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During portions of an interview with NBC News aired on Wednesday’s “NBC Nightly News,” White House Chief Medical Adviser Dr. Anthony Fauci stated that the extremely favorable and unquestioning favor of him on the left was “inappropriate and sometimes really counterproductive.” And said that he didn’t “pay much attention to” the “unusual” “profound adulation” that he received. Fauci also stated that lockdowns are effective if they are not “prolonged.” Host Lester Holt said, “You were famously beat up throughout this by voices on the right. But on the left, you had people that were — I mean, they were elevating...

‘Infantile Europe should stop vying for Barack Obama’s attention’ The report's authors say European leaders are too busy trying to curry favour with Obama to reap the benefits of his presidency David Charter, Europe Correspondent A star-struck Europe is squandering the Obama presidency because individual leaders are too busy competing for the President’s attention, a report warned on the eve of an EU-US summit in Washington seen as crucial to saving world climate change talks. European governments have failed to put aside internal divisions to join the US and China as global partners, according to a study from the European...

Bless the LORD, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless his holy name. Psalm 103:1 This is the season when we in the United States tend to turn our thoughts to thankfulness for the blessings of prosperity and peacefulness. And well we should. Our country, with all of its struggles, is still the most emulated and sought after civilization of the modern world. And, in spite of the efforts on the part of some, it is still a nation of moral laws and religious stability. We have much to be thankful for...

Smith: 'Obama Has Changed The World' 15 January 2009 4:20 AM, PST Will Smith is overjoyed Barack Obama is to take the reins at the White House next week - because America's first black president will "change the world forever". The I Am Legend star has been a passionate supporter of the Democrat and appeared in a star-studded public service announcement advert to encourage people to go the polls. He was delighted to see Obama elected in November and views the historic appointment as life changing. He tells British morning show GMTV, "It's not just revolutionary, it's evolutionary. Never before...

"Our praises are our wages" Shakespeare's "Winter's Tale" Adulators often appear in countries where total political power is in the hands of a strongman. Longing for approval from the master, adulators will do or say whatever it takes. This has happened in Venezuelan history since Boves and Guzman Blanco walked our geography. The people objects of adulation do not have to be particularly distinguished, as long as they have power. They can be louts like the Monagas brothers or Cipriano Castro or Juan Vicente Gomez or Marcos Perez Jimenez, but this poses no problem for the invertebrate members of the...