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The universality of Saturn worship 6000 years ago. NASA image: Israelites appear to have been the first people to figure out that humans should not be worshiping dwarf stars (Jupiter, Saturn...). And if worshiping dwarf stars and former dwarf stars was a problem 6000 years ago, it is more of a problem now. Troy McLachlan's book describes the connection between ancient Satanic ritual, drug dealing, central banking, and modern Satanic ritual (Jeffrey Epstein and the Hildabeast). The Saturn Death Cult

[Catholic Caucus] Catholics to gather near Vatican next month to pray for Church in her hour of crisis ROME, September 6, 2018 (LifeSiteNews) — Catholics from around the world are being invited to assemble, on Oct. 5, near St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome, to pray for the Church as she lives through what many see as the hour of her “Passion.”  Register for the free live stream of the Historic Amazon Synod Roundtable.  Click here. The announcement came in a letter published on Sept. 6 on Stilum Curae, a blog hosted by respected Italian journalist Marco Tosatti. According to the letter...

There are trillions upon trillions of stars and worlds in our Universe. Faced with such large numbers, it's tempting to conclude that there must surely be other life out there, somewhere. But is this right? Could the probability of life beginning be a number so small that we are alone? A video essay by Professor David Kipping. LINK TO VIDEO

Melanie McDade-Dickens hasn't been back to her office since July, and her name has been scrubbed from the city website ... Melanie McDade-Dickens, a former campaign worker for Inglewood Mayor James Butts Jr. who later secured a city job paying $342,000 in salary and benefits, was escorted out of City Hall in July and has not returned, according to her attorney. McDade-Dickens, who has served as Butts’ aide for the past eight years, was one of the city’s highest paid employees in 2018, according to publicly released figures. But her contact information has been removed from a staff directory on...

I contacted a water heater company saying gas conversions to hybrid electric storage is "illegal" in California. He said he received 15 calls about this. I did some research. https://www.energy.ca.gov/2015publications/CEC-400-2015-032/chapters/chapter_5-Water_Heating_Requirements.pdf 5.2.2.3 Storage Heat Pump Water Heater A storage heat pump water heater is an electric water heater that uses a compressor to transfer thermal energy from one temperature level to a higher temperature level for heating water. It includes all necessary auxiliary equipment such as fans, storage tanks, pumps, or controls. DOE classifies heat pump water heater under the category of electric storage water heater, and it must meet the federal minimum efficiency...

"Military family" takes on new meaning for a set of sisters who made history as the first to both attain the general's rank in U.S. Army. Parents and their children, relatives, spouses and even identical siblings have previously risen through various ranks of the U.S. Army together, according to the military service; but this is the first time in 244 years that a pair of sisters -- Maj. Gen. Maria Lodi Barrett and her younger sister Brig. Gen. Paula Lodi -- is pulling rank in tandem. On July 12, history was made as Lodi was promoted to the one-star rank...

WASHINGTON — A federal agency reversed course Friday on the question of whether President Donald Trump tweeted stale information about Hurricane Dorian potentially hitting Alabama, upsetting meteorologists around the country. On Sunday, Trump had warned that Alabama, along with the Carolinas and Georgia, was “most likely to be hit (much) harder than anticipated.” The National Weather Service in Birmingham, Alabama, tweeted in response: “Alabama will NOT see any impacts from #Dorian. We repeat, no impacts from Hurricane #Dorian will be felt across Alabama. The system will remain too far east.” But the president has been adamant throughout the week that...

U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper said that European nations should consider funding projects in their countries after the Pentagon diverted money to pay for a border wall with Mexico... ...“The message that I’ve been carrying, since when I was acting secretary to today, has been about the increase in burden sharing,” Esper told reporters in London late on Thursday. “So part of the message will be ‘Look, if you’re really concerned then maybe you should look to cover those projects for us’ because that’s going to build infrastructure in many cases in their countries,” he added. “Part of the message...

The Trump administration is considering further cuts to the annual cap on refugees as it diverts caseworkers to handle asylum claims from Central American families at the southern U.S. border, a senior official said on Friday... ...U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has already shifted refugee caseworkers to instead work on asylum cases, the official said - and will continue to shift more - reducing the number of refugee files that can be handled no matter where the cap is set. The official did not provide details on how many case officers had been reassigned... ...The New York Times reported...

