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FULL TITLE: Ultra-Orthodox Jewish passenger delays flight for more than an hour because he wanted the TV screens switched off A flight from Kiev to Israel was delayed for more than an hour on Thursday night after an ultra-Orthodox Jewish man insisted the overhead television screens were retracted or turned off. In keeping with traditional religious teachings and practices, the passenger argued that he did not want his children to watch any TV or films during the flight with budget Israeli airline UP. Despite his verbal protest, flight attendants were unable to adhere to the man's request and they issued...

Kim Kardashian has angered fans by transforming herself into the Virgin Mary for a new Kimoji. The 36-year-old reality star unveiled the image on her Kimoji Instagram page on Thursday and her fans wasted no time in expressing their displeasure at the new emoji which they called 'disrespectful'. Making matters worse, the colorful image is animated so it blurs in a psychedelic fashion, in honor of 420 - also known as Weed Day.

flight from Kiev to Israel was delayed for more than an hour on Thursday night after an ultra-Orthodox Jewish man insisted the overhead television screens were retracted or turned off. In keeping with traditional religious teachings and practices, the passenger argued that he did not want his children to watch any TV or films during the flight with budget Israeli airline UP. Despite his verbal protest, flight attendants were unable to adhere to the man's request and they issued eye masks instead.

More details are emerging regarding the death of former Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez, and they’re troubling. Via WBZ-TV, the phrase “John 3:16” was written on Hernandez’s forehead, and red marker was on his hands and feet. “John 3:16” is a popular Biblical verse, the 16th verse of the third chapter of the Gospel According to John: “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.”

46-year-old Rory McLeod just pulled off one of the great upsets in Crucible history when he knocked off world #4 and tournament favorite Judd Trump in the first round of the World Snooker Championship. Mcleod, who converted to Islam in 2000, refused to shake the female referee's hand at the start and end of his match. Snooker has a host of traditions and is very big on sportsmanship but the politically correct announcers completely ignored McLeod's slight.

Over the past few hundred years we, the human race, have experienced an unparalleled explosion of knowledge. Although our advances due to swarm intelligence have been growing since the beginning of life on the planet, during the recent past knowledge of the natural world has increased exponentially. The start of this rapid increase in the growth of knowledge can traced to the Scientific Revolution. It was the spark which ignited a complete redefinition of the natural world and how we interacted with it; the ignition of a never-ending search for reality and truth. It was a paradigm shift in the...

Wings of a Dove Don't know why, but this has been on my mind today.Thought I would share it

Michael Burstein kindly provided the Four Questions in Klingon to those of his readers in the Federation of Planets celebrating Pesach (Passover). The Four Questions In Klingon qatlh pImlaw’ ramvam rammey latlh je? qaStaHvIS Hoch rammey “Hametz” “Matza” je DISop, ‘ach qaStaHvIS ramvam’e’, “Matza” neH wISop. qaStaHvIS Hoch rammey, Hoch tI wISop, ‘ach qaStaHvIS ramvam’e’, tI wIb neH wISop. qaStaHvIS Hoch rammey, paghlogh taSDaq vay’ wIlan, ‘ach qaStaHvIS ramvam’e’, cha’logh vay’ wIlan. qaStaHvIS Hoch rammey, maSopDI’, maQot qoj maba’, ‘ach qaStaHvIS ramvam’e’, maQotba’ Hochma’. For those wondering whether Klingon Seders include four cups of Gagh, I did some homework. And,...

There are not many FReepers saying to one another today: "Have a Blessed Easter" So, to All: I hope you had and are having a Blessed Easter!

Two True Bethel Baptist Church ministers were inside the Dollar General on East Ferry when a young man stole some trail mix and a soda. The two men, Elder Cambridge Boyd and Rayshawn Smalos then jumped into action, literally. They got back in the church van, chased the man, while capturing it all on Facebook Live (https://www.facebook.com/sir.cambridge.boyd/videos/10154410477933456/?pnref=story). The two ministers eventually caught up with the suspected thief and convinced him to take the items back to the store. "We made sure he took it back and apologize. We also gave some money so he can get him something to eat,"...

