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The mayor of Tampa, a city that’s in the crosshairs of Hurricane Milton, issued a grave warning to Florida residents who don’t heed calls to evacuate ahead of the monster storm. “If you choose to stay … you are going to die,” Mayor Jane Castor bluntly said on CNN while talking about the dangers of Milton, a “literally catastrophic” Category 5 hurricane that’s barreling toward the Sunshine State. The powerful storm could hit Florida as early as Wednesday and may be more destructive than deadly Hurricane Helene, which ripped through parts of the Sunshine State just last week

The Supreme Court of the United States will hear oral arguments Tuesday in VanDerStock v. Garland, a case focused on the ATF’s unilateral action to redefine what constitutes a “firearm.” The case revolves around ATF Final Rule 2021-05F, which placed new controls on gun parts kits and firearms which Democrats describe as “ghost guns.” A central part of this rule was redefining what the word “firearm” meant so as to designate “partially completed pistol frames” and other gun parts as “firearms.” The ATF observed: "Partially complete Polymer80, Lone Wolf, and similar pistol frames with any kind of indexing or material...

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has sent a birthday message to Russian President Vladimir Putin, calling him his "closest comrade". Kim, congratulating Putin on his 72nd birthday, added that relations between both countries would be raised to a new level. Relations between Pyongyang and Moscow have deepened since the start of the Ukraine war - in a move that has worried the West. Separately on Tuesday, Kim said Pyongyang would speed up steps to make his country a military super power with nuclear weapons. According to Yonhap News quoting North Korean state media KCNA, Kim praised relations between both...

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is not taking calls from Vice President Kamala Harris about storm recovery just over a week after Hurricane Helene hammered parts of his state. A source familiar with the situation said he was dodging the Democratic presidential nominee’s calls because they “seemed political,” according to a DeSantis aide. “Kamala was trying to reach out, and we didn’t answer,” the DeSantis aide told NBC News. DeSantis has been in direct contact with Federal Emergency Management Director Deanne Criswell. At a press conference Monday afternoon, DeSantis denied that he refused to take Harris' call. "I didn't know that...

And why Democrat voters accept the atrocities done to their children. Modern Democrats deliberately corrupt young people. The very idea of this probably seems absurd and bewildering to many of us. The idea that this is part of a conscious and organized political effort seems almost unbelievable. And obviously, average Democrats don’t see themselves as “corrupting” their own children. But as anyone who has studied history has witnessed, human beings are capable of all kinds of absurdities. It isn’t even difficult to convince certain individuals that corrupting youth isn’t “corruption” but evolution. Denial and a lack of self-awareness can take...

8 October 2024 Tuesday of week 27 in Ordinary Time Saint Pelagia, Novigrad, Croatia Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: B(II).First readingGalatians 1:13-24God called me through his grace and chose to reveal his Son in meYou must have heard of my career as a practising Jew, how merciless I was in persecuting the Church of God, how much damage I did to it, how I stood out among other Jews of my generation, and how enthusiastic I was for the traditions of my ancestors. Then God, who had specially chosen me while I was still in my mother’s womb,...

HAVANA, October 8. /TASS/. Cuba has submitted an official request to be included in BRICS as a partner country in a message to Russian President Vladimir Putin, the director general of the Cuban Foreign Ministry’s General Division of Bilateral Affair, Carlos Pereira, said. "Cuba has submitted an official request to join BRICS as a partner country in a letter to Russian President Vladimir Putin who is the chairman of the grouping which is consolidating global politics and the hope of the Global South as a key player," the senior Cuban diplomat said in a statement on his page on X.

This strike isn’t over. It’s just delayed until after the election, so it doesn’t hurt the Democratic party at the polls. We have been told many things about the longshoremen’s strike over the past week. Most of the reporting has been in half-truths, at best – possibly because the press doesn’t know any better (the operations of our seaports are an admittedly obscure area of specialization), or possibly because the press doesn’t want to share information so damning to the side they instinctively favor. Here are just a few of the misleading statements thrown at us in the past week:...

