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The entirely flammable, destructible set includes dozens of pagan minifigs plus a bonus Lot and his wife, who is, of course, a pillar of salt. Children can press a button on the set and the whole thing explodes in flames, and they can even participate in the carnage using the included brimstone launcher. "Hooray! The wrath of God is being revealed from heaven against the unrighteousness of men!" shouted one child in a new commercial for the set as he chucked some Lego brimstone at his village full of screaming minifigs. "Flee, fornicators, for the Lord's anger is kindled against...

In the days ahead, it should be borne in mind that in 1923 the federal government, with the exception of war widows, did not pay the personal living expenses of non-federal persons and their families. People back then worked to get the things and services they desired, and America was the greatest nation on Earth thanks to their efforts. WHY WE MUST FIGHT I believe the Democrats did not raise the maximum debt authorization amount when they controlled the House, Senate and White House (and had the absolute ability to do so) because they wanted to play their previously succcessful...

Continuing its pro-abortion storytelling obsession in this post Roe political climate, the two-episode season finale of ABC’s Grey’s Anatomy delivered a heaping pile of climate change fear mongering on its audience. Only last month the series was pushing calumnies about crisis pregnancy centers as part of its near weekly drum beat in favor of abortion on demand at any time during a pregnancy.

Did Plato hide a secret code in his writings? Dr. Jay Kennedy, a historian and a member of the University of Manchester’s Faculty of Life Sciences, recently published a scholarly work parsing the Ancient Greek philosopher Plato’s writing, discovering a rhythmic system of symbols that constitute a musical pattern in the storied philosopher’s key texts. This rhythm is known as “The Plato Code.” Dr. Kennedy closely read Plato’s writings, most notably The Republic, and in its structure, he was able to perceive an entire blueprint of constructed Greek musical notes. Kennedy observed how Plato would insert groups of words at...

A California father died after being struck by a car Thursday night while helping a family of ducks cross a busy road, witnesses said. The horrifying crash took place at Stanford Ranch Road and Park Drive in the city of Rocklin, about 22 miles from Sacramento, just after 8 p.m. William Wimsatt, a 12-year-old boy who witnessed the kindhearted stranger’s actions, told KCRA 3 the man had stepped out of his car to help the ducks avoid traffic. “He got out of the car and was shooing the ducks and everyone was clapping because he was being really nice,” William...

Tinley Park, a suburb of Chicago, canceled its annual Armed Forces Carnival after a "flash mob" of 400 teenagers disrupted the event, fighting with each other.

Journalist Glenn Greenwald has highlighted how a new Harris-Harvard poll, which has been covered practically nowhere in the mainstream media, displays how Americans hold almost wholly opposite opinions to liberal corporate media narratives.A newly released Harris-Harvard poll conclusively demonstrates how radically out of touch is liberal corporate media with the views of Americans. It's not just that corporate media rejects Americans' views. They don't permit those views to be heard.https://t.co/Lor6QSUnl6 — Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) May 21, 2023Greenwald noted that majorities of Americans consider ‘Russian collusion’ as a false story, and believe the Hunter Biden laptop story was never ‘misinformation’, despite...

An armed Texas homeowner shot and wounded a suspected burglar who broke into the home in the middle of the night, according to police. The Beaumont Police Department responded to a report of a burglary in progress just after midnight on Friday, the police department reported. On the way to the home, dispatch told the officers that the homeowner had shot the suspect, who was located inside the home. Upon the officers' arrival, they found the suspect, identified as 43-year-old Jason Omar Cruz, on the floor of the resident's bathroom in a "large pool of blood."

SNIP Patients in Kenya may soon start receiving live maggots as a treatment after promising results from a pilot study using the age-old practice. In a country where many people have to pay for their medication, the method of healing infected flesh wounds with fly larvae also promises to lower medical bills. "The results were good; patients who were to stay here for three months and go through surgery while using expensive antibiotics were able to leave hospital in two to three weeks," says Dr Christopher Kibiwot, who took part in the trial at the Kenyatta National Hospital. SNIP But...

The inscription carrying the financial record. The researchers believe that 'the everyday life of the inhabitants of Jerusalem who resided here 2,000 years ago is expressed in this simple object' A financial record dating back to the Second Temple period was discovered on the Pilgrimage Road in Jerusalem’s City of David, the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) revealed on Wednesday. The small stone tablet is engraved with letters and numbers. It was discovered in what used to be a bustling commercial area of the city. According to the IAA, the inscription was likely a receipt of a payment instruction. One of...

