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As Mark Steyn recently wrote: December 6th marked the thirty-fifth anniversary of the ‘Montreal Massacre’ - a grim day in 1989 when fourteen female students at the École Polytechnique were murdered by a man known to posterity as ‘Marc Lépine.’ Ever since, Steyn writes, Canada flies its flags at half-mast on each successive December 6th. And blames men for the fourteen women murdered by Lépine ... who was born Gamil Gharbi and was the son of a known Algerian Muslim wife-beater, though, as Steyn notes, “you wouldn't know that from the press coverage.” The most relevant—and tragic—aspect of the tragedy...

Joe Biden just gave his son his Christmas present — a 10-year “get out of jail free” card. And apparently, he’s still caught up in spirit of giving. Politico reports that Joe is considering a raft of pardons for a rogue’s gallery of federal miscreants. It seems our “nobody is above the law” chief executive realizes that those who have undermined our Constitution in service to the Democrat party may need a bit of legal protection from the incoming Trump administration. SNIP President-Elect Trump ran on a promise to attack government corruption, and he has nominated people to leadership positions...

Denmark received no bids in its largest-ever wind power tender, aimed to more than triple its offshore capacity by the end of the decade. The Danish Energy Agency hadn’t received a single bid in a tender for three offshore wind farms in the North Sea by Thursday’s deadline, it said in a statement. It now will initiate a dialog with the market to find out why. Denmark’s Climate and Energy Minister Lars Aagaard called the results “very disappointing” and said they were “not at all what was expected” when a broad majority in parliament entered into the political agreement to...

Brent Efron even admits he could end up with a cushy job at one of the non-profits the EPA lavished billions to fund in grants.. one intriguing sign that eco-activists in Washington, DC, anticipated a different political climate after the November election was the number of massive grants being given to “climate crisis” projects. Team Biden was flooding eco-activist organizations with billions from the public coffers. Now Project Veritas has released an incredible video confirming my suspicions that the $50 billion giveaway was designed to “Trump-Proof” Biden’s “Green New Deal’. Brent Efron, an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) special advisor implementing...

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Monday 9 December 2024 The Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary Solemnity St. Juan Diego Catholic Church, Chandler, AZReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: C(I).First readingGenesis 3:9-15,20The mother of all those who liveAfter Adam had eaten of the tree the Lord God called to him. ‘Where are you?’ he asked. ‘I heard the sound of you in the garden;’ he replied ‘I was afraid because I was naked, so I hid.’ ‘Who told you that you were naked?’ he asked ‘Have you been eating of the tree I forbade you to eat?’ The man replied, ‘It was the...

The Kremlin said on Monday that it was too early to say what the future would hold for Russia's military bases in Syria, adding that it would be the subject of discussion with the new rulers in Damascus. After a lightning advance of a militia alliance spearheaded by Hayat al-Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), a former al-Qaeda affiliate, Bashar al-Assad fled to Russia, raising questions about two strategically-important Russian military facilities in Syria. Asked about the future of the bases, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said: "It's premature to talk about it yet." "This is all a subject for discussion with those who...

President-elect Donald Trump said Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is ready for “peace” as he dished on his meetings with world leaders — and Jill Biden — during his trip to Paris for the reopening of Notre Dame. The incoming president revealed Sunday details of his conversations with world leaders on his first trip abroad since winning a second term, including a trilateral meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron and Zelensky. “He wants to make peace,” Trump told The Post in a phone interview. “That’s new. “He wants to have a ceasefire,” he added. “He wants to make peace. We didn’t...

The Democrat party owns the administrative state, which means the DOJ and all the three-letter agencies. Even with new management, the foot soldiers are unreliable. The Democrat party also owns a large part of the federal judiciary. The Trump administration can bring indictments, but it’s questionable whether it can effectively prosecute the cases—and Democrats know this. ... However, I’d like you to imagine a different scenario—a better one for America—if Joe Biden does give blanket pardons. In that case, Congress must immediately convene hearings and call in these pardoned people to testify about everything—that is, what they knew and when...

Syrian Civil War. After the Fall of Aleppo, and the Fall of Hama, the decisive battle between HTS rebels and the pro-Assad Syrian Army will take place in Homs. How can we explain this sudden collapse of the Syrian Army?

