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Armed with a main battery of 16-inch guns that could hit targets nearly 24 miles away with a variety of artillery shells, the Iowa-class were among the most heavily armed U.S. military ships ever put to see. The battleships’ main battery consisted of nine 16″/50 caliber Mark 7 guns in three-gun turrets, which could fire 2,700-pound (1,225 kg) armor-piercing shells some 23 miles (42.6 km). Secondary batteries consisted of twenty 5″/38 caliber guns mounted in twin-gun dual-purpose (DP) turrets, which could hit targets up to 9 miles (16.7 km) away.

Google is weaning itself off user-tracking "cookies" which allow the web giant to deliver personalized ads but which also have raised the hackles of privacy defenders. "There is a machine learning black box that is going to take in every bit of everything you have even done in your browser and spit out a label that says you are this kind of person," Cyphers said. "Advertisers are going to decode what those labels mean." He expected advertisers to eventually deduce which labels include certain ages, genders or races, and which are people prone to extreme political views.

Democratic lawmakers say the threat of domestic extremism remains high almost one month after protesters stormed the U.S. Capitol. With six floors, 600 rooms and 1.5 million square feet, the U.S. Capitol Building is vast – and a challenge to adequately secure. The major debate in security circles right now is whether it’s best to protect the Capitol with high fences, gates and a visible police force, or protect it from the inside by dominating the points of entry. Capitol Police have proposed high, permanent fencing around the Capitol grounds. The idea is opposed by DC’s Mayor and members of...

Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds on Friday signed an order which rolled back COVID-19 restrictions, lifting the state's mask mandate and capacity limits in bars and restaurants. The conservative lawmaker 'strongly encouraged' residents with medical conditions and those over the age of 65 to limit activities outside of the home as she signed a new Public Health Disaster proclamation to ease existing public health measures from Sunday. As well as ending the requirement for masks in public spaces, the order lifts the capacity limit of 15 people for indoor gatherings and 30 people for outdoor gatherings across the state.

Rep. Maxine Waters claims former President Donald Trump should face premeditated murder charges for his alleged role in the Capitol riots last month. The startling accusation came during an interview between the California Democrat and MSNBC host Joy Reid. Waters began the segment by stating without evidence that Trump “had advance planning” of the invasion on the Capitol. “There’s information that some of the planning came out of individuals working in his campaign,” she continued. “As a matter of fact, he absolutely should be charged with premeditated murder because of the lives that were lost with this invasion, with this...

It is hard to imagine a worse start to a presidency than Joe Biden signing 42 executive orders in a fenced-in Washington D.C. The inauguration showed a strong military presence, but few actual citizens. This presidency bears no resemblance to democracy. None at all. And now, with the stroke of a pen, Biden has alienated American Catholics and other Christians who hold strong values about life. When asked about the abortion policies of the new administration, White House press secretary Jen Psaki responded that Biden is a devout Catholic who had gone to Mass on inauguration day. Yet, one week...

Oakland police have identified a person of interest who was wanted for a series of recent violent attacks in the city's Chinatown. Police did not name the person of interest. But sources told KTVU that Yahya Muslim, 28, has been implicated in three shoving attacks near 8th and Harrison streets on Jan. 31.

What does the recent vote keeping Liz Cheney in her leadership role among House Republicans mean? It means that the Republican Party may try to claim unity around establishment ideas, but it also means they are not serious about representing the interests of Republican voters. Despite reports of a possible loss, Cheney retained her leadership role among Republicans in the House of Representatives. But what does Cheney “represent”? What issues have she and Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, who backed her in the vote, led on? What issues are they passionate about? Every establishment Republican has this same problem. What do...

Though they might not want you to know, there was a time when liberals considered it noble to question presidential election results. In fact, HBO made a whole movie about it, 2008's Recount.

Emerald Robinson tweets: The corporate media: "People who say there was a shadow campaign to rig the 2020 election are conspiracy theorists!" Time Magazine: "Read our story on the shadow campaign to rig the 2020 election!"She’s referring to the most astonishing story of the week, Molly Ball’s article in Time: ”The Secret History of the Shadow Campaign that saved the 2020 election,” a sordid tale of how Big Tech, BLM, organized labor and big business, particularly the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, colluded to defeat Donald J. Trump’s reelection. The participants justified their behavior as “saving democracy.” Was this a “modified...

