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Iran's foreign minister, Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, threatened Israel hours after the assassination of Sayyed Reza Mousavi, a senior commander in the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps based in Syria. "Tel Aviv should count down," he warned. Hezbollah also reacted to Reza Mousavi's assassination calling it a "blatant attack that crosses the line." Hezbollah called Mousavi "one of the best brothers who worked to support Hezbollah in Lebanon for decades." The terrorist organization also said in a statement that he "was dedicated to serving the resistance and its fighters and is a brother in arms. We send our condolences to Ali Khamenei, to...

Giving it a fresh new name doesn’t change what it is On Christmas Day, police in Georgia were called and told by a man that he had just killed his girlfriend and that he was about to turn the gun on himself. He gave his address as that of Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene. According to the congresswoman, this was perhaps the eighth time that law enforcement had been called to her family home with a similar hoax story. By alerting police to an apparently highly violent situation, a caller prompts them to send SWAT (Special Weapons and Tactics) officers...

Iran International reports that the recent Israeli airstrikes in Syria targeted Iran's 'Unit 2250' -- a special Iranian logistics institution run by Tehran’s Revolutionary Guard. Established as a subset of Unit 2000, the outfit is headquartered in Damascus with many offices across Syria. The unit is in charge of receiving incoming equipment, weapons, and personnel from Iran as well as supporting the Iran-backed Lebanese forces in the country. It is also tasked with escorting and hosting senior Iranian officials and their families upon arrival in Syria, which is usually carried out in coordination with senior Syrian authorities. Syrian media has...

Left-wing activist Shaun King announced to his 6 million followers that his Instagram account was deactivated on Monday. Shaun King’s posts have focused heavily on condemnation of Israel, including accusing the Jewish state of “genocide” and “war crimes” in its military operations in Gaza. In a video, King said he was informed his Instagram account was being deactivated and said it was because Meta platforms, including Instagram and Facebook, have “decided to stand in the way of those of us that are fighting for the human rights and dignity of Palestinians.” However, his Facebook account, which like Instagram is owned...

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said in a statement that U.S. military strikes against sites used to injure U.S. troops in Iraq on Christmas Day were “proportionate.” “Today, at President Biden’s direction, U.S. military forces conducted necessary and proportionate strikes on three facilities used by Kataib Hezbollah and affiliated groups in Iraq,” Austin said in a statement on Monday. He added: These precision strikes are a response to a series of attacks against U.S. personnel in Iraq and Syria by Iranian-sponsored militias, including an attack by Iran-affiliated Kataib Hezbollah and affiliated groups on Erbil Air Base earlier today, and intended to...

Graphene oxide, a substance that is poisonous to humans, has allegedly been found in the Covid 19 “vaccines”, in the water supply, in the air we breathe through chemtrails, and is even in our food supply. It interacts and is activated by electromagnetic frequencies (“EMF”), specifically the broader range of frequencies found in 5G which can cause even more damage to our health. The symptoms of graphene oxide poisoning and EMF radiation sickness are similar to those symptoms described as Covid. The bad news for those who have so far refused to get a single dose of the Covid-19 injection...

I want to take this occasion to wish the merriest of Christmases to these “peaceful” Islamic scholars…

A mystery fire broke out on Russia’s only nuclear-powered cargo ship in the Arctic – triggering panic onboard. A blaze on the Sevmorput broke out as the vessel was berthed at a high-security dock, with no injuries reported. One local posted: ‘I saw several fire units rushing there, and an ambulance.’ Another message read: ‘Shall we leave now? Is there anything from the authorities? Why no update? It would be too late to run given what kind of ship this is.’

Great. It’s time for another call for “peace” that will be achieved by giving up all our weapons. Pope Francis on Monday blasted the weapons industry and its “instruments of death” that fuel wars as he made a Christmas Day appeal for peace in the world and in particular between Israel and the Palestinians… “It should be talked about and written about, so as to bring to light the interests and the profits that move the puppet strings of war,” he said. “And how can we even speak of peace, when arms production, sales and trade are on the rise?”...

Multiple Pizza Hut franchises in California are planning to lay off delivery drivers as the restaurant chain braces for an increase in the minimum wage for fast food workers next year. Several Pizza Hut operators filed notices to comply with the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act saying they were discontinuing their delivery services. “PacPizza, LLC, operating as Pizza Hut, has made a business decision to eliminate first-party delivery services and, as a result, the elimination of all delivery driver positions,” a federal WARN Act notice filed by the fast-food operator with the state’s Employment Development Department said, Business Insider...

