SDG 16: "Back the Blue" Decoded
- By Lynne M Taylor - American Policy Center
Warning bells should be going off all around us, these days. If they aren’t already, it’s my hope that by the time you finish this article, you’ll hear them distinctly! If you’re not familiar with the history of the police forces in the US, please read this. If you’re not sure where the boundaries of police powers should be for America, read this article on how we can urge our States to go back to their Constitutional roots.
The First Bell:
Recently, my local newspaper published an article celebrating the fact that the local police department had become nationally accredited. Sounds great on the surface, right?! As in any media, articles like this are presented to help build a sense of support and protection in communities. However, as a researcher and the wife of a former correctional officer, I know, what’s said is one thing, it’s what’s NOT said that must be brought to light!
Do Genetic Algorithms Show That Intelligence is Not Needed to Produce Information?
- By Charles Creager, Jr.
A genetic algorithm is a search algorithm that seeks optimization by random changes within a population of solutions. They are alleged to mimic natural selection and because of this they are used as evidence of universal common descent evolution being possible and claimed as proof that information need not be the product of an intelligent mind. However, when one looks closely and objectively at these algorithms, they actually do the opposite.
South Carolina Aquarium Announces Return of Aquarium Aglow
- By Susan McLaughlin
Tickets on Sale Now for This Holiday Light Celebration
Holiday magic returns to the Lowcountry at Aquarium Aglow! On select nights this November–December, the South Carolina Aquarium will open its doors at dusk for a dazzling light spectacular.
The Aquarium has announced that the addition of new elements will amaze visitors, alongside appearances from everyone’s favorite guest: Scuba Claus! There will be plenty of frame-worthy photo ops, festive refreshments (including adult beverages) available for purchase and some jolly new surprises this year. From the icy starlight of the mountains to the neon lights of the coast, let wildlife lead the way to celebration this holiday season.
Poll: California Voters Oppose Cash Reparations for Slavery
- By David Kelley - The New American
The results of a poll released Sunday indicated a majority of California voters oppose the proposed reparation payments to descendants of enslaved black residents currently living in the state by a 2-1 margin, exposing the “steep uphill climb” lawmakers face in implementing the plan.
According to the UC Berkeley Institute of Governmental Studies (IGS) poll, co-sponsored by the Los Angeles Times, 59 percent of voters oppose the California Reparations Task Force recommendations to make cash payments, compared to 28 percent who support the plan, and “most of those opposed (44%) say they are strongly opposed to the idea.”
Bob Jones University Invites Community to View 9/11 Memorial Display
- By Courtney Montgomery - BJU
On the twenty-second anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, Bob Jones University will commemorate the 2,977 lives lost on Sept. 11, 2001, with a display of American flags at the front of campus.
In addition, a replica of the World Trade Center Cross, one of the most recognizable symbols found in the wreckage of Ground Zero, will be featured at the Wade Hampton entrance. The original steel girder, a 17-foot long crossbeam, became a source of hope to many in the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks and is currently on display in the National September 11 Memorial and Museum in New York City.
Questioning Joe Biden's Pseudonyms
- By Gary Varvel
Family Research Council and FRC Action Announce Annual Summit to Feature DeSantis, Pence, Trump and Other National Leaders
- By Family Research Council
Ron DeSantis, Mike Pence, Donald Trump and Other Leaders to Address Annual Summit
WASHINGTON -- Next week, Family Research Council and FRC Action will hold the third annual Pray Vote Stand Summit, which replaced FRC Action's previous flagship event since 2006, the Values Voter Summit. The Pray Vote Stand Summit will address issues such as protecting the unborn, the importance of the nuclear family, domestic and international religious freedom, the growing indoctrination in our nation's schools, gender ideology, the military, election integrity, and much more. The summit will return to the Omni Shoreham Hotel in Washington, D.C. from September 15-17, 2023.
The Indian Wars and the Medal of Honor
- By Mike Scruggs
An astonishing 421 Medals of Honor 1867-1898
Brigadier General Ernest A. Garlington, ca. 1907; Medal of Honor, 1890
American colonists and later the United States Army were engaged in frequent conflicts with Native American tribes from the very beginning of North American settlement. Over 1,000 skirmishes and battles occurred during the 25 years following the Civil War, from the Commanche War from 1867 to 1885 to the Pine Ridge Campaign in 1890 and 1891. The latter included the infamous Battle and Massacre at Wounded Knee Creek in South Dakota on December 29, 1890, involving the Lakota Sioux.
