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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was rushed to a Tel Aviv hospital Saturday after fainting at home, according to multiple reports. The 73-year-old conservative — Israel’s longest-serving leader — was in “good condition” as he underwent a series of tests, his office said. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was rushed to a Tel Aviv hospital Saturday after fainting at home, according to multiple reports. The 73-year-old conservative — Israel’s longest-serving leader — was in “good condition” as he underwent a series of tests, his office said.

How does a car, home electrical appliance, or computer manufacturer typically assure the safety of its products? Well, they typically engage in some form of self-regulation. Companies competing with each other are interested in the success of their products and want to make as much money as they can. If a company finds itself risking a loss of revenue as a result of a manufacturing error or lack of safety, it typically corrects or refrains from actions that are responsible for the loss of profits.However, this may not be the case if profitable conduct contains no liability. Should this be...

Reps. Dan Newhouse (R-WA), Mike Simpson (R-ID), David Valadao (R-CA), and John Duarte (R-CA) have joined Reps. Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Jim Costa (D-CA), Jimmy Panetta (D-CA), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), Henry Cuellar (D-TX), and Jerry Nadler (D-NY) to reintroduce the Farm Workforce Modernization Act — a bill passed in 2019 and 2021 that ultimately failed to gain traction in the Senate despite being backed by many Republicans and Democrats. Aside from providing amnesty to about 2.1 million illegal aliens working on U.S. farms — allowing them to apply for green cards and eventually secure naturalized American citizenship — the bill keeps...

VIDEONot only did my wife WIN again at Piggy Penny slots on July 14 but we were entertained by the spectacle of a masked LOSER who had lost hundreds, possibly, over a thousand dollars on the same machine right near us. As you can see we stuck to our strategy of playing only the initial $20 and cashing out while ahead and to play that same $20 again until it was played out. Thus by respecting Lady Luck we are also rewarded by Lady Luck in stark contrast to the angry LOSER near us who melted down upon seeing my...

The US believes that Russia's current air defence and air force capabilities create "not ideal conditions" for supplying Ukraine with US-made F-16 fighter jets at this time.Source: Lieutenant General Douglas Sims, Director of Operations of the US Joint Staff, at a briefing on Thursday, quoted by European PravdaDetails: The representative of the US Department of Defence has noted that the conditions under which combat operations take place change over time, "but the conditions right now for the employment of the F-16s are probably not ideal".Quote: "I mean, the Russians still possess some air defense capability. They have air capability. And...

“You are cordially invited to a kangaroo court that will be held on Aug. 23, courtesy of the Republican National Committee. You will be the guest of honor.” That might as well have been the text of an engraved invitation to former President Trump to participate in the coming GOP debate next month. With potentially 12 opponents arrayed against him, moderators like Brett Baier who have proven to be immoderate in their treatment of Trump, sponsorship by Fox, a network whose owners have signaled their opposition to Trump, the proposed debate among Republican candidates more closely resembles a kangaroo court....

[Catholic Caucus] French traditional Dominican nuns being forced to embrace Novus Ordo; community suffering lossesThe organization Paix Liturgique has been following the drama in France concerning this community of traditional Dominican nuns, who, it appears, are being forced to embrace the Novus Ordo and who, as a result of community instability, are faltering and suffering. Translation of Letter 946bis (source) by Dr. John Pepino. - PAKThis time it's certain: the new Mass—"celebrated worthily," course!—is coming, discreetly but surely, into all the houses of the Institute of the Dominican Sisters of the Holy Spirit, i.e. the mother house in Pontcallec (diocese...

Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry objected to Rep. Cory Mills' (R-Fla) contention that "his 48 trips lasting more than 60 hours and emitting an estimated 325 metric tons of carbon since President Biden was sworn into office seemed to contradict his mission to impose regulations requiring the reduction of carbon emissions by everyone else." In his response to Mills, Kerry insisted "I don't own a private jet. I personally have never owned a private jet. Considering the importance of my mission, it's stupid to complain about how I get to the meetings that are essential to saving the...

On Friday, July 14th, Bishop E.W. Jackson, a prominent evangelical leader and champion of conservative values, announced the launch of his presidential campaign aimed at challenging the status quo and giving a voice to the millions of evangelical voters who have long been taken for granted by the Republican National Committee (RNC). With a clear message of accountability and empowerment, Bishop Jackson seeks to reshape the political landscape and ensure that the Christian vote is no longer overlooked by the establishment. For far too long, the RNC has capitalized on the support of evangelical voters while failing to deliver on...

At long last, justice has come: the Chicago suburb of Evanston, Ill., has begun paying reparations to black residents. So now that historic wrongs have been righted, a new era of racial harmony will dawn in northern Illinois, right? Wrong: one local “civil rights activist” is already complaining that the payouts are too meager and more money is needed. Despite the discontent, however, supporters of the scheme are optimistic, with one even terming it “a test run for the whole country.” Yeah, that’s the problem. The Wall Street Journal reported Monday that Evanston will shell out $25,000 to around 140...

