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It is now more than evident that it is very dangerous for a society to allow for the widespread distribution and ownership of weapons whose sole purpose is to destroy human life.

“Most are burned out or wiped out. Scared or tired." “I suppose it’s not the story people want to hear, but the gap between how the war is shown in the media and the reality of the place is kind of ridiculous,” said Sam, the 23 year-old volunteer from the UK. “The lack of training and organization… Outside of shrapnel injuries, most of the injuries were related to friendly fire.” “Probably more than half the injuries are friendly fire,” confirmed Steve, an American who has been volunteering as a military and medical trainer since February. “I fought in the Middle...

The Merced Sheriff's Department said a local militia group has activated itself to help in the effort against the out-of-control Oak Fire. The sheriff's office said in a statement released Sunday, that they are not un-supportive of community groups helping neighbors, but they wanted to stress they have not requested assistance from any militia group.

activists within the field of archaeology are pushing for anthropologists to be prevented from identifying human remains as male or female because it is not known how ancients would have self-identified. No, this isn’t the Babylon Bee. Criminal forensic psychologists, archaeologists and anthropologists have long had the skills to identify whether a body is male or female based on a number of traits, including the size and shape of bones. However, far-left activists are now insisting that this is transphobic because experts don’t know if ancient people identified as a specific gender. “You might know the argument that the archaeologists...

“The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly. Burning lips and a wicked heart are like a potsherd covered with silver dross” (Proverbs 26:22-23).

CNA Newsroom, Jul 19, 2022 / 03:21 am (CNA). The German “Synodal Way” is aiming to change the Church’s teaching on homosexuality by proposing “a conscious statement against the current Catholic catechism”, according to a leading protagonist of the controversial process. Marc Frings, the secretary-general of the Central Committee of German Catholics (ZdK), said the “Synodal Way” –– sometimes referred to as “Synodal Path” –– was “a conscious statement against the current Catholic catechism, which has been critical and disparaging of homosexuality since the mid-1970s and still reproaches homosexual activity as sin.” His comments were published on July 17 in...

In early July, right after Lisichansk was won by the Russian forces, the Russian military and its allies from DNR and LNR, put on display there a large number of captured Ukrainian military equipment. Rows of tanks, rocket launchers and armored vehicles stretched for hundreds of meters. All this was seized by the Russians in just one sector of the front alone. Let’s be honest, most of the Western military assistance to Ukraine is quickly destroyed or falls into the hands of the Russian military, without having any significant impact on the course of the war, and successful exceptions like...

A Christian mayoral candidate for a London borough has launched legal action after being sacked by her employer for expressing Christian beliefs on marriage as part of an election manifesto. Maureen Martin, 56, from Lewisham, London, is now being supported by the Christian Legal Centre. She was dismissed by her housing association employer, L&Q, for gross misconduct following three complaints. The case is believed to be the first of its kind to see a political candidate sacked by their employer for their Christian beliefs. Miss Martin had worked for L&Q as a housing manager for 13 years with an unblemished...

A business owner expressed his frustration over the repeated graffiti vandalism of his San Francisco restaurant after receiving a violation notice from the city to clean up or be fined. Viet Nguyen, owner of the soon-to-open Gao Viet Kitchen in the Inner Sunset, told NBC Bay Area that he is tired of his restaurant being targeted by vandals and repeatedly having to paint over the graffiti. The latest tagging of his restaurant also came with a violation notice from the San Francisco Department of Public Works last week. The notice instructed Nguyen to clean up the graffiti in 30 days...

Played by humans, chess is a game of strategic thinking, calm concentration and patient intellectual endeavour. Violence does not usually come into it. The same, it seems, cannot always be said of machines. Last week, according to Russian media outlets, a chess-playing robot, apparently unsettled by the quick responses of a seven-year-old boy, unceremoniously grabbed and broke his finger during a match at the Moscow Open. “The robot broke the child’s finger,” Sergey Lazarev, president of the Moscow Chess Federation, told the TASS news agency after the incident, adding that the machine had played many previous exhibitions without upset. “This...

Photo: ekaterinburg-eparhia.ru The Ekaterinburg Diocese’s annual Royal Days celebrations in honor of Tsar Nicholas II and his family, who were brutally slain on the night of July 17, 1918, continue to be among the most popular pilgrimages for the Orthodox faithful both in Russia and from abroad. This year’s pilgrimage gathered tens of thousands, with services celebrated by 9 hierarchs. The main events began on Saturday, July 16, with a Divine Liturgy in the “Royal Room”—a chapel in the basement of the Church on the Blood, built over the exact room where the Royal Family and their loyal servants were...

