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“The Girls Lacrosse Team is no longer permitted to wear the Pray for Peace t-shirts at home or away events as warm up gear,” the email read. “The message conveyed by the shirts, although positive in nature and well meaning, can be interpreted as religious and political in nature.” The school district said the shirts were too religious and too political. A double-whammy. Parent Clare Levison said the girls offered to replace the word “pray” with the word “play.” However, that compromise was rejected. The Roanoke Times reported that the school’s librarian was ordered to remove a display sign that...

President Biden’s chief medical adviser Anthony Fauci predicted Wednesday that there will likely be a rise in COVID-19 cases in the coming weeks as well as a potential surge in the fall. “I think we should expect, David, that over the next couple of weeks, we are going to see an uptick in cases – and hopefully there is enough background immunity so that we don’t wind up with a lot of hospitalizations,” Fauci told Bloomberg TV’s David Westin. Fauci, who serves as director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said that the increase in infections could...

Is the universe we see – stars, moons, planets, clusters of galaxies – a small, accidental tip of an infinite cosmic iceberg? During the epoch of inflation, thought to have been triggered by the phase transition that marked the end of the grand unification at approximately 10^−36 seconds after the Big Bang, the accelerating expansion of space was far more dramatic than in today’s universe. Inflation lasted for only 10^-32 seconds, but the universe expanded at an absolutely staggering rate, increasing in size by a factor of 10^26. During this period, no objects – even two elementary particles – remained...

In a Twitter post, the head of electric vehicle maker Tesla Inc. suggested that users who sign up for Twitter Blue should pay significantly less than the current $2.99 a month, and should get an authentication checkmark as well as an option to pay in local currency. "Price should probably be ~$2/month, but paid 12 months up front & account doesn't get checkmark for 60 days (watch for credit card chargebacks) & suspended with no refund if used for scam/spam," Musk said in a tweet. *snip* Musk also started a poll on his Twitter account - which has more than...

Newsdump Alert: No Confidence Motion Against Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan... UN Food Agency Report Reveals Dramatic Rise In Food Prices on Biden's Watch... People are not free in connection with COVID-19 some have been banned by social media either by social media companies or by the government like Brian Tamaki in New Zealand... He's locked down churches with padlocks and even fencing during COVID Premier Jason Kenney, the "Conservative" in Alberta let's do a Jason Kenney Update... My vaccine views are "in the middle" I see these quickly developed products rushed to the public over fears about COVID and...

Along with Christians around the world this time of year, I find myself thinking about Christ's crucifixion. Struggling to understand His sacrifice for our sins is an important part of comprehending our human relationship with the Almighty. We are made in God's image, so within each of us is something divine. That which is divine is infinitely complex and eternal, yet we are bound by relatively simple, finite lives. I think this struggle between what is temporary and what is immortal causes deep conflict within us all, and we feel that conflict daily as we struggle with good and evil,...

Selling Marxism has been a tough row to hoe in America, though that's not to say that those selling it haven't made inroads toward getting us there. But our laissez faire roots and inherent disdain for the anti-freedom control mechanisms needed to sustain outright communism have made it difficult for the peddlers to find the necessary buyers over the years. That's why they've gotten creative in recent decades, finding their magic beans, so to speak, by suggesting that "people of color" tend to be financially less well-off than white people, thereby establishing racial inequity as a substitute for class struggle....

Last week I learned from a neighbor that Donald Trump deliberately allowed the Biden-Harris ticket to win the 2020 election so they could destroy the Democrats with stupid policies. I also learned that only a biologist can define a woman from the now confirmed nominee for a not-yet-vacant seat on the Supreme Court who was selected by President Biden because she was a Black woman. (Maybe he had a biologist on his staff to help him decide this.) Speaking of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, I remembered that once again Democrats, including Biden, have taken credit for minority appointments after having...

Addict’s mother slams San Francisco drug policies: ‘Let police arrest my son’ When her son Corey was 7 years old, Jacqui Berlinn accidentally dropped a piggy bank on her big toe. “I almost threw up from the pain,” recalled Berlinn, co-founder of Mothers Against Drug Deaths (MADD), a San Francisco-based activist group. “Corey was right there holding me as I cried. He went and got me ice and started kissing my toes and saying, ‘Should I call 911?’ He was taking care of me.”

"Then said Jesus unto Peter, Put up thy sword into the sheath: the cup which my Father hath given me, shall I not drink it?" "Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ." "And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and in all judgment; That ye may approve things that are excellent; that ye may be sincere and without offence till the day of Christ; Being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are by...

