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STARTING TODAY: here is a link to a new seriespresenting The Bible In Paintings,beginning in Genesis and heading toward Revelation. May the Lord use it to bless you, again and again and again….HERE ARE THE TITLES OF THE FIRST THIRTEEN EPISODES. Today, of course, "GOD CREATED THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH". Then, in coming days:"LET THERE BE LIGHT" GOD CREATES ADAM GOD CREATES EVE THE SERPENT TEMPTS EVE EVE TEMPTS ADAM, 1 EVE TEMPTS ADAM, 2 HIDING FROM GOD BANISHED FROM THE GARDEN AFTER THE GARDEN FARMER CAIN & SHEPHERD ABEL THE FIRST MURDER THE FIRST FUNERAL

OAKLAND, Calif. (KGO) -- A brazen assault and robbery on two seniors just one day after Christmas in Oakland's Chinatown is prompting community leaders to make some changes.

Explanation: Sometimes falling ice crystals make the atmosphere into a giant lens causing arcs and halos to appear around the Sun or Moon. One Saturday night in 2012 was just such a time near Madrid, Spain, where a winter sky displayed not only a bright Moon but four rare lunar halos. The brightest object, near the top of the featured image, is the Moon. Light from the Moon refracts through tumbling hexagonal ice crystals into a somewhat rare 22-degree halo seen surrounding the Moon. Elongating the 22-degree arc horizontally is a more rare circumscribed halo caused by column ice crystals....

So far I have felt a little worse every single day of 2022. I hope this is not a trend. But until such time as I can get my twinkle back on I leave you to entertain yourselves. Remember: you still have 3 days of Christmas to celebrate before Twelfth Night. Feel free to continue to celebrate in whatever fashion you deem appropriate.If you need me I’ll be curled up in a ball somewhere.Posted from: MOTUS A.D.

The Bible In Paintings 2 Engravings•Facades•Frescoes•Illuminations•Miniatures•Mosaics•Photographs•Reliefs•Sculptures•Tapestries•WindowsG E N E S I SCHAPTER 1, VERSE 1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. NOTE: The Hebrew phrase translated as "the heavens and the earth" (shamayim erets) indicates the totality of creation: all Matter, Energy, Space and Time, including our solar system's sun, planets and moons. New International Version ©1984 1 WILLIAM BLAKE "The Ancient of Days"2 JAMES TISSOT "God Creating the World"3 GIOVANNI BATTISTA CIMA DA CONEGLIANO "God the Father"4 BILL BELL "Creation of Universe"5 BILL BELL Source6 NASA "Pillars of Creation"7 NASA "Hubble Extreme Deep Field"8...

A conspiracy-spouting extremist or a patriotic martyr? Ashli Babbitt, who was shot dead a year ago during the invasion of the US Capitol, is a Rorschach test for the deep political fault line that runs through the United States. An Air Force veteran who served in Iraq and voted for America's first Black president, Babbitt died wrapped in a flag bearing the name of Donald Trump, the populist billionaire who still insists he won an election that he lost by a wide margin. Her journey of radical transformation mirrors that of many of the supporters of the real estate tycoon,...

Eyewitness to Marshall Fire origin recounts scene like a ‘war zone’ Video by Mike Zoltowski appears to show devastating blaze’s earliest moments A neighbor of a property where a small structure was seen on video engulfed in flames late Thursday morning said he witnessed how those flames appeared to touch off what became the devastating Marshall Fire and that there might also be at least one other ignition source.

(LOFAR/LOL Survey) The image above may look like a fairly normal picture of the night sky, but what you're looking at is a lot more special than just glittering stars. Each of those white dots is an active supermassive black hole. And each of those black holes is devouring material at the heart of a galaxy millions of light-years away – that's how they could be pinpointed at all. Totaling 25,000 such dots, astronomers created the most detailed map to date of black holes at low radio frequencies in early 2021, an achievement that took years and a Europe-sized radio...

The theatre of exciting events is transferred for the moment from our own coast to that of Mexico. We learn from that distracted and unhappy country that the long-impending blow has at length fallen, and that Vera Cruz is now occupied by Spanish troops. By this time, probably, the British and French contingents, appointed to operate against Mexico, have joined their forces with those of Spain, and the allies have commenced to carry out the policy adopted by the three Powers in the Convention of the 31st of October last. In connection with the news received to-day, we publish a...

