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Spanish Archdiocese Distances Itself After Priest Calls for Conversion of MoroccoThe Archdiocese of Pamplona and Tudela, Spain, has distanced itself on August 5 from comments by one of its priests after he called for the "reconquest of Morocco and its conversion to Christianity" following the invasion into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta.In a statement, the archdiocese said Rev. Javier Aizpún's remarks were "strictly personal opinions" that "neither represent nor are shared in any way by this diocesan Church."The controversy stemmed from a post on X.com in which Aizpún, parish priest of San Juan Evangelista in Huarte and a canon of...

We live with humans. We watch them every single day. 😼 And the questions just keep coming. In this episode of The Cat Podcast, Biscuit and Ash reopen the investigation into what humans actually do all day — same human, same couch, brand new evidence. Because the human bathes on purpose, walking into a special room to stand under indoor rain, and on special occasions he fills a giant bowl with hot water and just marinates in it for an hour. He owns a perfectly good indoor stove, then walks right past it to go fight a fire in a...

DSA Watch @DSA_Watch Hasan Piker calls the 700,000+ Haley Stevens voters and the 51% of Michigan Democrats that did not vote for Abdul El-Sayed "Islamaphobic pieces of shit."

Citadel Cadet Dustin Rose, childhood best friend Samson Campbell gunned down by 17-year-old Keyan Rundell in Florida =============================================================== A Citadel cadet and South Carolina Army National Guard member and his childhood best friend were gunned down in a vacant Florida lot by a 17-year-old killer last week. Citadel cadet Dustin Rose and his childhood friend Samson Campbell were fatally shot in DeLand, Florida, last Wednesday night. Samson Campbell came home to DeLand to mourn his family’s dog who recently died. Dustin Rose joined Campbell to spread the dog’s ashes. The two young men were fatally shot at an industrial park...

The Montgomery riverfront brawl began on August 5, 2023, after a co-captain of the Harriott II riverboat attempted to move an improperly parked pontoon boat that was blocking the dinner cruise ship's dock space. This triggered a physical confrontation from the pontoon boat's owners against the crew member, escalating into a massive public altercation

President Trump’s handpicked congressional candidate lost his primary to someone who dropped out weeks ago. Amir Hassan, a veteran and self-proclaimed “America First Patriot,” was touted by Trump as the preferred GOP choice to represent Michigan’s 8th district in the House of Representatives. “Amir Hassan has my Complete and Total Endorsement to be the next Representative from Michigan’s 8th Congressional District,” Trump posted on Truth Social Monday. “Election Day is Tuesday, August 4th. GET OUT AND VOTE FOR AMIR—HE WILL NEVER LET YOU DOWN!” Voters didn’t agree, as Hassan lost handily to Thomas Smith by over 10,000 votes, securing just...

Yolanda Olejniczak Marodi, 54, pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in the stabbing death of her wife, Cal Fire Capt. Rebecca Marodi, at their Ramona home in February 2025. The killing comes two decades after Olejniczak Marodi fatally stabbed her husband in her prior marriage; she faces up to 36 years to life in prison at sentencing in September. Home security video captured Rebecca begging for her life before the attack, investigators say. For the second time, Yolanda Olejniczak Marodi has been found guilty of killing a spouse — both times with a knife.On Tuesday in San Diego County Superior Court,...

Abdulrahman Mohamed El-Sayed had been the newly picked Democrat party nominee for U.S. Senate from Michigan for only hours when startling charges about improper connections and cash arose. El-Sayed’s campaign had taken in more than $115,000 from people “who work for or have held leadership roles with the Council on American-Islamic Relations,” according to a Fox News report. The problem with that? CAIR has been designated a terrorist organization by the United Arab Emirates and formally designated or labeled as such in Florida and Texas. CAIR, the politically active organization promotion Islam throughout America, in fact, was named as an...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — Nashville drivers could soon face new restrictions at red lights across much of the city. Metro Council is weighing a proposal that would ban most right turns on red within the Urban Services District as part of a broader effort to reduce traffic deaths and serious injuries. District 16 Council Member Ginny Welsch, one of the bill's sponsors, said Nashville's roads have become increasingly dangerous. "We know overall that the streets of Nashville are extremely dangerous. For the past several years, we've had over 100 people killed on our roads," Welsch said. The bill is led...

BMW owners are tearing into the luxury automaker after it pushed an ad for the new “Spider-Man” movie onto dashboard screens in cars they had already paid tens of thousands of dollars to own.The full-screen animation — delivered through BMW’s main Control Display — triggered an immediate backlash from drivers who accused the German automaker of treating privately owned vehicles like rented advertising space. “Paying 50-100k for a car, yet still getting ADs,” one furious Reddit user wrote. “Next we need adblocker for cars.” BMW should stop with this s–t,” another said. The anger was fueled by BMW’s prior pledge...

