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Video: Coming Out as Christian to Your Liberal Parents

The video posted a couple of days ago, already has nearly one million views. It reveals how the left defines tolerance. I enjoyed some of the comments: Susan: “Okay, but this is too true I was raised by atheists, and I became Catholic. This was basically the reaction.“ Justin Campbell: “It takes a lot of courage to come out as Christian today“ Ceci Grey: “The mom’s reaction was. Legit my ex fiancé mothers reaction to finding out he was engaged to me because I’m religious !she screamed are you going to start being Christian !!! No joke it’s funny now great video“ Alis Moran: “I can totally relate! I was so nervous “coming out” to my then new age practicing mother as a Christian. For months she tried to discredit me and one day I asked her if she wanted to come with me to church and now she goes with me regularly and is volunteering and all. God is working hard on her and I’m so thankful!” Hope is the unseen: “LOL this is …

Charges dropped against street preacher arrested for quoting a Bible verse at a Pride event

We recently reported on how a street preacher, Damon Atkins, in Reading, Pennsylvania was arrested on June 3, 2023, after he started to quote a Bible verse at a Pride Event. The prosecutors involved in the case have now dropped all charges against Atkins, the Christian Post reports. Atkins, who was holding a sign that read, “Jesus said go and sin no more“, was on a public sidewalk across the street from the event. He had been previously warned by a police officer not to speak. When Atkins began to quote 1 Corinthians 14:33, officers rushed over, handcuffed Atkins, and hauled him away. Anyone watching the video, including those who didn’t necessarily agree with Atkins’s views, said they were shocked by what they saw. Atkins had broken no law and in fact, some argued that the police had violated Atkins’ Freedom of Speech and Freedom of Religion guaranteed in the US Constitution. According to the Christian Post, after the video of Atkins’ arrest went viral, the Reading police department was inundated with ‘hundreds of calls’ …

Canada: Teacher tells Muslim students they don’t belong in Canada if they don’t support Pride events

Muslim students in Edmonton, Canada captured the rant of a woke teacher who suggested that the immigrant students should return to their home countries if they don’t support Pride events at the school, The Blaze reports. The teacher who taught at Londonderry Junior High School was talking to a group of Muslim students who had boycotted a Pride event. The Blaze explains: During the two-minute clip, which was reportedly recorded and shared by a student, the teacher also discussed the differences between the laws and values in Canada and the laws and values in other countries. She asserted that all Canadians “believe in freedom” and “believe that people can marry whomever they want.” Canada officially legalized so-called same-sex marriage in 2005. […] “If you don’t think that [gay marriage] should be the law, you can’t be Canadian,” she continued. “You don’t belong here, and I really mean it.” READ: Junior high teacher in Canada berates Muslim students for boycotting Pride events: ‘If you don’t think that should be the law, you can’t be Canadian’ I …

Street preacher arrested in Reading, Pennsylvania for quoting Bible verse at Pride rally

A street preacher in Reading, Pennsylvania was handcuffed and arrested after quoting a Bible verse at an outdoor Pride event, CBN reports. Matthew Wear who was just passing by was able to catch the arrest on camera. According to Wear, the street preacher, Damon Atkins, had just started speaking on a sidewalk across the street from the Pride event, when a police officer, Sergeant Bradley T. McClure, ordered him to stop preaching. When Atkins refused and started quoting 1 Corinthians 14:33, “For God is not a God of confusion but of peace,” he was immediately arrested and prevented from finishing the verse. With a video of the arrest and circumstances that led up to it, many believe Atkins’s arrest was a violation of his First Amendment Rights including Freedom of Speech and Freedom of Religion. Atkins told CBN that he was charged “with criminal disorderly conduct with engaged to fight.” However, the video seems to suggest otherwise. I suspect a lawsuit is pending. READ: ‘An Unjust Arrest!’ Street Preacher in PA Arrested While Trying to …

Children’s choir forced to stop singing America’s national anthem at US Capitol because ‘it might offend someone’

