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VALLEJO, Calif. - A Vallejo restaurant worker says one of her regular customers is a hero for coming to her aid when she was confronted by an apparent robber, who shot him dead. "He saved my life. That's the type of person he was. He saved my life. He's always going to be my guardian angel for life," said Teresa Brasher.

Senior Pentagon officials relayed this to reporters Friday in a briefing to highlight the broad review headed by the new All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) working with other federal agencies to review unidentified aerial phenomena incidents. Unidentified anomalous phenomena or UAP's is the new term for UAP's and has itself gone a name change as it is no longer limited to aerial phenomena. UFO enthusiasts have been waiting since Oct. 31 for a long delayed first annual update by the Director of National Intelligence to their 2020 report that could explain only one of the 144 incidents it reviewed. Moultrie...

Two years after Twitter banned an entire newspaper, media figures are losing their minds over their accounts being zapped. Welcome to the party! Elon Musk stunned social media users late Thursday by suspending the accounts of about half a dozen reporters and pundits who showed how to track the location of his private jet, but the billionaire’s critics are facing accusations of hypocrisy as well. Musk’s abrupt pivot from free speech champion to censor elicited shrieking condemnation from political figures who ignored previous Twitter management’s 2020 censorship of The Post for reporting on documents from Hunter Biden’s laptop. “I get...

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An activist who dressed up as controversial Canadian trans teacher Kayla Lemieux at a school board meeting in October to protest her presence in the classroom has been banned from the district's properties for life. David Menzies, a host for the conservative network Rebel Media, attended a meeting of the Halton School District School Board, where Lemieux teaches at Oakville Trafalgar High School, as the character 'Mammary Menzies' equipped with extremely large prosthetic breasts. Menzies brought with him a petition calling for the school board to be terminated over Lemieux's continued employment. He was eventually removed from the meeting by...

Hating The Church And Showing It: How Francis Behaves When The Cameras Have Gone.If you look at this article on Gloria TV you will see two dominants themes: the vulgarity and the dislike for Catholicism. The first issue has been dealt with often on this little effort. We do not know exactly what expressions Francis would have, on this occasion, used that are considered vulgar. We know, however, that very vulgar expressions can even “escape” from his mouth when he speaks in public, as in the case of the famous Italian “c” word I wrote about in the past. The...

Another round of Twitter Files has dropped, and this one comes courtesy of Matt Taibbi (who the Washington Post laughably dubbed a “conservative journalist”). This latest round features how deeply the FBI, DHS, state governments, and others were involved in what was and wasn’t allowed on the social media platform. Most of the focus is on the FBI. Something that stood out to me in that email: was 100% confirmation that FB was also involved the same as Twitter. And why were they meeting with the OH Sec of State media director? FBI had 80 agents colluding with Twitter to...

Great speech. See video at link.

This is abominable. The FBI used Twitter as its own subsidiary to control the narrative in the 2020 election. Matt Taibbi: Between January 2020 and November 2022, there were over 150 emails between the FBI and former Twitter Trust and Safety chief Yoel Roth. The FBI was searching for those who questioned election results - even jokes. The FBI’s social media-focused task force, known as FTIF, created in the wake of the 2016 election, swelled to 80 agents and corresponded with Twitter to identify alleged foreign influence and election tampering of all kinds. Federal intelligence and law enforcement reach into...

This list only includes destroyed vehicles and equipment of which photo or videographic evidence is available. Therefore, the amount of equipment destroyed is significantly higher than recorded here. Small arms, ATGMs, MANPADS, loitering munitions, drones used as unmanned bait, civilian vehicles, trailers and derelict equipment are not included in this list. All possible effort has gone into avoiding duplicate entries and discerning the status of equipment between captured or abandoned. Many of the entries listed as 'abandoned' will likely end up captured or destroyed. Similarly, some of the captured equipment might be destroyed if it can't be recovered. When the...

Vulgar Francis Surprises SeminariansGerminansGerminabit.Blogspot.com found out what happened at Francis’ December 10 audience for the seminarists of Barcelona.• After the meeting, Vatican.va published Francis’ beautiful speech where he emphasised perseverant prayer, the priestly rosary of Bishop Saint Manuel Gonzalez, and told the seminarians to lose themselves in the tabernacle in moments of pain.• In reality, Francis refused to read this speech, not written by him, but called it “boring” and asked the seminarians to quiz him instead.• He told the seminarians that a priest in confession must “forgive everything” [paedophilia? racism?] and give absolution even if the penitent has no...

