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Join with fellow FREEPERS to pray for AMERICA: For those in Authority in Government, Family, Military, Business, Healthcare, Education, Churches, and the Media. I urge, then, first of all, that requests, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for everyone: for kings and all those in authority that we may live peaceful and quiet lives in all godliness and holiness. ~ 1 Timothy 2:1-2 Religion Forum Threads labeled [Prayer] are closed to debate of any kind. It is good to wait quietly for the Salvation of the LORD . . . Praise waits for you, O God, in Zion. (Lam....

"The law of the Lord is perfect, restoring the soul; the testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple. The precepts of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart; the commandment of the Lord is pure, enlightening the eyes. The fear of the Lord is clean, enduring forever; the judgments of the Lord are true; they are righteous altogether. "They are more desirable than gold, yes, than much fine gold; sweeter also than honey and the drippings of the honeycomb. Moreover, by them Thy servant is warned; in keeping them there is great reward. "Who can discern his...

A bizarre raid saw a SWAT team arrest four squatters running an illegal strip club out of a suburban Atlanta home - which allegedly had everything from dancers to live horses on the property. Neighbors were finally able to get authorities to come out to the home at 4951 Wewatta Street in South Fulton after complaining about the nightmare next door. In addition to the illegal dancers, there were also noisy parties held at the house on weekends and car races, neighbors said. 'They would get live horses. One day they had live horses,' an unidentified neighbor said. The neighbors...

Marijuana, cannabis, pot, weed—call it what you will, the psychoactive drug is incredibly popular. This is especially true in the United States, where weed is big business. A staggering 16 percent of Americans—roughly 54 million—admit to smoking weed. In 2021, 13 percent said they smoked the drug.According to a recent Brightfield Group report, the annual revenue of the U.S. weed industry is estimated to reach $31.8 billion by the end of the year. By 2028, the industry is expected to be worth $50.7 billion. In New York City alone, legal marijuana appears set to become a $1.2 billion-a-year industryIn recent...

n the Gnostic myth, the Cosmic Mind for example, is a completely perfect therefore alien and mysterious Divine One Substance, an “immeasurable light which is pure, holy and immaculate.” (Apocryphon of John) In addition to this supreme god of nature there are other, lesser divine beings in the Pleroma, a heavenly astral dimension of the universe. (2)One of the lesser beings is an evil, malformed, ignorant deity sometimes called Yaldabaoth who mistakenly believes he is the only god. Gnostics identify Yaldabaoth as the Holy Creator God of the Old Testament who created the world, life, consciousness, angels and ensouled human...

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The Biden administration has warned U.S. banks and other financial institutions that they can't reject illegal immigrants' credit applications based solely or predominantly on their immigration status.The Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) said in a recent statement that rejecting illegal immigrants for credit cards and various types of loans just because they are noncitizens is unlawful.The two agencies stated that they were issuing the warning "because consumers have reported being rejected for credit cards as well as for auto, student, personal and equipment loans because of their immigration status, even when they have strong...

As we’ve covered many times already, China’s economy is struggling, particularly the construction portion which makes up about a quarter of the country’s GDP. Last week while all of us were distracted by the war in Israel, one of China’s major developers missed loan payments and said it would soon default on its debt.The embattled property developer Country Garden said on Tuesday that it was unable to repay a loan and expected to miss upcoming overseas debt payments as a result of plunging sales from China’s spiraling property crisis.The announcement, made on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, is effectively a...

For reasons not immediately apparent to anyone, the Biden-Harris campaign joined Truth Social on Monday, firing off a series of posts. The site was founded after Trump was banned from what was then called Twitter and essentially serves as the former president's personal social media alternative. Once the first post went up from the "Biden-Harris HQ" account, it was immediately ratioed, and not to provide a warm welcome.Joe Biden just joined Truth Social.*instant ratio* pic.twitter.com/DnYCJ2bo4P— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) October 16, 2023In an attempt to troll, the new Biden-Harris HQ account, which features an avatar of the president with glowing red...

The pursuit of understanding the secrets behind exceptional longevity isn't easy. Now our recent study has unveiled some common biomarkers, including levels of cholesterol and glucose, in people who live past 90. Our research included data from 44,000 Swedes who underwent health assessments at ages 64-99. These participants were then followed through Swedish register data for up to 35 years. Twelve blood-based biomarkers related to inflammation, metabolism, liver and kidney function, as well as potential malnutrition and anemia, were included. All of these have been associated with aging or mortality in previous studies. We found that, on the whole, those...

