ANDREWS with a squad to reconnoitre, who soon returned reporting that a large force of rebel infantry was in ambush awaiting our troops. Our men then retired. About 2 o'clock this afternoon Capt. RELL, with a company of the Third Pennsylvania Cavalry, while reconnoitering near the same place, was attacked by a great number of the enemy hidden in the woods, on Loth sides of the road, and five volleys were interchanged,...

A man wielding a knife was fatally shot by police inside a residential building in San Francisco Friday, authorities said. Officers responded to the building in the South of Market neighborhood after receiving a call about a man armed with a knife, San Francisco Police Officer Robert Rueca said in a statement. The officers made contact with the man and an officer-involved shooting occurred, Rueca said without offering any other information on what led to the fatal shooting.

VIDEOWe have already seen the Tasmanian Devil aka Jacqui Lambie go full mental jacket. Now she is joined in the unhinged Aussie department by Michael Gunner, Chief Minister of Australia's Northern Territory. As you can see, Gunner has been served with papers charging him with malfeasance and misfeasance for going far off his rocker.

Cleveland Amory was a popular author and TV personality who was known for writing about the foibles of wealthy families and individuals from the 1950s through the 1980s. He came from the Boston Brahmin "Amory" clan and there are a number of semi-famous Massachusetts "industry pioneers" and town founders in his family tree. His Wikipedia biography, however, does not mention that his brother Robert Amory Jr. was the CIA Director of Intelligence from 1953 to 1962. Robert Amory was a member of the CIA's executive suite when the Bay of Pigs invasion failed, along with Allen Dulles, Gen. Cabell, and...

The Weekly Gardening Thread is a weekly gathering of folks that love soil, seeds and plants of all kinds. From complete newbies that are looking to start that first potted plant, to gardeners with some acreage, to Master Gardener level and beyond, we would love to hear from you. If you have specific question about a plant/problem you are having, please remember to state the Growing Zone where you are located. This thread is a non-political respite. No matter what, you won’t be flamed, and the only dumb question is the one that isn’t asked. It is impossible to hijack...

Buffalo, NY (Sat, 11/26/21) I was visiting aging father in a major hospital in Buffalo, NY. My stepmom (dad’s wife) was frantically concerned about his missing items including his vaccination card (showing they both got their boosters back in October), all while a nurse was checking his vitals. Then in an un-solicited comment, the nurse stated: “…Hospitals in the [Buffalo] area are filling up with mostly VACCINATED patients..”. She went on: “The problem is they take that shot and think they are safe, but they’re not.” She stated they should still wear the mask and do the social distancing thing....

BioNTech SE (22UAy.DE) said on Friday it expects more data on a worrying new coronavirus variant detected in South Africa within two weeks to help determine whether its vaccine produced with partner Pfizer Inc (PFE.N) would have to be reworked. Pfizer and BioNTech said that if necessary they expect to be able to ship a new vaccine tailored to the emerging variant in approximately 100 days

I am growing more concerned that recent gang smash and grab activity is going to move into the neighborhoods. Why not? Of all the troubling news I've seen lately I believe this is the beginning of something—a virus—that is going to spread like wildfire. I know all you gun types will be protected but watch for those around you too.

Never say that Biden is incompetent. His goal is to bring the country down and he is doing exactly what is necessary to succeed. Still, we can survive and fight back. Remember when Obama said that his policies would raise the cost of energy substantially and that this would be good for America? He said this in campaign speeches and was still elected. Biden has successfully followed thru on these policies. One way to do this is to write down trillions of dollars of fossil fuels in the ground as stranded assets and kill all the traditional energy companies. Then...

With everything else on the planet to worry about I don’t know if this is worth keeping you up at night or not. But I pass it on so you can decide for yourself: Inexplicable Phenomena Spur Pentagon to Launch New UFO Investigation Force. It could be anything…The order came five months after a classified US intelligence report on possible alien UFOs came up inconclusive: it could explain some reported incidents but was unable to account for other phenomena, some filmed by pilots near military testing areas.Honestly, they are far more likely to be from, oh I don’t know, China...

Smug is the word that best describes the nature of the Democrat party. Moral superiority is their claim to fame. Confidence in their ability is their currency. Complacency is their fatal flaw. Smug is the word that best describes the nature of the Democrat party. This is certainly true now but smugness has always been the primary characteristic of the American left. Moral superiority is their claim to fame. Confidence in their ability is their currency. Complacency is their fatal flaw. So confident were Democrats in the rightness of their hatred for Donald Trump, they never questioned their own criminality...

We just learned that, in Germany, you must get a vaccine before you can do this...the last thing you’d ever thought would require vaccination. Germany is a country that’s simply weird when it comes to death. During the 1930s it euthanized its physically and developmentally disabled people, including children, to 'purify' its population. In the 1940s, it slaughtered Jews, gypsies, and homosexuals to 'purify' the world. Then, for a long time, it stopped killing people. However, Germany is now one of the European countries that allow euthanasia, so it’s now killing people because they want to die. However, no matter...

We’re being told it’s Spring 2020 all over again, with the madness of masks and lockdowns looming, and Democrats doubling down on vaccines. The big news today—the one that sent oil prices and stock markets plummeting—is that there is a new variant of COVID emerging in South Africa called. It’s been christened the “omicron” variant. Currently, it’s hard to tell if it’s really something to worry about or if it’s a variation on the theme. It’s enough to know that world governments are reacting as if it’s Spring 2020 all over again, plus more pressure for vaccines, all of which...

“You can’t handle the truth,” the famous line uttered by Jack Nicholson in A Few Good Men, could well be the motto of many educrats. Sheltering students from the truth when it offends the politically correct sentiments of favored minorities is all too common. And this phenomenon is not limited to the United States. Consider this from the UK Daily Mail: A Canadian school has cancelled an event with ISIS survivor Nadia Murad, saying her visit would be offensive to Muslims and foster 'Islamophobia'. Murad was scheduled to sit down with students from the Toronto District School Board (TDSB) -...

Hillary Clinton is emerging from the shadows and pimping censorship as the solution to the Democrats’ ills. Hillary Clinton is emerging from the shadows and pimping censorship as the solution to the Democrats’ ills. All this is taking place just as talk builds of Kamala Harris’s disastrous performance as veep and the Democrats’ terrible presidential electoral prospects in 2024. Hillary’s never conceded the 2016 election, and the lust for power she’s exhibited in the past appears unabated. Something is going on that brings her back to the public spotlight. She appeared with Rachel Maddow the past week and managed to...