Monday, March 10, 2025
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Wholly Coincidence in March
- Ramadan: Friday, February 28, 2025 and end on Saturday, March 29, 2025 (Muslim)
- Fat Tuesday/Mardi Gras: Tuesday, March 4 (Catholic)
- Ash Wednesday: Wednesday, March 5 (Catholic)
- Holi: Friday, March 14 (Hindu)
- Purim: Friday, March 14 (Jewish)
Martin Makary
Martin Adel Makary (/məˈkæri/) is a British-American surgeon, professor, author, and medical commentator. He practices surgical oncology and gastrointestinal laparoscopic surgery at the Johns Hopkins Hospital, is Mark Ravitch Chair in Gastrointestinal Surgery at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, and is the chief of Islet Transplant Surgery at Johns Hopkins.
Makary is an advocate for disruptive innovation in medicine and physician-led initiatives, such as a surgical checklist that he developed at Johns Hopkins.[1][2] In 2018, Makary was elected to the National Academy of Medicine.[3]While supporting universal masking early in the COVID-19 pandemic and vaccines for adults, he opposed broad vaccine mandates and certain school and university restrictions.[4][5][6][7]
In November 2024, President-Elect Donald Trump announced Makary would be his nominee to head the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) as its commissioner.[8][9]
Early life and education
Makary was born in Liverpool, England, and moved to Baltimore as a young child. His Egyptian family later moved to Danville, Pennsylvania, when his father took a job as a hematologist at the Geisinger Medical Center. Makary holds degrees from Bucknell University, Thomas Jefferson University and Harvard University. He was president of the student body at Harvard and later served on the alumni board. He completed a Masters of Public Health (M.P.H.) degree, with a concentration in health policy.
Professional career
Makary completed a surgical residency at Georgetown University[10] in Washington D.C. where he also worked as a writer for The Advisory Board Company. Makary completed sub-specialty surgery training at Johns Hopkins in surgical oncology and gastrointestinal surgery under surgeon John Cameron, before joining Cameron's faculty practice as a partner.[11] In his first few years on the faculty at Johns Hopkins, Makary researched and wrote articles on the prevention of surgical complications.[12] He published on frailty[13] as a medical condition, and on safety and teamwork culture in medicine. Makary is the first author of the original scientific publications describing "The Surgery Checklist".[14] Makary worked with the World Health Organization[15] to develop the official World Health Organization Surgical Checklist.[1]
Trump's hot mic moment with Chief Justice John Roberts sparks conspiracy...
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Wednesday, March 05, 2025
Holy Crucifix! American Politics is Catholic
Today, Mayors from several Sanctuary Cities testified before Congress on Capitol Hill.
The hearings took place on Ash Wednesday, a significant day in the Roman Catholic calendar. It was interesting to see several participants on both sides of the dais wearing crosses of ashes on their foreheads.
This last picture is from a commercial during the televised hearings.
The hearings took place on Ash Wednesday, a significant day in the Roman Catholic calendar. It was interesting to see several participants on both sides of the dais wearing crosses of ashes on their foreheads.
This last picture is from a commercial during the televised hearings.
Tuesday, March 04, 2025
António Costa - President of the European Council
António Costa | |
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.jpg) Official portrait, 2024 | |
| President of the European Council | |
| Assumed office 1 December 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Charles Michel |
| Prime Minister of Portugal | |
| In office 26 November 2015 – 2 April 2024 | |
| President | Aníbal Cavaco Silva Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa |
| Preceded by | Pedro Passos Coelho |
| Succeeded by | Luís Montenegro |
| Secretary-General of the Socialist Party | |
| In office 22 November 2014 – 7 January 2024 | |
| President | Carlos César |
| Deputy | Ana Catarina Mendes José Luís Carneiro João Torres |
| Preceded by | António José Seguro |
| Succeeded by | Pedro Nuno Santos |
| Leader of the Opposition | |
| In office 22 November 2014 – 26 November 2015 | |
| Prime Minister | Pedro Passos Coelho |
| Preceded by | António José Seguro |
| Succeeded by | Pedro Passos Coelho |
| Mayor of Lisbon | |
| In office 1 August 2007 – 6 April 2015 | |
| Preceded by | Carmona Rodrigues |
| Succeeded by | Fernando Medina |
| Minister of Internal Administration | |
| In office 12 March 2005 – 17 May 2007 | |
| Prime Minister | José Sócrates |
| Preceded by | Daniel Sanches |
| Succeeded by | Rui Pereira |
| Minister of Justice | |
| In office 25 October 1999 – 6 April 2002 | |
| Prime Minister | António Guterres |
| Preceded by | José Vera Jardim |
| Succeeded by | Celeste Cardona |
| Minister of Parliamentary Affairs | |
| In office 27 November 1997 – 25 October 1999 | |
| Prime Minister | António Guterres |
| Preceded by | António Couto dos Santos |
| Succeeded by | Luís Marques Mendes |
| Member of the Assembly of the Republic[1][2] | |
| In office 23 October 2015 – 26 March 2024 | |
| Constituency | Lisbon |
| In office 5 April 2002 – 9 March 2005 | |
| Constituency | Leiria |
| In office 4 November 1991 – 26 October 1995 | |
| Constituency | Lisbon |
| Member of the European Parliament | |
| In office 20 July 2004 – 11 March 2005 | |
| Constituency | Portugal |
| Personal details | |
| Born | António Luís Santos da Costa 17 July 1961 Lisbon, Portugal |
| Political party | Socialist (since 1975) |
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) |
| Spouse | Fernanda Tadeu (m. 1987) |
| Children | 2 |
| Parents |
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| Alma mater | University of Lisbon |
| Signature |  |
| Website | portugal.gov.pt/pm |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  Portugal |
| Branch/service | Portuguese Army |
Donald Trump’s speech addresses joint session of Congress, JD Vanc...
