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ULAANBAATAR – Standing in a country that borders both Russia and China, Pope Francis on Saturday praised what he called Mongolia’s foreign policy of peace and prayed aloud that the “dark clouds of war” will be dispelled. Although the pontiff did not specifically mention Russia’s ongoing war in Ukraine, given the context the reference seemed clear. Speaking to national civil authorities in the Mongolian capital of Ulaanbaatar, the Pope complimented Mongolia’s efforts in forging a broad network of diplomatic relations and its active membership in the United Nations, as well as its efforts “to promote human rights and peace.” These...

Kelly Barnett had a "horrible feeling" about her son after learning of the suicide bombing at Abbey Gate outside Kabul's airport amid the hectic U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan. "I kept texting him, 'Are you OK? Are you good?'" Barnett, mother of Marine Staff Sgt. Darin "Taylor" Hoover, told ABC "This Week" co-anchor Martha Raddatz in a segment that aired Sunday. "I had a three, three-hour drive back to my house. That whole drive home, I was sobbing. I knew something was wrong. I could feel it." Hoover was one of 13 U.S. service members who died in the attack on...

The equity and inclusion committee at Oakland’s Chabot Elementary School didn’t publish the emails and phone numbers of organizers when advertising its “playdate” for students of color on Aug. 26. “Something told me not to do it,” said Briana, the co-chair of the committee who is Black, has a child who attends the school and asked that I not use her last name due to safety concerns. “Maybe it was my ancestors talking to me.” Those ancestors must have known racism is still thriving in the nation. The Bay Area is no exception. Two days after the playdate, hate mail,...

Week 1 of college football started with a bang. We got our first major upset of the season as the Colorado Buffaloes took down the No. 17 TCU Horned Frogs. A first-year head coach with a completely new roster toppled last year’s Natty runners-up in a 45-42 shootout, signaling one thing: Saturdays are back, baby!So leave it to Jemele Hill to throw a wet blanket over all of the excitement.The former ESPN host took to X Saturday to do what she does best: cry racism.“Really interesting listening to some of the commentary around this Colorado-TCU game,” Hill wrote. “Lot of...

“Civilization is an occasional and temporary interruption of the jungle.”—Will Durant. “Civilization” or “being civilized” are not terms that are wholly easy to define. Vagaries and degrees can exist; it would be hard to argue that any human being is totally “uncivilized” or that any human being (or culture) has a monopoly on the term. We tend to think of “civilized” societies as those who possess at least a modicum of decent behavior and progress. Perhaps “civilization” can best be defined—though possibly not with total accuracy—as a distinction between man and the animal kingdom, or in the word Durant used,...

Bipolar disorder is a mental health condition characterized by extreme changes in mood and energy levels. Genetics are not the only cause of bipolar disorder, but research shows that its strong genetic component can increase your risk, making the condition one of the most heritable mental health disorders. Read on to learn more about bipolar disorder and its causes, symptoms, and treatment.

Former Maryland Governor Larry Hogan seems to be determined to make himself relevant in politics. He is so determined that he has visions of himself as a presidential candidate in 2024 on a No Labels ticket. ogan has been pussyfooting around for months as the Republican primary race takes shape in the run-up to party primaries. He is a regular on legacy network news shows and on CNN, too. Democrats love nothing more than a Republican who is willing to publicly trash his own party to puff himself up. So, he’s a regular guest on political shows and is always...

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The son of Hungarian activist billionaire George Soros and chairman of Open Society Foundations rejected claims that his globalist funding operation will “retreat” from Europe, while warning that former President Donald Trump poses a risk to EU “unity” if re-elected. Alex Soros, the scion of the Soros empire and recently installed head of the Open Society Foundations (OSF), said this week that his organisation is still intent on interfering in Europe, saying that the continent “remains of huge strategic importance to the work of OSF”. Writing in POLITICO, the 37-year-old leftist philanthropist said that reports claiming that his group is...

An article describes a study in which mice given an oral supplement of extra-virgin coconut oil developed significant alterations in food intake, weight gain, anxious behavior, and central nervous system, adipose tissue and liver inflammation. The researchers also found that the capacity of key metabolic hormones leptin and insulin to activate cellular mechanisms responsible for satiety and control of blood sugar levels was impaired, and that the biochemical mechanisms involved in fat synthesis were stimulated. "The findings suggest that although the process is slow and silent, coconut oil supplementation for long periods can lead to significant metabolic alterations," said Marcio...

