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A SpaceX Falcon Heavy launches the Psyche mission. The orbiter mission will explore the origin of planetary cores by studying the metallic asteroid 16 Psyche. 16 Psyche is the heaviest known M-type asteroid. The mass of the payload is 2,600 kg. Instantaneous Launch Window: October 13th at 10:19AM EDT (14:19 UTC)

MSNBC has lost a large chunk of its audience due to its biased coverage of the Hamas attack on Israel over the course of this week. The leftist outlet’s viewer figures were down 24 percent overall for the four days between October 7 and 10, when the conflict between Israel and Hamas terrorists began. Meanwhile, Fox News’s audience jumped 42 percent, and in CNN’s coverage saw a 17 percent rise “These numbers tell you a lot about MSNBC, which excels at Trump-era liberal therapy but can’t match others during global historic events,” Puck media reporter Dylan Byers wrote. The New...

WASHINGTON, Monday, Oct. 12. Things are unchanged, with the exception that the enemy have removed their artillery from Lookout Mountain, where they have had about ten pieces in position, and appear to have somewhat withdrawn their forces. It is supposed they will concentrate their artillery on Mission Ridge. Some of the enemy's pieces are heavy, and all seem to carry well. They hold both Lookout Mountain and Mission Ridge, from which they threw shells on both the 4th and 5th insts. On the latter day about 150 shells were thrown by the enemy. They, however, inflicted no damage beyond wounding...

The dinosaurs roaming the streets of London are legends of civil disobedience and common sense, and true champions of the people: From a report out at MyLondon last week: A trend has been spreading in London of ULEZ opponents using inflatable dinosaur suits to block the view of mobile camera vans. It has proved a light-hearted way of protesting the £12.50 a day clean air zone. If you haven’t heard, the ULEZ system is an “eye-in-the-sky” surveillance network that identifies, tracks, and fines drivers of vehicles that aren’t compliant with current emissions standards—unless these are Ministry of Defense vehicles, or...

13 October 2023 Friday of week 27 in Ordinary Time St. Edward the Confessor Catholic Church, Alexandria, Louisiana Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: A(I).First readingJoel 1:13-15,2:1-2 ©Let all tremble, for the day of the Lord is comingPriests, put on sackcloth and lament.Ministers of the altar, wail.Come, pass the night in sackcloth,you ministers of my God.For the house of our God has been deprivedof oblation and libation.Order a fast,proclaim a solemn assembly;elders, call togetherall the inhabitants of the countryto the house of the Lord your God.Cry out to the Lord,‘Oh, what a day!For the day of the Lord is near,it...

Perfume giant Jo Malone’s son is reportedly listed as a leader for one of the Harvard University groups that blamed Israel for the violence and atrocities committed by the deadly terrorist group Hamas in its attack against the Jewish state. Josh Wilcox, a 22-year-old whom Harvard’s directory of student groups names as one of the three leaders that run the undergraduate “Palestine Solidarity Committee,” was involved in the joint statement from 34 student organizations that said they “hold the Israeli regime entirely responsible for all unfolding violence.” Jo Malone, his 60-year-old mother, told The Daily Mail in a statement that...

A child's prayer blessing his father who goes into battle. Amen and your prayers will be fulfilled and that all the soldiers and abductees will return home to us in peace. Oct 13, 2023 Still imagehttps://pbs.twimg.com/ext_tw_video_thumb/1712763513439911936/pu/img/JCqcvOiNrEj2m3_X?format=jpg

A staffer advising Democratic Indiana Rep. Andre Carson on Middle Eastern policy shared messages on her Instagram account sympathizing with Hamas after the terrorist organization killed more than 1,000 Israelis in an attack beginning last weekend. Diala Qasem is a senior legislative assistant for Carson, including on Middle East affairs and Muslim issues, according to her own LinkedIn page. In recent days, the Daily Caller viewed multiple posts shared on Qasem’s Instagram story which expressed sympathy for, and justification of, the Hamas slaughter of innocent Israeli civilians, including the rape of women and execution of children. “It’s no surprise when...

Hamas has always repelled most of the civilized world. But the world was either too scared or too woke to say just that. But now Hamas’s premodern violations of all human norms have relieved most nations of any pretense of having to support it—at least for now. “Necklacing” and “baby burning” were its most recent contributions to its standard terrorist repertoire of hostage-taking, raping, beheading, and executions. Most people will now hope Hamas gets what it deserves, while elites offer empty platitudes about “ending the cycle of violence” and “proportionality”. As for the “world community” of the UN, the Davos...

