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Starchild and District Attorney Kamala Harris discuss a November ballot initiative that would decriminalize prostitution in San Francisco.

[Catholic Caucus] Vatican Newspaper Publishes Gay-Positive Essay from Synod’s Spiritual AssistantParticipants in the Synod on Synodality’s General Assembly are on retreat Monday and Tuesday to prepare spiritually for their deliberations, which formally begin October 2nd. Throughout the month-long assembly, the delegates will be guided by two spiritual assistants , one of whom recently made some LGBTQ-positive remarks.Pope Francis has appointed Fr. Timothy Radcliffe, OP, and Mother Maria Ignazia Angelini, OSB, to be the Synod’s spiritual assistants. Radcliffe, the former head of Dominicans worldwide, has been welcoming of LGBTQ+ people for decades. Most recently, he wrote on these issues for the...

It has been so long since I posted any images with articles, and I've been through a few computers, too, since the last time. I used to have a Photobucket account from which I could transfer images. Is having an image/photo account still necessary? Can images be transferred from something like Canva?

The Tennessee National Guard has been tasked with assisting citizens struggling in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, but they’re doing so without the help of over 700 of their men. They were deployed to Kuwait by the Biden-Harris regime. As independent journalist Nick Sortor reported from the ground, civilians are having to help each other in Eastern Tennessee where catastrophic flooding continues to put lives at risk. Sortor posted to Twitter: The Tennessee National Guard is NOWHERE TO BE FOUND in Eastern TN, despite MASSIVE flooding and missing people Why? BECAUSE BIDEN & HARRIS DEPLOYED THEM TO THE MIDDLE EAST...

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Perhaps the most menacing force for Palestinian “liberation” is Hamas' ally, Hezbollah, whose leader, Hassan Nasrallah, declared in 2002 that if all the Jews gather in Israel, “they'll make our job easier, and will keep us from having to go hunt them down all over the world."

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Donald Trump hurled his worst slur yet at Vice President Kamala Harris while speaking to his supporters in a small Wisconsin town on Saturday. The former president insulted Harris as he ranted about illegal border crossings, describing her as 'mentally impaired.' 'Kamala is mentally impaired. If a Republican did what she did that Republican would be impeached and removed from office and rightfully so for high crimes and misdemeanors,' Trump began. Trump claimed the Democratic nominee was responsible for migrants who have come into the country illegally and have committed crimes. 'Think of it - 13,099 convicted murderers. They're all...

Prepare to set sail on an epic adventure with "Pirates of the Caribbean 6: The Return of Davy Jones." This highly anticipated installment in the beloved franchise promises to bring back the magic, mystery, and mayhem that fans have adored for years. The new movie stars Johnny Depp as the iconic Captain Jack Sparrow, alongside Margot Robbie, Orlando Bloom, and the dreaded Davy Jones. In this thrilling continuation, Will Turner (Orlando Bloom) is haunted by nightmares of the notorious Davy Jones. Despite his apparent demise, barnacles and seaweed in Will's room suggest that the legendary pirate may be more alive...

The Justice Department announced a lawsuit Friday against Alabama, arguing the state’s effort to remove noncitizens from its voter rolls came too close to the November election. The department asked a federal judge to order Alabama to put the names — which the state says are ineligible voters — back on the active voter lists. The department said some actual citizens were sent notices that they had been moved to the inactive voter file. Alabama announced the move on Aug. 13. That was 84 days before the election, violating the federal National Voter Registration Act, better known as motor-voter, which...

