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Activists from Mexico’s Purepecha people used axes and sledgehammers Monday to knock down statues of their ancestors being forced to haul and work stones by a colonial-era Spanish priest. The Purepechas have objected to the statues since they were erected in 1995 in the capital of western Michoacán state, Morelia, and have repeatedly called for them to be taken down. The life-size statues depict Spanish priest Fray Antonio de San Miguel ordering one nearly naked Purepecha to cut a stone block, while another is depicted hauling a stone away on his back. A fourth figure in the group, known as...

In a fascist government, those in power control businesses or have the explicit support of corporations in punishing individuals. This makes for absolute power of the government, leaving nowhere for the individual to turn for support. They can lose their jobs, careers and any savings or investments they might have if the government demands it, or even if the corporations act independently knowing it would please those in government. I’ve called this neo-communism rather than fascism, because the true definition of fascism is misunderstood and its mention inspires a specific emotional response, but communism inspires the correct emotional response. At...

A map is the most effective tool for visualizing and explaining the Ukraine-Russia crisis because its visual nature allows for viewers to understand the conflict through the same eyes of the parties involved. Ukraine has always been one of Russia's most vital strategic and tactical neighbors. During the winter months, Russia requires unfettered access to the Black Sea from a variety of locations, and Ukraine is in the ideal position to provide such access. Through nonfrozen waterways, it serves as a year-round entryway to the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean for Russia. In this regard, it is clear that...

ST. LOUIS, Sunday, Feb. 16. This city is wild with excitement and rejoicing. The news is just made public that the American flag waves over Fort Donelson. The loss is heavy on both sides. One of Gen. GRANT's batteries was taken by the rebels, but was recaptured by our troops. The gunboats are said to be badly damaged. Further particulars expected to-night. ST. LOUIS, Sunday, Feb. 16. The following is a special to the Missouri Democrat: CAIRO, Sunday, Feb. 16 -- P.M. Commodore FOOTE reached here at 12 o'clock last night, on board the gunboat Conestoga. He stormed Fort Donelson...

Will the people ever learn how false information was seeded throughout the government and media in a conspiratorial effort to destroy a sitting president? illary Clinton’s never-ending shenanigans in 2015-2016 could be summarized as an attempted slow-motion coup. Four years of national hysteria, a divided nation, and dangerous new tensions with Russia were some of the wages of Clinton’s machinations. Clinton hired a British national and ex-spy, Christopher Steele, to compile dirt on her election opponent, Trump. She hid her likely illegal campaign payments to him through at least three paywalls—the Democratic National Committee, the Perkins Coie law firm, and...

Pray For The Peace of JerusalemColossians 11 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, 2 To God’s holy people in Colossae, the faithful brothers and sisters[a] in Christ: Grace and peace to you from God our Father.[b]Thanksgiving and Prayer3 We always thank God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, when we pray for you, 4 because we have heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of the love you have for all God’s people— 5 the faith and love that spring from the hope stored up for you in heaven...

As the greatest inflation spike of the last 50 years occurs, the utter failure of economists, their models and many pundits to foresee what was coming is worth highlighting. Of course, the biggest malfunction in the story was that of the Federal Reserve itself, which had a clear mandate to keep prices stable, and seems surprised by their lack of stability. It's no understatement to say that the Fed failed to properly anticipate the inflation surge. On Feb. 8, 2021, Raphael Bostic, the president of the Atlanta branch of the Fed, said, "I'm really not expecting us to see a...

Americans are basically good and decent people who tend to assume the best of others -- especially those in positions of leadership or trust. But millions of us realize now that that decency has been exploited. Those we have trusted have betrayed our trust; they have lied repeatedly; they are using their power for destructive ends. They are hobbling the economy, flooding the country with millions of unvetted migrants and crippling it with debt, and undermining the rule of law. Human beings are flawed, so there will always be liars, thieves, grifters, opportunists, greedy business owners and corrupt politicians. When...

"And many spread their garments in the way: and others cut down branches off the trees, and strawed them in the way. And they that went before, and they that followed, cried, saying, Hosanna; Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord: Blessed be the kingdom of our father David, that cometh in the name of the Lord: Hosanna in the highest." "Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them. And when ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have ought against any:...

Washington -- There have been an abundance of essays of late about how we are to wage revolution in our comfortable society. All have been written by Woke Folk, I suspect. You would not expect such essays in praise of revolution from the Boy Scouts of America, much less from the Girl Scouts of America, particularly when the Girl Scouts are engaged in selling their famous cookies. As I read these studious and hortatory accounts of how we are to marshal "the power to fundamentally rearrange society or power" -- that is how one of these essayists describes the revolution...

