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And it came to pass after a while, that the brook dried up, because there had been no rain in the land. And the word of the Lord came unto him, saying, Arise, get thee to Zarephath, which belongeth to Zidon, and dwell there: behold, I have commanded a widow woman there to sustain thee.( I Kings 17:7-9)Eventually, in God’s preparation of His Prophet, the brook of Cherith, (Separation) dried up, for it was time for Elijah to learn to Pastor. He would still remain in Exile, but would have to move to Zidon, which is in southern Lebanon, at...

WILLIAMSPORT – More than seven years in prison and then likely deportation is the fate of a Nigerian citizen who with his wife admitted laundering nearly $1.9 million obtained by making false pleas for money on social media. Jabin Godspower Okpako, 36, of Sayre, was sentenced Tuesday by U.S. Middle District Judge Matthew W. Brann to 7 years, 3 months in prison followed by three years’ supervised release. Deportation proceedings likely will prevent him from serving his supervised release, court officials said. Earlier this year Okpako and his wife, Christin Bradley Okpako, 54, of Sayre, a U.S. citizen, pleaded guilty...

There’s a sweet new boba shop in Santa Clara, which seems to be tapping into a super cute cultural obsessionThere’s a new boba shop in Santa Clara serving drinks in mason jars decorated with corgis, and it’s blowing up with fans returning over and over again to collect specific cups. Boba Pup is a new boba shop that opened in spring 2021 over by the high school in that plaza that’s kind of a suburban Koreatown. This is great, because now you can have some delicious barbecue and chase it with a sweet boba drink — and again, the cups...

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Families are getting ready for Thanksgiving and for many that includes a pie from Gizdich Ranch in Watsonville. For over 60 years, Gizdich Ranch has never missed a Thanksgiving, selling delicious pies to literally thousands. For Thanksgiving alone, they’re pumping out around 7,000 pies. “Thanksgiving is the busiest holiday that we have," said Cynthia Gizdich. "It’s the busiest two weeks all year long and we have to prepare for it. So that includes the grocery stores and all the people that did call in early enough to get their pre-paid pre-ordered pies.” Gizdich Ranch said its pies attract customers from...

In China, where I grew up, news is known to the people as propaganda in its neutral, if not positive, sense. Since all news agencies are run by the state, “news” is whatever events and opinions the Propaganda Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party permits or manufactures. Growing up in a household of illiterate parents, I never saw newspapers as a child. My first dose of propaganda was a 30-minute TV program named Xinwen Lianbo (“CCTV Network News”), broadcast in the early evening via all local stations, that I occasionally watched at relatives’ homes. Sounds and images,...

The man that allegedly received more votes than any American in history loves to read a teleprompter nearly as much as his mentor, Barack Obama. The difference between Joe Biden and Obama, other than the latter not displaying symptoms of dementia, is that Biden loves to read EVERYTHING on the teleprompter. In a scene reminiscent of “Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy,” Biden read “end of quote” from the teleprompter, which he clearly wasn’t supposed to do. Here you go:

"We Must Have A New January 6th Investigation", Says Alex Jones Video...

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LOS ANGELES (AP) — A group of thieves smashed windows at a department store at a luxury mall in Los Angeles, triggering a police pursuit just days after high-end stores throughout the San Francisco Bay Area were targeted. The latest incident in a national trend of smash-and-grab crimes targeted a Nordstrom store at The Grove retail and entertainment complex. It came as the country’s largest consumer electronics chain said that an increase in organized theft was taking a toll on its bottom line. Workers covered a large broken window at the Nordstrom with black plywood on Tuesday morning as security...

Kenosha police reported that over half of all the people arrested in the first two nights of violence last year had come from out of town. This was not an uprising of the Kenosha underclass against the system that was oppressing them. This was an organized attack on an American city. The refrain of centrists-at-all-costs and weak-kneed Republicans has been that, innocent or not, Kyle Rittenhouse “should not have been there.” Indeed, 17-year-old boys should not have to take up arms to defend their communities from attacks incited by Democratic Party politicians and the corporate media and facilitated and carried...

