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Democratic California political leaders have remained silent on Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s comment appearing to doubt the existence of smash-and-grab robberies. "We have to talk about specifics because, for example, we’re actually seeing a lot of these allegations of organized retail theft are not actually panning out," Ocasio-Cortez told The Washington Times in an interview last week. "I believe it’s a Walgreens in California cited it, but the data didn’t back it up." Fox News reached out to Gov. Gavin Newsom’s press team, Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s communication’s director, Sen. Alex Padilla’s press secretary, as well as Mayor London Breed’s and Mayor...

Thomas Carroll, superintendent of schools for the Archdiocese of Boston, told the Register the bill’s proposed anti-discrimination provisions would be ‘catastrophic.’BOSTON — Catholic school officials are clamoring for changes to a proposed federal stimulus bill, saying that federal nondiscrimination rules may drive them out of early childhood education. “The rules as they’re written now would be catastrophic. It basically would force us to pull out of preschool and child care,” said Thomas Carroll, superintendent of schools for the Archdiocese of Boston, in a Nov. 30 telephone interview with the Register. At issue is a portion of President Joe Biden’s “Build...

Facing insurmountable odds against Office of the Comptroller of the Currency nominee Saule Omarova in the U.S. Senate, the Biden administration accepted the withdrawal letter from the embattled nominee on Tuesday.The President characterized the abandonment of the nomination as “… unfortunately, from the very beginning of her nomination, Saule was subjected to inappropriate personal attacks that were far beyond the pale.”But members of the Senate Banking Committee on both sides of the aisle had grown increasingly uncomfortable with Omarova’s past policy stances on how banks should be organized and regulated; including, supporting radical proposals that would “change banking as we...

The Wall Street Journal has released its first election poll of this cycle. Not only is it more extensive than some past surveys this year, but it delivered some very interesting results. For example, one question measured what issue Americans believe should be the top priority of a president. We’ll get to that in a moment — because it shows how screwed Democrats are.But first, let’s get to the topline numbers. As expected, they were just terrible for the president. Joe Biden, in all his glory, clocked in at only a 41 percent approval rating. But perhaps worse, the disapproval...

It was buried during the Thanksgiving weekend, but CNN managed to commit a random act of journalism, detailing some new climate data that was found to show that the Earth warming actually began many decades earlier than stated. This revelation manages to both throw off climate modeling, as well as make the claim that mankind’s technology was the root cause of…well, everything going wrong.Joining in the fray now is NBC News, which has also surprised by delivering another inconvenient truth. A new report shows that the need for more raw nickel ore – driven by the explosive market for lithium...

The beatification ceremony for sixteen martyrs of the Spanish Civil War will be held in February at the Granada Cathedral. Fr. Cayetano Giménez Martín and his 15 companions will be beatified Feb. 26, 2022. Of the group, all were priests, except a seminarian and a layman. The Spanish Civil War was fought from 1936 to 1939 between the Nationalist forces, led by Francisco Franco, and the Republican faction. During the war, Republicans martyred thousands of clerics, religious, and laity; of these, 11 have been canonized, and more than 2,000 beatified. Fr. Cayetano refused to escape to safety at the outbreak...

My colleague streiff beautifully covered the United States District Court Southern District of Georgia’s ruling which put another stake in the heart of Dementia Joe’s vaccine mandates. The ruling extended the stay of the vaccine mandate affecting federal contractors nationwide, and not just to the jurisdictions covered under the court.While streiff rightly focused on the fact that corporations with more than 100 employees could still try to keep their employee vaccine mandates in place as covered here and here, it is a shot in the arm (pun intended) for the law enforcement, first responders, and civil servants who were on...

Dear Leaders, Councillors and Editors,I served as a police officer for 30 years in the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS). I retired from the MPS in February 2020. For the last 10 years of my service, I was an Inspector, primarily managing a Professional Standards department and had responsibility for Borough Health and Safety. I also supported response teams in capacity as Duty Inspector, dealing with and advising on critical and crisis incidents. Being a police officer was a life changing event for me, as it is for many. The friendships and experiences I had were beyond anything I ever thought...

Researchers Prof. Dr. Rolf Steyer and Dr. Gregor Kappler conducted an analysis examining excess mortality in all 16 German states during weeks 36 to 40. The analysis compared states with higher vaccination rates versus those with lower vaccination rates. The analysis showed: the higher the vaccination rate, the higher the excess mortality.Prof. Steyer is professor emeritus of Friedrich Schiller University with a research interest is in the theory of causality and the theory of latent variables. Dr. Kappler is a Multivariate Statistical Methods lecturer, senior data scientist and software developer.Dr. Ute Berner, an experimental physicist and Member of Thüringen State...

