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Is there anything masking can’t do? Except for control COVID spread, of course. A new study in the New England Journal of Medicine purports to show that mask policies in schools work to contain COVID. But that’s not all: The authors conclude, “We believe that universal masking may be especially useful for mitigating effects of structural racism in schools, including potential deepening of educational inequities.” Sure, masks help fix structural racism. Why not? And the next study will show masking fights climate change. No, what this study shows is that much of the medical establishment continues to be intensely woke...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is vowing to push Russian forces from Ukraine after Kyiv retook the strategic city of Kherson. “We will see many more such greetings,” Zelensky said in his nightly address on Saturday. “In those cities and villages that are still under occupation. We don’t forget anyone, we won’t leave anyone. Thanks to our defense operations and diplomacy, we will definitely reach our state border — all sections of the internationally recognized border of Ukraine.”

One person was killed and two others were wounded in a shooting in a chic Manhattan neighborhood Saturday night, police said. Police responded to a 911 call of shots fired in front of 541 West 25 S. between 10th and 11th avenues in Chelsea just after 10:15 p.m., cops said. At the scene, police found three people with gunshot wounds.

A Northern California sheriff’s office is cutting daytime patrols throughout its entire county due to a “catastrophic” staffing shortage. The Tehama County Sheriff’s Office said this week it would suspend all daytime patrols beginning Nov. 20, because it does not have enough staff to police around the clock. Instead, the sheriff’s office will patrol the county that lies north of Sacramento near the Oregon border during the night hours, and the California Highway Patrol will respond to emergencies during the day. “Most recently, staffing shortages in the custody division have forced the sheriff’s office to reassign deputies from the operations...

The McInerney Report: 330k Votes Were Shifted From Dr. Oz To Fetterman, 36k Shifted From Lake to Hobbs Two Mikes with Dr Michael Scheuer and Col Mike

Once again — A popular, attractive, honest, and competent Republican candidate had his race taken from him after several days of delayed vote counting. This time it was Adam Laxalt in Nevada. Laxalt led the polls and had a good election day turnout. He led the race by tens of thousands of votes. On Thursday Adam Laxalt told Tucker Carlson that his opponent did not have a valid path to victory. Adam Laxalt told Tucker that his opponent needed 63% of the remaining 84,000 votes in Clark County, Nevada to catch up with him in the vote count. Adam Laxalt...

Col. MacGregor has been informed by his military sources that Jake Sullivan in his back channel talks with Russia informed them that the U.S. is aware that Russia has a big offensive coming and discussed "red lines." He "threatened" Russia that the U.S. has 40,000 combat troops in Poland "training." And 50,000 Polish troops. When Russia was asked about the back channel communication with Sullivan they said, "We discussed "red lines."

An elder at a California megachurch and her father have been charged with the murder and torture of her adopted 11-year-old daughter, whose adoptive father also killed himself in front of the cops on the day that she died. Leticia McCormack, 49, and her father Stanley Tom pleaded not guilty to the charges Wednesday in Superior Court of California in the San Diego suburb of El Cajon. Stanley's wife Adella Tom - who faces abuse charges - also pleaded not guilty. Brian McCormack, Leticia's husband and a CBP agent, killed himself in front of police before he could be charged....

The Bible In Paintings ~ Encouragement for Appreciating and Applying God's Word ~ SATAN REALLY REALLY REALLY TEMPTS JESUS ֎ Featuring 38 Paintings and 1 Mosaic ֎ MATTHEW 4 and LUKE 4* Then Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit into the desert to be tempted by the devil. 1 GEORG CORNICELIUS "Christ Tempted by Satan" 2 WILLIAM BRASSEY HOLE "Forty Days in the Wilderness" 3 HAROLD COPPING "The Temptation of Christ" 4 IVAN KRAMSKOY "Christ in the Wilderness" 5 BRITON RIVIERE "Christ in the Wilderness" 6 PAUL BRILL "Christ...

Control of the U.S. House of Representatives could be decided by a handful of close races in California — which could take weeks to determine, thanks to the state’s heavy reliance on vote-by-mail and its liberal voting rules. In Orange County, two incumbent Democrats, Reps. Katie Porter (47th district) and Mike Levin (49th district), are holding onto slim leads. In Ventura County’s 26th district, Rep. Julia Brownley (D-CA) has been reelected despite a last-minute scare from Republican Matt Jacobs. Elsewhere, in closely-contested races in the Central Valley, the results are too close to call, and each new batch of counted...

