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Musk’s fortune soared by a record $170 billion in 2024–putting him an all-time high dollar amount ahead of Jeff Bezos, the world’s second richest person. The soaring valuations of Tesla, SpaceX and xAI boosted Elon Musk’s fortune to an estimated $421.2 billion as of December 31, 2024, up from $251 billion at the start of 2024. He’s the first person to ever be worth more than $300 billion (a milestone he briefly achieved in 2021), let alone $400 billion. As a result, Musk ended the year a record $188 billion richer than the world’s next wealthiest person, Amazon’s Jeff Bezos,...

Scarborough is one of the UK's best-known seaside destinations, with a long history of leisure tourism that dates back to the 17th century. Scarborough Civic Society explains: 'These discerning early visitors sought pleasure as well as health. They demanded - and were prepared to pay for - the best of everything, from accommodation, food and drink to theatrical performances.' The Yorkshire seaside spot was also a base for the fishing and shipbuilding industries with an active harbour.

…….Federal investigators examining the [New Orleans] attack say that Jabbar used a very rare explosive compound in the two devices...Authorities are investigating how Jabbar acquired the knowledge to create this homemade explosive...the explosive has never been used in a U.S. terror attack or incident, nor in any European terror attack. A key question for investigators is how Jabbar learned about the compound and how he managed to produce it

The Year-Long Day is a factual account of an overwinter in the Svalbard Archipelago, trapping foxes and hunting polar bears. It was published in 1976 and is a fascinating true story of survival and adventure. In the Arctic winter of 1970 to 1971, a trapper/hunter in the Svalbard Archipelago had to protect himself several times with gunfire from polar bears.This is not particularly unusual. It was unusual for Ivar Ruud to keep a detailed diary, make a movie, and have a book published about his experiences. Most arctic trappers and hunters do not keep detailed diaries, make movies, and...

While the Biden administration focused its attention on the alleged domestic terrorist threats of January 6 protesters, pro-life Catholics, school board meeting parents, “MAGA extremists” and “white supremacists,” real threats to the homeland were allowed to enter the country and become operational, a former CIA intelligence analyst is warning. According to Sarah Adams, a program analyst for the U.S. Air Force, and former targeting officer for the CIA, Islamic terrorists plan to target the United States and Europe in 2025 with October 7 style terrorist attacks, embassy attacks and suicide attacks— facilitated by the Biden Regime’s open border, and funded...

Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT) claimed Friday on MSNBC’s “All In” that once in office, President Donald Trump will lock up Democrats and shut down media companies sometime in the spring. Murphy said, “We have to raise alarms on what is a really dangerous assault on democracy that has been underway since the election and will continue after the inauguration. It is just not hyperbole to suggest that we might be looking at Democrats being locked up, media companies being shut down by this new administration sometime in the spring.” He continued, “So listen, I’m all for rebuilding the Democratic Party....

In its scope, depravity, and national reach, the Hamas assault was a much greater shock to Israelis, and their response should be viewed through that lens. ▪️Numbers: By latest count, the attacks by Hamas—the Arabic acronym for the Islamic Resistance Movement—killed more than 1,300 Israelis and third-country nationals, including at least 29 Americans, in a country whose population is less than 10 million. In America, that would be equivalent to killing nearly 40,000—13 times more than the number of Al Qaeda victims on 9/11. ▪️Intensity: As terrible as 9/11 was, tens of millions of Americans woke up the following morning...

John Eastman, the Claremont Institute scholar and conservative firebrand who stood by President Trump’s side all throughout some of the darkest days in the aftermath of the 2020 presidential election when the republic was on the line, will have his story told for the first time on the silver screen come the new year. The documentary, titled The Eastman Dilemma: Lawfare or Justice, is slated for a fitting January 6th, 2025, release date, the fourth anniversary of the January 6th demonstration (but will premiere at Mar-a-Lago in a special event two days earlier). The film marks the culmination of a...

Daily Readings from the USCCBThey said to him, “Rabbi” (which translated means Teacher), “where are you staying?” He said to them, “Come, and you will see.” So they went and saw where he was staying, and they stayed with him that day. John 1:38–39What an interesting exchange. Andrew was one of two disciples of John the Baptist who heard John say that Jesus was the “Lamb of God.” As a result, Andrew and the other disciple left the Baptist and started to physically follow Jesus. As they began to follow Jesus, He turned to them and asked them what they...

