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Before I make a rash decision to seek psychotherapy for the frustration tsunami that floods my mind when I watch Karine Jean-Pierre evade press questions, I thought I'd suggest a solution that is a "sign" of the times. KJP can be effectively replaced by five signs that light up during press questions: 1) Refer to the WH Council. 2) Refer to the DOJ. 3) No comment. 4) The president has been very clear. 5) It was point of mind. Yes! Just place them around the WH Press Room lectern and KJP can just sit at home with her laptop and...

The province of British Columbia— which includes Vancouver — is about to start a three-year experiment to decriminalize all hard drugs.

A Tennessee sheriff has suspended two deputies and ordered a new investigation into Tyre Nichols' death after personally reviewing the sickening video. Shelby County Sheriff Floyd Bonner Jr. said he had 'concerns' about the two deputies who arrived after Nichols was beaten, putting them on leave as he launches an internal review over the officers' conduct. A street cam video of the altercation, which began over a traffic stop, shows two officers, who have not been identified, arriving at the scene after five had beaten and pinned Nichols, 29, to the ground. The group of officers could be seen standing...

California’s controversial COVID-19 misinformation law, which bars doctors from providing “misinformation” or “disinformation” related to COVID-19, is an unprecedented effort by those in power to block doctors from sharing their views on COVID-19 topics, including on vaccines, with their patients, an attorney says. And lawmakers had pivoted the initial bill from its true, intended purpose to be able to pass it.That’s according to Rick Jaffe, an attorney who represents a lawsuit challenging the measure, AB 2098 (pdf), also referred to colloquially as the state’s COVID-19 misinformation law, which became effective on Jan. 1 but has since been put on hold.A...

This is an important question to ponder given a recent poll’s finding that only 36 percent of millennials — and a mere 16 percent of Gen Z adults (18-25) — are “proud to live in the United States.”

A Fox News journalist who lost a limb and sight in one eye in an attack while reporting on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine made his return to live TV. Benjamin Hall urged those at home to “never give up, never assume it’s all over.” He said the cameraman crawled out of their car and he followed him out before a THIRD bomb struck the vehicle. “The two of us laid there for about 40 minutes, and talked, he passed away,” Hall said. The journalist also said he is grateful to his three young daughters who he had a vision of...

From Our Special Correspondent. PORT ROYAL, Saturday, Jan. 24, 1863. After months of weary waiting and watching for signs of active movement against John Secesh in this part of Uncle Sam's domain when at last it was almost like hoping against hope that anything would be done we have suddenly been lifted out of the deeps of despondency to a corresponding elevation of enthusiasm and Hail Columbia-joyfulness. The first indication that our longings were to be gratified came last Sunday, when early in the day, the uncouth bulgy-looking but formidable battery New Ironsides, came slowly up the harbor and dropped...

Despite polticians like President Biden cheerleading his great economic accomplishments and Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen dipping into Social Security to fund the Federal government (much like Biden’s dipping into the Strategic Petroleum Reserve), there are serious problems facing America’s middle class and low-wage workers. Inflation is still brutal (but slowing) and REAL weekly earnings growth has been negative for 21 straight months (meaning that Biden’s bragging about wage growth has been destroyed by the inflation created by his energy policies and massive spending sprees). Personal spending rate YoY has plunged -53.5% to cope with inflation. To quote Joe Biden (Chauncy...

Multiple companies in Texas are facing a lawsuit for employing a janitor accused of urinating into employee water bottles and thereby infecting more than a dozen victims with sexually transmitted diseases. The lawsuit, stemming from the October arrest of janitor Lucio Catarino Diaz, was filed on behalf of 13 women who say the janitor urinated in their water bottles on the job in an East Houston office building which resulted in positive tests for the herpes simplex 1 virus, KRIV-TV reported. In a press release, Houston law firm Abraham, Watkins, Nichols, Agosto, Aziz & Stogner alleges that the companies employing...

The Bible In Paintings ~ Encouragement for Appreciating and Applying God's Word ~ JESUS SAVES ZACCHAEUS THE TAX COLLECTOR ֎ Featuring 30 Paintings, 1 Photograph and 4 Windows ֎ L U K E Chapter 19 Jesus entered Jericho and was passing through. A man was there by the name of Zacchaeus; he was a chief tax collector and was wealthy. He wanted to see who Jesus was, but being a short man he could not, because of the crowd. So he ran ahead and climbed a sycamore-fig tree to see him, since Jesus was coming that way. When Jesus...

