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Unless you are brainwashed, you regard the statements "men give birth" and "defund the police" as absurd. Why, then, do leftists (as opposed to liberals and conservatives) say these things and even believe them? I think there are two -- related -- explanations. One is that the Left seeks to tear down every normative institution. If men give birth, "man" and "woman" no longer mean anything. "Men give birth" means the end of the male-female distinction, the most basic distinction in the human race. Racial distinctions pale in comparison. So do national distinctions. Marxists support the obliteration of the male-female...

On Friday, the journal Andrology published a peer-reviewed paper showing large decreases in sperm counts among men after the second dose of Pfizer’s mRNA Covid jab.Based on counts from men who donated sperm to three fertility clinics in Israel, this finding is devastating - medically and politically.It cuts to the heart of the hottest button question of all about the mRNA shots, whether they have hidden fertility risks. That issue has simmered since early 2021, following my reporting that data showed the shots had caused excess miscarriages in rats - and other reports showing that measurable amounts of vaccine reached...

As if cracking open a cosmic Russian nesting doll, astronomers have peered into the center of the Milky Way and discovered what appears to be a miniature spiral galaxy, swirling daintily around a single large star. The star – located about 26,000 light-years from Earth near the dense and dusty galactic center – is about 32 times as massive as the sun and sits within an enormous disk of swirling gas, known as a "protostellar disk". (The disk itself measures about 4,000 astronomical units wide – or 4,000 times the distance between Earth and the Sun). Such disks are widespread...

Colombia, which is America's strongest ally, has always had the most level-headed voters in the region. They've had two conservative parties, sometimes at once, and voters there have always rejected the crazy left, which in their case, is a Castro-grade revolutionary crazy grade of left, with Bill Ayers-types on steroids. They did, after all, fight a 60-year war against Marxist narcoterrorists, with only a few university wokesters defending them. So it was shocking news that on Sunday, Colombians went and elected just about the worst leftist of this stripe, a former M-19 narcoguerrilla named Gustavo Petro, president, turning one of...

Thousands of Ecuadoreans took to the streets Tuesday for a ninth day of Indigenous-led fuel price protests, as the military vowed to defend the country's democracy against what it called a "grave threat". Called by the powerful Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador (Conaie) the demonstrators have seen roads barricaded countrywide, cost the economy tens of millions of dollars and left dozens injured. "Ecuador's democracy faces a grave threat from the concerted actions of ....people who are preventing the free movement of the majority of Ecuadorans," Defense Minister Luis Lara told a press conference, flanked by the heads of the...

Twitter’s Board of Directors told the platform's shareholders to accept the world’s richest man’s $44 billion takeover deal, according to a new government filing. The filing specifically told shareholders that it “unanimously recommends that you vote” for “the adoption of the merger agreement” with Tesla CEO Elon Musk. Musk reportedly “listed the approval of the deal by shareholders as one of several ‘unresolved matters’ related to the Twitter deal” during an interview at the Qatar Economic Forum. The document also stated that the board "unanimously" agreed that "the merger agreement is advisable and the merger and the other transactions contemplated...

American Thinker published a great run-down re Letitia James' Catch-22 for Trump, describing the entrapment that she has laid for him. (link: https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2022/06/new_yorks_attorney_general_has_president_trump_in_a_catch22.html) ......However, IMO, what the American Thinker article has done is to lay out the manner/method that Trump can use during his right to deposition to summon all of the major real estate players in New York to describe the way that their companies valuate their financial disclosures to suit different circumstances using the "the standards of accounting set forth by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA)"........In other words, Letitia James has unknowingly created a "real...

Iraq has entered the market for liquefied natural gas, with its first shipment ever taking place this week. In a statement, the Iraqi Oil Ministry said that the first shipment was an achievement and quoted the managing director of Basra Gas Company, Malcolm Mayes, as saying it was a "historic moment". The international LNG market has heated up in the past few months as Europe, a major importer of gas, seeks to reduce and eventually eliminate its reliance on Russian pipeline gas. LNG has emerged as the most convenient replacement, and the United States as the biggest supplier so far....

Tom Rice, John Katko, Fred Upton, Adam Kinzinger and Anthony Gonzalez. Five Republican members of Congress who voted to impeach President Donald Trump.Rice lost in a recent Republican primary and the rest are not running for re-election.Political decisions have consequences. The careers of Rice, Katko, Upton, Kingzinger and Gonzalez are examples of that. blockquote class="twitter-tweet"> 5 of the Republicans, who voted to impeach President Trump, won’t return to Congress:❌Tom Rice ❌John Katko ❌Fred Upton ❌Adam Kinzinger ❌Anthony Gonzalez— #ThePersistence (@ScottPresler) June 17, 2022 Kinzinger of Illinois has been perhaps the most defiant. Confronted by members of his own family critical...

