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When the Bible says that mankind was created “in the image of God” we gain from that an understanding of our capabilities. We also learn about the inherent worth of human life. What is a person worth? Ninety-nine percent of a human body consists of six elements: oxygen, carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, calcium, and phosphorus. The remaining one percent consists of minor elements and trace elements. If you purchased these chemicals on the market, you would have to spend a bit more than $100. Most of us believe people are worth more than $100. Yet not everyone. The Nazis considered Jews,...

CITY? Suburb? Seaside? Howard Beach has something of each. Though it's part of Queens, this neighborhood has a suburban seclusion, hemmed in as it is by the John F. Kennedy International Airport and the marshlands of Jamaica Bay. Driveways hold motorboats as well as cars, and anchors occasionally turn up as lawn ornaments. In many ways, Howard Beach is a coastal community, with a fair amount of waterfront and waterview property along with some of the most elaborate homes in South Queens. ''Howard Beach is positioned phenomenally within the boroughs,'' said Art Beroff, an investment banker who is a member...

The Harris County Toll Road Authority plans to take a three-week pause in construction on the new Houston Ship Channel Bridge along the Sam Houston Tollway so engineers can agree on a solution to a possible design flaw found nearly 20 months into the project. The $1 billion bridge — the costliest infrastructure project in the county’s history — was designed by the Dallas office of FIGG Bridge Group. The company, based in Florida, came under scrutiny when its Tallahassee office designed a pedestrian bridge that collapsed in February 2018 at Florida International University, killing six. FIGG and its consultants...

Former South Bend, Indiana Mayor Pete Buttigieg has repeatedly said those who support President Donald Trump are racist. CNN's Jake Tapper on Sunday asked Buttigieg if he regretted making those comments. "Republicans have been seizing, including in a new Trump ad, a statement you made that 'Anyone who supported this president is, at best, looking the other way on racism.' You've also said that on my show," Tapper explained. "That's almost 63 million Americans who you're painting with a pretty broad brush. Do you regret saying that at all?" Buttigieg didn't hesitate before he responded. "No. I'm very concerned about...

An Iowa father was surprised to learn that he no longer has access to his daughter's medical records, prompting a local television station to investigate. In a report from KCRG-TV, Kevin Christians says he received a letter from the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics that informed him once his daughter turned 12, Christians would not be allowed to view her medical records without her consent. "We believe that children at this age should take a more active role in their own health care and have a choice to keep some information private," the letter says. Though the letter offers...

Polygamy, which was common in the ancient world, has recently reemerged as a trending and hotly-debated topic. Popular TV shows such as Sister Wives and My Five Wives, along with our culture’s evolving definition of marriage, have reintroduced polygamy as a topic up for discussion. For Christians, this means an important question must be answered — why does God allow polygamy in the Old Testament, and what does that mean for us today?Bible teacher and speaker Allen Parr helps us answer this question in his video titled, Does God Support Polygamy? In the video, Parr breaks down both the unique...

January is both Human Trafficking Awareness Month and Sanctity of Human Life Month. These issues have more in common than people may realize. Across numerous global studies of sex-trafficking survivors, abortion is a consistent part of the story. Both abortion and sex-trafficking are businesses that exploit women, sometimes in tandem as organizations such as Planned Parenthood enable the abuse for profit. And both are an affront to human dignity. Pimps Use Abortion to Maximize Profits The risk of pregnancy is part of the sex-trafficking industry. Pimps and sex-traffickers are most concerned with profits, so when their victims become pregnant, they...

Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby and Archbishop of York John Sentamu have apologized for a decree issued by the Church of England which said that only heterosexual married couples should have sex and that sex in gay or straight civil partnerships “falls short of God’s purpose for human beings according to scriptural teachings.” “We as Archbishops, alongside the bishops of the Church of England, apologize and take responsibility for releasing a statement last week which we acknowledge has jeopardised trust,” the archbishops said in a statement, according to Belfast Telegraph. “We are very sorry and recognize the division and hurt...