Putin's regime branded Latvia a 'neo-Nazi' state in a chilling echo of Moscow's threats to Ukraine after the Baltic state made May 9 a day of remembrance for victims of Russian aggression. In an extraordinary rant, Moscow called Riga's decision to commemorate Ukrainian war victims next month - on the same day as Russia's Victory Day to mark the surrender of Nazi Germany - 'blasphemous'. Latvian MPs passed the legislation to draw attention to ' Russia's military aggression'. Latvian national flags will be raised alongside Ukrainian flags at every residence and government building. According to Kremlin-backed media, Russian Foreign Ministry...

Some of those who follow these things closely will know that our own Matt Bracken co-hosts a popular podcast on a Sunday (3 pm).However due to family or work commitments it seems he's not been able to do it last few weeks.... I believe Matt should be on the MSM never mind confined to some obscure YouTube channel because he’s that good. I would really appreciate his analysis of the Ukraine situation (although Neocon Freepers may not). So the question is will Matt make a return this week?

New research may help shed light on a rare but serious blood-clotting problem associated with the COVID-19 vaccines from AstraZeneca (AZN.L) and Johnson & Johnson (JNJ.N). Five unrelated people with this clotting complication, known as vaccine-induced thrombotic thrombocytopenia, all had unusually-structured antibodies against a protein called PF4 that is involved in blood clotting, the researchers found. Furthermore, all five had a specific version of a gene responsible for producing these antibodies, they reported on Monday on medRxiv ahead of peer review. "The combination of a variant in a gene and the evolution of this antibody towards targeting in a highly...

A video shared to President Joe Biden's Twitter conflicts with Press Secretary Jen Psaki's claim that COVID-exposed Vice President Kamala Harris wore a mask indoors before Judge Ketanji Jackson's Supreme Court confirmation celebration. At one point, the 52-second-long video shows Harris, First Lady Jill Biden, Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff, Jackson, and members of Jackson's family gathered around Biden in the oval office without face masks before the ceremony moved outside into the Rose Garden. The video also shows Harris and Jackson beaming and walking alongside one another, within six feet, along with Harris', Biden's and Jackson's words onstage.

“He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich. He that gathereth in summer is a wise son: but he that sleepeth in harvest is a son that causeth shame” (Proverbs 10:4-5 KJV).

Dr. Oz did a whole episode promoting transgender children - including surgery He tried to cover it up, but it was archived

Posted on April 9, 2022 by Msgr. Charles PopeSee What the End Shall Be – A Homily for Palm SundayThe Passion, which we read in the liturgy for Palm Sunday, is too long to comment on in detail, so we will only examine a portion of it here.It may be of some value to examine the problems associated with the more moderate range of personalities involved. The usual villains (the Temple leaders, Judas, and the recruited crowd shouting, “Crucify him!”) are unambiguously wicked and display their sinfulness openly. But there are others involved whose struggles and neglectfulness are more subtle,...

April 10th 2022 6th Sunday of Lent Rimsko-Katolicheskiy Khram Svyatogo Georgiya Pobedonostsa; Roman Catholic church, Omsk, Russia Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Red This gospel is read at the procession with palms before Mass:GospelLuke 19:28-40 ©Blessings on him who comes in the name of the Lord.Jesus went on ahead, going up to Jerusalem.When he drew near to Bethphage and Bethany,at the mount that is called Olivet,he sent two disciples,saying, ‘Go into the village opposite,where on entering you will find a colt tied,on which no one has ever yet sat;untie it and bring it here.If any one asks you,“Why are you untying...

The average person will take more than 600 million breaths over the course of their life. Every breath stretches the lungs' tissues with each inhale and relaxes them with each exhale. The mere motions of breathing are known to influence vital functions of the lungs, the production of air-exchange-enhancing fluid on their inner surfaces, and maintenance of healthy tissue structure. Now, new research has revealed that this constant pattern of stretching and relaxing does even more—it generates immune responses against invading viruses. The research team discovered that applying mechanical forces that mimic breathing motions suppresses influenza virus replication by activating...

Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Dwayne Haskins died early Saturday morning after he was struck by a dump truck while he was walking on a South Florida highway. Haskins was 24 years old. Florida Highway Patrol spokesperson Lt. Indiana Miranda said Haskins was pronounced dead at the scene. "He was attempting to cross the westbound lanes of Interstate 595 when there was oncoming traffic," Miranda said in an emailed statement. She didn't say why Haskins was on the highway near Fort Lauderdale at the time. The accident caused the highway to be shut down for several hours, and Miranda said it's "an...