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Live event coverage will air on Space.com courtesy of NASA Television, the NASA mobile app(opens in new tab), and the agency's official website(opens in new tab), with prelaunch activities on Monday, Aug. 22. For anxious toe-tappers, the launch countdown(opens in new tab)starts Saturday, Aug. 27, at 10:23 a.m. ET. Sure, it might not provide the same epic experience that the Earth-shuddering blastoff will offer, but it's the next best thing and you don’t have to worry about the heat, parking hassles, or huge crowds. The stages of the Artemis 1 mission to the moon. (Image credit: NASA) The Artemis 1...

On Thursday, Gov. Ron DeSantis announced that 20 people were arrested for breaking Florida’s election laws.DeSantis said that the newly established Florida Office of Election Crimes and Security and the Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) conducted the investigation.“All 20 of these individuals were disqualified from voting after they were convicted of murder or a felony sexual offense, but they chose to vote anyway, and now they have all been charged with voter fraud — a third-degree felony punishable by up to a $5,000 fine and up to 5 years in prison,” the governor’s office noted. “Additionally, Governor DeSantis directed...

“Time to remember the best voting advice I’ve heard: Voting isn’t marriage; it’s public transport. You are not voting for “the one” who is absolutely perfect. You are getting on the bus. And if there isn’t one going exactly to your destination, you don’t stay home and sulk; instead, you take the one going closest to where you want to be.” I read this yesterday over on Bookworm’s blog. She does a weekly compilation of memes, cartoons, old photos, and things to think about. This is from her latest.Two American Thinker articles about Dr. Oz, one by Rajan Laad and...

NEW DELHI: External affairs minister Dr S. Jaishankar has said that China is "disregarding" border pacts, which is "clearly casting a shadow" on relationship between the two countries. Jaishankar was interacting with the Indian community in Sao Paulo on Saturday. Responding to a question on India’s relationship with China, Dr Jaishankar said, “They (China) are our neighbours. Everybody wants to get along with their neighbours on reasonable terms. I must respect you and you must respect me. If we have to build a relationship then there has to be mutual respect, we need to be sensitive to each other’s concerns,”...

BREMERTON — The Puget Sound Naval Shipyard is too busy maintaining the active Navy fleet to scrap the former Enterprise aircraft carrier, Navy officials announced Friday. Instead, the "Big E," the Navy's first nuclear-powered flattop, will head for a private scrapyard somewhere in the American South for disposal, under plans outlined in a draft environmental impact statement. Josh Farley, Kitsap Sun Fri, August 19, 2022 at 6:23 PM BREMERTON — The Puget Sound Naval Shipyard is too busy maintaining the active Navy fleet to scrap the former Enterprise aircraft carrier, Navy officials announced Friday. Instead, the "Big E," the Navy's...

Friends it's Sunday night again and time to relax. Warm up the tubes for another 4 hours of classic radio Americana. Listen LiveInfo *tonight's show will be available at the "Info" link starting tomorrow.

Representative Liz Cheney (R-WY) said Sunday on ABC’s “This Week” that she was “ashamed” that Republicans like Sens. Ted Cruz (R-TX) and Josh Hawley (R-MO) and Gov. Ron Desantis (R-FL) are unfit for the presidency. [cut] Karl said, “You’re going to work against election deniers, if it’s not Trump and if it’s somebody like Ron DeSantis, Ted Cruz, Josh Hawley, these are all people who tied them closely to Trump, will you oppose them? Can you see yourself supporting any of them?” Cheney said, “It would be very difficult. When you look at somebody like Josh Hawley or Ted Cruz,...

In work published in the New England Journal of Medicine, researchers—led by the University of Minnesota Medical School and School of Public Health—have found that metformin, a commonly prescribed diabetes medication lowers the odds of emergency department visits, hospitalizations, or death due to COVID-19 by over 40 percent—and over 50 percent if prescribed early in onset of symptoms. The study also found no positive effect from treatment with either ivermectin or low-dose fluvoxamine. "We are pleased to contribute to the body of knowledge around COVID-19 therapies in general, with treatments that are widely available," said Carolyn Bramante, MD, principal investigator...

Mike Pence's aides ensured all government documents were indexed and boxed up before he left office. Two of his top aides oversaw the process, The New York Times reported. The process falls distinctly out of line with reports of Trump's handling of government documents. Former Vice President Mike Pence was organized about making sure all White House documents were preserved and packed up, The New York Times reported on Saturday. His aides, according to The Times, ensured all documents were indexed and boxed up. His chief of staff and his counsel — Marc Short and Greg Jacob, respectively — oversaw...

