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17 June 2023The Immaculate Heart of Mary on Saturday of week 10 in Ordinary TimeEcce Homo Shrine, KrakówReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: A(I).Readings for the feriaReadings for the memorialThese are the readings for the feriaFirst reading2 Corinthians 5:14-21 ©From now onwards we do not judge anyone by the standards of the fleshThe love of Christ overwhelms us when we reflect that if one man has died for all, then all men should be dead; and the reason he died for all was so that living men should live no longer for themselves, but for him who died and was...

Joe Biden left many people puzzled and questioning his intentions after the U.S. president concluded his speech at the National Safer Communities Summit in Connecticut on Friday. What Happened: Speaking with gun safety advocates and survivors of gun violence at the University of Hartford, Biden’s closing statement, “Alright? God save the Queen, man,” generated widespread confusion and criticism across social media platforms.

CHICAGO — A mass shooting left five people injured, four critically, near Lincoln Park Zoo overnight, according to initial information from the scene. The shooting occurred in the 1900 block of North Stockton occurred around 4:40 a.m. “A group of people were gathered outside … when a verbal altercation ensued,” Chicago police said in a media statement. “Unknown offender(s) then opened fired [sic], striking five victims. No one is in custody and Area Three Detectives are currently investigating the circumstances surrounding this incident.” Police officers said found a 23-year-old man at the scene with gunshot wounds throughout his body. He...

The current military operations conducted by the Ukrainian Armed Forces are deemed necessary “due to the coercion by the Russian Federation and its Armed Forces,” said Yakubets.“Where we advance by one or one-and-a-half kilometers, those are indeed successes. However, when we progress by 100-300 meters, it essentially amounts to a standstill.”Yakubets said that covering a distance of 100 to 300 meters entails “crossing or overcoming half of the neutral zone,” which, according to him, extends from 300 to 500 meters in certain directions.“Strategically, I am deeply concerned about this issue because if we persist in advancing at the current pace,...

Former White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci said Friday’s broadcast of CNN’s “Anderson Cooper 360” that former White House Chief of Staff Gen. John Kelly saved the country several times from former President Donald Trump’s “recklessness” and “lack of intellectual curiosity.” Guest anchor John Berman said, “So, in this post, we’re talking about today, you saw the former president attack Bill Barr, John Bolton, Mick Mulvaney. In a separate one, he went after someone you worked with briefly in the White House, former White House Chief of Staff John Kelly, calling Kelly weak, ineffective, born with a very small brain....

Money makes DC go around. Particularly when there are no effective constraints on the Administration or Congress’s ravenous appetite for insane spending (like Biden bragging about the US funding a large solar energy in Angola while he leaves the southern border wide open). After all, Biden, Schumer and McConnell all believe our money (along with our children) belong to them. So, since the coronation of King Barack in 2009, US public debt has grown by 200% and just breached $32 trillion. US M2 Money is up 152% since Obama/Biden and The Fed’s Balance sheet is up 275% and M2 Money...

Actor and former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger says he believes it's a "no-brainer" he could win the presidency in 2024 — if he were able to run for election. Schwarzenegger, who was born in Austria and served as the Golden State's governor from 2003 to 2011, made the comments during a recent sit-down interview on Max and CNN’s "Who’s Talking to Chris Wallace?"

The main entrance to Dodger Stadium was briefly shut down Friday afternoon by a crowd protesting the honoring of the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, a satirical performance and activist organization considered blasphemous by some Christians, as part of the team’s 10th annual Pride Night.

Researchers have long known that moderate exercise has a beneficial impact on the body's response to inflammation, but what's been less understood is why. New research done on a mouse model suggests that the answers may lie at the production level of macrophages—white blood cells responsible for killing off infections, healing injury and otherwise acting as first responders in the body. "Much like if you train your muscles through exercise, we showed that exercise of moderate intensity ended up training the precursors of those macrophages in the bone marrow," says Ali Abdul-Sater. "The way that exercise is doing this is...

A new study published 14 June in JAMA Psychiatry has found evidence that supplementing the diet with a probiotic blend containing 14 strains of bacteria can help individuals who are being treated for major depressive disorder with antidepressants. The research, led by the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience (IoPPN) at King's College London and in partnership with ADM Protexin, part of ADM, demonstrated the potential of probiotic supplementation to support improvements in multiple depression and anxiety scores over an eight-week period. The pilot study is one of the first trials in a Western population to show both good tolerability...

