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Explanation: You don't have to look through a telescope to know where it's pointing. Allowing the telescope to project its image onto a large surface can be useful because it dilutes the intense brightness of very bright sources. Such dilution is useful for looking at the Sun, for example during a solar eclipse. In the featured single-exposure image, though, it is a too-bright full moon that is projected. This February full moon occurred two weeks ago and is called the Snow Moon by some northern cultures. The projecting instrument is the main 62-centimeter telescope at the Saint-Véran Observatory high in...

Orlando police have released body cam footage of an officer being attacked Thursday in the area of North John Young Parkway and West Harwood Street. Advertisement But police say they're still puzzled as to why it happened. They are still determining whether the suspect's attack was intentional or if he was suffering from a mental illness. "I think there's a lot more questions than answers when it comes to situations like this," Orlando police Chief Orlando Rolon said. The video shows 33-year-old James Mossetty facing down the officer who was working as a school crossing guard at the intersection. Orlando...

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United States announced Monday it is expelling 12 members of the Russian Mission at the United Nations, accusing them of being “intelligence operatives” engaged in espionage. The Biden administration's action came on the fifth day of Russia's invasion of neighboring Ukraine, which has sparked condemnation from the United States and dozens of other countries. The U.S. Mission to the United Nations said in a statement that the Russian diplomats “have abused their privileges of residency in the United States by engaging in espionage activities that are adverse to our national security.” Russian Ambassador Vassily Nebenzia...

Was reading my e-Sword computer Bible and saw this: The Man of Lawlessness2 Thessalonians 2:1 Now we request you, brethren, with regard to the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our gathering together to Him, 2 Thessalonians 2:2 that you not be quickly shaken from your composure or be disturbed either by a spirit or a message or a letter as if from us, to the effect that the day of the Lord has come. 2 Thessalonians 2:3 Let no one in any way deceive you, for it will not come unless the apostasy comes first, and the man...

Italian Bishops: The More Anti-Catholic the BetterFather Alberto Maggi, 76, an alleged biblical scholar, claimed that “hell does not exist," “Jesus never wrought miracles,” and “Christ never resurrected Lazarus.”Maggi is one of the faces of TV2000, the official broadcaster of the Italian Bishops. He is loved by apostates, secularists, oligarchs, and regime media activists.About Christ’s cursing of the fig tree, Maggi says, “Either Jesus was misguided, or the evangelist made him look bad or there is something else."For Maggi, “nobody” is condemned for all eternity. In other words, Hitler, Stalin, abortion workers, and child abusers are all happy in heaven.According...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky urges the European Union to grant his country immediate membership, as Russia's assault against the pro-Western country enters its fifth day.

Republican Florida Governor Ron DeSantis announced Monday that his state would not deploy any National Guard members to the nation’s capital ahead of Tuesday’s planned State of the Union Address. DeSantis said that President Joe Biden had issued a request for governors to deploy members of the National Guard from their respective states, and he made it abundantly clear that he had no intention of doing so. Last week, the Biden Administration requested the assistance of State National Guards to deploy to Washington D.C. I have rejected this request — there will be no @FLGuard sent to D.C. for Biden’s...

When the Bush Administration announced in 2008 that Ukraine and Georgia would be eligible for NATO membership, I knew it was a terrible idea. Nearly two decades after the end of both the Warsaw Pact and the Cold War, expanding NATO made no sense. NATO itself made no sense. Explaining my “no” vote on a bill to endorse the expansion, I said at the time: NATO is an organization whose purpose ended with the end of its Warsaw Pact adversary… This current round of NATO expansion is a political reward to governments in Georgia and Ukraine that came to power...

Washington — President Biden will reintroduce pieces of his domestic policy agenda when he addresses Congress during his State of the Union speech Tuesday night and highlight what he sees as his achievements during his first year in office, senior administration officials told reporters in a briefing call on Monday. "The president is proud of the administration's progress to date," and will continue to build on it, one official on the call said.

Vatican won’t cooperate with civil sex abuse trial of bishop friendly with Pope Francis: reportsBishop Zanchetta is accused of sexually abusing two seminarians, but the Vatican is dragging its heels in response to a formal request for files relating to his civil trial. (LifeSiteNews) — Reports are suggesting that the Vatican is refusing to cooperate with the civil trial of a bishop who is part of the Roman curia and a friend of Pope Francis, as he faces charges for sexual abuse in his native Argentina. Argentine Bishop Gustavo Zanchetta, one of Pope Francis’ first appointments in 2013, was formally...

