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A strange new planet has been found circling two stars at a right angle — like something out of sci-fi. It’s the first solid evidence of a so-called polar orbit around a binary system. Credit: SciTechDaily.com *************************************************************************** Astronomers using ESO’s Very Large Telescope have discovered a truly bizarre planet — one that orbits two stars at a perfect 90-degree angle. This “polar planet” circles a rare eclipsing pair of brown dwarfs, making it the first confirmed world with this kind of alignment. It was a surprising and accidental find, defying expectations and proving that planet formation in extreme orbital setups...

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The following information was gleaned from the Frisco police reports written about the incident on the day it happened. On April 2, 2025, two young men, Austin Metcalf of Frisco Memorial High School and Karmelo Anthony of Centennial High School were involved in an altercation. The altercation reportedly took place at the Memorial High School Tent in the visitors bleachers at David Kuykendall Stadium, located between the two schools. It was about 10 A.M. and raining.The two schools are about 7 miles apart in Frisco, north of Dallas, in the Dallas-Fort Worth metro area.From a witness of the altercation, as...

Beyond etymology, Good Friday can be called “good” because of the results of Christ’s death on the cross. Jesus’ sacrifice was a demonstration of God’s love for us (Romans 5:8). Through Jesus’ death, we can have peace with God: “While we were God’s enemies, we were reconciled to him through the death of his Son” (Romans 5:10). As 1 Peter 3:18 says, “Christ suffered for our sins once for all time. He never sinned, but he died for sinners to bring you safely home to God” (NLT).

Kelly said she’s still suffering from major complications associated with the disorder, often referred to as “vaccine-induced AIDS.”.. experts have been raising the alarm about the phenomenon for some time, warning that Covid mRNA shots have caused a global surge in cases of AIDS-like autoimmunity disorders. However, reports from sufferers such as Kelly continue to debunk claims from the corporate media that previously dismissed reports of VAIDS as “conspiracy theories.” Meanwhile, sleazy so-called “fact-checkers” are scrambling to convince the public that stories like Kelly’s are just “disinformation.” “I just had my annual physical, and it’s still testing positive for autoimmune,”...

President Trump has appointed Fox News host Mark Levin and a host of others to lead his “revamped” Homeland Security Advisory Council. “I am proud to announce the formation of my revamped Homeland Security Advisory Council [HSAC], which is comprised of Top Experts in their field, who are highly respected by their peers,” Trump said in a Truth Social post Thursday. Levin, who is the host of Fox News’ “Life, Liberty & Levin”, will be joined by ex-NYPD detective Bo Dietl, South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster and Florida state Sen. Joseph Gruters. “It is a big honor to serve on...

FSU shooter’s biological mom kidnapped him and fled to Norway amid bitter custody battle decade before deadly rampage The biological mother of accused Florida State University shooter, Phoenix Ikner, kidnapped him and fled to Norway amid a bitter custody battle a decade before the deadly shooting, court documents reveal. Eriksen and Phoenix Ikner — who at the time went by his birth name Christian Gunnar Eriksen — both have American and Norwegian citizenship. “Instead of staying in South Florida, the defendant allegedly fled the country with him in violation of their custody agreement,” the affidavit stated. Christopher Ikner only discovered...

Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) sought a photo opportunity and media attention. He got both though it’s turned into a nightmare for Democrats. Still, they don’t know it yet. The Democratic Party is obsessed with Abrego Garcia, who is the latest to be subjected to Rosa Parks syndrome: the Left’s incessant need to find a symbol for the struggle against Trump’s America. They opted to pick a wife-beating MS-13 gang member who was deported to El Salvador. ... Find someone who looks at you the way Senator Chris Van Hollen looks at an illegal immigrant who violently assaults his wife...

Joe Biden left his basement bunker for the second time this week and it was a total disaster. Biden embarked on a secret mission to Harvard University on Wednesday evening for a private meeting with 50 students. It was an invite-only event, but pro-Palestinian protesters showed up and shouted, “Biden, Biden, you can’t hide. You’re committing genocide!” A few students who met with Biden posted their selfies to social media. According to the Harvard Crimson, pro-Hamas protesters played drums and shouted as Biden delivered gaffe-filled remarks to the students. 82-year-old Biden had to be corrected after he got Ukraine and...

Socrates has honed in on 2025 becoming a year of great stagflation in the United States. The Federal Reserve has finally admitted that the data is undeniable—the United States will experience stagflation. The economy is declining but prices are rising. Most understand inflation, especially in the post-COVID world, but few understand stagflation. Stagflation is when you have high inflation and stagnant economic growth at the same time. Normally, inflation is supposed to go hand in hand with rising demand and growth. But during stagflation, prices go up even though the economy is barely moving. “Powell said the president’s tariffs announced...

