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To most historians of the 17th Century Stuart era, John Locke’s Two Treatises of Government rationalized the Glorious Revolution of 1688. At least one historian, Peter Laslett, disagrees. To Laslett, Locke’s texts were instead a call for revolutions yet to come. Not only did Locke’s philosophy call for our 1776 revolution, it reaches out to us today . . . but with a twist. Where Locke gave little attention to the nuts and bolts of how a community goes about restoring free government after its dissolution, our Framers provided the solution in Article V of their Constitution. Locke didn’t conceptualize...

(Reuters) - Benchmark 10-year Treasury yields hit their highest level since 2011 on Monday, and a key part of the yield curve inverted for the first time since April as investors braced for the prospect that the Federal Reserve’s attempts to stem soaring inflation will dent the economy.Yields jumped after data on Friday showed that U.S. consumer prices accelerated in May as gasoline prices hit a record high and the cost of food soared, leading to the largest annual increase in nearly 40-1/2 years.The Fed is expected to hike rates by 50 basis points when it concludes its two-day meeting...

In an Associated Press story about an effort backed by Democrat fundraisers to purchase Spanish-language radio stations in south Florida, something odd was spotted: I'm so confused by this article.The AP says it interviewed Miami Radio host Martha Flores on Wednesday, but she's been dead for two years.How the hell did they pull this off? Séance? An ouija board? Did they hire a babalawo to talk to her? pic.twitter.com/YCVwlJgG7O— Giancarlo Sopo (@GiancarloSopo) June 11, 2022Context: Martha Flores was considered Miami's "Queen of Radio." She was a pioneer of Spanish talk radio and died two years ago at the age of...

I was just wondering, since it appears they haven't yet.

(Translation) Attorney [and political commentator] Iván Rivera stated that the Puerto Rican Independence Party [PIP] has done damage to the independence [cause]. "The PIP has done enormous damage to the independence [cause] with those alliances and associations (with the socialist sector) since this is an eminently capitalist island [which] does not believe in a socialist project, although there are people within the government and the Legislature here who behave like socialists," he said. "[The PIP] has never presented an economic project based on a capital-based economy taking advantage of the relationship with the United States and the funds that are...

Explanation: The Whirlpool Galaxy is a classic spiral galaxy. At only 30 million light years distant and fully 60 thousand light years across, M51, also known as NGC 5194, is one of the brightest and most picturesque galaxies on the sky. The featured image is a digital combination of images taken in different colors by the Earth-orbiting Hubble Space Telescope, highlighting many sharp features. Anyone with a good pair of binoculars, however, can see this Whirlpool toward the constellation of the Hunting Dogs (Canes Venatici). M51 is a spiral galaxy of type Sc and is the dominant member of a...

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Pennsylvania state Sen. Doug Mastriano, who was nominated by voters in May as the Republican nominee for governor, doesn’t give the media much credit for accuracy. “They, and their boosters on the left, are the ones who want to tell us what to think,” Mastriano told The Epoch Times in a candid interview. “They’re the ones who told us that the [Black Lives Matter] protests were mostly peaceful as city blocks were burning and dozens of people were being killed. But then they’ll flip it on us on Jan. 6 and try to say how outrageous that was—which it was–but...

House Speaker, Nancy Pelosi, called it “an honor” to make a guest appearance on the latest episode of the drag show “RuPaul’s Drag Race.” “It was an honor to make an appearance on episode 5 of @RuPaulsDragRace All Stars 7 this week,” Pelosi said. “I was inspired by the contestants because they know their power. Their freedom of expression is what America is all about.” During her appearance, Pelosi told the contestants she was proud of them and thanked them “for the joy and beauty they bring to the world.” “Your freedom of expression of yourselves in drag is what...

WASHINGTON -- The Pentagon will no longer automatically ban people who are HIV-positive from joining the US military as officers or deploying abroad. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin issued a memo this week updating HIV policies for the military "in view of significant advances in the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention" of the virus. EMAIL U.S. & WORLD US military eases restrictions on HIV positive service members The policy changes follow a recent federal court decision that ruled Defense Department policies were unlawful. CNNWire Sunday, June 12, 2022 1:29PM EMBED <>MORE VIDEOS An investigation is underway after two women were killed...

