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Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi is barred from receiving the Eucharist in the Archdiocese of San Francisco because of her efforts to codify federal protection for abortions, according to a May 20 statement from Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone. “I must make a public declaration that [Pelosi] is not to be admitted to Holy Communion unless and until she publicly repudiate her support for abortion ‘rights’ and confess and receive absolution for her cooperation in this evil in the sacrament of Penance. I have accordingly sent her a Notification to this effect, which I have now made public,” Cordileone wrote in...

Hamas-Affiliated Gazan Journalist In Article On Occasion Of Nakba Day: Palestine Was Lost Because Palestinians Heeded Advice Of Arab Regimes To Leave Their Homes On Nakba Day this year (May 15, 2022), Ibrahim Al-Madhoun, a Gazan journalist affiliated with Hamas, published an article on the Hamas website palinfo.. discussing the reasons for the Nakba and for the situation of the Palestinians today. Titled "The Nakba from a Different Perspective," the article claims that the Palestinians left their homes and villages in 1948 in compliance with the advice of the Arab armies, who promised to fight on their behalf but failed...

Bush accidentally called the invasion of Iraq "unjustified and brutal" in a speech about Ukraine. He also helped make the war in Ukraine inevitable and undermined efforts to avoid it.Pedro L. GonzalezMay 19The Bush Center / YouTubeFormer President George W. Bush suffered a Freudian slip while delivering a speech from Dallas condemning Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine. The Russian president, said Bush, launched “a wholly unjustified and brutal invasion of Iraq. I mean of Ukraine.” The audience fell silent as he realized the mistake. “Iraq too, anyway,” Bush muttered under his breath as awkward chuckles rippled through the room.Rarely does...

[Catholic Caucus] Cardinal Grech: Civil War Among Bishops "Is Synodality"The Synod on Synodality is an „unprecedented event,” homosexualist Cardinal Mario Grech, the Synod's general-secretary, told Christopher Lamb (podcast, May 19).Previous synods were prepared by the Vatican but the ongoing will be formed by the submissions of the bishops’ conferences, Grech claims. He insists that “it is not true that nothing will change. I can tell you there is already a change.”.Regarding the usual underwear topics and female ordination, Grech replied that “nothing should be left under the carpet“ - as if sex hasn't been rotting on the ecclesiastical carpet for...

It’s official. The final piece of Rush Limbaugh on syndicated radio will be retired soon. Clay Travis and Buck Sexton told their audience Thursday that the rights to Rush’s iconic bumper music “My City was Gone” are set to expire. Limbaugh popularized the song performed by The Pretenders using it as a bumper song which then became synonymous with his overall brand. “For decades, Rush’s theme song has reminded everyone about their truth and clarity are on the way,” Travis said. “It’s an iconic song forever that’s going to be attached to Rush Limbaugh and everything that he represented.” With...

MOSCOW: Soviet rock legend and outspoken Kremlin critic Yuri Shevchuk has been charged with “discrediting” the Russian army after condemning Moscow’s military campaign in Ukraine during a concert. Shevchuk faces a maximum fine of 50,000 rubles (770 euros, $800) if found guilty. A case has been launched against him for “publicly discrediting the use of Russia’s armed forces,” a court in the city of Ufa in central Russia told the RIA Novosti news agency. RIA Novosti said the case would be transferred to Shevchuk’s hometown Saint Petersburg. On May 18, the 65-year-old performer told his audience in Ufa that it...

Editor's Note: The statement by His Excellency, Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò provides a through analysis of the internationalist-socialist involvement in and manipulation of the revolutionary government in Ukraine. For over eight years, internationalist-socialist bodies (United Nations, European Union, World Bank, International Monetary Fund, NATO, World Economic Forum, etc.) and actors (United States, United Kingdom, France, Germany, China, George Soros, etc.) have eroded the sovereignty of Ukraine, sparking socialist revolution, overthrowing an elected government in 2014, waging civil war, and laundering international loans to fund various entities of the revolutionary underground and the "deep state." His Excellency's remarks are closely aligned...

“We need to have a real conversation about what we describe as Christianity,” said Kendra Cotton, a member of the Black Southern Women’s Collective, a network of Black women organizers, many of them from faith-based groups. The white evangelical worldview that abortion is murder has consumed the conversation, flattening the understanding of how religion and views on abortion truly intersect, she said.

TSLA down 8.5% today. Down 47.9% from its ATH of 1243.49 in November.

Roza Ganser now lives in Australia because she married an Australian man who came to her rescue when she was being stalked by a middle eastern man in a middle eastern country. She is very critical of Australia's lack of freedom.of speech and the poor treatment of men in modern societies. Scott Morrison is a supposedly conservative Prime Minister whose government has done a very poor job most of the time in addressing the concerns of men especially libertarian men. God bless Roza.

