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The beatings will continue until morale improves. Two years ago, world-class researcher and analyst “Sundance” posted an alarming essay on his website, The Conservative Treehouse. Taking a look back at the previous years’ severe COVID tyranny, the rise of the Biden administration’s censorship regime, and the false media narratives pushing a NATO-Russia war in Ukraine, “Sundance” soberly concluded that “We the People” are in an abusive relationship with government. Within that essay, he embedded a picture of a woman holding a sign that reads: “DANGER: You are being conditioned to view your freedom as selfish.” At the end of the...

(Video at Link) Bunch of bull sh-T, I was there, no one I knew ever crashed due to car performance. Most crashes caused by stupid people.

“‘I will put My Spirit upon Him’” (Matthew 12:18). The prophet promised that God would put His Holy Spirit upon Messiah in a special way, and the Spirit did descend on Jesus at His baptism (Matt. 3:16). But that was not when the Spirit first indwelt Him, because the Holy Spirit conceived Him (Matt. 1:20). Yet, if Jesus was the preexistent Son, eternally a member of the Godhead, why would the Spirit need to come upon Him during His incarnation? First, the Spirit needed to empower Jesus’ human nature. Our Lord was fully human, even to the extent of being...

A strange week in which Nicolás Maduro was reduced to hoping that Mark Kelly could bail him out. The president warned everyone to avoid the airspace over or alongside Venezuela this week. “To all Airlines, Pilots, Drug Dealers, and Human Traffickers, please consider THE AIRSPACE ABOVE AND SURROUNDING VENEZUELA TO BE CLOSED IN ITS ENTIRETY.” We have positioned a serious armada on that country’s shore. Among the explanations for these moves the most plausible I can find is Jeff Childers', who once again documents his views with credible links. The Caribbean communist country is practically daring us to do something...

The nation’s largest TV station owners want Carr’s Federal Communications Commission to loosen the rules that limit how many stations a single company can operate, a goal that many conservatives have been pressing for years. But they have a formidable opponent in Trump confidant Chris Ruddy, the majority owner of Newsmax Media, who wants to keep the rules in place and now appears to be making headway with the president. “NO EXPANSION OF THE FAKE NEWS NETWORKS,” Trump wrote Sunday on Truth Social, echoing Ruddy’s argument that removing the ownership cap would hurt conservatives. “If anything, make them SMALLER!” Since...

Russia is pioneering remote controlled spy pigeons fitted with brain implants. A state-linked Moscow neurotechnology firm boasts its operators can steer flocks of the flying pests across the sky at will. Researchers have launched field tests of so-called 'bird-biodrones' known as PJN-1, ordinary pigeons surgically implanted with neural chips that allow technicians to direct their flight routes. The birds can be steered remotely in real time, with operators able to upload flight commands by stimulating targeted regions of the brain. The pigeon then 'believes it wants to fly' in the instructed direction, claim sources at Neiry, which has deep ties...

Sens. Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Jack Reed (D-R.I.) issued a statement Saturday vowing to conduct “vigorous oversight” on Caribbean strikes after a report surfaced that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered the U.S. military to “kill everybody” aboard an alleged drug vessel. “The Committee is aware of recent news reports — and the Department of Defense’s initial response — regarding alleged follow-on strikes on suspected narcotics vessels in the SOUTHCOM area of responsibility,” the senators wrote in a joint statement. “The Committee has directed inquires to the Department, and we will be conducting vigorous oversight to determine the facts related to...

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Four people are dead and ten are injured after a horror shooting broke out at a banquet hall in Stockton, California at 6pm PST. The incident happened close to a Dairy Queen at a children's birthday party on Saturday night. San Joaquin County Sheriff’s Office spokesperson Heather Brent called the incident 'unfathomable' and said: 'Early indications suggest this may be a targeted incident.' The shooter is still at large and Brent added: 'Our number one priority is identifying a suspect. 'This is a very active and ongoing investigation, information remains very limited at this time.' She said that the victims'...

After more than a century of munching on her favorite foods of romaine lettuce and cactus fruit, beloved Galapagos tortoise Gramma, the oldest resident of the San Diego Zoo, has died. Gramma was born in her native habitat and was estimated to be about 141 years old, zoo officials said. She died Nov. 20. It's not clear exactly when the tortoise arrived at the San Diego Zoo, but zoo officials said she came from the Bronx Zoo in either 1928 or 1931 as part of their first group of Galapagos tortoises. As the world changed around her, she delighted visitors...

