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It’s simple, really. Why do so many college and university students hate Israel? Because they know nothing about it, and have bought into the propaganda they’ve been fed. In the midst of the recent and nationwide demonstrators featuring students (and many others) denouncing Israel for its alleged crimes, Algemeiner reported that “students who care strongly about the ‘Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories’ do not have knowledge of basic facts surrounding the subject, and do not share similar concerns about other geopolitical conflicts.” This wholly unstartling bit of information was gleaned from a survey of 230 undergraduates at University of California,...

Daily Readings from the USCCBJesus said to the crowds: “To what shall I compare this generation? It is like children who sit in marketplaces and call to one another, ‘We played the flute for you, but you did not dance, we sang a dirge but you did not mourn.’” Matthew 11:16–17What does Jesus mean when He says “We played the flute for you…” and “we sang a dirge…?” The Church Fathers clearly identify this “flute” and “dirge” as the word of God that has been preached by the prophets of old. So many came before Jesus to prepare the way,...

Yesterday morning I came across a Tim Pool video telling us that because Kid Rock and Dana White are back to supporting Bud Light, somehow we Normals have won the fight and somehow it's OK to drink Bud Light again. The short argument is that our grassroots boycott has caused Tranheuser Busch to take huge losses and make massive efforts to try to win back beer drinkers. That's the rationale, although I'm not so sure. Back in April I weighed in, Budweiser Has a Path to Redemption – Will they Take It? I laid out steps for them to take...

Demonic influence, deception, decay and darkness is EXPONENTIALLY saturating this present world of ours, but the ETERNAL Christmas message is an ETERNAL GLORIOUS LIGHT and REALITY shining forth out of the hearts of those who personally know Jesus in RIGHTEOUSNESS (Matt. 5:14-16, John 17:17; 1 Thess. 5:4-5)! This Christmas we as His blood brought children need to be looking into Almighty God's RIGHTEOUS mirror and Word and examining ourselves in His RIGHTEOUS Presence to see if we are indeed His light houses shining forth to a lost dark and dying world (Matt. 5:13-16; John 17:17; Gal. 2:20; 1 Cor. 10:31;...

Rumours of Vladimir Putin's 'ill health' have been swirling for years, with recent sources claiming the Russian President has died and his corpse is being stored in a freezer 'used for deep-frozen food'. Russian President Vladimir Putin is holding his first major news conference today, since launching a full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February last year. At the annual event (which didn't happen last year), he has claimed that peace with Ukraine will only occur "when we achieve our objectives". -snip- Speculation has mounted online for years about the Russian President's 'ill health', with claims he is allegedly suffering from...

Courtesy of the Mazi Melesa Pilip website.Mazi Melesa Pilip is not your typical Long Island Republican. She is not, in fact, your typical anything. Currently serving as a Nassau County legislator from Great Neck, Pilip has been nominated by local Republicans to run in the February 13 special election to fill the congressional seat vacated earlier this month when the House voted to oust serial fabulist George Santos (R-Nowheresville). Pilip might not bring much legislative experience to what's expected to be a tight race, but she does bring the badassery. Born into extreme poverty in Ethiopia in 1978 or '79,...

Despite claims to having its homeless situation on the mend and under control, San Francisco is a bigger hellhole than ever. According to Fox News, overdose deaths have hit a historic record high:The San Francisco Office of the Chief Medical Examiner (OCME) showed in its latest report that the city had the most accidental drug overdoses ever recorded in a single year, many of which involved fentanyl.The report — released on the OCME’s website Thursday — shows the city had 752 accidental overdoses recorded during the first 11 months of 2023. The highest number of accidental overdoses recorded for an...

Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley dismissed an invitation from Fox News host Sean Hannity to debate fellow GOP primary candidate and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis. “I’ve debated him four times. I love debates. I have no issue with that,” Haley said when asked by Hannity if she would participate in a one-on-one debate with DeSantis. “But quite honestly, the person I want to debate is Donald Trump. If you can get him on your show, that’s who I want to debate. That’s who we’re looking at.” Former President Trump, the race’s front-runner, has so far not participated in any of...

Several Republican members of the state Assembly are on a surprise trip to meet with Chinese Communist Party officials. Assembly Minority Leader Will Barclay was among several New York Republicans posing for a photo-op holding a banner reading “New York State Assembly Legislature and Business Friendship Delegation to China.” “The Assembly delegation was scheduled to meet with foreign ministers, dignitaries, economic development and education officials,” Barclay spokesman Mike Fraser told The Post.

The Bible In Paintings ~ Encouragement for Applying and Appreciating God's Word ~ •Drawings•Engravings•Facades•Frescoes•Illuminations•Miniatures•Mosaics•Photographs•Reliefs•Statues•Tapestries•Windows• MARY’S VISIT TO COUSIN ELIZABETH L U K E CHAPTER 1 At that time Mary got ready and hurried to a town in the hill country of Judea, where she entered Zechariah’s home and greeted Elizabeth. When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the baby leaped in her womb, and ELIZABETH WAS FILLED WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT. In a loud voice she exclaimed: “Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the child you will bear! But why am I so favored, that the mother of my...

