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Creatures get trapped in amber all the time, but most prehistoric finds are insects. Amber is a great material for preserving arthropods because of their already tough shells that will hold on even if the insides disintegrate. But what about a lizard? Retinosaurus hkamentiensis is a new extinct species of lizard that was unexpectedly found trapped in Burmese amber. No one expected an entire reptile to be preserved so well, from its scaly skin down to its skeleton.

"Jesus loves you this we know for the Bible tells us so" The Singing Of A Canadian Couple To Police In Ottawa Saturday 2/19/2022 As Seen In The "Viva Frei" Livestream "If you are involved in this protest, we will actively look to identify you and follow up with financial sanctions and criminal charges" Interim Ottawa Police Chief Steve Bell Saturday 2/19/2022 As day gave way to night in Ottawa the police continued to push people away from Parliament Hill and eventually were setting up cage like fencing in the street to separate themselves from protesters for the night. As...

EVIL: CDC quietly lowers standards for speech in early development to avoid admitting DAMAGE lockdowns and masks have done to children Posted at 11:13 am on February 18, 2022 by Sam J. No words for just how evil the CDC has become … this is abhorrent. Instead of admitting locking children down and MASKING THEM has caused them very real damage, the CDC quietly tried to lower the standards for speech in early development. Tell us again how all of this hasn’t been political. Grrrrrr. CDC should be defunded and disbanded at this point. Crazy is not the word we...

Bubbles are sustained only by ever increasing amounts of Credit. The most pernicious Bubbles are those fueled by “money” – perceived safe and liquid Credit instruments. Bubbles are mechanisms of wealth redistribution and destruction. Structural impairment caused by Bubble excess escalates over the life of the boom. The pain and dislocation unleashed during the bust is proportional to the excesses of the preceding boom. Though we’re in uncharted waters when it comes to global Bubble Dynamics, I’ll suggest that geopolitical risks expand exponentially over time. My thesis holds that 2022 is a pivotal year for a historic multi-decade Bubble period....

“Today there are many serious problems in Africa. Christians are persecuted and murdered. The Russian Orthodox Church will deal with these issues, said Metropolitan Leonid of Klin, Head of the Patriarchal African Exarchate of the Russian Orthodox Church, while discussing the situation on Wednesday, February 16. He also pointed out that the condition of the church buildings in Africa — after one hundred years of the Alexandrian Patriarchate’s jurisdiction — is deplorable. Another problem is a lack of a comprehensive mission, and a lack of close attention for the needs of the Orthodox community, on the part of the Greek...

President Biden on Saturday left the White House for lunch with his granddaughters at a nearby restaurant while ignoring shouted questions about the Russia-Ukraine crisis. As the world is gripped by a possible Russian invasion into Ukraine, Biden declined to address the situation after leaving a lunch just blocks from the White House. "Good to see you," Biden said, in response to a shouted question from the press pool on tensions with Russia/Ukraine.

After invoking the “Emergencies Act” in Canada, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau gave not only the government extreme power of citizens, but now law enforcement are able to use excessive force when disbanding the protests. Recently, officers, fashioned in riot gear and wearing masks, pushed through the front lines of the protests, arresting fellow Canadians. But while there is no denying the violence being shown against the peaceful protesters making up the Freedom Convoy, the threat of being charged, imprisoned, and financially ruined might be nothing more than a scare tactic by the Canadian government. In the video, which is featured...

There’s a mental disorder called “Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy” in which a caregiver, such as a parent, fakes illness in others so they can be treated even when they’re not sick. I’ve heard this term used to reference people like Anthony Fauci and Bill Gates, but on a national and global scale. They seem to want millions or even billions of people to turn to them for care for a disease they manufacture. But that’s not really a fair assessment. Fauci may be a narcissist and Gates may be a sociopath, but neither is in it just for the glory....

Join with fellow FREEPERS to pray for AMERICA: For those in Authority in Government, Family, Military, Business, Healthcare, Education, Churches, and the Media. I urge, then, first of all, that requests, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for everyone: for kings and all those in authority that we may live peaceful and quiet lives in all godliness and holiness. ~ 1 Timothy 2:1-2 Religion Forum Threads labeled [Prayer] are closed to debate of any kind.

