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The following video features an interview with James Simpson, the author of Manufactured Crisis: The War to End America. Mr. Simpson’s book — and his conversation with Vlad — focuses on the efforts of socialists and communists to subvert American institutions by exacerbating crises within them — or creating crises if none are immediately available to exploit. The pattern of crisis-generation involves two clashing ideological viewpoints — the classical Hegelian dialectic — which can only be resolved by applying the “solution” offered by Marxist ideologues. In particular, Mr. Simpson and Vlad highlight the Cloward-Piven strategy, which was formulated more than...

Jewish History Torah translated into Greek (246 BCE) In a second attempt to translate the Torah into Greek (after an unsuccessful attempt 61 years earlier), the ruling Greek-Egyptian emperor Ptolemy gathered 72 Torah sages, had them sequestered in 72 separate rooms, and ordered them to each produce a translation. On the 8th of Tevet of the year 3515 from creation (246 BCE) they produced 72 corresponding translations, including identical changes in 13 places (where they each felt that a literal translation would constitute a corruption of the Torah's true meaning). This Greek rendition became known as the Septuagint, "of the...

President Joe Biden believes he would have defeated President-elect Donald Trump in November if his party had not pressured him to step aside, he told USA Today‘s Susan Page. Biden, 82, whom Special Counsel David Hur characterized as an elderly man with a poor memory, does not appear to remember the depths of his sinking campaign. Biden dropped out of the race following a poor debate performance that caused his polling and support among allies to tank. Several states considered solid blue, such as New Hampshire and Virginia, were showing signs of leaning toward Trump, an unfathomable downward trajectory that...

The fine-tuning of the universe for the existence of life is fascinating to me. That’s why I was so excited to find A Fortunate Universe: Life in a Finely Tuned Cosmos, co-authored by astrophysicists Geraint Lewis and Luke Barnes,...These three particles are responsible for building the 92 naturally occurring elements, as well as the unstable elements that have been created in the laboratory. [...] atoms are made up of subatomic particles: neutrons, protons, and electrons. Protons, which are positively charged, and neutrons, which have no charge, compose the nucleus of the atom. Negatively charged electrons orbit the nucleus[...] scientists have...

CBN.com – Don Teague and RafRaf Barrak. Ten years ago their lives were as different as could be. Don was a respected journalist, with a family and the American dream. RafRaf Barrak was a young Muslim woman living in Baghdad--struggling to find herself in a war-torn existence. Then it happened… September 11th, 2001. Don says, “When September 11th happened, I had an overwhelming feeling that my life was going to change. It was shortly after that, that I ended up being hired by NBC News, and I was going to find myself in a war.” RafRaf was a world away,...

Indians have long been proud of what they see as their outperformance in the information technology sector. Companies such as Infosys Ltd. and Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. dominate IT-enabled services, bringing home billions of dollars in profits. US technology giants including Alphabet Inc., Microsoft Corp., and International Business Machines Corp. have Indian-origin CEOs. India-trained engineers labor in the trenches of Silicon Valley and invisibly help Western companies adapt to the digital age.

Governor Gavin Newscum refused to sign the water restoration declaration put before him that would have allowed millions of gallons of water, from excess rain and snow melt from the North, to flow daily into many parts of California, including the areas that are currently burning in a virtually apocalyptic way. He wanted to protect an essentially worthless fish called a smelt, by giving it less water (it didn’t work!), but didn’t care about the people of California. Now the ultimate price is being paid. I will demand that this incompetent governor allow beautiful, clean, fresh water to FLOW INTO...

Daily Readings from the USCCB“Take courage, it is I, do not be afraid!” Mark 6:50Fear is one of the most paralyzing and painful experiences in life. There are many things we can fear, but most often, the cause of our fear is the evil one trying to deter us from faith and hope in Christ Jesus. This line above is taken from the story of Jesus walking on the water toward the Apostles during the fourth watch of the night as they were rowing against the wind and being tossed by the waves. When they saw Jesus walking on the...

President-elect Donald Trump urged the US Supreme Court Wednesday to take the extraordinary step of halting his sentencing later this week in his Manhattan “hush money” case. Trump’s lawyers urged the nation’s highest court to step in after a New York appeals court refused to postpone the Friday hearing, at which he is set to face a no-punishment sentence.The attorneys argued that going ahead with the sentencing would unconstitutionally interfere with Trump preparing for his second term. This Court should enter an immediate stay of further proceedings in the New York trial court to prevent grave injustice and harm to...

Vice President Harris’s neighborhood in Los Angeles was ordered to evacuate Tuesday night as wildfires blazed through the area, her spokesperson said Wednesday. “Last night, the Vice President’s neighborhood in Los Angeles was put under an evacuation order. No one was in her home at the time,” spokesperson Ernie Apreza said on social platform X. “She and the Second Gentleman are praying for the safety of their fellow Californians, the heroic first responders, and Secret Service personnel,” Apreza added. Harris, a lifelong Californian who served as the state’s U.S. senator and attorney general, said in a statement Tuesday that she...

