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A group of crypto enthusiasts has made an unusual purchase: a rare copy of Dune, by science fiction writer Frank Herbert, for a staggering €2.66 million ($3.04 million). It's an odd occurrence when a book expected to fetch €25,000 goes for 100 times that amount, but the stranger part is that the buyers – a collective called SpiceDAO – appear to believe that owning an early copy of the hit sci-fi about space worms gives them the copyright, to do with what they will. "We won the auction for €2.66M," SpiceDao wrote on Twitter. "Now our mission is to: 1....

Though expected to distance and quarantine at the whim of local dictators, a few things gave us a clue that our pandemic response was not about health. Vices were deemed essential, as liquor stores and non-medical marijuana dispensaries remained open, while playgrounds were barricaded, beaches, and gyms, and houses of worship suddenly inaccessible. There was no guidance on health-seeking behavior to bolster the first line of defense against the onset of ailments, just a band-aid for a bullet wound grade of national mitigation strategy that left many dying alone, surrounded by strangers. We willfully sacrificed our most fundamental duty of...

Governor Blackface-Klansman Ralph Northam pardoned a Democrat who was jailed for underage sex crimes in his final act as Virginia governor. Northam pardoned Democrat state senator Joe Morrissey, who was charged for having a sexual relationship with his 17-year-old law firm receptionist. In 2014, Morrissey, who was 57 years old at the time, was sentenced to 12 months in jail for engaging in sex acts with a 17-year-old. Morrissey married his receptionist after she turned 18 and they now have four children.

I generally do not watch Trump rallies. I don’t need to be convinced to vote for him should he decide to run in 2024 and unlike the current occupant of the White House, President Donald Trump can go without taking a break for hours. But I watched his first rally of 2022 in Florence, Arizona, because I wanted to hear one thing. Or, to be more accurate, I was hoping to NOT hear one thing, and thankfully I didn’t hear it. After chastising his supporters during the last two rallies for not embracing the vaccines that he made possible through...

So it’s refreshing when a pro athlete like Green Bay Packer quarterback Aaron Rodgers unabashedly states, “I’m an athlete. I’m not an activist.” Rodgers, a Super Bowl winner, three-time Most Valuable Player in the National Football League, and nine-time Pro Bowl selectee, is generally considered one of the greatest quarterbacks of all time. He has also become a polarizing, controversial figure and a target of the totalitarian left precisely because he doesn’t conform to the woke expectations of our heavily-politicized culture. Last November, Rodgers triggered the left-dominated media after making statements that did not align with the acceptable narrative about...

MEMORIAL OF SAINT ANTHONY, ABBOT MARK 2:18-22 Friends, in today’s Gospel, people ask Jesus why he doesn’t encourage fasting among his followers. Jesus’ answer is wonderful: “Can the wedding guests fast while the bridegroom is with them?” (That’s a typically Jewish style, by the way: answering a question with another question.) This great image of the wedding feast comes up frequently in the New Testament, most obviously in the wedding feast at Cana narrative. And it is echoed in the Tradition. Jesus is the wedding of heaven and earth, the marriage of divinity and humanity; he is the bridegroom and...

Representative Maxine Waters (D-CA) said Sunday on MSNBC that Sens. Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ) did not “care” about black people. According to Waters, they were unwilling to ditch the filibuster to pass voting legislation.

As of last night, PayPal banned me for life and froze the almost $6K dollars that had been raised over the past few weeks. When you signed up to be a monthly recurring donor, it was ultimately through PayPal even if you signed up on my website. They were the processing center. They will be holding the funds for 180 days which is a big hit to our budget but worse, it makes you all have to do extra work and make sure they still are not charging your cards. I am working VERY HARD today with my website team...

The school board of St. Croix Prep voted unanimously to expel the student, who has an individualized education program (IEP) for delayed speech and other learning problems, on December 2. St. Croix Preparatory Academy, a charter school in Stillwater, Minnesota, expelled a first grader with speech disabilities for refusing to wear a mask. The school board of St. Croix Prep voted unanimously to expel the student, who has an individualized education program (IEP) for delayed speech and other learning problems, on December 2. The child’s parents had petitioned for weeks to overturn the school’s mask mandate in their child’s case,...

wo unidentified drones have been spotted over two nuclear power plants in Sweden last Friday, days after the country boosted military presence on Gotland Island to counter increasing Russian activity in the region. Though Sweden’s National Operations Department opened an investigation into the incident, no suspects have been identified, reported The Drive. The authorities reportedly used helicopters to try and locate the alleged drone, but the efforts ended in vain. Swedish Police said the drones were seen over two nuclear facilities over Forsmark and Oskarshamn. Though there were reports about a similar incursion in a third facility at Ringhals, there...

