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With a measure of teeth gnashing, and years of study—I became convinced that the preterist view of eschatology is the correct one. Here are some reasons why. 1. I could no longer ignore, in good conscience, the over 100 time-statements in the New Testament that limit fulfillment of the prophesied events to the lifetimes of the New Testament writers. (There really are over 100 of them.) Preterism 1012. I looked up every mention in the New Testament of the “last days,” “end,” or “end times” and found that all 19 such mentions are consistent. Without exception, the writers of the...

The Minority Pilot Advancement Foundation launched today during Black History Month with the goal of bringing 600 minority and women pilots per year into the aviation industry. By educating, inspiring and funding minority teens in aviation careers, the Foundation is poised to drive generational change by breaking the cycle of lack of advancement opportunities, and to help alleviate the significant pilot shortage in the United States. Because of that shortage, major airline companies have dropped the need for a four-year degree as a prerequisite for employment as an airline pilot, opening opportunities to youth who may not realize that a...

Age matters, but so do words. While pundits debate President Biden’s cognitive fitness for office and the possible motivations behind prejudicial language contained in special counsel Robert K. Hur’s classified documents report, the rest of us have a different problem: the “elderly.” Older people themselves aren’t the issue, but the way we talk about them is. We must change the language our society uses to describe older adults. Read more: Calmes: Will that special counsel report light a fire under Biden the Elderly? Among the ageist stereotypes in Hur’s characterization of Biden as “a sympathetic, well-meaning, elderly man with a...

Freepers, need your help. Does anyone on here have a family member or friend who has gained massive weight and excessive overeating is NOT causing it. I have great 2nd cousin-in-law who is approaching 500lbs, has always been a bit heavy, but not THAT heavy. Recently had massive water retention and went from 275-300 lbs to 500lbs, resulting in an ER trip. He and the wife have been to around 20 doctors in the metroplex (Dallas-Fort Worth) who have run a myriad of tests, found that his heart is fine, his cholesterol and blood pressure are normal, no diabetes and...

The Republican National Committee (RNC) is teaming up with The Megyn Kelly Show, the Washington Free Beacon, and Rumble for the fourth Republican primary debate on December 6. The RNC announced details of the fourth debate the morning following the third debate, the latter of which took place in Miami, Florida. The fourth debate will come less than a month after the third and will be held in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, on December 6, 2023. There will be three moderators — Megyn Kelly of SiriusXM’s The Megyn Kelly Show, Elizabeth Vargas of NewsNation, and Eliana Johnson of the Washington Free Beacon.

Arab man asks why Hamas has built hundreds of kilometers of Hamas tunnels under Gaza but not a single air raid shelter for civilians.

A diner was left disgusted after digging into fish soup that turned out to be slimy and not fresh with a bad smell. Things soured further when she went to inform the stall owner, only to be rebuffed. Stomp contributor Ang said the incident occurred at the fish soup stall at 409 Ang Mo Kio Market And Food Centre on Tuesday (Oct 17), at around 12.30pm. Ang recounted: "I bought a bowl of Batang fish head soup with rice for $7.10. "The first piece of fish head was not only unfresh and slimy, it was also a little raw inside...

If you weigh a cat and a rabbit, their total weight is 10kg. If you weigh a dog and rabbit, their total weight is 20kg. If you weigh the dog and cat, their total weight is 24kg. How much do all three weight together?

A Marine who refused to get the COVID-19 vaccine released from more than 100 days in the brig as she awaits a special court martial... Federal court documents revealed today showing the FBI abused a foreign spying law to target Americans.. In Syria government forces repelling a breakout attempt by a group of jihadists from the US base enclave... More than 10 blasts heard in Ukraine's capital Kiev early Saturday morning... The Greek Election this Sunday... Turkish politics the third-place candidate in the first presidential election round Sinan Ogan meeting President... A federal magistrate judge deciding to continue detention of...

