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A fw of us have been posting scenic photographs and I decided to start a thread dedicated to beautiful scenes, inspiritional words, and basically peace and quiet. Perhaps a useful mini-vacation, mental health break, in the midst of crazy times.

Cambridge, Massachusetts has redefined domestic partnerships to give relationships involving more than two people the same rights as a married couple. Home to Harvard University, Cambridge is the second city in the state, after its neighbor Sommerville, legally to recognize polyamory. During a March 8 meeting, the Cambridge city council voted to redefine “domestic partnerships,” which previously had been defined as two unmarried people living together. The new definition broadens the definition to “two or more persons” not related by blood who “are in a relationship of mutual support, caring and commitment and intend to remain in such a relationship”...

Our Troops Rock! Thank you for all you do! For the freedom you enjoyed yesterday... Thank the Veterans who served in The United States Armed Forces. Looking forward to tomorrow's freedom? Support The United States Armed Forces Today! ~ Hall of Heroes ~Charles F. Carey, Jr. Info from here. Charles F. Carey, Jr. (died January 9, 1945) was a United States Army soldier and a recipient of the United States military's highest decoration—the Medal of Honor for his actions in World War II. Carey joined the Army from Cheyenne, Wyoming, and by January 8, 1945 was serving as a...

Democrats said Sunday that the shootings last week at spas in Atlanta, which left eight people dead, six of whom were Asian American, were hate crimes that demanded federal charges. "We all know hate when we see it," Sen. Raphael Warnock said. The shootings stirred up increased fear and anger in Asian American communities at a time when anti-Asian American hate incidents have spiked during the coronavirus pandemic. Democrats, local officials and community advocates have pushed law enforcement agencies to characterize the killings as a hate crime. Speaking in Atlanta last week, President Biden said many Asian Americans have "been...

The Walking Dead: Season 10 episode 20 "Splinter"

The entire Georgetown team took a knee before their NCAA Tournament game against Colorado, then proceeded to get blown off of the court. During the national anthem for the Saturday matchup, every member of the Hoyas took a knee while Colorado stood with pride.

Is it Legal for Elected US Officials to Sabotage America Into Forced Collapse? Why do Dems Sabotage The USA? Which direction are Dems pushing USA towards, by what policies, and to what purpose? Further—Do Democrats have a constitutional right to deploy ruinous policies to purposefully lead to failure? Biden public policy changes reveal many disastrous choices implemented by Democrats. Understand these same powerful elites privately boast America will “fail upwards” into socialism.

A tract of a gas pipeline in eastern Venezuela suffered an explosion on Saturday afternoon, according to a report from state oil company PDVSA seen by Reuters, an incident the country’s oil minister blamed on an attack. The explosion at the 36-inch pipeline providing natural gas to the Pigap II gas reinjection plant in northern Monagas state prompted PDVSA to temporarily shut the plant in order to halt the flames and evaluate the damages to the pipeline, according to the report. Oil Minister Tareck El Aissami in a brief statement on state television late on Saturday called the incident a...

Video shows man hurl 2 grenades at Taipei hostess bar 3 injured after assailant threw homemade explosive devices at entrance to Linsen North road hostess club By Keoni Everington, Taiwan News, Staff Writer 2021/03/18 13:19 TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Three people were injured after a man on Wednesday (March 17) threw two improvised explosive devices at the entrance to a hostess club in Taipei's red-light district. At around 8 p.m. on Wednesday evening, a man dressed in black suddenly stormed in front of the Royal International Club, a hostess bar on Linsen North Road in Taipei's Zhongshan District. He quickly...

ROARING SPRING, PA. — When the Appvion Inc. paper mill plant shuts its doors for good in two weeks, putting 293 people out of work, it will mark the first significant manufacturing loss in this state since President Biden took office. “We were all completely blindsided,” said state Sen. Judy Ward, who claims she and other local officials had no hint that the plant, founded in 1866, was in danger of shuttering. Mitchell Becker, president of the local branch of United Steelworkers, the union that endorsed Biden for president, said he thought his job — which he’s kept for 25...

DALY CITY, Calif. (KRON) — Police say a 69-year-old Asian woman was attacked and robbed Thursday afternoon in Daly City. It happened in a residential neighborhood just off of 280.

