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“‘But I say to you, love your enemies’” (Matthew 5:44). People tend to base love on the attractiveness and likeability of the one loved. They love the so-called beautiful people, enjoyable activities, nice houses, and sharp cars. That list could go on, but Jesus’ kind of love is need oriented. In His parable of the good Samaritan (Luke 10:29, 36–37), the Samaritan showed tremendous love because he sacrificed his own convenience, safety, and finances to help a desperately needy man. The love our Lord sets forth here is translated from the Greek agape-, the noblest and best New Testament love....

The deputy commander of the Azov regiment, Svyatoslav Palamar, reported that Ukrainian fighters extracted 20 civilians from under the rubble at Azovstal and handed them over for evacuation to Ukrainian-controlled territory. He stated this in his appeal. "All night long enemy artillery operated on the territory of the plant, which caused more rubble and destruction. The silence regime, which was supposed to begin at 06:00, did not begin until 11:00, and so, it is true, as of today both sides are maintaining the silence regime." From 18:00 on, we waited for the evacuation convoy which did not arrive until 18:25....

Pro amused, saddened by bizarre penalty: ‘The rules of golf remain undefeated’ BY: DYLAN DETHIER APRIL 18, 2022 Dylan Frittelli ended up in a strange situation on Sunday at the RBC. PGA TOUR If the way you prefer to get through your Mondays is by delighting in the suffering of others, well, I’ve got good news for you. Step with me into the Obscure Rules Section of the PGA Tour Library and observe the final-round action of one Dylan Frittelli, who hit a tee shot offline and got punished in a wholly unexpected way. Frittelli began Sunday at the RBC...

Germany has filed a case against Italy at the UN's highest court over attempts within Italy to claim compensation for Nazi-era war crimes. In a submission to the International Court of Justice (ICJ), Germany says Italy continues to allow cases in its domestic courts despite a 2012 ruling that such claims were inadmissible. It says that, since that ruling, over 25 new cases have been filed in Italy. In some of those, the courts have ruled that Germany should pay compensation. Berlin says it is bringing the complaint now because of two ongoing cases that could see properties in Rome...

Under pressure applied by both Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama, the European Union is working to expand online censorship to an extreme Orwellian level, as well as strictly regulate speech during what authorities deem to be times of crisis (we always seem to be in the middle of a “crisis”), and remove online anonymity by forcing the public to have a digital identity.But these plans aren’t unique to the EU. They are also currently being rolled out in the UK and Africa, proving Governments worldwide are working in lockstep to bring in a digital identity and social credit system right...

Attorneys for John Eastman said on Friday that their client would be handing over more than 10,000 pages to the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot after withdrawing some of his privilege claims. On Friday, Eastman’s attorneys said that thousands of pages — from the more than 37,000 sought after by the committee — will now be handed over to the panel. However, the lawyer still claims attorney-client privilege to roughly 27,000, according to Politico, which first reported the development.

Former Mayor Bill de Blasio and his wife have racked up $2.5 million in debt, but that isn’t stopping them from living large at a pricey, four-star Brooklyn hotel. After leaving office four months ago, de Blasio and Chirlane McCray made a beeline from Gracie Mansion to the swanky New York Marriott at the Brooklyn Bridge — where suites run from about $600 to $5,000 a night — and have been staying there ever since while their home in Park Slope, Brooklyn, undergoes renovations, according to hotel staffers and other sources. [cut] However, one staffer said, “He’s too frugal, and...

Cash-strapped Sri Lanka announced a 40 per cent price hike for dozens of commonly used medicines on Saturday (Apr 30) as the island nation labours through its worst economic crisis in decades. Months of lengthy blackouts and acute shortages of food, fuel and pharmaceuticals have sparked widespread protests calling for the government's resignation. Antibiotics, non-prescription painkillers and medications for heart conditions and diabetes will all be subject to the price rise, Health Minister Channa Jayasumana said. It is the second time in six weeks that pharmaceutical prices have been raised. In mid-March, a 30 per cent increase was imposed.

(LifeSiteNews) – While U.S. public schools have drawn the lion’s share of attention in the ongoing controversy about radical teachers using their positions to expose children to sexual subject and gender ideology, a similar push is underway in America’s private schools, as well.Breitbart reports that it has obtained an “extensive trove” of documents and video from the National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS), the national accreditation association for American private schools and a registered 501(c)(3). The material sheds light on the organization’s training materials for “LGBTQ+ inclusive” curricula, including exposing sexually-explicit content to children as young as four without their...

Why do the nations rage, And the people plot a vain thing? The kings of the earth set themselves, And the rulers take counsel together, Against the Lord and against His Anointed, saying, “Let us break Their bonds in pieces And cast away Their cords from us.” Psalm 2:1-3 (my emphasis) In honor of our recent Earth Week, I thought it pertinent to bring back the discussion of how things begin and end. Contrastingly, those who are foolishly trying to separate the Creator from His creation, love to promote the idea of uniformitarianism. By definition; Uniformitarianism is the principle or...

