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The hideous laws designed to violate almost all parts of the Bill of Rights are finally being struck down as unconstitutional.The Supreme Court of the State of New York, the state's second highest court, recently ruled the state's so-called "red flag" law unconstitutional. These unconstitutional gun confiscation schemes go by different designations, but they are colloquially known as red flag laws. The gun-grabbing ghouls of the far left are creative in describing their operation.Anyone supportive of individual liberty and our commonsense civil rights has been horrified at how these authoritarian abominations violate almost all aspects of the Bill of Rights....

Dr. Robert Malone calls this "big news." This is big news! "Switzerland stops the Covid vaccinations: All vaccination recommendations have been withdrawn""https://t.co/1WTuthz7sN — Robert W Malone, MD (@RWMaloneMD) April 8, 2023From Report 24 in Switzerland (Google translate from German, emphases in the original):Switzerland stops the Covid vaccinations: All vaccination recommendations have been withdrawn, doctors can only administer the controversial vaccines in individual cases under certain conditions - but then bear the risk of liability for vaccination damage. When will countries like Germany and Austria follow this example?The Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH) and the Federal Commission for Vaccination Issues...

The latest day of mass protest and strikes against pension reform in France Thursday brought out two million participants to demonstrate in the streets according to labor union organizers. The government claiming that only 570,000 participated. French politics this week included the controversy over junior cabinet minister Marlene Schiappa posing for the cover of "Playboy" magazine in a risqué way... Meanwhile Elabe commissioned a poll about what a Presidential Election would look like if there was one in France right and Marine Le Pen of the National Rally came out a winner... Mr. Macron in China for a three-day visit...

Disgraced Frank founder Charlie Javice has joined the likes of Elizabeth Holmes and Sam Bankman-Fried on a growing list of founders to be lavished with honors by the financial news outlet Forbes – only to later face criminal fraud charges. Forbes has faced relentless mockery on social media – with users pointing out the dubious record of business figures who have earned a spot on one of its “30 Under 30” lists or the cover of its magazine. “The Forbes 30 Under 30 have collectively raised $5.3B in funding,” tech investor Chris Bakke tweeted on Tuesday. “The Forbes 30 Under...

Concerned parents in Ireland held a protest against the inclusion of LGBT “pornography” books in the children’s section of libraries in the country. A group of parents gathered in the centre of Swords, Co. Dublin on Thursday to demonstrate against the inclusion of explicit LGBT books in the children’s section of libraries. The demonstration has provoked outrage amongst Ireland’s progressive elite, with one far-left party in the country branding the parents as “right wing bullies and conspiracy theorists”. During a report by Gript Media, a number of parents expressed particular concern about one publication titled This Book is Gay by...

'Transgender people are experiencing harm and erasure due to: the introduction and approval of anti-LGBTQ+ legislation across several states, harmful rhetoric from some Christian institutions and their leaders, including the Catholic Church, [and] daily discrimination and violence,' the coalition of religious stated.The Board of the International Centre for the Sisters of Saint Joseph US Federation- Facebook/Sisters of Saint Joseph US Federation(LifeSiteNews) — A coalition of dissident Catholic religious sisters released a statement Friday supporting the March 31 “Transgender Day of Visibility,” calling for those who identify as “trans, nonbinary, and gender-expansive” to be “acknowledged, boldly accepted, and celebrated” by the...

Before it was demolished with explosives in 2018, the Golden Lampstand Church was one of the largest churches in China The Golden Lampstand Evangelical Church is being demolished with explosives in Linfen City of China's Shanxi province in January 2018. The church's leaders and members are facing trial for alleged fraud. (Photo: ChinaAid)A court in a northern province of China held a public trial over the alleged fraud of leaders and members of an evangelical mega-church that was demolished by the authorities in 2018, says a rights group. The court in Linfen city of Shanxi Province had a public hearing...

The U.S. invasion of Iraq and toppling of Saddam Hussein was disastrously ill-conceived, as I explained before it started back in 2003. The resulting vacuum was filled by jihad groups who targeted the Christians, which they associated with the U.S. even though there has been a Christian presence in Iraq for 2000 years. “Two Decades of Persecution Leaves Iraqi Christians with an Uncertain Future,” International Christian Concern, March 21, 2023: 03/21/2023 Iraq (International Christian Concern) – This week marks the 20th anniversary of the launching of the U.S.-led coalition’s invasion of Iraq and the subsequent toppling of Iraqi dictator Saddam...

