Controversial actor Shia LeBeouf is set to play the 20th century Catholic monk and Saint Padre Pio in an upcoming film. Speaking about the role in a recent interview posted by Irish news site Catholic Arena, LeBeouf, who is famous for his roles in franchises such as Transformers and Indiana Jones, described the origins of […]
In 2001, then-president of the US George Bush declared that “the Taliban regime is coming to an end.” Now, 20 years later, they control the entire country of Afghanistan. “Thanks to the military, and our allies, and the brave military fighters of Afghanistan, the Taliban regime is coming to an end,” Bush said, adding that […]
Terrible scenes.
An inglorious 12th.
Yes, is the short answer. The longer answer is below, but first, a recap of the disaster that’s unfurled since the US President decided to pull out the remaining American troops: The Taliban captured Afghanistan’s third-largest city and a strategic provincial capital near Kabul on Thursday, further squeezing the country’s embattled government just weeks before […]
Regular readers will remember that earlier in the summer, yours truly regularly pointed to Florida and Texas as examples of places which had abandoned Covid restrictions completely, and were doing just fine. It would be dishonest, then, not to cover the fact that in recent weeks, both states have experienced a mega surge in cases […]
Suspicious minds.
A skin rash, as well as multiple kidney disorders are being investigated by the European Medicines Agency as potential side-effects of the Pfizer and Moderna mRNA jabs. The EMA’s safety committee is now studying whether or not these conditions may be side-effects of the jabs. To date, 330 million Pfizer-BioNTech doses and 43.5 million Moderna […]
The UK branch of Black Lives Matter took to Twitter this week to assert that climate change is actually racist. “The climate crisis is a racist crisis. #ClimateEmergency.” the group tweeted. The climate crisis is a racist crisis #ClimateEmergency — #BlackLivesMatterUK (@ukblm) August 9, 2021 Previously, the group’s original US branch has made similar assertions. […]
There was a time, not so long ago, when big tech companies asserted that they were committed to freedom of speech, with reasonable limits on things like inciting hatred, or being overtly racist. If that was true, and all that they did, there would be very little controversy about so-called “big tech censorship”. But of […]
A Christan preacher says that she is “vindicated” after a hate-speech charge was thrown out – and is now set to sue the Metropolitan Police in London for dragging her through the courts in an 18-month legal battle. Hazel Lewis, who has been described as a street preacher, was falsely accused of threatening to stab […]
73-year-old Catholic Cardinal Raymond Burke confirmed last night that he has tested positive for covid-19. The American cardinal gave the update in a tweet on Tuesday evening. “Praised be Jesus Christ!” he wrote. “I wish to inform you that I have recently tested positive for the COVID-19 virus. Thanks be to God, I am resting […]