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Over the weekend, a mass of angry Sri Lankan citizens swarmed the presidential palace over an absolute economic collapse in the country, forcing the nation’s prime minister to resign and leading to more civil unrest.There has been a lot of talk over the country’s struggles, but ultimately a lot of the blame comes down to western environmental activism taking hold of the country’s policies and encouraging Sri Lanka to switch how it grows its own food. This has led to smaller crop yields, a massive increase in importing food, and plenty of angry citizens.The problem in Sri Lanka comes from...

President Biden was heckled on the White House lawn Monday by gun control advocate Manuel Oliver, whose 17-year-old son Joaquin was killed in a 2018 mass shooting at a high school in Parkland, Fla. “Sit down! You’ll hear what I have to say,” Biden said as Oliver shouted over him during a celebration of bipartisan gun policy legislation that Biden signed last month. Oliver’s remarks weren’t clearly audible on pooled video feeds, but Biden pushed back and defended his record on gun control. “We have one. Let me finish my comments,” Biden said to Oliver, before quickly adding, “Let him...

MEMORIAL OF SAINT BENEDICT, ABBOT MATTHEW 10:34—11:1 Friends, in today’s Gospel, Jesus lays down the conditions for discipleship: “Whoever loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me, and whoever loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me; and whoever does not take up his cross and follow after me is not worthy of me. Whoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.” There is a line from the illuminator of the St. John’s Bible that states: “We have to love our way...

The second of two consecutive “supermoons” will be glowing brightly in the night sky this week, as the full “buck moon” of July 2022 rises and gives sky watchers a special summer treat. Here are a few things to know about the July full moon, when to see it and why it’s so unique among this year’s moons. What day will the July moon be full? The first full moon of the summer season (the June moon turned full a week before the summer solstice) will officially reach its fullest phase at 2:37 p.m. Eastern time on Wednesday, July 13....

(Translation) Department of Health Chief Medical Officer Dr. Iris Cardona indicated that some additional monkeypox cases in Puerto Rico were due to dating apps. “The United States already has over 700 cases, but analysis of the first 300 identified the majority being men. Most of them had the number-one epidemiological criterion, that being participating in activities involving intimate contact, very close or sexual contact, any of the two, particularly men having sex with men, and also invitations on the different platforms within social media to meet people and engage in very close relations or close contact with these people who...

When word broke on Monday night that Heinz Field would acquire a new name, the smart money would have been on a local concern like UPMC snagging the rights. But the Steelers apparently weren’t in the mood for another hometown discount. Get ready for Acrisure Stadium to debut on the shores of the Mon, Ohio, and Allegheny. Don’t say, “Sure, Jan.” Acrisure, according to Andrew Fillipponi if 93.7 The Fan in Pittsburgh, will be the new name of the venue. The official announcement is coming as soon as Tuesday. Acrisure is a Michigan-based insurance brokerage firm. Never heard of it?...

Ivermectin was initially developed in 1975 and was introduced in 1981 to Ivermectin is an Anti-Parasitic Anti-Bacterial Anti-Inflammatory Anti-Viral Anti-Cancer medication. However, it is only approved for its original submission to the FDA, which is as an anti-parasitic. This is why it is frequently critiqued as only a horse dewormer by the establishment media even though it has been approved for human use since 1987.

This is an update to our breaking report by Cara Castronuova on the FBI confidential source who inflitrated the Proud Boys before the Jan. 6 protests in Washington DC. The confidential human source James Ehren Knowles then reported that the Proud Boys did nothing wrong. This report was buried by the FBI administration.

Filmmaker Michael Moore was blasted on social media after he proposed an amendment that he claimed would repeal and replace the Second Amendment. “The inalienable right of a free people to be kept safe from gun violence and the fear thereof must not be infringed and shall be protected by the Congress and the States. This Amendment thus repeals and replaces the Second Amendment,” his proposed 28th amendment reads. Section II calls for a mandatory firearm registration, licensing, and a strict background check to include approval from family, friends, and coworkers, as well as a mental health check. Section III...

Today we've got a fascinating interview to share, but just be aware that much of what we discuss is sexual in nature and not suitable for kids. That being said, we're happy to welcome Genevieve Gluck, co-founder and chief investigative journalist for Reduxx, a feminist news and opinion website. We're discussing Genevieve's findings regarding the origin of the transgender movement and how it is inextricably linked to sexual deviancy and perversion. This is made clear by how the movement came to be and the key figures who advocated for early transgender ideology. Genevieve takes us down a dark rabbit hole...