“The View” co-host Ana Navarro praised Republican South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott for entering the 2024 presidential election Monday. (snip) “I’m also happy he’s in the race, because I think there’s such a dearth of MELANIN in the Republican Party and, also, of optimism and unity,” Navarro said. “The bar is low, right, so when what you’ve got there is Donald Trump and Ron DeSantis, who’s also going to announce this week, and they’re both full of grievances and piss and vinegar.”

On Friday, Russia published a list of 500 additional Americans that it has banned from entering the country. At least some of the banned people are pleased to have made the list, perhaps seeing it as something of a Red Badge of Courage. And so it was that on today's Morning Joe, Joe Scarborough managed to mention that he was among those banned by Putin. But the oh-so-humble Scarborough didn't quite come right out and say it. Instead, Scarborough said that the list: "includ[ed] a certain morning cable-news host who goes by the name of Joe."In the unlikely event that...

Democrat New York City Mayor Eric Adams said in an interview this week that illegal immigrants who enter the United States at the southern border should be sent to every city “throughout the entire country.” Adams made the remarks on CBS’s “Face the Nation” program on Sunday. Adams made the remarks on CBS’s “Face the Nation” program on Sunday. In the segment, the mayor discussed how illegal immigrants at the U.S.-Mexico border have been sent to the city for months at the direction of GOP Texas Gov. Greg Abbott. Recently, Adams began sitting migrants outside of the city to other...

FBI whistleblowers testifying before the House Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government were subjected to assorted smears from Democrats on the committee for not keeping quiet about the misdeeds of the Agency. Rep. Debbie Wasserman-Schultz (D-Fla) argued that "these individuals aren't whistleblowers. If they were, why did the FBI revoke their security clearances?" Del. Stacey Plaskett (D-VI), the ranking member of the subcommittee, wanted to know "since when does ratting out your superior officers make you a hero? These men took a loyalty oath to those leaders. Breaking that oath makes them a threat to national security."...

Not much chance for a pickup here. He was actually a pretty reasonable Democrat, Navy veteran, fairly centrist. Liberals here hated him as "corporate" and "centrist". Probably to be replaced by Lisa Blunt Rochester, current DE Representative. She has been pretty non-descript so far, probably comfortably in the middle or a little to the right of the current crop of House Democrats.

A "flash mob" of about 400 teenagers descended on a suburb outside of Chicago during the Armed Forces Carnival on Saturday and began fighting with each other, forcing the event’s cancellation, officials said. The mayhem broke out in suburban Tinley Park after the hundreds of teenagers responded to a call on social media to gather at the carnival at the 80th Avenue train station and began running around the parking lot fighting with each other to "cause chaos and disrupt the event," town officials said. A Facebook post from the village on Sunday said the last day of the event...

There were two frustrating aspects of megachurch pastor Andy Stanley’s recent advocacy of theistic evolution.The first, as already documented on these pages, was that Stanley’s position is at odds with the biblical story of creation, which he, as a pastor, is charged to defend. While the Northpoint Church Community head tried his hardest to synchronize Genesis with Darwin, the plain reading of Scripture doesn’t allow such a harmonization to take place.The second frustrating aspect, which will be the focus of this article, is that those who preemptively disavow the creation account so as not to be seen in conflict with...

Biased juries and politics, rather than an ‘objective view of the law and the facts,’ may dictate whether a defendant is convicted or acquitted.Special Counsel John Durham breached neither ethics nor etiquette when he highlighted the difficulty of obtaining a conviction in a politically charged case when the jury holds opposing partisan views. He merely stated the reality on the ground in D.C.-area federal courts. And by his own actions prosecuting the J6 defendants solely in the nation’s capital, Attorney General Merrick Garland has confirmed that assessment by proving the corollary: Criminal cases against individuals viewed by the local populace...

It’s impossible to number the souls reached through the ministry of the countless churches Tim Keller planted and leaders he mentored.Whenever a giant of the faith passes into glory, there are two equal and opposite temptations: to deny his strengths, or deny his weaknesses. The passing of Tim Keller is no exception. In life, perhaps no single little “o” orthodox Protestant Christian figure inspired more vigorous reactions from defenders and detractors. In the wake of his death, warm eulogies have proliferated around social media, while even people who had strong critiques of his methodology have added their respectful appreciation for...

The invasion is real. There I was, Tucson International Airport 13 May, American Airlines desk, there are 10 illegals in line in front me. Notice the masks and manila envelopes. There were more in the gate area. And they all had EBT cards and cell phones. They were wearing fresh, clean clothes and looked like they had showered. Brandons gotta go. https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=10160101112646028&set=pcb.10160101112701028