NYPD Commissioner Edward Caban quietly traveled to Qatar late last week for a conference and has yet to return to New York City – even as the department braces for potential unrest Friday related to a global “day of jihad” called by the Hamas terrorist group’s ex-chief. Caban, who sources say is visiting the Middle Eastern country for a two-day “Arab Tourism Security Forum,” was noticeably absent from Thursday’s City Hall briefing where officials discussed the NYPD’s decision to ramp up patrols out of “an abundance of caution.” The overseas trip by the city’s top cop was unannounced and multiple...

As House Republicans remain divided over their next leader, a group of moderates is plotting to empower temporary Speaker Patrick McHenry to make the chamber function again. The center-right Republican Governance Group has gathered signatures on a petition to suggest giving McHenry, R-N.C., the authority to lead the House in legislative business, according to Rep. Maria Salazar, R-Fla. The House floor has been paralyzed since last Tuesday, when eight Republicans voted with Democrats to oust former Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif. The chamber has been unable to move legislation since. The legislative inaction comes despite a looming mid-November deadline to keep...

Amir Ben Natan, 37, is a stock trader from Herzliya who attended the psytrance Universo Paralello rave – titled Supernova Sukkot – near the Gaza Strip on the morning of October 7, 2023. He was separated from his friends as missiles and bullets rained down and hundreds of festivalgoers were murdered or captured by the Islamist militant group Hamas. One of his friends was shot, but survived. Ben Natan hid in the bushes as he heard the voices of Hamas fighters just steps away. Speaking to Rolling Stone, he described running for his life amid the terrifying “total chaos.” I...

As a Democratic mayoral candidate’s case over an election challenge had its first hearing in court, he is one of a growing number of Democrats who have filed lawsuits or an affidavit over election irregularities. When Republicans have done this, they have been routinely dismissed as “election deniers.” Since the 2020 presidential election, former President Donald Trump and other Republicans have raised concerns about election irregularities and are often called “election deniers” by Democrats and the media. However, Democrats largely do not receive the same label, despite their almost identical legal challenges in various jurisdictions. John Gomes, Democratic mayoral candidate...

An Israeli reality TV star broke down in tears as she described receiving a harrowing message about a terrorist who killed a young man and his girlfriend — and sent video of the barbaric act to the mom from her son’s phone. Mor Radmi, star of the show “Wedding at First Sight,” said the horrific incident happened after 260 people were slaughtered at a music festival in the Negev Desert when Hamas launched its attack on Israel early Saturday, Israel Hayom reported. The woman had been collecting donations and assisting people to find their missing relatives, many of whom were...

Why are the Islamic jihad groups fighting against Israel? Why do they think that committing the dismaying actions we saw in Israel on Saturday is the right, and indeed the righteous, thing to do? As the death toll from Saturday’s jihad massacres in Israel continues to mount, the world looks on in horror at the atrocities that were committed — the wanton massacre of people at a peace concert, the beheaded babies, and so much more. It is hard for Americans and Europeans to fathom how or why any human beings would do such things. Now, however, two jihad groups,...

Pray For The Peace of JerusalemActs 2The Holy Spirit Comes at Pentecost 2 When the day of Pentecost came, they were all together in one place. 2 Suddenly a sound like the blowing of a violent wind came from heaven and filled the whole house where they were sitting. 3 They saw what seemed to be tongues of fire that separated and came to rest on each of them. 4 All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues[a] as the Spirit enabled them. 5 Now there were staying in Jerusalem God-fearing Jews...

Dearborn, Michigan – Following the shocking terror attack in Israel by Hamas, which claimed the lives of over 1,000 innocent people and took dozens hostage, a controversial Islamic rally occurred in Dearborn, Michigan. The event, hosted at the Ford Community and Performing Arts Center, attracted hundreds of Islamic supremacists. Many wore the Palestinian war scarves (keffiyehs), which many people believe to be the modern equivalent of the Nazi Swastika. Instead of offering condolences for the loss of innocent lives, they portrayed themselves as victims.” Dearborn, often referred to as the Arab capital of North America, has a substantial Muslim population,...

NATIONAL YORKSHIRE PUDDING DAY | OCTOBER 13 National Yorkshire Pudding Day is observed across the United States each year on October 13th. #YorkshirePuddingDay Not to be confused with a dessert, Yorkshire Pudding is a traditional English dish similar to a popover. The dish is made from a batter and usually served with roast meat and gravy. Cooks in the north of England devised a means of using the fat that dropped into the dripping pans. They created a batter pudding while the meat roasted in the oven. In 1737, one such cook published a recipe for "A Dripping Pudding" in...

A relatively short video.17 minutesOn the SAME DAY the FBI was raiding Mara Lago, PRESIDENT . . . . . . . NOT V.P. . . . . . . . Joe Biden was cleaning up HIS OWN crime scene

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is overseeing 5.7 million migrants in the US — who could soon be provided free medical services, food and even housing by the Biden administration,