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BREAKING: Hamas says it will begin executing an Israeli civilian for every new Israeli bombing of civilian houses without pre-warning, adding that they will broadcast the executions with audio and visuals - REU

You want to go deep weeds, let’s go deep weeds. Almost all of the conversations about the $6 billion given back to Iran have focused on the fungible aspect of money. While true, that focus misses the key and essential point, where the money was delivered. The captured $6 billion was held in a South Korean bank, the result of sanctions violations. What the Biden/Blinken crew did, was move the money from South Korea to a bank in Qatar.Now, many people may not at first understand the nature of how that makes such a significant difference. The lack of understanding...

RFK Jr. is running for president as an independent

“It’s remarkable how Elon Musk has destroyed what was perhaps the best thing about Twitter: the ability to get relatively accurate and trustworthy data in real time when there’s a crisis,” Paul Bernal, an IT law professor at the University of East Anglia in England, wrote on X on Monday."

02:53 - Source: CNN Quito, Ecuador CNN — Six suspects arrested in connection with the assassination of Ecuadorian presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio are Colombian nationals and gang members, authorities have confirmed, as a former vice president demanded action over spiraling levels of violence in the South American country. Villavicencio, an anti-corruption campaigner and lawmaker who was outspoken about the violence caused by drug trafficking in the country, was shot dead at a campaign rally in the capital Quito on Wednesday. The killing of the 59-year-old came 10 days before the first round of the presidential election was set to take...

Bodies of young revellers were seen piled up on top of each other in makeshift tents last night as emergency workers tried to identify the 260 festival-goers killed at an Israeli music festival by Hamas terrorists in a shock attack. The distressing image, shared in a pixelated form on the Israeli government's official Twitter page, showed scores of victims placed in body bags at the site of the 'beautiful party' that turned into a horrific massacre. Footage from the aftermath shows empty festival tents and abandoned cars strewn frantically across the road leading to the Supernova Festival, that had been...

"Rich Men North of Richmond" by Oliver Anthony (@oliveranthonymusic) is a GREAT Song! But what about the "Poor Men South of Portland"?

Young children and elderly grandparents were among the more than 100 hostages being held as human shields by Hamas last night. Families have described the horror of only discovering their loved ones had been snatched by viewing chilling videos posted on social media by their gloating kidnappers. Footage showed sobbing children and their helpless mothers being dragged from their homes and loaded into vehicles by heavily armed men before being taken to Gaza. It is feared two Britons could be among those being held after the terrorist group launched its bloody multi-pronged surprise attack. The US Secretary of State Antony...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reportedly told President Biden that a ground operation in the Gaza Strip is necessary after Hamas launched deadly strikes on his country. The remark, made in a phone call between the two leaders, came as Biden raised concerns about Israeli hostages in the Gaza Strip if a ground operation should commence, three Israeli and U.S. sources briefed on the call told Axios. "We have to go in. We can't negotiate now," Netanyahu told the president, according to the outlet. Netanyahu told Biden that Israel has no choice but to respond with force since a country...

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The "Unique Expression of the Roman Rite" in the Wild: New Zealand Priest Ad-libbing Eucharistic PrayerRecently a priest in New Zealand offered a NOM where he completely ad-libbed the Eucharistic Prayer at the funeral Mass for a religious Sister of Mercy. This happened in the Palmerston North diocese, which, in a moment of supreme irony, recently had its only diocesan TLM (apart from the SSPX) suppressed by the modernist Cardinal John Dew and retired bishop Peter Cullinane. The Roman Rite was canceled, and in its place, the "unique..." something or other is allowed to express itself.The Funeral Directors site livestreamed...

It will now be easier for Israelis to carry firearms for self-defense in the wake of the worst terror attack in the nation’s history. Israeli Minister of National Security Itamar Ben-Gvir announced on Sunday he has ordered officials responsible for issuing gun licenses to broaden its standards. As the death toll inflicted by terror group Hamas grew to over 600, Ben-Gvir said he wants more Israelis to be able to legally arm themselves. “Today I directed the Firearms Licensing Division to go on an emergency operation in order to allow as many citizens as possible to arm themselves,” he posted,...

