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~ The FReeper Canteen Presents ~ ~ Remembering Our Troops!! ~ Air Shows Are The Best! Megan Murat signals her enthusiasm before taking to the sky aboard an F-18 Super Hornet aircraft assigned to the U.S. Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron, the Blue Angels. The mission of the Blue Angels is to showcase the teamwork and professionalism of the United States Navy and Marine Corps through flight demonstrations and community outreach while inspiring a culture of excellence and service to country. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Adam Olson) Canteen Mission StatementShowing support and boosting the morale ofour...

The Bishop of Oxford has added a sixth question to the Church of England’s baptismal rite, calling upon the newly baptized to “strive to safeguard the integrity of creation, and sustain and renew the life of the Earth”. In his 11 June 2022 address to the diocesan synod, the Rt. Rev. Steven Croft, spoke at length of what he saw as a “climate crisis” facing the world. Bishop Croft noted: “We see the consequences of environmental catastrophe everywhere. Climate change is a lived reality now the whole world over,” noting the South African diocese of Kimberly and Kuruman had been...

‘The founders believed in religious freedom, not religious suppression and persecution,’ conservative filmmaker Trevor Loudon responded.WASHINGTON, D.C. (LifeSiteNews) – Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor is concerned that the “separation between church and state” is falling apart. She shared those concerns in her dissent Tuesday in Carson v. Makin, a Supreme Court (SCOTUS) case about a Maine school choice program that prohibited parents from using vouchers to send kids to religious schools. SCOTUS ruled that the Maine program violated the Free Exercise Clause of the Constitution. “This Court continues to dismantle the wall of separation between church and state that the...

A Chicago Catholic parish is facing questions after the pastor allowed a couple in a same-sex marriage to offer a “reflection” in lieu of the homily at a June 19 Mass. The parish, Old St. Patrick’s, is a historic and prominent parish on Chicago’s west loop. The priest celebrating the Mass, Father Joe Roccasalva, introduced the two men immediately after proclaiming the Gospel and said they were to give a Father’s Day “Gospel reflection.” According to canon law, laypeople are not allowed to preach homilies during Mass — only the ordained, meaning priests, bishops, and deacons, are allowed to do...

All 20 people on trial were found guilty of some sort of involvement in the deadly Islamic State terror attacks in November 2015.. Salah Abdeslam, the only surviving jihadist in the November 2015 Paris attacks, was last night found guilty of murder and sentenced to life in prison without parole, marking the end of the biggest trial in French history. In total, all 20 men on trial were found guilty for their part in the Bataclan massacre that left 130 people dead and scarred France. Abdeslam, 32, was found guilty of murder and attempted murder in relation with a terrorist...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The California Department of Justice on Wednesday acknowledged the agency wrongly made public the personal information of perhaps hundreds of thousands of gun owners in up to six state-operated databases, a broader exposure than the agency initially disclosed a day earlier. Rob Bonta, the Democrat who heads the agency and is running for reelection in November, said he was “deeply disturbed and angered” by the failure to protect the information his department is entrusted to keep. He ordered an investigation and promised to fix any problems. “This unauthorized release of personal information is unacceptable and falls...

Former President Trump on Wednesday endorsed an opponent of Arizona House Speaker Rusty Bowers (R) for a state Senate seat after Bowers testified before the House Jan. 6 select committee that Trump’s claims of voter fraud were false. Trump said in a release from his Save America PAC that he is backing David Farnsworth, a former state senator, for Arizona’s 10th legislative district. Bowers testified before the House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol insurrection last week alongside Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger (R) and his deputy Gabe Sterling. Their testimony was part of the committee’s public hearing...

A Polish court ruled earlier this week that four so-called “LGBT-free zones” must be abolished. The areas were established in 2019, according to Reuters, when local authorities throughout the predominantly Catholic country declared themselves free of “LGBT ideology,” and banned the promotion of homosexuality and other minority sexual identities, especially in schools. Previously a lower court had ruled against nine such local resolutions, while the European Commission has said that they may violate European Union non-discrimination laws. Last September, the Commission wrote to five Polish regional councils warning that declaring themselves LGBT-free zones could impact E.U. funding. “The Commission would...

The 17-year-old who was beaten to death at a school founded by LeBron James suffered a broken neck and had the imprint of a shoe in his chest wall, a preliminary autopsy report has revealed. The report released by the Summit County Medical Examiner (SCME) in Ohio documented the gruesome injuries Ethan Liming endured during his final moments in the parking lot of the I Promise school in Akron. The report also revealed blunt force trauma to the head. The teen's occipital bone, the major bone that connects to the cervical spine and protects the brain, had been broken, Akron...