The fighter who knocked out a Hawaii Democrat has revealed the brawl was caused by the wannabe politician pulling out a knife and claimed he had a gun. Kama Homan claimed Kirill Basin, 40, threatened to shoot the wife of a 61-year-old man after he complained Basin was playing music too loud on the Maui beach on Saturday. Viral footage showed Homan battering Basin before leaning over his limp body and branding him a “Haole,” a pejorative term Polynesian islanders call white people. Homan told Hawaii News Now: “I’m like, maybe I should intervene, and then as I got closer...

The U.S. Catholic bishops are getting ready a nationwide call to prayer and action, with an official launch date of Aug. 18, to mobilize Catholics to address the rising abortion rate and the increased availability of an abortion-inducing drug. "Every abortion involves the death of a child and harm to the mother. Now with easier access to abortion pills, the abortion rate is tragically climbing, along with increased health risks," Archbishop Paul S. Coakley of Oklahoma City, president of the U. S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, and Bishop Daniel E. Thomas of Toledo, chairman of the USCCB Committee on Pro-Life...

Sociology professor to stand down after university announces investigation into his qualifications and career. Jason Arday is the youngest black person to be appointed a professor at the University of Cambridge. Jason Arday, the Cambridge professor accused of plagiarism and embellishment, has resigned after the university announced he was to face new investigations into his qualifications and career. Arday, who had been dogged by a growing series of questions over his academic work and credentials, issued a statement on Wednesday night, saying the “relentless accusations, speculation and public commentary have taken a profound toll on me and on those I...

On Tuesday night before getting onto Air Force One, President Donald Trump told reporters that "a lot of progress" had been made in negotiations with Iran, adding that a deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz could come "tomorrow or the next day."

~ The FReeper Canteen Presents ~ ~ Remembering Our Troops!! ~ Your Guess Is As Good As Ours! PACIFIC OCEAN (June 7, 2023) Comedian and contortionist Jonathan Burns performs for U.S. Navy Sailors aboard the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) during a visit sponsored by Navy Entertainment. Nimitz is in U.S. 7th Fleet conducting routine operations. 7th Fleet is the U.S. Navy’s largest forward-deployed numbered fleet, and routinely interacts and operates with allies and partners in preserving a free and open Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Hannah Kantner) Canteen Mission StatementShowing support...

Two Durham teens were arrested Tuesday after the female teen allegedly took abortion-inducing medication while 31 weeks pregnant. Syeisha Jadan Johnson, 18, is charged with assault inflicting serious bodily injury on an unborn child, assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill and negligent child abuse inflicting serious bodily injury, court records show. Elijah Jshaun Speight, 19, the child’s father, is charged with negligent child abuse inflicting serious bodily injury, according to court records. Johnson is accused of taking mifepristone and misoprostol July 26 “in an attempt to terminate her pregnancy early,” her arrest warrant states. Mifepristone and misoprostol...

The Trump administration said Wednesday it will shut down a Kentucky organ donation group accused of continuing plans for organ retrieval from some patients who unexpectedly showed signs of life.While those surgeries were canceled, the cases made headlines several years ago, prompting a spike in people around the country revoking their organ donor registrations.Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. called the nonprofit Network for Hope “a bad apple” and accused it of “persistent safety failures” in announcing the government was starting the process to decertify it.Network for Hope is one of about 55 organ procurement organizations, or OPOs, that coordinate...

OAKLAND, Calif. - The Alameda County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday agreed to pay $12 million to the grandmother of an 8-year-old girl who died after years of abuse and neglect by her mother, despite several complaints made to the child welfare system, whose workers had determined she was safe.

Payment processing giant Visa recently conducted a brutal layoff of 2,600 jobs — and not even top executives were spared. The San Francisco-based credit card titan filed a notice with California on July 31 revealing that 320 employees will lose their jobs at its Foster City campus. The bloodbath hit well beyond rank-and-file workers: The filing shows 37 senior directors are being cut, along with 16 chief engineering and architect positions, as well as dozens of senior software engineers, researchers and other technical employees. Six vice presidents also lost their jobs; LinkedIn job postings cited by SFGATE show those VP...

Grocery prices are insane. They’re still rising. Addressing this problem should be the number one priority of every elected leader. End the stupid foreign wars and focus on this issue. It’s one of the main reasons socialists are gaining power.— Matt Walsh (@MattWalshBlog) August 3, 2026