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That taxpayers are spending even a penny on a site that’s supposed to be non-partisan is a joke when you see how NPR pushes the culture war. I used to be a passionate NPR listener, tuning in whenever I got into the car. By the early 2000s, as it became more openly anti-Israel, I went looking for other things. I found Rush Limbaugh, Dennis Prager, and all the others who develop ideas and allow political opponents to challenge them. Won over by open and intelligent discourse, I abandoned forever the carefully packaged NPR indoctrination my taxpayer dollars helped support. Still,...

Abe’s removal from the Japanese political scene opens a door to what some American analysts fear is a dangerous moment. The shock over his assassination could shake Japanese confidence in their future, coming at a time of war in Europe, challenges from China, and questions about the future of American politics and credibility. “Japanese leaders sense that and the country can go in two ways – Japan can be rational and cool, and adjust Japanese strategy,” argues Curtis. “Or they can play the Trump card and appeal to anxiety and apprehension to stir up support for a populist program.” Moves...

Internet catches White House erasing Joe Biden's gaffe from records Internet users have caught the White House altering official records after President Joe Biden made a gaffe on camera. Transcripts have been amended to cover Mr Biden’s blunder reading a teleprompter – in which he said “repeat the line” – instead of saying it a second time. White House Assistant Press Secretary Emilie Simons insisted Mr Biden said “let me repeat that line”.

I almost feel dirty posting this. 'Almost' being the operative word. This list was 'allegedly' leaked by some 'allegedly' 4chan merry pranksters of a list of 'allegedly' named recipients of large sums of money 'allegedly' paid by Hunter Biden. The 'alleged' list was found on the 'alleged' Laptop that is paired to Hunter Bidens 'alleged' Iphone.

The ongoing political and military standoff between Russia and the United States is the most recent indicator that Europe’s security and economic architecture must be transformed to harmonize European and Russian strategic interests. In other words, the path toward ending the war in Ukraine requires focusing on the security priorities of those who have the most to gain from a diplomatic solution — European nations, not the US. Peaceful co-existence is dependent upon successful negotiations among European capitals and Moscow. The war in Ukraine did not start on February 24, 2022, but has been ongoing since 2014. Between 2014 and...

Green tyranny has finally provoked mass reactions, and the first government has fallen after imposing insane policies that wrecked the food supply for its people. Green tyranny has finally provoked mass reactions, and the first government has fallen after imposing insane policies that wrecked the food supply for its people. Both the president and the prime minister of Sri Lanka are resigning in the wake of massive mobs storming and occupying their residences, burning the PM’s private house and refusing to leave the presidential palace until both men are out of office. The BBC reports: Sri Lanka President Gotabaya Rajapaksa...

The Aleppo-born craftsman worked with hard beech wood and old Syrian tools in a small cellar in Cologne's Kalk district. Alhudr is a Muslim, but says he felt a strong connection with the Catholic cathedral. (Click link for photo or view in discussion)

A day of reckoning is coming for the control-freak elites trying to run every tiny facet of our lives. It sure seems as if another prescient verse from John Fogerty's ingenious (yet lifelong Democrat, doh!) lyrical mind is taking shape: I see the bad moon a-rising I see trouble on the way I see earthquakes and lightning I see bad times today When his band Creedence Clearwater Revival released "Bad Moon Rising" in 1969, America was enduring another era saturated with political assassination, rising inflation, war, and institutional corruption. Although it became an instant classic reflecting the tenor of the...

Greg Norman dis-invited to 150 British Open Champions Dinner. Snubbed.

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Documentary filmmaker and gun control proponent Michael Moore published his idea for a new Second Amendment Sunday, and it features a ban on all semiautomatic firearms. He announced his new amendment via Twitter: Moore posted his new amendment on this webpage, explaining that it would be the 28th Amendment and that it would repeal and replace the Second Amendment. Moore’s news amendment erases any talk of a right to “keep and bear arms,” positing, instead, an “inalienable right to be kept safe from gun violence.” The amendment outlines the in-depth background check that would be required for gun purchases:

In their first show in eleven years, alternative rock band Rage Against the Machine used their set to channel their frustration over the Supreme Court’s ruling last month to overturn Roe v. Wade. Performing at Wisconsin’s Alpine Valley Music Theatre on Saturday, the band had numerous captions appear on a screen on stage that called out the decision to overturn Roe, citing certain circumstances and issues that pertain to the matter, according to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. “Forced birth in a country that is the only wealthy country in the world without any guaranteed paid parental leave at the national...

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ST. LOUIS, Mo. (KMOV) - Demonstrators protesting the overturning of Roe v. Wade blocked traffic on westbound I-64 near Busch Stadium Sunday afternoon. The protest started in Kiener Plaza before protesters marched onto westbound I-64 and blocked traffic. The demonstrators were on the highway for about 15 minutes. Protesters walked off the highway on the Broadway entrance ramp. Nobody was arrested, police tell News 4. Missouri State Rep. Elizabeth Coleman, who helped pass Missouri’s trigger law that bans nearly all abortions in the state, issued a statement Sunday:

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) has tested positive for COVID-19 as the Senate prepares to reconvene this week after a two-week recess. In a statement on Sunday, Schumer’s spokesperson Justin Goodman said the senator is experiencing mild symptoms and is fully vaccinated and boosted against the virus. “Consistent with the CDC guidance, Leader Schumer will quarantine this week and work remotely,” Goodman said in a statement. “Anyone who knows Leader Schumer knows that even if he’s not physically in the Capitol, through virtual meetings and his trademark flip phone he will continue with his robust schedule and remain in...

A former director of a Planned Parenthood clinic director claims she has now turned-pro-life after witnessing the 'barbarity' of abortion. Activist Abby Johnson said that she believes more people would oppose the termination of pregnancies if they saw what was involved. Speaking on Fox News she suggested how she believed many pro-choice activists have never even seen the procedure being performed. 'I think that if people really saw abortion for what it is, I think that more people would be against it. I think one of the reasons that abortion continues to escalate in this country, I think one of...

Homophobic misinformation circulating about monkeypox on social media is hampering efforts to curb the disease’s spread, research conducted on behalf of MIT Technology Review has found. There have been 2,093 confirmed cases of the virus reported worldwide as of June 17. So far cases have mainly been identified among men who have sex with men, according to the World Health Organization. Its director in Europe, which is the epicenter of the current outbreak, sounded the alarm this week, warning that the authorities need to do more to contain the disease. That job is being made harder by false, often homophobic...

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July 11th 2022 Memorial of St. Benedict, abbott Main Altar at the benedictine abbey at Montecassino Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: White These are the readings for the feriaFirst readingIsaiah 1:10-17 ©Take your wrongdoing out of my sightHear the word of the Lord,you rulers of Sodom;listen to the command of our God,you people of Gomorrah.‘What are your endless sacrifices to me?says the Lord.I am sick of holocausts of ramsand the fat of calves.The blood of bulls and of goats revolts me.When you come to present yourselves before me,who asked you to trample over my courts?Bring me your worthless offerings no more,the...

“The righteousness of the perfect shall direct his way: but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness. The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them: but transgressors shall be taken in their own naughtiness” (Proverbs 11:5-6 KJV).