Nearly every student, sitting at desks in Army uniforms at Fort Jackson, South Carolina, had a similar story. The public schools they came from were crumbling: There were holes in the walls, books held together with duct tape, few computers, not enough teachers and failing air conditioning that made paying attention in class impossible in the sweltering heat. Test scores, which were already falling before the pandemic, took a nosedive, and recent years have seen a blitz in teacher strikes over poor working conditions and being paid wages not far above the poverty level. For the Army to fill its...

President Joe Biden’s schedule detailed no public appearances on Monday after news surfaced that Palestinian terrorists killed nine Americans in Israel over the weekend. “At this time, we can confirm the deaths of nine U.S. citizens,” the State Department announced Monday morning. “We extend our deepest condolences to the victims and to the families of all those affected.” Nine Americans died alongside a reported 800 Israelis since Saturday when Hamas first launched a surprise attack against the country. According to media reports, the Biden administration is scrambling to ascertain how many Americans the terror attacks killed or taken hostage.

A kosher restaurant in London was vandalised in an apparent antisemitic attack overnight following the invasion of Israel by Hamas terrorists and amid growing concern over potential violence against Jewish people across Europe. The ‘Pita’ restaurant in the famously Jewish neighbourhood of Golders Green in north London saw its glass door smashed with a fire extinguisher sometime between Sunday evening and Monday morning, the Times of London reported. The act of vandalism was carried out just yards away from a London Underground overpass which was tagged with graffiti reading “Free Palestine”. Another nearby bridge was branded with the phrase “Palestine...

WASHINGTON, Oct 9 (Reuters) - Less than a week after becoming the first U.S. Speaker of the House of Representatives voted out by his own caucus, Republican Kevin McCarthy told a radio interviewer on Monday he would take the job back if asked to, as his colleagues contemplated their . "Whatever the conference wants, I will do. I think we need to be strong. I think we need to be united," McCarthy said during an interview on "The Hugh Hewitt Show" radio program. House Republicans face new pressure to select a speaker after Israel declared war on Sunday, following a...

Biden's woke military continues to struggle with recruiting, but may start filling ranks with scores of single, military-aged men streaming across the southern border. Granting such waivers puts new recruits on a pathway to citizenship. Retired Army captain and JAG lawyer Sean Timmons calls it the perfect opportunity. "Luring unsuspecting applicants who are economically depressed, or economically desperate, into the ranks is one of the mechanisms for recruiting," he says. But there's no guarantee foreign-born soldiers would remain loyal to the U.S. "We've uncovered Chinese espionage rings on active duty, literally serving as Chinese migrants or immigrants, cloaked as impoverished...

I have family members in Bali wanting to travel to Dubai and then home to the USA. Is that a wise route or even possible now with the War in Israel. I think it's a bad choice. What do my Freeper friends suggest? Are there travel restrictions in place?

[Catholic Caucus] Laudate Deum and the Eclipse of the ChurchWhat to make of a document like Pope Francis's latest apostolic exhortation, Laudate Deum? Like other Francis encyclicals, it is hardly recognizable as a Catholic document. The central portion of the letter addresses the "progress and failures" of various "climate conferences" held in the last decades. It features an entire section vaguely prognosticating on a upcoming conference in Dubai. As this description suggests, Laudate Deum is single-mindedly materialistic and lacking in any supernatural focus. Its political arguments are naive, abstract, and self-contradictory. It endorses a global coalition of "activists" who will...

Among them stands out the story of a couple, it is Shani Louk, an influencer of German-Israeli origin and a Mexican man known on social networks as Orion ChirrisWow. After the attack Shani Louk and Orion ChirrisWow were kidnapped, the 30-year-old woman was killed, as confirmed by the family of the young woman who was able to identify her in a video released by the extremists; while the Mexican is still missing. The electronic music festival, Tribe of Nova, was held Saturday night in a forested area near Re'im, near the Gaza Strip. Haaretz, a media of Israeli origin, which...