Anonymous ID: 86f756 Sept. 18, 2022, 5:32 a.m. No.17537531   🗄️.is đź”—kun   >>7639 >>7713

https://insiderpaper.com/priests-and-nun-kidnapped-church-burned-in-cameroon-attack/

 

Priests and nun kidnapped, church burned in Cameroon attack

AFPSeptember 18, 2022 8:21 am

 

Five priests, a nun and two churchgoers were kidnapped by attackers who set fire to a church in western Cameroon, the Catholic Church said Sunday, the latest violence in an area hit by bloody conflict between anglophone separatists and the state.

 

The church of St Mary in the village of Nchang was “burned by unknown armed men” in the attack on Friday, the Bamenda Provincial Episcopal Conference said.

 

“It was with great shock and utter horror that we, the Bishops (of the BAPEC) learnt of the burning down of the St Mary’s Catholic Church, Nchang… and the kidnapping of five priests, one religious sister and two lay faithful by unknown gunmen,” the statement said.

 

“This act was completely unprecedented and, as of now, no concrete reason has been given for this heinous act against the house of God and the messengers of God”.

 

The attack has not yet been claimed, but they are often perpetrated by separatist groups and result in hostages being released after ransom demands or negotiations with local leaders.

 

''The North West and South West regions of Cameroon have suffered a bloody conflict between anglophone separatists and the state for years.''

 

English speakers make up a majority of the regions’ populations in predominantly French-speaking Cameroon, which President Paul Biya has ruled with an iron fist since 1982.

 

Anglophone resentment at perceived discrimination snowballed into the declaration of an independent state in 2017 — the “Federal Republic of Ambazonia” — an entity that is not recognised internationally.

 

Biya, 89, has resisted calls for more autonomy in the regions and responded with a crackdown on the separatists.

 

The violence has claimed more than 6,000 lives and displaced around a million people, according to the International Crisis Group (ICG) think tank.

 

International monitors and the United Nations say both sides have committed abuses, including crimes against civilians.

 

Last week, six people were killed in an attack on a bus in the country’s western region.

Anonymous ID: 86f756 Sept. 18, 2022, 5:37 a.m. No.17537547   🗄️.is đź”—kun   >>7548 >>7639 >>7713

Part 1 of 2

 

https://twitter.com/JustTheNews/status/1571475411418206208

 

https://justthenews.com/nation/religion/dod-inspector-general-alerts-defense-secretary-blanket-denials-covid-vax-religious

 

Pentagon watchdog flags potentially illegal blanket denials of COVID vax religious exemptionsJust The News

 

Secretary of Defense sat on explosive inspector general memo for months before forwarding to service secretaries, department general counsel.

 

By Natalia Mittelstadt

Updated: September 17, 2022 - 11:19pm

 

The Defense Department's inspector general has alerted the secretary of defense to apparent blanket denials of religious accommodation requests (RAR) for exemptions from the military COVID-19 vaccine mandate, ''which would be a violation of federal law. ''

 

The memo details "potential noncompliance with standards for reviewing and documenting the denial of religious accommodation requests of Service members." The acting inspector general noted that "dozens of complaints" had been received regarding denied RARs.

 

"We have found a trend of generalized assessments rather than the individualized assessment that is required by Federal law and DoD and Military Service policies," wrote acting Inspector General Sean O'Donnell.

 

The inspector general originally sent the memorandum to the defense secretary in June, but it was not forwarded to the secretaries of each military service and the DOD general counsel until three months later, on Sept. 2.

 

"Additionally, the volume and rate at which decisions were made to deny requests is concerning," the Office of the Inspector General added. "The appeal authorities of the Services we reviewed indicated that an average of 50 denials per day were processed over a 90-day period. Assuming a 10-hour work day with no breaks or attention to other matters, the average review period was about 12 minutes for each package. Such a review period seems insufficient to process each request in an individualized manner and still perform the duties required of their position."

 

Amid the many lawsuits against the Defense Department regarding denied RARs, one of the key arguments made by service members' legal counsel is that the denials were predetermined and nearly identical, contrary to the individualized assessment that they are supposed to receive.

