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As Republican presidents nominated pro-life justices, Antonin Scalia (Reagan, 1986), Clarence Thomas (Bush 41, 1991), and Samuel Alito (Bush 43, 2006), they also avoided a pro-life conservative majority, nominating John Paul Stevens (Ford, 1975), Sandra Day O’Connor (Reagan, 1981), Anthony M. Kennedy (Reagan, 1988), David Souter (Bush 41, 1990), and flimsy switch-hitter John Roberts (Bush 43, 2005). Routinely, these presidents and establishment Republicans would frame these latter nominations as being regrettable “mistakes” while their committed radical pro-abortion counterparts in the Democratic party “batted 1000” on such appointments

What are we to make of the recent comments by Dennis Prager that Judaism only calls actions evil, not thoughts? And what should we think of his comments that someone deriving sexual pleasure from watching animated child porn was not doing something “evil”? (See here and here for relevant clips.)Christian readers are familiar with the words of Jesus, spoken in the Sermon on the Mount: “You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall not commit adultery.’ But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman lustfully has already committed adultery with her in his heart” (Matthew 5:27–28)....

Voters in Virginia and Arizona sent letters to their states’ leading election officials on Tuesday, demanding they correct their jurisdictions’ allegedly inaccurate voter rolls in accordance with federal law.Addressed to Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes and Virginia Commissioner of Elections Susan Beals, the letters — which are supported by the Honest Elections Project (HEP) — allege there are numerous localities in both states that are violating provisions of the National Voter Registration Act (NVRA). Passed in 1993, the NVRA mandates states make “a reasonable effort to remove the names of ineligible voters” — such as those who have died...

Oregon Secretary of State LaVonne Griffin-Valade announced on Aug. 8 that six Republican senators who participated in a walkout during the 2023 legislative session may not run for reelection in 2024. GOP legislators pledged to fight the decision in court. The ruling is the first test of Oregon Ballot Measure 113. Approved by voters in 2021, the measure is an “initiated constitutional amendment,” that states legislators with 10 or more unexcused absences are barred from appearing on the ballot during the following term. The measure is intended to prevent tactics like a walkout, which both parties have used to deny...

In 2018 during his interview with Chris Wallace on FOX News President Trump accused Pakistan of not “doing a damn thing” to assist the US in the War on Terror despite the US sending billions in aid to the Islamic country. In response the Pakistani Prime Minster Imran Khan lashed out at President Trump and the United States posting a series of tweets and setting the record straight. Pakistani officials denied supporting Afghan Taliban insurgents waging war against U.S.-backed troops in Afghanistan. Islamabad also rejected claims officials aided former al Qaeda leader bin Laden. This was despite Bin Laden living...

Biden's answer to a question during his Weather Channel interview... "Is it the responsibility of the U.S. to protect migrants who might be fleeing extreme weather in their countries?" "Look, I think the United States should do everything we can to help people in desperate need who have no other means of help. And we've always done that. It is not our, it's just who we are. We're the United States of America. And the idea to begrudge the ability to do the, for example, One of the things we're doing is we're providing for changing the environment the the...

Look, Fat, here’s the deal, as Old Joe Biden would say: the left has won the culture wars. But that was just the first round. The second round isn’t going so well for the fascist forces of hatred and division masked as equity and inclusion. Patriots continue to pour Bud Light down the drain for trying to force the trans madness upon its unwilling customer base, and now the nickname wars, which Leftists had every reason to believe were won and settled once and for all, have taken an unexpected turn: a Native American group wants that football team in...

SACRAMENTO COUNTY, Calif. — Each day, Nathaniel Brown tends to his land. He says he fell in love with gardening at a young age. "When I'm able to see what I've created, it is very rewarding," Brown said. "I was definietly inspired by my grandma to get out and start planting. She really taught me gardening on a bigger scale. She had about a quarter-acre garden."

Thursday 10 August 2023 Saint Laurence, Deacon, Martyr Feast St. Lawrence Basilica, Asheville, NCReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Red. Year: A(I).First reading2 Corinthians 9:6-10 ©God loves a cheerful giverDo not forget: thin sowing means thin reaping; the more you sow, the more you reap. Each one should give what he has decided in his own mind, not grudgingly or because he is made to, for God loves a cheerful giver. And there is no limit to the blessings which God can send you – he will make sure that you will always have all you need for yourselves in every possible...

