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In modern American Christianity there is a lot of, frankly, unscriptural teaching about matters of race and ethnicity. Much of it, of course, is found in the mainline denominations, but has even reached into conservative and Evangelical denominations as well. This teaching implicitly supports a woke, globalist approach which is perfectly in accord with the antichrist spirit of our present age. It is, of course, the doctrine of multiculturalism and “critical race theory” that has made the jump from secular cultural Marxism into the so-called Christendom. I won’t go into a lot of detail about this here, but you can...

Groupthink is a psychological phenomenon that occurs when a group forms a quick opinion that matches the group consensus, rather than critically evaluating the information. Mass hysteria can be seen as an extreme example of groupthink.The term "groupthink" was coined in the early 1970s by psychologist Irving L. Janis.1 In 1972, Janis published his book Victims of Groupthink: A Psychological Study of Foreign-Policy Decisions and Fiascoes.Janis defines "groupthink" as "a psychological drive for consensus at any cost that suppresses dissent and appraisal of alternatives in cohesive decision-making groups."The group members feed off each other's emotional reactions, causing the panic to...

State Dept. urges embassies not to retweet Russian ‘war crime’ post: reports The US State Department is urging US embassies across Europe to not repost a tweet from the US Embassy in Kyiv which called Russia’s attack on a nuclear plant “a war crime,” according to multiple reports. An internal message obtained by NBC News and CNN revealed the Department is urgently urging the embassies to avoid sharing language posted by the Kyiv envoy, or delete their post if they already have. “All – do not/not retweet Embassy Kyiv’s tweet on shelling of the facility being a possible war crime”...

President Biden is seeing a boost to his approval rating following his first State of the Union address this week, with a poll released Friday showing him at 47 percent. The latest NPR-PBS NewsHour-Marist National Poll found that 47 percent of Americans surveyed approve of the job he is doing as president, which is a jump from the 39 percent approval rating he had in the same poll last month.

Talking about a "clean energy" economy

Every day for the past week, Russian forces have tried to fight their way through this suburb of Kyiv to reach the Ukrainian capital. And every day, Ukrainian troops have forced them to retreat, leaving burning tanks and armored personnel carriers behind. “We go out to hunt and destroy them,” said Volodymyr, a Ukrainian special-forces team leader, as his squad, armed with a British .308 sniper rifle and British-made antitank weapons, waited for the latest Russian attack. “They certainly didn’t come here expecting that, expecting that we know how to fight.”

For all intents and purposes, the pandemic is over, even in our bluest states and cities. So what happened? Wasn’t the mainstream media panicking about the Omicron variant just last month? The New York Times warned us about a “persistent threat,” claiming “the pandemic has not ended.” Hospitalizations and deaths were front-page news, just like they were for the last two years. Now, COVID-19 is relegated to a media afterthought. Ukraine dominates the headlines (and for good reason), with the coronavirus being treated like flu-like symptoms or car accidents—sort of important, but not important enough for the front page. Democrats...

Former Vatican bishop sentenced for sexual abuse in ArgentinaROME – Argentinian Bishop Gustavo Zanchetta was found guilty by an Argentinian court and sentenced to 4 years and six months of effective imprisonment for aggravated continuous sexual abuse of two former seminarians.His immediate detention was ordered by the court in Oran, Salta, on Friday morning local time.“We cannot determine the extent of the damage suffered by the victims, but we do have the obligation to give them an answer from the Justice and give an answer to society,” said prosecutor Pablo Rivero on Thursday, before requesting the conviction and immediate detention....

MEMRI (@MEMRIReports) Tweeted: 1/2 Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei: Ukraine Is a Victim of America’s Greedy Policies; The U.S. Regime Is a Mafia that Creates Crises in Order to Increase the Profits from Weapons Industry https://t.co/KdIhbLJ5ui

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Friday on FNC’s “The Ingraham Angle,” former House Speaker Newt Gingrich decried how the Biden administration was handling the escalation of hostilities between Ukraine and Russia. Gingrich told host Laura Ingraham the unfolding situation in Eastern Europe was now “worse than Afghanistan.”