Dozens of people were trapped under a building which collapsed in central China, officials said on Saturday (Apr 30), as rescuers clawed through the rubble and used buzzsaws to pull several survivors free. The building, which housed a hotel, apartments and cinema, caved in on Friday afternoon in Changsha city, Hunan province. At least 23 people remained trapped late Saturday, while 39 others were uncontactable after the incident, the mayor of Changsha mayor told reporters.

KYIV, March 15 (Reuters) - An international peacekeeping mission should be sent to Ukraine and be given the means to defend itself, the leader of Poland's ruling party said on Tuesday after meeting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy.Jaroslaw Kaczynski made his remarks after he and the prime ministers of the Czech Republic, Poland and Slovenia arrived in Kyiv in a show of high-level backing for Zelenskiy, who briefed them on the war with Russia.Polish troops take part in military exercises with soldiers from Britain, US and Romania at the military training ground in Bemowo Piskie.

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has insisted Disney will have to pay its own debts after the conglomerate claimed the state would have to foot its $2billion bill for bond tax if its special status is removed. 'Disney will pay its debts,' DeSantis told a townhall in Orlando with Fox News' 'The Ingraham Angle', garnering loud applause. 'Disney will, for the first time, actually live under the same laws as everybody else in Florida. Imagine that.' Host Laura Ingraham asked DeSantis if Disney was correct in claiming that there was a clause in their original contract that stipulates the state is...

What’s Made from a Barrel of Oil? A barrel of crude oil (42 gallons) produces just under 45 gallons of refined products, from transportation fuels to essential materials for everyday products.

Despite all that, one major city is now getting ready to implement a new COVID vaccine requirement for certain workers. On April 26, Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney announced that its long-delayed mandate for unionized city workers would finally take effect next month, The Philadelphia Inquirer reported. According to a statement from the City of a Philadelphia, employees covered by the requirement will need to have proof of at least their first dose of a COVID vaccine by May 31. Workers who have not submitted an exemption request by this date will be placed on unvaccinated leave starting June 6. This...

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is vowing to sign a constitutional carry gun law for the state before he leaves office. His comments came Friday while speaking to residents in North Central Florida, according to the Orlando Sentinel. "We used to be the leader on Second Amendment issues," DeSantis said. The Republican governor noted 25 other states already have passed constitutional carry legislation. The law allows people to carry handguns without a concealed weapons license or permit, the Sentinel said. DeSantis said the gun law was "one thing I wanted the Legislature to do."

A 10-month-old boy in Singapore was found to have acute hepatitis with unknown cause, said the Ministry of Health (MOH) in a statement on Saturday (Apr 30). It added that investigations are ongoing to determine if the case is similar to those in the recent global outbreak. SNIP "Laboratory testing has determined the case to be negative for the common viruses that cause hepatitis (hepatitis type A, B, C and E viruses). The case has a previous history of COVID-19 infection in December 2021, although there is no evidence at this time that the acute hepatitis is related to COVID-19."

n America, the availability of everyday goods such as groceries and gasoline is generally a given. Even in 2020, amid the fallout of a pandemic, well-documented shortages were relatively short-lived. But as the economy recovered heading into 2021, the shift in Washington toward Democratic policies may now make hunger pangs familiar in a way unseen since the Great Depression. While America is the world’s breadbasket, reliance on Russian and Ukrainian wheat, barley, fertilizer, and, most of all, energy has made every mouthful cost more, as have increased regulations and taxes on our farmers here at home. Russia and Ukraine produce...

When I first started looking for a place to rent in Boston, I quickly gave up on the idea of getting my own apartment, since every listing seemed to go something like this: Great deal!!! $2,200/month, studio, no windows, *HAUNTED.* Since then, I’ve been trawling Craigslist for shared houses, and finding it to be an unexpected exercise in close reading. In addition to the familiar realtorese (cozy = tiny, open concept = toilet in kitchen), I’ve been developing a specialized private dictionary for the houses I’ve been looking at around Cambridge, Somerville, and Allston: Chill means stoned people with sticky...

Dirty voter rolls, the mass use of mail-in ballots, and privately-funded drop boxes “combined together to create an easy pass lane for fraud,” as “mules” — or ballot traffickers — trafficked thousands of ballots, likely altering the outcome of the 2020 election, True the Vote president and founder Catherine Engelbrecht told Breitbart News Saturday. Engelbrecht, who leads the election integrity organization True the Vote, previewed the upcoming film by Dinesh D’Souza, 2,000 Mules, which blows the lid off of the “organized crime” that took place leading up to the 2020 election. The film used data obtained by True the Vote,...