Scheduled for Mar 4, 2025 #jdvance
President Donald Trump is set to speak before a joint session of Congress this week, marking his first address since returning to the White House. This will be the first speech of its kind Trump has made during his second term in office. Traditionally, presidents deliver an annual report to Congress informing them about the state of play in the U.S., including goals, accomplishments, and plans for the year ahead. Usually, this occurs within the first few months of the year and is broadcast to the entire nation. Trump is expected to talk about what he's done since taking office in January and his agenda for the next four years. #jdvance
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Monday, March 03, 2025
The Krieger Files - February 6, 2025
Note: Joel Skousen's participation starts at approx. 27.45 Mins.
A Trump-Putin Accord?
By Paul Craig Roberts
PaulCraigRoberts.org
March 1, 2025
Why is it that American liberal Democrats and Europeans are so disturbed that Trump is moving the United States toward normal relations with Russia instead of maintaining a hostile approach to Russia based on proxy wars, sanctions, and endless propaganda? We know why the think tanks and university faculties supported by the military/security complex are upset–their incomes are at stake. But why the Democrats and Europeans? The answer will have to wait until another occasion. This column addresses readers’ questions about the many varied conflicting reports about a Trump-Putin deal.
What are my expectations, readers ask, for the Trump-Putin meeting about the conflict in Ukraine? I am pleased that readers think I have been sufficiently correct over the years for my analysis to be of interest.
The outlook for the resolution of the conflict and for a final end of the Cold War is good, but never forget the adage that “there’s many a slip between cup and lip.”
First of all, neither leader wants the war. Putin did everything he could to avoid war. He devised the Minsk Agreement which kept the breakaway Donbas republics in Ukraine. He begged for a mutual security agreement and was cold-shouldered. He was forced to intervene in Donbas by Washington, a conflict for which Russia was unprepared. Putin has fought the conflict in the least effective way possible in order to counter the Western propaganda that he had “invaded Ukraine” and Europe would be next.
Trump regards the orchestrated conflict the American Zionist neoconservatives created with Russia as a stupidity that is in the way of profitable business between the US and Russia and as a stupidity that is leading to the rise of BRICS and the denial of American business relationships with a large part of the world.
A war leader is the last thing Putin is, a job for which he has no talent. Trump favors business uber alles. So a deal is the most likely outcome.
Moreover, statements from Trump, Putin, Lavrov and other officials have created such expectations of an end to the conflict that it is now almost impossible not to deliver a mutually acceptable outcome.
Incoming DC Archbishop McElroy says he has no plans to meet with Trump but spoke at length with Biden
Cardinal McElroy revealed that he ‘had a lengthy call with President Biden the other day,’ though the left-wing, heterodox prelate said that he is not currently planning to see President Trump after his installation as archbishop of Washington, D.C.
Robert McElroy, Donald Trump
Alberto Pizzoli/AFP vis Getty Images, Somodevilla/Getty Images
Doug Mainwaring
Fri Feb 28, 2025 - 11:51 am EST
WASHINGTON, D.C. (LifeSiteNews) — Cardinal Robert McElroy indicated that he has no plans to meet President Donald Trump after his installation as the new archbishop of Washington, D.C., next month, yet he recently had a “lengthy” conversation with former President Joe Biden.
McElroy, currently the bishop of San Diego, is set to succeed Cardinal Wilton Gregory as head of the Archdiocese of Washington on March 11.
“I’m going to Washington as the Archbishop of Washington, which is a pastoral role,” McElroy said at a news conference on Thursday. “That is, my role is the leadership of the Catholic community of Washington and all that brings with it.”