Anonymous ID: 86f756 Sept. 18, 2022, 5:37 a.m. No.17537548   🗄️.is đź”—kun

>>17537547

part 2 of 2

 

"The Inspector General is now confirming what my clients and I have known for months," said attorney R. Davis Younts, who represents several military members who were denied religious exemptions. "The DoD has been issuing blanket denials of religious accommodation requests from the beginning as part of a process designed to result in denials. It is our hope that the Department of Defense will take this finding, change course and begin to respect the religious and constitutional rights of service members."

 

Younts first obtained the OIG memo from a whistleblower on Tuesday.

 

It is "deeply troubling that the Secretary of Defense did not act on this information until September 2nd of 2022," he told Just the News. "In the intervening months hundreds of military members who submitted religious accommodation requests were wrongfully discharged."

 

Younts added, ''"This document is further evidence that the military has and continues to discriminate against my clients because of their faith."''

 

Liberty Counsel, which is also representing military members whose RARs were denied, noted that in their lawsuit Navy SEAL 1 v. Austin, the latest filings from the Defense Department in February "revealed that out of 24,818 religious exemption requests received, only four were granted, and three of those were questionable since at least two of those service members were already scheduled to leave the military."

 

"The Biden administration and the Department of Defense are violating federal law by denying the religious free exercise rights of service members from the COVID shot mandate," said Liberty Counsel Founder and Chairman Mat Staver. "Our service members swear an oath to defend the U.S. Constitution. Their oath to defend the Constitution and their willingness to give their lives for our freedom must not be illusory. The abuse must end."

 

The Defense Department didn't immediately respond to a request for comment on Friday.

 

The memo was revealed as 47 members of Congress wrote to Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Thursday demanding an end to the COVID vaccine mandate for the military.

 

The lawmakers argued that the mandate is unnecessary and harming military readiness.

 

"At the very end of the fiscal year, the Army has only met 52% of its FY22 recruiting goal," they noted. "How will it recruit another 75,000 troops beyond its annual target to account for vaccine-related discharges?"

 

The legislators emphasized the low risk COVID poses to healthy members of the military and the limited efficacy of the vaccines against new strains of the virus.

 

"Servicemembers under 40 years of age without comorbidities have nearly no chance of death from the virus, and study after study has shown that Covid vaccinations have negligible or even negative efficacy against the Omicron strains," they wrote.

 

"We also know that natural immunity provides better protection against infection and death than existing Covid vaccines, yet the Department still refuses to recognize it in lieu of vaccination," they added.

Anonymous ID: 86f756 Sept. 18, 2022, 6:22 a.m. No.17537639   🗄️.is đź”—kun   >>7646

>>17537439

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>>17537531 Priests and nun kidnapped, church burned in Cameroon attack

>>17537534 The Clock Booms

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>>17537582 Melania releases line of Christmas ornaments

>>17537607 Voter challenges, records requests swamp election offices

Anonymous ID: 86f756 Sept. 18, 2022, 6:34 a.m. No.17537683   🗄️.is đź”—kun   >>7704 >>7713

https://twitter.com/JustTheNews/status/1571484252646281216

https://justthenews.com/government/congress/national-debt-nears-31-trillion

 

National debt nears $31 trillion as Congress considers new spending bill

 

National debt nears $31 trillion as Congress considers new spending bill

The Congressional Budget Office has estimated that the debt will reach 110% of GDP in 2032 — higher than it has ever been — and 185% of GDP in 2052.

 

By Nicholas Ballasy

Updated: September 17, 2022 - 11:33pm

 

The national debt is nearing $31 trillion with the Democrat-led Congress newly back in session to debate a spending bill to keep the federal government funded past Sept. 30.

 

The Congressional Budget Office has estimated that the debt will reach 110% of GDP in 2032 — higher than it has ever been — and 185% of GDP in 2052.

 

"Moreover, if lawmakers amended current laws to maintain certain policies now in place, even larger increases in debt would ensue," read the Budget and Economic Outlook: 2022 to 2032.

 

"Debt is projected to rise in relation to GDP mainly because of increasing interest costs and growth in spending for Medicare and Social Security," the CBO explained.

 

The deficit hit a record $3.1 trillion in FY2020, driven by COVID-19 stimulus spending. It dropped slightly to $2.8 trillion in FY2021 as the pandemic continued. The deficit is projected to be $1 trillion for FY2022, according to the CBO.