........... And what shall we say criminality as such? Legal frames, especially in the United States, are broad enough to encourage not only individual freedom but also certain individual crimes. The culprit can go unpunished or obtain undeserved leniency with the support of thousands of public defenders. When a government starts an earnest fight against terrorism, public opinion immediately accuses it of violating the terrorist's civil rights. There are many such cases. Such a tilt of freedom in the direction of evil has come about gradually, but it was evidently born primarily out of a humanistic and benevolent concept according...

The Ottawa interim police chief Steve Bell says law enforcement will seek out protestors for “financial sanctions and criminal charges” even after protestors leave Ottawa. In a press conference on Saturday, interim chief of Ottawa Police Steve Bell said law enforcement would go after individuals present at the peaceful freedom convoy protest in Ottawa for “months to come”. “If you are involved in this protest, we will actively look to identify you and follow up with financial sanctions and criminal charges. Absolutely.” Bell admitted police forces are collecting intelligence through police body cams. The intelligence will later be used to...

The U.S. military has a lot of work to do to catch up to China, according to a new government report. The Government Accountability Office released a National Security Snapshot of the pacing challenge with China earlier this week that found “China’s growing economic, diplomatic, military, and technological power … pose a significant long-term challenge to the United States.” Areas of concern highlighted in the report include space and undersea operations, cyber, artificial intelligence, and "area-denial," which is described as China’s expansion of its capabilities to “counter third party intervention during a large-scale, theater campaign such as a Taiwan contingency.”...

In what appear to be authentic screenshots of the RCMP Musical Ride team currently in Ottawa to assist in the crackdown on peaceful protesters in the capital city, members brag about using brutal force. Over the last 24 hours in Ottawa, police have deployed pepper spray and canisters on demonstrators, arrested dozens and trampled two people with horses.

Click link for 2 minute video of a Canadian protest in Toronto. Just people marching in the street.

A pair of winter storms will wring out more snow and ice during the week of Presidents Day from the West to the Plains, Midwest and Northeast. True to form for the typically busy month of February, the weather pattern is setting up for an active week ahead, with impacts over much of the country. First, the jet stream will take another sharp southward plunge into the West early next week. A surge of energy will swing east out of that jet stream plunge early next week, followed by a second, stronger disturbance later in the week.

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson is reportedly planning to announce the end to all COVID-19 restrictions in the country on Monday. Johnson will unveil his “Living With COVID” plan when Parliament returns from a break this week, The Sun reported.

Hollywood celebrities supported a Black Lives Matter bail fund that recently bailed out Quintez Brown, the BLM and anti-gun activist who has been charged with the attempted murder of a mayoral candidate in Louisville, Kentucky. Celebrities who have promoted or donated to the Louisville Community Bail Fund, which is overseen by Black Lives Matter Louisville, include ABC’s Scandal star Kerry Washington, actress-singer Janelle Monáe, Schitt’s Creek actor Dan Levy, Jeopardy! host Mayim Bialik, and Hamilton star Lin-Manuel Miranda.

Parliament was set to debate Justin Trudeau's Monday morning invocation of the Emergencies Act, a law that is already being used to arrest protesters and seize bank accounts of those involved with or supporting the Freedom Convoy in Ottawa. As per the Parliamentary Protective Service’s (PPS) most recent email notification, a police operation is expected to take place on Wellington Street and other locations in the downtown core of Ottawa.

This dissertation on Vatican II influenced Rome’s decision to lift the excommunications of the SSPX bishopsLifeSiteNews has learned that this dissertation was timely and had a positive influence upon the Vatican’s decision to remove the excommunications of the four bishops of the Society of St. Pius X (SSPX), who were consecrated in 1988, in January of 2009. Fri Feb 18, 2022 - 3:33 pm ESTFri Feb 18, 2022 - 3:34 pm EST (LifeSiteNews) — There lies in Rome a story that has not yet been told but that deserves our attention. In 2006, Msgr. Florian Kolfhaus, a member of the...

A Crucial Clue in the $4.5 Billion Bitcoin Heist: A $500 Walmart Gift Card Increasingly sophisticated tools and some gift cards helped lead investigators to charge a young couple with conspiring to launder billions Federal investigators spent years hunting for clues in the 2016 hacking of the Bitfinex cryptocurrency exchange, when thieves stole bitcoin now worth $4.5 billion. In the end, what helped lead them to two suspects was something much more quotidian: a $500 Walmart gift card. That card and more than a dozen others like it, including for Uber, Hotels.com and PlayStation, were linked to emails and cloud...