Democratic presidential candidates Joe Biden and Elizabeth Warren offered proposals during Wednesday’s climate change town hall on CNN that mirrored what former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton described as her biggest mistake during her 2016 campaign. Biden and Warren both attacked coal mining and fossil fuels during the 7-hour long forum, suggesting that eliminating one of the largest sources of energy in the United States would substantially help the environment. “We’ve got to shut down” all coal-fueled power plants, Biden asserted during his portion of the town hall.

<p>FORT COLLINS | Fort Collins officials have removed a topless ban from city law that inspired a Free the Nipple lawsuit.</p> <p>The Coloradoan reported Wednesday that Fort Collins City Council agreed Tuesday to remove language in the public nudity code that barred women and girls over age 10 from exposing their breasts in public.</p>

There is only one means of forgiveness and only one way into Heaven.  The way is just as available to thieves and prostitutes as it is to those with extreme religious zeal.  The way is simple and the knowledge of this path is available to all—whether wise or unintelligent, old or young.  Yet the way is exceedingly narrow. Enter through the narrow gate.  For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it.  But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few...

Chick-fil-A hatched in Canada today, and Toronto is not all aboard the fried chicken train. The Atlanta-based restaurant chain, best known for its sandwiches served with a side of controversy, is now open at 1 Bloor Street East, Toronto. The premier Toronto location is the first stand-alone outlet outside of the United States… if you don’t count the counter at the Calgary International Airport that opened in 2014, which has since shuttered. The opening was met by a large protest, led by Liberation TO and The 519 and its Army of Lovers, which was organized through Facebook and online over...

A former Trump campaign aide who claimed she was “forcibly kissed” by Donald Trump during his presidential bid has dropped her lawsuit over the episode. Alva Johnson is also dropping another part of her suit that alleged the Trump campaign underpaid women and minority employees. Johnson’s suit grabbed headlines over her assertion that Trump abruptly kissed her as he was getting ready to make a public appearance at a campaign rally in Tampa, Fla., in August 2016. However, the outlook for the legal challenge dimmed in July when lawyers for Trump filed with the court and released publicly a video...

1) Elizabeth Warren (-) The old Native American of the Blanco Caucasian tribe doesn’t seem to be losing momentum by her own faults or the rise of another candidate. Warren is the frontrunner is the Biden-alternatives. This does not appear to be a flash in the pan like with any Conservative opponent to Romney in 2012, Warren, unlike Santorum, Perry, or Gingrich seems to be an agreeable second choice that can bridge generations of old school Democrats with new age Socialists. 2) Joe Biden (-) Joe Biden doesn’t appear to have lost his hoodpass yet. Conservative and Clickservative media can’t...

Washington (AFP) - US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Friday pressed European nations to stop Iran's "extortion" after Tehran again reduced its commitments under a nuclear deal in response to US sanctions. "We are confident that the UK, France and Germany -- indeed, all civilized nations -- will take decisive actions to stop Iran's nuclear extortion," Pompeo, who visited the European Union headquarters in Brussels earlier in the week, wrote on Twitter. Iran has been negotiating with European powers that hope to salvage the 2015 nuclear accord despite the withdrawal last year by the United States, which reimposed punishing...

The news site ThinkProgress is shutting down and will no longer publish original reporting from a progressive perspective. The Center for American Progress Action Fund was attempting to sell the hyperpartisan website but failed to find a buyer, according to The Daily Beast. (Shame, that)

This is part II of a three part review of Peter Zeihan's "The Absent Superpower." It is so filled with revelations and predictions that it is worth a "deep dive." In part I, Zeihan discussed the shale revolution---now in its third phase---in which he argued that with the end of the World War II order and the essential end of the Bretton Woods system, by which America guaranteed the world's free trade with our military and trade deficits, we have moved into a brave new world. An energy independent America, awash with shale, changes everything. In part II, by far...

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) on Friday promised to sign an executive order on her first day in office, putting a moratorium on new fossil fuel leases and pledged to ban fracking “everywhere.” Warren promised in a tweet Friday to “sign an executive order that puts a total moratorium on all new fossil fuel leases for drilling offshore and on public lands” and vowed to “ban fracking — everywhere”:

Every candidate for the presidency will, at some point, be asked why he or she is running. Joe Biden was asked the question with a twist. He was asked, "how badly do you want to be president?" In other words, what's really driving you to go through all this? His answer was telling. He said, "I think it’s really, really, really important that Donald Trump not be re-elected." That’s it? Just beat Trump? Where's the grand vision? Where would he take America? He's had a lot of time to come up with a sharp-edged statement about where he wants to...