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Growing indications that the Azerbaijan Airlines flight that crashed this morning might have been brought down by some kind of AD fire A Ukrainian drone attack on Grozny was ongoing

(Disclaimer) This chapter is an embellished story, so do not take it as inspired by GOD. I wrote this for entertainment, and thus it is but a figment of my active imagination mixed with some facts surrounding the times, the places and the characters.I ask that you allow yourself to truly see what it must have been like for a husband and his 16 year old pregnant wife as they traveled from Nazareth to Bethlehem in the week leading up to the birth of their first child. They were two humans with thoughts, feelings, and faith in the One and...

The Iran-backed Houthi rebels launched a ballistic missile at Israel overnight on Christmas Eve into Christmas Day, sending millions of Israelis into bomb shelters in the middle of the night for the second night in a row. Though the missile was intercepted by Israel’s defenses outside domestic airspace, pieces of shrapnel fell on Israeli cities below. “Sirens regarding rocket a missile launches were activated due to the possibility of falling shrapnel from the interception,” the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said in a statement.

Leonard Serrato, formerly of the University of Oregon, decided to vent on social media, telling Trump supporters to kill themselves. Mind you, this man is the university’s fraternity and sorority assistant director. "I don't care if we've been friends our entire lives, you can go f--- yourself if you voted for Donald Trump," he said in the video. "If you are so sad about your groceries being expensive, get a f------- better-paying job. Do better in life, get a f------ education, do something, because you are f------ stupid, and I hope you go jump off of a f----- bridge."

Daily Readings from the USCCBSo they went in haste and found Mary and Joseph, and the infant lying in the manger. When they saw this, they made known the message that had been told them about this child. All who heard it were amazed by what had been told them by the shepherds. And Mary kept all these things, reflecting on them in her heart. Luke 2:16–19Merry Christmas! Our Advent preparations have been completed, and we are now invited by our Lord to enter into the glorious celebration of His birth! How well do you understand the awe-inspiring mystery of...

A woman who allegedly gave birth in a Bexar County Whataburger bathroom stall and then tried to flush the baby down the toilet is charged with abuse of a corpse, authorities say.Mallori Patrice Strait, 33, was arrested on Thursday at a Whataburger in Converse, according to the Bexar County Sheriff's Office. The Whataburger's manager said Strait arrived at the store about noon the day before and stayed in the lobby area until about 2 a.m., when she entered the restroom area, according to an arrest affidavit. The manager told deputies that she had continually checked on Strait and gave her...

Rapists in the country illegally 'don't deserve to be deported; they deserve to be ended' A man with a bag over his head sits tied to a chair in a field. Without so much as a glance in his direction, an aspiring Texas congresswoman puts a handgun to the back of his head and pulls the trigger. Under a plume of gunsmoke, his head falls forward.The moment opens a campaign video in which Republican Valentina Gomez calls for publicly executing "any illegal that rapes or kills an American." She posted the video to X on Monday, and it racked up...

Joe walked into the living room brightly decorated for Christmas. The tree glittered with all the decorations and packages underneath. He thought it odd how the Gold Star on the tree matched the star on the window as the snow fell silently in the background. The dull pain in his chest returned as he looked at the lone gold star stuck on the window. Joe looked at his lovely wife of 27 years, wondering when he would ever see that smile light her face again. He walked into the room all decorated for Christmas, minus the joy. She was wrapped...

"Another massive Russian strike against Ukraine’s energy system. This Christmas terror is Putin’s response to those who spoke about illusionary 'Christmas ceasefire,'" Sybiha commented. For context, on December 11, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban proposed a Christmas truce and a large-scale prisoner exchange between Ukraine and Russia. "Tormented Ukraine continues to be struck by attacks against the city, which at times damage schools, hospitals, and churches. May the weapons be silenced and Christmas carols resound! Let us pray for a ceasefire on all war fronts, in Ukraine, the Holy Land, in all the Middle East and the entire world, at...

During an interview with the Fox Business Network on Tuesday, incoming Border Czar Tom Homan stated that the illegal immigrant suspected of murdering a woman on the New York City subway system by setting her on fire got government benefits, but his victim and some homeless people in New York don’t. Homan said, “[Y]ou think about it, this illegal alien that burned this young lady alive, he probably had a free hotel room, three squares a day, … gets free medical attention, … but this young homeless person, she [doesn’t] have anything and she died a horrendous death.”

