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  • The Victims of Benny Hinn: 30 Years of Spiritual Deception.

    04/26/2024 6:21:57 AM PDT · by Morgana · 23 replies
    Mike Winger Youtube ^ | April 1, 2024 | Mike Winger
    This video is dedicated to the victims of Benny Hinn. Benny Hinn is a very bad man. It's past time everyone knew it. Timestamps: 0:00:00 Intro 1. 0:07:31 Benny's Old Lies 2. 0:45:06 Benny's Many False Prophecies 3. 1:30:45 Benny's Fake Healings 4. 2:30:10 Benny and Chris the "Man of God" 5. 2:35:11 Benny Raising the Dead 6. 2:46:51 How He "Slays in the Spirit" 7. 3:04:10 Benny's Recent Repentance 8. 3:19:54 Proof Benny Is Still Grifting 9. 3:54:27 Benny's Resurgence and Current Influence 10. 4:09:59 How Do We Stop Him? My notes have tons of links which you may...
  • What Role Does Russia Have To Play In Hamas's Invasion Of Israel? Q&A With Expert Hanna Notte

    10/29/2023 3:14:40 PM PDT · by Mariner · 41 replies
    Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty ^ | October 9th, 2023 | By Mike Eckel
    Last March, a Palestinian delegation arrived in Moscow for talks with Russian officials. The delegation was from Hamas, the militant Palestinian group that's been labeled a terrorist organization by the United States and the European Union. The meeting, according to the Russian Foreign Ministry, touched on Russia's "unchanged position in support of a just solution to the Palestinian problem.""When considering the issue of restoring Palestinian national unity, the Russian side expressed its readiness to continue to assist in overcoming differences and bringing together the positions of leading Palestinian political forces and movements on the platform of the Palestine Liberation Organization,"...
  • Evidence Suggests Ukrainian Missile Caused Market Tragedy

    09/19/2023 7:50:03 AM PDT · by Mariner · 25 replies
    NYT via Yahoo ^ | September 19th, 2023 | John Ismay
    The Sept. 6 missile strike on Kostiantynivka in eastern Ukraine was one of the deadliest in the country in months, killing at least 15 civilians and injuring more than 30 others. The weapon’s payload of metal fragments struck a market, piercing windows and walls and wounding some victims beyond recognition.Less than two hours later, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy blamed Russian “terrorists” for the attack, and many media outlets followed suit. Throughout its invasion of Ukraine, Russia has repeatedly and systematically attacked civilians and struck schools, markets and residences as a deliberate tactic to instill fear in the populace. In Kostiantynivka in...
  • Musical Interlude topic for June 2023 [the summer she's comin' on strong]

    06/05/2023 3:32:13 PM PDT · by SunkenCiv · 38 replies
    YouTube etc ^ | September 12, 2015 etcetera | Incredible String Band et al
    Spirit I Got A Line On You 1984 Original Video | 4:13Dell Techman | 1.54K subscribers | 1,062,604 views | April 30, 2014
  • Bidens Used Web of Shell Companies to Conceal Foreign Cash, Bank Records Obtained by House GOP Reveal

    05/10/2023 9:09:29 AM PDT · by conservative98 · 52 replies
    NR ^ | 10 May 2023 | BRITTANY BERNSTEIN
    The Biden family and its business associates created a complicated web of more than 20 companies, according to bank records obtained by the House Oversight Committee — a system GOP lawmakers say was meant to conceal money received from foreign nationals. Sixteen of the companies were limited liability companies formed during Joe Biden’s tenure as vice president, the committee said in a press conference on Wednesday. The Biden family, their business associates, and their companies received more than $10 million from foreign nationals’ and their related companies, the records show. These payments occurred both while Biden was in office as...
  • The US banking system remains frighteningly fragile (further bank collapses are virtually inevitable)

    03/26/2023 10:33:28 AM PDT · by C210N · 7 replies
    Australian Financial Review ^ | 3/26/23 | Karen Maley
    "Now, few bankers are happy about losing money. And the heads of the big US banks are savvy enough to realise that even if they were prepared to take a haircut on their First Republic stake, it still would not solve the US banking crisis given that further bank collapses are virtually inevitable."
  • Details: Mike Rogers lunges at Matt Gaetz during House speaker voting, other members forced to intervene

    01/06/2023 11:09:00 PM PST · by RandFan · 136 replies
    Fox News ^ | Jan 7 | By Lawrence Richard
    A tense moment on the House of Representatives floor resulted in a Republican member physically lunging at another who then had to be restrained from further escalation. The scuffle happened between Reps-elect Mike Rogers, R-Ala., and Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., after the 14th House speaker vote failed. Gaetz was discussing with Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., the possibility of backing him in the next vote and appeared to mouth the worth "committee." Gaetz is currently on the House Armed Services Committee, which is chaired by Rogers. McCarthy appeared to agree and returned to his seat. Rogers, having witnessed the interaction, then walked up...
  • YouTube pranksters dupe anti-vaxxer Piers Corbyn into appearing to accept fake £10,000 bundle of cash to focus his criticism on AstraZeneca's competitors