A Dublin woman has said that 28 members of her extended family have been killed in Gaza over the past eight days during Israeli air strikes. In a post on X, Yara Alagha said that seven of those who died were children. The 27-year-old’s mother comes from the West Bank, while her father is from Gaza. It is understood that 11 members of her extended family were killed yesterday when their building was shelled by Israeli forces.* She posted that four Palestinians killed in Khan Younis this evening were family members. Speaking to RTÉ News last night, Ms. Alagha said...

The panel affirmed the district court’s dismissal for lack of standing of an action, brought before the 2022 general election by former Republican nominees for Governor and Secretary of State of Arizona, alleging that Arizona’s use of electronic tabulation systems violated the federal Constitution. The gravamen of Plaintiffs’ operative complaint is that notwithstanding safeguards, electronic tabulation systems are particularly susceptible to hacking by non-governmental actors who intend to influence election results. On appeal, Plaintiffs conceded that their arguments were limited to potential future hacking, and not based on any past harm. The panel held that because Plaintiffs are no longer...

SALINAS, Calif. — The defense in the Gustavo Morales murder trial started presenting their case Monday morning, and defense attorney Michael Belter wasted no time in putting the accused killer on the witness stand as his first witness. Morales is charged with the shooting death of Salinas Officer Jorge ‘JD’ Alvarado during a traffic stop in early 2022.

For men with Peyronie's disease (PD), nonsurgical treatment including injections of collagenase clostridium histolyticum (CCH) produces high satisfaction with sexual outcomes—with fewer adverse events compared to surgery. Peyronie's disease is a condition in which the penis becomes curved due to scar-like tissue called plaque, resulting from an abnormal healing response after injury. Surgery has long been the standard treatment for PD. In 2014, the US FDA approved CCH as a nonsurgical alternative. Treatment includes injections of CCH, with the aim of breaking down the plaque tissue causing the penile curvature. Forty men with PD were randomly assigned to CCH injection...

The Biden regime missed the dealiest attack on Jews since World War II after the administration diverted assets away from the Middle East to Ukraine last year.Over 1,300 Jews were slaughtered last week by the Hamas attack on southern Israel. Over 120 Jews were taken hostage by the barbarians.Former Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe joined Laura Ingraham on Monday to discuss the pogrom in Israel less than two weeks ago.Laura Ingraham: "I want to get into the value of our intel going to Israel at this point because there have been some questions about whether information that we had...

According to the Scottish news outlet EdinburbghLive, the owner of a Tesla has been asked by the company to fork over the equivalent of more than $20,000 for repairs to a battery that was reportedly damaged by rain while it was parked on a street in the Scottish capital last week. Sound like it might be a problem? The owner sure thought so. According to the report, the vehicle belongs to Johnny Bacigalupo and Rob Hussey, a gay couple living in the Edinburgh suburbs. On Oct. 7, they drove into the city for dinner without any problem, but they found...

Scientists have proven that a formulation they pioneered alleviates deadly sepsis. Promising results from an initial clinical trial show that sodium ascorbate—a pH-balanced formulation of vitamin C—is effective in treating sepsis. Yugeesh Lankadeva said sepsis is notoriously difficult to treat and is often deadly. "Sepsis accounts for 35–50 percent of all hospital deaths. It occurs when the immune system fails to fight off an underlying infection, causing life-threatening falls in blood pressure, multiple organ failure, and death," Lankadeva said. "In our trial, patients were given sodium ascorbate into their bloodstream, resulting in promising improvements to multiple organs." Rinaldo Bellomo, said...

NYC - Dr. Dana Diab is an ER physician at Lenox Hill ( @lenoxhill). Dina Diab took to Instagram rejoicing Zionist settlers [aka jews] were murdered, raped, beheaded, and kidnapped by the Hamas terror group on Saturday October 7th. Jewish patients beware.

Voters increasingly think both President Joe Biden and his son did something illegal when it comes to Hunter’s foreign business dealings. At the same time, over half think former president and leading Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump did something illegal in relation to classified documents and efforts to overturn the 2020 election, according to the latest Fox News survey. The poll, released Monday, finds a majority of 52% believes Trump did something illegal in connection to efforts to overturn the 2020 election and his handling of classified documents. About a quarter each believe he did something wrong, but not illegal...