Rushingbrook Children’s Choir is a children’s Christian choir from South Carolina. They were at the US Capitol on May 26, 2023, and while inside decided to sing “The Star-Spangled Banner” to an appreciative audience who were slowly gathering to hear the performance, The Blaze reports. But not everyone was enjoying it. An officer for the US Capitol police ordered the children to stop mid-song because singing America’s national anthem inside the US Capitol (and we are not making this up) might “offend someone”. Another officer claimed, “singing the Anthem could be considered a form of protest.” The children who were in the middle of the third stanza immediately stopped singing. But here is the kicker, the choir had actually been invited by several state congressional representatives to come to the US Capitol and sing. This is the absurdity of our the woke left-wing culture that is trying to dominate America, and that insists singing the national anthem at the US Capitol is offensive. READ: Children’s choir silenced while performing the national anthem in US Capitol …

The Rise of Professional Shoplifting Gangs

For the most part, the left has decriminalized shoplifting and the result is in the more extreme cases like San Francisco, stores are closing, and honest people are losing their jobs and ability to feed their families. In other instances, stores are putting goods behind lock and key to prevent theft. The left argues that the poor shouldn’t be penalized for trying to survive, but the fact is most who shoplift are doing it to buy drugs and feed their addictions, not their families. And worse because of the left’s refusal to prosecute shoplifting, their policies have created a new level of professional shoplifting gangs. As the Daily Caller explains: In New York City, nearly one-third of shoplifting incidents reported to police last year were committed by the same 327 people — professional thieves — who were arrested a total of 6,000 times. But they’re still on the streets. “We have individuals that have been arrested over 30 times just this year,” reports Michael Lipetri, New York Police Department chief of crime control strategies.  San …

North Korea elected to WHO’s executive board

The brutal, totalitarian regime, North Korea, has just been elected to the UN’s World Health Organization’s governing board, PJ Media writes. North Korea will be represented on the board by Dr. Jong Min Pak. Of course, it is understandable why WHO would be so keen about having North Korea on its board as the regime claimed to have not had a single case of COVID until 2022 and then got it under control in a matter of weeks. As part of WHO’s board, North Korea will be able to influence policy direction for the health organization. READ: North Korea Elected to Serve on WHO Executive Board

Canada: A Tale of Two Provinces on Dealing with Drug Addiction

Two neighboring Canadian provinces, at opposite ends of the political spectrum, have contrasting success rates on their programs dealing with drug addiction. The province of British Columbia run by the left-wing NDP party has taken the approach of providing safe drugs to addicts to break them of their addictions. The Province of Alberta, which just re-elected a Conservative government, decided that drug addiction programs and detox centers are the best way to handle the problem. So which model is working best? In an article for the National Post, Michael Shellenberger explains: “All indications are that Alberta is getting it right. From 2021 to 2022, overdose deaths in the province dropped by 17 per cent; in the same period, British Columbia saw only a 1.4-percent reduction. In January 2023, the latest month for which data is available in Alberta, overdose deaths dropped to 111, from 172 in the same period last year. In April this year, B.C. counted 206 overdose deaths– a 17-percent increase over April 2022.“ Shellenberger adds that in the early 90s he was …

Canada: Is the Trudeau government helping fund Chinese police stations in that country?

While there are reports of the Chinese Communist Party illegally setting up police stations in countries around the world that are allegedly being used to monitor and intimidate Chinese people living in these nations, things were taken to a different level in Canada, the National Post reports. According to a recent article, Canada’s Federal government actually provided grants to two non-profit groups suspected of setting up police stations on behalf of the CCP. The National Post provides more details: OTTAWA – The federal government gave nearly $160,000 to another Quebec non-profit the RCMP believes may be hosting a secret Chinese “police station,” the second organization to receive funding experts fear may have been used to advance Beijing’s agenda in Canada. […] The issue is that Centre Sino-Québec is one of two Quebec organizations — alongside Service à la Famille Chinoise du Grand Montréal (SFCGM) — that is under RCMP investigation for allegedly hosting a secret Chinese police station suspected of leading efforts to identify, monitor, intimidate or silence critics of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). …

Two-year-old boy sentenced to life imprisonment in North Korea after family caught with a Bible

According to the US State Department, in 2009 the North Korean government sentenced a two-year-old boy and his family to life imprisonment after his parents were caught owning a Bible, The Christian Post reports. The family undoubtedly ended up in one of North Korea’s political gulags where prisoners are routinely beaten, raped, forced to eat contaminated food and tortured. The US State Department added that approximately 70,000 Christians are imprisoned in the regime because of their faith. Though Korea’s constitution officially guarantees religious freedom, people in that regime can actually face the death penalty for having a Bible. This is because these freedoms are overruled by a document called the Ten Principles for Establishing a Monolithic Leadership System. It is made up of the teachings of North Korea’s past despots, Kim Il Sung, Kim Jong Il, and its current supreme leader, Kim Jong Un, that North Koreans are forced to believe and adhere to. READ: North Korea sentences 2-year-old to life in prison camp after parents caught with Bible: US State Dept.