    07/31/2021 9:58:37 PM PDT · by blueplum · 16 replies
    The Daily Mail ^ | 31 Jul 2021 | KATIE FEEHAN FOR MAILONLINE
    Clip appears to show Piers agree to accept 'cash' from 'AstraZeneca shareholder' Corbyn, a notorious anti-vaxxer, discusses deal to 'ignore' AZ in his campaigning Pranksters suggest Corbyn focuses criticism on Moderna and Pfizer jabs instead In exchange for ignoring AZ jab, pranksters gift Corbyn with fake £10k bundle Piers Corbyn claims the video is 'heavily edited' with 'dishonest commentary' ...Manners then lifts out an envelope containing £10,000 in real cash and shows it to Piers Corbyn who says 'wow' and calls it 'fantastic'. Pieters continues: 'This is obviously just a statement of intent. We'd love to keep funding you so...
  • Missouri hospital faces ventilator shortage amid virus hospitalization surge

    07/06/2021 7:32:00 AM PDT · by ChicagoConservative27 · 71 replies
    NY Post ^ | 07/05/2021 | Kenneth Garger
    A Missouri hospital ran out of ventilators over the Fourth of July weekend amid a surge in COVID-19 hospitalizations potentially caused by the spreading Delta variant. Coronavirus hospital patients in Springfield — a city of over 160,000 people — jumped about 27 percent over the holiday weekend as the area grapples with low immunization rates. The city’s two hospitals — CoxHealth and Mercy Springfield — were treating 213 COVID-19 patients as of Monday, up from 168 on Friday. Back on May 24, the two hospitals were treating just 31 coronavirus patients.
  • America’s March to Socialism: The NeverTrump Right

    05/18/2020 2:48:52 AM PDT · by spirited irish · 7 replies
    FrontPage Magazine ^ | May 18, 2020 | Daniel Greenfield
    The dirty secret of Never Trumpers is that they’re employed by lefty Big Tech billionaires.
  • Facing heat at home, GOP leaders may rescind some spending

    04/03/2018 3:32:10 PM PDT · by Mariner · 74 replies
    AP via Yahoo ^ | April 3rd, 2018 | LISA MASCARO
    WASHINGTON (AP) — As Republicans run into a buzz saw of conservative criticism over a deficit-expanding new budget, GOP leaders and the White House are looking for ways to undo the damage by allowing President Donald Trump to rescind some of the spending he signed into law just 10 days ago. Rolling back the funds would be a highly unusual move and could put some lawmakers in the potentially uncomfortable position of having to vote for specific spending opposed by a president from their party. But it would also offer Republicans a way to save face amid the backlash over...
  • Former Trump U salesman in new ad: 'I couldn't sleep at night'

    03/10/2016 11:00:10 AM PST · by ghost of stonewall jackson · 118 replies
    Politico ^ | 3/10/16 | Alex Isenstadt
    Anti-Donald Trump forces are expanding their offensive against the Republican front-runner, releasing a TV advertisement in Florida just days before the state's primary that spotlights a former Trump University salesman who says he was "ashamed" to work for the online school. In the 60-second ad, the employee, named Cliff, describes receiving "nonstop calls with complaints" from customers unhappy with Trump University services. He also talks about the school's low ratings from the Better Business Bureau. "I think I walked away from the job because I couldn't sleep at night," Cliff says. "With Donald Trump, you always have to read the...
  • Half of Dr. Oz’s medical advice is baseless or wrong, study says

    12/19/2014 10:46:13 AM PST · by PROCON · 33 replies
    WAPO ^ | Dec. 19, 2014 | Terrence McCoy
    It’s not hard to understand what makes Dr. Oz so popular. Called “America’s doctor,” syndicated talk-show host Mehmet Oz speaks in a way anyone can understand. Medicine may be complex. But with Dr. Oz, clad in scrubs and crooning to millions of viewers about “miracles” and “revolutionary” breakthroughs, it’s often not. He somehow makes it fun. And people can’t get enough. “I haven’t seen a doctor in eight years,” the New Yorker quoted one viewer telling Oz. “I’m scared. You’re the only one I trust.” But is that trust misplaced? Or has Oz, who often peddles miracle cures for weight...
  • TBN: Televangelists Feuded Over Millions, Motor Home For Dogs [$50m Jet, $100,000 Dog Motor Home]

