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Private jets in Munich on the way to Dubai global warming conference are literally frozen on the runway, which has turned into a glacier.

BURKE COUNTY, N.C. — A former youth pastor and kindergarten teacher in Morganton is facing new charges after being accused of participating in sex crimes that involve children. Deputies with the Burke County Sheriff’s Office said Aaron Mirtsching was charged on Wednesday with 15 counts of indecent liberties with a child. In August 2023, Mirtsching was arrested and was facing 10 counts of indecent liberties with a minor. Until last summer, Mirtsching worked at New Dimensions Charter School in Morganton. He also worked as a youth pastor at Thrive Church, but was fired after they learned of the arrest. VIDEO:...

Divers off the coast of Naples, Italy have recovered a large chunk of chiseled obsidian that likely went down in a Stone Age shipwreck more than 5,000 years ago.Divers from Naples, Italy have recovered a block of obsidian from the remains of what is likely a Neolithic, or New Stone Age shipwreck near the island of Capri.The natural-glass block is about the size of a very large book and weighs almost 17.6 pounds (8 kilograms). There are visible signs of chiseling on its surface, and archaeologists think it was an obsidian "core" that would have been used to make sharp-edged...

Buy/Listen now "Singles Collection (2001-2021)": https://smarturl.it/IndoSC20012021 Réalisé par Nicola Sirkis Images & montage : Stephane Ridard Production exécutive : KMS Tourné au Stade Pierre Mauroy les 22 et 23 juin 2019 Technicien camera Phantom : David Coiffier Assistant Caméra : Kévin Rosé Directeur de production : Rémy Solomon Etalonnage : Christophe Legende

Aviva Klompas @AvivaKlompas: According to an Israeli official, Hamas didn’t want to release the remaining female hostages because it doesn’t want them speaking publicly about what they have endured. Imagine what that means. Dec 1, 2023

The Iraqi State Board of Antiquities and Heritage (SBAH) has announced the discovery of the boundaries and various structures of the ancient city of Jalula.Professor Ali Obeid Shalgham, Director-General of the Directorate of the Iraqi State Board of Antiquities and Heritage (SBAH), stated that the exploration process lasted several months and was overseen by researcher Ahmed Abdul Jabbar Khamas from the Antiquities and Heritage Inspection of Diyala.Determining the limits of the ancient city of Jalula, which is situated north of the Diyala province and was the site of the well-known battle between Muslims and Sasanian Persians, was the primary objective...

Algerian pastor and vicepresident of the Algerian Protestant Church (EPA), Youssef Ourahmane, recently lost an appeal hearing and was sentenced to one year in prison and a fine of 100.000 DZD (around 665€). Ourahmane was accused of holding an unauthorised religious worship last March, in a building not permitted for that, according to the Law 03/06, which regulates non-Muslim worship by preventing any public gathering in places that do not have a licence granted by the government. The accusations are based on allegations that he supervised several Christian families staying in a church compound that includes a chapel sealed off...

"Takin' Care of Business" is a song written by Randy Bachman and first recorded by Canadian rock group Bachman–Turner Overdrive (BTO) for their 1973 album Bachman–Turner Overdrive II. The lead vocal is sung by Randy. Randy Bachman had developed what would later become "Takin' Care of Business" while still a member of The Guess Who. His original idea was to write about a recording technician who worked on The Guess Who's recordings. This particular technician would take the 8:15 train to get to work, inspiring the lyrics "take the 8:15 into the city". The song reached number 12 on the...

In a fascinating Pinterest video captioned "That’s why you need to think before you do," an owner tested their four cats' abilities by setting up a plastic fence in their home. The goal was to challenge the cats' problem-solving skills and observe how they tackled the obstacle. The results were astonishing, and the video quickly gained popularity as viewers marveled at the feline's mathematical prowess.

Visegrád 24 @visegrad24 · On October 7th, Hamas killed children with Down’s syndrome and cerebral palsy because they would be “too much trouble as hostages in the tunnels” .

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis completed his tour of Iowa’s 99 counties on Saturday, a milestone he pursued with dogmatic zeal as his White House aspirations grew closely tied to his performance in the Republican Party’s first presidential nominating contest. DeSantis marked the occasion with a rally in Jasper County, just east of Des Moines at a venue called the Thunderdome – a fitting host for a candidate in a fight for political survival. Never Back Down has spent more than any other entity on advertising in Iowa and is building out a ground operation it insists is “historic” in its...

Dozens of rockets found by Israeli troops inside a residential home in northern Gaza, December 2, 2023). The Israel Defense Forces says troops operating in the northern Gaza Strip have located dozens of rockets hidden under boxes with UNRWA markings in a residential home, and other weaponry belonging to Hamas. Troops of the 7007th Reserve Battalion were searching a home in a neighborhood when they found a room full of boxes bearing the logo of the UN agency that supports Palestinian refugees. Underneath the boxes, dozens of rockets, mortars and other explosives were found, the IDF says. Separately, troops of...

The U.N.’s controversial agency for Palestinian refugees is making a remarkable, if not unprecedented, attempt to censor an Israeli journalist. On Thursday, Almog Boker with Israel’s Channel 13 posted a remarkable report to social media: “One of the abductees, held for nearly 50 days in an attic, reveals he was held by a UNRA teacher — a father of ten children.” (Boker was referring to UNRWA, the U.N. Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees that critics say has enabled Hamas terrorism and even hosted rocket-launch sites.) The hostage, he added, was locked up, malnourished, and not given proper medical...

Hour-long video with Monkey Werx discussing flights all around the country, apparently spreading illegals very deliberately for who knows what purpose. An interesting presentation...

The Philippine Commission on Elections has banned Smartmatic Philippines Inc. from the nation’s elections, ending 13 years of the company being the main provider of election technology to the nation. The decision revolved around allegations of bribery that claim commission chairman Andres Bautista was paid off to ensure Smartmatic won the contract for the 2016 elections, according to the Philippine edition of CNN. Bautista has denied the allegations. Although Smartmatic argued it has followed the rules, noting that there are nothing but allegations against it, the commission was unmoved. “Although these allegations, stemming from incidents potentially spanning at least three...

"War. War never changes."This actually looks pretty good. It's got a strong cast coming together also. Anything with Michael Emerson is bound to be good.

CNN guest Damon Imani blasts Kara Swisher for her hypocritical condemnation of Elon Musk. She has a problem with free speech. *Language warning

[Catholic Caucus] Who is really in schism with the Catholic Church today?This is the fifth part of our series on membership of the Church. It examines who the members of the Church are, and who they are not. Part I can be read here; Part II can be read here; Part III can be read here; and Part IV can be read here.IntroductionThe crisis engulfing the Church today divides Catholics from each other.Men and women who want to remain faithful to the teaching of Christ, and obedient to the hierarchy which He established, often find themselves perplexed at obligations that...

Author and journalist Michael Shellenberger has said that “U.S. and U.K. military contractors” have used “sophisticated psychological operations and disinformation tactics… against the American people” in sworn testimony in the U.S. House of Representatives. In a hearing of the Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government chaired by Jim Jordan (R-OH) on suppression of free speech by the government, Shellenberger presented the information he received from a whistleblower about the origins of the so-called “Censorship Industrial complex.” Shellenberger, one of the “Twitter Files” authors, coined the phrase “Censorship Industrial Complex” to describe the network of government and private entities...

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