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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi wrapped up Sunday a G20 summit that played down deep divisions over the war in Ukraine and climate change, but gave him a moment in the diplomatic spotlight. ... On Sunday, Modi formally closed the summit by passing on a ceremonial gavel to Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, whose country will take the bloc's presidency in December. "We cannot let geopolitical issues sequester the G20 agenda of discussions," Lula said, an implicit reference to wrangling over the Ukraine war. "We have no interest in a divided G20. We need peace and cooperation instead...

"Stand firm against the schemes of the devil" (Eph. 6:11). Satan wants to render you ineffective for Christ. In 1 Corinthians 16:9 Paul says, "A wide door for effective service has opened to me, and there are many adversaries." That's typical of spiritual warfare. The more opportunities you have to serve Christ, the more adversaries you'll face. That's because Satan seeks to hinder your spiritual service. Often seminary students ask me if ministry becomes easier over the years. In one sense it does because you learn better study skills, time management, and the like. But in a greater sense it...

San Francisco has hired a tourism official to encourage travelers to visit the 'the city by the bay' as it battles rampant crime, homeless and drugs crisis. Josh Beck will be the new president and CEO of The San Francisco Travel Association, and the person that the city's tourism bureau and marketing organization is looking at in hopes of bringing SanFran back to the bustling vacation hub it once was. Beck, who is currently head of Destination Toronto, will begin his new post on October 30, replacing former head Joe D'Alessandro, who headed the travel organization for nearly two decades...

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Florida Governor Ron DeSantis' hand-picked surgeon general has warned against getting the new COVID-19 booster vaccine that is expected to receive approval in the coming days. The state's Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo made the claims at a press conference on Thursday, saying there was no evidence to support getting the shot and that there are 'red flags' about its safety. The updated shots, which target an Omicron subvariant named XBB.1.5, are awaiting FDA approval on standards for safety, effectiveness and quality, and must then receive CDC sign-off, which could come as early as Tuesday. 'Listen inside to what makes sense,...

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The most left-wing party in the German parliament is in trouble: one of its most prominent and controversial figures, Sahra Wagenknecht, is threatening to start her own political movement.

Their loved ones were murdered on 9/11. Twenty years later, they are still fighting for the truth. Interwoven with their stories are the elucidating words of psychologist Robert Griffin, who guides the audience through an exploration of trauma and the healing power of bringing suppressed truths to light.Freedy: As a Chartered Professional Structural Engineer, this mass murder marked a turning point for me in so many ways. From that moment on I ceased to believe anything & everything that our government said & did. I also bitterly regret that my own professional institution remains silent to this day. Legacy media...

Hebrew grammar experts have shown that historical narratives in the Old Testament have a very distinctive verb pattern. They start with a type of verb called a qatal (perfect) and continue with another type of verb called the waw (vav,8 ו) consecutives, or wayyiqtols.9 This verb type is frequent in the historical books of the Old Testament.Apply this to Genesis 1, the first verb, ברא bārā’ (create), is qatal, while the subsequent verbs that move the narrative forward are wayyiqtols (ויאמר wāyyō’mer (‘and … said’), ויהיwāyehi (‘and there was’), וירא wāyyāre (‘and … saw’). Thus this has just the pattern...

Wow. University of California Riverside’s “Pretendian Professor” Andrea Smith gets a whole year to resign after getting exposed in another typical ivory tower academia, fake diversity fraud scandal. She also keeps her retirement and the honorary title of emeritus too. What a sweet liars’ deal. No wonder college tuition continues to soar, even at rates higher than inflation. Not to worry … this bad penny will surely turn up again. Perhaps “Professor” Smith ought to toss in her hat for the California U.S. Senate race. As California seems lost in a left-wing progressive doom loop race to the bottom with...