Vice President Kamala Harris made a verbal slip on Friday that fed a frenzy of conspiracy theories, after she spoke of the need to 'reduce population' instead of pollution. 'When we invest in clean energy and electric vehicles and reduce population, more of our children can breathe clean air and drink clean water,' Harris said during a speech in Baltimore on combatting climate change. The White House official transcript of the remarks corrected the obvious error, crossing out the word 'population' and adding 'pollution' in brackets to indicate what Harris intended to say.

[Catholic Caucus] In new interview, Fernandez says Bible teaching on homosexuality should not be taken too literally, otherwise women might have to wear veilsThe following interview with Archbishop Víctor Manuel Fernández appeared today in Spanish at catolin.com, under journalist Ale Villegas (source).Ale Villegas: How does one promote the faith in a West that is increasingly indifferent to religion?Archbp. Fernández: It is a relative indifference, because new forms of religiosity and spirituality are always emerging. At a given moment, when one feels the suffocation of superficiality, the question of religion comes up again. That is the moment when, if we are...

Count Charles Barkley as someone who isn’t going to be boycotting Bud Light anytime soon.According to TMZ, the NBA legend and TV personality was in Lake Tahoe for the American Century Celebrity golf tournament. At some point, he got a little time away from the links. This gave him a chance to take the mic and lambast people unhappy with Bud Light’s descent into wokeness.“I want y’all to drink this f–king beer,” Sir Charles said. “I want y’all to drink this f–king beer, I got three cases of Bud Light.”Those three cases may mean that Barkley was holding onto the...

Joe Biden’s dementia is rapidly advancing and the nation is in great peril. Proof of his decline came in a creepy moment during his brief visit to Helsinki, where he assaulted (that is the proper word) a child, a little girl who happened to attract his eye in a crowd. He walked over to her, put his mouth on her back and appeared to rapidly flick his tongue on her, through the fabric of her dress. Watch his jaw move up and down rapidly during the ten-second video clip from Twitter. It looks perverted at best, disturbingly sexual in connotation....

15 July 2023Saint Bonaventure, Bishop, Doctor on Saturday of week 14 in Ordinary TimeSt. Bonaventure Church in Raeville, NebraskaReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: A(I).Readings for the feriaReadings for the memorialThese are the readings for the feriaFirst readingGenesis 49:29-33,50:15-26 ©'God has turned the evil you planned into good'Jacob gave his sons these instructions, ‘I am about to be gathered to my people. Bury me near my fathers, in the cave that is in the field of Ephron the Hittite, in the cave in the field at Machpelah, opposite Mamre, in the land of Canaan, which Abraham bought from Ephron the...

William Perry Pendley, a Cheyenne native who served as BLM director under President Trump, said John Kerry showed an "unbelievable level of disconnect" in saying his concern with the war in Ukraine is its CO2 emissions, not terrible loss of life. William Perry Pendley said he couldn’t believe what he was hearing when U.S. Climate envoy John Kerry said his concern with the war in Ukraine was how it was contributing to climate change. The Cheyenne native, who served as acting Bureau of Land Management (BLM) director under President Trump and deputy secretary of the Interior under Ronald Reagan, said...

Likely Green Party presidential candidate Cornel West ripped President Biden’s record on race issues, calling the Democrat’s history with black Americans nothing short of a “crime against humanity,” in an exclusive interview with The Post. West, 70, accused Biden of spurring mass incarceration among minorities because of the tough-on-crime federal Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act Biden sponsored as a senator in 1994. The bill authorized the hiring of 100,000 new police officers and allocated $9.7 billion for prisons.

Over 200 countries will soon be receiving a formal invitation to participate in the 2024 Paris Olympics, but Russia and Belarus will be excluded because of the ongoing war in Ukraine, the International Olympic Committee announced Thursday. However, athletes will be allowed to participate under a neutral flag.

Yes, one of the cornerstones of Bidenomics is the massive expansion of (impractical) electric vehicles (or EVs). You know, those mondo expensive cars that run out of power after a couple of hundred miles requiring a lengthy recharge (kind of makes long distance trips the domain of Internal Combustion Engine (ICE) cars. But as Biden/Congress spent trillions on green energy (massive subsidies for anything green), we noticed that 1) inflation hit 40 year highs and 2) The Fed intervened to raise rates. So, now we see that 60-month auto loan rates are now around 7.36%, up 74.4% under “Middle Class...

Nothing sums up the Biden administration better than the video of Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen prostrating herself before the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Sunday. The sight of one of America’s most powerful Cabinet members groveling before her counterpart in one of the world’s most evil empires was enough to sicken anyone. The moment was so appalling that even the media’s backlash was swift.