A few minutes later, however, McElroy let it drop that he had “had a lengthy call with President Biden the other day” during which the two reportedly spoke about Pope Francis’ current health crisis.
READ: Pope Francis’ new cardinal pick has a horrifying record on homosexuality and abortion
“Some may see the contrast between spurning Trump while chatting casually with Biden as consistent with McElroy’s reputation, seen as a close ally of Pope Francis and one of the nation’s more progressive prelates,” Crux’s John Lavenburg wrote.
“Pope Francis put McElroy in as Cardinal Archbishop of DC to slight Trump and bark at him,” conservative Catholic commentator Taylor Marshall said in January. “So obvious.”
Bishop Joseph Strickland also did not mince words concerning the appointment of yet another heterodox, anti-conservative prelate in the nation’s capital, arguably one of the most important dioceses in the United States and the world.
“The blatant corruption of Pope Francis and the U.S. Cardinals is on full display with the appointment of a McCarrick clone to the same archdiocese where his evil reigned 20 years ago,” Bishop Strickland said. “All of us who love Jesus Christ and His Church must speak out against these wolves of the hierarchy. We cannot remain silent in the face of this blatant corruption.”
Doug Mainwaring
Fri Feb 28, 2025 - 11:51 am EST
WASHINGTON, D.C. (LifeSiteNews) — Cardinal Robert McElroy indicated that he has no plans to meet President Donald Trump after his installation as the new archbishop of Washington, D.C., next month, yet he recently had a “lengthy” conversation with former President Joe Biden.
McElroy, currently the bishop of San Diego, is set to succeed Cardinal Wilton Gregory as head of the Archdiocese of Washington on March 11.
“I’m going to Washington as the Archbishop of Washington, which is a pastoral role,” McElroy said at a news conference on Thursday. “That is, my role is the leadership of the Catholic community of Washington and all that brings with it.”
A few minutes later, however, McElroy let it drop that he had “had a lengthy call with President Biden the other day” during which the two reportedly spoke about Pope Francis’ current health crisis.
READ: Pope Francis’ new cardinal pick has a horrifying record on homosexuality and abortion
“Some may see the contrast between spurning Trump while chatting casually with Biden as consistent with McElroy’s reputation, seen as a close ally of Pope Francis and one of the nation’s more progressive prelates,” Crux’s John Lavenburg wrote.
“Pope Francis put McElroy in as Cardinal Archbishop of DC to slight Trump and bark at him,” conservative Catholic commentator Taylor Marshall said in January. “So obvious.”
Bishop Joseph Strickland also did not mince words concerning the appointment of yet another heterodox, anti-conservative prelate in the nation’s capital, arguably one of the most important dioceses in the United States and the world.
“The blatant corruption of Pope Francis and the U.S. Cardinals is on full display with the appointment of a McCarrick clone to the same archdiocese where his evil reigned 20 years ago,” Bishop Strickland said. “All of us who love Jesus Christ and His Church must speak out against these wolves of the hierarchy. We cannot remain silent in the face of this blatant corruption.”
“Once again I call on my brother bishops to speak up and say NO to this constant undermining of the Truth that is Jesus Christ,” he added. “We all need the voice of St. John the Baptist as we call out the brood of vipers in the Vatican, ‘Repent and believe in the Gospel.’ We must not remain silent as another flock in the Church is burdened with a corrupt hireling for a shepherd.”
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Sunday, March 02, 2025
Decline of Christianity in the U.S. Has Slowed, May Have Leveled Off
Religious Landscape Study
REPORT
FEBRUARY 26, 2025
Decline of Christianity in the U.S. Has Slowed, May Have Leveled Off
Findings from the 2023-24 Religious Landscape Study
BYGREGORY A. SMITH,ALAN COOPERMAN,BECKA A. ALPER,BESHEER MOHAMED,MICHAEL ROTOLO,PATRICIA TEVINGTON,JUSTIN NORTEY,ASTA KALLO,JEFF DIAMANTANDDALIA FAHMY
Illustration by Shawna X
How we did this
After many years of steady decline, the share of Americans who identify as Christians shows signs of leveling off – at least temporarily – at slightly above six-in-ten, according to a massive new Pew Research Center survey of 36,908 U.S. adults.
After many years of steady decline, the share of Americans who identify as Christians shows signs of leveling off – at least temporarily – at slightly above six-in-ten, according to a massive new Pew Research Center survey of 36,908 U.S. adults.
The Religious Landscape Study (RLS) is the largest single survey the Center conducts, aiming to provide authoritative figures on the size of U.S. religious groups because the U.S. census does not collect that information.