"When they aren’t locking us down, making us mask, taking our jobs, forcing shots into us (via coercion and threats*), grooming our kids, pushing us to switch to a bug based diet, or any of their other hobbies the left are pretty nice for demons. Oddly they don’t look like the kind of people who would regularly eat bugs themselves…yet they insist you do that, live in a pod (or a ‘tiny home’) and now they intend to clone you for spare parts. An Israel based biotechnology company is in search of ‘novel’ “forms of ways” to live longer (they...

New Delhi: India is in an advanced stage of negotiations with the US to procure 30 MQ-9B Predator armed drones at a cost of over USD 3 billion to crank up its overall surveillance apparatus along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) with China and in the Indian Ocean, people familiar with the development said on Sunday. The long-endurance-hunter-killer drones are being procured for the three services as they can carry out a variety of roles including maritime surveillance, anti-submarine warfare, over-the-horizon targeting and hitting stationary ground targets. The MQ-9B drone is a variant of MQ-9 "Reaper" that was reportedly...

Liz Cheney is now revered by the left thanks to her attacks on Donald Trump. The left professes to admire her integrity and courage nut the truth is that Liz Cheney is a grifter. In her recent concession speech she said she'd work to keep Trump from being reelected: “I will do everything I can to ensure that the former president never again gets anywhere near the Oval Office.” That may sound familiar to you. Very familiar. In 2016 she said this about Hillary Clinton: "...we've gotta do everything possible to make sure they never get anywhere near the Oval...

"He that speaketh of himself seeketh his own glory: but he that seeketh his glory that sent him, the same is true, and no unrighteousness is in him." "In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink. He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water." "So they, being sent forth by the Holy Ghost, departed unto Seleucia; and from thence they sailed to Cyprus." John, Chapter 7 1 After these things...

Hundreds of migrants being bused to New York may turn into thousands thanks to the selfie trend, Todd Bensman wrote for the New York Post this week. Smart phones have played a huge role in migration with people in Guatemala, Honduras, and Venezuela using online sites that “serve as a real-time intelligence network,” Bensman, who is the senior national security fellow at the Center for Immigration Studies, continued:

A federal appeals court ​on Sunday halted Sen. Lindsey Graham’s testimony before the grand jury investigating possible illegal efforts by allies of former President Donald Trump’s to overturn the results of the 2020 election in Georgia. The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals, acting on a request by the South Carolina Republican, temporarily blocked a decision by a federal judge in Atlanta that rejected Graham’s claim of congressional immunity and ordered him to appear before the special grand jury on Tuesday. ​ The three-panel appeals court returned the matter to ​US District Judge Leigh Martin May​ ​to decide whether the subpoena...

A deeper, controversial Homily on today's Gospel reading that we still ask even today. In not giving us a direct answer as Jesus didn't, the Bishop highlights how we must "strive" to truly seek that answer. 13 min. YouTube link below:How Many Will Be Saved?

Russia has threatened to annex occupied areas in the south of Ukraine. The Ukrainian army has now launched a counter-offensive with the help of Western long-range weapons. Much of the local population has already fled.

Pfizer announced today that it will be releasing a new two shot mRNA vaccine after receiving FDA Emergency Authorization approval and CDC recommendation. FDA approval and CDC recommendation has been purchased and the vaccine should be hitting hospitals, pharmacies and doctor's offices within the next two weeks. Assisted by large amounts of graft included in the Inflation Acceleration Bill, Pfizer got the jump on all the other big pharma companies in developing the new vaccine to prevent Unknown Cause of Death (aka SADS - Sudden Adult Death Syndrome). Piggybacking on their inside knowledge of lab developed diseases and mRNA technology,...

In Seattle, Pierce County Superior Court Judge Philip Thornton released a violent serial criminal, and asked him not to commit any more crimes. Anyone who’s not an idiot can guess what happened next.By Daniel Alman (aka Dan from Squirrel Hill)August 21, 2022Seattle is pro-crime.Aaron Fulk is a 48-year-old violent serial criminal who lives in Seattle.Fulk was recently arrested for threatening a security guard who was working at a transit stop. Pierce County Superior Court Judge Philip Thornton released Fulk without bail, and asked him not to commit any more crimes.Eight days later, Fulk used a metal pole to fatally beat...

Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm said on this week’s “Fox News Sunday” broadcast that if China opens up significantly after their extreme COVID lockdowns, there will likely be a spike in gas prices.