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Pray For The Peace of JerusalemPhilippians 4Final Greetings 21 Greet all God’s people in Christ Jesus. The brothers and sisters who are with me send greetings. 22 All God’s people here send you greetings, especially those who belong to Caesar’s household. 23 The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. Amen._______________________________________________________God Bless America.ML/LTOS

If a picture is worth a thousand words, then the photo of Stacey Abrams that has gone viral perfectly encapsulates the frustration parents have felt the past two years. Recently the wannabe Georgia governor was seen smiling ear to ear while posing for photos in classroom full of elementary school students. All of the students were wearing masks. Abrams was the only person mask less. Abrams’ photo op disaster is just the latest example in what has become a pattern throughout the pandemic: Democrat politicians shamelessly flouting the rules they force on others. Since the beginning of the pandemic, performative...

Once again, we see the conservative pundit class go bananas over the new motion filings from the Durham investigation in the last few days. Suddenly, everybody at Fox News is “expecting more indictments” at any moment! (How did that turn out for Sean Hannity and Dan Bongino the last time?) Suddenly, everybody is supposed to be excited that Durham’s crack team finally figured out spying activities against Donald Trump that occurred in July 2016. This is a mistake. The first question you should be asking yourself is why it took the Justice Department almost 6 years to figure out those...

This Presidents Day (February 21), Americans should honor the memory of George Washington by defending his great legacy against the attacks of far-left educators, activists, politicians, and bureaucrats who have falsely cast aspersion on Washington, the Founding Fathers in general, the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution: labeling all racist. The history reveals a reality starkly different story, one of which we can all be proud. The far-left anti-Washington and anti-Founding Fathers polemic condemns the great works that have advanced individual liberty on the argument that the principles of equality under law and individual rights did not extend to all...

It is the untold story of the winter storms. More than eight million trees have been brought down and many are now threatened by another two named storms bearing down on Britain. Forest managers warn that already "catastrophic" damage will be made worse by Storms Dudley and Eunice. There are warnings that the heating climate is making our weather more severe and unpredictable, and that management and planting strategies must adapt more quickly. Forest ranger Richard Tanner says that he's never seen a real battlefield, but the west shore of Windermere now reminds him of photographs he has seen. "It...

THE SMUG DISDAIN.COMES FROM KNOWING THAT SOROS AND THE DEEP STATE BACK HIM.

CHICAGO, Saturday, Feb. 15. The following is a special dispatch to the Chicago Journal: TWO MILES FROM FORT DONELSON, Feb. 14, 1862. The attack on Fort Donelson commenced at 7 1/2 o'clock yesterday morning by the land forces under Gens. GRANT, SMITH and MCCLERNAND. The fort is surrounded by high steep hills, heavily wooded and protected by two redoubts, trenches and rifle-pits. The rebels gave battle from their intrenchments outside the fort, but they were driven in after a severe battle, and considerable loss on both sides. Our troops hold two of the rebel batteries outside of the fort. Our...

Call this a double whammy! Red-hot rents combined with a slowing economy. According to CoreLogic, single-family annual rent growth finished 2021 at a new record: 11.7% YoY for high tier rental properties and 10.4% YoY for low tier rental properties. Of course, southern and southwest rental properties are seeing the fastest rent growth. Particularly Miami. Inflation is really ripping the insides out of America’s working class. Especially with real-time GDP slowing to 0.7%. Double whammy, indeed!

The Minneapolis police officers who killed Amir Locke stormed into the apartment where he was sleeping before dawn on Feb. 2, shouting orders. They said they took that approach to "decrease the risk for injuries." That strategy is dubious even when cops are confident that the home they are invading is occupied only by criminal suspects. It is beyond reckless when they have no idea who might be there, especially in a country where citizens have a constitutional right to armed self-defense. Locke, a 22-year-old aspiring hip-hop artist who was planning a move to Dallas, was staying with his cousin...

16 February 2022Wednesday of week 6 in Ordinary Time St. Juliana Catholic Church West Palm Beach Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green.First readingJames 1:19-27 ©The Word is not only to be listened to, but obeyedRemember this, my dear brothers: be quick to listen but slow to speak and slow to rouse your temper; God’s righteousness is never served by man’s anger; so do away with all the impurities and bad habits that are still left in you – accept and submit to the word which has been planted in you and can save your souls. But you must do what the...

National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases director Dr. Anthony Fauci said Tuesday on MSNBC’s “All In” that COVID was not done with the United States. Anchor Chris Hayes said, “I want you to tell me what you think when you read about people being done with COVID. [cut] if you really want to get the epidemic behind you, put it in the rearview mirror, just saying you’re done with COVID. You may be done with COVID, but COVID is not done with the United States, nor is COVID done with the world. We’ve got to do what it takes...

