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New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) issued a state of emergency as several brush fires were reported as having broken out in Long Island on Saturday. In a post on X, Hochul revealed that the New York National Guard’s helicopters were “providing air support.” Hochul added that “multiple state agencies” were also assisting with on the ground efforts. “I am issuing a State of Emergency as Suffolk County fights brush fires in the Pine Barrens,” Hochul wrote, adding that she spoke with Suffolk County Executive Edward Romaine and “offered any necessary State resources.”

Last October, in the home stretch of the US presidential campaign, Donald Trump told supporters at a rally in Atlanta that he was “not a Nazi”. He was reacting to comments by his former chief of staff, John Kelly, who said in an interview that during his first term in office, Trump more than once suggested that Nazi leader Adolf Hitler “did some good things”. Kelly said that after consulting a dictionary he concluded that Trump “certainly” met the definition of a fascist. Since the start of Trump’s second term as US president, comparisons between his administration and the Nazi...

Nunaga: Ten Years of Eskimo Life by Duncan Pryde 285 pages, 1971, Walker Publishing Company, Inc. New York, 1972 American edition. Available at Amazon from about $10 used. Nunaga is extremely well written, a riveting story of a young man from Scotland who goes to Canada in 1955, seeking fortune and adventure. He answers an ad for fur traders by the Hudson Bay Company.In 1955, eighteen-year-old Duncan Pryde answered the Hudson Bay Company ad. “Fur traders wanted for the far north,…single, ambitious, self-reliant young men wanted…” Pryde lived the Eskimo life for years, becoming adept at survival in the Arctic...

🇺🇸Pray For The Peace of Jerusalem 🇮🇱(3/9/25)[Prayer]Names and Titles of God the Holy Spirit (Spirit of Victory) Revelation 2:1111 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; He that overcometh shall not be hurt of the second death.King James Version________________________God Bless America.ML/LTOS

JD Vance has issues a furious response to pro-Ukrainian protestors who screamed at him while he was out walking his three-year-old daughter on Saturday. The Vice President took to X following the ugly harassment in Cincinnati, branding those who threaten children with a robust two-word putdown: 'Sh*t people'. He shared that the protestors were part of a 'Slava Ukraini' group, which translates to 'Glory to Ukraine.' Footage of the incident shows demonstrators accosting Vance as he walks through the residential neighborhood while pushing his daughter Mirabel in her stroller and flanked by Secret Service agents. He can be seen politely...

Funding for activities designed to provoke discussions about climate change and the planet has been awarded to museums in Herefordshire. Two awards of £3,000 and £2,000 will be spent on activities that engage people and encourage them to join in the conversation about the "huge effects" of climate change and people's "impact on our natural world", Damian Etheraads said. The museum and art gallery lead at Herefordshire Council said competition for the grants was extremely tough and staff were "thrilled". He said the funding would allow them to connect with people in new ways around the subject. The Herds is...

The navies of Iran, Russia and China will hold military drills off the coast of Iran this week in a bid to boost cooperation, Iranian media reported on Sunday. The three countries, which share a common desire to counter what they characterise as American hegemony, have held similar exercises in the region in recent years.

A man was shot by U.S. Secret Service personnel early on Sunday, following an armed confrontation with law enforcement near the White House. Officers were alerted on Saturday "to a potential threat involving a suicidal individual traveling from Indiana to Washington, D.C.," the agency said in a statement Sunday. About midnight, officers discovered the suspect's parked vehicle near 17th and F Streets, near the White House perimeter, and later spotted an individual on foot who matched the suspect's description, the agency added. "As officers approached, the individual brandished a firearm and an armed confrontation ensued, during which shots were fired...

Not a bad week for the Administration which has, inter alia, gelded his domestic opposition, the UN, WHO, and the WEF, forced Trudeau into retirement, and exposed the EU as a collection of toothless poseurs. GriftingThe unveiling of the USAID’s scandalous misappropriation of money continues. This week, MSNBC tried to toss a lifesaver to Stacey Abrams, asking her to explain the $2 billion allotted to her pop-up nonprofit by the EPA when she lacked all experience for managing so much money. Didn’t work. In fact, her own words underscore that this was a Democrat party grift. She claimed it was...