Tell the EEOC to Stop Pushing Women Toward Abortion
- By Eagle Forum
Once again, the Biden administration has found another loophole to push their abortion agenda. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is issuing a new rule that forces nearly all businesses to provide leave for their employees to obtain abortions. We must let the EEOC know that we are disgusted with their course of action.
Last year, the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (H.R. 1065) passed into law. This bill required all businesses with over fifteen employees to provide maternity leave for pregnant women. The responsibility to implement this policy fell on the EEOC, but they instead warped the language to fit their own agenda.
We Have Forgotten, Haven’t We?
- By W.H. Lamb
Who can forget the stirring words of one of Rudyard Kipling’s most famous poems, entitled “Lest We Forget”?
“God of our fathers, known of old, Lord of our far-flung battle line—
Beneath whose awful (awesome) hand we hold Dominion over palm and pine—
Lord God of Hosts, be with us yet, Lest we forget—lest we forget!
The tumult and the shouting dies; The captains and the kings depart—
Still stands Thine ancient Sacrifice, An humble and a contrite heart.
Lord God of Hosts, be with us yet, Lest we forget—lest we forget!
Support Nullification to Enforce the Constitution
- By The John Birch Society
Although most state legislatures have adjourned for the year, it’s not too late to educate your legislators about nullification. Contact your state legislators, show them the model bills below along with our educational resources, and urge them to protect and enforce the U.S. Constitution by nullifying every unconstitutional federal edict.
The federal government — including the legislative, executive, and judicial branches — has for decades implemented and enforced unconstitutional and increasingly-socialist policies. It is imperative that state (and local) governments enforce the Constitution by nullifying these lawless federal actions.
Ministry Leaders and Pastors from 39 European Nations to Gather for 'FINISH Europe' Summit
- By Christian Newswire
Hundreds Will Assemble to Synergize and Mobilize in Order to Finalize the Great Commission by the 2,000th Birthday of the Church
ZURICH -- To coordinate and apply the collective time, energy and resources of the Global Church to finish the Great Commission, Global Church Network will welcome nearly 400 Christian leaders representing 39 European countries next week for the FINISH Europe Summit, to be held September 4-6, 2023, in Zurich, Switzerland.
For nearly 20 years, the Global Church Network has synergistically partnered with thousands of organizations and more than 700,000 churches, spanning virtually every denomination and world region. In 2017, they added a finish line: 2030 — the 2,000th birthday of the Church.
Of 'Rich Men North of Richmond' and Social Media Censors
- By FLCCC
In a new op-ed, Pierre Kory writes about how pernicious censorship practices have subverted the independent exchange of ideas that has defined medical practice for 1,000 years.
With COVID-19 cases rising again, President Biden is recommending new vaccines. Plus, masking is making a comeback despite an NIH study that found prolonged use of N95 masks exposes users to harmful chemicals.
FLCCC is steadfast in its advocacy against these measures. COVID is a highly preventable and treatable condition, while the potential risk of adverse vaccine events is significant. Will we be censored on social media for raising these concerns?
Writing in RealClearPolicy, Dr. Pierre Kory discusses our experience with relentless censorship in the last few years across mainstream media, communications, and marketing channels.
Biden's Killing the American Dream of Homeownership
- By Stephen Moore
In boasting about Bidenomics two weeks ago in Milwaukee, President Joe Biden declared that his policies are "restoring the American dream." Then he went into his creepy whispering mode and assured us "it's working."
Huh?
Isn't a big aspiration of the American dream owning a home? Biden keeps making first-time homeownership harder for young families for two reasons. One is that the overall jump in inflation and the slower increase in wages and salaries means that homes are more expensive. High home prices benefit those who already own their homes, but much of the increased value is due to general inflation, which reached a high of 9% last year and hurts everyone.