The Pope’s Revenge in a former communist regime?

The Fernsehturm (Television Tower) constructed by East Germany in downtown Berlin between 1965 and 1969 was nicknamed The Pope’s Revenge because of a very odd thing that happened shortly after it was constructed. Berlin was divided as East Germany was under the control of the Communists during this period and the tower, which stood 368 meters high, loomed over the city. It was the fourth-highest building constructed in the world at the time and was a symbol of the glories of communism. It was constructed as the East German Communist Party was clamping down on Christianity in the regime and forcing churches to remove crosses from their buildings. But a strange thing happened, when the sun struck the tower it reflected out an image of a Greek cross. Wikipedia explains: When the sun shines on the Fernsehturm’s tiled stainless-steel dome, the reflection usually appears in the form of a Greek cross. Berliners nicknamed the luminous cross Rache des Papstes, or the “Pope’s Revenge”,[10][11] believing the Christian symbol a divine retaliation for the government’s removal of …

Church Suing School Board After it Refused to Lease Space

With the help of Advocates for Faith & Freedom, The Pines Church in Bangor, Maine is suing Hermon School Committee (HSC) after it refused to rent school facilities to the church for services, the Christian Post reports. The church alleges when it applied to lease space, HSC officials asked a series of questions about where the church stood on cultural/religious hot topics such as abortion and same-sex marriage. When the school board, which rents space to other secular groups, refused to rent space, the church decided to sue. “Public institutions that seek to lease their facilities for revenue should not be able to discriminate based on religious or political conviction,” said Faith & Freedom VP Mariah Gondeiro in a statement about the case. “The Hermon School Committee has a history of leasing their properties to secular organizations without persecution. We are advocating for fair and equitable treatment under the law, and The Pines Church was denied that opportunity by the Hermon School Committee,” Gondeiro added. Some have wondered if Christians should take to the courts …

Christian student Suing Former University Professor over Forced Donation to Left-wing Causes

A Christian student, Nathan Barbieri, is suing a former Michigan State University (MSU) College of Business professor after she forced the students to make contributions to Planned Parenthood as part of her required class assignments, Fox News reports. According to Fox News, the professor, Amy Wisner, is described as a far-left professor in the lawsuit being handled on behalf of Barbieri by Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF). The lawsuit alleges that the professor required the 600 students in her class to make a $99 donation to a group called ‘The Rebellion Community, (TRC)’ amounting to nearly a $60,000 contribution. It’s alleged that Wisner is personally in charge of TRC. Another student is also suing the professor for being forced to support her political views. According to a post on Wisner’s Facebook page, 100% of the donations to TRC are given to Planned Parenthood and other organizations ‘dismantling oppressive systems.’ Though MSU refunded the $99 contributions each of the students were required to make, Barbieri is suing Wisner because the money he donated to TRC is still …

Britain: BBC criticized for setting up disinformation group

Britain’s state-owned British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) has officially set up an organization designed to fight anything it considers to be ‘disinformation,’ LifeSite News reports. The ‘disinformation’ group will be led by Marianna Spring, who previously worked for one of the most left-wing news outlets in Britain, The Guardian. Sixty journalists will be part of Springer’s disinformation team and according to reports she has already set up fake social media accounts to ‘understand polarization online’. As part of her mandate, Spring will also be investigating the ‘alternative media.’ The BBC is even facing criticism from the left for the move, as LifeSite News explains in its article: Even left-wing outlets have criticized the BBC’s new endeavor, with Spiked writing that “the BBC not only inflates the dangers of social-media falsehoods, it has also applied the disinformation label to stories that are actually true.” READ: BBC hit with backlash after forming new team to fight ‘disinformation’ People were quick to respond to the Orwellian announcement:

The ‘Smash Sparrow Campaign’ and the left’s continued attack on agriculture

The left’s attack on agriculture in recent years is beyond bizarre considering the world is entering an unprecedented food crisis which is leading to starvation in parts of the world and increasing food prices in the West. Nevertheless, the Dutch government still plans to close down 3,000+ farms, forcibly if it has to, and Canada is ready to force farmers to stop using fertilizer. Both countries are major world food producers. But the left has a long history of destroying agriculture, starting with Comrade Mao Zedong and China’s Cultural Revolution which killed tens of millions because of Mao’s stupidity and maliciousness. In his article, ‘Perfecting the Species,’ David explains Mao’s ‘Smashing Sparrow Campaign’: The big-brained Communist tampered around with agriculture too and came to the perfectly ignorant but quintessentially Marxist conclusion that household vermin are agents of capitalism. Yes, like capitalists, they exploit the labour of the proletariat and therefore must be totally eradicated. And by far the worst of all these bourgeoisie oppressors was, naturally, that most vile and heinous creature, the sparrow… As …

Montana completely bans TikTok across the state

Montana became the first US state to completely ban the downloading of the social media app, TikTok, for all its citizens, Fox News reports. The government had previously banned TikTok from being downloaded on government phones over concerns that its Chinese parent company, ByteDance, is closely connected to the Chinese Communist Party. Fox News explains the reason behind the ban: “Some lawmakers, the FBI and officials at other agencies are concerned the video-sharing app, owned by the Chinese tech company ByteDance, could be used to allow the Chinese government to access information on American citizens or push pro-Beijing misinformation that could influence the public. TikTok says none of this has ever happened.“ The new law would fine any business and/or TikTok $10,000 each day that they allow people in the state to download the app. Users themselves would not be penalized for downloading the app. TikTok says it plans to challenge the legislation in court. Fox News adds that over half of the US states have banned the app on government-owned phones. READ: Montana becomes …

Will the ‘New York Times’ and ‘Washington Post’ return their Pulitzers?

The release of the Durham report on Monday, May 15, 2023, confirmed what everyone already knew that any accusations Donald Trump colluded with the Russians were based on a lie. Breitbart provides more details: Now that the Monday release of the Durham Report has debunked every facet of the Russia Collusion allegation and proved the whole thing was a politically-motivated smear campaign invented by Hillary Clinton, blessed by Barack Obama, and furthered by the FBI, there have been numerous calls for these left-wing outlets to return their fake Pulitzers. Why should someone be rewarded for spreading a hoax? the thinking goes. Well, I will and have argued that these corporate news outlets knew all along it was a hoax. Yes, the New York Times and the Washington Post both won Pulitzer prizes for their coverage of the Russian collusion, and now many are stating these awards should be returned. And it’s not just Breitbart suggesting this. Apparently, the Daily Mail contacted both the New York Times and Washington Post asking if they planned to return their …

California’s government can’t force churches to provide abortion coverage Federal court rules

When the State of California decided to force churches to provide abortion coverage for their employees, four churches successfully fought back against this infringement on their religious freedom guaranteed under the First Amendment. Two federal courts have consequently ruled that the government can’t force churches to provide abortions and required the state to cover $1.4 million in attorney fees for the victorious churches. In both cases, the churches were represented by Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF). The first case involved Skyline Wesleyan Church in San Diego and in the second case ADF successfully represented three churches, Calvary Chapel Chino Hills in Chino, The Shepherd of the Hills Church in Porter Ranch and Foothill Church in Glendora. In its news release, ADF Senior Counsel Jeremiah Galus said, “The government can’t force a church or any other religious employer to violate their faith and conscience by participating in funding abortion.” But there was more going on here than just that. “For years, California officials, in collaboration with Planned Parenthood, have unconstitutionally targeted faith-based organizations,” Galus added. “This is …

Toronto’s ‘anti-capitalist’ café shutting down

The closure of a coffee shop in Toronto, Canada once again demonstrates the shortcomings of communism and socialism, Breitbart reports. Officially, billed as “anti-capitalist, anti-colonial cafe, shop and radical community space on stolen land,” The Anarchist Cafe opened in March 2022 with much fanfare to display of the glories of communism and anarchy. Consumers were instructed to ‘pay what you can’ for their coffee, which was supposed to be covered by more expensive items on the menu. The cafe will be officially closing its doors on May 31, 2023. In a post explaining his decision to close, owner Gabriel Sims-Fewer wrote: “It’s been an amazing experience, connecting with so many great community members, sparking desperately needed debate, raising the blood pressure of Conservatives (that includes you, “anarcho-capitalists” and “Libertarians”), fulfilling the dream of most service workers by not having to tolerate the presence of professional class-traitors (pigs and military)” […] “Unfortunately, the lack of generational wealth/seed capital from ethically bankrupt sources left me unable to weather the quiet winter season, or to grow in the …

Trust only 70% of the science?