GREENVALE, N.Y. (AP) — Not yet even in office, Donald Trump said Thursday he’s already accomplished more than President Joe Biden did in his entire term, an outsized claim by the president-elect just a month out from the election. Trump, who has been largely ensconced at his Mar-a-Lago club in recent weeks as he’s worked to staff his new administration, made the comment as he ventured to New York’s Long Island to be honored as part of Fox Nation’s annual Patriot Awards on Fox’s streaming platform. “I think you have seen more happen in the last two weeks than you...

Watch this deranged liberal mock a poor woman who is going hungry to make sure daughter eats, all because she didn't vote for the "right" person. However, this story has a happy ending.

The Greater Idaho Movement, which is campaigning for eastern and central counties of Oregon to secede from the state and join their neighbor, has written to President-elect Donald Trump requesting his support. In the letter, the group told Trump that "the people here overwhelmingly voted for you," adding: "We humbly ask you for your support in helping Eastern Oregonians achieve what the people have said they want, and that's to join Idaho."... Thus far, 13 Oregon counties have voted to leave the state and join Idaho...At this point, nearly the eastern two-thirds of Oregon would have voted to switch states.......

The Hamas terror group has sent Israel a list of the hostages to be freed in a proposed ceasefire-prisoner swap deal, as well as their medical conditions, Al-Araby Al-Jadeed reported Monday morning. A source involved in the negotiations told the newspaper that the negotiations are being held with teams from Egypt, Israel, and Hamas. "Both sides are serious about reaching an unprecedented deal, with Egypt, Qatar, and the US participating in the negotiations as mediators," the source said. According to the report, it is likely that the agreement will include four hostages who hold US citizenship, even though they do...

An anti-Israel convention that was recently held in a Chicago suburb offered advice to college students on how they could make their campus "Palestinian." The Free Press reported on the 17th Annual Convention for Palestine, which took place last week at the Tinley Park Convention Center... "I think we need like a JVP, or something like that, with Jewish people. We want White people, Jewish students there."... ...sessions geared towards college students include "Make Your Campus Palestinian" to "amplify the voices of Palestinian students" and to effectively oppose "anti-Palestinianism."

Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) visited the U.S.-Mexico border to announce plans to create a new port of entry, emphasizing the importance of U.S. trade relations with Mexico. While funding for the Otay Mesa East Port of Entry, an estimated $798 million project, has yet to be finalized, Newsom said that contractors have already been selected with the plan to break ground in January.

Jay-Z was accused of sexually assaulting a 13-year-old girl alongside Sean 'Diddy' Combs at a party after the 2000 MTV Video Music Awards in a civil lawsuit filed Sunday. The accuser, who identifies herself as Jane Doe in the legal documents reviewed by Dailymail.com, says the assault took place at a party after the award show. The lawsuit had initially been filed in New York's Southern District this past October against Combs, with a refiling on Sunday naming the rapper, 55, whose real name is Shawn Carter. The woman accusing the rapper claims that the assault took place at an...

A Connecticut school resource officer committed suicide shortly after he was arrested by his own department for allegedly luring a minor. Ryan Moan, 33, of Coventry, was arrested on Friday and charged with risk of injury/impairing the morals of a child, enticing a minor by computer, misrepresentation of age to entice a minor, and tampering with physical evidence, according to the Manchester Police Department. Around 1:45pm - just hours after he was released on a $50,000 bond - police in nearby Vernon responded to a welfare check at a boat launch on Hatch Hill Road where they found Moan deceased...

The CEO of the parent company that oversees UnitedHealthcare brazenly defended the insurer as a 'critical' part of the healthcare industry amid online support for the gunman who opened fire on the insurance company's CEO. UnitedHealth Group CEO Andrew Witty addressed staff members in a two-minute forty six-second long video three days after the unidentified killer fatally shot UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, 50, outside of a Manhattan hotel. In the aftermath of the shooting, many expressed online outrage over the company's history of rejecting necessary treatment - especially under Thompson - as they praised the gunman for his actions. But...

Syrian rebel leaders have guaranteed the security of Russian military installations in the country, as well as diplomatic buildings, Russians briefed on the situation said Sunday. Russia has maintained a naval hub at the Mediterranean port of Tartus and the Khmeimim air base in northwestern Syria since Moscow's military helped President Bashar al-Assad claw back the majority of the country, after nationwide protests that erupted in 2011 threatened his rule. The fall of the Assad regime threatens to limit Russia's ability to project power in the Middle East. Russian state media reported Sunday that Assad had been granted asylum in...