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LAKELAND, Fla. — An investigation is underway after a Lakeland homeowner shot an intruder who broke into his home Wednesday afternoon. The Polk County Sheriff's Office said shortly before 1 p.m. Steven Stillwell, 42, broke into a home near Gibsonia-Galloway Road. Stillwell, according to the homeowner, used a flower pot to break the glass back door of the home before making his way inside. Once inside, the homeowner said he shot Stillwell three times with his legally owned gun. Upon arrival, deputies said the homeowner gave them his gun and led them to Stillwell, who was on the floor of...

Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez pushed back against House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's rejection of a ban on members of Congress from trading and holding individual stock while in office. In a series of tweets on Friday evening, Ocasio-Cortez reiterated her prior opposition to members trading individual stock while in office, writing that the practice is inappropriate when members "write major policy and have access to sensitive information."

Rev. Deacon Asadur Minasian (right) with Bishop Mikael Mouradian at his ordination to the diaconate in September. The Armenian Catholic Church in America is about to make history again when it ordains the second married priest in its history. Officially known as the Armenian Catholic Eparchy of Our Lady of Nareg in the United States of America and Canada, it was created in 1981 by Pope John Paul II as the local jurisdiction over the region’s Armenian Catholic churches. While the notion of a married Catholic priest may sound contradictory, Asadur Minasian of St. Mark’s Church in Wynnewood outside Philadelphia...

It sure is all working great so far, right? That's a great idea! The world should go on lockdown, feverishly scramble for more vaccines, and impose more mandates. Everyone should get more jabs or lose their jobs. After all, this has all worked so brilliantly heretofore. Look how well the vaxxes have stopped the Wuhan Plague from spreading and becoming delta. Look how decisively they've kept delta from morphing into the wonderfully speedy and mild omicron. And look at the booming employment, low inflation, efficient supply chains, and happy people everywhere. Yes, may we please have some more? Vaccines that...

The Talk Shows December 19th, 2021 Guests to be interviewed today on major television talk shows:FOX NEWS SUNDAY (Fox Network): Bret Baier anchors. Gov. Phil Murphy (D-N.J.); Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.V.); Gov. Larry Hogan (R-Md.); Dr. Francis Collins, National Institutes of Health director; Morrill Worcester, Wreaths Across America. Panel of Wallass idiots: CNN favorite and Never Trumper Doug Heye; Jennifer Griffin, national security correspondent for FOX News; Gerald Seib, the Wall Street Journal; Mohammad Elleithee, former spokesman for Hillary Clinton and the Democratic National Committe. MEET THE PRESS (NBC): Hosted by Chuck U. Toad: Dr. Anthony Fauci, National Institute of...

In September 2021, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) underwent a leadership change with the appointment of Jennifer Abruzzo as General Counsel. Her appointment follows two new Democratic members, Gwynne Wilcox and David Prouty, being confirmed over the summer, resulting in a 3-2 Democratic majority. The General Counsel determines which cases are brought before the NLRB, and Abruzzo has been quick to make several sweeping changes that unfortunately will leave workers worse off. While Abruzzo is primarily concerned with micro-managing the contents of agreements between employees and employers, the proposed changes provide unwanted and unnecessary bureaucratic oversight that will burden...

It’s between crazed Marxists and the rest of us—and the way to change things is at the ballot box. We are all aware of the deadly and avoidable crime wave plaguing cities that Marxists run. I am sure the people that live in these communities have been complaining. After all, how could they not? We have had two years of a rolling criminal snowball that has grown to ginormous proportions. I noticed the uptick in the crime in New York in January 2020 when the “Bail Reform” law went into effect. Slowly on the local news, you heard about someone...

The person who introduced him mentioned the Communist Party.... I already have a very low opinion of Senator Richard Blumenthal for his lie about having served in Vietnam, aka stolen valor, and his left-wing voting record. But I don’t think the senator, a graduate of Harvard College and Yale Law School, is stupid enough to have attended as a celebration of the 102nd anniversary of the Communist Party USA “surprise guest” without realizing it was a celebration of the 102nd anniversary of the Communist Party USA. Yet, that’s what he is doing. I wrote about the Senator gushing that he...

Mary as the ark of the new covenant. : Luke 1:35 (RSV) And the angel said to her, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you; therefore the child to be born will be called holy, the Son of God.”The Greek word for overshadow is episkiasei, which describes a bright, glorious cloud. It is used with reference to the cloud of transfiguration of Jesus (Mt 17:5; Mk 9:7; Lk 9:34) and also has a connection to the shekinah glory of God (Ex 24:15-16; 40:34-38; 1 Ki 8:10).Mary is, therefore, in effect,...