Spotify has parted ways with Harry and Meghan, ending a deal they inked back in 2020. The media outlet reportedly paid them $20 million for a series of podcasts. They ended up making twelve episodes. That’s really nice work if you can get it. Is this what the left means when they talk about privilege? Who else gets to make that kind of money for this kind of work? NBC News reports: Prince Harry and Meghan’s deal with Spotify ends as they agree to ‘part ways’ Prince Harry and Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, have announced another high-profile split. The...

The reluctance to acknowledge Islamic homophobia among gay rights advocates, left-wing politicians, and the media poses risks to all non-Muslims and undermines the principles they claim to champion. Hamtramck, Michigan – The clash between leftist ideologies and Islamic beliefs regarding LGBTQ+ rights has once again taken center stage, igniting a controversial debate in the diverse city of Hamtramck. The display of LGBTQ+ Pride flags on government property has become a focal point, revealing tensions and raising questions about the alliance between left-wing principles and Islamic teachings. The discord between the claimed championing of LGBTQ+ rights and the contradictions within Islamic...

This list only includes destroyed vehicles and equipment of which photo or videographic evidence is available. Therefore, the amount of equipment destroyed is significantly higher than recorded here. Small arms, ATGMs, MANPADS, loitering munitions, drones used as unmanned bait, civilian vehicles, trailers and derelict equipment are not included in this list. All possible effort has gone into avoiding duplicate entries and discerning the status of equipment between captured or abandoned. Many of the entries listed as 'abandoned' will likely end up captured or destroyed. Similarly, some of the captured equipment might be destroyed if it can't be recovered. When the...

Stephen Boyd, Donald Pleasence and Raquel Welch star in this imaginative sci-fi adventure. When a scientist who holds the secret of miniaturization goes comatose, a team of specialists travels inside his body to try to repair a dangerous blood clot. But with his body's defenses fighting them, and a saboteur on the team, it's a race against time to operate

Russia’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zahkarova told a news briefing that Russia may use nuclear weapons in self-defense, at an address on June 15 in Peterburg. "Russia's nuclear deterrence policy is strictly defensive. The hypothetical use of nuclear weapons is clearly limited by extraordinary circumstances within the framework of strictly defensive purposes," she said. Zakharova insisted that Russia was intent on maintaining the principle that nuclear war was inadmissible. "There can be no winners in it. It must never be unleashed. We consistently call on all other parties to the joint statement of the leaders of the five nuclear states...

What is it going to take to wake people up? Russia is deploying tactical nuclear weapons to Belarus, and there is lots of talk in the Russian media about using such weapons to bring a quick end to the war in Ukraine. The theory is that once the Russians show that they are willing to use tactical nukes, the U.S. and the other western powers will back off. But that won’t be what happens. Instead of backing off, the Biden administration will respond by using U.S. tactical nuclear weapons against Russian targets in Ukraine. And once both sides have used...

A six-month study of healthy older men demonstrated that daily multivitamin/multimineral supplementation had a positive effect on key nutrition biomarkers. The research also showed that the changes in nutrition status could have direct connections to cellular function, measured by the oxygen consumption of the study participants' blood cells. The findings suggest supplementation may be a key tool to help people stay healthier as they age. Said Michels: "Previous studies have shown mixed results when it comes to multivitamins and disease risk. We wanted to know why there was so much uncertainty." The research group recruited 35 healthy men age 68...

Hour & twenty minute video with Kim Iverson & Martin Armstrong discussing his predictions & also the gov't harassment he's been on the receiving end of. Very interesting.

Despite slogging along through months of the legacy media studiously ignoring the ongoing allegations of corruption inside Biden Inc., the word seems to be getting around. More people are emerging from the shadows with stories of their own that they’ve kept quiet about for years or even decades. The latest is a man named Mike McCormick. If you’ve never heard of Mr. McCormick before, that’s to be expected. He wasn’t a public official who tended to show up in the headlines. He served as a stenographer in the White House for fifteen years spanning multiple administrations, including that of Barack...

Concerning the moral rot in America and the Biden administration: on May 30, 2023, it was reported that Uganda has passed some very strong anti-gay laws, and Pres. Biden has responded by: Threatening to impose sanctions and other penalties on Uganda. Calling for the laws to be immediately repealed. Calling the laws a shameful act and an alarming trend of human rights abuses and corruption. Calling the laws a threat to everyone living in Uganda. Threatening to ban Ugandans from entering the U.S. The next day, it was reported that hundreds of Ugandans marched in the street in support of...