Title 42, a Trump-era policy that prevented hundreds of thousands of migrants from seeking asylum in the U.S. in recent years, remained on track to expire on Wednesday after an appeals court ruling Friday, according to the AP. This ruling comes as thousands more migrants packed shelters on Mexico’s border with the U.S.

44-year-old Princess Bajrakitiyabha, Thailand’s next queen, has suffered a sudden and unexpected heart attack while running, according to reports. The Thai monarchy has confirmed that the princess has been hospitalized in critical condition but reports are emerging that she has now died. The eldest daughter of King Maha Vajiralongkorn reportedly collapsed on Wednesday evening during a canine training session. The heir to the throne was training in preparation for the Royal Thai Army event to run with dogs at the Working Dog Championship contest in Pak Chong district. According to reports, she suffered from a heart attack. The Bureau of...

Friday on FNC’s “Tucker Carlson Tonight,” commented on outgoing Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-IL), who bid farewell to the House of Representatives earlier in the week. Carlson mocked Kinzinger for his constant displays of emotion in public settings.

The Weekly Gardening Thread is a weekly gathering of folks that love soil, seeds and plants of all kinds. From complete newbies that are looking to start that first potted plant, to gardeners with some acreage, to Master Gardener level and beyond, we would love to hear from you. If you have specific question about a plant/problem you are having, please remember to state the Growing Zone where you are located. This thread is a non-political respite. No matter what, you won’t be flamed, and the only dumb question is the one that isn’t asked. It is impossible to hijack...

Tucker Carlson has stepped forward and said that a source he has with knowledge of the CIA’s withheld documents on the assassination of President John F. Kennedy has stated unequivocally that the CIA was involved in the killing of the President. This is not your typical Kennedy Assassination “conspiracy theory.” It relates to documents the CIA has on the killing of President Kennedy that were to be made public by 2017. . .

As Christians, we tend to assume that the idea of God coming into ones’ life is always an attractive concept. However, that’s a bit naïve. Having the almighty creator of the universe come into one’s reality could also be an upsetting prospect. When doing evangelism, I have encountered people who understood the concept of “letting Jesus into your life” very well, but didn’t want that to happen, because it might upset the apple cart, so to speak. A God living within you might want to change things. He might want to take over. Are we ready for that? In this...

The far-right streamer and Jan. 6 rioter known as “Baked Alaska” labeled former President Donald Trump a mere “nft salesman” after his teased “big announcement” flopped Thursday. Trump riled up much of the political world Wednesday when he took to his account on Truth Social to hype a “major announcement” that ended up being a $99.00 NFT trading card of himself dressed as a superhero. The announcement drew mockery, ridicule, and concern from conservatives. Baked Alaska is a White nationalist former MAGA streamer whose legal name is Anthime Joseph Gionet. He was among many who gave Trump’s latest money-making venture...

Can we talk about wokeness? If she were alive today, woke culture would make Joan Rivers “crazy,” her daughter Melissa says. “If we would be looking at the news together, I know she would turn to me … and say, ‘Can you believe this s–t?'” Rivers, 54, host of the podcast “Group Text,” told The Post. “We’ve become absolutely ridiculous as a society,” she said. “If everybody took all this collective angst and energy and put it towards a good cause, it would make such a huge difference.” The late comic was woke in her own right —making sure her...

Saturday 17 December 202217 December St. Lazarus Roman Catholic Church in Bethany Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Violet. Year: A(I).First readingGenesis 49:2,8-10 ©Until he comes, the sceptre will not pass from JudahJacob called his sons and said:‘Gather round, sons of Jacob, and listen;listen to Israel your father.Judah, your brothers shall praise you:you grip your enemies by the neck,your father’s sons shall do you homage,Judah is a lion cub,you climb back, my son, from your kill;like a lion he crouches and lies down,or a lioness: who dare rouse him?The sceptre shall not pass from Judah,nor the mace from between his feet,until he...