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Are we headed for a recession? If the Fed raises rates, then YES. The stock market for the most part will be on a downward correction across the board. Why? Cheap fossil fuels drives our economy. You cannot shock it to go green. Inflation, open borders, COVID vaccines, crime, and a corrupt/incompetent government at all levels will be the cause. Taxes will have to increase to cover the Trillion dollar spending increases by the Democrats. You cannot blame Trump on this one. The Democrats own it and Biden signed these bills. As with Jimmy Carter, interest rates will rise. I...

The Department of Justice found four FBI agents had sex with prostitutes while working overseas and then lied about it during internal investigations Internal investigation found the officers violated FBI and DOJ policies which prohibit the 'solicitation of prostitution' Fifth agent also found to have tried to get a prostitute but failed in their attempt The behavior was uncovered through a series of interviews and polygraph tests Out of the five agents, two quit, two others retired while a fifth was 'removed' =========================================================================== A Department of Justice investigation has found four FBI officials had sex with prostitutes while on assignment...

Matthew 18:20 says "For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them." The vaccine mandate, potential vaccine passports and even more draconian measures are on many of our minds. The narrative is starting to break down. But this war is far from over. I have not done this before, but I would like for those who want to pray for the current situation to join me on a 5-min prayer on zoom at 12 pm ET, Sat, Dec 18. I can host about 100 people with my free account. PM...

LONDON — Omicron is “the most significant threat” to public health in the U.K., authorities warned Wednesday, as the World Health Organization cautioned that the highly contagious Covid-19 variant was spreading at an unprecedented rate. Britain reported 59,610 new Covid infections on Tuesday, the highest figure since early January and the fifth highest recorded since the outbreak of the pandemic in March last year. More than 5,300 cases of omicron have been recorded in the U.K., with 10 people hospitalized. One person died after contracting the variant. New regulations intended to help slow the spread of omicron, including masks in...

<p>SPRINGDALE, Ark. — A former city councilor won the Republican nomination for an Arkansas state senate seat in a special primary election, beating out candidates that included “19 Kids and Counting” father Jim Bob Duggar.</p><p>The poll results from Tuesday’s election show that candidate Colby Fulfer, who is chief of staff for the city of Springdale, won over 46% of the vote. Duggar drew roughly 15% of the vote.</p>

Obnoxious, but likely correct. Tesla CEO and paper billionaire Elon Musk on Tuesday shot back at comments from Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), telling the Democratic Senator to "stop projecting" and calling her "Senator Karen" for criticizing Musk for not paying enough in taxes. Following Musk's crowning by Time Magazine as Person of the Year on Monday, Warren took to Twitter to weigh in on the billionaire wealth debate and hers and others' perspective that those who make the most don't pay their fair share of taxes. "Let's change the rigged tax code so The Person of the Year will actually...

Elon Musk used his Twitter account like a battering ram to troll the left for their hypocritical pontificating about class warfare. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) took to Twitter Dec. 13 to express disgust at the world’s richest man being chosen as TIME magazine’s 2021 “Person of the Year.” Warren spewed, “Let’s change the rigged tax code so The Person of the Year will actually pay taxes and stop freeloading off everyone else.” Musk clapped back: “[I]f you opened your eyes for 2 seconds, you would realize I will pay more taxes than any American in history this year.” Then Musk...

How precious is it that resident Joe Biden still seems to genuinely believe that the United States is the ultimate guardian and arbiter of democracy worldwide? It's not like the U.S. itself isn't struggling with the concept - and Biden really isn't making things better. American voters have long realized that those who are ultimately elected have the kind of financial hurdles to overcome that make it incredibly difficult for the Average Joe to participate, let alone win. Then, once they get to Washington, these elected representatives often succumb to the seductive siren song of special interests with deep pockets...

VIDEO: Palestinian Law Professor: Why does the world cry for the “so-called” Holocaust and not for the real holocaust of Palestinians? MEMRI - Middle East Research Institute 17:30 an hour ago Dr. Jihad Al-Harazin, a Fatah official who is also a professor of law and political science at Al-Quds University, was interviewed on Palestine TV on December 8, 2021. Dr. Al-Harazin asked why the world cries for the “so-called” Nazi holocaust of the Jews, but not for Palestinian children who were killed in a “real” holocaust that is being carried out by Israel. The interviewer also said that Israel receives...

