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More than a dozen civilians, including women and children, have been killed in Egypt's restive northern Sinai Peninsula over the past two weeks from explosive devices laid down in their homes by terrorists... Islamic State members attacked several villages in the town of Bir al-Abd in July, forcing people to flee their homes.... The ISIS members, however, had laid booby traps in several houses that killed at least 14 people, including six from the same family ... At least 10 others have been wounded since Oct. 12... The tribes of North Sinai have been heavily targeted by terrorists who view...

Jitarth Jadeja was already deep into conspiracy theories when he first heard of Q. One day in December 2017, he tuned into Infowars, the media outlet run by the conspiracy theorist Alex Jones. Two guests on the radio show were talking about the "calm before the storm," a reference to an absurd theory that President Donald Trump will soon wage a secret war against a cabal of Satan-worshiping pedophiles and a slew of other evildoers. It's one of the many tall tales believed by followers of the movement called QAnon, ranging from the false claim that the government created vaccines...

YouTube link only. Watch Joe Biden contradict himself on just about every important issue. Como TV has a few other videos that are also entertaining.

I believe President Trump will win. But I do have concerns about some states that could possibly go to Biden. I've been tinkering with the interactive electoral map at https://electoralvotemap.com and at the moment I think the final results could look like this: https://imgur.com/gallery/2rQZmrA I'm assuming WA, OR, CA and NV will go to Biden. But I'm hoping that NV or OR (if enough people sick of what's been happening Portland) will go for Trump. I am concerned about MN, WI, IA, NC. I think Trump needs to win two of these states to help ensure victory. What do you...

At least six Boko Haram militants were killed by Nigerian police in a gunfight as they attempted to take over a community in the northeastern state of Yobe... The police engaged the Boko Haram militants in a gunfight on Saturday, as they targeted Babangida town in Tarmuwa local government area of the state... The clash lasted for about three hours, during which some militants escaped with bullet wounds, while a policeman was killed and another injured... “The terrorists torched a vigilance group vehicle, they also destroyed part of the council secretariat, divisional police station and a military base ... the...

In one survey of grammarians, two words deemed to be among the most beautiful sounding in the English language were Agape and Philadelphia. The problem is that these actually are Greek. There also are many aphorisms in the English language that have become so familiar that one may not realize that their sources are in antiquity. Take for instance “Who will watch the watchers?”—which originally was a phrase of the Roman poet Juvenal (b. 55 AD). He also coined the expression “a sound mind in a sound body,” and in college we were not allowed to forget its Latinity, for...

EL PASO, TX—After Trump brought attention to the coyote epidemic at the southern border during the debates, Democrats on Twitter are offering unique solutions to the problem, such as setting up decoy roadrunners to distract the coyotes. "Everyone knows that a coyote's greatest nemesis is the roadrunner. That's just science," said AOC to reporters. "Trump has done nothing to stop the scourge of deadly coyotes smuggling innocent children into the concentration camps at the southern border. We need to do something with science to make it stop!" AOC and The Squad have partnered to promote legislation that would require large...

If you are an animal lover, hearing rescue stories about them might be one of your favorite things. Well, this one will surely tug at your heartstrings, as the feline protagonist in this story surprised his rescuers with something they never imagined they would discover. This is Cotton, a stray cat who had been living in the streets before Joe, the owner of the home where he was found, saw him wandering outside his house in Royal Palm Beach, Florida. He said the lost kitten came out of nowhere and started eating from the bowl of food that he prepared...

A right-wing offensive is underway to discredit social media companies just days before the election. What began as complaints about anti-conservative censorship by social media companies has now evolved into outright allegations of election interference, as high-ranking Republicans have accused online platforms of helping Democrats by way of their content moderation decisions. On Wednesday, the Senate Commerce Committee is set to grill the CEOs of Facebook (FB), Google (GOOG) and Twitter (TWTR) amid right-wing cries of partisanship and threats to change a critical law, known as Section 230, that protects the companies' ability to moderate content as they see fit....

Some 90% of all U.S. wells are now hydraulically fractured. Fracked wells in shale formations open up vast supplies of oil, natural gas and petroleum liquids that previously were locked up and inaccessible. Fracking conventional wells expands and prolongs production, leaving less energy in the ground. Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, AOC, the Democrat Party and U.S. environmentalists are determined to make climate change, the Green New Deal, and replacing fossil fuels with wind, solar, battery and biofuel power the centerpiece of their foreign and domestic policies. They would ban fracking outright – or price and restrict it out of existence...