“See that you not be deceived, for many will come in my name, saying, ‘I am he,’ and ‘The time has come.’ Do not follow them!” Luke 21:8What an interesting line. What does this mean? Who are the “many” that Jesus speaks of? Are they in our midst today?It may not be helpful to try to point to this or that person or to this or that group of people in reference to the “many” who will come in Jesus’ name falsely. But it is helpful to speak to some general and guiding principles.First, Jesus uses the word “deceived.” There...

Burlington, Vt., is a bike-friendly city. There are multiple bike stores, a network of bright green bike lanes on many major streets and a waterfront bike path with views of the dazzling sunsets over Lake Champlain and the Adirondack Mountains. Burlington’s bike culture and natural beauty convinced Julie Williams to settle there after graduating from the University of Vermont 10 years ago. She also liked the city’s progressive politics, which started the career of Bernie Sanders, a former Burlington mayor. “I feel like I fit in here,” said Ms. Williams, who operates Betty’s Bikes, which she named after her grandmother....

VIDEOLast September while cruising in the southern Caribbean aboard the Celebrity Equinox, I had a close encounter with a rainbow. So close that I estimate I was less than 50 yards from it for awhile. BTW, just about 10 seconds before I got this shot of the rainbow a big lightning strike hit at about the same distance away. Since the good luck from the rainbow was apparently not retroactive, I didn't have my cell phone camera turned on although I was already in the process of doing so.

And not just financially or in matters of law. No, this wrongness cuts much deeper. Many on the left want to destroy anything old, historic or traditional, including statues, buildings, governments, and morality. They revel in tearing down people, standards, and ideas and are incapable of building anything or governing themselves...let alone anyone else. On occasion, they will seek to replace what they erase, substituting Baphomet or Beelzebub for Jesus Christ, for example. These modern anarchists, though anything but philosophers, ironically piggyback on the past work of white men such as Søren Kierkegaard, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Jean-Paul Sartre, Friedrich Nietzsche, and...

Unofficial results show four seats on the Kansas State Board of Education were won by conservative candidates who want to restrict how race and social-emotional learning are taught in schools. Conservatives appear to have won a slate of seats on the Kansas State Board of Education on Tuesday night, pushing the moderate board further to the right. In District 3, covering southern Johnson County and part of Miami County, incumbent Michelle Dombrosky won the race against newcomer Sheila Albers by just over 6,000 votes, according to unofficial results. Dombrosky, who won her seat in 2019, pushed for local control and...

Tiffany Trump, 29, tied the knot with billionaire beau Michael Boulous, 25, on Saturday night The fairytale outdoor event started at 5pm with the blissful bride walking down the aisle with father Donald Trump towards a rhododendron festooned arch Tiffany showed off a stunning sequined and beaded bridal dress in exclusive pictures by DailyMail.com Following the wedding, Tiffany and Michael shared their first dance to a cover of Toploader’s ‘Dancing in the Moonlight’ as the guests cheered on the new husband and wife With the party progressing, Trump was seen sharing a tender dance with wife Melania as he pecked...

Pray For The Peace of JerusalemMatthew 13 The Parable of the Sower 13 That same day Jesus went out of the house and sat by the lake. 2 Such large crowds gathered around him that he got into a boat and sat in it, while all the people stood on the shore. 3 Then he told them many things in parables, saying: “A farmer went out to sow his seed. 4 As he was scattering the seed, some fell along the path, and the birds came and ate it up. 5 Some fell on rocky places, where it did not...

BOSTON, Wednesday, Nov. 12. The correspondent of the Boston Journal writes from on board the United States steamer South Carolina, off Charleston, under date of Oct. 18, as follows: "The British frigate Racer, by permission of Flag officer GREEN, entered Charleston harbor, and took away, as a passenger, the British Consul. The Consul says that the rebels have just launched a powerful ram, and that two more are all ready for plating with iron, which they expect every day to arrive from England in an iron-plated steamer. He also reports the rebel steamer Nashville lying at the mouth of Stono...

Data analysts from both parties believe the count will eventually shift in Lake’s favor, but it’s not yet clear whether she will pick up enough votes to overtake Hobbs. Republicans have watched anxiously since Tuesday as Hobbs has defied their expectations and increased her lead each day, including Saturday when combined with results from the rest of the state.

You may have seen that the Federalist Society has been holding its annual convention in Washington. I was there on Thursday and Friday. They have recorded all the presentations. If you want to watch some, go to this link and see what interests you. There was not a lot of moaning about the election results. Rather, the focus was on high-minded issues, mostly of constitutional and administrative law. I have selected a highlight that you may find interesting. One of the lunchtime panels on Thursday was titled “Render Law Unto Congress and Execution Unto the Executive: The Supreme Court Rebalances...