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During its children's sermon, a United Methodist church in Florida featured a drag queen in a slit sequin dress who goes by "Ms. Penny Cost." Only two children came forward when the pastor, Andy Oliver, announced it was time for the children's sermon Oct. 2 at Allendale United Methodist Church in St. Petersburg, reported the blog for the Institute on Religion and Democracy. "We have a special guest," Oliver told the children. "Are you always dressed up like this?" the pastor asked. "I wish!" replied the drag queen, Isaac Simmons, who is undergoing the process to become ordained in the...

HARRISBURG, Pa. (WENY) - On Tuesday, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled to vacate a lower court ruling that allowed the counting of undated mail ballots in Pennsylvania. Whether undated mail ballots can, or should, be counted is a debate that has the Wolf Administration and Republicans split, and now providing their own interpretation on what yesterday's SCOTUS decision- to toss undated ballots- means for November. “The language is clear in the election code that the ballots need to be dated,” said House Republican Caucus Spokesperson Jason Gottesman. “What this Supreme Court opinion does is now open this up to fresh...

Under President Joe Biden’s administration, transgender women who are born male must register for the Selective Service, which provides the Defense Department with troops in the event of a military draft. Transgender men who are born female do not have to register for the Selective Service. While the policy was established before Biden took office, the Biden administration has not changed the standard. According to the Selective Service System website, nearly “all male US citizens and male immigrants, who are 18 through 25, are required to register with Selective Service.” The website states that all biological males must register for...

Adriana Chechik, who has more than 3.8 million followers on Instagram and over 800,000 followers on Twitch, was one of the thousands of people in attendance at TwitchCon Saturday and Sunday in San Diego. The sold-out convention brought together streamers and fans for meetups, panels and exhibits. One of the interactive exhibits at the sold-out convention was a booth organized by tech company Lenovo. The booth featured foam sword battles on an elevated platform with a foam pit below. It was set up in a “Gladiator” style battle, allowing for two people to duke it out with foam weapons or...

Joe Biden on Wednesday traveled to Vail, Colorado and delivered remarks on protecting and preserving the state’s outdoor spaces. Biden’s entire speech was full of lies, gaffes and embellishments. At one point Joe Biden shamelessly claimed his son Beau died in Iraq. Joe Biden’s son Beau died of brain cancer at Walter Reed in Bethesda, Maryland in 2015 Biden is a pathological liar. VIDEO: Washington Examiner @dcexaminer · Follow President @JoeBiden incorrectly said his late son Beau "lost his life in Iraq." Biden also claimed he taught his entire family how to ski in Vail while he was struggling to...

An elk hunter got more than he bargained for last Saturday, October 9 when a mature mountain lion approached and charged him. The incident occurred during an early-season rifle hunt in southeast Idaho. In a remarkable video captured by the hunter on his cell phone and later shared by the National Wild Turkey Federation (NWTF), John C. Erickson yells "get back" at the advancing mountain lion before firing multiple rounds from his .40 caliber Glock 27. His bullets appear to hit just inches above the predator's head and back.

Alex Jones of InfoWars reacted to the $965 million he has been ordered to pay to Sandy Hook families. "They think they can break your will, they can't break your will," said Jones before the announcement. "They make these lies with all this money we've got. It's all just delusional leftist crap. Like that two men can have a baby. The same cult that wants to cut your son's balls off," said Jones. Upon the announcement that Jones owed plaintiff Robbie Parker $120 million, Jones pumped his fist and yelled, "Yeah! Woo!" Jones noted that he is paying money to...

My step mom uses quicken to do her finances with, but is getting tired of the continual price increases, I was hoping folks that do their own finances might know of software that works for windows format that isn't outrageous. I use Excel myself, but apparently she want's something a bit more user friendly

The arrival of Hurricane Ian in late September forced the committee to reschedule its final hearing. The House select committee investigating the events surrounding the riots at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, will reportedly focus on former President Donald Trump's "state of mind" during the incident as part of its final hearing prior to the midterm elections. "We're going to bring a particular focus on the former president's state of mind and his involvement in these events as they unfolded," a committee aide said, per The Hill. "So what you're going to see is a synthesis of some...

