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Contemporary liberals are the ideological heirs of a rebellion against the God of Revelation and Christian theism that began as far back as the Renaissance:“The desire to be liberated from the constraints of Christianity was the original reason for modern liberalism’s embrace of a world defined entirely by materialism—the view that there are no immaterial entities like God of the soul, but only physical entities. This embrace of materialism began as far back as the Renaissance. And the same impulse was behind the nineteenth-century enthusiasm for scientific materialism, and it remains a staple of liberalism today.” (Benjamin Wiker “Worshipping the...

Global warming is a hoax invented by Technocrats such as populate the Club of Rome, the Trilateral Commission and the United Nations. The singular purpose is to drive the world into Sustainable Development, aka Technocracy. The pandemic hoax followed the same path, and only one solution is offered.⁃ Technocracy News Edit

Here's an interesting interaction between President Trump and DeSantis, following Trump's 2018 state of the union address to Congress. As Trump wends his way through a group of Republican members of Congress, as he exits the floor of the House, he briefly exchanges words with various members of the House, including DeSantis. The relevant part starts at 1:40:38.

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A 54-year-old engineer from Illinois who traveled about 300 miles to meet who he was thought as a 14-year-old girl for sex was sentenced this week to a year in prison. Brian K. Arflack was sentenced Tuesday by Montgomery County Common Pleas Judge Dennis Adkins to 12 months in prison on each charge of importuning and possession of criminal tools, to which Arflack pleaded guilty April 11. The sentences are to be served concurrently, according to court records. Arflack was one of several March 29 arrests involving a Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office task force sting joined by television journalist Chris...

Kitchen Nightmares is coming back after nearly a decade and we couldn’t be more excited. According to Deadline, Gordon Ramsay will lead the series revival which joins four other shows that he currently hosts on Fox, including Next Level Chef (which was recently renewed for another two seasons), Hell’s Kitchen, MasterChef, and MasterChef Jr. The new Kitchen Nightmares will be produced by Studio Ramsay rather than ITV Studios America but will have the same concept: Gordon screaming at restaurant owners in an attempt to save their failing businesses. In 2017, Ramsay admitted it was the wrong move to end the...

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Good morning freedom lovers! Very interesting developments in Belgorod. Russian freedom forces have invaded in two more points along the border! Reports of Russian reserves being relocated from Ukraine to Belgorod.

Black Lives Matter's national organization is at risk of going bankrupt after its finances plunged $8.5 million into the red last year - while simultaneously handing multiple staff seven-figure salaries. Financial disclosures obtained by The Washington Free Beacon show the perilous state of BLM's Global Network Foundation, which officially emerged in November 2020, as a more formal way of structuring the civil rights movement. For the previous year, 2021, tax filings revealed that BLM paid a company owned by Damon Turner, the father of Cullors' child, nearly $970,000 to help 'produce live events' and provide other 'creative services.' While Patrisse...

The House Ethics Committee closed its two-year-long investigation into Rep. Eric Swalwell’s ties to suspected Chinese spy Christine Fang on Tuesday and said it will take no action against the California Democrat. “As you are aware, on April 9, 2021, the Committee on Ethics informed you that it had determined to investigate allegations raised in the complaint that you may have violated House Rules, laws, or other standards of conduct in connection with your interactions with Ms. Christine Fang. The Committee will take no further action in this matter,” read a letter to Swalwell from Ethics Committee Chairman Michael Guest...

A store owner of a downtown Los Angeles clothing boutique was transported to the ICU after two armed robbers savagely beat him in a violent pistol whip attack on Wednesday. Surveillance footage shows the two suspects enter the store and draw their hanguns before attacking the store owner in a brutal beatdown that left victim Franky Salerno bloodied and hospitalized in the intensive care unit, according to the Los Angeles Police Department. -snip According to LAPD, the two armed theives stole Salerno's Rolex watch, gold necklace, and other jewerly around 4:49 pm on Wednesday at the clothing store located on...