(Reuters) - Beleaguered casino operator Crown Resorts Ltd said on Monday it received a buyout offer from private equity company Blackstone Group Inc that values the company at A$8.02 billion ($6.19 billion). The offer was priced at A$11.85 per share, a premium of 20.2% to Crown's closing price of A$9.86 on Friday. Blackstone currently has a 10% stake in Crown which it bought from Macau's Melco Resorts & Entertainment Ltd in April last year, making it the second-largest holder in Crown after the company's billionaire founder James Packer.

A week ago, health department officials ordered a Baltimore-based megachurch to close its doors over coronavirus-related violations... Since then, however, operations at Greater Grace World Outreach Church in Northeast Baltimore’s Frankford neighborhood have largely carried on as normal... On Wednesday, Baltimore police stopped by with health officials, but a service that night carried on to its conclusion. All was quiet Sunday morning, with no police presence. About a hundred worshippers at a time gathered inside the church for Sunday services, and many did not wear masks. One section of the church was roped off for social distancing and mask-wearing, and...

Explanation: No one knew that 2,000 years ago, the technology existed to build such a device. The Antikythera mechanism, pictured, is now widely regarded as the first computer. Found at the bottom of the sea aboard a decaying Greek ship, its complexity prompted decades of study, and even today some of its functions likely remain unknown. X-ray images of the device, however, have confirmed that a main function of its numerous clock-like wheels and gears is to create a portable, hand-cranked, Earth-centered, orrery of the sky, predicting future star and planet locations as well as lunar and solar eclipses. The...

The pastor of a Korean church in the Atlanta area said he plans to tell his congregation “it’s time for us to act” when he delivers his sermon on the first Sunday after a 21-year-old man, Robert Aaron Long, was charged with killing eight people at three massage parlors in the vicinity of the church. Christians should “not just pray, not just worry … it’s time for us to act,” the Rev. Byeong Han of Korean Central Presbyterian Church in Atlanta, told The Associated Press. “I’m going to urge people with love and peace that we need to step up...

A sharp increase in militant attacks in Mozambique's northern province of Cabo Delgado has forced the government to reassess its strategy against the Islamist insurgency. It has invited in US military advisers to support its own armed forces in the conflict. What is the role of US forces? The agreement between the Mozambican and US governments is for American soldiers to train local forces fighting the al-Shabaab militia - believed to have links to the wider Islamic state group (IS). "US special operations forces... will support Mozambique's efforts to prevent the spread of terrorism and violent extremism," the US embassy...

Biden Falls on Stairs (with a twist)Rumble: https://rumble.com/vew24v-biden-falls-on-stairs.htmlYouTube: https://youtu.be/HocaxFHTx40Bitchute: https://www.bitchute.com/video/d1UZ69fGl5IG/

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – Pittsburgh police said a 12-year-old boy was stabbed inside a McDonald’s in Downtown Pittsburgh Saturday afternoon. Police said they arrested 51-year-old Charles Edward Turner in connection with the stabbing. He’s facing several charges, including criminal attempted homicide. The child was transported to the hospital in critical condition. A criminal complaint states that a doctor upgraded his condition to stable. It also said a black and yellow box cutter was recovered from the scene and a piece of razor blade that broke off the box cutter was recovered where the stabbing happened. “It’s really quite a tragic thing...

There are people today, including myself, that wonder why we’re still here. After all, Jesus, Paul, James, John, Peter and other prophets gave us signs to look for, and every one of them, except for the Rapture and the appearance of the antichrist, are here right now. (all emphasis mine) The Ezekiel coalition has been formed for the first time in history, and God has made sure that Russia, Iran and Turkey are in desperate need of resources to survive. Then, there sits tiny Israel with all those natural gas and oil reserves, and they appear ripe for the picking....

“The increased power of the press is so dangerous today because we are very close to one-party control of these institutions,” Silberman warned. “Our court was once concerned about the institutional consolidation of the press leading to a ‘bland and homogenous’ marketplace of ideas. It turns out that ideological consolidation of the press (helped along by economic consolidation) is the far greater threat. “Although the bias against the Republican Party—not just controversial individuals—is rather shocking today, this is not new; it is a long-term, secular trend going back at least to the ’70s. (I do not mean to defend or...