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When the remains of a 15th Century abbot were carried to their final resting place in St Albans Cathedral on Saturday, five years after he was found in an unmarked grave, it begged the question, how exactly do you recommit the body of a Benedictine Abbot some 600 years after his death?It was during the building of the cathedral's new welcome centre in 2017 that an unearthed skeleton was later found to be that of Abbot John of Wheathampstead.Called to lead the church twice - from 1420 to 1440 and then from 1451 to his death in 1465 - he...

The luxury FBI Gulfstream Wray uses was recorded on Flightradar24 making the one hour and 12 minute flight later that afternoon to bucolic Saranac Lake in the Adirondacks, which happens to be a favorite summer destination since his childhood." Chris Wray cut off U.S. Senators to "catch a flight" which turned out to be taking his taxpayer-paid G5 to a weekend vacation. ... When is enough finally enough? Miranda Devine: Christopher Wray's disingenuous testimony to the Senate Judiciary Committee Thursday, before he left early on the FBI's private Gulfstream 550 jet, speaks volumes about the need to defund the FBI...

ATF agent James Burk showed up to question a home owner about a shotgun he owns. The home owner then called the local police, who arrested the ATF agent.

A Florida homeowner shot a naked, mud-covered man who had allegedly broken into his house Wednesday morning. In a Thursday interview with WJAX-TV, William Kerr said that he had been heading to his office after his wife had started preparing to head out for an appointment, when he spotted the intruder. “I got the door open about a foot, and I see this guy standing there. He’s got my rifle … BB rifle – he’s standing there with the rifle like this, the butt facing me, and he’s fixing to clock me,” Kerr said, recollecting the moment when he first...

GOP legislators must use Congress’ budget power to block President Joe Biden’s invited “invasion” if they win the 2022 election, former President Donald Trump told a political event on Saturday.“We must stop the invasion at our southern border,” Trump said to loud applause at a CPAC event in Texas. He then described the solution to Biden’s determined effort to spike migration above the annual limits set by Congress in 1990:Republicans in Congress musy make clear that on their watch not a single penny of taxpayer money will go to funding Joe Biden’s open border agenda. It’s a sick agenda. It’s...

A man calls Pizza hut to order a pizza... CALLER: Is this Pizza Hut? GOOGLE: No sir, it's Google Pizza. CALLER: I must have dialed a wrong number, sorry. GOOGLE: No sir, Google bought Pizza Hut last month. CALLER: OK. I would like to order a pizza. GOOGLE: Do you want your usual, sir? CALLER: My usual? You know me? GOOGLE: According to our caller ID data sheet, the last 12 times you called you ordered an extra-large pizza with three cheeses, sausage, pepperoni, mushrooms and meatballs on a thick crust. CALLER: Super! That’s what I’ll have. GOOGLE: May I...

Michael Yon, a photojournalist specializing in war and a retired U.S. Army Special Forces veteran, warned Jordan Peterson of a growing “triangle of death” driven by globalist machinations: pandemics, famines, and wars.In an interview with Peterson published last week, Yon used a neologism he coined — "PanFaWar" — synthesizing "pandemic," "famine,” and "war" into one term. The three phenomena, he said, are mutually reinforcing and often occur as a package."Let's talk about PanFaWar: pandemic, famine, war," Yon stated. "The triangle of death. They always go together. If you get a big war or a big pandemic or a big famine,...

Travelers looking to book a cruise will no longer have to be fully vaccinated for COVID-19 on Norwegian Cruise Line (NCLH) as it has changed the requirements for boarding its ships. The cruise line announced changes to its COVID policies on Monday, with Frank Del Rio, president and CEO of Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings, saying in a statement that the decision would make "it simpler and easier for our loyal guests to cruise on our three best-in-class brands." Norwegian operates its namesake cruise brand as well as Oceania Cruises and Regent Seven Seas Cruises. Changes to the sailing requirements now...

Crime victims are pushing back against a cadre of prosecutors ushered into office with help from billionaire activist George Soros , as criminals are believed to have free rein to terrorize major cities. The latest voice in this chorus is Terri O’Connor, whose Philadelphia police officer husband was shot to death in 2020 while serving a search warrant. James O’Connor would still be alive if not for the policies of District Attorney Larry Krasner, who allows criminals back on the street without jail time, Terri told Fox News . “They had lengthy criminal records for guns, shootings, murders. I could...

This week, Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra declared monkeypox to be "a critical health emergency. Right now the United States has more confirmed cases of this disease than any country in the world. There is no known cure and we only have 600,000 doses of a vaccine that may help reduce the chances of coming down with the disease. By declaring this emergency the government will be empowered to take the strong measures it deems necessary to stop the spread of this terrible disease. This will include any necessary lockdowns, mandatory inoculations, or population density thinning activities the...