Club Champion Celebrates Annual ‘Putter Fitting Month’
- By Katie Casey - Club Champion
Custom club fitter offers free putter fittings to encourage a fitted flat stick
Willowbrook, IL -- There’s nothing worse than a three-putt on a hole that should have been an easy par. Could practice help? Always. But there’s a chance something else is keeping you from reaching your putting potential — your equipment. To solve this problem, Club Champion, the globe’s top custom fitter, created Putter Fitting Month to focus on the club responsible for roughly 40% of your strokes.
From September 1 to October 2, 2023, every Club Champion location will waive the putter fitting fee, valued at $125, for any golfer who purchases a new putter or custom putter shaft with Club Champion installation.
State Agency Surpluses Total $4 Billion to Start Fiscal '24
- By Rick Brundrett - The Nerve
When fiscal 2022-23 ended on June 30, the state’s general fund had a balance of less than $58 million – a relatively paltry amount compared to the $1.2 billion surplus reported a year earlier.
But that doesn’t mean state government in South Carolina is poor. Far from it, in fact.
State agencies collectively carried over $4 billion in general funds into this fiscal year, which began July 1, ranging from $248 carried forward by the S.C. Secretary of State’s Office to more than $1.5 billion transferred by the S.C. Department of Commerce, according to the state comptroller general’s annual financial summary of the general fund – one of three main pots of money in the current $41 billion total state budget.
Our Sad Departure From Dr. King's 'Dream'
- By Star Parker
This past week, the nation noted the 60th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s famous "I Have a Dream" speech.
The speech is without question a historic landmark, both in terms of recalling the unique stress of the time and in terms of King's eloquence in capturing the situation.
But beyond being interesting, why do we bother at all with history?
America’s International Influence Wanes as Communist Nations Craft Partnerships
- By K.D. Hastings - The Washington Stand
Economic weakness and radical policies are pushing nations away from the U.S. and into the arms of China and Russia, a well-known business school head stated Friday.
“The U.S. is clearly losing our authority on the world stage,” former Congressman Dave Brat said on August 25’s “Washington Watch with Tony Perkins.” Brat is dean of the Liberty University School of Business.
He noted that BRICS, a bloc of nations that already included China, Brazil, Russia, India, and South Africa, announced Thursday the group was adding Saudi Arabia, Iran, Ethiopia, Egypt, Argentina, and the United Arab Emirates as members in a concerted effort to overturn what has been a world order dominated by U.S. interests since the mid-20th century.
Failing Schools Frustrate Everyone
- By Anne Schlafly
I once hired a young lady who was in the 11th grade, but once on the job she had multiple problems following directions. I finally realized that she could not read, so I contacted the principal of her high school to get this student help. The principal's answer shocked me: "I know that she cannot read." Yet, this student had been promoted every year to the next grade level despite her school knowing full well that she could not read and thus was unable to learn at a high school level or to perform the tasks of an entry-level job. This school did the student a disservice and was not preparing her for life. For the school, it is easier to promote the slow student every year than it is for the educators to solve the problem.
Covid Variant vs Election Coincidence?
- By Gary Varvel
Author Patricia Hetticher announces the release of ‘To Cleave’
- By Press Release
Two refugee sisters escape death and slavery to find true freedom in their unexpected destinies
MANCHESTER, N. H. – Patricia Hetticher marks her return to the publishing scene with the release of “To Cleave” (published by WestBow Press), a religious fiction novel that shares a story of shifting allegiances, betrayal, romance, and redemption as two refugee sisters escape death and slavery to find true freedom in their unexpected destinies.
Christian Perseverance and Southern Victory after Appomattox
- By Winston McCuen - South Carolina
Outsiders travelling through the South often remark on the large number of churches here compared with other parts of America. Billboards with Christian messaging about sin and repentance and Jesus and salvation greet passers-through on major interstates, cheering some and vexing others -- attracting or repelling thereby -- according to the viewer's spiritual condition.
While the modern, more industrial and commercial, 21st-Century South is certainly far more lax in its faith, and far less Southern, than in former times, its comparative faithfulness, as a region among regions, is beyond dispute.
The South's persisting power to cheer and attract, and to vex and repel, is evidence of its persisting cultural life and identity, rooted in older and truer Christian practice. And this persisting power raises two questions for the Providentially minded.