While the political elite repeatedly tells us that we need to trust the science, a recent study by German researchers has concluded that 25% of the published medical research papers and 34% of the neuroscience papers they examined are bogus, The Blaze reports. The researchers attributed this to paper-mills that “use AI-supported, automated production techniques at scale and sell fake publications to students, scientists, and physicians under pressure to advance their careers.” The Blaze adds: According to the newly released study conducted by Sabel and other German researchers, which has itself yet to undergo peer review, there were an estimated 300,000 red-flagged, fake publications among the 1.3 million biomedical publications listed in the SCImago portal. Sabel estimated around 34% of neuroscience papers published in 2020 were bogus. “It is just too hard to believe,” Sabel told the journal Science, suggesting that it is as if “somebody tells you 30% of what you eat is toxic.” The researchers noted that one group of 712 papers that were classified as “problematic” had been cited in other papers …

Conservative teens are happier and less depressed than Liberal ones, study finds

The victim mentality is an insidious trap because those caught in its jaws are convinced that they are a victim of their circumstances. You are not succeeding because someone else is pushing you down, and until that is changed nothing will ever improve. Unfortunately, the victim mentality has become the rallying cry of the left where people blame men for oppressing women, the rich for oppressing the poor, and the police for oppressing criminals. The list of oppressors and victims is endless. Since these external forces are beyond your control, they ultimately determine your future. There is nothing you can do to change it. Any attempts you make to overcome your circumstance will only result in failure. So why try? Trapped by this mindset, the resulting loss of hope can cause a person to spiral into depression. And not surprisingly this was the conclusion of a study undertaken by Columbia University which found that Conservative teenagers are happier than those who hold left-wing views, The Blaze reports. The study entitled, “The politics of depression: Diverging …

Study: Half of Chicagoans have witnessed a shooting by the age of 40

According to a recent study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, by the age of 40 half of Chicagoans have seen a shooting, with 14 being the average age when they personally witnessed it, PJ Media reports. The study, conducted by researchers from Cambridge’s Institute of Criminology as well as Oxford and Harvard, tracked 2,000 Chicagoans for 25 years to middle age. The study found that blacks and Latinos, at 50%, were twice as likely to have witnessed a shooting than whites, where only 25% saw a shooting. Not all were just witnesses to a shooting, in the case of Blacks and Hispanics, 7% of those studied were actual victims by the age of 40, compared to just 3% for whites. READ: Half of Those Under 40 Have Witnessed a Shooting in Chicago at an Average Age of 14 Years Old Over the past few years, there has been a barrage of complaints about how the state and the city have taken a soft-on-crime approach to dealing with the criminal element which …

Study: Thousands of cases of schizophrenia may have been triggered by marijuana usage

A study by Danish researchers has discovered a link between Marijuana usage and cases of schizophrenia, The Blaze reports. The comprehensive study looked at the case histories of 6.9 million people from 1972 to 2021 and concluded that THC, the active ingredient in Marijuana, triggers or worsens mental illness and specifically schizophrenia in young men. Schizophrenia is a mental illness characterized by psychotic behavior that can include hallucinations, delusions, confused thinking, and an altered reality and is attributed to a dopamine imbalance in the brain. The researchers concluded that up to 30% of young men (21 to 30 years of age) diagnosed with schizophrenia could have avoided it if they had not used cannabis. This suggests that thousands of cases of schizophrenia may be attributed to Marijuana. The researchers noted when the age group of the men was expanded to 16 to 49 years of age, they attributed 15% of schizophrenia cases to marijuana usage. Though the increase was not so pronounced in females, the researchers concluded that 4% of the schizophrenia cases were also …