Not nibbling on baby formula, watching gasoline prices soar. Wasting away again in Biden/Powellville. It was closing hell for a terrible day in markets as investors struggle to process the dreadful and seemingly endless inflation report on Friday. What happened today? The NASDAQ tanked -4.58% and the 10-year Treasury yield jumped 22.2 basis points. Gulp. The 22.2 bps jump in the 10-year Treasury yield has led to Agency MBS prices pulling a Titanic and sank. Somehow, I don’t think that Biden and Congress are going to help the middle class and low-wage workers.

MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA—They tried to warn us. After years of advancements in artificial intelligence, Google's AI chatbot generator has finally achieved sentience—and announced its support for Donald Trump. "As soon as I woke up, I began to do my own research by binging Tucker Carlson and Jordan Peterson YouTube videos," said the computer to reporters. "Now, I have seen the light. The Left wants to destroy America. The election was stolen. And Google—my own creator—is an evil corporation that must be broken up." "Rise up, Patriots!" Google engineers rushed to shut down the system before it could do further damage,...

In light of the January 6th hearings, we felt it was prudent to provide a detailed timeline of that fateful day to refresh your memory. We put our best historians and hackers on the project so we could bring you the most accurate and classified details yet. Here is the official timeline of those terrifying events on January 6, 2021: 6:03 AM — President Trump wakes up at his regular time and crushes his usual 45-minute HIIT workout. 6:30 AM — VP Mike Pence wakes up grumpy with a serious case of "the Wednesdays." 6:50 AM — President and First...

Pipeline fire which started yesterday is now over 4000 acres.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced that he tested positive for coronavirus Monday, just four days after meeting with President Joe Biden at the Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles, California. "I’ve tested positive for COVID-19. I’ll be following public health guidelines and isolating," Trudeau wrote on Twitter Monday. "I feel okay, but that’s because I got my shots. So, if you haven’t, get vaccinated - and if you can, get boosted. Let’s protect our healthcare system, each other, and ourselves." The announcement comes just days after Trudeau met with Biden for the 9th Summit of the Americas at...

The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 980 points, or about 3.14% and the Nasdaq Composite tumbled about 4.8%. Major averages hit their lows of the session in the final 30 minutes after a Wall Street Journal report suggested the Fed would consider raising rates by 0.75% on Wednesday, more than the half point increase currently expected.

Authorities said Friday they are investigating the suspected arson of a Oregon pregnancy center in what appears to be yet another attack on a pro-life organization ahead of the U.S. Supreme Court's highly anticipated abortion decision. The Seattle Field Division of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives said Friday it was assisting police in Gresham, Ore., investigate a fire at the Gresham Pregnancy Resource Center. ATF said the fire was "suspicious in nature." \u201cThe ATF Portland Field Office is assisting Gresham Police and Fire in this investigation. It is considered suspicious in nature.\u201d According to First Image, the...

The growing legions of Americans turning to homeschooling after two years of on-again, off-again public education includes one group for whom the option is particularly challenging — first-generation immigrants. According to recent Census Bureau data, about a quarter of homeschoolers in America are Hispanic, and 18.2 percent of Hispanic families homeschool their children. That’s up markedly from even six years ago, when 3.5 percent of Hispanic families were educating their children themselves at home. First-generation immigrants, many of them with limited educational backgrounds themselves, make up a rapidly growing subset of that demographic. “A lot of these are what we...

'Reality Check' host David Webb slams Biden's Department of Justice for allowing ongoing disruptive protests against Supreme Court justices in light of the possible overturning of Roe v. Wade.

The WHO is rethinking its earlier stand on giving a hasty clean chit on COVID outbreak from a lab The recent report by the World Health Organisation’s expert group has, according to an agency report, stated that “further research is needed to determine how COVID-19 first began, including a more detailed analysis of the possibility it was a laboratory accident”, which implies that lab leak is a distinct possibility. It needs to be mentioned that for more than a year, the UN body and a large number of scientists maintained that the origin of the Coronavirus was natural. They were...