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©Universal/Courtesy Everett Col Universal’s horror-comedy “Cocaine Bear” blew past box office projections, earning an impressive $23 million from 3,534 North American theaters in its opening weekend. The blood-splattered animal adventure landed in second place on domestic charts behind Disney’s “Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania,” which all but collapsed in its sophomore outing. “Ant-Man 3” managed to remain in first place given its huge $106 million opening, but the comic book installment is suffering from negative word-of-mouth. It added $32.2 million from 4,345 venues in its second weekend of release, marking a brutal 69% decline from its debut. Now, “Quantumania” holds...

Pray For The Peace of JerusalemMark 7Jesus Honors a Syrophoenician Woman’s Faith24 Jesus left that place and went to the vicinity of Tyre.[g] He entered a house and did not want anyone to know it; yet he could not keep his presence secret. 25 In fact, as soon as she heard about him, a woman whose little daughter was possessed by an impure spirit came and fell at his feet. 26 The woman was a Greek, born in Syrian Phoenicia. She begged Jesus to drive the demon out of her daughter.27 “First let the children eat all they want,” he...

Poyer played in New York for the past six seasons, where state income taxes are higher than most. Some probably think about it, but free agent star safety Jordan Poyer said it; professional athletes are thinking about state taxes when thinking about where to play next in free agency. Poyer has become one of the best safeties in the NFL during his time with the Buffalo Bills after joining them in 2017. He signed a four-year, $13 million deal and was given a two-year extension in 2021 worth $19.5 million. Speaking on his podcast this week, Poyer discussed where he...

Join with fellow FREEPERS to pray for AMERICA: For those in Authority in Government, Family, Military, Business, Healthcare, Education, Churches, and the Media. I urge, then, first of all, that requests, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for everyone: for kings and all those in authority that we may live peaceful and quiet lives in all godliness and holiness. 1 Timothy 2:1-2Religion Forum threads labeled “Prayer” are closed to debate of any kind.

The six “universe breakers” appear much larger than what scientists thought was possible at that time Images of the six objects thought to be massive galaxies from the early universe NASA, ESA, CSA, I. Labbe (Swinburne University of Technology). Image processing: G. Brammer (Niels Bohr Institute’s Cosmic Dawn Center at the University of Copenhagen) Astronomers have identified what appear to be six massive galaxies from the infancy of the universe. The objects are so massive, that if confirmed, they could change how we think of the origins of galaxies. The findings, published Wednesday in Nature, use data from the James...

Apple iPhone users were stirred up on Sunday as they became aware of a somewhat new feature intended to reduce the carbon footprint by charging only when lower carbon-emission electricity is available. Apple introduced Clean Energy Charging with the release of iOS 16.1 on Oct. 24, 2022. The company claims that when the mode is enabled and a phone is connected to a charger, the iPhone gets a report of carbon emissions generated by the local energy grid and uses that information to determine when to charge the phone. One Twitter user raised the red flag to other users that...

What is the nation's greatest public health threat? Axios, an online political publication, commissioned a survey by Ipsos asking this and other health questions. The opioid crisis (26%) and obesity (21%) took first and second place overall. That should be no surprise, for they are dire problems, directly or indirectly responsible for much suffering and hundreds of thousands of deaths annually. Opioids in particular, despite being smaller than the others, are alarming for their sudden onset. What is astounding, however, is what is evident when breaking down the survey answers based on political affiliation. It is Republicans alone who make...

House speaker Kevin McCarthy is finally releasing all the official security tapes and other video evidence showing what really happened during the massive stolen election protest at the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021. This evidence had been commandeered and hidden by Nancy Pelosi and the Democrat party for the last two years. This material did not belong to Pelosi and the Democrats; it belongs to the American people. In fact, wannabe mob boss Nancy Pelosi and her reprehensible Democrat party had been trying to arrange, just before the new Congress came in, to have all this evidence locked away...

WASHINGTON, Thursday, Feb. 26. The Senate was in Executive Session to-day upwards of three hours, considering the nominations of two Collectors -- WILLIAM MASTEN, for the Counties of Ulster and Greene, New-York, and MARK HOWARD, Collector for Hartford, Conn. The former was appointed at the instance of Senator HARRIS, who, after a severe contest, secured his confirmation; the latter was opposed by Senator DIXON, and, after an equally severe contest, was rejected. Mr. HOWARD's friends allege that Mr. DIXON's opposition was purely on political grounds. The President has sent in the following nominations for Major and Brigadier-Generals, in accordance with...

A series of incidents involving the downing of several objects over North America that the Biden Administration refuses to identify but suggests had been commercial balloons has renewed debate over whether the United States is being forthcoming about data it collects on aerial objects that remain unidentified. Speaking at the Pentagon on Wednesday, Deputy Pentagon Press Secretary Sabrina Singh told reporters that the unidentified objects were most likely to have been commercial balloons that the U.S. shot down using AIM-9X Sidewinder missiles, projectiles with an individual price tag of around $400,000. *snip* In addition to the warranted concerns by many...

