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If only these floors could talk. Scientists are going gaga over the earliest inscription declaring “Jesus is God,” claiming that this 1,800-year-old engraving could change our understanding of Christianity. The mosaic is “the greatest discovery since the Dead Sea Scrolls,” declared Carlos Campo, CEO of the Museum of the Bible in Washington D.C., where the theologically significant relic has been housed since July, the Jewish News Syndicate (JNS) reported. Dubbed the Meggido Mosaic, the 581-foot artifact was originally underneath a floor of the Meggido Prison in Israel in 2005, after which it was excavated in pieces by the Israel Antiquities...

CRU (formerly known as Campus Crusade) continues to manifest its weak-willed wokeness and snowflakey-smooth persona after the Oneness in Diversity national team shared a missive with staff members who are feeling betrayed, hurt, angry, and numb from Donald Trump’s decisive election win over Kamala Harris. For more on CRU: LGBT-CRU: Leaked Cru Training Materials Prove CRU is Teaching “Gay Christianity” CRU (Campus Crusade for Christ) Fires Two Staffers For Opposing Org’s LGBTQ Drift, Theology Can CRU be Saved? Woke Group Purged From Organization Cru, Lenses Institute Lied about Shutdown of Race Ministry The letter, shared by Jon Harris and posted...

Following military successes against Hamas, Hezbollah, Tehran he may be more ready to roll dice with Trump Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s public and classified, but partially leaked, speeches at the Knesset on Monday may have signaled a major shift in doctrine about how to handle Iran’s nuclear program. What is surprising about this shift is that it may be far more aggressive than in the past even though all of the prime minister’s most recent actions against Tehran seemed to signal utmost restraint. To put it bluntly, on April 19 and October 26, he had two golden and unprecedented opportunities...

Hezbollah has been launching rockets just miles from Israel’s northern border and has shown a willingness to target UNIFIL bases. Smoke billows over Nahariya after Israeli anti-air defence systems operate, as they intercept rockets fired from south of Lebanon to Israel, amid ongoing hostilities between Hezbollah and Israel, as seen from Nahariya, northern Israel, October 28, 2024. (photo credit: REUTERS/GONZALO FUENTES) Hezbollah fired rockets on November 19 that hit and damaged a UNIFIL post, the IDF said yesterday. This took place from locations that are only around six miles north of the Israeli border. One of the rockets was fired...

Austin, Texas, planned to transition all its city buses to electric, but the ambitious climate-friendly goal has come to a screeching halt. Remaining Time -0:48 By Kevin Killough Published: November 19, 2024 1:07pm Article Dig Deeper Austin, Texas, planned to transition all its city buses to electric, but the ambitious climate-friendly goal has come to a screeching halt. Recommended for you The Austin Monitor reports that 46 new electric buses – costing around $1 million each – will be in storage for at least a year due to lack of charging infrastructure to keep them running all day. The buses...

Intense winds smashed the Pacific Northwest on Wednesday morning as a strengthening low-pressure storm system, known colloquially as a “bomb cyclone,” moved in from the Pacific Ocean leaving chaos and at least one person dead in its wake along with mass power outages. The rare storm system combines heavy rain with high wind to create what scientists call as an “atmospheric river.” The phenomenon also known as “bombogenesis” could intensify so rapidly in the Pacific Northwest over the next 24-hours it has the potential to become a “triple-bomb” three times the strength of a regular bomb cyclone, according to the...

VIDEOMany of you have probably seen the legal statement that Sunny Hostin was FORCED to give after smearing Matt Gaetz. However, you can now see the FULL legal statement that Sunny gave from the Humorverse where everybody has to tell the complete truth. In neither this universe nor in the Humorverse does Sunny look very sunny while reading her mandatory legal statement which was necessary in order to prevent a massive lawsuit.

An Italian village is offering villas for $1 to Americans who were sent into a tailspin and looking to flee the country after Donald Trump’s decisive 2024 presidential election win. The village of Ollolai, located in central Sardinia, is offering real estate for as little as $1.06 in a pitch to woo Americans who fancy the ex-pat lifestyle in the wake of the Nov. 5 election results, according to a new statement from Commune di Ollolai. “Are you worned [sic] out by global politics?” a website for the town wrote in a new advert. “Looking to embrace a more balanced...

Historian Allan Lichtman got into a shouting match with "The Young Turks" host Cenk Uygur over his "preposterously stupidly wrong" presidential election prediction model. Both appeared on a panel for "Piers Morgan Uncensored" on Tuesday, where Uygur called out Lichtman for his touted "Keys to the White House" prediction model failing to predict President-elect Donald Trump’s victory. "Look, I debated Professor Lichtman before. I told him his theories about the keys are absurd. I was right. He was wrong. I said he'd lose his keys," Uygur began. "No, you were not right, and I was not wrong!" Lichtman interrupted. "And...

