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“‘Then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your brother’s eye’” (Matthew 7:5). Here is Jesus’ corrective to erroneous judgment: first of all we confess our own sin, which is often the sin of self-righteousness and of a condemning spirit toward others, and ask for God’s cleansing. When our sin is cleansed, when the log is removed from our eye, then we can see our brother’s sin clearly and be able to help him. We will also see everything more clearly—God, others, and ourselves. We will see God as the only Judge, others as needy sinners who...

Day 823 Of The Dictatorship Of COVID-19, Day 823 Of America And The World Held Hostage To COVID Shots, Runaway Inflation And... "It's the economy stupid" Legendary Democrat Political Consultant James Carville... If Met Mitt Romney Or Glenn Beck Or Ammon Bundy I Would Have To... The World's Economy Is Being Imploded In The Name Of "Climate Change" And Russia And China Are Being Blamed For The Implosion... "Red Flag laws violate the 5th Amendment to the Constitution:...

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) -- At least 18 people have died as massive floods ravaged northeastern India and Bangladesh, leaving millions of homes underwater and severing transport links, authorities said Saturday. In India's Assam state, at least nine people were killed in the floods and 2 million saw their homes submerged, according to the state disaster management agency. Lightning in parts of neighboring Bangladesh meanwhile killed nine people on Friday. Both countries have asked their militaries for help as more flooding looms with rains expected to continue over the weekend. The Brahmaputra, one of Asia's largest rivers, breached its mud embankments,...

Republican Mayra Flores’s special election victory Tuesday is the latest of the mounting evidence that Hispanic voters are inching away from the Democrat Party. Flores defeated Democrat Dan Sanchez by eight points in the heavily Hispanic 34th District, becoming the first Mexican-born woman in Congress and the first Republican to represent the Rio Grande Valley in roughly 150 years. Now she, along with two other Republicans, Cassy Garcia and Monica De La Cruz, have found themselves at the forefront of an undeniable national trend as they work to redden the three districts covering Texas’s southern-most point. “The red wave is...

Four months of brutal fighting in Ukraine appear to be straining the morale of troops on both sides, prompting desertions and rebellion against officers’ orders, British defense officials said Sunday. NATO’s chief warned the war could drag on for “years.” “Combat units from both sides are committed to intense combat in the Donbas and are likely experiencing variable morale,” Britain’s defense ministry said in its daily assessment of the war, which has been raging for almost four months. “Ukrainian forces have likely suffered desertions in recent weeks,” the assessment said, but added that “Russian morale highly likely remains especially troubled.”

ATLANTA (Reuters) - With street parties, the trumpets and drums of marching bands, speeches and a few political rallies, people across the United States marked Juneteenth this weekend, a jubilee commemorating the end of the legal enslavement of Black Americans. Events started on Friday and continued through Sunday featuring concerts at San Francisco's Golden Gate Park, freedom walks in Galveston, Texas, and jazz music in New York City's Harlem neighborhood. "This is America's holiday, not just African Americans' holiday," said Gerald Griggs, the Georgia state president of the NAACP civil rights organization. "It's the true Independence Day, the day when...

IPray For The Peace of JerusalemGenesis 22Nahor’s Sons 20 Some time later Abraham was told, “Milkah is also a mother; she has borne sons to your brother Nahor: 21 Uz the firstborn, Buz his brother, Kemuel (the father of Aram), 22 Kesed, Hazo, Pildash, Jidlaph and Bethuel.” 23 Bethuel became the father of Rebekah. Milkah bore these eight sons to Abraham’s brother Nahor. 24 His concubine, whose name was Reumah, also had sons: Tebah, Gaham, Tahash and Maakah._______________________________________________________God Bless America.ML/LTOS

Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) sees U.S. foreign aid for Ukraine as a fiscal issue tied to inflation. During an interview with Mobile, AL radio FM Talk 106.5, the junior Kentucky Republican U.S. Senator likened the expenditures for Ukraine to any other government expenditures, which he said all contribute to government debt. However, noting his sympathies for Ukraine in their plight against Russia, he said U.S. spending on the problem did not make sense. “Inflation is caused by spending money that you don’t have that the Federal Reserve buys the debt,” he said. “So whether it is for Ukraine, whether it...

INDIANAPOLIS – Former Mike Pence aide Diego Morales has won the Republican nomination for secretary of state in Indiana — an office documents show he once was fired from — defeating incumbent Holli Sullivan. Sullivan's loss is a major blow to the so-called establishment wing of the party, and yet another sign that Gov. Eric Holcomb's influence is dwindling in his second term. Holcomb had appointed Sullivan in March 2021 after then-Secretary of State Connie Lawson announced her retirement.