1. Ruthless business vs Love of humanity George Soros: “I am basically there to make money. I cannot and do not look at the social consequences of what I do.” Elon Musk: “I love humanity. I think we should fight for a good future for humanity.” Also Elon Musk: “If you say philanthropy is love of humanity, [my companies] are philanthropy.” 2. Money as an end vs Money as a mean George Soros: “I am basically there to make money.” Elon Musk: “The thing we call money is just an information system for labor allocation. What actually matters is making...

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said Wednesday that the principle of inviolability of borders applies to every country, however powerful, and suggested that expansionist comments by U.S. President-elect Donald Trump are meeting with “incomprehension” among European leaders. Trump on Tuesday said he would not rule out the use of military force to seize control of the Panama Canal and Greenland... In a hastily arranged statement to reporters, Scholz said he spoke earlier Wednesday with several European leaders, whom he didn't name, and the president of the European Council. “The principle of the inviolability of borders applies to every country, regardless of...

John Fetterman Calls Out Fellow Democrats for Defending Criminal Illegal Aliens 0:53 VIDEO AT LINK......................

Wokeness is clearly causing much of the military’s recruiting problems.. ... A venerable aphorism is “an army marches on its stomach.” An equally valuable observation is that amateurs talk tactics, but professionals talk logistics. A military that can’t get its troops where it they need to be on time, and that can’t provide them with the food, water, munitions and other gear they need to fight is going to lose. ... the former Ft Hood (now Ft Cavasos) in Texas soldiers weren't being fed. ... The base had only two of its 10 major dining options open every day ......

Mexico is aiming to roll out a “panic button” for migrants living in the U.S.The emergency cellphone app would enable Mexican citizens facing imminent detention and deportation in the United States to alert diplomats and relatives.It’s just one of the plans being devised in Mexico in case President-elect Donald Trump goes through with threats of mass deportations.Mexico City — Hardly a day goes by here that Mexico’s president or one of her aides does not speak of some plan being devised in case President-elect Donald Trump goes through with his threats of mass deportations and punishing tariffs — testament to...

Refusing to name the problem doesn’t make it go away; it only increases fear of the thing itself. Shamsud-Din Jabbar posted videos declaring his support for ISIS and drove a pickup truck with an ISIS flag into a crowd in New Orleans. By so clearly associating his murderous rampage with a recognized terrorist group, Jabbar could not have intended more clearly for the incident to be a terrorist attack. In response, FBI assistant special agent in charge Althea Duncan said at a press conference, “This is not a terrorist event… simply improvised explosive devices.” The Washington Post’s headline was, “Truck...

California Governor Gavin Newsom used an emergency press conference Tuesday to thank Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass for her leadership “in absentia” during the wildfire crisis now enveloping the state after she phoned it in from Ghana, Africa. “Thank you again to all of the folks behind me in the outstanding leadership of all the elected officials as well. And forgive me one point I’d be remiss — thank you to Mayor Bass who was on the phone immediately this morning… uh… making sure even in absentia that she’s here… uh… organizing everything she can to make sure we’re successful...

President-elect Trump on Tuesday said his work with the Biden administration as he prepares to take office has not gone as smoothly as the outgoing president promised, suggesting the White House is purposely undermining him with its 11th-hour policy agenda. Trump said the Biden administration's last minute spending and its new restrictions on offshore drilling are preventing a smooth transition from occurring, though it is typical for presidents to pursue their preferred policy outcomes until the day they leave office. Trump’s incoming chief of staff, Susie Wiles, recently said the Biden White House has been helpful and is setting up...

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) on Monday sent a 33-page rant to Defense Secretary Nominee Pete Hegseth defending the Biden administration’s woke policies in the military and expressing concern that he would reverse them if confirmed. In a letter sent to Hegseth on Tuesday and made public, Warren — who lied on teaching applications about her race — expressed concerns about Hegseth’s views opposing Marxist-based diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) and wokeness in the military, and concern that he would actually implement President-elect Donald Trump’s policies at the Pentagon. For example, in one portion of the letter she subtitled: “Threats to...

Russia has stolen a priceless lithium deposit from under Britain's nose As reported earlier, the largest lithium deposit in Ukraine has come under Russian control. But new details have come to light, reports Rogov, Chairman of the RF Public Chamber's Commission on Sovereignty: "About a year ago, the Kiev regime, for a pittance, completely transferred the rights to develop the Shevchenkivske lithium deposit to the British. It was supposed to be developed by the Australian company European Lithium, owned by the British businessman Anthony Sage. In fact, the British, with the assistance of Zelensky, stole the priceless deposit. But now...