“Illegal weapons have no place in California,” said Bonta. “The settlement we have reached with Walmart makes crystal clear that online retailers are responsible for what they are allowing to be offered for sale in our state.” A Walmart representative provided a statement, saying “We are committed to being the most trusted retailer. While we believe our policies and procedures comply with California law and admit no liability or wrongdoing, we believe this agreement is in the best interest of all parties.” NOW: CA Attorney General @AGRobBonta @RobBonta announces that @Walmart has agreed to pay $500,000 via a settlement. It...

OAKLAND, Calif. - Nine adolescents and teens were arrested in connection with a spree of robberies and other crimes across the East Bay, including the recent assault of a 63-year-old woman in Oakland's Rockridge neighborhood, authorities said. Ranging in age from 12 to 17, the underage suspects are believed to have committed 32 robberies in Oakland, two in Piedmont and one in El Cerrito, according to the Oakland Police Department. The group consists of three girls and six boys. Enrich Your Child's Summer with TakeLessonsTakeLessons by Microsoft| Sponsored The robberies happened in the neighborhoods of Rockridge, Uptown, Trestle Glen, Grand...

Among the many plot lines in the Dianne Feinstein saga is Gov. Gavin Newsom's pledge to appoint a Black woman to replace the 89-year-old should a vacancy arise before her term expires in January 2025. He made that promise during his 2021 anti-recall campaign, and a new article from the Associated Press' Michael R. Blood conveys the extent to which the governor may have boxed himself in. While many Black Democrats expect the governor to follow through on his pledge, the two candidates who seemed the most likely at the time of the pledge — Reps. Barbara Lee and Karen...

Join with fellow FREEPERS to pray for AMERICA: For those in Authority in Government, Family, Military, Business, Healthcare, Education, Churches, and the Media. This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. (1 John 5:14)Forum threads labeled [Prayer] are closed to debate of any kind.

Gun ownership increased sixfold under former Brazilian President Bolosonaro, homicides dropped 34% A gun expert is asking academics to put their money where their mouths are and bet $1,000 on Brazil as a case study that stricter gun laws won't mean less crime. No one has taken him up on the bet yet, but some have hit back by calling the challenge a "stunt" and saying they will put cash up if the terms meet their requirements. Brazil took a hard turn away from gun ownership with a new left-wing presidential administration this year, sparking a debate on whether Brazil’s...

In all likelihood, we have all been the victim of slights, of transgressions, even of high crimes like robbery or physical abuse at some point in our lives. How do we deal with that? Do we allow it to eat at our soul, ruining our lives forever? Do we plot revenge? Or do we learn from it, put it behind us, and move on? In our personal lives, this is a question handled differently – by philosophy, by religion, by psychology; our approach is shaped by our cultures, by our families, neighborhoods, and by our studies. No matter what path...

Two months ago, Goldman sparked uproar across Wall Street when the bank forecast that the AI revolution could lead to as many as 300 million highly skilled (or at least not menial labor) layoffs across the US and Europe and predicted that some 18% of global work could be automated with AI...... with the biggest impact falling on legal and admin jobs, with social science and architects and engineers also in danger of being made obsolete (much more in the full Goldman note available here to pro subs).Goldman's back of the envelope calculation inspired none other than hedge fund legend...

The University of California (UC) system is working towards providing jobs to illegal immigrants despite a federal law banning the practice.Royce Hall, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Los Angeles, CAIn a Thursday statement by UC President Michael Drake and Board of Regents Chair Richard Leib, the university system announced the appointment of a working group that will consider relevant issues to providing employment opportunities to all students regardless of immigration status. By November, the group is expected to have developed an implementation plan and legal strategy which will include the next steps."The University is committed to ensuring that all...

In response to the whistleblowers who alleged that the IRS gave preferential treatment to first son Hunter Biden being abruptly taken off the case last week in what appeared to be an obvious retaliatory move, Internal Revenue Service Commissioner Daniel Werfel said that it wasn’t his call.Instead, it was the Department of Justice.No surprise there, considering we’re living under probably the most politicized DOJ in our history, one that routinely applies two different standards depending on which side of the political aisle someone stands on.In a letter to the House Ways and Means Committee dated May 17 and obtained by...