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There Is No Such Thing as The Great ResetBy J. JohnsonThe fact that the title alone will ensure negative reactions from many justifies the reasons for saying it. This new master plan called ‘The Great Reset’ is the newest rave amongst Real Americans as the latest path to the inevitable Revelation 13:16-18, when those predicting the worst can say, “See, I told you so”.Perhaps it’s time to have an honest, sobering discussion about this ‘reset’, and how it’s affecting many Americans – long before it ever happens, and if it ever happens in the first place.The Great Reset, we are...

It is no secret that Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau is a believer in and advocate for totalitarian forms of government. We recall his gushing eulogy for Cuban dictator Fidel Castro and his candid admiration for the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) with its facility for “turning on a dime” in making and executing policy. The fact that Miami has over the years become a haven for Cuban escapees and boat people and that Vancouver welcomes a steady stream of Chinese immigrants, who approximate 20% of the municipal census (as of 2019) and rising steeply like the city’s towering skyline where...

Amidst ongoing food supply chain issues and shortages in the U.S., House Democrats introduced a bill that would designate an extra $50,000,000 for food programs for migrants in addition to a baseline of $150,000,000. The bill, H.R. 8725, was sponsored by Representative Eleanor Norton, a Democrat representing the District of Columbia, on August 16th and has since been referred to the Committee on Appropriations. If enacted, the proposal would “provide supplemental appropriations for the Emergency Food and Shelter Program to provide humanitarian relief for migrants, and for other purposes,” according to the bill text. “There is appropriated, out of any...

A pair of Baltimore drug dealers threatened to shoot up the set of a new Natalie Portman show if they didn't stop filming on their block, but told production they could stay if they coughed up $50,000. The incident went down around 4pm on Friday afternoon on the 200 block of Park Avenue in Downtown Brooklyn, when two men pointed a gun at a crewmember of the Apple TV+ show Lady in the Lake and made their demands. According to the Baltimore Police Department, the 'locals' said they would 'come back later this evening [and] shoot someone' if they didn't...

At least 20 manufacturers have shifted operations to states with friendlier attitudes toward firearmsSmith & Wesson CEO Mark Smith was fed up. He was running the largest firearms manufacturer in America, based in Springfield, Mass., where it had been making weapons since 1860, and yet state lawmakers were considering a bill to ban the manufacture of AR-15-style rifles for the civilian market. The proposed law would cripple Smith’s company. Sixty percent of Smith & Wesson’s revenue came from AR-15-style guns.So after years of flirting with the idea, Smith announced last September that Smith & Wesson was pulling up stakes and...

Hawaii has had the most restrictive policy of all states regarding the issuing permits to carry in public, either concealed or openly. In the last few decades, the number of permits issued has been in the single digits. From the staradvertiser.com:Hawaii has among the strictest gun laws in the nation. So strict, said attorney Alan Beck, that Hawaii essentially bans carrying guns outside the home. It has been practically impossible to get a permit to carry a loaded gun in public, he said. In the past 22 years, there have been four permits issued in Hawaii, said Beck, who represents...

BREAKING: Images show US Embassy officials evacuating from the roof via helo in Baghdad https://twitter.com/JackPosobiec/status/1564250359635537920

Democratic Party nominee Katie Hobbs has finally agreed to face off with Republican Party nominee Kari Lake in a debate of sorts. Surprisingly, Hobbs has opted for the pricey 2022 Gubernatorial Candidate Forum held by the Arizona Chamber of Commerce, while expressing reluctance to participate in the more widely covered taxpayer-funded Citizen’s Clean Elections debate.At a time when more Arizonans are struggling to deal with inflation and rising prices on food and gas for their vehicles, the corporatists at the Arizona Chamber of Commerce are charging $60 for a single ticket for the September 7 event.In addition to the debate,...

Could ditching the oven this winter help bring your energy bill down? How the much-maligned microwave cooks food at a fraction of the price - with a jacket potato costing 24p less to bake Research has suggested it is far cheaper to cook essential food in microwaves Microwaving a jacket potato costs 24p less than baking it in a traditional oven Cooking your food in a microwave could be a way to save on energy bills as the cost of living crisis soars in Britain's colder months. UK energy customers are set for a tight few months, if not longer,...