We have conducted three of these landscape surveys over the past 17 years, with more than 35,000 randomly sampled respondents each time. That’s enough to paint a statistical portrait of religion not only nationally, but also in all 50 states and the District of Columbia, as well as in 34 large metro areas.
This introductory essay walks through the big-picture trends: evidence both of a long-term decline in American religion and of relative stability in the last few years, since 2020 or so.
Jump to an executive summary of key findings.
Search for data on religious groups.
The first RLS, fielded in 2007, found that 78% of U.S. adults identified as Christians of one sort or another. That number ticked steadily downward in our smaller surveys each year and was pegged at 71% in the second RLS, conducted in 2014.
The latest RLS, fielded over seven months in 2023-24, finds that 62% of U.S. adults identify as Christians. That is a decline of 9 percentage points since 2014 and a 16-point drop since 2007.
But for the last five years, between 2019 and 2024, the Christian share of the adult population has been relatively stable, hovering between 60% and 64%. The 62% figure in the new Religious Landscape Study is smack in the middle of that recent range.
The largest subgroups of Christians in the United States are Protestants – now 40% of U.S. adults – and Catholics, now 19%. People who identify with all other Christian groups (including the Greek and Russian Orthodox Churches, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Jehovah’s Witnesses and many others) total about 3% of U.S. adults.
Both Protestant and Catholic numbers are down significantly since 2007, though the Protestant share of the population has remained fairly level since 2019 and the Catholic share has been stable since 2014, with only small fluctuations in our annual surveys.
Meanwhile, the share of Americans who identify with a religion other than Christianity has been trending upward, though it is still in single digits.
The “Golden Age” Of AI
Volume 44 Issue Three March 2025
Last Trumpet Ministries · PO Box 806 · Beaver Dam, WI 53916
Phone: 920-887-2626 Internet: http://www.lasttrumpetministries.org
“For if the trumpet give an uncertain sound, who shall prepare himself to the battle?” I Cor. 14:8
The “Golden Age” Of AI
“There is none holy as the LORD: for there is none beside thee: neither is there any rock like our God.”
I Samuel 2:2
In the days following the 2024 election, some of the most notable figures in American technology began to visit President Donald Trump at his Mar-a-Lago residence in Florida. Men such as Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, Google CEO Sundar Pichai, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, Apple CEO Tim Cook, and even Netflix CEO Ted Sarandos visited Trump before he took his office as the 47th President of the United States. What was the purpose of these meetings? Without question, these powerful men were seeking to curry favor with the President in their quest for more power. “Trump’s first administration often regulated companies based on how nice the company was to him personally,” opined Adam Kovacevich, the CEO of a tech coalition known as Chamber of Progress. “I think what you’re seeing is companies wanting to get on Trump’s good side." (1) Trump noted the positive attention he was given when he remarked, “The first term everybody was fighting me. In this term, everybody wants to be my friend. I don't know. My personality changed or something.” (2) Even Bill Gates, the liberal co-founder of Microsoft who now spends much of his time promoting vaccines, met with Trump at Mar-a-Lago and dined with him for three hours. “I felt like he was energized and looking forward to helping to drive innovation. I was frankly impressed with how well he showed a lot of interest in the issues I brought up,” Gates said. (3)
Gates, who supported Democratic Presidential candidate Kamala Harris, later expressed surprise at Trump’s newfound support in the tech industry. “I always thought of Silicon Valley as being left of center. The fact that now there is a significant right-of-center group is a surprise to me,” he told the New York Times. (4) This marks a striking shift from Trump’s first term as President. Back then, he was banned from social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter and blocked on the Google-owned video-sharing site YouTube. Now, the chief executives of these same companies are praising him—and in some cases, donating substantial sums of money.
In the days following the election, a slew of tech moguls, including Bezos, Zuckerberg, and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman each donated one million dollars to Trump’s inaugural fund. (5) This was a remarkable about-face for Altman, who said in 2016 that Trump was “an unacceptable threat to America.” Altman’s company, OpenAI, is one of the leading forces in the development of artificial intelligence, and its flagship product is the highly popular generative artificial intelligence chatbot known as ChatGPT. In December 2024, Altman gushed over Donald Trump, stating, “President Trump will lead our country into the age of AI, and I am eager to support his efforts to ensure America stays ahead.” (6)
When the big day arrived on January 20, 2025, Trump’s new friends were on hand as he took the oath of office and delivered his inaugural address. Apple CEO Tim Cook was seated alongside the new Secretary of Homeland Security, Kristi Noem. (7) Mark Zuckerberg, Jeff Bezos, Sundar Pichai, and the world’s richest man, Elon Musk, were seated together in a row that had a combined net worth of more than 849 billion dollars. (8) With these tech giants positioning themselves as friends and collaborators with the President, we could see technology advance at an unprecedented rate in the years to come —for better or worse.
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