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For the third consecutive week, a top-10 team fell in stunning fashion and shook up the potential College Football Playoff race. Unranked Kansas State’s 48-41 upset of No. 5 Oklahoma on Saturday follows South Carolina’s upset of Georgia and Illinois’ stunner against Wisconsin in jumbling the top of the rankings. With the Sooner bandwagon toppling over this week, much like its Schooner did last week, Oklahoma will start the CFP rankings well outside the top four. Their loss, combined with Notre Dame’s faceplant at Michigan, shakes up what the initial CFP rankings will look like on Nov. 5. It’s safe...

He’s confused me. Again. Mr. President, that is. Oh, I know some of you like him, but he still confuses me. Like this week, when he said, “We’re building a wall in Colorado. We’re building a beautiful wall. A big one that you can’t get over and you can’t get under.” Now, I’m wondering WHERE in Colorado? Maybe he’s thinking that New Mexico is part of old Mexico, so that’s where the wall will be built. Representative Diana DeGette added to the President’s remarks “And New Mexico will pay for the wall.” I know he came back later and said...

Today’s Cryptogram Courtesy The Arkansas Gazette FCHI C XBFP B GCUP OCHXPS XN QXNJ XCWZBHT CHS DBHS NAX OGCX B KPCWWI EPWBPUPS. —OCWXPK WBJJFCHH You can find this little fun word game, to combat early dementia and senility in us baby boomers, in several daily publications. The way it works is a letter stands for another letter. For example: AXYDLBAAXR is LONGFELLOW (does not apply to today's cryptogram). Beware, the game is very addictive. If this is your first time, don't be intimidated. PLEASE DO NOT post the answer in general comments, but DO post your time and any tips...

After dozens of House Republicans demanded access to a secure facility in the Capitol on Wednesday where House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, D-Calif., was preparing to depose a Pentagon official, Democrats expressed outrage at the breach of protocol. “They’re doing this because this is what the guilty do,” said Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif. “Innocent people cooperate with investigations. Innocent people follow the rules of the House.” Well, people engaged in impartial investigations aimed at finding the truth don’t violate every precedent and standard of due process set during previous presidential impeachments. Contrast today’s partisan inquiry with the Nixon impeachment....

NGHE AN: A photo of her missing daughter Bui Thi Nhung, an offering of fruit and a bouquet of flowers - a makeshift shrine laid by a desperate mother in a remote Vietnamese town many fear was home to some of the 39 people found dead in a truck in Britain. More than 20 Vietnamese are feared to be among the bodies found in a refrigerated trailer in an industrial park in Essex east of London on Wednesday (Oct 23). Read more at https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asia/uk-truck-deaths-vietnamese-pray-for-missing-relatives-12037694

North Korea said Sunday the United States must not exploit the "close personal relations" between Kim Jong Un and Donald Trump as negotiations over Pyongyang's nuclear arsenal remain deadlocked. Talks between Pyongyang and Washington have stalled since a second summit between Trump and Kim in Hanoi in February broke down without an agreement. The two have since blamed each other for the failure of the summit, with the North demanding the US bring forward a "new method" by the end of the year.

A mass shooting has left at least two dead and more than a dozen injured at a homecoming party in Greenville, just northeast of Dallas, local officials and witnesses say. Only few details are currently available. The incident happened just after midnight on Sunday when officers were called for an active shooter at The Party Venue on Highway 380 in Greenville, a city in Hunt County. Details about what happened were not immediately known. According to initial reports, there are up to 20 gunshot victims, including multiple fatalities and serious injuries. Jason Whitely, a reporter for local ABC affiliate WFAA,...

Join with fellow FREEPERS to pray for PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP/VICE PRESIDENT MIKE PENCE and AMERICA: Government, Family, Military, Business, Education, Churches, Farmers and the Media. Religion Forum threads labeled “Prayer” are closed to debate of any kind. Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD, the people He chose for His inheritance. Psalm 33:12

A lawyer for the U.S. Ambassador to the European Union Gordon Sondland told The Wall Street Journal that Sondland told impeachment committee members that President Trump's dealings with Ukraine amounted to a quid pro quo. Sondland's lawyer, Robert Luskin, told the news outlet that Sondland revealed to House committees he thought that a meeting between Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky would only take place if the country agreed to investigate corruption allegations about his political rivals.