Over 25% of Canadians Support Euthanizing the Poor and Homeless

A recent poll revealed the rapid cultural deterioration taking place in Canada. In 2021, the country’s Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, introduced legislation allowing for medical-assisted suicide for those facing serious medical issues. It has since been expanded to allow those who are mentally unwell to receive assisted suicide, and it seems many Canadians are completely fine with this policy. A recent poll conducted by Research Co. found that a significant percentage of Canadians not only supported euthanasia but over 25% supported providing the service for the poor and homeless, Front Page reports. What was particularly disturbing was the views of the younger generation where 40% of those between the ages of 18-34 were comfortable euthanizing the poor. Research Co. provided more details on its poll results: Half of Canadians would agree to allow adults in Canada to seek medical assistance in dying due to an inability to receive medical treatment (51%) or a disability (50%). Fewer than three-in-ten would consent to expand the guidelines to include homelessness (28%) or poverty (27%) as reasons to seek …

Vindication: Woke Arizona school board backs down after Discriminating against Christian University

Emboldened by their wokeness, back in March of this year, the board of Arizona’s largest elementary school, Washington Elementary School District, unanimously voted to ban students from Arizona Christian University (ACU) from fulfilling their practicum course requirement in the district’s public schools. There was ranting and raving at that board meeting about how students at a Christian school would conflict with the diverse and equitable views of the school board. Well, two months later and $25,000 poorer, the board has changed its mind, after ACU, represented by the Alliance Defending Freedom, launched a lawsuit against the school board alleging religious discrimination, The Blaze reports. ACU students will once again be allowed to serve as teacher-students in the district’s elementary schools and the district also agreed to hand over $25,000 in tax dollars to pay for the ACU’s legal fees. In a statement released by ACU, its president, Len Munsil, called the reversal a ‘complete vindication’: “This is a complete vindication of the rights of our students to be able to participate as student-teachers in a …

32 years ago, Jesus told Eric Adams he would be Mayor of New York City on Jan. 1, 2022

Shortly after Eric Adams, 62, was elected mayor of New York City in 2021, and assumed office on Jan. 1, 2022, he began causing waves, particularly among the secularists and atheists, because of how open he was about his Christian faith. This included a speech Adams delivered in February this year when the former NY police officer blamed the lack of prayer in schools for the problems facing our education system. But what recently caught people’s attention was a statement Adams made this month suggesting that 32 years ago God has spoken to him that he would be mayor of New York City on Jan. 1, 2022, CBN reports. “[Thirty-two] years ago, God placed on my heart that Jan. 1, 2022, I would be the mayor of the city of New York,” Adams said in a presentation to the Rev. A.R. Bernard’s Christian Culture Center earlier this month. “But God said, ‘Do not be silent, because if you are silent, then when you get there, people are going to believe you stumble there,’” Adam added. He …

The list of Bible verses that were cited in King Charles III’s coronation?

It’s estimated that 350 million from around the world watched King Charles III’s coronation live from Westminster Abbey on Saturday, May 6, 2023. Who knows how many millions more will watch videos and clips of the event in the weeks following. And as the Western Journal points out everyone watching received a presentation of the gospel and as well numerous Biblical quotes whether they wanted it or not: The Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, officiated the coronation and started off the ceremony with the proclamation that ‘Christ is Risen’:. The Western Journal writes: Take, for instance, the archbishop’s greeting at the beginning of the ceremony: “The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you.” “Alleluia. Christ is risen,” the archbishop continued. The congregation’s response? “He is risen indeed. Alleluia.” The British Bible Society (BBS) also provided a list of all the Bible verses quoted or cited at the coronation ceremony. This included the following references or citations: READ: All the Bible verses in …

EU approves the forcible closure of 3,000 farms in Holland

The plan by left-wing governments around the world to destroy food production took another step forward when the European Union approved the forcible closure of 3,000 farms in Holland. Along with this was a ban stopping the creation of new farms, The Blaze reports. The Dutch government’s plans to forcibly close farms in their country, if necessary, was given the green light by the European Commission in Brussels as part of its plan to reduce carbon emissions. The Blaze provides more details: If farmers agree to the initial “voluntary” buyout, they will be offered up to 120% of the value of their business. As a condition of the buyout, the farmers must agree not to open another farm elsewhere in the Netherlands or within the EU. Dairy, pig, and poultry farmers will be offered 100% of the value of their farm to shut down operations. The Dutch government plans to offer one-time voluntary buyouts to the farms emitting the most nitrogen with the goal of purchasing and shutting down 2,000 to 3,000 farms. However, if …

Canada: Was the Chinese Communist Party targeting the family of a Canadian politician?