His Holiness Patriarch Kirill approved of a list of churches requiring restoration works, which will be subsidized by the Moscow city budget in 2022. The Moscow city government subsidizes restoration works on churches that are entered on the Cultural Heritage list and are not the property of the Russian Orthodox Church, which can only use these buildings for religious purposes. “This program was launched in 2012," said Ekaterina Inasaridze, Head of the restoration and renovation program at the financial and economic department of the Moscow Patriarchate. “The subsidies are allocated on an annual basis and must be expended within a...

Not good at copying articles. He said this on Cavu/ this afternoon. The GOP-E are warmongering genocidal maniacs.

mid growing concerns about a potential new large-scale Russian invasion of Ukrainian territory, at least one Russian T-80 tank has apparently been sighted in occupied Crimea with a bizarre-looking ad hoc armor fit. Armor of this type has been increasingly appearing on Russian tanks as of late and appears to be primarily intended to defend them against attacks by loitering munitions and other armed unmanned aircraft. The solution, which is part of a wider trend of improved defenses for Russian tanks, may well have been inspired by the destruction wrought by drone-launched munitions during last year’s conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh, although...

And it came to pass, when the Lord would take up Elijah into heaven by a whirlwind, that Elijah went with Elisha from Gilgal. And Elijah said unto Elisha, Tarry here, I pray thee; for the Lord hath sent me to Bethel. And Elisha said unto him, As the Lord liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. So they went down to Bethel.( 2 Kings 2:1-2)Just as unexpectable as when he came on the scene, the time came for Elijah to leave. It is not the end of God’s dealings with Israel, rather a transition...

For several years now, David Cole has been a minor celebrity in the Northern Territory of Australia on account of his colorful conspiracy theories. While few people take anything he has to say seriously, many of us in the Territory enjoy wondering what he’s going to come up with next. Cole believes that the Hillsong Church in Sydney carries out child sacrifices, that Australia is a registered corporate entity of the Vatican…. It is hardly a surprise, then, that Cole’s statements about the pandemic have been monumentally confused. He believes that sunlight can cure COVID-19; that the SARS-CoV-2 virus is...

Is this the revenge of Four Seasons Landscaping? That was the worn-down venue in Philadelphia where Donald Trump’s lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, launched the doomed effort to block Joe Biden’s win in the 2020 presidential election. The Giuliani group meant to book the Four Seasons hotel, but somebody goofed and Giuliani ended up spouting his familiar election lies in front of an industrial garage door plastered with Trump signs. The Trump effort to overturn the election never got any more professional than that.

According to King County Elections, about 38.5% of voters eligible to participate in the potential recall of the District 3 council member had already cast ballots as of a midday count Monday. Only those registered in District 3 are eligible to vote. On Friday, Kendall Hodson, King County Elections chief of staff, said the office was projecting roughly a 50% turnout by the ballot return deadline of 8 p.m. Tuesday. Projections for this election — a December election in an off year and the first recall election of a Seattle City Council member — lack historical precedent. Sawant, who was...

Black-clad counterprotesters fight a woman on the boardwalk near Crystal Pier in Pacific Beach during pro-Trump Patriot March In this Jan. 9 file photo, black-clad counterprotesters fight with a woman on the boardwalk south of Crystal Pier in Pacific Beach during a pro-Trump “Patriot March.” (Nelvin C. Cepeda - U-T file) At least 11 anti-fascists face counts based on conspiracy to commit a riot; they’re also charged with assaults and using tear gas SAN DIEGO — Prosecutors on Monday charged at least seven people, whom they described as self-identified anti-fascists, in connection with eight alleged assaults that occurred in January...

The embattled anchor recently announced he was ending his SiriusXM radio show. HarperCollins is no longer publishing Chris Cuomo's forthcoming book amid the swirling scandals plaguing the ex-CNN anchor. "Custom House does not intend to publish the Chris Cuomo book," a HarperCollins spokesperson confirmed to Fox News on Tuesday.

**SNIP** The Times’ editorial board took issue with Sawant’s denial of the charge related to the protest at Durkan’s house. “This denial rings hollow,” the board said. “During Sawant’s onstage speech in front of Durkan’s house, she reportedly spoke critically of the ‘Richie Rich’ neighborhood. Shortly afterward, Sawant’s council Twitter account retweeted notes of gratitude ‘for speaking @MayorJenny’s rich house,’ as one put it. Curiously, those notes appear to have vanished from Sawant’s timeline.” The alternative biweekly newspaper The Stranger has a much more sympathetic view of Sawant and opposes the recall election. In a colorfully-written Nov. 17 piece, “Vote...