Today marks the 230th Anniversary of the passing of the Bill of Rights, Dec 15, 1791. The founding fathers originally intended the Bill of Rights to be an additional shield against federal tyranny, reinforcing the clear limits that the Constitution already had put in place. Like Gandalf in The Lord of the Rings, who proclaims to the ancient demon, "You Shall Not Pass," the Bill of Rights was to be an instrument that States and individuals would use to proclaim the same message to the national government. Continued in comment:

When most voters go to the ballot box, the candidates running for district attorney are typically the least of their concerns. Many people vote for D.A.s by party affiliation without looking deeper. This is a huge mistake that is costing voters and/or family members life and limb. The current lawlessness in many major and even small cities across America has become epidemic. One need look no further than the sitting district attorneys in these recusant cities and states to find out why. Former U.S. Attorney General Ed Meese from the Reagan Administration has warned us in The LELDF report, Prosecutorial...

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy (D) said Wednesday that Americans are tired of overbearing coronavirus restrictions. The governor told Politico the harsh coronavirus mandates and restrictions are frustrating Americans. Asked about the reasons for his election scare in November, where he won by only three percentage points in the dark blue state of New Jersey, he said, “A lot of folks who are frustrated, is my guess… They’re sick of masks, being told what to do in terms of vaccines, probably not thrilled with what they sense is going on in Washington, they may have lost a job or a...

NEW YORK (AP) — New York City lawmakers are poised to decide Wednesday whether to prohibit most new buildings from using natural gas, a move that would make the nation’s most populous city a showcase for a climate-change-fighting policy that has been both embraced and blocked around the country. The measure is expected to pass the City Council and subsequently receive Mayor Bill de Blasio’s signature. If all that happens, most construction projects submitted for approval after 2027 would have to use something other than gas or oil — such as electricity — for heating, hot water and cooking. Some...

There was an interesting op-ed in The Wall Street Journal entitled “The Fed Is the Main Inflation Culprit”. I agree with the op-ed, but as Paul Harvey liked to say, “And now for the rest of the story.” The Federal Reserve is only half of The Federal government “Stimulypto.” Starting in late 2008, The Fed crashed their target rate to 25 basis points and began their quantitative easing (QE) program where The Fed purchased Treasuries and Agency Mortgage-backed Securities (MBS) amongst other assets. Notice in the chart below that QE was adjusted, but never went away and The Fed’s target...

An aspiring model who recently moved from her native Thailand to pursue her dreams in the Big Apple said she is 'lucky to be alive' after a brutal beating in the subway by a deranged mugger last month.

What does it say about a Democrat president when, less than a year into his term, a liberal commentator is already searching around for his possible replacements in the next presidential election? Such was the case with CNN's political handicapper Chris Cillizza, who on Monday stirred the pot of speculation by reviewing those who could replace Joe Biden in 2024. Cillizza's Biden replacement list appeared in his laughable star search fantasy, "11 Democrats who could replace Joe Biden in 2024."

Since the original article is not in English, google translation is provided here ==== Virologist Chumakov considers omicron to be an artificial strain of coronavirus Corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Sciences Chumakov: "omicron" is artificially created as a "super-attenuated" strain According to Chumakov's version, the strain was purposefully created "super-weakened". However, other virologists disagree with him, pointing out that all mutations can be explained without a theory of artificial origin. Virologist Pyotr Chumakov did not rule out the possibility that the omicron strain was artificially created. He told about his version in an interview with Radio Russia. Petr...

In my childhood, it was not unusual to hear someone ask, “Who are your people?” It was a semi-polite, Southernism designed to elicit essential information about a person’s social background. The assumption was that you, at best, could only be an example of your “people.” It ignored the common individualism of the wider culture, preferring the more family or clan-centered existence of an older time. It was possible to be “good people” who had fallen on hard times, just as it was possible to be “bad people” who were flourishing. Good people were always to be preferred. I am aware...

Neither California nor California-based judges miss an opportunity to display their anti-Second Amendment bias, most recently in a pair of federal court rulings upholding the state’s bans on so-called “assault weapons” and on firearms magazines able to hold more than 10 rounds. The state’s anti-firearms laws, and their support from the still-liberal Ninth Circuit panel of judges, highlight a problem that continues to bedevil Second Amendment supporters – that is, defending the Bill of Rights’ guarantee of the “right to keep and bear arms” in terms of need rather than principle. In a report I authored for the Heritage Foundation...

[Catholic Caucus] Traditionis InimicosCan we not see here the utter breakdown of the hyper-papalism that makes the pope a mortal god, a divine oracle, who gets to rewrite liturgy, theology, morals, and even the record of history in pursuit of ideology? Only twice before have I contrived an editorial title in my dilettantish Latin, both of which concerned the liturgy. The first was the October 2010 sub-title: "Weapon of Mass Destruction: Missa bugniniensis delenda est"(Buginini’s Mass must be destroyed). Those were the days when the Novus Ordo had a monopoly on the WMD moniker — before the Papacy of Mass...