Employees at the Internal Revenue Service only had to show up to work in person once a week before President Trump took over and canned federal telework policies, The Post has learned. Under the IRS’ most recent collective bargaining agreement brokered between the agency and its union last October, employees were eligible to telework up to eight days per biweekly pay period. IRS officials had raised concerns that the generous telework policy would “impede on the agency’s ability to serve its client, the IRS, and taxpayers” and adversely impact worker performance. They cited their experiences during the pandemic, when remote...

Once again, Democrats are on the wrong side of the biggest story in the country. This time, it’s Maryland Senator Chris Van Hollen who is starring in the clown show after he flew down to El Salvador on Wednesday in a blatant publicity stunt to capitalize on progressive outrage over the deportation of suspected MS-13 gang member Kilmar Abrego Garcia. The case of Abrego Garcia has become a flashpoint in the battle of public opinion over President Donald Trump’s efforts to carry out the “largest mass deportation program in American history.” On March 12, immigration authorities detained the 29-year-old Abrego...

Libertarian National Committee Chair Steven Nekhaila has issued a public statement criticizing the behavior of Colorado Chair Hannah Goodman after she sent derogatory messages to another user from one of the state party’s official social media accounts. On Tuesday, The Denver Post reported that Goodman had privately sent disparaging comments to an individual while using the Libertarian Party of Colorado’s official X account. According to the report, Goodman used anti-gay slurs and made remarks disparaging individuals with disabilities during an exchange with a critic of the party’s social media presence. The conversation eventually escalated to the point where the individual...

Thirty years before the fall of communism, Karol Wojtyła began to see that if a successful defense of the “metaphysical sense and mystery” of the human person were not mounted and then embodied in the institutions of society and culture, the results would be terrible indeed: Bad ideas would have awful consequences. And the result would not be George Orwell’s totalitarian dystopia, described in the novel 1984; the result would be the soft-totalitarian dystopia of manufactured and genetically manipulated humanity described in the other great mid-20th-century dystopian novel, Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World. Huxley, it must be admitted, was not...

An explosion on Wednesday destroyed a building at Northrop Grumman’s rocket testing complex in northern Utah. According to Air & Space Forces Magazine, Northrop Grumman’s Innovation Systems plant in Promontory, Utah, is where the company manufacturers “solid rocket motors for government and commercial customers.” WATCH: MULTIPLE VIDEOS AT LINK................. Per Air & Space Forces Magazine: There was no immediate report of casualties, which occurred at 7:35 am local time. Local officials said they are investigating the accident. Northrop officials say the accident will not delay any of its programs. The Air Force referred inquiries to Northrop. A Northrop spokesman would...

The story of Jesus Christ's crucifixion is one of betrayal, brutality, despair, and pain. Yet we know even before His death that redemption was promised to be coming soon. We know that the story does not end at the cross. We know what many did not realize that Sundays comin.Celebrating Easter means rejoicing in the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus and recognizing what each of those events can teach us about the character of God. Be reminded of this truth during Easter: God has worked, is working, and will work through all things, even now as we find ourselves...

Terrified passengers aboard a Frontier Airlines flight from Florida feared “it was the end” when one of the plane’s wheels broke off during a hard landing in a frightening moment caught on camera. Frontier Flight 5306 was on final approach to San Juan, Puerto Rico, when the 228-passenger plane touched down at Luis Munoz Marin International Airport before quickly climbing back up on April 15. During the first landing attempt, the Airbus A321 suffered a “mechanical problem” resulting in one of the wheels tearing off the front landing gear, Puerto Rican newspaper El Nuevo Dia reported. The mother of two...

Has anyone noticed the MSM is now broadcasting store closings, lay offs, recession, etc. to frighten the sheeple. Meanwhile, legitimate job creation (private sector) is on the rise, prices are dropping! Funny they hid all the recession talk during the installed pedo's regime. Even with two quarters of GDP down.

Listen, my children, and you shall hear Of the midnight ride of Paul Revere, On the eighteenth of April, in Seventy-Five: Hardly a man is now alive Who remembers that famous day and year. He said to his friend, “If the British march By land or sea from the town to-night, Hang a lantern aloft in the belfry-arch Of the North-Church-tower, as a signal-light,— One if by land, and two if by sea; And I on the opposite shore will be, Ready to ride and spread the alarm Through every Middlesex village and farm, For the country-folk to be up...

U.S. intelligence still claims Iran has no active nuclear weapons program—despite stockpiles of near-weapons-grade uranium and evidence of covert weaponization efforts. Iran’s nuclear weapons program made tremendous advances over the past four years and can now enrich enough weapons-grade uranium to fuel a nuclear bomb in less than a week. Despite this fact, America’s intelligence agencies are sticking to their longtime position that Iran does not have an active nuclear weapons program. This line of reasoning is so ridiculous that a former CIA director once called it “stupid intelligence.” Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard should do away with this...