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The Western world has been caught in a spiral of self-harm and debasement for the past three years. Aspects of the underlying psychology have been discussed in abstract terms, regarding mass anxiety and the actions of crowds. Little has been said about the possibility that we are simply terrified of death. This is a fear we may need to address, if we are to stop acting like fools. Death in Life Death was once part of life. A visit to an old cemetery will reveal that many earlier gravestones are memorials to young children and women of child-bearing age. This...

<p>The upstart populist pro-farmer party FarmerCitizenMovement (BBB) shook the foundations of politics in the Netherlands overnight, securing a significant victory in Wednesday’s provincial elections on the back of growing resentment against the globalist government of Prime Minister Mark Rutte and his plans to introduce Great Reset-style environmental policies.</p>

Mortality rates among American children and adolescents rose by almost 20 percent in just two years, with non-COVID injuries being a top reason for increased deaths. Between 2019 and 2020, all-cause mortality rates for Americans in the age group of 1 to 19 years jumped by 10.7 percent, according to data collected and published by JAMA Network from the American Medical Association. This was followed by an 8.3 percent spike between 2020 and 2021. The total mortality rate in the two years between 2019 and 2021 was 19 percent—the biggest increase in at least 50 years. “These increases, the largest...

While every coastal state has contributed to the decline of fish stocks to some degree, none surpass China’s impact. The 2019 IUU Fishing Index, which ranks coastal countries worldwide based on their vulnerability to, practice of, and response to harmful fishing practices, listed China as the top global offender, scoring 40 percent worse than the worldwide average. Furthermore, the United Nations found China’s distant-water fleet to have been underreporting their global catch size by a factor of 12. Countries in the Indo-Pacific region have lost patience with these illegal practices and have begun to push back.Many Chinese-flagged fishing vessels and...

SVB collapse an indictment against Biden brand of politics Where do I go to get my free money? Why must you and I and millions of other Americans who work for a living bail out the Beautiful People who foolishly stashed their cash in Silicon Valley Bank? Wasn’t the deal that you had to keep your balance under $250,000 to be protected by FDIC insurance? I guess that rule wasn’t in effect if you were woke, a member of a protected class or contributed enough to Democrat fat cats, or all of the above. Here’s how America works now. If...

So, the Biden Administration made a horrible error by guaranteeing deposits at Silicon Valley Bank for deposits over $250,000. Essentially, Biden bailed out big tech that kept their deposits at SVB. But what triggered the run on SVB and other banks? Simple. Biden and Congress spent like drunken sailors with Covid and The Federal Reserve went nuts printing money. Viola! We got inflation. But with inflation came The Fed’s attempt to get inflation back to its 2% target (difficult since Biden/Congress refuse to return spending to pre-Covid levels). But as interest rates rise, duration (weighted average life of MBS) rose...

Portland residents are sounding the alarm on the city's crime crisis after more than 300 criminal cases in the area were dismissed, including some related to felony theft, possession of a stolen vehicle, gun charges and more. As Oregon faces a public defender shortage, residents say they wish they were surprised by the news, but activist district attorneys and a flawed justice system have culminated into a far more significant dilemma over time. "We're paying these public defenders slowly, and we're paying them badly, and they don't want to work for the state. The state controls this," area resident Angela...

JWST's new image of WR 124 and its nebula. (NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Webb ERO Production Team) There's scintillating beauty to be found in cosmic death. In a new image from the JWST, the spectacular final throes of a star nearing the end of its life are revealed in all their intricate detail. Located in the constellation Sagittarius, the star WR 124 is what's known as a Wolf-Rayet, which are rarely seen in the Milky Way. That's because only certain stars turn into Wolf-Rayets, and even then their time in that phase is so short; in just a few hundred...

One of the progressive liberal politicians pushing for reparations in cash-strapped San Francisco also wanted to defund the police, and believes some Honduran fentanyl dealers are human trafficking victims who should be protected rather than prosecuted. Hillary Ronen is one of the 11 supervisors who will decide on a wide-eyed reparations plan for the city's black residents that would pay them each $5million, promise them $97,000 salaries and wipe away personal debt. Ronen, 47, is a Berkley Law graduate who owns a $2.4million home with her public defender husband. She says she 'can't wait' to get to work implementing the...

Shares of First Republic and several other regional banks cut earlier losses Thursday after The Wall Street Journal reported that some big banks were in talks to provide aid to the beaten-down regional. First Republic shares were down 20.5% before being paused for volatility. PacWest and Western Alliance were also off their lows of the day. The SPDR S&P Regional Bank ETF (KRE) was down less than 1%. The Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday that JPMorgan and Morgan Stanley were among the banks considering a cash infusion to bolster First Republic. The cash could come in the form of...