ST. LOUIS, Thursday, Sept. 3. A letter from Gen. STEELE, received at Headquarters Tuesday night, dated Clarendon, Aug. 26, says: "Our advance, under DAVIDSON, has driven MARMADUKE'S cavalry, about 3,000, out of Brownsville, capturing Col. BURBRIDGE and some privates. At the date of the dispatch from DAVIDSON, GLOVER'S brigade was pushing the enemy toward Bayou Metor." This morning the following dispatch was received from Geo. FISK: PILOT KNOB, Wednesday, Sept. 2. To Major-Gen. Schofield: A deserter from BURBRIDGE'S command reports that our forces attacked PRICE on the 25th at Brownsville and Bayou Meter. "Old Pap's" forces were driven back across...

Bud Light’s sales are still floundering months after its disastrous partnership with transgender TikTok star Dylan Mulvaney — and drinkers of America’s former top-selling beer are “just lost forever.” “You see Bud Light still just stubbornly down around 30% in volume compared to last year, which is where it’s been since May or June,” Beer Business Daily publisher Harry Schuhmacher told Fox News Digital Friday. “That tells me that this is quasi-permanent, meaning those consumers are just lost forever.” Schuhmacher’s remarks come less than a month after it was revealed the Anheuser-Busch InBev-owned company had won back 15% of its...

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Children as young as eight are being taught to commit crimes by 'their parents' and have been reportedly ransacking businesses in New York City. In what's been dubbed the modern day Oliver Twist, the New York Post reported that the young crooks have been terrorizing bars on the east and west of Manhattan and Brooklyn for months. A typical crime spree will vary from kids snatching cash from unattended bags to stealing cash from open safes with two businesses hit in the past two weeks. In the first instance children try to solicit money under the guise of raising funds...

From Our Own Correspondent. PARIS, Friday, Aug. 21, 1863. It is perfectly evident at this moment that the Empire programme, which has been carried out in Mexico, was conceived at a time when the dissolution of the Union was believed to be a certainty, and that this programme was based upon that belief. This programme once adopted, it became the interest and the constant desire of the French Government to aid and render certain in every way possible the dissolution of the Union, and thus we understand the different at tempts at mediation, and the shameless and unprincipled manner in...

Welcome to Your Weekend. Your Anchorman as El Rushbo put it indeed. Your Anchorman for these times El Rushbo spoke being on the: "Cutting Edge Of Societal Evolution" Sometimes as I see things going on all around us and also when I'm out being the clean-up guy outdoors it comes off as being on the: "Cutting Edge Of Societal Collapse"... Mitt Romney the Republican Senator from Utah Richard Blumenthal the Democrat Senator from Connecticut both of them touting the notion that Americans aren't dying in Ukraine... The warfare the US government and allied nations are waging against Russia and China...

A former Secret Service agent who was present at President John F. Kennedy's assassination has come forward with a new claim that would debunk the 'magic bullet' theory and raises questions about whether there was a second shooter. Paul Landis, 88, broke his silence on Saturday, nearly 60 years after Kennedy was shot dead in a motorcade passing through Dallas, to share his bombshell recollection with the New York Times. Landis, who in 1963 was a young Secret Service agent assigned to protect First Lady Jaqueline Kennedy, said that in the chaos following the shooting, he picked up a nearly...

This guy put on a clinic against Adesanya and he is based to boot.

Former President Donald Trump responded to questions about why he did not terminate the employment of former National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases director Anthony Fauci amid the early onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.During an interview with radio host Hugh Hewitt, President Trump was asked about Dr. Fauci, who had been on the Trump pandemic response force, in 2020. "First of all, you’re not allowed," the former president said when asked why he didn't fire him, which Mr. Hewitt said was the "biggest knock" on his presidency."No, no, no, Dr. Fauci was there. First of all, he’s civil service,...

What does it take to be wealthy in America? It depends, of course, on where one lives.According to the 2023 Modern Wealth Survey by Charles Schwab (see below), you need a net worth of at least $1.7 million to be "financially comfortable" in San Francisco, and $4.7 million to be considered "wealthy."And in Houston? $606k is "financially comfortable," while $2.1 million is "wealthy."As Visual Capitalist's Dorothy Neufeld notes:Wealthy in America: A Closer LookOverall, the net worth that Americans say that is needed to be “wealthy” in the United States is $2.2 million in 2023.Here are the average wealth numbers indicated...