New York City may soon permit hundreds of thousands of noncitizens to vote in municipal elections, while Mayor Bill de Blasio and his successor, Eric Adams, feel differently about the prospect. The bill aims to amend the city's charter by including a new chapter with provisions for allowing green card holders and those with work authorization to register to vote and take part in citywide elections through the creation of a separate municipal voter registration. Adams supported the concept when he was campaigning for mayor earlier this year. "We cannot be a beacon to the world and continue to attract...

Once again, our country is facing racial injustice after Kyle Rittenhouse was acquitted by claiming “self-defense.” I can’t help but think he would have been convicted if his victims were white. We all know the story of Kyle Rittenhouse. He was filled with white supremacy, so he picked up a machine gun, crossed state lines, and then opened fire on peaceful protestors, killing three black men. And those people were there because they were protesting how a black man, Jacob Blake, was murdered by cops while shopping at a candy store, so it’s more racial injustice on top of racial...

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Speaking at the end of a hallway in the White House after trying in vain to avoid the White House press corps, President Biden announced that he had been told he’s running for re-election in 2024. “I’ve been informed that it is my intention to run for re-election in 2024,” said the president to a large potted plant instead of the crowd of journalists behind him. “As an exemplar of progressive ideals, it is my duty to lead this country to a better future, or so they tell me.” When asked by intrepid reporters if he is concerned his...

Q: Is there an end in sight for supply chain issues?A: “I think it’s not surprising that this is largely in California. Now, it’s across the world but it’s largely in California is where the big bottleneck is. The government created this problem, government lock the economy down so government back things up. So really, this is not a natural phenomenon. This is an unnatural phenomenon created by government shutting the economy down. There’s a big shortage of truckers in the country. Some of it’s because when we shut the economy down, instead of going to retail stores, everybody started...

Daniel Rider was unaware of the melee taking place less than a mile away from his house at the Waukesha Christmas parade. Then chaos came knocking on his door. Rider, who had just gotten back from hunting and was spread out on the couch watching football, heard a knock. His doorbell camera recorded a man in a red T-shirt shivering and begging to come inside around 5 p.m. "I called an Uber , and I'm supposed to be waiting for it over here, but I don't know when it's coming," the mysterious man can be heard saying. "Can you call...

Hunter Biden appears to have named his corrupt, Chinese-linked shell company Skaneateles after the town where his deceased mother was born — a map of which Hunter also has tattooed on his back, according to images from his laptop. Skaneateles is the name of a town in New York State between Rochester and Syracuse. Skaneateles means “long lake,” which is a part of the Finger Lakes in central New York State.

President Joe Biden promoted his efforts to lower gas prices on Tuesday, but he reminded Americans they would save more money on gas if they owned electric cars. “For the hundreds of thousands of folks who bought one of those electric cars, they’re going to save $800 to $1000 in fuel costs this year,” Biden said, referring to the $112,595 electric Hummer pickup he test drove at a General Motors factory in Detroit earlier this month.

THIRTY-FOURTH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME LUKE 21:5-11 Friends, in today’s Gospel, Jesus responds to questions about the end of the world. When will it come? What will happen? Why were the first Christians interested in these questions? The simplest and deepest answer is that they had experienced the end of the world—precisely in the dying and rising of Jesus. Jesus came preaching the kingdom of God, and the nations conspired against him. The old world seemed to conquer this new world that Jesus embodied. But then, in the Resurrection, they saw that the old world—the world predicated upon death and...

The Turkish lira nose-dived 15% on Tuesday after President Tayyip Erdogan defended a controversial plan to cut interest rates to boost the economy. The currency hit a record low of just over 13 lira to the dollar, before recovering slightly, marking 11 straight days of falls. Mr Erdogan has pushed Turkey's central bank to make three rate cuts since September, the most recent last week.