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[Catholic Caucus] A Cardinal’s Surprising Confidences Cardinal Oscar Maradiaga and Pope Francis One of the cardinals who is part of the inner circle of the current Roman pontiff has just delivered a brief analysis of the main stages of a pontificate which seems more and more set up like an orchestration.Arturo Toscanini liked to say that there are two kinds of conductors: those who have the score in their head and those who have their head in the score.Cardinal Oscar R. Maradiaga – archbishop emeritus of Tegucigalpa and coordinator of the C9, the council of cardinals responsible for surrounding the...

A full-length movie produced by Infowars. Whether you like or despise Alex Jones, this is well worth watching. I searched for a link to it on here and found nothing. Watching this really opened my eyes.

West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice concluded his state of the state address Thursday by lifting up his English Bulldog Babydog and showing off her butt - sending a message to actress Bette Midler. "They never believed in West Virginia. That we could do it. They told every bad joke in the world about us. And so from that standpoint, Babydog tells Bette Midler and all those out there, 'kiss her hiney.'" Before showing off the dog's behind, Justice marveled, "But this has been the year of Babydog hadn't it? So she's gotta come on out here," he said. "Come on...

A Pennsylvania court struck down the state’s mail voting law Friday, saying the state Constitution requires voters cast ballots in person unless they meet specific requirements. That almost certainly won’t be the final word on the matter, as the state will likely appeal to the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, triggering an automatic stay of that decision and leaving Act 77 in place while the high court considers the case. And Democrats believe the Supreme Court, which has a Democratic majority, will ultimately uphold the law. Democrats had feared for months that the state’s Commonwealth Court, with its Republican majority, would strike...

Study of older adults is 'first direct evidence' of protection against rheumatoid arthritis, psoriasis, other conditions In a new study, investigators from Brigham and Women’s Hospital found the people who took vitamin D, or vitamin D and omega-3 fatty acids, had a significantly lower rate of autoimmune diseases — such as rheumatoid arthritis, polymyalgia rheumatica, autoimmune thyroid disease, and psoriasis — than people who took a placebo. With their findings published Wednesday in BMJ, the team had tested this in the large-scale vitamin D and omega-3 trial (VITAL), a randomized study which followed participants for approximately five years. Investigators found...

ransomnote: This article is formatted much better on the GreatGameIndia website, and is only reproduced here because I suspect GreatGameIndia will be taken down or hacked for their good work.The United Nations is funding a migrant wave into the US and the evidence of this is frustratingly overwhelming. Unlike other efforts of immigration into the country, this one is significantly more organized.Bensman told Breitbart News last Monday on a reporting expedition to Tapachula, Mexico, where immigrants show up upon traversing Central America: “It is definitely organized.”They’re giving money out at way-stations up and down the [migrant] trail … There’s a...

Men are increasingly anxious, depressed, and struggling with suicide 1 . They are dropping out of school and opting out of the workforce, instead choosing to live in a virtual world playing video games and watching porn. A masculinity crisis is on our hands. Growing up as a boy is hard. You experience bullying at school and rejection by girls, leading to hurt and heartbreak. 1 in 3 boys grow up without a father, and for those of us lucky enough to have one, we only spend 30 minutes a week in conversation with them, compared to 44 hours we...

A powerful nor'easter moving toward Boston could bring snowfall totals high enough to break previous January records, with more than 2 feet of accumulation possible. The largest snowfall in January in Boston took place back in 2015, when we had 24.6 inches of snow; the largest snowfall ever in the city was President's Day weekend 2003, with 27.6 inches of snow. Those records may still be standing Saturday evening, but there's also a chance they are both broken. Greater Boston will likely see between 18 and 28 inches, and some pockets could even see more than 30 inches where the...

You know Rand Paul probably sang this in his head … lol. Full transparency, in this editor’s mind Neil Young has never really been all that relevant so the entire argument and news cycle has seemed silly. Aging, whiny musician attacks youngish, relevant podcaster for saying things he doesn’t like. This is truly the epitome of the old man yelling at kids to get off his lawn. Rand’s take was great: @RandPaul Bye Bye, Hey Hey Neil Young is gone today It’s better to boycott Than to just obey Bye Bye, Hey Hey Seeya @Neilyoung Even though Ohio is one...

