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Explanation: Why is the sky near Antares and Rho Ophiuchi so dusty yet colorful? The colors result from a mixture of objects and processes. Fine dust -- illuminated from the front by starlight -- produces blue reflection nebulae. Gaseous clouds whose atoms are excited by ultraviolet starlight produce reddish emission nebulae. Backlit dust clouds block starlight and so appear dark. Antares, a red supergiant and one of the brighter stars in the night sky, lights up the yellow-red clouds on the lower right of the featured image. The Rho Ophiuchi star system lies at the center of the blue reflection...

An Afghan refugee recently admitted into the United States has been convicted of sexually abusing a three-year-old girl in Virginia, according to local news reports. Mohammed Tariq, a 24-year-old Afghan national who came to the U.S. following President Joe Biden’s botched withdrawal from the county, tried to argue through his interpreters that pedophilic behavior was acceptable in his culture. While being housed at Camp Upshur on Marine Corps Base Quantico in Virginia, “United States Marines observed the defendant inappropriately touching the victim over her clothing, on her chest, genitals, and buttocks,” explained the Department of Justice. “The victim and Tariq...

Spotify is in the process of removing Neil Young’s catalog of music from its service after the artist published — then took down — an open letter with an ultimatum: Deal with the vaccine misinformation coming from Joe Rogan’s podcast, or lose Young’s music. Two days after the letter was published, Spotify is now in the process of removing Young’s music from the streaming service, a Spotify spokesperson told The Hollywood Reporter. “We want all the world’s music and audio content to be available to Spotify users. With that comes great responsibility in balancing both safety for listeners and freedom...

A Washington, D.C., law firm hired by the University of Pittsburgh concluded that the institution’s research practices involving aborted children are “fully compliant with federal and state regulatory requirements.” The university hired the firm Hyman, Phelps & McNamara back in September after numerous reports raised concerns about how the institution procures aborted body parts and uses them for experimental purposes. Regardless of the investigation’s results, questions surrounding the university’s use of aborted body parts for experimentation remain. Incomplete Investigation Notably, the report revealed there was no investigation into the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC), the source of the aborted...

“But He answered and said, ‘It is written . . . it is written . . . it is written . . .’” (Matthew 4:4, 7, 10). The Lord Jesus Christ is indeed our supreme example for how to resist temptation. Hebrews 4:15 reminds us, “We do not have a high priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but One who has been tempted in all things as we are, yet without sin” (cf. 2:18). Our responsibility is to consider the many ways He was tempted, look to Him, and follow His example in turning away from sin. Jesus met...

On Tuesday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Ingraham Angle,” Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) reacted to a video of the release of single adult migrants by stating that while Democrats “are still trying to shut down schools or insisting that kindergartners wear masks,” “tax dollars are supporting single, grown men crossing this border and being shipped wherever they want to go,” and that DHS data from December shows that the Biden administration is defying court orders to re-implement the Remain in Mexico policy. Cotton said, “Yeah, Laura, it’s criminally negligent. You have Democrats across the country who are still trying...

Remember when you were sold that bill of goods that if you were vaccinated you could not catch COVID? Amazingly, that false narrative has done a 180-degree turnabout and they are now saying that “infectious disease experts say that people who have experienced breakthrough infections with omicron could have enhanced immunity, or what some are calling super immunity.” So in the blink of an eye, it’s gone from you can’t catch it to you will catch it and receive super immunity! Well, because stealth Omicron. “A true witness delivereth souls: but a deceitful witness speaketh lies.” Proverbs 14:25 (KJB) To...

HOLLYWOOD, CA—Beloved Hollywood starlet Peter Dinklage pushed back against Disney’s live-action remake of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, but his efforts seem to have come up short. “I feel cut off at the legs,” said the Game of Thrones star after hearing Disney’s low decision to keep dwarves in a movie about dwarves. “I expected at least a teeny-weeny concession from Disney; I feel overlooked.” “Our attempts at inclusion were far from minuscule,” said Disney Chief Inclusion Officer, Lilly Putte. “We consulted with underrepresented communities through every teensy, minute detail, no matter how tiny. To hear Mr. Dinklage get...

Prince Andrew last night demanded a 'trial by jury' as he hit back at accusations of rape and sexual assault made by a Jeffrey Epstein 'sex slave'. In his official response to claims made against him by Virginia Roberts five months ago, the Queen's son issued 41 denials, rejecting all allegations of wrongdoing – but said a further 40 times that he 'lacks sufficient information to admit or deny' other claims. He also submitted 11 defences calling for the case to be dismissed, including that Miss Roberts' claims should be barred by 'her own wrongful conduct' and 'unclean hands'. His...

Only two recent retired officers among 81 contacted by Police Chief Chuck Lovell have expressed interest in helping fill Portland police vacancies under the city-approved retire-rehire program. The chief urged them to consider returning in a letter last month, acknowledging that those who had retired since August 2020 left “at a time of great despair for the Bureau and the City of Portland.” The Police Bureau is now rebuilding with support from elected officials and residents, Lovell wrote, and urged the retirees to help this “once vibrant city come back to life.” Officers have been leaving faster than the bureau...

