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29 January 2024 Monday of week 4 in Ordinary Time St. Demetrius Ukrainian Catholic Church, Fairfield, NDReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: B(II).First reading2 Samuel 15:13-14,30,16:5-13 ©David flees Absalom and is cursed by ShimeiA messenger came to tell David, ‘The hearts of the men of Israel are now with Absalom.’ So David said to all his officers who were with him in Jerusalem, ‘Let us be off, let us fly, or we shall never escape from Absalom. Leave as quickly as you can in case he mounts a surprise attack and worsts us and puts the city to the...

Former Queens city Councilman Paul Vallone — a member of a long line of local leading public servants — died unexpectedly Saturday evening. He was 56. Vallone, who was currently serving as New York City’s Veterans Services deputy commissioner, suffered a fatal heart attack at his home and was rushed to a Flushing hospital but could not be revived, sources close to his family told The Post on Sunday. The married father of three was “upbeat” and “happy” the day before he died, Queens Civic Congress President Warren Schreiber told the Queens Chronicle. “It’s a big blow to the community,”...

The Rio Grande border conflict is not an isolated incident. It is part of the World Economic Forum program of "denationization" of the United States. In the same way that a “state” is a form of self-organization of human society, a “nation” can also be treated as a form of self-organization. These terms are different in nuance, and Russian conservative philosopher Nicolai Berdyaev was the first to devise a formula to discern between them a century ago. His analysis proceeds from the application of the eschatological way of thinking. Berdyaev stated that humans are mortal; therefore, a state or government,...

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Story from late 2022. Parents are requesting Glenbard School District 87 remove obscene books from the school districts libraries. One parent Cedra Censhaw, a one-time State Senate candidate, tore into school board embers for supporting the inclusion of graphic sexual novels in the district’s libraries. Upon seeing a presentation board filled with graphic sexual imagery from the books at question Crenshaw had created to accompany her comments school board members tried to dissuade her from speaking. “I haven’t even started yet,” Crenshaw said to the board. Two board members chimed in. “No, no, no. I just. If this is about...

As the economic horizon teems with optimism, a darker reality unfolds for Generation X and Millennials, signaling a looming debt crisis. Recent reports indicate a concerning uptick in bankruptcy assistance, a silent alarm echoing amidst the cheers for positive economic data. LegalShield’s December Consumer Stress Legal Index (CSLI) reveals a three-year peak in financial duress, driven by a relentless rise in bankruptcy and legal assistance requests—over 35 million and counting. Contrary to the recent surge in consumer confidence, this data forecasts a dip, exposing a groundswell of fiscal challenges. Particularly impacting younger generations, this trend hints at a latent economic...

President Donald J. Trump was accused of withholding U.S. military aid to Ukraine in order to force compliance with his requests. This was the exact claim of those who attempted to impeach President Trump in 2019; this was their originating justification.Today, NBC is reporting that Joe Biden is looking at what military aid can be withheld from Israel in order to force compliance with their requests. I doubt the insufferable dolts in the media can see the ridiculous hypocrisy in this story.

The request published in "Al-Araby Al-Jadeed" comes after a serious injury to the Egyptian economy due to a decrease in the passage of ships in the Suez Canal • In Egypt they emphasize that the war has already given its signals on the Egyptian economy - not only in the issue of the Suez Canal, but also in the export of gas. The Houthi blockade of ships in the Red Sea is beginning to affect the revenues of the Suez Canal, which accounts for about 2% of Egypt's GDP. As a result, Cairo appealed to the Houthi rebels to focus...

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Yemen's Houthis claimed that they have launched a missile attack on the US Navy ship USS Lewis B. Puller in the Gulf of Aden. Watch in the report for more details...

An Illinois suburb decided against moving forward with a plan to have residents house migrants in their homes following a councilman’s viral proposal to put together a "sign-up" sheet. Naperville, an affluent suburb located roughly 30 miles west of Chicago, had considered having residents volunteer to bring migrants into their homes amid concerns that Chicago’s struggles to house migrants may spill over into the suburbs. On Thursday, city staff decided it was not necessary for Naperville residents to sign up as other state and federal agencies were making lists of shelters for migrants in need of housing, WLS-TV reported. Josh...