Their report notes that the Russian occupiers have made limited progress only on the outskirts of Severodonetsk and in the Metiolkino area. Read also: Apart from Severodonetsk, Russian army trying to advance in Kharkiv Oblast, says UK intelligence On other axes, the Russian army has suffered heavy losses in both men and material, which makes further advances on other critical fronts impossible for the moment. The ISW noted that the invaders will be able to completely capture Severodonetsk only if they concentrate most of their forces there, meaning they would need to draw back their units to other areas...

As France grapples with a particularly intense heatwave this weekend, with temperatures reaching 40 degrees Celsius in many parts of the country, meteorologists say the increasingly early arrival of heatwaves is directly linked to global warming due to human activities. Although heatwaves now happen regularly, this one came as a surprise – a clear indication that the consequences of global warming are being felt earlier and earlier. Forecasters and meteorologists describe France’s current heatwave as “remarkably early”. Heatwaves in France usually take place in July or August. A heatwave in June is unprecedented and worrying, with meteorologists pointing the finger...

A US task force aims to prevent online harassment and abuse, with a specific focus on protecting women, girls and LGBTQI+ individuals. In the next 180 days, the White House Task Force to Address Online Harassment and Abuse will, among other things, draft a blueprint on a "whole-of-government approach" to stopping "technology-facilitated, gender-based violence." A year after submitting the blueprint, the group will provide additional recommendations that federal and state agencies, service providers, technology companies, schools and other organisations should take to prevent online harassment, which VP Kamala Harris noted often spills over into physical violence, including self-harm and suicide...

The Talk Shows June 19th, 2022 Guests to be interviewed today on major television talk shows:FOX NEWS SUNDAY (Fox Network): Guest host Shannon Bream: Biden NEC (National Economic Council) Brian Deese (Nutz); H1B shill Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah). Panel: Meghan McCain’s husband Ben Domenech, Catherine Lucey, White House reporter for The Wall Street Journal, Howard Kurtz and Harold Ford Jr. MEET THE PRESS (NBC): Hosted by Chuck U. Toad: Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.); former Clinton Administration Secretary of the Treasury Larry Summers. Panel: Peter Alexander, Brendan Buck, María Teresa Kumar and Betsy Woodruff Swan—just another easily forgotten group of angry...

It seems obvious to me that the current occupant of the White House and his backers would rather see the American SUV with all 330,000,000 of us aboard drive off a cliff rather than allow us to use the abundant fossil fuel within our borders. While I admire their dedication to their cause, I would like them to stop long enough for all of us Green “unbelievers” to get off before they complete their journey. I wish the current Democrat party leaders had the insight once possessed by Jefferson Davis, the Democrat party leader in the first half of the...

Commenting on pressure exerted on the Supreme Court to abandon overturning Roe V. Wade, the VP said abortion was not a matter of faith. Video

Some relevant lessons on how the Nazis got total control in Austria -- for today. Before the COVID invasion, a story appeared in a magazine called “Military,” no longer published, about an Austrian woman who grew up under Hitler’s Nazi regime. I saved it and, in reexamining it, found that its relevance for us is greater than before. What the woman had to say presents parallels to current times that are, to say the least, astonishing. I shall call the woman Betty. Hitler did not take Austria with tanks and guns, said Betty, he was elected by the Austrian people....

Russia’s President Putin has used his speech at the St Petersburg International Economic Forum to claim sanctions are more harmful to the countries who impose them. He said the European Union could lose more than $400 billion (£326bn) because of sanctions on Russia. Putin also claimed that the EU has lost its "political sovereignty" in its response to the war in Ukraine.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Louisville Metro police are investigating after Mayor Greg Fischer was assaulted at Fourth Street Live on Saturday night. According to mayor's office spokesperson Jessica Wethington, Fischer was at Fourth Street Live earlier this evening when he was approached by an individual who then proceeded to punch him. The mayor is doing fine, said Wethington. Louisville Metro Police Department is investigating the incident and has released photos of the suspect that they believe is responsible for the assault. LMPD said that they will release further information as it becomes available. They have also asked anyone with information on...

Swedish officials are warning Ukrainian women living in refugee centers not to dress in a way that might provoke men from "other cultures" — code for Muslim migrants, who, in Sweden, are mostly of the Somali variety — who reside in the same refugee center. And how do these hapless Ukrainian refugees dress, to prompt such a warning? According to Gitana Bengtsson, who has been helping them, "they usually dressed like us, you and me. There is nothing strange about it. They did not look like prostitutes. If those women lived in the city, no one would tell them how...

Actor Dean Norris criticized people who are complaining about soaring gas prices across the United States. The "Breaking Bad" star said current gas prices are "fair market" and urged anyone who "love[s] Capitalism" to "stfu," an acronym for shut the f--- up. "You're not getting 'robbed' at the pump," Norris wrote in a tweet on Wednesday. "You’re paying fair market price for a commodity. If you love Capitalism so much then stfu."