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Skyquakes are enigmatic sounds, described like an explosive boom rumbling in the distance, reported all around the world. And now even geologists are trying to find out what’s behind this mysterious phenomenon… In India they are called Barisal Guns; in Japan they are the Uminari; in the Netherlands and Belgium they’re called Mistpoeffers; in Italy, the Lagoni, as they are supposedly associated with lakes, and in the Philippines they are called Retumbos. They’re also reported in Iran, Australia, Ireland, Scotland, Germany and many sites along the United States’ eastern coast, where they often seem to be coming from way offshore....

In the summer of 1972, Alice Cooper and David Bowie blared from the radio as the country prepared itself for a presidential election later that year. (Incumbent Richard Nixon trounced George McGovern, the South Dakota Senator.) In the San Fernando Valley, teens and people in their early 20s were cruising up and down Van Nuys Boulevard, then they parked and hung out. Photographer Rick McCloskey, who grew up in the Valley, took his camera and chronicled the scene.

The Infratest dimap survey shows the CDU in the lead at 36% support, with the AfD in second place at 22.5%. The Left garnered 11% of the vote, while the Social Democratic Party brought in 8.5%. The Greens and Free Democratic Party both garnered 6.5% support respectively. "This is quite a remarkable victory for Angela Merkel's CDU party, which has gained a whopping 6%," DW chief political editor Michaela Küfner said of the exit poll, but noted that the actual results may differ. "It means the AfD's rise has been halted," she added.

Israel’s new government is facing a crisis of legitimacy as a prime minister whose party won only 6% of the vote is set to take the reins of government, while the party that won the most votes is being pushed out of office and into opposition. The crisis is exacerbated by the fact that incoming Prime Minister Naftali Bennett of the Yamina party betrayed most of his promises to his voters, including a pledge not to govern with Yair Lapid of the Yesh Atid party, or with Arab parties. There are parallel to the 2020 election in the U.S. Though...

It’s still hard to believe that as one of his first acts as president, Joe Biden shut down the Keystone XL Pipeline, killing thousands of good American jobs in the process.Just think of all the American families whose lives came to a halt instantly, wondering how they would pay for their homes, cars and education for their children.States started suing almost immediately and some new states have joined the effort, bringing the total to over twenty. Two more states sue Biden administration over Keystone XL pipeline, bringing total to 23 Two more attorneys general have announced their respective states are...

California priest: Pope Francis ‘spreads … confusion like a virus’He also lashed out at the President: ‘A good example of hypocrisy would be Joe Biden. He says he is a good Catholic, but he’s the opposite.’GUASTI, California, June 4, 2021 (LifeSiteNews) — A Norbertine priest from Orange County, California, pulled no punches in his Pentecost homily, blasting the reign of falsehoods in Church and society, including by leaders such as Pope Francis and President Joe Biden.Fr. Francis Gloudeman explained that a falsehood can be identified by causing confusion. “A prime example of that would be Pope Francis,” the priest said....

As fast as it started it ended, and could start all over again. A short few weeks ago, Israel was under attack from rocket barrages fired by terrorists in Gaza, Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ), two terror groups whose goal is to destroy Israel. In addition to terror, they use hateful lies and rhetoric, and prey on the ignorance of millions around the world who believe their lies. But make no bones about it, they are not just speaking rhetorically. If they could do it, they would, any way possible. Israel defended itself, using one of the most sophisticated...

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Recently, a liberal friend of mine, after reading one of my articles on some aspect of “woke” overreach, sent me one of those “OK, yeah, but of course, racism is still very much real today, and here’s a recent study about ongoing discrimination against minorities” responses. And if I were of the same mind as many other well-meaning traditional liberals, moderates, and even conservatives, I would have responded in kind, with an anodyne acknowledgment that, “Yes, of course, racism still exists, but . . . ” Instead, here is what I said. I think to talk about racism being “very...

The Gateway Pundit has reported extensively this past year on the effects of hydroxychloroquine in treating the COVID-19 virus. We knew that the Dr. Tony Fauci and the medical elites conspired to ban the use of this very successful drug. We reported earlier on how Dr. Fauci used bogus studies to disqualify HCQ in treating coronavirus. Now this… There is proof that Dr. Fauci and top US medical experts all conspired using obviously false information to disqualify hydroxychloroquine and MILLIONS DIED as a result of their action. As previously reported– It’s been over a year since the WHO declared the...