Charging documents alleged that on November 11 and 12, Caines committed three similar attacks in the area, spitting directly into the faces of unsuspecting women at close range, according to The Post. 'It felt targeted, even though I don’t know who he is. For some reason, I was the chosen victim.

After a monitoring platform reported on the flight, the Brazilian Army Command on the border assured that it had no information indicating a possible escape of the leader of the Venezuelan government, according to CNN Brazil. ================================================================= A plane that had previously been used by the leader of the Venezuelan regime, Nicolás Maduro, traveled to the border with Brazil amid increasing US military pressure in the Caribbean region, CNN Brazil reported this Saturday. The trip information was released by ADSB Exchange, a platform that monitors flight tracking data from around the world, on its website. It details that the aircraft...

Tens of thousands rallied in Paris on Saturday to show support for Palestinians in Gaza, as protesters accused Israel of violating a fragile US-brokered ceasefire and demanded tougher international action amid soaring death tolls and ongoing restrictions on aid. Gaza’s health ministry, run by Hamas, said Saturday that more than 70,000 people have been killed since the war began. “Gaza, Gaza, Paris is with you.” Marking the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, tens of thousands of people, according to organizers, marched in Paris on Saturday to show support for Palestinians in Gaza, devastated by more than two...

The Airbus A319 that always flies Maduro touched down in Santa Elena de Uairén, right on the Venezuela-Brazil frontier. No official confirmation he's on board or that he's requested asylum in Brazil, but the timing is screaming "I'm out." Brazilian authorities say they haven't been contacted yet. If Maduro actually bolts, 26 years of Chavismo might die overnight The military splits: some will celebrate, some will try a last stand The opposition (Edmundo González, María Corina) instantly becomes the legitimate government in the eyes of the world Cuba loses its oil lifeline and implodes within months, while the U.S. bombing...

Brazil—According to a CNN report, the plane frequently used by Nicolás Maduro landed near Brazilian territory, according to the flight tracking platform ADSB Exchange, and the event prompted speculation that the Venezuelan president may have fled. What we know The information was disseminated by CNN based on public data. ADSB Exchange, a flight tracking platform, identified the landing near Brazil. The aircraft reported is the one that, according to the report, Maduro regularly used. The report raises the possibility of an escape, without providing additional evidence in the cited text. Detection on ADSB Exchange The ADSB Exchange platform published records...

US President Donald Trump has warned Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro to step down or risk potential American military action, a report says. Tensions between Washington and Caracas have surged after US President Donald Trump warned Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro that refusal to step down voluntarily could trigger the use of American military force. According to a Wall Street Journal report, Trump delivered a stark ultimatum during a hotline call on 22 November, telling Maduro he could take the “easy way or hard way," offering safe passage to a friendly capital or face direct US action. Trump’s warning coincided with a...

Sources claim Maduro might leave Venezuela due to a potential U.S. attack. According to CCN, he could have reached the Brazilian border this afternoon.

After last week's shock speech from France's Chief of Staff speaking about France faltering if it is not willing to 'accept the loss of its children' President Emmanuel Macron appearing at a military base Thursday to announce phased-in military service for French youth... Political polling this week showing Jordan Bardella the man to beat in the April 2027 Presidential Election. The President of the National Rally (RN) and European Parliament member is the back-up candidate of the RN since the conviction of Marine Le Pen for misusing European Parliament funds disqualifies her from being a candidate for President. Bardella is...

How do you solve a problem like Fernández?The Advent season begins this Sunday, and that means The Sound of Music will soon be on television in the United States. The ABC network airs the film classic starring Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer each year before Christmas, a broadcasting tradition that began in 2002. (It would air before Easter when I was a child, which shows my age.)As I considered the latest contretemps involving the prefect of the Dicastery of for the Doctrine of the Faith (DDF), Argentine Cardinal Victor Manuel Fernández, a song from the film came to mind.“How do...

I was not sure what to expect when I first interviewed Shannon Pinkerton, but I knew I was in for an epic conversation about adoption, Down syndrome, and what it means to be a family. Shannon (49) and Troy (53) Pinkerton are raising six adopted young men with a learning disability on forty acres in Wyoming, U.S.A. Five of them have Down syndrome, and one has dwarfism and other special needs. They also look after Marybeth, 63, who has Down syndrome. I interviewed Shannon over two phone calls. The second call occurred during a bout with a stomach bug. All...