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Breitbart News reported that gunshots rang out at a Dadeville, Alabama, 16th birthday party Saturday night around 10:30 p.m. Four people were killed and initial reporting noted approximately 20 were wounded. However, police have since raised the number of wounded to 32. The establishment media has widely reported the incident as a “mass shooting,” and President Biden reacted to the incident by pushing for an “assault weapons” ban. However, AL.com pointed out that State Trooper Sgt. Jeremey Burkett issued a written update on the incident Monday, which said, “Special agents did not recover any high-powered rifle ammunition at the scene;...

Once you fatigue people enough with the strategies of 1984, they are set up for the medicalization of society. Which is the brain stuff. The altering of the human brain with drugs and other approaches. Genes, perhaps. A brain‐machine linkup. Creating a different perception of reality. Externally applied electromagnetic fields. In which people will feel happy even though they are slaves. You see, in 1984 it’s really all about hysteria. The people are being driven into the wall with lies about wars and lies about enemies and lies about political structure, and the control over individuals is very harsh, and...

Brandon Johnson has not yet taken office as mayor of Chicago, but he still put out a statement Sunday after unruly teenagers descended en masse on Millennium Park and downtown Chicago, some of them breaking car windows, setting vehicles ablaze and firing off shots. The statement’s existence, content and syntax all were revealing. “In no way do I condone the destructive activity we saw in the Loop and lakefront this weekend. It is unacceptable and has no place in our city,” Johnson said on social media. “However, it is not constructive to demonize youth who have otherwise been starved of...

Join with fellow FREEPERS to pray for AMERICA: For those in Authority in Government, Family, Military, Business, Healthcare, Education, Churches, and the Media. I urge, then, first of all, that requests, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for everyone: for kings and all those in authority that we may live peaceful and quiet lives in all godliness and holiness. ~ 1 Timothy 2:1-2 Religion Forum Threads labeled [Prayer] are closed to debate of any kind. Fools laugh at sin, but the favor of God is among the faithful. (Proverbs 14:9)

U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., said Monday Republicans will vote to cut federal spending when it agrees to raise the debt ceiling, setting the stage for a pending political struggle over growing federal debt and what to do about it. “OK, so here’s our plan,” McCarthy said at the New York Stock Exchange Institute Monday. “In the coming weeks, the House will vote on a bill to lift the debt ceiling into the next year, save taxpayers trillions of dollars, make us less dependant on China, curve our high inflation, all without touching Social Security and Medicare.” U.S. Treasury...

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit reversed the dismissal of a lawsuit made by Loudoun County, Virginia, parents against their public school system over a bias reporting system, which they argue could chill their children's freedom of speech. The appeals court overturned a lower court decision to dismiss the lawsuit Friday, saying that the case against Loudoun County Public Schools’ based on student’s First Amendment rights could continue in federal court. “Schools are supposed to educate children,” Jacob Huebert, president of the Liberty Justice Center, which represents the parents in the case, said in a statement on...

On this date, April 18, in 1521, before the Diet Of Worms, Martin Luther took a courageous stand for intellectual innovation and religious freedom. Christianity has been the constantly evolving and dominant moral foundation of The West for most of the past two thousand years. In 2023, the Christian faith and life is now under secular attack on many fronts. If it can stay true to the moral core of Jesus, it will survive. But, as in the days of Martin Luther, that will require a judicious mix of courage, creativity and freedom.

Pakistani police have arrested a Chinese citizen on blasphemy charges after he allegedly insulted Islam and the Prophet Mohammed, authorities say. Under Pakistan's controversial blasphemy laws, a conviction for the offence carries the death penalty. Police identified the man only as Mr Tian from China and said he was arrested on Sunday night, hours after hundreds of residents and labourers working on a dam project blocked a key highway and rallied to demand his arrest. The rally took place in the town of Komela - located close to the site of the Dasu Dam, the biggest hydropower project in Pakistan...

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(Warning: The Following May Be Offensive) Having grown up with too much pornography in the picture, the notion of a lesbian was inevitably associated with extreme sex acts I found repulsive early in my life less so as the porn proliferated and I consumed it. In the religious subculture at the university I went to I remember a woman resembling Rachel Maddow was in the picture... I've learned over the decades that my lesbian friends and acquaintances have stories of being hurt including sexual harm done to them. Child abuse is also a part of their experience including sexual abuse....