Iran International English @IranIntl_En: Elon Musk has praised a community note on one of the posts on Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei's X account, as "hall-of-famer". Khamenei's account had called Hezbollah the "victor", but a community note provided context that "the entire Hezbollah leadership including Nasrallah has been eliminated" in an Israeli air strike. Hananya Naftali (Sep 8, 2024). The Supreme Leader of Iran, Khamenei, posted a few days ago "Hezbollah is the victor". Victor? I'm not sure. It took Israel just a few days to take out the entire leadership of Hezbollah. FB

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Nobody tell Rashida Tlaib, OK? She's having a rough day already. While she mourns the death of former Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah in an Israeli airstrike on Hezbollah HQ, we're getting reports that Nasrallah's replacement has already been killed by the IDF. We hardly got to know Hasan Khalil Yassin. The IDF is on a roll. We're sorry all of Tlaib's friends are getting blown up, but we're glad to see Hezbollah get what it deserves.

WHO ARE YOU CALLING A HYPOCRITE? I always chuckle a little when I must sit through someone's "sermon" on why he/she doesn't ever darken the door of a church. Invariably at the top of the list of reasons given for not attending is something about the church being so full of hypocrites. You know, those people who affect virtues and qualities they don't have ... religious fakes. The humor in this line of argument rests not so much in the fact that I never hear anything original, but rather in the facts surrounding the genesis of the word hypocrite....

[Catholic Caucus] Bishop Schneider: Synod’s confession event a ‘tool’ to push ‘new agenda’ and ‘doctrines’Regarding the 'sins against synodality' to be confessed, such as 'using doctrine as stones to be hurled,' the faithful bishop said there are 'no such sins in divine revelation.'Bishop Athanasius Schneider accused a Vatican Synod on Synodality event as being “a tool to promote a new agenda in the synod to establish new doctrines which are contrary to the divine revelation, or undermine divine revelation.”The Astana auxiliary’s forthright comments came during a recent interview on Raymond Arroyo’s World Over, during which Arroyo questioned Schneider about an...

This week in my Awards Series article, I return to bourbon and American whiskey. The North American Bourbon & Whiskey Competition (NABAWC) 2024 honored many USA-born spirits with points and medals. In the competition’s 10th year, 15% more entries were received than in 2023, making the competition ever more intense. A couple of weeks ago, I wrote about the ‘Best In Show’ whiskeys from the competition. Today, I will delve into the Double Gold medal winners. This is part one of two, so keep an eye on the Best Whiskies page for the next installment.

US President Joe Biden ‘forgot’ to introduce Prime Minister Narendra Modi on stage during an event on Sunday. The octogenarian appeared visibly confused after addressing the Cancer Moonshot launch event and eventually asked what he was supposed to be doing next. “Who am I introducing next? Who's next?” he could be heard wondering aloud after his speech. The event moderator then intervened to announce PM Modi as the latter stepped forward to deliver his address. The outgoing POTUS has made headlines on several occasions for ‘freezing up’ during public interactions or completely forgetting his words. Concerns about his health and...

Hizzoner changed his cell phone password just one day before the FBI seized his electronic devices on Nov. 7 — claiming he did so in order to “preserve the contents of his phone due to the investigation.” He says he then forgot the new passcode, which left the phone locked, according to the bombshell federal indictment unsealed Thursday.

A get-out-the-vote strategist is suggesting that Amish voters could influence the 2024 presidential election, saying they “could literally save western civilization in November.” Scott Pressler, who leads the political action committee Early Vote Action, which aims to “elect Republicans by mobilizing a nationwide grassroots effort for voter registration and increasing absentee and early voting,” posted on X (formerly Twitter) Saturday, urging former President Donald Trump to reach out to Amish voters in Pennsylvania. “I spoke to an Amish man last night that really wants you to come to Lancaster, PA. He said more Amish people would be able to attend...

President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump do not drink. In a country where more than two-thirds of adults consume alcohol, that’s a surprising fact — not that there’s anything wrong with abstaining (and both Trump and Biden have their reasons). However, presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris not only counts herself in the majority of Americans who drink, but she apparently has good taste in wine. According to a Washingtonian article published after Harris snagged the vice presidential nomination in 2020, the current VP enjoyed spending time at Cork Wine Bar in Washington, D.C. The venue tweeted a...