Moscow: A significant volcanic eruption in Kamchatka, a peninsula in far-eastern Russia, has prompted the Federal Agency for Air Transport, Rosaviatsiya, to issue a strong recommendation to aircraft to evaluate their flight paths. Rosaviatsiya said that the Bezymianny volcano, one of the most active in the area and located in the eastern section of the peninsula, erupted on Friday morning with a 12,000-meter column of ash that subsequently began to drift towards the southeast.

Ian Bairnson, the Scottish session guitarist best known for his work with the Alan Parsons Project and Kate Bush, has died aged 69. The news was announced by the guitarist’s wife, Leila Bairnson, on social media(opens in new tab), stating: “It is with deep sadness and regret that I let you know that my loving husband Ian Bairnson has passed away on Friday 7th April.

In St. Michael's Media, Inc. v. Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, (D MD, March 31, 2023), a Maryland federal district court in an 80-page opinion allowed a conservative media organization that often criticizes the current leadership of the Catholic Church to move ahead with free speech and freedom of assembly claims against the city of Baltimore and the management of a city-owned concert venue. The claims grew out of the cancellation of a contract for plaintiff to hold a conference and prayer rally to coincide with the Fall General Assembly of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. The court...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — A group of young children participating in an Easter Egg hunt at the White House found themselves at the center of unexpected controversy after they discovered more of President Joe Biden's classified documents hidden inside some of the colorful Easter eggs. Parents alerted the FBI, who then arrived on the scene to investigate. "We were just having a normal egg hunt when little Samuel found a bunch of top-secret documents," said one child's father, Thomas Gordon. "He ran towards me waving a stack of papers and started asking me why the government is selling captured alien weapons...

Uncle Teddy and friend Keith (not me) doing their thing.

I caught this on Twitter today and thought some of you all may find it interesting. From what I can tell it's saying is that Hillary created a FOIA request in 2018 in regards to... A leak from the FOIA release of State Department emails allegedly confirms a claim that this email is from Hillary Clinton on Dec 13, 2018 “Requesting documents pertaining to the resurrection chamber of Gilgamesh, the location of his body and the location of the buried Nephilim.”

The U.S. Olympic women swimmers of 1976 swept into Montreal a proud dynasty and were staggered to win but a single relay. They slammed into final wall after final wall in world-record time and found large, muscular athletes in blue already there, chatting gutturally. Female swimmers of the German Democratic Republic (GDR) had never before won an Olympic gold, yet in Montreal they massacred the rest of the world, taking gold medals in 11 of 13 events and setting eight world records. Their flagship was Kornelia Ender, 17, who won the 100 and 200 freestyle and 100 butterfly and anchored...

Are there any risks with OTC hearing aids? Yes, as with any medical device, there are risks. If you do not have a hearing test performed by a doctor prior to buying OTC, you may be unprepared to use them properly. The max output on the devices may cause hearing loss if you do not require a high level (a doctor can tell you your max output level via a test). Additionally, OTC hearing aids may pose a risk to minors. Creed adds, "I worry about kids getting them. The FDA is not requiring an ID to purchase." She says...

Update from Ukraine | How Will Ukraine Attack on the South? | Bakhmut situation is critical https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNpcb5DDn7U ****NEW SUMMARY Military MAPS & COMMENTS here: Invasion Day 408 – Summary April 7, 2023 Jerome News The summary of the situation of Russian re-invasion to Ukraine covering the last 48 hours, as of 2023 – 22:00 (Kyiv time). https://militaryland.net/news/invasion-day-408-summary/

John 20:1-10 (KJV) 1The first day of the week cometh Mary Magdalene early, when it was yet dark, unto the sepulchre, and seeth the stone taken away from the sepulchre. 2Then she runneth, and cometh to Simon Peter, and to the other disciple, whom Jesus loved, and saith unto them, They have taken away the LORD out of the sepulchre, and we know not where they have laid him. 3Peter therefore went forth, and that other disciple, and came to the sepulchre. 4So they ran both together: and the other disciple did out run Peter, and came first to...

Experts recommend reducing consumption of added ("free") sugars to around six teaspoons a day and limiting sugar-sweetened drinks to less than one serving a week after a comprehensive evidence review. They found significant harmful associations between sugar consumption and 45 outcomes, including asthma, diabetes, obesity, heart disease, depression, some cancers and death. It's widely known that excessive sugar intake can have negative effects on health, and this has prompted the World Health Organization (WHO) and others to suggest reducing consumption of free or added sugars to less than 10% of total daily energy intake. Researchers therefore carried out an umbrella...