“Stranded assets.” You know what those are. Probably you’ve read a hundred or more articles over the past few years confidently proclaiming that oil and gas fields and coal mines owned by large energy companies will soon become worthless, as production of energy shifts to “cleaner” and “cheaper” things like wind and solar. The owners of the fossil fuel properties won’t be able to sell them for even a dollar. The assets will thus be “stranded.” The “stranded assets” predictions unsurprisingly come from the same crowd who are also ordering up the electric car future. For just a tiny sample...

ODAY'S 02/09/2023 AKA "THE BAG OF DURBIN": A Brilliant Woman's Response To A Complete IDIOT Dick Durbin, a Senator from Illinois calls senior citizens the Greediest Generation as he compared "Social Security " to a Milk Cow with 310 million teats. Here's a response in a letter from PATTY NYE from Illinois .. I think she is a little ticked off! She also tells it like it is! "Hey Dick, let's get a few things straight!!!" 1. As a career politician, you have been on the public dole (tit) for FORTY YEARS. 2. I have been paying Social Security taxes...

27 February 2023Monday of the 1st week of Lent St. Gregory of Narek Armenian Church, Cleveland, OH Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Violet. Year: A(I).First readingLeviticus 19:1-2,11-18 ©Only pass judgement on your neighbour according to justiceThe Lord spoke to Moses; he said: ‘Speak to the whole community of the sons of Israel and say to them: ‘“Be holy, for I, the Lord your God, am holy. ‘“You must not steal nor deal deceitfully or fraudulently with your neighbour. You must not swear falsely by my name, profaning the name of your God. I am the Lord. You must not exploit or...

What's happening at the southern U.S. border with Mexico is in fact an invasion, Kinney County Sheriff Brad Coe says. “We’re experiencing a silent invasion of military age men,” Coe told The Center Square when describing what his deputies have been increasingly facing over the past two years. He spoke with The Center Square during an Operation Lone Star task force multi-day operation during which law enforcement officers rescued foreign nationals from a burning vehicle and revived a five-year-old girl being smuggled who’d been stashed inside of a car’s trunk. The “silent invasion,” Coe said, is being committed primarily by...

Sixty scientists from prominent institutions are advocating for rigorous study into reflecting sunlight away from the Earth to mitigate the effects of climate change. None of the scientists are endorsing the strategy, which is sometimes referred to as “solar geoengineering” and could have significant negative side effects. Rather, they are advocating for a careful and coordinated study of the idea before the effects of climate change become so obvious and urgent that citizens and governments demand action. They believe this could happen in the next 10 to 20 years given the current trajectory of CO2-reduction plans. The scientists also emphasize...

According to US President Joe Biden, America’s commitment to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization is “sacred.” To be fair, NATO has proved to be one of the most enduring multilateral military alliances in history. Yet the mission it was designed for, to defend Western Europe from a Soviet invasion during the Cold War, has been over for decades. Like most bureaucracies, however, NATO did not go away when it had helped to achieve an astonishingly bloodless victory in the Cold War. Instead, like most bureaucracies, it mutated and expanded. The Soviet threat was gone after the Cold War, yet the...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- At least ten people were shot, three fatally, in weekend shootings across Chicago, police said. A man was found fatally shot on Chicago's West Side early Sunday morning, Chicago police said. The 22-year-old man, shot in the head and chest, was found in the Douglas Park neighborhood at about 2:14 a.m., police said. On Saturday night, a teen boy was fatally shot and a woman was injured on Chicago's Southwest Side, police said. The shooting happened just before 10:30 p.m. in the Ashburn neighborhood's 3400 block of West 79th Street, police said. The victims, a 16-year-old boy...

Florida Republican Governor Ron DeSantis released a new digital ad Sunday night rallying conservatives to fight for freedom ahead of a potential 2024 presidential run. “When the world lost its mind… when common sense suddenly became an uncommon virtue… Florida was a refuge of sanity, a citadel of freedom for our fellow Americans and even for people around the world,” DeSantis said in the nearly two-minute video. The ad features numerous major figures at Fox News — including Laura Ingraham, Jesse Watters, Dana Perino, and Lisa Boothe — touting DeSantis’ repeated successes while serving as the governor of Florida. “Florida’s...

New Mexico State Police are on scene of a train derailment on U.S. Highway 60 between the communities of Vaughn and Willard. State police say a 1 car of a 26 car train derailed near mile marker 231 on the tracks. There were no injuries reported and hazmat is not involved in the investigation. .....

OSLO (Reuters) -Environmental campaigner Greta Thunberg and dozens of other activists on Monday blocked entrances to Norway's energy ministry, protesting against wind turbines built on land traditionally used by indigenous Sami reindeer herders. Thunberg, a vocal advocate for the ending the world's reliance on carbon-based power, said the transition to green energy could not come at the expense of indigenous rights. "Indigenous rights, human rights, must go hand-in-hand with climate protection and climate action. That can't happen at the expense of some people. Then it is not climate justice," Thunberg told Reuters while sitting outside the ministry's main entrance with...