Levi's said it didn't force out brand president Jennifer Sey amid the executive's outspokenness on COVID-19 related school closures in California. "Today, Levi Strauss & Co. announced management changes affecting our executive leadership team. Seth Ellison, executive vice president and chief commercial officer will assume responsibility as the Levi’s brand president on an interim basis in addition to his commercial duties, replacing Jen Sey, who resigned from the company. LS&Co. has initiated a search for a new Levi’s® brand president, an opportunity to lead one of the world’s best known and most respected consumer brands," a Levi's spokesperson told Yahoo...

The damage Democrats have inflicted on themselves will require decades to recover from. The political punditry is currently fixated, ad nauseum, on the November mid-terms when discussing the upcoming fortunes of the two major political parties. While the impact of the upcoming election is certainly relevant, as it is with most things, the long-term effects of what has been and is occurring, receives little examination. When one looks at the future beyond November 2022, it is patently clear Democrats, both as a political party and as an identity, have and are suffering a historic level of self-inflicted damage that will...

An expansive and multifaceted storm is expected to track across the central and eastern United States this week and produce a plethora of impacts, including accumulating snow and hazardous ice. Up to a foot of snow is anticipated to fall from northeastern Kansas to the thumb of Michigan, including the major metropolitan area of Chicago, from Wednesday through Thursday. For many places in the Midwest, precipitation will start as rain and turn to snow as temperatures drop. Many, including those in the Windy City, can expect slippery roads and sidewalks on Wednesday night and Thursday, especially as bitterly cold air...

Often a bribe is more destructive than a bullet. In Afghanistan, the U.S. and NATO could never defeat the endemic corruption that riddled the Afghan government and army. Since Russia invaded Ukraine in 2014, U.S. military and diplomatic assessments insistently bemoan the damage corruption does to Ukraine's economy, civil institutions and war effort. Military analysts use the buzz phrase "weaponized corruption" to describe 21st century gray-area warfare corruption tactics and techniques employed by Vladimir Putin's Kremlin and Xi Jinping's China. Corruption, however, is a very ancient and effective weapon of war. The Roman historian Sallust tells us in the late...

Russia said Wednesday it was returning more troops and weapons to bases, yet another gesture apparently aimed at easing fears it is planning to invade Ukraine, even as the U.S. said the threat of an attack remained. On Wednesday, the Russian Defense Ministry released a video showing a trainload of armored vehicles moving across a bridge away from Crimea, the Black Sea peninsula that Russia annexed from Ukraine in 2014. It said the movement was part of a return of forces to their permanent bases. A day earlier, the ministry reported the start of a pullback of troops following military...

It’s guaranteed that you won’t find this absurdity in nations where people struggle for food, water, shelter and freedom. I was shocked not long ago when I read a piece on the Newsweek website. The headline read “Nearly 40 Percent of U.S. Gen Zs, 30 Percent of Young Christians Identify as LGBTQ, Poll Shows.” That, aside from Joe Biden providing free crack pipes to help address racial inequality, is the most absurd thing I may have ever read. Not so much for the data itself per se, but rather, an illustration of exactly how malleable (and lost) young Americans are....

Marion Isabeau-Ringuette, director of communications for the solicitor general, donated $100 to an online fundraiser created by an organizer of the anti-COVID measures protests on Feb. 5, more than one week after protesters began occupying downtown Ottawa, and the day before the city's mayor declared a state of emergency. A few days ago, details including names, email addresses and postal codes of almost 100,000 donors to the GiveSendGo fundraiser leaked online. The Christian crowdfunding site has since acknowledged it was hacked, but has not verified the data itself.

In 1941, when the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor and the United States entered World War II, there were 2,515,427 babies born in this country. Of those babies, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 95,700 -- or 3.8% -- were born to unmarried mothers. The traditional family led by a mother and father was a foundational fact of American culture. In 1945, the percentage of babies born to unmarried mothers rose to 4.3%. But, by 1946, the first full year after the war, it dropped back down to 3.8%. The traditional family survived. Then in the 1950s, the...

It has been common place over the years for many to compare the eventual fall of America witth the fall of Rome. All civilizations rise and fall, and there are, of course, many parallels between them when they do fall. Some even use the fall of Athenian democracy as another parallel. Plato complained in the Republic that democracy inherently leads to amateurism, anarchy, mob rule and eventually despotism. However, the fact of the matter is, that while the fall of any empire and country can be studied and used as a historical warning to what may happen in the future,...