Statistical Versus Complex Specific Information
- By Charles Creager, Jr.
In talking about whether or not genetic information suggests an intelligent designer, Evolutionists will often refer to the paper on information theory by Claude Shannon called “A Mathematical Theory of Communication”. They use it primarily to attack the idea that random mutations reduce genetic information. However, it turns out that they are confusing statistical information with complex specific information.
Shannon’s paper with a mathematical description of the transmission and storage of information. It does not deal with information content. In other words, his paper deals exclusively with statistical information which may or may not have any meaning. Complex specific information on the other hand has specific meaning and is only known to be the result directly or indirectly of intelligence.
On Liberty and A Well-Regulated Militia
- By Robert W. Malone MD, MS
Freedom Must be Fought For and Defended.
“Perhaps you and I have lived too long with this miracle to properly be appreciative. Freedom is a fragile thing and it’s never more than one generation away from extinction. It is not ours by way of inheritance; it must be fought for and defended constantly by each generation. For it only comes once to a people, and those in history who have known freedom and then lost it have never known it again.” - Ronald Reagan 1967
I am afraid for our freedom, for our liberties. Each day we see the encroaching totalitarian forces working to impede what we consider the “American Way of Life”. These forces are easing their way through the back door of socialism.
Sen. Tuberville’s Military Nominee Blockade Has Uncovered More “Woke” Generals
- By Eagle Forum
Tuberville Exposes “Woke” Generals
Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) has been the courageous leader to stop the Biden Administration from pushing its pro-abortion agenda in the military. In a recent statement, Sen. Tuberville explained:
I warned the Pentagon that I would hold their most senior nominees if they broke the law. They did it anyway, and forced my hand. Since then, Chuck Schumer and the Biden Administration have refused any serious negotiations, and so this situation has dragged on.
For almost nine months, Sen. Tuberville has blocked the confirmation without votes of 300 military promotions because the Secretary of Defense unilaterally implemented a Pentagon policy to reimburse military service members and their families for travel to obtain abortion care. As this situation stretches on, we are finding that the abortion issue is just the tip of the iceberg.
How to Find a Non-WOKE Church When Your Church Goes WOKE?
- By Every Black Life Matters
DALLAS -- New Website Announcement: Every Black Life Matters (EBLM) endorses MyChurchFinder.org because it reduces the proliferation of wokeism and false gospels.
"Wokeism" and Marxism are antithetical to the Gospel.
The intersection of faith and culture is a subject of intense debate. As a result of the corrosive pressures of "wokeism," we've seen pastors make woke declarations about Jesus and the Gospel as they dramatically pivot toward cultural "syncretism." They are compromising the purity of the Gospel to "harmonize" with the ever-changing whims of a demonic worldly culture. Syncretism is a dangerous trend that corrupts the Gospel, and with this happening in churches, it's no wonder why many are now questioning their faith to the point of "deconstructing" their faith.
Important Legislative Update for South Carolina
- By The John Birch Society
We would like to update you about the outcome of several important bills in the South Carolina General Assembly.
Article V Convention
We are monitoring several resolutions for an Article V constitutional convention, which would open up the U.S. Constitution to radical revisions that could obliterate the God-given freedoms that it guarantees.
Senate Concurrent Resolution 369 (S.369) and House Concurrent Resolution 3676 (H.3676) would apply to Congress for a convention to propose a so-called “Balanced Budget Amendment.” Additionally, Senate Concurrent Resolution 481 (S.481) and House Concurrent Resolution 3895 (H.3895) would apply to Congress for a convention to propose a congressional term-limits amendment.
Mayorkas' Magic Border Show
- By Gary Varvel
China's Economy Is Struggling. Still Want to Emulate it?
- By Veronique de Rugy
China's economy is struggling post-COVID-19. Growth is slower than expected, demographic trends are negative, youth unemployment is high, overbuilding has created a housing crisis and government indebtedness is ballooning. These are only a few of the symptoms ailing the country, and things could get worse. Did any of the Americans who not long ago wanted to implement some of China's top-down economic policies see this coming? Of course not. We've seen these pessimists make similar mistakes before.
DeSantis, Pence, Trump & others for Pray Vote Stand Summit
- By Press Release
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