"Highly credible" whistleblowers have come forward to a senior Senate Republican alleging a widespread effort within the FBI to downplay or discredit negative information about President Joe Biden's son, Hunter Biden, according to letters reviewed by CBS News. "The information provided to my office involves concerns about the FBI's receipt and use of derogatory information relating to Hunter Biden, and the FBI's false portrayal of acquired evidence as disinformation," GOP Sen. Chuck Grassley wrote FBI Director Christopher Wray and Attorney General Merrick Garland on July 25. "The volume and consistency of these allegations substantiate their credibility and necessitate this letter."...

'We are the people of Mother Earth, hi, hi,' the master of ceremonies said during the dance.MASKWACIS, Alberta (LifeSiteNews) – During the first full day of his visit with Canada’s Indigenous communities, Pope Francis attended a “healing dance” that appeared to direct worship to “Mother Earth.” Prior the ritual, which took place in Maskwacis, Alberta this morning, the Master of Ceremonies for the event explained that a “healing dance” was about to occur, while outlining that the drum involved is “the heartbeat of Mother Earth, the drum is life.” Gathered in a circle around a large tree branch, Indigenous people...

COLUMBUS, Ohio – Ohio State Board of Education member Kirsten Hill is challenging state Sen. Nathan Manning for his seat in a contest where voters must choose between a pragmatic, moderate incumbent willing to work with lawmakers of all stripes to get bills passed and a conservative who will stand by the ideals of the most conservative flank of her party. Manning and Hill want to represent the newly drawn Ohio Senate District 13, which includes Lorain and parts of Erie and Huron counties. Cities in the district include Amherst, Elyria, Huron, Lorain, North Ridgeville, LaGrange, Norwalk, Oberlin and Wellington....

After 38 years working in the Information Technology / Information Security fields, I've had enough.It's not that I hate my job (I don't) and it's not that I don't like the people I work with (I do. I think of them as family.) I just cannot stand the thought of my hard earned tax dollars going to support the most corrupt, crooked, tyrannical, incompetent, inept and damn' it, STUPID and STOLEN Presidency there ever has been, and ever will be, the Biden Crime Family.I've informed my employer, a global financial services organization that I'm pulling the plug on August 31st.I...

RENO, Nev. — Thirteen Nevada Republicans announced a new coalition on Monday to endorse Democratic Attorney General Aaron Ford in his reelection bid against their party’s nominee, Sigal Chattah, a right-wing candidate who bested a more moderate Republican primary contender. The announcement of “Republicans for Ford,” first reported by the Las Vegas Review-Journal, signals a major shift in party support as the group is headlined by a former rival of Ford’s — former state Senate Majority Leader Michael Roberson, along with former GOP Chairwoman Amy Tarkanian. “Now, more than ever, it is time to put duty to the state and...

~The FReeper Canteen Presents~ Road Trip: Tinker Air Force Base, OklahomaTinker Air Force Base is a United States Air Force base, with tenant U.S. Navy and other Department of Defense missions, located in Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, surrounded by Del City, Oklahoma City, and Midwest City. The base, originally known as the Midwest Air Depot, is named in honor of Oklahoma native Major General Clarence L. Tinker, the first Native American major general.Tinker is the headquarters of the Air Force Materiel Command's (AFMC) Oklahoma City Air Logistics Center (OC-ALC), which is the worldwide manager for a wide range of aircraft,...

Microbes are the smallest known living organisms on Earth and can be found just about everywhere, even in the cold, Mars-like conditions of lava caves. On the island of Hawai'i, scientists recently found a marvelous assortment of novel microbes thriving in geothermal caves, lava tubes, and volcanic vents. These underground structures were formed 65 and 800 years ago and receive little to no sunlight. They can also harbor toxic minerals and gases. Yet microbial mats are a common feature of Hawai'ian lava caves. Samples of these mats, taken between 2006 and 2009 and then again between 2017 and 2019, reveal...

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Walmart just gave all the recession mongers on Wall Street a huge adrenaline shot in the collective arm. The world's largest retailer slashed its second quarter and full-year profit outlooks late Monday owing to rampant inflation and a consumer retrenchment. Here's where Walmart stands compared to its guidance offered in mid-May: Second Quarter Net sales Growth: +7.5% (+5% previously) Second Quarter Operating Income: -13% to -14% (flat to up slightly) Second Quarter EPS: -8% to -9% (flat to up slightly) Full Year EPS: -11% to -13% (-1%) Walmart shares plunged 9% in after-hours trading. “The increasing levels of food and...