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It was already one of the longest and most expensive road-building projects in New Jersey, and it just got longer and even more costly. The Direct Connection project, designed to smooth traffic flows on I-295 at Bellmawr in Camden County, hit a major tie-up in late March with the collapse of a new retaining wall on the northbound side of the highway. That collapse forced one lane to close while repairs were made, and leading the Department of Transportation to warn of “heavy congestion” at an already notorious interchange where the interstate meets I-76 and Route 42. The lane was...

The Speaker of the House praising the “wisdom of Biden’s actions” in Afghanistan actions which have led to the Taliban running wild over the country, forcing U.S. diplomats out of the country, and on the verge of taking Kabul.

Any bets on when the Taliban will start the usual beheadings/hostage/ransom stuff?

About an hour ago as of this writing (10:30 pm EDT), Cardinal Raymond Burke’s Twitter and the Facebook page of the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe in LaCrosse, Wisconsin both posted the following message. “Cardinal Burke has been admitted to the hospital with COVID-19 and is being assisted by a ventilator. Doctors are encouraged by his progress. His Eminence faithfully prayed the Rosary for those suffering from the virus. On this Vigil of the Assumption, let us now pray the Rosary for him.” We also urge all of our readers to say a rosary for His Eminence’s swift and...

4 SummaryPfizer’s animal data clearly presaged the following risks and dangers: • blood clotting shortly after vaccination, potentially leading to heart attacks, stroke, and venous thrombosis • grave harm to female fertility • grave harm to breastfed infants • cumulative toxicity after multiple injections With the exception of female fertility, which can simply not be evaluated within the short period of time for which the vaccines have been in use, all of the above risks have been substantiated since the vaccines have been rolled out—all are manifest in the reports to the various adverse event registries [9]. Those registries also...

“That’s it. It’s over.” Those are the words attributed to a U.S. official as Afghanistan’s President Ashraf Ghani fled the country, reportedly for Tajikistan, Sunday. President Ghani's departure as the Taliban entered Kabul overnight follows a number of other government officials who were spotted at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul awaiting flights out of their country. Ghani's decision to flee the country was followed by reports that the Taliban will move deeper into Kabul as fighters capture the Afghan capital, completing a mission that US intel predicted as recently as this week would take at least one month. The...

Taliban militants have been ordered to enter Kabul, following earlier assurances by Taliban officials that they do not intend to take Afghanistan's capital by force According to a statement, the Taliban ordered its fighters to enter the city because "now there are reports that districts in Kabul have been evacuated, police have left their job of providing security, ministries have been evacuated, and security personnel from the Kabul administration have fled.""So that God forbid the common thieves and robbers in Kabul do not mix, the abusers do not harm the people, the Islamic Emirate ordered its forces to enter the...

The Hill @thehill .@PentagonPresSec John Kirby on Afghan leaders: "What has been disconcerting to see is that there hasn't been that will, that political leadership, that military leadership and the ability to push back." 0:09 127.3K views 4:16 PM · Aug 14, 2021·

Dear GOP State Lawmaker;Stolen elections have consequences.In little over seven months, a fraudulently elected President and non-natural born citizen Vice President have systematically made America last. It is your responsibility to perform forensic audits of every county in your state.Most recently, we have seen the consequences of Joe Biden dismissing President Trump's condition-based withdrawal from Afghanistan. Joe Biden chose to take credit for ending the war in Afghanistan and even went to such lengths to target 9/11 as the end date. He systematically abandoned American bases and armaments and allowed the Taliban to abscond with those weapons. Joe Biden relaxed...

After months of reports of adverse effects connected to the COVID vaccines—11,000 deaths and 60,000 serious injuries in the US and 20,000 deaths and nearly a million serious injuries in Europe—the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has finally issued a "black box" warning that the vaccines may lead to heart inflammation, permanent disability, and death. Though the frequency of adverse effects being experienced with the COVID vaccines is higher than the total for all other vaccines over the past twenty years, the FDA decided against recalling the drugs because "given the extreme severity of the COVID illness itself, the...

