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Did you remember to mow the roof? It's not exactly a common question for homeowners, but that's what makes this earth-sheltered residence in Baker, WV, so distinctive. The 1,836-square-foot home is a Terra Dome structure topped with a grass roof. For a buyer who loves lawn care, the home is on the market for $289,900. “It was built as a retreat house, which is very energy-efficient and very safe,” says listing agent Adam Shively. “The walls are 10-inch reinforced concrete, and the ceiling is a dome. Basically, you excavate the hillside and then you cover it back up and the...

There’s good reason to see the Paramount blockbuster film 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi. It’s the true story of a group of six former US military private security contractors who fight with awe inspiring bravery and professionalism to save the lives of their fellow Americans during the September 11-12, 2012 terrorist attacks on the American diplomatic compound and a CIA base (known as the Annex) in Benghazi, Libya. In a battle that eventually took on the feel of a small scale Alamo — odds against them may have been higher than 10 to 1 — they steadfastly stuck...

The Amy Coney Barrett Circus Is Going to Be SpectacularHappy Monday, my Kruiser Morning Briefing compadres. This week is going to be just oozing Kumbaya, don’t you think? Last week I mentioned to my colleagues in a private chat that I’ve been waiting for President Trump to nominate Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court like a kid waits for Christmas. In a year like this, one has to really savor the enjoyable moments. There was much savoring to be done this past Saturday and — even though I know the Democrats are going to be extremely awful going forward...

Our nation needs the power of prayer more than ever. In times of crisis, Catholics turn instinctively to the Mother of God to heal our wounds. Now, we can all do our part in this national effort by praying the Novena to the Mother of God for the Nation. In this powerful supplication, our voices speak as one asking Mary’s intercession to unite us as one nation under God. It reminds us of the central truths of our faith, Mary’s unique role in our salvation, and our complete confidence in her ability to help her children on Earth overcome adversity.

The fall-out from a racially charged deadly shooting in Omaha now finds the Nebraska Democratic Party aiming some tough talk at one of its own long-respected members: Douglas County Attorney Don Kleine.

President Trump and Democratic Presidential nominee Joe Biden will not shake hands at their first debate next week in Ohio due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, campaign sources told Politico. The move is one of several adjustments the campaigns are ironing out to comply with social distances guidelines. An elbow-bump was considered but both campaigns decided that it would awkward.

Pope Francis Will Not Receive Pompeo in His Visit to Italy According to experts, relations between the Vatican and the U.S. have experienced an extraordinary hardening in recent days Pope Francis Sunday announced that he will not receive the U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, who will visit Italy next week, because "that could influence the U.S. election campaign." RELATED:Pope Francis Demands To Reduce Sanctions Against Countries Although in October 2019, The Pope received Pompeo at the Vatican, the Holiness assured that "on this occasion, I will not meet with political personalities amid electoral campaigns to avoid any kind of...

The Southern Disunionists are exercising a good deal of prudence in their plans and projects for carrying their schemes into execution. They evince very little of that headlong zeal which has sometimes characterized them. They are not disposed to rush to arms instantly and wage a war of extermination upon the North as they have at times threatened to do hitherto -- but are suggesting various modes of accomplishing their object, with a view of selecting the one which shall involve least risk. Part are opposed to any one State seceding alone. Some want one State to take the lead,...

Our new trafalgar_group #2020Election #MISen #BattlegroundState #poll conducted Sept 23-25 shows James leading by an inch: 47.3% @JohnJamesMI, 47.2% @GaryPeters, 1.8% Other, 3.7% Und.

Politico sounds very worried while simultaneously trying to project not very convincingly that there is no real need for concern over the fact that for the first 26 days of September, Joe Biden has taken 11 "lid" days, i.e. done no campaigning. It is almost as if they are trying to convince themselves of this as much as they are their readers in Friday's worry bead article by Christopher Cadelago and Marc Caputo, "When Biden calls a 'lid,' Democrats wet the bed — and Trump starts mocking." Judging from the tenor of the article, perhaps the authors themselves could be...

America stands in crisis today with urban rioting and political division. The crisis in America is at root a crisis in our educational system. As President Abraham Lincoln once said, "the philosophy of the school room in one generation with be the philosophy of government in the next." Taking Lincoln's quote forward 150 years, the theories of structural racism, critical race theory, Marxism, gender theory, revisionist history, queer theory, etc., are rapidly coming to bare in America's streets and the halls of government. The crisis in education has two facets: a crisis in civics and a crisis in science, technology,...