October 27 2019 Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time Reading 1 Sir 35:12-14, 16-18 The LORD is a God of justice, who knows no favorites. Though not unduly partial toward the weak, yet he hears the cry of the oppressed. The Lord is not deaf to the wail of the orphan, nor to the widow when she pours out her complaint. The one who serves God willingly is heard; his petition reaches the heavens. The prayer of the lowly pierces the clouds; it does not rest till it reaches its goal, nor will it withdraw till the Most High responds,...

PITTSBORO, N.C. (AP) — Police in North Carolina say they've arrested two people after a "physical altercation" at a protest over a Confederate statue slated to be removed. The Chatham County Sheriff's Office said Saturday it arrested Calvin James Megginson and Timothy James Osborn on charges related to the altercation. Both were released and are due in court next month. A pro-Confederate group is trying to stop removal of the statue, which has been stationed outside the county courthouse in Pittsboro since 1907.which has been stationed outside the county courthouse in Pittsboro since 1907.

This is CGI but I have been following the Boston Dynamics robots and their improvements. This is not far off in the future. A few years from now we will see these battle robots at this level. The book, 1984 was not supposed to be an instruction manual and neither was the Terminator movie. What would the deep state do with an army of these machines? Scary as he!! <---Click to view video

A parody about the treachery of the Clintons throughout the years and their ultimate political demise at the hands of Donald Trump. Sung to the tune of "The Wreck of the Edmond Fitzgerald".

Maniac globalist RINO primary challengers call for red flag laws, reinstatement of globalist deals, and implementation of carbon taxes Never Trump Republicans eager to challenge Trump in 2020 joined Politicon on Saturday to rant about how President Trump is a traitor posing a danger to the nation who must be arrested.GOP primary challengers Bill Weld, Joe Walsh, and Mark Sanford perpetuated the left’s debunked talking points about Trump’s Ukraine phone call, calling for him to be arrested and tried for treason.“He betrayed our elections!” Walsh, a former congressman, exclaimed. “If you don’t impeach him for that, you’re telling future presidents...

Smith continued, “He was going to get the entire senior intelligence service to hand in their resignations. Now, that doesn’t necessarily mean he was going to fire everyone. What it means, though, is he wanted everyone to prove what they were doing, that they were doing their jobs, they were doing good for the country, they weren’t wasting money, they weren’t wasting time, and they weren’t running operations like the one they ran against General Flynn.” “The intelligence community, at that point — what has correctly and colorfully became known as the deep state — they rose nearly as one...

The White House announced late Saturday that President Donald Trump will address the nation on Sunday after reports suggest ISIS founder Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was captured or killed by the United States. The president previewed the news on his Twitter account. “Something very big has just happened!” he wrote cryptically on his Twitter account. Something very big has just happened! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 27, 2019 The United States military conducted a special operations raid on Saturday against Bagdahdi, according to Newsweek, while a senior official said that Baghdadi had been killed. Other reporters on Twitter confirmed the...

Some great easy listening and big band sounds to open us up to joy and celebration. I look for the good and want to share it with you. Canada's election day Monday brought the election of an independent candidate in the Vancouver Granville riding.... And courtesy of "Ruptly" the pictures of Maria Butina on her way home to Russia..... "She served a ridiculously long sentence essentially for not filing the right paperwork. But now she is free...." Why do the Adam Schiff's and Marco Rubio's read from the same script when it comes to Russia... Angela Merkel may get things...

Translated from Arabic by Microsoft #عاجل- United States: A raid targeting ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi and killing him

The anonymous whistleblower who is at the center of impeachment inquiry is quietly slipping into the sidelines as Democrats say the individual’s testimony is no longer necessary. Meanwhile, Republicans have raised concerns over the lack of testimony from the whistleblower, saying that the individual’s testimony is required to ensure due process and fairness. The Washington Post reported on Thursday that several Democrats have said that they no longer need to hear from the whistleblower because they have gathered enough information from recent depositions obtained in secret hearings to back allegations against President Donald Trump. The report also said, citing a...

ASHINGTON - U.S. President Donald Trump plans to make a "major statement" at the White House at 9 a.m. EST (1300 GMT) on Sunday, White House spokesman Hogan Gidley said on Saturday. Gidley gave no further details.Earlier, Trump tweeted: "Something very big has just happened!" Trump has been under pressure over a Democratic-led impeachment inquiry and has faced stiff criticism for his U.S. troop withdrawal from Syria.