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Seeing the magnitude of corruption Democrats at the highest levels of government have demonstrated over the past year, many Americans have thought, "God help us." Perhaps He is. A lot of Americans have been praying God will purge our nation of the duplicity and fraud selected Democrats so blithely perform. The process may be starting. What could be one of the most egregious examples of corruption at the highest levels is being exposed by an investigation conducted by Special Counsel John Durham. To date, the investigation alleges Hillary Clinton's 2016 presidential campaign paid to have computers at the White House...

Not so long ago, Democrats seemed the party of the future. "Inevitable!" predicted some pundits, for demography is destiny. Moreover, in 2020, Democrats, who had won the popular vote six times in seven presidential elections, swept the popular vote again, by 6 million ballots. And they captured both houses of Congress. The future did seem to be theirs. Progressives dominated the major culture-forming institutions of society -- academia, the media, Hollywood -- not to mention the vast bureaucracy of America's national administrative state. Their core constituencies -- women, the young, Blacks, Hispanics -- were growing as a share of the...

Canadian Liberal MP Ya'ara Saks said that "Honk Honk" is code for "Heil Hitler" while testifying in parliament on Monday in defense of Trudeau invoking the Emergencies Act to crack down on Canadian freedom protesters. ---snip--- "Let's start with a classic and a new variant: 88 and "HH" phrases like "honk honk." They mean "heil hitler." H is the 8th letter of the alphabet, thus 88. "Honk honk" is associated with the honkler and is often used "ironically" by alt-right trolls."

For the last couple of decades, the “Nobel Prize” for anything was almost always awarded to someone from the left or the far-left. Like the former highly distinguished “Pulitzer Prize,” it had devolved into an ideological trophy given to entrenched liberal elites from entrenched liberal elites.But then came 2009 when the Nobel Committee completely jumped the shark and made the once venerable award a laughing stock to many around the world. That was the year they awarded the Nobel Peace Prize to newly elected President Barack 0bama for literally doing nothing.In trying to justify their clearly embarrassing decision, the committee...

Small planes are dropping like...athletes. https://www.brighteon.com/7d8609c6-2271-4abf-88a4-c801befdb4e1

MADRID (AP) — Surging energy prices and fears of a Russian invasion of Ukraine are making European leaders think hard about energy security — particularly their decades-old reliance on Moscow for natural gas. The crisis shows Europe’s vulnerability after years of limited progress in completing an “energy union” — a 2015 vision to allow affordable gas and electricity to flow across borders while diversifying suppliers and reaching climate goals. As renewables like solar and wind are slowly built up and coal and other fossil fuels are phased out, Europe still needs natural gas, and it’s dependent on Russia to get...

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This November the world will witness the dawning of a conservative dynasty that will span a century. The Republican Party -- the Party of Lincoln, Reagan and Trump – in 2022 will win 100 seats for 100 years. After half a decade of unhinged corruption, intimidation tactics and media manipulation from the left, their house of cards is falling apart. And despite the DNC’s best attempts at redrawing maps to further gerrymander the districts in their favor, massive voter turnout for the GOP in 2021, a non-presidential election year demonstrates more than just a resurgence of conservative support. It shows...

Tuesday 22 February 2022 Saint Peter's Chair Feast The Chair of Saint Peter St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican City Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: White.First reading1 Peter 5:1-4 ©Watch over the flock, not simply as a duty but gladlyNow I have something to tell your elders: I am an elder myself, and a witness to the sufferings of Christ, and with you I have a share in the glory that is to be revealed. Be the shepherds of the flock of God that is entrusted to you: watch over it, not simply as a duty but gladly, because God wants it; not...

I tried Truth Social, registration bombed can't log in it's severely broke. Anybody else have any better experience?

A question for all you current and former military folks: I have young relative recently accepted to medical school. He is exploring joining the national guard, both to help pay for medical school and because he is also very service oriented - however he (and I) are actually unclear what the legal 'gotchas' are - the recruiter he has spoken to have all made it sound quite simple - a weekend a month, couple of weeks in the summer, and possibly being activated for some national emergency for a short time (i.e. Katrina type situation) - and with that commitment...

Dr. Chetty is a medical practitioner in South Africa who has a background in genetics, advanced biology, microbiology and biochemistry. And so, “I investigate everything, and I make sure that I fall back on the knowledge I’ve gained in those years of tertiary education and don’t really believe things too easily … with the controversy around hydroxychloroquine, with the PCR test being used as a diagnostic tool, with the word that there is asymptomatic spread, I had a very healthy suspicion for what I was being told. So, with the knowledge that I had, I decided that I’m going to...

As US/Russian tensions grow over Ukraine, The Federal Reserve may be forced to postpone or reduce planned rate increases and balance sheet trimming. But in addition, we see US GDP slowing to near zero (1.285%) as the US Treasury 10Y-2Y yield curve has flattened to 41.684 BPS. The good news? Bankrate’s 30Y mortgage rate increases have slowed to 4.19%. On a different note, I noticed the Chicago Bulls logo when turned upside-down looks like a space alien violating a crab. Much like Putin and Russia violating Ukraine.

Pray For The Peace of Jerusalem1 Thessalonians 113 And we also thank God continually because, when you received the word of God, which you heard from us, you accepted it not as a human word, but as it actually is, the word of God, which is indeed at work in you who believe. _______________________________________________________God Bless America.ML/LTOS

Why is the prospect of war occurring now? Is it because they are pivoting to change the headlines from inflation, southern border? How about election fraud or poll numbers or the November elections? Or is it something else that no one is aware of yet? Any thoughts out there.

The British government has rejected calls to make misogyny a new hate crime, arguing that it would only make it harder to prosecute sexual offences and domestic abuse cases. The House of Lords inflicted a string of defeats on the government’s Police, Crime, Sentencing, and Courts Bill last month, passing a host of amendments including adding misogyny to existing hate crime laws.Home Secretary Priti Patel has written to MPs setting out why she is opposed to the amendments and urging them to back the government’s bill. The Home Office has cited the Law Commission, which advises ministers, as saying legislating...

Editor's Note: This column was co-written by Dr. Kent D. MacDonald and Dr. Timothy G. NashJust over 100 years ago, the Greenwood District – a 40-square-block area of Tulsa, Oklahoma – was the thriving epitome of American economic and entrepreneurial activity, leveraging the success of Oklahoma’s oil boom. What made the Greenwood District different is that it was home to Black-owned restaurants, hotels, insurance companies, professional offices, dance halls, grocery stores, and movie theaters. One of America’s wealthiest African American communities, the Greenwood District was hailed as the “Black Wall Street of America” – a shining example of the life-changing...

OTTAWA — The House of Commons on Monday night approved the extraordinary and temporary measures in the Emergencies Act, heeding Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s warning that the “state of emergency is not over,” even though police ended a three-week occupation in Ottawa and reopened border points to the U.S. The motion to confirm the declaration of emergency passed 185-151, with the New Democrats voting in favour alongside the minority Liberal government. The Conservatives and the Bloc Québécois opposed it. The vote to approve the measures will keep them in place until mid-March at the latest and the Senate must also...

Chief of Staff Charles Brown and Chief Master Sergeant Kaleth Wright have made diversity and wokeness into the core of the Air Force's mission. Meanwhile the planes won't fly. Brown has spent the past few years unleashing worthless diversity reviews to try and blame the Air Force for a supposed lack of diversity, even though it now has a black chief of staff and a black top enlisted leader. The military justification for their divisive shenanigans was that diversity equated somehow to military readiness. How is the Air Force’s readiness? The latest numbers show that the Air Force has made...