As if these times weren’t crazy enough, an entertaining and enlightening new film, MICHELLE OBAMA 2024: Her Real Life Story and Plan for Power, by the inimitable documentarian, Joel Gilbert, explores Crazytown (i.e., Democrat politics) further than you probably ever wanted, or expected, to go. But go there we must. Michelle Obama may be the Democratic presidential candidate in 2024.Joel and I first discussed his theory a couple years ago, around the beginning of Covid, that Michelle Obama and her handlers were positioning her to make a run for the presidency in 2024. I think I nearly spat my coffee...

A local chapter of a UK women’s charity is under fire after promoting a book by a trans author who wrote an explicit sex guide for children, and who called being gay a “consolation prize” for men who weren’t transgender. The Fawcett Society prompted outrage this week after promoting a book, The Gender Games, by transgender author Juno, born James, Dawson. The West Midlands Branch of the Society runs a monthly book club and announced July’s selection in a social media post made on Thursday. The Eventbrite registration form associated with the book club meeting summarizes the book’s main themes...

VIDEOIs simple GREED the cause of all the protests by the Dutch farmers? Not greed on their part but by billionaire Bill Gates who stands to buy up their land on the cheap if the Netherlands government led by globalist Prime Minister Mark Rutte is able to follow through on their World Economic Forum plan to drive at least 30% of the Dutch farmers out of business supposedly in order to reduce nitrogen emissions.

Before the Court’s official decision to overturn Roe v Wade was released, President Biden was already warning that same-sex “marriage” would be next. As he said in May, “It’s not just the brutality of taking away a woman's right to her body ... but it also, if you read the opinion ... basically says there's no such thing as the right to privacy. If that holds ... mark my words: They are going to go after the Supreme Court decision on same-sex marriage.” Was he right? On the one hand, Justice Samuel Alito made clear in his opinion for the...

“He just like looked at me with some pretty hateful eyes,” said Glass, who thought the man was about to hit the car she was standing near. Instead, the man flung a metal pipe that struck her in the face. Stitches were required to close the wound over her eye, she said. Bystanders came and held the man down until police arrived at the intersection of South Olive and West 8th streets and took him into custody. Glass said she had no previous interaction with the man and warned others to be ready for anything when out in public. “There’s...

A new nationwide survey from Consumer Reports shows that range anxiety and cost are the primary factors holding back consumers from purchasing an electric vehicle. Only 14 pct of respondents said they would definitely buy an EV, not enough to support a vibrant used EV market. Consumer Reports recently released the results of its nationally representative survey of 8,027 American adults on their views towards electric vehicles. Here were the major takeaways:On buying/leasing an EV: Fourteen percent of respondents said they “would definitely buy or lease an electric-only vehicle”, over half (57%) said they would consider/seriously consider it and more...

The protection against severe illness from so-called natural immunity remains superior to the protection bestowed by COVID-19 vaccines, according to a new study.People who survived COVID-19 infection and were not vaccinated had sky-high protection against severe or fatal COVID-19, researchers in Qatar found.“Effectiveness of primary infection against severe, critical, or fatal COVID-19 reinfection was 97.3 percent … irrespective of the variant of primary infection or reinfection, and with no evidence for waning. Similar results were found in sub-group analyses for those ≥50 years of age,” Dr. Laith Abu-Raddad, with Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar, and colleagues said after studying long-term natural immunity...

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban will travel to the U.S. in August to speak at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Texas, the Daily Caller has learned. Orban’s appearance comes after CPAC hosted a May conference in Budapest. Orban spoke there about Hungary’s “12-point recipe” for success. Orban is expected to discuss similar themes during his speech in Texas. .... “CPAC is proud to host Prime Minister Viktor Orban. The fight against socialism is a global one,” American Conservative Union (ACU) Chairman Matt Schlapp told the Daily Caller.

I've just finished a rough draft of a book length sci fi story, it's taken me a year and I've still got some rewriting to do but I was starting to think about the next steps in possibly getting it published. I've not been on the internet in any depth for over a year and I don't know what sort help and resources are available these days so any help from published or even aspiring authors would be greatly appreciated.Like I said, it's not finished yet, but the rough draft is good, it has a beginning a middle and an...

The creator of the trans flag forced his wife to participate in his fetishistic cross-dressing and wrote ‘forced feminization’ and erotic short stories, including one about young girls who never age. Monica Helms, born Robert Hogge, designed the first trans pride flag in 1999. In his memoir, More Than Just a Flag, Helms – who named himself after a fictional battle in Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings – describes himself as an “enlightened” being who is able to “float” between multiple worlds. “I identify as female, but I’m more of a bigender person,” Helms says. “This allows my brain...