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The Hickory bridge had been inoperative for about nine years, and any barricades had been washed away ... A North Carolina man is dead after his GPS led him to a defunct bridge that dropped off into a creek on Sept. 30. Phillip Paxson, a 47-year-old father of two girls, had been driving his Jeep at night from his oldest daughter's birthday party in Hickory when his GPS led him to a bridge that has been inoperative since heavy flooding in July 2013 destroyed it. "It was a dark and rainy night and he was following his GPS which led...

In 2013, Beyoncé released her self-titled album as a surprise drop. With fans and music enthusiasts up in arms, the Houston native created an uproar worldwide as people scrambled to get a piece of what the Queen was offering. Fast forward to Summer 2022, and Beyoncé dropped her most recent project, “Renaissance.” With heavy influence from vintage dance, house, and disco records — the “Single Ladies” singer, yet again, had the world in a tizzy, ready to consume her music. This time, however, her musical offering came with some questions about the business of her production, and artists like Right...

Gubernatorial challenger State Superintendent Joy Hofmeister holds a slight lead on incumbent Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt, according to new polling released Friday. The exclusive News 9 / News On 6 poll, conducted between Oct. 3 and 6, shows Hofmeister with nearly a 4-point lead one month from Election Day. Among those polled, Hofmeister got 46.8 percent of the vote, while Stitt got 43 percent. Libertarian Natalie Bruno got 2.3 percent, and Independent Ervin Yen got 1.3 percent. Likely Oklahoma voters were polled, and the poll has a plus-minus of 5.65 percent meaning that the Hofmeister-Stitt figures are within the margin...

Arizona, My Spanish is a little rusty so I asked my friend @EVerastegui to help me get this important message out. Video: https://twitter.com/KariLake/status/1578865317400322049?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet

[H/T Melian]This article may be reprinted free of charge provided 1) that there is clear attribution to the Orthomolecular Medicine News Service, and 2) that both the OMNS free subscription link http://orthomolecular.org/subscribe.html and also the OMNS archive link http://orthomolecular.org/resources/omns/index.shtml are included. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEOrthomolecular Medicine News Service, October 18, 2021Canceling the Spike Protein Striking Visual EvidenceEditorial by Thomas E. Levy, MD, JDOMNS (Oct. 18, 2021) No issue in the history of medicine has been as strident and polarized as that of the risk/benefit profiles of the various COVID vaccines being administered around the world. This article does not seek to...

Explanation: Heading for its closest approach to the Sun or perihelion on December 20, comet C/2017 K2 (PanSTARRS) remains a sight for telescopic observers as it sweeps through planet Earth's southern hemisphere skies. First time visitor from the remote Oort cloud this comet PanSTARRS sports a greenish coma and whitish dust tail about half a degree long at the upper left in a deep image from September 21. It also shares the starry field of view toward the constellation Scorpius with another comet, 73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 3, seen about 1 degree below and right of PanSTARRS. Astronomers estimate that first time visitor...

I have a Facebook account which I rarely use, and saw this ad for this guy. THIS is an Admiral???? I got so ticked off I had to leave a reply. Tucker Carlson supports Putin? Really? I admit I haven't watched Fox news in a while but I find that hard to believe. But what really ticked me off is his comment of "the fringe right cabal headed by Donald Trump" Who is this jerk? THIS is/was running our Navy?? Don't tell me he's related to Al Franken.

"Some men just want to watch the world burn.” — Alfred Pennyworth In Europe, they’re burning garbage to stay warm. “It’s so bad this season that you can smell trash burning every day, which is completely new,” said the 35-year-old mother of three from Jablonna, Poland, near Warsaw. “Rarely can you smell a regular fuel. It’s scary to think what happens when it really gets cold.” The Polish government suspended quality regulations on coal burning for those who can still afford it; 60% of households no longer can. Because of all the garbage burning, the government may soon hand out...

Ukrainian president and ex-comedian Volodymyr Zelensky rediscovered his comic chops in a tongue-in-cheek weather report following damage to a key strategic bridge between Russia and Moscow-annexed Crimea. The Kyiv leader poked fun at the humiliating attack on Putin's supply line, making the audacious comments in his nightly video address posted on Telegram. Zelensky said: 'Today was a good and mostly sunny day in our country. Over most of the territory, it was about 20 degrees Celsius and sunny. 'Unfortunately, it was cloudy in Crimea, although it was still warm. But however the clouds are, Ukrainians know what to do, and...