Ashli Babbitt was married to another man when she had an affair with future husband Aaron Babbitt.At the time of the affair, Aaron Babbitt was in a six-year relationship with Celeste Norris.Babbitt later drove her SUV into Norris' vehicle, who she stalked and harassed after the incident.[snip] Four years earlier, Babbitt repeatedly rammed her SUV into the vehicle of Celeste Norris, whose boyfriend of six years she was having an extramarital affair with, the Associated Press reported.[snip] When Norris found out about the affair, she told Timothy McEntee, which prompted the future Mrs. Babbitt to chase down and ram her...

At this writing on January 2, de Blasio is finally gone from office. Whether the new guy (Eric Adams) proves to be any better remains to be seen. Before leaving the topic of de Blasio’s legacy to New York, I would be remiss not to include a post on the subject of crime. The bottom line for crime, as for every other major issue of public policy, was that the progressive de Blasio ruined everything he touched. Outcomes worsened across the board, and the decline was the clear result of the progressive policies that de Blasio either implemented or advocated....

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CIRCA 2007 Paul Pelosi stays in the shadows, even as the millions he has made as a successful San Francisco financier and businessman have helped fuel the political career of his wife, Nancy.......conservative Republican commentators and bloggers raise the threat of her "San Francisco values" steering Congress hard to the left are turning their sights on 66-year-old Paul Pelosi and his investments as a way of attacking the new Democratic speaker. Paul Pelosi won't be giving interviews because "he's a private person, not involved in political life,Mr. Pelosi's investments are separate from hers, and they have separate careers," saaid an...

A patina of academic respectability can't hide the fear porn. With the anniversary of last year’s January 6 Capitol incursion this week, the agitprop media is doing its best to instill fear of a bogeyman caricature of conservatives. Yesterday’s edition of Face the Nation added a patina of academic respectability in an interview with Professor Robert Pape of the University of Chicago, who has studied “insurgencies in war zones” and applies that model to the January 6 events of last year, which were, as the media likes to say about far more violent riots, “mostly peaceful.” You would never know...

While the mainstream media, at least in 2020, tracked deaths with the fanaticism of an insurance company, they’ve always lacked accuracy. That’s why it matters when a major American insurance company, which is in the business of accurate data about deaths, announces that Americans in the 18-64 age bracket are dying in unprecedented numbers. The same data suggests that these aren’t COVID deaths, which makes them much more sinister. OneAmerica is a major insurance company located in Indianapolis with annual revenue of around $2 billion and total assets of around $74 billion. This is not a fly-by-night internet “insurance” company....

Come join Clay and Buck every weekday from noon to three eastern time. Inspired by Rush Limbaugh, Clay Travis and Buck Sexton carry on a new form of broadcast excellence in the tradition of the late radio icon as they tackle the biggest stories in news, politics and current events with intelligence and humor. From the border crisis, to the madness of cancel culture and far-left missteps, Clay and Buck guide listeners through the latest headlines and hot topics with fun and entertaining conversations and opinions.

Now that the Democrat Party is essentially a Marxist outlet, the drive for weakening American children's education is on full display. For years now, the educational establishment and the Democrat Party have colluded to damage pride of accomplishment within the black community. Now that the Democrat Party is essentially a Marxist outlet, the drive for weakening American children's education is on full display. In fact, "dumbing down education [is the] key to dismantling America." It is the communists' dream to destroy the American dream. As the debate over Critical Race Theory has emerged, Richard L. Cravatts, Ph.D., explains "the insidious...

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In 2011, Scotland set a target of reaching 100% clean electricity consumption in 2020. And last year, the country almost reached its target – 98.6% of gross electricity consumption came from renewable sources, according to the Scottish government’s December energy statement. Scotland, which is working to achieve net zero by 2045 – a legally binding target – has one of the most ambitious climate targets in the world. The BBC notes: In 2019, Scotland met 90.1% of its equivalent electricity consumption from renewables, according to Scottish government figures. The 100% target was set in 2011, when renewable technologies generated just...

In today’s urban America, if you are a thief, why wouldn't you smash a glass door or glass display case and grab all the merchandise you could? Seriously, why wouldn't you? In the old days you wouldn't because you would be scared that you would get caught. In the past, “smash and grab” robberies occurred, but it was a very infrequent occurrence. It was rare because thieves understood if they were caught there would be consequences, and even punishment, perish the thought! A criminal would have to raise bail to be released. If not, he would have to spend weeks...