ABC’s “The View” co-host Whoopi Goldberg is “untouchable” after the show suffered a ratings drop during her suspension, a source told the New York Post. The Post claims that a source revealed that Goldberg feels more emboldened than ever because ratings for the daytime talk show dropped in her absence. The source claimed that Goldberg “returned to work with a big grin on her face” due to the ratings drop. “She’s strutting around the place. She’s peacocking.” During her suspension, the Post reports the talk show dropped 283,000 viewers, resulting in a season-low for total viewers in key demographics. In...

As we come to the end of Black History Month, we should remember that the war on Black history has reached new heights in America. At the start of the month, a Montessori school in North Ogden, Utah, sent a letter to parents allowing them to opt out of having their children participate in Black history lessons. The school later backtracked on the plan after receiving backlash. Then came news that a counselor in Brown County, Indiana, had sent a memo to parents with a similar message. The superintendent for Brown County Schools said that the letter was “unauthorized” and...

With weightlifters and Miss Ukraine volunteering for duty, inquiring minds question the where abouts of the Ukrainian zealot Vindman brothers. The mystery was solved this afternoon when the DEA and FBI raided a crack house in Southwestern D.C. Agents scooped up Hunter Biden, the Vindman brothers and 60 crack whores. CIA agents arrived shortly after and had the entire crew released from custody as the DEA and FBI had stumbled upon a CIA operation. After escorting several Democratic Senators and Representatives out of the building, the CIA explained what was going on. The Vindman brothers and Hunter were recruiting crack...

Illinois State Police threaten legal consequences for convoy participants "Those who choose to participate in events that intentionally endanger the public and violate Illinois law will be subject" to legal action, officials say.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Anti-abortion groups in Wisconsin on Monday questioned whether Gov. Tony Evers legally awarded about $2.4 million in federal stimulus money to Planned Parenthood, a move they claimed violated a state law prohibiting the funding of abortions. The groups, represented by the conservative Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty, also said the grant programs appeared to be unlawfully created and unlawfully administered. The letter sought more information from Evers, a Democrat, about how the legality of creating two grant programs without approval from the Republican-controlled Legislature and awarding the grants to Planned Parenthood. Evers’ spokeswoman Britt Cudaback...

Other than Liberal sycophants, most of us knew Trudeau was in way over his head. He wasn’t a deep thinker with a strong understanding of politics, economics or foreign policy. He had no life experience, business acumen or penchant for strategic communications.... This was going to be disastrous, and we were proven right. Trudeau’s list of political failures is massive. Three past instances of wearing blackface that he tried to hide. Public battles with female MPs and cabinet ministers — including Jody Wilson-Raybould, Jane Philpott and Celina Caesar-Chavannes — which exposed him as a faux feminist. Three trips to the...

As the GOP seems to think they have the next election in the bag, Obama & Holder – with corrupt attorney Marc Elias – are gaining ground with All On The Line. Through their organization All On The Line (AOTL) (formerly “Obama for America”), former President Barack Obama and his wingman, former Attorney General Eric Holder have aggressively targeted certain key states with strategic litigation wherever they believe Republicans hold an advantage in their electoral maps. A key point is that Obama/Holder are targeting “gerrymandering”, or the redrawing of electoral maps to give an advantage to a certain political party....

Joe Rogan challenged the premise that Bill Gates is a trusted spokesperson on health. In a recent episode of "The Joe Rogan Experience," the podcast giant poked fun of the physique of the Microsoft founder, who has regularly dishes out health advice. A recent episode of "The Joe Rogan Experience" featured author and registered dietician Diana Rodgers and New York Times bestselling author and former research biochemist Rob Wolf. During a discussion about how there are movements against red meat. Wolf proposed that there are concerted efforts to consolidate who produces food, and asserted that there were some "folks" who...

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It is a commonly accepted view in mainstream archaeology that civilization started in ancient Mesopotamia with the great civilization of Sumer in what is now modern-day Iraq. However, at the beginning of the 20th century, archaeologists excavating at Tell Al’Ubaid in Iraq made an unusual discovery when they unearthed several 7,000-year-old artifacts which appear to represent humanoid figures with reptilian features. The domestic architecture of the Ubaidians included large T-shaped houses, open courtyards, paved streets, as well as food processing equipment. According to the Metropolitan Museum of Art , some of these villages began to develop into towns, temples began...