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Iranian Oil Minister Bijan Zanganeh says China's national petroleum company has pulled out of a $5 billion deal to help develop Iran's giant South Pars natural gas field in the Persian Gulf. The development, announced by Zanganeh on the ministry's SHANA website, comes amid economic pressure on both Iran and China from the United States. It also follows a series of military confrontations in the area between Iran and the naval forces of Britain and the United States. The China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) became the dominant investor in plans for the expansion of South Pars, the world’s largest gas...

On Friday, Darcy Krueger, 17, showed up at the Tampa Bay Homeschool Homecoming Dance wearing a black jumpsuit, but was turned away because of a dress code. Darcy, who has been entirely homeschooled except for one semester of middle school, has attended many events thrown by the organization behind the homecoming dance, TampaBay Homeschool Prom, her mother tells Yahoo Lifestyle. But this time, she was sent away for failing to wear a dress. Darcy, who has been entirely homeschooled except for one semester of middle school, has attended many events thrown by the organization behind the homecoming dance, TampaBay Homeschool...

The business dealings of Hunter Biden have become a contentious issue, with President Trump and his associates calling attention to the 49-year-old Biden's work in Ukraine, China and elsewhere. According to the New York Times, the younger Biden increased his international business efforts during his father’s second term as vice president and began associating with figures about whom the U.S. or its ally nations were suspicious. Hunter Biden reportedly began advising Gabriel Popoviciu, a Romanian businessman said to have opened the country's first Pizza Hut restaurant, who came under authorities’ scrutiny over his real estate dealings. The investigation into Popoviciu,...

BEIJING (Reuters) - The Houston Rockets' Chinese sponsor and a Chinese sportswear maker have suspended work with the basketball team after its general manager sent a tweet in support of Hong Kong protests over the weekend. Although Rockets general manager Daryl Morey quickly deleted the tweet, sportswear brand Li-Ning and sponsor Shanghai Pudong Development Bank (SPD Bank) Credit Card Center said on Sunday they were suspending cooperation with it. ***** Shortly after the announcement by both businesses, Chinese state broadcaster CCTV's sports channel also said it would suspend any further broadcasts of the Rockets' matches starting Sunday. ***** The post...

Maria Bartiromo: “My viewers are frustrated. They want some subpoenas. They want to see you do that deep dive into what took place. When can we expect your subpoenaing people and who are you going to get to come down and testify?” Lindsey then waffled and said he would call in witnesses after the IG Horowitz report is released. https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=116&v=ichN_7JriF8

Question: "What do the terms "apocrypha" and "deuterocanonical" mean, and how does the Orthodox Church view them?" The question of the Biblical canon is a somewhat complicated one, because it developed over a very long period of time, and there certainly have been some historical disagreements on the matter. The word "canon" comes the Greek word κανών, which means a measuring rod, or a rule. And so when we speak of the canon of Scripture, we are speaking of the lists of books that affirmed to be Scripture. Christians have a precisely defined New Testament Canon, about which there...

Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh marked his first anniversary Sunday of overcoming a bruising confirmation battle to claim a seat on the Supreme Court, solidifying a conservative majority forged by President Trump’s nominations. His presence gave the bench a solid conservative tilt for the first time in decades and opened the door to new tests of abortion rights, religious liberty and other longstanding rulings. “Conservatives know how important the court is and how significant President Trump’s ability to nominate these two justices was, so this is just another example of his judicial legacy,” said Carrie Severino, chief counsel of the conservative...

Afghanistan: Three US troops wounded when Afghan police officer “ally” opens fire on them OCT 6, 2019 11:00 AM BY ROBERT SPENCER One of the chief elements of the rap sheet on me from the Southern Poverty Law Center and its allied Islamic supremacist groups such as the Hamas-linked Council on American-Islamic Relations is that I have said that there is no reliable way to distinguish jihadis from peaceful Muslims. And here we are. “Three US troops wounded in apparent insider attack in Afghanistan,” by Corey Dickstein, Stars and Stripes, September 23, 2019: WASHINGTON – Three American troops were wounded...

President Trump took aim late Saturday at reports that a second whistleblower has emerged, accusing his foes of “going to the bench” after the first complaint filed about his conversation with the Ukraine president. “The first so-called second hand information ‘Whistleblower’ got my phone conversation almost completely wrong, so now word is they are going to the bench and another ‘Whistleblower’ is coming in from the Deep State, also with second hand info. Meet with Shifty. Keep them coming!” tweeted Mr. Trump. Mark Zaid, the attorney representing the first whistleblower, told ABC News anchor George Stephanopoulos that a second intelligence...

