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“Now God granted Daniel favor and compassion in the sight of the commander of the officials” (Daniel 1:9). God’s favor is the rich reward of obedience. God delights in granting special grace and favor to those whose hearts are set on pleasing Him. For example, “Noah found favor in the eyes of the Lord” and was spared the ravages of the Flood (Gen. 6:8). Joseph found favor in His sight and was elevated to prominence in Egypt (Gen. 39—41). God granted Moses and the children of Israel favor in the sight of the Egyptians, and they were able to plunder...

It is past time for the media and Democrats to drop the ruse of Biden’s “neutrality and admit that they are terrified of the will of the people in November and so are conniving to silence them. The five criminal and civil prosecutions of Donald Trump all prompt heated denials from Democrats that President Biden and Democrat operatives had a role in any of them. But Joe Biden has long let it be known that he was frustrated with his own Department of Justice’s federal prosecutors for their tardiness in indicting Donald Trump. Biden was upset because any delay might...

According to a report from the nonprofit group Child Care Aware of America, child care costs have surged significantly, surpassing average rent payments for families with more than one child across all 50 U.S. states. Here are the key findings: National Average: The national average cost for child care increased by 3.7% from 2022 to 2023. Families with two kids in a child care center pay an average of about $20,000 yearly across the Midwest, South, and West. In the Northeast, the cost is even higher, exceeding $32,000 annually.

SpaceX is targeting 8:50 am EDT, 7:50 am CDT for Starship Flight Test 4. Didn't see where a live thread had been started, so thought I would do it. Link above goes to https://www.spacex.com/launches which will redirect to X.com You can also watch on Nasa Space Flight's Youtube channel at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhJRzQsLZGg

Pray For The Peace of Jerusalem (6/6/24)[Prayer]The Names and Titles of God (Jesus) Mathew 1:2121 And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name Jesus: for he shall save his people from their sins.King James Version________________________God Bless America.ML/LTOS

It is hard to believe that eighty years have passed since American, British, and Canadian troops landed at Normandy and fought their way across fortified beaches covered in German mines and barbed wire fences. What a nightmare it must have been to overcome such soggy, uneven terrain while enduring heavy fire from gun emplacements secured upon hills and steep cliffs. It must have felt like being dropped off in Hell and navigating through a gruesome Jell-O of blood, sand, smoke, explosions, and whirring bullets. There were no timeouts. There were no “safe spaces.” There was nowhere to hide. You either...

Laughlin Air Force Base in Texas has experienced two breaches within the past two weeks, raising serious concerns about security at the military installation. On Friday, a suspected human smuggler led Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) officers on a high-speed chase, ultimately breaching the base. This comes just a week after a suspected illegal immigrant jumped a fence at the same location while fleeing U.S. Border Patrol agents.

After a double homicide shooting earlier this week, Swedish residents in Norrköping's district of Hageby can be searched or have their vehicles searched without the need for reasonable suspicion.. Swedish police have introduced the first “stop-and-frisk-zone” in the country’s history, giving officers the power to search any individual or vehicle without the need for reasonable suspicion. The draconian measure is in response to a double shooting on Monday evening in the Hageby residential district of Norrköping, a city southwest of Stockholm. Two men were pronounced dead at the scene. As of Wednesday, the authorities are introducing what is also known...

A Springfield judge on Wednesday ruled unconstitutional a new law that would have prevented Republicans from slating candidates for the November general election in contests where they had not fielded a contender in the March primary.

MOSCOW, June 6 (Reuters) - The Kremlin said on Thursday that Western nations which supply Ukraine with weapons to directly strike Russian territory will definitely face consequences after President Vladimir Putin said he was considering arming the West's enemies in retaliation. Speaking with senior editors of international news agencies in St Petersburg on Wednesday, the Russian leader said Moscow was thinking about supplying advanced long-range weapons - of a similar nature to those the West is giving Ukraine - to the West's adversaries around the world.

