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A 71-year old Chicago man was executed a block from his Chinatown home in a suspected random attack on his way to buy a newspaper Tuesday afternoon. Dramatic footage reveals the moment Woom Sing Tse, a retired restaurateur, was walking by the Haines Elementary School, in Chinatown, when a silver two-door car slows by him. The unidentified driver, believed to be in his 20s, pulls out a gun and begins shooting Tse, who falls to the ground. The driver parks, steps out of the vehicle, and continues to unload his gun on the wounded man, killing him. Tse, a Chinese...

A newly released photo that has reportedly been shown to jurors in the Ghislaine Maxwell trial show deceased pedophile Jeffrey Epstein and Maxwell lounging on the front porch of a residence that has been identified as the Queen of England’s royal retreat at Balmoral. The photo, which according to multiple U.K. outlets was presented to jurors on the eighth day of the Ghislaine Maxwell trial, shows a beaming maxwell relaxing on the porch next to Epstein, resting her arm on his thigh. UK paper the Mirror reports that “The photograph, which has not been seen before, appears to show the...

Joseph wanted to raise the Egyptians to a higher spiritual and moral plane. So he arranged that they be circumcised. That way, perhaps the exile destined upon his people would be shortened. The plan backfired. Rather than alleviating the Egyptian exile, Joseph empowered the Egyptians to oppress his people yet more viciously. Joseph believed he could shortcut the Egyptian exile. We sometimes delude ourselves that we can hot-wire our own darkness. We imagine we can bring thousands more to Torah, if we just would compromise with electronics on Shabbat. Or that we could achieve so many more mitzvahs, if we...

Where and How LENR Occur E-mail: nagel@gwu.edu The occurrence of LENR involves two separate considerations: (1) the location where reactants come together, and (2) the mechanism by which the nuclear reactions occur. Understanding, and also the practical reproducibility and control of LENR, require attention to both where and how LENR happen. Where: The locations and conditions needed for production of LENR, what Storms called the Nuclear Active Environment (NAE) [1], have received much attention over the decades. Both the interior and surfaces of materials have been considered, with frequent attention to defects. The interiors of real lattices range from...

[Catholic Caucus] Major interview by Henry Sire (author of the Dictator Pope): "Essentially the problem is that Bergoglio has no real principles, like the typical Peronist that he is." Henry Sire, the historian and former member of the Order of Malta (illegally expelled for his research work on Francis) is well known and well regarded by orthodox Catholics worldwide for his great book on Jorge Mario Bergoglio, "The Dictator Pope."He granted a long interview to Gloria.tv. The first long part is about the Order of Malta, and it is available on the original site -- the second part is...

Among the convicted were the Cardinal Archbishop of Mexico City, Carlos Aguiar Retes, and the former archbishop of Guadalajara, Cardinal Juan Sandoval Íñiguez.Two Mexican cardinals, a bishop, and three priests have been convicted of constitutional violations for warning the public against the ruling party’s opposition to the values of human life and family, their advocacy of the LGBT agenda, and their promotion of socialism. The convictions have caused alarm in Mexico regarding their implications for freedom of speech and the right to criticize the socialist ruling party “Morena,” which is accused of undermining Mexican civil liberties. Among the convicted were...

Jewish anthropologist: 'Prelates placating evil as they appeased Hitler' VIENNA (ChurchMilitant.com) - An outspoken Jewish anthropologist is comparing the Austrian bishops' endorsement of the nation's totalitarian vaccine fiat to the Austrian Catholic hierarchy's support for Hitler under the National Socialist regime. "The Austrian bishops are yet again guilty of placating evil. They supported the Anschluss [Hitler's annexation of Austria], with Cdl. Innitzer flying the Nazi flag for Hitler," Karen Harradine told Church Militant. Austria has become the first Western democracy to mandate COVID-19 jabs for its entire adult population, with conscientious objectors facing fines of 3,600 euros ($4,080) per day...

It's no secret: Chris Christie wants to be president. He’s relentlessly promoting his new book to get his face in front of all the major news media. But while he claims he wants to remake the Republican Party, Mark takes him to task, exposing him as a fraud, a blowhard, and a man without a backbone. He's a RINO and has no business representing the Republican Party.

Moscow, December 6, Interfax - The Russian Orthodox Church is so far unaware of when and where Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia might meet with Pope Francis, Metropolitan Hilarion, head of the Moscow Patriarchate's Department for External Church Relations, said on Monday. "My meeting with Pope Francis is planned between December 20 and December 30. I intend to wish him a happy 85th birthday on behalf of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill and discuss a broad range of issues concerning the bilateral relations between our churches with him. Among these issues is a possible meeting between Pope Francis and...

Democratic cities are seeing a wave of smash-and-grab thefts around the holidays, raising concerns about why they're occurring and how leaders might combat the problem. Black Friday saw news reports of robberies in Minneapolis, Los Angeles and Chicago. High-end stores in San Francisco were vandalized, with thousands of dollars in merchandise retrieved by police. Walgreens closed nearly two dozen stores in the liberal city, earning it the moniker "shoplifter's paradise." And in October 2020, law enforcement recovered approximately $8 million in stolen merchandise. In recent months, special attention has been paid to prosecutors like Kim Foxx of Chicago, George Gascon...