December 19th, 2021 4th Sunday of Advent The Church of the Annunciation (Hebrew: כנסיית הבשורה‎, Arabic: كنيسة البشارة‎, Greek: Εκκλησία του Ευαγγελισμού της Θεοτόκου, Ekklisía tou Evangelismoú tis Theotókou), sometimes also referred to as the Basilica of the Annunciation, Nazareth, Israel Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Violet First readingMicah 5:1-4 ©He will stand and feed his flock with the power of the LordThe Lord says this:But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah,the least of the clans of Judah,out of you will be born for methe one who is to rule over Israel;his origin goes back to the distant past,to the days of old.The Lord...

Donald Trump is a man created for combatting the Democrat party's progressive march toward totalitarian control of our country. It is practical to consider that Donald Trump is a man created for combatting the Democrat party's progressive march toward totalitarian control of our country. Created for combat? Why is that the case? Consider that Trump was a successful builder on the island of Manhattan in New York. Is succeeding as a builder of skyscrapers in New York City an easily accomplished feat? Are hundreds of successful builders among the millions that call New York home? Of course not. Roadblocks exist...

‘‘Tis the season to post my favorite Christmas flash mob video.

Conservatives have watched, with varying degrees of horror, as leftists have, in recent years, embraced radical ideas and schemes such as: court-packing, abolishing the filibuster, lockdowns/mandates, censorship on an industrial scale, cancel culture, critical race theory, abolishing the police, open borders, runaway spending, the stigmatization of dissent as “insurrection”, “white supremacy”, “fascism”, and more. Left-wingers have talked openly, and sometimes gleefully, about how richly we, their conservative enemies, deserve slow and painful deaths – and, when in a feisty mood, how they would quite like to be the agents of our demise.Much of the time, we on the right are...

Once again, the crazy greens have overridden public needs, along with the bureaucrats of the Biden administration. If you had any doubt that California’s present shortage of available water for farming in the Central Valley is a political not a climate problem, Anthony Watts will disabuse you of the notion. If you’ve any doubt that the this administration puts the desires of the crazy greens over the public interest, the Wall Street Journal’s editorial board puts that to rest. California’s Historic Flood-Drought Weather Per Watts, since 1861, before the industrial revolution, California has recorded periods of heavy rainfall and truly...

The Biden administration has blacklisted and sanctioned dozens of Chinese government research institutes and private-sector tech firms, accusing them of weaponizing technology for use at home and abroad, the U.S. departments of Commerce and Treasury announced Thursday. In particular, the U.S. warned that these entities were working as part of a broader Chinese government strategy to develop and deploy biotechnology, including "brain-control weaponry," for possible offensive use and as part of its crackdown on Uighurs and other Muslim ethnic minorities -- a campaign that the U.S. has determined constitutes genocide. "The scientific pursuit of biotechnology and medical innovation can save...

What came to be known in the last century as “humanism” was, in reality, nothing new. It actually has an ancient lineage. Indeed, since the human race first appeared, there have basically been only two “religions”—two existential philosophies that have informed people’s beliefs and behaviors. Each has had multiple variations, to be sure, but still, in the end, there are just two: People can either believe in and worship the Creator, or they can reject that idea and worship themselves, individually and collectively. The latter belief is essentially the original sin, attributable to Adam and Eve as well as to...

LONDON, Dec 17 (Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc was marketing a collection of President Xi Jinping's speeches and writings on its Chinese website about two years ago, when Beijing delivered an edict, according to two people familiar with the incident. The American e-commerce giant must stop allowing any customer ratings and reviews in China. A negative review of Xi's book prompted the demand, one of the people said. "I think the issue was anything under five stars," the highest rating in Amazon's five-point system, said the other person. Ratings and reviews are a crucial part of Amazon's e-commerce business, a major...

Author’s Note: Interested readers can find all previous volumes of this series here. News Flash: The first 56 volumes are compiled into a book titled “Bible Study For Those Who Don’t Read The Bible.”Welcome to the final study of Advent Season culminating in the “advent” (arrival) of Yeshua — a Jewish infant with the anglicized name of Jesus. Our three-part series began with Vol. 90 — the conception and birth story of John the Baptist. Then, last week in Vol. 91, we studied Joseph, the earthly father of Jesus, and learned that Joseph had no biblical quotes, and thus, “no...

A new coronavirus wave is reaching Israel and every family has to be prepared, Prime Minister Naftali Bennett warned while opening the weekly cabinet meeting. “Omicron is already in the country, that is - there are already infections within the community, and we are already seeing an increase in the coefficient of infection, it began,” Bennett said. “Every family needs to be prepared. Each person should make sure that they themselves are vaccinated with three shots and that their children are vaccinated.” The ministers were set to discuss additional measures to delay the spread of the variant in Israel, including...

She is positively certifiable.