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After ten months, Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson’s Bureau of Elections has produced the constitutionally-mandated audit of statewide results from the 2024 election, but it missed reviewing any ballots from two of the state’s most populous cities. Made public on October 13, the audit’s risk-limiting, statistical methodology reviewed “a random sample of ballots drawn statewide.” But the sample precinct batches didn’t include any ballots from Detroit (Wayne County) or Troy (Oakland County). Detroit and Troy are the largest cities in the state’s two most populous counties. The Michigan Department of State press release said, “the report affirms Michigan’s election...

Men, at least ones still in possession of their original equipment, tend to be very logical creatures. And yet, the Democrats have been hitting us for years now, with positions that are about as logical as a football bat. Among them: - Allowing crime is compassion. - Men can be women, and vice versa. - National borders are an option. - If we take that open border policy as an indication, citizenship means nothing. - Joe Biden’s dementia is still regarded as being “sharp as a tack.” Guatemalan gang members who abuse their wives are called “Maryland dads.” - After...

Some ideas for counter-protest signs at the "No Kings" clown show. Signs or full length banners! Keep it classy!

🇺🇸Pray For The Peace of Jerusalem 🇮🇱(10/16/25)[Prayer]Water, Rivers, and Streams in the BibleZechariah 14:88 On that day living water will flow out from Jerusalem, half of it east to the Dead Sea and half of it west to the Mediterranean Sea, in summer and in winter.Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV® Copyright ©1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.® Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.________________________

The United States Virgin Islands legislature is considering a bill that imposes extreme infringements on rights protected by the Second Amendment. The Bill is number 36-0144, which amends chapter 13 of the Virgin Islands Code Title 14. From legvi.org: Lawmakers considered Bill No. 36-0144, an act amending Title 14 Virgin Islands Code, chapter 113 to define and prohibit assault rifles, ban suppressors and silencers, and requiring safety training for licensed rifles and shotgun holders, prohibiting large-capacity magazines and preventing the illegal sales of firearms, firearm accessories, and ammunition. The Attorney General of the U.S. Virgin Islands is Gordon C. Rhea,...

Mike Johnson is angry today, or at least irritated. Some of his Democratic colleagues “stormed” his office, and he’s talking about what they did: berating a Capitol police officer who was posted to guard the place, tearing down a sign inside the office, and so on. There’s video at that link, if you want to watch Johnson expressing his disgust for this behavior. He’s Mike Johnson, so his outrage cranks all the way up to maybe a three, on a scale of one to ten. He’s a strangely Midwestern Loiusianan. But this is the thing he’s denouncing: [Video of noisy...

16 October 2025 Thursday of week 28 in Ordinary TimeAlter of St. Hedwig of Silesia, Assumption church, Zagan, PolandReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: C(I).First readingRomans 3:21-30It is the same justice of God that comes to Jew and pagan alikeGod’s justice that was made known through the Law and the Prophets has now been revealed outside the Law, since it is the same justice of God that comes through faith to everyone, Jew and pagan alike, who believes in Jesus Christ. Both Jew and pagan sinned and forfeited God’s glory, and both are justified through the free gift of...

AUSA 2025 — The Army’s Chief of Staff Gen. Randy George announced Tuesday that Western Hemisphere Command, which will combine the Army North Command, Army South Command and Force Command (FORSCOM), will be stood up before the end of the year.The move to stand up the new command comes as the service has been making strides to slim down the size of its headquarters and cut the number of four-star general officer billets as part of its larger continuous transformation effort. Earlier this month, the Army combined Futures Command with Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC), into one command dubbed the...

NEW YORK (AP) — Broadway is a tense place these days after two major labor unions authorized strike action amid ongoing contract negotiations with producers. Actors’ Equity Association — which represents over 51,000 members, including singers, actors, dancers and stage managers — and American Federation of Musicians Local 802 — which represents 1,200 musicians — have voted in favor of a strike authorization, a strategic step ahead of any work stoppage. No strike has been called. Members of both unions are currently working under expired contracts. The musicians’ contract expired on Aug. 31, and the Equity contract expired on Sept....

The short answer to why both the Biden and Obama administrations failed to achieve peace in the Middle East is that they took actions opposite to Trump’s current efforts, which have led to a ceasefire. First, consider Iran. Iran was flush with cash, on a trajectory toward a nuclear weapon, and arming Israel’s “ring of fire” enemies: Hamas, Hezbollah, and the Houthis. The radical Islamic world of the Middle East was convinced that Israel would be doomed eventually. Yet both Democratic administrations let Iran profit from oil sales. They talked of delaying, but not ending, Iran’s nuclear program. And they...

Nothing so epitomizes the madness of crowds than nations rushing into the madness of war. The older I get, the more suspiciously I look at the causes of war. This is natural. Young people — especially young men — are incapable of properly evaluating risk. Though they are rebellious, they also follow orders from authority figures. There is a reason why eighteen-year-olds are sent over embankments to cross open fields on the frontlines: They can be convinced to pursue success and ignore mortality. Courageous young men look right past danger. Only years later do they ask themselves, “Why the hell...

Chinese characters and how they relate to the Book of Genesis

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A Gwalior government hospital is under scrutiny after worms were allegedly found in an antibiotic bottle, days after a toxic cough syrup tragedy in Madhya Pradesh killed 24 children. Amid the ongoing probe into child deaths linked to a toxic cough syrup in Madhya Pradesh, a government hospital in Gwalior's Morar town is now under scrutiny after a woman complained of finding worms in a bottle of antibiotic medicine given to her child, officials said on Thursday. Following the complaint, authorities sealed the entire stock of Azithromycin antibiotic oral suspension at the Morar government hospital and sent samples for laboratory...

New York City Democratic mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani apologized to the New York City Police Department (NYPD) on Wednesday for his past criticism of the police force, in which he previously called them “racist,” “wicked” and “corrupt.” “Absolutely, I’ll apologize to police officers right here, because this is the apology that I’ve been sharing with many rank-and-file officers,” Mamdani told Fox News’s Martha MacCallum when asked if he would issue a public apology to them.

India's goods exports to the US, its largest foreign market, dropped sharply by 20% in September and nearly 40% in the last four months, as Trump's steep tariffs took effect, data shows. September was the first full month of Washington's 50% tariffs on Indian goods, which kicked in on 27 August. This includes a 25% penalty for Delhi's refusal to stop buying oil from Russia. "US has become India's most severely affected market since the tariff escalation began," said Ajay Srivastava of Global Trade Research Initiative (GTRI), a Delhi-based think tank. -snip- According to GTRI, the most significant impact of...

Wall Street Apes @WallStreetApes BREAKING: Letters are being sent out from the Department of Agriculture directing states to pause EBT and SNAP benefits beginning in November due to the Government shutdown The letter shows benefits will be paused 🚨 Democrats are about to cause millions to lose food assistance

Federal law enforcement officials suspect Mexican criminal organizations are funding a scheme to pay thousands of dollars in cash bounties for the killings of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents, with payouts allegedly increasing based on an employee’s rank and actions. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on Tuesday announced the alleged bounty system offers $2,000 for gathering intelligence or doxxing agents — including photos and family details — $5,000 to $10,000 for kidnapping or non-lethal assaults on standard immigration officers, and up to $50,000 for the assassination of high-ranking officials. "Under President [Donald] Trump and [DHS Secretary Kristi...

End Wokeness @EndWokeness Jacoby Tillman tried vioIentIy rping a girl in a park. He has a long, vioIent record. He was FREED yet again. $9,500 bail.