So, in the process of re-doing our VA Mortgage, we need some repairs done as well as doing some consolidation. But got a really odd request from the Processor. They looked at where my office is, relative to my house. . and asked me to write a statement 'justifying my lengthy commute'. Is this some sort of ESG thing? Are they afraid of Al Gore or Greta Thunberg saying 'No mortgage for you!". We were going to close late next week, so wondering where this last-minute request came from...

Zwischgold was used to gild sacred figures. It is not actually gold leaf, which was quite expensive, but a special double-sided foil of gold and silver where the gold can be ultra-thin because it is supported by the silver base. Other microscopy techniques had been used previously to examine zwischgold, however, they only provided a 2D cross-section of the material. In other words, it was only possible to view the surface of the cut segment, rather than looking inside the material. The scientists were also worried that cutting through it may have changed the structure of the sample. But an...

Russian losses in the eight-month-old Ukraine War could be wildly higher than anything Moscow will admit to — or anything I dared report might be possible. “Irrevocable losses,” Russian-language news site iStories claims, “may amount to more than 90 thousand people.” That’s according to iStories’ inside sources, reportedly “a former officer of the Russian special services, the second is an active FSB officer.” iStories was founded in neighboring Latvia two years ago by Russian journalists in response to the Kremlin’s growing crackdown on independent news. An irrecoverable loss, as detailed by the report, is a soldier “who died, went missing,...

The Treasury Department inspector general confirmed in a letter to Democratic lawmakers that the agency is planning to audit whether spending by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on migrant flights was improper. The lawmakers asked the Treasury Department to look into whether Florida improperly used American Rescue Plan funds for the migrant flights to Martha's Vineyard in Massachusetts, which drew widespread media attention. Florida lawmakers authorized a $12 million migrant program funded with interest earnings from the federal Coronavirus State Fiscal Recovery Fund, according to documents.

Wed, October 12, 2022 at 2:50 PM·1 min read Cruise stocks soar to pace the S&P 500, as Norwegian is upgraded to buy In this article: ^GSPC -0.33% CUK +10.05% RCL +11.48% NCLH +11.61% Shares of cruise operators were the top-3 gainers in the S&P 500 (SPX) in afternoon trading Wednesday, with Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. (NCLH) getting bullish backing from UBS on the back of upbeat bookings data. UBS analyst Robin Farley raised Norwegian’s rating to buy, after being at neutral since before the pandemic. Farley said the company’s “significant improvement” in bookings in the company’s third-quarter preview...

The researchers injected the human tissue into the rats’ somatosensory cortexes — regions that receive and process sensory information like touch or pain. After about two weeks of training, the rats began to lick a spout in search of water whenever the researchers stimulated the human neurons (they did this using blue light lasers). The researchers also used a puff of air to prod the rats’ whiskers, then observed how the human neurons responded. After the transplants, he said, the human neurons grew to six times their original size over about eight months, making up roughly one-third of a single...

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PLANO, Texas - A manager of a Hooters restaurant was brutally attacked last week all over some chocolate bars. The fight happened on Oct. 6 at the Hooters off Central Expressway near Southwestern Avenue in Plano. Plano Police said the fight broke out after the manager asked two young boys to leave after they were trying to sell chocolate bars to their customers inside the restaurant. "They were being escorted out and causing issues according to the detectives. Turning over chairs, throwing things," Detective Jerry Minton of the Plano Police Department told KDFW. Once the boys were outside, three men...

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You can watch a recording of a John Solomon interview of Mastriano when they post it. The interview ended as I put this post together. Major gist: Mastriano says mail-in voting in PA is down by about 40% with Democrats requesting fewer ballots and Republicans requesting more when compared to 2020.

Democratic nominee for Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs said Wednesday on MSNBC’s “Andrea Mitchell Reports” that she won’t debate her opponent, Republican nominee Kari Lake because she spews lies.Mitchell said, “You have refused to take part in the lone debate with Kari Lake, giving her 30 minutes to present her ideas without any pushback. You said you don’t want to participate in a spectacle. How is it productive to give her a platform where she will not be challenged?”Hobbs said, “I think you said it yourself in the intro that all three top Republicans are election deniers. How do you debate...