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Everything about Brock Purdy’s rise is implausible.By now you know his biography: four good years at Iowa State, an excellent college player. The last player selected in the draft, Mr Irrelevant, he was expected to back up Trey Lance and Jimmy Garoppolo at the San Francisco 49ers. He was pushed into the lineup after injuries to Lance and Garoppolo. The Niners’ title hopes were on the brink. But rather than founder, the Niners are better with Purdy at the helm as they prepare to face the Dallas Cowboys on Sunday for a place in the NFC championship game.In his seven...

Seven militants have been arrested and charged with domestic terrorism following a deadly shootout with law enforcement at their "autonomous zone" in a wooded area south of Atlanta. They are all from out of state. On Wednesday morning, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation and other law enforcement agencies conducted a raid on the so-called autonomous zone at the site of the future Atlanta Public Safety Training Center. Since June 2021, Antifa and other far-left extremists from across the US have occupied the area to prevent the construction of what they call a "cop city." The GBI says a Georgia State...

For the first time, under historic plans outlined today, same-sex couples will be able to come to church to give thanks for their civil marriage or civil partnership and receive God’s blessing. The Bishops of the Church of England will be issuing an apology later this week to LGBTQI+ people for the “rejection, exclusion and hostility” they have faced in churches and the impact this has had on their lives. And they will urge all congregations in their care to welcome same-sex couples “unreservedly and joyfully” as they reaffirm their commitment to a “radical new Christian inclusion founded in scripture,...

Today on The John-Henry Westen Show, I interview Josh Alexander and his lawyer, James Kitchen. I also share some new developments in the saga at St. Joseph's Catholic High School in Renfrew, Ontario.(LifeSiteNews) — Do you remember that heroic young man by the name of Josh Alexander? He’s the 16-year-old who went to bat for girls in his Catholic high school not to have biological males in their bathroom. Well, this story has new developments to it. He and his lawyer are now going to the courts to fight this out because the school has actually, believe it or not,...

Throughout the pandemic, the CDC was in constant contact with Facebook, vetting what users were allowed to say on the social media site. ... The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) played a direct role in policing permissible speech on social media throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. Confidential emails obtained by Reason show that Facebook moderators were in constant contact with the CDC, and routinely asked government health officials to vet claims relating to the virus, mitigation efforts such as masks, and vaccines. For a broader analysis of the federal government's pandemic-era efforts to suppress free speech—and whether they violated...

[Catholic Caucus] Collapse Is "Better": Francis Fools His AudiencePlaying with words, Francis told Mundonegro.es (13 January) that evangelisation is "not missionary work" but "the proclamation of the Gospel according to the culture of each place".There is "no Catholic culture as such", but only "a Catholic way of thinking", but "every culture is rooted in the Catholic", he blathered.Religion "has no uniformity, it has harmony, the harmony of differences" - said the one who promotes rigid centralism, brutal repression and civil war in his Church.Francis repeated several times that [Novus Ordo] evangelisation respects what it finds, helps to "create harmony" and...

The liturgical life was revived in yet another Russian church, a century after it was abolished by the godless Soviet authorities. On January 14, the feast of the Circumcision of the Lord and St. Basil the Great, the Divine Liturgy was celebrated in the lower church of the Church of the Annunciation of the Most Holy Theotokos on Vasilievsky Island in St. Petersburg for the first time since 1923, reports the St. Petersburg Metropolis. The service was celebrated on the right altar, which was consecrated in 1762 by St. Tikhon of Zadonsk. The renovated altar is to be consecrated in...

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An infamous McDonald’s restaurant is finally closing down after receiving well over 1,000 calls to police over criminal activity including a viral brawl where a customer unleashed a pet raccoon. A McDonald’s located in Canada’s capital of Ottawa will be shutting its doors for good after years of criminal complaints and debauchery taking place at the fast food joint. The location, dubbed by many as the “world’s worst,” has seen plenty of wild stories over the years from sexual acts taking place in its washrooms, drug deals and fights between patrons. As CTV News reports, the police were called to...

Denver, Colo., Jan 17, 2023 / 16:23 pm The Catholic bishops of Scotland have warned that a proposal to ban what critics characterize as gay or transgender “conversion therapy” would have “totalitarian” effects and in effect would ban mainstream religions such as Catholicism. Legislators, the bishops said, are in the process of drafting a bill that would “outlaw pastoral care, prayer, parental guidance and advice relating to sexual orientation, expression of sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression” except for what state officials believe is “affirmative care.” Its definition of “conversion therapy” is so vague, the bishops warned, that the...