June, Global Pride Month, has seen several Arab nations launch campaigns specifically seeking to find and quash any support for the LGBTQ community. Lebanon was the latest nation to join the crackdown, with Interior Minister Bassam Mawlawi issuing a letter a week ago to Lebanese security forces ordering them to break up any events that "promote" homosexuality. The letter, labelled "very urgent," said that "after the spread of calls on social media to organize parties and events promoting homosexuality in Lebanon… and considering the negative consequences brought by this phenomenon on individuals and society" police and security forces should "take...

More than 20 deer have moved in on Kinlochleven near Fort William in Lochaber, Scotland, and are said to have begun to "intimidate" the community. A lone stag arrived four years ago before slowly attracting hinds and the wild animals eventually started wandering the streets and local parks. In January a proposal to kill off the herd was vetoed, with villagers arguing they could learn to live side by side with the new settlers. The village used to house a giant aluminium smelting works but now much of its economy is supported by tourists walking the West Highland Way, with...

The name is already protected, but the Scotch Whisky Association says a trademark makes it easier to take actions against counterfeiters.Protected geographical indications are important for both consumers and producers — for instance, allowing drinkers to know their Napa wine actually comes from Napa and protecting winemakers from counterfeiters who want to slap the Napa name on a bottle. But protecting products in foreign countries outside of their home jurisdictions can be trickier. And so, though the United States already has agreed to protect "Scotch" as a whiskey produced in Scotland, the Scotch Whisky Association (SWA) has taken things one...

NEW YORK -- Donald Trump is no longer in contempt of court, a New York judge ruled Wednesday. Judge Arthur Engoron, who declared the former president in contempt on April 25 for being slow to respond to a civil subpoena issued by New York’s attorney general, said he has now met conditions required to lift the sanction following a protracted legal battle. Trump last month paid $110,000 in fines he racked up as a result of the contempt finding. The money, paid directly to Attorney General Letitia James’ office, will continue to be held in an escrow account while Trump...

What the Chinese Energy Fund Committee represents... President Joe Biden left Hunter Biden a voicemail in 2018. It concerned a business deal with a Chinese company called the Chinese Energy Fund Committee (CEFC). “Hey pal, it’s Dad. It’s 8:15 on Wednesday night. If you get a chance just give me a call. Nothing urgent. I just wanted to talk to you,” Joe Biden said, according to the Daily Mail, which first revealed the recording. “I thought the article released online, it’s going to be printed tomorrow in the Times, was good. I think you’re clear. And anyway if you get...

On Fox News last Friday and this past Monday, I've been offering the analysis that it's too soon to say with certainty how the Dobbs decision from the Supreme Court – and the resulting overturning of Roe v. Wade – will impact the upcoming elections. I've noted that we saw a spike in interest and acrimony in early May after the draft opinion leaked, then intense interest in the issue subsided as other events unfolded and economic fundamentals reasserted themselves in the minds of the public. I suggested that we very well might see a similar trajectory play out now...

The tour guide who caught the catch on camera said he had never seen it happen beforeA salmon became the unluckiest fish in the Irish Sea after it leapt out of the water and straight into the mouth of a passing dolphin. The incredible moment was caught on camera by a wildlife guide in Cardigan Bay, who said he had never seen it happen before. Joshua Pedley, who works as a guide for SeaMôr Dolphin Watching Boat Trips in New Quay, was leading a trip along Cardigan Bay on Friday, June 24 when he spotted the bottlenose dolphin and took...

VATICAN CITY (RNS) — In defiance of some U.S. bishops, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi reportedly received Communion during a Mass presided over by Pope Francis on Wednesday (June 29) for the celebration of the feast of Sts. Peter and Paul.Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone announced June 1 that the Catholic congresswoman is banned from receiving Communion in her home diocese of San Francisco due to her abortion rights stance. Since then, she has been barred from receiving the sacrament in four dioceses.Pelosi called the recent pronouncement by the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn Roe v. Wade an “outrageous and heart-wrenching”...

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization officially offered membership to Sweden and Finland Wednesday. "We reaffirm our commitment to NATO's Open Door Policy. Today, we have decided to invite Finland and Sweden to become members of NATO and agreed to sign the Accession Protocols," the organization said in a press release Wednesday. "In any accession to the alliance, it is of vital importance that the legitimate security concerns of all allies are properly addressed. "We welcome the conclusion of the trilateral memorandum between Turkey, Finland, and Sweden to that effect. The accession of Finland and Sweden will make them safer, NATO...

It seems to me that the Secret Service and the commentariat are misfiring in their claimed contradictions of Cassidy Hutchinson. If there is a proper target of criticism (and that’s not clear at this point), it is the House January 6 committee, not the witness. In the course of her riveting testimony Tuesday (which I described in a column posted last night), [cut] We shouldn’t leap to the conclusion that anyone is lying. But we should be provided with all of the relevant testimony. And, contrary to the committee’s practice, there should be probing cross-examination so we can get to...