Yesterday was the third day of the Laken Riley murder trial in Athens, Georgia, and the day on which prosecutors rested their case after calling 25 witnesses to the stand. For those of you who are unfamiliar with the case, Riley was a 22-year-old nursing student who was murdered while jogging on the University of Georgia campus earlier this year. Her alleged murderer, José Antonio Ibarra, is a 26-year-old Venezuelan man who is in the United States illegally. He's been charged with felony murder, malice murder, false imprisonment, hindering a 911 call, aggravated assault with intent to rape, and kidnapping,...

I'm sure Kier Starmer is just send Putin and early Christmas present. January 20 can't get here soon enough, because the next few weeks are looking to be very interesting. Ukraine has used British-supplied Storm Shadow missiles in Russia for the first time. The Telegraph understands that residents in the village of Marino, Kursk, found fragments from a Storm Shadow missile on Wednesday. The use of Storm Shadow missiles comes after Russia launched a counteroffensive in Kursk, which was invaded by Ukrainian troops in August. It also follows Joe Biden’s decision to give Ukraine the green light to use US-made...

Amid ongoing tensions between Iran and Israel, the Islamic Republic’s political and military leaders have begun openly hinting at a shift in the regime’s nuclear doctrine. This is more than psychological warfare against the “Zionist enemy”; it’s a signal with potentially catastrophic consequences. The world, especially Israel and the United States, must take note before it’s too late.Kamal Kharrazi, political advisor to Ayatollah Khamenei, recently announced that Iran may change its nuclear doctrine in response to Israel’s attacks. Kharrazi also stated that Iran is developing long-range ballistic missiles, presumed to be capable of carrying nuclear warheads.In a meeting with a...

Jews and homosexuals are no longer safe in Berlin and should hide their identity in certain neighborhoods, Berlin police chief Barbara Slowik has claimed.In a wide-ranging interview with Berliner Zeitung about security risks, anti-Semitic danger zones in Berlin, and the effects of austerity measures on police work, Slowik warned that the German capital has become less tolerant in areas with high Arab populations and the police have insufficient resources to tackle the problem.While she maintained that Berlin is “as safe as many other cities in Germany and safer than some other European capitals,” Slowik admitted there are parts of the...

An interview with Jihad Watch Director Robert Spencer. In his book Seymour: An Introduction, J.D. Salinger has his protagonist give some writing advice: he says you ought to think of the kind of books you want to read, and then write them yourself. I have tried to do that in my books and on Jihad Watch, a website that explains what ‘Jihad’ means and how its actions are inspired by Islamic teachings. It is a place to inform and explain about Jihad. It didn’t exist—so I had to make it. In the last 20 years there hasn’t been a day...

Researchers at the University of Copenhagen have identified a new drug target for weight loss that curbs appetite, boosts energy use, and enhances insulin sensitivity without causing nausea or muscle loss. This discovery may pave the way for effective treatments for obesity and type 2 diabetes. Millions worldwide benefit from weight loss drugs derived from the incretin hormone GLP-1. These medications not only aid in weight management but also enhance kidney function, lower the risk of fatal cardiac events, and show potential in protecting against neurodegeneration. However, many individuals discontinue these medications due to common side effects such as nausea...

Why is Casey bothering to fight for so few votes? Is it to test the courts or set legal precedent for future elections?If the Pennsylvania Senate race were a bottle of ketchup, Bob Casey and his team of lawyers have that sucker flipped upside down and are slapping the bottom furiously, trying to shake out every last bit onto their big, greasy plate of fries.So unhealthy.Losing Senate candidate Bob Casey and the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC) have joined forces in two local court cases urging county judges to ignore Pennsylvania’s clearly written election laws and plop more votes onto...

Colorado has agreed to pay over $1.5 million after violating the First Amendment rights of a graphic designer who took her case to the United States Supreme Court. The Court ruled in June that the state could not compel Lorie Smith and her design studio, 303 Creative, to create art that violates her religious beliefs. As a Christian, Smith believes that marriage should be between a man and a woman. Though she wanted to design wedding websites, Colorado’s discrimination laws would have required her to create same-sex wedding websites. Smith, who was represented by lawyers from the Alliance Defending Freedom,...

Despite Trump’s victory, there are still gaps in election law ripe for abuse by bad actors seeking to disrupt the electoral process.Donald Trump may have won the 2024 presidential contest, but the road to securing America’s elections remains a long one. Despite the former and future president’s resounding victory over Kamala Harris, there are still gaps in federal election law ripe for abuse by bad actors seeking to disrupt the electoral process. With Trump set to return to the White House and Republicans poised to control both chambers of Congress, fixing these loopholes and shoring up integrity within the system...

California Republicans managed to flip a State Assembly seat with a nearly 14-point Democratic registration advantage. Republican Jeff Gonzalez narrowly beat out Joey Acuña Jr. to fill the seat of Assemblymember Eduardo Garcia, D-Coachella, who opted not to run for re-election in the nearly 60% Hispanic district. “I am honored that the voters have elected me to serve Assembly District 36 and believe in our mission of bipartisanship, lowering the cost of living, and turning the direction of our state around,” Gonzalez said in a victory statement. Because he is a Republican, Gonzalez is not eligible to join the state’s...