Matthew 10:17-22 Friends, in today’s Gospel, Jesus predicts the coming persecution of his disciples. And we can see his prophetic word realized through the ages.Think of St. Peter himself, crucified upside down in the circus of Nero; of Felicity and Perpetua, thrown to wild animals because they wouldn’t deny their faith; of Paul Miki, the Japanese Jesuit, who was crucified for announcing the Christian faith; of Padre Pro, who was shot to death for defying a repressive Mexican government, shouting as he was shot, “Viva, el Cristo Rey!”; of Franz Jägerstätter and Dietrich Bonhoeffer, whom the Nazi regime put to...

Update from Ukraine | Ukraine targeted a Huge Ruzzian Ship in Crimea | Big Kaboom https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4B5waIRUbY Invasion Day 665 – Summary December 21, 2023 https://militaryland.net/news/invasion-day-665-summary/ [NOTE: two summaries per week, released on Wednesday and Sunday] *** Great interactive maps with viewer controlled Map magnification tool to use for each Front! https://militaryland.net/maps/

In a week marked by the S&P500 witnessing its largest-ever inflow at a staggering $21 billion, there’s an unsettling undercurrent in the financial landscape that demands attention. Bankruptcy filings are surging ominously, casting a shadow on the euphoria of market inflows. Additionally, the U.S. Corporate Default Rate, a key indicator of anticipated defaults among corporations with speculative-grade credit ratings, has witnessed a notable spike. The paradox between record-breaking market inflows and rising defaults raises questions about the Federal Reserve’s seemingly dovish stance. Is the Fed preemptively responding to an imminent storm on the financial horizon?

Porsche and Audi issued recalls for more than 130,000 battery-electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles to address two unrelated fire risks. The larger of the two campaigns is actually directed not at the cars themselves, but at the charging cables that were sold with them. This recall covers all vehicles sold with the company's 40-amp, 220/240V "industrial" charging cable designed to fit a NEMA 14-50 outlet. Parent company Volkswagen says Porsche and Audi were made aware of instances where the cable could overheat due to a poor-quality, outdated or defective home electrical setup, potentially leading to a house fire. VW said...

Would you pay $650 for a table at Applebee’s in Times Square to watch the ball drop? Apparently many New Year’s Eve revelers are willing to fork over just that and even more — including $12,500 for a luxury couples package at the Marriott Marquis — to ring in 2024, according to events entrepreneur Joshua Perla. Perla, founder of events sites BallDrop.com and NewYears.com, said business has been brisk for the 30 different Times Square packages. “We are seeing an uptick in the price consumers are spending on New Year’s Eve tickets that include a live view of the ball...

We made our (famous) Red Velvet Cake for Christmas Dessert. My wife did the hard work.Now everybody wants the recipe and I refuse to give it up.I have even offered to make them one, but I'm not giving up the recipe.Am I wrong? My wife thinks I'm being a bit selfish.

In late August, amid a rising outcry over revelations that Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas had received decades of undisclosed gifts and free luxury travel, a lawyer in Chicago fired off an email to her fellow former Thomas clerks. “Many of us have been asked recently about the justice,” wrote the lawyer, Taylor Meehan. “In response, there’s not always the opportunity to tell his story and share what it was like to work for him. And there’s rarely the opportunity for us to do so all together.” Meehan attached a letter in support of Thomas. Minutes later came a reply....

Brothers War a great action film set during the fierce fighting on the Eastern front at the end of WW2. Where 2 friends are fighting a desperate fight against the Russian Army's onslaught while hiding at the front from their own Gestapo, seeking them for belonging to a fraternity now outlawed. An unlikely alliance is formed between a British and a German Officer seeking to escape to the West. An epic movie inspired by real events and real people. Gives a great insight to the life and desperation of the front soldier in the German Army as the end is...

Your tax dollars are paying for the ‘rights for migrants’ legal scam As a record number of migrants invade the United States, wreaking pain on New York City and other communities, one group is winning big-time: the public advocacy lawyers. Their business is to constantly sue to win more so-called rights for migrants. Rights to shelter, rights to meals, rights to health care, and even the right to vote in local elections. Who pays the bills on both sides of these lawsuits? You do. Taxpayer money largely funds these legal combatants, which include the Coalition for the Homeless, the Legal...

Either the military will have to deter dramatically our growing number of opportunistic enemies, or it will descend into something like the French army between the world wars—plagued by ideology, ossified brass, corruption, mediocrity, misplaced investments, and bankrupt strategies. If there are not radical changes in higher education, our Ivy League and self-identified elite campuses will go the way of Bud-Light, Disney, and Target—once premier brands reduced to red ink and laughing-stock caricatures. The United States is cracking under 8 million illegal entries; it cannot sustain another year and 2 million more illegal entrants—or a total of 55-60 million foreign-born...