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Banning Discrimination Of Hairstyle Will Make California The First State To Do So by: True Activist Posted on July 6, 2019 The CROWN act, an acronym for “Create a Respectful and Open Workplace for Natural hair”, is expected to be signed into law by California Governor Gavin Newsom, making the state the first ever to ban discrimination based on hair style. Hair styles included in the bill sent to the governor include Afros, braids, twists, and locks. “ The history of our nation is riddled with laws and societal norms that equated ‘blackness’ and the associated physical traits, for example,...

In September 2017, Costi Hinn, nephew of popular televangelist and faith-healer Benny Hinn, shared a brief testimony about why he defected from the family business of peddling the prosperity gospel to hapless adherents while living in the lap of luxury. About six months later in February 2018, following the death of renowned evangelist Billy Graham, Costi’s controversial uncle, who has often been criticized for his endorsement of the prosperity gospel, made a stunning confession that sometimes he took the erroneous prosperity gospel too far. "We get attacked for preaching prosperity, well it's in the Bible, but I think some have...

At a May press conference capping his tenure as special counsel, Robert Mueller emphasized what he called "the central allegation" of the two-year Russia probe. The Russian government, Mueller sternly declared, engaged in "multiple, systematic efforts to interfere in our election, and that allegation deserves the attention of every American." Mueller's comments echoed a January 2017 Intelligence Community Assessment (ICA) asserting with "high confidence" that Russia conducted a sweeping 2016 election influence campaign. "I don't think we've ever encountered a more aggressive or direct campaign to interfere in our election process," then-Director of National Intelligence James Clapper told a Senate...

Toilet paper – the one product that the majority of us use just once and flush away – is becoming less sustainable, according to research. Analysis from Ethical Consumer magazine found that major brands were using less recycled paper than in 2011, while only five of the nine major supermarkets (the Co-op, Morrisons, Sainsbury’s, Tesco and Waitrose) offered own-brand recycled toilet paper. The large-scale use of virgin paper contributes to unnecessary deforestation. The UK uses 1.3m tonnes of tissue a year, according to the Confederation of Paper Industries, with the average British consumer reportedly getting through 127 rolls every year....

he Democrats’ working families, small business growth and national security plan is as follows: raise our taxes, abolish private-pay health insurance, take our guns, regulate our industries out of existence, take what’s left of our salaries to pay for slavery reparations and abortions for men, exploit our youth into Vladimir Lenin idol-worshipers, and open our borders indefinitely, suborning illegal aliens to break laws without consequences. Oh, and don’t forget the “free” healthcare for illegal aliens! There are “Truman Show” narratives, and then there is reality. What was heard on the stages of the first two Democratic Party presidential primary “debates”...

Full title: Britain's man in the the US says Trump is 'inept': Leaked secret cables from ambassador say the President is 'uniquely dysfunctional and his career could end in disgrace' EXCLUSIVE: Sir Kim Darroch used secret cables to impugn Trump's character Top diplomat warned London President Trump's career could end in 'disgrace' Bombshell comments risk angering the notoriously thin-skinned US President He describes bitter conflicts in White House as 'knife fights', sources confirmed And claims President's economic policies could wreck the world trade system Says Presidency could 'crash and burn', 'we could be at start of downward spiral'

A follow-up to this headscratcher that only deepens the suspense. Mike Pence was on Air Force 2, ready to depart for New Hampshire on Tuesday for an event on opioids, when he was called back to the White House urgently. What was the emergency? Pence wouldn’t say. Neither would the White House. No one has leaked it to the media in the days since, which is uncharacteristic. Marc Short insisted cryptically at the time that it would be weeks before they’d be able to tell us. Now here’s the president acknowledging a “very interesting problem” that arose in New...

It has been a mystery why REM sleep, or dream sleep, increases when the room temperature is 'just right'. Neuroscientists show that melanin-concentrating hormone neurons within the hypothalamus increase REM sleep when the need for body temperature defense is minimized, such as when sleeping in a warm and comfortable room temperature. These data have important implications for the function of REM sleep. A control mechanism saving energy The need to maintain a constant body temperature is our most expensive biological function. Panting, piloerection, sweating, or shivering are all energy consuming body reactions. In his hypothesis, Markus Schmidt suggested that REM...

The amount Brits are using Facebook has plunged by more than a third over the past 12 months, new research indicates, in sharp contrast to the company’s official statistics. The number of online interactions made on Facebook’s mobile app in the UK plummeted by 38pc between June 2018 and June 2019, according to the analytics firm Mixpanel.

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- Authorities say a family of four, including two children, are in the hospital after a major car fire that was sparked by a road rage shooting in north Harris County. The incident happened Thursday around 9:30 p.m. in the 1800 block of W. Mount Houston. Authorities say the father got into some sort of argument with the suspect. That suspect pulled out a gun, and the father tried to drive off. The gunman shot at the car, which set off fireworks in the vehicle, causing it to catch fire, deputies say. "Family had bought fireworks. It...