A new review sifts through the evidence for and against hiking with poles Trekking poles elicit mixed feelings. Partway through a late-summer backpacking trip a few months ago, I realized I had become a trekking pole guy again. I’ve flirted with the concept before: I took a pair of borrowed poles on a 10-day hike in the northern Rockies 15 years ago, and bought a knock-off Leki pole in Kathmandu before a three-week trek in the Himalaya. But I’ve always been lukewarm about them. They feel fine, but I really like having my hands free for snacking, picture-taking, map-reading, scrambling,...

Praying and fasting with you this day for our nation as we seek to "Make America Great Again" with precious little time left on the play clock. May we seek with ALL our being and in ALL true sincerity the LORD ALMIGHTY to "Wake Up America Again" to Almighty God's ETERNAL RIGHTEOUS Word and to the ETERNAL saving grace of our Lord Jesus Christ; for that is indeed the TRUE calling from on High to every blood brought believer in this hour (John 17:17-26, 1 Cor. 2:2, 2 Cor. 5:17-21, Gal. 2:20, Eph. 1-2). For revival to start and to...

In the first day of early voting with the line stretching blocks outside the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections, Democratic vice presidential hopeful Kamala Harris stopped by to thank early voters. Harris, who made several campaign stops around Northeast Ohio on Saturday before a scheduled voter mobilization speech later in the afternoon, made an unexpected trip to the downtown office, the only early voting site that serves the 1.2 million people in the county. “Thank you for voting and voting early,” Harris said to the crowd, most of whom cheered. “Your vote is your voice, your voice is your vote....

Businesses and wealthy individuals are preparing for the potential for former Vice President Joe Biden to raise taxes if he wins the presidential election. **SNIP** Businesses interested in keeping their taxes as low as possible may be considering accelerating their income so it is subject to the current, lower rates but defer deductions until after any tax increases are enacted. Owners of pass-through businesses may be considering speeding up the sale of their assets or their companies in order to use the current capital gains tax rates. Tax and finance professionals said that some business owners have already started to...

Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) said on Saturday that she intends to vote to confirm Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court despite her objections to the process of taking up the nomination weeks before the election. Murkowski previously indicated that she wouldn’t support filling a Supreme Court vacancy before the election due to its proximity to Nov. 3 and a precedent that Republicans established in 2016 when considering President Barrack Obama’s Supreme Court nominee Merrick Garland. She said during a speech on the Senate floor during a rare Saturday session that while she still opposes the process, she does...

A MUST watch. This is how China is working with Biden/Dems to steal the election. https://youtu.be/Cjfp-CkTHuw

Aren’t weddings the absolute best? It’s a celebration of two people who love each other, where there are plenty of smiles and laughter, and for the two lovebirds, it’s also the most beautiful day of their lives. Justin Lunsford, a wounded veteran, was about to marry his spouse Carol Balmes and they were incredibly excited for their big day. One important aspect of the wedding ceremony for the groom is choosing who will be the best man, and this veteran already had a very special someone in mind. Lunsford chose his loyal service dog and best friend, Gabe, to be...

Spacecraft have relatively weak receivers, so you need to beam a strong radio signal to them. They also transmit relatively weak signals back. You need a large sensitive radio dish to capture the reply. For spacecraft beyond the orbit of Earth, this is done through the Deep Space Network (DSN), which is a collection of radio telescopes custom designed for the job. The DSN is already being pushed to its data limits... Human missions would require orders of magnitude more bandwidth. When we return to the Moon and place our first footsteps on Mars, we will want not only scientific...

The United States is sleepwalking into what could become the largest coronavirus outbreak of the pandemic so far. In the past week alone, as voters prepare to go to the ballot box, about one in every 1,000 Americans has tested positive for the virus, and about two in every 100,000 Americans have died of it. Today, the United States reported 73,103 new cases, the third-highest single-day total since the pandemic began, according to the COVID Tracking Project at The Atlantic.

Last weekend, my husband and I were praying aloud while walking on the beach. As he recited a Rosary prayer with the word’s “eternal life,” I suddenly proclaimed, “I just got a ding.” All except my most loyal readers are unfamiliar with this “scholarly,” “theological” term that I first explained in Vol. 22. “Ding” is the moment when I receive and “feel called” to write about that specific topic or verse for this Bible Study. I consider “dings” a Divine blessing since readers tell me how these studies impact their faith. My husband is also blessed because he frequently “rings the ding”...