 

When President Biden took office in January 2021, the national debt was $27.7 trillion. The national debt is currently $30.9 trillion, according to the latest Treasury Department data.

 

Under Biden, the Democrat-led Congress passed the $2 trillion American Rescue Plan, a coronavirus stimulus bill, on a party-line vote using budget reconciliation to avoid a Senate filibuster.

 

Congress also passed a $2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill that will increase deficits by about $400 billion, according to CBO figures. Biden also signed the CHIPS bill, which the CBO estimates will raise deficits about $80 billion.

 

Congress later passed the PACT Act on a bipartisan vote. The measure expands health care coverage for war veterans who were exposed to burn pits in Iraq and Afghanistan. The Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget (CRFB) has estimated that the legislation will raise deficits by at least $277 billion over 10 years.

 

Biden recently signed the $740 billion Inflation Reduction Act, which includes about $380 billion for climate-related initiatives as well as an expansion of Obamacare subsidies and a program designed to lower prescription drug costs for seniors.

 

The Tax Foundation and CRFB have projected the legislation will reduce the deficit between $174 billion and $300 billion over 10 years due to the tax increases in the bill and additional tax collection as a result of the $80 billion in new federal funding for the IRS.

 

In late August, Biden announced that his administration was unilaterally implementing a student debt forgiveness program of up to $20,000 per eligible borrower. Budget watchdogs estimate that the White House student debt forgiveness program will raise the national debt by up to $600 billion.

Anonymous ID: 86f756 Sept. 18, 2022, 6:42 a.m. No.17537713   🗄️.is đź”—kun

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>>17537025, >>17537026, >>17537027, >>17537033, >>17537053, >>17537056, >>17537061, >>17537063 Major earthquake off the coast of Taiwan

>>17537054 Newsom challenges DeSantis to a debate on 'illegal' Martha's Vineyard migrant flights

>>17537059 ICYMI - Rumble of PDJT Rally in OH

>>17537123, >>17537157 Special master ruling shows Trump’s takeover of courts has started to sting

>>17537131 PDJT via Kanekoa: The thugs no idea of the sleeping giant that they have awoken

>>17537159 Illegal Immigrant Relocation in a Visual

>>17537160 Oklahoma: Semi spills dildos and lube all over I-40. (Sept. 16)

>>17537176 It's Time to Stop the Left's Fact Checking Scheme

>>17537181 By transporting illegal immigrants, GOP governors are exposing Democrats’ hypocrisy

>>17537219 Biden signs bill eliminating civil statute of limitations for child sex abuse victims

>>17537224 Mother Jones hit piece on DeSantis and Martha Vineyard Illegal Immigrants

>>17537296 Migrants say they are grateful to Florida Gov. DeSantis for sending them to Martha’s Vineyard

>>17537305,>>17537340, >>17537358, >>17537378, >>17537415 King Charles, Climate change, coronas and other symbols

>>17537311 SC on states' ability to declare an invasion (re: >>17537250)

>>17537334, >>17537341 MSM on Qanon at the rally

>>17537377, >>17537388 The Washington Examiner on the Constitution

Baker Change

>>17537448 The left are torching the Constitution for conservatives

>>17537470 Kamala Harris is wrong. Democrats are the real abortion extremists

>>17537509 Belgrade: Police and Christians clash at an LGBT parade after a mockery was made of Jesus Christ

>>17537531 Priests and nun kidnapped, church burned in Cameroon attack

>>17537534 The Clock Booms

>>17537538 Biden Approves Puerto Rico Emergency Declaration ahead of Hurricane Fiona

>>17537543 Soros Funded Group Offered to Pay $400 For Anti-Trump Propaganda Video re: J6

>>17537547 Pentagon watchdog flags potentially illegal blanket denials of COVID vax religious exemptions

>>17537582 Melania releases line of Christmas ornaments

>>17537607 Voter challenges, records requests swamp election offices

>>17537591 Video: Biden Arrives in London For Queen Elizabeth’s FuneraL

>>17537683 National debt nears $31 trillion as Congress considers new spending bill

>>17537689 Rachel Levine's father Melvin Levine was a serial pedophile

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