Ukrainian intelligence published a video on Thursday that purportedly shows the moment Kyiv's forces destroyed a Russian tugboat near annexed Crimea using naval kamikaze drones. "Maritime strike. All hits on target. Minus one more enemy ship," Ukrainian Main Intelligence Directorate (HUR) spokesperson Andriy Yusov said during a national broadcast. The HUR said one of its units successfully attacked and destroyed a Russian "Saturn" tugboat. Kyiv has targeted Russia's Black Sea Fleet throughout President Vladimir Putin's full-scale invasion of the country, which began in February 2022. Ukraine has vowed to reverse the Russian leader's 2014 annexation of Crimea, which now serves...

Elderly man can’t get his food without clutching in Chicago (Senior citizen keeps pistol at the ready to avoid being robbed while ordering food)

For those of us who have raised children, you might remember the question. There was a commercial, as I recall, that used the question to emphasize one product or the other in a humorous way.Children in the back seat of the car in the commercial kept asking, “Are we there yet?”We who transported our young kids on those times – especially on longer trips to Grandmas or other destinations – have heard that question, often in whining tones as time went on. I certainly remember hearing it. And I’m sure my parents heard it on those long trips from Pekin,...

On this the eighty-year anniversary of the D-Day landings, I am haunted by what this nation has become. On this day eighty-years ago, in the largest combined naval, air, and land operation in history, 154,000 Allied troops, including 71,000 American soldiers, landed on the beaches and in the marshlands of Normandy. Within the first twenty-four hours, American forces suffered 3,393 killed or missing and 6,603 wounded. Thus began the liberation of continental Europe in a war that the United States had thrust upon it by the feckless efforts of others at appeasement and compromise with those who for years made...

Discussion of the WNBA has reached a fever pitch this week, and not for entirely positive reasons. It might have been bound to happen as Caitlin Clark proceeded through the league's most high-profile rookie season, but Chennedy Carter's shoulder has sparked a referendum on the nature of WNBA stardom.

Navy Seal Author and Historian Matt Bracken comes back on the podcast to discuss his new book Doomsday Reef, insanity of the escalation with Russia, Israel, how the United States will tear itself apart if the grid goes down and much more. Video is 1h 12m 38s

When I was a Masters ­student in ­Liverpool in 1996, I deliberately walked the long way into the city ­centre from university every day. It wasn’t superstition or ­paranoia. It was because I longed to experience the infamous Bold Street Time Slip. A handful of people claim to have been strolling down this gently sloping thoroughfare only to be suddenly transported back to the 1950s.

WASHINGTON — Amid delays and cost overruns for key F-35 upgrades, officials have increasingly emphasized the need to tackle a top issue for the Joint Strike Fighter enterprise: a limited and aging testing infrastructure, whose woes could delay or endanger future upgrades to the jet. And now that a brand new F-35 test jet crashed last week, the stealth fighter’s testing problems could get even worse, fleet numbers shared exclusively with Breaking Defense show. “Any crash of our military aircraft is of utmost concern. While we know that expanding F-35 test capacity is the first step to fundamental F-35 transformation,...

eBay customers will no longer be able to use American Express cards to pay for purchases from this summer. The online marketplace announced Wednesday that it would no longer accept the cards from August 17. It blamed the 'unacceptably high fees' imposed byAmEx for processing transactions. It is a huge blow to American Express, which has become a favorite among Gen Z consumers, and whose customers are often the most attractive among merchants as they tend to spend the most money per month on their cards.

A Jewish university chaplain who was forced into hiding over death threats has condemned the institution for not protecting him and his family. Rabbi Zecharia Deutsch, who spent three years working at Leeds University with his wife Nava, said they will be moving back to Israel. Rabbi Deutsch – an IDF reservist – claims to have suffered a shocking hate campaign after he returned from serving in the Israeli army for three months following the October 7 Hamas attack.