A Tempe, Arizona Starbucks is in the news for asking a group of five Police Officers on the 4th of July to “move out of the sight of a customer” or “leave” because – it made that customer feel unsafe to see them. No, really – this happened. Starbucks Corporate Office is “still gathering information” on the incident. Well, Starbucks needs to apologize to these Officers and make amends for what happened. Maybe they need to close their stores for an afternoon and train all employees how to respect Police Officers! Yes, that’s what they need to do. . ....

BUCHAREST, June 26, 2019 (LifeSiteNews) — On his recent visit to Romania, Pope Francis recalled the words of St. John Paul II that the Church “breathes with two lungs” but added that the “status quo” of division between the Catholic and Orthodox Churches “must be maintained.” During a congenial repast on May 31, Pope Francis fielded questions from Jesuit priests. At the end of the first day of his apostolic visit to Romania, he met at the papal nunciature the 22 Jesuits working in the country. They were introduced to the pontiff by Fr. Gianfranco Matarazzo, provincial of the Euro-Mediterranean...

Just a case of bad timing for this young lady as she started her make-up tutorial within seconds the 7.1 magnitude earthquake rattled her and her home. This just shows the power that mother nature can unleash at any given time.

Rome, July 5, Interfax - Russian President Vladimir Putin said that at his meeting with Pope Francis they discussed the protection of Christians in the Middle East and humanitarian assistance for Syria. "We touched on the topics of protecting the Christian population of the Middle East and humanitarian assistance for Syria," Putin told a press conference after Russian-Italian talks. The two also discussed the situation in Venezuela and Libya and the development of Russia-Vatican relations, including on trade, education and health care, he said. "It is important for Russia and Vatican to have consonant positions on the traditional values and...

MORE Space Radiation Doesn't Seem to Be Causing Astronauts to Die from Cancer, Study Finds Credit: NASA astronaut Mike Hopkins on a spacewalk in 2013. Outer space is a notoriously harsh environment, exposing astronauts to high levels of radiation. And radiation exposure can increase cancer and heart disease rates in earthbound humans. But a new study has some good news: Space radiation doesn't seem to increase astronauts' risk of death from cancer or heart disease, at least not at the doses they experienced during historical missions. Still, longer missions — such a mission to Mars — will likely come with...

Two events were held simultaneously on Friday evening in front of the government administration building in Tbilisi, one led by LGBT activists and the other by defenders of the traditional family and traditional values, on the eve of the first Tbilisi Pride event scheduled for June 18-23. The two sides were divided by a cordon of police, reports Interfax-Religion. Georgia is a deeply traditional country, with more than 80% of the population belonging to the Orthodox Church, and the battle between traditional, Orthodox values and more liberal, secularized values is being prompted and aggravated not only by the nation’s LGBT...

France’s highest appeals court has ordered Vincent Lambert’s food to be removed following a six-year-long legal battle for his life. The 42-year-old nurse, now in a hospital in Reims, suffered an accident in 2008 which left him quadriplegic and with extensive brain damage. He is described by some as “semi-conscious,” and by others as being “in a vegetative state.” Vincent can sleep and wake up, respond to some voices, can swallow, and breathe on his own. He is not dependent on machines to live, but he is dependent on nutrition and hydration being delivered in a special manner, like many...

“‘Not everyone who says to Me, “Lord, Lord,” will enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father who is in heaven will enter’” (Matthew 7:21). Here Jesus is speaking of the devotedly religious who think they are saved but aren’t. The Lord will continue these warnings later about spiritual self-deception—the foolish, unprepared virgins (Matt. 25:1–12) and the goats who did not really serve Him (Matt. 25:32–33, 41–46). Many factors deceive people regarding salvation. First, some have a false assurance. They rely on past “decisions for Christ,” apart from the Spirit’s convicting work. But our...

Cables sent from the United Kingdom's Ambassador to the United States to the British Foreign Commonwealth Office (FCO) describe President Donald Trump as "inept," "insecure" and "incompetent," a UK government official confirms to CNN. The cables were leaked to and first published by the Daily Mail. Sir Kim Darroch, the British Ambassador to the US, used secret cables and briefing notes to warn the UK government that Trump's "career could end in disgrace," and described conflicts within the White House as "knife fights," according to the Daily Mail. A UK government source tells CNN the memos described in the Daily...

A group of teenagers allegedly looted a Walgreens in downtown Philadelphia Thursday evening, according to video footage of the incident. The video showed dozens of teens running through the streets on Philadelphia’s South Street Thursday, but things began to get violent when a group of 60 teens descended on Walgreens.