    03/22/2012 10:15:55 PM PDT · by Steelfish · 39 replies · 1+ views
    LATimes ^ | March 22, 2012
    TBN: Televangelists Feuded Over Millions, Motor Home For Dogs March 22, 2012 The Trinity Broadcasting Network, the Orange County-based televangelist ministry that bills itself as the world’s largest Christian network, is embroiled in a legal battle involving allegations of massive financial fraud and lavish spending, including the purchase of a $100,000 motor home for family dogs. Brittany Koper, a former high-ranking TBN official and the granddaughter of its co-founder, Paul Crouch Sr., was fired by the network in September after discovering “illegal financial schemes” amounting to tens of millions of dollars, according to a lawsuit filed last month in Orange...
  • Despite riches, Fort Lauderdale family of psychics facing cloudy future (Didn't predict own bust)

    09/04/2011 11:48:29 AM PDT · by PJ-Comix · 12 replies
    Miami Herald ^ | September 4, 2011 | Michael Vasquez
    A family of self-proclaimed psychics enjoyed decades of luxury living — including solid gold cigarette lighters — but are now facing charges that could land them in federal prison... The house is nice — a two-story modern-style structure valued in the million-dollar range. But this picturesque waterfront Fort Lauderdale cul-de-sac boasts plenty of nice houses. The Marks family of psychics never stood out here because of their domicile, or even their unusual way of earning a living — after all, many neighbors had no idea what sort of business the family was in.
  • Democratic Hill staffers head to Maui on taxpayer's dime -Senate Indian Affairs field hearing

    08/11/2011 10:47:16 PM PDT · by STARWISE · 35 replies
    Daily Caller ^ | 8-11-11 | Matthew Boyle
    Senate Democrats are charging taxpayers for a trip to Hawaii, The Daily Caller has learned. The entire press staff of the Senate Indian Affairs Committee is in Maui, even though a field hearing there won’t happen until next Wednesday. The committee’s oversight field hearing, scheduled for next Wednesday at 9 a.m. at the Maui Beach Hotel, will focus on “Strengthening Self-Sufficiency: Overcoming Barriers to Economic Development in Native Communities.” Rick Manning from Americans for Limited Government, which first discovered the hearing, told TheDC it’s unbelievable that Hill staffers talking about fiscal responsibility would waste money on a trip to Maui....
  • When law becomes a lottery

    03/26/2011 3:55:39 AM PDT · by Scanian · 12 replies
    NY Post ^ | March 25, 2011 | Thomas Sowell
    Even if it could be proved that judges who are making rulings that go counter to the written law produce better results in those particular cases than following the letter of the law would have, that does not make society better off. When laws become unreliable and judges unpredictable, lawsuits become a bonanza for charlatans, who can force honest people to settle out of court, for fear of what some judge might do. * The mainstream media never expressed half the outrage about Mao Zedong as they did about Ronald Reagan. Yet, when it came to killing millions of innocent...
  • Stewart and Colbert rally draws thousands

    10/30/2010 12:05:56 PM PDT · by Justaham · 208 replies
    Reuters ^ | 10-30-10
    Television comedians Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert drew tens of thousands of people to the National Mall on Saturday, promising to skewer partisan politics three days before contentious U.S. elections. The Comedy Central hosts' "Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear" started off as part slapstick comedy show and part outdoor festival concert. Stewart opened the festivities by declaring that "10 million" people showed up, representing all ethnic groups in America. "It is a perfect demographic sampling of the American people," said Stewart, who hosted U.S. President Barack Obama on his show on Wednesday. "As you know, if you have too...
  • Author of ObamaCare Dem Senator Max Baucus Admits He Never Read the Bill

    08/25/2010 8:33:51 AM PDT · by La Lydia · 17 replies
    Weasel Zippers ^ | August 24, 2010
    Are you effin kidding me?…Judy Matott asked Baucus...and Sebelius, “if either of you read the health care bill before it was passed and if not, that is the most despicable, irresponsible thing.” Baucus... took credit for “essentially” writing the health care bill that passed the Senate. “I don’t think you want me to waste my time to read every page of the health care bill. You know why? It’s statutory language,” Baucus said. “We hire experts.” In response to another woman asking if the health care law was Constitutional, Baucus gave a broad defense of the changes, comparing them to...
  • Kerry-Lieberman Is A Bad Joke

    05/16/2010 9:32:21 AM PDT · by raptor22 · 11 replies · 487+ views
    Washington Examiner ^ | May 16, 2010 | Editorial staff
    Sens. John Kerry, D-Mass., and Joe Lieberman, I-Conn., have managed to write a cap-and-trade energy bill that should be greeted with guffaws from both believers and skeptics of man-made global warming. At a cost of billions of dollars and millions of jobs across America, the proposal would produce virtually no reduction in global temperatures even after being in force for decades. Using the MAGICC/SCENGEN climate model originally developed for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and assuming no other nation adopts the same measure, climate researcher Paul Knappenberger found that Kerry-Lieberman would reduce the average global temperature 0.077 degrees Fahrenheit by...