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This morning in church onelbourne, Australia, I heard a wonderful priest talk of Lent as a time for reset. A Great Reset? The priest talked of Lent as a time to reset and of Jesus going into the wilderness; 40 days with no food; a letting go of entitlements and expectations of selfish power The priest said “Desert strips away illusions.” leading us to the truth of “who we are.” This phrase reminds me of Pope Benedict’s “Lent stimulates us to let The Word of God penetrate our life and in this way to know the fundamental truth: who we...

Globalism, 18th century style. This was extremely common at the time, in the cultural sphere. "Don Giovanni", Mozarts' opera, opened in Prague, Bohemia in 1787. Mozart was a Austro-German, his librettist Da Ponte was a Venetian-Italian ex Jew and ex-priest. All sung in Italian by an international cast, none, I think, were Czechs/Bohemians. "Don Giovanni" is based on a Spanish legend, that became a Spanish play in verse (think Shakespeare) by Tirso de Molina, which was ripped off by the French playwright Moliere (and others). All produced with permission and tacit support by the Holy Roman Emperor Joseph II. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXJj5_avNpI...

Several high-profile Democrat, leftist, radical, terrorist politicians have been conspicuously silent lately. Only Schiff keeps digging his hole deeper. Schumer, Pelosi, Tlaib, Omar, Byrd (who murdered Babbitt probably on orders) and several others must not escape a look at possible treason trials. They can NOT be allowed to get away. If they are left out of jail or in the country, we're going to have a civil war. Something must be done VERY soon to set an example to others to not even think about returning to the previous mode of operation. Period.

Newsdump Update: Saturday Ruling From Federal Judge Against Department Of Government Efficiency... The Democrats want you to believe Elon Musk and his crew are hackers stealing from your bank accounts... Welcome to this week's attempt at media excellence your currently sober drunk host "Margaritaville" was a song that grew on me never really liked it but once I got... Nelson Mandela released from prison in South Africa February 11th, 1990 with Winnie Mandela offering up a Communist clenched fist salute... Netanyahu a 'war criminal' wanted by the International Criminal Court his prosecution backed by South Africa both the court and...

CAST: Donald Trump as hans solo Elon musk as Luke Skywalker Steve Bannon as Chewbacca George Soros as Darth Vader Obama and Biden as key villains Danielle Smith as Princess Leia Alex Jones as Yoda Justin Trudeau and Jagmeet Singh as 3CP0 and R2D2 PLOT: current events !!

A Louisiana grand jury indicting a doctor in New York...abortion pills to a minor... US Treasury Department a career official resigning... The new US Department of Government Efficiency... The US Department of Justice firing federal prosecutors...January 6th cases... FBI agents who worked on the January 6th probe and...against President Donald Trump fired... Tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China set to take effect tomorrow... The Dutch Data Protection Authority warning about the "DeepSeek"... A Lear Jet 55 Air Ambulance crashed in Philadelphia... In Belgium five political parties...new government... US Envoy Richard Grenell in Venezuela demanding cooperation on deportations and getting some...

VIDEOKrystal Ball claims she is a "progressive" as well as "populist" yet she still manages to end up sounding like a corporate SHILL for Big Pharma in her deranged denunciations of Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. during his confirmation hearings for Secretary of HHS. The "Breaking Points" host had RFK Jr. on their show last year and caught a lot of flack from viewers for doing the Democrat tactic we have seen at the confirmation hearings by overtalking him and not allowing him to say much. The channel comments on what she did last year were brutal last year and they...

A massive Ukrainian drone attack repelled in Russia's Rostov Region... The Rwandan-backed rebels say they intend to follow up on seizure of Congo's largest city Goma with a move on the capital city... Israeli air strikes late tonight in two parts of Lebanon... A US Appeals Court ruling that a federal ban on selling handguns to 18, 19 and 20-year-olds is unconstitutional... Top officials in the Federal Bureau of Investigation being asked to resign or retire... President Donald Trump says the 25 percent tariffs on Canada and Mexico begin Saturday... The US Federal Aviation Administration says that air traffic controller...