David Perdue kicked off his campaign for governor of Georgia with an emphatic endorsement from former President Donald Trump. But since then, his primary challenge to unseat Brian Kemp -- the Republican governor Trump loves to hate -- has been a big flop. Perdue, a former US senator, has so far raised a fraction of what Kemp has in his campaign war chest. Very few Republican elected officials, operatives, donors and activists in Georgia have abandoned Kemp in favor of Perdue. And limited public polling hasn't been promising, either. "I think Perdue is on life support and knows it," said...

How the left ruined American academic excellence. Every 3 years, an international assessment of the academic performance of 15-year-old students in the academic fields of reading, science, and mathematics, known as the Program for International Student assessment (PISA) is administered. 79 countries around the world participate in the assessments, most of them developed, economically prosperous first world or developing second world nations. As of the latest PISA assessment in 2018, the United States churned out some alarming results. Of the 79 countries, the average score (of reading, writing, and math) for the United States was 495, which put us at...

Law students now required to learn about their duty to 'eliminate racism' The American Bar Association voted on Monday to require that all law schools educate students on their duty to "work to eliminate racism," a move top law professors say will "institutionalize dogma" throughout legal academia. The association, which accredits almost every law school in the United States, voted 348 to 17 to adopt the standard. Law schools will now have to "provide education to law students on bias, cross-cultural competency, and racism," both at the start of law school and "at least once again before graduation." Additionally, law...

It appears that a beta test of former President Trump’s new social media platform, Truth Social, is underway and here is his first post, via Donald Trump Jr. “Get Ready! Your favorite President will see you soon!”: Time for some Truth!!! pic.twitter.com/jvyteDb5gW — Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) February 15, 2022 Liz Willis of Right Side Broadcasting Network is part of the beta test as well and reports, “y’all are going to LOVE it!”: Beta testing the new ‘Truth Social’ app and all I can say is, y’all are going to LOVE it! 🤩 I can’t wait for everyone to join...

...Freedom can not be preached by people waving Swastika and Confederate flags, as history has proven those flags represent brutal and repressive political forces. With all of the noise coming from Ottawa and other cities across the country these past few weeks, people who truly love freedom must not allow it to be tampered with, misused and misplaced.

Legendary investor Charlie Munger, speaking with Yahoo Finance Editor-in-Chief Andy Serwer in an exclusive interview, spoke bluntly about vaccine hesitancy in the U.S. “I have been appalled by the fear of vaccination by a big chunk of the nation,” the Berkshire Hathaway vice chairman said when asked about the COVID-19 pandemic. “Speaking for myself, I couldn’t wait to be vaccinated. And I think the risks of being vaccinated are way less than the risk of not being vaccinated." According to the CDC, there’s a minuscule 0.002% chance of the vaccine causing death while approximately 5 people per one million vaccinated...

Republicans who missed out on former President Trump’s coveted endorsements are grasping for ways to tie themselves to him and his political movement, betting his message will prove more powerful in contentious primary races than the man himself. The strategy is playing out in GOP primaries across the country, including in South Carolina, where Trump last week endorsed Republican Katie Arrington’s primary challenge to Rep. Nancy Mace, a once-loyal ally who drew the former president’s ire by criticizing him following the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol. Mace, a first-term congresswoman who worked on Trump’s 2016 campaign, responded...

Dear friends, for 25 years I listened to Rush Limbaugh and loved his passion for America and his fighting spirit to seek to preserve America and its conservative founding. I learned much through him over the years as he always kept me on the cutting edge of America's cultural, social, and political landscape. However, through Rush's long career we sadly saw not the victorious establishment of conservatism throughout our land but its slow decline and now near defeat. Rush would be absolutely horrified to see what our nation has so rapidly become in just this last year under Joe Biden,...

White popular podcaster Joe Rogan apologized after someone posted a 30-second compilation clip on YouTube of Rogan repeatedly saying the N-word. Rogan described his uses of the word, culled from 12 years of shows, as taken "out of context," but still apologized, now insisting "there's no context where a white person is ever allowed to say that word." Not even if and when it is not used as a racist, derogatory insult? It's not as if society lacks sensitivity about this word when used as a racist insult. How many words are so problematic that we refer to them only...

Republicans are embarking on a primary season that is poised to reshape the GOP for a generation, and that journey begins in Texas. In less than two weeks, the first primary election of 2022 will take place in the nation’s second-most populous state, and it’s a blockbuster: The state’s Republican governor, attorney general and agriculture commissioner all face spirited challenges, as do several GOP House incumbents. From there, fractious primaries will unfold across the electoral map in the coming months, cementing a more populist orientation for the GOP and Donald Trump’s status as the party’s lodestar, or setting a more...