Mayor Eric Adams issued a dire warning to President Biden, cautioning that the lack of federal funding to help the migrant crisis will eventually “decimate” the Big Apple — which serves as the “economic engine” of the country. Adams slammed border states for creating a “funnel” to New York on “CBS Mornings” Thursday, saying, “New York City is the economic engine of this entire state and country. If you decimate this city, you’re going to decimate the foundation of what’s happening.” That foundation finally began to crumble earlier this month as dozens of migrants were left sleeping on the streets...

Who is Barack Obama? You’d think a guy who’s penned three memoirs and is the subject of several authorized and unauthorized biographies would be an open book, but he isn’t, as most sentient Americans know. But now we’re learning more.A recent story in Tablet Magazine by David Samuels, which includes an interview with one of Obama’s biographers, David J. Garrow, gives us some clues about America’s first half-black, half-white president and why he has meticulously hidden details of his life from the American people.Basically, Barack Obama fantasized about gay sex and was a social-climbing, wanna-be billionaire who loathed his real-life...

A recent poll noted that among young people – are we back to Gen A yet? – the young female-identifying have shown themselves overwhelmingly leftist, while the young male-identifying have shown themselves overwhelmingly right-wing. That’s certainly better than all of them being commies. It seems somewhat bizarre that our country may eventually be saved by a bunch of dudes painted as couch-dwelling, video game-loving losers, but that salvation might not be pretty or gentle. Perhaps the battle of the sexes will go from a cold war to a hot one. But you have to take hope where you get it,...

William Friedkin, the Oscar-winning director who was part of the new wave of American filmmakers of the 1970s, died Aug. 7. He was 87. The wealth and fame that he achieved were a stark contrast from his humble beginnings in working-class Chicago, where Friedkin was born in to Jewish immigrants from Ukraine. In his youth he became fascinated by the works of auteurs such as Welles, Bergman, and Godard and yearned to emulate what he saw. His passport to showbiz was via the mailroom of a TV station. He rose up the ranks to work on productions. He eventually proceeded...

Joe Germanotta, pop star Lady Gaga’s father, is outraged that illegal migrants are being housed in his exclusive New York City neighborhood. 66-year-old Germanotta has lived in The Pythian on the Upper West Side of Manhattan for 35 years. He is now leading the fight against letting illegal aliens flood his posh NYC neighborhood. According to Germanotta, illegal border crossers have “basically taken over” the city. Germanotta referenced the nearby Stratford Arms Hotel, which used to house the American Music and Dance Academy (AMDA). Roughly six weeks ago, the building was converted into a home for 500 illegal migrants. “If...

Joe Biden’s State Department got busted pushing the Pakistani government to remove Imran Khan as prime minister because Khan did not support the war against Russian aggression in Ukraine. The Intercept obtained a secret cable that showed Biden’s team using carrots and sticks in its push against Khan, promising better relations if Khan was removed and lonely isolation if he was not. The cable details the meeting between State Department officials, including Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs Donald Lu, and Pakistan’s ambassador to the U.S., Asad Majeed Khan. According to The Intercept:...

“Pot, meet Kettle.”Are we actually living in the Twilight Zone?Yesterday, the U.S. Embassy in Belarus released a condemnatory statement against the “Lukashenka regime” because according to our federal government, the country’s 2020 presidential election was “fraudulent” and since then, state authorities have allegedly waged a persecutory campaign against their own people for peacefully protesting, demanding change, and “exercising their freedom of expression.”(Now, this is not to affirm or deny the narrative set forth about the sequence of events, merely the U.S. government’s response to what they allege to be true.)Here is the opening text:Three years ago, tens of thousands of...

President Joe Biden will ask for $25 billion in aid for Ukraine, according to multiple reports. Multiple reports found Biden is expected to unveil a Ukraine aid package request north of $25 billion, which would include $13 billion in military assistance and $12 billion for disaster relief. This aid request would set up a battle between many Republicans that are increasingly skeptical about providing aid and defense hawks who wish to continue funding Ukraine’s seemingly endless conflict with Russia.

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A sudden, unexpected, and devastating fire has destroyed the lovely little heritage town of Lahaina on Maui, which for Hawaii, was also a vibrant tourist destination. Thirty-six people at last count were killed and given that this is early in the catastrophe and communications about evacuations were down early, it may rise. The town and all its historic artifacts, Front Street promenade, named one of the "top ten greatest streets" by American Planning Association, are gone. Lahaina's giant banyan tree, planted in 1873, and the largest in the U.S., is subject to on-again, off-again reports about whether it survived the...

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. Loitering munitions, drones used as unmanned bait, civilian vehicles 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 a vehicle is captured and then...