Pray For The Peace of JerusalemMark 1John the Baptist Prepares the Way1 The beginning of the good news about Jesus the Messiah,[a] the Son of God,[b] 2 as it is written in Isaiah the prophet:“I will send my messenger ahead of you, who will prepare your way”[c]—3 “a voice of one calling in the wilderness,‘Prepare the way for the Lord, make straight paths for him.’”[d]4 And so John the Baptist appeared in the wilderness, preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins. 5 The whole Judean countryside and all the people of Jerusalem went out to him. Confessing...

29 January 20234th Sunday in Ordinary Time Ara Coeli Church in Rome Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: A(I).First readingZephaniah 2:3,3:12-13 ©In your midst I will leave a humble and lowly peopleSeek the Lord,all you, the humble of the earth,who obey his commands.Seek integrity,seek humility:you may perhaps find shelteron the day of the anger of the Lord.In your midst I will leavea humble and lowly people,and those who are left in Israel will seek refuge in the name of the Lord.They will do no wrong,will tell no lies;and the perjured tongue will no longerbe found in their mouths.But they will...

...The public school that Mrs. Bradshaw’s son attends is one of many throughout the country that allow students to socially transition — change their name, pronouns, or gender expression — without parental consent. Districts have said they want parents to be involved but must follow federal and, in some cases, state guidance meant to protect students from discrimination and violations of their privacy... Educators have also said they feel bound by their own morality to affirm students’ gender identities, especially in cases where students don’t feel safe coming out at home. (emphasis-added)...Other teachers believe they have a moral responsibility to...

A woman protestor being interviewed regarding the Atlanta police scandal said that this is not anything racial, it's about humanity.Now . . . . . I've pondered the thought/question of; "What IS (American) humanity?" or, "What IS (American) culture?"

(Daily readings from the USCCB)Leaving the crowd, they took Jesus with them in the boat just as he was. And other boats were with him. A violent squall came up and waves were breaking over the boat, so that it was already filling up. Jesus was in the stern, asleep on a cushion. Mark 4:36–38Throughout our lives, we can be assured that at some point we will encounter a storm. Not just a physical storm but a spiritual one. It may come in the form of a tragic event, a deep wound inflicted by another, the effects of our own...

The recent decision by Olaf Scholz’s German government to supply Ukraine with Leopard 2 tanks – after weeks of clear reluctance to provoke Vladimir Putin – was more than a domestic policy shift. It also demonstrated how Russia’s invasion of Ukraine could prove to be a tipping point in a long-running battle of ideas between two schools of thought in the field of international affairs. Scholars refer to the two camps as liberals and realists. A defining characteristic of liberalism is its view that global politics is an arena where moral values, legal norms and institutions are crucial for regulating...

... Janes Defense writer Takahashi Kosuke cites retired admiral Kawano Katsutoshi saying that US presidential elections every four years and always unpredictable American public opinion raises fundamental questions about the constancy and reliability of US extended deterrence for its allies. Indeed, the longstanding strategic logic of US extended deterrence may have already been broken. As Asia Times has previously reported, China and North Korea may already have capabilities to strike the US mainland from bastions in the South China Sea or within their territories using highly-lofted trajectory launches – making it unlikely the US would retaliate using nuclear weapons in...

Public education has taken a dangerous turn. Parents hoping to take back their schools must start by studying the leftist school playbook. Several years ago, my husband and I learned a valuable lesson when we visited San Diego: Ignorance is not an excuse. After returning to our car from a beach trip, we noticed that we’d been ticketed. We drove to the police station and discovered that we’d parked in a red curb zone. We hadn’t seen any No Parking signs, and the curbs weren’t red. However, there doesn’t have to be red paint to signify a restricted area; people...

28 January 2023Saint Thomas Aquinas, Priest, Doctor on Saturday of week 3 in Ordinary Time Saint Thomas Aquinas University Parish Charlottesville, VA Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: A(I).Readings for the feriaReadings for the memorialThese are the readings for the feriaFirst readingHebrews 11:1-2,8-19 ©Abraham looked forward to a city founded, designed and built by GodOnly faith can guarantee the blessings that we hope for, or prove the existence of the realities that at present remain unseen. It was for faith that our ancestors were commended. It was by faith that Abraham obeyed the call to set out for a country...

Soldiers, sick people, babies — the list of leftists' potential victims is endless. Mark Meincke, a Canadian Army veteran who served with the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, appeared on a recent episode of The John-Henry Westen Show. Meincke has testified before the Committee on Veterans Affairs in Ottawa about Canada's Medical Assistance in Dying program, or MAID, and the current apparent push for assisted suicide in the military. A soldier returns from fighting — and risking his life — for his country and, depressed, reaches out to the very government agency supposedly set up to help veterans deal with...