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Just in the last two days we have reported on major issues with the U.S. military, ranging from delays in every major Navy shipbuilding program, U.S. Navy Facing Major Shipbuilding Delays While China’s Navy Expansion Accelerates, to problems with military recruiting: Army Invites Retirees as Old as 70 to Return to Active Duty in Attempt to Fix Recruiting Woes. And this is just the tip of the iceberg, and all of you are likely well aware of the deteriorating state of our military under Joe Biden. But through all this, and the other foibles of today’s DEI/CRT-centric military, we always...

Ireland's prime minister pledged to modernise laws against hatred in the coming weeks after 34 people were arrested for rioting in Dublin on Thursday night. "We will pass new laws in the coming weeks to enable the Gardai (police) to make better use of the CCTV evidence they collected yesterday, and also we will modernise our laws against incitement to hatred and hatred in general," Varadkar told a news conference on Friday. "I think it's now very obvious to anyone who might have doubted us that our incitement to hatred legislation is just not up to date. It's not up...

[Satire] Pope Francis on the couchFinally, even Pope Francis has realised that there is something badly wrong with his psychological make-up, and has checked in with the great Dr Kopfschrumpfer, psychiatrist to the Vatican. "Now Holy Father, what seems to be the problem?" Help me, doctor, I have this obsessive phobia about everything that happened before I founded the Church in 2013. What is it that troubles you? There is terrible support for restorationism... indietrismo... backwardism... a nostalgic disease... we cannot turn back... I see. Have you considered discussing the issue with some friends? I don't have any friends, apart...

The media may think their clever reporting is hiding Biden’s decline from the world, but the world is well aware of it. Particularly in Australia. Sky News Australia host Andrew Bolt spoke with psychiatrist Tanveer Ahmed on his show and discussed Ahmed’s take on the cognitive condition of the leader of the free world. They weren’t the only ones who noticed this strange behavior from Biden and things are just getting worse. The New York Times published an article earlier this year on how “uncomfortable” Biden’s age is “for him, his team, and his party

HBO’s Sex and the City star Cynthia Nixon has blasted New York City for lifting masking mandates, saying it represents “an enormous step backwards.” She also indicated she and her family will continue to mask up despite the city’s newly relaxed rules. Her angry screed comes as the Hollywood star posted photos her herself and her family posing maskless with friends while on vacation in Kenya.

Once again we are witness to a panoply of feigned insult typically associated with morally opprobrious Democrats who are enjoined by those Republicans who are eager not to be “out stupided” by liberals. I’m speaking of the ridiculous outcries over President Trump, allegedly calling Haiti and African nations a “s—hole.” Haiti may be beautiful in certain specific tourist areas, but don’t be fooled; it is still a Third World country with all of the attributes of same. A friend forwarded me the following a few days prior to publication of this commentary. He wrote: “[My wife] and I have been...

WASHINGTON, D.C., October 11, 2016 (LifeSiteNews) – “Conservative Catholics” are the latest Americans to be smeared by members of Democrat presidential candidate Hillary Clinton’s campaign, leaked emails revealed on Tuesday show. Catholic beliefs are bashed as “backwards” and conservative Catholics are termed responsible for “an amazing bastardization of the faith” in one of the more than 1,000 hacked emails from Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta released Tuesday afternoon by WikiLeaks. “I imagine they think it is the most socially acceptable politically conservative religion,” writes Clinton campaign Director of Communications Jennifer Palmieri. “Their rich friends wouldn't understand if they became evangelicals.”...

Some backwards fun with Hillary choking on her own words.

I definitely KNOW this isn't all there is to it, feel free to add to the list :-)

Hubbert will be renting a space for $2,800 a month from Martyn Haggett, who himself served eight years in prison for hiring a hit man to kill his wife, KTLA reported. The bill will be footed by state dollars. Hubbert will also have 24-hour protection from a security firm.

The danger faced by women going to the toilet outdoors in rural India was made clear last month when two girls were ambushed, gang-raped and hanged from a tree. But defecation outside is normal for most Indian villagers - so how do they manage?

... In the long history of the Islamic empire, the wide gap between delusions of grandeur and the forces of localism would be bridged time and again by force of arms, making violence a key element of Islamic political culture. No sooner had the prophet Muhammad died than his successor, Abu Bakr, had to suppress a widespread revolt among the Arabian tribes. Twenty-three years later, the head of the umma, Caliph Uthman ibn Affan, was murdered by disgruntled rebels; his successor, Ali ibn Abi Talib, was confronted for most of his reign with armed insurrections, most notably by the governor...

Video on site An American woman is convinced that a flu shot given to her has lead to a rare disorder which means she can only walk backwards. Even more strangely, she has lost the ability to talk at all - unless she is running. The woman, Desiree Jennings, took a flu jab but just ten days later, she started shaking and struggled to walk in a straight line. She can't stay still without having a spasm, but incredibly when she either walks backwards or runs forwards, she is normal again.Just two years ago, she married her childhood sweetheart Brandon,...

Seems like nice suits.

Bank Robber Holds Gun Backward During Crime   POSTED: 5:58 pm EDT June 2, 2008 UPDATED: 6:35 pm EDT June 2, 2008  ORLANDO, Fla. -- Surveillance video of a bank robbery surprised detectives when it showed the bandit holding a gun in a strange manner, even backward during the holdup. "(The robber) is holding it in a manner that he's probably not familiar with handguns and was afraid it was going to go off," Orange County sheriff's Detective Jason Sams said. "If that was a fake gun, he would be holding it normally because he wouldn't care." Investigators said...

An Iranian inventor designed and produced the first photography and video camera for the blind.Mahvash Sepehr told FNA that the camera works with color waves and their reactions and it can determine the distance automatically."Using this camera, blind people can recognize the distance and position of the subject, " she said, adding that she has also invented special tanks for the blind to develop their negatives."Once the film is developed, the tank starts ringing to warn the blind person that it is time to bring the negative out of the liquid," the Iranian inventor concluded.

Tongan's do wardance during hakka VIDEO

Question From Sneez: salamu alaikom, i was just wondering about why muslim nation as of today and past 600 years are so unable keep up with the world. They have abundant natural resources. Some of the greatest nations and still are progressing down. No intelectuall developments no dynamics. What is holding us back? sneez Answer From Rehmat: First of all – it could not be 600 years – because during that time Muslim Ottoman Empire was the greatest empire of the known human history – extending from Southern France to Greece; from Azerbaijan to Morocco and most of Africa. The...

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CAIRO, October 9 (IslamOnline.net) – A cohort of Egyptian security, political and diplomatic experts have concluded that Israel is the only party to benefit from the blasts that rocked tourist resorts in the Egyptian Sinai peninsula on Thursday, October7 , ruling out any possible Egyptian involvement. Former Egyptian Assistant Interior Minister Mohammad Omar Abdel-Fattah said that while analyzing any such operation security experts should always seek an answer to the basic question of who stands to benefit. At least 38 people, mostly Israeli tourists, were confirmed dead after a series of bomb attacks rocked the Hilton hotel in the Red...