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After claiming they'd cleaned up their act, the Democratic National Committee has done it again: Rigged its own nominating process to keep Bernie Sanders off the Democratic ticket for president. They did that in the last election, putting a thumb on the scale for Hillary Clinton over Bernie Sanders, and after that ugly behavior got out, they took great pains to assure would never happen again. But here we are, with this report from Politico: The Democratic National Committee is drastically revising its criteria to participate in primary debates after New Hampshire, doubling the polling threshold and eliminating the individual donor requirement,...

Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg said that the social media giant will continue to support free expression and encrypted content on its platform in a new interview. "This is the new approach, and I think it's going to piss off a lot of people. But frankly, the old approach was pissing off a lot of people too, so let's try something different," Zuckerberg said Friday at the Silicon Slopes Tech Summit in Utah, CNN reported. "Increasingly we're getting called to censor a lot of different kinds of content that makes me really uncomfortable," Zuckerberg continued. Zuckerberg said the company's...

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Looks like I’m going to start in on the popcorn hours before kickoff. JOHN adds: Mike Cernovich claims to have the Register poll results that were quashed. They were bound to leak. I haven’t gone back to check against past Register polls, but the salient point would seem to be Biden sinking like a stone: Mike Cernovich ✔ @Cernovich Des Moines Iowa poll was spiked, here are the results: Sanders: 22% Warren: 18% Buttigieg: 16% Biden: 13% 2,938 10:06 PM - Feb 1, 2020 Twitter Ads info and privacy 1,304 people are talking about this

President Trump is emerging from the four-month impeachment process with little sign of damage to his political standing, even though a majority of voters believes he carried out the acts that House Democrats charge in their articles of impeachment, a new Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll finds. Some 46% of voters in the survey said the Senate should remove Mr. Trump from office at the end of the impeachment trial, while 49% said he should serve out his term. snip Mr. Trump’s job approval in the January poll stood at 46%, with 51% disapproving, in line with results throughout the...

by Jenn Foster Is 2020 shaping up to be the year that celebrities let their MAGA pride flag fly for all to see -- liberal snowflakes be damned? After Joy Villa wowed everyone in her pro-Trump dress at the Grammy Awards this past weekend, Frank Clark, defensive end for the Kansas City Chiefs, wore some Trump swag of his own during a Super Bowl press conference. The big moment went viral on social media Thursday when Benny Johnson shared footage of the moment on Twitter. Take a look: Needless to say, Clark's good natured swag caused a mass triggering of...

Democrats PANIC As Democrat Voters Vow To Vote Trump, The "Never Bernie" Movement Taking Over. Establishment Democrats and big ticket Donors are panicking as the "Never Bernie" movement starts to become a thing. The strange conundrum facing Democrats is that no matter which primary candidate loses a decent portion of their base will defect to the Republicans and Donald Trump. Yang voters might vote Trump or just sit it out if he loses the primary. Bernie voters are already warning that only Bernie can defeat Trump while the "Never Bernie" Democrats state they will either not vote or support Trump...

Live thread predicting the next BOMBSHELL from the Dems to affect the impeachment vote. We all know it’s coming. Graham, Cruz and others have predicted it so what will it be?

Harry Harrison, one of the legendary "Good Guys" of New York AM rock and roll radio, then later a member of talk radio's so-called "All Americans," has died. His death was announced on WCBS/101.1 FM, where Harrison ended his career, with a posting on its website which read: "Today we say so long to former American radio personality WCBS-FM and 'Jack' FM DJ Harry Harrison. FeetHe has passed away at 89 years old after battling health issues." Over a 40-year span in New York, Harrison was once as familiar as the first cup of coffee or the drive to work. His "Good Guy" moniker...

The Santa Clara Public Health Department said Sunday that a second case of coronavirus in the Bay Area and the ninth in the United States has been confirmed.

There are currently 16,768 confirmed cases worldwide, including 361 fatalities