The security situation in Kabul is changing quickly including at the airport. There are reports of the airport taking fire; therefore we are instructing U.S. citizens to shelter in place," the embassy said in a statement on Sunday.

Novena For Our Nation"A Battle for the Soul of Our Nation & the Catholic Church August 15 to Oct. 7 The Novena will begin on August 15th, the Feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, and will end on October 7th, the Feast of Our Lady of the Holy Rosary.August 15 to Oct. 7The Novena will begin on August 15th, the Feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, and will end on October 7th, the Feast of Our Lady of the Holy Rosary.We will have two intentions: For the protection and provision for the USA and...

Richard Engel has described himself as "basically a pacifist." But when it came to telling it like it was regarding the Afghanistan fiasco, NBC News' chief foreign correspondent was taking no prisoners Sunday. When on his MSNBC show this morning, Ali Velshi asked Engel whether it is surprising "not that it is happening, as much as how fast it is happening," Engel flatly rejected the notion. "No. Everyone keeps saying that. I've been listening all day: "oh my God, we're shocked at how fast" -- I'm not shocked at all! I thought Kabul was going to fall about now. And...

I'm hopelessly stuck in Kabul with my wife and child. Like myself, hundreds of other journalists are also stuck here. I have an 11—months old daughter. Please pray for her safety. https://twitter.com/CombatJourno/status/1426939692218454029

The Biden administration ordered the U.S. Embassy in Kabul to destroy all American flags before they depart. An internal memo obtained by the Washington Post, titled “Emergency Destruction Services at the Garrison,” was directed to “All American Personnel.” The memo instructed staff to destroy classified documents and equipment as well as dispose of “American flags… which could be misused in propaganda efforts” using incinerators, disintegrators and “burn bins.”

I understand that some of you, my beloved fellow FReepers, have taken the COVID shots--and by the mercy of The Most Holy God, have suffered no ill effects. But maybe I'm wrong in saying this; many have indeed suffered horrific effects, as well as loved ones and friends. Sometimes ending in death. It is strongly in my heart to say today, oh my beloved FReepers, to not fall for what any of this present evil regime is foisting and threatening upon all. Any who are entertaining within themselves to receive any of these injections to absolutely not do so. Every...

WSMV News 7 Nashville reports this week that a North Carolina woman lies paralyzed after taking the Pfizer mRNA injection, after she reached out to the station to tell her story. Per what has become routine policy for both Pfizer and Moderna, the company denies any connection to its injection. The news team reveals that there have been at least 7 cases of paralysis reported after the Pfizer shot, in the full, unedited television report which can be seen here. The new team duly goes to bat for Pfizer in the report, arguing that reports of paralysis, only seven, are...

A spokesman for the Taliban has told the BBC's Yalda Hakim "there will be no revenge" on the people of Afghanistan. Suhail Shaheen called the presenter live on air. "We assure the people in Afghanistan, particularly in the city of Kabul, that their properties, their lives are safe - there will be no revenge on anyone," he told her. "We are the servants of the people and of this country." Many Afghans fear a brutal return to the regime of the 1990s, which was characterised by public executions, stonings and girls being banned from school.

I believe in healing. I believe in affliction. I believe in “healing afflictions.” Any affliction that keeps me from going astray, that drives me deeper into God’s Word, is healing. As Psalm 119:67 says, “Before I was afflicted I went astray, but now I keep your word” (NKJV). God’s most gracious healing force spiritually and physically can be afflictions. To suggest that all pain and affliction are of the devil is to suggest that the Psalmist was driven by the devil to seek God’s Word. In my own life, I have suffered great pain. I have called on God for...

“‘The lamp of the body is the eye; if therefore your eye is clear, your whole body will be full of light. But if your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in you is darkness, how great is the darkness!’” (Matthew 6:22-23). Generous giving brings spiritual understanding. When people see, their body is filled with the light that comes in from the world their eyes perceive. But if their eye is dark (blind), there is no light and they perceive nothing. The eye is like a window—if a window...