Trump said when conservative commentator Wayne Allyn Root pitched the congressional bid idea.....“That's so interesting,"You know, it's very interesting." "Why not, instead of waiting for 2024, and I'm hoping you'll run in 2024, but why not run in 2022 for the United States Congress? A House seat in Florida. Win big. Lead us to a dramatic landslide victory taking the House by 50 seats. And then, you become the speaker of the House, lead the impeachment of Biden, and start criminal investigations against Biden," ....“You'll wipe him out for this last two years," the radio host added. The former president,...

General Dwight D. Eisenhower arrived in London January 2, 1944 to command Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force (SHAEF) and to direct the last five months of planning for D-Day; the most difficult and complicated military operation ever attempted. Eisenhower’s study of leadership skills required he ignore opportunities for fear and doubt, which inevitably arise as strain and tension wear away endurance. He persevered to present confidence and optimism to those around him. For that reason, he brought with him a confident, battle tested team that had led successful landings in North Africa, Sicily, and Salerno, despite experiencing German counterattacks nearly...

OK, maybe not exactly the most substantive post you will read on Free Republic today. I'm sure humblegunner will weigh in at some point. I understand if you want to just pass it by. After all, I had a fender-bender with a gender-bender just yesterday. What can I say, it's been a rather bizarre weekend all around. But at least the temperature finally hit the low 90s here in Southern Connecticut so it finally feels like summer. So I'm just sitting out on my shaded deck reading a copy of Outrage, Inc by Derek Hunter and listening to PRIME COUNTRY...

Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin on Sunday defended his decision to vote against a sweeping voting rights bill and reiterated his opposition to gutting the filibuster, declaring in the strongest terms yet that he is not willing to change Senate rules to help his party push through much of President Joe Biden's agenda. "I believe that partisan voting legislation will destroy the already weakening binds of our democracy, and for that reason, I will vote against the For the People Act. Furthermore, I will not vote to weaken or eliminate the filibuster," Manchin, a moderate Democrat from West Virginia, wrote in...

SBIRS is part of the Defense Department’s missile warning network that detects ballistic missile launches. It includes a combination of two infrared sensors in highly elliptical orbit and five satellites in geosynchronous Earth orbit. Lockheed Martin has been the SBIRS primary contractor since the mid-1990s. The fifth satellite launched May 18. The sixth and final SBIRS is in production and projected to launch in 2022. The five-year sole-source contract is for operations and maintenance of the SBIRS mission control center at Buckley Space Force Base, Colorado, and other operations centers at Peterson Air Force Base and Greeley Air National Guard...

These are the final words of Christians and Christ-rejecters at death. CHOOSE WISELY . . . Heaven or Hell.

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Dear Editor, During the May 11 City Council meeting, Mayor Pro Tem Matt Rahn unjustly maligned fellow Council Member Jessica Alexander for her reference to the Covid-19 virus as China Virus. Matt Rahn is simply parroting Chinese Communist Party (CCP) talking points while also failing to note that in late 2019 and early 2020, the virus was routinely called Wuhan Virus and Chinese Virus throughout our American establishment and major news media outlets. It was only after the Beijing-approved talking point by the China Xinhua News and intense behind the scenes lobbying by Chinese Communists that the narrative moved from...

There's nothing like a smarmy hypocrite getting exposed, and North Face, the virtue-signaling outdoor clothier, just got called out as an emperor with no clothes on, following its declaration of war on Big Oil. Here's the must-see smackdown video, done by a think tank and featuring a Big Oil employee, exposing the company in all its naked glory. North Face had declared war on Big Oil by sanctimoniously refusing to make custom jackets with their label on them for the employees of an oil firm that tried to give them some business. The oil and gas extractors wanted to give...

The air was likely frigid as the hunter lit a small fire. The caribou would come in the morning—forced through the narrow strip of marshland where he camped. There was nowhere else to go. The land was flanked by water on both sides, and large stones had been laid out in slanting lines to funnel the animals into this bottleneck. The hunter struck his weapon to sharpen its edge in anticipation. In that moment, two glassy flakes splintered away from the point of impact and fell to his feet. They would be buried there for nearly 10,000 years.In 2013 those...