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Work is in progress on Bagster's new watch, standing guard over those who have gone before us. I hope to post the new content next thread.John Adams - Reading the Declaration of Independence Have you seen President Trump's powerful 4 minute video message? Don't miss it!A NATION IN DECLINEQ is the result of the sacrifices and commitment of countless patriots to win back our captured country from the Deep State and achieve the transformation President Trump promised in this campaign video. President Trump has said the awakening of the public is key to this transformation.Q describes this awakening as follows:...

Russian President Putin has recently been discussing with his inner circle the options for canceling the presidential election in 2024 and dissolving the State Duma at the end of this year switching to a two-party (one-party) system and electing a president in parliament. A new constitutional reform is just around the corner.

The late Pope John Paul II, who has been put on the fast track to sainthood by the Vatican, regularly whipped himself as an act of penance to feel closer to God, and signed a secret document saying that would step down as pontiff if he became incurably ill, according to a new book. Why a Saint? by Monsignor Slawomir Oder, the Vatican "postulator" in charge of the canonisation process, says the Polish-born Pope performed self flagellation as a bishop in Krakow and continued to do so in the Vatican after being elected Pope in 1978. "In his wardrobe, among...

I know we like to post news stories on this board and go OMG OMG OMG teh udder side teh suXorZ!!11! It's rare that anyone really writes anything somewhat original so, here, I'll do something like that. I'm amazed at some of the twists that are going on in political and legal life right now. So much so that I really think it's worth commenting on. In some ways, we're going in the absolute wrong direction. Now before you get a knee jerk reaction and say i'm a "traitor" or some DUmmie here to quiety say "It's because of Bu$hco...

Dec. 23, 2003 All war and no play By FRIMET ROTH For a secular nation, we excel at self-flagellation. Monks could take lessons from us. Despite our already strained consciences, we seem eager to shoulder the blame for every injustice floating around. And often we get a little help from our European friends, kindly pointing a reproachful finger at us. So I suppose I should have expected an article like Ruth Sinai's in Haaretz, "Humiliation can scar a boy for life" (December 1), about the UNICEF Conference on "How to Protect Israeli and Palestinian Children from the Intifada." UNICEF has...