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In what can only be described as a clown show, ladypastrix and imbecile, Jen Strickland of Claremont United Church of Christ has redefined absurdity with her sermon. She claims, “Reproductive rights, as it turns out, have been under attack since 1500 BCE,” and that the Egyptian midwives were champions of “girl power” for defying Pharaoh. This nonsensical take is an insult to anyone with a modicum of common decency. Strickland asserts that Shipra and Pua in Exodus 1 were defending reproductive rights by deceiving Pharaoh. In reality, these women actually feared God and would be rolling over in their graves...

Economic Benefits of a Revitalized Energy Sector O’Leary pointed out that a strong energy sector is crucial for economic stability and growth. He mentioned that efficient energy infrastructure, like pipelines delivering gas to international markets, could significantly reduce national debt. He also suggested that a robust oil and gas industry could lead to energy security and vibrant economic outcomes, benefiting not just the industry but the overall economy. A Resurgence in Fossil Fuel Investments Kevin O’Leary’s insights suggest that the recent Supreme Court ruling could significantly alter the landscape for the oil and gas industry. By potentially curbing regulatory overreach...

Truth be told, we hate to even talk about this… But it’s an insidious issue that needs to be exposed. What if the woke agenda is purposefully coming after the children? Think that’s an over-exaggeration? Here’s something that should claw at your insides and make your blood run cold. By now, you might be familiar with “Drag Queen Story Hour”. What they say is that it was created to promote literacy and inclusivity. It seems like it’s become something far more sinister… If that wasn’t the real original intention. In case you haven’t been paying attention… It’s not as bad...

Despite multiple awareness campaigns and recycling programmes, it seems that not many are taking recycling seriously, says Singapore University of Social Sciences’ Victor Seah.(Singapore) Drinking water from a bottle made from recycled plastic recently made me feel unjustifiably righteous for a moment, until I realised that despite being recycled, it was still plastic and likely less virtuous than those new paper-like packets. Thankfully, my holier-than-thou moment was restored after I deposited the plastic bottle into a recycling bin. It feels good to recycle. Research has found a positive link between recycling and self-reported well-being and life satisfaction. Knowing that the...

Scattershot anger and disgust at President Clinton, combined with pervasive anxiety about the potential use and misuse of constitutional impeachment powers, left many editorial pages groping to find analytic prescriptions to ease the dilemmas facing Congress and the President. At least 25 newspapers have called for the the President's resignation, including 7 that circulate 250,000 or more papers on Sundays: The New Orleans Times-Picayune, The Seattle Times, The Des Moines Sunday Register, The Philadelphia Inquirer, The San Jose Mercury-News, The Tampa Tribune and the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. The Albuquerque Journal on Sunday called Clinton "morally unfit to continue in office," while...

Jill Biden @FLOTUS Prepping for the G7.1:10 PM · Jun 9, 2021

FBI declassified a 1999 video of Saudi intelligence agent Omar al-Bayoumi casing the Capitol and other Washington D.C. sites for the 9/11 attack. How, then, did the CIA-FBI 9/11 report conclude in 2005 that Saudi Arabia was not involved in the attack? And why did the FBI maintain — for 20 years, before its recent retraction — that al-Bayoumi wasn’t a Saudi agent? Such willful deception, practiced increasingly by American intelligence, is the subject of former CIA agent J. Michael Waller’s new book Big Intel: How the CIA and FBI Went from Cold War Heroes to Deep State Villains ......

Important analysis of how significant number of illegible voters voted in Georgia in 2020.

It’s just one poll, but anyway, the findings are interesting. The Siena / NY Times poll showed Trump’s lead increasing overall. Donald J. Trump’s lead in the 2024 presidential race has widened after President Biden’s fumbling debate performance last week, as concerns that Mr. Biden is too old to govern effectively rose to new heights among Democrats and independent voters, a new poll from The New York Times and Siena College showed. Mr. Trump now leads Mr. Biden 49 percent to 43 percent among likely voters nationally, a three-point swing toward the Republican from just a week earlier, before the...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Thursday opened a critical stretch in his effort to salvage his imperiled reelection campaign, facing a growing sense that he may have just days to make a persuasive case that he is fit for office before Democratic support for him completely evaporates. [cut] The president is scheduled to campaign in Wisconsin on Friday and sit for an interview with ABC’s George Stephanopoulos that will air as a prime-time special that night. He plans to be in Philadelphia on Sunday and hold a full news conference during the NATO summit in Washington next week....

