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  • Keep Objecting to Homosexuality: 4 Good Reasons

    05/22/2024 5:21:13 AM PDT · by Rev M. Bresciani · 23 replies
    New American Prophet ^ | May 22, 2024 | Linda Harvey
    It’s curious that, as parents around the country unite against the wicked “trans” agenda directed toward our kids, quite a few are willing to accommodate homosexual identities. “I have no problem with someone who’s gay,” I heard one mom say. “It’s the gender mutilation that we need to fight.” Agreed, that needs to stop, but doesn’t she understand that the fight to normalize “LG” and “B” is where the push for “T” began? They are intimately connected and that’s why they stand in unity: “LGBTQ.”
  • Iran emerges as a hub for international organ-trafficking

    05/22/2024 3:50:30 AM PDT · by MtnClimber · 7 replies
    American Thinker ^ | 22 May, 2024 | Amil Imani
    Organ traffickers exploit vulnerable people in Iran with promises of big bucks for their organs. The life-saving promise of organ transplants is marred by a disturbing reality: international organ trafficking rings. This lucrative criminal enterprise preys on the desperate and fuels a black market catering to wealthy recipients, often oligarchs, seeking a quick fix. Iran, under a criminal regime, has emerged as a suspected hub in this illicit trade. Accusations point to a system where Iranian citizens, burdened by economic hardship, are coerced into selling their organs to foreign recipients. While the extent of the practice remains unclear, reports suggest...
  • Feminists Warn Young Girls Against Marrying Rich, Muscular Football Stars Who Love Them And Take Care Of All Their Needs And Praise Them In Speeches

    05/22/2024 1:07:22 AM PDT · by Navy Patriot · 24 replies
    The Bee ^ | May 21, 2024 | Staff
    KANSAS CITY, KS — In the wake of Harrison Butker's recent commencement speech encouraging college graduates to get married and start a family, feminists around the nation are cautioning young girls not to marry wealthy, successful Super Bowl champions like Butker. "Can you imagine how terrible it would be to marry a ripped, non-feminist football star who loves you so much he gets choked up every time he honors you in a speech?" activist Margery Strecker exclaimed in a Tik-Tok short aimed at 13-year-old girls. "Imagine if you married a guy like that and he started sacrificially loving you and...
  • “The Chance for Peace” Address Delivered Before the American Society of Newspaper Editors, April 16th, 1953 (Eisenhower’s response to Stalin’s death, contrast with “condolences” for Iran )

    05/21/2024 6:32:46 PM PDT · by DoodleBob · 15 replies
    Eisenhower Library ^ | April 16, 1953 | President Eisenhower
    IN THIS SPRING of 1953 the free world weighs one question above all others: the chance for a just peace for all peoples. To weigh this chance is to summon instantly to mind another recent moment of great decision. It came with that yet more hopeful spring of 1945, bright with the promise of victory and of freedom. The hope of all just men in that moment too was a just and lasting peace. The 8 years that have passed have seen that hope waver, grow dim, and almost die. And the shadow of fear again has darkly lengthened across...
  • Michigan Town Loses Bid to Block Chinese-Owned Electric Vehicle Battery Factory

    05/21/2024 5:41:44 PM PDT · by qaz123 · 19 replies
    Breitbart ^ | 21May | Hayward
    The Michigan community of Green Charter Township on Friday lost a court battle to block Chinese-linked electric vehicle (EV) battery manufacturer Gotion Inc. from building a factory near the town. Michigan is generally friendly to Chinese investments and the Gotion project in Green Charter Township was specifically endorsed by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D), who called it “the biggest ever economic development project in Northern Michigan.”
  • Trump campaign deletes ‘unified Reich’ post after widespread backlash

    05/21/2024 3:06:30 PM PDT · by L.A.Justice · 19 replies
    Politico ^ | 05/21/2024 | Meridith McGraw
    Donald Trump’s campaign deleted a video shared on his Truth Social account that included the phrase “unified reich” amid blowback from the Biden administration and a handful of Republicans. On Monday afternoon, Trump’s Truth Social account posted a 30-second video that described a vision of America if he wins in 2024, and included fake newspaper headlines that said “Trump Wins!” and “What’s next for America?” At first glance, the video seemed like typical campaign media — except that the background included text about “the creation of a unified reich,” and “German industrial strength.”
  • LAUGH-IN Season 1, Ep 4 Goldie Hawn, Cher, Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

    05/21/2024 1:43:47 PM PDT · by Eleutheria5 · 19 replies
    Crackle ^ | Rowan & Martin
    Sketches include Introduction of Goldie Hawn, Cher as Pocahontas, Cocktail Party, Tim and Cher's mountie duet, Laugh-In does Shakespeare, Salute to censorship, Tim in Olympic athlete blackouts, and the famous Joke Wall. Season 1, Episode 4, Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In Rowan & Martin’s Laugh In - The original rapid fire sketch comedy show. Comedy duo Dan Rowan and Dick Martin host this fast-moving sketch comedy series.
  • Archer Aviation partners with Etihad for eVTOL pilot training in Abu Dhabi