An international research team has established a link between gut microbiota and chronic inflammatory diseases such as arthritis. The team has discovered that a protein naturally present in the gut acts on the microbiota and causes the formation of molecules that exacerbate the symptoms of these diseases. The protein in question, phospholipase A2-IIA, was discovered several years ago in the fluid that surrounds the joints of people with arthritis according to Dr. Boilard. The protein was subsequently detected elsewhere in the body, notably in the gut where it is produced in abundance. "It took a long time before we realized...

Here at Day 681 of 15 Days To Flatten The Curve, we are seeing the rise of medical fascism in hospitals across America, and this story today from the Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, the second largest teaching hospital of Harvard Medical School, is especially chilling. Doctors there are telling the son of David Ferguson, DJ, that they are withholding a live-saving heart transplant until he agrees to receive the government injection of the COVID vaccine. Just wait until that idea trickles down to the Emergency Room, and they deny you medical attention. “But ye are forgers of lies,...

NewsGuard, the establishment “news-rating” project that presents itself as a source of expert knowledge on which news sources can be trusted and which ones cannot, will be rolling out to millions of American schoolchildren due to a partnership with the American Federation of Teachers (AFT). Per Axios, the AFT will purchase NewsGuard licenses for all of its 1.7 million teachers, in a major deal for the news-rating project. NewsGuard has had a reputation as a project of the political establishment since its inception. NewsGuard maintains a list of news outlets it considers “trustworthy” and “untrustworthy,” data which it uses in...

Multiple media reports now affirming that Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer will retire at the end of the current court term [ABC Report – NBC Report] setting up the final step to elevate DC Appeals Court Judge Kentanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court. This is exactly what was planned from the appointment of Merrick Garland to U.S. Attorney General. [GO DEEP] As CTH outlined in January 2021, the series of moves was/is predictable. The Obama crew behind Biden have been following a predictable roadmap. Four sequential steps. In March 2021, Merrick Garland was confirmed Attorney General to open his...

Are we about to stumble into a war that nobody wants? As I will explain below, it would be so easy to avoid a military conflict with Russia, but the people running our foreign policy have ruled out any easy solutions. Instead, they seem absolutely determined to have some sort of a macho showdown with Russia, and that is extremely dangerous. Sadly, these days most Americans can’t even identify our current Secretary of State, and the name “Jake Sullivan” means absolutely nothing to the vast majority of the population. But these are the guys that are telling the senile old...

Francis' Private Religion, There Is A Notion of "Different Sexual Orientations"Francis told parents during his scarcely attended January 26 General audience not to condemn children who have "different sexual orientations” - although such "orientations" are not condemned but considered a secular sacrament by the decadent Western oligarchs.Only the brave who proclaim the Catholic teaching on homosexuality are condemned. Hiding behind an attitude of flattering the powerful, Francis said that parents should “not hide behind an attitude of condemnation.”The Church and all cultures of the world know that there is only one sexual orientation - between husband and wife - while...

Yesterday, Wisconsin Representative and American hero Timothy Ramthun proposed a resolution in the WI House calling for the decertification of the corrupt 2020 Election results for President Trump and Vice President Pence in that state. The assembly voted unanimously to move forward Rep. Ramthun’s resolution to reclaim Wisconsin’s 10 electors for US President and Vice President who were certified under fraudulent purposes. The resolution in itself is damning and some reports [are] damning in nature. Below is Ramthun’s resolution which is seven pages filled with accusations of fraudulent activities related to the 2020 Election. When read by an independent and...

Vladimir Putin has massed roughly 100,000 troops on Russia’s border with Ukraine and issued a list of unreasonable demands to the United States and NATO. Last week, President Joe Biden infamously admitted he expects Putin to send troops over the border. Time is always on the Russian leader’s side. Putin’s dictatorship has overlapped five American presidents. He reportedly told then-President George W. Bush in 2008, “Ukraine is not even a country. Part of its territory is in Eastern Europe and the greater part was given to us.” Putin recently deployed forces to Kazakhstan, ostensibly to quell anti-government protests in the...

Brazil, Argentina and Paraguay, the three major agricultural producers in South America, are currently experiencing a prolonged period of drought and low water levels in their main rivers. This is severely impacting harvests, as well as river transport of important summer crops, with maize and soybeans the main casualties. Although conditions may yet improve, the grain harvests of 2021 and 2022 could result in losses that will impact the economies of three countries, though experts say the potential magnitude is still difficult to foresee. For soy, South America’s star grain, projections for possible losses caused by adverse weather in the...

AN Olympic gold medallist and vaccine skeptic has died from Covid aged 51 - just weeks after agreeing to get jabbed to keep his coaching job. Hungarian Szilveszter Csollany, a gymnastic rings hero, took the vaccine shortly before he became ill, so had not built up enough antibodies for full protection. Csollany had shared 'anti-vax' posts on his Facebook page and once joked on Instagram he had vaccinated himself with 'vodka'. And in his final post, last August, he claimed pro-vaccine information was 'nonsense' - although he insisted he was neither for or against the jab. The British Government say...