The Talk ShowsMarch 9th, 2025 Guests to be interviewed today on major television talk shows:FACE THE NATION (CBS): Margaret Brennan anchors: DHS Secretary Kristi Noem; Rep. Tom Suozzi (D-N.Y.); Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-Pa.); Canadian Ambassador Kirsten Hillman; Ukraine graft supporter and Never Trumper Fiona Hill. FOX NEWS SUNDAY (Fox Network): Anchor Shannon Bream: Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.); Adam Boehler, United States Envoy for Hostages; Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.); Joel Rosenberg, American-Israeli evangelical Christian and author. Panel Roger Zakheim, Guy Benson, Meghan Hays and Josh Kraushaar. MEET THE dePRESS (NBC): Hosted by Kristen Welker: Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick; Sen. Elissa Slotkin...

Gurpreet Singh was handcuffed, his legs shackled and a chain tied around his waist. He was led on to the tarmac in Texas by US Border Patrol, towards a waiting C-17 military transport aircraft. It was 3 February and, after a months-long journey, he realised his dream of living in America was over. He was being deported back to India. "It felt like the ground was slipping away from underneath my feet," he said. Gurpreet, 39, was one of thousands of Indians in recent years to have spent their life savings and crossed continents to enter the US illegally through...

“‘Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God’” (Matthew 5:8). The great blessing of those who are pure in heart is “they shall see God.” Notice that it is only “they”—the pure in heart—who shall see God. Intimate knowledge of and fellowship with God is reserved for the pure. When our hearts are purified at salvation, we begin to live in the presence of God. We begin to see and comprehend Him with our new spiritual eyes. Like Moses, who saw God’s glory and asked to see more (Ex. 33:18), the one who is purified by Jesus...

Horrified dogwalkers have launched a campaign to reclaim Hampstead Heath from gay 'cruisers' who claim the site is their 'cultural right'. Signs put up on the western side of the north London park read 'Cruising for sex? Homosexuality is legal. Use a hook up app like Grindr or Sniffies and get a room'. It also had a map of the park with a red circle labelled 'This is not a cruising ground'. The poster encouraged dog walkers and residents to 'walk in the red area' and to 'take back West Heath'. The term refers to the practice where individuals, often...

The Oversight Project, an investigative arm of the conservative Heritage Foundation, alleged an excessive use of autopen signature by former President Biden when he was in the White House............Bailey argued that if the widespread autopen use turns out to be true, "these executive orders, pardons, and all other actions are unconstitutional and legally void."

Magic Erasers are, well, magic. They help you tackle the toughest cleaning tasks with less scrubbing than most other tools. According to T.J. Liles, vice president of Maid Brigade in Atlanta, Georgia, this is because “Magic Erasers are made from melamine foam, which is highly abrasive and porous, and a built-in cleaning agent.” If it’s so effective, what’s the problem, right? “The abrasiveness can be too harsh for more sensitive surfaces,” he explains. Basically, they can work too well and scrub off entire finishes before you know it. That’s why, if you have any doubt, Liles recommends testing on a...

The Wall Street Journal has called for Donald Trump to be sued to prevent tariffs being imposed on Canada and Mexico. The newspaper's editorial board wrote in very blunt terms that Trump did not have the power to order the tariffs without Congressional approval. 'He's treating the North American economy as a personal plaything, as markets gyrate with each presidential whim,' the WSJ board wrote. 'It's doubtful Mr Trump even has the power to impose these tariffs, and we hope his afflatus gets a legal challenge.' The WSJ, published by Rupert Murdoch who also owns Fox News, is usually sympathetic...

Kingsley Wilson, appointed in January to be deputy press secretary at the Pentagon, last year tweeted a neo-Nazi talking point about Jewish lynching victim Leo Frank. The post came amid a flood of far-right social media content by the Trump administration appointee, who previously worked at an organization founded by the architect of Project 2025, the Christian conservative blueprint for a Trump White House. Many of Wilson’s posts, which remain online, reflect antisemitic conspiracy theories. The one about Frank has resurged in recent years. Frank was a factory manager in Georgia who was convicted on thin evidence of killing a...

When local standard time was about to reach Sunday, March 9, 2025, 2:00:00 am clocks were turned forward 1 hour to Sunday, March 9, 2025, 3:00:00 am local daylight time instead. Sunrise and sunset were about 1 hour later on Mar 9, 2025 than the day before. There was more light in the evening and less light in the morning.

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Britain performed worse than most other developed nations in its response to the Covid pandemic, according to an Observer analysis of international data, five years on from the first lockdown. The UK spent more money than most other countries on economic help yet still ended up with larger drops in life expectancy, more people too sick to work, huge levels of homelessness and soaring mental health problems among young people. Thousands will gather around the UK on Sunday to mark the fifth anniversary of the pandemic, yet the effects of Covid are not over and continue to affect the poorest...