Google released Bard in March, an artificial intelligence tool touted as ChatGPT's rival. Just weeks into this public experiment, Bard has already defied expectations and ethical boundaries. In an interview with CBS' "60 Minutes" that aired Sunday, Google CEO Sundar Pichai admitted that there is a degree of impenetrability regarding generative AI chatbots' reasoning. "There is an aspect of this which we call ... a 'black box.' You know, you don't fully understand," said Pichai. "You can't quite tell why it said this or why it got wrong. We have some ideas, and our ability to understand this gets better...

@paulsperry_ NEW: House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries didn't just support anti-Semite Farrakhan in college but also embraced Marxism, demonizing "this country's capitalist system" & advocating for "the redistribution of wealth" for "collective ends." Democrats nominated Jeffries for Speaker

ESPN’s Stephen A. Smith is a brave man. Years ago, his network went woke. ESPN, which is owned by Disney, began injecting race into just about every discussion of every sport, pushing gun control, pushing the left’s agenda where it clearly doesn’t and never will belong. Game highlights and analysis took a back seat to political pontificating. Smith didn’t publicly resist that, but he didn’t really go along either. He’s never really seemed interested in wokeness. He has frequently appeared on Fox with Sean Hannity and Jesse Watters, which is usually two strikes against anyone who wants to avoid being...

@JustStop_Oil This time last year, #JustStopOil supporters blocked key oil terminals at 10 sites in the UK, stopping oil supply to London and the South East. In 7 days, we return to block roads in the capital until this government halts all new oil and gas projects.

From Russia smears to fake news to a lawsuit accusing former President Trump of rape, the money behind some of the dirtiest Dem tactics come from an obscure Big Tech billionaire.When E. Jean Carroll first accused Trump of rape, the media quickly backed away. It didn’t help that she told media outlets that “most people think of rape as being sexy” and “it’s the responsibility of the woman, too. It’s equal. Men can’t control themselves.” But after a fitful attempt at using the story to sell books, Carroll vanished and then returned with a lawsuit.In a deposition last year, Carroll...

The pandemic was probably the result of a "research-related incident" at a laboratory in Wuhan, China, a lengthy US Senate report concluded. It said the theory that Covid-19 jumped from animals to humans in a market no longer deserved the "presumption of accuracy". The 300-page report, released to Axios, was the full version of a 35-page summary published in October by the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee. It said: "The Covid-19 pandemic was, more likely than not, the result of a research-related incident. "New information, made publicly available and independently verifiable, could change this assessment. "However, the hypothesis...

An Illinois state senator defended the Chicago "Teen Takeover" that unfolded Saturday night and left multiple boys shot, claiming it was simply "a mass protest against poverty and segregation." Robert Peters, who represents parts of Chicago, responded to the chaotic scene that saw hundreds of local youth smashing car windows, jumping on surrounding vehicles, and firing guns in the streets. Rather than condemn the chaos that left tourists running in fear, Peters suggested it was a "mass protest." "Since I’m a glutton for punishment and I’m sure I’m gonna get the most unhinged, crime weirdo replies but: I would look...

Bob Nardelli, the former CEO of Home Depot, is warning about more bankruptcies hitting the U.S. economy, and blames lawmakers for their delay in coming to terms regarding the country’s debt ceiling.“I think we’re going to see a lot of bankruptcies. Like Bed, Bath, and Beyond. We got Walmart not only laying people off but closing stores. We got Accenture laying people off. We got Amazon closing distribution centers. So, I think there’s a tremendous-mixed message,” Nardelli said in an April 14 interview with Fox. At present, the “complexity” of the American economy is “different than anything I have seen...

Pete Buttigieg, our Transportation Secretary, hates roads.He has a point, though: roads are racist. They hate Black and Indigenous people. They hate Black people so much that they kill them at higher rates than White people.I think Ku Klux Krashsites would have worked better but alas, no edit button. 😢— Gordon "Soros-Backed" Kushner (@Gordon_Kushner) April 17, 2023Racism. Is there nothing it can’t do?Some wag on Twitter noted that the rambling discourse from Mayor Pete was so absurd that even Al Sharpton appeared not to buy it.Perhaps, but Sharpton always looks sour and I won’t pretend to be able to read...

Another day another store going out of business in Portland. Last week I wrote about a coffee shop closing a downtown location because of rising crime and problems with violent street people. Today, outdoor retailer REI announced it was closing its only Portland store because of increased crime and theft in the area.In a letter to REI members, the company cited concerns over safety and an increase in crime over the last few years as reasons for the closure.“The safety of our employees, members and customers is always our number one priority. In recent years, Portland has been dealing with...