Lets go straight to the insanity out there. My Fantasy World Of Using Media And Government Power To Drive My Infatuation With A Woman 40 Plus Years Ago Has Become The Reality Of Today... I was high on myself back then and there's plenty of high in today's world legal and illegal. Let's go to the Marijuana Update... Mel Tillis and the kind of music I listened to when I was a teenager I was country back then... Trained In Journalism I Ended Up In Urinalism "Nextrush For President"... Time for an update on Turkey or as President Erdogan would...

Forty-Seven percent of Democrats want someone other than Joe Biden running for president. He’s boring. He’s old. He lacks passion. Who would bet on this guy? Better check with Las Vegas. Biden is the favorite to win the 2024 presidential election, according to nonpartisan gamblers taking bets on the big political race. The reason people are betting on Biden is that his likely opponent is Donald Trump. Sixty-five percent of Americans recently told AP polling they cannot vote for Trump in 2024.

New recommendations favor universal access to screeningA photo of a blue rubber gloved hand holding a test tube of blood labeled for testing for Hepatitis B All adults should be tested for a hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection at least once in their lifetime, and a wider range should get periodic retesting, according to new CDC recommendations. The report recommended moving from a risk-based approach to a universal approach in order to increase awareness of infection and reduce chronic disease and premature death. "Overall, risk-based testing has been insufficient to identify persons with HBV infection in the United States and...

The news item here can be summed up in a limerick: There once was a prez on Nantucket, and he couldn’t get ‘round in a bucket. He rented some cars, and drove under the stars, until each one, a car fire struck it. Okay, so I ain’t Shakespeare. But this really happened. As Fox News reported more prosaically Tuesday, “President Biden’s rented Secret Service vehicles burst into flames in a parking lot Monday, just one day after he left his Nantucket vacation.” Yes, they really called him, whimsically enough, “President Biden,” not the more accurate “Alleged President Biden” or “Ostensible...

National survey reveals 4 in 5 singles say they’ve changed their ‘dating behavior’ since the end of Roe v. Wade DALLAS — What’s it like to be single in 2022? A new survey finds more and more people seeking a relationship are “swiping left” when it comes to prioritizing looks over personality. In a poll of 5,000 Americans singles, commissioned by Match.com, researchers found that many singles are focusing on “conscious dating,” or looking beyond physical attraction to use dating as a way to learn more about themselves. This includes finding a partner that helps someone learn who they are,...

There we were — a bunch of fat women hanging out at a pool, unashamed and splashing around freely. We swam happily: diving, giggling and playing. Our bodies — of every size and shape, with beautiful curves and rolls — were on full display. "You know what the good thing about being fat is?" counselor Molly Brubaker asked. "You f***ing float."

I tried to post an article from Zero Hedge; 10 things Big Oil says Biden can do to lower gas prices. FR response was Zero Hedge, No thanks. So if CNN or Gateway Pundit had published the article, FR would have been ok with the post ?

The pilots will attempt to skydive into each other's planes live on Sunday. All eyes will be up to the skies above California on Sunday as two cousins dare to accomplish a never-before-seen air stunt. Luke Aikins and Andy Farrington -- longtime pilots, skydivers and members of the Red Bull Air Force aviation crew -- will attempt the first "plane swap," where they will fly their planes close together, put them into a nosedive and then skydive into each other's aircraft before making a safe landing. Aikins said in a statement he was inspired to do the stunt 22 years...

STORY AT-A-GLANCEAccording to bioweapons expert Francis Boyle, Russia’s accusation that Ukraine is conducting U.S.-funded bioweapons research appears to be accurateIf true, everyone involved is subject to life in prison under the Biological Weapons Anti-Terrorism Act of 1989According to Boyle, the U.S. government and Pentagon have had a “comprehensive policy” to “surround Russia with biological warfare laboratories” and “preposition biological weapons” there for use against themThe problem with trying to make a distinction between “biodefense” and “biowarfare” is that, basically, there is none. No biodefense research is purely defensive, because to do biodefense work, you’re automatically engaged in the creation of...

Most autistic characters have been played onscreen by neurotypical actors. A new series bucks the trend, starring three leads who are on the spectrum.