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More eyewitness accounts have just been released about the sexual assaults, followed by torture and decapitations, of both men and women, carried out by Hamas on October 7. The story can be found here: “Hamas raped men as well as women during October 7 attack: Investigators reveal how sex assault victims were tied up, stripped and mutilated as Israel launches its ‘biggest ever criminal investigation,’” by Summer Goodkind and David Averre, Daily Mail, December 4, 2023: Israeli investigators probing the fallout of the brutal October 7 attacks have found evidence that men as well as women suffered sexual violence and...

Message from the Stars in Heaven to / for me : when i asked , then asked for a sign if you were listening. seconds later a response. I want to share with you. "More to come , and not to Fear , and Worry my little Child." == while watching was listening to: Música del manto de la Virgen de Guadalupe https://youtu.be/k6ccImMBgXE?si=ecHGtK6DQtYjMPWO

~ The FReeper Canteen Presents ~ ~ Remembering Our Troops!! ~ My Daddy Is Home!! In this courtesy photo, Steve Nielsen gives his daughter Kaylee Nielsen a ride upon his shoulders while celebrating his unit’s return to Nevada from Afghanistan in early 2006. Nielsen was in the heart of a combat zone for more than one year while deployed as a Chinook helicopter pilot in Afghanistan in 2005-2006. (Photo by Sgt. 1st Class Erick Studenicka) Canteen Mission StatementShowing support and boosting the morale ofour military and our allies' militaryand family members of the above.Honoring those who have served before....

[Catholic Caucus] Australian archbishop ousts rector of thriving Latin Mass church after years-long conflictRepeating his own recent words in support of Traditionis Custodes, Archbishop Costelloe ordered the diocese to accept the papal restrictions on the traditional Mass, since 'it is now time for all in the Archdiocese to accept the Pope’s decisions and abide by them as they are set out in our diocesan regulations.'The Archbishop of Perth has removed a much-loved priest from the thriving traditional community he was running, and banned him from saying the traditional Mass, in the latest implementation of Pope Francis’s 2021 restrictions on the...

Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green was suspended indefinitely by the NBA on Wednesday, less than 24 hours after he hit Phoenix Suns center Jusuf Nurkic in the face and received a Flagrant 2 foul and ejection. The league announced the penalty handed down by operations chief Joe Dumars and said the suspension begins immediately. It’s already Green’s second suspension this season.

Is the FBI Abetting the Globalist Hate Crimes Against Traditional Catholics?“Now, for any one to say that they believe in God—I doubt very much whether there is any one who really does believe, or understand what it means—but for any one even to say so is the very worst crime conceivable: it is high treason. But there is going to be no violence; it will all be quite quiet and merciful. Why, you have always approved of Euthanasia, as we all do. Well, it is that that will be used . . .” (Mr. Brand, from Monsignor Robert Hugh Benson’s...

Twenty-two states are set to increase their minimum wages at the start of 2024. Come January 1, nine states as well as DC will have minimum wages of at least $15, according to an analysis by DailyMail.com. Washington State will introduce a minimum wage of $16.28 an hour, making it the nation's highest. Next is California which will have a minimum wage of $16.00 an hour. There is no state minimum wage law in five Southern states: Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, or Tennessee. In those states minimum wages therefore default to the federal minimum of $7.25 an hour -...

@JohnCornyn One of the biggest responsibilities Congress has each year is to provide for the common defense, ensuring our military has the tools & resources it needs to keep Americans safe. Today, the Senate passed the FY24 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA).

Wednesday has been an eventful day on Capitol Hill, but not for the reasons Republicans would have hoped. Hunter Biden was supposed to show up for a subpoenaed deposition. Instead, he held a surprise press conference and then thumbed his nose at Congress. .. Rep. James Comer, who heads the investigating House Oversight Committee, promised immediate retribution, including a vote on holding the president's on in contempt of Congress. That would be consistent with how Democrats treated witnesses like Steve Bannon for ignoring congressional subpoenas. Unfortunately, the GOP caucus has caved, deciding to instead try to renegotiate an appearance by...

@BasedMikeLee The Senate just voted to waive the point of order against the NDAA. 35 of us opposed the motion to waive. We needed only 41 to prevent this outcome, and to remove FISA 702 from the NDAA. This is not good. The House should #StopTheNDAA.