The White House denied a claim that President Joe Biden had an uncomfortable phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in which he said Kyiv could soon be "sacked" in an invasion by Russian military forces. Emily Horne, a National Security Council spokeswoman, tweeted a dismissal of CNN's reporting on his conversation, which cited a source who also insisted Biden told Zelensky a Russian invasion of Ukraine was now virtually certain once the ground freezes and to “prepare for impact."

A federal judge invalidated the results of an oil and gas lease sale in the Gulf of Mexico on Thursday saying the Biden administration failed to properly account for the auction's climate change impact. The decision has cast uncertainty over the future of the U.S. federal offshore drilling program, which has been a big source of public revenue for decades but also drawn the ire of activists concerned about its impact on the environment and contribution to global warming. The Gulf of Mexico accounts for 15% of existing U.S. oil production and 5% of dry natural gas output, according to...

Republicans in the House of Representatives are calling on President Joe Biden to release the transcript of his call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky about a possible Russian invasion of the country. The demand comes after the White House and the Ukrainian government disputed a CNN report in which a senior Ukrainian official told the network the call "did not go well." The House Republican Conference pointed to a video of Biden's remarks in 2019 calling on then President Donald Trump to release the transcript of a phone call he had with Zelensky. The Twitter account for House Republicans sent...

Bridget Fonda doesn’t care about keeping up with the Kardashians — or even her aunt Jane Fonda — judging from the first public photos of her in 12 years. These photos, seen today on her 58th birthday, show the once-svelte and glamorous star, who retired from acting in 2002, looking very different from her red carpet heyday.

A team of U.S. senators is asking the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to remove a ban that prevents men who have sex with men (MSM) from donating blood. The senators, led by Sen. Tammy Baldwin of Wisconsin, said in a letter to the FDA that they’re reaching out “to express our alarm at the nationwide shortage of blood and blood products, which has placed patient care and safety at risk.”1 The group is urging the FDA to “quickly act on the best available science and update its outdated and discriminatory blood donor deferral policies for men who have sex...

T esla CEO Elon Musk called President Joe Biden “a damp sock puppet in human form” on Twitter Thursday as Tesla stock plummeted 11%. Musk’s lack of restraint on social media is, as the saying goes, a feature not a bug, having landed him in legal hot water multiple times. Another Musk tweet—“Biden is treating the American public like fools”—was part of a one-sided Twitter offensive waged against the president. Biden didn’t retaliate, at least not directly. The White House did post a tweet with the president extolling Tesla rivals General Motors and Ford for their work on developing electric...

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First Lady Jill Biden announced Friday that she is getting a cat, as President Joe Biden suffers record-low approval ratings. Jill Biden announced the arrival of the First Cat on social media.

Reports have shown that 9% of Omicron cases have experienced skin inflammation or rashes since becoming infected with the variant. Researchers from Kings College London and Health Science Company Zoe have compiled a study to collate images and information of those who have experienced a skin rash as a subsequent symptom of COVID-19. 17% of those who responded, confirmed that a rash was the first symptom of the virus, whilst others reported that it was the only symptom they experienced. The study is available online as a pre-print and has been submitted to a scientific journal for peer review. The...

Stephen Hayes, a conservative journalist and and commentator who left Fox News last year over the company's publication of a controversial documentary about the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol is joining NBC News. Hayes, CEO of the political news and commentary website The Dispatch, will join NBC as a contributor and political analyst and is slated to appear on “Meet The Press” this Sunday, the network announced on Friday. "I’ve known and worked with Steve Hayes on and off for nearly 25 years. He is a principled reporter and analyst who always puts truth and facts above...

Jan Markell talks to economist Dan Celia for the hour. The Bible suggests that the black horse of the four horsemen represents coming economic turmoil, mainly in the Tribulation. We are in a run-up to that now. The money issues of that time are casting a shadow on the Church Age. The new Covid economy doesn’t help. The Antichrist will wipe out all debt and offer solutions to a desperate world. A Rumble Video