Storm over banker's anti-climate change tirade: HSBC faces calls to sack financier over speech saying 'who cares if Miami is underwater' and 'nutjobs are always warning about end of world' A top HSBC banker went on a tirade about how climate change affects finance Stuart Kirk's commented that 'nutjobs are always warning about end of world' The head of responsible investing added 'who cares if Miami is underwater' Banking chief Nicolas Moreau said Kirk's opinions 'do not reflect views of HSBC' A major bank is facing calls to sack one of its top financiers over a climate change tirade he...

The 22-year-old suspect who recorded himself repeatedly striking a 75-year-old vet in the head will not face criminal charges in connection with the attack. What are the details? Authorities say Jadon Hayden pummeled Norman Bledsoe while the two shared a room at the Westwood Nursing Center in Detroit, Michigan, in 2020. Hayden also reportedly recorded the attack. According to a report from WXYZ-TV, Hayden — who is said to have diagnoses of both autism and schizophrenia — pummeled Bledsoe, beating him until he bled from his head. In the graphic video, Hayden said, "See this b**** a** n**** here? Get...

Google on Wednesday confirmed that Google Russia is filing for bankruptcy, following the Russian government's seizure of its assets. However, Google will continue to make free services like Search, YouTube, Gmail, Maps, Android, and Play available to users in Russia, the company told ZDNet. As the Russian office closes, Google is also moving its Russia-based employees elsewhere, the Wall Street Journal first reported. "The Russian authorities' seizure of Google Russia's bank account has made it untenable for our Russia office to function, including employing and paying Russia-based employees, paying suppliers and vendors, and meeting other financial obligations," a Google spokesperson...

The White House is ready to turn mental health awareness into action with its participation in the second-annual Mental Health Action Day, in partnership with MTV. First lady Dr. Jill Biden and U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy led a conversation at the White House on Wednesday for the first-ever Mental Health Youth Action Forum, where they were joined by Selena Gomez and 30 mental health activists and content creators. By both sharing individual experiences with mental health and mental illness, and introducing actionable ways to be proactive about mental well-being, the group highlighted the Biden-Harris administration's priority in tackling...

Or you can buy the only grocery item that’s apparently inflation-proof: 99-cent AriZona iced tea. Context The annual Inflation rate currently stands at a 40-year-high of 8.5%, the highest level of inflation since December 1981. As prices surge, two categories have particularly hit Americans’ wallets. One is fuel, which reached an all-time record national average of $4.33 per gallon in mid-March, and fuel still remains at a near-high $4.12 per gallon as of this writing. Another is food, which as of February had experienced 7.9% year-over-year inflation. What the bill does The Food and Fuel Family Savings Act would give...

The University of Central Florida must reinstate a longtime tenured professor who was fired after comments he made on Twitter were roundly condemned as racist following the murder of George Floyd, an arbitrator has ruled. The university had said in June 2020 that it was investigating Negy’s comments on Twitter “If Afr. Americans as a group, had the same behavioral profile as Asian Americans (on average, performing the best academically, having the highest income, committing the lowest crime, etc.), would we still be proclaiming ‘systematic racism’ exists?” he wrote. In another comment on Twitter, he wrote, “Black privilege is real:...

Hillary Clinton during the 2016 presidential campaign "agreed" to leak alleged secret communications between Donald Trump and Russia's Alfa Bank to the media, Clinton's former campaign manager, Robby Mook, testified Friday in the U.S. government's case against former Clinton lawyer Michael Sussmann. Sussmann is accused of lying to the FBI in 2016 when he tried to drum up an investigation damaging to Trump. Mook during the hearing said he was told by campaign general counsel Marc Elias that the Alfa data had come from "people that had expertise in this sort of matter" and that while the campaign was not...

Harley-Davidson is suspending manufacturing for two weeks and has shut down operations in Wisconsin and York, Pennsylvania due to supply chain issues. The shutdown affects the Harley plant in Menomonee Falls. According to a company press release, the decision was made "out of an abundance of caution, is based on information provided by a third-party supplier to Harley-Davidson late on Tuesday concerning a regulatory compliance matter relating to the supplier’s component part.” The news sank Harley's stock price nearly 9% shortly before Thursday’s market open. Shares closed at $32.43, down 9.3%. In York, Harley announced the company would also suspend...

Belgium’s three confirmed cases of monkeypox have been linked to a large-scale fetish festival in the port city of Antwerp, organisers said Friday. Several European countries have reported cases in recent days, and the World Health Organisation is investigating whether some outbreaks spread within the gay community.

It's very hard to stop inflation without a recession," says Larry Harris, former chief economist of the SEC. While the impact may be felt broadly, every household will experience it to varying degrees. Still, there is advice that is universal. By nearly every measure, the U.S. economy made a stunning recovery after the coronavirus pandemic spurred mass shutdowns and layoffs nationwide. The labor market has added back millions of jobs and wages have gone up substantially, even among lower-paying positions. But soaring inflation and rapidly rising interest rates have most Americans worried that the good times will be short lived....