“A naughty person, a wicked man, walketh with a froward mouth” (Proverbs 6:12 KJV).

I missed it but my brother just told me there was a little fireworks on the Howie Kurtz segment with Giulian. I'm paraphrasing but I guess Giuliani told Kurtz to do his job as a journalist or something to that effect. Anyone see it that can fill me in?

Today's Quotefall Puzzle features a quote by Boris Badenov. Click puzzle (or click here) for full size rendition, then use your browser's print command to print puzzle. Boris Badenov is cartoon-land's most beloved Russian villian. Along with his wife Natasha, they provided the role models for many current communists such as Maxine Waters and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. All hints, along with the answer, are provided in the first reply comment below, using filtered font to prevent accidental spoilers. Please refrain from disclosing the full answer in comments to prevent spoilers.To solve the puzzle: Enter the letters in the top half (letter columns) of...

National security journalist John Solomon continues to dig up dirt on Joe Biden and his son's dealings in Ukraine. One America's John Hines has more from Washington D.C.

Multiple’ whistleblowers come forward in Trump abuse-of-power case By KATE FELDMAN and SHANT SHAHRIGIAN NEW YORK DAILY NEWS | OCT 06, 2019 | 9:23 AM A second whistleblower claims to have "first-hand knowledge' of Trump's call with Ukraine. “Multiple” whistleblowers have come forward about President Trump’s efforts to pressure Ukraine to dig up dirt on Joe Biden, said a lawyer for the original whistleblower who set off the case roiling the nation. “I can confirm that my firm and my team represent multiple whistleblowers in connection to the underlying August 12, 2019, disclosure to the Intelligence Community Inspector General. No...

Too many of the unelected bureaucrats who staff the alphabet soup agencies seem to feel entitled to circumvent the will of the American people when it conflicts with their priors. The real scandal of the Ukrainian debacle that continues to lead every cable broadcast is that, once again, the actions of unelected and unaccountable bureaucrats have deeply affected an election in United States. In recent days, it has come out not only that the intelligence community inspector general changed policy about secondhand information to fit this particular whistleblower complaint, but also that the whistleblower him- or herself was working with...

On each side of the National Archives Building in Washington, DC (on Pennsylvania and Constitution Avenues), sit two 65-ton statues. Each statue is more than 10 feet high and, with their bases, tower 25 feet above the sidewalk. They were carved from 1934 to 1935, and each came from a single piece of Indiana limestone. The sculptors and carvers worked on site in temporary structures created for them. John Russell Pope, architect of the National Archives Building, used symbolism in all parts of the building, and these sculptures were no exception. Flanking the Constitution Avenue entrance, where visitors to our...

Joe Biden increases his lead in the Palmetto State, as a growing number of South Carolina Democratic primary voters want a candidate who can defeat President Trump. The former vice president is ahead by 29 points, according to a Fox News Poll. That’s up from a 21-point lead in July. Biden captures 41 percent support among Democratic primary voters (+6 points since July), Elizabeth Warren trails with 12 percent (+7), and Bernie Sanders gets 10 percent (-4).

AG Barr is digging deep to investigate the origins of the Russia hoax; Dennis Prager joins the show to weigh in.

Up until now, China's communist regime has had a grand old time blasting President Trump's Ukraine-linked impeachment troubles from its state propaganda outlets. They hate the guy based on his calling them out on their unfair trade practices, hitting them with tariffs, and their economy is not doing well. (snip) It leaves on one giant elephant in the room. That the Chicoms with zero doubt don't want anyone inside China to read about those billion-dollar crony money-flingings with the Bidens in the Chinese state's bid to buy influence in the states. A spare billion dollars will buy a lot of...

An experienced Christian doctor who was forced out of his job working for the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) after refusing to use transgender pronouns has lost his Employment Tribunal case. The tribunal ruled that his belief in the Biblical view of what it is to be male and female was ‘incompatible with human dignity.’The judgment will have serious ramifications for Christian professionals and indeed all medical professionals, as the judgment dictates the language that professionals must use in the workplace. The judgment is also contrary to scientific reality and is likely to undermine freedom of speech in the...