One of the most remarkable voices ever. Singing a wonderful Easter song. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GpIC0d_3bWo

Proverb 16 (NKJV) Wisdom Is Better Than Gold 01 The preparations of the heart belong to man, 00 But the answer of the tongue is from the LORD. 02 All the ways of a man are pure in his own eyes, 00 But the LORD weighs the spirits. 03 Commit your works to the LORD, 00 And your thoughts will be established. 04 The LORD has made all for Himself, 00 Yes, even the wicked for the day of doom. 05 Everyone proud in heart is an abomination to the LORD; 00 Though they join forces, none will go...

Happy Easter Freepers. How have you been spending this Easter and Holy Week this year?

Archbishop Thomas Luke Msusa's fascinating story of faith, conversion and vocation VATICAN CITY — Forty-eight prelates from Africa are currently in Rome for the Synod on the Family. In speaking with the bishops of Africa about the synod, sometimes surprising and beautiful stories emerge about their countries, their culture, and even their own family lives. One such story is that of Archbishop Thomas Luke Msusa of the Blantyre archdiocese in Malawi, who is a convert from Islam to Catholicism. Archbishop Msusa, 53, serves as vice-chairman of the eight-country association of member Episcopal Conferences in Eastern Africa. He was ordained a...

UPDATE: Civil rights group to file judicial complaint against judge who praised rapist during sentencing (KUTV) — Fourth District Court Judge Thomas Low had glowing praise for a man who was convicted of molesting two female relatives while they stayed at his home three years ago. "The court had no doubt that Mr. Vallejo is an extraordinarily good man," Low said just moments before sentencing Keith Vallejo to prison for sexually abusing the two females. "But great men, sometimes do bad things," Low continued.

Instrumental songs, “Let Me Call You Sweetheart", written by Leo Friedman, and lyrics by Beth Slater Whitson, and "The Tennessee Waltz" a country music song by Redd Stewart and music by Pee Wee King written in 1946 and first released in January 1948, and this pleasant, beautiful song, God Be With You Till We Meet Again, written by William G. Tomer, all 3 songs with sing along lyrics. The mandolin music by me, o7jimmy.

I KNOW I KNOW... Its Saturday now. But I just found this today and I almost spilled my coffee. And its still Easter Weekend so have at it! Enjoy!

San Jose women were leaving Thursday night mass at Our Lady of Peace when they were killed.A family matriarch and her daughter leaving a late-night church service at Our Lady of Peace died Thursday night when a suspected drunk-driver flew off Highway 101 and violently crashed into their vehicle on Great America Parkway, according to the California Highway Patrol. The Santa Clara County Medical Examiner-Coroner’s Office identified the victims as Carina Bontilao Kubow, 61, and her mother, Angela Vilbar Bontilao, 92, both of San Jose. They were riding in the back seat of car driven by Bontilao’s granddaughter, and another...

In recent months, The Handmaid’s Tale — Margaret Atwood’s 1985 dystopian novel about a patriarchal future where fertile women are a tightly controlled commodity — has become more of a symbol than a piece of fiction. From a “Make Margaret Atwood Fiction Again” sign at a protest to women protesting a restrictive abortion law in costume, it offers a form of protest that cuts straight to the misogynist thread in American populism. Hulu, which will premiere an adaptation of The Handmaid’s Tale on April 26th, couldn’t have asked for better publicity. But The Handmaid’s Tale is more than a political...

god-original-land-grant-of-israel-to-abraham by Geoffrey Grider August 17, 2016 The tiny, little fraction of Israel proper that the Jews have at the current moment pales in comparison with how much God says they really have. “For all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed for ever.” Genesis 13:15 (KJV) In our day, much is made of the current conflict between Israel and the mythical Palestinians and the seemingly endless battle over who is entitled to how much of the land. People talk about the ownership of the Gaza Strip, the West Bank and the...