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The new Syrian administration has "no intention of confronting Israel," said the body's head Ahmad al-Sharaa, also known as Abu Mohammad al-Jolani, on Saturday. "We are not looking to engage in a conflict with Israel and cannot bear such a battle," indicated al-Sharaa, who is also the leader of the Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) group that managed, as part of an alliance, to capture most of the Syrian territory and lead to the ousting of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad last week. Earlier, the Associated Press reported that Syria's interim government is urging the UN Security Council to take measures to...

"We know that the whole creation has been groaning as in the pains of childbirth right up to the present time" Romans 8:22... Corporate Media Corporate Drama Corporate Murder This week the arrest of Luigi Mangione in the murder of United HealthCare CEO Brian Thompson. It looks like this young man was obsessed with some injustices real or imagined felt the need to 'change society'. I reflected on my own youth a little bit and there was this obsession in my childish youth I mean in my 20's back in the 1980's to "change society"... I read some folks saying...

After decades on the outs with environmentalists and regulators, nuclear power is being heralded as a key component for a “net zero” future of clean, reliable energy. Its promise is likely to fall short, however, due to some hard realities.As North America grapples with the challenge of providing secure, affordable, and sustainable energy amidst soaring electricity demand, it is time to accept this fact: Natural gas remains the most practical solution for powering our grid and economy.Nuclear power’s limitations are rooted in its costs, risks, and delays. Even under ideal circumstances, building or restarting a nuclear facility is arduous. Consider...

The Secret Service counter-sniper who shot alleged would-be Trump assassin Thomas Crooks was put on desk duty, and was never interviewed or debriefed by his superiors, according to newly released interview transcripts from the House Task Force investigating the Trump assassination attempts. The Task Force’s interview with the sniper, who’s full name hasn’t been released, took place on Nov. 21 (crowd-sourced research indicates his last name is King). One of the first questions from the Task Force was whether the sniper had been debriefed by the Secret Service, and what his duties were following the July 13 deadly campaign rally...

A Washington, D.C.-area restaurant server has been fired after she spoke out about possibly refusing service to incoming Trump administration officials. "I personally would refuse to serve any person in office who I know of as being a sex trafficker or trying to deport millions of people," Suzannah Van Rooy, a server at Beuchert's Saloon on Capitol Hill, told the Washingtonian this week. "It’s not, ‘Oh, we hate Republicans.’ It’s that this person has moral convictions that are strongly opposed to mine, and I don’t feel comfortable serving them." Her remarks were part of a report about whether there would...

TEL AVIV— Biden administration officials have claimed credit this week for the ongoing collapse of the Iranian axis, seeking to recast their role in a series of Israeli victories that they worked to thwart. Hours after the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime in Syria on Sunday, Joe Biden touted "the unflagging support of the United States" for Israel’s war against "Iran and its proxies," Hamas in the Gaza Strip and Hezbollah in Lebanon. Biden noted that Israel had weakened the coalition of tyrants and terrorists in the region to a point where it became "impossible ... for them to prop...

Sarah Adams states in an interview with Shawn Ryan on Dec 12 that she believes Al-Qaeda has planned an attack in the US in 2025 which will cause 50,000 to 60,000 casualties. The interview is at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T50pRCNaQCA Skip to about 1:05:00 in the interview for the assessment. The whole interview runs almost two hours.

Search... SERIOUSLY?! Biden Grants Clemency to Doc Who Defrauded Medicare by Withholding Chemo From Cancer Patients Amy Curtis Amy Curtis 9:45 PM on December 14, 2024 AP Photo/Matt Rourke There have been some very interesting, if not downright infuriating, names on Joe Biden's historic clemency list. We told you about the kids-for-cash judge who took bribes to send children to private, for-profit prisons. One of the people President Biden granted clemency to was an Indian-American doctor who defrauded cancer patients by not providing them with their fully prescribed chemotherapy drugs while billing Medicaid for millions. Read: https://t.co/jwddKdayez — Andy Ngo...

A fed-up New Jersey sheriff said he tried to track the mystery drones swarming the skies above his county — but they “easily” evaded the effort. The Ocean County Sheriff’s office sent its own “industrial grade” drone into the air Thursday in a bid to follow one of 50 unmanned aerial vehicles a local cop saw “coming off the ocean,” Sheriff Michael Mastronardy said. The officer alerted the state police, the FBI and the US Coast Guard. Coast Guard officials then reported 13 drones, with wingspans of eight feet, following one of their vessels. The mysterious drones, which don’t give...

French President Emmanuel Macron announcing his new prime minister to replace the one whose government was censured last week. Veteran centrist politician Francois Bayrou... On Thursday President Macron visited Poland briefly a country on the border of the Ukraine War with deep hostility to Russia. French military advisers including future President Charles de Gaulle assisted Poland in fighting the Red Army after Russia... Macron speaking in public about the controversial trade deal between the EU and MERCOSUR nations strongly opposed by French farmers... A protest in Paris this afternoon the event held by the "Les Patriotes" movement... On the "Far...

Join with fellow FREEPERS to pray for AMERICA: For those in Authority in Government, Family, Military, Business, Healthcare, Education, Churches, and the Media. 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 debate of any kind.

Bishop Strickland: ‘It is clear that Archbishop Lefebvre walked an apostle’s path’It is clear that Archbishop Lefebvre walked an apostle’s path and was led to establish a safe place, a refuge, where could be found the Mass of the ages in its pure form, a place where the Deposit of Faith would be protected, and the staircase preserved intact, even while the ape of the Church was pulling off boards and throwing out all that is most precious.Abp. Marcel Lefebvre (third from right).Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ,At this time of year, as we wait for Our Lord, I want...

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Russia targeted DTEK's thermal power plants during a mass aerial attack on Dec. 13, damaging their equipment, the company said in a statement. Moscow's forces launched around 90 missiles and 200 drones in one of its largest mass attacks on Ukraine's power grid as the winter is setting in. "DTEK thermal power plants were attacked. According to preliminary data, there were no casualties," the company said. The plants' equipment was "seriously damaged," with energy sector employees already working on repairs. The company does not usually reveal the location of the targeted plants or the full extent of damage due to...

A Venezuelan migrant that could have been deported over two months ago was charged with a late-night drunk driving crash in Texas that killed a young girl. Chacin, 41, was charged with intoxicated manslaughter, a felony punishable by at least two years in prison, for the December 1 crash in north Houston that killed seven-year-old Ivory Smith. However, this was not the illegal migrant's first run-in with the law; Chacin had already spent 113 days in jail earlier this year for assaulting a family member. Chacin was arrested for that assault in June and when he was released on September...

GIVING IT ALL YOU'VE GOT Ever hear the expression "Giving it the whole nine yards"? Do you happen to know where it comes from? I used to think it was a sports term. "Not so", say several experts. But there seem to be at least two schools of thought on the phrase's origin. Both seem plausible. I'll let you decide. One explanation says that it's an expression from the construction trade. A full truck load, according to this rationale, will dump nine cubic yards of sand or gravel at your work site. In such a case, I suppose the...

Runways at a Hudson Valley airport were brought to a halt after drone activity disrupted operations for approximately an hour, prompting New York Gov. Kathy Hochul to escalate calls for immediate federal intervention. Hochul said the incident happened in Orange County on Friday, Dec. 13, at Stewart International Airport in New Windsor. “This has gone too far,” Hochul stated, addressing growing concerns over unauthorized drones in sensitive airspace. The incident marks the latest in a series of drone sightings that have raised alarms across the state, pushing Hochul to take decisive action. In mid-November, Hochul directed the New York State...

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