Down goes the vaccine mandate in Chicago. Off with the required masks in Los Angeles. In COVID-19 America, Hawaii is now the only state with an indoor mask mandate, with Massachusetts, New York, and Rhode Island all lifting theirs in recent weeks. Leading from behind, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has also loosened its mask-wearing guidelines for most Americans, tying those guidelines to hospitalizations rather than infections—a policy that made sense two years ago, let alone now. Democrats are toeing the same line as their media allies, rolling back restrictions en masse for the first time in...

Fears that Vladimir Putin could soon impose martial law in Russia are pushing thousands to try to flee their country ahead of this weekend, Axios is reporting. The exodus comes amid rumors Russia will also close its borders and order a tougher crackdown on domestic protests. The news outlet said widespread suffering is arriving at Russia's own doorstep. The Associated Press reported that dozens of foreign and international companies have pulled their business out of Russia. Major car brands have stopped exports; Boeing and Airbus suspended supply of aircraft parts and service to Russian airlines; and top Hollywood studios halted...

Despite crude oil, natural gas and gasoline price skyrocketing, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi proclaimed that “The president has already talked about releasing oil from the — the st– as he already has done from the (slurred, inarticulate). And (slurred, inarticulate) I’m not for drilling on public lands.” Well, if President Biden rescinded his executive order on drilling, pipelines, etc., we would see a reduction in energy prices AND inflation. But between Biden’s anti-fossil fuel orders and the Russia-Ukraine conflict, we can see that the WTI Cushing crude oil spot price has risen from $47 per barrel in early January 2021...

Friends, in today’s Gospel, people ask Jesus why he and his disciples do not fast when John and his disciples do. Jesus’ answer is wonderful: “Can the wedding guests mourn as long as the bridegroom is with them?” Could you imagine people fasting at a wedding banquet? It would be ridiculous! Jesus later says, “People do not put new wine into old wineskins.” The new wine is the Gospel. The receptacle for this wine must be conformed to it, not the other way around. To take in the Good News, we can’t be living in the cramped space of our...

According to a Gallup poll, the percentage of the American population that now “identifies” as LGBTQ+ has doubled by comparison with ten years ago, and now stands at 7.1 percent. Among the youngest cohort polled, it was over 20 percent. There is no more weaselly expression in the modern lexicon than “identifies as,” which inherently emphasizes feelings over facts. I can identify as a nice person, but that does not mean that I am a nice person. Indeed, if most people who meet me abominate me, my self-identification as a nice person means nothing except (if I truly believe it)...

Russia on March 4 described a U.S. senator’s call to assassinate Russian President Vladimir Putin as irresponsible. Anatoly Antonov, the Russian ambassador to the United States, said the remarks were “irresponsible and dangerous.” “The degree of Russophobia and hatred in the USA towards Russia is off the charts. It’s unbelievable that a country’s senator preaching his moral values as a ‘guiding star’ to all mankind could afford a call on terrorism as a way to achieve Washington’s goals on the international arena,” Antonov said in a statement released by the Russian embassy. He also said that “It’s getting scary for...

Gov. Ron DeSantis made the announcement Thursday. Casey DeSantis' diagnosis was made public in October. Florida first lady Casey DeSantis is considered cancer-free following treatment and surgery for breast cancer. Gov. Ron DeSantis made the announcement Thursday. "After going through both treatment and surgery for breast cancer, she is now considered cancer-free," Ron DeSantis said in a statement. "All of you who have given thoughts and prayers to my family and my wife, thank you. It’s lifted her spirits and made a tremendous difference. The first lady’s diagnosis was made public in October. The governor in late January said she...

The arrogance of some politicians never ceases to amaze. Take Stacey Abrams, for example. She lost the governor’s race in Georgia in 2018, yet she refused to concede. She has also continued to milk the grievance of her loss to score political points, claiming the mantle of speaking for “election reform,” which we all know is code for allowing Democrats to cheat and entrench their power for the foreseeable future. Abrams has also used her pet cause to fundraise and garner attention in her rematch with Gov. Brian Kemp, but polling continues to show that she has an uphill battle...

MINEOLA, N.Y. -- Help for Ukraine is coming in all forms, including refugee and medical supplies.But on Thursday, an unusual collection was launched on Long Island. Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman is asking legal gun owners to donate firearms, CBS2's Carolyn Gusoff reported."We could get a million guns to the people of the Ukraine," Blakeman said.Citing French resistance during World War II, Blakeman is asking Americans to arm Ukrainians with donated long guns.