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Are they lying about monkeypox?
They're telling us we need to use PCR tests to identify monkeypox. They're telling us the smallpox vaccine is no longer available to the general public…
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Don't cover your eyes: Monkeypox may be the next big disaster
WHO says the virus may attempt to exploit a niche, that widespread human-to-human transmission is already underway, and that the virus may have been…
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If you call yourself BIPOC, you are are racist
Black, indigenous, people of color...what a stupid and redundant term that is.
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Pride (month) comes before the fall
I don’t believe God destroyed Sodom because of the gays. I propose that he destroyed Sodom because they gays were oppressing everyone else. And that’s a…
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Distinguishing between wives and prostitutes
Since it was practically impossible to distinguish between wives and prostitutes, perhaps the only manageable way to solve the problem in those days was…
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The Great Redistribution of Wealth 2020
How the year of Covid and social justice enriched the rich and hurt the rest of us
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The DEI curriculum is unconstitutional
"All schools maintained or supported wholly or in part by the public funds shall be forever free from sectarian control or influence." -Article IX…
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Why you might want to say no to the Covid vaccines...for now
Important information to consider before you take the vaccine.
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Help with my discrimination claim?
My school requires me to take weekly covid tests because I'm unvaccinated. That's not an accommodation. It's discrimination.
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Mercy is worth the drive
The song Miserere by Allegri was only allowed to be performed at the Sistine Chapel and only during the Tenebrae services of Holy Week.
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The new tracking system in public schools
Everything is tracked, forever.
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Tacoma voters need to carefully consider whether Prop 1 is worth it
Prop 1 will increase rents and may not necessarily improve learning. We need to reform not reward our schools.
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