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Prompt to ChatGPT: Create affirmations based on bible verses and passages in Genesis Sure, here are some affirmations based on Bible verses and passages in Genesis: "God saw all that he had made, and it was very good." - Genesis 1:31 Affirmation: I am fearfully and wonderfully made by God, and everything about me is very good. "God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them." - Genesis 1:27 Affirmation: I am created in the image of God, and that makes me valuable and unique. "The Lord appeared...

Nearly 400 people, led by local clergy on Saturday, took to the streets of the Loop to offer their response to last weekend’s chaos when hundreds of young people gathered downtown — with some engaging in violent acts and harassment of people on the street. The roving groups tied up police resources and two people were shot amid the mayhem. Fifteen people were arrested. A week later, organizers said their march was aimed at showing the city’s youth that people care about them and that they are ready to offer them opportunities in the hope it will discourage teens from...

In a demonstration of its “commitment to inclusion,” the Purdue University Student Government agreed to allocate $17,000 for a “rainbow crosswalk” during its last official meeting of the school year. According to The Exponent, the crosswalk will span the intersection of Mitch Daniels Boulevard (formerly West State Street) and Grant Street (pictured). Resolution author Lillian Ferguson said the high cost of the project is due to its “more resilient” thermoplastic design in lieu of mere paint. She noted such materials would give the crosswalk a decade of life before it would need repairs or replacement.

In the end, perhaps the best definition of socialism is simply “The endless war against merit.” Sometimes when you are in the midst of a revolution, you do not even know it. I doubt all the Germans who voted in National Socialism quite foresaw what quickly was to come. Those who overthrew the Bourbons or the Romanoffs had no real idea that they had sown the wind and were soon to reap the Jacobin and Bolshevik whirlwind. Socialism With a Whimper So it is with our “woke”—a euphemism for the socialist revolution we are in and do not fully appreciate...

As President Biden nears the formal announcement of his 2024 re-election bid, one of the most important developments of the campaign is something that hasn’t happened at all: No serious primary challenger ever emerged. Mr. Biden has all but cleared the field despite concerns about his age — at 80, he is already the oldest American president in history — and the persistent misgivings about the president held by a large number of the party’s voters. Democrats yearn for a fresh face in 2024, according to repeated polls, they just don’t know who that would be. After Democrats won more...

A bipartisan bill to authorize the U.S. Mint to alter the metal content of coins in order to save taxpayers money will be reintroduced on Thursday, the two senators sponsoring the bill told CNBC exclusively. The bill’s reintroduction comes just days after a new report from the U.S. Mint revealed that in 2022, soaring costs for raw metals drove the price of minting a single nickel past 10 cents, or more than double the value of the coin itself. GOP Sen. Joni Ernst, of Iowa, and Democratic Sen. Maggie Hassan, of New Hampshire, say their legislation is designed to cut...

I thought of writing an essay last month in commemoration of the 60th anniversary of the Beach Boys first big hit, "Surfin' USA". As it happened, I got distracted and wound up calling on God to blow up evildoers. (Priorities). But the release a couple of weeks back of "A Grammy Salute to the Beach Boys" got me excited about the idea again, although in a different way. You see, in a world increasingly full of disappointments, the Grammy tribute was a slam dunk. That surprised me. It's been years—decades—since anything about the Grammys resonated with me, or anyone else...

heir [the pro-life visitors at Yale] smug civility was infuriating; their invitations for debate [about foetal personhood and abortion ethics”] inflammatory. I could barely seethe out my opinion about the misogyny of holding such a debate at all … The discussion never should have been entertained [at all] because simply opening space for this ‘logical, respectful’ debate itself is a threat to human rights that should never be up for debate … Some arguments aren’t worth engaging with, and quite frankly are dangerous for even existing. -- Hyerim Bianca Nam, Editorial, Yale Daily News Logical argument, especially “civil respectful debate,”...

Opponents of Texas’s proposed ban on “gender-affirming care” inadvertently prove why the ban is justified. Should Texas be allowed to administer “gender-affirming care” to minors? That’s the question at the heart of Senate Bill 14 / House Bill 1686, which seeks to ban it. Proponents of the controversial practice argue that “legislatures shouldn’t be practicing medicine.” But recent testimony from pro-affirming medical professionals before the Texas legislature suggests the need for just such oversight. Delivering false or misleading testimony about minor surgery, mental health, and the evidence backing gender medicine, opponents of the ban inadvertently proved that it is justified....

Samsung could report its worst profit in 14 years this week, as prices for memory chips, its biggest business, continue to fall, while demand stays weak. The South Korean technology giant guided earlier this month that it would post operating profit of 600 billion Korean won ($449 million) for the first quarter. If Samsung reports this number, it would be the company’s lowest profit since the first quarter of 2009. Samsung releases preliminary earnings guidance, but does not give detailed figures. It reports its full first quarter earnings on Thursday. Samsung is the world’s largest maker of memory chips, which...