When Obama was president, he abandoned the old system of hiring qualified air-traffic controllers who had a college degree in air-traffic control and/or were military veterans with aviation experience, because too many of these people were white males. Obama then replaced the old system with a new system that tried to achieve racial diversity by asking applicants how many different sports they had played when they were in high school.When Obama was president, the Federal Aviation Administration stopped giving preferential treatment to air-traffic controller applicants who had passed classes from the 36 FAA-approved college aviation programs across the U.S., because...

#MotherJones says we know how to prevent #ForestFires from spreading, but the people who run #California have chosen to do the exact opposite. #ForestManagement #Wildfires #Environment #Environmentalism #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #GlobalWarming https://motherjones.com/environment/2017/12/a-century-of-fire-suppression-is-why-california-is-in-flames/

Imagine local sheriffs who actually comply with federal immigration law. What a concept. Perhaps The New Yorker magazine is more comfortable with local police officials who defy such laws because their jurisdiction is in sanctuary cities. However, when faced with the reality that many sheriffs around the nation are more than willing to comply with federal law in order to protect their citizens, the New Yorker finds this problematic as you can see in their Thursday story by Jessica Pishko, "How Sheriffs Might Power Trump’s Deportation Machine."Pishko finds it highly problematic that local sheriffs are willing to cooperate with the...

VIDEOOne of the "Fact Checkers" (Censors) fired by Facebook is Alan Duke who is now loudly whining about losing his job. However, feel no pity for him. Duke made the mistake of appearing on Bannon's War Room in 2021 and revealed himself as a complete clown who should in no way be the arbiter of what information you should see.

Lets Remember All Mothers At Xmas. Mothers are the foundation of family and therefore of society. But in the modern industrialised materialistic world not all mothers have the respect owing to them and the protection of family or society. Lest We Forget All Mums Matter.

Open Letter To Mark Williams: For Heritage And Freedom Dear Mark, you and your dad now stand together in a grassroots arts display at a national heritage site in the fourth biggest country in the world, the Republic Of Indonesia. The site, Air Kaca, is sacred to the memory of General Douglas MacArthur, sometimes known as The Saviour Of Australia. I find it amazing, Mark, that your dad achieved everything he achieved in football, after starting his senior career at the age of 24, because for five years he sacrificed playing sport to join the fight against fascism and imperialism...

Freedom to choose between good and evil. Everyone has it and makes a choice.

Pat Buchanan wrote of suicide of a superpower. Australia sings of choosing suicide over persecution every chance it gets. Banjo Paterson started writing the lyrics in August, 1895. I had another go at the first verse today: "Now the modern Swagmen sleep on the city streets Under the shade of Australian trees And their hearts sing with their modest yearning in: 'Who'll come a Waltzing Matilda ..... with me?' "

VIDEOI have been cooking Char Siu foods for almost two months. Ribs, chicken, and pork shoulder are among the foods I have been preparing Char Siu style. So naturally, as we approached Thanksgiving the thought came to my mind about possibly preparing Char Siu turkey. What was appealing to me was the fact that most of my in-law relatives are not crazy about Turkey so perhaps they would be more open to eating Char Siu turkey mixed with vegetables. In this video I prepare the Char Siu turkey and present some of their reactions which turned out to be overwhelmingly...

This is a relatively short essay to convey some thoughts about this entire election process of Trump vs. Harris and the implications of that event. The biggest thing that sticks out to me (after several days of thinking about it) is that the liberal, leftist Marxists in our Federal Government Agencies, the Legislative branch and the Executive brank actually look down on us and believe the vast majority of us to be the ignorant poor or at least the unwashed, untaught (deplorables, nazis, garbage). What hurts most of all (literally the truth for me) is that they believed enough people...

Daniel Alman from Squirrel Hill @DanielAlmanPGH If your boyfriend tells you that you "have to abort," then he is AGAINST your right to choose. The only person who has a right to make that decision is you. https://tiktok.com/@bubblpop101/video/7434130575457357086 #bubblpop101 #abortion #prochoice #prolife #womensrights #feminism #Trump #KamalaHarris