    05/21/2024 8:54:22 AM PDT · by Red Badger · 11 replies
    Aerotime ^ | May 21, 2024 | Luke Peters
    Archer Aviation, one of the companies leading the global charge towards the certification and introduction of electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft, has announced it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Abu-Dhabi-based Etihad Training. The agreement, announced at the Future Aviation Forum being held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia between May 20 and 22, 2024, lays the groundwork for a commercial partnership that aims to recruit and train prospective pilots for Archer’s Midnight aircraft that will be based in Abu Dhabi and operate across the UAE. Archer’s Midnight aircraft is a piloted, four-passenger aircraft designed to perform rapid...
  • Wild riot breaks out at Florida skating rink after party is canceled

    05/21/2024 6:25:28 AM PDT · by ChicagoConservative27 · 65 replies
    NY Post ^ | 05/21/2024 | Greg Wehner
    Florida law enforcement officials arrested 23 juveniles and six adults after a wild brawl erupted outside a Brandon skating rink when a party was canceled on Saturday night. The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office said deputies responded to a call from an off-duty deputy at Astro Skate at about 9:20 p.m. on Saturday, requesting help with a large crowd that was fighting in the parking lot. Investigators learned the fight broke out after a planned party was canceled when the individuals hosting the private party failed to hire an off-duty deputy for the event, which Astro Skate requires. Since the requirement...
  • A Corrupt Establishment Demands a Loyalty Oath

    05/21/2024 6:17:31 AM PDT · by MtnClimber · 8 replies
    American Greatness ^ | 21 May, 2024 | Christopher Roach
    A memo must have gone out. Because in several prominent newspapers, the same propaganda appeared at nearly the same time. The Washington Post said, “Top Republicans, led by Trump, refuse to commit to accept 2024 election results.” The New York Times similarly intoned, “Leading Republicans have refused to say flatly that they will accept the outcome of the presidential election if Donald Trump loses.” Rolling Stone chastised a former presidential candidate: “Tim Scott Embraces Trump’s Election Denialism, Won’t Commit to Accept Results.” While ordinarily, elections mean both sides accept the procedures in advance so that either side may have confidence...
  • Tuesday War Room, 10AM-Noon & 5-7PM ET

    05/21/2024 6:16:03 AM PDT · by 4Liberty · 3 replies
    America’s Voice News ^ | 05/21/2024 | Stephen K. Bannon
    PM 4Liberty, if you want On/Off this listhttps://pluto.tv/live-tv/americas-voicehttps://americasvoice.news/Tune in via Roku/AppleTV/AmazonFire with the America’s Voice App https://americasvoice.appLIVE STREAM all Bannon shows & find past episodes here: https://rumble.com/c/BannonsWarRoom | https://americasvoice.news/playlists/the-war-room/
  • Huge 400-man riot erupts after skate-park party is canceled at the last minute and organizers call on friends to meet there and rampage anyway

    05/21/2024 5:53:52 AM PDT · by C19fan · 40 replies
    UK Daily Mail ^ | May 21, 2024 | Natasha Anderson
    A 400-man riot broke out at a Florida skate park after the venue canceled a planned after party at the last minute. The large brawl erupted Saturday night in the parking lot at Astro Skate in the Tampa Bay Metropolitan area after frustrated party organizers put out a call online encouraging people to 'riot' and 'confront law enforcement' at the skate park.
  • Is Beef Production A Major Contributor To Climate Change?

    05/21/2024 5:31:48 AM PDT · by MtnClimber · 41 replies
    Manhattan Contrarian ^ | 20 May, 2024 | Francis Menton
    Undoubtedly, by this time in your life you have read a hundred times, or maybe a thousand, that beef production is a “major contributor” to climate change. It’s one of those narratives that has become a continuous drumbeat in the progressive press. Probably, you have had no reason to question it. Without thinking about it, you likely assume that this narrative is probably true. But there is good reason to think critically about this one. Among the various scare stories used to take further control of your life, this is one of the more important. With the war against...
  • What if Justice Merchan has been compromised?