Merry Christmas to those God-fearing participants here.

Despite airing concerns that explosives might disrupt the proceedings on January 6, Liz Cheney did not investigate the presence of two pipe bombs found near the Capitol that day. Former Representative Liz Cheney (R-Wy.) will be best remembered for her role as vice chair of the Democratic Party’s January 6 Select Committee, a position that emerged as part of what she described as her mission to “intervene and stop” President Donald Trump. Cheney's vote to impeach Trump a week after the events of January 6, 2021 resulted in her ouster as Republican conference chair in 2021 and a decisive 40-point...

The merriest season of the year, the old, time-honored Christmas festival, began last evening. Rigid sticklers for ecclesiastical compulation may feel inclined to (dispute the correctness of our reckoning, and require us to antedate holidays nearly a fortnight; but Christmas belongs to the people, and they have practically settled the matter by fixing on Christmas eve as the commencement of the great Winter holidays. The ecclesiastical season, proper, continues till the 1st of February, or the evening before the purification of the Virgin; but, practically, the holidays comprehend a period of a fortnight, commencing on Christmas eve and ending on...

The In-N-Out heiress whose grandparents founded the popular burger chain said that the company’s decision to close its sole Oakland location was due to the site being “absolutely dangerous.” “I mean, there was a lot,” Lynsi Snyder told Marissa Streit of the right-leaning video network PragerU on Monday. “There was actually — gunshots went through the store, there was a stabbing, there was a lot.” Snyder, 42, said that the company shuttered the profitable outpost “for the safety of our associates” because “we just felt like, this is not OK.” Her comments were first reported by the news site SFGATE....

An internal memo reportedly shows Newsom's office is considering different ways to help undocumented immigrants California Gov. Gavin Newsom is reportedly considering a plan to help illegal immigrants and their families threatened by president-elect Trump's mass deportation plan. A draft of the plan obtained by POLITICO, titled "Immigrant Support Network Concept," proposes the creation of an Immigrant Support Network comprised of regional hubs to "connect at-risk individuals, their families, and communities with community systems — such as legal services, schools, labor unions, local governments, etc." Fox News Digital has reached out to Trump's representatives. Newsom's office told Fox News Digital...

Attorneys representing longtime Abercrombie & Fitch CEO Michael Jeffries in his sex trafficking and prostitution case have claimed he has dementia and will need to undergo a competency hearing to determine whether he can face the vile charges. The lawyers wrote in court documents on Monday that the 80-year-old was examined by a neuropsychologist in October, who concluded that he likely has dementia with behavioral disturbance, Alzheimer's disease and Lewy body dementia. They claimed the neuropsychologist concluded that Jeffries exhibited cognitive impairments including impaired memory, diminished attention, processing speed slowness and ease of confusion. Jeffries does 'not even come close...

The Collusion to Conceal: Biden, Obama, and the NARA ScandalIn the closing days before the November 5, 2024, presidential election, a tale of political duplicity unfolded—one that would make even the most jaded Roman senator wince. The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), ostensibly the neutral custodian of America’s historical record, found itself ensnared in a scandal implicating the sitting president, his predecessor, and the Biden family’s lucrative entanglements with China. What transpired was a coordinated effort to withhold damning evidence—photographs and records that expose a pattern of influence-peddling—until the polls had closed. The American public, once again, became collateral...

Have a great and peaceful Christmas

BEIRUT (Sputnik) - The Syrian authorities on Tuesday declared December 25 and 26, when Catholic Christmas is celebrated, official holidays amid rallies by Syrian Christians in a number of cities. "For all employees of state institutions, December 25-26, 2024 are now declared official holidays. Those institutions and line ministries whose activities are necessary shall continue to work," the government said in a statement published in Al-Watan newspaper. On Monday evening, peaceful protests were held in the suburbs of Damascus and Christian neighborhoods of the Syrian capital against the oppression of the Christian population in Syria after the new government came...

Pray For The Peace of Jerusalem (12/25/24)[Prayer]Names and Titles of God the Holy Spirit (Holy Spirit in Isaiah) Isaiah 11:1-611 And there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a Branch shall grow out of his roots: 2 And the spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the Lord; 3 And shall make him of quick understanding in the fear of the Lord: and he shall not judge after the sight of his...