Luke 11:14-23Friends, in today’s Gospel we learn of a person possessed by a demon. Jesus meets the man and drives out the demon, but then is immediately accused of being in league with Satan. Some of the witnesses said, “By the power of Beelzebul, the prince of demons, he drives out demons.”Jesus’ response is wonderful in its logic and laconicism: “Every kingdom divided against itself will be laid waste and house will fall against house. And if Satan is divided against himself, how will his kingdom stand?”The demonic power is always one of scattering, It breaks up communion. But Jesus,...

Battling persistently low approval ratings across party lines, Vice President Kamala Harris (D) appeared Wednesday on CBS’ The Late Show with Stephen Colbert in the latest attempt to burnish her public image. But Harris stumbled badly when she seemed either unable or unwilling to define the vice president’s job. During the awkward exchange, host Stephen Colbert asked Harris to explain “what is the actual role on a daily basis” of the vice president. Harris avoided answering the question by praising President Joe Biden (D). “Well, I have the great privilege of serving with Joe Biden, who is president of the...

Tucker Carlson opened his show last night with an important message. "You're going to get a hot war with Russia — and China — whether you want one or not." https://youtu.be/qG8uLFHJWVEHe followed up with an analysis of the Black Sea drone incident and the calls for retaliation and escalation from the War Party, both Democrat and Republican alike. Watch the whole thing but the most important part is at the end: But as they were yapping about all of that, they missed some other things that were going on in the United States, like, for example, the collapse of our...

The mural, dubbed “Morning is Broken,” appeared on the side of the building and depicted a young boy opening corrugated metal curtains alongside a cat. But the piece was short-lived and became history along with the dilapidated building in the seaside town of Herne Bay in Kent, according to the BBC The anonymous artist confirmed he created the mural in a post shared with his 12 million followers Wednesday. One of the Instagram photos shows the artwork was a casualty of demolition work on the abandoned building that had ivy growing on it and white paint peeling from it.

The Government of Japan is urged to tell the truth about the huge number of vaccine injuries and excess deaths during a hearing. Japanese lawmaker Mr. Yanagase Hirofumi, a Japanese politician who is a member of the House of Councillors of Japan, accused the Japanese government of covering up COVID-19 mRNA vaccine injuries and deaths. Below is the transcript of Mr. Hirofumi’s speech: =================================================================================== The number of deaths in Japan has been on the rise continuously. As you can see from this panel, the dramatic increase in the number of deaths is quite obvious. Last year, the number of deaths...

A new study finds biological sex and time of day makes a difference in the effectiveness of diuretics—medications commonly prescribed to manage high blood pressure. The body's circadian clock and biological sex are two key factors in blood pressure management. The kidneys play a significant role in blood pressure regulation by managing fluid and electrolyte levels in the body. The body's circadian clock also regulates kidney function. Researchers explored how time of day and biological sex affect how well diuretic medications work. These drugs act on different renal transporter proteins to increase the amount of urine the body excretes. The...

In receiving healing there are two factors that are of vital importance and they are your words and your heart(not your blood pump) as we will see. Notice, in Proverbs 4:20-23 it says, My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings. 21 Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart. 22 For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh. 23 Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life. And that word health is translated as-...

Although the plan to raise the pension age from 62 to 64 passed the upper house on Thursday, ministers realised they might not have the numbers in the lower house. Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne will now rely on a constitutional procedure. Article 49:3 enables the government to pass legislation without a vote.

Yesterday, Ron DeSantis upset warhawks both left and right with his answer to the Ukraine-Russia conflict where, in hs detailed answer, he mentioned that at the heart of the war is territorial dispute between the two nations. =======================================================DeSantis rattles GOP establishment with Ukraine comments Florida governor and presumed 2024 hopeful Ron DeSantis has come under fire from several high-profile Republicans and Democrats after he commented on the ongoing conflict between Ukraine and Russia. Responding to a question from Tucker Carlson about his stance on the issue, DeSantis broke with the establishment GOP, expressing his view that the United States should...

Border Patrol Chief Raul Ortiz testified to Congress on Wednesday that the Department of Homeland Security does not have operational control of the U.S. southern border under President Joe Biden, a claim that is directly at odds with a statement from DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. Ortiz made the remarks during a House Homeland Security Committee hearing in McAllen, Texas, in response to a question from Chairman Mark Green about security on the U.S.-Mexico border. “Does DHS have operational control of our entire border?” Green asked. “No sir,” Ortiz responded. Behind Green was a poster board that showed that “operational control,”...