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#BREAKING: Shots were fired in a reported terror attack at the Israeli consulate in Munich. The terrorist was reportedly neutralized before causing casualties.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un ordered up to 30 officials to be executed over their alleged failure to prevent massive flooding and landslides in the summer that resulted in the deaths of some 4,000 people, according to South Korean media. An official under Kim’s regime said between 20 and 30 leaders in North Korea had been charged with corruption and dereliction of duty, with the state sentencing them to capital punishment, TV Chosun reported. “It has been determined that 20 to 30 cadres in the flood-stricken area were executed at the same time late last month,” the official told...

Are extraterrestrial intelligent beings from some other planet or galaxy? Why would beings from other galaxies target earth for their visits?

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Former Republican Rep. Liz Cheney, who has been a fierce critic of Donald Trump, says she will support Democratic candidate Kamala Harris for president.

Just sharing a song I haven't thought of for, well, more than minute.

Disagreement between Israel and Gaza focuses on 'densely populated' areas, Hamas threatening to execute additional hostages, report says. ......

Conflict will end on Russian terms, and soon

The Alec Lace Show • Thursday, August 15th 2024 Today Alec hosts a Presidential Debate between President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris Special Guests: Shawn Farash and Estee Palti

The collapse in birth rates that began in post-war Europe has, in the decades since, spread to every single corner of the globe. Many nations are already feeling this death spiral, filling more coffins than cradles each year. Just this past year, Japan lost nearly a million people. While Poland lost 130,000. However, the big story comes from China, home to one-sixth of the world’s population. The decades-long devastation wrought by the one-child policy has sent that country, for centuries the pacesetter in population, into absolute decline. China finally admitted that its population was shrinking, but demographers — including myself...

The Secret Service failed to protect former President Donald Trump and the embattled agency will be taxed to the limit by the peak of presidential-campaign season. But it will be well-represented at an LGBTQ summit at Disney World. Reporter Susan Crabtree of RealClear Politics posted Wednesday on social media an agency-wide email from the Service’s DEI office that solicited people to attend the “Out and Equal” Workplace Summit at the Orlando, Florida, theme park.

Polish-Ukrainian relations are fraying over the legacy of the Second World War era Volhynia (Wołyń) genocide, in which Ukrainians massacred up to 120,000 ethnic Poles, mostly women and children. The slaughter was instigated by the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA) in then-German-occupied eastern Poland, in territory that belongs to modern-day Ukraine as a result of Soviet-orchestrated land transfers. However, many of the killers were ordinary Ukrainians armed with agricultural implements who used the German occupation as an opportunity to ethnically cleanse the area to prepare it for incorporation into an independent Ukrainian nation-state. The Ukrainian Insurgent Army and its leader, Stepan...

Whole Woman’s Health, an abortion chain known for its widespread health and safety violations, has quietly opened a new facility in Virginia, hoping to be a mecca for abortion-seeking women in the South. Noting that many southern states have laws protecting preborn children, Amy Hagstrom Miller — the owner, founder, and CEO of Whole Woman’s Health — said her business is looking to attract abortion-minded women. “We didn’t open this only because of Florida,” she said in an interview with the Guardian. “We opened this clinic because we know how many people are traveling from the region.” In 2022, Roe...

There was no difference in complications in patients who fasted or did not fast before cardiac catheterization procedures requiring conscious sedation, according to research. "In the SCOFF trial, we were able to show no increased risk of complications with normal eating," said Dr. David Ferreira. The investigator-initiated, randomized SCOFF trial, with a prospective open-label, blinded endpoint design, assessed the non-inferiority of no fasting prior to cardiac catheterization laboratory procedures requiring conscious sedation. Patients who had been referred for coronary angiography, coronary intervention or cardiac implantable electronic device-related procedures were recruited. They were randomized 1:1 to fasting before the procedure (no...

In this video, I go into how Donald Trump's lead in the 2024 election cycle is much larger than what the vast majority of political forecasters are predicting.

LANCASTER, Pa. — Minnesota Governor and Democratic Vice-Presidential nominee Tim Walz visited the Republican stronghold of Lancaster County, as polls show the presidential race to be razor close in Pennsylvania. Walz landed at Lancaster Airport on Wednesday and then headed to Cherry Hill Orchards, talking with manager Ryan Shenk and buying whoopie pies and apple cider donuts. He later delivered the treats to volunteers and staff at Lancaster campaign headquarters. Walz addressed the tragic school shooting in Georgia and then thanked volunteers for their work, saying "We're thankful for all of you. Let's go win this thing." Walz also got...

For the prevention of new-onset atrial fibrillation (AF) after isolated coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery, giving potassium supplements only when levels dropped below the lower limit of normal was non-inferior to routinely supplementing potassium to the upper limit of normal, according to late-breaking research. "AF occurs in around one in three patients after CABG. In many centers, patients are given potassium supplementation after surgery in an effort to maintain serum levels in the high-normal range ('tight control') to prevent AF. However, there is no robust evidence to support this practice. TIGHT-K was an open-label, non-inferiority, randomized controlled trial. Patients...

The following is an update from SpaceX: "SpaceX is targeting Thursday, September 5 for a Falcon 9 launch of the NROL-113 mission from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. The launch window opens at 8:20 p.m. PT." For countdown status and video feeds of the launch, go to: https://spaceflightnow.com https://www.spacex.com/launches/mission/?missionId=nrol-113 https://spacex.com/launches This information is subject to change. https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=928089179364045&set=a.226357352870568&type=3&ref=embed_page

Join with fellow FREEPERS to pray for AMERICA: For those in Authority in Government, Family, Military, Business, Agri-Business; End to Sex Slavery; Healthcare, Education, Churches, and the Media. This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. (1 John 5:14) I urge, then, first of all, that requests, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for everyone: for kings and all those in authority that we may live peaceful and quiet lives in all godliness and holiness. ~ 1 Timothy 2:1-2 Religion Forum Threads labeled [Prayer] are closed to...

The song "Six Days on the Road", sung by Dave Dudley.