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Conservatives would have to be extremely stupid not to notice that, long before Trump came along, the Republican establishment and the mainstream media had a consensus about how to interpret elections. Any time a right-wing candidate lost, it was always proof that the Right was unelectable and that candidate was a millstone around the Republican Party’s neck. But any time an establishment candidate lost—like John McCain in 2008 and Mitt Romney in 2012—nobody argued the party was too centrist or that establishment candidates were lead balloons. When conservatives lost, it meant conservatives were losers. But when less conservative candidates lost,...

Resident Biden has been an unmitigated disaster for the US middle class, but fantastic for BIG corporate America and the donor class. Mortgage applications increased 6.3 percent from one week earlier, according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey for the week ending May 5, 2023. The Market Composite Index, a measure of mortgage loan application volume, increased 6.3 percent on a seasonally adjusted basis from one week earlier. On an unadjusted basis, the Index increased 7 percent compared with the previous week. The Refinance Index increased 10 percent from the previous week and was...

Climate change fanatics achieve real political and economic goals by advancing a narrative they know isn’t true but that suits their desires. In combating the global warming (aka, climate change) movement, we fail to understand that the radical left today lives in a value-relative phenomenology shaped by a mixture of postmodernism blended with neo-Marxism. It misses the mark merely to refute the hoax science behind the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)’s decision to eliminate the use of hydrocarbon fuels. The sad truth is that government-funded climate scientists know CO2 is not the control knob of Earth’s temperature. The...

With only two weeks to go before the mid-term elections in the United States, President Joe Biden has come out swinging in favor of trans rights. In a sit-down interview with trans TikTok star Dylan Mulvaney, the President said that he supported “every single solitary right” for trans-identifying people, “including use of your gender identity bathrooms in public”.

President Joe Biden predicted Tuesday that the U.S.-Mexico border would be “chaotic for a while” when pandemic-related restrictions end, as 550 active-duty troops began arriving and migrants weighed whether or when to cross. The restrictions have been in place since 2020, and allowed U.S. officials to quickly return migrants over the border. They are ending later this week and the U.S. is putting into place a set of new policies that will clamp down on illegal crossings while offering migrants a legal path to the United States if they apply online through a government app, have a sponsor and pass...

North Carolina GOP Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson says there are other avenues to successful careers besides a four-year college degree, including vocational apprenticeship programs. "We're not against four-year university degrees, but we also want to let our students and our children know that there are a number of other venues that you can go through to make not just a living, but a great career," Robinson told the "Just the News, No Noise" TV show Tuesday. "And the skilled trades of those opportunities definitely exist." Robinson, who recently announced his candidacy for North Carolina governor, said that his state is...

Last year, Forbes concluded that "only 16% of adults in the U.S. say they have a great deal or quite a lot of confidence in newspapers, and just 11% said the same for television news." Anyone confronting these stats must conclude that our media are deeply incompetent or crooked or both. The New York Times announced a few years ago that defeating Trump was the important thing. They gave themselves a free pass to lie all they want. How can they now reclaim their honor or their usefulness? Real journalists, when they hear an assertion, immediately try to determine whether...

PHILADELPHIA, Saturday, May 9. The Bulletin, of this city, publishes the following highly important intelligence this evening: "We learn from the editors of the Philadelphia Inquirer that one of their correspondents, who has just returned from Washington, informed them that Gen. HOOKER recrossed the Rappahannock in force yesterday, the men carrying eight days' rations with them. We also learn from another source, that is vouched for as reliable, that Gen. Keyes has taken Richmond, having advanced upon it by way of Yorktown, and that the Federal Flag now floats over the rebel Capital. If Gen. STONEMAN has cut off the...

The mainstream media have provided varying explanations for the unexpected rise in blood clots, cardiac events and early death in the past two years: skipping breakfast, falling asleep in front of the TV, "exposure to a sudden gush of water," napping and high noise levels. One possibility they continue to rule out or simply ignore: COVID-19 vaccination in populations at negligible risk from SARS-CoV-2 itself. The authors of a December analysis that found a massive rise in athletes' cardiac-related deaths coinciding with the global vaccination campaign have issued a revised version that more carefully delineates causes and age range in...

Local Hispanic leaders in Palm Beach Beach County are trying to convince Governor DeSantis not to sign a bill into law that will stop illegal immigration in Florida, and it’s not only Democrats who seem to be having an issue. Local Hispanic GOP leader Lydia Maldonado who is running for chair of the local Republican party, says she is against illegal immigration but will not get involved in the local battle with the governor. The recent statement from the legislature sends a strong message. Florida isn’t the state for you if you’re an illegal immigrant. SB 1718 (HB 1617) was...