Congress has approved legislation that would prevent any president from withdrawing the United States from NATO without approval from the Senate or an Act of Congress.The measure, spearheaded by Sens. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) and Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), was included in the annual National Defense Authorization Act, which passed out of the House on Thursday and is expected to be signed by President Biden.

Six Los Angeles County Starbucks stores may soon reopen after the National Labor Relations Board said the coffee franchise closed about two dozen locations to halt union momentum. As reported in the New York Times, a regional NLRB office determined that 23 U.S. stores were closed “because its employees engaged in union activities or to discourage employees from doing so.” At least seven of those stores had unionized, the Times added, though the company said none of the Los Angeles locations were unionized. ...

Investigative journalist Lara Logan released the latest episode in her much anticipated investigation into the January 6, 2021 “Fed-surrection” today on Truth in Media website. In her latest episode, Logan brings on former Louisiana police officer and current US Congressman Clay Higgins to discuss the events that tragic day back in January 2021. Representative Higgins is famous for confronting FBI Director Chris Wray back in November 2022 on the confidential human sources dressed as Trump supporters INSIDE the US Capitol on January 6, 2021. In November 2023 Rep. Higgins confronted Chris Wray again about the FBI’s confidential human sources that...

Investigative journalist Lara Logan released the latest episode in her much-anticipated investigative series into the January 6, 2021 “Fed-surrection” on Thursday on Truth in Media website. In her latest episode, Episode 9, Logan brings on former Louisiana police officer and current US Congressman Clay Higgins to discuss the events that tragic day back in January 2021. Representative Higgins is famous for confronting FBI Director Chris Wray back in November 2022 on the confidential human sources dressed as Trump supporters INSIDE the US Capitol on January 6, 2021. In November 2023 Rep. Higgins confronted Chris Wray again about the FBI’s confidential...

ifteen years ago today, an Iraqi journalist stood up in the middle of a press conference in Baghdad and shouted in Arabic, “This is a farewell kiss from the Iraqi people, you dog!” and then proceeded to hurl his shoes, one after the other, at then-President George W. Bush. The gesture by the journalist, Muntadhar al-Zaidi, had dire effects on his own life — a risk he was well aware of beforehand — but it lives on in the public imagination worldwide as perhaps the most effective individual protest against America’s bloody and ultimately disastrous invasion and occupation of Iraq....

So both the House and Senate INTENTIONALLY dithered this year, just to get to September 30th. The goal being, to extend ALL government funding at current levels into the new year, with absolutely NO check by the people through their representatives on ANYTHING the government (that is, the Executive departments) is doing. Including section 702 of the FISA act. No changes whatsoever. JUST before September 30th, a continuing resolution was needed, as it is EVERY YEAR, to "avoid a government shutdown". And so we got one, which extended funding to mid-November. And then in November, the plan was to extend...

The Netherlands will have the option to deviate from strict adherence to European asylum and migration policies, following a decision by the House of Representatives on Wednesday. Geert Wilders, leader of the PVV party, hails this as a “historic motion.”The motion, submitted by PVV, NSC, BBB, and VVD on Tuesday, advocates for an opt-out arrangement similar to Denmark’s, which has effectively managed mass immigration for two decades. The opt-out scheme allows a Member State to withdraw from a specific area of EU policy if it chooses not to participate, the Dutch press reported.

CHICAGO - On Thursday, Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson revealed his comprehensive strategy, titled the "People's Plan for Community Safety," aimed at tackling crime in the city at its foundational levels. The mayor emphasized that the initiative adopts a dual approach, focusing on both people and specific locations. "There is a shattered sense of safety in Chicago that has been driven by decades of purposeful disinvestment in our communities," Mayor Johnson said in a statement. "It is time for a new community safety approach - one that addresses the root of the problem by investing in our people and neighborhoods to...

WASHINGTON, Monday, Dec. 14. Mr. DIXON presented the petition of a large number of Assessors and Assistant Assessors, asking for an increase of compensation. Mr. DIXON also gave notice of a bill amending the Conscription Act in such manner as to exempt all clergymen. Mr. MORGAN presented the credentials of Mr. B. GRATZ BROWN, of Missouri, and he was qualified and took his seat. On motion of Mr. FOSTER, the Senate proceeded to the election of the following standing Committees: Foreign Relations -- Sumner, Chairman; Foster, Doolittle, Harris, Johnson, McDougall. Finance -- Fessenden, Chairman; Howe, Cowan, Clark, Van Winkle, Conness....

A new government-funded study out of Britain, conducted by scientists at the U.K. Center for Ecology and Hydrology, purports to show that “human breathing is contributing to greenhouse gas emissions.” Therefore, the study authors are urging "caution in the assumption that emissions from humans are negligible."The peer-reviewed study published Wednesday in the Public Library of Science's journal PLOS One investigated greenhouse gas emissions of methane and nitrous oxide in human breath, which allegedly "contribute to global warming."Well, there it is! I knew it was coming! Are you serious about stopping global warming? Well, then, just stop breathing! What a boon...