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While talking with someone about a culturally moral issue, I referred to a statement made in Scripture to back up my opinion. At that point, the other person laughed and said, “Yeah, well the Bible also says not to wear clothing made of two different materials.” Ever had that happen to you? If so, how did you respond? Too many believers reply by dismissing the Old Testament and saying we now only follow the New. Saying that won’t get you far for two reasons. First, you won’t really defuse the primary objection of Christians indiscriminately picking and choosing what commands...

In BriefThe Facts:A Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request has revealed that 17,371 people in England and Wales died solely from COVID. The data represents numbers recorded from the beginning of 2020 up until the end of September 2021. These people had no other causes listed on their death certificates.Reflect On:Why are journalists not discussing what this could mean? The majority of people who have died with COVID have had multiple other causes listed on their death certificates. Why haven't we taken a more focused protection plan to protect the vulnerable?Pause - set your Pulse...Take a breath. Release the tension...

A quote from President Joe Biden exclaiming that Russian President Vladimir Putin “doesn’t want” him to beat Donald Trump in the 2020 election has come back to haunt him as the fate of Ukraine hangs in the balance. “Vladimir Putin doesn’t want me to be President,” he tweeted in February of 2020. “He doesn’t want me to be our nominee. If you’re wondering why — it’s because I’m the only person in this field who’s ever gone toe-to-toe with him.”

Ray Epps, the “mystery man” who is implicated in the very launch of the Capitol riots, has denied being an FBI informant or agent before the partisan House committee on January 6. As far as the mainstream media is concerned, they would just as soon wash their hands of the matter. “Case closed,” they say. “Time to move on. Nothing to see here!” But for unknown reasons, Ray Epps is a free man. He is not only walking free while MAGA grandmas sit languishing in jail, awaiting trial on relatively minor charges, but he has inexplicably found defenders in the...

'Startling' connection between Biden and China: Peter Schweitzer

In about two years from now, the Ford Mustang will be the last new car of its type still on the market – a fitting thing, given it was the first car of its type to come onto the market back in 1964. But it’s a sad communion – because it represents an end rather than a beginning. One as unnatural as Joe Biden’s hairline. The rivals whose existence the original 1964 Mustang prompted into existence – Chevy’s Camaro and the Dodge Challenger – are on their way out, again. Not because they aren’t selling but rather because forces conspire...

When President Biden warned of a bleak and deadly winter, he was referring to the Covid-19 outbreak that he promised to “shut down.” While he has failed to curb the virus, his policies have unfortunately been more successful reining in our once thriving energy industry.At the one-year mark of his administration running the Departments of Interior and Energy and determining regulations at the Environmental Protection Agency, anyone paying a bill sees the results. Oil prices have nearly doubled since Biden’s inauguration. Despite the longing of green activists worldwide, we are in fact, a fossil fuel-driven economy, and all prices have...

The Biden administration plans to distribute millions of them to local pharmacies. But is there really any evidence that the same people who were wrong about masks are now suddenly connected to God’s word when it comes to respirators? And who says it is safe for people to wear something like that for long periods of time, which until now required rigorous testing, medical exams, and training? Yes, N95s, unlike masks, actually meet the standard for PPE in hazardous environments. But for which sort of hazard? Not an airborne respiratory virus. Stephen Petty, a certified industrial hygienist and hazardous exposure...

The chairman and CEO of Genting Hong resigned on January 21, a clear sign that the once-thriving cruise company is slowly but surely unraveling. Tan Sri Lim Kok Thay founded the company in 1993 and gradually built it out to be the most significant cruise operation in Asia. However, after failing to pay debts due, an arrest issued by a US judge for one of the Crystal Cruises ships, reservations that have been put on hold, and stocks that have been halted from trading in Hong Kong, the end of the story seems near for the company that owns Dream...

Add this messaging reversal to the growing list of insane things Democrat voters are asked to believe before breakfast.Leftist media and the White House are in full damage control mode after Joe Biden said the same kinds of things Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton, and others have said about past elections, but this time about an election that hasn’t even occurred yet. During his second press conference in more than a year in office, Biden slipped in several comments about the trustworthiness of American elections similar to those that got Trump and myriad others banned and sanctioned by every major social...

