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Do you like it? Tolerate it? Of the three types of machines, which do you prefer? Are they noisy or is it like "white noise?" Caveats? Suggestions? Thanks.

In April of 2024, I posted You’re on you own: what to do about it. The point of that article was we really are on our own. Government is not able to protect us, and when government wrongs us, it’s going to move heaven and earth to avoid paying for that harm. Yes, this means when we need them most, the police aren’t going to be there, and when we don’t want them at all, they just might, particularly if they’re the FBI. More about this shortly. In the world of reality most Americans occupy, there are very few police...

The devastation that happened in western North Carolina hit close to home for me, so I have been relying less on the news for updates and more on private social media posts from those in the affected community where I grew up. These posts won’t hit the news, and I can’t link to them. The Biden administration has all but ignored what has happened there, and if not for the immediate, helpful, and thoughtful response from former president Trump, who knows what kind of response might have come from Biden/Harris? Perhaps the same shrug of shoulders that Palestine, Ohio received?...

A “progressive” Texas baker and “Food Network” star has received harsh backlash, hateful comments and death threats over cookies she was selling bearing the face of Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz. Haley Popp launched the blue-frosted sugar cookies which featured the Democratic Vice Presidential candidate’s likeness at her Hive Bakery ahead of Tuesday’s Vice Presidential Debate between Walz and Sen. JD Vance. “We only have a few dozen! Order online or come see us!! Who’s ready for the VP beats tonight?!,” the bakery wrote on Facebook alongside the cookie with a smiling Walz. Eight hours after sharing the post, Popp revealed...

We are living through an age in which life is cheap and is being callously discarded and disregarded. In late winter of 1966, my high school friend John, who was just 18, drove his car into a bridge abutment and died instantly. Something had gone terribly wrong. John had gone off to a good Midwestern college, been elected president of his class, and excelled in his studies, but then he went home at the end of his first semester and refused to return to school. John was a young man with a slight build and an effeminate and tentative manner,...

Musk said Starlink access will be free for people in areas affected by Hurricane Helene.. Elon Musk on Wednesday said that the Federal Communications Commission's decision to not move forward with an award for SpaceX's Starlink to provide rural broadband may have cost lives in North Carolina when it was hit by Hurricane Helene.. North Carolina would have 19,522 working Starlink kits available today after Hurricane Helene had the FCC not revoked in bad faith the grant that was awarded to SpaceX as the winning bidder." "Had the FCC not illegally revoked the SpaceX Starlink award, it would probably have...

You have to hear this to believe it. https://x.com/i/status/1841991577197015424 “Oh, the storm zone. I'm with what storm they're talking about. They're getting everything they need. They're very happy.”

ADonald Trump-endorsed Senate candidate left debate moderators in shock on Wednesday when he declared that the US military needs to recruit “alpha” men and women into its ranks prepared to tear out and devour their own intestines – and not drag queens. Hung Cao, a retired US Navy captain, went head-to-head against veteran Democrat Tim Kaine in a debate on Wednesday as they spar over the US senate seat in Virginia. During the showdown, Cao was asked about the military’s struggles to find sufficient numbers of new recruits and his own past comments blaming diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) policies...

Erick Stakelbeck of ‪@TheWatchmanwithErickStakelbeck‬ joins Raj Nair to discuss the escalating Israel-Iran conflict and the ramifications of Islamic Republic’s enormous ballistic missile attack against Israel on October 1, 2024. As Israel vows retaliation, Bible experts and prophecy watchers are asking: is Bible prophecy unfolding in front of our eyes? Watch now on Can I Trust the Bible? on TBN!

WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge in Missouri put a temporary hold on President Joe Biden’s latest student loan cancellation plan on Thursday, slamming the door on hope it would move forward after another judge allowed a pause to expire. Just as it briefly appeared the Biden administration would have a window to push its plan forward, U.S. District Judge Matthew Schelp in Missouri granted an injunction blocking any widespread cancellation. Six Republican-led states requested the injunction hours earlier, after a federal judge in Georgia decided not to extend a separate order blocking the plan. The states, led by Missouri’s...

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We know that Facebook censored people throughout the pandemic. We know that if the Biden administration asked them to censor people, the social media giant did it.. This isn't groundbreaking news. Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg said he regrets that the company did it, which is fine except that it could be argued that it constituted election interference. After all, a lot of the people who reported being censored were shut down because of their pro-Donald Trump rhetoric. The same is true for those who report being throttled on the platform. But Zuckerberg said that's over. He said he regrets it...

“God is light, and in Him is no darkness at all” (1 John 1:5). God’s truthfulness and holiness are powerful motives not to sin. Light and darkness are familiar metaphors in Scripture. Intellectually, light refers to truth, and darkness to error; morally, light refers to holiness, and darkness to evil. Intellectually, the Bible reveals God as the God of truth. In Exodus 34:6 God described Himself to Moses as “The Lord, the Lord God, compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in lovingkindness and truth.” Both Psalm 31:5 and Isaiah 65:16 refer to Him as the “God of truth.”...

TBILISI, Georgia -- The speaker of the Georgian parliament signed into a law Thursday a bill that severely curtails LGBTQ+ rights in the country and mirrors legislation adopted in neighboring Russia. Shalva Papuashvili, the parliament speaker, said on social media that the legislation does “not reflect current, temporary, changing ideas and ideologies, but is based on common sense, historical experience and centuries-old Christian, Georgian and European values.” Georgian President Salome Zourabichvili had refused to sign the bill and returned it to parliament on Wednesday. It was introduced by the governing Georgian Dream party and approved by lawmakers last month. The...

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Elon Musk is planning to attend ex-President Donald Trump’s Butler, Pa. rally over the weekend, the billionaire Tesla CEO announced late Thursday. “I will be there to support!” Musk wrote in a retweet of Trump’s promotion for the rally on Saturday. The Republican presidential nominee shared the infamous photo of himself raising a first in the air with blood smeared across his face immediately following an assassination attempt at his first rally in Butler on July 13. “I’m coming back to Butler!” is scrawled across the image in all capital letters.

Beards are seemingly ubiquitous in pop culture and public life. From sports stars to country singers to Hollywood actors, facial hair has made a noticeable comeback in recent years — except in politics. It’s been more than a century since a sitting president or vice president sported a beard, and nearly 80 years since a candidate for the White House had any facial hair whatsoever. Even in Congress, those with beards remain few and far between. Enter Republican vice presidential nominee JD Vance. The Ohio politician’s full beard is so novel on a presidential ticket that it’s been the subject...

Libertarian National Committee Secretary Caryn Ann Harlos is the plaintiff in a derivative lawsuit against the Libertarian National Committee and its Chair, Angela McArdle. Harlos disclosed her involvement in a post on the LNC’s public business list on Wednesday. Harlos shared her involvement in the lawsuit in a thread about updated conflicts of interest, clarifying that while she is the plaintiff, she does not see this as a conflict but was instead being transparent. She also provided the case number to the lawsuit. A full copy of the lawsuit is available here and shows the suit was filed on Tuesday....

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