US President Joe Biden has become victim to his own error-prone ways again, after making an embarrassing blunder while speaking on radio. Every move Biden makes is under scrutiny now after the President's disastrous performance in his debate with Donald Trump last week, moderated by CNN. During the debate, Biden appeared weary, spoke with a hoarse voice and struggled to produce coherent sentences on an evening which led to many calling for the 81-year-old to step out of the election race. On Thursday, Biden joined Philadelphia radio station WURD, where he appeared to bizarrely mix himself up with Vice President...

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Dementia Joe Biden is facing a revolt from some of his own party’s prominent donors, including the heiress to the Disney family fortune. These donors have declared they will cease funding the Democrat Party until Biden withdraws his candidacy for the presidential race. Abigail Disney, the granddaughter of The Walt Disney Company co-founder Roy O. Disney, announced her intentions on CNBC last Thursday. Despite years of financial support for the party, she plans to withhold future donations until Biden steps down. “I intend to stop any contributions to the party unless and until they replace Biden at the top of...

People who own cryptocurrency are more likely to be narcissistic, psychopathic sadists, according to a study. Cryptocurrency, which has exploded in popularity in recent years, is digital 'money' which lies beyond the control of central banks and governments. The global market is worth about £1.3 trillion and around five million adults in the UK have invested. But now a study suggests that those who own online currency - such as Bitcoin - are more likely to have 'dark tetrad' personality traits. Investors are also more likely to be men, rely on fringe social media sources, believe in conspiracy theories and...

When government posters recently appeared in Métro stations advising Parisians to work from home during the summer’s Olympic Games to avoid overcrowded public transport, Julie, 24, a support worker for refugees, was puzzled. “It feels a bit like Covid lockdown all over again,” she said. “It’s like saying: ‘Parisians, stay confined to your homes, out of the way, while all this money is spent on the Games.’ Personally, I’ll stay away. I’m not happy about the idea of clearing homeless people from the city centre to make way for the Games.” As Paris prepares for the Olympics and Paralympics, politicians,...

After the US Supreme Court curtailed the powers of federal agencies in two cases last week, progressive critics predictably complained that the decisions favored “big business,” “corporate interests” and “the wealthy and powerful.” That gloss overlooked the reality that people with little wealth or power frequently are forced to contend with overweening bureaucrats who invent their own authority and play by their own rules. In the more consequential case, the court repudiated the Chevron doctrine, which required that judges defer to a federal agency’s “permissible” interpretation of an “ambiguous” statute. The majority said that rule, which the court established in...

LONDON (Reuters) - Reform UK, the right-wing populist party led by Nigel Farage, looks set to emerge as a new force in British politics, winning its first seat in an election and squeezing the Conservative vote in the early results declared. Farage, a driving force behind Britain's decision to leave the European Union, only entered the election race last month, a move that caused shockwaves in a Conservative Party that was already far adrift of centre-left Labour.

The White House is frantically moving to get President Joe Biden in front of cameras and crowds on an expedited schedule this July 4th weekend after growing calls from within his party to step down after his debate disaster. Biden's handlers had already put in place a taped, sit-down interview with ABC's George Stephanopoulos to try to fend off calls from lawmakers and donors to demonstrate that he is still up to the task of campaigning. But after a Wednesday meeting with the nation's governors that failed to quell mounting calls for his ouster from the Democratic ticket, ABC announced...

I've watched (and far too many times, endured) the Macy's Fireworks broadcasts... ...but this year rocked like a New Madrid earthquake. Musically it was at 30 minute Trump rally. Nothing woke. "Lift Ev'ry Voice and Sing" buried in the middle...well after an outstanding rendition of our National Anthem at the beginning with melodic quotations in several musical bridges.

In Coeur d'Alene, Idaho today people with crosses parading today following a controversy when the local Chamber of Commerce banned... US politics on this Independence Day holiday mainstream media reporting on doubts about Joe Biden's performance... Russian air defenses active over the southern city of Rostov late tonight... One dead and seven wounded in a Russian attack on the Ukrainian port city of Odessa... The negotiations between Israel and Hamas on a ceasefire and release of hostages...appear to be making progress... Russian President Vladimir Putin cynical about a mediator settling the conflict in Ukraine... The British Election a win for...