Canada’s intelligence agency, CSIS, alleges that an agent for the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in Canada, who also has diplomatic immunity, was targeting Conservative MP, Michael Chong and his family, The Globe and Mail report. His father’s family still lived in Hong Kong. The reason that the CCP was doing this is that Chong had publicly taken a stand opposing the Chinese Communist Party’s treatment of the Uyghurs, which the Canadian MP referred to as genocide. The Globe and Mail also provided additional information on CSIS’s nine-page report on the CCP’s interference in Canadian affairs. According to the report, China considers Canada a “high-priority target”: China sees Canada as a “high-priority target” and employs “incentives and punishment” as part of a vast influence network directed at legislators, business executives and diaspora communities in this country, according to a top-secret intelligence assessment from the Canadian Security Intelligence Service. The CSIS report is an overview of Chinese government foreign interference in Canada, ranging from investigating a Conservative MP’s relatives in China to harassing a mainland Chinese student …

Can a leopard changes its spots? Portland Democrats to become crime fighters

With one of the highest crime rates in America, it seems that Portland’s Democrat politicians have finally come to their senses. The Daily Mail reports that they are planning to refund the police after cutting $15 million from the department’s budget three years ago during the BLM’s Defund the Police hysteria. The result was a massive spike in the city’s crime rates and now the politicians are vowing to restore funding and hire more investigators and DAs to stem the flood of criminal behavior. But the problems in Portland wasn’t solely due to police funding cuts. It was compounded with the 2020 election of a new woke DA, Mike Schmidt, who decided a soft-on-crime approach was the best way to stop criminal behavior. This included scrapping minimum sentences, stopping the sentencing of juveniles in adult courts and using specialty courts to provide alternative sentencing arrangements. He also refused to prosecute criminals including dozens of BLM protestors who ransacked the city in 2020. The result of these decisions was an explosion in crime with over 63,000 …

65% of Americans state believing in God is not necessary for morality, survey

Many years ago, the police union in our city went out on strike, I think legislation has since been passed preventing it from happening again. The union said police would still deal with major criminal offenses, but were refusing to enforce minor things like traffic violations or vandalism. For the first couple of days, everything continued normally. People obeyed the traffic laws. But as time passed it slowly began to break down. People started running red lights if there was no oncoming traffic, and eventually they were doing it even if there was. Even if the light was green, I remember deliberately slowing down as I entered an intersection, because I just didn’t know if someone would be barreling through the red. And I also felt the temptation to run a stop sign or red light, particularly if the oncoming street was clear. As the strike continued, bedlam ensued. People started drag racing each other on the city’s main thoroughfares. You would be driving down the street and suddenly two cars in front of you …

Has persecution come to the schools of America?

Elon Musk warn parents about public schools

In a recent interview with Bill Maher on his “Real Time” program, Twitter CEO, Elon Musk, issued a warning to parents about public schools, the Daily Wire reports. The issue came up when the discussion veered on to the topic of ‘wokeness’ and Musk added that a ‘woke mind virus’ has invaded America’s public schools and universities. Musk told Maher: “I was trying to figure out where it’s coming from. I think it’s actually been a long time brewing, in that it’s, I think it’s been going on for a while. The amount of indoctrination that’s happening in schools and universities is I think far beyond what parents realize.” “And I only sort of came to realize this somewhat late. The experience that we had in high school and college is not the experience that that kids today are having, and hasn’t been for, I don’t know, 10 years, maybe 20.” Musk went on to say, that most parents are not aware of the woke craziness that has enveloped public schools. Woke is a broad …

Proposed Oregon legislation would allow homeless people to sue property owners if they harass the homeless or ask them to leave

Oregon Democrats have presented a bill in the state legislature, the Right to Rest Act, that would legally allow homeless people to set up camps on public and private property, Fox News reports. But the legislation doesn’t stop there. If passed the homeless person would have the right to sue the owner of the property for $1,000 if the owner tries to remove their tent or harass the homeless person in any way. If passed the legislation basically decriminalizes these encampments in a state that is overrun by this type of behavior, which is negatively impacting people’s lives. Fox News reports: “I love Portland, and I love where I live,” Portland homeowner Jacob Adams told “Fox & Friends” in February in a plea to elected officials to do something about a homeless encampment next to his house, where fires and drug activity have terrorized his family.  “I’m asking you to please do something, so the people of the city feel safe.” Armand Martens, an 83-year-old Vietnam veteran who also lives next to Adams, told a …