MEMORIAL OF SAINT DOMINIC, PRIEST MATTHEW 17:22–27 Friends, in today’s Gospel, Jesus prophesies his Crucifixion and Resurrection: "The Son of Man is to be handed over to men, and they will kill him, and he will be raised on the third day." What enabled the first Christians to hold up the cross, to sing its praises, to wear it as a decoration, is the fact that God raised up and ratified precisely this crucified Jesus. "You killed him, but God raised him up." Therefore, God was involved in this terrible thing; God was there, working out his salvific purposes. But...

The media is out to try and astroturf a primary to make it look like the Republican Party is as disunified as the Democrats. But Ron is not running. Quick prediction. If Trump decides to run, he will effectively ignore any potential GOP field if possible. If he doesn't have anyone who is polling in at least in the low double digit range, he will effectively ignore them and refuse to even campaign against them. He'll make a speech and say look, I'm going to get the nomination. I'm not going to waste my time on you. The Dems can't...

"If you need hormones, I’m working with a distribution network to get you access. Everything is free, no questions asked." Trans activist accused of sexual abuse boasts of plans to illegally distribute hormones to children A trans activist who boasted of an illegal drug scheme to distribute prescription hormone medications to children is also accused of rape by multiple victims. Popular social media account Libs of Tiktok uncovered an instagram post from May by Eli Erlick, a trans-identified biological male, that publicly detailed the scheme to send prescription hormones to "trans youth" through a distribution network. "There are over 20...

During O’Rourke’s Drive for Texas he will spend 49 days on the road and visit every part of Texas this summer. O’Rourke has spent a lot of time in very red areas on this 49-day road trip like Milam county, despite not being very popular in these areas. During Friday’s townhall meeting O’Rourke talked on topics that’s been a big concern for many Texans. Topics such as increasing educator salaries. Investing in world- class schools, expanding health care so more people can see a doctor and lowering costs so families can afford to live in this state. A question one...

A top epidemiologist voiced his concerns about a new study published by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) that alleges there is an increased risk for post-COVID-19 conditions for children and teenagers who are seeking medical care. In the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) on Aug. 5, researchers say that children aged 17 and younger with previous bouts of COVID-19 had higher rates of uncommon conditions such as myocarditis, cardiomyopathy, renal failure, type 1 diabetes, and other conditions. The study cited specific disease codes between March 2020 and January 2022. In conclusion, the agency said...

The semiconductor industry is moving full speed ahead to develop high-NA EUV, but bringing up this next generation lithography system and the associated infrastructure remains a monumental and expensive task. ASML has been developing its high-numerical aperture (high-NA) EUV lithography line for some time. Basically, high-NA EUV scanners are the follow-on to today’s EUV lithography systems based on a 0.33 NA lens. Still in R&D, ASML’s new high-NA EUV system involves a completely new tool, featuring a 0.55 NA lens capable of 8nm resolutions, compared to 13nm for the existing tool. The 0.55 NA EUV tool is targeted for 3nm...

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The United States sees Africa’s 54 nations as “equal partners” in tackling global problems, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in South Africa Monday. “Our strategy is rooted in the recognition that sub-Saharan Africa is a major geopolitical force — one that has shaped our past, is shaping our present, and will shape our future,” Blinken said at the University of Pretoria in a speech detailing the Biden administration’s policies for Africa. “It’s a strategy that reflects the region’s complexity, its diversity, its agency; and one that focuses on what we will do with African nations...

Climate hazards such as flooding, heat waves and drought have worsened more than half of the hundreds of known infectious diseases in people, including malaria, hantavirus, cholera and anthrax, a study says. Researchers looked through the medical literature of established cases of illnesses and found that 218 out of the known 375 human infectious diseases, or 58%, seemed to be made worse by one of 10 types of extreme weather connected to climate change, according to a study in Monday’s journal Nature Climate Change. Doctors, going back to Hippocrates, have long connected disease to weather, but this study shows how...

MOSCOW — A daring attempt by a group of WNBA players to rescue Brittney Griner was foiled when the keys to her prison cell were found to be hanging from a hook ten feet off the ground. "Is this thing regulation?" said a frustrated Dearica Hamby as she jumped over and over in vain. "Ugh, it's so high! I knew we should have brought the mascot with his trampoline!" The players hatched the plan for a raid after learning of Griner's nine-year prison sentence. "It's absolutely asinine that Brittney should serve jail time for drug possession. I mean sure, we...

It's no mistake that with the advent of the Biden regime the country is being immersed in demands for acceptance for heretofore unacceptable behaviors and beliefs. Led by the democrat party, the left is determined to break down society. We're bigots if we think strange men being naked with young girls in showers is wrong. We're bigots if we object to transexual groomers who want to pray on children. We're bigots if we do not believe biologic males should compete in biologic women's sports. Pedophilia is being mainstreamed and you can expect that to be followed by bestiality and then...