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s death leaves an opening for the Republican president and Republican Senate to replacing a notorious pro-abortion, arch-liberal Supreme Court justice with a rock-ribbed, unflinching defender of young souls in utero. Donald Trump and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell have made plain their intention to fill the vacated seat. Nothing short of a meteorite crashing into the Capitol dome will stop the President’s nominee from being confirmed. McConnell has herded the votes; Trump is giving no quarter to courtesies like making the pick contingent on November’s electoral outcome. Before the country enters a conservative counterpoise to the...

Pray For the Peace of Jerusalem Lambs, Sheep, and Shepherds. Genesis 40 The Cupbearer and the Baker 40 Some time later, the cupbearer and the baker of the king of Egypt offended their master, the king of Egypt. 2 Pharaoh was angry with his two officials, the chief cupbearer and the chief baker, 3 and put them in custody in the house of the captain of the guard, in the same prison where Joseph was confined. 4 The captain of the guard assigned them to Joseph, and he attended them. After they had been in custody for some time, 5 each of the two...

Did anybody else out there see Showtime's "The Comey Rule" last night? I did. There is a lot to criticize but the thing that stood out for me (and also surprised me) was the fact that the show painted Carter Page as a possible Russian agent without any followup showing that he was a CIA asset on our side. Plus they had FBI agent Priestap calling him a "dope." I saw both parts last night and this happened in Part I. Since I briefly dozed off while watching Part II (both parts available last night) I might have missed it...

We need to stay focused! This election is for the whole ball of wax. All of world history will be affected by this election. Whether we stay a Republic or China owns us forever! Whether the deep state wins or gets exposed! And know this....this election will end up in the courts! The left will assure that this happens. We will need a 9 member court to keep them from stealing it! We actually need Barrett to be confirmed before all this election rulings make their way to SCOTUS in next few weeks. We should not trust the left/dems one...

Eminent law professor David Flint is among four Australian law professors who are nominating US President Donald Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize on the basis of the “Trump Doctrine”. Only members of a national parliament or law professors are able to nominate others for the Nobel Peace Prize with President Trump already receiving two nominations for his promotion of peace in the Middle-East.

We are within a day of the debate between Joe Biden and President Trump, yet there is still a substantial amount of skepticism that such an event will come up. Talk show host Rush Limbaugh has gone on record saying Biden will back out.What is clear is that Biden has been doing nothing except preparing for this debate, with his campaign putting a “lid” on his appearances early every morning. He’s done with his day before most teenagers and welfare recipients are even getting up.I can imagine what prepping Biden was like for his staff. If you’ve seen Monty Python...

POTUS, Donald J. Trump will host massive Protest/Rallies in Duluth, MN, 09/30/202, Sanford, FL, 10/02/2020 & the monster one in Staten Island, NYC, NY, 10/03/20. Be there!!! Yes...Trumpies, New York State is in play for Trump!!! So, New York, Connecticut, New Jersey, Pennsylvania Trump folks, get them butts of yours in moving, motion gear and trek over to Staten Island, NYC, NY to the sweet tune and sight of 100,000 plus Trumpies at this gala rally/protest, for POTUS, DJT!!! Go, Trump, Go, Pence, Go, GOP!!! Help us destroy the entire Traitor/Turncoat, Democrat Party politically forever!!!

Small number of ballots this morning. Larger numbers later in the week. Here are the RETURNED Florida VBM numbers for 2020 (these are returned ballots but not yet counted). <1% of VBM ballots have been returned at this point. <1% of REP ballots have been returned and <1% of DEM ballots have been returned. 09/28/20: REPs - 2,272, DEMs - 3,555, lead of 1,283 for DEMs, 47.7% to 30.5% 09/27/20: REPs - 2,165, DEMs - 3,411, lead of 1,246 for DEMs, 47.9% to 30.4% 09/26/20: REPs - 1,983, DEMs - 3,184, lead of 1,201 for DEMs, 48.2% to 30.0% 09/25/20:...

On July 2, 1986, many years before the ever-frail and stumbling Joe Biden lost control of his mental capacity to deliver coherent sentences, Biden spoke at the 77th Annual NAACP Convention. In that commencement address, he did not forget the location where he was speaking, nor did he lose his train of thought as he struggled to keep up with the words on the teleprompter. The speech did, however, encapsulate Biden’s deep history of race baiting, his tenuous record with the truth, and his ability to embellish his personal history for political gain. Biden began his speech by proclaiming to...