According to a World Health Organization report, 99% of cases of the monkeypox are detected in men. A total of 42 countries, both endemic and non-endemic, have reported 2,103 laboratory-confirmed cases of monkeypox, since the beginning of the year, according to the WHO. The WHO, which is a “global health body” has decided to drop the distinction between “endemic” and “non-endemic” countries now that the monkeypox is becoming more widespread. “We are removing the distinction between endemic and non-endemic countries, reporting on countries together where possible, to reflect the unified response that is needed,” the WHO said in a statement....

The Second Amendment is killing us so the gun industry can rake in massive profits — we can’t keep interpreting it as an absolute right for every single citizen to own a gun. In the week following the May 24 massacre in Uvalde, Texas, the Sioux City Bandits, a professional indoor football team from western Iowa, had planned a giveaway of an AR-15 semiautomatic rifle as a “Military Night” promotion, as they had done a year earlier. After widespread criticism, the Sioux City Journal reported that the team’s Missouri-based owner, J.R. Bond, said canceling or postponing the giveaway “didn’t even...

The precise language of Sen. John Cornyn’s (R-TX) gun control package with Senate Democrats is expected to be revealed today. Punchbowl News AM reported, “The bipartisan group of senators working on a gun-control bill – led by Sens. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and John Cornyn (R-Texas) – is expected to file the legislative text today. They were expected to file it Monday, however, so we’ll wait and see what happens.” Punchbowl notes that Senate leaders are eager to get the gun control language and pass it this week before the Senate enters its Fourth of July recess. On June 12, 2022,...

Rep. Andy Biggs (R-AZ) spoke with Breitbart News about the current push for gun control in the House and warned us to be ready to see gun controllers “go after ammunition and ammunition manufacturers.” Biggs noted a number of gun controls have been passed by the Democrat-controlled House, and even though those controls have not passed the Senate he believes the House will pass even more. He explained, “I expect some additional gun control legislation to come out of the House. I expect there will be an attempt to do an ‘assault weapons’ ban, I think they’re going to continue...

U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland jetted into Ukraine on Tuesday in a surprise visit for talks with prosecutors on Russian war crimes.The top U.S. law enforcement official made the unannounced trip to the war-ravaged country to discuss efforts hold Russia accountable for the unprovoked invasion of its neighbor.

The bad news is that the Biden administration’s notorious Disinformation Governance Board, a flagrantly unconstitutional effort to restrict the freedom of speech that was “paused” in May after an avalanche of criticism, is back (although its Orwellian name is still on ice). The good news is that heading up Biden’s handlers’ new foray into authoritarianism is none other than Vice President Kamala Harris. This is good news because Harris has handled the previous jobs she has been given with spectacular ineptitude. If she stays true to form this time, she may end up actually strengthening speech protections, rather than destroying...

Beacon of democracy’ cracks down on dissent.. Ukrainian authorities have banned the country’s main opposition party and seized all its assets, once again undermining the narrative that President Zelensky is presiding over a beacon of democracy. The country’s Ministry of Justice announced the move via Facebook, revealing that the Opposition Platform — For Life had been shut down and its assets, money and property transferred to the state. The party had previously had its operations suspended in March after it was accused of being complicit with Russia and being “anti-Ukrainian.” The ban means that Zelensky’s main political opposition has been...

President Trump released some more Truth messages this morning in response to the far-left and corrupt Democrats’ efforts to associate President Trump with sedition.President Trump shared some more Truths about the corrupt Jan 6 kangaroo court and the ‘crazed’ Democrats in general. The same people that used the corrupt Russia collusion nightmare that we now know was created by Hillary Clinton and the Democrats are after him still. These people are sick from TDS.President Trump praised Texas as the state with the courage to disavow the national vote for Joe Biden as President based on much research and examination of...

Companies said they were recalling 'Freedom Series' items labeled 'Made in USA' and feature guns and eagles Harris Teeter and Kroger are facing backlash for a decision to remove patriotic products after people complained. A customer took to Twitter Monday to complain about Harris Teeter selling some pro-America items — that read "Give me liberty or give me death" and "America, love it or leave it" — saying they were insensitive as mass shooting incidents happen around the country. "Why are you allowing this type of item to be sold at your grocery store in Huntersville NC? Clearly in light...

Biden, humming the theme from Top Gun, just fell off of his big boy bike while riding with his peeps in Rehoboth Beach. According to the lame-stream media, Trump jumped out of the bushes and yelled, "Miss me yet?" Startled, Joe toppled over faster than a fat kid on a wet slip-n-slide. Joe violently kissed the pavement and scuffed his leather aviator jacket with the huge China patch sewn on the back. Angry Joe lashed out and blamed gravity, the wind, and those dastardly Republicans. Inquiring minds want to know: What the hell was Joe doing riding a bike? Seriously,...

Video making the rounds on social media shows a Miami-Dade police officer’s comments to a man during a traffic stop, News 6 partner WPLG reported. The stop took a threatening turn for the driver, who was heading to work. “Give me your driver’s license, registration and insurance,” the officer says in the video.... The MDPD officer then made a very bold statement to the man. “Simple thing, man. This is how you guys get killed out here, man,” the officer said.