America’s foreign policy establishment just received a massive jolt of energy from the new Biden administration. Unlike his predecessor, who waged a bitter but largely ineffective campaign against America’s permanent bureaucracy, Biden’s statements and cabinet picks have sent a clear message. America is back – to a foreign policy dominated by the same Washington insiders who have enabled decades of bipartisan military adventurism and reckless nation-building.As of now, Biden has no effective opponents. While the Trump presidency breathed new life into non-interventionist sentiments on the right, most Republicans still believe that fixing the world is America’s job. If conservatives want...

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.. " H E R E A M . I , S E N D M E !" . ISAIAH 6 New International Version, emphases added Abrdgd: the complete text is in your Bible . C L I C K : To read ISAIAH 6 in full To hear MAX McLEAN reading it To hear a DRAMATIZATION of it HIGHLY recommended by Maudeen! To see an ANIMATION of Isaiah 7 3 9 B. C. . .. CHAPTER 6 1 In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord, high and exalted, seated on a throne; and the train...

Jason Miller, a senior adviser to former President Donald Trump, revealed on Saturday that the former president is considering launching his own social media platform in the not-too-distant future. * * * If Trump seeks to build his own platform, that would be a massive undertaking and require lots of investment and technological infrastructure. But with his personality and supporters—75 million Americans voted for him in 2020, the most votes a sitting president has ever gotten in history—fueling it, it could end up being successful.

“The Lord is righteous in all His ways” (Psalm 145:17). God’s holiness is evident in everything He does, particularly in creation, the law, judgment, and salvation. The whole purpose of the Old Testament is to reveal the holiness and righteousness of God, who is utterly perfect and pure. In fact, the Hebrew word for “holy” is used more than 600 times in the Old Testament to indicate moral perfection. What are some areas in which we see God’s holiness? First, we see it in the original perfection of His creation: “God saw all that He had made, and behold, it...

Princess Anne has shared a glimpse of her very suburban living-room filled with sweet family photos and dozens of books and trinkets at her Gatcombe Park home in Gloucestershire. The Princess Royal, 70, who is patron of Scottish Rugby, shared a photo as she cheered the Scottish Rugby team who won the Calcutta Cup yesterday after beating England 6-11. In a snap shared on the Royal Family official Instagram account, the Queen's only daughter relaxed in a modern cosy lounge full of family photos, beautiful paintings, books and trinkets with her husband Vice Admiral Sir Timothy Laurence.

It’s just the flu, bro. https://www.texastribune.org/2021/01/26/texas-greg-abbott-coronavirus-liability/ This is over a week old but it is good to see Abbott pushing for legislation in Texas that will make it much more difficult to sue businesses as a result of them exposing people to Coronavirus. Big Pharma has and Big Medicine has done extremely well feeding off of the government teat. Big Legal is desperately wanting to get a piece of these Coronavirus lawsuits - hopefully this won’t happen. - Personal fulfillment can come from many sources and the strong desire to achieve it has driven many people to do great things....

Since the day he announced his run for president in 2015, Donald Trump has been treated horribly by his media and political opponents, both in the Republican and Democratic parties. No political candidate has ever received such terrible media coverage or such abuse from political insiders. Despite the unfair onslaught, he was elected president in 2016. Of course, his enemies were just beginning as the Russia hoax led to a two-year, $35 million Special Counsel investigation led by partisan Democratic attorneys. It was followed by an impeachment over bogus charges involving a perfectly acceptable phone call with the Ukrainian President....

Your neighbor legitimately deserves your thanks for helping on snow duty, but how much thanks? Oh, heck no. The Trumpites next door to our pandemic getaway, who seem as devoted to the ex-president as you can get without being Q fans, just plowed our driveway without being asked and did a great job. How am I going to resist demands for unity in the face of this act of aggressive niceness? Of course, on some level, I realize I owe them thanks — and, man, it really looks like the guy back-dragged the driveway like a pro — but...

“No one does [play fair] if they think they can get away with it.” – Cheshire Cat, Alice in WonderlandDetroit area weather today: frigid cold with snow followed by more frigid cold.Snow along the Detroit Riverfront, Renaissance Center and TCF Center in backgroundAnd in other news from Detroit…after posting video of Election Night Fraud in Detroit it looks like Jim Hoft has been permanently banned from the Tweety Bird:Twitter has permanently suspended the account of Jim Hoft, founder of the popular conservative website The Gateway Pundit, for reportedly violating the social media giant's "civic integrity policy."“Civic integrity policy” – really?...