As most know, there’s a contentious debate over whether it’s fair to let men who claim they’re female compete in women’s sports. It’s a debate driven more by emotion than reason, as so many things are. If a fellow claiming female status trounces woman athletes in a fairly high profile competition — as University of Pennsylvania swimmer “Lia” Thomas (birth name “Will”) did recently — the story makes headlines and raises ire; if such a man falters, as Thomas did quite suspiciously and conveniently even more recently, the story disappears. And each side in the debate often claims vindication based...

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Our insane world has hit woke bottom. This is from Fox News: Penn swimmer Lia Thomas came away with wins in the 100 meter and 200-meter freestyle races against Harvard on Saturday. The victories came days after NCAA updated its policy for transgender participation and how it will be determined on a sport-by-sport basis.What did Thomas do? He, and he is a he, shattered women's records. Who knows what women were denied scholarships because of this? The answer is for men to compete with men and women with women. It's not discrimination. It's common sense.Let's give a cheer for Texas...

U.S. stocks extended declines from their worst week since the 2020 pandemic Monday ahead of a key series of big tech earnings reports and a crucial statement from the Federal Reserve. Stocks extend declines amid rising geo-political tensions in Europe, the prospect of Fed rate hikes and slowing corporate earnings. Reports say Biden is mulling troop deployment near the Ukraine border while ordering the families of diplomats in Kyiv to leave “due to the continued threat of Russian military action” in the region. S&P 500 slides into correction territory after falling more than 10% from its record closing high of...

Copper is coming off a historic year during which its prices broke records on not just one, but two, separate occasions, peaking at $4.76/lb or $10,476/t in mid-October. During the first half of 2021, copper rallied off the back of a sharp recovery in economic activity across the world, led by top consumer China. Also pushing prices higher was the belief that pandemic-related stimulus, plus the global push for decarbonization, will further lift demand for the industrial metal. That saw copper prices break the $10,000/t level towards the end of April, the first time that has happened in a decade,...

Shamgar Connors, a Virginia resident, has Stage 5 kidney failure and has been on the transplant waiting list at the University of Virginia's Transplant Center for two years. However, he's been told he's no longer eligible for a transplant because he hasn't been vaccinated. Although the Center's rule does not comport with developing science, it certainly reflects the dominant attitude in America's medical centers.There are a lot of facts that need to be woven together to fully understand what's happening to Shamgar. I'll start with more general facts and then work my way to specific ones:One: For someone with Stage...

The mission involved Russia's Su-34 and Su-35 aircraft and the A-50 early warning and control aircraft, as well as Syria's MIG-23 and MIG-29 planes MOSCOW, January 24./TASS/.Russian and Syrian military pilots have conducted a joint air patrol mission along the Golan Heights and the Euphrates River, the Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement. "The mission's route ran along the Golan Heights, the southern border, the Euphrates River and over northern Syria," the statement reads. "Russian pilots took off from the Hmeymim Air Base, while Syrians took off from the Seikal and Dumayr airfields outside Damascus," the ministry added...

The vaccines are proving to be a constantly moving target. Two shots will save us. No, three will. No, better make it four. Heck, let's just keep it open-ended, but you'd better get shots if you want to work, shop, eat out, go to a concert, maybe even board a plane. But what happens to this manic shot regime when we're beginning to get data showing that not only do the shots not prevent people from getting COVID (which is the traditional effect of a vaccine), but they may actually leave people more vulnerable to COVID?Israel, which was so terrified...

The ranking Republican on the House Foreign Affairs Committee suggested Friday that China will launch an invasion of Taiwan sometime after next month’s Winter Olympics in Beijing. “I do think after the Olympics — China has gotten so provocative, so aggressive in the South China Sea, that you are going to see the CCP, the [Chinese] Communist Party invading Taiwan,” Rep. Michael McCaul (R-Texas) told reporters on a conference call. McCaul argued further that resident Biden’s botched messaging on the ongoing Ukraine crisis sent a signal of weakness to America’s adversaries, which McCaul believes they will look to exploit. ......

The inventor of the PlayStation - one of the best and most widely known gaming consoles - doesn't think too much about VR or the metaverse.Ken Kutaragi, who is responsible for Sony's popular console, says that VR and AR "divide" the real and virtual realms, rather than unifying them, according to a new interview with Bloomberg. Kutaragi, who is now 71 years old, told Bloomberg: “Being in the real world is very important, but the metaverse is about making quasi-real in the virtual world, and I can’t see the point of doing it.”He continued: “You would rather be a polished...