On this date in 1430, the Breton visionary La Pierronne was handed over to the secular authorities and burnt for blasphemy. Not much is known of La Pierronne, save that she was a companion and follower of Joan of Arc — one of several women, who all shared Joan’s confessor, an itinerant monk known as Friar Richard. (Not much is known of him, either.) La Pierronne was captured by the English at Corbeil in the spring of 1430, along with a younger companion whose name is not known. Rumor had it that she and Joan had both taken communion multiple...

A billionaire has been slapped with 19 lawsuits, arrested and kicked out of his New York City mansion during a battle with his daughter over his $1billion art collection. Hubert Neumann, 92, was given the boot from his $6million Upper West Side townhouse following the bitter fallout with Belinda and her husband Jeffrey Donnelly. Donnelly had claimed the aging art collector had displayed aggressive behavior when he tried to remove the couple from his home, where they had been staying. Security footage showed him sitting and watching cops quietly remove the billionaire from his mansion during the arrest three days...

[Catholic Caucus] Pope St. Pius X defended the Church against the rising tide of ModernismSt. Pius X was the first pope canonized since St. Pius V in 1672.The primary aim of his pontificate Pius X announced in his first encyclical letter, viz., “to renew all things in Christ.” Here we need but allude to his decree on early and frequent reception of Holy Communion; his Motu Proprio on Church music; his encouragement of daily Bible reading and the establishment of various biblical institutes; his reorganization of the Roman ecclesiastical offices; his work on the codification of Canon Law; his incisive...

Minnesota’s Stillwater Prison reportedly went into emergency lockdown after about 100 inmates took over a section of the facility. According to reports, the inmates refused to return to their cells Sunday while facing high temperatures. A Minnesota Department of Corrections spokesperson said the reason inmates “are refusing to return to their cells remains unclear.”

This is the moment an attempted thief was chased out of a jewelry store in California after receiving a beatdown from employees he had just bear sprayed.In the shocking footage, a shirtless man is seen running out of Meza's Jewelry Store in El Monte as workers chase him away from the shop.Cops told local outlets the man entered the store Saturday afternoon and began shattering display cases after he sprayed the employees to pull off his theft. The attempted robbery took a turn when the fed-up workers decided to fight back and 'engaged the suspect - hitting, punching, and kicking...

The White House won’t release emails from his pseudonym accounts. Why? House investigators are trying to figure out President Biden’s relationship to his son’s foreign business deals, and now comes a new revelation: emails from private accounts that Joe Biden maintained while Vice President using a pseudonym. The Southeastern Legal Foundation on Monday sued the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) under the Freedom of Information Act, demanding access to some 5,100 email messages in which then-Vice President Biden used a pseudonym for government business. NARA has admitted having Joe Biden’s emails from robinware456@gmail.com, JRBWare@gmail.com, and Robert.L.Peters@pci.gov. House Oversight Chairman...

Volodymyr Zelensky has sacked his wartime minister of defence and replaced him with a trusted political ally who took part in failed peace talks last year with Russia.The dismissal of Oleksii Reznikov, who has headed Ukraine’s defence ministry since Russia invaded in February 2022, needs to be approved by the Ukrainian parliament.“I believe that the Ministry needs new approaches and other formats of interaction with both the military and society at large,” Mr Zelensky said.The 57-year-old Mr Reznikov became one of the most high-profile Ukrainians of the war, representing Ukraine at Nato meetings and dozens of bilateral talks to secure...

The increasingly extravagant celebrations — fueled by a quest for unique, viral stunts — reflect some of the new bizarre pressures parents face in our “attention economy.”

Steve Harwell, best known for being the singer of the band Smash Mouth, has ‘just days to live’. The troubled star’s family has gathered by his bedside to say goodbye shortly after he was moved from a hospital to a hospice. The 56-year-old is in his ‘final days’ after a battle with liver failure. Steve’s reps told Metro.co.uk in a statement: ‘We hope that people respect Steve and his family’s privacy during this difficult time. Steve is resting at home at being cared for by his fiancé and hospice care.’

The FReeper Canteen Presents...Happy Labor Day! September 4, 2023 HISTORYLabor Day is a national legal holiday that is over 100 years old. Over the years, it has evolved from a purely labor union celebration into a general "last fling of summer" festival. It grew out of a celebration and parade in honor of the working class by the Knights of Labor in 1882 in New York. In 1884, the Knights held a large parade in New York City celebrating the working class. The parade was held on the first Monday in September. The Knights passed a resolution to hold...