Andrew Breitbart had a maxim, that politics are downstream from culture. Thanks to Trump, his team, and a once-in-a-lifetime realignment, we find ourselves on the positive side of this equation. We find ourselves upstream, in a positive move that is unique. Historic, and breathtaking. Clearly God-sent. Consider the remarkable transformation that is happening. So many extraordinary changes since the election. Epic changes toward the renewal of American ideals and positive events concerning America. Even though Trump has not taken office yet, the trajectory of events is moving faster in a good direction than one might have considered. It is true...

Pray For The Peace of Jerusalem (1/4/25)[Prayer]Names and Titles of God the Holy Spirit (Spirit of Nurturing) Nehemiah 9:20120 Thou gavest also thy good spirit to instruct them, and withheldest not thy manna from their mouth, and gavest them water for their thirst.King James Version________________________God Bless America.ML/LTOS

President Biden will award the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian honor, to former presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, billionaire Democratic megadonor George Soros and several others at a White House ceremony on Saturday. The White House said Clinton, Soros and the 17 other recipients of the prestigious award are “individuals who have made exemplary contributions to the prosperity, values, or security of the United States, world peace, or other significant societal, public or private endeavors.”

What is clear is the Harris/Biden Administration and the FBI cannot be trusted. Patterns matter in the investigation of any crime, but particularly in identifying, deterring and capturing terrorist operations. They also matter in understanding the motivations and actions of governments. Throughout the Harris/Biden Administration, several patterns have emerged when what could be terrorist attacks have occurred: (1) the perpetrator acted alone. (2) The perpetrator absolutely, positively wasn’t trans (unless there was no way to hide that fact, but even so, that couldn’t have been a motive). (3) It absolutely, positively wasn’t terror-related. (4) We’ll never know a motive. (5)...

Imagine Abrahamic Unity. Secular Evil would collapse. Imagine everyone recognising: A. God is both transcendent and immanent. B. God is both merciful and just. C. We can know God both through faith and reason.

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T-shirts defending girls’ sports were condemned in the San Francisco Chronicle as the "transphobic" contender for the next "MAGA hat." SF Chronicle’s columnist and cultural critic Soleil Ho wrote an opinion piece lamenting the rise of what she calls "anti-trans activewear." The article, headlined, "Is this the next MAGA hat? Transphobic apparel is the new hotness," cited T-shirts reading "Save Girls’ Sports" and "It’s Common Sense. XX ≠ XY." Two female cross-country athletes at a high school in Riverside, Calif., say they wore the shirts after a transgender athlete, who didn’t consistently attend practices or meet key varsity eligibility requirements,...

“It was made to look like a hospital, and patients were brought there just for appearances,” Master Sgt. (Res.) G. said.... During interrogations by IDF investigators, soldiers learned that senior Hamas operatives were running the Kamal Adwan Hospital in Jabaliya, Gaza, and planned to escape from the hospital during the IDF raid there last Friday using ambulances, Unit 504 investigators revealed to N12 in an interview published Thursday. The Kamal Adwan Hospital was raided last Friday by the IDF and Shin Bet, who arrested more than 240 terrorists, some of whom participated in the October 7 massacre.... “We understood that...

Amir Tsarfati joins Mati Shoshani to unpack a major end times war against Israel mentioned in Ezekiel 38. Plus, Erick Stakelbeck and David Rubin discuss the biblical values of faith and family that the Jewish people embody that is increasingly becoming absent in today's culture. Don't miss this powerful insight from TBN!

On today’s Watchman Newscast Livestream, host Erick Stakelbeck breaks down massive Israeli airstrikes in Syria and whether that country will once again become a terror hub under its new jihadi leadership. Plus, Yemen’s Houthi terrorists fired yet another ballistic missile and drone at Israel today. Have the Houthis signed their own death warrant and is Iran’s nuclear program about to be struck in 2025? Watch now!

Two years ago my 9 year old daughter caught me moving the “Elf on the Shelf” around. So I told her the truth that it has been me. But I asked her would you rather not known the truth and continue to have daddy move the elf? She was thoughtful. Now 2 years later we spent Christmas out of the country and it was too difficult to set up presents for the favorite daughter. So I told Santa could not find us and we’d have to work it out after Christmas. Now it is after Christmas and she’s asking. I...