Pray For The Peace of JerusalemLuke 3 The Baptism and Genealogy of Jesus 21 When all the people were being baptized, Jesus was baptized too. And as he was praying, heaven was opened 22 and the Holy Spirit descended on him in bodily form like a dove. And a voice came from heaven: “You are my Son, whom I love; with you I am well pleased.” 23 Now Jesus himself was about thirty years old when he began his ministry. He was the son, so it was thought, of Joseph, the son of Heli, 24 the son of Matthat, the...

BLM has self-identified as a Black nationalist entity, which underscores the need for the Republican Party to focus on the ties between this entity and the Democrats. I have reported previously how the Black Lives Matter Global Network has glorified foreign and domestic terrorists, cop killers, and Fidel Castro, and has taken actions both the Anti-Defamation League and International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance define as anti-Semitic: denial of the right of Israel to exist. The organization has also encouraged looting and other forms of civil unrest. The following statement is not from a right-wing news source; it is straight from BLM's...

8,640 views Apr 24, 2023 As many say Russia has started its offensive there are a few critical pieces that are under heavy fighting, Today we explore why this City in the Donetsk oblast could be critical to both Ukraine and Russia. Also discuss how America and Russia took Ukraine Air Forces Bomber fleet of aircraft.

Near the Gulf Coast just east of Texas’ oil-rich Permian Basin, nearly 2,000 ExxonMobil contractors are making sure the company’s latest project – which includes 26 miles of piping, 35 miles of electrical wiring and 875 tons of steel – is pumping oil at full capacity. senior vice president of global operations detailed how the company’s Beaumont complex is not only fueling U.S. energy supply but also the economy. "When you put it all together and you look at this particular location, what I love about it, it allows us to buy what I consider to be very much needed,...

"Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God" (Matt. 5:9). Christ’s atonement made it possible for man to be at peace with God. After World War II the United Nations was created to promote world peace. But since its inception in 1945 there has not been a single day of global peace. That's a sad commentary on man's inability to make peace. In fact, someone once quipped that Washington D.C. has so many peace monuments because they build one after every war! It hasn't always been that way. Prior to the Fall of man peace reigned...

As stated in my previous post of April 19, two separate Reports addressing the question of New York’s net zero electricity future have recently been brought to my attention. These two Reports are distinct from the so-called Scoping Plan, issued by the state’s Climate Action Council. The Scoping Plan is supposed to be the official word on how we are to achieve “net zero” electricity by some time in the 2030s. Unfortunately, this Scoping Plan is not a feasibility study, or anything close to that, and despite enormous length — 700+ pages between text and appendices — really comes down...

NEAR VICKSBURGH, Friday, April 17, 1863. The quietness that has, for some weeks held undisputed sway over matters in this vicinity, was disturbed last night by an affair of no secondary magnitude -- no less an one than the running of the Vicksburgh batteries by our fleet of iron-clads. The weather was fine and the spectacle was witnessed by a large and appreciative audience, (including many ladies,) and the whole affair "went off" with great credit to the performers, and to the entire satisfaction of the lookers-on. The idea of running a large force of gunboats below Vicksburgh has been...

Date: 4/24/2023. Hunter Biden’s legal team is asking the Treasury Department to investigate a former Trump aide for circulating federal banking records linked to the president’s son and asking Congress to take action against Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene for her statements about Biden. (Snip) In their letter to the House Ethics Committee, Biden’s lawyers request action be taken against Greene, R-Ga., for her statements and conduct regarding Biden, alleging violations of the House Ethics Code and standards of official conduct. “Representative Greene’s unethical conduct arises from her continuous verbal attacks, defamatory statements, publication of personal photos and data, and promotion...

24 April 2023 Monday of the 3rd week of Eastertide Basilica of St. Fidelis, Victoria, Kansas Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: A(I).First readingActs 6:8-15 ©They could not get the better of Stephen because the Spirit prompted what he saidStephen was filled with grace and power and began to work miracles and great signs among the people. But then certain people came forward to debate with Stephen, some from Cyrene and Alexandria who were members of the synagogue called the Synagogue of Freedmen, and others from Cilicia and Asia. They found they could not get the better of him because...

Hunter Biden is believed to be hiding out at the White House while his baby mama goes on the warpath. Lawyers for former stripper Lunden Roberts asked an Arkansas court Friday to jail the First Son for failing to stump up his financial records as required in her lawsuit over support payments for their 4-year-old unacknowledged daughter,......... Numerous sightings over the past six months lend credence to the idea, with Hunter and his family spotted trailing his father and the first lady onto Marine One for weekends away to Delaware or Camp David, or for longer vacations at the borrowed...