HBO has timed the release of a new documentary on President Joe Biden’s first year in office to just three weeks before the midterm elections in what appears like the latest effort by Hollywood to rally support for Democrats and make the deeply unpopular Biden look more presidential. In one indication as to how Biden will be portrayed, the documentary is being executive produced by far-left New York Times White House and national security correspondent David Sanger, who is also a frequent personality on CNN. On Friday, the cable network released the first trailer for the documentary, which features talking-head...

CHICAGO — As migrants continue to be bused into the city, advocacy groups that have been working with the undocumented community say the city still has to fill many structural holes to support and sustain not only the new arrivals but also the existing undocumented community. Since August, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has sent more than 2,500 migrants to Chicago. While city and state leaders initiated a rapid response to situate the migrants, immigration activists and organizations still feel that efforts to shore up social services amount to emergency triage, not long-term solutions. The city has nearly 829,000 noncitizens who...

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BOISE, Idaho (AP) — An Idaho city has settled a federal discrimination lawsuit with a former library employee who said they were harassed and discriminated against because they are non-binary and transgender, the Idaho Statesman reports. Perez filed a lawsuit against Boise, the former library director and other library and city employees in U.S. District Court in Boise last summer. Perez, who uses they/them pronouns, was represented by the American Civil Liberties Union. In a news release Friday, the city said the settlement was reached after both parties “evaluated the merits of the case and the resources required for extensive...

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Cardinal Sarah's TLM Canceled in ParisNext Saturday is the 40th anniversary of the French organization responsible for the Chartres Pilgrimage.As part of that happy event, Cardinal Robert Sarah, former prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, was supposed to celebrate the Traditional Latin Mass in the Church of Saint-Roch in Paris.Incredibly, the Archbishop of Paris, Laurent Bernard Marie Ulrich, has decided to cancel Cardinal Sarah, prohibiting him from offering that important anniversary Mass in Paris.And why was Cardinal Sarah canceled? I believe it is because the mainstream Church is becoming increasingly concerned over the...

As the NBA scene grows more uncivil — last week, Warriors star and repetitive reprobate Draymond Green put on a vulgar public show following his assault of a teammate — commissioner Adam Silver continues to whistle past the dump. Silver seems unwilling to firmly or even tangentially deal with what’s increasingly plaguing the NBA. Brings to mind Silver’s mentor, the late NBA commissioner David Stern, who, during an interview with NBC’s Bob Costas, scoffed at the notion that taunting and trash-talking inspire too many on-court fights. The next season, the NBA added anti-taunting rules to reduce the number of on-court...

Ecclesial Center-Right and Center-Left Strategies Have Been Tried and Found Wanting — Article by Abbé Claude Barthe Vatican II, we need more Vatican II! But the reforming elixir has long since grown stale...Reforming what, by the way? Francis's grand design, symbolized by Prædicate Evangelium, the constitution that reforms the Curia, is as much a reform of the Church according to the spirit of Vatican II as it is a reform of the Curia. There is certainly an ambiguity about the object -- the Curia, the Church -- which is prolonged and increased by the media, but the links between...

Rethinking Obedience in an Age of ResistanceLast weekend, I had the pleasure of attending and covering The Remnant’s Catholic Identity Conference (CIC), and it was spectacular. The theme of this year’s event largely focused on how to resist a globalist push in the world and, sadly, in the Church. On Saturday, John-Henry Westen of LifeSiteNews appeared alongside Remnant editor Michael Matt and his co-organizer of the event, Eric Frankovitch, where all three declared resistance to Pope Francis, insofar as the pope has promulgated error or scandal.Advertisement - Continue Reading BelowWesten went through a litany of errors and scandals that have...

"Then touched he their eyes, saying, According to your faith be it unto you." "But when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion on them, because they fainted, and were scattered abroad, as sheep having no shepherd." "What is it then? I will pray with the spirit, and I will pray with the understanding also: I will sing with the spirit, and I will sing with the understanding also." Matthew, Chapter 9 1 And he entered into a ship, and passed over, and came into his own city. 2 And, behold, they brought to him a man sick...

Müller: "How Is It Possible That Cardinal Grech Is More Intelligent Than Christ?"The Vatican Synod’s approach of "listening to the individual [homosex] experience and desires" is wrong, Cardinal Müller told EWTN.com (October 6).The Church needs to listen to God’s words, not to "our strange reflections" and a "self-revelation,” Müller said explaining that Church’s doctrine isn’t “like the program of a political party” than can be changed by votes.Commenting on the cheep slogan “all are welcome,” he stressed that one has to confess one's sins and change one’s life according to God’s Commandments to be "welcome" in the Church.The Vatican’s Synod...