Regulator rules doctor engaged in disgraceful or unprofessional conduct in his care of 10 patientsA gynecologist at the centre of a years-long CBC investigation had his medical licence suspended for four months following a regulatory hearing in early March. Dr. David Gerber, of Meridia Medical in midtown Toronto, pleaded no contest to allegations from the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario (CPSO) that he engaged in disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional conduct in his care and treatment of 10 patients over the course of more than a decade. "We are deeply disturbed by your repeated misconduct," said the Ontario Physicians...

Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler is convening a meeting with regional leaders this week to discuss a flurry of planned or proposed increases in taxes, fees and utility rates bearing down on households and businesses. In Portland, for example, city bureaus are currently planning or proposing to implement a 6.6% hike on water and sewer services, a 20% rise in parking meter rates and 5% increases across a number of building and development permits within the next several months, according to officials and budget documents. The Portland Bureau of Transportation is also separately floating a monthly tax on residents and businesses...

The man drove six hours to turn in the parts he made on a $200 3D printer A New York man claims to have made $21,000 during a gun buyback program by 3D printing over 100 lower receivers and turning them over to police. "I 3D-printed a bunch of lower receivers and frames for different kinds of firearms," the man, who would only identify himself as "Kem," told WKTV last week. Kem says he printed the gun parts on a $200 3D printer he received as a gift for Christmas and then made the 6-hour drive to Utica, New York,...

10 May 2023Wednesday of the 5th week of Eastertide St. Damien Catholic Church, Edmond, OK Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: A(I).First readingActs 15:1-6 ©They were to go up to Jerusalem and discuss the problem with the apostles and eldersSome men came down from Judaea and taught the brothers, ‘Unless you have yourselves circumcised in the tradition of Moses you cannot be saved.’ This led to disagreement, and after Paul and Barnabas had had a long argument with these men it was arranged that Paul and Barnabas and others of the church should go up to Jerusalem and discuss the...

In a post back on March 23 (“Trying To Head Off New York’s Total Self-Destruction”), I took note of the recent issuance by a think tank called the Empire Center of a big Report titled “Next New York.” The Report shines a spotlight on one area after another where progressive New York politicians have implemented destructive and crazily-expensive policies. My March 23 post discussed the subject of energy policy. Before too much time has passed, I want to delve into at least one or two more areas. For today, it’s public education. The Next New York Report covers public education...

Democrats are getting a sinking feeling when it comes to Donald Trump: They can see him winning again. A New York jury in a civil trial on Tuesday found the former president liable for sexual assault and defamation, but a number of Democrats say their party is underestimating Trump, who despite a series of scandals is the frontrunner for the GOP presidential nomination. “There is a concern from a lot of people like me, for sure,” said one prominent Democratic strategist. “There’s a disconnect between the consultant class of our party and the voters. They think they can just run...

Daniel Perry, a U.S. Army sergeant Texas Gov. Greg Abbott promised to pardon following his murder conviction last month, is slated to be sentenced on Tuesday for killing a Black Lives Matter protester. Perry was working as a rideshare driver when he shot and killed 28-year-old Garrett Foster, an Air Force veteran, during a racial justice rally in Austin on July 25, 2020. The deadly violence came amid a summer of protests triggered by police violence nationwide, including the death of George Floyd, who was killed by officers in Minneapolis just months earlier. Perry served in the military for more...

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba has talked down the idea of a planned counteroffensive being a guaranteed turning point in the war, adding that Ukraine would not stop launching counteroffensives until it has reclaimed all of the territory occupied by Russia. "Do not consider this counteroffensive as the last one, because we do not know what will come out of it," Kuleba told Germany's Bild newspaper in comments published on Wednesday. He said if the counteroffensive doesn't achieve Kyiv's goal of liberating all Ukrainian territory, "it means we have to prepare for the next counteroffensive."

In the real world a wind farm’s output often drops below 10 per cent of its rated “capacity” for days at a time. Solar power disappears completely every night and drops by 50 per cent or more during cloudy days. “Capacity” being a largely meaningless figure for a wind or solar plant, about 3000 megawatts (MW) of wind and solar capacity is needed to replace a 1000 MW conventional power station in terms of energy over time: and in fact, as we shall see, the conventional power station or something very like it will still be needed frequently once the...

The Bush clan is always in the background, like the stench of a rotting whale carcass just over the horizon. With Georgia on their mind for 2024, Governor Brian Kemp hosts a stop Trump confab at their infamous and preferred Sea Island retreat. Meanwhile, thanks to the intrepid boots-on-ground reporting of Laura Loomer, we discover that Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger is meeting with Zuckerberg’s far-left Center for Election Innovation & Research (CEIR), in Washington DC. Why would state election officials be meeting with far-left election manipulation groups. Well, put those two datapoints together, and once again the strings...