Kellyanne Conway was on Outnumbered today. They were discussing the document scandal and suggested the SS knows exactly who has visited the Wilmington home. Then, with tongue-in-cheek she says, “ I’m more interested in knowing how many times Dr. Kevin, the Presidents personal doctor, has been there and with how many OXYGEN TANKS.” I think we have been tipped off on what they use to pump Joe up. Oxygen therapy is a well know treatment for dementia and Alzheimer’s. Some of us have noticed Joes nasal and cheek areas are irritated.

Former President Donald Trump on Thursday called on law enforcement to arrest the “slime” reporter who received the Supreme Court’s leaked opinion of its decision to overturn Roe v. Wade after the Court’s investigation could not determine the source of the leak. After more than six months of investigation and interviews with over 100 employees, Supreme Court investigators announced they were “unable to identify a person responsible by a preponderance of the evidence.”

The story, as told: "Frango Mints candy was originally a product of the Frederick and Nelson Co. department stores in Seattle, Washington. The chocolates were first known as Franco Mints—for FRederick And Nelson COmpany. During the 1920s, when Marshall Field bought those Seattle stores, they acquired Franco Mints as well. And the name stayed that way until 1939 when Spain’s General Francisco Franco became a controversial figure. Field’s then changed the name to Frango Mints."

The United States on Thursday announced a huge $2.5 billion weapons package for Ukraine, including 90 Stryker combat vehicles, the first time Washington has committed the system to Kyiv. The new lethal assistance — announced a day ahead of a gathering of top Western military officials for the Ukraine Contact Group in Germany — includes hundreds of armored vehicles, thousands of artillery rounds and new Avenger air defense systems pulled from U.S. weapons stockpiles.

Alex Berenson warned earlier today that he had information on a new study that would end ALL BOOSTER SHOTS immediately. On Wednesday night Alex Berenson posted information on a new study from China that shows four COVID jabs can send the immune system into complete collapse.

A New Mexico prosecutor on Thursday charged actor Alec Baldwin and others in the fatal shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins during the filming of Western “Rust.” District Attorney Mary Carmack-Altwies announced involuntary manslaughter charges against Baldwin and the film’s armorer after more than a year of investigation into the October 2021 shooting on a film set outside Santa Fe. Assistant director David Halls has signed a plea agreement for the charge of negligent use of a deadly weapon, the prosecutor said in a statement. “After a thorough review of the evidence and the laws of the state of New Mexico,...

Researchers used advanced computer modeling to simulate a nuclear explosion They wanted to see how an intercontinental ballistic missile would impact the buildings Windows, corridors, and doors are the places to avoid while taking shelter

A brand-new British Airways flight attendant landed in hot water when he accidentally deployed an inflatable slide while the plane was taxiing. The unnamed newbie crew member aboard Flight BA75 bound for Lagos, Nigeria, on Friday, Jan. 13, inexplicably opened an emergency door, causing the Boeing 777’s slide to pop out moments after the plane pushed back from the airport gate, the Sun reported. Emergency crews rushed to the aircraft — thinking it was about to be evacuated — before realizing the neophyte’s embarrassing slip-up. Stunned passengers were delayed for about four hours. “The aircraft returned to stand and customers...

Outnumbered’ hosts react to former Vice President Al Gore’s meltdown over climate change at Davos 2023. A local jurisdiction in northern Virginia moved closer to rejecting a clean energy developer's plan to construct a massive 149-megawatt solar facility on a sprawling plot of farmland for the third time in three years. The Culpeper County, Virginia, planning commission, a nine-member panel that reviews the county's zoning and development proposals, voted unanimously during a public hearing last week to recommend the facility's proposal be denied by the board of supervisors. During the meeting, both residents and members of the commission expressed concern...

The strain was found to resist five classes of antibiotics, a first in the U.S., according to the Massachusetts Dept. of Public Health (DPH). The two cases were ultimately cured with ceftriaxone, the lone remaining treatment recommended for gonorrhea. As of Thursday, officials said there was no known connection between the cases and that contact tracing was underway to see if there were any other infections. ... The novel strain has been seen in Asia-Pacific countries as well as the United Kingdom, but not in the U.S., according to the DPH. One case in Nevada had an infection that shared...