Pray For The Peace of Jerusalem (10/8/24)[Prayer]Names and Titles of God the Holy Spirit (Person of the Trinity) Luke 10:2121 In that hour Jesus rejoiced in spirit, and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes: even so, Father; for so it seemed good in thy sight.King James Version________________________God Bless America.ML/LTOS

Well, well, well. It looks like someone is finally going to do the obvious. With just 30 plus days to go, Kamala Harris may do what I thought she could and should have done in early August. Top aides to Kamala Harris are heading into the final month of the 2024 presidential race still wrestling with how much distance she can credibly claim from Joe Biden as she looks for more ways to weave in breaks with him on the campaign trail.

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It turns out that the people and government of Germany “can’t do this.”... In 2015, then-Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany swung open wide the gates to her country, and welcomed more than a million Muslim migrants with her famous — now infamous — remark that “Wir schaffen das!” “We can do this.” But in the nearly decade since, it turns out that the people and government of German “can’t do this.” They cannot integrate successfully millions of Muslim economic migrants. The government cannot turn them into loyal and productive citizens. Many of them continue to avoid employment, and instead batten...

(The Center Square) – With just 10 days until in-person early voting begins in North Carolina, the State Board of Election voted unanimously to pass a resolution to assist with voting in the 13 most hard-hit counties. Since Hurricane Helene first came ashore on Sept. 26, more than 230 lives have been lost across six different Southeastern states, with many still remaining missing. Damage estimates from the storm is in the tens of billions according to multiple analyses, with counties in western North Carolina being particularly devastated. “This is an unprecedented amount of damage and destruction that’s been caused by...

Clips of rioting Islamists. Transcript linked below video. Granny in opening clip sounded like John Cleese in drag. She was abusing a bobby. Didn't swing her purse at him, so it wouldn't have been Cleese.

NASA has released the clearest view of Mars yet, showing stunning blue rocks littering the Martian landscape. The footage, captured by the Perseverance rover as it continu s to explore the Red Planet, also revealed 'first of its kind' geological formation resting atop the dried remains of an ancient lakebed. Dark blue, jagged boulders of volcanic basalt were spotted surrounding the speckled white rock, which was found to have a mineral composition unlike anything NASA has ever seen before on Mars. ...Most of the bluish-black rocks seen on the surface of Mars, like those on 'Mount Washburn,' are volcanic basalt....

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The legal system has utterly failed to disqualify former President Trump from office. Whether he becomes the next president is now anybody’s guess. Much of the fault may be laid at the feet of special counsel Jack Smith, who has pursued Trump with the zeal of Inspector Javert, but has thus far come up empty handed. The open-and-shut case involving Trump’s mishandling of the classified Mar-a-Lago documents has been dismissed on unprecedented legal grounds involving Smith’s standing to prosecute him. The Washington case involving Trump’s conspiracy against democracy is back to the start, with Smith losing on immunity in the...

According to the court-approved plan, 98% of FTX's creditors will get 119% of the amount of their allowed claim...The company says it has collected between $14.7 billion and $16.5 billion worth of property for distribution...FTX previously estimated that it owes creditors around $11.2 billion.

The roots of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) stretch deep into Marxist ideology. Born from the notion of class struggle, Marxism’s obsession with dividing society into oppressors and oppressed has evolved—now it’s all about identity, diversity boxes, and quotas. DEI slithered into every corner of society like a stealthy virus: from corporations to schools, government agencies, and even churches. What was once a cry for fairness has become an unrelenting dogma, demanding allegiance to its self-contradictory principles. Enter the HMNZS Manawanui incident—a vivid, chilling example of where these DEI policies lead. The New Zealand Navy appointed Yvonne Gray, a former...

With Hurricane Milton hitting winds of up to 180 miles per hour and at such a high speed, scientists are wondering if the storm defies the five category system and should go up to a Category 6. Florida’s Gulf Coast braced on Tuesday for the impact of Hurricane Milton’s near-record winds and expected massive storm surge, which could bring destruction to areas already reeling from Helene’s devastation 12 days ago and still recovering from Ian’s wrath two years ago. Almost the entirety of Florida’s west coast was under a hurricane warning early on Tuesday as the Category 5 storm and...