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts — Embattled Harvard president Claudine Gay attended a campus menorah lighting Wednesday — a day after it emerged she was retaining her job at the Ivy League school despite widespread antisemitism backlash. The under-fire president was among the roughly 100 people to gather at the daily lighting ceremony, organized by the Harvard Chabad, at the campus’ Harvard Park. Gay, who attended alongside her colleague Professor Jeff Bussgang, was spotted lighting the first candle. Despite a slew of anti-Israel protests being held on campus of late, the lighting went ahead calmly without any interruptions. Gay’s appearance came after the...

‼️🚨 Tell your Senators to OPPOSE today’s motion to waive the Rule 28 point of order. 🚨‼️ Let's get FISA 702 spying off the NDAA @RandPaul Senators should do themselves the honor of standing by their oath to the Constitution. How can they look their constituents in the eyes and justify a vote to empower government at the expense of Americans’ individual rights? It's high time we quit letting fear overrun our constitutional duty. We must strip this extension of domestic spying authority out of the NDAA. 🚨CALL YOUR SENATORS🚨

The FBI and two other federal agencies issued a public safety warning on Dec. 12, highlighting potential threats to the U.S. during the upcoming Christmas and New Year's holidays. The bureau, along with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and National Counterterrorism Center, cited the ongoing Israel–Hamas war as a potential trigger for attacks. However, the agencies didn't point to any specific plot. “FBI and DHS assess that ongoing tensions related to the conflict between Israel and Hamas likely heighten the threat of lone actor violence targeting large public gatherings throughout the winter, including holiday-related, faith-based, New Year’s Eve, and...

On this date in 1949, two young miners from northern England were hanged together at Durham prison for unrelated crimes of passion: one had ravaged and strangled another man’s wife when his attempts to seduce her were met with a demand for money; the other had murdered a local girl (and then botched his suicide) when he found himself on the third point of a love triangle. Both crimes happened on the same weekend, just a few miles apart — so they were tried at the same assizes and advanced through the process from murder to hanging-date together. Double executions...

Went up a few percent in 6 hours. I suppose it's "only" 3 percent and the end result is just recovering back to where it was a week ago. Still the upward spike seems unusual.

One of two Florida burglary grand theft suspects with a long criminal history bragged that he would be out of jail shortly after his arrest before he realized he was taken into custody in a county where the law is enforced by a no-nonsense sheriff with a tough-on-crime platform. Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said his deputies spotted a stolen Dodge Ram just after 1 a.m. Wednesday. The driver, identified as Tamari Lucas, 24, a Tampa resident, and a passenger eventually stopped the truck and fled on foot, authorities said. [snip] Judd said. Upon his arrest, Lucas allegedly told the...

The cost of racial and ethnic diversity is incredible. In just 6 years the United Kingdom has seen a 5 billion pound increase in spending on police services (www.gov.uk/government/statistics/police-funding-for-england-and-wales-2015-to-2023/police-funding-for-england-and-wales-2015-to-2023) in England and Wales, a 41% policing budget increase. In just the first 9 months of 2023 Ireland’s Garda overtime budget has surged by 54%, and a further 25% increase is planned for 2024. (www.citizensinformation.ie/en/money-and-tax/budgets/budget-2024/)

Cheese pizza, anyone? A viral online rumor is spreading like wildfire, claiming that Etsy is unwittingly being used as a hub for child porn and child trafficking. It’s a very serious accusation, so we want to share the information with you and allow you to draw your own conclusions. The author, Liz Crokin, provided a lot of detailed information on the topic. Here’s what she had to say: IS CHILD TRAFFICKING TAKING PLACE ON ETSY? There are a lot of suspicious listings on Etsy that have people wondering if child porn or children are for sale for sex on the...

This article has been updated, and the headline has been changed. The title was “Rep. Comer will hold Hunter Biden in contempt of Congress,” but we had to change the title. Sadly, the GOP caved for now. They’ll try to get him in again and then might look at contempt.

The World Health Organization has been urgently pushing a new Pandemic Treaty, officially known as the “Zero draft report of the Working Group on Strengthening WHO Preparedness and Response to Health Emergencies to the Seventy-fifth World Health Assembly.” A Republican Congressman, Dr. Rich McCormick from Georgia, slammed the need for such a pandemic treaty and specifically referenced the World Health Organization in a much-needed speech on the House floor. Much like other international organizations, the World Trade Organization, the United Nations, World Health Organization, is vying to gain more authority through pandemic prevention, preparedness, and response accord,” Rep. McCormick said....