    05/21/2024 5:07:46 AM PDT · by MtnClimber · 54 replies
    American Thinker ^ | 21 May, 2024 | Patricia McCarthy
    Given the bias of this judge for the prosecution and his overt antipathy for the defendant, Donald Trump, what explains his willing destruction of his own reputation as a justice? Given what we know about what has been going on in Justice Juan Merchan’s Manhattan courtroom, including the preposterous, over-the-top bias of this judge for the prosecution and his overt antipathy for the defendant, Donald Trump, what explains his willing destruction of his own reputation as a judge? Each and every legal scholar who has weighed in on the course of the trial, from Alan Dershowitz to Jonathan Turley and...
  • Plausible Deniability Run Amok

    05/21/2024 4:42:09 AM PDT · by MtnClimber · 5 replies
    American Thinker ^ | 21 May, 2024 | J.B. Shurk
    Government apparatchiks tell bald-faced lies to create enough plausible deniability to establish legal immunity for their crimes. What are the wages of rigged elections? Invasion, inflation, taxation, and war. But for a 2020 jiggering of state election procedures that allowed Democrats to flood battleground states with fraudulent mail-in ballots and other illegally cast votes, Americans would not today be suffering from unprecedented foreign invasion, out-of-control inflation, higher taxes, crippling regulations, or the specter of global war. The Deep State that permanently controls the day-to-day maneuverings of the U.S. government wanted open borders, unconstrained money-printing, income confiscation at home, and empire-building...
  • The Network Behind the Pro-Hamas Disruptions

    05/21/2024 4:07:00 AM PDT · by MtnClimber · 13 replies
    American Thinker ^ | 29 May, 2024 | Janet Levy
    Behind the anti-Israel protests and riots is a coalition of radical leftist and Islamist groups drawing sustenance from a vast dark money network... that is linked to the Chinese Communist Party. How did anti-Israel protests erupt within a month of the Hamas-led October 7 massacre? How did university campuses in America turn into tent cities of keffiyeh-clad youth calling for the liberation of Palestine, the annihilation of Israel, and death to Jews? If you suspect these protests are well orchestrated and funded, you are right. Behind them is a coalition of radical leftist and Islamist groups drawing sustenance from the...
  • Couple killed in shootout on I-40 transporting $3 million in cocaine from drug cartel

    05/20/2024 2:17:29 PM PDT · by L.A.Justice · 55 replies
    CBS Austin ^ | 05/14/2024 | Jamie Burch
    GROOM, Texas (KVII) — The couple killed in a shootout with law enforcement on I-40 near Groom was transporting more than $3 million worth of cocaine purchased from a Mexican drug cartel. The Putnam County Sheriff's Office in Tennessee said it began investigating Edward Stevenson, 60, and Elizabeth Stevenson, 51, through undercover drug buys. On Thursday, detectives executed a search warrant at their home in Cookeville, about 90 minutes east of Nashville. They seized 3/4 of a pound of methamphetamine, fentanyl, multiple firearms, body armor and ammunition. At the time of the search, detectives received information that the Stevensons were...
  • Draw Mohammad Day

    05/20/2024 11:19:54 AM PDT · by Nateman · 47 replies
    Free Republic ^ | may 20 , 2024 | nateman
    Today is a special day ! Not just because some Iranian leaders have now joined Mohammad in Hell today. On May 20th , 2010 the first Draw Mohammad Day went viral . In dishonor of this evil Pedo Profit , founder of the worst religion in the world, let the mocking begin!The original sign said "Death to those who insult Islam". With any luck some wack a doodle muzzy will see these guys and not knowing any better will serve up some instant karma to these fellows. Speaking of Prophets , this was made before the slaughter of little girls...
  • This popular exercise could help you live longer and stop knee pain

    05/20/2024 10:43:32 AM PDT · by ChicagoConservative27 · 75 replies
    NY Post ^ | 05/20/2024 | Amy Eisinger
    It’s the cycle of life. Lifelong bicyclers may live longer, have stronger immune systems and are less likely to experience knee pain or osteoarthritis, than people who don’t ride bikes. Although previous studies have already shown several benefits of cycling, new research now shows that people who cycle regularly have significantly less chance of developing osteoarthritis by the age of 65, according to NPR. The study, which was published last month in Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, surveyed 2,600 people with an average age of 64 about their lifetime exercise habits. All of the participants were at an...
  • 15 Blue Collar Jobs That Pay Well In The US: These Roles Pay $60K And Up and are currently not at risk from AI displacement

    05/20/2024 10:25:46 AM PDT · by SeekAndFind · 39 replies
    International Business Times ^ | 05/17/2024 | Vinay Patel
    High-paying jobs are traditionally associated with office environments and involve clerical, managerial, or administrative duties. These are often referred to as "white-collar" jobs.However, this does not affect the earning potential of skilled "blue-collar" professions that involve hands-on work. Let's explore the definition of blue-collar jobs and check some of the highest-paying positions in this field.Blue-collar jobsA focus on manual labour characterizes blue-collar jobs. These roles range from requiring minimal qualifications to demanding specialised skills and certifications. A college degree is usually not mandatory, but a high school diploma or GED is typically expected.Blue-collar occupations span various industries, including retail, manufacturing,...