A California child killer who reportedly beat his girlfriend’s 3-year-old son so badly he suffered dozens of traumatic injuries, broken bones and “pulverized” organs, is one step closer to walking free after state officials approved his parole despite a prosecutor’s pledge to keep him behind bars for the rest of his life. The only chance to uphold that vow is now in the hands of Gov. Gavin Newsom. Patrick Goodman, now 49, killed Elijah Sanderson in early December 2000. The medical examiner reportedly found that some of the injuries had been caused by swinging the child by his wrist into...

Over the past two years, Colonel Douglas Macgregor has become Tucker Carlson’s “go-to guy” on foreign policy and military matters. Yet, there is reason to question whether Carlson should be giving Macgregor a bully pulpit. That’s because, during a recent Cyrus Janssen podcast that saw Macgregor offer insights into the current Middle East conflict, he revealed that he traffics in the worst kind of antisemitic tropes and stereotypes. Macgregor’s theme was that Washington is now controlled by Israel, with Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu calling the shots.Preliminarily, Janssen is incredibly hostile to Israel and completely supportive of the Hamas narrative. Given...

Alex Murdaugh is returning to a South Carolina courtroom, but this time the convicted killer, disbarred attorney and admitted thief won't be fidgeting in the spotlight. Instead, it's the jurors who found him guilty of the shooting deaths of his wife and son who'll be questioned by a judge. The unusual hearing Monday comes in response to allegations by Murdaugh's attorneys that a clerk of court tampered with the jury that convicted him of murder last year. Colleton County Clerk Becky Hill also is expected to be grilled by lawyers for Murdaugh, whose fall from his role as an attorney...

Gov. Brad Little said Friday he is following up on a promise he made during his State of the State and Budget Address to send two more teams of Idaho State Police troopers to the Texas-Mexico border. The troopers will be deployed in their new mission in the coming weeks. "President Biden's disastrous open border policies have left Idahoans and Americans vulnerable," Little said. Little said, to help curb human trafficking and stop drugs and criminals from flowing into the U.S., the Idaho Works plan calls for sending Idaho State Police troopers to train and act as a force multiplier...

Rob Gronkowski asked a very embarrassing question during FOX’s halftime show on Sunday. Gronk was part of FOX’s crew covering the pregame, halftime and postgame shows for the NFC Championship Game between the Detroit Lions and San Francisco 49ers at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif. During halftime, the rock band Journey, which was founded in San Francisco, put on a performance. According to FOX’s other personalities, Gronk asked “who’s Journey?” upon learning they were putting on the halftime show. Howie Long indicated that despite not knowing the name of the band, Gronk claimed to at least recognize the song...

President Joe Biden said the attack was carried out by "radical Iran-backed militant groups". He added: "We shall respond." -- Why are US troops in Jordan/Syria? Rand Paul is right. This will now spiral out of control Vietnam style. Nightmare. I'm saddened by the loss of life and the wider implications Freepers...

This is the horrifying moment two huge pit bull-type dogs maul a disabled man after knocking him out of his wheelchair. Dozens of appalled neighbors were powerless to stop the two beasts from ripping 'chunks' out of the victim in Miami-Dade County, Florida. The dogs, named Jumpety and Boo-boo, had escaped from the yard of a single-story where they had been cared for by neighbors since their owner was jailed. The victim, known as 'Smokie', was dragged over the sidewalk as onlookers honked their car horns and one edges his semi-trailer towards the bloodthirsty hounds. 'Everybody was gathering around, you...

Less is also better—that is what researchers have found while conducting a tri-nation clinical trial to see if shorter courses of antibiotics are as effective as longer prescriptions of the drug to treat ventilator-associated pneumonia. The four-year long study involved 460 patients. While personalized short-course treatment duration for patients with ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) was just as effective in comparison to the standard treatment duration, the short-course treatment strategy also successfully reduced antibiotic side effects from 38% to 8%. VAP is a common lung infection among critically ill patients who are dependent on ventilators to breathe. The infection risk of death...

U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris called for a "meaningful pathway to citizenship" on Monday night amid efforts by President Joe Biden and Congressional leadership to try and reach a bipartisan national security deal that would fund border enforcement efforts and unlock military aid for Ukraine. During an interview with CNN's Laura Coates on Monday, Harris discussed the situation at the U.S.-Mexico border, referring to it as a "long-standing problem." "There's no question that our immigration system is broken," Harris said. "And so much so, that as the first bill that we offered after our inauguration, was to fix the immigration...