At least 820 sex abuse lawsuits have been filed against New Jersey’s Catholic dioceses and religious orders in the past two years — including some 180 in the past month alone, according to an analysis by news outlet NorthJersey.com.About 250 of the lawsuits, representing 30% of the total, involved priests, with religious sisters and lay church employees also named as abusers, the analysis showed. The flood of civil complaints came during a two-year period New Jersey provided under the 2019 Child Victims Act to allow victims who otherwise would have been barred by the state’s statute of limitation to file...

Police are warning Frederick County residents of a growing scam involving fake street performers, known as buskers, stealing personal information. The Frederick County Sheriff’s Office in a news release urged residents to be on the lookout for “fake” buskers asking for money through cash and electronic credit or debit donations who are using credit card skimmers to steal personal information. Buskers are people who perform music or other entertainment for monetary donations. Fakers act like they’re playing the violin, for example, when they’re actually imitating the action while a soundtrack plays from a hidden device, police warn. They may pretend...

Video showed Duryea, in an orange suit and with an axe in his left hand, buffeted by winds and spraying water as he was lowered toward the car through falling snow. After slowly spinning and swinging past the car, he was able to grab hold on the passenger side, open the door and disappear inside. About two minutes later, with water surging around the vehicle and over the precipice about 50 yards (meters) downstream, Duryea emerged and signaled to the helicopter, which then hoisted him and the motionless driver from the water. It was unclear how the car got into...

Brother Dave Wilkerson used to tell one of the most fantastic stories. It was about this 82-year-old woman who was living by herself in one of the New York boroughs. One night, she heard someone start hammering on the front door. Her bedroom was at the top of the stairs; she looked down and saw a man kick open her door. What do you do? You're 82 years old; this man's about to steal everything you have. She just started crying out, "Acts 2:38, Acts 2:38, Acts 2:38." The man froze then got down on the floor, spread his arms...

Pope Francis is sharply responding against the European Commission's controversial efforts to make its communications more inclusive after leaked internal guidelines drew backlash for trying to "cancel Christmas," telling staff to "avoid assuming that everyone is Christian" and celebrates Christmas. The Religion News Service (RNS) reports internal communications of the European Commission were leaked last week by the Italian daily Il Giornale. The 30-page document, titled "Union of Equality," advised members to "avoid assuming that everyone is Christian," especially during the winter holidays. (snip) Francis, 84, spoke to reporters Monday on a plane returning to the Vatican from his trip...

“. . . Made in the likeness of men” (Philippians 2:7). Christ was fully God and fully man. In his Systematic Theology theologian Charles Hodge wrote, “The Scriptures teach that Christ had a complete human nature. That is, He had a true body and a rational soul. By a true body is meant a material body which in everything essential was like the bodies of ordinary men. . . . It is no less plain that Christ had a rational soul. He thought, reasoned, and felt.” Hodge’s assessment is correct, for Christ was given all the essential attributes of humanity....

he theme is “Western civilization at the crossroads.” Far be it from me to doubt that the West is on the precipice of something enormous. But “crossroads” implies a map. Do we have one? Is a piece of paper showing the way forward—whether predictive or hopeful—even possible? I’ve noticed that a lot of people more or less “on my side,” or who see things basically as I do, are extremely confident that they know what is going to happen next. Their certainty is entirely independent of what they think they know. Some believe that the end—the collapse of present ruling...

So Russian President Vladimir Putin, by himself, and United States President Joe Biden, surrounded by aides, finally had their secret video link conference for two hours and two minutes – with translators placed in different rooms. That was their first serious exchange since they met in person in Geneva last June – the first Russia-US summit since 2018. For global public opinion, led to believe a “war” in Ukraine was all but imminent, what’s left is essentially a torrent of spin. So let’s start with a simple exercise focusing on the key issue of the video link – Ukraine –...

The U.S. Army has approved Purple Hearts for 39 soldiers who were injured in an Iranian attack that saw 16 ballistic missiles target Al Asad Airbase in Iraq. "The Army’s Human Resources command approved 39 Purple Heart submissions it recently received for Soldiers wounded in the January missile attack on Al Assad airbase," said Army spokesman Lt. Col. Gabriel J. Ramirez in a statement to the Army Times. "They continue to review an additional 11 nominations, which will be decided on the individual merits." The awards come a month after a CBS News report detailed Jan. 2020 attack, noting that...

Deputy Prime Minister and Nationals Leader Barnaby Joyce has tested positive for COVID-19 after arriving in the United States. Mr. Joyce told ABC Radio England he had been experiencing mild symptoms and chose to get tested. "Look obviously (I am) very frustrated I'm going to be locked up in a room by myself for 10 days, but that's part of the process," he said. "It's probably developing, I'm probably very much in the early stages--but I'm more worried about being in a room by myself to be honest." Mr. Joyce is fully vaccinated against COVID-19...