The right-wing movement is really having a moment right now, from stripping the federal right to abortion to the prohibition of gender-affirming care in some states. Now, in the shadow of Roe v. Wade being overturned in June, the architect of a controversial Texas abortion law — a man who has already targeted marriage equality — is setting his sights on preventative HIV care. If he gets his way, Texans and other Americans could lose access to PrEP, leaving tens of thousands susceptible to a diagnosis and opening the door to the denial of HIV care. After serving as Texas...

Developed by Google and Capgemini, the AI software learned how to spot pools on aerial images of nine French departments during a trial run last year, which were then cross-checked with land registry databases. According to the Parisien newspaper, which reported the results of the AI test, an average pool of 30 square metres (320 square feet) would be taxed at 200 euros ($200) a year. In the nine test departments, the software detected more than 20,000 pools, which led to the collection of some 10 million euros in tax revenue last year. The DGFiP public finances authority said the...

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A majority of new American homeowners say they’re “house rich and cash poor,” according to a new U.S. News & World Report survey. The survey, conducted by the third-party survey platform Pollfish, asked 2,000 new homeowners in the U.S., who purchased their first home between 2021 and 2022, how they currently feel about their financial situation. More than half of them — 59% — answered that “house rich and cash poor describes my situation.” It’s a sentiment that “reflects both the rising sales prices of homes across the country as well as some of the unexpected costs of homeownership that...

Former President Donald Trump on Monday called on the FBI to "make America great again" while speaking out about the agency's past actions including former Director James Comey, the 2016 election, and his then-competitor Hillary Clinton as the fallout grows concerning the raid at his home in Florida.After posting the all-caps comment on his Truth Social account early Monday, he reposted a comment he had made the day before, calling on FBI agents to rebel against what is happening to him in connection with the search at his Mar-a-Lago estate Aug. 8."When are the great agents, and others, in the...

For the Left, Donald Trump is synonymous with “fascism” (or “semi-fascism,” as Joe Biden put it the other day). And for Liz Cheney and most of the NeverTrumpers, he remains an existential threat to democracy. But to quantify those charges, what exactly has Trump done extralegally—as opposed to his bombast and braggadocio about what he might have wished to have done? And what are the standards by which to judge this supposed menace? Did Trump illegally and with a mere signature nullify over $300 billion of contracted student loans—to firm up his college-student and college-graduate base nine weeks before the...

In his inaugural address, Joe Biden introduced us to a new show- Biden the UniterToday, on this January day, my whole soul is in this: Bringing America together. Uniting our people. And uniting our nation. and History, faith, and reason show the way, the way of unity. We can see each other not as adversaries but as neighbors. We can treat each other with dignity and respect. We can join forces, stop the shouting, and lower the temperature. For without unity, there is no peace, only bitterness and fury.Let's have a look at this week's episode of Biden the UniterJoe...

The three things that matter most in the Trump Mar-a-Lago case are intent, intent, and intent. Trump's intent—not so much what he did with classified documents, but what he intended to happen based on his actions—will decide his innocence or guilt if the case ever comes to court. The documents themselves matter much less, and are almost a red herring. Wholly separate from January 6 and any other legal action against Trump, the Mar-a-Lago search warrant cites three sections of law as justification, meaning any prosecution arising from the documents found in the search will likely be brought under one...

The price of wholesale electricity has a “futures” market. Companies are paying now to lock in their energy costs next winter. In the UK the cost for electricity in December 22 has risen to 1,000 British pounds per megawatt hour which is about $1.20 per kilowatt hour. This is 6 times the average price in the US.

Top investment banks expected Russia to suffer severe economic damage after it invaded Ukraine in February.But Russia's economy has held up better than expected, causing them to revise those predictions.In March, top investment bank JPMorgan said Russia's gross domestic product would fall 35% in the second quarter compared with the previous. Goldman Sachs predicted its economy would suffer its worst contraction since the Soviet Union imploded in the early 1990s. But Russia's GDP slipped only 4%Stronger-than-expected exports of Russian commodities, including crude oil, has helped support the economy. The country has also benefited from robust demand among its own consumers...

Representative Ted Lieu (D-CA) said Sunday on MSNBC’s “Alex Witt Reports” that “MAGA Republicans” defending Donald Trump after the FBI raid of his Florida estate are engaged in “cultish, un-American, treasonous behavior.”Witt said, “What is interesting is listening to Trump defenders. They have constantly shifted the goalposts by first off demanding the release of a search warrant and then the release of an affidavit. Now they want sensitive government secrets to be declassified and just put out there in the public.”On Fox News, former George W. Bush administration official John Yoo said, “Why not declassify the documents they actually took...