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Scientists say they may know what causes déjà vu. In other news, millions of Americans are enjoying new music from the Beatles and the Rolling Stones. A cop in Australia has been convicted of pulling his gun on a fellow officer who threatened to spoil Top Gun: Maverick. He was sentenced to 100 hours of community service and 200 hours of Scientology deprogramming. Democrat Susannah Gibson narrowly lost her election in Virginia, months after she was discovered doing online sex shows for paying customers. It was really tight. And so was the race.

Vatican City (AFP) – Pope Francis on Saturday dismissed US bishop Joseph Strickland, a prominent conservative who has repeatedly criticised his papacy, following concerns over his leadership and governance.

1) House Republicans announce a “laddered” CR to try to avoid a government shutdown next week This is a multi-step approach. 2) All funding from the old stopgap bill is renewed automatically since there isn’t enough time to go to conference with the Senate before the deadline early next Saturday morning. 3) So the plan would be go to the first step of the ladder through January 19. This would fund transportation/housing, defense, agriculture and military construction in January. The other eight spending bills would face a deadline of February 2. A) More on the GOP gambit to avert a...

[Catholic Caucus] Bishop Strickland’s removal is ‘a blatant injustice’ says Bishop Schneider‘The deposition of Bishop Joseph E. Strickland signifies a black day for the Catholic Church of our day,’ wrote Bishop Schneider.Editor’s Note: The following is the official English statement from Bishop Athanasius Schneider, auxiliary of Astana, Kazakhstan, in response to the news that Pope Francis has removed Bishop Joseph Strickland from his Diocese of Tyler. A Spanish version can be found here. (LifeSiteNews) –– “The one charge which is now sure to secure severe punishment is the careful keeping of the traditions of the Fathers.” These words of St....

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday criticized the Western countries for remaining silent on the massacre in Palestine. Speaking at an emergency joint Arab-Islamic summit in the Saudi capital of Riyadh, Erdogan said, “It is shame that Western countries, which always voice for human rights, and freedoms, remain silent on the massacre in Palestine." “We are faced with unprecedented barbarism in history, where hospitals, schools, and refugee camps are bombed and civilians are massacred,” he added. He stressed that it is vital to deliver fuel to places in urgent need, especially hospitals in Gaza. “We believe that a fund...

The Republican National Committee (RNC) threatened to prevent GOP presidential candidates from taking part in future party-sanctioned debates if they engaged in an open-press event in Iowa next week, drawing backlash from Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis. Prior to the agreement over the format of the forum, in an Oct. 28 letter to the respective presidential campaigns the RNC Counsel's Office said that any candidate who participates in the Nov. 17 Des Moines event would violate their pledge to not participate in non-RNC-sanctioned primary debates. "The Forum is NOT a debate," he wrote in a post to X. "Thus, the RNC...

IDF spokesman Daniel Hagari on Saturday evening said that the IDF forces are moving deeper into Gaza, and that Hamas has lost control of northern Gaza. During the Hebrew briefing, Hagari switched to speaking in English, emphasizing that there is "no siege" on the Shifa Hospital in Gaza. "There has been a lot of misinformation from Gaza today," he began in English. "So I want to clarify the facts. There is no siege - I repeat, there is no siege - on the Shifa Hospital." "The east side of the hospital is open...for the safe passage of Gazans who wish...

Why were there doppelgänger Oswalds in Mexico City.

@catturd2 The entire Republican Party, all of you, are a joke. @RepMTG I hear ya and when I got as mad as you are, I stopped ranting on social media and hitting the post button all day and I ran for Congress and here is my score and proof of my actions. I know you live in Florida somewhere, win a seat and come help make a difference bc we need 218 votes to accomplish anything. I’ve introduced articles of impeachment against Biden, Garland, Wray, Graves, and this week I’m forcing a floor vote on Mayorkas. I need more Republicans...

For many of Trump’s primary rivals, the case against nominating the former president was straightforward: He could not defeat President Biden in a general election, when more moderate and independent voters are needed to prevail in key battleground states. But recent polling has dealt a blow to that argument. Polls from The New York Times, CNN, CBS News and Emerson College have shown Trump leading Biden in a hypothetical 2024 matchup both in key swing states and at the national level. “The electability argument is gone for others,” said one former Trump White House official. Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki...

Hamas has lost control of the northern Gaza Strip, IDF spokesperson R.-Adm. Daniel Hagari said in a statement Saturday night. "Hamas is committing a war crime in its use of hospitals and has been spreading false messages that we are attacking Shifa hospitals," Hagari added. "This is false, we are only fighting terrorists near the hospital."

The transgender movement is pressing its agenda everywhere. Most publicly, activist teachers are using classrooms to propagandize on its behalf and activist health professionals are promoting the mutilation of children under the euphemistic banner of "gender-affirmative care." The sudden and pervasive rise of this movement provokes two questions: where did it come from, and how has it proved so successful? The story goes deeper than most Americans know.

A Panama City man placed an explosive-filled backpack near the Chinese Embassy in Washington D.C. and then attempted to set it off with a rifle, according to federal authorities. Christopher Rodriguez is charged by the Department of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms with damaging property occupied by a foreign government, possession of explosive materials during the commission of a federal felony, malicious use of explosive materials, and possession of an unregistered firearm. An ATF agent wrote in an arrest warrant that Rodriguez placed 15 pounds of a binary explosive mixture in a backpack and left it near the back wall and...

Etymology after the Prodigal Son of the Biblical parable (Luke 15:11–32), who squandered his father's moneyEtymologyafter the Prodigal Son of the Biblical parable (Luke 15:11–32), who squandered his father's money

Why are we responding so timidly to Iranian-backed attacks on US bases? As of this morning, there have been 48 attacks on US bases in the Middle East according to Fox News. On those attacks, tens of American servicemen have suffered traumatic brain injuries. Nineteen were reported in a Politico article while Fox News yesterday reported that the number now stood at 25. In response the might US, led by a laughable old codger, has conducted two pathetic pinprick strikes. MacCallum countered that many Americans believe the administration has not done enough to dissuade Iran from attacking U.S. installations and...

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Explanation: This broad, luminous red arc was a surprising visitor to partly cloudy evening skies over northern France. Captured extending toward the zenith in a west-to-east mosaic of images from November 5, the faint atmospheric ribbon of light is an example of a Stable Auroral Red (SAR) arc. The rare night sky phenomenon was also spotted at unusually low latitudes around world, along with more dynamic auroral displays during an intense geomagnetic storm. SAR arcs and their relation to auroral emission have been explored by citizen science and satellite investigations. From altitudes substantially above the normal auroral glow, the deep...

The Walkaway movement celebrated their 5 year anniversary last night in West Palm Beach. RSBN covered the event.

Gone are the white picket fences, the two-and-a-half children in the suburbs, and married parents. The American nuclear family is officially dead, according to a new analysis from the Pew Research Center — even if some Americans haven't accepted it