“Then the devil took Him into the holy city and had Him stand on the pinnacle of the temple” (Matthew 4:5). In confronting our Lord Jesus Christ, Satan persisted in trying to undermine or destroy the Son’s relationship to His Father. This time he goaded Jesus with this statement: “If You are the Son of God, throw yourself down.” To fortify his challenge and make it more plausible, the adversary— with a subtle and clever twist—quoted Scripture: “For it is written, ‘He will command His angels concerning You’; and ‘On their hands they will bear You up, so that You...

The weekend seizure of a Texas synagogue by a "British man" is the umpteenth example of "Let's pretend that the 37,893rd incident of Islamic terrorism is anything but Islamic terrorism". The dirty stinking rotten corrupt FBI (whom the pom-pom girls of Conservative Inc still make goo-goo eyes at) immediately announced that the "British man"'s act was "not specifically related to the Jewish community", so that's okay then, although presumably it was a bit unfortunate that some of the "Jewish community" wound up getting "detained" by the "British man", as the BBC delicately put it.You know, "detained", like you might be...

Last week Project Veritas revealed that US Military documents contradicted Fauci’s sworn testimony about gain-of-function. Since then six Congressional Members have sent letters to the CDC, Secretaries of Defense and Health and Human Services demanding answers on the origin of Covid-19 and the DARPA documents.Within these documents there appears to be a damning section in support of ivermectin as a Covid treatment, see timestamp 4:23 of Project Veritas video.Major Joseph Murphy’s report, Page 4, states that many of the early treatment protocols ignored by authorities work because they inhibit viral replication or modulate the immune response to the spike proteins.“Some...

It has finally all come together. Two years ago, I had the feeling that COVID was a lab leak. Egged on by Anthony Fauci, the media went into a full court press on anyone who dared suggest it. Somehow Fauci "knew" that Donald Trump would have a surprise infectious outbreak on his hands. Fauci argued vociferously that COVID did not come from a lab. Something was wrong. In January of 2020 Fauci also told us ““…..This is not a major threat to the people of the United States and this is not something that the citizens of the United States...

Quantum batteries could one day revolutionize energy storage through what seems like a paradox – the bigger the battery, the faster it charges. For the first time, a team of scientists has now demonstrated the quantum mechanical principle of superabsorption that underpins quantum batteries in a proof-of-concept device. The quirky world of quantum physics is full of phenomena that seem impossible to us. Molecules, for instance, can be become so entwined that they begin acting collectively, and this can lead to a range of quantum effects. That includes superabsorption, which boosts a molecule’s ability to absorb light. “Superabsorption is a...

An estimated 560,000 French people are set to lose access to their coronavirus passport over the third coronavirus jab requirement. The French National Assembly approved changes to the nation’s coronavirus passport legislation to require booster shots of the vaccine to maintain the validity of their health pass. As a result of this new policy, an estimated 560,000 French people who are double vaccinated are set to have their passes deactivated, Le Figaro reported. The new rules were voted in by France’s National Assembly 185 to 69 votes on the 15th of January. On top of the three jab requirement, the...

Israeli researchers identify rise in antibody levels in people administered a second booster of the Pfizer COVID vaccine, but not enough to block the omicron variant A fourth shot of COVID-19 vaccine boosts antibodies to even higher levels than the third jab, but it likely is not enough to prevent omicron infections, according to a preliminary study in Israel. The vaccines led to an increase in the number of antibodies "even a little bit higher than what we had after the third dose", said Prof. Regev-Yochay who leads the study at Sheba Medical Center, adding that the results were preliminary...

In an attempt to warn parents of the risks of taking the gene therapy jab, internationally recognised scientist/physician Dr. Robert Malone, the original inventor of mRNA vaccination as a technology, shared a video message which resulted in him being banned across all social media. Although it is hard to comprehend why any parent would still be in favour of their child receiving the jab due to the known health risks, it is important to share Dr Malone’s expert warning just in case.Who is Robert Malone?It is important to know exactly “who” this “expert” is if you do not already, as...

A top economist at the ADP Research Institute slapped down the asinine leftist narrative that the United States is experiencing explosive jobs growth. ADP Chief Economist Nela Richardson joined CNBC Squawk Box following the shocking news Jan.12 that inflation had spiked a whopping 7 percent year-over-year in December, the highest level since 1982. After noting that real wage earnings, “which are negative,” Richardson said whatever wage increases the media has been propping up as a bellwether for a peachy economy was driven by “labor shortages.” Richardson then dropped the hammer: “The economy — and this is an important point —...

Elizabeth Warren and others are running around blaming inflation on greedy corporations’ “price gouging.” Of course, this narrative falls apart when you realize producer prices are rising faster than consumer prices. If anything, producers are letting consumers gouge them by not passing on all of their rising costs. But the “greedy corporation” narrative is great for politicians. It lets them deflect the fact that their reckless borrowing and spending is the problem. It’s also empowering for them. Now they can come in and fix things! But here’s a truth you’d be wise to remember — if the government is telling...